496 NOCTUID.l!. 



rufous and irrorated with black, the medial and apical areas suffused 

 with black ; subbasal line represented bj" double black striae from 

 costa ; antemedial line double, oblique, minutely waved ; claviform 

 slightly defined by black and white at extremity ; orbicular and 

 reniform with slight pale annuli defined by black, the former small, 

 round, the latter elliptical ; an indistinct black medial line, oblique 

 from costa to median nervure, then waved ; postmedial line double 

 filled in with whitish and defined by whitish on outer side from 

 discal fold to inner margin, interrupted by a black mark at discal 

 fold, very minutely waved, excnrved from below costa to vein 4, 

 then obliquely incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line diffused, whitish defined on inner side by black 

 suffusion forming patches on costal area and at middle and lunules 

 on inner area, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, and incurved 

 to near postmedial line at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal 

 series of small black spots ; cilia with a blackish line at middle and 

 blackish tips. Hind wing reddish brown with a terminal series of 

 small black lunules ; cilia paler with a dark line at middle ; the 

 underside whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, 

 a black discoidal spot and curved minutely waved postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with hardly any black suffusion on medial and 

 postmedial areas. 



Hah. Ceylon, Maskeliya {Maclcwood, Pole), 2 $ type. Exp. 26 

 millim. 



5746. Erastroides curvifascia. 



Ozarha curvifascia, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 76, pi. 145. f. 23 

 (1891) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 303. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with fuscous ; 

 fore tibiae and tarsi fuscous with pale rings ; abdomen with the 

 dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing olive-ochreous tinged with rufous, 

 the antemedial costal area, the medial and apical areas suffused with 

 fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double blackish striae from 

 costa filled in with olive ; antemedial line double filled in with olive, 

 oblique, minutely waved ; claviform faintly defined by black and 

 whitish at extremity ; orbicular and reniform with slight pale 

 annuli defined by blackish, the foimer small, round, the latter 

 elliptical ; medial line represented by a blackish bar from costa and 

 traces of an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner 

 margin ; postmedial line double filled in with olive and slightly 

 defined by whitish on outer side towards inner margin, excurved 

 from below costa to vein 3, then incurved, some whitish points with 

 slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line 

 diffused, whitish, with more or less developed blackish marks before 

 it on inner half, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal 

 series of minute black lunules ; cilia with a blackish line at middle. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia greyish with a dark line near base ; 

 the underside whitish tinged with ochreous and irrorated with 

 fuscous, a small black discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line 

 angled outwards at discal fold, and terminal series of dark striae. 



