RIVULA. 335 



Lep. Atk. p. 291. 

 Meranda inconspicua, Bull. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 583. 



Yellow-brown ; the palpi yellow. Fore wing with a series of 

 white specks on the costa; an indistinct, antemedial, highly 

 angled line ; two black specks at end of cell on a grey patch ; a 



Fig. 178. — Rivula bioculalis, $ . 



postmedial waved line excurved round end of cell ; a marginal 

 series of black and white specks. Hind wing suffused with fuscous. 



Trilineata = opalesceiis is a large bright form with the post- 

 medial line of fore wing almost straight from near apex to inner 

 margin ; auripalpis is smaller and very dark red-brown, the hind 

 wing dark. 



Hab. Himalayas; Khasis; Calcutta ; Mlgiris ; Ceylon ; Burma; 

 Andaraans ; Borneo. Exp. 16-24 millim. 



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2103. Rivula basalis, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, P . 101, P l. 148, fig. 3. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown. Fore wing with 

 the basal area dark red-brown, bounded by a curved ochreous 

 antemedial line; two dark specks at end of cell; an ochreous line 

 from middle of costa, angled outwards to near apex, then oblique 

 to inner margin; some pale specks on costa towards apex ; a 

 marginal series of black specks. Hind wing dark fuscous. 



kSome specimens are much paler, being greyish red-brown. 

 Hab. Mlgiris; Ceylon. Exp. 18 millim. ,\ _, , 



Sect. III. Mid and hind tibise of male fringed with long hair. 



2104. Rivula renalis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 250; C. & S. no. 3037. 



Head and thorax ochreous brown ; abdomen fuscous. Fore 

 wing ochreous brown ; an antemedial series of black specks ; a 

 large black spot at end of cell ; an obliquely curved postmedial 

 series of black specks ; a marginal series of specks. Hind wing 

 dark fuscous. Underside with the costa of fore wing ochreous ; 

 hind wing ochreous, with lunule at end of cell. 



Ilab. Ceylon. Exp. 22 millim. 



2105. Rivula hiatomea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 29 ; C. # S. no. 3034. 



$ . Pale ochreous. Fore wing irrorated with fuscous, especially 

 on outer area ; the base of costa dark ; two black specks at end of 

 cell ; an indistinct curved submarginal series of dark specks, and 



