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NOCTUIDjE. 
tornus ; a series of dark points before termen from costa to 
vein 4 ; cilia rufous, the tips dark brown at the veins. Hind 
wing pale reddish brown tinged with grey, the termen narrowly 
and cilia white to vein 4, then the cilia white at tips. Under- 
side creamy white ; fore wing with the cell, disc and apical 
area to vein 5 tinged with rufous, the costal area irrorated with 
dark brown, a minute subbasal black-brown spot below the 
costa, a round chocolate-brown discoidal spot with oblique 
bar above it from costa, postmedial line chocolate-brown, 
forming a small wedge-shaped mark at costa and bent out- 
wards below costa, then waved, indistinct and incurved 
below discal fold, a broad brown shade beyond it from vein 
6 to inner margin, traces of a subterminal line excurved at 
vein 7 and middle and incurved at discal fold and below vein 
3, a series of minute dark spots before termen connected by a 
crenulate line ; hind wing tinged with rufous except on basal 
area, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with a few red- 
brown scales, a red-brown streak above base of vein 1, a small 
red-brown spot in middle of cell, rather lunulate bright rufous 
discoidal spot followed by a white spot, medial line rufous, 
excurved beyond the cell and touching the upper and lower 
extremities of the discoidal spot, a maculate rufous shade 
beyond it, postmedial line chocolate-brown, waved, slightly 
bent outwards below costa and incurved below discal fold, a 
broad bright red-brown band beyond it from vein 6 to sub- 
median fold, a faint waved white subterminal line, excurved 
between veins 6 and 5, a series of red-brown points before 
termen connected by short white streaks with the fine white 
terminal line. 
$. Fore wing violaceous grey- brown to beyond the cell and 
on costa to near apex ; underside grey-white tinged with brown 
and irrorated with black- brown ; fore wing with oblique 
rufous medial line from costa to median nervure, postmedial 
line rufous, oblique and sinuous to above vein 6, then waved 
and ending at vein 5, a fuscous patch on postmedial area 
between veins 5 and 2, the terminal area white with series of 
black points before termen and terminal series of striae ; 
hind wing with minute rufous discoidal spot, dentate medial 
line double except at middle, dentate postmedial line, in- 
distinct waved white subterminal line, and series of black 
points before termen defined on outer side by white. 
Hab. Sierra Leone, 1 $ ; Gold Coast, Ivumasi ( White- 
side), 1 $ type ; S. Nigeria, Lagos ( Strachan ), 1 $. Exp. 
52-54 millim. 
