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NOCTUID-E. 
Catephia molybdocrosis, n. sp. 
Head and thorax reddish brown slightly mixed with 
grey ; pectus pale red-brown : tarsi dark brown ringed with 
white ; abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing red- 
brown suffused in parts with fuscous grey and irrorated with 
some white scales ; subbasal line represented by some white 
scales at costa and below the cell ; antemedial line dark brown 
defined on inner side by whitish, slightly angled outwards 
below costa and at submedian fold and excurved above inner 
margin ; claviform faintly defined by brown at extremity ; 
orbicular and reniform irrorated with white and faintly 
defined by brown, the former very narrow and oblique, the 
latter rather diffused ; an oblique whitish streak above vein 
2 to the postmedial line, which is dark brown slightly defined 
on outer side by whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, 
slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3, then oblique, some 
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line diffused, 
whitish, curved ; a terminal series of dark striae. Hind 
wing pure white, the cilia brownish at apex and between veins 
3 and 2. Underside white ; fore wing with the costal area 
and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a brownish 
discoidal spot ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with 
brown, a small brown spot at upper angle of cell. 
$. Hind wing with indistinct curved brown postmedial line, 
the area beyond it suffused with brown. 
Hob. S. China, Namoa I. (,/. J . Walker), 1 3 $ type. 
Exp. 36-40 millim. 
Catephia pallididisca, n. sp. 
§. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with brown ; 
antennae brownish ; frons with lateral black bars ; palpi and 
pectus in front red-brown, the rest of pectus white ; tarsi 
blackish ringed with white ; ventral surface of abdomen 
white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing grey suffused and 
irrorated with dark brown, a whitish patch on medial area to 
below the cell ; antemedial line double, the outer line black, the 
inner indistinct, sinuous to submedian fold, strongly angled 
inwards at vein 1 and excurved above inner margin, an oblique 
black striga before it on inner area ; claviform with faint 
blackish outline, acute at extremity ; orbicular whitish with 
slight dark outline ; reniform with white annulus and its 
centre defined by brown, large, elliptical ; traces of a sinuous 
dark medial line ; postmedial line double, black filled in with 
whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then slightly 
sinuous, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique, some whitish 
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, 
whitish faintly defined on inner side by brown and with dentate 
