358 NOCTUID.E. 



defined by deep red, oblique from costa to submedian fold; the 

 antemedial line pale, defined on each side by red, angled outwards 

 below costa, incurved to above inner margin, where it is strongly 

 angled outwards ; stigmata deep red, with pale aunuli defined by 

 red, the claviform pointed at extremities, bisected by antemedial 

 line, the orbicular elongate elliptical ; a slight oblique medial shade 

 from cell to inner margin ; the postmedial line double, dark with 

 pole middle, minutely dentate, slightly bent outw^ards below costa, 

 angled inwards in discal fold and incurved below vein 4; the sub- 

 terminal line defined by dark suffusion before it and the pale terminal 

 area, minutely wmved, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at 

 middle ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing fuscous 

 brown ; the underside with the costal area reddish irrorated with 

 brown, a small discoidal spot and sinuous diii'used postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. ciqvina. Head, thorax, and fore wing much darker red ; 

 hind wing black-brown. 



Hah. SiKHiM (Lidderdale, Dudgeon)^ 2 c? , 2 5 , type cup'ina. 

 Emj). 40 millim. 



G32. Hermonassa cecilia. 



Hermorassa cecilia, Butl. A. M. N. 11. (5) i. p. 1G4 (1874) ; id. 111. Het. 



B. M. iii. p. 14, pi. xliv. ff. 7-9. 

 Opigena arenosa, Butler, Trans. Eiit. Soc. 1881, p. 179. 



Head and thorax dark red-brown, the tips of tegulas and dorsal 

 crests with some yellowish, tegulae Avith slight blackish and white 

 medial line ; tibial spurs and tarsi with yelloAvish rings ; abdomen 

 dark brown. Pore wing dark red-brown slightly irrorated with 

 black ; the subbasal line greyish, with Mack marks on each side of 

 it below costa and cell ; a short orange streak on subcostal nervure 

 and oblique striga across cell before the antemedial line, which is 

 double, black filled in with greyish, angled outwards below costa 

 and more strongly above inner margin ; stigmata blackish, with 

 orange annuli defined by black, the claviform bisected by the 

 antemedial line and pointed towards base, the orbicular diamond- 

 shaped ; a slight medial shade angled outwards to lower angle of 

 cell ; the postmedial line double, filled in with grey, dentate and 

 produced to points on the veins, bent outwards below costa, slightly 

 angled inw^ards in discal fold and incurved below vein 4 ; the sub- 

 terminal line defined by fuscous on inner side, most prominently at 

 costa, angled outward at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale at 

 tips ; the underside paler, the costal area ochreous irrorated with 

 fuscous, a small discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and traces 

 of subterminal line. 



Ilah. Japan, Tokio (Jonas), 1 c5' , 1 $ , type arenosa, Yokohama 

 (Maries, Fryer), 3 c? , 3 $ type, Hakodate, 1 $ ; C. China, Kiukiang 

 (Fralt), 2 S . Exp. 40-42 millim. 



