252 NOCTUID-E. 



defined by rufous, the former rather oblique quadrate, the latter 

 very large, extending: well below the cell and narrowing above, 

 with two rufous streaks beyond it on each side of discal fold, 

 parallel to beyond postmedial lino, then the upper bent upwards to 

 termen below apex, the lower downwards to termen at vein 4 ; an 

 indistinct medial lino, oblii]ue to median nervure, excurved to 

 submedian fold, then oblique ; postmedial line double filled in with 

 rufous, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then incurved, 

 some white points beyond it on the veins and rufous points on 

 costa ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish defined on inner side by 

 obscure dentate black marks, angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 and 

 inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a fine evenly curved rufous 

 line before termen, the veins beyond it streaked with rufous; cilia 

 Avith tine rufous line at base and intersected with rufous. Hind 

 wing dark brown with a reddish tinge ; cilia with slight rufous 

 line at base and intersected with rufous ; the underside greyish, the 

 terminal area suff'used with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and 

 curved minutely waved postmedial line. 



Hah. Singapore, 1 $ ; Borneo, Sarawak (BrooTcs, Wallace), 

 2 (S type, Kuchiog (Shelford), 1 c? . Exj). 50 millim. 



3041. Ancara obliterans. 



Ancara ohliierans, Wlk. xv. 1715 (1858); Hmpsn. 111. Het. E. M. viii. 



p. 14, pi. 143. f. 19 ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 223. 

 Ancara puhctiplaga, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. p. 191 (1862). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with dark brown ; 

 pectus and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish ; coxEe and femora 

 with some pink hair ; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing red-brown 

 mixed with dark brown, the veins streaked with purplish; subbasal 

 line indistinct, double, Avaved, from costa to submedian fold ; ante- 

 medial line indistinct, double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ; 

 claviform represented by a blackish patch ; orbicular and reniform 

 with slight reddish annuli incompletely defined by black with some 

 pale points on their edges and somewhat constricted at middle, the 

 former elliptical, the latter large and extending well below cell ; 

 medial line represented by a atriga from costa to reniform and 

 oblique waved line from reniform to inner margin; postmedial line 

 double, rather indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely 

 dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some white points 

 beyond it on the veins and rufous points on costa ; subterminal 

 line greyish with some slight dentate black marks on inner side at 

 middle and dark patch beyond it at discal fold, minutely dentate, 

 angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, and inwards at discal and 

 submedian folds; a terminal series of black lunules slightly defined 

 by greyish on inner side ; cilia intersected with rufous. Hind wing 

 dark brown with a reddish tinge ; cilia tinged with rufous and 

 with a fine pale line at base ; the underside ochreous, the terminal 

 area suffused with brown, a dark discoidal spot, curved diffused 

 postmedial line, and traces of diffused subterminal line. 



