252 NOCTUIDJE. 



*1835. Amyna ? monilis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 348, pi. 38, fig. 11 ; 

 C. 8f S. no. 2091. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing ochreous ; the last with indistinct 

 pale subbasal, ante- and postmedial sinuous white lines ; a promi- 

 nent white spot at base of cell ; the orbicular and renif orm with 

 white specks on their edges ; a maculate white submarginal line ; 

 a marginal series of white-edged black specks ; some white specks 

 on the costa towards apex. Hind wing ochreous fuscous, with 

 indistinct cell-spot and postmedial line. 



Hob. Sikhim. Eocp. 25 millim. %-b r }<> 



Sect. III. Male with the vesicle on fore wing larger, the valve 

 of scales being on the upperside and projecting from the 

 median nervure towards the costa. 



1836. Amyna larentica, n. sp. 



S . Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing clothed with red- 

 brown and black scales, the last with the medial area darkest ; 

 the subbasal and antemedial waved black lines fairly prominent ; 

 reniform elongate and rufous with pale edges ; the postmedial 

 crenulate line excurved beyond the cell ; the submarginal irregular 

 line indistinct and broken, expanding into a dark patch below 

 the costa and with some rufous suffusion before it. Hind wing 

 pale fuscous, with curved postmedial line. 



Hob. Nagas, 6000 feet (Dohcrty). Exp. 26 millim. Type in coll. 

 Elwes. 



Genus BEKEESA. 

 Berresa, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 214 (1858). 



Type, B. turpis, Wlk. 



Range. Throughout India and Ceylon ; Fiji ; Tonga. 



Eyes naked and without lashes ; proboscis fully developed ; 

 palpi upturned, reaching above vertex of head, the 2nd joint 

 fringed with long hair, the 3rd prominent ; antennae simple and 

 annulated ; thorax without tufts ; abdomen with slight dorsal 

 tufts. Tore wing short and square ; a vesicle in cell of male, 

 with a valve of long scales over it on underside ; cilia not 

 crenulate. 



1837. Berresa turpis, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 794 ; C. $ S. no. 1850. 

 Berresa natalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 214; Moore, Lev. Ceyl. iii, 



pi. 146, fig. 3 ; C.SfS. no. 2040. 



Dull brown. Fore wing with indistinct subbasal, antemedial, 

 postmedial, and submarginal single waved lines with a few 

 grey scales on them ; reniform represented by a small grey spot. 



