HTPERSTROTIA. 561 



a slight blackish antemedial line angled outwards on subcostal 

 and median nervures and inwards in cell, oblique below the cell ; 

 claviform an elliptical yellowish white spot ; medial line oblique 

 and indistinct from costa to lower angle of cell, then strongly 

 incurved, black, forming the inner edge of the medial patch and 

 slightly angled outwards at vein 1 ; postmedial line slight and 

 oblique from costa to vein 5, then incurved, black slightly defined 

 on outer side by white, forming the outer edge of the medial patch ; 

 a diffused oblique white fascia from apex to lower angle of cell, 

 defined below by a black fascia towards apex ; faint traces of 

 a pale subterminal line from the black fascia to inner margin ; 

 a terminal series of dark striae ; cilia whitish mixed with brown. 

 Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish brown ; the cilia white 

 with a slight brown line through them ; the underside white, the 

 costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a brown 

 discoidal point, rather punctiform postmedial line excurved below 

 costa, and terminal series of striaB. 



Hab. Ceylon, Maskeliya (de Mowbray), 2^,25 type. Exp. 

 20 millim. 



5842. Hyperstrotia semiochrea. (Plate CLXV. fig. 24.) 



Naranga semiochrea, Hinpsu. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 447 (1898). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish suffused with red brown ; 

 palpi and antennae dark brown ; tarsi dark brown with pale rings ; 

 abdomen with the basal crest black at tip. Fore wing pale yellow 

 to the postmedial line, suffused with rufous on costal area and 

 just before postmedial line ; traces of a dark antemedial line angled 

 inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; postmedial 

 line dark, slightly defined on outer side by whitish, very slightly 

 angled outwards below costa, then obliquely excurved ; terminal 

 area red-brown with a diffused oblique whitish fascia from apex to 

 the postmedial line at vein 6 ; faint traces of a dark subterminal 

 line ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia brown with a fine whitish 

 line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown especially 

 towards termen ; a slight brown discoidal striga ; cilia whitish 

 tinged with brown towards apex and with brown line through 

 them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas thickly 

 irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot. 



Hab. SiKHiM, 2600' (Pilcher), 1 § ; Assam, Khasis, 1 cJ type. 

 Exp. 20 millim. 



5843. Hyperstrotia albida, n. sp. (Plate CLXV. fig. 25.) 



2 . Head and thorax yellowish white, the palpi, antennae, and 

 fore wings slightly tinged with rufous ; abdomen white. Pore 

 wing uniform yellowish white. Hind wing pure white. 



Hab. Persian Gulf, Pao (Cuming), 1 $ type. Exp. 20 millim. 



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