XIV. 1 Banks: A New Philippine Noctuid 73 
Its very striking appearance differentiates it at once from all 
other noctuids that I have seen, and its graceful actions are not 
easily forgotten when once they have been witnessed. 
I dedicate this beautiful insect, the first and only one of its 
genus ever taken in the Philippines, to my mother, Ida Randolph 
Banks. 
Its closest ally, lontha umbrina Doubleday, is recorded from 
Sylhet, in northern India, by all authors and from Singapore 
by Swinhoe. Hampson * gives Borneo in addition but, as he 
cites no collector, this may be an error. 
‘Fauna of British India, Moths (1894), 2, 541, fig. 301. 
