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Subfamily ACONTIANAE. 



112. Earias huegeli, Rogenh. 

 Fourteen specimens, March to May. 



113. Earias parallela, Lucas. 



One of the commonest species in September and October, 

 ^nd again in March, 



114. Earias ochrophylla, Turn. 

 Also very common during September, October, and 

 -November, and again in March and April. 



115. Armactica conchidia, Butl. 

 Taken occasionally in February and March. The sexes 

 are somewhat dissimilar. 



Subfamily CATOCALINAE. 



116. NiGUZA habroscopa, n. sp. 

 c^ , 42 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax smoky- 

 brown, thorax with an anterior snow-white band. Abdomen 

 reddish-orange, with blackish segmental bands on basal half 

 and with blackish lateral tufts ; beneath ochreous with whitish 

 segmental bands. Legs dark-fuscous, middle and posterior 

 tarsi spotted with ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 termen rounded, slightly waved; smoky-brown with snow- 

 white markings ; two orange basal spots, on costa and sub- 

 median fold; a moderately broad transverse fascia, from costa 

 at one-fifth to dorsum at about one-quarter, curved obliquely 

 outwards on upper third, and below middle, and with a 

 rounded projection outwards in middle, which contains an 

 elongate streak of groundcolour; a similar fascia, from costa 

 at five-sixths to dorsum before anal angle, curved obliquely 

 outwards on upper third, thence obliquely inwards to ter- 

 mination, from the anterior edge of the fascia spring two 

 snow-w^hite circular lines encircling the large discoidal ocellus, 

 which is metallic-purpl©, surrounded completely with lines of 

 orange and black respectively, and containing a fine streak 

 of orange from posterior edge above middle; beyond the 

 second transverse fascia is a narrow metallic-purple somewhat 

 interrupted line throughout; this is followed by a parallel 

 series of orange triangular moderate spots, upper three becom- 

 ing ferruginous, this is again followed by a parallel series 

 of moderately large snow-white triangular spots, their apices 

 directed inwards; a fine waved fuscous subterminal line, 

 followed by a thick parallel shade of grey-whitish through- 

 out, except at tornus, where it is white; a fuscous waved line 



