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NOCTUIDJS. 
Genus THERMOSARA, nov 
Type, T . diapyra. 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and 
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd 
long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with large pointed 
tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male 
with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales 
mixed, the prothorax with spreading crest ; tibiae fringed 
with long hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of 
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the costa 
slightly arched towards apex which is somewhat produced, 
the termen evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind 
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 
only. 
Thermosara diapyra, n. sp. 
Head and thorax crimson ; antennae grey-brown except 
towards base ; palpi pale in front and with the 3rd joint 
irrorated with blackish ; tarsi dark brown ; abdomen purplish 
red, the ventral surface whitish tinged with red. Fore wing 
crimson irrorated with brown, the costal edge dark brown ; 
a white point above vein 1 near base ; antemedial line 
indistinct, brown, slightly waved, excurved below the cell ; 
a blackish point in middle of cell ; reniform figure-of-eight- 
shaped, with slight dark outline and blackish point in upper 
and lower parts ; a rather diffused oblique dark medial 
line ; postmedial line dark, dentate, rather oblique to vein 3 
with a slight curve inwards at discal fold, incurved below 
vein 3 ; an indistinct waved dark subterminal line with 
blackish spots at discal and submedian folds ; a series of 
black points before termen ; cilia tinged with purple. Hind 
wing crimson tinged in parts with brown and irrorated with 
blackish ; a black point defined by crimson at lower angle of 
cell ; postmedial line indistinct, dark defined on outer side 
by crimson, arising at vein 6 and angled outwards at veins 
4, 3 ; a subterminal series of small blackish spots ; a series 
of black points before termen on crimson spots. Underside 
pale purplish rufous ; fore wing with the costal area tinged 
with brown to beyond middle, the inner area whitish, the 
terminal area slightly irrorated with brown, and a faint 
oblique medial line and faint postmedial line except on inner 
