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3. Autenne and vertex of head whitish; head and thorax 
violaceous grey; abdomen ochreous, except at base. Fore wing 
violaceous grey; a large triangular 
patch outlined with double brown 
lines on the costa beyond the 
middle; a similar oval spot with 
darker centre on inner margin ; 
a series of marginal fuscous lunules. 
Hind wing with the basal half 
jailed violaceous Brey cuca i ee 
Sau sire i margin ; the outer ha ale 
ae ot nelarmecine brown, the two es 
defined by a rufous and pale line; a series of marginal fuscous 
lunules. 
@. Abdomen and hind wing of the same violaceous grey as the 
eround-colour. 
Hab. W. Africa; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma. Lup. 
22 millim. 
Sect. II. Hind wing of male with two tufts of hair on 
the costa. 
3066. Dirades conifera, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 399, pl. 186, fig. 8; 
C. & S. no. 3054. 
$. Differs from theclata in being more uniform red-brown 
irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing with the outline of the post- 
medial mark on the costa indistinct, incomplete, and its outer edge 
very oblique; the mark on inner margin larger. Hind wing with 
the medial curved line arising from the costa much nearer the 
apex; the marginal lunules of both wings reduced to a series of 
specks. 
Hab. Ceylon. Eup. 24 millim. 
3067. Dirades leucocera, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. viii, p. 102, pl. 150, fig. 13. 
3g. Differs from conifera in the mark on inner margin of fore 
wing being filled in with black, with a plum-coloured centre; the 
leaden marginal band prominent and regular. Hind wing dark 
chocolate ; the medial band plum-coloured, bounded by white 
lines; the marginal band irregular; the tuft in the fold on inner 
margin pure white. 
Q. With the marginal band of both wings lunulate. 
Hab. Nilgiris; Ceylon. Hp. 22 millim. 
© 3068. Dirades crepuscularis, Himpsn. Ill. Het. ix, p. 138, pl. 157, 
fig. 12 
2. Purplish brown; antenne and vertex of head white. Fore 
wing with traces of an angulated antemedial line; a nearly 
straight postmedial ferruginous line; a submarginal dark lunulate 
line, slightly edged with white towards apex. Hind wing with 
