402 NOCTTIID^E. 



fore wing reddish ochreous, suffused with dark red-brown especially 

 at apex and outer angle. 



Larva dusky olive-green ; the head and anal somites yellowish ; 

 2nd and 5th somites ochreous above ; dusky dorsal and subdorsal 

 bands and a sublateral series of black spots. Pood-plant 

 Garcinia. 



Hah. W. Africa ; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; 

 Singapore ; Java. Exp., J 44-54, <j> 36-46 millim. 



2284. Stictoptera striata, n. sp. 



3 . E-ed-brown. Fore wing with longitudinal narrow dark 

 streaks on the costal area ; an irregularly sinuous pale submarginal 

 line with an ill-defined blackish fascia from below its centre to 

 inner margin near base ; a marginal series of dark striae. Hind 

 wing opalescent hyaline ; the veins, inner and outer areas 

 fuscous. 



Hah. Sikhim, 6000 feet (Mbller). Exp. 50 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



2285. Stictoptera describens, Wlk. Cat. xiii, p. 1139 ; Hmpsn. III. 



Het. ix, pi. 163, fig. 11 ; C. $ S. no. 2383. 

 Lophoptera xylinata, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 920 ; C. fy S. no. 2381. 



Ferruginous brown. Fore wing with numerous indistinct very 

 oblique ferruginous lines on basal area ; a more distinct lunulate 

 postmedial line ; a whitish submarginal waved line. Hind wing 

 with the basal central area opalescent semihyaline ; the veins, 

 costa, outer and inner areas fuscous. The form xylinata has 

 fuscous blotches on fore wing. 



Hah. Canara ; Ceylon. Exp. 46 millim. 



2286. Stictoptera denticulata, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 919 ; C. $ S. 



no. 2361. 



2 . Differs from describens in the head, thorax, and fore wing 

 being pale ochreous brown ; the last with some black specks at 

 lower angle of cell, and with the submarginal whitish line absent. 

 Underside ochreous and whitish, with a distinct marginal fuscous 

 band to both wings. 



Hah. Moulmein. Exp. 34 millim. 



2287. Stictoptera trajiciens, Wlk. Cat. xiii, p. 1137; Moore, Lep. 

 Ceyl. iii, pi. 158, fig. 12 ; C $ S. no. 2366. 

 Steiria sequilinea, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, p. 174. 



Head and thorax dark red-brown ; abdomen paler. Fore wing 

 dark red-brown suffused with greenish grey, especially on costal 

 area ; numerous erect indistinct waved lines ; an erect postmedial 

 line joined below cell by a curved line from the costa; an 



