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261. Parastichtis lysis, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 25.) 



Description.— <S . Head and thorax bright ferruginous, abdo- 

 men reddish ochreons. Fore wing bright ferruginous, the sub- 

 terminal area beyond the postmedial line pale ochreons. Orbicular 

 and reniform defined outwardly by fine black lines and with a 

 dark shade below the costa between them. Subbasal and ante- 

 medial lines obsolete. A black line from the base of interspace 1 

 to middle, where it is recurved upwards and then inwards. 

 Another black line from base below vein 1, with a small black 

 spot on inner margin below it. Some black streaks with bright 

 red edges between the veins on the subterminal area. Post- 

 medial line highly dentate. Hind wing pale ochreons, darker 

 towards the termen. Underside pale ochreons, with fuscous 

 discocellular spots and diffused postmedial bands. 



Habitat. Kedai, 1911, 10th November, 1 ; 18th November, 

 1 3 . Expanse 34 mm. 



Of the large number of species (39) of the genus Parasticlitis 

 given in 0. L. P. vii., only one is recorded from Africa, nigri- 

 cosiata Hampson, which is a totally differently-coloured insect. 



The first of the forms under notice may always be known by 

 the prominent curved black band below vein 1, and the second by 

 its bright ferruginous colour. 



Subfamily Sarrothripin,e. 



262. GlAURA ARETHUSA, Sp. 11. (PI. I. fig. 14.) 



Description. — <$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey. Fore 

 wing grey, minutely irrorated and striated with fuscous. Subbasal 

 line represented by a V-shaped striga on the costa. Antemedial 

 line represented by another costal striga which gradually becomes 

 obsolescent in the cell, with a dark shade beyond it. Postmedial 

 line outwardly oblique to vein 4, then bent inward, and becoming 

 obsolete before reaching the inner margin. A highly dentate 

 submarginal line with diffused fuscous shading beyond it, from 

 apex to near tornal angle, where there is a black spot before it. 

 A fine marginal black line. Cilia grey. Hind wing pale ochreons 

 at the base, terminal area fuscous black. Cilia ochreons. Under- 

 side of fore wing ochreons, thickly irrorated with fuscous towards 

 the margin ; hind wing white with a black subterminal band. 



Habitat. Kedai (date not recorded), 1 J . Expanse 34 mm. 



Subfamily Erastrian^e. 



263. Oz\rba subterminalis Hampson, P. Z. S. 1910, p. 407; 

 C. L. P. x. pi. clxii. fig. 1. 



Habitat. Kedai, 27th November, 1912, 1 . 



264. Ozarba varia "Walker, Cat. xxxiii. p. 772 (1865). 

 Habitat. Kedai, 5th January, 1912, 1 $ . 



This specimen has orange hind wings in contradistinction to 



