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NOCTUIDJE. 
Genus ADRA. 
Type. 
Adra, Walk, xxvii. 137 (1863) argentilinea, Walk. 
Adra nicobarica, n. sp. 
<$. Head and thorax white, the patagia and antennae pale 
rufous ; palpi ochreous brown at sides ; legs ochreous brown ; 
abdomen white tinged with ochreous brown . Fore wing 
pale rufotis ; a white fascia on discal fold from base to termen ; 
a slight white streak along vein 1, diffused into submedian 
interspace at middle ; white fascia? above terminal parts of 
veins 3 and 2 ; a slight black-brown streak just below costa 
before apex and slight black-brown streaks on extremities 
of veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2. Hind wing white suffused with ochreous 
brown. Underside white tinged with pale brown. 
Hub. Nicobar Is. {Rogers), 1 <$ type. Exp. 20 millim. 
Genus ANTARCHiEA. 
Type. 
Anthophila, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 93 (1816), non 
descr. ; Zincken, Ersch. & Grnbe, Allg. Encyc. 
Wiss. iv. p. 275 (1820) ; Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (3) 
p. 273 (1826), nec 111. Hym. 1804, and Haworth 
Lep. 1811 viridaria, Clerck. 
Antarchsea, Hiibn. Verz. p. 254 (1827) numisma, Hiibn. 
Prothymia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 282 (1827) viridaria, Clerck. 
Heliomanes, Sodoffsky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vi 
suppl. p. 16 (1837) viridaria, Clerck. 
Daona, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 190 
(1864) mansueta, Walk. 
Gauzania, Walk, xxxiv. 1208 (1865) det.ersalis, Walk. 
Byturna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 28 mansueta, Walk. 
Pseiidomicra, Butl. Entom. xxv. p. 69 (1892) marginalis, Walk. 
Antarchsea coniota, n. sp. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with 
red-brown ; antennae dark red-brown ; palpi deep red-brown, 
purplish red in front ; fore legs suffused with purplish red. 
Fore wing ochreous white mottled with rufous especially 
towards termen and slightly irro rated with blackish, the 
costal edge bright rufous ; a black point at lower angle of 
cell ; an oblique rufous line from apex to vein 1 beyond 
middle ; a series of slight blackish points just before termen ; 
cilia bright rufous. Hind wing white faintly tinged with 
brown especially towards termen ; cilia tinged with purplish 
pink. Underside of fore wing whitish suffused with purplish 
pink except on inner area and more deeply towards costa ; 
hind wing white tinged and irrorated with purplish pink 
except on inner area, a series of black points before termen. 
Hab. N.E. Rhodesia, Up. Luangwa R. ( Neave ), 1 $ type. 
Exp. 28 millim. 
