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NOLA. Bv Dr. A. Seitz. 
tenebrosa. 
loxoscia. 
niphostena. 
tristicta. 
achromata. 
distribute/,. 
melanota. 
grisalis. 
puncti- 
lineata. 
brunella. 
cycota. 
aeniciis. 
anisogona. 
microphas- 
ma- 
obliqua. 
N. tenebrosa Hmps. ( 1 3 e). Pale brown, the basal 2 / 3 of forewings dark, suffused with chestnut-brown. 
The dark area projects, below the costa and again farther down, in spur-shape toward the margin, before 
which stands a series of black dots. Abdomen and hindwing pale brown, the fringes of the latter yellowish. 
Described from a single ? in the British Museum, found by Dudgeon in Bhotan. 
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N. loxoscia Hmps. (13 a), of equal size as the latter, but paler, more yellowish-grey, the basal % of 
forewing more irregularly shaded, the outer portion paler. Before the margin no black dots, but a few 
irregularly undulate shades. Sikkim, 7000 ft. of altitude. 
N. niphostena Low. (131), as large as the preceding, colouring rather earthy-grey. The basal 2 / 3 darker, 
shaded with dirty brown, but at the base a pale oval spot touching the costa. The outer area separated 
from the darker portion of the forewing by a nearly white, irregular line edged with black-brown distally 
and connected with the margin by some whitish rays. Hindwing more uniformly brown-grey than in the 
preceding; on the forewing a dark central dot. Reported from Port Victoria (South Australia). I found this 
species neither at the neighbouring Port Adelaide nor on Cangaroo Island, and only know it from Hampson’s 
Catalogue whence also the figure was taken after being reduced to its natural size. 
N. tristicta lips. (13 a) is pale yellow-grey, marked with dark brown in the middle of the costa and 
before the apex. In the marginal area a series of dark shades, and before these an oblique row of dots. 
Hindwings dirty white. Himalaya and Khasia Hills (Assam). 
N. achromata limps. (13 a). Whitish, forewing slightly tinged yellowish in discus and before margin, 
but without any distinct dark brown marks on costa. Basal half of costal area faintly shaded with grey. 
From the Solomon Islands. 
N. distributa Wkr. (= major Hmps.) (13 e) resembles the preceding species, but with two very distinct 
dark brown marks at base and middle of costa of forewing. ? larger than in the other species. Widely 
distributed from Africa to Madagascar and India, northward to the Himalayas, eastward to Christmas Island; 
I took a few specimens at a high altitude near Conoor in the Nilghiris, during February and March. 
N. melanota Hmps. (13a) has the brown costal marks very heavy and distinct at base, in middle and 
before apex of forewings. A few similar, weaker spots at the inner margin, approaching the others, but not 
completely joining them. Before the outer 1 / s a dark row of spots. Himalaya, Khasia Hills. 
N. grisalis Hmps. (13e) is much smaller than the last ones, closely resembling Roeselia scripta Moore 
from Sikkim (cf. Vol. 2, pi. lOd). Dirty grey, forewings covered with dark tufts and heavy punctate rows in 
the middle and before the margin; on the costa some heavier dots. From Pundaloga and Puttalam (Ceylon). 
N. punctilineata limps. (13 e) likewise resembles Roeselia scripta as well as the preceding form, but 
the forewings with more sharply distinct dots; at the base a short streak, the dots arranged in regular, discal 
and submarginal rows and running together at the middle of the inner margin into a feeble shade. Described 
from a ? from Bhotan. 
N. brunella Hmps. (13 e) resembles grisalis; but more brownish, on the forewing the dark shading 
finer, rather limited to the marginal area and an oblique median band. Hindwings paler. From India proper 
and Ceylon as far as Assam. 
N. cycota Megr. (131). Pale slate-grey, forewing with dark central dot and dull, dark transverse bands 
near base, before and in marginal area. New South Wales. — aenictis Megr. from Queensland deviates only 
in having the transverse bands rather dentate than undulate, and the oblique shadow in the marginal area 
more obsolete. — anisogona Low. (13 e) from South Australia is larger, with brownish hindwings, otherwise 
quite similar to the preceding. 
N. microphasma Btlr. (= grisalis Swinh.) which has been treated in Vol. 2, p. 44, being found in 
Japan, is also known from Farther India (Assam) and the Malay Archipelago. 
N. obliqua B. Bak. is grey, thorax and abdomen finely dotted with black. Forewing whitish, shaded 
with grey, antemedian line undulate, postmedian very oblique from costa to rib 4, whence it passes obliquely 
inwards. This line is brownish-grey, dotted on either side. A large species; 26 mm. Hindwings translucent 
white. Owgarra, New Guinea. 
