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SICCIA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
ovale. 
iaproibanis. 
(jiillulosana. 
saqittijera. 
inters per set. 
tau. 
m inima. 
nilgirica. 
einereicolor. 
slitjmatias. 
seriata. 
sordida. 
albescens. 
suheinerea. 
quinquefas- 
cia. 
iaiw ana. 
I. ovale Hmps. the light brown forewing is yellowish-white at the base, costal margin and proximal 
margin, of the same colour is an oblique, anterior transverse line; the costal margin is blackish towards the 
base. Hindwings brownish, at the proximal margin whitish. Head, shoulder-covers and abdominal end reddish- 
yellow; 28 mm. Burma. 
48. Genus: Siccla Wkr. 
This genus contains 15 Inclo-Australian representatives, part of which extend yet into the palearctic 
region. Mostly small, whitish or brownish species with darker transverse markings. Proboscis fully developed; 
palpi erect, but not reaching the vertex. The $$ sometimes exhibit antennae with short combs and mostly 
ciliated. The forewings are rather narrow, frequently somewhat tapering. On the forewing the two lower 
radial veins rise from the same place. On the hindwing M x and R 3 are united. SC 2 and R x are petioled. 
S. taprobanis Wkr. (= cingalesa Wkr., grammophora Fldr., sinuata Moore) (Vol. II, t. 11 b). 
Forewings white with black zigzag lines and black dots in the cell; hindwings blackish-brown. The Ceylon 
form is of a more grey ground-colour. Widely distributed from the Himalaya over Bombay and Ceylon to 
Malacca and Java. 
S. guttulosana Wkr., likewise distributed from North India to Java, though not touching the pale- 
arctic region, is smaller than the preceding; the dentate lines are broken up into rows of spots; the ground-colour 
is brownish-white; the hindwings are of a purer white with an indistinct median spot, and brownish dusting 
towards the margin. 
S. sagittifera Moore (Vol. II, t. 11c) is still somewhat smaller, of a purer white ground-colour, 
with very irregularly dispersed, black dots and spots. Hindwings dusted with a blackish-brown. Sikkim, from 
there to the north, extending into the palearctic region. 
S. interspersa Luc. (17 m) has yellowish-grey forewings with black, dentate transverse lines. Base 
blackish, and the space between the antemedian and middle is dusted with a blackish brown. Hindwings brownish. 
Queensland. 
S. tau Heyl. (17 1). Forewings pale greyish-brown, with 4 very strongly dentate, fine transverse 
lines and a dark discal dot of mostly triangular or Y-shape. Hindwings whitish, dusted with brownish. The 
figure is not very distinct. Madras; Ceylon; Java. 
S. minima Hmps. (17 m). A very small species of an expanse of only 12 mm. Forewing greyish-brown 
with very indistinct, spotted transverse markings; a spot in the middle of the cell and a V-shaped discal spot 
are somewhat more prominent. Hindwings pale brownish. Ceylon. 
S. nilgirica Hmps. (17k) is grey, mixed with blackish; an anterior transverse row of 4 black, small 
spots with one behind them in the cell and one at the cell-end; behind them another transverse row of small 
spots. Hindwings pale brownish. Nilgiris, Java. -— The form einereicolor Hmps. from the same habitats in 
China, extending into the palearctic region (Vol. II, t. 11 c), is very much dusted with brown; the transverse 
markings are more prominent. 
S. stigmatias Hmps. (17 1). Forewing white with rather large black spots at the base, in the middle 
and at the cell-end, with spots above them at the costal margin, two spots each at the proximal margin and 
at the margin towards the apex. Hindwings blackish-brown. Sangir. 
S. seriata Hmp-s. (17 k) is considerably larger, the forewings are more grey and exhibit some more 
spots. Assam. 
S. sordida Btlr. (Vol. II, t. 11c) is very variable, changing from whitish to greyish-brown, with small 
black spots and dentate median and postmedian lines. Hindwings in the <$ white, towards the apex brownish, 
in the $ blackish-brown. Distributed from China through India to Ceylon. — The more whitish form from 
Singapore and Bali may be denominated albescens form. nov. (= ab. 1 Hmps.). ■— subcinerea Moore 
( = modesta Moore) denotes male specimens with blackish-brown hindwings and white fringes, which form 
was also found in Formosa. — quinquefascia Hmps. from the Nilgiris Plateau has the forewings very much 
dusted black. 
S. taiwana Wil. Head and thorax white, feebly tinged brown. Forewing white, particularly in the 
costal area dusted light brownish; near the base of the costa a black dot with a small black spot below it. 
