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SIDERIDIS. By W. Warren. 
shade; black points along termen; hindwing white, the termen ochreous brown. A South Indian species, 
recorded from Ganjani, Canara, and the Nilgiri Hills; Ceylon; Burma; Singapore; Borneo. 
megaproctis. S. megaproctis Hmps. (13 a). Forewing ochreous white, irrorated with blackish along costal and 
inner margins; the white veins defined, as usual, by dark, and the terminal interspaces with dark streaks; 
inner line strongly angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin, marked above by an oblique 
row of dots from costa to submedian fold; outer line lunulate dentate, often marked only by the teeth on veins; 
a very faint dark triangular shade on termen below apex; a black dot in lower angle of cell; hindwing white, 
the veins and termen brownish; abdomen ochreous white, with sublateral series of small black spots; the 
venter dusted with black. Restricted to Ceylon. 
sinuosa. S. sinuosa Moore (13 a). Forewing ochreous; the costa slightly dusted with blackish; median ner- 
vure white, interrupted at inner line and again near end of cell, where it forms a slight hook, defined 
below and sometimes above by a streak of dark brown and rufous suffusion, which runs obliquely to 
termen below apex, expanding into a triangular patch; inner line indistinct, oblique to submedian fold 
and strongly angled inwards on vein 1; outer line lunulate dentate, the teeth forming black points on the 
veins; stigmata present, small and brown, defined by dark brown; hindwing dark brown, the fringe pal¬ 
er. A north Indian species, found in the Punjab and Sikkim; also recorded from W. China. 
irregularis. S. irregularis Walk. (— canosa Snell., abstracta Swinh., sepulchralis Lucas) (13 a). Forewing 
ochreous brown largely suffused with fuscous; a black streak below base of cell; a fuscous streak along 
median vein, expanding beyond cell to termen from near apex to anal angle; some black streaks in 
the upper terminal intervals; at lower angle of cell a white point; outer line lunulate dentate, the teeth 
marked dark on the veins; an oblique black streak from apex; hindwing ochreous white, brownish 
towards termen. Occurs from India to Australia, being recorded from Kangra Valley in the Punjab; 
Moulmein, Rangoon, Thyetmyo, Bhamo in Burma; Singapore; Borneo; Java; Brisbane, Queensland. 
albistigma. S. albistignia Moore (13 a, b). Forewing pale olive brown to grey brown, well dusted with fuscous; 
veins of costal area defined by fine brown streaks, the apical interspaces with brown streaks; a slight 
black streak below base of cell; a dark shade on each side of median vein, extending to the triangular 
brown shade below apex; a small V-shaped white spot with brown centre at lower angle of cell; an 
outer line of black points, sometimes with traces of a lunulate line before them; hindwing semihyaline 
white, the veins, termen, and inner area brownish. Sikkim, N. India; Madras, S. India; Gooty, Coim¬ 
batore, Nilgiri Hills. 
ciliata. S. ciliata Walk. (= assimilis Walk.) (13 b). Forewing pale grey brown densely irrorated with black; 
costal edge whitish; inner line obliquely waved, with row of black points on it; outer line a double 
series of black spots; a white point at lower angle of cell; hindwing pale at base, terminally suffused with 
fuscous; fringe tipped with white. New South Wales. 
-fragilis. S. fragilis Btlr. (13 b). Forewing luteous grey irrorated with dark, inner line obscure, oblique 
and dentate to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1; outer line minutely dentate, indented 
on each fold; a small white spot at lower angle of cell; hindwing whitish with a luteous tinge; the 
veins and termen brown. Recorded from several localities in the Punjab, and from the Central Provinces 
of India. The larva is reported to do much damage to wheat. 
crenulata. S. crenulata Hmps. (13 b). Forewing grey, rufous-tinged and black-dusted; the veins dotted 
black and white; a diffuse black streak below base of cell; an obscure inner line, with black points on veins; 
outer line indistinct, lunulate dentate, the teeth black-marked on the veins; a subterminal series of ill-defined 
black marks; small black terminal dots; outer half of cell above median vein black reaching beyond 
cell between veins 3 and 5; a white point at the lower angle; hindwing whitish, almost wholly suffused 
with fuscous; fringe white. $ with forewing redder except along costa; the black markings absent, ex¬ 
cept the points of inner and outer lines; the tegulae and patagia without the black lines present in 
the S- Fao on the Persian Gulf. 
unipuncta. S. utiipuncta Haw. (= extranea Guen., antica Walk., convecta Walk., separata Walk., consimilis 
Moore, trifolii Btlr., adultera Schaus, ? luteomaculata Breni. & Grey) (Vol. 3 pi. 25 e). Forewing ochreous 
grey, freckled with darker grey, often suffused with rufous; markings obscure; orbicular and reniform 
stigmata pale or yellowish, the latter with a white dot at lower end; an outer toav of dark dots on veins, 
joined by a dark streak from apex; hindwing fuscous grey, paler basewards; the veins dark. A species 
of almost world wide distribution. In the Indo-Oriental region it is recorded from North and South India, 
Java, Australia, and New Zealand. Under the synonyms above enumerated, convecta Walk, was described 
from Australia, and consimilis Moore from India; antica Walk., trifolii Btlr., and adultera Schaus all from 
pundulata. S. America; and separata Walk, overlooked in Vol. 1 p. 100) from N. China. The forms punctulata Blanch. 
sacchari- and saccharivora Btlr., both from C. America, are characterised, the former by the absence, the latter 
vara. 
