472 noctuid^ 



wing bright yellow ; the outer area fuscous brown, with some 

 whitish streaks near anal angle. Underside with broad subruarginal 

 band to both wings. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Canara ; Mlgiris. Exp. 52 millim. 



*2434. Polydesma? catocalina, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 156. pi. 5, fig. 3 ; 

 C. 8f S. no. 2259. 



5 . Head and thorax ochreous-grey ; abdomen ochreous. Eore 

 wing olive-grey ; a broad basal brownish band not reaching inner 

 margin and outwardly bordered by a straight line ; a narrow 

 medial waved band enclosing a large reniform spot ; a curved post- 

 medial line with a band beyond it, widest at costa and sending a 

 spur to middle of outer margin ; a marginal series of specks. Hind 

 wing ochreous, with a marginal brownish band narrowing to anal 

 angle. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 40 millim. 



2435. Polydesma ornata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 23, pi. 6, fig. 3 ; 



C. 8f S. no. 2438. 



S . Head and thorax clothed with rufous and dark brown scales ; 

 abdomen yellow, with the dorsal tufts black. Fore wing red-brown, 

 with large greenish-grey patches on inner basal area and on central 

 outer area; double-w T aved subbasal, ante- and postmedial lines 

 filled in with greenish grey, the last excurved ; the orbicular and 

 reniform wdiitish, the latter with black centre ; a greenish spot on 

 costa before apex. Hind wing yellow; the outer area reddish 

 fuscous, with a white striga near anal angle. 



Hah. Bombay. Exp. 48 millim. 



*2436. Polydesma thoracica, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 161, pi. 5, fig. 7 ; 

 C. $ S. no. 2440. 



2 . Head and thorax olive-yellow ; palpi and collar chestnut ; 

 abdomen fuscous. Fore w T ing chestnut, with very ill-defined basal, 

 antemedial, and postmedial conjoined bands of olive-grey blotches 

 traversed by interrupted sinuous black lines ; the orbicular and 

 reniform represented by white spots ; a subrnarginal waved olive- 

 grey fascia; a series of cilial specks. Hind wing fuscous, darkest 

 towards the outer margin ; a curved postmedial pale line with a 

 white line on it above anal angle ; a subrnarginal series of wmite 

 specks and a streak at anal angle ; cilia tipped with w r hite. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 58 millim. 



2437. Polydesma striatovirens, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 23, pi. 6, 

 fig. 2 ; C. $ 8. no. 2439. 

 J . Palpi pale brown ; head and thorax blue-green variegated 

 with brown ; abdomen yellowish fuscous. Fore wing blue-green, 

 evenly variegated with red-brown ; indistinct subbasal, antemedial, 

 postmedial, and subrnarginal waved black lines ; a marginal series 

 of black specks ; some whitish specks on costa. Hind wing fuscous, 

 with traces of a medial line ; the base pale ; a blue-green patch 



