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NOCTUIDJD. 



2369. Batracharta obliqua, Wlk Journ. Linn. Soc vi, p. 196. 

 Pilosocrures variegata, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 85, pi. 146, fig. 20. 



Head ochreous ; 2nd joint of palpi black. Thorax bine-black, 

 with rufous scales on the collar and metathorax and olive scales 

 on patagia ; abdomen smoky black, with the dorsal tufts rufous. 

 Pore wing with an oblique sinuous line from costa beyond middle 

 to inner margin near base ; the area inside it blue-black, varie- 

 gated by black striga? and rufous, brown, and ochreous streaks ; in- 

 distinct brown orbicular and reniform spots ; the area beyond the 

 line pale reddish, variegated by vinous, purplish brown, and black 

 suffusion ; the outer margin narrowly dark, sending a tooth 

 inwards between veins 4 and 5, and with fine ochreous marginal 

 lines. Hind wing fuscous brown ; underside with basal area pale ; 

 each wing with a large black cell-spot. 



Hob. Hikhim ; Nilgiris ; Borneo. Exp. 48 milliin. 



2370. Batracharta irrorata, n. sp. 



<3 . Differs from obliqua in the head and thorax being brown 

 and black. Fore wing with the oblique line highly excurved round 

 end of cell, the area inside it more uniform blue-black, with a 



Pig. 251. — Batracharta irrorata, J. {. 



few ochreous specks and the indistinct orbicular and reniform 

 spots brown ; the area beyond the line red -brown, evenly irrorated 

 with dark specks ; the markings on outer margin slight. Hind 

 wing and underside paler. 



Hah. Manipur, 7000 feet (Doherty). Exp. 48 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



Genus ERYGIA. 



Erygia, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 49 (1852). 

 Ansa, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1731 (1858). 

 Calicula, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1807. 



Type, E. apicalis, Guen. 



Range. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Java ; Australia. 



Palpi upturned and very slender, almost naked, the 2nd joint 

 reaching vertex of head, the 3rd rather variable in length ; 

 antennae minutely ciliated in male ; metathorax with a large 



