Moths . erminal spur,and the tarsus naked. a. Fore wing of male ivith no tufts of hair at middle and end ofcell below. 4853. Nosophora althealis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 697. Analtes congenitalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. quadrisignata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 320, pi. 183,fig. 6 ; C.$ S. no. 4128. Ochreous and fulvous ; palpi fuscous, white below; abdomen with the basal segment white,the terminal segments darkrufous. Fore wing ochreous ;the costal area to end of celland the outer area suffusedwith fuscous; a small darkspot with a hyaline spot Fig. althealis, rf. f Wond [t
Moths . erminal spur,and the tarsus naked. a. Fore wing of male ivith no tufts of hair at middle and end ofcell below. 4853. Nosophora althealis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 697. Analtes congenitalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. quadrisignata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 320, pi. 183,fig. 6 ; C.$ S. no. 4128. Ochreous and fulvous ; palpi fuscous, white below; abdomen with the basal segment white,the terminal segments darkrufous. Fore wing ochreous ;the costal area to end of celland the outer area suffusedwith fuscous; a small darkspot with a hyaline spot Fig. althealis, rf. f Wond [t ™ end °* ceI1j an indistinct dark line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; a large dark-edged silvery-white patch with indented outer edge from subcostals to vein wing suffused with fuscous, the base pale; a large rounddark-edged silvery-white spot beyond the cell with some fulvousbeyond it. Hab. Sikhim; Ceylon; Andamans; Borneo; PuloLaut; Sula;Mysol; Amboina; New Guinea. Exp. 30 N-OSOPHOEA.—CHALCXDOPTEBA. 291 4854. Nosophora semitritalis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 407, pi. 14, fig. 14. Differs from althealis in the fore wing having a well-definedobliquely sinuous antemedial line; the medial line below cellwaved; no fuscous on costa or spot in cell; the postmedial patchexpanding towards costa, both its inner and outer edges indented,its lower part small and angled inwards. Hind wing with thespot beyond the cell subquadrate and conjoined to a large whitecostal patch. Hab. Sikhim; Pulo Laut; Amboina. Exp. 30 millim. b. Fore luing of male with tufts of rough hair in middle and endof cell below. 4855. Nosophora albiguttalis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soo. 1890, p. 273, pi. viii, fig. 14. d1. Black; abdomen below white. Fore wing with a largesilvery-white lunule beyond the cell, extending from vein 7 to Rangoon. Exp. 30 millim. 4856. Nosophora SCOtaula, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soo. 1894, p. 459. c?. Uniform black-brown with a slight cupreous tinge; pectusan
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