334 jstoctuid^i. 



2 . Paler yellow. Fore wing without the basal red patch, the 

 medial band narrow and somewhat indistinct ; the marginal rufous 

 markings reduced to an indistinct narrow oblique band from the 

 apex. Hind wing and underside ochreous, sometimes suffused 

 slightly with fuscous. 



The form quadrivittata has the medial band obsolescent from the 

 costa to vein 2. 



Hab. Japan; Formosa; Dbarmsala ; Peninsular India and 

 Ceylon ; Burma ; Java. Exp., J 18, $ 22 inillim. 



2100. Naranga curvifera, Wlk. Trans. Ent. Soc. 3rd ser. i, p. 91 ; 



C. fyS.no. 1906. 

 Erastria securifera, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, p. 58. 

 Hyela senna, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 148, pi. 8, fig. 14. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown. Fore wing brown ; a 

 broad white costal band slightly suffused with brown and expanding 

 in and beyond the end of cell, where it encloses a brown spot ; a 

 marginal brown-suffused white band. Hind wing fuscous. 



Hab. Ceylon; Rangoon; Borneo. Exp. 16 millim. 



2101. Naranga albistriga, Hmpsn. III. Set. ix, p. 96, pi. 162, fig. 4. f ' w) 



2 • Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown. Fore wing pale 

 brown, the basal half darkest and with oblique edge ; a white fascia 

 in the cell expanding into a triangular spot at end of it ; reniform 

 indistinct and white, with a brownish centre ; an indistinct white 

 line from it to inner margin ; a whitish subapical lunule bounding 

 a dark patch on the margin. Hind wing fuscous. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 26 millim. / «» ~i i i *,. >i*i'# ir k n 



GenAs RIVULA. 



Rivula, Guen. Dup. Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 206 (1844). 

 Mot^o Wtkr. x*VH • 12 (I * 6 l) 'b- 5Tey^^«^ * 



Type, B. sericealis, Schiff. 



Range. JNearctic, Pala3arctic, Oriental, and Australian regions. 

 Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint thickly scaled, the 3rd minute ; a 

 sharp frontal tuft ; antennae minutely ciliated ; thorax and 

 abdomen smoothly scaled ; the typical section has the tibise of male 

 nearly naked. Fore wing with the apex nearly rectangular ; 

 veins 7, 8, 9 stalked. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked. 



Sect. IT. Hind tibise of male with a small tuft of curved scales 

 from extremity on outer side. 



2102. Rivula bioculalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 614 ; C. # 8. no. 3025. 

 Hydrelia opalescens, Butl. III. Het. vii, p. 64, pi. 129, fig. 10. 

 Hydrelia auripaJpis, Butl. III. Het. vii, p. 64, pi. 129, fig. 8. 

 Hydrelia pallida, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 197 ; C. $ S. no. 3028. 



