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HYPERAESCHRA; ANTHYPERAESCHRA. By M. Gaede. 
jurva. 
bipuncti- 
gera. 
pallida. 
basistriga. 
tenebrosa. 
nigribasis. 
dentala. 
taiwana. 
tenebrosella. 
kosemponi- 
ca. 
Irichosticha. 
by a short black streak. Exterior line dentate, in front pale grey, at the inner margin edged with brown. Grey 
dots at the veins. Submarginal line undulate, dark brown. Hindwing blackish-brown. <$ 42 mm. Formosa, 2500 m. 
N. furva W ilem. Fore wing brown, spotted paler. Interior and exterior lines blackish, faded. Interior 
line obliquely outwards, exterior line curved above the centre, ending near the interior line. Black streaks 
at the base and in the marginal area. Hindwing greyish-brown. 50 mm. Formosa, 300 m. 
N. bipunctigera Mats., of which no figure is at hand, cannot be surely recognised and ranged. 
81. Genus: Hyperaeschra Btlr. 
Palpi erect. Antennae of $ moderately long-combed, i. e. as far as the tips, but in the last thirds very 
short. Eorewing at the inner margin before the middle with a dent of scales. Vein 6 from the accessory cell, 
7 and 10 + 8 + 9 from its apex. Veins 3 and 4 separated in both wings. Type: pallida Btlr. 
I. Antennae of $ pectinated. 
H. pallida Btlr. Eorewing grey, dusted with brown, especially at the inner margin, behind the lower 
cell-angle and at the apex. A black streak below the base of the median vein and a short one in the cell above 
vein 2, a broad one above vein 3, and two at the apex. Hindwing pale brown. 50 mm. Sikkim, Singapore. 
(The original figure does not correspond to the description.) 
II. Antennae of $ p 1 a i n. 
H. basistriga Mr. (80 d). Somewhat similar to Not. sikkima (80 e). On the cross-vein a black streak. 
Interior line white, undulate, obliquely outwards, exterior line angled at vein 4. Dark marginal dots and a 
row of such dots before them. Hindwing of <$ white, of $ greyish-brown. 45—50 mm. Sikkim. According 
to the original figure rather a species of Notodonta. 
H. tenebrosa Mr. (80 g). Forewing dark red-brown. Cross-vein with a black streak. At the apex a 
sharply defined light spot behind the exterior line which is sharply notched, mostly distinct. Below the apex 
a broad dark radial diffuse spot and below them a lighter one. Anal angle lighter, too. 50—55 mm. Sikkim. 
maculifer Mats., from Formosa, is probably the same species; but as the two sides look very different on the 
figure, it cannot be stated for sure. 
H. nigribasis Hmps. Eorewing dark brown as far as the interior line. The latter and the exterior line 
are double, bent, undulate. A dark spot in the cell-end. Reniform macula pale, oblong. Submarginal line 
dentate, indistinct, the light places of tenebrosa are olive brown here. Hind wing dark brown with a light median 
line. S 50 mm. Sikkim. 
H. dentata Hmps. (80 f). Eorewing darker violettish brown than tenebrosa. Apical spot shorter, darker, 
with a strong black streak inside. The darkening extends to the notched submarginal line, the notches at veins 3 
and 4 are not lighter. In the sub median fold before the interior line a blackish spot. 45- 58 mm. Ceylon, 
Sunda Is., Celebes, Hainan. taiwana Mats, is probably only a pale faded form. Formosa. — tenebrosella 
Strd., however, is uniformly dark, without a light apical spot, only the exterior line recognizable. Formosa. 
discoidalis Mats, is most probably = dentata Hmps. 
H. kosemponica Strd. (80 f). Lighter violettish-brown. Interior line distinct, double, with a distinct 
black dot in the cell. The streak at the cross-vein is very light-edged. Exterior line behind the cell less strongly 
excurved, before it a parallel nebulous line. The light apical spot and the submarginal line are only marked. 
$ 44 mm. Formosa. A $ from Singapore is somewhat darker, reddish-brown, smaller, 40 mm. ( Notodonta) 
horishana Mats, is almost certainly synonymous with it. — Allodontoides costiguttatus Mats., from Formosa, 
is probably also a Hyperaeschra not far from kosemponica. 
Note: H. plana Swh. is a Noctuid, according to the kind information by the British Museum. 
82. Genus: Aiithyperaeschra nov.gen. 
Separated from Hyperaeschra by broader fore wings and the absence of the accessory cell. Veins 
7 + 10 + 8 + 9 stalked. Antennae of $ long-combed almost to the tips. Thorax with a broad tuft. Type: 
(Hyperaeschra) trichosticha Hmps. 
A. trichosticha Hmps. (= clothus Swh.) (80 c). Blackish-brown. Collar blackish. Eorewing with traces 
of strongly notched lines in the basal area and 2 small erect scaled-spots below the cell. Interior line also with 
black erect scales, excurved in the cell and above the inner margin. Exterior line double, dentate, with erect 
scales, at the costal margin indistinct, incurved below vein 3. A submarginal row of scales near the apex, above 
vein 4 and at vein 2 with brown spots. 58 mm. Sikkim. 
