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noctuid.e. 
Genus SAROBA. 
Saroba, Walk, xxxiii, 109(3 (1865) 
Type. 
pustulifera, Walk. 
Saroba phcenicias, n. sp. 
cj. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some grey ; antennae 
blackish with white points on the shaft above towards base ; 
palpi rufous, the 3rd joint fiery red at base, then with white 
ring, then blackish mixed with fiery red and whitish and with 
white tips ; pectus whitish ; legs grey-brown, the spurs 
and tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown 
with some rufous at base of dorsum. Fore wing silvery 
grey-brown tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with 
black ; two black points in the cell near base and a black 
and white subbasal point on costa ; antemedial line with 
black and white point at costa, then slight, black, incurved 
in the cell, then waved and with whitish point at vein 1 ; 
a black point in middle of cell and two discoidal points ; a 
faint oblique rufous line from lower angle of cell to inner 
margin ; postmedial line with black and white point at costa, 
then slight, black, punctiform, oblique to vein 6, excurved 
to vein 4, then inwardly oblique, some white points beyond 
it on costa ; a series of black points before termen and a 
terminal series of striae. Hind wing rufous with a greyish 
tinge and irrorated with black, the costal area grey-brown ; 
a curved punctiform black postmedial line ; a series of black 
points before termen and a terminal series of striae. Under- 
side pale rufous slightly irrorated with brown ; fore wing 
with the inner area grey-brown, a strongly curved black 
postmedial line, punctiform between veins 7 and 4 ; hind 
wing with blackish discoidal point and curved punctiform 
blackish postmedial line. 
Hab. Singapore {Ridley), 1 $ ; Dutch N. Guinea, 
Kapaur {Doherty), 1 $ type ; Admiralty Is. {Meek), 1 <$. 
Exp. 36-40 millim. 
Saroba melanopasta, n. sp. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with 
grey, the head with some blood-red scales, the tegulae with 
blood-red medial band, the patagia with some dark brown 
scales ; antennae black with whitish rings towards base, 
frons with white points at sides ; palpi blood-red with some 
black scales, whitish bars near base of 2nd and 3rd joints 
and the extreme tips whitish ; pectus and ventral surface 
of abdomen whitish ; fore and mid tibiae red and whitish, 
the hind tibiae grey-brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with 
