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THERMESIID.^:. 
THEEMESIID.E. 
RAPARNA, Mooretm 
Raparua undulata. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 2.) 
S $ . Eaparna undulata, Moore, Lep. Athinson, p. 178 (1882). 
5 . Asthcna querula, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 859, pi. Ivi. fig. 16. 
Bi'ight Indian-yelloWj mottled with ferruginous. Wings with ferruginous (almost copper- 
red) fringes^ and a more or less prominent discal series of spots of the same colour ; an almost 
marginal series of blackish dots ; a more or less sinuous^ ferruginous-bordered blackish 
stripe beyond the cell ; black discocellular dots : primaries with two more or less defined 
macular undulated blackish and ferruginous subbasal lines. Primaries below golden testa- 
ceous ; markings less distinct, broader and greyer than above : secondaries similar, but whitish 
towards the abdominal margin : body below whitish. Expanse of wings, d 23, ? 26 millim. 
Dharmsala. 
The blackish postmedian band is almost straight on the primaries of the male. Mr. 
jMoore places the genus in the Thermcsiidce. 
Raparna usta. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 3.) 
Allied to R. fragiUs {" Ayhssa " fragUis) from Natal. Primaries pale sandy buff, faintly 
mottled with grey ; a tapering dull testaceous external border, partly bounded internally by 
a slightly bisinuated golden-brown stripe, enclosing a submarginal series of spots of the same 
colour, and bounded externally by a marginal series of semicircular, red-bordeied, grey spots; 
iringe white, mottled with red and with a central grey stripe j basal fourth of costa leaden 
grey, edged with dark red ] remainder of costa cupreous ; a zigzag, subbasal series of grey 
and reddish spots, and a discal bisinuated stripe, terminating in two spots, of the same 
colours ; a minute black dot at tlie inferior angle of the cell : secondaries pale golden brown, 
l:)ecoming greyish towards outer margin, streaked between the veins and margined with dull 
red ; a marginal series of grey spots ; fringe reddish tipped with grey : body flesh-coloured ; 
head, palpi, and collar rosy, barred with dark grey ; abdomen slightly yellowish. Under surface 
for the most part dull rose-red, varied with ochraceous ; the wings sericeous, with cupreous 
reflections ; the basi-internal half of primaries grey, the basi-abdominal half of secondaries 
white ; fringes greyish, shining, with a pale marginal line. Expanse of wings 27 millim. 
Dharmsala. 
Catada ? detersalis of Walker appears to belong to the same genus. As the latter is an 
Australian species it was necessary to ask JNIr. JNIeyrick whether he had founded a genus for 
its reception ; it appears that he has not done so, but presumes that it belongs to the 
Noctuina. Walker placed it amongst the true Deltoids. 
The genus Aglossa Avas formerly used as a temporary asylum for much heterogeneous 
material. 
