756 XOCTUJB^.. 



from a wedge-shaped brown mark on costa fijllowed by a wedge- 

 shaped white mark, excurved to vein 4, then incurved to below 

 origin of vein 2 and erect to inner margin ; an indistinct subterminal 

 line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of 

 black points defined on inner side b)^ slight whitish marks. Hind 

 wing uniform reddish brown, the cilia greyish brown ; the under- 

 side greyish suffused with brown, a slight discoidal lanule and 

 indistinct curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Madagascar, Nossi-Be, type f $ in Coll. Mabille. Ex^. 

 22 millim. 



613.5. Tarache sexpuiictata. 



Fyralis Q-punctata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2. p. 245 (1794). 



Erastria iinbida, Wlk. xxxiii. 794 (18t>5) ; Hmpsii. Mollis Ind, ii. p. 314. 



Acontia incla, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 23(1674); Moore, Lep. Cejl. iii. 



p. 48, pi. 150. f. 5. 

 Acoidia acerba, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 25 (1874). 



(5 . Head and thorax yellow with a slight olive tinge ; antennae 

 brownish ; palpi, pectus, and legs whitish, the fore tibiae and the 

 tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing 

 3'ellow with a faint olive tinge extending on costa to near apes and 

 on inner margin to middle, the terminal half red-brown, the post- 

 medial area with a faint purplish tinge except towards costa, the 

 terminal area yellowish except at apex ; postmedial line red-brown 

 with a spot on costa below which it is obsolescent, then excurved 

 to vein 4 where it is bent inwards and oblique to inner margin ; 

 subterminal line with a pale striga from costa, then very indistinct, 

 excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved ; cilia brown 

 mixed with greyish, with a dark line through them and fuscous 

 patch above middle. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the veins and 

 terminal area suffused with red-brown ; cilia brownish at base, 

 whitish at tips ; the underside ochreous with faint postmedial brown 

 bar from costa. 



$ . Head and thorax red-brown with a faint greyish tinge ; 

 abdomen brown with ochreous white segmental lines ; fore wing 

 red-brown with a slight greyish tinge, a triangular whitish post- 

 medial spot on costa ; hind wing grey-brown. 



Ab. 1. (S . Head, thorax, and fore wing more ochreous yellow, 

 the last with the terminal area and patch at m'ddle of cilia ochreous 

 yellow. — Nilgiris, Ceylon. 



Ab. 2. S . Head and thorax olive-brown ; fore wing with the 

 yellow area strongly tinged with green. — Mlgiris. 



Hah. Punjab, Dharmsala (Hocking), 8 cf , 6 $ , Allahabad. 1 2 , 

 Jubbulpur {F. Butler), 1 J , Manpuri, 1 $ ; Madras, Cuddapah 

 (Campbell), 1 $ , Nilgiris (Hampson), 3 c? , 3 5 ; Ceylon, Colombo 

 (Nietaer), 2 c? , 1 § ; Burma, Moulmein (Cleric), I § type imbuta, 

 Rangoon (Scott), 1 S ■ Exp. 20-24 millim. 



