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yellowish white. Secondaries dull brown. Underneath, the 

 primaries have the disc blackish, the costal and outer margins 

 pale, and. the apex reddish. The secondaries are reddish, with 

 an outer wavy line. 

 Expanse 35 millim. 



Birtha talusina, sp. nov. (Plate III. fig. 12.) 



Primaries with the base dark violaceous brown from the 

 costal margin at one fourth to the middle of the inner 

 margin, this space being crossed by a light buff line, which 

 forms a sharp angle on the subcostal vein; beyond this the 

 wing is pale buff, except a large triangular dark space on the 

 costal margin just beyond the middle, and a smaller dark 

 space on the same margin before the apex ; a small velvety 

 spot in the cell, in an oblique line with a smaller spot on the 

 costal margin ; beyond the cell a small dark space ; a wavy 

 median transverse line and an outer straight line to the 

 inner angle. Secondaries light brown. Body brown. 



Expanse 30 millim. 



Allied to B. insulata, Walk. 



Aedia discistriga. 



Anophia discistriga, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. 

 p. 1128. 



Piala basipunctum. 



Piala basipunctum, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xv. 

 p. 1766. 



Bareia incidens. 



Bareia incidens, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xv. p. 1840. 



Ophideres fullonica. 



Phalcena-Noctua fullonica, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 812. 



Argadesa materna. 



Phalana-Noctua materna, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 840. 



Halustria intricatus. 



Halustria intricatus, Butler. 



