PREFACE.

Tur subject of Vol. X. of the ‘Catalogue of Moths’ is the

classification of the Noctuid subfamily Hrastriane, represented in

the present work by 1222 species belonging to 136 genera. The

subfamily is homogeneous in appearance, but is not very well defined

structurally, being intermediate in characters between the Trifid

and Quadrifid sections of the Noctwide, and having very close

affinities on the one hand with the Acronyctine and on the other

hand with the Acontiane, Noctuine, and Hypenine.

The Erastrianee are characterised as follows:—Vein 5 of the

hind wing is typically nearly fully developed and usually arises

from well above the lower angle of the cell, although it is rarely

obsolescent and then springs from the middle of the discocellulars ;

the eyes are not hairy; the tibie are not spined; and the larve

have the first pair or first two pairs of prolegs aborted.

The subfamily is to a large extent confined to the tropical and

warmer temperate regions, especially the more arid districts, and

.it has few species in the colder zones, and none in the Arctic and

Alpine zones.

Sir George Hampson has to acknowledge the assistance which

he has received, mostly from those whose help has been referred to

in earlier volumes of the Catalogue, by the loan of types and other

specimens, and in other ways. The coloured drawings which have

vi PREFACE,

been made for him from types which are not in the Collection

of the British Museum have been reproduced and are severally

acknowledged in the text.

The Plates which will be published early in 1911 in connexion

with this volume are numbers 148 to 173, of which Plate 148 and

part of Plate 149 refer to Vol. [X. of the Catalogue, Plate 174, part

of which relates to Vol. X., will appear with Vol. XI.

SIDNEY F. HARMER,

British Museum (Natural History), Keeper of Zoology.

November 12th, 1910.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX,

Page

Fam. NOCTUID A (continued) 1

Subfam. ERASTRIANEZ .... 1

Eupseudomorpha Dyar ...... 9

4987. brillians (Wewm.)...... 10

Cydosia, Westwood .......... 10

4988. submutata (WIk.) . il

4989. nobilitella (Cram.) .. 11

4990. mimica (Wik.)........ 18

4991. imitella, Stretch ...... 13

4992. pheedra, Druce........ 14

4993. punctistriga, Schaus.... 14

4994. aurivitta, Grote § Rob.. 14

4995. majuscula (HZ. Edw.) .. 15

Heematosticta, Hmpsn. ...... 15

4996. sanguiguttata, Hmpsn... 15

Hyriodes, Hmpsn. .........- 16

4997. leucocraspis, Hmpsn. .. 16

Acidaliodes, Hmpsn. ........ 17

4998. excisa, Hmpsn......... iy

4999. truncata, Hmpsn....... 18

0000. enona (Druce) ........ 19

5001. celenna (Druce) ...... 19

5002. atripuncta, Hmpsn..... 20

5003. lycaugesia, Hmpsn..... 20

5004. perstriata (Ampsn.).... 21

Arsoptera, Hmpsn........... 22

5005. acidalica, Ampsn. 22

5006, fascialis, Hmpsn....... 23

HOO/s nivalis wAnpsn.) <2.) 2

5008. micreeola (Meyr)...... 24

5009. obliquifascia, de Joan .. 26

5010. proleuca, Hmpsn....... 25

5011. epiphracta (Turner).... 26

5012. pleurotypa (Turner) 26

5013. rufescens, Hmpsn. .... 27

5014. pictalis, Hmpsn. ...... 27

5016. xanthopis, Hmpsn..... 28

5016.

5017.

5018.

leucoplaga, Hmpsn.....

poliophea, Hmpsn.....

goniophora, Hmpsn.

5019. griseata, Hmpsn. 56

5020. canescens (Wik.) ......

Airissermisteeya anne ween

5021. prasinoscia, Meyr.

5022. ochrochlora (Turner) ..

Microblemma, Hmpsn.

5025. discipuncta, Hmpsn.

Proroblemma, Hmpsn.........

5024. stictopteris (Butl.) ...

5024 a. polystriga, Zmpsn. ..

eee eee

Trogoblemma, Hmpsn. ...... 796

5024 6. acutalis (Schaus) .... 796

EKublemmistis, Hmpsn. ...... 30

5025. chlorozonea, Hmpsn. .. 38

Catoblemma, Hmpsn. ........ 36

5026. rosealis (Hmpsn.) 36

5027. pictalis (mpsn.) 5a)

5028. sumbavensis, Hmpsn.,. 938

5029. umbrifera, Hmpsn. .... 38

Cauteschra, Hmpsn. ........ 39

5030. ustipennis (Hmpsn.) .. 39

EMMIS pays VUeacdele ote ias a 40

5031. purpurea, Hmpsn. 40

5032. albifrontata (Moore) 41

5033. etrocta, Hmpsn. ...... 4]

5034. ferreofusa, Hmpsn. .... 42

5035. vinacea (Hmpsn.) 42

_ 5036. eosarialis, Wik. ...... 42

5037. prolecta (Turner) 43

5088. lutefascialis (Zeech).... 44

5039. rosella (Hmpsn.) ...... 46

5040. elataria (W/k.)........ , 45

5041. albinella (Hmpsn.) . 46

5042. croceicincta ({mpsn. Vs on elf

5048. plutonis (Lucas) ...... 47

5044. albipuncta, Hmpsn.. . 48

Vill

Enispa

5045.

5046.

5047.

5048.

5049.

5050.

5051.

5052.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

(con.). Page

erythroglauca, Hmpsn.. 50

minuta (Hmpesn.)...... 50

flavicincta, Hmpsn..... 51

albicosta, Hmpsn. Sao

purpurascens (Hmpsn.) . 51

niveiceps (Turner) .... 52

rubrifuscaria (Himpsn.). 92

rosea (/mpsn.)

5053. parva (Beth.-Baker) 53

5054. poliorhoda (Hmpsn.) .. 58

5055. atricincta (Hmpsn.) 54

5056. oblataria (WIk.) ...... 54

5057. regulata (WIk.) ...... 59

5058. algae, Hmpsn. .......- 55

5059. lichenostola, Hmpsn. .. 56

5060. leprosa, Hanpsn. ...... 56

5061. leucogramma, Hmpan. , 57

5062. albolinearia (Leech).... 57

5063. albilineata (AZmpsn.) .. 58

5064. griseipennis (Hmpsn.) 58

5065. quadricostaria (Wik.).. 59

5066. leucosticta, Hmpsn. 59

5067. cenistis (Hmpsn.)...... 59

5068. roseata (Anpsn.)...... 60

5069. atriceps, Hmpsn....... 60

5070. lycaugesia, Hmpsn..... 61

Micracontia, Hmpsn. ........ 61

5071. batisella, Hinpsn....... 61

Niacecaba, Wik....... Re aie 62

5072. sumptualis, Wik....... 62

Dmlolermmey, JEW ooscoocnce 63

5073. crenulata (HImpsn.).... 64

5074. commoda ( Wik.)...... 64

5075. digona, Hmpsn. ...... 65

5076. leptinia (Mad.) .,.... 66

5077. alstoni, Hmpsn. ...... 67

5078. falcatalis (Hmpsn.).,.. 68

5079. truncatalis (Wilk.) .... 68

5080. rubricilia, Hmpsn. .... 69

5081. acrapex, Hmpsn....... 70

5082. pectorora (Zucas)...... 70

5083. semirufa, Hmpsn. .... 71

5084. rufiplaga, mpsn. 3

5085. apicimacula (Mab.).... 72

5086. dinava (Beth.-Baker).. 73

5086 a. flavipars, Hmpsn. .. 797

5087. subangulata, Hmpsn... 74

5088. quadrapex (Hmpsn.) .. 74

5089. galactea, Hmpsn....,.. 75

5090. posticata (W/k.) ...... 76

5091. dimidialis (Fabr.) .... 797

5092. pudica (Snell.) ........ On

5095. trigramma, Hmpsn..... 78

5094. orthogramma (Snell.).. 79

6095. quadrilineata (Moore).. 79

5096. baccalix (Swinh.)

Page

5097. trifasciata (Moore) .... 81

5098. melanodonta, Hmpsn. 81

5099. foedosa (Guen.) ...... 82

5100. flaviceps, Hmpsn. . 83

5101. fulvitermina, Hmpsn... 83

5102. punctilinea, Hmpsn. 83

5103. stictilinea, Hmpsn..... 84

5103 a. goniogramma, Hmpsn. 797

5104. eupethecica, Hmpsn. .. 94

5105. melabela, Hmpsn. . 94

5106. epistrota, Hmpsn. , 95

MOV, Wellor< (WERICD)) asccsoee 95

5108. contingens (Moore) .... 96

5109. quinaria (Moore) ...... 97

5110. brunnea (Hmpsn.) .... 97

5111. paurograpta (Butl.).... 98

5112. pyrosticta, de Joan .. 98

5118. thermosticta, Hmpsn... 99

5114. snelleni (Wllgrn.) .... 99

5115. nannata, Hmpsn....... 100

5116. dardouini (Botsd.) 100

5117. tritonia (Ampsn.) 101

5118. miasma (Hmpsn.)...... 101

5119. misturata, Hmpsn. .... 102

5120. sciaphora, Hmpsn. 102

5121. pheapera, Hmpsn. .... 103

5122. anticalis (Wik.) ...... 104

5123. egens (Moore)........ 104

5124, fasciata (Hmpsr.) .... 105

ol25, decora (Wik) 2. aa) 3. 105

5126. rubripuncta (Ampsn.).. 106

5127. stygindonta, Hmpsn. .. 107

5128. thermochroa, Hmpsn... 107

5129, flavinia (AZmpsn.) 108

5180. lacernaria (Hiibn.) .... 108

5131, stygiochroa, Hmpsn. .. 109

5132. jucunda (Hiibn.) ...... 110

5138. ‘pallens Clmpsn’) esha 110

5134. hypozonata, Hmpsn. 111

5135, leucanitis, Hmpsn. .... 111

5136. leucozona, Hmpsn. .... 112

5137. syrtensis, Hmpsn. .... 112

ISIS WEIR) (VEMIOIN. 66 o0556 113

5139. arcuinna (fHiibn.) 114

5140. cuelecana (Staud.) .... 115

5141. chlorochroa, Hmpsn. .. 115

5142. admota (Feld.)........ 116

5148. olivacea( Wik.) ...... 116

544) neducta, beiluee crn WIAs

5145. bipartita, Hmpsn. .... 117

5146. leucomelana, Hmpsn... 118

5147. ostrina (Hiibn.) ...... 118

5148. staudingeri (Wilgrn.).. 119

5149. nigrivitta, Hmpsn..... 120

5150. atriciliata, Zmpsn..... 121

6161. albicosta, Hmpsn. 12]

SYSTEMATIC INDEX. ix

Page

5152. proleuca, Hmpsn,...... 121

5153. albifascia, Hmpsn. .... 122

5154. flavicosta, Hmpsn. .... 122

5155. atrifusa, Hmpsn....... 123

5156. ochrochroa, Hmpsn. .. 128

5157. minuta, Hmpsn. ...... 124

5158. apicata, Dist. ........ 124

5159. nyctichroa, Hmpsn..... 125

5160. candicans (Rmbér.) .... 125

5161. carneotincta, Hmpsn... 126

5162. vinotincta, Hmpsn..... 126

5163. apicipuncta (Saalm.) .. 126

5164. poliochroa, Hmpsn..... 127

5164 a. albivena (HImpsn.) .. 798

51646. titanica, Ampsn. .... 798

5165. pulvinarie (Olif.) .... 128

5166. glaucochroa, Turner .. 128

5167. silicula, Swinh......... 128

5168. coccidiphaga, Hmpsn... 129

5169. vestina, Swinh......... 130

5170. seminivea, Hmpsn. .... 130

5171. anachoresis (Wilgrn.).. 131

5172. perobliqua, Hmpsn..... 132

5175. acarodes, Swinh. ...... 152

5174. cochylioides (Guen.) .. 133

5175. lentirosea, Hmpsn. .... 183

5176. roseana (Moore) ...... 154

5177. glaucizona, Hmpsn..... 154

5178. ochrobasis, Hmpsn...., 135

5179. thermobasis, Hmpsn. .. 135

5180. exigua (Wik.) ........ 156

OSI parva CUO) semen ae 136

0182. rivula (Moore) ........ 1387

5183. flavida, Hmpsn. ...... 138

5184. albipennis, Hmpsn. .... 138

5185. noctualis (Hiibn.) .... 139

5186. vagneri (Herr.-

NURI) wes e570 00008 139

5187. elychrysi (Rmbr.) .... 140

5188. permixta (Staud.) . 140

5189. vizidula (Guen.) ...... 141

5190. candidana (Fabr.) .... 141

5191. ornatula (Feld.) ...... 142

5192. odontophora, Hmpsn... 148

5193. bifasciata (Moore) ..., 143

5194. leucodesma (Lower) .. 148

5195. lozostropha, Turner.... 144

5196. sperans (Feld.)........ 144

Ma eusaloier (Held) ie tenes <1 145

5198. mesopheea, Hmpsn..... 145

5199. hansa (Herr.-Schiff.) ., 146

5200. debilis (Christ.) ...... 146

5201. compuncta (Led.) .... 147

9202, fugitiva (Christ.)...... 147

5208. munda (Chrwst.) ...... 147

5204.

5205.

5206,

5207.

5208.

5209.

5210.

5211.

5212.

5213.

5214.

5215.

5216.

5217.

5218.

6219.

5220.

5221,

6222.

6223.

5224,

5225.

5226.

5227.

5228.

5229.

5230.

o2281,

5232.

§233.

5234,

5235,

5286.

BY,

5238.

§239.

5240.

5241,

5249.

5248.

5244,

5245.

5246.

5247.

5248,

5249,

5200

5251.

6252.

5258.

5254.

5255.

5256.

D257.

Page

suppuncta (Staud.).... 148

ephimera (Piing.)...... 148

jocularis (Christ.) . 149

marmaropa, Meyr..... 149

rufipuncta, Turner .... 149

pannonica (Fir.)...... 150

amasina (#v.) ........ 160

pulehra (Swinh.) ...... 151

delicata (Feld.) ...... 151

mininia (Gwen.) ...... 162

scitula (Ambr.) ...... 153

leucota, Hmpsn. ...... 154.

therma, Hmpsn. ...... 154

respersa (HHiibn.) ...... 154

URI, (CMA) Soocgoe 6 155

BiLle UO Sa ((CC.) einen 156

alllonles (ZDpy)) son 606 156

chlorotica (Zed.) ...... 157

viridis (Staud.) ...... 157

jeunes (SEG) on 5550c0e 158

pallidula (Herr.-Schiff.) 158

Suppura (Staud.) ...... 159

SATCOSIA, HInpSi. a). a 159

lacteicosta, Hmpsn..... 159

desentiy(@2atis)) hae nemae 160

purpurina (Schif.) .... 160

rosea) CHahn.) ns sae: 161

parallelay(Hirs)s er. ere J61

OMI (ZIG) a6 Ss 50 50 2 162

sphragidota, Turner 168

subcinerea (Snel/.) .... 163

gayneri (WV. C. Roths.) . 163

losteMmeb, Ce SOHO ooonos 164

teilhardi, de Joan...... 164

trilinea, de Joan ...... 165

curvata (Lucas) ...... 165

ochreola, Hmpsn....... 166

brachygonia, Hmpsn. .. 166

erence (C80) >0kca00c 167

tadda, Swink. 3.200 168

abrupta (Wik). 2.5... 168

versicolora (Wik.) .... 169

aurantiaca, Hmpsn..... 170

crassiuscula (Wdk.).... 170

cinnamomea (ferr.-

NOW)! a obcpecenoos aly

obliqualis (Zabr.)...... 172

leucograpta, Hmpsn. .. 178

bilineata, Ampsn. 178

daphena, Hmpsn. 174

polygramma (Dup.) 174

roseocincta, Hmpsn. 175

heterogramma (Mab.).. 175

ragusana (frr.) ...... 176

tubiginea, Hmpsn. . ad

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Eublemma (con.). Page

58. castanea, Hmpsn. Uae

5259. aplecta, Turner ...... 177

5260. obscura (Moore) ...... 178

5261. tristalis (Leech) ...... 178

5262. reticulata, Zmpsn. .... 179

5263. rubra, Hmpsn......... 179

5264. dubia (Butl.) ........ 180

5265. costimacula (Saalm.) .. 180

5266. ignefusa, Hmpsn....... 181

5267. communimacula

(SAB) stdecdoocass 181

5268. rhodocraspis, Druce.... 182

5269. carneola, Hmpsn....... 182

5270. amabilis, Moore ...... 183

5271. roseonivea (Wik.) .... 184

5272. ecthemata, Hmpsn. 184

5273. vestalis (Butl.)........ 185

5274, flaviciliata, Hmpsn..... 185

5275. xanthocraspis, Hmpsn. . 185

5276. plumbosa, Dist. ...... 186

SAU Colles (NGOS) 55000004 186

5278. innocens (Butl.) ...... 186

5279. flavistriata, Amps. 187

5280. agrapta, Hmpsn....... 187

281. pyrastis Hmpsn. ...... 187

5282. conspersa (buitl.)...... 188

5283. griseola (Zrsch.) ...... 188

5284. uniformis (Staud.) .... 189

5285. leucanides (Staud.) ..,. 189

236. himmighoffeni (Mil/.).. 189

5287. illota (Christ.) ........ 189

5288. vollastoni (NV. Roths.).. 190

5289. psamathea, Hmpsn..... 190

5290. penicillata, Hmpsn..... 190

5291. uninotata, Hmpsn. .... 191

5292. albivestalis, Hmpsn. 191

5293. subvenata (Staud.) .... 191

5294. chionophlebia, Hanpsn.. 799

5295. leuconeura, Hmpsn. .. 192

5296. conistrota, Hmpsn..... 192

5297. bulla (Swenh.) .....:.. 192

298. virginalis (Oberth.) .... 192

5299. deserta (Staud.) ...... 193

5300. straminea (Staud.).... 193

5301. flavia, Ampsn......... 193

Decticryptis, Hmpsn. ........ 194

5302. deleta (Moore) ...... 194

HOlOeKY DUIS) UCase eerie 195

5303. bisectalis (Wik.)...... 195

5304. phasianura, Lucas 196

5305. erubescens (Hmpsn.) .. 197

5306. permaculata, Hmpsn... 197

5307. erosides (Hmpsn.) .... 198

5308. melanosticta, Hmpsn... 198

5309. atrifusa, Hmpsn....... 199

Perynea, Hmpsn.

Heemaphlebia, Hmpsn.

Ligidia, Wk.

Metacausta, Hmpsn.

5310. ussuriensis (Rebel) ....

o3ll. purpurascens (Beth.-

Baker)

ee eeroe oe eee

eee ee ce ce ow

5312. subrosea (Buwtl.)

IReperitawelanps7s anne i,

5313. molybdopasta (Turner).

5314. atripalpis, Hmpsn. RAG

eee eo ee ee oc oe ow

5316. decissima, Wik. ......

5315 a. endolopha, Hmpsn. ..

Roane Wilicssas an rea eat

5316. caustipennis (Hmpsn.) .

0317.

5318.

5319.

0320.

semiochrealis, Wik.....

craspedica, Hmpsn.....

rotundipennis, Ampsn. .

acidalica, Hmpsn. ....

5321. ustata (Ampsn.)

Cenymen cine re ae

5322. trogobasis, Hmpsn. ....

5323. contentaria (Wik.)....

5324. rhodotrichia, Hmpsn. .

5325. ignealis, Hmpsn. ......

5326, thermesialis (W7h.)....

5327. trichobasis, Zmpsn.....

5328. endotrichalis, Hmpsn. .

5329, flavibasalis, Hmpsn.

5330, igniaria (Hmpsn.)

Gppvly UO, SOHC, sooconce

6332. perrubra, mpsn.

5353. ustula (4Zmpsn.)

5334, argentescens, Hmpsn. ..

5335. disjunctaria (Wik.).... 2

Pheeozona, Himpsn, .......... 200

5336, omphisalis, Wik. ...... 219

5337. ochreana (Beth.-Baker) 220

5338. vagipennata (Wik.).... 220

5389, flavicostata (fZoll.) ..., 221

5840. plagiostola (Zmpsn.) .. 222

5841. fissilinea, Hmpsn. 222

5342. porphyrea, Hmpsn..... 228

5343. indecisa (Wik.) ...... 223

5344. virescens, Hmpsn. 224

Farara, Beth.-Baker.......... 224.

5345. pulchra, Beth.-Baker ., 224

Lophoruza, Hmpsn........... 225

5346. longipalpis (Wik.) .... 226

5847. albicostalis (Leech) ..., 226

5348. lunifera (Moore) ...... 227

5349, diversalis (Wik.)...... 228

5350. diagonalis, Hmpsn..... 229

Sols Innere, (SEOWE)) 35605084 229

5352. mascarena, de Jvan. 23

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Page

53538, vacillatrix, Hmpsn. , Oil

5354. addescens (Swnh.) .,.. 282

5355. xylonota (Lower) . 232

(Chmrnin, Wks sonceecconadod 233

5356. subcervina, Wlk....... 233

Oruzae ines tiee ee ernst 234

5357. unipunctata, Beth. -

BORGIR des Menier a: 23

5358. vacillans(W/k.) ...... 235

5359. reticulata (Moore) .... 236

5360. decorata (Swenh.) 55 2a

5361. fissifascia (AZmpsn.).... 288

NBGA sea) (WAIE) Saoodaos 238

5363. intractata ( Wik.) 239

5364, bipars (HZmpsn.) ...... 240

5365. albolineata (Beth. -

DB GIOr a racine ae se 241

5366. nigropunctata (Beth.-

BOker Aes nese nels 242

5367. mediopallens (Beth -

‘Baler. Wire rite oot ck: 243

5368. biarmioides (Wik.) .... 243

5369. stragulata (Pag.) 245

5370. semilux (Wik.) ...... 246

save Ginn (UATE) coonease 246

5372. latifera (WIE.)........ 247

5373. rufiplaga (Beth.-Baker) 248

5374. lacteicosta (Hmpsn.) .. 249

5375. glaucotorna, Hmpsn. ., 249

5376. xanthopera, Hmpsn. .. 250

5377. rectilineata, Hmpsn. .. 251

5378. leucocraspia, Hmpsn... 251

5379. albicostata (Druce) .. 251

5380. costata, Wik.......... 252

iystelll.,. ieoumey (US0THh)) sb oo nie oon 252

5882, crocodeta (Turner) .... 253

5383. atriapicata, Hmpsn. 2538

5884. cariosa (Lucas) ...... 204

Nmaiead a MiGonen nine stn ehpeicice: 254.

5885. albicosta (dZmpsn.).... 255

5886. pyraliformis, Moore 255

5387. javanica, Hmpsn. » 206

Mietasada, Hmpsn. S0...2.)... 257

5588. polycesta (Turner) .... 257

Hypobleta, Turner .......... 258

5889. cymea, Turner ...... 258

@Enoptera,"Anpsn. . 2.5%... «- 259

5390. purpurea, Hmpsn. .... 259

5391. acidalica, Hanpsn. .... 260

Pseuderaspedia, Hmpsn....... 260

392. leucozona, Hmpsn..... 260

5393. prosticta, Hmpsn. .... 261

5394. punctata, Hmpsn. .... 261

5895. basipunctaria (Wik.) .. 262

Lycaugesia, Hmpsn. ........ 263

5396,

longipalpis (Sw7rh.)

5397.

fuscifascia, Dogn.

5398. flavimargo, Hmpsn.

5399, teneralis (Wlk.) .....

5400. rubripicta, Hmpsn....

5401. rufipuncta, Hmpsn....

5402.

5403.

5404.

5405.

Steganiodes, Hmpsn.

fuscicosta, Hmpsn. .

Pseudacidalia, Hmpsn.

5407. albicosta (Moore)

5408. undulata, Hmpsn. ...

5409. unilineata, Beth.-Baker

Mimoruza, Hmpsn..........

5410. nigriceps, Hmpsn. ...

Paroruza, Hmpsn.

6412.

5413.

5414.

5415.

5416,

5417.

5418.

6419.

5420. tritonia (mpsn.)

5421. mesophea, Piing.

Bostrodes, Hmpsn.

5422. proleuca, Hmpsn.

postvittata (Moore)

ruptifascia (Moore)

astona (Swinh.)

5423. rubrifusa (Hmpsn.) i

Parasada, Hmpsn.

5424, carnosa (Hmpsn.)

Epigrypera, Hmpsn.

5425. erlogona, Hmpsn.

5426. argenticincta, Hmpsn. :

Trogatha, Hmpsn.

Cautatha, Hmpsn.

5428. pheenicea, Hmpsn.

Ketrogatha, Hmpsn.

Corgatha, Wik.

5450. variegata (Beth. -

Baker re see ta

drosera (Meyr.)

anthina, Tuner

5431,

5432.

54338.

5434.

5435.

5436.

5437,

omopis (Meyr.)

producta, Hmpsn.

nitens (Butd.)

excisa, Hmpsn.

punctilinea, Hmpsn. ..

melasoma, Hmpsn.....

hypozonata, Hmpsn. .

5406. mesopheea, Hmpsn....

5411. subductata (Wik.) ...

Hyposada,-Hmpsn. s 5...

fasciosa (Moore) .....

ineffectaria (Wik.) ...

melanosticta, H: mpsn..

hydrocampata (Guen.) .

juncturalis, (Wik.).... 2

ere ees eee

CC iC er]

0427. pocilota (7 wrner). i

5429. himerata (Wik.)......

esa oe

co006

enispodes, Hmpsn. ....

oD 605

O00 00 On

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Corgatha (con.). Page

5438. macariodes, Himpsn. .. 292

5439. atrifalcis, Ampsn. . 292

5440. diplochorda, Hmpsn. .. 293

5441. ozolica, Hmpsn. ...... 293

5442. drepanodes, Hmypsn. 294

5448. ruficeps (W/k.) ...... 294

5444, concavata ( W/k.) 295

5445. loxomita, Turner ...... 296

5446. olivata, Hmpsn. ...... 296

5447. aroa (Beth.-Baker) .... 297

5448. dinava ( Beth.-Baker) .. 297

5449, atrimargo, Hmpsn. .... 298

5450. albicinctalis (W/k.).... 299

5451. costipicta, Hmpsn. . 299

5452. argyrota, Hmwpsn. .... 299

5453. niveicosta, Ampsn..... 300

5454. implexata (Wik.) .... 300

5455. leucosticta, Hmpsn. 301

5456. flavipuncta, Hmpsn. 301

5457. trichogyia, Hmpsn..... 302

5458. minor (Moore)........ 303

5459. pusilla, Swink. ...... 304

5460. costinotalis (Moore) .. 3804

5461. minuta (Beth-Baker) . 304

5462. dichionistis, Turner .. 305

5463. argillacea (Butl.) .... 305

5464. porphyrea, Hmpsn. .. 306

5465. flavicosta, Hmpsn. .... 3806

5466. daphcena, Hmpsn. . 306

0467, figuralis (Wik.) ...... 307

5468. dictaria (Wik.) ...... 307

5469, zonalis, Wik. ........ 308

5470. diploata, Zmpsn. . 809

5471. albivertex, Hmpsn..... 309

5472. argenticosta, Hmpsn... 310

5473. rubra (Hmpsn.) ...... 310

5474. castanea, Hmpsn. sold

5475. hypoxantha, Hmpsn. .. 311

5476. terracotta, de Joan .... 311

5477. hebescens (Butl.) . 312

5478. argentisparsa (Hmpsn.). 312

5479. gemmifera (Hmpsn.) .. 318

5480. melanistis, Hmpsn..... 3138

5481. straminea (Butl.) .. ol4

Wobulbathay wise verse ee 314

5482. hippotes (Druce)...... 315

5483. idiera (Druce)........ 316

5484. hirasa (Druce)........ 516

5485. metaspilaris, Wik. .... 317

uleloy imine (SOE) cae oA nae 317

5487. punctifinis, Ampsn. .. 318

5488. ochrocraspis, Hmpsn... 318

5489. quadrifera (Zell.) .... 319

5490. limbata (H. Edw.) .... 320

o491. orcidia (Druce) ...... 320

Page

5492. fiavofasciata (Grote) .. 321

5493, luda (Druce) ........ 321

5494. goyanensis, Ampsn. 322

5495. balteata (Smith) ...... 322

5496. gilda (Druce) ........ 323

5497. bipars, Hmpsn. ...... 323

5498. semipallida, Hmpsn. .. 324

5499. luxuriosa (Smith) 324

5500. subterminata, Hmpsn. . 325

5501. umbrifera, Hmpsn. .... 325

0002. catada (Druce) ...... 326

Melamera, Hmpsn. .......... 327

55038. velutina, Hmpsn. 327

JN NOI UDG sts ao bacoe 646 328

0004, discalis, Wik. ........ 328

5505. accincta (Peld.) ...... 328

Microphea, Hmpsn. ........ 329

5506. nyctichroa, Hmpsn. 329

5507. griseata, Hmpsn....... 330

MO DUES JVM, Sooosdas ec 330

5508. sericea, Butl. ........ 330

Drogotorna, Hmpsn. ........ 301

5509. persecta, Hmpsn. 331

Drobeta, (Wika ee eer 332

5510. exscendens, Wik....... 303

5511. melagonia, Ampsn..... 399

5512. delectans (Wik.)...... 3384

5518. perplexa (Schaus) 334

5514. pheeobasis, Hmpsn..... 335

Pananpiltia wen psiiaes eee 395

5515. veluta, Druce ........ 336

HHNG, Tame, IDG onooonanoee 306

5517. cervina, Hmpsn....... 337

3518. nephelistis, Ampsn. 308

5519. carrioni (Dogn.) ...... 338

5520. virescens (Druce) 339

Doz meanay(C7.0ce) meee 340

5522. grisescens (Druce) .... 340

5523. subrufescens (Kaye) 341

PNM WV aoe aecaveonene 342

5524, tiresias (Druce) ...... 342

5525. ithaca (Druce) ...... 343

5526. mesoscota, Hmpsn..... 344.

5527. albicauda, Hmpsn. .... 344

5528. pulchra, Schaus ...... 345

5529. attina (Druce)........ 546

5530. ochriplaga, Hmpsn. 346

HoSilaydinectanni4/ eae ee 347

5532. melamera, Hmpsn..... 348

5533. carneopicta, Hmpsn. .. 348

5004, albirufa, Duce)... .. 349

5535. viridans, Schaus ...... 349

5536. eriopica, Hmpsn....... 350

Chlorocodia, Hmpsn. ........ 350

5087. olivescens, Hmpsn..... 351

SYSTEMATIC INDEX. xill

Page

Glaucicodia, Hmpsn. ........ 351 5580. nigripalpis (Wik.) .... 381

5538. leuconephra, Hmpsn... 392 | Phyllophila, Guen. .......... 382

Paracodia, Hmpsn. .......... 352 5581. numerica (Botsd.) .... 382

5539. albivena, Hmpsn. .... 353 5582. obliterata (Rmbr.) .... 383

5540. puella (Schaus) ...... 353 55838. griseola (Feld.)........ 384

5541. praxina (Schaus)...... 304 | 5584. rufescens, Hmpsn. .... 385

5542. albiceps, Druce ...... 399 5585. flavitermina (Hmpsn.) . 385

Mictochroa, Hmpsn. ........ 305 5986. torrefacta (Dist.)...... 386

5548. farona (Schaus) ...... 356 5587. obscura (Hmpsn.) .... 886

5544. harmonica, Druce ..,. 306 5588. cogela (Schaus) ...... 387

5545. zonella (Druce) ...... 357 | Cidicodia, Hmpsn. .......... 387

5546. parigana (Schaus) .... 398 5589. violascens, Hmpsn..... 388

5547. albirena, Druce ...... G18) || (Cnewomie, WUE snosoohanocoos 388

5548. caterva (Schaus) ...... 359 5990. vegeta (Swinh.) ...... 388

5549. thermoptera, Druce .,. 360 5591. ethiopica, Hmpsn. .... 3889

5550. triangularis (Schaus) .. 360 5592. platypheella, Wik..... 390

5551. angularis (Schaus) .... 361 5593. atrisigna, Hmpsn. .... 391

Gonophea, Hmpsn. ........ 362 5094. floccifera (Hmpsn.).... 3891

5552. villica (Schaus) ...... 362 | Neochrostis, Hmpsn. ........ 392

Challenatay V/Uicmen sueeee oe 363 5595. diplogramma, Hmpsn. . 392

5568. mesonephele, Hmpsn... 863 | Ozarba, Wik. .............. 393

5554. ustata (Druce)........ 564 5596. arenacea, Hmpsn. .... 393

5555. fumosa (Butl.) ........ 364 5597. destituta (Moore) .... 394

5556, bilinea (Schaus) ...... 365 5598. excisa, Hmpsn......... 395

5557. lilacina, Hmpsn. ...... 365 | 5599. chinensis (Leech) ...... 395

5558. micaceella, Wik....... 365 | 5600. orthozona (Hmpsn.) .. 401

Stenoloha, Staud............. 366 | 5601. abscissa (Wik.) ...... 402

5559. jancousci (Oberth.) .... 367 5602. domina (Holl.)........ 402

5559 a. confusa (Leech)...... 799 5603. transversa (Moore) .... 408

5560. ferrimacula (ZZmpsn.).. 367 5604. rectifascia (Hmpsn.) .. 403

5561. manleyi (Leech) ...... 368 5605. camptozona (Turner) .. 404

5062. clara (Leech) ......-. 368 5606, madanda (Feld.) ...... 404.

5563. punctistigma (Hmpsn.). 869 5607. chrysaspis (Meyr.) .... 405

5564. viridimicta, Hmpsn. .. 369 5608. microcycla (Maé.) .... 405

5565. glaucescens (Hmpsn.).. 870 | 5609. accincta (Dist.) ...... 406

Stenostygia, Hmpsn. ........ 371 | 5610. punctigera, Wik....... 407

5566. nigritula (AZmpsn.).... 3871 5611. lepida, Saalm. ........ 407

Scotostena, Hmpsn........+.. 372 5612. corniculans ( Wiligrn.).. 408

5567. lugens, Hmpsn. ...... 372 5613. megaplaga, Hmpsn..... 409

5568. pinodes (Turner)...... 372 5614. sciaptera (Lower) .... 409

iprovarache, Hinypstacde yet: 373 | 5615. mallarba, Swink....... 410

5569. eulepidea (Hmpsn.).... 373 5616. hypenoides (Butl.) .... 410

5570. melaphora, Hmpsn..... 374 | 5617. uberosa (Swinh.)...... 411

5571. gladiola (Barnes)...... 374 | 5618. glaucescens, Hmpsn. .. 411

5572. requies (Dyar)........ 375 5619. seiaphora, Hmpsn. .... 412

iUieGuiley, (SPtacs oe Sane opode 375 | 5620. costata, Hmpsn. ...... 412

5o/3. lunata (Lower)........ 376 5621, excurvata, Hmpsn..... 413

5574, herbaria (Swinh.)...... 376 | 5622. honesta( Wik.) ...... 413

5575, tristigmatias (Hmpsn.) . 377 5623, sinua, Hmpsn......... 414

Xantholeuca, Hmpsn......... 378 5624. plumbipicta, Hmpsn... 414

5576, staudingeri (Stndf.).... 378 5625. hemichrysea, Hmpsn... 415

ICCOda) WOOK. re ss vicious 378 5626. cyanopasta, Hmpsn. .. 416

5577. plebeia (Butl.)........ 379 5627. chryseiplaga, Hmpsn... 416

5578. eccausta, Hmpsn....... 379 | 5628, metachrysea, Hmpsn... 417

5579. dousaroides, Moore .... 380 5629. contempta (Wik.) .... 417

X1V

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Ozarba (con.). Page

5630. flavescens, Hmpsn...., 418

5631. flavidiscata, Hmpsn. ., 418

5632. ochrozona, Hmpsn..... 419

5633. hemiplaca (Meyr.).... 419

5634. semirubra, Hmpsn..... 420

5635. hemiochra, Hmpsn..... 420

5636. semipurpurea ({mpsn.) 421

5637. consanguis (Hmpsn.) .. 421

5638. hemimelena, Hmpsn.,, 422

5639. bipartita (Himpsn.) .... 422

5640. socotrana, Hmpsn. .... 423

5641. rosescens, Hmpsn. .... 423

5642. isocampta, Hmpsn..... 494

5643. pheocroa, Hmpsn. .... 424

5644, nephroleuca, Honpsn. .. 425

5645. nigroviridis (Hmpsn.).. 425

5646. cinerea (Auriv.) ...... 426

5647. eryptochrysea (Hmpsn.) 426

5648. toxotis, Hmpsn. ...... 427

5649. pyraspis (Meyr.) ...... 427

5650. fulvescens, Hmpsn..... 427

5651. flavipennis, Hmpsn..... 428

5652. heliastis (Hmpsn.) .... 428

5653. densa ( Wik.) ........ 429

5654, acclivis (Feld.)........ 430

5655. perssoni (Wilgrn.) .... 431

5656. sancta (Staud.) ...... 432

NIN, were (WAIANs baoduonso 432

5658. subterminalis, Hmpsn... 433

5659. apicalis, Hmpsn....... 434

5660. binorbis, Hmmpsn....... 435

5661. bisexualis, Hmpsn. .... 435

5662. hypoxantha ( Wilgrn.).. 4386

5663. moldavicola (Herr.-

SOR) os0000000000 437

5664. lascivalis (Led.) ...... 438

5665. albimarginata (Hmpsn.) 439

5666. venata, Buti. ........ 440

5667. rubrivena, Hmpsn. .... 440

5568. phlebitis, Hmpsn. .... 441

5669, metallica (Hmpsn.).... 441

5670. molybdota, Hmpsn..... 442

5671. vicina (Schaus) ...... 449

5672. hemipolia, Hmpsn..... 445

5673. subdentula, Hmpsn. .. 443

5674. terminipuncta (fmpsn.) 444

5675. badia (Swinh.) ........ 44-4

5676. rufula, Hmpsn......... 445

5677. umbrifera, Hmpsn..... 445

5678. hemipheea (Hmpsn.) .. 446

5679. itvarra, Swink......... 446

5680. pallida, Hmpsn. ...... 447

5681. brunnea (Leech) ...... 447

5682. incondita, Butl. ...... 448

5683. lamia (Swirh.)........ 448

5684. inobtrusa (Hmpsn.)....

5685. pheea (AImpsn.) ......

5686, plagifera (Aebe/) ......

5687. metaleuca, Ampsn.....

5688. fannia (Druce)

5689. aeria (Grote)

HIM), Sem VOR) soccadac

5691. bicornis, Hmpsn.......

5692. melanodonta, Hmpsn...

5693. besidia (Druce)

5694. bettina (Druce) ......

5695. holophza, Hmpsn. ....

5696. atrifera, Hmpsn. ......

5697. perplexa, Saalm.......

5698. illosis (Zmpsn.)

5699. tricuspis, Hmpsn. ....

5700. amazonia (Warr.) ....

5701. melagona, Hmpsn. ....

ANIM, GOs bo o0so0e ne noo

5702. apicalis ( WIk.)

5703. bullula (Grote)

5704. natalis (Wik.) ........

5705. crocosticta, Hmpsn. ..

5706. aroa (Beth.-Baker) ..

5707. leucopera, Hmpsn. ....

5708. stellata, Butl. ........

5709. ruptirena, Hmpsn.

5710. renalis (Moore) ......

5711. glaucopera, Hmpsn.

5712. jeucostriga, Hmpsn. ..

SIE, OCHO ((GHIAs))asadn000000

5714. griseola (Snell.) ......

5715. spilonota, Lower ......

5716. amplificans (Wik.) ....

o117 tristis (Druce)........

5718. punctum (Fadr.)......

5719. teratophora (Herr.-

NAUHE). dhoecoboodces

5720. distigmata (Hmpsn.) ..

5721. monocampta, Hmpsn. . .

Bryocodia,don psa sre

5722. lepidula (Grote) ......

5723. avirida (Smith)

5724. pictula (Schaus) ......

5725. mediana (Schaus)......

Chlorhoda, Hmpsn...........

5726. metacausta, Hmpsn.

Chamiynign Gac7enr eerie

5727. cerintha ( Trevt.)

Argillophora, Grote ..........

5728. furcilla, Grote ........

Argyropasta, Hmpsn.........

5729. thermopera, Hmpsn. ..

Micrantha, Hmpsn. ..........

5730. mirabilis (Schaus) ....

eeceot tee

eee ee eee

Page

AAQ

449

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Page

5781. janeira (Schaus) ...... 484

5732. cyclopis, Hmpsn....... 485

Ciderastria, Hmpsn........... 485

5733. ectorhoda, Hmpsn. .... 486

Ortholenca; Hanpsn...........- 486

5734. albiluna, Hmpsn....... 487

Xanthozona, Hmpsn. ........ 487

5730. leucoglene (Mab.) .... 487

inypercodia, Ampsn. .......- 488

5736. disparilis (Wik.)...... 488

Rhynchodia, Hmpsn. ........ 489

5737. mesophzea, Hmpsn..... 489

Erastroides, Hmpsn. ........ 490

5738. emarginata, Hmpsn. .. 490

5739. albiguttata, Druce .... 491

5740. flavibasalis, Hmpsn. .. 492

5741. hermosilla (Schaus)..,. 498

5742. oliviaria, Hmpsn....... 494

5743. fausta (Swinh.) ...... A494

5744, endomela, Hmpsn. .... 495

5745. mesomela, Hmpsn. .... 495

5746. curvifascia (EZmpsn.) .. 496

5747, propera (Grote) ...... 497

liithacaditalpeaib asserts 497

5748. plumbata (Lutl.) ...... 498

5749. umbrina (Hmpsn.) .... 498

5750. synochitis (Grote &

Rob.

Gee Sewn baat ».. 900

5751. separata (Wik.) ...... 501

5752. arefacta (Butl.) ...... 502

5753. lativitta (Moore)...... 502

5754. ferrugina (Turner) .... 503

5755. picata (Butl.) ........ 503

5756. signifera (Wik.) ...... 504

5757. blandula (Giwen.)...... 505

5758. beetica (Swinh.) ...... 506

5759. caffristis, Hmpsn. .... 506

5760. vialis (Moore) ........ 507

5761. marginalis (Wik.) .... 507

5762. flavofrimbria (Saalm.).. 508

5763. melaleuca, Hmpsn..... 508

5764. phya (Druce) ........ 509

5765. plumbitincta (mpsn.). 509

5766. varicolora (Hmpsn.) .. 510

5767. albidula (Guen.) ...... 511

5768. parvimacula (Grote) .. 511

5769. concinnimacula (Guen.) 512

5770. scapha (Saalm.) ...... 512

5771. armilla (Saalm.)...... 513

5772. metachrysa, Hmpsn. .. 513

5773. micronephra, Hmpsn. . 518

5774, mandarina (Leech) .... 518

Bio. tentont (Buth) 0. 666 519

5776. albopunctalis (Druce) .. 519

5777. bellicula, Hiibn. ...... 520

5778.

5779.

5780.

5781.

5782.

5783.

5784.

5785.

5786.

5787.

5788,

5789,

5790.

5791.

5792.

5793.

5794,

5795.

5796.

5797.

5798.

5799.

5800.

5801.

5802.

5803.

5804.

5805.

5806.

5807.

5808.

5809.

5810.

5811.

5812.

5815.

5814.

5815.

5816.

5817.

5818,

5819.

5820.

5821.

0822.

5823.

5824,

5825,

5826,

5827.

5828.

5829,

5830.

5831.

5832.

Page

cuprea (Schaus) ...... 521

mella (Schaus)........ 521

chloromixta (Alph.) 522

atrinotata, Hmpsn. .... 523

crotopha (Swimh.) ..., 5293

chlorophila, Hmpsn. .. 524

glauca, Hmpsn. ...... 524

bryistis (Turner) .... 525

cupreofusca, Hmpsn. 526

formosana, Hmpsn. .... 526

musta (Grote § Rob.) .. 597

cidarioides (Moore)..,. 527

aurata (Moore) ...... 528

decorata (Moore)...... 528

dorata (Hmpsn.) ...... 529

titanica, Hmpsn....... 529

rosacea (Leech) ...... 530

carneola (Guen.) ...... 531

apicosa (Haw.) ...... 531

minuta (Druce) ...... 532

editha (Schaus) ...... 533

melanostigma (Himpsn.) 534

Senexa (5710/5) uae ee 534

deceptoria (Scop.) .... 535

nemorum (Oberth.).... 536

benita (Sehaus) ...... 537

normalis, Hmpsn. 537

larentiformis(Hmpsn.) 538

glaucopis (Hmpsn.).... 538

fasciana (Linn.) ...... 539

SLED (Jet h) Saoonee 540

muscosula(Gwen.) .... 541

else, (USE) oon dsnecce 541

atrata (Butl.) ....... . 542

distinguenda (Staud.).. 542

Syggenes, Hmpsn. .... 543

onytes (Schaus) ...... 544

confusa (Leech) ...... 544

clandestina (Turner) .. 545

brunnea (Leech) ...... 545

numisma (Stawd.) .... 546

nivata (Leech) ........ 546

penthis (Schaus) ...... 547

binorbis (Hmpsn.) .... 548

euchroa, Hmpsn....... 548

valta (Schaus) ........ 549

Coenial(Swah) 3... 550

squalida (Leech) ...... 550

picta (Ampsn.)........ 551

geoga (Schaus)........ 552

nana (Hiibn.) ........ 552

griseomixta (Hmpsn.).. 553

merta (Schats) ...... 553

holophsea, Hmpsn. .... 544

mirella (Schaus) ...... 554

Xvi SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Page Page

Stenocodia, Hmpsn. ........ 555 | 5880. phwozona, Hmpsn..... 590

5833. purpurascens, Hmpsn. 555 5881. euryzona, Hmpsn. .... 590

Hyperstrotia, Hmpsn. ........ 556 5882. lixiva (Grote) ........ 591

5834. molybdota, Hmpsn..... 556 5883. basicinerea (Grote) .... 591

5835. albicincta (Hmpsn.) .. 556 5884. orthozona, Himpsn. .... 592

5836. inordinata (Wilk.) .... 587 5885. trigonodes, Hmpsn..... 592

5837. meeci (Beth.-Baker) .. 558 5886. genuflexa (Hmpsn.) .. 593

5838. stheria (Grote) ...... 559 5887. catoxantha, Hmpsn. .. 593

5839. oletta (Schaus)........ 559 5888. albifascia (Wik.)...... 594

5840. flavipuncta (Leech) .... 560 5889. citripennis, Hmpsn..... 594

5841. macroplaga (Hmpsn.).. 560 5890. decissima (Wik.)...... 595

5842. semiochrea (Hmpsn.) .. 561 5891. mianoides (Hmpsn.) .. 595

5848. albida, Hmpsn. ...... 561 5892. opella (Swinh.) ...... 596

@ophanta, Wik. ......:..... 562 5893. leucopera, Hmpsn. .... 597

5844, funestalis, Wik. ...... 562 5894. dividua, Grote ........ 597

5845. occidentalis, Hmpsn. .. 563 5895. catilina, Druce........ 598

Xanthograpta, Hmpsn. ...... 563 5896. longena, Schaus. ...... 598

5846. trilatalis (Wlk.) ...... 564 5897. pheomera, Hmpsn..... 599

Tehumvenans, WOUT0Gro soacobocoas 564 5898. isomera, Hmpsn....... 599

5847. univittata (Pag.) .... 565 5899. dimera, Hmpsn. ...... 600

5848. thiochroa, Turner .... 565 5900. bipars (Hmpsn.) ...... 600

Ptyopterota, Hmpsn. ........ 800 5901. excavata (Wik.) ...... 601

5848 a. obscura, Himpsn. .... 800 5902. ozarbica, Hmpsn. .... 602

JOO UeWtiiOs cadaaacanoos 566 5903. cateea, Druce ........ 602

5849. melanchleena (Swinh.) 566 | 5904. cnossia (Druce) ...... 602

5850, chuza (Druce) 22.0... XG S805, Cilla (URI no occs 006 603

5851. metalophota (Hmpsn.) . 568 5906. costimacula (Oberth.).. 603

5852. argentata (Butl.)...... 574 5907. semialba (Hmpsn.)..,. 604

5853. pulcherrima (Moore) .. 574 5908. albisigna, Hmpsn. .... 604

5854. pulchra (Butl.) ...... 575 5909. amydrozona, Ampsn. .. 605

5855. viscotti (Staud.) ...... 576 5910. macrosema (Zower).... 605

5856. albifissa (AZmpsn.) .... 576 5911. amydra (Swinh.) ...... 606

5857. munda (Leech)........ 577 5912. flaviguttata, Grote .... 606

5858. divisa (Saalm.)........ 577 O93: secta, (Grote 72). 2s. ee 607

5859. uncula (Clerck) ...... 578 | 5914. bryophilina, Hmpsn. .. 607

5860. diascia, Hmpsn. ...... 579 5915. astydamia (Schaus) .. 608

5861. obliqua (Moore) ...... 579 5916. asteria (Druce) ...... 608

5862. olivana (Schiff.) ...... 580 | 5917. micropis (Hmpsn.) .... 609

5863. tripartita (Leech) ...... 580 | 5918. melanopis, Hmpsn. .. 609

5864. candidula (Schiff!) .... 581 5919. chionozona, Hmpsn. .. 610

5865. argotypa (Turner) .... 582 5920. euchrysa (Lower) .... 610

5866. rhaptina (Turner) .... 582 5921. bilineata (Hmpsn.).... 610

5867. noloides (Butl.) ...... 583 5922. fervens (Hmpsn.)...... 611

5868. magna (Leech) ........ 583 5923. fuscicilia (Almpsn.).... 611

5869. amorpha (But/.) ...... 584 5924. flavifrons (Moore) .... 612

5870. tegulata (Butl.) ...... 584 5925. marginata( Wik.) .... 612

5871. albibasis (Hmpsn.) .... 585 | Stenorache, Hmpsn........... 612

5872. olivula (Guen.)........ 586 5926. nubilosa (Hmpsn.) .... 618

5873. erecta (Moore)........ 586 | Pseudomicrodes, Ampsn....... 613

5874. latifasciata (Hmpsn.) .. 587 | 5927. fuscipars, Hmpsn. .... 614

5875. inconcisa (Butl.) ...... 587 5928. mediorufa, Hmypsn..... 614

5876. ruptifascia (Hmpsn.) .. 588 5929. atrifusa, Honpsn....... 651

5877. thermozona, Hmpsn. ... 588 5930. rufigrisea, Hmpsn. .... 616

5878, ritseme (Srel/.) ...... 588 5931. decolora (Rebel) ...... 616

5879. quadripartita (W/k.) .. 589 | 5982. polysticta, Hmpsn. ..., 617

SYST

EMATIC INDEX,

Page

5935. ochrocraspis, Hmpsn. .. 617

5934. ecrufa (Hmpsn.) ...... 617

Mulocagtnamsctleaee 2. ase or 618

5935. diaphora (Staud.)...... 618

5956. ochrizona, Himpsn. .... 619

5937. melena (Hmpsn.) .... 619

5938. leucobasis, Hmpsn..... 620

5939. eurynipha (Turner).... 621

5940. argentifrons (Butl.).... 622

5941. nigrivittata (Warr.) .. 622

5942. bipartita (Herr.-Schiff.) 623

5945, insignis (Butl.)........ 623

6944. fasciata, Butl. ........ 624

5945. quintana (Swinh.) . 624

5946. undulata (Srell.) ...... 625

5947. monozona, Hmpsn..... 626

5948. argentisparsa, Zmpsn... 626

5949. fasciolata (But/.)...... 627

5950, esethiops (Dist.)........ 627

5951. hypoteenia ( Wilgrn.) .. 628

5952. pheeozona, Hmpsn..... 629

5953. thermozona, Hmwsn. .. 629

5954. chrysarginea (Schaus) . 630

TOHS, EKO, Je, ohaedooe 630

INepmnNest, AOC seaopcoagane 630

5956. diffusa (Wik.) ........ D1

5957. enescens, Moore . . 632

5958. brunnea, Hmpsn....... 632

Narangodes, Hmpsn. ........ 653

5959. hemorranta, Hmpsn... 633

5960. nigridiscata (Swnh.) .. 633

Metemene, Hmpsn........... 801

5960 a. atropunctata (Pag.) .. 801

5960 6. atrigutta ( Wik.) . 802

Mimasura, Hmpsn. .=.......- 634

5961. simplex (Rebel) ...... 634

5962. unipunctata (Hmpsn.).. 6385

5965. asticta, Hmpsn. ...... I30

5964. quadripuncta, Hmpsn. . 655

JI Gomelaray CEO arian eae 636

5966, disticta, Hmpsn....... 637

5967. tripuncta (Hmpsn.).... 637

5968. impuncta, Hmpsn. .... 637

5969. innotata, Hmpsn...... 638

5970. albiceris ( Turner) . €88

5971. strigicostalis, Hmpsn... 638

llemapmomn, (PU, cooeccoo0o 638

5972. trilineata, Leech ..... 639

5973. quadritasciata, Wik. .. 639

Meneptera, Hmpsn. .......... 640

5974. diopis (Hmpsn.) .,.... 640

Pseudosterrha, Rebel ....... 640

5975. oranaria (Lucas) ..... 641

Gyrohypsoma, Staud. ........ 641

5976. sterrha, Staud......... 642

VOL. X.

Diastema, Given.

Lophorache, Hmpsn.

Exyra, Grote

Helhocontia, Hmpsn.

Cerathosta, Smith...:........

5977. tricolora, Smith

5978. idella, Barnes

Acanthofrontia, Hmpsn. ...

5979. lithosiana, Hmpsn.....

Monocymia, Hmpsn.

5980. harmina (Schazs)

OOS wiieTIsy Guseneemr ae as

5982. morata (Schaus)

OM@ WME VIE ooo odn 0 cece ce

ORR, Cuiscallis, WWE, sas5c00c

5984. fulvirufa, Hmpsn. ie

5985. eustrotiodes, Hmpsn. .

Rhyatiwina, Hompsn. =. 2.2.2...

5986. achatina (Weym.) ....

5987. rolandiana, Grae i

SSIS eR (CRW) sooncennas

5989. ridingsi (Lee)

5990, semicrocea (Guen.)....

Pheenicophanta, Hmpsn.......

5991. flavifera, Hmpesn.

armas nite, CH. ooocc0c00r

0992.

0995.

5994,

5995.

5996.

5997.

5998.

rufescens, Hmpsn. ....

CANIS Vin oon s06

obliquata, Herr.-Schiff.

auruda, Schaus

nigrofimbria, Gwen... .

Jdmgiel, OW0S, coo gbdooedjeor

5999. viridisquama (Guen.) .

6000. trabealis (Scop.)

GUOMEdeletan (Stacia) Ness

‘6002. fascialis (Impsn.) ....

6005. pantherula

SOs) panos hoe de

apicella (Grote)

lépusi(Geens sane o.

pyralidia (Schaws) ,..

valena (Druce) ......

margana (Fabr.)......

perstructana ( Wik.)

cleta (Druce)

6004.

6005.

6006.

6007.

6008.

6009.

6010.

SplacueiawGrotem ae sea

6O11,

6012.

6015.

6014.

6015.

6016.

6017.

guttata, Grote........

funeralis, Grote

magnifica, Grote......

onagrus ( Gren.)

leo (Guen.)

Clana, (CHD) oe 00000c

jaguaralis, Almpesn. .

ooo ood

XVil

Spragueia (con). Page

GOs, arene (GOOG) 05655066 674

6019. plumbifimbriata, Grote . 675

O20), Conia, WWOR))s +5540 675

GmeepenlanGnole i tees 0 675

6021. tripartita (Smith) 676

6022. carcharodonta, Hmpsn. 677

G0235 suton, Ampsn. 227.0... 677

GO24 sutrixea(Guote) mene OLe

6025. conocharodes, Hmpsn.. 679

6026. megocula (Smth) 680

GOD eacostalisi(WUc:) oer ee 680

6028. indubitans ( Wik.) .... 681

IMR, GROG scoc00000000000e 681

6029. fasciatella (Grote) 6382

Conochares, Smith .......... 682

GOSOMacutaw Sites eee 685

6031. altera (Smith) ........ 684.

6032. elegantula (Harv.) . 684

6023. arizonee (H. Edw.) .... 685

6034. interrupta (Smith) .... 685

6035. catalina (Smith) ...... 686

6036. hutsoni (Smith) ...... 686

Tarachidia, Hmpsn........... 686

6037. margarita (Schaus) . 688

6038. viridans (Schaus) 689

6039. albisecta, Hmpsn. 689

6040. parvula (Wik.) ...... 690,

6041. tortricina (Zell.) ...... 690

6042. erastrioides (Gwen.).... 691

6043. nannodes, Hmpsn. .... 692

6044. libedis (Smith) ...... 692

6045. corrientes, Hmpsn. .... 698

6046. tenuicula (Morr.) . 693

6047. candefacta (Hiibn.).... 694

6048. neomexicana (Sith) .. 695

6049, virginalis (Grote) 696

6050. binoeula (Grote) ...... 696

6051. tenuescens (Smith) .... 696

COs, Inwmim, (Sedo) odosccoc 697

6053. semibrunnea, Druce .. 697

6054. cuta (Smith). . 22.20: 698

6055. alata (Smith) ........ 698

6056. jativa (Barnes) ...... 698

6057. perita (Grote) ........ 699

6058. venustula ( W/k.) 699

6059. clausula (Grote) ...... 700

GOGO. semiflava (Guen.) 700

6061. flavibasis, Hmpsn. .... 700

6062. fumata (Smith) ...... 701

Stylorache, Hmpsn. ......... 701

6063. albida, Himpsn. ...... 701

Conacontia, Smrth .......... 702

6064. huachuca, Smith ...... 702

6065. flavicosta, Smith...... 703

6066. orba, Smith. -.5.-...- 704

6067. angustipennis (Grote)... 704

SYSTEMATIC INDEX,

Trichotarache, Grote ........ 705

6068. assimilis, Grote ...... 705

Cardiosace, Hmpsn..........- 706

6069. bidentata (mpsn.) 706

6070. parilis (Wilgrn.) ...... 707

6071. olivescens, Hmpsn..... 708

6072. tripheenoides ( Wllgrn.). 708

6073. natalis (Guen.) ...... 709

6074. sphendonistis (Hmpsn.) 710

IPROG MOMS, JEG MIOs o o0500 0556 “ul

6075. dileuca, Hmpsn....... mul

Hoplotarache, Hmpsn......... 712

6076. sublota (Mab.) ...... 712

GOAi lumen Cab) meee 712

6078. semialba, Hmpsn. 713

6079. costalis (Wik.) ...... 714

6080. carachiensis (Swinh.) .. 714

6081. nubila (Hmpsn.) ...... 715

6082. dispar (Wik.) ........ 716

6083. viridifera, Hmpsn..... 716

6084. mionides (Hmpsn.).... 717

6085. holoxantha, Hmpsn. .. 718

6086. sordescens (Staud.).... 718

Chelichares, Hmpsn. ........ 718

6087. nubifera, Hmpsn. 718

Metapioplasta, Wllgrn. ...... 719

6088. olivescens, Hmpsn..... 719

6089. insocia (WIk.)...,.... 720

6090. burmana (Swinhk.) .... 721

Aulotarache, Hmpsn. ........ 722

6091. decoripennis (Mad.)) .. 722

Mewevelne, Jai, sons gcacsd00 723

6092. lactipennis, Harv. .... 728

COIS wexpolliian | GroceMuy rite 724.

6094. lucasi (Smith) ........ 724

6095. tetragona (W7k.)...... 725

6096. rufescens, Hmpsn. 730

6097. ruficincta, Hmpsn. .... 730

6098. major (Smith) ........ 730

6099. lanceolata, Grote...... Tol

6100. bilimeci (Feld.) ...... 731

6101. mizteca, Schaus ... 732

6102. axendra, Schaus ...... 733

6103. disconnecta (Smith) 739

6104. cacola (Smith) ........ 734

6105. gonella (Streck.)...... 734

6106. abdominalis, Grote .... 735

6107. flavipennis, Grote 736

6108. areletta (Dyar) ...... 737

GOO Mare lin (S72 4cek meri 737

6110. aprica (Alibn.)........ 738

6111. micropis, Druce...... 739

6112. mescei (Smrth)........ 740

6115. sedata (H. Edw.) 740

5114. apela (Druce) ........ 741

GIS andonis,eeea/brnaen siete 742

6116.

6117.

€118.

6119.

6120.

6121.

6122.

6125.

6124.

6125.

6126.

6127.

6128.

6129.

6130.

6131.

6152.

6153.

6134.

6155.

6136.

6157.

6158.

6139.

6140.

6141.

6142.

6145.

6144.

6145.

6146.

6147.

6148.

6149.

6150.

6151.

6152.

6155.

6154.

6155.

6156.

6157.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Page

morides (Schaus)...... 742

ochrochroa, Druce .... 743

apatelia, Swink. ...... 744

hyperlophia, Hmpsn. .. 744

money (BAL) "oan oo 745

basifera (Wik.) ...... 746

zelleri (Wllgrn.)...... 747

marmoralis (Fabr.).... 747

rachiastis, Hmpsn. .... 749

hieroglyphica, Lower .. 749

clerana, Lower........ 750

eel, (SWEEP) “Sno beooe COL

elwoa, Hmpsn......... 751

xuthosoma, Turner.... 752

neurota, Lower ...... 753

gratiosa (Wilgrn.) .... 758

crocata (Giuen.) ...... 754.

xuthota, Hmpsn....... 755

microptera (Mab.) .... 755

sexpunctata (Fabr.) .. 756

bicolora (Leech) ...... 757

detritay (Bw). 3.63: 757

thapsina (Turner) .... 758

guttifera (Feld.) ...... 758

hemixanthia, Hmpsn... 759

semiatra (Smith)...... 760

flavonigra (Swinh.).... 760

acerba (H. Edw.) 761

nubilata, Hmpsn....... 761

hemiglauca, Hmpsn. .. 762

pheenna (Druce) ...... 762

terminimaculata, Grote 763

GEOR, (CORNEA) Soo-oeoe 763

cratina (Druce) .....% 764

phrygionis, Hmpsn., 764

jaliscana, Schaus...... 767

lien, (YFG) cpacocen 767

nitidula (Fabr.) ...... 768

vallengreni (Aw77vv.) 768

umbrigera (Feld.) .... 769

catenula (Wik.) ...... 769

aniluna (Smth) ...... 770

6158.

6159.

6160.

6161.

6162.

6165.

6164.

6165.

6166.

6167.

6168.

6169.

6170.

6171.

6172.

6175.

6174.

6175,

6176,

6177.

6178.

6179.

6180.

6181.

6182.

6185.

6184,

6185.

6186.

6187.

6188.

6189.

6190.

6191.

6192.

puma (Sut) ee ee

EME (VMIE)) Bogee ane

delectayGWile.nos. 0.

olivacea (ZImpsn.) ....

cretata, Grote §& Rob. ,.

loz (NAW) Raanesoc

schvarzi (Smith)......

coquilletti (Smith) .

eudryada (Smith)

opalinoides (Guen.) ..

vahlbergi (Wllgrn.)....

cyanocraspis, Hmpsn.. .

Seciay (Guzen: ners

porphyrea, Butl.......

citripennis, Hmpsn.

spangbergi (dariv.)

rufitineta, Hmpsn. ....

carnescens, Himpsn.....

wee), (VRID) “2 sc banec

psaliphora, Hmpsn.....

chrysoproctis, Zmpsn. .

iohitnanen( ISG) Sopbocee

gradata (WIk.) ......

notabilis (W7k.)......

hortensis (Swinh.) ....

uiphogona, Hmpsn.....

caffraria (Cram.) '

lucida (Eifn.).-.-....

malgassica (Maéd.) ....

discoidea (Hopffr.) ....

Costosas Mago ee eae

margaritata (Drury) ..

tetragonisa, Hmpsn.

leucotrigona, Hmpsn... 7

dimidata (Smzth)

iBiiioehiiany Geert aes

6195.

6194.

6195.

6196.

6197.

splendens, Druce......

meneuiniey (JEM) 6 bo noe

GWE, IDVUC2 ooococes

trilinea (Schaus) ......

obscura (Schaus)...,..

CATALOGUE

LEPIDOPTERA PHALAN A,

Family NOCTUIDA.

Subfamily EHRASTRIAN .

Proboscis usually fully developed, sometimes aborted or absent ;

palpi usually upturned, sometimes oblique or porrect, when the

2nd joint is usually frmged with hair above towards extremity ;

frons often with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it

or with corneous processes of various forms; eyes naked, without

bristly cilia from their margins, almost always large and round;

antenne usually cilated, sometimes serrate or pectinated, often

laminate and almost simple; thorax usually clothed almost entirely

with scales, rarely with hair and hair-like scales or with hair only,

usually without crests; tibizs without spines, the fore tibia rarely

with a terminal claw; abdomen usually without crests, sometimes

with dorsal series of crests or with crest at base only; size nearly

always small or moderate, the build often slender; wings usually

short and broad with the termen evenly curved, sometimes long

and narrow, the termen of fore wing often excised below apex or

towards tornus. Fore wing with vein 1 a weak, not anastomosing

with 16, 1¢ absent; 2 from middle of cell; 3 and 5 from uear

lower angle, or 3 from well before angle, or rarely 3, 4 stalked;

6 from or from below upper angle ; 9 usually from 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the areole, sometimes 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8

to form the areole, or rarely 11 anastomosing with 8 and 10 to form

the areole, or 7, 8,9, 10 and rarely 11 stalked, or 7,8, 9 stalked,

10 from cell, or 7 from cell and 8, 9,10 and rarely 11 stalked ;

9 aud rarely 8 also absent, or 10 rarely anastomosing with 11.

Hind wing with veins la and 16 present, 1c absent; 3, 4 from

angle of cell or often stalked; 5 typically nearly fully developed

from well below middle of discocellulars, but in several genera

VOL. X. B

Pe NOCTUIDAE.

obsolescent from the middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper

angle or stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only or

often anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

In the genera without an areole its absence appears always to

have been caused by reduction from forms which once possessed it.

Fig. 1.—Larva of Turache lucida. +.

Eupseudomorpha, Cydosia, Greperia, Tarachidia and some other

genera have the typical trifid neuration of the hind wing of

the subfamily Acronyctine, but are by facies and other characters

closely allied to the Hrastriane, the larve of such as are known

haying the anterior prolegs aborted, which is the essential distinction

between the two subfamilies.

Larve smooth, the warts with single hairs, the anterior or two

anterior pairs of prolegs absent, and in method of progression more

or less semiloopers.

Key to the Genera.

A, Fore wing with veins 7, 8,9, 10 stalked, or 9

absent.

a. Fore wing with vein 11 stalked with 7,8,9,10. Armoprrmra, p. 22.

6. Fore wing with vein 11 from the cell.

a, Frons with rounded prominences; pro-

boscis small; fore wing with vein 9

GISSIOMG sas coosssssoncconssosnsn500d000000 dooconde Pra@yitcornanta, p. 693.

&1. Frons without prominence.

a>, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

a’, Palpi with the 2nd joint bent for-

ward at extremity ; the 3rd porrect. Ruynenopra, p. 489.

63, Palpi with the 2nd joint not bent for-

ward at extremity.

a4, Mesothorax with paired crests, meta-

thorax with spreading crest.

a®, Abdomen with large crests on

medial segments .................. Erasrrores, p. 480.

5, Abdomen with crests on basal

segments only ....... auciaeisnauinase Drosera, p. 332.

64, Thorax without crests.

a, Hind wing with vein 5 nearly

fully developed from below

middle of discocellulars ......... Prpmrira, p. 202.

o>, Hind wing with vein 5 obsolescent

from middle of discocellulars.

a5, Fore wing with veins 3, 4 shortly

stalked siento the cnnwles wee... PSEUDOCRASPEDIA, p. 260.

DMG, 25)

Procriosis.

iosace. Hoplotarache. Chelichares. Metapioplasta. Au/otarache

PHYLOGENY OF THE BRASTRIANA To fice p, 2.)

Xanthozona. Rhynehodia.

Bryocodia. Argyropasta.

ml Chamyrit. Argillophora. Micrantha. (Ederastria. Ortholeuea. Hypercodia, Erastroides,

Stenostygia. Scotostenn. Protarache. Uncula. Xantholeuoa.

Peperita

Cauteschra. Hemaphlebia. Ligidia, Stenoloba, Hiccoda,

aa Trogoblemma. Eniilemmistis, AS Phaozona, Perynea. ale Metacausta, Geticodin. Neochrostis. Cophanta,

wale, t Mieracontia. Niaccaba. Decticryptis.. Phyllophita, _Cretonia, Ozarba. Amyna. Lithavodia, Stenocodia, Hyperstrotia. Xanthograpta, Himerois. Plyoptarota.

’ a poles, Cerynea. Farara. Lophoruza, Carmara. Stenorache,

Enoptera. Picuderaspedia, Steganiodes. Eustrotia. Pseudomiorodes.

bad ° Hypobleta. Tycaugesia, Psendacidalia. Trogotorna. Drobeta. Fulocastra, Noranga, Narangodes, Meteemene, i

Arasaita, Metosada, Mimoruca. ia, Glaucicodia,

Hyriodes, Oruza. ae Trogatha, _ Avgitia. _Paracodia. Mictochroa, j Diastema, Exyra, Phenicophanta. Graperia. Fruva, Conochares.

Hematosticta. Acidaliodes. Araoptera. Bostrodes, Epigrapera. Cautatha. Colubatha, Gonophea, Chalenata. _ Mimarura. Chohata, Xanthoptera. Heliocontia, Procriosis,

ey. Hyposada. Parosada. Ectrogatha, Melamera. Meneptera, _Lophorache. _ Thyatirina. __Erastria. Ae. Turachidia, Stylorache, Conacontia. Trickotarache. Cardiosace, Hoplotarache. Chelichares. Metapinptasta. Awotarache

Enpseudomorpha, Cydoxia. pile Abacena. Microphwa. Taseopteryx, Flammona, Pseudosterrha. Gyrohypsoma. Cerathosia, Acanthofrontia, Monocymia, Tarache.

Eugraphia.

ERASTRIAN ©.

66. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 from

cell.

ai. Proboscis aborted, small ; fore

wing with vein 9 absent......

b7. Proboscis fully developed ;

fore wing with vein 9 present.

42, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

a}. Proboscis aborted, minute ............

+3, Proboscis fully developed.

a+. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

to well above vertex of head and

bent forward at extremity .........

b+, Palpi with the 2ud joint reaching

to vertex of head and not bent

forward at extremity ...............

c. Abdomen without erests.

a3, Proboseis aborted, slight.

a+, Palpi upturned, slender and

smoothly scaled...............2..+2+++

64, Palpi oblique and fringed with hair

above and below ............se0.ss0++

c+, Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint fringed

with hair above towards extremity.

6°, Proboscis fully developed.

a‘. Metathorax with erest; hind wing

with vein 8 anastomosing with the

cell to near middle ..................

b4. Metathorax without crest; hind

wing with yein 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

a. Palpi upturned.

a®, Fore wing with vein 9 absent .

66, Fore wing with vein 9 present.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint

reaching to above vertex of

head, the 3rd long .........

b7, Palpi with the 2nd joint

reaching to middle of frons,

the 3rd moderate ............

6°. Palpi obliquely porreet, the 3rd

HOWE SHORT ocoosdaacosccooasscaasqsede

B. Fore wing with veins 7, 8,9 stalked or 9 or both

8 and 9 absent, 10 separate.

a. Fore wing with veins 10, 11 stalked.

a, Palpi upturned, slender; fore wing with

the termen excised below ayex ............

61. Palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint

fringed with scales above towards ex-

tremity; fore wing with the termen

Gyemlly GUAT onceooasecqoscssq0000aHn090000000080

6. Fore wing with veins 10, 11 from cell.

aw, Fore tibia with curved claw on outer side

at extremity; frons with corneous pro-

minences with raised edges and spine from

HOWEIPEC Sem anee ete. a datectapeesationccwsinsle cles

61. Fore tibia without claw.

a?, Frons with large corneous prominence

with raised edges, its lower part filled

rim) WAU) BERNICE). soaceocnnoden. ubbeoneecoocoonodce

ARGYROPASTA, p. 482.

Copianra, p. 562.

SrEnocopiA, p. 55d.

STEGANIODES, p. 268.

Himenorts, p. 564.

Entspa, p. 40.

EvBLEMMISTIS, p. 39.

CauTmscura, p. 39.

MiczoBLemma, p. 33.

Cinorrera, p. 259.

PsrvupAcIDALta, p. 269.

Naranconss, p. 633.

HWaemarucesta, p. 203.

Meracausta, p. 207.

Lierpta, p. 204.

ACANTHOFRONTIA, p. 644.

Trocororna, p. 331.

4 NOCTUIDA.

22, Frons with Jarge truncate corneous pro-

minence with raised edges and shght

GUNG PIROKETS | ssoscooancocosecoocxoodooceoob008 Procnrrosis, p. 711.

. Frons with rounded prominence e with small

corneous process with raised edges at

ai elallkeys: sab dososadnonbeseodosonsoosobbooas00asc0ce Cyposta, p. 10.

d2. Frons with rounded prominence with

corneous plate below it.

a. Abdomen with basal crest ; hind wing

with vein 5 from well below middle of

aduiscocellullancsh-eeeeee eee eeeeeeee cere aaa S GuaucrcoprA, p. 3d].

48, Abdomen without crests; hind wing

with vein 5 obsolescent from middle

Oi? CSCOCAMIMENRS — scosconsanodnco00s¢00000h0¢ HettocontiA, p. 662.

e?, Frons without prominence.

a3, Abdomen with dorsal crests on 3rd and

4th seements; hind wing with vein 5

obsolescent from middle of disco-

Gell Wlansie waskcesee gute oce omens aeoaaeteesr se XAWTHOGRAPTA, p. 563.

o8. Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

segments only; hind wing with vein 5

from below middle of discocellulars .... Paranervia, p. 335,

c, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only.

GF, Tee lion WyawimiPMEC! cosodoonoacodsaasdsaoag07c Hyperstroria, p. 556,

b4. Palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint

fringed with hair above towards

GRUB odeqoscooaa c9eos000900s05800008= Hyrosiera, p. 208.

da, Abdomen without crests.

a‘, Hind wing with the costa excised

ae middle.

. Fore wing with vein 9 absent, the

termen iexersed below apex ; hind

wing with the apex produced

AN Ga Cullemh hase easement aes Decricrypiis, p. 194.

45, Fore wing with vein 9 present ;

termen of both wings evenly

CUTV CG eater et iae semen eee Hotrocryrtts, p. 195.

bf, ae wing with the costa not excised,

5, Proboscis aborted, minute............ Naran@a, p. 630.

*8. Proboscis fully develeped ............ Toana, p. 20.9.

C. Fore wing with veins 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked,

7 trom cell.

a, Fore wing with the termen angled at vein 4,

then oblique; hind wing with the termen

strongly excised at discal fold......... Baseosons Hyrtopes, p. 16.

b. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved ... AcipAiopus, p. 17

D. Fore wing with veins 8 and 10 stalked, 9 absent,

11 anastomosing with them to form a small ;

ATCO Oriana ae healed aL AGAR Ace ee Hamarosricra, p. 1d.

KE. Fore wing with veins 8, 9, 10 stalked, or 9 absent,

11 free.

a, Frons with corneous prominence with raised

edges and corneous process iu centre hollowed

CHER BREF Omit Sisal) accu el ae gad ta CEiprcopra, p. 387.

6. Frons with corneous beak-shaped precess ... Nuocnrostis, p. 392.

c. Frons without prominence.

a. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

a2. Fore wing with the termen crenulate ... Xanruozona, p. 487.

ERASTRIAN.

&, Fore wing with the termen not crenujate.

a3, Hind wing with vein 5 nearly fully

developed from well below middle of

discocellulars.

at, Fore wing with the termen slightly

excurved at middle and oblique

HOWAURCIS THOFTMWS, srocaccononcanceusnon06e

é4, Fore wing with the termen evenly

CINE VEMWe Stent ceciteaneeunass choudencobce

63, Hind wing with vein 5 obsolescent from

middle of discocellulars ..............-

Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only

c!. Abdomen without crests.

a. Proboscis aborted, minute or absent.

a. Kore wing with the termen strongly ex-

cised below apex and angled at vein 4.

>*. Forewing with the termen evenly curved

Proboscis fully developed.

a’, Fore wing with vein 9 absent, 3 and 4

StallkedlM hse taereanentwactacansmemesencee ne

)°. Fore wing with vein 9 present, 3 and 4

usually from cell.

a‘, Palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed

with hair above towards extremity :

a®, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell to near middle ......

6°, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only ......

b+, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint not

frmged with hair above.

a, Hind wing with vein 5 from well

below middle of discocellulars

6°, Hind wing with vein 5 from just

below middle of discocelluiars ...

F. Fore wing with veins 8, 9 stalked, 7 and 10

from cell.

a. Krons with truncate prominence with raised

OC BOS) Aes Atscnsetoencacae banat emeaseeneeteees soue

Frons with rounded prominence ...............

¢. Krons without prominence.................:...0+

G. Fore wing with veins 9, 10 anastomosing with

8 to form the areole.

a. rons with pointed prominence.

ut, Frons with transverse corneous ridge above

HAS |PIOWANTEWES 355 cooocooacebsonecenoaceceagacne

&. Frons without transverse corneous ridge

above the prominence........2.0..2.0--0++s0000-

Frons with transverse ridge-line prominence.

c, Frons without prominence.

ae Abdomen with dorsal series of crests ....... a

. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only

_Abdors :en without crests.

2. Palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with

hair above, the 3rd porrect.

v°, Palpi with the 8rd jomt moderate,

[DOPPEEE 5<coqonosadonanonsecnoboooscone0shden06 so

6°. Palpi with the 3rd joint minute, buried

ia (ne) loenie Olt Ainel WOwwAtt, cocoodoooangaedsncnone

b1, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint not fringed

with hair above.

Hind wing with veins 3,4 stalked ......

6°, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell ......

CosuBatita, p. 314.

Hyrercopra, p. 488.

LYCAUGESIA, p.. 263.

OzARBA, p. 393.

TrocospiemMa, p. 796.

Micraconia, p. 61.

NraccaBa, p. 62

ProroBuEenMA, p. 34.

CaToBLEMMA, p. 36.

Husieyma, p. 63.

TRISSERNIS, p. dl,

XanrTHoLeuca, p. 378.

Conocuaris, p. 635.

Mrimoruza, p. 271

Trogatma, p. 283.

Cauratia, p. 284.

Merauemne, p. 801,

Micrantia, p. 483,

Mrrasapa, p. 257.

Pumozona, p. 200.

Carmara, p. 250.

ARASADA, p. 204.

Panoruza, p. 272.

6 NOCTUID &.

H. Fore wing with veins 9 fiom 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the areole, abnormally with

veins 8, 9 separate from the areole.

a. Fore wing with vein 10 anastomosing with 11.

b. Fore wing with vein 10 not anastomosing

with 11.

al, Fore tibia with curved claw at extremity.

@, Frons with corneous prominence with

raised edges and central process.

a. Fore tibia with the claw on outer side ;

hind wing with vein 5 from middle of

GWggo@allitllames — saconsodecoooacoso00asesona00e

$3, Fore tibia with the claw on inner side ;

hind wing with vein 5 from below

middle of discocellulars ..................

$2. Frons with corneous prominence with

raised edges, its lower edge produced to

a beallee gs Pago cese choc se eciuseea Ge nen eeeeenecte

e2. Frons with the corneous pr eminence not

produeed to a beak IDEMOGY cacaseoodocosconc

di. Fore tibia without claw.

a2, Frons with eorneous plate at middle.

a3, Frons with the eorneous plate trilobate .

3, Frons with the corneous plate not tri-

lobate.

a4, Hind wing with vein 5 nearly fully

developed from well below middle of

GliSCOCDUMETS scocococsocscoconsoouensaNscen

}4, Hind wing with vein 5 obsolescent from

middle of discoeellulars..................

22, Frons with corneous prominenee with

raised edges.

a3, Frons with small process im middle of

prominence.

a*, Abdomen with dorsal erest at base ......

ie pee omen without crests.

. Hind wing with vein 5 well developed

from below middle of disevcellulars .

b5, Hind wing with vein 5 obsolescent {rom

middle of diseocellulars ..........-....

33, Frons with the prominence heart-shaped,

its lower edge produced to a point......

¢3, Frons without processes to the pro-

minence.

a4, Frons with the prominence forming a

transverse groove.

a>, Proboscis aborted, small; frons with-

out cormeous plate below it ............

4°, Proboscis fully developed; frons swiila

corneous plate below it .-......... ......

6+. Frons with the prominence rounded.

a>. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests...

6®, Abdomen with dorsal erest at base

OMIKY scccoocoesseuosconccodds000cnans9COB0NBGCK

Abdomen without crests. |

Ds, Hind wing with, yein 5 from above

angle of cell; 3, 4 aoe angle.

. Proboscis aborted, minute ............

Wi, Proboscis fully developed Stbeenctcties

65, Hind wing with vein 5 obsolescent

from middle of discocellulars, 3, 4

EGURGC) sooccoodocsnccoposocuer ncebogae iene

Microrn#a, p. 329.

Crratucsta, p. 642.

Cnenienarss, p. 718.

SrEnosryaia, p. V1.

Gyxronyrsoma, p. 641.

Evrssupomorria, p. 9.

Meraprorzasta, p. 719.

GR#ePERIA, p. 675.

ProTAaRAacuy, p. 379.

Horroraracne, p. 712.

ScotosrEna, p. 372.

Carprosace, p. 706.

Uncuna, p. 370.

Auboraracny, p. 722.

OrtTnoLEvca, p. 486.

Hiccopa, p. 379.

Meverrrré, p. 640.

Microcnroa, p. 30d

Froyva, p. 681.

BRASTRIAN 2.

e2. Krons with conical prominence.

a’, Prothorax with oblique flattened crest...

6, Prothorax without crest.

a4. Palpi with the 2nd joint fringed with

hair above towards extremity .........

6, Palpi with the 2nd jomt not fringed

with hair above towards extremity.

a, Fronswith rather truncate prominence.

65. Frens with acutely pointed prominence.

a’, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ...

66, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell.

a’, Thorax smoothly clothed with scales

07, Thorax clothed with rough hair and

spatulate scales ......... ponosenosondune

d*. Frons with rounded prominence.

ce, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

at, Abdomen with large dorsal crests on

terminal segments doseacuondbacocosaoonce :

64. Abdomen without crests on terminal

segments.

a. Abdomen with large crests on drd and

4th segments; fore wing without

scale-tooth on innermargin towards

COTS oe cree ieieere alin eelaislels es\e\eleir "1 eeimieis(ais e191"

6’, Abdomen with large crest on 3rd seg-

ment; fore wing with scale- tooth

on inner margin towards tornus......

#3. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

«*, Fore wing with the termen excurved

at middle and oblique towards tornus.

++, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.

a, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to vertex of head.

a®, Fore wing broad, the apex rounded,

the termen slightly crenulate ......

06, Kore wing narrow, the apex soine-

what produced, the termen not

GHEMTUENID .cosccocsansasaongdsedoadaopase03

6°, Palpi oblique, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons,

©, Metathorax with decumbent crest

66, Metathorax without crest

c3, Abdomen without crests.

a‘, Hind wing with vein 5 nearly fully

developed from well below middle of

discocellulars,

ap. Kiyesssmallellijoticall per.tecs scence

o®. Kyes large, round.

a®, Frons with slight ridge across the

prominence.

a, Palpi upturned

(i, IPellyon NOPE scooacdbooodseocosecasa9dbo

68. Frons without ridge across the pro-

minence, which is sometimes slightly

roughened at middle.

a, Palpi upturned....... dodpnooscoonpdosends

bi, Palpi porrect.............+ pbaaoadadenbseen

. Hind wing with vein 5 almost obsolete

from middle of discocellulars.

a®, Frontal prominence and plate well

developed, the former with slight

raised rim at extremity .............

ee cert ereeerce

SrENOLOBA, p. 366.

PrryneA, p. 201.

ConaconTiA, p. 702.

Srynoracue, p. 701.

Tuyaririna, p. 600.

Exyra, p. 661.

Cuoroconta, p. 300.

Bryocoptia, p. 476.

Gapurasrria, p. 485.

Paracopia, p. 392.

Drasrema, p. 645.

Cronara, p. 647.

Lornoracus, p. 648.

Puyiuoruina, p. 382.

PTrrcnoTaRAcHE, p. 705.

Xantuorrera, p. 654.

Erasreia, p. 608,

CretontA, p. 388.

Taracue, p. 728.

Taracnipra, p. 686.

“J

NOCTUIDA,

65, Frontal prominence and plate very

small, the former smooth ............

é2, Frons without prominence.

«a, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

a‘, Proboscis aborted, minute................6.

64. Proboscis fully developed.

a. Prothorax with spreading crest .........

6°, Prothorax without crest.

a’, Mesothorax with slight paired crests,

metathorax with spreading crest.

a7, Abdomen with dorsal crests on ter-

minal segments and very large crest

on! 4thisep menteeerecesceseeeeeeice

67. Abdomen without erests on terminal

segments.

a8. Abdomen with large crests on 3rd

and 4th segments ..... raeeialsralee

68, Abdomen with large crest on 2nd

segment and smaller crests on [st,

3rd and 4th seoments ............

c8. Abdomen with crests on basal seg-

moentOnilliyiny Meacaman sce meecea eee mee eee

e5. Thorax without crests.

a’, Abdomen with dorsal crests on termi-

Malluse orien baie ees secre seee rece ere Gees

66. Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

SYSTOAVEMME? OVNI gocpod 01 andecasosesaseoosGe

4°, Abdomen with dorsal erest on basal seg-

ment only.

a4, Prothorax with spreading crest ...... BB

64. Prothorax without crest.

a, Palpi upturned.

a®, Hind wing with vein 4 absent .........

6°, Hind wing with vein 4 present ......

GP, JEON FORA osccooonbs0ode60" Baocemodecuee

©, Abdomen without crests.

a4, Hind wing with vein 4 absent, coincident

WAS Sac aks cur aclsuaee ee menienases siemens

64. Hind wing with vein 4 present.

a5, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell to beyond middle.

a6, Palpi upturned; fore wing with the

ENOEDS TROUACIEEL so concaonsesordoeadoaqc0necer

66. Palpi porrect; fore wing with the

apex produced and acute ............

65. Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

a’, Palpi upturned.

ai Metathorax with depressed crest.

a®, Fore wing with the apex produced,

vein 10 approximated to 8, 9

beyond the areole ........ boecodonor

8, Fore wing with the apex not pro-

Duce dye Piccnaepeescr tee sinctjereeisieissiet

o7. Metathorax without crest.

a8, Fore wing with the termen excised

below apex and excurved at middle.

68. Fore wing with the termen evenly

curved.

a. Proboscis aborted, minute.

Srracugra, p. 669.

ArciLLornora, p. 481.

Cniornonpa, p. 479.

Cuamyris, p. 430.

Lirnacopra, p. 497.

Muramera, p. 327.

Axerrta, p. 342.

Lornoruza, p. 225.

Amyna, p. 459.

Harara, p. 224.

Pryoprunora, p. 800.

Evusrrorra, p. 566.

TAsKorrEeryx, p. 330.

STEWORACHH, p. GL.

Psruromicropes, p. 613.

Psruposrrernma, p. 649.

Monocyrmra, p. 644.

Evunocasrra, p. 618.

Gonornna, p. 362.

EUPSEU DOMORPHA. 9

w0, Palpi with the 2nd joint reach-

ing to vertex of head, the 3rd

TOC (STKE) ondaocnenonancoodosbonagane Bostropnzs, p. 280.

610, Palpi with the 2nd joint reach-

ing to middle of frons, the 5rd

[AeVSMMES gag anonocdceonocsaacotocqbAjor CHALENATA, p. 369.

69, Proboscis fully developed.

@0, Palpi with the 2nd joint fringed

with hair behind towards ex-

tReMILbys Weeesacacececeraceeeceeee: CrryyeA, p. 209.

610, Palpi with the 2nd joint not

fringed with hair behind to-

wards extremity.

a, Fore wing with the apex pro-

duced and acute.

a2, Palpi with the 3rd joint well

ClEVCODNCl crdasrdoodsoonscaaanste Orvza, p. 254.

62, Palpi with the 8rd joint

TULUM Earth ome asc ete nator aoe HyrosapA, p. 272.

ou, Fore wing with the apex

rounded.

@2, Palpi with the 2nd - joint

reaching to vertex of head... Mrmasura, p. 634.

#12, Palpi obliquely upturned, the

2nd joint reaching to middle

OM WHOS caccoecnendonce meets cies Friammona, p. 638.

8. Palpi porrect.

aw, Palpiwith the 2nd joint fringed with

hair above towards extremity.

a’. Proboscis aborted, minute.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint fringed

with hair above and below;

frons without tuft of hair ...... PARASADA, p. 281.

69. Palpi with the 2nd joint fringed

with hair above only towards

extremity; frons wlth tuft of

hatrabovertarcmaseenen va sencens Ericryrmra, p. 282.

8. Proboscis fully developed.

a, Kore wing with vein 3 from close

to angle of cell.

a0, Kore wing with the termen ex-

curved at middle; hind wing

with the termen slightly angled

ant VEINS 7 @NGl Soca. cconseoadoacas Eerrogaria, p. 285.

610, Both wings with the termen

Gwyveullhyy CWI" cacbascbn ssoacoosete ABACENA, p. 328.

69, Fore wing with vein 3 from well

before angle of cell ............... Coreatma, p. 286.

67, Palpi with the 2nd joint not fringed

THANG JORMIE BOWE oaso-monacdosaoroarc5000 Kveraruta, p. 792.

Genus EUPSEUDOMORPHA.

Edwardsia, Neum. Can. Ent. xii. p. 67 (1880); nec Quatr. Pol. ‘Type.

NAD reretitstas oases cele) Bate aise sauteinc a semeener clasanwicenon deseaissascincsaeeet brillians.

Hupseudomorpha, Dyar, Can. Ent, xxv. p. 28 (1893).............+5 brillians,

Head small; proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, extending about the

length of head and fringed with hair below; frons with trilobate process from

middle, the medial lobe longest ; eyes large, round; anteunx of female bipec-

tinate, serrate at apex; thorax clothed with hair, the tibix with tufts of hair ;

10 NOCTUID 2X.

a’ domen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of

cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 becoming coincident with 8 to form

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 8,4 from angle of cell,

5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

*4987. Eupseudomorpha brillians.

Edwardsia brillians, Neum. Can. Ent. xii. p. 68 (1880); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 194.

2. Head black, the palpi at base and lines round eyes white ;

thorax black with dorsal and subdorsal white streaks ; femora with

tufts of orange hair and orange bands, tibize with some orange

scales; abdomen black with the dorsal crest and anal tuft dark

orange. Fore wing black, a short white fascia below costa towards

base, a wedge-shaped patch below basal half of cell, an oblique

patch below middle of cell and a streak above medial part of inner

margin; a semicircular orange spot in middle of cell and a bar-

shaped mark on discocellulars, its extremities rather dilated on

Fig. 2.—EFupseudomorpha brillians, Q. 2.

outer side. with a triangular white patch between them; a whi‘e

band beyond the cell from below costa to vein 2, its inner edge

sinuous ; a white postmedial band excurved from just below costa

to vein 2 where it is angled inwards, ending at vein 1; a subter-

minal fulvous orange band with whitish outer edge from below

costa to vein 1, expanding on inner side below vein 2; cilia white

at tips. Hind wing fuscous black with a bronze tinge; faint traces

of a discoidal orange spot and subterminal band. Underside of

fore wing with triangular orange spot in cell; a medial band from

costa to below median nervure and subterminal band.

Hab. U.S.A., S.W. Texas. Hap. 32 millim. This species is

unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in Brooklyn

Institute of Arts and Sciences, the structure examined by

Mr. Schaeffer.

Genus CYDOSIA.

Type.

Cydosia, Westwood, Jardine’s Nat. Libr. xxxii. p. 198 (1841) ... pobilitellen

Hogyna, Wik. xxxv. 1894 (1866) .....0--222.-0222cteceeeererceeee eneee mimica,

Penthetria, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p.80 (1881), nec Mieg, Dipt. 1803. majuscula.

Newer, Vilas, Cave Ikea, Jelesis We Slo USYA)) coocsesceocovaceseccde0c mazuscula,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond the frons and

CYDOSIA. if

slightly fringed with scales below; frons with large rounded prominence with

sinall corneous process with raised edges at middle aud curved corneous

plate below it excised in front; eyes large, round; antennie of male minutely

ciated ; thorax smoothly clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crest; tibize smoothly scaled ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing long and

narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; veins k and 5 from near

angle of cell; 6 from upper angle or stalked with 7,8, 9,7 from beyond

9; "10, 11 from eell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 obsolescent trom

middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 str ongly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to

middle.

A. Thorax and fore wing with white spots.

a. Fore wing with white spots on inner area.

a, Fore wing without white spot beyond the cell ........ submutata,

61. Fore wing with one white spot beyond the cell.

Gre Patagia with cupreous golden patch.

. Fore wing with subterminal series of white

points and three white SXOUS coococassanoancacosegat nohilitella.

23, Fore wing with subterminal series of short streaks. mmica.

}2, Patagia without cupreous golden patch ............... imitella.

ce’, Fore wing with two white spots beyond the cell ...... phedra.

b. Fore wing without white spots on inver area ............06- punctistrigd.

B. Thorax and fore wing without white spots.

a. Fore wing with cupreous golden ante- and postmedial

SRIAGIS, ccocedonacqoouads oagcaneaonhoEadshaopodsnde0ua900900000aR00% aurivitta.

> WORKS TAS WHO WITTE ocoopoacose0sa0b00005850N0aK00000 maj uscula.

4988. Cydosia submutata. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 3.)

Eggyna submutata, Wik, xxxv. 1895 (1866).

@. Black suffused with brilliant purple ; sides of frons, vertex of

head, tegule, shoulders, patagia at extremities and pro- and meso-

thorax with white patches; patagia with golden patches ; abdomen

with ventral white bands, the terminal segment orange. Foie

wing with white spot at base; a subbasal golden streak below

costa ; an antemedial white spot below cell and points in cell and on

Inner margin; an antemedial somewhat sinuous golden band ;

white spots in middle and end of cell; cupreous medial spots below

costa and cell; a postmedial golden band strongly bent inwards

below costa and with its outer edge somewhat dentate; three

subterminal white spots, the largest above middle; some points

below costa towards apex and before termen below apex; cilia

white, black at middle and tornus. Hind wing black suffused with

purple, the cilia white at tips. Underside of fore wing with some

subterminal white points on apical half.

Hab, Harrr (Tweedie), 1 9 type. Exp. 30 millim.

4989. Cydosia nobilitella.

Phalena nobilitella, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 128, pl. Aye G (eae)

Bombyx histrio, Fabr. Spec. Ins, ii. p. 203 (1781).T

Cydosia gamaicensis, Cockerell, J. Inst. Jam. i. p. 135 (1896).

Cydosia westwoodi, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am. , Het. ii. p. 402 (1897).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen blue-black; 1st joint of palpi,

sides of frons, tegulw, shoulders, patagia at extremities, pro-, meso-,

le NOCTUID.®.

and metathorax with white patches; antenne white at tips; patagia

with cupreous red patches; pectus with white spots; femora

striped aud tibie and tarsi spotted with white; abdomen with

ventral white bands. Fore wing black suffused with brilliant blue;

a white spot at base followed by a cupreous red spot below costa ;

three antemedial white spots, the one below the cell largest; a

sinuous cupreous antemedial line; three medial white spots, the

one on costa elongate, that in cell rounded, and the one below the

cell quadrate, followed by cupreous, often conjoined, spots on sub-

costal and median nervures; a large white spot in end of cell

followed by a somewhat lunulate spot beyond it and a quadrate

Fig. 3.—Cydosia nobilitella, 8. +

spot below it; a postmedial cupreous line curved inwards below

costa, often to the medial spots, and incurved below vein 3; some

white streaks and spots:on costa towards apex; a subterminal

series of irregular white spots with some smaller spots above them

below costa and beyond them before termen; cilia white, black

above middle and tornus. Hind wing semihyaline white; the

costal area, an apical patch, and the termen black or mostly black ;

cilia white at tips. Underside of fore wing with some white spots

in and beyond cell and a subterminal series of small spots extending

to apical patch of hind wing.

@. Abdomen with the terminal segment orange; hind wing

wholly black or with a little white in and below cell.

Hab. Jamatca (Grosse, Cockerell), 2 3, 2 2, type jamaicensis,

Constant Springs (Walsingham), 1 3 , Moneague ( Walsingham), 1 3;

Cuba, Santiago (Schaus), 2g, 29; Hartt (Tweedie), 25,19:

Banamas (Neville Chamberlain), 1 6, Nassau (Bonhote), 13, 12;

Antigua (Gregory), 1 3; Topago; Sr. Lucta (Rotherham, Cowie), 5 3,

40;Sr. Vincent (H. H. Smith), 33; Grenavines (H. H. Snuth),

13; Barsanos (Frampton), 5 g ; Triiav (Hart, Kaye), 13,19 ;

Cotomprs, Honda, 1 ¢; Vunezurta,2¢,1 92: Br. Guiana (ftodway),

13; Braz, 13, Zeller Coll., Para (Bates), 1g, Pernambuco

(iirdley), 1g. Hap. 28-32 millim.

Larva. Cockerell, Psyche, 1897, p. 130; Dyar, Psyche, 1897, p. 154.

Semilooper with the front pro-legs absent; velvety black with

orange, dorsal and lateral marks with minute pale yellow spots

between them except on 3rd, 4th and 5th somites ; 3rd somite with

four shining black spines ; 4th and 5th somites with two spines; the

rest of body with fine black hairs; frons and legs black with orange

CYDOSIA. 13

marks; length 14 inch. Food-plant: ? Spigelia anthelmia L.; the

larva curls up aud drops to the ground when touched ; it turns to

pupa in earth.

4990. Cydosia mimica. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 4.)

Eggyna mimica, Wik. xxxv. 1895 (1866).

@. Black suffused with brilliant purplish blue; basal joint of

palpi, sides of frons, vertex of head, tegule, shoulders, patagia at

extremities, and pro- and mesothorax with white patches ; patagia

with golden patches; pectus and legs spotted with white ; abdomen

with the anal tuft orange, the ventral surface with white bands.

Fore wing with white spot at base and golden patch below costa;

three antemedial elliptical white spots; a slightly sinuous ante-

medial golden band; four medial white spots, those below costa

and on inner margin elongate, the spot in cell rounded and the one

below it quadrate and followed by a sinuous golden band across

cell; a white reniform spot in end of cell with a spot beyond the

cell, a quadrate spot below it and slight streak on inner margin; a

postmedial golden band strongly bent inwards to costa and in-

curved below vein 3; some white points below costa towards apex

‘and a subterminal series of short streaks; cilia white, black at tips

and above tornus. Hind wing and cilia black tinged with purplish

blue. Underside of fore wing with white spot in end of cell and .

a subterminal series of spots extending to apical area of hind

wing.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, Villa Nova (Bates), 1 9 type. Exp. 32

millim.

4991. Cydosia imitella. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 5.)

Cydosia imitellu, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Am. i. p. 163, pl. 7. f. 8 (1873) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 216.

Black suffused with brillant purplish blue; basal joint of palpi,

sides of frons, vertex of head, tegule, shoulders, patagia at extremity,

and pro- and mesothorax with white patches; abdomen with ventral

white bands, the terminal segment orange in female. Fore wing

with white spot at base; an antemedial white spot below the cell

and short streak on inner margin, followed by a cupreous band

running inwards along costa to base; medial white spots in and

below cell; a quadrate cupreous patch in end of cell; bar-shaped

white spots on and beyond discocellulars and an irregular spot

below end of cell; a postmedial cupreous band, incurved to costa

and somewhat angled inwards in submedian fold ; three subterminal

white spots with three points above them below costa; cilia white,

biack at tips and towards tornus. Hind wing and cilia black

suffused with purplish blue. Underside of fore wing with sub-

terminal series of white spots.

Hab. US.A., Texas (Belfrage), 19,19. Ewp. 26 millim.

14 NOCTUID®.

4992. Cydosia phedra.

Cydosia phedra, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 402, pl. 78. f. 16 (1897).

Black shot with deep blue; 1st joint of palpi, sides of frons,

vertex of head, tegule, shoulders, patagia at extremity, pro- and

mesothorax with white spots; pectus and legs with white spots ;

abdomen with white ventral bands, the anal tuft orange in female.

Fore wing with white spot at base; antemedial spots below cell

and on inner margin; an erect antemedial cupreous band bent

inwards below costa to near base and not quite reaching inner

margin ; a rounded medial white spot in cell and more elongate

spot below cell; a cupreous band across the cell; a bar-shaped

white discoidal spot with two small quadrate spots beyond it and

slight streak below it; a slightly curved postmedial cupreous band ;

subterminal white spots above and below middle and some white

points below costa. Hind wing black suffused with purplish blue,

the cilia white at tips. Underside of fore wing with subterminal

series of white spots.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 $ type, Orizaba (Florh), 19 ,

Yucatan (Gaumer), 1 9; Guaremata (Champion), 1 3, 2 2;

Costa Rica (Van Patten, Underwood), tS, I Qs Panawa (awk

Walker), 1 2, Godman-Salvin Coll. ep. 30-36 millim.

4993. Cydosia punctistriga. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 6.)

Cydosia punctistriga, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent, Soc. xxx. p. 150 (1904).

3. Head and thorax black-brown ; frons with lateral white

points above; tegule at sides and patagia with white spots, the

pro- and mesothorax with paired white points, the metathorax with

single point ; pectus with lateral white spots, the hind tibiee with

white ring at extremity ‘ abdomen dark brown with the extremity

orange, the ventral surface with white bands on Ist four segments.

Fore wing dark brown, the costal area suffused with metallic

cupreous sal to near apex ; a white spot in base of cell followed

by a streak, then four spots, then a wedge-shaped streak beyond

the cell with a small spot above its extremity, beyond which is a

short streak to termen witha point below its basal end; small

antemedial cupreous red spots above and below submedian fold ;

subterminal cupreous red spots below discal and submedian folds

with a white point between them ; a series of small white spots just

before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown irrorated with a few

white scales; the underside with white spots aust before termen

above and below vein 7.

Hab. Braz, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1 3) Exp. 30 millim.

4994, Cydosia aurivitta. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 7.)

Cydosia aurivitta, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. ii. p. 186 (1869) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 217.

Black suffused with deep blue; abdomen with the anal tuft in

CYDOSIA.—H_EMATOSTICTA. afte

female orange. Fore wing with antemedial erect cupreous golden

band bent inwards along costa nearly to base; a quadrate spot

in end of cell; a postmedial band bent inwards below costa, ex-

curved to vein 3, then incurved.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas (Belfrage), 23,192. Hxp. 24 millim.

*4995. Cydosia majuscula. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 8.)

Penthetria majuscula, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p. 80 (1881); Kirby, Cat. Het.

p- 86; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 217.

2. Uniform purplish fuscous with a metallic gloss except on

costa of hind wings; abdomen of female golden yellow at extremity.

Hab. U.S.A., in U.S. Nat. Mus., Georgia, Arizona, Hup. 28

millim.

Genus HAAMATOSTICTA. mens

wpe:

Hematosticta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv, p. 542 (1896). ......... sanguiguttata,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and broadly fringed with scales in front, produced to an acute

angle at extremity, the 3rd joint short and slender ; frons smooth ; eyes large,

round ; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales

and without crests; tibise smoothly sealed, the spurs long; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

erenulate; vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from

below upper angle, 7 from angle; 8 and 10 stalked and 11 anastomosing with

them to form a small areole, 9 absent. Hind wing with the termen excised at

discal fold ; veins 3, 4stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from well below middle

of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

4996. Hematosticta sanguiguttata.

Hematosticta sanguiguttata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv p. 542 (1896).

Head and thorax greyish mixed with pale rufous; palpi rufous,

white at tips; antenne slightly ringed with white; metathorax

with some fiery red and black scales; abdomen pale rufous with

some fiery red at sides towards base; pectus, legs, and ventral

Fig. 4.— Hematosticta sanguiguttata, $. 2

surface of abdomen white, the fore legs blackish in front. Fore

wing pale rufous, the costal area irrorated with black and grey to

near apex ; a curved subbasal black and red striga from costa and

16 NOCIUID A.

fiery red points at base of cell and inner margin; an antemedial

grey spot on costa with curved fiery red line from it to inner

margin; a grey spot at middle of costa with some fiery red below

it; a slight fiery red discoidal mark and sinuous pale red line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line fiery red,

incurved below vein +; some pale points on costa toward apex;

blackish spots on terminal area at apex, discal and submedian folds,

and a terminal series of black strixw; cilia with some blackish above

and below middle. Hind wing pale rufous; a slight red subbasal

line; a small round deep fiery red discoidal spot defined on inner

side by black, with faint red line from it to inner margin; traces

of sinuous interrupted red postmedial and two subterminal lines, the -

latter with small black spots at costa; a terminal series of black

points; cilia irrorated with black; the underside white faintly

tinged with brown, a slight dark discoidai bar.

Jeldds (Crovanonr, IXenechy (era), 1b Gy i Qo ings, hyo, 14!

millim.

Genus HYRIODES, nov.

Type, H. leucocraspis.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reaching

vertex of head and slightly fringed with hair above towards extremity, the 3rd

short, porrect ; frons smooth; eyes large, round ; antennz of female ciliated ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibize smoothly

scaled, the spurs long, the fore tarsi with sight tufts of scales on the joints;

abdomen without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex produced and

acute, the termen angled at vein 4, then very oblique to tornus ; vein 3 from

well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from well below upper

angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing with the termen

extremely strongly excised at discal fold and angled at veins 4 and 2, the cilia

very long and spatulate at extremities; veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell; 5

nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 shortly stalked ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

4997. Hyriodes leucocraspis, n. sp.

@ . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with reddish brown; abdo-

men red-brown with some grey at base and extremity; pectus, mid and

Fig. 5.—Hyriodes leucocraspis, 2. 2.

hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing red-

brown; a faint pale antemedial line, incurved in cell and oblique

below submedian fold; reniform represented by a small V-shaped

HYRIODES. —ACIDALIODES. 17

whitish mark with oblique dark striga above it from costa; post-

medial line brown defined on outer side by whitish, but outwards

below costa and obliquely incurved below vein 4, some whitish

points with dark streaks between them beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line indistinct and whitish with dentate blackish marks

beyond it from costa to vein 4, then strong, oblique, white, and

emitting white streaks to the cilia at veins 3 and 2; a terminal

chocolate-brown band from apex to vein 4, slightly defined on

inner side by ochreous ; cilia dark brown from apex to vein 4 with

a fine ochreous line at base. Hind wing red-brown irrorated with

a few large black scales, the terminal area white irrorated with a

few large black scales, narrowing to tornus; a series of red-brown

lunules on termen; the underside pale reddish brown with dark

discoidal lunule, the terminal area white narrowing to tornus.

Hab. Bornto, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 Q type. Hxp. 14 millim.

Genus ACIDALIODES, nov.

Type, A. perstriata.

Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to

vertex of head and slightly fringed with seales behind towards extremity, the

drd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibia smoothly

scaled, the spurs long ; abdomen with dorsal series of slight crests. Fore wing

long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliqueiy curved and not

erenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6

from well below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8,9, 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle ot discocellulars ;

6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. Hind wing with the termen slightly angled at vein 4, then excised

and crenulate.

4998. Acidaliodes excisa, n. sp.

3. Head and thorax greyish white; palpi and a band above

frons rufous; abdomen greyish white irrorated with rufous and

with blackish band on medial segments; pectus, legs and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing greyish white slightly

irrorated with red-brown, the area from medial to subterminal! line

Fig. §. ~Acidaliodes excisa, $. 2.

except towards costa and the costal area towards apex suffused with

red-brown and dark brown ; obliquely placed subbasal black points

on and below costa ; antemedial line blackish, with short streak on

costa, interrupted below costa, incurved in cell, then excurved and

OM Xe c

18 NOCTUID 2.

oblique to inner margin ; a slight black streak on middle of costa

and curved blackish medial line from below costa to inner margin

with the whitish discoidal bar on its outer edge ; postmedial line

blackish faintly defined on outer side by whitish, slightly incurved

from costa to vein 4, then oblique, the costa beyond it with

alternating black and white striz; subterminal line blackish, bent

inwards as a streak below costa to near postmedial line, angled

outwards at vein 7 and ending at tornus; some red-brown suffusion

on termen and a terminal series of black points with white striz

before them. Hind wing whitish slightly irrorated with red-brown,

the medial area suffused with red-brown and black-brown ; ante-

medial line blackish; traces of a blackish medial line with black

point at inner margin; postmedial line diffused, blackish, angled

outwards at vein 4, then oblique; a red-brown subterminal shade

from apex to vein 3; a terminal black band from apex to vein 4,

then a series of lunules; the underside white irrorated with brown,

a blackish discoidal point and indistinct postmedial line.

Hab, Cotompta (Nolcken), 1 6S type, Minca (H. H. Smith).

Exp. 14 millim.

Sucr. II. Fore and hind wings with the termen slightly excised below apex.

4999. Acidaliodes truncata, n. sp.

Q. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown; abdomen

white tinged with brown and dorsally suffused with blackish except

towards base. Fore wing whitish tinged and irrorated with brown ;

a slight subbasal blackish point in cell; a slight curved dark ante-

medial line with black point in submedian fold; a faint whitish

discoidal spot; postmedial line slight, blackish, very oblique from

costa to vein 6, incurved below vein 4 and with black point on it in

submedian fold; a faint minutely waved whitish subterminal line ;

Fig. 7.—Acidaliodes truncata, Q. 2.

a terminal series of black points conjoined into a narrow band

towards apex and defined on inner side by a whitish line; cilia black-

brown at tips from apex to vein 4. Hind wing whitish suffused

and irrorated with dark brown; slight oblique sinuous blackish

subbasal and medial lines on inner area; an oblique white

subterminal line defined on each side bv fine black lines; a fine

black terminal line defined on inner side by a white line; cilia

white with brown line near base from apex to discal fold; the

ACIDALIODES, 19

underside white tinged with brown except towards base and

on termen.

Hab, Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 92 type. Exp.

10 millim.

Secr. III. Both wings with the termen evenly curved.

A. Fore wing with the costal half suffused with rufous and

strongly contrasting.

a. Wings with the ground-colour orange-yellow. ............... enona.

4. Wings with the ground-colour pure white.................06.65 celenna.

B. Fore wing with the costal half not strongly contrasting.

a. Hind wing with subterminal black spots on and below

COLE, DING! DIE HOMME sda cnoodonocqsesoocbonsnddabocanbooneabeod atripuncta.

6, Hind wing without subterminal black spots.

a’. Fore wing without black streaks in and beyond the cell. lycaugesiz.

b*, Fore wing with black streaks in and beyond the cell. ... perstriatu.

0000. Acidaliodes enona.

Acidalia enona, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 118, pl. 52. f. 17

(1892).

Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow mixed with some

rufous ; antenne ringed with black ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen pale yellow, the fore legs tinged with brown on inner

side, Fore wing orange-yellow suttused and irrorated with rufous

on costal halt; traces of a pale curved antemedial line and of a

pale discoidal bar ; postmedial line very indistinct, pale, excurved

trom costa to vein 4, then incurved; brown subterminal streaks with

pale points on them from below costa to discal fold and a small

spot above vein 1; some brown points on termen towards apex.

Hind wing yellow with small rufous patch at base and traces of

diffused orange medial and subterminal bands; the underside pale

rellow.

: Hab. Mexico, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 1 ¢ type; Panama, Chiriqui

(Champion), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Brazir, Amazons, 1 Q.

Exp. 16 millim.

5001. Acidaliodes celenna.

Acidalia celenna, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 118, pl. 52. f. 16

(1892).

6. Head rufous mixed with some white; palpi brown, white

at base and at extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints; antenne ringed

with black ; thorax white mixed with some rufous ; abdomen white

with black dorsal bar on basal segment, small spot near extremity

and the tip of the bifid anal tuft black; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white, the fore legs brown in front, Fore wing

white, the costal area suffused with bright rufous and irrorated

with black-brown ; a subbasal black point on costa; untemedial

line represented by black points on costa and in cell and slight

2) NOCTUID®.

rufous striz below the cell and at inner margin; a slight white

discoidal lunule defined by rufous; a medial black point on costa

and rufous strie above and below vein 1; traces of a rufous post-

medial line beyond the cell, a small spot above vein 1 and striz ate

inner margin; some fuscous marks on costa towards apex and a

subterminal spot at discal fold; a terminal series of points, black on

the rufous area, rufous on the white area; cilia rufous towards

apex, white faintly tinged with rufous towards tornus. Hind wing

white; an indistinct rufous antemedial line; a faint interrupted

sinuous rufous postmedial line with small black spot at inner margin ;

some blackish points on termen towards apex ; cilia slightly irrorated

with rufous ; the underside wholly white.

Hab. Guatrmana, Vera Paz (Champion), 2 6; Panama, Bugaba

(Champion), 2 3 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. xp. 18 millim.

5002. Acidaliodes atripuncta, n. sp. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 9.)

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with rufous and

fuscous; palpi with the 2nd and 5rd joints banded with black ;

antennse ringed with black ; abdomen with the crests and the bifid

anal tuft black at tips; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

white, the last suffused with brown towards extremity. Fore wing

whitish suffused and irrorated with rufous, the costal area irrorated

with dark brown; antemedial line represented by blackish points

on costa and in cell and an oblique whitish line from cell to inner

margin; a small white discoidal spot with black spot on its inner

side; a black point at middle of costa; traces of a white postmedial

line oblique from costa to vein 4 towards termen, then incurved ;

a whitish subterminal line from costa to vein 4, excurved below

eoste, defined on inner side by diffused blackish streaks and on outer

by some black points, a black point near tornus ; some black points

on termen towards apex. Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated

with rufous ; a curved diffused rufous medial line with black spot

at inner margin and some black scales in the long cilia at that

point ; traces of a sinuous white subterminal line with small black

spots on its outer edge at costa and below apex and a spot at tornus ;

two black points on apical part of termen.

Hab. Braziz, Espiritu Santo, 1 g type. vp. 18 millim.

5003. Acidaliodes lycaugesia, n. sp. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 10.)

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with bright

rufous, the last slightly darker at middle and with the minute dorsal

crests black. Fore wing whitish almost wholly suffused with bright

rufous; slight fuscous antemedial and medial points on costa; a

small white discoidal spot; postmedial line very ill-defined, white,

very oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and

somewhat dentate; a terminal series of prominent black points.

ACIDALIODES. 21

Hind wing whitish almost wholly suffused with bright rnfous;

faint oblique rufous subbasal and antemedial lines with a whitish

band between them ; a narrow oblique white postmedial band from

below costa towards apex to inner margin towards which it is

slightly defined on inner side by black ; a terminal series of black

points defined on inner side by a white line from discal fold to tornus ;

cilia with a few black scales at tips; the underside white faintly

tinged with brown.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, Breves (Austen), 1 g type. LHxp.

14 millim.

5004. Acidaliodes perstriata.

Prolophota perstriata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvii. p. 676 (1907).

Head and thorax whitish suffused with fuscous, the patagia

whiter ; abdomen pale rufous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen whifish. Fore wing white suffused in parts with red-

brown and slightly irrorated with black; the costal edge black

towards base; antemedial and medial black points on costa; a

black point in middle of celi followed by a black streak in terminal

part of cell, then by a slight discoidal bar, then by a black streak

Fig. §.—Acidaliodes perstriata, $. 4.

in discal fold and subterminal point; traces of an oblique rufous

medial line from cell to inner margin and of a postmedial line defined

on outer side by whitish, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ;

subterminal line very indistinct, white faintly defined on each side

by brown suffusion except towards costa and with series of small

black spots beyond it; a terminal rufous line expanding into a

narrow band towards apex; cilia white at base, rufous at tips.

Hind wing white faintly irrorated with brown ; a dark subbasal bar

on inner area; a small black discoidal spot; a bright rufous

postmedial band slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique ;

subterminal line white defined on each side by brown suffusion and

with patch of black scales at costa, minutely waved; a rufous

terminal line ; cilia white and pale brown with a few black scales ;.the.

underside white, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a

slight black discoidal lunule and diffused fuscous subterminal band,

Hab. Cryton, Hantone (Green), 1 ¢ type, Maskeliya (Pole), 1 2.

Exp. 6 12, 2 14 millim.

NOCTUID &.

Genus ARHOPTERA.

Type.

Areopteron, Umpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 186 (1808)............646 Mee

Essonistis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902 (Apr.), p. 36........-...... micreola.

Thelxinog, Turner, P. Linn, Soc. N. 8, W. xxvii. p. 131 (Aug.

QOD Reeaeaciaeer cer acec ee aecetae te menisci COR REECE CR Monee Ree aamecaae epiphracta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and muderately scaied, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennz with slight tufts of scales from the joints and tuft of scales

from basal joint; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests; tibis smoothly scaled, the spurs long; abdomen typically without

crests. Fore wing narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and

not crenulate ; veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 from just above angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10. 11 stalked. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly

stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly

stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sscr. J. Abdomen with slight dorsal crests towards extremity.

5005, Argoptera acidalica, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the last faintly tinged with

rufous and with the slight dorsal crests black towards extremity.

Fore wing white faintly tinged with rufous; subbasal, antemedial,

Fig. 9.-—Areoptera acidalica, $. 2.

and medial black points on costa; a black discoidal striga and faint

oblique rufous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line indistinct, white, defined on inner side by slight

rufous suffusion and by some black at inner margin, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then oblique; some white points with pale

rufous between them beyond it on costa; a faint rufous subterminal

shade; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white faintly

tinged with rufous; a black discoidal point ; a faint oblique sinuous

rufous medial line; postmedial line white, defined on inner side by

a rufous shade and some black scales, oblique; a faint rufous

subterminal shade; a series of rufous and black terminal points

defined on inner side by white; the underside white with minute

black discoidal point and diffused brownish postmedial line.

Hab. Jamaica, Moneague (Walsingham), 1 d type. Exp.

10 millim.

ARZOPTERA. 93

Secr. Il. Abdomen without dorsal crests.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and straight

from below costa tO Inner Margin...........-.seseeeerceceeeees fascialis.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line sinuous.

a. Fore wing almost wholly white ........ ........2.-s-esseceee nivalis.

6, Fore wing suffused in parts with brown and grey.

a. Fore wing with the costal and postmedial areas white.

a, Frons white.

a*, Fore wing with brown spots on postmedial part

OfiCOSCAMEI I sue hee ces demeeh cee weeaue waalonatinrowben ctacnae micreola,

6°, Fore wing without brown spots on postmedial

PaLtiOl COStAnsauanwaccoshmausenecieee teeaseaeencs gases obliquifascia.

B25 AB ron sino witeas noe sencsc ae nceconae Socata eer on ete ee eter proleuca,

1. Fore wing with the costal and postmedial areas grey.

a, Fore wing with oblique brown band from middle

of costa to tornus.

a. Fore and hind wings white............2.ccessseses as eptphracta.

43, Fore and hind wings grey-white..................-+- pleurotypa,

e*, Fore wing with the inner medial area and the

hind wing yellowish tinged with rufous ........ rUfescens.

u?, Fore wing without oblique dark band from middle

of costa to tornus.

a*. Hind wing suffused with bright rufous except on

Germain alkareann sera: jee car closes eee wctaecteascmeeaniees pictalis.

6°: Hind wing not suffused with rufous.

a‘, Hind wing with fan-shaped tuft of orange

scales at upper angle of cell .................-..- xanthopis,

6‘, Hind wing without fan-shaped tuft of orange

scales at upper angle of cell.

a, Fore wing with large postmedial white patch

OVC ITE NEM epeokoanodambonicncHisaposade aosasssetee leucoplaga,

b°. Fore wing with grey postmedial patch below

_ GORI coos sscopononoscaanenccecos copceeopecnanacos0Ce poliophea.

©, Fore wing without pale postinedial patch

below costa.

a, Kore wing with triangular dark ante-

medial and medial marks on costa ...... gowophora.

6°. Fore wing without triangular dark marks

on Costa.

a’, Fore wing with rufous marks below

the antemedial and medial dark points

GFN GONG pogcareocooncocncs00enongsoonoa0H0K griseata.

o7, Fore wing without rufous marks below

COS alg aay eacrce ere nielols suanavenonine eeceleevenersonieate CANESCENS.

5006. Arzoptera fascialis. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 11.)

Areopterum fasciale, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 543 (1896).

d. Head and tegule white; palpi and frons blackish; thorax

and abdomen white irrorated with brown ; fore legs suffused with

blackish; mid and hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing whitish suffused with red-brown, the costal

area white to postmedial line and thence below costa to apex ;

postmedial line brown defined on outer side by white, slightly

excurved below costa, then oblique, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line white, angled outwards to termen at vein 7,

24 NOCLUID Al.

inwards at discal fold and outwards at vein 4; a terminal series of

minute black points; cilia with fine white line at base and some

white at apex. Hind wing whitish suffused and thickly irrorated

with red-brown ; aslight dark subbasal line; a diffused dark medial

line from below costa to inner margin; a dark postmedial line with

diffused white band on outer side; an indistinct white subterminal

line; some faint dark points on termen towards apex; the under-

side greyish suffused with fuscous, a slight dark discoidal bar.

Hab. Cryion (Green), 1 3 type. Hwp. 14 millim.

5007. Arewoptera nivalis. (Plate CX LIX. fig. 12.)

Areopterum nivalis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 671 (1907).

¢. Head and thorax pure white; palpi and frons blackish ;

antenne tinged with brown except at base; abdomen white tinged

with brown; fore legs tinged with brown; mid and hind legs and

ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing white very faintly

irrorated with rufous; a subbasal black point on costa ; antemedial

“line indistinct, rufous, with black point on costa, angled inwards in

cell and oblique below the cell; a black discoidal point with black

point above it on costa followed by a slight rufous mark: postmedial

line indistinct, rufous, waved, from below costa to inner margin ;

some slight brown marks on postmedial part of costa; subterminal

line hardly traceable, white, excurved at middle and with brown

marks beyond it at apex and discal fold; a terminal series of black

points; cilia white tinged with brown. Hind wing white slightly

irrorated with brown: a faint discoidal spot; a rather diffused

brown medial band with black spots at costa, discal fold and inner

margin ; traces of a brownish postmedial line and fine terminal line ;

the underside white slightly tinged with brown.

Hab. Cryton, Peradeniya (Green), 1 3 type. Hap. 10 millim.

5008. Arzoptera micreola. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 13.)

Essonistis micreola, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 36 (Apr.).

Thelxinoa calliscia, Turn. Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 133 (Aug. 1902).

¢. Head and thorax pure white; palpi blackish except at

extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints; frons with black points at sides ;

abdomen white suffused with red-brown at base and extremity and

fuscous at middle; fore legs brownish in front; pectus, mid and

hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing white ;

gome. brown on costa towurds base; antemedial line slight, brown ;

oblique, angled outwards below costa and cell; the outer half of

medial area suffused with brown; an oblique black discoidal bar ;

postmedial line brown, excurved from below costa to vein 4, angled

inwards at submedian fold, then again excurved above inner margin ;

the costa towards apex with alternating brown and white marks ;

subterminal line only defined by a brown mark before it below costa,

and triangular patch beyond it below apex, ending on termen at

ARZOPTERA. 25

vein 3; a large brown patch on termen above tornus; a terminal

series of blackish points with rufous between them; cilia white

mixed with brown. Hind wing white with diffused black subbasal

and medial bands from below costa to inner margin; a fine sinuous

black postmedial line with some brown suffusion before it towards

costa; subterminal line white with brownish suffusion before and

beyond it, minutely waved, excurved at middle and bent outwards

to tornus ; a red-brown terminal line with some black scales on it;

cilia white slightly mixed with brown; the underside white tinged

with brown, a dark discoidal striga.

Hab, QurEnstanD, Brisbane (Zurner), 1 ¢. Evp. 14 millim,

*5009. Areoptera obliquifascia. (Plate CLII. fig. 1.)

Areoptera obliquifascia, de Joan. ined,

@. Head and thorax white; palpi fuscous at sides except at

tips; abdomen whitish, the medial segments dorsally tinged with

fiesh-pink, the terminal segments with dark brown. Fore wing

white; an inwardly oblique waved blackish antemedial line; medial

area broadly suffused with fuscous except at costa, its inner edge

inwardly oblique, its outer excurved trom vein 5 to termen above

tornus, a blackish spot on it at upper angle of cell and traces of a

postmedial line bent outwards below eosta and incurved below vein

4; a dark subterminal patch at discal fold ; cilia tinged with brown.

Hind wing white; a slight oblique dark subbasal line; a medial

band of dark suffusion with black points on its edges, its inner edge

oblique, its outer excurved beyond the cell; the terminal area

suffused with blackish; underside of both wings white tinged with

brown.

Hab, Mauritius, pees (Carié), type fT 9 in Coll. Joannis.

Exp. 14 millim.

5010. Arzoptera proleuca. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 14.)

Areoptera proleuca, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 671 (1907):

3 - Head and thorax white, the latter slightly tinged with rufous ;

palpi rufous with some black at base of 2nd and 3rd joints; frons

rufous with black bar above; antenne rufous except at base;

abdomen whitish suffused with rufous and with some fiery red on

Ist two segments; fore legs blackish; pectus, mid and hind legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing white suffused

in parts with rufous and brown; a fulvous patch on costa near

base; an inwardly oblique minutely waved fulvous antemedial line ;

medial area suffused with pale brown except towards costa; a black

lunule in upper extremity of cell with some fulvous above it on

costa with black point before it; postmedial line brown, excurved

from below costa to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved

towards inner margin; postmedial part of costa with white points

with fulvous marks between them; a whitish subterminal line with

26 NOCTUID &.

fulvous suffusion before it, and brown patches beyond it at discal

and submedian folds, excurved to near termen at middle ; a terminal

series of blackish striz; cilia brownish mixed with whitish. Hind

wing whitish mostly suffused with rufous; an indistinct dark

subbasal line, a red discoidal bar with some black scales on it; a

sinuous black postmedial line with whitish band beyond it and

traces of a sinuous whitish subterminal line; a fine dark terminal

line; the underside white tinged with brown, a slight discoidal

striga and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Brneat, Calcutta (Atkinson), 2 ¢ type; Cryton (Pole),

16. zap. 14 millim.

5011. Arewoptera epiphracta. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 15.)

Thelxinoa epiphracta, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 132 (1902).

¢. Head and thorax white; palpi and frons black-brown, the

latter with orange bar above; antenne brown except at base ;

abdomen white with some blackish irroration except at base ; fore

legs and mid tibiz in front blackish ; pectus, hind legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing white, the apical area

from middle of costa to tornus black-brown ; a subbasal black spot

on costa; antemedial line oblique, fulvous with a black spot at

costa; an oblique black discoidal bar with black spot above it on

costa with fulvous streak below it, an oblique fulvous line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line black-brown

defined on outer side by white suffusion and also on inner side from

costa to vein 4, excuryed from below costa to vein 4, then bent

outwards to tornus; a diffused waved subterminal white line from

costa to termen at vein 2; some white at apex; a terminal series

of small black spots with rufous between them; cilia chequered

black-brown and whitish. Hind wing white slightly irrorated

with rufous and dark brown; a black point at upper angle of cell

with sinuous line from it to inner margin; a sinuous rufous post-

medial line with some black scales on it; a rather diffused sinuous

rufous subterminal line with some black scales on it; a terminal

series of small black spots with rufous between them ; cilia chequered

whitish and black-brown; the underside whitish suffused with

fuscous brown, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Queunstann, Brisbane (Turner), 1 $. Hxp. 14 millim.

5012. Arzoptera pleurotypa. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 16.)

Thelxinoa pleurotypa, Turner, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8S. W. xxvii. p. 15

(1902).

3. Head and thorax white; palpi and frons black, the latter

with orange bar above; antenne brownish except at base;

shoulders with black and orange scales; abdomen white tinged

with grey and fulvous; fore legs and mid tibie blackish, the pectus,

hind legs, and yentral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing grey-

ARMOPTERA. 20}

white ; a subbasal black point on costa; antemedial line oblique,

fulvous with black spot at costa; a black point at upper angle of

cell with blackish patch above it on costa with fulvous streak below

it, some black-brown just beyond the cell and an oblique waved

fulvous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial

line black-brown, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then bert

outwards to tornus ; postmedial part of costa with white points with

black-brown streaks between them; subterminal line only defined

by a slight black-brown mark before it below costa and black-brown

patches beyond it at discal and submedian folds, minutely dentate,

angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards to

tornus ; a terminal series of small black spots with fulvous between

them ; cilia chequered blackish and white. Hind wing grey-white

shghtly irrorated with rufous and dark brown scales; a black point

at upper angle of cell with faint waved line from it to inner margin ;

a dark sinuous postmedial line; a black-brown band across apical

area and a diffused sinuons rufous and dark brown subterminal

line; a terminal series of black points with rufous between them;

the underside grey suffused with fuscous brown, a dark discoidal

bar.

Hab. QurrnstanD, Brisbane (Turner), 1 3. Hap. 14 millim.

5013. Argwoptera rufescens, n. sp. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 17.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with dark brown.

Fore wing grey-white with a purplish tinge, the medial area

yellowish tinged with rufous from cell to inner margin; a subbasal

black and rufous point on costa and small fuscous spots on median

nervure and vein | ; an antemedial black and rufous point on costa

and traces of a rufous line, slightly angled outwards on median

nervure, then oblique ; a blackish spot at upper angle of cell with

oblique shade from it to inner margin near tornus, some black and

rufous above it on costa; postmedial line blackish and obliquely

bent outwards from costa to vein 4, then indistinct, rufous and

strongly bent inwards, the costa beyond it with black and white

points; an indistinct dark subterminal line, ending at tornus; the

apical area with some dark suffusion; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing yellow suffused with rufous, the apical area

suffused with black; a black discoidal point, slight sinuous post-

medial line, and traces of diffused subterminal line ; a terminal series

of black points; cilia grey mixed with brown; the underside

yellowish suffused with brown.

Hab. Cuyton, Kegalle (Alston), 1 3 type. Zap. 10 millim.

5014. Argwoptera pictalis.

Areopteron pictale, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. ix. p. 187, pl. 168. f. 19 (1893).

9. Head and thorax grey-white slightly mixed with red-brown ;

palpi and frons blackish brown; antenne brown except at base ;

28 NOCTUID&.

fore legs blackish brown in front; abdomen fulvous. Fore wing

grey-white irrorated with brown; a small blackish subbasal spot

on costa; antemedial line with small blackish spot at costa with

orange striga from it and oblique blackish line from cell to inner

margin: a black discoidal bar placed on a brownish medial band

interrupted by slight orange streaks below costa and cell; the post-

medial part of costa with white points with brown streaks between

them ; subterminal line whitish slightly defined on inner side by

brown and with dark brown patches beyond it at apex and above

tornus, angled outwards to termen at vein 4, then incurved and

bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of small blackish spots

with white strize before them and some orange between them ; cilia

dark brown irrorated with white. Hind wing grey-white, the

Fig. 10.—Areoptera pictalis, Q.

rol

whole discal area suffused with bright rufous, the apical area dark

brown; a dark subbasal mark on inner area; a black discoidal bar ;

postmedial line whitish, sinuous ; subterminal line whitish, excurved

to near termen at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal

series of small blackish spots defined on inner side by whitish striz

and with some fulvous between them; cilia brown irrorated witb

white ; the underside grey suffused with brown, a blackish dis:

coidal bar.

Hab. Cryton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 Q type. Exp. 16 millim.

5015. Areoptera xanthopis. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 18.)

Areopterum xanthopis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 672

(1907).

g. Head and thorax white mixed with fulvous ; palpi and frons

blackish ; antennze blackish except towards base ; abdomen whitish

and fulvous at base, then black with the extremity pure white ;

fore legs blackish in front; mid and hind legs, pectus and ventral

surface of abdomen white. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous,

the basal inner area and the apical area from costa beyond middle

to tornus white tinged with brown; the costa, subcostal nervure,

and discal fold to middle with fine black and white streaks; a

waved black antemedial line; a diffused black discoidal spot ; post-

medial line black, oblique from costa to discal fold and bent in-

wards below vein +; the costa towards apex with alternating red-

brown and white marks ; subterminal line indistinct, white defined

AR-EOPLERA. 29

on inner side by a rufous patch below costa, the area beyond it

tinged with pale brown, the line minutely waved, excurved at

middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black

points with rufous between them ; cilia rufous mixed with blackish.

Hind wing with the base white with diffused black subbasal line,

the rest of wing slate-grey ; a fan-shaped tuft of orange scales at

upper angle of cell with diffused sinuous black band from it to

inner margin ; a sinuous black postmedial line; a diffused black

subterminal band, oblique on apical area, then sinuous ; a fiae black

terminal line ; cilia grey and blackish; the underside greyish tinged

with brown at base and fuscous on terminal half.

Hab. Cryton, Haldamulla (Mackwood), 1 3 type. Exp.

14 millim.

5016. Arzoptera leucoplaga, n. sp. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 19.)

3S. Head and tegule white; palpi and frons black; antennee

brown except at base; thorax white mixed with brown; abdomen

with the basal half brownish and white, the terminal half black, the

extremity pure white: fore legs blackish, mid and hind legs and

ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing fuscous brown with

triangular white patch from postmedial part of costa to vein 3, the

fine oblique dark postmedial line near its inner edge and the fine

white subterminal line just beyond it, excurved at middle, then

incurved and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of faint

blackish points with slight white striz before them towards apex.

Hind wing tuscous brown with the base whitish ; a dark discoidal

spot, indistinct sinuous dark postmedial line and indistinct sinuous

whitish subterminal line; a fine whitish line at base of cilia; the

underside greyish suffused with fuscous brown.

flab. Puto Laur (Doherty), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 12 millim.

5017. Arzoptera poliophza, n. sp. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 20.)

®. Head and tegule white; palpi and frons black; antennz

blackish except towards base ; thorax greyish mixed with fuscous

brown; abdomen brownish at base, yellowish at middle and

blackish towards extremity ; fore legs blackish ; mid and hind legs

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the tarsi slightly ringed

with black. Fore wing whitish mostly sutfused with fuscous brown,

the basal half except towards inner margin anda patch on post-

medial area below costa whiter; a subbasal black point on costa ;

an antemedial black point on costa with orange striga from it and

an oblique blackish line from subcostal nervure to inner margin

slightly angled outwards in submedian fold; a black discoidal

point; postmedial line with black striga from costa with slight

orange mark below it, then oblique to vein 6, and incurved and

minutely waved below vein 4; the postmedial part of costa with

alternating dark and whitish marks; a whitish subterminal line,

30 NOCTUID.Z.

angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, then incurved and

bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black strie. Hind

wing grey suffused with fuscous brown; a black discoidal spot; a

sinuous postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish ; a whitish

subterminal line oblique from costa to vein 5, then waved; a

blackish terminal line; the underside grey suffused with fuscous

brown.

Hab. Cryton, Maskeliya (Pole), 1 9 type. Hwxp. 16 millim.

5018. Arzoptera goniophora. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 21.)

Areopteron goniophora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 672

(1907).

©. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with some red-brown ;

abdomen red-brown mixed with some grey ; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen grey-white, the fore tarsi brown ringed with

whitish. Fore wing grey-white mostly suffused with red-brown

and slightly irrorated with black; a minutely waved inwardly

oblique brown antemedial line with triangular red-brown patch

before it on costa; a triangular red-brown patch on middle of costa

with diffused shade from it to inner margin; a faint brown post-

medial line oblique and sinuous from costa to vein 5, then inwardly

oblique; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by brown,

oblique from costa to vein 5, angled inwards at submedian fold and

bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of blackish points with

whitish line before them. Hind wing greyish suffused with red-

brown and slightly irrorated with blackish ; a black discoidal spot

with dark line from it to inner margin; a sinuous blackish post-

medial line with paler band beyond it; an indistinct pale subterminal

line defined on inner side by brown and with brown suffusion

beyond it, oblique from costa to vein 5, then somewhat dentate; a

terminal series of blackish points; the underside grey tinged with

red-brown.

Hab. Cryton, Peradeniya (Green), 1 9, Hambantota( Pole), 2 9

type, Nawalapitiya (Mackwood), 1 9, Maskeliya (Alston), 1 @,

Puro Laur (Doherty), 1 Q. Exp. 10 millim.

5019. Arzoptera griseata. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 22.

Areopteron griseata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 671 (1907).

Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown; palpi and

frons blackish; abdomen red-brown; fore legs blackish ; mid and

hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing grey

thickly irrorated with red-brown ; a subbasal black point on costa ;

an antemedial black point on costa with rufous striga from it and

black points in cell and submedian fold ; two black points on middle

of costa with rufous mark below them ; a black point at upper angle

of cell and indistinct double sinuous oblique line from just beyond

ARALOPTERA.—TRISSERNIS. iL

upper angle to inner margin; some slight rufous marks on post-

medial part of costa; traces of a whitish subterminal line with

brown suffusion before and beyond it, angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black strie. Hind

wing greyish thickly irrorated with red-brown ; a black discoidal

point, minutely waved postmedial black line and terminal series of

black points; the underside greyish suffused with fuscous brown.

Hab. Sierra Leone (Clements), 1 9 ; Cryton, Peradeniya (Green),

10 3 type, Puttalam (Pole), 1 g, Nawalapitiya (Mackwood),1 3,

Hambantota (Pole), 1 g ; Puno Laur (Doherty),1 g,2 2. Exp.

8-12 millim.

5020. Arzoptera canescens. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 23.)

Tsopteryx canescens, Wlk. xxxiy. 1318 (1865).

Isopteryx favillalis, Wik. xxxiv. 1319 (1865).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with brown ;

palpi and frons more or less suffused with red-brown and black;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing

white faintly tinged and irrorated with brown; antemedial line

represented by a black point in cell and oblique line from cell to

inner margin ; a black point at upper angle of cell with oblique

brownish line from it to inner margin ; the postmedial part of costa

with white points with slight brown streaks between them; post-

medial line slight, brown, oblique, from below costa to inner margin ;

the terminal area slightly more irrorated with brown; subterminal

line white, oblique, slightly angled outwards at middle ; a terminal

series of minute black points. Hind wing white slightly tinged

and irrorated with brown ; a slight blackish subbasal line ; a double

black medial line; traces of a sinuous whitish subterminal line

defined on each side by black irroration ; a terminal series of black

points; the underside white irrorated with brown, a black dis-

coidal striga and indistinct postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore and hind wings with the postmedial area tinged

with rufous.

Hab. Sierra Leone (Clements), 3 2 ; 8S. Nierria, Lagos (Boag),

1 2; Puro Lavi (Doherty), 1 3,1 23; QuEENstann, Brisbane

(Turner), 1 9, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 $,1 2, type and type

favillalis. Hap. 10 millim.

Genus TRISSERNIS.

Type.

Trissernis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902 (Apr.), p. 387 ......... prasinoscia,

Bryomima, Turner, Proce Linn. Soe. N. 8. W. xxvii. p., 134

(Awe, IQO2)s mee Sign ILE, ISIS) soo. cacocodoossoccos Soanpodoe prasinoscia.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of

head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennz of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales and without crests ; tibize smoothly scaled, the spurs long ; abdomen

without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

O¢

OL NOCTUID%.

and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper

angle; % from angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell, Hind wing with veins 3,

4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully developed from just below middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

A. Fore wing strongly suffused with olive-green

icielanel teas (acon prasinoscia.

B. Fore wing suffused with pale olive-brown

Ba ae an Ma oe ochrochlora.

5021. Trissernis prasinoscia.

Trissernis prasinoscia, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902 (Apr.), p. 37.

Bryomimz eleodes, Turner, Proc. Linn Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 134 (Aug.

1902).

Head, and thorax white, tinged with olive-green ; palpi and frons

brownish ; antenne brown except towards base; abdomen white

and olive-green at base, then suffused with brown and with fulvous

band on 38rd segment; fore legs blackish in front; pectus, mid

and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing

white suffused with olive-green and irrorated with a few black

scales; the costa with series of short black streaks; a diffused

blackish subbasal band from below costa to inner margin ; ante-

medial line slight, blackish, inwardly oblique; arather wedge-shaped

black discoidal spot with sinuous brown line from it to inner margin ;

a black medial line excurved round the discoidal spot, then puncti-

form ; an indistinct blackish postmedial line, excurved below costa,

then oblique ; subterminal line indistinct, grey defined on each side by

Fig. 11.— Trissernis prasinoscia, S$. 2.

brownish suftusion, angled outwards below costa where there is

some blackish before it, angled inwards at discal fold and excurved

at middle, some blackish before it towards inuer margin; a terminal

series of blackish points ; cilia tinged with rufous and chequered with

brown. Hind wing whitesuffused with olive-green and irrorated with

a few large black scales; a blackish discoidal spot with sinuous line

fromit to inner margin; asinuous blackish postmedial line from below

costa to inner margin; an indistinct diffused sinuous subterminal

line defined on each side by fuscous suffusion ; a terminal series of

blackish striz ; cilia whitish chequered with brown ; the underside

whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous,

an indistinct dark discoidal spot.

Hab, Qurenstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), 1 2, Brisbane (Z'urner),

2 $. Hxp. 16 millim.

TRISSERNIS.—MICROBLEMMA. 33°

5022. Trissernis ochrochlora. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 24.)

Bryomima ochrochlora, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 135

(1902).

Head and thorax grey-white slightly tinged with brown; palpi

black except at tips; antenne brown except at base; abdomen

grey suffused with brown; fore legs blackish; pectus, mid and

hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing grey-

white mostly suffused with pale olive-brown; antemedial line

brown, inwardly oblique, sinuous, with black point on it in cell and

brownish mark before it in and below cell; a diffused blackish

discoidal spot with oblique black striga above it from costa, defined

on outer side by whitish ; postmedial line blackish, slightly sinuous,

excurved from costa to vein 3, then bent inwards to below end of

cell and erect to inner margin; the terminal area suffused with

brown; the subterminal line represented by an oblique white bar

across apical area and excurved mark at middle; a slight blackish

subapical spot; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing

whitish suffused in parts with olive-brown ; a slight curved brown

antemedial line and strong oblique black medial line; the terminal

area suffused with brown with a sinuous whitish subterminal line;

a terminal series of blackish points; the underside whitish, the

terminal area suffused with brown, a diffused brownish postmedial

line.

Hab. Quesnstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), 2 g,1 9, Brisbane

(Turner), 1 $,1 2. Hep. 10 millim.

Genus MICROBLEMMA, nov.

Type, M. discipuncta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd

minute; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antenne of female ciliated; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the meta-

thorax with depressed crest; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from well

before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from just below upper angle ;

7, 8,9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 2, 4 strongly stalked ;

5 nearly fully developed from well above angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

5023. Microblemma discipuncta, n. sp.

Q. Head and thorax yellowish brown, the palpi, tips of patagia,

and metathorax fuscous, the last with some ochreous white in meta-

thoracic crest ; abdomen fuscous brown; pectus and ventral surface

of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing yellowish brown irrorated

with fuscous, the base and inner margin towards base fuscous ;

traces of a minutely waved antemedial line ; a black point in middle

of cell and round fuscous black discoidal spot; traces of a blackish

postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

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34 NOCTUID®.

minutely waved; some slight black marks on costa towards apex ;

a diffused blackish subterminal line; a terminal series ot black

Fig, 12.--Microblemma discipuncta, 2. 3.

strie. Hind wing fuscous brown mixed with some greyish; the

underside greyish ‘tinged with olive, a dark discoidal point, indistinet

curved postmedial ifime, and terminal series of strize.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 Q type. Hp.

14 millim.

Genus PROROBLEMMA, nov.

Type, P. stictopteris.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, tne 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head and fringed with long hair above towards extremity,

the 8rd short, porrect; frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antennz of female

ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibize

shghtly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen very ‘obliquely curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10

stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of ceil ; 5 nearly

fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell to near middle.

5024. Proroblemma stictopteris.

Acidalia stictopteris, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 339.

@. Head and thorax pale purplish with a few black scales ;

abdomen browner. Fore wing pale purple irrorated with a few

raised black scales, the postmedial area rather redder except

Fig. 13.—Proroblemma stictopteris, Q. 3.

towards costa; a black point in middle of cell; postmedial line

fuscous, oblique from costa to vein 6, strongly incurved below

vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, dark, oblique and downcurved

from costa to vein 7 where it is angled, then minutely waved; a

PROROBLEMMA.—EUBLEMMISTIS. 35

terminal series of prominent black points. Hind wing purplish

tinged with brown; a terminal series of black points; cilia pale

reddish ; the underside pale purplish, the costal area irrorated with

black, a black discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and terminal

series of rather triangular spots.

3g. Fore wing with large blackish discoidal spot; hind wing

yellowish white, the termen very faintly tinged with purplish.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, R. Jutahi, Barrena Branca (7’rail), 1 @

type, Espiritu Santo, 1 ¢. wp. 16 millim.

Genus EUBLEMMISTIS. To

Eublemmistis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 406 (1902) ...... chlorozonea.

Proboseis aborted, slender ; palpi obliquely porrect, extending to well beyond

the frons, the 2nd joint moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antenna of male serrate and fasciculate; thorax clothed with

scales and hair mixed and without crests ; tibiz: moderately fringed with hair ;

abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the

termen excised below apex and excurved at middle, somewhat crenulate; veins

3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from below iniddle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5025, Eublemmistis chlorozonea.

Eublemmistis chlorozonea, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 406 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white with a few olive-brown and

black scales, the palpi and fore legs darker. Fore wing white

irrorated with pale olive and black scales, the costa pale olive-green ;

traces of an olive-green subbasal line from costa to submedian fold;

a waved olive-green antemedial line; two black disecoidal points ;

Fig. 14.—Hublemmistis chlorozonea, 3. >:

postmedial line olive-green, double, indistinct, minutely waved,

angled inwards in submedian fold to near antemedial line; post-

medial area olive-green with some white points on costa, ita outer

edge dentate and representing the subterminal line, angled inwards

at discal and suhmedian folds; a terminal series of biack points

and striz; cilia olive-green with two black points at tips at middle.

Hind wing white slightly irrorated with black and with faint

diffused postmedial and subterminal olive-green bands; a terminal

36 NOCLUID ©.

series of black points; cilia olive-green with a few black scales; the

underside white sparsely irrorated with black and olive-green, a

black discoidal bar and terminal series of points.

Hab. Navan, Durban (Legh), 2 5, 1 2 type. Hap. 20-

26 millim.

Larva. Geometriform, Coccidiphagous, pupating in cocoon covered

with their exuvie (G. F. Leigh).

Genus CATOBLEMMA, nov.

Type, C. swmbavensis.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about twice

length of head, the 2nd joint fringed with hair above, the 3rd moderate ; frons

sinooth; eyes large, round; antenne of female somewhat laminate and

minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with sca'es and without

crests; tibiz: moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore

wing with the apex rounded, the termen not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with ves 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Srcr. I. Fore wing with the termen somewhat excised below. apex and

excurved at middle; hind wing with the termen excised at discal

fold; palpi with the 2nd joint triangularly fringed with long hair

above towards extremity.

AN, \RVaiayaS) Tan AeE GarTt Al PONTIAC, on5505050000990000000000Rc090D09004R29000009000005 rosealis.

IBS Whinge sino titi sed mwitlaypimlonesneneseehmeereece tee mecrcer SROLEHaGHO BOE pictalis.

5026. Catoblemma rosealis. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 25.)

Mimoruza rosealis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 520 (1896).

@. Head and thorax white; palpi suffused with dark brown at

sides, the fringe blackish at tips; frons with ridge of black-brown

hair above ; legs tinged with ochreous brown, the fore tarsi ringed

with white ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with ochreous, ventrally

irrorated with brown. Fore wing white tinged in parts with pale

pink ; a subbasal brown point on costa; an antemedial brown point

on costa and traces of a slight ochreous line angled inwards at vein | ;

a slight ochreous spot in middle of cell and another at middle

of costa with the slight medial line arising from it, excurved to

median nervure, then incurved and with ochreous band beyond it ;

a black point at upper angle of cell and spot at lower angle diffused

on outer side; a truncate conical ochreous brown patch on post-

medial part of costa; the slight blackish postmedial line arising from

its inner edge and bent inwards below vein 4; subterminal line

white, angled outwards at middle, the area beyond it suffused with

brown and irrorated with blackish ; a terminal series of black strize

defined on inner side by white; cilia ochreous brown with fine

white line at base and some black scales at middle. Hind wing

CATOBLEMMA. 37

white tinged in parts with pink especially on medial and terminal

areas; an ochreous line from upper angle of cell to inner margin

with slight tuft of black scales beyond it at lower angle of cell; a

faint minutely waved ochreous postmedial line angled outwards at

middle and ending on inner margin at the medial line; terminal

area with patches of ochreous brown suffusion from apex to discal

fold and below vein 4; cilia ochreous brown with a fine white line

at base; the underside whitish irrorated with brown.

Hab. Buurdn, 2500' (Dudgzon),1 Q type. Hep. 20 millim.

5027. Catoblemma pictalis.

Mimoruza pictalis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xi. p. 450 (1897).

3. Head white; palpi and antenne rufous; thorax and abdo-

men white tinged with rufous, the latter with black dorsal line at

base of anal tuft. Fore wing creamy white mostly suffused with

rufous; a subbasal black point on costa; antemedial line rufous

with black point at costa, incurved at subcostal nervure, then

excurved ; a black point in midille of cell and two on discocellulars ;

medial line rather diffused, rufous, very oblique from costa to beyond

the cell where it is angled, then strongly incurved ; postmedial line

slight, brown defined on outer side by white, and with black point

at costa, oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly angled outwards at veins

4, 3, then incurved, the area beyond it grey on inner half and with a

truncate conical ochreous-brown patch on costal area with some white

points on costa ; subterminal line white, at middle rufous and angled

outwards at veins 4, 3, incurved towards costa and inner margin ;

apical area whitish ; an ochreous brown terminal line ; cilia ochreous

Fig. 15.—Catoblemma pictalis, $. 3.

brown with fine white line at base and black patch at middle.

Hind wing with the basal area ochreous white irrorated with a few

black scales towards inner margin; an incurved rufous medial line

with black point beyond it at lower angle of cell; two white post-

medial lines filled in with ochreous brown and ending at tornus, the

inner line sinuous, the outer slightly angled outwards at veins 4, 3,

the area before them brown and beyond them grey; an ochreous

brown terminal line interrupted at vein 2 and submedian fold; cilia

ochreous brown with a fine white line at base; the underside ochreous

white with some black irroration on costa towards base, black

38 NOCTUIDH.

discoidal striga, sinuous brown postmedial line, maculate subterminal

line dilated into a patch towards costa, and terminzl series of points.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 24 millim,

Sect. IT. Both wings with the termen evenly curved; palpi with the 2nd

joint shghtly fringed with hair above towards extremity.

A. Fore wing ochreous, the lines not waved.............c0c0.seeees swmbavensis.

Bb. Fore wing whitish suffused in parts with dark brown, the

lines waved ........... srs daha clea Bais Riche EVAN eR CIC AN Nera wmbriferda.

5028. Catoblemma sumbavensis, n. sp. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 26.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white suffused with

pale rutous, the palpi rather deeper rufous. Fore wing ochreous

white suffused with pale rufous; antemedial line rather diffused,

fuscous, curved ; postmedial line rather diffused, fuscous, oblique

from costa bo discal fold, then inwardly oblique ; traces of a slightly

sinuous dark subterminal line; cilia slightly deeper rufous. Hind

wing ochreous white tinged with rufous; traces of a postmedial

line formed of fuscous scales on inner area; the underside with the

costal half rather deeper rufous.

Hab. SumBawa (Voherty), 1 Q type. Eap. 18 millim.

5029. Catoblemma umbrifera, n. sp.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with brown; palpi

black; tegule with black line at base; the abdomen irrorated with

black-brown towards extremity; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen suffused with black-brown. Fore wing whitish

tinged with brown; a dark brown subbasal spot on costa; ante-

medial line black-brown, incurved in cell, then oblique, sinuous ; a

black discoidal lunule with oblique black-brown bar above it from

costa; postmedial line double, oblique from costa to vein 6, shghtly

incuryed at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, the area beyond

Fig. 16.—Catoblemma umbrifera, S$. 3.

it almost entirely suffused with black-brown with some white points

on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by black,

minutely dentate, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; a ter-

minal series of black points; cilia black-brown with a fine whitish

line at base. Hind wing whitish irrorated with black-brown; a

black discoidal spot; postmedial line black-brown, oblique from

costa to vein 4, then waved; the terminal area suffused with black-

brown except at middle and with the indistinct minutely waved

CATOBLEMMA,—CAUTSCHRA. 39

white subterminal line on it; a terminal black-brown line; cilia

black-brown with a whitish line at base; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal striga, sinuous postmedial

line and diffused subterminal shade.

Hab. Buuran, 2500' (Dudgeon), 1 $; Burma, Rangoon, 1 9° type.

Exp. 18 millin.

Genus CAUTAESCHRA, nov.

Type, C. ustipennis.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi porrect, extending about the length of head,

the 2nd joint fringed with hair above towards extremity, the 3rd short down-

turned ; frons smooth; eyes large, round ; antenne of female ciliated; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibize with the spurs

long; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced

and acute, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before

angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9,

10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;

5 nearly fnlly developed from below middle of discocellwars; 6,7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

*5030. Cauteschra ustipennis.

Micreschus ustipennis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 358 (1894).

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous; vertex of head with

white patch, the shaft of antenne white towards base ; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen paler. Fore wing rufous, the costa

and termen blackish; an indistinct slightly sinuous dark ante-

medial line; a round blackish discoidal spot ; postmedial line dark,

Fig. 17.—Cauteschra ustipennis, 2.

wie

rather punctiform, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved

and again slightly excurved above inner margin; traces of a dark

terminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; cilia pale reddish.

Hind wing rufous; a faint dark discoidal spot; postmedial line dark,

rather punctiform, excurved ; traces of a dark subterminal line ; the

termen black; cilia pale reddish ; the underside whitish irrorated

with brown, a brown discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Assam, Naga Hills, 6000’ (Doherty), typet Q in Coll.

Rothschild. wp, 18 millim.

40 NOCLUID Hi.

Genus ENISPA.

Type.

Japasaa, Wy SESS IZTD (USD) cdadsscodsosancood08o0e0c0s008005006 eosarialis, &

Micreschus, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 402 (1878) ............ elataria.

Trogacontia, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iy. p. 520 (1896) ............ albifrontata.

Proboscis aborted, small or absent; palpi upturned, reaching about to middle

of frons, slender and smoothly scaled, the 3rd joint short; frons smooth ; eyes

large, round; antenne of male with long cilia; thorax clothed chiefly with scales

and without crests ; tibia smoothly scaled, the spurs long; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen

typically non-crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7,

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only,

Sect. I. Both wings with the termen crenulate and excurved at veins 5 and 3.

5031. Enispa purpurea, n. sp.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with purple

and irrorated with black-brown; palpi in front, pectus, mid and

hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white. Fore

wing purple thickly irrorated with blackish; a shght blackish

subbasal line from costa to vein 1, angled outwards below costa

and incurved below the cell; antemedial line indistinct, blackish,

waved; a black discoidal bar, constricted at middle; postmedial

line double filled in with purple and some pale yellow, bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate, bent inwards below yeiu 3 and

Fig. 18.—Hnispa purpurea, 3. 3.

angled inwards in submedian fold, some whitish points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line double filled in with purple and some pale

yellow, minutely waved, incurved below vein 2; a fine waved

blackish terminal line; cilia blackish mixed with yellow and with

yellow line at base. Hind wing purple thickly irrorated with

blackish ; a diffused black discoidal spot; postmedial line pale

yellow, dentate, with a small quadrate yellow spot beyond the

cell; subterminal line double, brown filled in with yellowish,

slightly angled outwards at discal fold, then very minutely waved ;

a black patch at apex ; cilia yellowish white mixed with black and

with waved yellow line at base; the underside with the basal

area brown, a broad diffused whitish medial band, the terminal area

fuscous leaving some whitish on termen.

Hab, Sincavorz (Ridley), 1 Q type. Lap. 20 millim.

ENISPA. 41

Secr. Il. (Hnispa). Fore wing with the termen excised below apex, slightly

angled at vein 3 and oblique towards tornus; hind wing with the

termen slightly angled at vein 4.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique throughout ... albifrontata.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled at vein 6, then

OLDINIC Ura asad adernacaneoprekacen ea coaaepaageecnenerde ie ceo one aaa saa aan ectrocta.

C. Fore wing with the postmedial line incuryed below vein 4.

a. Hind wing with the postmedial line not defined on outer

side by white towards inner margin .............06..000008 JSerreofusa.

6, Hind wing with the postmedial line defined on outer side

by white towards inner margin.

a, Fore wing with black discoidal lunule .................. vinidcen.

6}. Fore wing with slight red discoidal point ............... eosarialis.

*5032. Enispa albifrontata. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 27.)

Timandra albifrontata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 255 (1888); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

iv. p. O21.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; vertex of head pure

white. Fore wing pale rufous, the costa and termen bright rufous ;

antemedial and postmedial lines brown, oblique, the latter rather

diffused, with three white strize beyond it from costa; a dark dis-

coidal point; cilia white at tips. Hind wing pale rufous; a

diffused oblique medial red-brown line; a red-brown terminal line ;

cilia white at tips.

Hab. StxuiM, type fT Q in Mus. Berlin. Zvp. 24 millim.

5033. Enispa etrocta, n. sp. (Plate CXLIX. fig, 28.)

9. Head dark brown, the vertex pure white; thorax and abdo-

men purplish pink; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

paler. Fore wing purplish pink, irrorated with a few black scales,

the costa suffused with black, the postmedial area with a greenish-

grey tinge ; an inwardly oblique antemedial series of black points on

the veins ; a small blackish discoidal spot ; postmedial line blackish

defined on outer side by flesh-pink, oblique from costa to vein 6,

then inwardly oblique, some rather elongate pure white marks

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only defined by the outer edge

of the greenish area which is obligue ;. a terminal series of slight

blackish lunules; cilia bright pink with some black and white

scales at tips. Hind wing purplish pink; a somewhat diffused

dark medial line defined on outer side by flesh-colour and with a

faint greenish-grey shade beyond it; a punctiform black terminal

line; cilia bright pink with black and white scales at tips; the

underside grey-white irrorated with brown, an indistinct dark

discoidal spot and diffused postmedial line.

Hab, Manvras, Palnis (Campbell), 1.9 type. Exp. 42 millim.

42 NOCTUID 2.

5034. Enispa ferreofusa, n.sp. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 29.)

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey suffused with

purplish red, the vertex of head and base of shaft of antennee pure

white. Fore wing brownish grey suffused with purplish red with

some dark irroration, the terminal area from apex to vein 4+ and

towards tornus whitish, the costal edge dark; traces of a rather

inwardly oblique dark antemedial line; a minute black discoidal

lunule ; postmedial line dark, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled

inwards at discal fold, strongly incurved and slightly waved below

vein 4, some slight white streaks below it on costa; subterminal

line remote from termen, indistinct, dark, incurved from costa to

vein 4 where it is angled outwards, then again incurved ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing purplish red slightly mixed with

whitish and with some dark irroration ; a blackish discoidal point,

indistinct diffused curved postmedial line and fine dark terminal

line; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

bar and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mapras, Palnis, Kodaikanal (Campbell), 1 3 type. Hap.

24 millim.

5035. Enispa vinacea.

Hyria vinacea, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 124, pl. 153. f. 4 (1891).

©. Head grey-brown ; thorax and abdomen pale purplish pink.

Fore wing pale purplish pink; subbasal black points on costa and

in cel] ; an antemedial oblique blackish bar from costa to subcostal

nervure; a prominent black discoidal Iunule; postmedial line

black, oblique from costa to vein 7, slightly incurved at discal fold,

incurved and reduced to points on the veins below vein 4, some

black points with yellowish white marks between them beyond it

on costa; subterminal line whitish, very faint except towards costa,

incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of black points; cilia

yeliowish at tips. Hind wing pale purplish pink ; shgltly irrorated

with black except towards base and termen, the costal area greyish ;

a slight black discoidal bar; postmedial line black with a yellowish

white band on its outer edge, irregularly waved, excurved between

veins 4,3; avery indistinct subterminal line formed of black scales

with faint whitish marks before it towards costa and inner margin ;

cilia yellowish at tips; the underside white, irrorated with brown,

the terminal area suffused with brown, a brown discoidal lunule

and sinuous medial line.

Hab. Mannas, Nilgiris (Lindsay), 1 2 type. ' Kap. 22 millim.

5036. Enispa eosarialis.

Enispa cosarialis, W\k. xxxiv. 1275 (1865).

d. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with some ochreous,

the vertex cf head whitish; legs and ventral surface of abdomen

ENISPA 43

whitish tinged with ochreous. Fore wing whitish suffused with

blood-red, especially on basal and medial areas, and irrorated with

a tew black scales; an indistinct punctiform red antemedial line ;

a slight discoidal red point with striga above it from costa; post-

medial line reddish with some black scales on it, oblique from costa

to vein 4, then incurved, the costa beyond it with short alternating

black and white streaks ; subterminal line faint, whitish, excurved

at middle and ineurved towards costa and inner margin; a terminal

series of small red spots; cilia blood-red with whitish line at base

Fig. 19.—Enispa eosarialis, S. 3.

and white tips with dark patches at apex and middle. Hind wing

blood-red, whitish at base; postmedial line whitish, punctiform

except towards inner margin, defined on inner side by some black

scales, oblique to vein 3 where it is angled outwards: cilia with a

fine white line at base; the underside whitish tinged with brown

and some rufous especially on terminal area, a sinuous brown medial

line.

Hab. Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), type t ¢ in Mus. Oxon. ;

Puro Laur (Doherty), 1 $. Hap. 16 millim.

Secr. IIf. Fore wing with the termen slightly excised below apex and excurved

at middle; hind wing with the termen evenly curved.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial area suffused with

chocolate-red from costa to vein 2 ............0eesee eee ee eee prolecta.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial area wot suffused with

GHOCOlAGe= rely mene an tesa costacteeeme ce catee a ne hamins nanan lutefuscialis.

5037. Enispa prolecta. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 30.)

Micreschus prolectus, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxil. p. 70 (1908).

Head rufous, the vertex and antenne white; thorax grey, the

metathorax tinged with rufous and with a few black scales; legs

slightly tinged with rufous; abdomen grey dorsally tinged with

rufous and with slight white segmental lines, the 2nd segment with

slight black line. Fore wing grey irrorated with a few black scales,

the basal half suffused with silver, the costa red from near base to

towards apex; two obliquely placed black points at base; ante-

medial line acutely angled outward below costa, then represented

by a very oblique series of black points on the veins ; two blackish

discoidal spots; postmedial line blackish, angled outwards below

44 NOCTUID A.

costa, then oblique and somewhat dentate, slightly excurved beyond

lower angle of cell, then obsolescent, the postmedial area suffused

with chocolate-red down to vein 2 and with some white points on

costa; subterminal line hardly defined except by the contrast

between the rufous and grey areas, somewhat dentate, angled

inwards at discal fold and ineurved below vein 8; cilia deep rufous,

yellow at tips. Hind wing grey irrorated with a few black scales,

the postmedial area suffused with pale red; postmedial line formed

of white points with small spot at inner margin, excurved and

somewhat dentate between veins 5 and 2: cilia deep rufous, yellow

at tips; the underside whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown,

a slight discoidal black lunule and sinuous medial line.

Hab. QueENsLand, Kuranda (Dodd), 1 9. Exp. 22 millim.

Type t d in Coll. Turner.

5038. Enispa lutefascialis.

Mestleta lutefascialis, Leech, Entom. xxii. p. 65, pl. ii. f. 15 (1889).

Aventiola solitaria, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 605, pl. 14. f. 5 (1892) ; id.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 253.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; antenne with the shaft

white towards base. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated with some

silvery scales; antemedial line represented by an oblique dark

striga from costa and point in cell; postmedial line blackish,

oblique from costa to vein 6, then reduced to points, slightly

incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4; faint traces of a

pale subterminal line; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing pale

rufous slightly irrorated with silvery scales and suffused with blood-

red except on basal, costal and terminal areas; a maculaté yellowish

white postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin, incurved

Fig. 20.—Enispa lutefascialis, $. 3.

below vein 2; an indistinct yellowish subterminal line and a fine

dark subterminal line: cilia red at base, yellowish white at tips ;

the underside white with shght brown discoidal spot and traces of

diffused postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab, K. Steerta, Ussuri; Japan, Satsuma (Leech), 1 ¢ type,

Yokohama (Pryer), 19. Ewp. 20 millim.

ENISPA. 45

Srcr. IV. (Micreschus). Fore wing with the termen slightly angled at vein 3,

then oblique to tornus ; hind wing with the termen slightly angled

at vein 4.

A. Fore wing with oblique dark streak from lower angle of

cell to termen at vein 3.

a. Fore and hind wings with large white spots before sub-

terminal line at discal and submedian tolds ............ rosella.

b, Fore and hind wings without white spots before sub-

GENIN allel Gebpak se eae ty aha aterm hraainamer a sceiaclateecese elataria.

B. Fore wing without oblique dark streak fron lower angle

of cell to termen at vein 3.

a. Wines white with a dark terminal band .................. albinella.

lie NIV inate CED TOUS op ocscnceoseqoosenocsn000a0a9 cos86eK6a002 croceicineta.

5039. Enispa rosella.

Micreschus rosellus, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 126, pl. 170. f. 17 (1893) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 352.

Head and thorax white tinged with yellow and mixed with some

crimson ; abdomen yellowish mixed crimson and mostly suffused

with brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish

white. Fore wing yellowish white irrorated with crimson and

black seales, the costa irrorated with silver; a dark mark at base

of costa and subbasal crimson spots below the cell and above inner

margin; antemedial line oblique and dark towards costa, then

crimson, angled outwards at median nervure and oblique to inner

margin ; a small round dark spot in middle of cell, short fascia in

end of cell and oblique streak from lower angle to termen at vein 3

irrorated with silver; an oblique medial black line from cell to

inner margin; postmedial line slight, blackish, strongly excurved

from costa to vein +, then strongly incurved and with a large white

patch beyond it from the oblique fascia to above inner margin ;

subterminal line slight, blackish, defined on inner side towards

costa by white, expanding into a patch at discal fold extending to

postmediai line ; a narrow terminal black band irrorated with silver;

cilia yellow with dark patches at apex and the oblique fascia.

Hind wing yellow irrorated with crimson and black; a white dis-

coidal spot defined by black; a slight curved blackish postmedial

line with white patches before it at discal and submedian folds

defined by black; a slight dark subterminal line excurved at middle;

a narrow black terminal band irrorated with silver; cilia yellow

with a slight dark mark at middle; the underside whitish, the

terminal area suffused with brown.

Hab. Cryuon (Green), 1 ¢,1 9 type. Hvp. 14 millim.

5040. Enispa elataria.

Hyria elataria, Wik. xxii. 665 (1861); Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. ix. p. 126,

pl. 170. f. 16; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 352.

Head and teguize rufous with a few silvery scales; thorax and

abdomen yellow irrorated with crimson ; pectus and legs yellowish

white. Fore wing yellow thickly irrorated with crimson; a brown

46 NocTuID®.

fascia on costa irrorated with silvery scales; an oblique brown

fascia from lower angle of ecll to termen at vein 3 and a narrow

terminal band irrorated with a few silvery scales; a small yellowish

white discoidal lunule defined by brown; traces of waved ante-

medial, medial, and postmedial crimson lines from the dark markings

tc inner margin; a series of small white subterminal spots defined

hy brown from costa to the oblique fascia, angled inwards at discal

fuld; cilia yellow with some brown at apex and the oblique fascia.

ES aN ‘

Fig 21.—WHnispa elataria, S. 2.

Hind wing yellow thickly irrorated with crimson; a white discoidal

spot defined by crimson; traces of a minutely waved crimson post-

medial line ; a subterminal series of minute white spots defined by

crimson; a narrow terminal brown band irrorated with silvery

scales; cilia vellow; the underside yellowish, the terminal area

suffused with brown.

Hab. Cryton, Colombo ( Nietner), 1 ¢ type, Puttalam (Pole), 1 3,

192, N. Centr. Province (de Mowbray), 1 9; Sineaporn (Ltidley),

19; Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 go; Java, Arjuno (Doherty), 1 3,

19. xp. 14 millim.

5041. Enispa albinella. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 31.)

Micreschus albinellus, Hmpsn. Moths Ind, iv. p. 521 (1896).

2. Head and thorax white; palpi with some black scales at

tips; antenne brownish; abdomen white dorsally tinged with

ochreous, the base of anal tuft crimson. Fore wing pure white ;

two subbasal and two postmedial black points on costa; an oblique

blackish fascia suffused with silver from subcostal neryure before

middle to inner margin near tornus, some crimson scales on its

upper edge; a crimson discoidal point and a postmedial point in

discal fold; terminal area yellow with a series of crimson points on

its inner edge and a blackish terminal band suffused with silver,

bent inwards to costa and leaving the apex yellow; cilia yellow

with some dark scales at base and a dark patch at middle. Hind

wing white; a small crimson discoidal spot and spot below it on

inner margin; a crimson postmedial line from discal fold to inner

margin; a blackish terminal band with some crimson on its inner

edge except towards costa where it is bent inwards, leaving a slight

yellowish mark at apex; cilia yellow with dark irroration at base

except towards apex.

Hab. Ceyton, Kaltura (Green), 1 9 type. vp. 10 millim

PNISPA. AT

5042. Enispa croceicincta.

Chrysocraspeda croceicincta, Ampsn. J. Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soe. xiv. p. 652,

pl. C. f. 22 (1903).

d. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep purple-red, the vertex of

head and shaft of antennee towards base pure white; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the legs partly suffused

with brown. Fore wing deep purple-red with slight silvery irro-

ration ; traces of a curved dark antemedial line and a more distinct

postmedial line, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and

slightly waved, each with small white mark on costa; some slight

orange points on apical part of costa; cilia deep orange. Hind

wing deep purple-red with slight silvery irroration ; traces of a dark

postmedial line excurved at middle ; cilia deep orange ; underside of

both wings greyish fuscous.

9. Fore wing without the white marks on costa at ante- and

postmedial lines.

Hab. Cuyton, Kandy (Mackwood, Pole), 2 3 type, Maskeliya

(Pole), 1 2. Hap. S 16; 2 20) millim:

Secr. V. Fore wing with the costa somewhat truncate towards apex, the termen

excised below apex and excurved at middle, vein 7 from 8 beyond 10;

hind wing with the termen evenly curved.

5043. Enispa plutonis.

Thalpochares plutonis, Lucas, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Queensl. i. p. 7 (1894).

Micreschus pyrrhantha, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 31 (April).

Micreschus diacaustus, Turmer, Pr, Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 115 (Aug,

1902).

3. Head and thorax fiery red; abdomen yellowish suifused with

fiery red, the ventral surface fiery red. Fore wing fiery red, the

costal edge blackish to beyond middle; antemedial line represented

Mas

Fig. 22.—Enispa plutonis, g. §.

by an inwardly oblique yellow striga from costa and some dark

scales towards inner margin; a white point at lower angle of cell;

postmedial line with oblique yellow striga from costa to vein 6

where it is bent outwards, then indistinct, dark, minutely waved,

incurved below vein 4 and excurved at vein 1; some slight dark

strie on termen ; cilia yellowish with black patches at tips at apex

and middle. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fiery red; a ter-

minal series of slight red striz ; cilia yellowish at base, red at tips;

the underside yellowish tinged with red and irrorated with brown,

48 NOCTUID ®.

a small black discoidal spot, brown postmedial line dentate to near

termen towards costa, then minutely dentate, and terminal series

of black strie.

Hab. Qurrnstanp, Peak Downs, 1 ¢, Brisbane, type f in Coll.

Lucas, (Turner) 1 o; N.S. Warus, Sydney, type +d pyrrhantha

in Coll. Meyrick. vp. 16 millim. Type + diacaustus in Coll.

Turner.

Secr. VI. Both wings with the termen evenly curved.

A. Proboscis absent; palpi very slight; antennz with strongly fasciculate

cilia.

5044. Enispa albipuncta, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous tinged with blood-

red, the vertex of head and shaft of antenne towards base pure

white ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore

Fig. 23.—Enispa albipuncta, G. 3.

wing pale rufous suffused with blood-red, the costa white; an

antemedial deep-red point on vein 2 and pure white spot on inner

margin; a deep-red discoidal point ; postmedial line very indistinct,

dark, slightly incurved below vein 4, with slight white marks

beyond it on veins 3 and 2 and pure white spot at inner margin ;

traces of a pale sinuous subterminal line; a terminal series of dee

red points. Hind wing pale rufous suffused with blood-red; a

slight dark discoidal bar; traces of a diffused oblique dark post-

medial line and of a pale sinuous subterminal line; a terminal

series of deep red points; the underside paler.

Hab. 8. Nieerta, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 ¢ type. up.

18 millim.

B. Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi moderate; antenne ciliated.

a. Head with the vertex, or a bar between antennze, white.

a‘, Both wings with the cilia yellow.

a>. Hind wing with waved white postmedial line.

a®, Fore wing with the termen pale clive ......... erythroglauca.

6°. Fore wing with the termen purplish red ...... minuta.

o?. Hind wing without waved white postmedial line.

a, Kore wing with the costal area yellow ......... Jlavicineta.

63, Fore wing with the costa white.

a‘. Thorax and base of abdomen bright rufous. adbicosta.

b4. Thorax and abdomen dark purple-red ...... purpurascens.

23, Fore wing with the costa not yellow or white.

a‘. Wings without black terminal line or band.

ENISPA. 49

a, Both wings wholly suffused with fuscous

DNOWIM atone noecelstncsisaaeaaescneddsesctae camel rubrifuscaria

6°, Both wings with the terminal area suffused

DIDO, SHMEEOWIS) LOO AS, Sosocadessondsoons005050 niveiceps.

ce’. Neither wing with fuscous suffusion ...... rosea.

6*, Both wings with black terminal line or band.

a, Fore wing purplish pink mixed with

whitish.

a°. Fore wing with black terminal line.

a7. Hind wing with slight red discoidal

POOLING setonoterseersieise amas eeemtas oostaeunete seek parva.

6". Hind wing with black discoidal spot poliorhoda.

a°, Both wings with black terminal band. atricincta.

(25 MENON) WV TRUDI casboosooscacoa5c05N000020005 oblataria.

}*, Wings with the cilia not yellow.

a*. Fore wing with the ground-colour white.

a®, Kore wing white sparsely irrorated with rufous

and Dblackiscalesi:saaeivetaseses soes-eceseentanece es regulata.

&°, Fore wing more or less suffused with brown

or fuscous.

a‘, Fore wing with the subterminal line defined

by white on/outer side -2.....0)..c2s..-.e- 00 alge.

6'. Fore wing with the subterminal line not

defined by white on outer side.

a5, Kore wing with the white of postmedial

area extending to termen at apex and

middle .-.... Beseilssaiasuissiicincsasaeese ssigaceins lichenostola.

65, Fore wing with the white of postmedial

area not extending to termen at apex

and middle.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial and sub-

terminal lines acutely angled inwards

@crdiscal foldyieeeroe-cseanessteceeteecee leprosa.

48, Fore wing with the postmedial and

subterminal lines not acutely angled

inwards at discal fold..................... leucogramina.

&*, Kore wing with the ground-colour not white.

a°®, Kore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

white.

a‘. Kore wing with the ground-colour pale

PUTOUS ar sacecousscenesedacoonsvosemuecnde sete albolinearia.

+*, Fore wing with the ground-colour greyish

, HUASCONS eases saa cesnsnsansosterecesiatedeener acute albilineata.

6*. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

not white.

Gz. AH OLE WING ALON OLOV cece nats: czay cle Secelsos ae griscipennis,

6'. Fore wing rufous.

a, Kore wing with ante- and postmedial

white spots at costa.

a6, Kore wing without postmedial white

spot at Inner margin .................---- quadricostaria.

v°. Fore wing with postmedial white spot

at WARIO WMETABINN, scadoaagsodosodonsocoddedae leucosticta.

}°, Fore wing without ante- and postmedial

white spots on costa.

a°®. Kore wing without black discoidal bar. enistis.

b®. Fore wing with black discoidal bar ... roseata.

6. Vertex of head blackish.

a’, Both wings with pale postmedial line ............... atriceps.

6’. Wings without pale postmedial line .................. lycaugesia,

VOL, X, E

50 NOCTUIDAE.

5045. Enispa erythroglauca, n. sp. (Plate CXLIX. fig. 32.)

@. Head and thorax pale olive-grey, the basal half of antennze

and a bar between them pure white ; abdomen blood-red with some

grey at base and extremity; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen white, the tibie and tarsi tinged with brown. Fore wing

pale olive, suffused with deep blood-red except at base and on costal

-and terminal areas; a subbasal black point on costa; antemedial

line indistinct, deep red with a black point at costa below which it

is excurved ; a small deep red discoidal spot ; postmedial line deep

red, very slightly defined on outer side by whitish and with black

point at costa, oblique to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then incurved

and slightly excurved at vein 1, some white points with minute red

streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish

minutely waved and slightly excurved at middle; cilia yellowish.

Hind wing deep blood-red slightly irrorated with silvery

white, the costal area white towards base; a diffused white

antemedial band; a deep red discoidal spot; a sinuous white

postmediai line excurved at middle; termen and cilia yellowish ;

the underside white slightly irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal

lunule, curved postmedial line slightly incurved at discal fold, the

terminal area suffused with black with a whitish subterminal line

interrupted at middle.

Hab. Mapras, Horsleykonda (Campbell), 1 Q type. Eup. 14

millim.

Larva. Pale greenish; no ventral claspers. Feeds on a minute

Lichen and covers itself with fragments of this stuck on toa fairly

tough pent-roof web.

Cocoon. In the form of a small Lichen-covered ball suspended by

a fine thread: 4.. (W. H. Campbell.)

5046. Enispa minuta.

Hyria minuta, Ampsn. Ul. Het. B. M. ix. p. 150, pl. 169. f. 18 (1893) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 353.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale purplish red, the vertex of

head and shaft of antenne white; legs whitish. Fore wing paie

purplish red with a silky gloss, the costal area paler; antemedial

and medial black points on costa, the latter with a slight oblique

dark striga from it; postmedial line with black point on costa,

slight and oblique to vein 6, then reduced to faint points; the

apical part of costa with series of slight black points; a fine blood-

red terminal line; cilia yellowish. Hind wing pale purplish red

with a silvery gloss; a blood-red discoidal bar; a waved yellowish

white medial line ; a fine blood-red terminal line; cilia yellowish ;

the underside paler.

Hab. Cryton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 $ type. Hap. 14 millim.

ENISPA. 51

5047. Enispa flavicincta, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 1.)

@. Head and thorax pale yellow with a silvery gloss; palpi,

frons, antenne, and legs tinged with brown; abdomen fuscous

brown, yellowish at base, the ventral surface pale yellow. Fore

wing purplish brown, the costal area and termen yellow with a

silvery gloss; a black discoidal point; faint traces of a minutely

waved curved whitish postmedial line; a terminal series of black

points; cilia yellow. Hind wing purplish brown irrorated with

black and silvery scales: a blackish discoidal spot and traces of a

pale postmedial line ; termen yellowish with a series of black points ;

cilia yellow.

Hab. StnGarorE (itidley), 1 9 type. Hwp. 14 millim.

5048. Enispa albicosta, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 2.)

3. Head pale rufous, the vertex whitish; thorax and base of

abdomen bright rufous, the terminal part of abdomen black with the

anal tuft brownish; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing pale rufous tinged with crimson at base, the

costal area white; a faint crimson medial line, oblique towards

costa; a small black discoidal spot; a faint crimson subterminal

line, incurved below vein 5; a narrow terminal deep crimson band ;

cilia yellowish tinged with crimson. Hind wing pale rufous, the

terminal area tinged with crimson; a black discoidal spot with

diffused band from it to inner margin; a slightly sinuous black

postmedial line; the termen deep crimson; cilia yellowish tinged

with crimson; the underside whitish tinged with brown.

Hab. Gown Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 3 type. Hep. 16

millim.

5049. Enispa purpurascens. (Plate CL. fig. 3.)

Micreschus purpurascens, Hmpsn, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 652

(1907).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark purple-red, the vertex of head

and base of shaft of antennse pure white; hind legs, ventral surface

of abdomen, and anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing deep purple-red with

a silvery gloss, the costal edge white except at base and middle, the

postmedial area rather paler and the termen and cilia bright yellow;

traces of an erect minutely waved dark antemedial line and of a

slight discoidal lunule ; postmedial line more distinct, very oblique

from costa to vein 6, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4.

Hind wing deep purple-red, the postmedial area somewhat paler and

the termen and cilia bright yellow ; postmedial line dark, excurved

at middle, then incurved ; the underside paler.

Hyb, Cuyton, Kandy (Pole), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 16 millim.

NOCTUID.

*5050. Enispa niveiceps. (Plate CL. fig. 4.)

Micreschus niveiceps, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxxiv. p. 351 (1909).

3. Palpi pink; frons red-brown ; vertex of head and shaft of

antenne white; thorax and abdomen pink; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white. Fore wing pink, the costa and terminal

half suffused with blackish and irrorated with some silvery scales ;

subbasal line represented by a pink striga from costa; traces of a

sinuous pink antemedial line; a black discoidal bar; postmedial

line very indistinct, excurved from below costa to vein 3, then

incurved, defined on outer side by some whitish towards inner

margin ; a fine black terminal line; cilia orange tinged with pink.

Hind wing pink, the terminal area suffused with blackish; an

indistinct oblique pink antemedial line and traces of a curved post-

medial line; a fine black terminal line; cilia orange tinged with

pink; the underside whitish irrorated with red-brown, the terminal

area tinged with fuscous.

Hab. Queenstand, Kuranda (Dodd), type + ¢ in Coll. Turner.

Eep. 16 millim.

5051, Enispa rubrifuscaria. (Plate CL. fig. 5.)

Chrysocraspeda rubrifuscaria, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 652

(1904).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep purplish red suffused with

brown ; vertex of head and shaft of antenne towards base white ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen paler. Fore wing deep

purplish red suffused with fuscous brown, especially on terminal

area; an indistinct minutely waved postmedial line; the termen

and cilia orange-yellow with some deep red between it and the dark

area. Hind wing deep purplish red suffused with fuscous brown

especially on terminal area; traces of a minutely waved postmedial

line; the termen and cilia orange-yellow with some deep red

between it und the dark area; the underside whitish suffused and

irrorated with brown.

Hab. Cryton, Maskeliya (Mackwood, Pole), 2 9 type. Hwp. 20

millim.

5052. Enispa rosea.

Hyria rosea, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. ix. p. 150, pl. 169, f. 3 (1893); id,

Moths Ind. ii. p. 353.

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep purplish pink; vertex of

head and shaft of antenne towards base pure white; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with fuscous brown.

Fore wing deep purplish pink with some darker irroration, the

terminal area with a whitish tinge, the costal edge pinker and the

termen deep purple ; traces of an antemedial line and of a slightly

waved medial line ; a dark discoidal spot; postmedial line distinct,

ENISPA. ; ya)

minutely waved, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved ;

cilia orange-yellow, deep red at base and apex.. Hind wing deep

purplish pink, the terminal half with a whitish tinge; aslight dark

discoidal spot; postmedial line slightly waved and excurved at

middle; termen deep purple; cilia orange-yellow, deep red at base ;

the underside purplish tinged with grey.

Hab. Crayton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 2 type, Maskeliya (Pole),

12. wp. 22 millim.

5053. Enispa parva. (Plate CL. fig. 6.)

Micreschus parva, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 217 (1906).

3. Palpi and frons rufous; vertex of head and base of antenne

white; tegule ochreous; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with

pink. Fore wing whitish, tinged and irrorated with pink, the costa

dark blood-red with some silvery scales; a slight curved red ante-

medial line; a dark red discoidal lunule; postmedial line slight,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; termen blackish with some

silvery scales; cilia whitish tinged with pink. Hind wing whitish,

tinged and irrorated with pink; a slight red discoidal point ; traces

of diffused red postmedial and subterminal lines; termen blackish

with a silvery gloss; cilia whitish tinged with pink; the underside

whitish irrorated with pink.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Aroa R. (Meek), type + 3S in Coll.

Rothschild ; QuzEnstanp, Mackay (Lower), 1 ¢. Hap. 12 millim.

5054. Enispa poliorhoda. (Plate CL. fig. 7.)

Micreschus poliorhoda, Himpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 652 (1907).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale purplish brown mixed with

whitish ; vertex of head and shaft of antennz towards base pure

white; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white.

Fore wing pale purplish pink mixed with whitish and irrorated

with silvery and some deep purple scales, the costa rather redder,

the termen deep purple irrorated with silver; traces of an inwardly

oblique dark antemedial line ; traces of a waved medial line from

cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, oblique from costa

to vein 6, then minutely waved, some yellowish points beyond

it on costa; a blackish terminal line; cilia orange-yellow. Hind

wing pale purplish pink mixed with whitish and irrorated with

silvery and some deep purple scales, the termen deep purple

irrorated with silver; a blackish discoidal spot and rather diffused

postmedial line slightly excurved at middle; a blackish terminal

line; cilia oraange-yellow with some red scales at base; the

underside whitish with dark discoidal bar and postmedial line.

Hab. Cuyton, Kandy (Pole),1 ¢ type, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 2,

N. Centr. Province (Pole), 1 $. Hap. 14 millim.

54 NOCTUID A.

5055. Enispa atricincta. (Plate CL. fig. 8.)

Micreschus atricincta, Hmpsu. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 651 (1907).

Head and tegule brown, the vertex of head and shaft of antenne

towards base white; thorax and abdomen pale purplish pink ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore

wing pale purplish pink mixed with whitish, the costa and termen

blackish ; traces of an inwardly oblique antemedial line with dark

points on the veins; a dark discoidal bar; postmedial line puncti-

form, oblique from costa to discal fold, then incurved, an indistinct

whitish subterminal line defined on inner side by dark scales and

with dark patch before it at costa with some white points on it,

somewhat dentate, excurved at middle; cilia orange-yellow. Hind

wing pale purplish pink mixed with whitish; a slight blackish dis-

coidal bar ; postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish and

with some black points on it towards inner margin, excurved below

costa and at middle; a terminal black band; cilia orange-yellow ;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot

and diffused curved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab, Crytox, Maskeliya (Pole, de Mowbray), 1 3, 2 2. type.

Hep. 16 millim.

5056. Enispa oblataria.

Hyria oblataria, Wik. xxii. 665 (1861); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 449,

pl. 200. f. 6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 352.

Homodes violacea, Lucas, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8S. W. (2) viii. p. 144 (1893).

Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous; vertex of head and shaft of

antenne towards base pure white ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing rufous irrorated with a few

black scales, the costa and termen blackish with a silvery gloss;

antemedial line slight, dark, defined on inner side by whitish,

inwardly oblique ; a black discoidal point; postmedial line slight,

Fig. 24.—Enispa oblataria, 8. 3.

dark, defined on outer side by whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6,

incurved and minutely waved below vein 4, some pale points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, waved, somewhat

excurved at middle ; cilia yellowish tinged with red. Hind wing

rufous irrorated with a few dark scales; a faint dark discoidal spot

and whitish postmedial line excurved at middle; faint traces of a

ENISPA. 515)

pale subterminal line; a black terminal line glossed with silver;

cilia yellowish, blood-red at base, the underside ochreous white

slightly irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot and minutely

waved, curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial and postmedial areas deeper

red; hind wing with the basal half deeper red.

Ab. 2. Fore and hind wings with black patches on inner medial

areas.

Hab. Cxyton, Colombo (Metner), 2 3 type, Pundaloya (Greei),

7 S,492; Queenstann, Brisbane (Turner),1 ¢,1 Q. Hap. 16—

20 millim.

Larva. Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 126, pl. 127. f. 17; Lucas, Pr. Linn.

Soe. N.S. W. (2) vili. p. 145 (1893).

Smooth and cylindrical, covered with comminuted lichen, arranged

in tufts on certain somites.

Cocoon covered with lichen and suspended by a cable of silk.

Food-plants : Lichens.

5057. Enispa regulata, (Plate CL. fig. 9.)

Acidalia regulata, Wik. xxiii. 794 (1861); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 358.

¢. Head and thorax white, the palpi, frons, antenne, dorsum of

thorax, and legs tinged with rufous; abdomen white with some

black scales at base and slight dorsal black segmental lines. ore

wing white sparsely irrorated with rufous and large black scales,

the costa rufous with a few silvery scales; a black point at base of

cell and some black points on basal part of costa; a diffused black

band from costa before middle to inner margin near base; medial

line blackish, angled outwards on subcostal nervure and in sub-

median fold and oblique towards costa and inner margin; a round

black discoidal spot ; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards below

costa, angled inwards in discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and

angled inwards in submedian fold; a shght minutely dentate

blackish subterminal line, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; cilia deep rufous, yellowish at tips. Hind wing white

sparsely irrorated with rufous and large black scales ; a black mark

at base of inner margin; traces of an irregular black subbasal line

except on costal area; a small round black discoidal spot; post-

medial line excurved below costa and at middle and angled inwards

at discal and submedian folds; subterminal line slight, black,

angled outwards at discal fold, then waved; a terminal series of

slight rufous striz; cilia deep rufous, yellowish at base and tips ;

the underside white slightly irrorated with rufous and with traces

of postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Creyton, Puttalam (Mackwood, Pole), 6 $; Burma, Moul-

mein (Clerk),1 $ type. Hwp. 12-14 millim.

5058. Enispa algz, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 10.)

3. Head and thorax white, the palpi, frons, antenne, upper edges

of patagia, and metathorax rufous; pectus and legs tinged with

26 NOCTUIDA,

rufous ; abdomen rufous irrorated with black, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing white, suffused in parts with rufous, especially

on inner, basal, and medial areas, and sparsely irrorated with black ;

subbasal and antemedial small black spots on costa; medial line

blackish, oblique from costa to the small round black discoidal spot,

then inwardly oblique and dentate; postmedial line black, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, ineurved below vein 4 and

angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal line blackish with some red-

brown suffusion on inner side, dentate; a rather diffused maculate

black-brown terminal line from below apex to above tornus, confluent

with the subterminal line at discal fold and below vein 2; cilia

white tinged with rufous and mixed with black-brown. Hind

wing rufous with slight dark irroration; a round black discoidal

spot ; postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side by white

except towards costa, irregularly dentate; a terminal series of

black points; the underside white tinged with rufous, a blackish

discoidal spot and terminal series of points.

Hab. Manpras, Belgaum (Watson), 4 $ type. Hap. 16 millim.

5059. Enispa lichenostola, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 11).

$. Head white irrorated with black; palpi brown; antennze

black ; thorax rufous; pectus and legs white mixed with fuscous,

the tarsi black slightly ringed with white ; abdomen white, dorsally

suffused with black, ventrally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing

white irrorated with black, the medial area suffused with fuscous ;

blackish basal and subbasal marks on costa ; antemedial line black,

waved ; a blackish discoidal lunule ; postmedial line black, dentate,

oblique to vein 4, then strongly angled inwards in submedian fold ;

subterminal line only defined by a blackish patch before it on costal

area and reddish brown patches beyond it at middle and tornus ;

a waved black terminal line; cilia rufous. Hind wing rufous

irrorated with black ; a fine blackish medial line defined by whitish

on outer side, excurved at middle and somewhat dentate; the post-

medial area slightly mottled with white at middle; a fine waved

black terminal line; cilia rufous; the underside white irrorated

with fuscous, a slight discoidal point and diffused curved post-

medial line.

Hab. Mapras, Horsleykonda (Campbell), 1 3 type. Hap. 16

millim.

5060. Enispa leprosa, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 12.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with reddish

brown, the pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whiter.

Fore wing whitish suffused in parts with pale reddish brown and

sparsely irrorated with black, the costa and termen pale reddish

brown; a slight antemedial blackish mark on costa and diffused

patch of black scales on discocellulars ; postmedial line diffused,

blackish, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled inwards in diseal fold,

BNISPA. 57

incurved and slightly waved below vein 4, some slight whitish points

beyond it on costa with minute brown streaks between them; sub-

terminal line slight, blackish, dentate, angled inwards at discal and

submedian folds; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia

reddish brown. Hind wing reddish brown thickly irrorated with

black ; an indistinct blackish discoidal spot; a diffused dentate

blackish postmedial line sligntly defined on outer side by white

except towards costa; traces of a diffused dark subterminal line ; a

terminal series of slight blackish strie; the underside whitish

tinged with brown, an indistinct diffused brown postmedial line.

Hab. Stxurm (Dudgeon), 1 Q type. Hep. 18 millim.

5061. Enispa leucogramma, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 13.)

&. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with rufous, the

vextex of head pure white, the antenne white ringed with brown.

Fore wing white, suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated with

fuscous and silvery scales; traces of a waved white antemedial line ;

a diffused dark discoidal spot; postmedial line white, oblique from

costa to vein 6, then dentate, some slight dark streaks with white

points between them beyond it on costa; a dentate white sub-

terminal line; a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing

white suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated with fuscous and

silvery scales; a diffused blackish discoidal bar; postmedial line

indistinct, blackish defined on outer side by white, angled outwards

at vein 4; traces of a minutely waved whitish subterminal line; a

terminal series of slight blackish spots; cilia with a fine white line

at base; the underside white suffused and irrorated with brown, an

indistinct brownish discoidal spot, diffused curved postmedial line

and subterminal shade.

Hab. Buurdn (Dudgeon), 1 3 type. Hwp. 16 millim.

5062. Enispa albolinearia. (Plate CL. fig. 14.)

Pomasia albolinearia, Leech, A. M. N. H. (6) xix. p. 679 (1897).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with rufous, the palpi

and frons darker rufous. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated with

silver and a few black scales; an ill-defined curved antemedial

white band; a diffused blackish discoidal spot; postmedial line

represented by a few black scales with a diffused white band beyond

it, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold,

incurved and waved below vein 4 and angled outwards at vein 1,

some shght white points beyond it on costa; a faint waved white

subterminal line; a terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind

wing white suffused with pale rufous and irrorated with silvery

and black scales; a black discoidal striga; postmedial line slight,

black defined on outer side by white, incurved at discal fold and

below vein 4; a waved white subterminal line; a terminal series

of small black lunules detined on inner side by white ; the under-

NOCTUID A.

side white faintly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and

faint curved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 3S type, Moupin

(Kricheldorf),1 6,1 2. Hap. 22 millim.

5063. Enispa albilineata. (Plate CL. fig. 15.)

Pachylepis albilineata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 448 (1897).

Palpi and frons rufous, the vertex of head white, the antenne

white ringed with black ; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with

rufous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white suffused

with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing

greyish fuscous irrorated with silvery scales, the costal edge

blackish; a subbasal white striga from costa; antemedial line

white, waved, somewhat inwardly oblique ; a black discoidal striga ;

postmedial line white, oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved at

discal fold, incurved and waved below vein 4 and bent outwards at

vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct slightly

waved white subterminal line, incurved at discal fold and below

vein 3; a fine waved black terminal line with small spots in the

interspaces and white points beyond them at base of cilia. Hind

wing greyish fuscous irrorated with silvery scales; a slight black

discoidal lunule; postmedial line white, excurved below costa, at

middle and towards inner margin ; an indistinct minutely waved

whitish subterminal line; a fine waved black terminal line with

some whitish beyond it at base of cilia; the underside whitish

tinged and irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal lunule, diffused

curved postmedial line and subterminal shade.

Hab. Punsas, DVharmsdla (Hocking), 1 3, 1 9, Chakrata

(C. H. Ward),1 3 ; Assam, Khasis, 1 @ type. Hap. 22 millim.

5064, Enispa griseipennis.

Ayria griscipennis, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 124, pl. 158. fig. 11

(1891).

Palpi and frons black-brown; vertex of head and shaft of

antennee towards base pure white; thorax iron-grey; abdomen

iron-grey dorsally suffused with black. Fore wing ion-grey

tinged with white and irrorated with a few black scales, the costa

black towards base; antemedial line represented by an inwardly

oblique black bar from costa, then by shght points on the veins ;

a slight black discoidal point; postmedial line black, oblique from

costa to vein 6, then reduced to points and oblique below vein 4,

traces of a dark subterminal line incurved below vein 3, a series of

small black terminal spots, the costa towards apex and cilia reddish,

the latter with a strong black line near base. Hind wing iron-

grey sparsely irrorated with black, the area from near base to

postmedial line, except on costal area, blood-red; a slight black

discoidal point ; postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side

ENISPA. 59

by whitish, somewhat dentate and excurved at middle ; subterminal

line only defined by faint rufous suffusion before it, curved; a

terminal series of black points; cilia red with a strong blackish

line near base; the underside bluish grey slightly irrorated with

brown, a dark discoidal spot and rather diffused curved sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab. Manpras, Nilgiris, Coonoor (Lindsay, Cardew), 4 3, 5 @,

type. wp. 18-20 millim.

*5065. Enispa quadricostaria.

Ayvia Le a Wik. xxii. 667 (1861) ; Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon.

li. p. 69.

Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous, whitish tinged with rufous

below; the vertex of head white. Fore wing rufous slightly irrorated

with black; an elliptical white subbasal patch on costa before the

very indistinct curved blackish antemedial line; an indistinet

blackish discoidal spot; a triangular white spot on costa beyond

the indistinct blackish postmedial line which is oblique towards

costa, then dentate; a terminal series of minute black points.

Hind wing rufous slightly irrorated with black, with traces of

dentate blackish ante- and postmedial lines and pale waved

subterminal line ; a terminal series of black points.

Hab. Bornno, Sarawak ( Wallace), type T in Mus. Oxon with only

the head, thorax, and fore wing remaining. Hap. 16 millim.

5066. Enispa leucosticta, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 16.)

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous, the vertex of head

and shaft of antenne towards base pure white. Fore wing pale

rufous irrorated with a few silvery scales; an antemedial white

spot on costa; a postmedial white spot on costa with the faint

postmedial line arising from it defined by whitish on outer side,

forming a small white spot at inner margin and slightly incurved

below vein 4. Hind wing pale rufous irrorated with a few silvery

scales; a slight whitish postmedial mark on costa and point on

inner margin; the underside whitish irrorated and suffused with

rufous, a slight discoidal striga and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 18 millim.

5067. Enispa cenistis. (Plate CL. fig. 17.)

Micreschus oinistis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Soc. Nat. Hist. xvii. p. 652 (1907).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen silvery grey suffused with pale

rufous; the palpi and frons rather deeper rufous; the shaft of

antenne towards base and a point between them white. Fore wing

silvery grey suffused with rufous and irrorated with fuscous ;

antemedial line represented by an oblique dark striga from costa,

then almost obsolete; a slight dark discoidal point with more

prominent blackish irroration round it; postmedial line indistinct,

60 NOCTUIDA.

dark, oblique from costa to vein 6, then rather punctiform ; an

indistinct shghtly waved dark subterminal line, somewhat excurved

at middle; apical area suffused with fuscous. Hind wing purplish

rufous irrorated with silvery scales and slightly with fuscous; a

faint crimson discoidal bar and traces of pale postmedial and

subterminal lines; the underside white slightly tinged with rufous

oe with indistinct diffused brown postmedial and subterminal

ines.

Hab, Cnyton, Yatiyantota (Green), 1 3 type, Kandy (Pole),1 3.

Exp. 14 millim,

5068. Enispa roseata. (Plate CL. fig. 18.)

Pachylepis roseate, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xiv. p. 206 (1902).

3. Head black, the vertex white; antenne and thorax pale rufous;

fore tibiz blackish in front, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen ochreous white suffused with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous

white suffused with blood-red; the costa black to near apex,

interrupted subbasally by a pale mark and by traces of a pale

curved antemedial line; an oblique black discoidal bar; postmedial

line very indistinct, pale, excurved from costa to vein 4 towards

termen, then oblique, a truncate conical black patch beyond it on

costal area with some white points on the costa, a black point before

it on inner margin and a patch beyond it at tornus; a terminal

series of black points; cilia ochreous mixed with some black.

Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown and _ slightly

irrorated with blackish ; an oblique black discoidal bar; postmedial

line indistinct, dark defined on outer side by white, excurved at

median nervules, some black before and beyond it on inner margin ;

traces of a minutely waved whitish subterminal line; a terminal

series of black points; the underside ochreous white slightly

irrorated with blackish, a blackish discoidal point and diffused

subterminal line.

Hab. Punsas, Simla (Pilcher), 1 3 type. Hap. 20 millim.

5069. Enispa atriceps, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 19.)

3. Head and base of tegule black-brown ; thorax and abdomen

whitish tinged with rufous, the latter with faint rufous bands.

Fore wing yellowish white suffused with pale rufous; two black

discoidal points; postmedial line whitish slightly defined on each

side by rufous, oblique and slightly excurved, some black points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale, defined on outer side by

black striz, angled outwards at middle; a pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing yellowish white suffused with pale rufous: two black

discoidal spots, the upper one small: postmedial line pale slightly

defined on inner side by black and with black spot before it at inner

margin, excurved below costa; an indistinct pale minutely dentate

subterminal line with series of small black lunules on its outer

edge; a whitish line at base of cilia; the underside brownish

ENISPA.—MICRACONTIA. 61

white, a blackish discoidal bar, diffused brownish postmedial line,

and lunulate fuscous subterminal shade.

Hab. Goto Coast, Aburi (Johnstone), 1 S$; 8S. Nieerra, Old

Calabar (Sampson), 1 ¢$ type. Hap. 18 millim.

5070. Enispa lycaugesia, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 20.)

@. Head dark brown; thorax and abdomen pale brownish

ochreous ; fore legs browner. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous;

a blackish point at lower angle of cell; a subterminal series of

shight blackish spots in the interspaces. Hind wing pale brownish

ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with fuscous

except at base; a faint diffused darker medial shade with fuscous

point on it at lower angle of cell; a subterminal series of slight

fuscous spots ; the underside pale brownish ochreous.

Hab. 8. Nieerta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 2 9 type. Hap.

20 millim.

Genus MICRACONTIA.

Type.

Micracontia, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1895, p. 301

SB ra meee ATMEL batisella.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi obliquely porrect, extending to well

beyond frons, the 2nd joint fringed with hair above towards extremity, the

3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male with long

cilia; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without crests; tibiz smoothly

scaled, the spurs long; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near

angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed

from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

5071. Micracontia batisella.

Micracontia batisella, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 802; id. Moths

Ind. iv. p. 521.

3d. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous with an olive tinge, the

vertex of head and shaft of antennz towards base pure white ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing

Fig. 25.—Micracontia batisella, 3. 2

rufous with an olive tinge and slight silvery irroration ; a subbasal

white point on costa; a broad medial white band defined at sides

by some blood-red scales, constricted at middle, enclosing a rufous

62 NOCTUID®.

patch on middle of costa, a rufous spot at upper angle of cell, some

rufous irroration in and below cell, and a small blood-red annulus

above inner margin; a white apical patch with two small triangular

blood-red subterminal marks on it at veins 7, 6, the faint whitish

subterminal line arising from its lower extremity and slightly

excuryed at middle; a dark terminal line with a series of black

points on it. Hind wing rufous with an olive tinge and slight

silvery irroration ; an indistinct white medial band with some blood-

red scales on its edges, slightly excurved at middle; a dark

terminal line; the underside white, the terminal half tinged with

brown, a brownish discoidal striga.

Hab. Mavras (Watson), 1 $; Cryton, Hambantota (Pole), 3 3

type. Hep. 12 millim.

Genus NIACCABA. Typ

acca. Nika xxxiven bon L869) epereeecsesensecccceceseatecsecees sumptualis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned well in front of frons, slender,

the 2nd joint reaching to about vertex of head, the 3rd short; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round ; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales

and without crests; tibiae smoothly scaled, the spurs long; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen excised below

apex, excurved at middle and very oblique towards tornus ; veins 3, 4 stalked ;

5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8 and

10 stalked, 9 absent; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the apical part of termen

lobed; the termen nearly straight from discal fold to tornus; veins 3, 4

stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5072. Niaccaba sumptualis.

Niaccaba sumptualis, W\k. xxxiv. 1272 (1865); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. °

p- 161, pl. 171. £3; id. Moths Ind. iii. p. 60.

3S. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown, the vertex of

head white; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdemen whitish.

Fore wing pale grey-brown, the costa tinged with blood-red towards

base; a black subbasal point on costa; an indistinct inwardly

Fig. 26.—Niaccaba suwmptualis, G. 7.

oblique red-brown antemedial line with black point on costa ;

a black point on middle of costa, with an oblique rather diffused

red-brown line from below it to inner margin at antemedial line ;

traces of a red-brown postmedial line from vein 6 to inner margin,

oblique below vein 4; the apical part of costa with slight

NIACCABA.——EUBLEMMA. 63

alternating white and blackish streaks; termen blood-red; cilia

blood-red with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing pale grey-

brown, the terminal area suffused and irrorated with blood-red ;

minutely waved blood-red subbasal, medial, postmedial, and

subterminal lines; a quadrate semihyaline subapical spot with

slight points above and below it; cilia blood-red with a tine pale

line at base; the underside pale brownish with sinuous medial and

postmedial dark lines.

Hab. Cnyton (Nietner), 1 3 type. Hvp. 14 millim.

Genus EUBLEMMA.

Type.

Hublemma, Erin. Verz.p. 206 (1827)).....-.0.-..0-2-oee--n oe SUavA.

Porphyria, Hun. Verz. p. 206 (1827) .....-..-..-.-----+-- purpuring.

Tiron, lelWoa, YEW, 7), 258 (UST) cocoacsoscoeeqecenecs00¢ ostrind.

Tiana, Valinloyar, Wei, {8 AO (SPA) scaccedscoor cosocabec0Geeor noctualis,

Jdedaaiis, Vabillons Wer, jo, AD (USAT) easscconcancoanaascoscosees pura.

Chikynumue, laliiloyal, \VGS7A; J, alll (UUSPA7)) GocosnocoBeacascaqdeces communimacula.

Hemerosia, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 163 (1840) ...... communimacula.

Microphisa, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 170 (1840)...... arcuinna.

Micra, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 224 (1841); nec

Aeiiti IDI, WUSHAO) ooqsoocabobeconsnonsensqouoopenodoosboeaveooneed purpurina.

Leptosia, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 225 (1841) ...... velox.

Oratoscelis, Guen. Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 231 (1841)... communimacula.

Glaphyra, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 282 (1841)... parallela.

Microphysa, Guen. Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 233 (1841)... arcuinna.

Thalpochares, Led. Noct. Eur. p. 184 (1854) ............... arcuinna.

Stila, \ix/illk, sSeqii, UB (OS))).acccaccopsansepaoooood0seoKooHeoDE truncatalis.

Autoba, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soce., Zool. vii. p. 57 (1864)... versicolora,

Vescisa, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 191 (1864) ... commoda.

AWiesdiaia,, VWs, xsexii, G29) (MOD) sconsoocavesansccnvssesesa000e abrupta.

Fientexoe), WWW, ssn, WADA (CUSED) socossscocconasnoncconnsccecce anticalis,

Mateomera, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 418)............ dubia.

Humestleta, Butl. Hntom. xxv. p. 189 (1892) ............... jlaminicincta,

Hublemmoides, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 212

(CISTUO) I agescaneecnanator Scoemeceae cap aneeecaeasnscrdcorcsuacsoadets dinava.

Anthophila, Hiibn. Tent. ined., nee Ill. Hym. 1804, &

AUD IGY IEG O5 INSPAS) BosooncBaoineoceausseeodounonned: a ooascsockoon purpurina.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to about middle of frons or to vertex of head and rather slightly scaled, the

3rd short or moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennx of male

ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiw

typically slightly fringed with hair, sometimes strongly; abdomeu without

crests. Hore wing typically witn the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell or 3, 4 rarely stalked ;

6 from below upper angle; 7 fromangle; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell; the

retinaculum, slight bar-shaped, covered by a tuft of hair. Hind wing with

the cell from one-third to one-half length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell or stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only or to

towards middle.

Sucr. I. Both wings with the termen angled at veins 6 and 4; hind wing with

the cell about one-third length of wing and veins 3, 4 shortly staiked.

A. Both wings with the termen acutely angled at veins 6 and 4, then

erenulate to tornus.

64 NOCTUID %.

5073. Eublemma crenulata.

Raparna crenulata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 538 (1896).

@. Head and tegule bright rufous; thorax purple-grey with a

few black scales; palpi with white ring at extremity of 2nd joint;

pectus and legs whitish irrorated with brown, the tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen purple-grey with subdorsal black

points on 2nd segment, the ventral surface whitish with fuscous

band at extremity. Fore wing purple-grey irrorated with a few

black seales ; two black points in cell near base; antemedial line

indistinct, blackish, excurved from below costa to submedian fold,

then incurved ; a slight black discoidal point ; medial line indistinctly

double, the inner line strong towards costa and on inner area,

acutely angled outwards below costa to far beyond the cell, then

oblique and minutely waved; postmedial line double and excurved

Fig. 27.—Eublemma crenulata, 2.

below costa, then single, oblique, dentate and produced to points on

the veins ; subterminal line represented by slight diffused fuscous

marks towards costa and inner margin; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing purplish grey, a blackish discoidal lunule;

medial line blackish defined on outer side by yellowish white

followed on inner half by deep red irroration; postmedial line

punctiform with a series of black poits beyond it on the veins ;

traces of a whitish subterminal line with slight dark points on its

outer edge and a strong black bar from below vein 3 to tornus; a

terminal series of black points. Underside of fore wing with the

disk tinged with red; hind wing with the basal area tinged with

red and irrorated with black, the medial and postmedial lines

blacker.

Hab. Buurhy, 3,500' (Dudgeon), 1 9 type. Hp. 28 millim.

B. (Vescisa). Both wings with the termen much less strongly angled at

veins 6 and 4, then straight to tornus.

a. Hind wing with oblique black bar at tornus .................. commoda.

}. Hind wing with two black spots at tornus .............-....66+ digona.

5074. Eublemma commoda.

Vescisa commoda, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 191 (1864).

Head and tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen pale purplish

grey, the latter irrorated with rufous and with shght whitish

segmental lines except towards base; pectus, base of legs, and

rad

EUBLEMMA. 65

ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi

brown ringed with white. Fore wing pale purplish grey; subbasal

line represented by black points on costa and in cell; antemedial

line blackish at costa, then indistinct, incurved in cell and excurved

below it ; shght dark points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ;

medial line represented by double oblique blackish strie from costa

and a faint double oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line slight, excurved below costa, then oblique,

dentate and produced to black points on the veins, some rufous

Fig. 28.—Eublemma commoda, 3. 3.

suffusion beyond it on costal area with some whitish points on costa

and a minute wedge-shaped whitish mark below the costa; a

subterminal series of black points; a punctiform rufous terminal

line; cilia with a fine yellowish line at base. Hind wing pale

purplish grey; a dark discoidal point ; a band of rufous and yellow

irroration from discal fold to inner margin before the slight dentate

postmedial line produced to black points on the veins ; traces of a

pale subterminal line with series of black points on its outer edge

and black bar before it from vein 2 to tornus; a punctiform rufous

terminal line ; cilia with a fine yellowish line at base, the underside

slightly irrorated with black, the basal area whitish with some

blackish marks on it, an indistinct double minutely waved medial

line with black marks on it at costa and towards tornus, a minutely

dentate postmedial line produced to black points on the veins,

a terminal series of black points.

Hab. Stncarore (Ridley), 1 9 ; Bornzo, Sarawak (Wallace),

1g. Hep. 22 millim.

5075. Eublemma digona, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 21.)

@. Head and tegule rufous ; thorax and abdomen grey tinged

with rufous; pectus whitish ; legs red-brown, the fore tibic and

the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing purplish grey

tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with black; a black

point at base, subbasal black points on costa and in cell and some

black irroration on inner area; antemedial line with oblique black

striga from costa, then indistinct, oblique to median nervure, then

minutely waved, a slight waved line before it on costal area; a faint

discoidal lunule; medial line blackish, diffused, oblique from costa

to vein 6 just beyond the cell, inwardly oblique below vein 4, the

VOL. X.

66 NOCTUID.

costal area beyond it whitish with a black streak below it; post-

medial line oblique and black towards costa, then indistinct, dentate

and produced to black and white points on the veins, a triangular

blackish mark beyond it on costal area defined by white and with

some white points on the costa; an indistinct dark subterminal

line, dentate to vein 3, then incurved; a punctiform brown

terminal line. Hind wing purplish grey tinged with red-brown

and slightly irrorated with black ; a black discoidal lunule ; a rather

diffused slightly sinuous black medial line; a faint postmedial line

dentate and produced to blackish points on the veins, the area

beyond it paler to the faint dentate subterminal line, with black

spots before it above and below submedian fold; a fine brown

terminal line; cilia with a fine pale line at base; the underside

rufous with slight dark irroration, a black discoidal spot, black

medial line excurved from below costa to vein 3, slight dentate

postmedial line produced to black points on the veins and terminal

series of black points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial line almost obsolete except

towards costa and two spots above inner margin and without the

whitish patch beyond it on costa; hind wing with the medial line

indistinct.

Ab. 2. Similar, but the terminal half of fore wing and the medial

and terminal areas of hind wing more suffused with red-brown.

Hab. Quuenstanpd, Armidale (Dodd), 1 2 type, Townsville (Dodd),

29. Exp. 22-26 millim.

Secr. II. Fore wing with the termen excised from apex to vein 3 where it is

angled, then oblique; hind wing with the termen angled at vein 7,

excised to vein 4 where it is excurved, then with two excisions to

tornus.

*5076. Eublemma leptinia.

Micreschus leptinia, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 731.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish red mixed with whitish ;

palpi with dark bar near extremity of 2nd joint; tarsi white.

Fore wing whitish almost wholly suffused with purplish red and

Fig, 29.—Hublemma leptinia, $. 3.

with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line represented by a black

point on costa defined by white on outer side; antemedial line

indistinct, dark, defined by whitish on inner side at costa, strongly

excurved from subcostal nervure to inner margin; orbicular

represented by a white point, the reniform by a small black lunule

EUBLEMMA. 67

with small white spot on its inner side; a triangular pale patch

from costa to vein 4 just beyond the cell with oblique yellowish

minutely waved line from it to inner margin; a subterminal series

of blackish points defined on inner side by whitish marks, angled

outwards below vein 7 and excurved at middle, the costa beyond it

with alternating black and whitish points; a fine purplish red

terminal line; cilia dark brown with yellowish line at base. Hind

wing whitish almost wholly suffused with purplish red and with

slight dark irroration; asmall round black discoidal spot ; a waved

yellowish white postmedial line; a subterminal series of black

points defined on inner side by whitish marks towards inner

margin, angled inwards in discal fold; a fine deep red terminal

line; cilia deep red with fine whitish line at base; the underside

whitish suffused with purplish red, indistinct sinuous ante- and

postmedial lines, a slight discoidal point, and subterminal black

points from vein 2 to inner margin.

Hab. Mavagascar, Antongil B., type + ¢ in Mus. Paris. Hp.

16 millim,

Sect. III. Fore wing with the termen strongly excised below apex and

excurved at middle, then oblique to tornus, veins 3, 4 stalked ;

hind wing with the termen strongly excurved at middle; the cell

about half the length of wing, veins 3, 4 strongly stalked.

Jake LBOVRE) Te nakee HATECOINE LEG Aanga. aaccocr eek es usveeocoububeeuBropoe cbebor alstont.

Bo Horehwing dark re d-browatesescesss-ce eae cecesescsaseceissecl see Jalcatalis.

5077. Eublemma alstoni.

Eublemma alstoni, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 647 (1907).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black, the last with pale

band on 2nd segment and slight segmental lines; tarsi with slight

pale rings. Fore wing fuscous black, slightly irrorated with grey ;

an indistinct sinuous black antemedia]l line; medial line indistinct,

Fig. 30.—Hublemma alstoni, 3. 3.

black, excurved at middle; a slight black discoidal lunule;

postmedial line indistinct, black, oblique and defined on outer side

by a white band from costa to vein 6, then indistinctly double,

angled outwards at vein 4 below which there is a white point

beyond it, then oblique, some white points beyond it on vosta and

a white mark angled inwards below costa before apex; a black

terminal line; cilia with some white at base towards apex. Hind

68 NOCTUIDAE.

wing fuscous black mixed with some grey; an indistinct minutely

waved black medial line; postmedial line diffused, black, angled

outwards at middle; a black terminal line; the underside grey

irrorated and suffused with fuscous, an indistinct diffused sinuous

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the white markings on costal area

towards apex.

Hab. Ceyuon, Maskeliya (Alston), 2 g type. Hp. 12-24

millim.

*5078. Eublemma falcatalis. (Plate CL. fig. 22.)

Corgatha falcatalis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 348 (1894).

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown ; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen with some grey. Fore wing dark

reddish brown slightly tinged with grey; an indistinct waved dark

antemedia! line; medial line blackish, somewhat diffused, angled

outwards below costa and oblique below the cell; postmedial line

dark, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excuryed

to vein 4, then incurved; traces of a slightly waved subterminal

line, incurved at discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved and

with dark suffusion before it; cilia deep rufous. Hind wing dark

reddish brown slightly tinged with grey ; a diffused dark antemedial

shade; postmedial line dark, minutely waved, angled outwards

at vein 4; the terminal area and cilia darker; the underside grey

thickly irrorated with dark brown, a blackish discoidal spot,

indistinct double minutely waved postmedial line, and irregularly

wayed subterminal line.

Hab. Sixumm (Moller), type T Q in Coll. Rothschild. Zwp.

22 millim.

Sucr. IV. (Silda). Fore wing with the termen strongly excurved at middle and

excised below apex and towards tornus; hind wing with the

termen slightly excised below vein 7, the cell about one-third length

of wing and veins 9, 4 shortly stalked.

A. Fore wing with the costal area suffused with rufous towards

APeX......... stseeceneeeeseesenenenees steteeeesereeeeeeeeceecseseeeneeees truncatalis.

B. Fore wing without rufous suffusion .......00-.....0ecceeeee cence rubricilia.

5079. Eublemma truncatalis.

Silda truxeatalis, Wik. xxvii. 131 (1863).

3. Heaa, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey tinged with rufous ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen greyer, the tarsi rufous

ringed with grey. Fore wing purplish grey tinged with rufous on

costal area beyond postmedial line and slightly irrorated with

brown; a slight oblique dark subbasal striga; antemedial line

rufous towards costa, then slight, dark, excurved below the cell and

incuryed at vein 1; a black point in middle of cell and fuscous

discoidal spot; medial line rufous, oblique from costa to beyond

the cell where it is excurved, then inwardly oblique, traces of a

EUBLEMMA. 69

dark line beyond it; postmedial line indistinct, dark, double,

minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and

angled outwards at vein 1, some black points with slight pale marks

between them beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of small

dentate black marks; a terminal series of black points from apex

to vein 5, then a fine line; cilia rufous with a grey line at base.

Hind wing purplish grey slightly irrorated with brown ; a minute

black discoidal point ; postmedial line dark defined on inner side

by rufous, excurved at middle; subterminal line indistinct, grey,

minutely dentate with a series of black points on its inner side; a

series of black points before termen and a fine dark terminal lino;

Fig. 31.—Kublemma truncatalis, 3. 3.

cilia dark brown with fine white lines at base and middle and white

tips ; the underside pale ochreous, the terminal area suffused with

brown, a black discoidal point, straight postmedial line, and terminal

series of slight black lunules.

Hab. Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 $ type. Hp. 18 millim.

5080. Eublemma rubricilia. (Plate CL. fig. 23.)

Eublemma rubricilia, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, xiv. p. 207 (1902).

3S. Head and thorax whitish, the palpi, frons, and antenne

blackish ; abdomen grey irrorated with black; pectus and legs

grey tinged with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white sparsely irrorated

with black; subbasal black points on costa and in cell; an indistinct

dark sinuous antemedial line; a blackish discoidal spot; medial

line blackish, bent outwards below costa, punctiform to vein 4, then

oblique and minutely dentate; postmedial line blackish, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique below

vein 4, a blackish mark beyond it on costa; subterminal line

whitish defined on outer side by black, slightly dentate and ex-

curved below vein 7 and at middle; a fine black terminal line;

cilia rufous with a whitish line at base. Hind wing grey-white

irrorated with black; an indistinct blackish medial line excurved

at middle and above inner margin; postmedial line indistinct,

dentate and produced to black points on the veins; subterminal

line indistinct, whitish, dentate with series of blackish points before

and beyond it ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia rufous with whitish

line at base; the underside grey-white irrorated with black and

with traces of diffused waved medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Sixmim, 1800’ (Dudgeon), 1 ¢ ; Baurén (Dudgeon), 1 o ;

SinearoreE (Ledley), 1 g type. Hevp. 18 millim.

10 NOCTUID 2s.

Secr. V. (Eublemmoides). Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the

termen strongly excurved at middle; hind wing with the termen

evenly curved, the cell about half the length of wing and veins 3, 4

from angle.

A. Fore wing with highly dentate whitish subterminal line... acrapex.

B. Fore wing without highly dentate whitish subterminal

line.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial area rufous except to-

wards costa; hind wing with the medial area rufous.

a’, Fore wing with the subterminal line angled outwards

PRON GIUUISC #1 hapa sbuodandecuodencosondouaabanesdadsoaeescuonecD pectorora.

b'. Fore wing with the subterminal line not angled out-

wards abiveinsSio But wets cseeeee se aesec saben oe eener mess semirufa.

6, Fore wing with rufous patch on medial costal area ...... rufiplaga.

ec. Fore wing with rufous postmedial patch on costa with

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d. Fore wing without rufous patches on medial or post-

medial areas.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial area purplish grey .. dinava.

b', Fore wing with the postmedial area not purplish grey. swbangulata.

5081. Eublemma acrapex. (Plate CL. fig. 24.)

Eublemma acrapex, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 517 (1896).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white very thickly irro-

rated with dark red-brown, the last with pale segmental lines;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with

brown. Fore wing grey-white very thickly irrorated with dark

red-brown ; subbasal line indistinct; whitish, waved, from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, bent out-

wards below costa, then oblique, sinuous; a dark discoidal bar

defined on outer side by whitish; a sinuous dark line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line dark defined on outer

side by white, very strongly excurved from costa to vein 4, then

incurved and again excurved above inner margin, a dark patch

beyond it on costal area with some white points on costa; sub-

terminal line whitish, strongly dentate and defined on outer side by

slight dentate fuscous marks; cilia red-brown at base, greyish at

tips. Hind wing grey very thickly irrorated with dark red-brown ;

postmedial line brown defined on outer side by whitish, obliquely

excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards to

inner margin ; subterminal line whitish, minutely waved and with

blackish points on its outer edge; cilia with fine pale line at base ;

the underside whitish tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with

dark brown.

Hab, Cryion, Puttalam (Pole), 1 2 type. Hap. 22 millim.

5082. Eublemma pectorora. (PlateCL. fig. 25.)

Thalpochares pectorora, Lucas, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Queens]. i. p. 109

(1894).

3. Head and tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen violaceous

white, the former with a few brown scales, the latter with rufous

EUBLEMMA. 71

dorsal bands except on basal segments; tarsi rufous ringed with

white. Fore wing violaceous white, the area from medial to sub-

terminal line bright rufous except towards costa; a subbasal black

point on costa; antemedial line blackish towards costa, then in-

distinct, rufous, angled outwards in submedian fold; a minute

brown point in middle of cell; medial line with oblique dark strize

from costa, rufous mark beyond the cell, then rufous and incurved ;

postmedial line slight, rufous, excurved below costa, slightly

angled inwards in discal fold, then minutely waved, some white

and brown points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white,

minutely dentate and with some black points on its outer edge

towards costa, angled inwards in discal fold and outwards to termen

at middle, then incurved ; a fine brown terminal line; cilia rufous

with a whitish line at base. Hind wing violaceous white, the area

from the sinuous rufous medial line to the white subterminal line

bright rufous, the latter with minute black points on its outer edge,

angled inwards in discal fold and outwards to termen at middle ;

cilia yellowish tinged with rufous and with white line at base; the

underside pale yellow, the termen black, black points in middle of

cell and on discocellulars.

Hab. N. Guinua (Wallace), 1 3; QuznnstanD, Brisbane (Turner),

1S. Hep. 18-20 millim.

5083. Eublemma semirufa. (Plate CL. fig. 26.)

Eublemma semirufa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 207 (1902).

@. Head and tegule rufous; thorax pale purplish grey; abdo-

men pale purplish grey, the terminal segments with diffused

fuscous brown bands; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white.

Fore wing pale purplish grey ; subbasal line represented by black

points on costa and in cell, the antemedial line by a black striga

from costa and point in cell; medial line deep rufous, oblique from

costa to vein 6, incurved below vein 4 and slightly excurved above

inner margin, the area between it and subterminal line deep ruious

irrorated with yellowish except towards costa to below which it

curves upwards at postmedial line, then oblique to subterminal

line below vein 5; postmedial line rufous, bent inwards to costa,

then minutely waved, incurved in submedian interspace, the costa

beyond it with minute alternating black and white streaks; sub-

terminal line slight, white, very minutely waved, with a series cf

black points on its outer edge, excurved at middle, then incurveé ;

an oblique fuscous striga from apex; a fine brown terminal line ;

cilia white at base, black at tips. Hind wing pale purplish grey ;

medial line rufous, slightly incurved, the area between it and sub-

terminal line rufous mixed with yellow and irrorated with black

scales on disk; postmedial line rufous, dentate, incurved in sub-

median interspace; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side

by biack points, slightly excurved at middle; a fine brown terminal

line; cilia white at base, blackish at tips. Underside of both

lw)

(a NOCTUID A.

wings pale ochreous irrorated with a few black scales; fore wing

with black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars; hind

wing with black discoidal point, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous.

Hab, Stxutm, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Hwp. 18 millim.

5084. Eublemma rufiplaga, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 27.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey. Fore wing

purplish grey slightly irrorated with brown, the costa on ante-

medial area and the medial area to median nervure rufous; a

brownish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line brown, excurved in and below cell and angled inwards on

vein 1; a minute grey discoidal lunule defined on inner side by

brown; an indistinct minutely waved medial line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin; postmedial line brown, defined on outer

side by white towards costa, oblique from costa to vein 6, then

minutely waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

brown, minutely dentate; a fine brown terminal line; cilia dark

chocolate-brown with fine grey lines at base and middle, the dark

brown broken up into lunules towards tornus. Hind wing purplish

grey slightly irrorated with brown; a postmedial series of dark

brown points excurved at middle and traces of a subterminal

series of points; a fine brown terminal line; cilia dark chocolate-

brown at tips, purplish grey at base; the underside pale purplish

grey with indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 3 type. Hap. 16 millim.

5085. Eublemma apicimacula.

Erastria apicimacula, Mab. C. R. Ent. Soe. Belg. xxiii. p. xviii (1880).

Eublemma truncata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 487 (1905).

9. Head white; thorax and abdomen yellowish white tinged

with rufous; pectus and legs white, the tarsi banded with black.

Fore wing yellowish suffused with rufous, the costal edge brownish ;

a subbasal black and white point on costa; antemedial line with

Fig. 32.—Lublemma apicimacula, . 4}.

black and white point on costa, then very indistinct, rufous, curved;

a small indistinct greyish discoidal lunule; medial line rufous,

diffused, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ;

EUBLEMMA. ie

postmedial line slight, brown defined on outer side by whitish,

oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and incurved

between vein 3 and submedian fold, a bright rufous patch beyond

it on costa defined below by a white streak; subterminal line

white, slightly angled inwards below costa and at discal fold, ex-

curved and minutely waved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ;

terminal area greyish except at apex which is bright rufous; cilia

greyish mixed with fuscous and with a darker patch at middle.

Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area suffused with brown ;

traces of a whitish subterminal line from vein 3 to tornus; cilia

white mixed with brown; the underside white irrorated with

blackish, indistinct minutely waved dark postmedial and subter-

minal lines and a terminal series of black points.

g. Thorax whiter; fore wing violaceous white irrorated and

suffused with reddish brown, a small white spot before the sub-

terminal line below vein 7 with a chocolate-brown patch below it.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 2; Naat, Durban

(Leigh), 1 3, 1 2, type truncata; Mapaeascar, type Tin Coll.

Mabille. Hep. 20 millim.

*5086. Eublemma dinava. (Plate CL. fig. 28.)

Eublemmoides dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 212 (1906).

2. Head and tegule deep chocolate-red ; thorax ochreous white ;

pectus with some black irroration ; legs rufous, the extremity of

tibiee and 1st joint of tarsi black, the other joints of tarsi rufous

and black ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white irrorated

with a few black scales, a lateral blackish line, the ventral surface

suffused with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with a

few black scales, the area beyond postmedial line purplish grey

except at costa; traces of a sinuous dark antemedial line incurved

in cell and at vein 1; a black point in middle of cell and two on

discocellulars ; a faint whitish medial line defined on inner side by

black-brown spots, oblique from costa to discal fold well beyond

the cell, then incurved to vein 1 where it terminates ; postmedial

line slight, red-brown, oblique from costa to vein 6, then with

series of black and white points beyond it on the veins, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved and slightly excurved at vein 1; a sub-

terminal series of small rather dentate red-brown spots, more

distinct and blackish towards costa, excurved at middle; small

black spots just before termen below apex and below veins 4 and 3;

cilia with brown marks at apex and the angle at vein 4. Hind

wing ochreous whitish, the termen and cilia red-brown; an in-

distinct double dentate medial line and postmedial and subterminal

series of black points. Underside of fore wing pale purplish brown,

the area below the cell suffused with fiery red to the medial line, a

subbasal black patch below costa, an antemedial spot. in cell, a

point in middle of cell and pale mark beyond the cell, the medial

line with series of black points on it, a postmedial series of black

74 NOCTUIDZ.

points; hind wing pale yellow tinged with red and slightly irrorated

with black, the terminal half pale purplish brown from costa to

vein 4, a black discoidal lunule, indistinct waved brown medial

line, indistinct dentate postmedial line with black points at end of

teeth, and small black lunule on termen below apex.

Hab. Br. Nuw Gunna, Dinawa (Pratt), type T 2 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hap. 24 millim.

5087. Eublemma subangulata. (Plate CL. fig. 29.)

Eublemma subangulata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 207

(1902).

Head and tegule pale rufous; thorax and abdomen whitish

slightly tinged with rufous; tarsi rufous ringed with white. Fore

wing ochreous tinged with rufous; antemedial line hardly traceable,

incurved in cell; minute black points in middle of cell and on

discocellulars ; medial line indistinct, very oblique from costa to

vein 6 well beyond the cell, then inwardly oblique, incurved below

vein 4; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line very

indistinct, with black points on its outer edge from costa to discal

fold; a fine brown terminal line; cilia rather deeper rufous. Hind

wing ochreous suffused with rufous except at base and irrorated

with a few black scales; a slight antemedial line; two indistinct

postmedial lines, the outer somewhat diffused; a subterminal series

of minute black points; a fine brown terminal line; cilia rather

deeper rufous ; the underside yellow tinged with rufous and irro-

rated with black, a slight discoidal spot and traces of two postmedial

and a subterminal line.

Hab, Cuyton, Pundaloya (Green), 3 g, 2 2 type. Hap. 20-

22 millim.

Larva. Coccidiphagous, preys on Maskellia zonata, Green.

Secr. VI. Fore wing with the apex produced to a small lobe, the termen

evenly curved; hind wing with the cell about one-third length cf

wing, veins 3, 4 from angle.

A. Fore wing yellow with the terminal area rufous............... quadrapex.

18}, JEoyHs) iy uakes CELIA WMI noocondocodancoacoobSpaqseGo9GqoORGNRD00000 galactea.

5088. Eublemma quadrapex.

Mestleta quadrapex, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 91, pl. 147. f. 15 (1891) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 843.

©. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with yellow;

antennee ringed with rufous, the tegule rufous at base, legs tinged

with rufous, the tarsi irrorated thickly with black and ringed with

white; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with rufous

except at base and with lateral black streaks. Fore wing ochreous

yellow irrorated with brown to the medial line; subbasal line

represented by a minute black point on costa; antemedial line

very indistinct, with a black point at costa, incurved in cell where

BUBLEMMA. 79

there is a black point on it, excurved below the cell and angled

inwards on vein 1; aslight blackish point’ in middle of cell and

faint discoidal striga ; medial line strong, rufous, acutely angled

outwards below costa to far beyond the cell, then very oblique,

the costal area beyond it violaceous white, then the area between

it and postmedial line purple; postmedial line acutely angled out-

wards to below apex, then oblique, slightly dentate at veins 4, 3, 1,

and with minute black and white points at the veins, some white

points beyond it on costa; terminal area rufous ; subterminal line

slight, dark, dentate, excurved at middle, slightly defined on inner

side by white below the costa; a small chocolate spot on the apical

Fig. 33.—Eublemma quadrapexr, 2. 4.

lobe, the cilia beyond it purplish, then rufous tipped with pink and

white. Hind wing bright yellow, the costal area whitish, a rufous

medial line except on costal area, diffused on inner side, the area

beyond it suffused with purple to the postmedial line, which is

indistinct, somewhat dentate, excurved and produced to black

points at middle; traces of a subterminal series of black points ;

cilia rufous, pink and white at tips; the underside yellow irrorated

with black scales, a black discoidal point, sinuous postmedial line,

and terminal series of black points.

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 9 type; Burma, E. Pegu.

Exp. 26 millim.

5089. Eublemma galactea, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 30.)

@. Head and tegule pale rufous; thorax and abdomen creamy

white faintly tinged with rufous; tarsi rufous ringed with white.

Fore wing creamy white faintly tinged with rufous; antemedial

line with black point on costa, then very indistinct, sinuous; a

black point in middle of cell and small brown discoidal spot ; medial

line oblique and dark from costa to vein 6 just beyond the cell, then

indistinct and incurved below vein 4; postmedial line slight, oblique

at costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4; the costa

towards apex red-brown with some white points on it; subterminal

line formed of minute dentate blackish marks from costa to discal

fold, then slight, excurved at middle, then incurved and bent out-

wards to termen above tornus; an oblique red-brown striga from

apex ; a fine brown terminal line; cilia greyish with strong red-

brown line at middle and red-brown tips. Hind wing creamy

16 NOCTUIDAE.

white faintly tinged with rufous; traces of an oblique rufous

medial line; a slight minutely dentate postmedial line with dark

points at the veins; a subterminal series of slight dark points ; a

fine brown terminal line; cilia with strong red-brown line at middle

and red-brown tips; the underside yellowish white, the termen

irrorated and suffused with black, a minute black discoidal point

and postmedial series of points.

flab. Sanerr (Doherty), 1 2 type. Eap. 20 millim.

Srcr. VII. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved; hind wing with the

termen excised below apex.

5090. Eublemma posticata.

Eupithecia posticata, W1k. xxxv. 1678 (1866).

Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish mixed with some rufous and

blackish ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish.

Fore wing greyish suffused with brown and in parts with rufous ;

subbasal black points on and below costa; traces of an oblique

waved antemedial line; a white discoidal lunule defined on each

Fig. 34.—EHublemma posticata, G. 3.

side by black striae, a short black streak before it and one beyond

it extending to postmedial line, which is defined by whitish on

outer side, very oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique and

minutely waved; subterminal line whitish, minutely dentate and

with short black streaks beyond it; termen rufous with a fine

minutely waved whitish line before it; cilia rufous with a fine

white line at base and black patches towards apex, at middle and

at tornus. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown and in parts

with rufous, irrorated with a few black scales; some black scales

near base ; a slight whitish discoidal spot with black point before

it; postmedial line whitish, sinuous, defined on inner side by some

black scales and on outer side at costa; subterminal line whitish,

dentate, with patches of black scales beyond it; a terminal series

of slight black points; cilia pale rufous with patches of black scales

towards apex and at middle; the underside whitish, the terminal -

area suffused with brown.

Hab. Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), type tf Q in Mus. Oxon. ;

Puro Laur (Doherty), 1 3. Hap. 16 millim.

EUBLEMMA. 77

Sxcr. VIII. Fore wing with the apex not lobed, the termen evenly curved ;

hind wing with the termen evenly curved, the cell about half the

length of wing and veins 3, 4 almost always from the angle.

A. Fore wing of male with four slight grooves on postmedial area

between costa and yein 5.

a. Fore wing with the terminal half bright pink..................... secta.

b. Fore wing with the terminal half not pink ............ SpA Seuaor pudica.

din diac We Zz 5

5091. Eublemma secta. Se

Anthophila secta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 249 (1852).

Micra hemirhoda, Wik. xxxiii. 799 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 342.

Anthophila roseifascia, Wik. xxxili. 803 (1865).

Thalpochares adulans, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f, 11 (1874).

Thalpochares basilissa, Meyr. Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xiv. p. 196 (1891).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow, the last with slight

pink mark on dorsum of 2nd segment; fore and mid tibie tinged

with pink. Fore wing with the basal half pale yellow, its outer

edge oblique and running out to a point on costa well beyond

middle; the terminal half bright pink with an oblique fawn-

coloured subterminal band from vein 7 to inner margin; cilia

white at tips. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area

tinged with brown, with some bright pink on termen and cilia

Fig. 35.—Eublemma secta, ¢. }.

towards tornus and a slight pink streak on terminal part of vein 1;

cilia white at tips; the underside whitish, the costal area tinged

with pink, a terminal series of black points from apex to vein 2.

Hab, Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢; C. Cura, Ichang (Pratt),

1 Sg, 1 9, Ship-y-Shan, 1 g, 1 9; W. Cura, Chane-yang

(Pratt), 1 9 ; Formosa, 1 9 ; Beneat, Calcutta, 1 9 ; Mapras,

Ganjam; Cryton; Anpamans, 2 $, 1 9; Java (Horsfield), 2 3,

1 2, type and type hemirhoda; Nuw Guinea (Mathew), 1 3;

QuzENsLaNnp ; Hab. ign. 1 @ type roseifascia. Hep. 20-26 millim.

5092. Eublemma pudica.

Thalpochares pudica, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 63, pl. 5. f. 5 (1880).

Mestleta acontioides, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 179, pl. 5. f. 15 (1882) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 539.

Mestleta interrupta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 209, pl. 175. f. 7 (1885).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white, the head, tegule,

and fore legs suffused with rufous, the hind tibize with black band

at extremity. Fore wing pale ochreous, the costal area whiter to

78 NOCTUID ®.

beyond middle, the costal edge rufous at base then black to near

middle; a minute black point in cell near base; an antemedial

series of minute black points, incurved in cell, then angled outwards

and oblique to inner margin; a black point in middle of cell; an

oblique dark-brown shade diffused on inner side from postmedial

line below costa to middle of inner margin; a black striga from

costa above end of cell; postmedial line fine, black, oblique at costa,

then very minutely waved and incurved below vein 4,a black mark

beyond it below costa connected with an oblique red-brown bar

from apex; the costa towards apex red-brown with some white

points on it; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, minutely dentate,

with a series of small black lunules on its outer edge except towards

costa; the terminal area suffused with brown except at apex; cilia

brown with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing ochreous

white, the terminal area suffused with brown; a wedge-shaped

brown patch above middle of inner margin with a black bar on its

outer edge; a postmedial series of black points from discal fold to

inner margin; traces of a subterminal series of small dark spots

with oblique black strize defined on inner side by ochreous on

termen below veins 3 and 2; a fine blackish terminal line; cilia

rufous with a whitish line at base; the underside white, the costal

area and terminal area to vein 2 tinged with ochreous and irrorated

with black, a black discoidal point and postmedial series from costa

to vein 2.

Hab. Breneat, Caleutta; Cuyton, 1 9 type imterrupta; ANnDa-

mans (Rogers), 1 3; Java (Horsfield), 1 $ ; Cuneses. Hup. 16—

18 millim.

B. Fore wing of male with two slight subterminal grooves

below veins 8 and 7, the apex somewhat produced and

acute.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from apex. trigramma.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from well

belorelapexprerea-ceeeeeneecceer reac seesernee came cceceece cee orthogramma.

5093. Eublemma trigramma. (Plate CL. fig. 31.)

Eublemma trigramma, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 411.

3. Head white tinged with rufous; tegule pale rufous; thorax

and abdomen white tinged with brown; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white tinged with pale rufous. Fore wing

creamy white suffused with brown leaving the costal area white to

near apex, the termen bright rufous ; antemedial line brown defined

on inner side by white, very oblique, arising from below middle of

costa; medial line brown defined on outer side by white, very

oblique, arising from below costa beyond middle; postmedial line

creamy white, very oblique, arising from apex and crossing the

slight punctiform dark subterminal line which is oblique below

vein 4; cilia brown with white line at base except at tornus.

Hind wing creamy white, the terminal half of inner margin and

BUBLEMMA. 79

the termen suffused with brown and tinged with rufous; cilia

white tinged with rufous at base; the underside creamy white, the

apical area suffused with fiery red.

Hab. N.E. Ruopesta, E. Luangwa Distr.; Masnonaranp, Umtali

(Marshall), 1 3 type. Exp. 22 millim.

5094. Eublemma orthogramma.

Micra orthogramma, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xvii. p. 59, pl. 5. f. 5 (1872).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with

rufous. Fore wing creamy white irrorated with rufous and a few

blackish scales, the costal area suffused with rufous to the narrow

oblique rufous antemedial band; a narrow oblique rufous medial

Fig. 36.--Lublemma orthogramma, $. &.

band, bent inwards to costa; a narrow rufous postmedial band

detined on outer side by white, excurved below costa, then slightly

oblique: the terminal area rufous with traces of a whitish sub-

terminal line defined on outer side by points formed of black scales,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a small apical fiery red spot ;

cilia white, mixed with rufous at tips. Hind wing pure white with

slight brownish postmedial line from vein 2 to inner margin and

fine brown terminal line; the underside with the costal area and

terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a terminal series of

dark points.

@. Hind wing tinged with ochreous and with some dark points

on termen towards apex.

Hab. Stmrra Luone (Clements), 2 $,1 2. Eep. 18 millim.

C. Fore wing of male with slight fovea below costa towards

apex which is somewhat produced and acute.

a. Fore wing without semicircular apical patch.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards

belowicostal.arc.5 sasmuis smear ch sstacit sus aa seeiin cece saute quadrilineata.

b}. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below

COSA aera cenesnsneccancesence doaws snetinncenieomavedseasesaucees bacealix.

6, Fore wing with semicircular apical patch ............... trifasciata.

5095. Eublemma quadrilineata.

Thalpochares quadrilineata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 370, pl. 38. f. 14.

Eublemma trifasciata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 348 (nec Moore).

Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white slightly tinged with

80 NOCTUIDA.

purplish brown. Fore wing creamy white irrorated with pale —

purplish brown, the terminal area bright rufous except towards

tornus; antemedial line white defined on inner side by rather

diffused brown, oblique ; medial line whitish defined on inner side

by diffused brown, rather oblique and slightly excurved below costa

and cell; postmedial line white, defined on inner side by brown

suffusion which crosses to the outer side below costa, bent outwards

Fig. 37.—Eublemma quadrilineata, 8. 2.

below costa, then oblique; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish

defined on outer side by minute black points, excurved at middle

and incurved above and below middle; cilia brownish with a fine

white line at base. Hind wing ochreous white; a faint brownish

postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin; the terminal area

tinged with rufous; a slight brown terminal line ; the underside

white with faint traces of a curved postmedial line, the apical area

tinged with red and slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Br. C. Arrica, Lake Nyasa (de Jersey), 19; Persian Gur,

Fao (Cuming), 1 ¢,1 2; Punsaz, Oudh, 1 9; Beneat, Caleutta;

Stnp, Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 9 ; New Hesripes (Mathew), 1 9.

Hep. 18-22 millim.

5096. Eublemma baccalix.

Mestleta baccaliz, Swinh, P. Z. 8. 1886, p. 452, pl. 40. f. 7; Humpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 345.

Mestleta fasciosa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl, iii. p. 552, pl. 214. f. 12 (1887).

¢. Head and tegule white mixed with pale red-brown ; thorax

pale red-brown, the scales tipped with white; abdomen white

suffused with red-brown; pectus white. Fore wing pale purplish

brown mixed with rufous and white, the subcostal area whiter from

near base to near apex with some blackish irroration in the fovea ;

antemedial and medial lines whitish, oblique; postmedial line

whitish, excurved below costa, then oblique; subterminal line

slight, whitish, excurved and with bright rufous suffusion before it

at middle; the apex bright rufous; cilia with a fine whitish line

at base. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area slightly

tinged with rufous; a fine brown terminal line ; cilia white tinged

with brown; the underside with the costal area and terminal area

to vein 2 irrorated with red-brown, a slight discoidal spot, traces of

a diffused postmedial line from costa to vein 3, and terminal series

of points.

RUBLEMM4. Sl]

©. Hind wing tinged with brown.

Hab. Br. KH. Aprica, Munisu (Ld. Delamere), | g , N'gong (Craw-

shay), 1 3; Br. C. Arrica, Lake Nyasa (de Jersey), 1 3 ; Capu

Cotoyy, Transkei (Miss f. Barrett), 1 9; Bompay, Mhow (Swinhoe),

1 $ type; Ceyton, Pundaloya (Green), 2 3, type fasciosa. Kup.

18-22 miilim.

5097. Eublemma trifasciata.

Thalpochares trifusciata, Moore, P.Z. 8. 1881, p. 370, pl. 38. f. 21.

Eublemma demba, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 472 (1901).

Q. Head and thorax white, the latter tinged with brown be-

hind; abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing white suffused

with brown except on costal area, the costa with five small fuscous

spots ; indistinct oblique white antemedial, medial, and postmedial

lines from the costal area to inner margin ; subterminal line in-

distinct, whitish, incurved below costa and excurved at middle and

to tornus, some black scales on its outer edge and small black spots

towards costa on a bright rufous apical patch which has a slight

dark mark on termen below apex; cilia white tinged with ochreous

brown, rufous at apex. Hind wing white suffused with ochreous

brown except at base; an ill-defined oblique white medial line ;

cilia white tinged with ochreous brown; the underside white, the

costal area and terminal area to vein 2 slightly irrorated with

brown.

Hab. Beneat, Pusa (Lefroy), 1 2, Calcutta; Mapras, Gooty

(Campbell), 1 9; Bornuo, Sarawak, 1 2 type. Hap. 18 millim.

D. Fore wing of male with small glandular postmedial

swelling on costa.

a. Fore wing with more or less developed dark streak in

or beyond end of cell.

a‘. Fore wing with prominent dentate black subter-

iearrarsillalb hae \er operant haere ae anaes 5 am a Rbme ane y emt a Aue melanodonta.

b}. Fore wing without dentate black subterminal line.

a*, Fore wing with terminal series of dark striae ... fadosa.

6°. Fore wing with continuous terminal line.

a’, Fore wing with oblique dark shade from apex. flaviceps.

b*. Fore wing without oblique dark shade from apex fulvitermina.

6. Fore wing without dark streak in or beyond end of cell.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards

below costa and slightly incurved at discal fold ... punctilinea,

6‘. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly excurved

ion lon? GOSH (@ TEM 4) sconcocopencodeas9cnocaosDbE stictilinea.

5098. Eublemma melanodonta, n. sp. (Plate CL. fig. 32.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged and irrorated with

red-brown; palpi more rufous; antenne brown; legs brownish,

the tarsi with slight pale rings. Fore wing creamy white tinged

with rufous and with slight dark irroration, the veins white defined

by fine red-brown streaks, the costa and terminal area except

towards tornus red-brown; a black streak in discal fold from middle

Vibe 2 G

82 NOCLUID A.

of cell to discocellulars ; postmedial line red-brown, arising at

vein 6, indistinct and erect to vein 4, then with aggregated black

scales on it and very oblique to inner margin near base; sub-

terminal line black, strongly dentate, arising from apex, angled

inwards at discal and submedian folds and ending on termen at

vein 1; cilia white with diffused black-brown streaks and oblique

black mark at apex. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the

cilia with some black at tips except towards apex and tornus; the

underside white irrorated with brown.

Hab. Transvaat, Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 g type. Hwp. 28

millim.

5099. Eublemma foedosa.

Anthophila fedosa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 254 (1852).

Head and thorax white, the tegule tinged with yellow, the

patagia with pale rufous; palpi and antenme rufous; abdomen

white tinged with rufous; legs mostly rufous. Fore wing white

tinged with rufous, the basal costal area and the cell pure white,

the costal edge blackish towards base; a black-brown streak in

basal half of submedian fold ; black points in middle of cell and on

Fig. 88.—Hublemma fedosa, Gg. }

TY:

discocellulars with some rufous between them and a black-brown

streak from the latter to near termen; the terminal area rather

deeper rufous with very slight white streaks on the veins; a

terminal series of red-brown strive with white points between them

and an oblique black-brown mark at apex with some white before

it on costa; cilia white thickly irrorated with dark brown, the tips

rufous with a red-brown terminal line. Hind wing almost pure

white with a fine blackish terminal line except at apex and tornus ;

the underside yellowish white slightly irrorated with brown, the

costa tinged with rufous, a terminal series of black points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more uniform grey-white with hardly any

rufous tinge and sparsely irrorated with black.

Hab. Br. K. Arnica, E. Quaso (Betton), 1 ¢ ; Ueanna, Mulema

(Doggett), 1 3; Massonananp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 3; Trans-

vAAL, Johannesburg (Cruger, Cooke), 2 3, Pretoria (Janse), 1 3,

Rietfontein (Janse), 1 $, 2 2 ; Narat, Durban (Legh), 3 ¢ ;

Oranezt R. Cotony, Bloemfontein (Hckersley), 1 ¢ ; Basuronann,

Masite (Crawshay), 1 3, Little Caledon (Crawshay), 12. FHxp.

20-26 millim.

EUBLEMMA. S35

5100. Eublemma flaviceps. (Plate CLI. fig. 1.)

Eublemma flaviceps, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 422 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white, the head and tegule

tinged with yellow, the palpi and antenne yellow; fore and mid

legs brownish ochreous. Fore wing creamy white slightly irrorated

with brown; black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ;

an oblique fuscous shade from apex to discal fold where it is met

by a diffused fuscous fascia from discocellulars, the terminal area

tinged with reddish brown from below the apical streak; a sub-

terminal series of slight black points from discal fold to inner

margin, excurved at middle; a red-brown terminal line; cilia

white irrorated with fuscous and with a white line at base. Hind

wing nearly pure white with a slight brown terminal line; cilia

with some fuscous at tips; the underside with the costal and

terminal areas slightly tinged with ochreous and irrorated with

brown.

Hab. MasHonatann, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 Q type: Narat,

Colenso (Janse), 1 9; Basurotann, Maseru (Crawshay), 13; Carn

Cotony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 1 g¢. Hep. 20 millim.

5101. Eublemma fulvitermina, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 2.)

g. Head and tegule orange-yeliow ; thorax and abdomen

creamy white, the shoulders with orange bars, the legs tinged with

yellow. Fore wing creamy white, the costal edge orange-fulvous ;

slight black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; traces

of an oblique fulvous medial line from discal fold well beyond the

cell to inner margin and of a postmedial line angled outwards

below costa to near subterminal line, then oblique to inner margin ;

a faint oblique fuscous shade from apex with a slight oblique

fulvous subterminal line from it to inner margin; a fine orange

terminal line; cilia tinged with brown, with a fine white line at

base and blackish line near tips. Hind wing nearly pure white

with a slight brownish terminal line; cilia at tips with brown

mixed; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with ochreous, a terminal series of slight blackish points.

Hab. Navat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 §; Transvaat, White R.

(Cooke), 1 3; Oraner R. Conony, Bloemfontein (Keckersley), 1 3

type. Exp. 22 millim.

5102, Eublemma punctilinea. (Plate CLI. fig. 3.)

ELublemma punctilinea, Ampsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. i1. p. 416 (1902).

dg. Head and tegule rufous mixed with some white; thorax

and abdomen white irrorated with some brown. Fore wing grey-

white sparsely irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by

a black point in cell; antemedial line indistinct, black, sinuous; a

black striga in middle of cell and diffused discoidal spot, with an

oblique blackish streak above it from costa, followed by a series of

84 NOCTUID®.

points oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line

slight, dentate and produced to black points on the veins, slightly

angled inwards at discal fold and oblique below vein 4, a subter-

minal series of black points with a small spot at submedian fold;

a terminal series of black points; cilia tinged with fuscous at tips.

Hind ‘wing grey-white irrorated with black; a medial series of

black points on inner area; postmedial line faint with some black

points on it, dentate, from below costa to inner margin; subter-

minal and terminal series of black points; the underside white

tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, a diffused blackish

postmedial line from vein 7 to submedian fold.

Hab. Navat, Durban (Leigh), 1 3 type. Hap. 20 millim.

5103. Eublemma stictilinea, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 4.)

3. Head, tegule, and base of patagia white, the palpi and

antennee brownish; thorax and abdomen white tinged with brown.

Fore wing brownish white irrorated with dark brown, the costal

area whiter to the postmedial line ; antemedial line represented by

slight obliquely placed dark points in cell and submedian fold; a

minute black point in middle of cell; medial line dark brown, ill-

defined and minutely dentate, oblique from costa to vein + well

beyond the cell, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line dark brown,

minutely waved, very obliquely excurved from costa to vein 4, then

very oblique; alunulate brown terminal line. Hind wing brownish

white slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Carn Corony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 ¢ type. Hyp.

18 millim.

E. (Eublemma). Fore wing of male normal.

a, Fore wing with the medial line present.

a’. Fore wing with the lines expanding into small tri-

angular spots on costa.

a®, Fore wing with the ground-colour not pale olive-

yellow.

a®, Hind wing not yellow.

a‘, Fore wing with the medial line excurved round

end of cell.

a°, Fore wing with the subterminal line black and

dentate to termen on veins 6-3.............-..0.06 eupethecica,

4°. Fore wing with the subterminal line not dentate

to termen on veins 6-3.

a®, Fore wing with short black streaks on terminal

rmery lorslon, wera 7/5 @, ) secunosnboscscccesaoosocose melabela.

6°. Fore wing without short black streaks un ter-

minal area below veins 7, 6, 5.

a’, Fore wing with series of points formed of

black scales beyond subterminal line ......... epistrota.

i", Fore wing without series of points formed of

black scales beyond subterminal line.

a®, Fore wing with the medial area not suffused

with rufous.

a*, Kore wing without dark apical patch,

EUBLEMMA,

a\°, Fore wing without dark shade from post-

medial line to termen at discal fold.

a, Fore wing without dark shade on inner

area beyond middle.

a\?, Fore wing pale purplish grey suffused

with brown.

«3, Fore wing without rufous marks before

subterminal line.

a, Fore wing without fiery red post-

medial mark below vein 7.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line

not excurved at middle almost to

subterminal line.

a'°, Fore wing with the lines not tinged

with rufous.

a’, Kore wing grey slightly suffused

Wathyorowiily/j-odeccumnataes ee velox.

617, Fore wing grey strongly suffused

Withrow esse acakeccetesces contingens.

616, Fore wing with the lines tinged

DLN PUHOUS saccdonsosos0ccoecac cece QUuinarta.

6, Fore wing with the postmedial line

excurved at middle almost to sub-

terminal line.

a6, Fore wing without crimson streaks

on the veins of terminal area ...... brunnea.

6'®, Fore wing with slight crimson

streaks on the veins of terminal

BRE, con abacooocapecooopccnccenoogRDNNCGCCar paurograpta,

b\'. Fore wing with fiery red postmedial

nirenals loony Wea [- “sascccodsodocosoeacce pyrosticta.

63. Fore wing with small pale rufous

marks before subterminal line at

ITLL Gl Gizcrseae oe serene tine een ae egal thermosticta,

ce, Fore wing with small dentate rufous

marks before subterminal line below

vein 7 and at middle ..................... snellent.

6, Fore wing brown without purplish-grey

HSE) coocosunooncadacodensusbocsoocsoncodeos00" NAaNnNata.

ce’. Fore wing deep purplish grey irrorated

WHA TCE OKOWAN oagcocogdonaneddeceaucooes dardouint.

d'*, Fore wing deep purplish grey tinged

with purplish red and irrorated with

blacks Gctsen start henecne nti peace tritenta,

6". Fore wing with dark shade on inner area

beyond middle.

a’, Fore wing without pinkish mark before

middle of subterminal line ............ miasma.

6%. Fore wing with slight pinkish mark

before middle of subterminal line ...... misturata,

6°, Fore wing with dark shade from post-

medial line to termen at discal fold... sciaphora.

6°. Fore wing with dark apical patch.

GI INOS SHINS PAE? Gondanocsoondoonon ooo sna0nRGOEBoC pheapera,

b'°, Fore wing white tinged with rufous ...... anticalis.

58, Fore wing with the medial area suffused with

rufous, at least in male.

a, Fore wing with the ante- and postimedial

areas not suffused with black.

«°. Fore wing with the whole medial area

SMUAIHSELEl SHAN TROLS sonnnonuondadoosoosonoson6n cgens.

86 NOCTUID,

61°, Fore wing with the basal half of medial

area suffused with rufous except towards

Costamnminlevonlivigeseseeaeeee eee eae ees eee

. Fore wing with the antemedial and post-

medial costal areas suffused with black.

10. Fore wing with the whole medial area

rufous except the outer part of inner

ENREEY Gocasoces sondeanbosqoooodosooqeasdConaeade 200000

5. Fore wing with the rufous on medial area

reduced to a patch from costa to beyond

fHNe Gall coos daadieiliateias Meee ee aaeee emcee

cl0, Fore wing with the rufous on medial area

reduced to a patch beyond the reniform

6‘, Fore wing with the medial line sinuous, not ex-

curved round end of cell .......s.ceccsseesseeeseseees

6°. Hind wing yellow, in female suffused with red-

BROWNE cee acts deisauines ucms seme onemiinsoaetece nant emia sane

. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale olive-

VEU Gitieecteeee ceeoonsoede4096355900023999090c92002¢000900008

. Fore wing with the lines not expanding into small

triangular spots on costa.

a>, Hind wing with more or less prominent white ante-

medial or medial band, at least on underside.

|. Wings 1) 6) ce dtaetamencradecurecretoscnscosce: PORES Eee

-_ Fore wing greyish suffused with brown,

. Fore wing with the medial line almost straight.

os Fore wing with small white spot on subterminal

line ratveOs tart s.ens-asecuer nace une saesee anne ac aeecees

}°. Fore wing without white spot on subterminal

ine va ticostagie torent. cece. taciananeRoceae eon anode

b', Fore wing with the medial line curved ; hind wing

with the white band obsolete above ...............

c', Fore wing with the medial line angled outwards

at lower angle of cell.

a°, Fore wing with the medial line angled inwards

ig) SAMMaATE CHEN ONC! soccosoaacorasonoaqonssononsasscanes

Fore wing with the medial line not angled in-

wards in submedian fold.

a°. Fore wing with the medial line not excurved

below costa or bent inwards to inner margin.

a’. Hind wing with the subterminal line not

defined on outer side by patches of white

b", Hind wing with the subterminal line defined

on outer side by patches of white.

g . Fore wing irrorated with dark brown....... ae

. Fore wing not irrorated with dark brown

re wing with the medial line slightly ex-

curved below costa and bent inwards to inner

LARVAE GosocanospuscabacouHoBoN ohcboAosaEsaoDN>nDODOOC

4°, Hind wing without white antemedial or medial

band.

a®, Fore wing with the medial line oblique from costa

to lower angle of cell where it is slightly angled

outwards.

a*. Fore wing with the subterminal line not defined

on inner side by wedge-shaped dark marks.

5. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with rufous.

>’, Fore wing white with cornucopia-shaped patch

of olive-green or brown suffusion on terminal

area.

fasciata.

decora.

rubripuncta.

melanodonta.

thermochroa.

flavinia.

lacernaria.

stygiochroa.

Jucunda.

bolinia.

hypozonata,

lewcanitis.

leucozona.

syrtensis,

Suara.

arcuinnda.

cuelecaind.

EUBLEMMA.

a°, Fore wing with the inner area suffused with

olive-green from near base to the terminal

[BENEIN scone ctgeoccosoceonuoRoonocosonscbscodabedecunecos

. Fore wing with triangular patch of olive-green

suffusion on inner area separated from the

terminalepatchy sees-nssscceeseseeece se soes sean sass

<®’. Fore wing without olive-green suffusion on

inner area.

a". Fore wing with the upper edge of the ter-

minal patch irregular ...............seeeeeeeeee eee

37, Fore wing with the upper edge of the ter-

minal patch GUE NPCUINGE! Gadoncessqneessoncca

©’, Fore wing with the basal half white, the ter-

minal half fuscous.

a®, Fore wing with the medial line very oblique

OWIEIROS COSIE coacesanancsaneabanos0a-odsonocsensanoscse

4°, Fore wing with the medial line slightly oblique

foward costal Gs. Une ect ONE

. Fore wing with the subter minal line defined on

inner side by more or less developed wedge-

, shaped dark marks.

. Fore wing without dark patch on inner side of

subterminal line below costa ...........2....220.055

1°, Fore wing with dark patch on inner side of sub-

terminal line below costa ................2.2..s0+00.

4°. Fore wing with the medial line execurved from

below costa to vein 4 beyond the cell, then in-

curyed or oblique.

a*, Fore wing with the medial line slightly angled

inwards at discal fold.

a>. Fore wing greyish ochreous suffused with red-

brown, and with fuscous to medial line .........

Fore wing creamy white irrorated with rufous...

. Fore wing yellowish suffused with fiery red ......

6+, Fore wing with the medial line not angled in-

wards at discal fold.

a>. Fore wing with whitish costal fascia.

a°, Fore wing with whitish discoidal bar ............

6°. Fore wing with blackish discoidal spot .........

is Fore wing with yellow costal fascia ...............

>. Fore wing without pale costal fascia.

"6 Fore wing yellow tinged with red ...............

b®. Fore wing of male brownish ochreous, of

female dark red-brown or fuscous brown

_ with white apical patch.

Hind wing not suffused with fuscous.

am Fore wing with subterminal series of small

blackish spots Scape RooeGadokeaoTooadopanEoEcmacce

. Fore wing without subterminal series of

blackishispots) “Ju.2cncscscsescescssosseessess see ne

6’. Hind wing suffused with fuscous ...............

e°, Fore wing of female dark chocolate-brown

without white apical patch ..................20006+

d®. Fore wing of male fuscous grey, of female

white suffused with ochreous brown ............

e®. Fore wing whitish tinged with purplish pink.

a’, Fore wing irrorated with black ...............++-

6", Kore wing not irrorated with black ............

be Fore wing grey tinged with brown.

. Fore wing with black subapical spot............

chlorochroa.

admota.

olivucea.

reducta.

bipartita.

leucomelana.

ostvind.

staudingeri.

nigrivitta.

atriciliata.

albicosta.

proleuca.

albi fascia.

flavicosta.

atrifusa.

ochrochroa.

minuta.

apicata,

nyctichroa.

candicans,

carneotincta.

vinotineta.

apicipuncta.

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v2)

NOCTUIDE,

6”. Fore wing without black subapical spot.

a®. Fore wing with black points beyond sub-

terminal line.

a’. Fore wing without pale patch on costa

beyond postinedial line «....................4+-

4°, Fore wing with pale patch on costa

beyond postmedial line ..2......-2-.-.0-2.2-+0-

8, Fore wing without black points beyond sub-

termunalllinOnesccen setsceeeeetee eeenseeecees

g°. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with rufous.

a’. Fore wing with rufous apical mark ............

47, Hore wing without rufous apical mark .........

h§, Fore wing white not irrorated with rufous......

c*, Fore wirg with the medial line nearly straight

and inwardly oblique.

a‘. Fore wing with the basal half pure white, the

texminalwhaliiblood-=nediseeessseecneseeeeeee eee

}*, Fore wing with the basal half yellow, the ter-

minal half purplish pink.

a’. Hind wing yellow.

a®, Fore wing with the medial line moderately

ODN We: Fa -cea deste seneiosersieetemseeeeenans seine

4°, Fore wing with the medial line yery oblique ...

b°. Hind wing white tinged with brown ...............

c'. Fore wing with the basal half ochreous white, the

postmedial area more or less suffused with pink.

«®, Fore wing with the postmedial line acutely

angled outwards below costa and slightly in-

curved below vein 4.

a®. Fore wing with geminate whitish spots defined

on outer side by black on subterminal line

ALOE MOONE! Gaadaoanoresarsogarnacosascounbodes Sagods

}§. Fore wing with the subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by rufous and pink

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}°. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

from below costa to vein 4, then incurved ......

d', Fore wing with the basal halt ochreous white, the

terminal half rufous and greyish.

a°, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly ex-

curved below costa and incurved below vein 4...

5. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly ex-

curved below costa and incurved below vein 4...

e*. Fore wing with the basal half rufous, the terminal

half white tinged with grey..................ss0s0.0+

f+. Fore wing with the basal and terminal halves con-

colorous.

a>, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled out-

wards below costa and incurved or oblique

below vein 4.

a°, Fore wing with the postmedial line bent out-

wards to immer MAYGIN ..........20.0-.eeeseeeeeeerne

Fore wing with the postmedial line not bent

outwards to inner margin.

a°, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

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}7, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique

below vein 4.

a’. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with rufous

b°. Fore wing very pale yellow .2............:00.--=

hy JEONG) Ways WRUI® cconcoooosancosscooobsdonooconeAode:

poliochroa.

pulvinarie.

glaucochroa.

silicula.

coctidiphaga.

vestina.

seminived.

anachoresis.

perobliqua.

acarodes.

cochyhioides.

lentirosea.

POSECANGA,

glaucizona.

ochrobasis.

thermobasis.

exrigua.

parva,

rivuld.

flavida.

alhipennis.

EUBLEMMA.

65. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled out-

wards at middle.

a®, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

angled outwards at middle.

a’. Fore wing with the antemedial band olive-

ROW uetcecasans sree oaema ah csneecaseceaaneee es

47. Fore wing with the antemedial band rufous...

v8, Fore wing with the postmedial line acutely

angled outwards at middle.

a’, Fore wing with the basal area white tinged

with grey or rufous.

a’. Fore wing with curved white antemedial

band besitiaaatscaeseussseys see seeeeenstaeeeenaeneee ats

6°, Fore wing without curved white antemedial

band.

a®, Fore wing with the markings very indis-

(WUNOin AREY — sonsnoqnsssnoosbosonbyabanoosedesaanaae

b°, Fore wing with the markings pale olive-

PGOCMseraarerarsaiutrowe seca oues oaene weea ta ae aes

c*, Fore wing with the markings more or less

strongly tinged with rufous.

a’°, Fore wing with the postmedial line

slightly bent outwards to inner margin...

61°, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

bent outwards to inner margin ............

6’. Fore wing with the basal area pure white.

a>. Fore wing with the bands dark ochreous

bYOWaN sd soiatedsieme na asteseaenscneses eanedee laamotted

6%. Fore wing with the bands rufous...............

c’. Fore wing with the basal area rufous .........

ce’, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa and at middle.

a®. Fore wing deep rufous;

a’, Fore wing with the cilia white mixed with

Dr oWanlacpe Meas scissn eeselsmeuelacemagaseeneeeeracaeons

47, Fore wing with the cilia not white...............

>®. Fore wing ochreous tinged with brown

c®, Fore wing brownish white

d®, Fore wing pale yellowish .............0....2...:..0

e®. Fore wing with the ground-colour pure white.

a’, Fore wing with the medial line represented

by the outer edge of the dark brown ante-

mie diallaban dls ect encasevaisecesteceo eee soaeee

6”. Fore wing with the medial line rufous.

a®, Kore wing with oblique rufous streak from

DOR a sattaettmete acisao side Sao aatonameeee anaes

65. Fore wing without oblique rufous streak

from apex.

a°®, Hind wing not suffused with brown

4°. Hind wing suffused with brown...............

c’, Fore wing with the medial line pale yellowish .

d°, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly ex-

curved below costa, then oblique ..................

e, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique

throughout.

PS IPE TING TRUE WENO Boecosnoaqecaes eeronocroseen

b®. Fore wing white tinged with olive-green.........

c®, Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with red-

brown :

d*, Fore wing with the medial line excurved below

costa, then more or less inwardly oblique.

noctualis,

VAgGnert.

elychryst.

permiata,

viridula.

candidana.

ornatula.

odontophora.

bifasciata.

leucodesina.

lozostropha,

sperans,

sabia.

mesophea,

hansa.

debilis.

compuncta,

Sugitiva,

munda.

suUppUNETA,

ephimera,

Jocularis.

MAT NATOPGE,

rufipuncta,

NOCTUID #.

uw‘, Fore wing with the basal half yellow, the ter-

minal half purplish pink.

a°, Fore wing without subterminal series of white

JOOMMAUS. ccoooseasandesoas00 podondadcooboscono0s00s000009 on

6°. Fore wing with subterminal series of white

POUNES ees seseeeeeeecceeseseeceeereesen sees eesseeecteeees

. Fore wing with subterminal series of short white

Streaks cesses ncsecrmcsess reeset scone tame tn teams

4+, Fore wing with the basal and t2rminal halves con-

colorous.

a. Fore wing with the medial line slightly incurved

at discal and submedian folds.

a®, Fore wing variegated with fiery red and black.

6°, Fore wing not variegated with fiery red and

Dlacke occas sen ctencleackonemnctnaseemssoesecancoanees

b°. Fore wing with the medial line slightly incurved

at submedian foll only.

a®. Fore wing with the postmedial line present

4°, Fore wing with the postmedial line ahsent......

». Fore wing with the medial line strongly angled

inwards on median nervure.

. Fore wing grey suffused with rufous ............

2 Fore wing grevish white suffused with brown ..

Fore wing white tinged with ochreous........... :

o. Fore wing with the medial line very slightly

anvled inwards on median nervure

Fore wing white not tinged with olive-green.

a’. kore wing with the medial rufous band ex-

tending to costa and shghtly oblique below

GIECA ONG cenasconsconcoodosccns0bcosGynvdcbadaodnoN

Fore wing with the medial rufous band obso-

lete on costal area and very oblique below

discal fold) sivaseeSasseenesnssaccnsesasesraasie

4°. Fore wing suffused with olive-green...............

e°. Fore wing with the medial line oblique and

straight from below costa to inner margin.

a®, Fore wing white tinged with olive-green ......

6°. Fore wing white with rufous terminal band .

c®, Fore wing white tinged with rufous especially

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d°. Fore wing white not tinged With rufous .........

e®, Fore wing whitish suffused and irrorated with

TMIKOWIE), “Goaceannonacacacabocpaqgondeupboondelsouaogo0uC

f®. Fore wing red-brown with white costal fascia..

e®, Fore wing with the medial line erect, excurved at

middle and incurved below costa and in sub-

WMAOUEN WAKES DAES sosscccnocnnoosoonsov ov cnoaco4o009se8

f?. Fore wing with the medial line moderately angled

outwards below ee then oblique.

a‘, Fore wing with the terminal area purplish pink.

a. Fore wing with dark streaks in the interspaces

beyond glie-calll’ ate Uelieie tee | aes

b°. Fore wing without dark streaks in the inter-

spaces beyond HOS Gall, woosacsacacseoace aosqcs04a06

. Fore wing with the terminal area not purplish

_ pink.

2 Here wing white suffused with olive-brown.

. Fore wing with the white band between the

medial line and the indistinct postmedial line

not prominent scsconoouasveoRSDUADONGTOOR9900N0" Gace

. Fore wing with pure white band between the

medial line and distinct postmedial line ......

pannonica.

amasina.

pulchra.

delicata.

minima.

scitula,

leucota,

_ therma.

TeSperstl.

grata.

Stticuosda.

albida.

chlorotica.

viridis.

pura.

pallidula.

suppura.

Sarcosia.

lacteicosta.

deserti.

purpurina.

TOSEA,

parallela.

pusilla.

EUBLEMMA. Sal

>>. Fore wing white, the inner half of medial area

Suitusedmwithenyuousl secsesesecespascseesesoeeeeeeeee sphragidota.

ec’, Fore wing white irrorated with red-brown ...... subcinerea,

di, Fore wing white faintly tinged with rufous...... gayneri.

en uP ere wing strongly suffused with pinkish red.

w°, Hind wing with antemedial line defined on

Guteriside) by, wilittis liye meeceeerecereeeeeeesaesees heraudi.

68. Hind wing without antemedial line............... teithardi.

j°. Fore wing strongly suffused with dark es

MECH ysaletunemtan ose atnc eae os etic satsanseceaeisaeeeeeaganenes trilinea.

. Fore wing with the medial line acutely angled. out-

wards below costa.

a‘. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa, then minutely waved, incurved or

oblique below vein 4.

a°®, Fore wing with the medial line not angled out-

wards to below apex.

a®, Wings white suffused with brown.................. curvata,

6°. Wings brownish ochreous.

a’. Fore wing with the medial line not defined

Onl autertsides ly wilitishy )-eeeseeeceeeecesee eee ochreola,

b”, Fore wing with the medial line defined on

outer side by whitish.

a® Fore wing with the postmedial area not

HMO PANGCCL TAMA IEE) onaccoveecaconesancosdase0s brachygonia.

43, Fore wing with the postmedial area irrorated

with fuscous except towards costa ............ gratiosa.

Ch, \WitiaeS TOUTING ECL T ecopastenqesconcs09% 008 on0000600 radda.

6°, Fore wing with the medial line angled outwards

to below apex.

a°. Hind wing with the postmedial line minutely

dentate.

a’. Wings not orange-red.

a®, Wings with the medial line defined on outer

si delbycvwiitislimeerrcer aecescrerteeee aces oner abrupta.

6°. Wings with the medial line not defined on

OMG SCS Loy? WAHNIEIN scodonsoncasna0c0sna0Kocs0e versicolora.

Ol NNW ORUINGSARLG o5o006000005060800a00000000000000008 aurantiaca.

&°. Hind wing with the postmedial line oblique

andualimoSiist rang ltieeieeseres-teetrrseeee tees crassiuscula.

6‘, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled out-

wards below costa, then oblique.

a, Fore wing with the medial line not angled out-

wards to below apex.

a®. Fore wing yellowish tinged with rufous or

purplish red.

a’. Fore wing with the costal area yellowish

waitesbobeyomcdpmaicdcllemeeeeeeeeeeeeheseeteeeses cinnamomed.

67, Fore wing with the costal area concolorous... obliqualis.

6°. Fore wing rufous with the costal area white ... lewcograpta.

c®, Kore wing greyish tinged with brown.

a’, Head and tegule orange-yellow ............00005 bilineata.

6", Head and tegule rufous.

a®, Fore wing with the medial line not defined

on outer side by white..................sesseseee daphena.

6°, Fore wing with the medial line defined on

outenisidelbyg white mermctecsesceseeeccernsnaecc: polygramma.

4°, Fore wing with the medial line angled outwards

to below apex.

. Fore wing with the subcostal and terminal

GUROAS TDN: pocoooneconsonosocceecodoncbosoonendpdacanase roscocincta,

92 NOCLUID 2.

6°. Fore wing with the subcostal and terminal

areas not pink.

a". Fore wing with the antemedial line absent ..

6. Fore wing with the antemedial line present ...

6, Fore wing with the medial line absent.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line present.

a*, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled out-

wards below costa, then oblique.

«@. Fore wing with the subterminal line present ......

63. Fore wing with the subterminal line absent ......

6°. Fore wing with the postmedial line evenly

CULVER Sita. Guanine sniecueimeneemacemteceam eooum tect Menem eTE

c*, Fore wing with the postmedial line bent out-

wards below costa and oblique or ineuryed below

vein 4.

a®, Fore wing without subterminal series of small

dentate black marks.

a‘, Fore wing with whitish patch beyond post-

ene eVEN Ibias) CxO NGAP ETRE, “Gocco cosooseasocosasconder

6*. Fore wing without whitish patch beyond post-

marolneall IMMINS) @in WAYNE BHREAcoscccacoodscassoopesbec0ose56

4°, Fore wing with subterminal series of small dentate

black marks.

a*. Fore wing with the antemedial line angled

outwards below costa. then oblique.

a§. Fore wing with biackish discoidal spot ............

6°. Fore wing with white discoidal striga ............

b*. Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved from

costa to submedian fold, then incurved ............

d*, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled out-

wards to the subterminal line at vein 3, then

bentiimward 8) 5c dutch se qecviesises seat neerimteneins seen

e’, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from

costa to vein 2 and angled inwards in submedian

160) 1 aS eet eer ee Re ara Reon acr anacasaanananmricescadananbooke

}'. Fore wing without antemedial line.

a’, Fore wing with conical rufous patch on inner

Medial area) see ted saueaeee ie sareeneiaeaneten encore sects nes

b?, Kore wing without conical rufous patch on inner

medial area.

a. Hind wing with the terminal area pink.

a‘, Hind wing with subterminal series of black

andavalaite}p ointsimepaseeereaete eee eeeeeececce ee ceerece

b*, Hind wing with white subterminal line.

a°. Fore wing wholly tinged with red-brown.........

6°. Fore wing white at base.

a®, Fore wing with the subterminal line angled

OURO Ale MANCCU scconcosoceasnad coconocaesonaons

6°. Fore wing with the subterminal line excurved

atimaddleninter saseecum salicaria usenet ecommerce

ec, Hind wing with dark subterminal line ............

4°. Hind wing with the terminal area not pink.

a‘. Kore wing with rufous terminal band except

towardslapextini st tsscectcas se eeee treet ese eaten eee

bt. Fore wing without rufous terminal band.

a>. Head orange.

a°, Hind wing pale yellow.

a”. Fore wing yellowish white ..............0:0.0.0008

67, Fore wing not yellowish.

a*. Fore wing with broad yellow costal

NEI, nacdoobosodadodeaonesoocondanncadooadononenaoG go

heterogramma.

ragusana.

rubiginea.

castanea.

aplecta.

obscura.

tristalis.

reticulata.

rubra.

dubia.

costimacula.

ignefusa.

communimacula.

rhodocraspis.

carneola.

amabilis.

rOSeOntvEed.

ecthemata.

vestalis,

flaviciliata.

vanthocrasprs,

EUBLEMMA.

v8. Kore wing without broad yellow costal

TAEIGID) decaodaedp edosoocdebanseddonscaoyggasbbaqenbdeot

6. Hind wing whitish.

a’, Fore wing with brown bar from costa before

apex with two black points on it ...............

v7, Fore wing with subterminal series of minute

nlY@le FOULS, oo coodoasvonsosponssdonueosobeDenS cHODE

v°, Head whitish.

a®, Fore wing with two oblique yellow strix

from costa beyond middle ........... ............

b®. Fore wing without oblique yellow striz from

costa.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line

PFESENb oo. ee eee eee eee eee eee e eens et een eee es

67, Fore wing with the postmedial line

absent.

a®, Fore wing suffused with fiery red ............

o8. Fore wing suffused with rufous.

a, Fore wing with black points in middle

of cell and on discocellulars..................

o®. Fore wing without black points in cell

and on discocellulars.

@°, Fore wing irrorated with brown or

with some subterminal black scales......

21°, Fore wing without dark irroration or

subterminal black scales.

a, Fore wing with the apex not pro-

ducedtandvacutemessssseresesesseee eer a

4. Fore wing with the apex produced

EWG EXEL) oo naoaosaon sos s9soR5egGaceBCONAG00:

c®, Fore wing not suffused with rufous.

a®. Fore wing with yellow anie- and post-

medialwbandsyrsvsecaaeaeacece se sseer cece ces

b°. Fore wing without yellow ante- and

postmedial bands.

a°, Fore wing with black points in middle

of cell and on discocellulars.

a, Fore wing with the terminal area

tinged with pink ........:.....-.-s+e.e+- ee.

5, Fore wing with the terminal area not

tinged with pink.

a, Fore wing white tinged with yellow .

ob, Fore wing white irrorated with

lOO ssaconoso0ncoacne coonbaccoocesoucobeda

b'°. Fore wing with black discoidal point

only.

a. Fore wing irrorated with brown .........

64. Fore wing not irrorated with brown.

a?, Fore wing tinged with ochreous

IDROWA —Sonacanoadesoteoassosnne ootvade5one—a09

b2, Fore wing creamy white ..................

c°, Fore wing without black discoidal

point.

a, Fore wing creamy white, the costa

pure white.

a, Fore wing tinged with brown and

with dark irroration.

a3, Fore wing with white streaks on

the veins.

@*, Fore wing with fine brown ter-

minal line.

plumbosa,

cotla.

innocens.

flavistriata,

agrapta,

pyrastis,

conspersa,

griseola.

uniforms.

leucanides,

hemmiyhoffent.

allota.

vollastont.

psamathea,

penicillata.

uninotata.

albivestalis.

“2

9+ NOCTUIDE.

a’. Fore wing not irrorated with

OV Yel CSS Sasa aur Baal nents amaner asmenacos subvenata.

>), Kore wing irrorated with bl: nek, aah albivena,

}\!. Fore wing without brown terminal

Iyer yao erate toner an GAG ieee <StT ae AGH AOA leuconeura.

D3. Fore wing without white streaks

on the veins.

a, Fore wing with the interspaces

irrorated with black...........-......... conistrota.

b\*. Fore wing with the interspaces

not irrorated with black ............ bulla.

6'?, Fore wing not tinged with brown and

without dark irroration.

a8. Fore wing with the termen tinged

with yellow.......:.22.-.0.20222+--se2see-es virginalis.

>'8, Fore wing with the termen not tinged

with yellow SSN ache eels est cee Cea as EE deserta.

yl. Fore wing wholly creamy winte ......... straminea.

iY) Horeswin'g pallelyellewareceeecesnesesee eee flavia.

5104. Eublemma eupethecica, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 5.)

©. Head and tegnle dark brown mixed with grey ; thorax and

abdomen grey with a few dark brown and black scales; legs

thickly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey finely pencilled

with brown and sparsely irrorated with black; a small subbasal

black spot on costa with a striga arising from it; a small ante-

medial black spot on costa with a fine obliquely curved line from

it to inner margin ; a fine curved medial line with small black spots

at costa and on discocellulars ; postmedial line black, angled out-

wards at veins 6 and 4 and inwards at discal and submedian folds,

some black points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line fine, black,

dentate almost to the fine black terminal line ; cilia suffused with

fuscous. Hind wing grey tinged with brown and slightly irrorated

with black ; an indistinct black medial line from discal fold to

inner margin; traces of a punctiform postmedial line and of a

minutely waved subterminal line with some whitish on its inner

side except on costal area; a fine black terminal line; cilia tinged

with fuscous; the underside white faintly tinged with brown and

irrorated with black, traces of a curved medial line and minutely

waved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Transvaau, Kranspruit (Janse), 1 2 type. Exp. 18 millim.

5105. Eublemma melabela, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 6.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white faintly tinged with

brown and irrorated with fuscous ; palpi suffused with fuscous at

sides; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore

tibiz and the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing grey-

white thickly irrorated with red-brown ; a triangular fuscous brown

subbasal spot on costa; antemedial line reddish brown, rather

diffused, waved and inwardly oblique, expanding into a triangular

fuscous spot at costa; medial line with fuscous brown spot at costa,

EUBLEMMA, 95

then reddish, rather diffused, excurved in cell, then inwardly

oblique; postmedial line reddish brown slightly defined by white

on outer side, forming a triangular spot at costa, then punctiform,

excurved to vein 4, then inwardly oblique and sinuous ; subterminal

line whitish, produced as short streaks to termen at veins 7, 6, 5,

4,3 with minute black streaks on them at veins 7, 5,4; a fine

whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish thickly irrorated

with red-brown except at base and on costal area; a diffused brown

medial line except on costal area ; postmedial black points on veins

4, 3, 2, 1 defined by white on outer side; a slight dentate white

subterminal line from discal fold to inner margin ; a terminal series

of white points ; a fine white line at base of cilia; the underside

white, the apex slightly tinged with brown.

Hab, Bevoocnistan, Quetta (Nurse), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 32

millim.

5106. Eublemma epistrota, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 7.)

@. Head and tegule red-brown mixed with some grey; thorax

and abdomen grey-white; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen white, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing

white thickly irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented by

brown points on costa and in cell; the antemedial line with brown

spot on costa and bar in cell nearer base, then sinuous ; a red-brown

medial line slightly defined on outer side by white, excurved at

discocellulars on which there is a black striga; postmedial line

brown slightly defined on outer side by white, excurved to vein 4,

incurved in submedian fold and excurved above inner margin; the

postmedial area with some white points on costa and red-brewn

maculate band; subterminal line slight, white with series of black

points on its outer edge, excurved below costa and at middle, in-

curved at discal and subterminal folds and bent outwards to tornus ;

some rufous at apex and a fine rufous terminal line; cilia with a

fine white line at base. Hind wing white suffused with brown;

a punctiform dark terminal line slightly defined on inner side by

white; cilia white tinged with brown at tips; the underside white

irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points.

Hab, Pounsas, Kangra (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Hap. 20 millim.

5107. Eublemma velox.

Nociua velox, Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 507, 515 (1818): Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 226.

Larentia caliginata, Treit. Schmett. Eur. vi. 2. p. 187 (1828)

Hercyna mendaculalis, Treit. Schmett. Eur. vii. p. 185 (1829); Dup. Lép.

Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 388, pl. 81. f. 5.

Anthophilu anomala, Rambr. Ann. Sci. Obs. 1829, p. 257, pl. 6. f. 9;

Boisd. Icones, pl 71. f. 4.

Thalpochares velocior, Staud. Iris, v. p. 288 (1892).

Head and thorax grey-white, the scales pencilled with brown ;

pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-white tinged with brown. Fore

96 NOCTUID.

wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous; a subbasal fuscous spot

on costa; antemedial line represented by a black spot on costa and

a rather diffused very indistinctly double waved line from middle

of cell to inner margin; a shght blackish spot in middle of cell and

pale discoidal bar defined on each side by diffused blackish ; medial

Jine represented by a black spot on costa and oblique minutely

waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial

line blackish, excurved below vein 7 and at median nervures, then

angled inwards in submedian fold and excurved to inner margin ;

some blackish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line blackish,

dentate, the area beyond it slightly darker; a terminal series ot

blackish striz. Hind wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous except

on costal area and in submedian fold; traces of punctiform medial

and postmedial lines ; a dentate subterminal line defined by whitish

on inner side; a terminal series of dark strie; the underside

whitish irrorated with fuscous.

Ab. 1. velocior. Larger; fore wing suffused with pale rufous or

greyer ochreous.—Sicily, Taurus, Syria.

Hab. Francr, Sand and Leech Colls.; Spary, Catalonia, Murcia ;

Iraty, Capri(C. S. Browne); Srctzy, Zeller Coll. ; Isrrta ; ALGERIA ;

Batcan Srares; Armunta; Asta Minor, Bithynia, Lydia, Taurus ;

Syria; Cyprus, Zeller Coll, Avp. 20-26 millim.

5108. Eublemma contingens.

Metachrostis contingens, Moore, P.Z.S. 1888, p. 412; Butl. Ill. Het.

B. M. vii. p. 65, pl. 129. f. 13; Hmpsn. Moths Ind, i. p. 3826.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white tinged with red-brown ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tibize

and tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing grey-white

suffused and irrorated with reddish brown; subbasal line rather

diffused, brown, from costa to submedian fold ; antemediai line

double, brown, diffused, waved, the outer line with blackish spot at

costa ; a minute black point in middle of cell and double diffused

brown discoidal bars ; medial line with blackish bar from costa and

waved brown line from angle of ceil to inner margin; postmedial

line with blackish spot at costa, oblique from below costa to vein 6,

then very minutely dentate and angled inwards in submedian fold,

some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by fuscous, dentate; a terminal series of strie.

Hind wing whitish tinged and irrorated with browu except on costal

area and in submedian fold; ill-defined minutely waved blackish

medial and postmedial lines from discal fold to inner margin, inter-

rupted at submedian fold; a slight dentate subterminal line defined

by whitish on inner side, except on costal area and in submedian

fold; a terminal series of dark stria; the underside brownish

white.

Hab. Punsas, Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 g, 1 Q type, Mean Meer

(Harford), 1 9, Lahore (Rothney), 25, 2 2, Allahabad, 1 ¢.

Exp, 20-22 millim.

EUBLEMMA. 97

5109. Eublemma quinaria. (Plate CLI. fig. 8.)

TE quinaria, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 371; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 326,

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with rufous ; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen white, the legs tinged with brown.

Fore wing grey suffused with rufous and finely irrorated with

brown; a rufous subbasal bar from costa where it is blackish ;

antemedial line rather diffused, rufous with black spot at costa,

slightly excurved below costa aud cell; a rather diffused rufous

medial line with blackish spot at costa, excurved in cell; post-

medial line brown slightly defined on outer side by white, excurved

from below costa to submedian fold; subterminal line whitish

defined on outer side by fuscous, minutely dentate; a terminal

series of slight brown lunules; a fine white line at base of cilia.

Hind wing grey-white tinged with rufous and irrorated with black

except on costal area; ill-defined blackish medial and postmedial

lines on inner area defined on outer side by whitish and traces of a

minutely waved pale subterminal line; a terminal series of slight

dark striz and fine whitish line at base of cilia; the underside

white, the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to discal

fold,

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the lines more prominently rufous; hind

wing with the medial line rufous and a patch before subterminal

line below vein 4.—E. Africa.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Tana R. (Crawshay), 19, Allahabad, 1 3,

Manpuri, 13,39 type; Sivv, Kardchi ; Bombay, Mhow; Mapras,

Gooty (Campbell), 12. Hxp. 22-24 millim.

5110. Eublemma brunnea.

Acontia brunea, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 74, pl. 145. f. 11 (1891);

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 332,

Head and thorax grey tinged with olive and mixed with fuscous;

palpi, frons, and tegule with some crimson scales, the last blackish

at tips; tibiee with some crimson scales, the tarsi black with pale

rings; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous and with slight pale

segmental lines, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey tinged

with olive-brown and thickly irrorated with black; subbasal line

represented by a black point on costa; antemedial line with smal!

black spot on costa, then very indistinct, waved ; reriform indistinctly

defined by blackish, elliptical; medial line with small black spot

at costa, very indistinct and excurved round end of cell, then more

distinct below submedian fold; postmedial line blackish, slightly

excurved below costa, oblique and minutely waved to vein 4 just

before subterminal line, incurved below vein 3 and again excurved

at vein 1, defined on outer side by slight white points ; the veing

of terminal area slightly streaked with black; subterminal line very

indistinct, angled outwards at vein 7 and middle and inwards at

VOL. X. H

98 NOCTUIDE.

discal and submedian folds, a dark shade beyond it at discal fold ;

a minutely waved black line just before termen; eilia chequered

olive and blackish. Hind: wing fuscous brown; a fine dark ter-

minal line and pale line at base ef cilia; the underside greyish

irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with fuseous, a

black diseoidal point and indistinct smuous postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Thorax and fore wing with more olive-brown and less

black.

Hab. Manpras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 3 type, Palnis (Campbell),

1 $; Creyton (Pole), 3 3, 2 9; Srnespors (fidley), 1 ¢, 1 9;

Puto Laur (Doherty), 1 3; Quzrnstanp, Townsville (Dodd), 19.

Exp. 18-22 millim.

5111. Eublemma paurograpta. (Plate CLYI. fig. 1.)

Metachrostris pawrograpta, Butl. Trans, Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 493.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown and irrorated

with fusecous and some crimson scales; tegule blackish at tips ;

tarsi blackish ringed with white; pectus and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish. Fore wing bluish grey tinged with brown and

irrorated with black ; subbasal line black, shghtly excurved below

costa, then oblique and ending at vein 1; antemedial line with

small black spot at costa, then indistinct, waved; a faint dark

discoidal spot ; medial line with small black spot at costa, then very

indistinet, exeurved round end of cell; postmedial line black slightly

defined on outer side by white, excurved below costa, then imcurved,

excurved at veins 4,5 almost to subterminal line, then ineurved and

again excurved above inner margin ; subterminal line very indistinct,

greyish, excurved at middle to termen, the veins of terminal area

with slight deep crimson streaks; a minutely waved blackish line

just before termen ; cilia chequered black and greyish. Hind wing

greyish suffused with brown; the cilia paler with a dark line

through them; the underside grey irorated with brown, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Quzrnstannd, Rockhampton, 1 9 type, Duaringa (Arnold),

6 ¢, Brisbane (Turner), 1 9. Hap. 20-24 millim.

*5112. Eublemma pyrosticta. (Plate CLI. fig. 9.)

Eublemma pyrosticta, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fy. 1910, p. 202.

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with fuscous brown.

Fore wing purplish grey suffused with fuscous brown, the ante-

medial area whiter except at costa, the postmedial area white from

discal fold to inner margin; antemedial line brown, irregularly

waved, expanding at eosta ; reniform incompletely defined by black,

rounded, an indistinet medial lime exeurved beyond the cell, then

oblique ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, expanding

at eosta, oblique from costa to vein 6, then minutely waved, an

elongate fiery red mark beyond it below vein 7; subterminal line

EUBLEMMA. 99

defined on outer side by somewhat dentate biack marks from costa

to discal fold, waved, angled inwards in discal fold; a terminal

series of minute black lunules; cilia pale brown with white line

at base. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, a waved

white subterminal line from vein 3 to above tornus; a terminal

series of minute black lunules; a fine white line at base of cilia ;

the underside with traces of curved brown postmedial line.

Hab. Riunton, Salazie, type T Q in Coll. Joannis. Hwp. 22

millim.

5113. Eublemma thermosticta, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 10.)

¢. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; pectus, legs, and

abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing grey slightly tinged

with brown and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by

two dark points on costa; antemedial line brown, waved, inwardly

oblique, with a slight dark shade before it ; two blackish discoidal

bars, the inner concave towards base, the outer convex; medial

line dark, bent outwards beyond the cell, then oblique; postmedial

line double, excurved below costa and at middle, then sinuous ;

subterminal line black, crenulate, with a dark shade before it on

costal area and two pale rufous spots at middle; a terminal series

of slight black Innules. Hind wing grey tinged with brown;

some black irroration on vein 1, two slight postmedial striz at

vein 2 and traces of a waved subterminal line between veins 4 and

2 defined on inner side by ochreous white ; a terminal series of dark

strie ; the underside pale grey slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Transvaat (Cholmley), 1 3 type. Hap. 20 millim.

5114. Eublemma snelleni. (Plate CLI. fig. 11.)

Leptosia snelleni, Wilgrn. ify. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1875, p. 112.

Epizeuxis ethiops, Dist. Nat. in Transvaal, p. 239, pl. ii. f. 2 (1892).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with fuscous ; pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tibiee and the

tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing grey suffused and thickly

irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a curved black

striga from costa, a blackish shade beyond it from costa to vein 1;

a rather diffused black antemedial line, minutely waved and some-

what inwardly oblique; a black point in middle of cell and ill-defined

double black discoidal bar ; medial lne black, excurved and rufous

beyond the cell, then incurved and minutely waved; postmedial

line black slightly defined on outer side by white, oblique from

below costa to vein 6, excurved at middle, then angled inwards to

submedian fold and again slightly excurved, some whitish and black

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line black slightiy defined

on inner side by white and below veins 7 and 4 by small dentate

rufous marks, dentate ; a terminal series of black striae. Hind wing

grey tinged with brown and irrorated with black except on costal

area and in submedian fold; punctiform black medial, postmedial,

H 2

100 NOCTUID A.

and subterminal lines on inner half, the last with small rufous

spots before it below vein 3 and near tornus; a terminal series of

black strie; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas

slightly irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing paler, the rufous markings less prominent.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines strong and

black, the whole disk tinged with rufous.

Hab. Br. KE. Arrica, Machakos (Crawshay), 2 $3; MasHonaLanD,

Salisbury (Marshall), 1 9, Umtali (Marshall), 1 9; ‘TRANsvAaAL,

White R. (Cocke), 1 3, Piet Retief (Crawshay), 1 2, Pretoria

(Janse), 2 §, 2 9; Narat, Howick (Cregoe), 2 6, Karkloof

(Marshall), 13, 292, Durban (Leigh), 19; Basvroranp, Maseru

(Crawshay), 23, 193; Carz Cotony, ‘Transkei (Miss Ff. Barrett),

3 ¢, Annshaw (Miss Ff. Barrett), 5 ¢, 1 9. Hop. 20-24

millim.

5115. Eublemma nannata, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 12.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown ; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen paler, the tore tibize and the tarsi fuscous

ringed with white. Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with fuscous ;

a black subbasal line, slightly excurved below costa and ending at

submedian fold where there is some reddish beyond it; antemedial

line black, waved, expanding into a small spot at costa; a black

point in middle of cell with red spot beyond it before the black

discoidal lunule concave towards base; medial line with black spot

at costa, then oblique to beyond the cell where there is a red patch

beyond it, then inwardly oblique and sinuous with a red patch

betore it in submedian interspace ; postmedial line black slightly

defined on outer side by grey, oblique to vein 6 and angled inwards

in submedian interspace, some whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line black, dentate, slightly defined on inner side by

white and with dentate red marks before it ; a terminal series of

slight black lunules. Hind wing grey-brown, the inner half with

citfused black medial and postmedial lines except in submedian

told and a minutely dentate subterminal line slightly detined on

inner side by pale rufous; a terminal series of slight dark striz ;

the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous brown.

Ab. 1. Fore and hind wings with hardly a trace of the red

markings.

Ab. 2. Fore and hind wings with the red markings entirely

obsolete.

Hab. Manpras, Palnis (Campbell), 1 3 type; Cryton, Nawala-

pitiya (Pole), 1 g, Putlam (Pole), 1 g, Haputale (Mackwood),

19. Sap. 16-18 millim.

5116. Eublemma dardouini.

Pryophila dardouini, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 96 (1840); Herr.-

Schaff. Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 258 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 226.

Anthophila mendacula, Err. Neue Beitr. p. 66, pl. 380. f. 2 (1841), nec Treit.

Head and thorax dark reddish brown finely pencilled with grey ;

HUBLEMMA. 101

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing purple-grey thickly irrorated with

dark red-brown; traces of a brown subbasal line from costa to

vein 1 ; antemedial line indistinct, brown, waved, inwardly oblique ;

a brown point in middle of cell and double discoidal bar; medial

line oblique from costa to beyond the cell, inwardly oblique and

sinuous trom vein 4 to inner margin: postmedial line brown,

oblique from below costa to vein 6, incurved at discal fold, incurved

and waved below vein 4; subterminal line grey slightly defined on

outer side by brown and with a brown shade before it, minutely

waved, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of dark points; cilia with a fine grey line at middle. Hind

wing grey-brown with a reddish tinge, the inner area with very

ill-defined blackish medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines except

in submedian fold; a terminal series of dark points; cilia with a

fine grey line at middle; the underside grey thickly irrorated with

brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the shade before subterminal line rufous.

Hab. Francs, Hyéres, Leech Coll.; Avsrria, Zeller Coll. ;

Huneary, Frey and Leech Colls.; Ivaty; Barkan Srarns; Asta

Minor, Bythinia, Taurus; Syria (de la Garde), 19. Hap. 22

millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 287 ; Hffin. Raup. p. 141, pl. 136.f. 9.

Dull yellow with paler intersegmental bands and brownish red

transverse spots. Food-plant, Anthericum ramosum. 5-6.

5117. Eublemma tritonia. (Plate CLI. fig. 13.)

Metachrostis tritonia, Hmpsn. Ann. 8, Afr, Mus. ii. p. 415 (1902).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey slightly tinged with rufous

and irrorated with black; the tarsi blackish ringed with white.

Fore wing grey tinged with rufous, especially on costal area, and

irrorated with black; subbasal line dark, waved, from costa to

median nervure ; antemedial line formed of black scales and slightly

defined on outer side by rufous, incurved in cell, angled outwards

in submedian fold, inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner

margin; an elliptical black discoidal spot placed on the rufous

medial shade which is oblique to lower angle of cell, then incurved ;

postmedial line blackish, dentate, excurved below costa and at

middle and incurved at discal and submedian folds; subterminal

line absent. Hind wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous brown

and with faint traces of diffused postmedial and subterminal lines ;

the underside less thickly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Masnonatand, Umtali (Marshall), 1 9 type. Exp. 38

millim.

5118. Eublemma miasma.

Erastria miasma, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. viii. p. 73, pl. 145. f. 16 (1891) g;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 325,

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey ; pectus and

102 NOCTUIDA:.

ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the tarsi fuscous ringed with

white. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and suffused with fuscous

brown; subbasal line represented by a fuscous bar from costa ;

antemedial line rather diffused, fuscous, waved, with a dark shade

before it; a small black spot in middle of cell with a brown spot

above it on costa; two blackish discoidal bars connected by a slight

streak at middle; medial line with dark spot at costa, excurved

beyond the cell, then oblique and sinuous; postmedial line in-

distinctly double filled in with whitish, oblique from costa to vein

6, then slightly sinuous and incurved below vein 4, some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey defined on outer side by

black and on inner by dark suffusion, somewhat dentate and

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a fine dark terminal line.

Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, the inner area with

traces of blackish medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines inter-

rupted at submedian fold; a terminal series of dark striz; the

underside grey irrorated and suffused with brown and with traces

of waved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. C. Carns, Kiukiang (Pryer), 1 ¢; Manpnas, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 2 g type; Curnon, Kegalle (Alston), 12. Exp. 81-

20 millim.

5119. Eublemma misturata, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 14.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown with a greyish

gloss ; the pectus and ventral surface of abdomen rather paler, the

fore tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing purplish grey

suffused with dark brown, the terminal area greyer; subbasal line

represented by a dark bar from costa; antemedial line rather

diffused, dark, inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous ; two black

discoidal bars; medial line with blackish spot at costa, excurved

round the cell, then oblique ; postmedial line black slightly defined

on outer side by grey, oblique from below costa to vein 6 and

incuryed below vein 4, some pale points on a blackish shade beyond

it on costa; subterminal line black defined on inner side by grey

and at middle by a minute reddish ochreous lunule, minutely waved

and slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of slight black lunules. Hind wing dark fuscous brown with

traces of a dark postmedial line cn inner area and of a minutely

waved subterminal line slightly defined on inner side by whitish,

from vein 4 to inner margin; a terminal series of slight black

strie ; the underside fuscous brown tinged with grey and with

traces of a dark postmedial line.

Hab, Ucanna, Ketoma (Doggett), 1 2 type. Hap. 24 millim.

5120. Eublemma sciaphora, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 15.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged with brown ;

palpi and frons more rufous; antenne dark brown; fore legs

BUBLEMMA. 103

brown, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing white slightly

tinged with rufous ; a dark brown subbasal spot on costa with

striga from it in cell ; antemedial line represented by a blackish

spot on costa and rather diffused patch in and below cell; reniform

faintly defined by brown, narrow and constricted at middle,

medial line with small black spot at costa, then indistinct and

minutely waved, excurved beyond the cell, then oblique; post-

medial line blackish, obliquely excurved from costa to vein 4 and

angled inwards in subterminal fold, some black points beyond it from

costa to discal fold; submedian line slight, blackish, dentate, with

stronger dentate black marks below costa, at veins 6 and 5, anu in

submedian fold ; cilia white with brown mixed. Hind wing whitish

slightly suffused with brown; traces of a curved medial line and of

a postmedial line with black points on veins 5 to 1; traces of a

minutely dentate blackish subterminalline; a fine dark terminal

line except towards tornus; cilia white mixed with brown; the

underside nearly pure white.

Hab. Sterra Leone (Clements), 1 S$ type. Hep. 18 millim.

5121. KEublemma pheapera, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 16.)

3g. Head and tegule reddish brown mixed with some grey ;

palpi with slight white ring at base of $rd joint; thorax and

abdomen grey irrorated with brown; tarsi blackish ringed with

white. Fore wing grey irrorated with brown; a brown patch on

base of costa followed by rufous streaks on costa before and beyond

the antemedial blackish line which expands into a black patch on

costa, inwardly oblique and slightly incurved at vein 1; orbicular

represented by a brown point; reniform with white centre defined

by brown, small, figure-of-eight-shaped ; medial line brown, blackish

at costa, then minutely dentate, excurved beyond the cell and oblique

to inner margin; postmedial line black, excurved from below costa

to vein 3, reduced to points below vein 5 and slightly angled inwards

in submedian fold, traces of another line beyond it, blackish and

distinct from below costa to discal fold; apical area brown; sub-

terminal line fine, white, minutely dentate, defined on outer side

by small dentate black marks on the dark apical area, then

slightly defined by fuscous ; a terminal series of slight brown striz

faintly defined by white on inner side; cilia brown mixed with

some white and with a fuscous patch at discal fold. Hind wing

grey suffused with fuscous brown; minutely waved black medial,

postmedial, and subterminal lines from discal fold to inner margin

slightly defined by white and with a rufous spot between post-

medial and subterminal lines at median nervules; a terminal series

of blackish strise on slight pale marks; cilia rufous, paler at

tips ; the underside with the lines entire and indistinct, tie

postmedial line with minute black streaks on the veins.

Hab. 8. Nigeria, Lagos (Boag), 1 g. type. Hep. 20 millim.

104 NOCTUID &.

5122. Eublemma anticalis. (Plate CLI. fig. 17.)

Zalaca anticalis, Wik. xxxiv. 1202 (1865).

6. Head and tegule fuscous brown; thorax and abdomen

whitish ; fore and mid tibie and tarsi fuscous brown ringed with

white. Fore wing white slightly suffused and irrorated with rufous ;

a black patch at base of costa; a triangular antemedial black spot

on costa defined by white, a small black spot below it in cell with

a rufous line from it to inner margin, incurved at vein 1; a small

rufous discoidal spot with blackish striga above it from costa and

sinuous rufous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin;

traces of two rufous lines beyond the cell, excurved from costa to

discal fold, then sinuous; a postmedial triangular black spot on costa

with oblique line from it to discal fold defined on each side by

white, then a white line with minute black points on its inner side,

angled inwards at submedian fold, some black beyond the white line

defining the outer side of the oblique line from the costal spot and

two black points on costa; a white subterminal line, angled out-

wards at vein 7, excurved at middle and ending on termen above

tornus, some black on its outer edge between vein 7 and discal fold ;

the apical area rufous before the subterminal line and grey beyond

it; a slight brown terminal ine. Hind wing whitish tinged with

red-brown from origin of vein 2 to termen between discal and

submedian folds; medial black points on veins 2 and 1 and post-

medial points on veins 6 to 1 with traces of a whitish line beyond

them ; traces of a waved whitish subterminal line; a terminal

series of black points: the underside whitish with postmedial series

of minute dark points on the veins.

Hab. Navau (Plant), 1 3 type. Hap. 22 millim.

5123. Eublemma egens.

Chiumetia egens, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 68, pl. 151. f. 9 (1884); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 325.

Head and thorax whitish suffused with rufous ; abdomen whitish

suffused with fuscous brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen white, the fore tibie and tarsi fuscous ringed with white.

Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous except on inner half

of medial area from below costa and a patch beyond the disco-

cellulars which are pale rufous ; a subbasal blackish spot on costa ;

antemedial line with blackish spot at costa, then waved and

inwardly oblique with a dark shade before it ; a slight dark point in

middle of cell and double diffused discoidal bar; medial line with

blackish spot at costa, then excurved beyond the discocellulars, faint

and rufous, then inwardly oblique, sinuous and defined on outer

side by whitish; postmedial line blackish slightly defined on inner

side by whitish, expanding into a spot at costa, oblique from below

costa to vein 6, then rather punctiform to vein 4 and angled inwards

in submedian told, some whitish points beyond it on costa; sub-

BUBLEMMA, 105

terminal line fine, black, dentate, slightly defined on inner side by

white and with some pale rufous before it from below costa to vein 3; a

terminal series of blackish striz. Hind wing whitish suffused with

brown except on costal area and in submedian fold ; diffused blackish

medial and postmedial lines except on costal area and in submedian

fold; a dentate white subterminal line shghtly defined on outer

side by black and with some pale rufous before it at middle; a

terminal series of blackish striz; the underside white, the costa

faintly tinged with brown, a postmedial series of minute dark strize

on the veins.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area redder, extending to the

postmedial line beyond the cell and to beyond medial line on

inner area.

Hab. Cryton, Colombo (Metner), 1 5,1 2 type, Pundaloya

(Green), 1 &, Maskeliya (Pole), 1 9. Hwp. 18-20 millim.

5124. Eublemma fasciata.

Capnodes fasciata, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 91, pl. 147. f. 10 (1891);

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 326.

Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with black; abdomen grey

suffused with brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

grey tinged with brown, the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore

wing grey suffused with brown and thickly irrorated with black,

the male with some rufous on medial area, before subterminal

line, and on cilia ; subbasal line represented by a black spot on costa

with a dark shade beyond it from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line with black spot at costa, incurved in cell, then minutely

waved ; a black point in middle of cell; a diffused black discoidal

spot; medial line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish,

excurved from below costa to beyond the cell, then oblique, dentate ;

postmedia]l line black defined on outer side by grey, oblique from

costa to vein 6, incurved and slightly waved below vein 4, a dark

shade beyond it with waved outer edge and some white points on

costa; subterminal line black defined on inner side by whitish, den-

tate ; aterminal series of black lunules ; cilia with a fine whitish line

near tips. Hind wing grey suffused with brown, the male with

some rufous before subterminal line and on cilia, the inner area

irrorated with black except in submedian fold ; a sinuous postmedial

black line with a black shade beyond it and waved subterminal

line defined on inner side by whitish except on costal area and in

submedian fold; a terminal series of black striz; the underside

white tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, an indistinct

sinuous line and curved postmedial line,

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3,1 9 type. Hap. 3 30,

@ 26 millim.

5125. Eublemma decora. (Plate CLI. fig. 18.)

Hrastria decora, Wik. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 330 (1869).

Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with fuscous; abdomen

106 NOCTUID®.

ochreous suffused with brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing black-brown mixed with grey-

white, some ochreous suffused with flesh-red on inner basal area, the

medial area ochreous suffused with flesh-red leaving a dark patch

on middle of costa and a patch on inner area beyond the medial

line; subbasal line black defined on outer side by reddish from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line black, sinuous, excurved below

cell, a reddish point before it on costa; orbicular defined by

brownish, round, the reniform faintly defined by red, some rufous

in cell between them; an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of

cell to inner margin, reddish on the pale area, black where it defines

the dark area; postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side

by white, oblique and sinnous from costa to vein 4, then incurved

and slightly angled outwards at vein 1, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line black, minutely waved, defined on

inner side by reddish lunulate marks from vein 7 to inner margin ;

a terminal series of small black lunules with small reddish spots

before them except towards apex; cilia pale at apex. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the base and costa paler ; a blackish mark on inner;

margin at middle and double mark beyond the middle; a waved

dark subterminal line from vein 4 to inner margin defined on inner

side by flesh-red; a terminal series of slight black lunules with

series of small flesh-coloured spots before them towards apex ;

the underside whitish suffused and irrorated with brown, a post-

medial series of minute black points on the veins.

Hab. Coneo (Marsden), 1 2 type; Br. E. Arrica, Eb Urru

(Betton), 1 9, Nairowa (Betton), 1 2 ; TRransvaat, Johannesburg

(Cooke), 1 2 ; Navat, Durban (Clark), 1 9. Hap. 22-26 millim.

5126. Kublemma rubripuncta. (Plate CLI. fig. 19.)

Meitachrostis rubripuncta, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 415 (1902).

Head and thorax black mixed with some white ; pectus and legs

ochreous white, the fore and mid legs blackish in front, the tarsi

ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with

blackish. Fore wing black mixed with some white; a pale sub-

basal striga from costa ; antemedial line indistinctly double, black

slightly defined on outer side by ochreous white, waved; orbicular

represented by slight black lunules at sides, the reniform by a

black lunule followed by an orange-red bar placed on an ochreous

white patch beyond the cell extending to costa; an oblique waved

black line from lower angle of cell to inner margin with a small

orange-red spot before it in submedian fold; postmedial line black

slightly defined on outer side by white, angled ontwards at vein 6,

excurved at median nervules, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; a waved black subterminal line defined on

inner side by ochreous white except towards costa, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a fine waved black terminal line defined on

inner side by ochreous white lunules except towards apex; cilia

EUBLEMMA. 107

ochreous white with patches of fuscous at apex and above and

below middle. Hind wing ochreous white, the inner margin black

from near base to postmedial line, the terminal area tinged with

fuscous from apex to vein 2; a medial black point on vein 2 and

small spot on inner margin ; double postmedial points on veins 5 to

2 and small spot on inner margin; a slight waved subterminal

blackish line defined on inner side by ochreous white from discal

fold to inner margin; a terminal series of small black lunules from

apex to vein 2; cilia ochreous white mixed with some fuscous; the

underside ochreous white irrorated with blackish especially on

costal area, a postmedial series of black points on the veins.

Hab. Geru, E, Arrica, Stevenson Rd. (Dewar), 1 g ; Narat,

Durban (Leigh), 1 3 type. Hxp. 22-24 millim.

5127. Eublemma stygiodonta, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 20.)

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous suffused with black ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen paler, the fore tibiz

and the tarsi black ringed with whitish. Fore wing pale rufous

suffused with black leaving some rufous on basal area, beyond the

cell and on postmedial area from vein 4 to inner margin; subbasal

line represented by black spots on costa and in cell; antemedial line

black, waved, expanding into a spot at costa and with a black

shade before it; a black point in middle of cell and double black

discoidal bar ; medial line with black bar from costa, then slight

and excurved beyond the cell, then inwardly oblique and waved;

postmedial line black, oblique from below costa to vein 6,

slightly incurved at discal fold, bent inwards below vein 4 and

sinuous to inner margin, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line black defined on inner side by rufous, strongly dentate

and produced to points on the veins; a terminal series of slight

dark lunules. Hind wing pale fuscous brown with a reddish tinge ;

postmedial black points on the veins of inner half; a slight dentate

black subterminal line on inner half defined on inner side by pale

rufous ; a terminal series of slight dark strive; the underside grey-

ish tinged with rufous, a postmedial series of minute dark strie

on the veins from costa to vein 3.

Hab. W. Arnica (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Exp. 28 millim.

5128. Eublemma thermochroa, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 21.)

@. Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with brown; abdomen

greyish tinged with brown leaving pale segmental lines; pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tibie and tarsi

fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing greyish ochreous suffused

with reddish brown; subbasal line represented by a black striga

from costa; antemedial line blackish, sinuous, with small black spot

at costa ; medial line black, sinuous, with a blackish shade beyond it ;

postmedial line black, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled inwards

108 NOOTUIDZ.

at discal fold, excurved beyond lower angle of cell, then incurved,

some black points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by brown suffusion and with short black

streaks before it between veins 7 and 4, minutely waved, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards above and below

submedian fold, some fuscous suffusion beyond it and an oblique

dark streak from apex; a punctiform black terminal line; cilia

with brown line at middle, the tips chequered with brown. Hind

wing ochreous tinged with red-brown; a fine brown terminal line;

cilia brownish at base, whitish at tips; the underside ochreous

white sparsely irrorated with brown.

Hab. Cave Cotony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 1 9 type. Hap. 24

millim,

5129. Eublemma flavinia. (Plate CLI. fig. 22.)

Metachrostis flavinia, Hmpsn. Ann. §. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 411 (1902).

3. Head orange-yellow, the antenne brownish; thorax rufous

mixed with greyish; pectus, legs, and abdomen yellow, fore tibive

and tarsi brownish with pale rings. Fore wing greyish ochreous

suffused and irrorated with red-brown; subbasal line ill-defined,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line red-brown, diffused,

waved, double at costa ; a dark bar at middle of cell and indistinct

dark discoidal lunule ; a sinuous medial line with some dark suffusion

beyond it from costa to below cell; postmedial line double filled in

with greyish, excurved below costa and at middle, incurved at

discal fold and below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line formed of whitish lunules defined on inner side

by red-brown suffusion and on outer by a crenulate line; a ter-

minal series of purple-brown points. Hind wing pale yellow, the

veins of inner half slightly irrorated with red; a terminal series

of slight reddish points; the underside with the costal area slightly

irrorated with red.

@. Abdomen suffused with red-brown ; fore wing much darker,

the ground-colour silvery-purple; hind wing suffused with red-

brown on upper and under sides.

Hab. Transvaat, Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 3,19. Hap. 24-28

millim. Type tT in Coll. Druce.

5130. Eublemma lacernaria.

Geometra lacernaria, Hibn. Eur, Schmett., Geom. f. 422 (1818) ; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 226.

Anthophila glarea, Treit. Eur. Schmett., v. (3) p. 282 (1826); Geyer, Eur.

Schmett., Noct. ff. 822-3; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 561, pl. 47. £. 9;

Frr. Beitr. pl. 135. f.2; Herr.-Schaff. Hur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 259, 278-9.

Anthophila cretula, Krr. Neue Beitr. p. 124, pl. 360. ff. 3, 4 (1847); Rmbr.

Oat. Lép. 8. And. pl. 7. f. 5.

Glaphyra phlomidis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 257 (1852).

Head and thorax pale olive-yellow irrorated with red-brown ;

palpi, lower part of frons, and antenne brown, the frons with

EUBLEMMA. 109

black bar above; pectus, legs, and abdomen pale greyish irrorated

with brown, the fore tibize and tarsi suffused with brown. Fore

wing pale olive-yellow thickly irrorated with red-brown ; subbasal

line represented by two brown spots on costa, the antemedial line

by brown spots on costa and in cell and a diffused sinuous line

from cell to inner margin; ill-defined brown spots in middle of cell

and on discocellulars; postmedial line double, diffused, minutely

waved, oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4,

some pale points beyond it on costa; terminal area suffused with

reddish brown, the subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; cilia whitish mixed with reddish brown. Hind

wing white faintly tinged with olive and irrorated with grey ;

diffused medial and postmedial olive-grey lines from below costa to

inner margin; a diffused olive-grey subterminal line; terminal

area suffused with greyish fuscous; a terminal series of fuscous

spots connected by a fine line, with some white before it; cilia

white; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, diffused medial and postmedial lines formed

of brown irroration.

Ab. 1. cretula. Head, thorax, and fore wing yellowish white,

the last with the markings olive-yellow; abdomen white; hind

wing yellowish white with the markings pale olive-yellow.

Hab. 8. Francr, Sand Coll.; Spain, Andalusia, Leech Coll.,

Murcia, Aragon, Grenada (Walsingham, Irby); Ivaty ; Datmatta ;

Greece, Leech Coll.; Armenra; Asta Minor, Pontus, Lydia, Mag-

nesia (Lederer), Zeller and Frey Colls.; Syria, Leech Coll., Mardin ;

Patestine. Hap. 22-28 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 287; Hffm. Raup. p. 141.

On various species of Phlomis rolling up the leaves. 7.

5131. Eublemma stygiochroa, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 23.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown; pectus and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the tarsi ringed with white.

Fore wing glossy black-brown; an indistinct waved black ante-

medial line; a narrow slightly curved white medial band ; post-

medial line black, slightly defined on outer side by whitish and

with white spot at costa, excurved below costa and at middle and

angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; subterminal line

absent; cilia white at apex. Hind wing glossy black; a narrow

white medial band expanding into a spot below costa, then obliquely

excurved; subterminal white spots at discal and submedian folds.

Underside of fore wing with bluish white postmedial and sub-

terminal bands, the former narrower towards costa to which it is

slightly bent inwards, the latter curved; hind wing with oblique

bluish white medial band from below costa to inner margin to

which it is bent inwards, and subterminal band from vein 6 to inner

margin.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 9 type. Hwp. 20 millim,

110 NOCTUID..

5132. Eublemma jucunda.

Noctua jucunda, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 486, 492 (1818); Dup. Lép.

Fy, vii. pt. 1, p. 280, pl. 117. £.6, & Suppl. iii. pl. 43. f. 5 a, 6; Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 226.

Ennychia sepulcralis, Treit, Schmett. Hur. vii. p. 199 (1829); Frr. Beitr.

pl. 84. f. 4.

Head whitish, the antenne brown; thorax and abdomen grey

suffused with reddish brown, the last with whitish segmental lines ;

tarsi slightly ringed with whitish. Fore wing grey thickly pencilled

with red-brown; two faint sinuous antemedial lines; a strong

black medial line somewhat diffused on inner side and slightly

excurved below costa; postmedial line indistinct, red-brown,

excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards at discal fold

and ineurved below vein 4, a slight whitish mark beyond it on

costa, which is blackish beyond it; subterminal line with slight

mark at costa, then defined on inner side by brown, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle with patches of blackish suffusion before it,

angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 3 ; a puncti-

form black terminal line; cilia with a fine whitish line at base.

Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with brown ; two oblique

blackish medial lines filled in with whitish ; subterminal white spots

at discal and submedian folds, with a diffused black band before

them expanding into a large patch between them ; a diffused black

terminal line; cilia grey and fuscous; the underside white tinged

with brown and irrorated with dark brown, the medial white band

defined by black lines more prominent, a diffused subterminal white

band incurved at discal and submedian folds and defined on inner

side by a diffused sinuous black line.

Hab. 8S. Franez, Zeller, Frey, Sand, and Leech Colls.; N. Ivaty,

Pegli, Frey Coll. wp, 20-26 millim.

5133. Eublemma bolinia. (Plate CLI. fig. 24.)

Metachrostis bolinia, Hmpsn. Ann, 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 411 (1902).

Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown; abdomen grey

suffused with fuscous leaving pale segmental bands ; palpi, pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with brown.

Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with red-brown, the basal half and

terminal area more or less strongly suffused with red-brown; a

subbasal blackish point on costa; antemedial line brown defined on

inner side by whitish, angled outwards below costa and excurved

below the cell, a blackish bar before it across the-cell ; antemedial

line red-brown defined on outer side by white and rather diffused on

inner side, slightly excurved from below costa to median nervure;

postmedial line red-brown slightly defined on outer side by white,

excurved below costa, at middle and above inner margin and

ineurved at discal and submedian folds, some slight white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line white defined on inner side by

fuscous brown suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

bent outwards to tornus; a dark terminal line. Hind wing grey

EUBLEMMA. I

suffused and irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous black; a rather diffused oblique black medial line from

below costa to inner margin; a rather diffused oblique slightly

sinuous postmedial line; a small white spot beyond it on costa;

subterminal white spots at discal and submedian folds with a large

black patch between and before them emitting a black bar to inner

margin before the submedian spot ; a black terminal line ; cilia grey

mixed with brown; the underside white irrorated with brown, the

medial and postmedial lines as above, an indistinct crenulate

subterminal line.

Hab, Trawsvast, White R. (Cooke), 1 6,1 2, Johannesburg

(Cooke), 1 3 ; Narat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 ¢ type; Basurotanp,

Maseru (Crawshay), 1 3$ ; Cap Conony, Annshaw (Miss fF.

Barrett),2 $. Hxp. 20-22 millim.

5134, Eublemma hypozonata, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 25.)

d. Head and thorax chocolate-brown mixed with grey ; palpi

and frons whitish; abdomen blackish with fine white segmental

lines; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged

with brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing

chocolate-brown glossed with grey; an indistinct inwardly oblique

whitish antemedial band narrowing to inner margin and with

diffused blackish spots beyond it in cell and submedian fold; traces

of a curved medial line with a yery ill-defined whitish band beyond

it before the very indistinct postmedial line; subterminal line

hardly traceable, with slight dark suffusion before it at discal fold,

excurved at middle; a dark terminal line; cilia with slight whitish

line at base and white patch at apex. Hind wing glossy greyish

suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal half darker ; cilia with

white patches at apex, middle, and submedian fold; the underside

fuscous brown, some white streaks at base, an oblique white medial

band with the blackish discoidal lunule on it, and subterminal series

of slight white streaks.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Kibauni (Crawshay), 1 $ type. Exp.

20 millim.

5135. Eublemma leucanitis, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 26.)

@. Head and thorax red-brown with a greyish tinge; abdomen

greyish suffused with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown ;

tarsi fuscous with pale rings. Fore wing greyish ochreous tinged

with rufous and irrorated with dark brown, the basal half of

medial area and the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown;

subbasal line represented by a blackish striga from costa; ante-

medial line blackish, angled outwards at subcostal and median

nervures, then waved ; medial line blackish, oblique from costa to

lower angle of cell, then incurved and slightly angled outwards

above inner margin ; postmedia] line dark brown, excurved below

costa and at middle, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some

whitish beyond it on costa followed by some white points; sub-

112 NOCTUID.

terminal line very indistinetly defined by fuscous suffusion on

inner side, somewhat dentate, incurved below vein 3; a terminal

series of blackish points; cilia white at apex. Hind wing grey-

brown suffused with fuscous black; two oblique blackish medial

lines filled in with whitish and bent inwards to inner margin ;

subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by black suffusion

forming a large patch at middle, the whitish forming a diffused

patch at discal fold ; a black terminal line; cilia with some whitish

at base and a patch at apex; the underside whitish tinged with

ochreous and irrorated with dark brown, the two medial lines as

above, a diffused dark subterminal band.

Hab. Care Cotony, Rosmead (Juby), 1 9 type. Hap. 28

millim.

5136. Eublemma leucozona, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 27.)

3S. Head and thorax grey-brown; abdomen brownish grey

dorsally suffused with fuscous; tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish.

Fore wing grey-brown; subbasal line slight, dark, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line dark, waved, angled outwards in

submedian interspace ; medial line brown, diffused on inner side,

slightly angled outwards at median nervure, then somewhat sinuous ;

postmedial line dark, angled outwards below costa and inwards at

discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved ; subterminal line

defined on inner side by blackish suffusion, angled outwards at veins

7, 4, 3, then incurved, an oblique blackish shade beyond it from

apex; a punctiform brown terminal line; cilia grey with some

brown at middle. Hind wing blackish, the base and costal area

brownish grey; a white medial band defined on each side by

blackish lines, excurved below the cell; subterminal line defined

by the terminal area being grey-white, incurved below costa and

excurved at middle; a black terminal line; cilia grey mixed

with fuscous; the underside grey suffused and irrorated with

blackish, the medial band not filled in with white at costa, the

terminal area somewhat darker than on upperside.

Hab. Br. EK. Arnica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 3, Neugia (Crawshay),

1 3, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 S$ type, Gwelil (Betton), 1 ¢, Eb

Urru (Betton), 1 g. Hvp. 16-20 millim.

5137. Eublemma syrtensis, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 28.)

@. Head white, the antenne brown; thorax white tinged with

red-brown ; abdomen whitish suffused with fuscous; tarsi brownish

ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with rufous

and irrorated with dark brown ; antemedial line faint, sinuous, with

black points at costa, in cell and submedian fold ; medial line brown,

obliquely excurved from costa just beyond antemedial line, slightly

incurved at end of cell and angled outwards at lower angle of cell,

then oblique and slightly incurved at submedian fold; slightly

defined on outer side by whitish; postmedial line dark brown defined

on outer side by whitish, excurved below costa and at middle,

BUBLEMMA. : iB

incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line white

defined on inner side by fuscous suffusion, excurved below costa and

at middle and incurved at discal and submedian folds ; a fine brown

terminal line; cilia whitish tinged with brown at tips. Hind wing

white faintly tinged with brown; two rather diffused black-brown

medial lines bent outwards below the cell; a diffused subterminal

white band incurved below costa and defined slightly by brown on

inner side, then defined by black suffusion and bent outwards to

tornus ; a black terminal line forming a diffused patch at apex ;

cilia white slightly tinged with brown at tips; the underside white

faintly tinged with brown, a slightly curved brown medial band

from below costa to submedian fold.

Hind wing with the cell rather short and veins 3, 4 stalked.

Hab. Ausexia, Hammam-es-Salahin (Walsingham), 1 2 type.

Exp. 22 millim.

5138. Eublemma suava.

Noctua suava, Hibn. Hur. Schinett., Noct. f.578 (1818); Frr. Neue Beitr. iv.

pl. 365 ff. 4, 5; Herr.-Sehaff. Eur. Schmett., Nuct. ff.519, 520; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 226.

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with rufous;

tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish. Fore wing ochreous suffused

with rufous ; antemedial line with dark point on costa, then hardly

traceable, sinuous; medial line red-brown defined on outer side by

white and diffused on inner side, slightly curved and excurved at

middle ; postmedial line with brown striga from costa defined on

outer side by white, then hardly traceable, sinuous, some white

points beyond it on costa: subterminal line indistinct, whitish

detined on inner side by brown suffusi-n, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, incurved at discal and submedian folds and bent

Fig. 39.—EHublemma suava, S. 1

outwards to tornus ; a fine red-brown terminal line: cilia greyish

fuscous with a white line at base. Hind wing white tinged with

rufous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; two “diffused

oblique fuscous brown medial lines filled in with white and excurved

below the cell; a white subterminal band expanding into a patch at

discal fold, excurved at middle and with blackish patch on its inner

side, then defind on inner side by a blackish band; a dark terminal

line; cilia greyish fuscous; the underside white irrorated with

VoL, X. . I

114 NOOTUID 2.

brown, the two medial lines prominent, the terminal area suffused

with fuscous brown and with a diffused blackish subterminal band.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing greyer brown.

2. Fore wing fuscous brown; hind wing black-brown, the

white bands prominent.

Hind wing with the cell rather short and veins 3, 4 stalked.

Hab. 8S. France; Avsrrra, Frey Coll.; Huneary, Zeller and

Leech Colls., Croatia; Sparn, Catalonia; Ivany; Datmaria, Zeller

and Leech Colls.; Batxan Srates. Hap. 24-32 millim.

5139. Eublemma arcuinna.

Noctua arcuinna, Hibn. Beitr. Ges. Schmett. ii. 4. p. 93, pl. 2. O (1793);

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 226.

Noctua inamena, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 301-2 (1802); Frr.

Neue Beitr. pl. 365. ff. 1-3; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. ui. p. 504, pl. 43.

fers

Noctua argillacea, Tausch. Mém. Mose. 1809, p. 328, pl. 20. f. 8.

Noctua ingratu, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. pl. 55. ff. 278-9

(1845).

Noctua blandula, Rmbr, Cat. Lép. 8. And. pl. 10. f. 2 (1858).

Noctua pergrata, Rmbr. Cat. Lép. 8. And. pl. 10. f. 3 (1858).

3d. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white tinged with brown ;

pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; tarsi fuscous with

slight pale rings. Fore wing grey suffused with brown; ante-

medial line with blackish spot at costa, then very indistinct,

sinuous ; medial line fuscous brown defined on outer side by white

and diffused on inner side, oblique from costa to median nervure ;

postmedial line oblique and blackish defined on outer side by

whitish at costa, then very indistinct, smuous, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side

by fuscous-brown suffusion, excurved at middle and incurved at

discal fold and below vein 3; a punctiform dark terminal line;

cilia greyish fuscous with a pale grey line at base. Hind wing

whitish tinged with brown; a diffused curved medial brown line

from cell to vein 1; postmedial line indistinct, almost obsolete on

costal half, oblique from costa to vein 4; terminal area grey-brown

with a blackish-brown patch before it between veins 4, 3; a fine

dark terminal line; cilia grey-brown with a whitish line at base ;

the underside white tinged and irrorated with brown except on

inner area and the medial band which is defined by distinct diffused

brown lines from costa to submedian fold.

®. Fore and hind wings suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 1. argillacea. Fore wing more ochreous brown; hind wing

whiter, the markings of both wings more distinct.

Ab. 2. ingrata. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous; hind wing

ochreous white tinged with brown, the markings of both wings

indistinct.

Ab. 8. blandula. Fore and hind wings ochreous white tinged

with brown, the medial and subterminal lines of fore wing and the

markings of hind wing distinct.

EUBLEMMA, {1

Hind wing with tiie cell rather short and veins 3, 4 stalked.

Hab, 8.E, Germany; Ausrria, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Hungary,

Frey & Leech Golls,; Sparn, Andalusia, Teech Goll, Albaracin

(Chapman), Murcia, Aragon; Iraty; Atesris; Darmarta; GREECE;

Crete; 8. Russta, Sarepta (Christoph); Anwunta; Asts Mrvnor,

Pontus, Bithynia; Psrsta, Schahkuh (Christoph), 1 ¢; W. Turk-

ESTAN, Ferghana, Issyk Kul, Ala Tau; W. Szeeria, Altai;

E. Turkestan, li; E. Stserra, Amurland, % 9; Corza, Gensan

(Jto), 1 3; N. Catva, Hep. 32-36 millim.

Lurva, Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 286; Hffm. Rauyp, p. 141; Gillmer,

Soc. Ent. xxii. p. 97 (1907).

Pale ochreous yellow, On the shoots of Onosma echioides. 7.

5140, Eublemma cuelecana. (Plate CLI, fig, 29.)

Eublemma kuelekana, Staud. Gat. Lep, Eur. ed. ii. p, 181 (1871); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 226,

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous.

Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous; traces of a sinuous rufous

antemedial line and of rufous points in end of eell and on disco-

cellulars ; medial line indistinct, rufous, oblique from costa to lower

angle of cell ; postmedial line very indistinct, rufous, evenly curved;

subterminal line indistinct, rufous, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and bent outvards to tornus; a fine rufous terminal line ;

cilia brownish with a white line at base. Hind wing ochreous

suffused with rufous; traces of oblique rufous medial and post-

medial lines and of a pale subterminal line defined on inner side

by rufous and execurved at middle; the termen suffused with

rufous; cilia yellowish white; the underside yellowish white suf-

fused with bright rufous.

Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing and veins 3, 4

from angle.

Hab. Asts Minor, Kuelek (Lederer), 2 ¢, Pontus, Taurus.

Exp. 38 millim.

5141. Eublemma chlorockroa, n. sp, (Plate CLI. fig. 30.)

g. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with some olive-

green ; abdomen white tinged with reddish ochreous leaving slight

white segmental lines. Fore wing ochreous white faintly irrorated

with brownish, the costa irrorated with fuscous with some white

points on postmedial area, the inner area suffused with pale olive-

green and slightly irrerated with fuscous except at base; faint

traces of a curved whitish antemedial line; a minute black point

in cell beyond middle; a faint whitish medial line oblique from

costa to lower angle of eell, then inwardly oblique; a pale yellow-

green cornucopia-shape@ patch with its apex in end of cell and

oxtending thence to costa just before apex and to termen at vein 2;

116 NOCTUID A.

traces of a dark postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, then

incurved ; a subterminal series of black strize on the green area and

a faint whitish striga above tornus; cilia ochreous white. Hind

wing pure white with slight dark terminal line.

@. Hind wing suffused with brown.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 2 ¢, Machakos

(Crawshay), 1 9, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 $, 1 2 type, Nairowa

(Betton), 1 3, E. Quaso (Betton), 1 9. Hap. 28-34 millim.

5142. Eublemma admota.

Acontia admota, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 31 (1874).

3. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with olive-green ;

antenne brownish ; abdomen white tinged with brownish ochreous.

Fore wing white; the costa suffused with olive-green with a

reddish tinge below it, the inner area suffused with olive-green

except at base, the cell white; a faint whitish antemedial line,

incurved in cell and excurved below it; faint traces of a pale

medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ;

a black point in cell beyond middle; a cornucopia-shaped_ yellow-

vreen patch defined by white, its apex in end of cell and extending

thence to costa just before apex and to termen at vein 2; a faint

medial whitish striga from costa and sinuous line from cell to inner

margin; postmedial line faint, whitish, olive-green on the green

area, oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved below vein 4 and

slightly exeurved above inner margin ; a subterminal series of black

strice on the green area, slightly excurved at middle, and a faint

oblique white striga above tornus; cilia white faintly chequered

with olive at base. Hind wing pure white with slight dark ter-

minal line.

®. Hind wing suffused with brown.

Hab. Axsysstnta, Atbara R. (Gerrard), 1 9; Soxorra, Hadibu

Plain (O. Grant), 1 9; Br. E. Arrica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 9,

Samburu (Betton), 1 2; Maswonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 3;

Br. BecnuanaLann, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 9; Transvaat, Potchef-

stroom (Roberts), 1 6, Johannesburg (Coole, Marshall), 1 3,1 92;

Naat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 3, 1 2, Maritzburg (Burnup),

192. Hap. 24-32 millim.,

5143. Eublemma olivacea.

Acontia olivacea, Wik. xii. p. 795 (1857); Hmpsn, Ill. Het. B. M. ix.

p- LOO, pl. 162. f. 21; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 342.

Anthophila nebulifera, Wik. xxxiii. 802 (1865).

Head and thorax white suffused with ochreous ; abdomen white.

Fore wing ochreous white slightly irrorated with olive-green, the

costal area with brownish; a faint slightly excurved whitish ante-

medial line; a faint pale medial line, oblique from costa to lower

angle of cell, then incurved; a slight oblique blackish discoidal

EUBLEMMA. 17

striga on an olive-green spot with a patch from its lower extremity

curved round and up to apex and diffused to termen where it

extends to vein 2; a reddish tinge beyond upper angle of cell;

a faint whitish postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 5, then

obliquely incurved; a subterminal blackish spot at vein 6; the

apex rufous ; cilia ochreous white. Hind wing pure white or with

the terminal area suffused with brown.

Hab. Punsas (Hearsey), 1 Q type; Sreuim, 2 ¢; Manras,

Coimbatore ( Wathouse), 1 9 type nebulifera; Cuyton (J'empleton),

23,12. Hep. 20-28 millim.

5144, Eublemma reducta.

Eublemma reducta, Butl, P. Z. 8. 1894, p. 588, pl. 37. f. 7.

3. Head and thorax creamy white; palpi and antenne tinged

with brown; abdomen white dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore

wing creamy white, the costal area and the terminal half of inner

area slightly irrorated with brown; traces of a sinuous antemedial

line excurved below the cell; faint traces of a pale medial line

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ;

a small black discoidal lunule with a diffused olive-brown band

curving round from its lower extremity up to apex; some faint

reddish suffusion beyond upper angle of cell; faint traces of a

postmedial line, strongly excurved from below costa to vein 5, then

oblique; three subterminal black points towards costa. Hind wing

white, the apex faintly tinged with brown; some slight black

points on termen from apex to vein 2; the underside white.

©. Hind wing suffused with brown.

Hab. Br. KE. Arrica, Sabaki Valley (Gregory), 1 ¢, 1 Q type.

Exp. 18 millim.

5145. Eublemma bipartita. (Plate CLI. fig. 31.)

Eublemma bipartita, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 11. p. 419 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white; palpi and antennee brownish ;

tibize and tarsi brownish, the latter ringed with white. Fore wing

with the basal half pure white, the terminal half bluish grey,

suffused and thickly striated with fuscous black; the costal edge

brownish on basal area; a subbasal brownish line from costa to

submedian fold; an antemedial brownish point below costa, minute

black point in cell, and slightly sinuous brownish line from cell to

inner margin; medial line defining the white area, oblique from

costa to iower angle of cell where it is acutely angled outwards, then

incurved and slightly sinuous; a small black discoidal spot;

postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by white, excurved

below costa and at middle, angled inwards in discal fold and

strongly incurved below vein 4, a white point beyond it on costa;

subterminal line white with a series of small black spots and

streaks on its outer side, waved, incurved at discal fold and below

118 Noerulpx.

vein 3; the ifterspaceés beyond it with white sftcaks; @ fitte black

terminal line; cilia pure white. Hind wing white faintly tinged

with brown especially on terminal area; ttaces of sinuous media}

and postmedial lines; a black terminal line; cilia pure white; the

underside with slight blackish irroration from middle of costa to

discoeelltilars,; a terminal series of black points ftom apex to vein 2.

Hab: TRawxsvaau (Lose; Cholmley), 2 6, 8 2 type; Johannesburg

(Cooke); 4 Q. Hep: 22 millim.

5146. Etblenima leucomélana: (Plate CHI. fig. 32.)

Eublemma léucomelana; Hmpsn: Aun: 8. Afr: Mus. ii. p. 420 (1902).

Head and thorax creamy white; antenne brown: fore tibie and

the tarsi browhish ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally

tinged with ochreous. Fore wing with the basal half creamy white,

the terminal half reddish brown, the otter half of medial ares

tinged with purplish grey ; a faint diffused subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold; a slight antemedial dark spot on costa and traces

of a line frem eeli to inner margin; a black point in middle of cell ;

medial line purplish grey defined on inner side by dark brown,

dentate outtvards on median nervure; a slight blaek discoida]

striga; postmedial line blackish defined oh otiter side by white.

towards costa, excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards

at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, a white point beyond it on

costa; subterminal Jine indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by

some dark red-brown marks and with irregular black spots on

outer, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at

discal fold; cilia white tinged with rufous and with a rufous line

at middle. Hind wing creamy white, the terminal area tinged

with brown, a fine dark terminal line; cilia creamy white; the

underside with the costal avea slightly irrorated with brown on

terminal half, slight subterminal brownish marks near apex and at

discal and stbmediah folds and some minute black pots on

termen. :

Hab. Carn Cotony, 1 ¢, Deelfohtein (Sloggett), 2 9, Annshaw

(Miss I. Barrett), 1 38,192 type, #vp. 16-18 millim.

5147; Eublemma ostrina:

Noctute ostrina, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 399, 648 (1808); Dup. Lép.

Fy., Suppl. iii. p. 514, pl. 44. f. 1; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct.

f. 281; Rmbr. Cat. Lép. 8. And. pl. 13. ff. 3-6:

Micra carthami, Herr.-Schiff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p: 488, Noct. f. 558

1845).

Cale porphyrina, Frr. Neue Beitr. ¥: p. 98, pl. 487. ff. 3, 4 (1848) ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal p. 288.

Micra numida, Licas, Explor. Alg. p. 888, pl. 111. f. 8 (1848).

Micra estivalis, Guen. Noct. il. p. 247 (1862).

Thalpochares purpurata, Led. Noct: Eur. p. 48 (1857).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale olive-ochreous, the head and

tegule tinged with rufous, the abdomen with slight white segmental

EUBLEMMA. 119

lines; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whiter. Fore wing

pale olive-ochreous, the postmedial area suffused with red-brown

and tinged with pink with a white patch on costal area; a slight

dark streak below base of cell; short rufous streaks on medial area

before the indistinct diffused rufous medial line which is angled

outwards at lower angle of cell, then oblique; a black discoidal

point with a minute wedge-shaped white wnark before it; a diffused

oblique postmedial brown bar from costa; the postmedial area with

rufous streaks in the interspaces becoming black at costa and

towards the subterminal line, which is pure white, excurved below

vein 7 and at middie and slightly angled inwards at discal fold and

below vein 3, some rufous suffusion beyond it and a black spot at

apex ; a fine brown terminal line with a yellowish-white line before

it; cilia yellowish white with a rufous line near tips. Hind wing

yellowish white tinged with red-brown; cilia white ; the underside

white, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish

discoidal point and terminal series of slight points.

Ab. 1. estivalis. Much paler, yellowish white; fore wing without

any pink, the markings indistinct.

Ab. 2. carthami. Fore wing almost uniform yellowish white.

Ab. 3. porphyrina. Fore wing whiter with dark medial and

postmedial bands.

Hab, Britax, England; Francn, Leech Coll., Cannes ( Walsing-

ham); 8. W. Germany; Austria, Carniola; Swirzertanp, Leech.

Coll.; Spain, Leech Coll.; [rany, Rome, Zeller Coll., Itri, Zeller

Coll.; Stctny, Zeller Coll,; Atemria, (Mrs. Nicholl), Philippeville,

(Walsingham), Hammam-es-Salahin (Walsingham); Morocco,

Tangier, Leech Coll.; Canartus, Teneriffe ( Walsingham), Mavetra ;

Greece; Rumerra; S. Russta, Sarepta, Leech Coll.; Anrmenta ;

Asta Minor (Lederer); Ruopus, Zeller Coll.; Cyprus (Glaszner) ;

Syria, Lebanon (Pratt), Mardin; Heyer, Maryut (Graves), 1 9 ;

Persran Gur, Fao (Cuming), 1 d: W. Turxestan, Turcomania,

Ferghana, Sarawschan, Issyk Kul, Tarbagakai Mts; W. Srperia,

Altai; Moneorra, Uliassutai; BomBay, Deesa (Nurse), 25, 49.

Hep. 18-28 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 288; Hffm. Raup. p. 142.

Greenish with pale dorsal and subdorsal lines ; warts brownish,

each with a single long hair; head dark brown ; two anterior pairs

of prolegs absent. Food-plants: Carduus and Helichrysum

angustifolium ; three broods.

5148. Eublemma staudingeri. (Plate CLII. fig. 2.

Thalpochares staudingeri, Wllgrn. Cify. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1875, p. 112.

Kublemma pretorie, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 225 (1898).

3S. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with reddish

brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with reddish brown ; aslght

black streak in submedian fold; a slight subbasal blaek streak below

vein 1; a slight black streak in the cell from before middle to the

small discoidal black spot placed on the somewhat diffused medial

120 NOCTUID ©.

black line which is oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then

inwardly oblique; a diffused oblique postmedial blackish bar from

costa; subterminal line whitish with wedge-shaped black streaks

before it forming a diffused pateh on costal area running out

obliquely to apex with some whitish points on it at costa, the streak

in discal fold extending almost to discoidal spot, the line exeurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

yellowish tinged with rufous at apex. Hind wing ochreous suffused

with reddish brown, the terminal area darker; an indistinct oblique

dark medial line; a fine dark terminal line ; the underside ochreous

tinged with brown and slightly irrorated with black, a black dis-

coidal spot on a diffused curved brown medial line, a punctiform

blackish terminal line.

@. Much darker, the thorax, abdomen and wings suffused with

dark brown.

Hab. N. Nreerta, Borgu, Yelwa L. (Migeod), 3 g; MasnonaLanp,

Umtali (Marshall), 1 3; Transvaat, Piet Retief (Crawshay), 3 3;

Narat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 g,2 2. Hxp. 20-26 millim.

5149. Eublemma nigrivitta. (Plate CLII. fig. 3.)

Eublemma nigrivitta, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 421 (1902).

Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with dark brown; the head

browner; abdomen pale greyish dorsally suffused with fuscous

brown ; pectus and legs irrorated with brown, the tarsi fuscous

ringed with whitish. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous,

the base of costa and basal half of medial area greyish irrorated with

dark brown; autemedial line blackish, sinuous; a blackish point

in middle of cell and discoidal bar ; medial line black, oblique from

costa to just beyond the cell, slightly incurved at discal fold, excurved

beyond lower angle of cell, then incurved and again excurved above

inner margin ; postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 6, then

minutely dentate and produced to whitish points on the veins,

angled inwards at submedian fold, a greyish and fuscous brown

shade beyond it and some pale points on costa; subterminal line

represented by a fine minutely dentate brown line on its outer edge,

a small black spot beyond it below costa and a short streak in discal

fold ; a fine blackish terminal line; cilia ochreous tinged with rufous

and mixed with fuscous. Hind wing ochreous tinged with brown on

inner half, some black irroration along vein 1 ; medial and postmedial

blackish lines from below costa to inner margin and traces of two sub-

terminal lines; a fine black terminal line; cilia ochreous mixed

with some fuscous ; the underside ochreous tinged with rufous and

irrorated with brown except on inner area, traces of a minutely

waved medial line and of a more distinct postmedial line with some

black points on it.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the whole basal half suffused with

fuscous,

Hub. Care Cotony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 6 ¢,0 @ type.

Exp. 24-26 millim.

EUBLEMMA. Wil

5150. Eublemma atriciliata, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 4.)

¢. Head and fore legs rufous; tegule pure white with a rufous

line at base; thorax and abdomen brownish white, the latter

dorsally irrorated with brown. Fore wing creamy white slightly

irrorated with rufous; a black subbasal point on costa ; antemedial

line red-brown with black points at costa and in cell, incurved in

cell, then oblique; a black discoidal point ; medial line red-brown

with a black point at costa, oblique from costa to just beyond upper

angle of cell, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 4

and excurvyed ahove inner margin; postmedial ]me red-brown,

oblique at costa; then indistinct and minutely waved, slightly

angled inwards at discal fold and oblique below vein 4, a red-brown

spot beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, white, minutely

waved, with a series of black points on its outer edge ; a fine rufous

terminal line; cilia thickly irrorated with black except at base.

Hind wing creamy white slightly irrorated with rufous; a medial

line formed of rufous and black scales from below eosta to inner

margin ; traces of a minutely waved rufous postmedial line and of

a minutely dentate whitish subterminal line with a series of black

points on its outer edge ; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia rufous

at base, blackish at tips; the underside whitish tinged with rufous,

traced of a diffused medial line and minutely waved curved post-

medial line.

Hab. Stycarorz (Ridley), 1 $ type. Hap. 20 millim.

5151. Eublemma albicosta, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 5.)

6. Head and tegule white tinged with brown ; thorax pale red,

white in front; abdomen ochreous suffused with red ; pectus, legs,

and yentral surface of abdomen white, the fore legs brownish. Fore

wing yellowish almost wholly suffused and irrorated with fiery red,

the costa pure white; an indistinct curved red antemedial line ;

medial line red, oblique from costa to beyond upper angle of cell,

then inwardly oblique; postmedial line red, excurved below costa

and at middle and incurved at discal and submedian folds, some

black points beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of black points

with slight white points on their inner side, excurved at middle; a

deep red terminal line. Hind wing yellowish almost wholly suf-

fused with fiery red; traces of an oblique red medial line and

sinuous postmedial line; a subterminal series of black points; a

deep red terminal line; cilia crimson at tips; the underside

yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas sparsely irrorated

with brown, a terminal series of black points.

Hab, Sterra Leone (Clements), 1 3; Gorn Coast, Kumasi

(Whiteside), 2 3 type. Hep. 20 millim.

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5152. EKublemma proleuca, n.sp. (Plate CLILI. fig. 6.)

Q. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous; abdomen

blood-red at base, then dark brown with pale segmental lines, the

ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing blood-

red finely striated with brown, the costal area and termen ochreous

white, the costal edge brown; antemedial line represented by a

dark point on costa and diffused curved red line from cell to inner

margin ; a rather oblique white discoidal bar; medial line repre-

sented by a dark point on costa and diffused red line from below

costa, excurved beyond the cell, then incurved and sinuous ; post-

media] line rather diffused, red, excurved from costa to vein 4, then

incurved and ending at tornus; some slight brown marks just

before termen from apex to vein 5; a fine brown terminal line and

series of dark points on the cilia. Hind wing blood-red finely

striated with brown and with traces of diffused oblique red medial

and postmedial lines ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with

fuscous, the terminal area suffused with brown.

Hab. 8. Nigerta, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 1 Q type. Hep. 12

millim.

5153. Eublemma albifascia, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 7.)

¢. Head and tegule ochreous suffused with rufous, the palpi

and antennee deep red-brown ; thorax and abdomen deep purplish

rufous, the prothorax with white band; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen ochreous white, the tibie and tarsi tinged with

brown. Fore wing deep purplish rufous, the costa narrowly white

to near apex, the costal edge blackish towards base ; a faint oblique

dark antemedia] line, incurved at vein 1; a rather diffused blackish

discoidal spot; a faint dark medial line, excurved from costa to

beyond the cell, then sinuous ; postmedial line faint, dark, excurved

from costa to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved above inner

margin; traces of a subterminal series of shght blackish spots.

Hind wing deep purplish rufous with faint traces of an oblique

medial line, waved postmedial line and subterminal series of blackish

points ; the underside whitish tinged with brown.

Hab, Gotp Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 3g type. Exp. 32

millim.

5154. Eublemma flavicosta, n..sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 8.)

@. Head and tegule yellow suffused with red; thorax and

abdomen chocolate-brown tinged with grey; pectus and legs

yellowish suffused with rufous. Fore wing chocolate-brown suffused

with purplish grey, the costal area yellow; an indistinct brown

antemedial line from the costal area to inner margin, defined on

inner side by grey and slightly excurved below the cell; sinuous

brown medial and postmedial lines from the costal area to inner

BUBLEMMA. 123

margin; subterminal line brown, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle; a waved brown terminal line; cilia with

a slight whitish line at base. Hind wing chocolate-brown suffused

with purplish grey and irrorated with dark brown ; indistinct

obliquely curved dark medial and postmedial lines; an indistinct

dark subterminal line defined on inner side by grey, slightly angled

inwards in discal fold; a fine waved brown terminal line; cilia

with a slight whitish line at base; the underside bluish white

tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown.

Hab. Transyaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 Q type. Exp. 26 millim.

5155. Eublemma atrifusa, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 9.)

@. Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi at sides, antenne and

a bar between their base and the tegule red-brown ; pectus and

legs irrorated with brown; abdomen dorsally fuscous with some

rufous at base and pale segmental lines, ventrally yellow irrorated

with a few brown seales. Fore wing yellow sutfused with red

except on costal area ; the costal edge black towards base; a sub-

basal black spot above inner margin; antemedial line diffused, black,

interrupted below costa, then waved ; a small black discoidal spot ;

medial line diffused, black, strongly excurved beyond the cell ;

postmedial line black, diffused and somewhat maculate, oblique

towards costa and incurved at discal fold and between vein 3 and

submedian fold; a small subterminal black spot below apex and

rather diffused dark dentate line from vein 6 to inner margin with

black spots on it above and below veins 5 and 1; a fine dark

terminal line. Hind wing yellow tinged with red and largely

suffused with blackish except at termen ; an oblique black medial

line from cell to inner margin ; two diffused irregularly waved black

postmedial lines and a maculate subterminal line from below apex

to vein 2 towards which it is reduced to points; a fine blackish

terminal line; the underside yellowish irrorated with black, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous, traces of two diffused blackish

postmedial lines and a subterminal line.

Hab. Gown Coasr, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 2 type. Hep. 20

millim.

5156. Eublemma ochrochroa, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 10.)

3. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown; palpi aud

legs red-brown; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing brownish ochreous

tinged with rufous especially towards apex and irrorated with black;

an indistinct oblique sinuous blackish antemedial line trom cell toinner

margin; a slight black discoidal lunule with a diffused fuscous shade

beyond it ; an ill-defined oblique medial black line from vein 6 well

beyond the cell to inner margin; a blackish postmedial line,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; a subterminal series

of small blackish spots. Hind wing ochreous white slightly irrorated

124 NOCTUIDAE.

with brown; traces of curved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Underside of fore wing with the disk irrorated with black ; hind

wing ochreous yellow, some brown irroration on apical area.

Hab, Sierra Leonsg (Clements), 2 ¢ type. wp. 18 millim.

5157. Eublemma minuta, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 11.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; tegule, palpi, and fore

legs tinged with red. Fore wing ochreous irrorated with brown,

the costa tinged with rufous; an obliquely curved blackish ante-

medial line ; a diffused blackish discoidal spot ; medial line blackish,

excurved from below costa to beyond the cell, then oblique; post-

medial line blackish, strongly excurved from below costa to vein 4,

then oblique to inner margin at the medial line; a blackish terminal

line. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous,

Hab. Br, E. Arrica, Athi Valley (Crawshay), 1 g type. Hwp.

10 millim.

5158. Eublemma apicata. (Plate CLII. figs. 12 ¢, 18 9.)

Eublemma apicata, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 225 (1898).

Evrastria acrochiona, Mab. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 729.

$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish ochreous ; pectus

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing pale brownish

ochreous tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated with black; a

blackish subbasal spot on costa; traces of a sinuous antemedial line;

diffused blackish spots in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; traces

of a sinuous medial line excurved beyond the cell; postmedial line

very indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique

and minutely waved ; subterminal line formed by minute whitish

points with blackish spots before them below veins 7, 6 and in sub-

median fold ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia whitish mixed

with fuscous. Hind wing ochreous white irrorated with fuscous

brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; cilia white with

a series of black points; the underside white tinged with brown

and irrorated with black, blackish points in middle of cell and on

discocellulars and a terminal series.

Q. Head and thorax bright rufous to fuscous brown ; abdomen

greyish fuscous ; fore wing bright rufous to fuscous brown; the

subterminal line defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side towards

costa and inner margin, with a pure white patch beyond it at apex

with point below it and small spot in submedian fold; hind wing

with the basal half grey suffused with fuscous, the terminal halt

black ; cilia grey-white with some fuscous at base.

Hab. EK. Arrica, type t 2 acrochiona in Coll. Mabille; Br. C.

Arrtca, Likoma (de Jersey), 1 ¢,1 9; Masnonatanp, Salisbury

(Marshall), 1 2; Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 2 3, Pretoria

(Janse), 1 6,2 9; Navan, Weenen, 1 9, Tugela R., Bonds Drift

(Reynolds), 1 9, Durban (Leigh), 1 3,1 9: Carn Conony, Transkei

(Miss F, Barrett), 1 $, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett),1 9. Exp.

20-26 millim. Type fin Coll. Distant.

EUBLEMMA. 125

5159. Eublemma nyctichroa, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 14.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with some

grey; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen pale brown

irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi black with pale rings. Fore wing

glossy chocolate-brown suffused with fuscous black and slightly

irrorated with grey; antemedial line very indistinct, double, a

blackish medial shade; postmedial line very indistinct, double filled

in with greyish, oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved below

vein 4; subterminal line hardly traceable, excurved to near termen

at middle ; a fine dark terminal line defined on inner side by a very

slight whitish line. Hind wing very dark glossy chocolate-brown,

the cilia grey brown with a slight pale line at base; the underside

slightly irrorated with grey and with traces of dark discoidal spot

and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Axsysstnia, Atbara R. (Gerrard), 1 9; Br. EH. Arrica, Eb

Urru (Betton), 1 2 type. Hap. 18 millim.

*5160. Eublemma candicans.

Noctua candicans, Rmbr. Cat. Lép. S. And. pl. 10. f. 5 (1858), ¢; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

Noctua extranea, Rmbr. Cat. Lép. 8. And. pl. 13. f. 2 (1858), ¢.

Noctua extraria, Rmbr, Cat. Lép. 8. And. pl. 15. f. 1 (1858), 2.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen white suffused with ochreous

brown. Fore wing white suffused with brown leaving the base,

costal area to postmedial line, and cell white ; a faint diffused waved

brown antemedial line; a few black scales in middle of cell and a

black discoidal striga ; medial line brown, rather diffused, oblique

from costa to beyond upper angle of cell and inwardly oblique below

vein 4; postmedial line brown, slightly defined on outer side by

white, oblique from costa to vein 7 and inwardly oblique below

vein 4; subterminal line white, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and excurved at middle, defined on outer side by small blackish

spots ; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia brownish with white line

at base. Hind wing white suffused with reddish brown, the basal

area whiter; cilia brownish with a white line at base. Underside

of fore wing brown, the inner area white, the veins of terminal

area slightly streaked with white; hind wing creamy white irrorated

with a few black-brown scales, the terminal area tinged with

brown.

3. Ground-colour nearly uniform fuscous grey.

Ab. 1. ¢. Ground-colour whitish, fore wing with some brownish

suffusion before subterminal line; hind wing with diffused brown

subterminal line.

Hab. Spain, Andalusia, Malaga in Coll. Piingeler; Ategrria, Evp.

34 millim,

126 NOCTUID®. |

5161. Eublemma carneotincta, n. sp. (Plate CLI. fig. 15.)

6. Head and tegulie rufous mixed with some whitish ; thorax

and abdomen whitish suffused with purplish pink and slightly

irrorated with fuscous; tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing

whitish suffused with purplish pink and slightly irrorated with

fuscous ; traces of a punctiform black antemedial line excurved

below costa, then oblique; a diffused black discoidal spot with a

smaller spot before it ; medial line indistinct, blackish, oblique from

costa to beyond upper angle of cell and inwardly oblique below vein

4; a postmedial series of black points, oblique from costa to vein 6,

some black points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of small

black spots and a terminal series of points. Hind wing whitish

suffused with purplish pink except on costal area; traces of a post-

medial series of black points, a subterminal series of small spots and

a terminal series of points; the underside white tinged with brown

and irrorated with a few black scales.

Hab. Sizrra Leone (Clements), 2 3 type. Hep. 18-20 millim,

5162. Eublemma vinotincta. (Plate CLII. fig. 16.)

Eublemma vinotincta, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 206 (1902).

Head and tegule pale rufous mixed with some white; thorax

and abdomen white mixed with rufous. Fore wing white suffused

and irrorated with purplish red especially towards tornus, the costal

edge pale red-brown; an indistinct red-brown antemedial line

defined on inner side by whitish, angled outwards below costa, then

oblique and slightly waved; a slight discoidal lunule sometimes

filled in with black; medial line oblique from costa to reniform and

incurved below the cell; postmedial line slightly defined by white

on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved below

vein 4; traces of a pale subterminal line with a series of black points

on its outer edge, obsolescent on inner half, excurved at middle.

Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with purplish red except

on basal and costal areas ; an indistinct double oblique medial line

filled in with whitish from discal fold to inner margin ; traces of a

minutely waved postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish

except on costal area and of a pale minutely waved subterminal line

with some black points on its outer edge ; the underside grey-white

suffused with brown.

Hab. Cryton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 9 type, Centr. Province

(Alston, de Mowbray), 1 3,19. Hap. 16 millim.

Larva. Coccidiphagous, feeding on a species of Lecanium and

forming a covering of their scales. (/. H. Green).

5163. Eublemma apicipuncta.

Anthophila apicipunctum, Saalm. Lép. Madag. p. 358, f. 166 (1891).

3g. Head and tegule pale rufous ; thorax grey-brown; abdomen

whitish tinged with rufous; pectus white ; tibice and tarsi suffused

EUBLEMMA. We

with rufous, the latter ringed with white. Fore wing grey suffused

and irrorated with reddish brown, the basal half of medial area and

the terminal area slightly darker except towards costa; a subbasal

black point on costa; antemedial line represented by two slight

dark points on costa and a point in cell; a faint dark discoidal

point ; medial line brown with black point at costa, angled outwards

beyond upper angle of cell and oblique below vein 4; postmedial

line with black point at costa, then indistinct, brownish faintly

defined on outer side by whitish, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some white points with slight brown streaks between them beyond

it on costa; a subterminal series of black points with a small

dentate mark below apex; a fine brown terminal line. Hind wing

whitish suffused with red-brown and with traces of a postmedial

line; the underside yellowish white suffused and irrorated with red

except on inner area, a slight blackish discoidal point, indistinct

curved rufous postmedial line and terminal series of black points

from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Sierra Leone (Clements), 1 g ; Mapaeascar. Lup. 16

millim.

5164. Eublemma poliochroa, n. sp. (Plate CLILI. fig. 17.)

@. Head and thorax white tinged with pale reddish brown, the

palpi and antenne reddish brown; abdomen grey suffused with

reddish brown ; tarsi brownish ringed with white. Fore wing grey

tinged with reddish brown, the costal edge pale rufous ; a subbasal

black point on costa; antemedial line with black point at costa,

then very indistinct, brownish, curved; a slight dark discoidal

lunule ; medial line with black point at costa, then indistinct, brown,

excurved to vein 4 just beyond the cell, then oblique ; postmedial

line brown with black point at costa, oblique to vein 7, then

minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4, some slight whitish points

beyond it on costa; traces of a pale subterminal line with a series

of black points on its outer edge; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

rufous with a grey line at base. Hind wing grey tinged with

rufous; an indistinct oblique brown medial line except on costal

area; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line; traces of a pale

subterminal line with a series of black points on its outer edge

except towards costa; a fine dark terminal line; cilia refous with

a grey line at base; the underside white, the costal area faintly

tinged with ochreous, the terminal area slightly irrorated with

brown, traces of a postmedial line, a terminal series of blackish

strie.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal half of medial area suffused and

irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Sincarore (Ridley), 2 9 type. Hxp. 22 millim.

128 NOCTUID ®.

*5165. Eublemma pulvinarie.

Thalpochares pulvinarie, Oliff. Agric. Gaz. N.S. Wales, iil. p. 179 (1892),

& iv. p. 685, plate. f. 2.

@. Head, antennzx, and tegule pale brownish ochreous; thorax

pale ash-grey ; abdomen silvery grey ; legs white, the tibic and tarsi

irrorated with brownish ochreous. Fore wing pale glossy silvery

grey very indistinctly irrorated with pale brownish ochreous ;

antemedial, medial, and postmedial lines brownish ochreous,

excurved below costa, then oblique, the postmedial line somewhat

incurved below vein 4 and with a diffused brownish ochreous

mark beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series

of black points, confluent towards apex to which it is bent outwards ;

cilia reddish ochreous. Hind wing pale fuscous grey, ochreous

white at base and inner margin, the termen darker; the underside

silvery white slightly irrorated with fuscous except at base and

inner margin.

Hab. N.S. Waxezs, Murray R., Wentworth. Hwvp. 22 millim.

This species is unknown to me.

Larva. Yellowish white, the head and thoracic plate red-brown ;

feeds on the eggs, adult females and ovisacs of the salt-bush seale

Puluinaria maskelli. xii.

5166. Eublemma glaucochroa. (Plate CLII. fig. 18.)

Eublemma glaucochroa, Turner ined.

Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with rufous; pectus

and ventral surface of abdomen whiter. Fore wing greyish suffused

with rufous and thickly irrorated with black; antemedial line

whitish, incurved below submedian fold; a whitish medial line,

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then slightly incurved ;

postmedial line whitish, excurved at middle; subterminal line

indistinct, whitish, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a fine dark terminal line; cilia with a faint whitish line at base.

Hind wing whitish tinged and irrorated with reddish brown

especially on terminal half; a fine dark terminal line; the under-

side white faintly tinged with rufous and irrorated with black

except on inner area, traces of diffused, curved postmedial and

subterminal lines.

Hab. Qurenstanp (Arnold), 1 3, 1 9. Hxp. 20 millim.

Type 7 in Coll. Turner.

5167. Eublemma silicula. (Plate CLII. fig. 19.)

Eublemma silicula, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (6) xix. p. 167 (1897).

Head and tegule rufous ; thorax and abdomen white tinged with

rufous; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore

wing white thickly irrorated with rufous, the terminal area suffused

with rufous, the costal edge white; a slight brown subbasal line

EUBLEMMA. 129

from costa to submedian fold with black point on costa; antemedial

line brown with black point on costa, sinuous ; two minute blackish

points in middle of cell and a discoidal point ; medial line brown,

oblique from costa to just beyond upper angle of cell and incurved

below vein 4, slightly defined on outer side by white; postmedial

line brown slightly defined on outer side by white and with black

point at costa, oblique from costa to vein 6, then minutely dentate,

slightly incurved at discal fold, oblique below vein 4 and angled

inwards in submedian fold, the costa beyond it with alternating

black and white points; subterminal line indistinct, whitish with

u series of minute blackish points on its outer edge. minutely

dentate and slightly angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ;

cilia rufous with fine pale strie. Hind wing whitish thickly

irrorated with rufous except on costal area, the terminal area

suffused with rufous; an indistinct rufous medial line slightly

defined on outer side by whitish and not extending to costa; an

indistinct waved rufous postmedial line defined on outer side by

whitish ; a minutely waved whitish subterminal line with some

black scales on its outer edge; cilia rufous with fine pale strie ;

the underside white tinged with rufous.

Ab. 1. Both wings with the cilia deep rufous at middle and pink

at tips. —Queensland.

Hab, Puxsas, Kangra Valley: (Dudyeon), 1 9, Allahabad, 2 ¢,

LD a shovap, Karéchi (Swinhoe), 2 3 type; QuEEnsLanp, orale

(Dodd), 1 $. Hep. 18-20 millim.

5168. Eubiemma coccidiphaga. (Plate CLI. fig. 20.)

EKublemma coccidiphaga, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 516 (1896).

d. Head and tegule rufous mixed with ochreous; thorax and

abdomen ochreous white tinged with rufous ; fore legs and the tarsi

rufous, the latter ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous white

tinged with rufous, the costal edge red-brown towards base ;

antemedial line with black point at costa, then very indistinct,

sinuous; a fuscous discoidal spot; medial line indistinct, brownish

with black point at costa, oblique from costa to just beyond upper

angle of cell and incurved below vein 4; postmedial line brownish

with black point at costa and slightly defined on outer side by

whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal

fold, incurved below vein 4 and excurved above inner margin, the

costa beyond it red-brown with some white points omit; a faint

waved whitish subterminal line, angled inwards at discal and

submedian folds and with traces of black points on its outer edge

towards costa; a pale rufous terminal line; cilia pale rufous with

a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with

rufous ; an indistinct oblique rufous medial line ; a slight minutely

waved brownish postmedial line faintly defined on outer side by

VOR, X. K

130 NOCTUID2.

white ; a brown terminal line; cilia pale rufous with a fine whitish

line at base; the underside ochreous white faintly tinged with

rufous.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the discoidal spot almost obsolete, suffused

with white scales.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the medial area except towards costa and

hind wing with the antemedial area except the costa and inner

margin suffused with chocolate-brown.

Hab. Cryion, Puttalam (Green, Pole), 4 ¢ type. Hap. 20-24

millim.

Larva. Colour pinkish or greenish. Feeds on various species of

Coccids such as Lecaniwm and Pulvinaria, living in a case formed

of their remains, the case of the young larva being formed of a

single scale to which additions are made as required and having a

four-sided valve at anterior end (ZH. E. Green).

5169. Euklemma vestina. (Plate CLII. fig. 21.)

Eublemma vestina, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1904, p. 140.

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the palpi, frons, and

antenne tinged with red-brown; fore and mid tarsi brownish

ringed with white, Fore wing white; a subbasal blackish point

on costa; antemedial line black, slightly bent inwards to costa and

diffused on outer side below the costa, almost obsolete towards

inner margin, diffused streaks of blackish and red scales from it to

medial line below costa and in submedian fold ; some red irroration

in end of cell and a black discoidal bar; medial line blackish,

oblique from costa to Just beyond upper angle of cell and incurved

below vein 4; postmedial line with oblique black bar from costa,

then very indistinct, pale rufous, slightly dentate at veins 4, 3,

then oblique; the costa towards apex brownish with some pale

points ; a subterminal series of small black spots slightiy incurved

at discal fold, the area beyond them tinged with brown except

at apex; a brown terminal line. Hind wing white; traces of a

brownish medial line on inner area with a small black spot at inner

margin ; traces of a punctiform postmedial line; terminal area

tinged with ochreous with a white subterminal line with a few

black scales on its outer edge; a fine brown terminal line; the

underside ochreous white with a terminal series of slight dark

lunules.

Hab. Lanvan, 1 3g type. vp. 18 millim.

5170. EKublemma seminivea.

Eublemma seminivea, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1896, p. 262, pl. x. f. 19.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white ; palpi with the 2nd joint

tinged with red-brown near base; fore and mid tibie and tarsi

tinged with red-brown, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing

EUBLEMMA. Sy. (

with the basal half pure white, the terminal half blood-red ;

subbasal and antemedial black points on costa; a slight erect

blackish medial line bounding the white area and very slightly angled

outwards in discal and submedian folds; a white patch on costa

towards apex; faint traces of a sinuous whitish subterminal line

with some minute black points on its outer edge; cilia white

irrorated with rufous except at base and tips. Hind wing white,

the terminal area tinged with brown; the underside white with a

faint brown tinge at apex.

Hab. Br. BE. Arrica, Neugia (Crawshay),1 3 ; Aven (Yerbury),

1 3 type; Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 5 9. Hp. 14 millim.

5171. Eublemma anachoresis.

Xanthoptera anachoresis, W\lgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 148 (1863).

Thalpochares accedens, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 8 (1874).

Thalpochares divisa, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 371; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii.

p. 53, pl. 150. f. 10; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 541.

Thalpochares leonata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 404.

Head and thorax pale yellow, the patagia faintly tinged with

rufous except at base; abdomen ochreous yellow. Fore wing with

the basal half yellow, the terminal half purplish pink with some

rufous suffusion before subterminal line; a faint pinkish tinge in

base of cell ; minute subbasal and antemedial black points on costa ;

a fine oblique black medial line bounding the yellow area; two

minute black discoidal points; postme¢ial line brown, oblique from

costa to vein 7, then very indistinct and angled inwards in discal

aud submedian folds; subterminal line very close to termen,

white with a series of black points on its outer edge, excurved

below costa and at middle; a fine pink terminal line; cilia rufous,

pinkish at base and with a slight whitish line near tips. Hind

wing ochreous yellow, the terminal area tinged with brown; a fine

brown terminal line; the underside yellow with the costal and

terminal areas tinged with rufous.

Hab. Goup Coast, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 4 3,2 9 ; N. Nieerra,

Borgu, Yelwa L. (Migeod), 2 3, 1 93; Congo (Curror), 1 9 ;

ZanziBar (de la Garde), 1 2 ; Br. E. Arrica, Mombasa (Cholmley),

2 3g, Teita (Jackson), 1 $, Taveta (Rogers), 1 ¢, Athi Valley

(Crawshay), 1 3, Kitwi (Cruwshay), 1 2 ; Br. C. Arrica, Likoma

(de Jersey), 2 2 ; Mosamsreun, Delagoa Bay (Monteiro), 1 6 ;

TransvaaL, Pretoria (Janse), 2 g , Reitfontein (Junse),1 g ; Naat,

Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 6,1 2; Basvrotanp, Masite (Crawshay),

1g, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 9 ; Care Conony (Drege), 1 9,

Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 3 5,1 9, Anushaw (Miss F. Barrett),

1 o ; Puysas, Allahabad, 2 ¢ type divisa; Buneat, Calcutta, 1 9 ;

Bombay (Leith), 1 9 ; Ceyton, 3 ¢ ; Anpamans (Rogers), 1 Q ;

Java (Horsfield), 1 ¢,1 2 ; QuEFNsLanp, Townsville (Dodd),1 3,

Cedar Bay (Week), 1 g, Rockhampton, 1 ¢ type leonata, Brisbane

132 NOCTUID,

(Turner), 1.9, Duaringa (Arnold), 2 6, 2 9. Hap. 14-20

millim.

5172. Eublemma perobliqua, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 22.)

Head white, the antenne brownish ; thorax and abdomen rufous,

the pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen with some white.

Fore wing with the basal half yellow suffused with rufous, the

terminal half pale purplish pink with rufous suffusion before the

subterminal line; a yellowish white streak below basal half of costa ;

a minute antemedial blackish point on costa; medial hne black

defined on inner side by white, oblique, from below costa to inner

margin, bounding the rufous area; traces of a brown postmedial

line excurved below costa and at middle, then oblique; subterminal

line white with a series of minute black points on its outer edge,

oblique, from below apex to inner margin, the rufous suffasion

running out obliquely to apex; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia

white finely striated with rufous and with a slight rufous line at

middle. Hind wing yellow suffused with rufous ; traces ef a pale

minutely waved subterminal line from discal fold to tornus towards

which it is defined on inner side by brown; a fine brown terminal

line; cilia with two shght brownish lines at middle; the under-

side yellow, the apical half of costal area suffused with fiery red.

Hab. Br. K. Arrica, Tana R. (Crawshay), 1 9 type, Kitwi

(Crawshay), 1 2, Kilima-n’jaro (Jackson), 1 ¢. Exp. 20 millim.

5173. Eublemma acarodes. (Plate CLII. fig. 23.)

Eublemma acarodes, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xix. p. 53 (1907).

©, Head and thorax white, the antennz brown; abdomen white

dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous white, the

area from medial to subterminal lines deep purplish pink extending

to termen at apex and tornus, the costa tinged with red-brown

towards base;- medial line red-brown, very oblique, straight ;

postmedial line slight and indistinct, acutely angled outwards below

costa, then very oblique ; subterminal line represented by minute

black points with very small dentate white marks before them from:

below costa to discal fold, and by an oblique blaek striga with

dentate black marks before it between vein 3 and submedian fold ;

an oblique brown mark from apex and fine brownish terminal line ;

cilia deep pink at base at tornus. Hind wing whitish tinged with

brown, darker towards termen ; a dark terminal line; cilia whitish

tinged with brown towards base; the underside white, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black

points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Ancota, Bihe, 1 2 type; Masnonananp, Salisbury

(Marshall), 1 9. Exp. 16-18 millim., ti

FUBLEMMA, 1383

5174. Eublemma cochylioides.

Micra cochylieides, Guen. Noet. ii. p. 245 (1852).

Micra rosita, Guen. Noct. 1. p. 248 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 340.

Thalpochares pkenissa, Led. Verh. 2ool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1855, p. 207,

pl. 2.f. 13; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228.

Micra derogata, W\k. xii. 825 (1857) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 53, pl. 150.

f. 18.

Thalpochares calida, Rebel, Aun. Nat. Hofmus. Wien, p. 63 (1894).

Head and thorax white slightly tinged with ochreous; antennz

brownish: abdomen pale ochreous, the ventral surface whitish.

Fore wing ochreous white, the area from medial to subterminal lines

pale pink; medial line rufous, diffused, very oblique; faint traces

of a postmedial line, bent outwards to vein 6 near subterminal line

and very oblique below vein 4; subterminal line represented by

minute black points from costa to discal foldand oblique black

striz with dentate white marks before them below veins 3 and 2 ;

an oblique brownish mark from apex ; cilia white faintly tinged with

brown. Hind wing yellowish white suffused with reddish brown

especially towards termen; cilia white; the wnderside ochreous

white.

Ab. 1. calida. Fore wing with hardly a trace of pink suffusion.

Hab. Canaries, Las Palmas (Leech, Meade-Waldo), 2 3,2 9;

Goxp Coast, Aburi (Johnson), 1 g, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 8 ¢ ;

N. NieErta, Borgu, Yelwa Lake (Migeod),1 ¢ ; Eayer, Alexandria

(Graves), 1 2, Cairo (Graves),1 $,1 2 ; Br. E. Arrica, Machakos

(Crawshay), 1 8 ; Br. C. Arrica, L. Nyasa (de Jersey), 1 3 =

Bourpon; Mauritius; Svyrra, Beyrut (Lederer), 1 3, 1 Q;

Formosa, Takow (Hobson), 1 $ ; Bompay (Leith), 1 2 ; Manvras,

Coimbatore (Walhouse), 1 9; Cxryton (Metner), 3 5, 1 @;

Awnpamans, 1 ¢g ; Java, Arjuno (Doherty), 1 9 ; Sampawa (Doherty),

1 2 ; QuEEnstann, Duaringa (Arnold), 2 ¢, Brisbane (Turner),

1 g, 1 9, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 3 ¢ ; N. S. Watns, Sydney

(Hunter, Diggles, Raynor, de la Garde), 8 3 type deroyata; Fr,

1S. Kap. 14-22 millim.

5175. Eublemma lentirosea, un. sp. (Plate CLIL. fig. 24.)

3. Head and therax white, the antenne tinged with rufous;

abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing yellowish white; the costal

edge rufous towards base ; slight rufous streaks in and below base

of cell; medial line white defined on inner side by red-brown

suffusion, very oblique, from subcostal nervure te inner margin ;

the postmedial area slightly tinged with pink except towards costa

and with slight pink streaks below vein 7 and in discal fold;

postmedial line pink slightly defined on outer side by white, strongly

bent outwards below costa to near subterminal line and incurved

velow vein 5; subterminal line white defined on inner side hy

- rufous and with a pink mark before it in submedian feld, incuryed

1384 NOCTUID 3%.

below vein 3 and not reaching inner margin; an oblique rufous bar

from apex with a black point on it; a fine rufous terminal line ;

cilia tinged with rufous with a white line at base and slight white

line at middle. Hind wing yellowish white tinged with rufous

towards termen ; a brown terminal line; cilia white ; the underside

white, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab, Oranez Rk. Cotony, Bloemfontein (Hckersley), 1 3 type.

Hep. 18 millim.

5176. Eublemma roseana.

Thalpochares roseana, Moore, P. Z.S. 1881, p. 370; Butl. Ill. Het. B. M.

vil. p. 66, pl. 130. f. 3; Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 340.

Head and thorax white; palpi except at tips, antenne except at

base, and fore legs tinged with rufous; abdomen ochreous white.

Fore wing yellowish white, the area from the medial to postmedial

lines purplish pink except at costa; the costa pale rufous to the

very oblique pale rufous diffused medial line ; postmedial line deep

purplish pink slightly defined on outer side by whitish, very oblique

from costa to vein 7 near termen and incurved below vein 4; an

oblique rufous bar from apex and a subterminal rufous patch between

veins 3 and 1; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia white at base,

tinged with rufous at tips. Hind wing yellowish white tinged with

rufous towards termen; a fine brown terminal line; cilia yellowish

white; the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown, a terminal series of dark points from

apex to vein 2.

Hab. Punsas, Dharmsala (Hocking),3 g type; Bombay (Leith),

1 9; Mapras, Nilgiris (Humpson), 1 9 ; Qurnnstanp, Duaringa

(Arnold), 4 QQ. Hwxp. 12-14 millim.

5177. Eublemma glaucizona. (Plate CLII. fig. 25.)

Eublemma glaucizona, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 489 (1908).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown;

fore legs brown. Fore wing ochreous white, the costa suffused with

brown to middle and the inner margin irrorated with brown, the

outer half of medial area suffused and striated with brown except

towards costa, the terminal area suffused with brown; a slight

antemedial black point in cell and traces of an oblique sinuous

antemedial line from cell to inner margin; an oblique slightly

curved medial blackish line with slight brownish suttusion before

it; a black discoidal bar; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards

below costa, then somewhat punctiform to vein 4, then incurved

and indistinct, some whitish points beyond it from costa and an

oblique blood-red shade from apex ; asubterminial series of blackish

points from costa to submedian fold; a red terminal line; cilia

white mixed with grey, with an oblique black bar at apex and two

fine dark lines at middle. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ;

EUBLEMMA., 135

a dark terminal line; cilia suffused with brown at base, white at

tips; the underside white irrorated with brown, the terminal area

tinged with brown, a fuscous discoidal point and terminal series of

black points,

Hab. Carn Cotony, Simonstown (de la Garde), 1 ¢, Kalk Bay

(Mende-Waldo), 1 3 type, Table Mt. (Weade-Waldo),1 3. Erp.

20 millim.

5178. Eublemma ochrobasis, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 26.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish white, the head and tegule

tinged with rufous; tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing

pale yellowish, the costa tinged with rufous on basal area, the

outer part of medial arca suffused with blackish brown, the

terminal area with rufous; medial line rather diffused, red-brown,

slightly excurved below costa, then oblique; a slight black dis-

coidal point ; postmedial line very indistinct, excurved from below

costa to vein 4, then incurved and minutely waved, with alternat-

ing yellowish and black points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line yellowish defined on inner side by rufous suffusion, minutely

waved, excurved at middle; a terminal series of minute brown

lunules; cilia yellow tinged with rufous, with a fine darker line

near tips and some fuscous at tornus. Hind wing whitish tinged

with brown especially on terminal area; a dark terminal line;

cilia suffused with brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown,

a slight discoidal spot, traces of a brown subterminal shade, and a

terminal series of black points.

Hab. Carr Cotony, Deelfontein (Sloygett), 1 2 type, Rosmead

(Juby),2 3g. Hap. 16-20 millim.

5179. Eublemma thermobasis, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 27.)

Head and tegule white, the palpi except at tips and antenna

tinged with ochreous; thorax and abdomen white tinged with

ochreous; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white; legs

tinged with ochreous. Fore wing with the basal half ochreous

tinged with rufous, the base white, the rufous area bounded by a

fine oblique black line defined on outer side by white; outer half

of medial area and termina] area white irrorated with grey, the

area between the postmedial and subterminal lines ochreous tinged

with rufous; two black discoidal points on a white mark ; post-

medial line fuscous slightly defined on outer side by white, ex-

curved and somewhat dentate between veins 7 and 4, then strongly

incurved; subterminal line white defined on outer side by slight

black points, waved, bent inwards and terminating on the post-

medial line at vein 1; a blackish patch at apex and fine black

terminal line; cilia pale rufous with a fine white line at base and

some fuscous irroration at tornus. Hind wing white, the terminal

area tinged with ochreous brown; a fine brown terminal line;

136 NOCTUID%.

cilia white; the underside with the costal area faintly tinged with

ochreous, the apical area slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Avrn (Chevalier, Yerbury), 3 3, 3 Q type. Eup.

10-12 millim.

5180. Eublemma exigua.

Micra exigua, Wik. xii. 823 (1857).

Micra nuga, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xvii. p. 58, pl. v. f. 4 (1872).

Thalpochares parvula, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 369; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 34].

Head and thorax ochreous white: antenne brownish except at

base ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore

wing ochreous white; the costa rufous towards base; an oblique,

slightly sinuous brown medial line with rufous suffusion before it ;

two black discoidal points ; postmedial line rufous defined on outer

side by white, oblique from costa to vein 7, excurved to vein 4,

then strongly incurved; subterminal hne white, minutely dentate

and with black points on its outer edge towards costa, then oblique

to the postmedial liae at vein 4, represented between veins 3 and 1

by a dentate black mark with whitish mark before it below sub-

median fold; the terminal area suffused with rufous; cilia rufous

with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with

brown especially on terminal area; a fine dark terminal line;

cilia white tinged with brown at base; the underside white, the

costal area slightly tinged with ochreous, a punctiform black

terminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the suffusion before the medial line

and the postmedial area except towards costa much darker.

Hab. Sterra Leone (Morgan, Foxcroft, Clements), 1 5,4 2,

type; Gotp Coast, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 3 9 , Kumasi ( Whiteside),

1 2; Br. E. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 3g, Kikuyu (Crawshay),

1 2; Zoivrany, Lr. Tugela R. (Reynolds), 1 9 ; Bompay, 1 ¢

type parvula, Deesa (Nurse), 1 $ ; Manpras, Palnis (Campbell),

1 2; Jorxin, Haiphong (Buckland), 2 S$. Exp. 14-20

millim.

5181. Eublemma parva.

Noctua parva, Hiibn. Mur. Schmett., Noct. f. 856 (1808); Frr. Nene

Beitr. pl. 545. f. 4; Stainton, Annual, 1859, p. 147, f.1; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. i. p. 84L; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228.

Noctua minuta, Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. i. p. 557, pl. 47. f. 1 (1836).

Micra rubefacta, Mab. Ann. Soe. Knt. Fr. 1869, p. 56.

Micra chalybea, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1884, p. 518, pl. 47. f. 10.

Bublemma nymphodora, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 33.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white. ore wing pale

ochreous yellow, the outer half of medial area whiter and finely

striated with brown except towards costa; a slight oblique some-

what sinuous medial dark line with rufous suffusion before it and

EUBLEMMA. USE

defined by white on outer side ; two minute black discoidal points ;

postmedial line brown slightly defined on outer side by white,

excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved and slightly

sinuous, some whitish points beyond it on costa; an oblique rufous

shade from apex to the excurved part of postmedial line with some

slight white marks on its outer edge representing the subterminal

line and minute black points towards apex; a fine brownish

terminal line; cilia ochreous with a fine white line at base and

brownish line towards tips. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous,

the terminal area suffused with brown; a brown terminal line;

cilia white; the underside white, the apical area slightly frvoneingd

with brown.

Ab. 1. rubefacta. Fore wing more suffused with rufous.

Ab. 2. nymphodora. Hind wing nearly pure white.

Hab. §. Britain; S. Francu; Avsrria, Frey Coll., Galicia,

Carniola, Croatia; Sparx, Leech Coll. ; Corsica, Leech Coll.; Ivany,

Rome, Zeller Coll., Pegli, Frey Coll., Capri (C. S. Browne) ; Stctry,

Zeller Coll.; Axnerrta, Hammam-es-Salahin (Walsingham), 1 ¢ ;

Morocco, Tangier, 1 o, Leech Coll.; Canaxres, Tenerife

(Walsingham,) 1 3g ; Greece; Turkey; Rumeria; ARMENIA; AsIA

Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, Taurus; Syria, Beyrut (Lederer), 1 3,

Mardin; Eeypr; Psrstan Guir, Fao (Cuming), 1 ¢,1 9; W.

TurKestran, Turcomania; Punsas, Kangra (Dudgeon), 5 9 , Allahabad,

2 9, Ferozpur (Nurse), 1 ¢ ; Beneat, Pusa (Lefroy),5 9, Nainpur

(Lefroy), 2 3,5 2 ; Styp, Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 9 type chalybea ;

ompay, 1 @ ; W. Ausrratia, Carnarvon, type T ¢ nymphodora in

Coll. Meyrick. Hap. 16-20 millim.

Larva. Barrett, Lep. Brit. vii. p. 196.

Feeds in the flower-shoots of Jnula montana and viscosa, Cen-

taurea caleitrapa, and in India in the flowers of Kakraunda. 7.

5182. Eublemma rivula. (Plate CLII. fig. 28.)

Thalpochares rivula, Mvore, Lep. Atk. p. 140 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 341. ;

Eanes pusilla, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 404.

Head and thorax white; palpi except at tips, antenne and legs

tinged with ochreous; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing ochreous white, the basal costal area and terminal half

except at costa suffused with rufous; an oblique ochreous brown

medial band, iis outer edge slightly sinuous; two black discoidal

points; postmedial line ochreous brown slightly defined on outer

side by white, bent outwards below costa to near termen, oblique

and sinuous below vein 4, a brown patch with some black on its

outer edge beyond it in submedian interspace; an oblique ochreous

brown shade from apex with a black point below it; a fine

ochreous brown terminal line; cilia ochreous with a fine white line

at base. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown :

a brown terminal line; cilia white tinged with brown at apex; the

138 NOCTUID RD.

underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous, a terminal

series of black points from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. Fore and nind wings much whiter.

Ab. 2. pusilla. Fore wing with the medial band and terminal

area redder.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the postmedial area except towards costa

and the terminal area more uniform ochreous brown, a subterminal

series of black points from apex to vein 4+ with irregularly waved

black mark below it.

Ab. 4. Fore wing nearly uniformly suffused with ochreous

brown.

Hab. Brcavanatayn, L. N’Gami (Lugard), 1 2 ; Transvaat,

White R. (Cooke), 2 2, Rietfontein (Janse), 1 2 : Navan, Estcourt

(Hutchinson), 1 6, 2 9 ; Faraquuar Is. (Fletcher), 3 5,1 2;

Benear, Caleutta, 1 2 type; Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 9 ; |

QurENSLAND, Peak Downs, 1 ¢ type pusilla, Brisbane (Turner), 26,

Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 Q@; N.S. Wares, Sydney (Meyrick),

1 3, Yeppoon (Raynor), 1 2, Parkside (Itaynor), 4 6,12 9 ;

Vicrorta, Gisborne (Lyell), 1 3 ; 8S. Ausrratia, Adelaide (Lyi),

1 2. Exp. 10-22 millim.

5183. Eublemma flavida. (Plate CLII. tig. 29.)

Eublemma flavida, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 419 (1902).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous.

Fore wing very pale yellow; an oblique ochreous brown medial

band somewhat diffused on inner side; a black discoidal point ;

postmedial line ochreous brown, angled outwards below costa to

near subterminal line, then very oblique ; subterminal line ochreous

brown, somewhat diffused, arising from apex, angled inwards at

vein 7 to near postmedial line, then outwards to termen at vein 5,

then oblique; a fine ochreous brown terminal line; cilia ochreous,

white at base. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with

ochreous ; a fine brown terminal line; cilia white; the underside

with the costal area tinged with ochreous.

Hab. Natat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 ¢ ; Carr Conony, Transkei

(Miss F. Barrett), 1 3 type, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 6.

Hep. 18-20 millim.

5134. Eublemma albipennis, n.n. (Plate CLILI. fig. 30.)

Thalpochares albida, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 370, nee Dup. 1842; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 341.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the last slightly tinged

with ochreous. Fore wing white; the basal costal area brownish

ochreous; a very oblique brownish ochreous medial band, two

slight black discoidal points and traces of a brownish postmedial

line angled outwards below costa and oblique and sinuous below vein

4; an oblique ochreous brown subterminal line from apex to vein 4,

EUBLEMMA. 139

forming somewhat dentate mark above and below vein 6, and an

oblique brownish mark nearer the termen between veins 3 and 1;

a fine ochreous brown terminal line; cilia white mixed with

ochreous. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown;

cilia white.

Hab. Bompay, 2 9 type. Hap. 14 millim.

5185. Eublemma noctualis.

Pyralis noctwalis, Hiibn. Hur. Schmett., Pyr. f. 38 (1796).

Noctua paula, Hibn. Hur. Schmett., Nocr. f. 452 (1818); Dup. Lép. Fr.,

Supp!. ii. p. 527, pl. 44. f. 7 & pl. 47. f. 2; Staud. Cat. Lep, pal.

p: 229.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the palpi, vertex of thorax,

legs and abdomen faintly tinged with rufous. Fore wing white,

the basal area slightly irrorated with olive-brown, the outer half of

medial area more distinctly irrorated with olive-brown except

towards costa, the terminal area suffused with pale olive-brown ;

a small antemedial brown spot on costa and a slight oblique

blackish line from cell to inner margin with an oblique pale red

band beyond it extending to costa, defined on outer side by the

slight minutely waved brown medial line; postmedial line brown

and defined by white on outer side towards costa, excurved below

costa, then blackish and defined by white on inner side, oblique

and excurved at middle, a white point beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line shght, white, minutely waved, a black point on its

outer edge below apex; a terminal series of slight brown strie ;

cilia white tinged with brown except at base, a fine white line near

tips. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown

except towards tornus; cilia white; the underside white, the

apical area slightly irrorated with brown, a terminal series of slight

blackish points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. 8S. Brrrain; 8S. France, Sand Coll.; Guamany, Zeller,

Frey, and Leech Colls.; Ausrrra, Vienna (Heine); Huneary, Leech

Coll. ; Swrrzertanp, Leech Coll.; Tzanry, Piedmont ; S. ScANDINAVIA ;

Russra, Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta; Armenta; KurpisrAn; ASIA

Minor, Taurus; Syria, Mardin; Persta, 1 ¢, Leech OColl.;

E. Srperia, Ussuri. vp. 16-20 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 169; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 198.

Pale green with slender double darker dorsal line ; hairs minuto,

white, arising from black tubercles; spiracles white ringed with

black ; head dark green; thoracic plate brownish yellow. Feeds

in the stems of Gnaphalium arenarium. 6.

5186. Eublemma vagneri.

Micra wagneri, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 441, Noct. ff. 553-6

(1851); Guen. Noct. ii. p. 244, pl. 10. f. 13 (1852); Frr. Neue Beitr.

vl. 576. f. 1; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229.

Thalpochares ochreola, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 885 (1899).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the last tinged with

140 NOCLUID#.

brown except at base; palpi tinged with brown except at tips;

antennee and fore legs brownish. Fore wing pure white, the costal

edge brownish ; a slight oblique medial line with pale rufous band

before it ; postmedial line slight, oblique, angled outwards at middle,

the area beyond it pale rufous; cilia white tinged with brown

except at base and tips. Hind wing white, the terminal half

suffused with pale brown; cilia white tinged with brown; the

underside white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 slightly

irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. ochreola, Fore wing more uniform in colour and tinged

with fuscous.

Hab. Armenta; Asta Minor, Pontus, Taurus, 3 ¢, Amanus

Mis.. 3 ¢; Syria, 4 5, Leech Coll., Mardin. Exp. 18-20

millim.

5187. Eublemma elychrysi.

Erastria elychrysi, Rubr. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 24, pl. 2. f. 15;

Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 529, pl. 44. f. 8; Herr-Schaff. Hur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 595; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229.

Head white, the palpi except at tips and antenne olive-brown :

thorax white suffused with olive-brown; abdomen white tinged

with olive leaving white segmental lines; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white, the forelegs olive-brown with the tarsi

ringed with white. Fore wing olive-brown; a white patch on

basal costal area; a white antemedial band, angled outwards below

costa and inwards below submedian fold; an oblique medial white

band, its inner edge slightly sinuous, its outer defined by the slight

black postmedial line except towards costa and acutely angled

outwards at middle; an oblique white bar from costa towards apex

and an oblique bar from apex of cilia with traces of a white

subterminal line from it to inner margin; a slight white mark on

middle of termen; cilia olive with fine white line at base, chequered

white and fuscous at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with olive-

brown; cilia white with an olive line near base except towards

tornus ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated

with a few brown scales, slight black points on termen above and

below vein 5.

Hab. Corstca, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colis.; Sarpiyza, Zeller

Coll.; C. Irsty; Daumatra. Hap. 18 millim.

ilar va. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 289; Hffm. Raup. p. 142,

Brownish or reddish green with a dark dorsal and white sub-

dorsal line; two anterior pairs of prolegs absent. Food-plant:

Helichrysum angustifolium.

5188. Eublemma permixta.

Thalpochares permixta, Staud. Iris, x. p. 266, pl. 4. f. 7 (1897); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 227.

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen puite faintly tinged with pale

EUBLEMMA, 141

olive ; fore tibiez and tarsi brownish, the latter ringed with white.

Fore wing white faintly tinged with pale olive-green, the costal

edge olive towards base; traces of an oblique olive medial line

slightly defined on outer side by white ; traces of an olive postmedial

line defined on inner side by white, acutely angled outwards at

middle, then incurved; an oblique olive shade from apex; a

terminal series of slight dark points ; cilia with a slight dark line

near tips. Hind wing white tinged with brown especially on

apical area; cilia white with two slight brown lines near base from

apex to vein 2; the underside white with a terminal series of

black points fr om apex to vein 2.

Hab, Iraty, Capri (C. S. Browne), 1 9; vce Chelala.

Exp. 20 millim.

5189. Eublemma viridula.

Micra viridula, Guen. Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr, 1841, pp. 225-249; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 229.

Erastria ninuta, Fry. Neue Beitr. vi. p. 104, pl. 545. f. 3 (1852).

Micra dalmatina, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. i1. p. 440 (1851).

Micra elychrysi, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 250 (nec Rmbr.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged in parts with

olive ; fore and hind tibiz and tarsi brownish, the latter shghtly

ringed with white. Fore wing white, the basal area faintly tinged

with olive-green, the terminal area suffused with pale olive-green ;

a slight oblique dark medial line with pale olive-green band before

it, and a pure white band beyond it defined on outer side by the

slight black postmedial line almost obsolete towards costa and inner

margin and acutely angled outwards at middle; an oblique olive

shade from apex; a terminal series of shght blackish points; cilia

pale olive, white at base and tips. Hind wing white suffused with

ochreous brown; a slight brown terminal line; cilia ochreous with

two fine brown lines near base and white tips; the underside white

with punctiform blackish terminal line.

Hab, Vary ; Austria, Carniola, Croatia, Dalmatia, Zeller, Frey

and Leech Colls.; Grescn; Armenia; Asta Minor, Bithynia. Hep.

16-15 millim.

5190. Eublemma candidana.

Pyralis candidana, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 2, p. 245 (1714); Stand. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 229.

Noctua minuta, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 451 (1818).

Tortrix perlana, Hibn. Kur. Schmett., Tort. f. 316 (1880).

Anthophila parva, Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. ili. p. 525, pl. 44. f. 6 (nec

Hubn.).

Micra skafiota, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 441 ; Noct. f. 282 (1851).

Thalpochares impura, Staud. Cat. Lep. Eur. ed. ii. p. 133 (1871).

Thalpochares cantabrica, Rossl. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1877, p. 365.

Thalpochares rectifascia, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr, 1895, p. cexxxy,

& Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1908, p. 733, pl. 15. f. 3.

Head and tegule pure white, the palpi except at tips and antennse

tinged with ochreous; thorax and abdomen white tinged with

142 NOCTUID_E.

ochreous. Fore wing white slightly tinged with brownish ochreous,

the terminal area brownish ochreous; a slight oblique dark ante-

medial line from cell to inner margin and a fine oblique dark medial

line with a blood-red band between them; some brownish suflusion

on discocellulars ; postmedial line fine, dark, acutely angled outwards

at middle, then incurved and with blood-red suffusion beyond it ;

a whitish mark on costa towards apex ; subterminal line very slight,

whitish, excurved below costa and with some blood-red suffusion

before it and a black point on its outer edge, then oblique ; a terminal

series of black points; cilia ochreous with white line at base and

white tips. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous, the terminal

area suffused with brown ; cilia white with a slight ochreous line

near base except towards tornus; the underside white, the apical

area slightly irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. impura. Fore wing more tinged with fuscous.

Ab. 2. scafiota. Fore wing with the ground-colour pure white.

Ab. 3, rectifascia. Fore wing with the oblique medial band

obsolete, the antemedial line slightly angled outwards below costa,

then erect.—Brittany.

Hab. S. Franct, Sand and Leech Colls.; Sparn, Zeller Coll.,

Bilbao, Zeller and Frey Colls., Catalonia, Castille, Cuenca (Chapman),

Andalusia, Murcia, Grenada ( Walsingham) ; Corstca, Leech Coll. ;

Crere; ARMENIA; Syria, Mardin; W. Turkestan, Fergana. Lap.

14-18 millim.

5191. Eublemma ornatula.

Thalpochares ornatula, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 19 (1874).

Head and thorax white tinged with ochreous ; antenne brown ;

abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing white, the basal

costal area tinged with pale reddish olive; a nearly straight oblique

black medial line with reddish olive band before it with some black

irroration on it in and below cell and above inner margin, followed

by a white band betore the slight black postmedial line which is

slightly exeurved below costa and produced outwards to a strong

tooth at middle, and with black streaks beyond it on veins 6, d, 3,

2; subterminal line represented by minute white points with

minute black points beyond them towards apex and a white striga

towards tornus, some rufous irroration before it ; a terminal series

of black points except towards apex; cilia white tinged with och-

reous except at tips. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown,

darker in female; a fine dark terminal line; cilia white tinged

with ochreous at base ; the underside with the costal area tinged

with ochreous, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated

with brown, a terminal series of black points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white areas more or less completely

suffused with brown; hind wing darker.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 3 ¢,1 2 ; Ruopzsia,

Bulawayo (Eyles), 19 ; Transyaan (Cholmley), 1 2, Mkabela Mt.

HUBLEMMA. il

(Crawshay), 1 Q, Piet Retief (Crawshay), 1 3, White R. (Cooke),

1 2, Middleburg (Janse), 2 ¢,1 2 ; Narat, Estcourt (Hutchinson),

6 3, 1 2; Basvrozrany, Machacha (Crawshay), 1 3, Masite

(Crawshay), 1 8,1 2, Maseru (Orawshay), 1 9; Carz Coxony,

Grahamstown, 1 3, Simonstown (de la Garde),1 2. Ep. 14-

18 millim.

5192. Eublemma odontophora, n. sp. (Plate CLII. fig. 31.)

Head and thorax white; palpi, antenna, tips of tegule, and legs

tinged with ochreous; abdomen white tinged with ochreous. Fore

wing pure white, the costal edge brown on basal area; an oblique

dark ochreous brown medial band defined by the slight black ante-

medial and medial lines, the former somewhat excurved in cell;

a slight oblique black postmedial line, somewhat excurved below

costa and produced to a long tooth on outer side at middle, the area

beyond it dark ochreous brown; a fine black terminal line; cilia

white at base, brown and white at tips. Hind wing white, the

terminal area slightly tinged with brown ; cilia white slightly tinged

with brown except at base; the underside white with the costal

area slightly tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown.

Hab. Soxotra, Jena-agahan (0.-Grant), 1 3 type, Hadibu Plain

(0.-Grant),1 2. Exp. 12 millim.

5193. Eublemma bifasciata. (Plate CLII. fig. 32.)

Thalpochares bifusciata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 371; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 341.

Head and thorax pure white, the antenne and legs tinged with

rufous ; abdomen white tinged with rufous. Fore wing pure white,

the costal edge rufous towards base ; an oblique rufous medial band

defined by the shght blackish antemedial and medial lines; a slight

blackish postmedial line, excurved below costa and produced out-

wards to a tooth at middle, the area beyond it rufous ; cilia white.

Hind wing white, the terminal area faintly tinged with ochreous;

the underside with the costal and terminal areas faintly tinged

with ochreous.

Hab. N. Nieerta, Borgu, Yelwa L. (Migeod), 1 3g; ApzEN

(Yerbury),3 $, 2 9; Punsas, Allahabad, 1 g type; Mapras,

Malabar (Cardew), 1 S$ ; Cxyton, Puttalam (Pole), 1 9. Hep.

14 millim.

5194. Eublemma leucodesma. (Plate CLIII. fig. 1.)

Thalpochares leucodesma, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxiv. p. 88 (1899).

Head and thorax white tinged with reddish ochreous ; abdomen

pale reddish ochreous. Fore wing white tinged with ochreous ;

the costa reddish ochreous towards base; a slight oblique dark

144 NOCTUID &.

media] line with diffused rufous band on its inner edge; a slight

dark postmedial line excurved below costa and produced outwards

to a tooth at middle, the area beyond it rufous, somewhat paler

towards termen; some white points on costa towards apex and

traces of a sinuous white subterminal line; cilia pale reddish och-

reous with a white line at hase. Hind wing ochreous yellow, the

terminal area slightly tinged with rufous or the basal area whiter

and the terminal area darker; cilia pale reddish ochreous; the

underside yellow tinged with rufous.

Hab. N. Austratta, Roebuck Bay (J. J. Walker), 1 2, Port

Darwin (J.J. Walker), 1 ¢ ; W. Ausrratta, Sherlock R. (Clements),

1 $,1 Q ; QueEnsrannd, Duaringa (Arnold), 6 S$. Hvp.16 millim.

5195, Eublemma lozostropha. (Plate CLIII. fig. 2.)

Eublemma lozestropha, Turner, P. Linn. Soc, N. 8S. W. xxvii. p. 118 (1902).

Head and thorax rufous with some white on vertex of head and

tegule ; abdomen red-brown with slight white segmental lines;

palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white slightly

tinged with red-brown. Fore wing deep rufous with some darker

suffusion beyond the medial line and on terminal area ; medial line

oblique, white with some black scales on its inner edge ; traces of a

sinuous whitish postmedial line arising from the same point on

costa as the medial line; some whitish points on costa towards

apex ; cilia white mixed with dark brown. Hind wing dark brown

slightly mixed with greyish; cilia white mixed with dark brown;

the underside whitish suffused and irrorated with brown except on

basal and inner areas, the costal area tinged with rufous towards

base.

Hab. W. Ausrratta, Sherlock R. (Clements), 1 9, Roeburn, ? 9 ;

QurenstanD, Duaringa (Arnold), 1 $,3 9. Hep. 14-16 millim.

5196. Eublemma sperans.

Thalpochares sperans, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 9 (1874).

9. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown with some

white on vertex of head and tegule and yellow at base of abdomen;

palpi white at base; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

brown mixed with white. Fore wing with the basal half deep

rufous, the terminal half purplish brown; a slight antemedial black

point on costa ; medial line white, bounding the rufous area, oblique

and slightly angled outwards at discal and submedian folds; an

indistinct dark postmedial line excurved below costa and at middle,

angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, punctiform, de-

fined on inner side by deep rufous suffusion, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; cilia with some white at tips. Hind wing deep

EUBLEMMA. 145

rufous, the cilia with some white at tips; the underside rufous

irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore and hind wings more rufous.—Natal.

Hab. Natat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 2 ; Carp Conony, Annshaw

(Miss F. Barrett),1 9. Hep. 18 millim.

5197. Eublemma sabia.

Thalpochares sabia, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 16 (1874).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white; legs suffused

with red-brown. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with red-

brown especially before the medial line and on terminal area, the

costal edge brown on basal half; a black point in middle of cell ;

an oblique whitish line from costa beyond middle to middle of inner

margin with a grey-black band beyond it from vein 6 to inner

margin extending to the oblique whitish postmedial line, which is

slightly excurved at middle and curved inwards at costa, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; an oblique whitish line from

termen below apex to inner margin just beyond the postmedial line ;

cilia white tinged with rufous. Hind wing ochreous white suffused

with reddish brown, the cilia white; the underside ochreous white

slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Cape Cotony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 g. Eup.

20 millim.

5198. Eublemma mesophea, n.sp. (Plate CLIIL. fig. 3.)

d. Head and tegule white suffused with rufous; thorax and

abdomen grey tinged with brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen white tinged with brown, the fore legs rufous. Fore

wing brownish white thickly irrorated with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown; antemedial line dark brown, oblique, angled

outwards just below the cell ; media] line defined by white on outer

side and with a band of dark brown suffusion on inner side, oblique

and slightly curved ; postmedial line brown, oblique from costa to

vein 7, then slightly angled inwards at discal and submedian folds

and somewhat excurved at middle, some whitish points beyond it on

costa; an almost straight oblique whitish subterminal line with a

series of black points on its outer edge; the apex tinged with fiery

red; a fine brown terminal line ; cilia brown with a fine white line

at base and whitish tips. Hind wing white suffused with ochreous ;

traces of diffused brown medial and postmedial lines ; a fine brown

terminal line; the underside white with traces of a curved post-

medial line, the apical area irrorated with red, a terminal series of

black points from apex to vein 2.

@. Fore wing with the dark band before the medial line broad

and diffused on inner side; hind wing suffused with brown.

' Hab, Transvaat, Johannesburg (Cooke, Cholmicy), 1 3,2 2

type. Hxp. 20 millim,

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146 NOCTUIDA.

5199. Eublemma hansa.

Micra hansa, Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Hur. ii. p. 436, Noct. f. 577 (1845);

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 226.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the patagia tinged with yellow,

the palpi and antenne with rufous. [ore wing yellowish white ;

traces of a waved brownish antemedial line with a dark point on it

in cell; aslightly sinuous and somewhat diffused red-brown medial

line with dark striga on discocellulars ; postmedial line red-brown,

oblique towards costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4 and excurved above inner margin, the costa beyond it

white with two rufous points ; subterminal line whitish defined on

inner side by brownish suffusion,excurved below vein 7 and at middle;

an oblique rufous streak from apex and fine brownish terminal line ;

cilia brownish with a yellowish white line at base. Hind wing

white faintly tinged with red-brown; a slight red-brown post-

medial line from discal fold to inner margin, diffused subterminal

band and terminal series of points; the underside with the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with red-brown, a slight discoidal spot,

faint diffused postmedial and subterminal bands and terminal

serles of points.

Hab. Caucasus, Helenendorf (Lederer), 1 9 ; AnmeENTA, 2 Q ;

D’Emmich Coll., 2 9; Prrsza, 1 ¢, Leech Coll. wp. 30-

32 millim.

Larva. Led. Ann. Soe. Ent. Belg. xiii. p. 35.

Grey-green with silvery white hairs from the warts; Ist two

pairs of prolegs absent. Food-plant : Hchinops, on the stem of which

it forms a cocoon. 6.

5200. Eublemma debilis.

thalpochares debilis, Christ. Rom. Mém. i. p. 129 (1884); id. idem, ii.

p. 73, pl. 3. f. 9; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228.

Thalpochares deleta, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228 (1901).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white ; palpi reddish brown

except at tips ; fore and hind tibiz and the tarsi reddish brown, the

latter ringed with white. Fore wing pure white; the costal edge

brown on basal half, interrupted by a white point just before the

antemedial brown band, which is somewhat inwardly oblique and

with a darker spot on it just below the cell, its outer edge repre-

senting the medial line; a black discoidal point ; postmedial line

represented by an oblique brown striga from costa, then hardly

traceable and excurved at middle; subterminal line white, defined

on inner side by reddish brown suffusion with a white striga on it

from costa and on outer by a series of black points and an oblique

brown mark from apex; cilia tinged with brown at tips and apex.

Hind wing pure white with a slight brown antemedial line from

cell to inner margin. Underside of fore wing suffused with brown

except the inner area.

EUBLEMMA. 147

Ab. 1. deleta. Fore wing wholly white except a narrow obsoles-

cent brownish antemedial band.—Biskra.

Hab, Ateerts, Biskra; Russta, Caucasus, Derbent (Christoph),

1 $6; Armenta; W. Turkestan, Turcomania. xp. 18 millim.

5201. Eublemma compuncta.

Thalpochares compuncta, Led. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. viii. p. 15, pl. 2. f. 2

(1871); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the last slightly tinged with

rufous ; palpi, antenne, and legs suffused with rufous. Fore wing

pure white, the costal edge tinged with rufous towards base; a black

point in middle of cell; an oblique rufous medial line with two

black discoidal points on its outer edge ; postmedial line rufous, very

faint except towards costa where it is oblique, oblique below vein 4 ;

subterminal line white with a series of black points on its outer

edge and defined on inner side by rufous suffusion towards costa,

minutely waved and slightly excurved at middle; cilia tinged with

rufous at tips. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with

reddish brown and with faint diffused postmedial and subterminal

lines ; cilia pure white; the underside tinged and irrorated with

rufous except on inner area and with indistinct diffused medial and

subterminal lines.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the area before the medial line and the

terminal area suffused with rufous, the subterminal black points

obsolescent.

Hab. Syrta,2 3,1 2, Leech Coll.; Persia, Schahkuh (Christoph),

1 6, Astrabad (Lederer), 1 $. Exp. 24-30 millim.

*5202. Eublemma fugitiva.

Thalpochares fugitiva, Christ. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xii. p. 253, pl. 6. f. 25

(1877); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 226.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Fore wing white; black points

at middle of cell and on discocellulars ; an inwardly oblique nearly

straight, reddish brown medial line, the ante- and postmedial lines

almost obsolete ; subterminal line reddish brown, very slightly ex-

curved below vein7 and at middle; a fine terminal reddish brown line.

Hind wing white with incurved greyish postmedial and subterminal

lines from discal fold to inner margin and a fine terminal line.

Hab, Persia, Schahrud. vp. 28 millim. This species is un-

known to me.

*5203. Eublemma munda.

Thalpochares munda, Christ. Rom. Mém. i. p. 151, pl. 8. f. 6 (1884); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

$. Head and thorax pure white, the palpi except at tips and

antenne reddish brown ; legs tinged with brown; abdomen white

tinged with brown except at base. Fore wing pure white; the

148 NOCTUID Al.

costal edge brownish ; a slight antemedial brown point on costa; a

narrow oblique red-brown medial band with the slight discoidal

black striga just beyond it; postmedial line slight, reddish brown,

excurved below costa and at middle, slightly angled inwards at

discal fold and incurved below vein 3; subterminal line very in-

distinct, white defined on inner side by brownish suffusion and on

outer by a few black scales especially towards costa, excurved below

costa and at middle and with rufous spot beyond it at apex; a fine

reddish brown terminal line; cilia faintly tinged with brown except

at base. Hind wing white suffused with brown; a diffused curved

brown antemedial line; medial area and the inner area towards

tornus whiter ; indistinct diffused sinuous brownish postmedial and

subterminal lines; a terminal series of slight dark points; cilia

pure white. Underside of fore wing suffused with brown except

inner margin; hind wing white slightly irrorated with brown and

with traces of ditfused antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal

lines.

Hab. W. Turxerstan, Turcomania, Merv in Coll. Piingeler. Exp.

22 millim.

5204. Eublemma suppuncta. (Plate CLIII. fig. 4.)

Thalpochares suppuncta, Staud, Iris, iv. p. 319 (1891); id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p: 227.

Head, thorax, and abdomen almost pure white ; legs tinged with

ochreous brown; ventral surface of abdomen suffused with fuscous

brown. Fore wing white, the terminal area faintly tinged with

ochreous brown ; faint traces of a sinuous antemedial line; black

points at middle of cell and on discocellulars ; an oblique straight

ochreous antemedial line ; postmedial line brownish ochreous, ex-

curved below costa and at middle, angled inwards at discal fold and

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line white defined on inner

side by brownish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a slight oblique rufous shade from apex ; cilia white with

a series of faint yellowish spots. Hind wing white tinged with pale

fuscous especially on terminal area and with traces of a diffused

subterminal band; a terminal series of minute dark points; cilia

pure white. Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous brown,

the inner area whiter ; hind wing with the costal and terminal areas

slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Asta Minor, Konia, 1 ¢,1 92 ; Syria, Mardin. Lzxp.

24 millim.

*5205. Kublemma ephimera. (Plate CLIII. fig. 5.)

Thalpochares ephimera, Ping. ined.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white. Fore wing

creamy white, the terminal area faintly tinged with rufous; faint

EUBLEMMA. 149

traces of a curved rufous antemedial line; a rather diffused black

discoidal spot ; a faint oblique rufous line from lower angle of cell

to inner margin; postmedial line rufous, slightly incurved from

costa to below vein 7, then indistinct and oblique; subterminal line

white, minutely dentate, with a series of strize formed of black

scales on its outer edge; cilia tinged with rufous and with slight

rufous line at middle. Hind wing creamy white with faint diffused

brownish subterminal line ; cilia tinged with brown except at base.

Underside of fore wing with the costal area tinged and irrorated

with brown; hind wing with the costal area slightly irrorated with

brown towards apex.

Hab. EK, Turxzstran, Ili, type + S in Coll. Piingeler. Eup.

30 millim.

*5206. Eublemma jocularis.

Thalpochares jocularis, Christ. Hor. Soe. Ent. Ross. xii. p. 254, pl. 6. f. 26

(1877); id. Rom. Mém. ii. p. 72, pl. 3.f.8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p- 227.

Head and thorax yellowish white ; antennz brownish ; abdomen

white tinged with rufous except at base. Fore wing yellowish

white, the termen faintly tinged with brown; very indistinct

oblique brownish medial and postmedial lines; cilia pure white.

Hind wing white; faint diffused brownish medial and postmedial

lines; the termen tinged with brown; cilia pure white. Underside

of fore wing suffused with reddish brown except inner area, traces

of a curved diffused white subterminal band; hind wing white.

Hab. Anmenta, Caucasus, Ordubad in Coll, Piingeler; Pursra,

Exp. 20 millim,

5207. EKublemma marmaropa. (Plate CLIIL. fig. 6.)

Hublemma marmaropa, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 33. .

@. Head and thorax white faintly tinged with reddish ochreous ;

abdomen white. Fore wing white faintly tinged with olive-green ;

traces of an inwardly oblique waved ochreous antemedial line; a

diffused oblique pale olive-green band from subcostal nervure near

end of cell to inner margin before middle ; faint traces of an oblique

postmedial line; a diffused oblique rufous subterminal band from

apex to inner margin with some olive-green on its inner edge and

points formed of black scales on its outer edge; the costa towards

apex and cilia pure white. Hind wing almost pure white.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Port Moresby, 1 9. wp. 18 millim.

Typet ¢ in Coll. Meyrick.

5208. Eublemma rufipuncta. (Plate CLIII. fig. 7.)

Lublemma rufipuncta, Turner, P. Linn. Soe. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 117 (1902).

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with grey, the

last with pale segmental lines. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated

150 NOCTUIDAE.

with red-brown ; a slight sinuous subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial and medial lines red-brown inwardly

oblique, the latter defined by whitish on outer side and at disco-

cellulars by yellowish ; postmedial line red-brown, inwardly oblique

and very slightly sinuous; subterminal line whitish, oblique ; a fine

dark terminal line; cilia with a slight whitish line at base. Hind

wing grey thickly irrorated with red-brown, the postmedial and

apical areas fuscous brown; two indistinct red-brown medial lines

and a whitish subterminal line almost obsolete towards costa; the

underside grey thickly irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. QuunnstaNnD, Townsville (Dodd), 1 $. Exp. 18 millim.

5209. Eublemma pannonica.

Anthophila pannonica, Fry. Neue Beitr. iv. p. 67, pl. 3380. ff. 3, 4 (1840) ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228.

Anthophila kindermannit, Boisd. Ind. & Gen, Meth. p. 174 (1840); Herr.-

Schatt. Schmett. Hur., Noct. ff. 253-4.

Anthophila lenis, Ey. Faun. Lep. Volg. & Ur. p. 838 (1844).

Head and thorax yellowish white slightly tinged with rufous ;

abdomen white faintly tinged with brown and at base with yellow ;

pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with brown.

Fore wing with the basal half chrome-yellow, the terminal half

purplish pink irrorated with white, the costa white with the costal

edge brown towards base; antentedial black points in cell and on

vein |; a black point in middle of cell and indistinet blackish dis-

coidal striga; a fine white medial line bounding the yellow area,

excurved below costa, then oblique; an indistinct white postmedial

line, oblique from costa to vein 7 and incurved below vein 4; a

faint whitish subterminal line incurved below vein 3; cilia white at

tips. Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with red-brown ;

cilia white at tips; the underside white irrorated with red-brown,

a terminal series of minute black points.

Ab. 1. lenis. Much paler.

Hab. Huneary, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; S. Russra, Sarepta

(Christoph); Armunta; Asia Minor, Pontus, Taurus; Syria,

Leech Coll., Mardin; Persia; W. Si1smria, Altai. Hap. 22-

28 millim.

Larva, Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 288; Hffm. Raup. p. 141, pl. 36.

it WL

Brownish ; 1st two pairs of prolegs absent. Food-plant: Gna-

phalium arenarium, 5-6.

5210. Eublemma amasina.

Anthophila amasina, Ev. Bull. Mose, 1842, iii. p. 555, & 1857, iv. p. 410;

Herr.-Schaff. Eur Schmett., Noct. f. 280; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 437. f. 4;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228.

Anthophila paradisea, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. ii. p. 34, pl. 31. £. 4 (1878).

Head and thorax ochreous yellow; abdomen ochreous; palpi

EBUBLEMMA. 151

and mid tibia pink. Fore wing ochreous yellow, the outer half of

medial area and the postmedial area bright pink extending obliquely

to apex, the costal edge pink towards base; medial line indistinct,

whitish, angled outwards in discal and submedian folds ; postmedial

line very indistinct, dark, diffused, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then oblique, a yellowish patch beyond it on costa; a subterminal

series of white points except towards costa and two black points

below the costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia pink.

Hind wing ochreous suffused with brown, the cilia pale ochreous

faintly tinged with pink at tips; the underside ochreous white, the

cilia tinged with pink.

Hab. 8. Russta; Kirenistan; W. Torxesstan, Fergana,

Bokhara; KE. Srperta, Ussuri; Japan; Kiushiu, 1 ¢, Yokohama

(Jones, Pryer), 5 3, 2 2 type paradisea ; Corna; W. Curna,

Chang-yang (Pratt), 2 9. Hep. 24-32 millim.

5211. Eublemma pulchra. (Plate CLIII. fig. 8.)

Anthophila pulchra, Swinh., P. Z, 8. 1886, p. 451; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 339.

Head and thorax yellowish white slightly tinged with rufous;

the antenne rufous ; abdomen yellowish white tinged with brown.

Fore wing yellowish white, the basal and terminal areas suffused

with pink; the medial area with faint rufous streaks before the

indistinct rufous postmedial line, which is excurved below costa and

at middle incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4; short

subterminal pure white streaks below veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, the termen

white below apex, then yellowish; a fine brownish terminal line.

Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown especially on the

veins and terminal area; a brown terminal line; the underside

white with slight blackish discoidal lunule and terminal series of

oints.

3 Hab. Pounsas, Kasauli, t g ; Bomsay, Mhow,1 9 type. Lzxp.

24 millim.

5212. Eublemma delicata.

Thalpochares delicata, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 13 (1874).

Head and thorax white mixed with some fiery red; palpi rufous

except at tips; antennze brown; pectus and legs suffused with

brown, the fore tibiz and the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

white suffused with brown. Fore wing with the basal area

white ; a sinuous fiery-red subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold, a band of fiery-red and rufous suffusion beyond it, narrowing

to inner margin ; antemedial line slight, blackish defined on inner

side by white, waved; the rest of wing rufous suffused in parts

with fiery red and with some black irroration; an indistinct

sinuous red medial line; a small black discoidal spot ; postmedial

152 NOCLUID A.

line black slightly defined on outer side by white, excurved from

below costa to vein 4, then incurved and slightly sinuous, a white,

point beyond it on costa; subterminal line white defined on outer

side by some black scales, angled outwards below vein 7 and

excuryed at middle; cilia white, fiery red at base towards apex and

with patch of black scales at tornus. Hind wing white suffused

with reddish brown especially on terminal half; two indistinct

curved brown postmedial lines and a terminal line; cilia white

tinged with brown at base; the underside white irrorated with

brown and with traces of curved antemedial, medial, postmedial,

and subterminal lines.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with less red.

Hab. Carz Cotony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 3 §,1 9, Annshaw

(Miss F. Barrett), 2 g, Rosmead (Juby), 1 g. Hap. 14-16

millim.

5213. Eublemma minima. (Plate CLIIL. fig. 9.)

Micra minima, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 246 (1352).

Thalpochares pennula, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 12 (1874).

Thalpochares carmelita, Morr. Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 434;

Smith, Cat. Noct, N. Am. p. 313.

Toxophleps pallida, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxx. p. 160 (1904).

Head and thorax white ; palpi and antenne tinged with ochreous ;

abdomen white, dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore wing white

tinged with ochreous; the costa brownish towards base; an

indistinct diffused brownish antemedial mark on costa; an oblique

brownish medial band, diffused on inner side and slightly sinuous

on outer; two black discoidal points; postmedial line white,

excurved below costa and at middle, the area beyond it with a

white point on costa; subterminal line white expanding into a

patch at costa with a dark point on it, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle and with some black points on its outer edge and more

prominent small wedge-shaped spot at submedian fold; a fine olive

terminal line; cilia white tinged with ochreous. Hind wing

white, the terminal area slightly tinged with brown; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia ochraceous white; the underside with the

costal area slightly irrorated with ochreous, faint traces of a diffused

subterminal line, a terminal series of slight dark points.

Ab. 1. pallida. Fore wing more uniformly tinged with greyish.

Hab. U.S.A. (Doubleday), 1 3, Texas, 1 3, Mississippi, Cali-

fornia (Walsingham), 1 3 ; Sr. Tuomas, 1 ¢ ; Brazin, Sao Paulo

(D. Jones), 2 3, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 § ; Paraguay,

Sapucay (Foster), 1 9 ; Aregentrna, Gran Chaco, Florenzia( Wagner),

1 2, Goya (Perrins), 1 9 ; Carer Cotony, Cape Town (Meade-

Waldo), 136,19. Hap. 14-18 millim. Typet 2 pennula in

Coll. Rothschild.

EUBLEMMA. 153

5214. Eublemma scitula.

Lvastria scitula, Rmbr. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 26, pl. ii. f. 16; Dup. Lép.

Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 567, pl. 47. f. 4; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct.

f. 251; Mill. Rev. d’Ent. 1884, pl. 1. ff. 1-4; Roths. Nov. Zool. xii.

p: 25, pl. iv. f. 29; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 230.

Nola exasperata, Led. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1855, p. 183, pl. 5. f. 11.

Agrophila gibbosa, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xy. p. 50, pl. 4. ff. 9, 10 (1872).

Erastria futilis, Swinh. P.Z. S. 1884, p. 517, pl. 47. f. 8; Hampsn. Moths

Ind. i. p. 340.

Eulocastra cretacea, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 96, pl. 162. f. 17 (1893) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 341.

Head and tegule reddish brown mixed with some white, the

latter with white medial band, the tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen white dorsally tinged with ochreous except at base and

extremity. Fore wing pure white; the basal area with a few

brownish striae; a slight brownish subbasal point below costa; a

slight dark antemedial line excurved below costa and cell; medial

area with dark striz especially on outer half; an indistinct sinuous

medial line; the reniform small, defined by black, its outer edge

irregular ; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by white,

excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved and waved ;

postmedial area suffused with grey, interrupted below vein 7 and

with some white points on costa, subterminal line white, diffused,

angled outwards below vein 7 and inwards at discal fold, excurved

to termen at middle, then incurved and slightly waved, a curved

black mark on its outer edge below apex and some black points

between vein 3 and tornus; a fine dark terminal line becoming rufous

and somewhat punctiform towards apex; cilia white mixed with

brown especially on apical half and with slight dark line towards

tips. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown;

an indistinct irregular white subterminal line ; a fine dark terminal

line ; cilia white ; the underside white with black points on termen

below veins 7 and 6.

Ab. 1. futilis. Fore wing brownish grey.

Hab. 8. France, Leech Coll.; Sparn, Catalonia ; Corsica ;

Ivaty (Leach), Capri (C.. S. Browne); Siciry; Darmaria ;

AtcEria ; Gotp Coast, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 26,19; Br.C.

Arrica, Likoma (de Jersey) 1 9 , L. Nyasa (de Jersey), 1 9 ; Trans-

vaaL, Pretoria (Janse), 2 § , Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 9 ; Basuvro-

LAND, Masite (Crawshay),1 9 ; Cave Conony, Deelfontein (Sloggett),

19, Capetown (Lounsbury), 1 9 ; Sryp, Kardchi (Swinhoe), 1 ¢,

type futilis; Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 2 , Bangalore ( Watson),

1 2, Coimbatore, (Walhouse), 1 9 ; Cryzton, Pundaloya (Green,

Mackwood), 2 2, type cretacea. Hxp. 16-20 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 288; Hffm. Raup. p. 148.

Hump-backed ; green or pinkish; the three anterior pairs of

prolegs absent. Feeds on the eggs of Coccidw on Fig-trees,

Oleanders and Yuceas, covering itself with their scales; at the

Cape it preys on Lecantum hesperidum.

154 NOCTUID H.

5215. Eublemma leucota, n. sp. (Plate CLIII. fig. 10.)

@. Head and thorax white, the latter slightly tinged with

ochreous ; palpi, antennee, and legs tinged with ochreous ; abdomen

white dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore wing white, the terminal

area suffused with brownish ochreous; some brownish irroration

on basal half of costa; a somewhat oblique diffused brownish

ochreous medial band with a black spot on it in discal fold, its

outer edge slightly incurved below the cell; some brownish points

on costa towards apex ; subterminal line indistinct, white, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and to tornus, black points on its outer

edge below costa and at discal and submedian folds ; a small rufous

patch at apex. Hind wing white, the terminal area slightly tinged

with brownish ; the underside with the costal area and terminal

area to vein 2 slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Prerstan Guir, Bander Abbas (James), 1 9 type. Hap.

16 milim.

5216. Eublemma therma, n.sp. (Plate CLIII. fig. 11.)

Head and thorax bright rufous; antennse brown; tibie tinged

with brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen brownish

suffused with rufous at base, the ventral surface whitish. Fore

wing bright rufous, the outer half of medial area brown irrorated

with grey ; a slight whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line whitish, waved; a black point in middle of

cell and two discoidal points ; medial line white, waved ; postmedial

line white, excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards in

discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and slightly excurved above inner

margin, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

very near termen, grey, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, some

slight black points on its outer edge; cilia whitish tinged with

rufous. Hind wing grey suffused with brown, the cilia somewhat

paler with a faint dark line near base; the underside whitish

suffused and irrorated with brown, a fine dark terminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing ochreous slightly suffused with rufous.

Ab. 2. Fore wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 g, 2 2 type; Trans-

vaaL (Pead), 1 2, White R. (Cooke), 1 9, Tweefontein (Janse),

1 9, Pretoria (Janse), 2 9 ; Navat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 ¢ ;

Carr Cotony, Grahamstown, 1 2. xp. 16-18 millim.

5217. Eublemma respersa.

Noctua respersa, Hiibn. Beitr. ii. i. p. 14, pl. 2. f. H (1790); Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 227.

Noctua amena, Hibn. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f, 800 (1802); Dup. Lép. Fr.,

Suppl. iii. p. 584, pl. 48. f. 6.

Anthophila grata, Treit. Eur. Schmett. v. (3) p. 283 (1826).

EUBLEMMA, 155

Micra carthami, Herr.-Schaff. Eur, Schmett. ii. p. 488, Noct. f. 558 (1845).

Thalpochares bythinica, B.-Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 121.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the hinder part of thorax and

abdomen faintly tinged with red-brown; the palpi, antenne, and

legs suffused with rufous. Fore wing white irrorated with pale

red-brown; antemedial line slight, red-brown, waved, a_ black

point on it in cell; medial line defined on inner side by rufous

suffusion, excurved from costa to median nervure and in sub-

median fold and angled inwards below the cell and at vein 1;

postmedial line brown defined on outer side by whitish and

with some greyish suffusion before it, excurved below costa,

incurved at discal fold, excurved at middle, then oblique sinuous ;

postmedial area greyish, rufous towards costa on which there

are some white points; subterminal line white with series of

slight black points on its outer edge, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle ; the terminal area tinged with grey with an oblique rufous

patch at apex; cilia greyish with white lines at base and middle,

the tips tinged with rufous. Hind wing white suffused with reddish

brown; traces of a medial line on inner area and of two sinuous

postmedial lines, the outer defined on outer side by white on inner

area; cilia white mixed with reddish brown; the underside white

irrorated with brown, two diffused curved postmedial lines and a

terminal series of blackish points.

Ab. 1. grata, Treit. Smaller and whiter.

Ab. 2. bythinica. Fore wing irrorated with violaceous pink.

Hab. 8. France; Avsrria, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Hungary, Frey

and Leech Colls; Spatn, Murcia; 8. Russra, Sarepta, Zeller Coll. ;

Armenta; Asta Minor, Pontus, Bythinia, Lydia; Persia, 2 9,

Leech Coll.; W. Turxusran, Turcomania, Sarawschan. yp.

26-30 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 287; Hffm. Raup. p. 141, pl. 36.

ite dl(0)

Pale grey with a pale dorsal line. Food-plant: Onopordon

acanthium. 5-6.

5218. Eublemma grata.

Anthophila grata, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 251 (1852); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p- 226.

Anthophila albicans, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 251 (1852); Rmbr. Cat. Lép.8. And.

oll, NO) tt, 4s

Head, thorax, and abdomen white; palpi and antenne red-

brown ; legs tinged with red-brown. Fore wing white, the costal

edge red-brown on basal half; a black point in middle of cell ;

medial line defined by bright rufous suffusion on inner side, ex-

curved from costa to median nervure, angled inwards below the

cell, then again excurved ; two slight discoidal points ; postmedial

line faint, brownish, excurved below costa and at middle, incurved

at discal fold and oblique below vein 3; the postmedial area tinged

with brown defining the subterminal line, which has a bright rufous

156 NOCTUID&.

patch before it below costa extending beyond it obliquely to apex,

the line excurved below costa and at middle and with some black

points on its outer edge; the termen faintly tinged with brown ;

cilia white with some brownish at middle and reddish brown tips.

Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown except towards base,

a faint brown subterminal line and a fine red-brown terminal line ;

the underside white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2

faintly tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown, a terminal

series of black points.

Hab, Sprain, Andalusia, Leech Coll. Hap. 26 millim.

*5219. Eublemma siticuosa. (Plate CLIII. fig. 12.)

Thalpochares siticuosa, Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. ii. p. 145, pl. 3. f. 2 (1858) ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

Thalpochares albina, Staud. Iris, x. p. 293, pl. 4. f. 25 (1897).

6. Head and thorax creamy white; palpi, antenne, and legs

tinged with rufous; abdomen white tinged with rufous except

towards base. Fore wing creamy white; slight subbasal and

antemedial brown points on costa; a narrow rufous medial band,

excurved below costa and incurved below the cell, a slight black

point before it in cell and another beyond it on discocellulars ; sub-

terminal line white with rufous spots before it below costa, at

middle and above inner margin and black points beyond it below

costa and at discal and submedian folds, excurved below costa and

at middle and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; the

terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 4. Hind

wing pure white with traces of a brownish line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin and of a subterminal line from vein 4 to

inner margin. Underside of fore wing with the costal half slightly

tinged and irrorated with brown; hind wing with the costal area

slightly irrorated with brown towards apex.

Ab. 1. albina. Fore wing pure white without the rufous spots

before subterminal line.

Hab. Syria, Mardin; Patustrnp, Dead Sea in Coll. Piingeler.

Exp. 20 millim.

5220. Eublemma albida.

Anthophila ,albida, Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 382, pl. 81. f. 1 (1842) ;

Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 91, pl. 11. f. 15; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

Thalpochares grattissima, Stauda. Iris, iv. p. 317 (1891).

Thalpochares infuscata, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 317 (1891).

Thalpochares transmittens, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 93 (1893).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen white; antenne rufous; fore

tibie brownish ringed with white. Fore wing white slightly

irrorated with brown, the costa brownish towards base; minute

black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars; an oblique

slightly sinuous red line from upper angle of cell to inner margin ;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by red and a few

EUBLEMMA. 15y7/

black scales from vein 6 to inner margin and on outer by black

scales from costa to discal fold and by a black point in submedian

fold, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at

discal and submedian folds ; a red spot at apex; a slight brownish

terminal line; cilia with some brownish irroration at tips. Hind

wing pure white, the cilia with slight brownish irroration at

tips.

Ab. 1. Fore wing yellowish white, the subterminal line only

defined on inner side by rufous towards the oblique rufous bar from

apex, cilia tipped with red except at apex and ternus; hind wing

with diffused brown subterminal band.—Algeria, Teniet-el-Had in

Coll. Piingeler.

Ab. 2. transmittens. Fore wing with the terminal area broadly

greyish white.—Armenia.

Ab. 3. infuscata. Fore wing with a brownish postmedial band.—

Syria.

Hab, AucErta, Hammam-es-Salhain (Walsingham), 1 3 ; AR-

mENIA; Kurpistan; Asta Minor, Pontus; Syria, Mardin. Lup.

22-30 millim.

5221. Eublemma chlorotica. (Plate CLIII. fig. 13.)

Thalpochares chlorotica, Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. ii. p. 144, pl. 3. f. 1 (1858);

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

3S. Head and thorax white tinged with olive-green ; pectus,

legs, and abdomen white faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing

white suffused and irrorated with olive-green except at costa; faint

traces of an antemedial line excurved below the cell; medial line

defined on outer side by white, excurved to middle of discocellulars,

then incurved and again slightly excurved below submedian fold ;

postmedial line faintly defined on outer side by white, angled out-

wards below costa, then oblique and almost straight ; subterminal

line white defined on outer side by faint dark points, excarved

below costa where it is met by an oblique white streak from apex,

then almost straight; cilia white at tips. Hind wing white

suffused with pale purplish; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

pure white; the underside ochreous white faintly irrorated with

brown.

Hab. Armenta, 1 3, D’Emmich Coll.; Syria, Mardin, Baalbec

(Graves), 1 g ; Kurpistan; Persia; W. Turkestan, Turcomania,

Eep. 28 millim.

5222. Eublemma viridis.

Thalpochares viridis, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 45; Alph. Rom.

Mém. vy. p. 184, pl. 8. f. 11; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the legs and abdomen

faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing white suffused and irrorated

158 NOOTUID®.

with pale olive-green except at costa; a white medial band

defined on inner side by rather darker green, oblique, straight,

very slightly bent inwards to costa; subterminal line white, arising

from apex, oblique to vein 6 and slightly excurved at middle;

cilia with a fine white line at base and white tips. Hind wing

white suffused with pale purplish brown; a faint white medial

band; cilia white. Underside of fore wing suffused with brown ;

hind wing tinged and irrorated with brown, traces of a diffused

subterminal band.

Hab. W. Turxesran, Turcomania, 1 ¢, Fergana, Sarawschan.

Hep. 28 millim.

5223. Eublemma pura.

Noctua pura, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 579 (1818); Dup. Lép. Fr.,

Suppl. iii. p. 559, pl. 47. f. 6; Rmbr. Cat, Lép. 8S. And. pl. 13. £. 6;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229.

Head and thorax creamy white; palpi, antenne, and legs rufous ;

abdomen white tinged with rufous. Fore wing creamy white; a

black point in middle of cell; a black discoidal striga on the outer

edge of a narrow rufous medial band which is slightly excurved

below costa, then oblique; a narrow rufous terminal band with

minute black points on its inner edge representing the subterminal

line; cilia white tinged with rufous except at base. Hind wing

pure white with a fine brown terminal line except towards tornus ;

the underside with the costa slightly tinged with ochreous.

Hab. 8. France, Leech Coll.; Spar; Ivary, Liguria, Pegli, Frey

Coll. Aap. 18-22 millim.

5224, Eublemma pallidula.

Anthophila pallidula, Herr.-Schaff. Kur. Schmett. vi. p. 178, Noct. f. 641

(1851); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229.

Thalpochares cypriaca, Staud. Hor. Ent. Soc. Ross. xiv. p. 413 (1878).

Thalpochares mardina, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229 (1901).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdcmen white faintly tinged with rufous ;

palpi, antenne, and legs rufous. Fore wing white irrorated with

rufous and some brown, the terminal area suffused with rufous and

irrorated with brown; the costal edge brown towards base, ill-

defined black points in cell towards extremity and on discocellulars ;

an ill-defined dark medial line, oblique from costa to vein 6 just

beyond the cell, then inwardly oblique; an indistinct oblique

blackish striga from apex with some whitish above it and faint

punctiform subterminal line sometimes obsolete, the area beyond it

somewhat darker; cilia white at base, then white irrorated with

brown and with fine line near tips. Hind wing white tinged with

rufous especially towards termen ; cilia white tinged with rufous

at tips; the underside white irrorated with rufous except the cell

and inner area.

BUBLEMMA. 159

Ab. 1. cypriaca. Fore wing more ochreous tinged with rufous ;

hind wing tinged with ochreous.

Ab. 2. mardina, Much smaller, pale ochreous, the subterminal

points almost or quite absent, the terminal line slight,

Hab. Aruunta, Caucasus, 3 6, Leech and D’Emmich Colls. ;

Asta Minor, Pontus, Taurus; Cyprus; Syrta, 3 ¢, Leech Coll.,

Mardin; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Astrabad,1 ¢. Hp. 18-26

millim.

5225. Eublemma suppura. (Plate CLIII. fig. 14.)

Thalpochares suppura, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 522 (1891); id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p- 229:

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white; palpi, antenne,

and legs tinged with rufous. Fore wing creamy white; black

points in middle of cell and on discocellulars; a faint ochreous

medial line excurved below costa then oblique ; a subterminal series

of black points formed of aggregated scales; cilia tinged with

rufous except towards tornus. Hind wing creamy white, the cilia

tinged with rufous except towards tornus. Underside of fore wing,

and the hind wing except the cell and inner area suffused with

rufous.

Hab, Kourvistan, Malatia; Asta Mrnor, Cilicia, Taurus, Am-

manus Mts., 1 g ; Syrra, 2d, Leech Coll., Antioch. Hxp. 24

millim,

5226. Eublemma sarcosia, n. sp. (Plate CLIII. fig. 15.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged with rufous 5

pectus, femora, and ventral surface of abdomen pure white. Fore

wing white tinged and irrorated with rufous; faint traces of a

sinuous antemedial line, a medial line excurved below costa then

oblique, and a curved postmedial line. Hind wing white tinged

and irrorated with rufous; traces of diffused medial, postmedial,

and subterminal lines; the underside white faintly tinged with

rufous.

Hab. Mapras, Horsleykonda (Campbell), 1 Q type. EHwp. 24

millim.

5227. Eublemma lacteicosta, n. sp. (Plate CLIII. fig. 17.)

6. Head and tegule rufous ; thorax white in front, the hinder

part and abdomen pale red-brown with a greyish tinge ; pectus and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the tarsi slightly ringed with

whitish. Fore wing pale red-brown with a greyish tinge and

darker irroration, the costal area creamy white; antemedial line

brownish, sinuous, faint except on costal area ; medial line brownish,

oblique towards costa, then inwardly oblique and indistinct, with

black point at costa; postmedial line brownish with black point at

costa, oblique towards costa, then very indistinct and excurved ;

two black points on costa towards apex and a small oblique bar

160 NOCTUID &.

from apex; a fine brown terminal line; cilia with a fine whitish

line at base. Hind wing pale red-brown with a greyish tinge and

some dark irroration on basal area; traces of an oblique medial

line ; cilia with a fine pale line at base; the underside white tinged

with rufous and irrorated with black, some blackish points on

termen towards apex.

Hab. Nigeria, Old Calabar, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 22 millim.

#5228. Eublemma deserti. (Plate CLIII. fig. 16.)

Thalpochares deserti, Roths. Ent. Zeit. Stuttgart, xxiii. p. 142 (1909).

$. White; palpi pale brownish at sides; fore tibie and tarsi

pale brownish in front. Fore wing faintly tinged with rufous

before the erect rufous medial line, which is excurved at middle and

incurved below costa and in submedian interspace; a faint rufous

tinge on subterminal area and a few black scales below apex and at

discal fold. Hind wing pure white.

Hab. S. Aterrts, Mraier, typetT ¢ in Coll. Rothschild. Zzp.

12 millim.

5229. Eublemma purpurina.

Noctua purpurina, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 88 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii.

p. 167 (1787); Hibn. Beitr. Schmett. i. 2. p. 11, pl. 2, f. G. (1787); Esp.

Schmett. iv. pl. 163. f.4; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 298; Dup. Lép.

Fr. vii. pt. 1, p. 385, pl. 123. f. 7; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228 (1901).

Thalpochares secunda, Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228 (1901).

Head and thorax yellowish white, the palpi, except at base, and

antenne reddish brown; pectus and legs suffused with brown, the

fore cox and tibie tinged with pink; abdomen whitish suffused

with brown except at base. Fore wing yellowish white suffused

with bright pink except on basal area and on terminal area below

apex and towards tornus, the postmedial area with deep pink streaks

in the interspaces between veins 7 and 3; faint traces of a pink

medial line, excurved from costa to lower angle of cell, then oblique ;

a rather indistinct deep pink postmedial line, bent outwards below

costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line represented by

minute dentate white marks from costa to vein 4 and a faint incurved

whitish line below vein 3; a deep pink terminal line; cilia yellowish

at base, pink at tips. Hind wing yellowish white suffused with

brown; cilia yellowish white slightly mixed with brown and

tinged with pink at tips; the underside whitish, the costal half

irrorated with brown and the apical area tinged with pink.

Ab. 1. secunda. Fore wing paler with less pink suffusion ; hind

wing whitish in both sexes. .

Hab. S. France, Sand Coll.;? S.E. Germany; Avsrrra, Leech

and Crowley Colls.; Huneary, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.;

Areerra; S. Russta; Arnmenta; Asrts Mryor, Pontus, Taurus;

Syria, Leech Coll.; W. Turxnsran, Fergana, Bokhara, Sarawschan,

Marghilan,1 g. Exp. 24-34 millim.

EUBLEMMA. 161

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 288: Hftin. Raup. p. 142.

Grey-green, with two dark dorsal stripes and two dull coloured

lateral stripes ; two anterior pairs of prolegs absent. Food-plant:

Cirsium arvense. 5-9.

5230. Eublemma rosea.

Noctua resea, Hibn. Beitr. Schmett. ii. 2, p. 50, pl. 3, f. R (1791); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228.

Noctua rosina, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. fig. 295 (1802) ; Dup. Lép. Fr.,

Suppl. iv. p. 237, pl. 71. fig. 7; Herr.-Schatf. Eur. Schmett., Noct.

f. 443.

Thalpochares schernhammert, Riihl. Soc. Ent. v. p. 34 (1890).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous, the thorax faintly

tinged with pink; mid tibiz suffused with pink. Fore wing

purplish pink ; a broad band of olive-yellow suffusion before the

medial white line, which is very slightly excurved below costa,

angled outwards at discal fold, inwards to median nervure at

vein 2, and slightly inwards at vein 1; postmedial line deep

crimson, strongly excurved below costa, then oblique and slightly

sinuous on inner area, a whitish point beyond it on costa; an

oblique olive-brown streak from apex to Just beyond the curve

of postmedial line which it then follows as a crimson shade, the

brown streak interrupted by the subterminal line, which is whitish

towards costa and angled outwards at vein 7, then crimson and

slightly excurved ; a fine crimson terminal line; cilia pinkish at

base and yellowish at tips with a darker line at middle. Hind

wing ochreous suffused with brown, the cilia ochreous white; the

underside white, the costal area tinged with pink and with traces

of a pink postmedial line from costa to discal fold.

Ab. 1. schernhammeri. Fore wing without any pink.

Hab. Austria, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ; Swirzertanp,

Leech Coll.; Darmarra; S. Russta, Leech Coll., Urals, Orenburg ;

ArmMENIA; AstA Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, Lydia, Taurus ;

W. Torxestan, Fergana, Issyk-Kul; ? W. Sreertma; E. Tourx-

EtAN, Ili. Hap. 20-28 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 288; Hffm. Raup. p. 142.

Rosy pink with some darker irroration; two whitish dorsal

lines and a lateral whitish stripe. Feeds in a web on Jurinea

mollis. 5.

5231. Eublemma parallela.

Anthophila parallela, Frr. Neue Beitr. iv. p. 123, pl. 360. f. 2 (1841); Dup.

Lép. Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 86, pl. 57. f. 6; Herr.-Schaff. Hur. Schmett.,

Nouct. f. 299; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

Micra concinnula, Herr.-Schatf. Kur. Schmett. ii. p. 487, Noct. f. 256

(nee Boisd.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with olive-green ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whiter. Fore wing

white suffused wtih olive-green; faint traces of a sinuous ante-

VOL, X. Mu

162 NOCTUIDZ.

medial line with a black point on it in cell ; medial line olive-green

defined on outer side by white, diffused on inner side and with

black discoidal striga on it, oblique from costa to above end of

cell, then inwardly oblique and shghtly sinuous; postmedial line

very indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly

oblique ; subterminal line white defined on inner side by olive-

green suffusion and with a series of black points on its outer edge,

angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique; an oblique rufous mark

from apex; cilia white with an olive line at middle. Hind wing

white suffused with reddish brown; traces of a whitish medial

line and of a whitish bar above tornus ; cilia white with a shght

brownish line through them ; the underside white sparsely irrorated

with brown, a terminal series of slight brown lunules.

Ab. 1. Fore wing much darker and more suffused with brown.

Hab. S. Russta, Sarepta, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;

ArmENTA; Kourpistan; Asta Minor, Pontus, Taurus, Amanus

Mts-.02) 2; SYRIA, 73) 6, Weech) Colla?) Persian sea pee

30 millim.

5232. Eublemma pusilla.

Prastria pusilla, Ev. Bull. Mose. 1887, vi. p. 50.

Anthophila concinnula, Boisd. Ind. Gen. Meth. p. 174 (1840); Frr. Nene

Beitr. pl. 360. fig. 1; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 252;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

Noctua proxima, Fisch. Bull. Mose. 1840, i. p. 88.

Head white, the antenne rufous; thorax white suffused with

olive-green ; abdomen white ; pectus and legs white, the fore legs

{inged with brown. Fore wing white suffused with olive-green ;

antemedial line slight, olive-green defined on inner side by white,

angled outwards below costa and on median nervure and inwards

in cell, then oblique, a minute black streak before it in the cell ;

medial line dark olive with olive-green suffusion before it and a

white band beyond it; angled outwards beyond the cell, then

oblique and slightly sinuous; postmedial line dark olive defined

on outer side by white, oblique from below costa to vein 6, then

inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous, a white point beyond it on

costa; a white subterminal band with minute black points on

its outer edge, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a fine olive-green terminal line, defined on iner side by white

except at apex and tornus; cilia white at base, olive-green at

tips. Hind wing white slightly tinged with olive-green ; a white

medial band, excurved below costa; traces of a white postmedial

line and a faint white subterminal band except towards apex ;

cilia white; the underside white with olive-green medial and

postmedial lines excurved at middle, and a terminal punctiform

line.

Hab. 8. Russta, Sarepta, Frey and Leech Colls.; W. Turrssray,

Tarbagatai Mts.; W. Srperza, Altai Mts. Hp 18-20 millim.,

RUBLEMMA. 163

*5233. Eublemma sphragidota, (Plate CLIIL. fig. 18.)

Eublemma sphragidota, Turner, Pr. Linn, Soe. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 116 (1902).

3. Grey-white ; palpi, antenne, and legs tinged with ochreous

brown, Fore wing with sinuous blackish antemedial line angled

inwards on vein 1, the area beyond it suffused with rufous to the

medial line, which is oblique from costa to the large black discoidal

spot, then inwardly oblique to inner margin; the postmedial line

oblique and brown towards costa, then grey, angled inwards in

discal fold and more strongly in submedian fold; a semicircular

blackish mark on costa before apex; an indistinct, grey, minutely

dentate subterminal line angled inwards in submedian fold; some

slight black points on termen. Hind wing with traces of two

waved grey postmedial lines.

Hab, Qurenstann, Townsville (Dodd), type t ¢ in Coll. Turner,

Exp. 14 millim.

#5234. Eublemma subcinerea.

Thalpochares subcinerea, Suell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 65, pl. v. f. 16

(1880).

Eublemma tothicta, Mey. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 34.

Q. Head and tegule pale rufous; thorax and abdomen white

slightly tinged with rufous. Fore wing creamy white irrorated

with red-brown and dark brown; antemedial line dark, obliquely

incurved from below costa to submedian fold and angled inwurds

on vein 1; asmall diffused dark discoidal spot ; medial line oblique

from costa to vein 6 well beyond the cell, then inwardly oblique,

the area beyond it whitish to the brown postmedial line, which

is oblique from eosta to vein 7, then minutely waved, slightly

defined on outer side by whitish; a minutely dentate whitish

subterminal line with series of small blackish spots on its outer

edge: a slight brown terminal line. Hind wing creamy white

tinged and irrorated with red-brown; an oblique rufous antemedial

line with whitish band beyond it; a minutely waved dark post:

medial line except on costal area; a minutely waved whitish

subterminal line with series of blackish points on its outer edge;

a slight brown terminal line; cilia yellowish white tinged with

rufous at apex; the underside yellowish white slightly irrorated

with brown.

Hab, Ceveses; Br. N. Guinea, Port Moresly, type t 2 dothicta

in Coll. Meyrick. erp. 18 millim,

*5235, Kublemma gayneri.

Mestleta gayneri, N. C. Rothss Nov. Zool, viii. p. 429 (1901); id. Nov.

Zool. xii. pl. iv. f. 55,

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white slightly tinged

with rufous. Fore wing creamy white slightly tinged with rufous ;

a subbasal black point on costa; antemedial line rufous with

164 NOCTUID D.

black point at costa, slightly excurved below costa and angled

outwards in submedian fold; a black point in end of cell; medial

line rufous with black point at costa, angled outwards at discal

fold just beyond the cell, then oblique; postmedial line rufous

with black point at costa, oblique to vein 7, then excurved and

minutely waved to vein 2 where it is slightly angled inwards ;

an oblique rufous bar from apex with some slight subterminal

black points below it; a fine rufous terminal line and pale line

at base of cilia which are pale rufons. Hind wing creamy white

faintly tinged with rufous; an oblique rufous antemedial line,

a slight rufous postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 3, then

incurved ; a fine rufous terminal line; the underside white with

minute black discoidal point and curved postmedial line formed

of dark scales.

Hab. Ecyrt, Assouan, type t ¢ in Coll. Rothschild. Zyxp.

18 millim.

*5236. Eublemma beraudi. (Plate CLIII. fig. 19.)

Eublemma beraudi, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1909, p. 168.

3. Head white mixed with rufous; tegula rufous: thorax

white in front, rufous behind; pectus and legs white, the tarsi

rufous ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous with white

segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white

almost entirely suffused with pinkish red, the costal edge white

towards base ; subbasal line represented by a black point on

costa; antemedial line with black point on costa, then rufous,

incurved from subcostal nervure to submedian fold ; black points

at middle of cell and on discocellulars, the latter placed on a

brownish spot; medial line rufous defined by white on outer side

and with black point at costa, very oblique from costa to beyond

discoidal spot, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line slight,

rufous defined by whitish on outer side, very oblique from costa

to vein 7, incurved at discal fold, oblique and waved below

vein 5, some rufous striz beyond it from costa; traces of a dentate

subterminal line with two black points beyond it below a red

apical spot with white striga beyond it on termen. Hind wing

whitish suffused with pinkish red except on costa; an oblique red

antemedial line slightly defined by white on outer side; traves of

a curved postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side; a slight

‘brown terminal line; the underside white slightly irrorated with

brown, a slight discoidal point, traces of a curved postmedial line,

and terminal series of points.

Hab. Keyrt, Alexandria, type t ¢ im Coll. Joannis. Hyp.

18 millim.

*5237. Eublemma teilhardi. (Plate CLIII. fig. 20.)

Eublemma teilhardi, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1909, p. 170.

®. Head white mixed with pale brown; tegule pale fawn

BUBLEMMA. 165

brown; thorax purplish pink; pectus and legs white, the tarsi

rufous ringed with white; abdomen pale fawn, the hase of dorsum

and anal tuft purplish pink, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

purplish pink, the costal edge white to beyond middle; subbasal

line represented by a black point on costa; antemedial line with

black point on costa, then indistinct, red; a small lilacine grey

discoidal spot defined by black except above; medial line black

and oblique from costa to just beyond discoidal spot, then indistinct,

red and inwardly oblique; postmedial line with oblique black

striga from costa, then excurved, red and hardly traceable, some

crimson points beyond it on costa; traces of a subterminal series

of black points; cilia deep crimson. Hind wing purplish pink,

the costal area whitish; a crimson terminal line; cilia deep

crimson with a paler line at base; the underside white, the

terminal area tinged with rufous, a black discoidal point.

Hab. Keyrr, Cairo, type t Q in Coll. Joannis. vp. 18 millim.

Larva. On Acacia nilotica.

5238. Kublemma trilinea. (Plate CLIII. fig. 21.).

Lublemma trilinea, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1909, p. 167.

Head and tegule red-brown ; thorax grey-white in front, red-

brown behind; pectus and legs pale rufous, the tarsi ringed with

white: abdomen red-brown, greyish at base. Fore wing ochreous

almost entirely suffused and irrorated with purplish red, the base

greyish ; antemedial line double, red-brown filled in with ochreous,

incurved in cell and slightly angled outwards in submedian fold;

medial and postmedial lines red-brown defined on outer side by

ochreous, excurved from costa to vein 6, then obliquely incurved ;

an oblique blackish subapical mark with two black points on it,

followed by a subterminal series of slight dark points; cilia deep

red with fine ochreous line at base. Hind wing whitish sutfused

with red-brown except on costal area; cilia deep red with fine

ochreous line at base; the underside white slightly irrorated with

brown, the termen suffused with red, a dark discoidal point, traces

of postmedial and subterminal lines, a terminal series of black

points.

Hub. C. Cntna, Zi-ka-Wey, 1 ¢,1 9. Hxp. 20 millim. Typet

in Coll, Joannis. :

5239. Eublemma curvata. (Plate CLIII. fig. 22.)

Madopa curvata, Lucas, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Queensl. i. p. 115 (1894).

3. Head and tegule reddish brown with some white on frons

and at base of tegule; thorax white; abdomen white suffused

with grey, the ventral surface white ; legs mostly brown, the tarsi

ringed with white. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with brown

to postmedial line and finely pencilled with brown except on costal

and postmedial areas; antemedial line with oblique black striga

166 NOCTUIDAE.

rom costa, then very indistinct, sinuous; a blackish discoidal

spot with an oblique brown striga above it from costa; postmedial

line brown, strongly excurved helow costa, then very oblique ;

the costa beyond it with alternating red-brown and white points;

an oblique brown shade from apex with two black points on it

and a minute dentate red-brown mark; a dark brown terminal

line except towards apex and tornus; cilia dark brown with a

white line at base. Hind wing white, the basal and terminal

areas finely pencilled with brown ; a fine brown medial line except

en costal area; a minutely dentate postmedial line excurved at

middle; a black point above tornus and a fine brown terminal

line; cilia dark brown with a white line at hase; the underside

white tinged and irorated with brown, two minute black points

on termen towards apex.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area except towards costa ~

and hind wing with the basal halt except costa and inner margin

suffused with chocolate-brown.

Hab. New Guinea (Mathew), 1.3 3; Quernstand, Townsville

(Dodd), 3 3. Hep. 20-24 millim.

5240. Eublemma ochreola, n. sp. (Plate CLIIL fig. 23.)

¢. Head and tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen pale ochreous

slightly tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with

rufous and sparsely irrorated with black; a blackish discoidal

point ; medial line diffused, brownish, indistinct especially towards

costa, oblique from costa to beyond upper angle of cell, then

inwardly oblique; postmedial line faint, minutely waved, excurved

below costa, then oblque; a subterminal series of small black

spots; a fine brown terminal line; cilia ochreous at base, brown

at tips. Hind wing ochreous, the terminal area tinged with

rufous; diffused oblique brownish medial and postmedial lines; a

subterminal series of small black spots with a faint brownish shade

before them; a fine brown terminal line; cilia ochreous at base,

brown at tips; the underside ochreous tinged with rufous and

irrorated with black, a faint diffused postmedial Jine and terminal

series of black points.

Hab, Hainan, Five-fingered Mts. (Whitehead), 1 g type. Ewp.

24 millim.

5241. Eublemma brachygonia, n. sp. (Plate CLILI. fig. 24.)

Head and tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged

with rufous, the pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white.

Fore wing white thickly irrorated with pale rufous, the terminal

area suffused with pale rufous; traces of a sinuous ruicus ante-

medial line with blackish point at costa; minute black points in

middle of cell and on discocellulars ; medial line rufous defined on

outer side by white, acutely angled outwards to well beyond the

EUBLEMMA. 167

cell, then oblique ; postmedial line with black point at costa, then

rufous slightly defined on outer side by white, oblique to vein 7,

then indistinct, minutely waved and inwardly oblique, the costa

beyond it with alternating rufous and white points; traces of a

minutely waved whitish subterminal line with two black points on

its outer edge below costa; a small red spot at apex and fine

rufous terminal line; cilia pale red with white line at base.

Hind wing white suffused with rufous; a rufous medial line

defined on outer side by white from below costa to inner margin ;

a punctiform rufous postmedial line slightly defined on outer side

by white, not extending to costa, and traces of a minutely waved

whitish subterminal line; a rufous terminal line; cilia pale red

with a white line at base; the underside white with terminal

series of black points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. 8. Lronn (Clements), 1 2; N. Nicerra, Borgu, Yelwa Lake

(Migeol), 1 2 ; Cryton, Colombo (Alston), 1 g type. Hup.

18 millim.

5242. Eublemma gratiosa.

Anthophila gratiosa, Ey. Bull. Mose. 1854, iii. p. 192, & 1856, 1. pl. 2.

f. 10; Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 91, pl. 3. f. 62; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228.

Thalpochures epigramma, Stand, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 53; id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 228.

Head and tegule pale rufous; thorax white tinged with rufous ;

abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing whitish suffused with rufous,

the basal and costal areas rather paler, the costal edge brown

towards base ; antemedial line slight, red-brown with minute spot

at costa, strongly incurved in.cell and excurved below it; a black

point in middle of cell; a slight discoidal bar; medial line red-

brown defined on outer side by ochreous, oblique from costa to

vein 6 where it is angled outwards to beyond the cell, then

inwardly oblique and slightly incurved below vein 5, the area

beyond it slightly irrorated with fuscous except towards costa ;

postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish, red-brown and

oblique towards costa, then fuscous, minutely crenulate, inwardly

oblique and slightly incurved at submedian fold, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of minute black

spots formed of aggregated black scales and slightly defined on

inner side by whitish; a small rufous apical spot and pale rufous

terminal line; cilia with fine whitish lines at base and near tips.

Hind wing ochreous white tinged with rufous ; a narrow whitish

medial band obsolete on costal area; two indistinct dark postmedial

lines excurved below costa; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia with

fine white lines at base and near tips; the underside white, the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Kureetstan ; E. Torxesran, Thian Shan Mts., 1 @.

Exp. 24 millim.

168 NOCTUID 4%.

5243. Eublemma radda. (Plate CLIII. fig. 25.)

Eublemma radda, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (7) vii. p. 472 (1901).

Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish red mixed some whitish.

Fore wing whitish almost entirely suffused and irrorated with

purplish red; traces of a sinuous rufous antemedial line; a

dark point in middle of cell and small brownish discoidal spot ;

medial line indistinct, rufous, oblique from below costa to vein 6

far beyond the cell, then minutely waved and inwardly oblique ;

postmedial line excurved below costa, then dentate and produced to

slight dark points on the veins, oblique below vein 4, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, very indistinct,

waved ; a fine brownish terminal line. Hind wing whitish almost

entirely suffused and irrorated with purplish red ; a dark discoidal

striga; an indistinct double oblique diffused rufous medial line;

traces of a dentate postmedial line and of a waved whitish

subterminal line; a fine rufous terminal line; the underside

whitish tinged with rufous, a minute blackish discoidal lunule and

traces of two curved rufous postmedial lines.

Hab. Bornno, Sarawak, 1 ¢, 1 @ type, Kuching (Shelford),

19. Hep. 24 millim.

5244, Eublemma abrupta.

Mestleta abrupta, Wik. xxxiii. 830 (1865); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ili. p. 208,

pl. 174, ff. 2, 2a@; Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 542.

Thalpochares wallengrent, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxii. p. 64, ply. f. 6

1880).

ae lurida, Pag. Zoologica, xii, p. 84, pl. il. f. 43 (1900).

Head and tegule rufous; thorax ochreous white tinged with

rufous; abdomen greyish suffused with red-brown at base and

with fuscous towards extremity ; tarsi red-brown ringed with

white. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous and irrorated

with fuscous: a minute subbasal black point in cell; antemedial

line indistinct, blackish, minutely dentate towards costa and

angled outwards below the cell; a black point in middle of cell

and slight discoidal lunule; medial line dark brown, very acutely

angled outwards below costa to near postmedial line where it is

met by an oblique black shade from apex, then very oblique and

double, the outer line blackish ; postmedial line fine, black, strongly

excurved below costa, then oblique and dentate ; an ochreous

spot below costa towards apex with a small triangular spot on

costa beyond it; a minute dentate subterminal white mark below

apex, then a series of black points with an oblique streak from

the point in submedian fold to tornus; a fine red-brown terminal

line; cilia red-brown except at base. Hind wing ochreous

suffused with rufous; a double oblique medial line, the inner line

red-brown, the outer fuscous; postmedial line blackish, dentate

and produced to black points on the veins, excurved at middle;

a subterminal series of slight black points and a blackish patch

EUBLEMMA. 169

above tornus; a fine brown terminal line; cilia deep rufous

except at base; the underside greyish irrorated with fuscous, the

basal and postmedial areas tinged with red, a black discoidal point,

two curved medial lines, an indistinct dentate postmedial line,

produced to black points on the veins, and a terminal series of

points.

Ab. 1. Thorax, abdomen, and wings grey-brown without rufous

tinge.

‘Hab. Buneat, 1 9; Bompay, Poona; Manras, Nilgiris, 1 9;

Cuyton (Lempleton, Mackwood), 2 $, 2 9; Bornuo, Sarawak

(Wallace), 1 3; Cetuses; Nuw Brrrarin; QuEENsLAND, Aumidale

(Dodd), 1 9, Townsville (Dodd), 26, 192. Hep: 22 millim.

Type T in Mus. Oxon.

Larva. Reddish with black streaks and lateral dots and yellow

transverse bands; paired oblique white bands on 9th and 10th

somites; the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 11th somites with dorsal

prominences, the 3rd, 4th and 5th each with four spatulate dorsal

filaments; lst two pairs of prolegs absent. Food-plant; Licus

parasiticus, pupating in a small cocoon attached to a leaf

(Thwaites).

5245. Eublemma versicolora.

Autoba versicolor, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soce., Zool. vii. p. 58 (1864).

Thalpochares rubricosa, Snell, Tidj. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 64, pl. v. f. 9 (1880).

Mestleta angulifera, Moore, ‘Lep. Atk. p. 179 (1882); id. Lep. Ceyl. iu.

p- 208, pl. 175. ff. 2, 2 a; “Humpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 343.

Head and tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen ochreous white

tinged with rufous; tarsi rufous ringed with white. Fore wing

ochreous white tinged and irrorated with rufous; slight dark

subbasal points on costa and in cel] ; antemedial line with oblique

blackish striga from costa, then hardly traceable, incurved in cell

where there is a blackish point on il, and angled outwards below

the cell; a blackish discoidal point; medial line red-brown, very

strongly angled outwards below costa to near postmedial line,

then very oblique; postmedial line red-brown, angled cutwards

below costa where it is met by a blackish shade from apex, then

indistinct, minutely dentate, and incurved below vein 4, the costa

beyond it red-brown with some pale points on it; subterminal

line formed by minute dentate black marks; a fine rufous terminal

line; cilia rufous with a pale line at base. Hind wing ochreous

white suffused and irrorated with rufous; a rufous medial line

not extending to costa; an indistinct minutely dentate postmedial

line from discal fold to inner margin; a subterminal series of

minute dentate black marks; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia

rufous with a pale line at base; the underside ochreous white,

the terminal area slightly irrorated with rufous.

Ab. 1. Paler ; wings ochreous print slightly irrorated with

BU OU SS

Ab. 2. Thorax, abdomen, and wings suffused with purplish nine

170 NOCTUID %.

Ab. 3. Thorax, abdomen, and wings purplish grey without any

red tinge.

Hab. Maswonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 9 ; Brneat, Cal-

cutta, 1 ¢ type angulifera; BomsBay, Kanara, Karwar (7’. 2. Bell),

23,19; Mankas, Nilgiris, 1 ¢, 1 2; Cryton (Lindesay), 2 3,

Puttalam (Pole), 1 9; Borneo, Sarawak, type t in Mus. Oxon. ;

Puitirpines, Manilla (Barnes), 1 3 ; Crteses ; QUEENSLAND,

Townsville (Dodd), 2 g, Brisbane (Turner, Arnold), 23, 12.

Exp, 18-23 millim.

Larva. Ochreous brown; Ist two pairs of prolegs absent ;

pupates in a dark brown cocoon.

5246. Eublemma aurantiaca, n. sp. (Plate CLILII. fig. 26.)

6. Head and tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen ochreous

white suffused with orange-red, the last with pale lines on terminal

segments; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; tarsi

rufous with pale rings. Fore wing orange-red ; minute subbasal

black points on costa and in cell; antemedial line with oblique

black striga from costa with a point below it, a point in cell

nearer the base and an oblique rufous line from cell to inner

margin ; black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ;

medial line red-brown with a black point on costa, very

avutely angled outwards below costa to the postmedial line,

then very oblique; postmedial line angled outwards below

costa where it is met by a slight oblique dark streak from apex,

then represented by a series of blackish points on slight whitish

marks on the veins, some white points beyond it on costa; a

subterminal series of black points, slightly defined on inner side

by white towards costa; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia deep

rufous except at base. Hind wing orange-red; a rufous medial

line not extending tn costa; an indistinct puuctiform rufous

postmedial line and a subterminal series of slight black points; a

fine rufous terminal line; cilia deep rufous except at tips; the

underside ochreous white tinged with rufous, a minute black

discoidal point, a postmedial series of minute black points and

a terminal series from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Gorp Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside), 1 S type. Hep. 18 millim.

5247. Eublemma crassiuscula.

Thermesia crassiuscula, Wk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. p. 186 (1864).

Mestleta duplexa, Moore, P.Z.S. 1877, p. 611, pl. 60. f. 5; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii, p. 348.

Head and tegule creamy white, the palpi and antenne

brownish ; thorax and base of abdomen orange-red, the terminal

part of abdomen red-brown with pale segmental lines ; pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white irrorated with

brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing orange

irrorated with red, the terminal area suffused with red-brown, the

EUBLEMMA, ne

costa whitish; autemedial line indistinct, with black point on

costa, excurved below costa, then sinuous; a slight brownish

discoidal mark ; medial line dark brown with black point at costa,

fine and very acutely angled outwards below costa to just before

the postmedial line, where it is met by an oblique brown

streak from apex, then strong and very oblique, some greyish

beyond it ; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by greyish,

angled outwards below costa, then oblique and minutely waved,

some pale points beyond it on costa; a black point below apex

and a rather diffused punctiform dark subterminal line, angled

inwards in submedian fold; cilia rufous with a fine pale line at

base. Hind wing orange suffused with red, the base and costal

area whitish; diffused dark medial and postmedial lines from

discal fold to inner margin with greyish between them; a sub-

terminal series of minute black points; cilia deep rufous; the

underside ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas sparsely

irrorated with brown, traces of a medial line on inner area, a

faint postmedial line bent inwards to costa and a terminal series

of black points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Anvamans, 1 ¢ type dupleva; Sevancor, Kuala Lumpur

(Durham), 1 2; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 2 3, Kuching

(Shelford), 1 9. Hap. 18-22 millim. Type ¢ Q in Mus. Oxon.

5248. Eublemma cinnamomea.

Trothisa cinnamomea, Wery.-Schaff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Ver.

Regensb. xxii. p. 155 (1868).

Trothisa margarite, Berg, Ann. Soc. Argent. xiv. p. 285 (1882).

Xanthoptera laphyra, Druce, P. Z.8. 1890, p. 517; id. Biol. Centr.-Arm.,

Het. ii. p. 498, pl. 96. f. 2.

Eublemma rosescens, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 248, pl. 17. f. 9.

Head and tegule yellowish white slightly mixed with red; palpi

brownish except at tips; antenne brownish; thorax rufous tinged

with purplish pink; abdomen yellowish white, the terminal

segments suffused with rufous, pectus and legs white, the fore

tibiae and tarsi brownish ringed with white, ventral surface of

abdomen yellowish tinged with red. Fore wing bright rufous

suffused with purplish pink except on terminal area, the costal

area yellowish white slightly irrorated with red to beyond middle ;

traces of an incurved antemedial line; medial line deep red defined

on outer side by yellowish, angled outwards below costa, then

obliquely incurved ; postmedial line brown, oblique from costa to

vein 7, then indistinct and incurved, an oblique brown shade

beyond it from costa with some white points on the costa; an

indistinct dark subterminal line with blackish points on it above

and below discal fold, arising from apex, excurved at middle

and bent outwards to tornus; a deep red terminal line; cilia

brownish, red at apex. Hind wing white, the terminal area

yellowish tinged with red; a fine red terminal line; cilia white

iG NOCTUID 3.

tinged with red at base; the underside yellowish white, the apical

area tinged with red, a terminal series of minute black points from

apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. Fore wing ochreous suffused and irrorated with rufous

and slightly with pink on basal area.

Ab. 2. margarite. Abdomen irrorated with fuscous leaving

whitish segmental lines; fore wing irrorated with fuscous.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 9, Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith),

I 3 type; Guarpmata (Rodriguez), 1 6, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Bausmas (Bonhote), 1 9; Jamatca, Runaway Bay (Walsingham),

1g; Cusa ; Hartt (Tweedie), 1 $; Sra. Lucta, 1] Q:-Sr. Vincenr

(H. H, Smith), 1 3 ; Gruvava (H. H. Smith), 3 Q type rosescens ;

‘TRINIDAD Gop ro ; Venrzurta, 1 ¢ ; Br. Guiana, Potaro R.

(Kaye), 1 g,2 92, Bartica (Kaye), 1 3, 1 Qs SURINAM ; Brazit,

Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 2 2 ; Uruguay. Exp. 18—

28 millim.

5249. Eublemma obliqualis. (Plate CLIII. fig. 27.)

Phalena obliqualis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. 2. p. 224 (1794).

Anthephila flammicincta, Wik. xxxiii. 801 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct, N.

Ai, p. 813.

Trothisa pallescens, Werr.-Schatt. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Ver. Regensb.

xxii. p. 154 (1868).

Micra stalii, Wilgrn, GEfv, Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1871, p. 916.

Larache patula, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 69.

Larache patruelis, Grote, Can. Ent. viii. p. 27 (1876).

Aanthoptera laphyra, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 498 (part,).

Head and tegule white; thorax and abdomen white tinged with

ochreous. Fore wing white tinged with yellow; medial line

acutely angled outwards below costa where it is met by an

oblique white line from apex to middle of inner margin with a

band of rufous suffusion before it and rufous suffusion beyond it,

the terminal area and cilia fiery red; an indistinct postmedial line,

angled outwards below costa then oblique; traces of a sxbterminal

series of black points. Hind wing yellowish white, the termen

tinged with fiery red; cilia white faintly tinged with red at base ;

the underside white, the apical area tinged with red.

Ab. 1. patruelis. Fore wing with indistinct oblique antemedial

line.

Ab, 2. patula. Fore wing paler, the terminal area less strongly

suffused with red. !

Ab. 3. Fore wing yellower with less rufous suffusion, the

markings indistinct, the subterminal series of black points

prominent.

Ab. 4. Fore wing nearly uniformly suffused with brownish

ochreous.

Hab. U.S.A., Alabama, 1 9, type patruelis Texas, Bastrop Co.,

2 3, Tiger Hill, Os Mexrco: Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 9, Godman-

Salvin Goll. ; Pha, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 3 ; Banamas,

EUBLEMMA. 173

Andros (Bonhote), 2 g, 192; Jamarca, Runaway Bay (Wal-

singham), 1 S ; Cosa, Santiago (Schaus), 3 ¢ ; Harri (fweedie),

16,19 type flammicincta; Sr. Kitrs (Nicholl), 4 3, 2 9;

Sr. BartHotomew ; Barzsapos (Frampton), 192 ; Sr. Vincent

(H. H. Smith), 2 3 ; Grenapa (H. H. Smith), 2 3 ; VENEZUELA

(Dyson), 1 6 ; Frrnanpo Noronwa (fidley), 2 3, 2 9; Perv,

Callao (J. J. Walker), 2 3. Hap. 20-24 millim.

5250. Eublemma leucograpta, n. sp. (Plate CLIII. fig. 28.)

3$. Head and thorax white: palpi with the second joint fuscous

at sides, the third joint yellowish ; head with brownish bars above

frons and on vertex ; antennee blackish ; patagia with some rufous

towards tips; legs tinged with brown; abdomen whitish, dorsally

suffused with rufous. Fore wing rufous, the cestal area white with

the costal edge blackish towards base and slight rufous and black

antemedial and medial strie# from costa ; a black point in cell before

middle and a discoidal point; two oblique whitish bands from cell

to inner margin before middle and a medial band acutely angled

outwards below costa, then oblique; postmedial line white, minutely

dentate, angled outwards below costa, then very oblique to middle

of inner margin; subterminal line white, minutely dentate, with

two slight black streaks beyond it below apex; a slight waved

white line just before termen ; cilia rufous and whitish with a few

fuscous scales. Hind wing rufous; the base white; an oblique

white antemedial band with the black discoidal point on it; two

oblique white medial lines and minutely waved postmedial and sub-

terminal lines, the last with minute black points on its outer edge

from apex to discal fold; cilia white tinged with rufous and slightly

mixed with fuscous; the underside white.

Hab. Sotomons, Rendova I. (Meek), 1 3 type. Hep. 18 millim.

5251. Eublemma bilineata. (Plate CLIII. fig. 29.)

Eublemma bilineata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 206 (1902).

Head, tegule, and legs orange-yellow ; thorax white; abdomen

white tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey, thickly and minutely

irrorated with white except on basal area, ihe costal area white to

beyond middle, the costal edge yellow at base; a black point on

middle of costa; two postmedial lines, black at costa, then brown,

oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique ; some orange-

yellow on costa towards apex and a quadrate black-brown spot at

apex defined by white; a fine dark terminal line; cilia brown with

fine yellowish lines at base and near tips. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown; a fine dark postmedial line and fine dark

terminal line ; cilia with a slight whitish line at base; the under-

side suffused with reddish brown except on inner area.

Hab, Pounsas, Simla (Harford), 1 3 type, Kulu (Pilcher), 2 3,

2 2, Kangra Valley (Dudgeon), 1 3. Exp. 18-20 millim.

174 NOCTUIDF.

5252. Eublemma dapheena,n.sp. (Plate CLIII. fig. 30.)

3g. Head and tegule bright rufous; thorax and abdomen pale

brownish grey. Fore wing whitish tinged with red-brown and

irrorated with dark brown, the apical area more rufous, the costal

edge rufous; antemedia! line dark brown, angled outwards below

costa, then oblique and very slightly angled at submedian fold; a

brown discoidal striga ; medial line brown strongly angled outwards

beyond upper angle of cell, then oblique; postmedial line brown,

angled outwards at vein 6 and slightly at vein 4, then slightly in-

curved; the costa towards apex blood-red with some yellow points

on it and an cblique black striga from apex ; traces of a minutcly

waved whitish subterminal line with faint blackish points on its

outer edge ; a fine brown terminal line; cilia rufous, deep blood-

red at tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown ; traces of fine

sinuous brown postmedial and subterminal lines except towards

costa; a fine brown terminal line; cilia whitish tinged with blood-

red. Underside of fore wing bluish white with some dark irroration

on costal and terminal areas and the disk suffused with brown, two

dark brown postmedial strize from costa with sume points beyond

them; hind wing white, the costal area tinged with ochreous and

irrorated with brown, a fine minutely waved postmedial line and

terminal series of black points from apex to vein 3.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 3 type. Hep. 22 millim.

5253. Eublemma polygramma.

Anthophila poli gramma, Dup. Lép. Fr.,Suppl. iii. p. 519, pl. 44. f. 3 (1886) ;

Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 437. f. 2; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 257 ;

Kmbr, Cat. Lép. S. And. pl. 15. f.5; Stand. Cat. Le). pal. p. 227.

Anthophila aryillacea, Ey. kaun. Vo'g. & Ur. p. 359 (1844).

Thalpochares nuda, Christ. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1862, p. 221.

Thalpochares pudorina, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 53.

Thalpochares violetta, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 53.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown, the last with pale seg-

mental lines: pectus and base of abdomen on underside white.

Fore wing grey-brown with a slight rufous tinge, thickly and

minutely irrorated with white; antemedial line indistinct, dark,

sinuous, strongly excurved in submedian interspace ; slight dark

points in middle of cell and on discocellulars; medial line white

with a fine brown line on its inner edge, angled outwards at vein 6

to well beyond the cell, then oblique and slightly incurved ; post-

medial line brown defined on inner side by white, excurved below

costa. then obliquely incurved ; the costa towards apex rufous with

a whitish point; subterminal line whitish, angled inwards below

costa, then very minutely dentate ; a fine rufous terminal] line and

white line at base of cilia. Hind wing greyish suffused with reddish

brown, the costal and terminal areas greyer; a white medial line

from discal fold to inner margin, and indistinct postmedial brown line

slightly defined on outer side by whitish except on costal area; a

BUBLEMMA. 175

brown terminal line and fine whitish line at base of cilia; the

underside grey-white irrorated with red-brown except on inner

area.

Ab. 1. pudorina. Fore wing whitish tinged with flesh-pink, an

oblique black subapical bar; hind wing whitish, the terminal area

tinged with pink.

Ab. 2. violetta. Fore wing with the medial line less strongly

angled outwards beyond the cell.

Hab. 8. Francx, Sand Coll.; Swirzertanp, Valais; Spain,

Castile, Andalusia, Murcia: Irary; Istria; Datmatia; ALGERIA ;

S. Russra, Sarepta (Christoph); ARMENIA; Asta Minor, Pontus,

Bithynia, Taurus ; Syria, Mardin, Antioch: W. Turkesran, Turco-

mania, Fergana, Sarawschan. Hap. 20 millim.

5254. Eublemma roseocincta, n. sp. (Plate CLIIL. fig. 31.)

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with rufous ; palpi

and antennw rufous. Fore wing pale olive-green, the costal area

white narrowing to a point beyond middle, the subcostal and

terminal areas purplish pink; postmedial line double, with two

oblique rufous strize from costa, then very indistinct and olive-green,

the outer line with minute white points on it from below costa to

vein 4, then very oblique to inner margin before middle; some

minute white points on costa towards apex, two black subterminal

points below costa and an cblique white streak from apex; cilia

olive-brown with a pinkish white line at base. Hind wing white,

the inner area and termen faintly tinged with red; the underside

faintly tinged with rufous, some minute black points on termen.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Tana R. (Crawshay), 1 g type, Kibauni

(Crawshay), 1 3. Exp. 16 millim.

*5255. Eublemma heterogramma. (Plate CLIII. fig. 32.)

Anthophila heterogramma, Mab. C. R. Ent. Soe. Belg, xxv. p. 61 (1881).

Q. Head and thorax white ; palpi fulvous yellow, brown at tips;

antennee brown except at base: pectus and legs tinged with

ochreous; abdomen white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore

wing silvery white; a small black spot at apex; a fine red-brown

line from costa towards apex, strongly angled outwards below apex,

then very oblique to inner margin near base ; a fine red-brown line

arising below apex from the angle of the other line, obliquely

curved to inner margin beyond middle; the termen with fine black

line at apex, then a series of minute points. Hind wing white

tinged with brownish ochreous. Underside white; fore wing

tinged with ochreous brown especially on costal and terminal areas ;

hind wing faintly tinged with ochreous,

Hab. Coxeo, Landona, type + Q in Coll. Mabille. Hap. 32

millim,

176 NOCLUIDE.

5256. Eublemma ragusana.

Anthophila ragusana, Frr. Neue Beitr. v. p. 92, pl. 487. f.1 (1844); Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

Anthophila virginea, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 248 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 339.

Anthophila cinerina, Ghil. Mem. R. Accad. d. Sci. di Torino (2) xiv.

p. 214 (1854): Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 227.

Thalpochares psilogramma, Led. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1855, p. 207,

Oils Bo ai, Nek

Hypena quinquelineaiis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 612.

Thalpochares dividens, Lucas, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. yu. p. 87 (1892).

Eublemma polygramma, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 339 (nee Dup.).

Head and tegule pale rufous ; thorax and abdomen white tinged

with grey. Fore wing white suffused and irrorated with grey-

brown, the costal area rather whiter; an indistinct very oblique

brown line from subcostal nervure towards end of cell to median

nervure where it is bent ontwards, then very oblique to inner

margin near base; two postmedial lines bent outwards to below

apex, then very oblique to inner margin at and beyond middle, the

inner defined by white on outer side, the outer on both sides; asub-

terminal series of minute black points with a fine oblique white

line on the inner side from below apex to inner margin, the two

points below costa stronger; a fine brown terminal line; cilia

brown with a fine white line at base. Hind wing white faintiy

tinged with ochreous brown; traces of a postmedial line and a fine

dark terminal line. Underside of both wings with the costal area

tinged with crimson ; hind wing with terminal series of black points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal half whiter, a strong oblique

brown shade arising from apex and thence running on inner side

of the inner postmedial line to inner margin ; hind wing whiter.—

Gold Coast.

Ab. 2. virginea. Fore wing suffused with pink instead of brown,

the lines indistinct, the subterminal line hardly traceable, a red

spot at apex beyond the two black points.—Java.

Hab. Datmartia ; Gotp Coast, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 3 3;

N. Nicerra, Borgu, Yelwa Lake (Migeod), 1 9; Br. E. Arrica,

Kikuyu (Crawshay), 3 3, Nairobi (Ford), 1 ¢; Ueanna, Entebbe

(Minchin), 1 3; Masuonauann (Dobbie), 1 ¢; Transvaat, Pretoria

(Janse), 29; Narat, Tugela R., Bonds Drift (Reynolds), 1 3;

SrycHELues, Coetivy (fletcher), 1 9: Syria, Beyrut (Lederer), 1 9%;

Pungsas, Dharmsila (Hocking), 1 9; Buurdn (Dudgeon), 1 9;

Bryeat, 2 5, 2 9; Manpras, Cuddapah (Campbell), 1 9; Brerma,

Rangoon (Noble), 1 ¢; Anpamans (fogers), 4 3,4 2, type quin-

quelinealas 5 Sineaporp, 1g; Java (Horsfield), 1 2 type virginea ;

New Guinea (Mathew), 1 $3; QueEnstanp, Rockhampton, 1 ¢,

Brisbane (Turner), 2 3. Hap. 18-22 millim.

EUBLEMMA. aa 7

5257. Eublemma rubiginea. (Plate CLIV. fig. 1.)

Kublemma rubiginea, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 300 ; id. Moths

Ind. iy. p. 516.

3. Head and tegule deep red-brown; thorax rufous with some

white in front; abdomen red-brown with some rufous at base;

pectus, base of legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore

wing red-brown mixed with some ochreous white especially on

basal area, the costal edge dark brown; antemedial line ochreous

white, inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous; a pale discoidal striga

with two slight blackish spots before it; postmedial line ochreous

white with a fine brown and rufous line on its inner edge, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line slight, ochreous white, angled out-

wards at middle and inwards at discal and submedian folds; a

terminal series of black stric; cilia with a rufous line at base.

Hind wing red-brown slightly mixed with ochreous white; a

pale discoidal striga; postmedial line ochreous white with a fine

rufous line on its inner edge, oblique, straight; traces of a pale

waved subterminal line; a terminal series of slight blackish striae ;

cilia with a rufous line at base; the underside whitish suffused and

irrorated with red-brown, an oblique dark postmedial line.

Hab. Buurkn (Dudgeon), 1 3 type. Hp. 20 millim

5258. Eublemma castanea, n. sp. (Plate CLIV. fig. 2.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep rufous; prothorax with a

pure white band; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous

white. Fore wing deep rufous, the costa narrowly white to post-

medial line, the costal edge rufous towards base; antemedial line

white, inwardly oblique and slightly angled outwards in submedian

fold; a white discoidal bar; postmedial line white, oblique from

costa to below vein 7, then inwardly oblique and almost straight,

some white points beyond it on costa; the interspaces of terminal

area with very slight whitish streaks; cilia with a fine white line

at base. Hind wing deeprufous; aslight whitish discoidal striga ;

postmedial line white, slightly incurved ; a terminal series of

minute white points and fine white line at base of cilia; the under-

side whitish sulfused with rufous, postmedial line faint, brownish

very slightly defined on outer side by whitish,

Hab. Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 ¢ type. Hep. 22 millim.

*5259. Eublemma aplecta. (Plate CLIV. fig. 3.)

Eublemma aplecta, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxxiv. p. 353 (1909).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white pencilled with brown;

palpi at sides and antenne red-brown ; tegule bright rufous at

tips. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with red-brown, the costal

edge rufous ; indistinct curved red-brown ante and postmedial lines ;

VOL. X. N

Alfie) NOCTUIDE.

a short oblique blackish streak from apex and subterminal series of

slight black points. Hind wing grey thickly irrorated with red-

brown; the underside whitish slightly irrorated with red-brown.

Hab, QurENstanD, Gympie, type f Q in Coll. Turner. xp. 24

millim.

5260. Eublemma obscura.

Selenis obscura, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 178, pl. 6. f. 10 (1892); Hmpsn-

Moths Ind. ii. p. 342.

@. Head and tegule dark red-brown; thorax whitish in front,

rufous behind; abdomen dark brown with some rufous at base,

the terminal segments with pale lines; pectus and ventral surface

of abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing red-brown,

the costal area yellowish to antemedial line and ‘beyond the post-

medial line; antemedial line indistinct, sinuous; a slight yellowish

discoidal striga ; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by

yellowish and by white at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then oblique and minutely waved ; the costal edge towards apex

black with some white points on it, the postmedial area yellowish

towards inner margin; subterminal line slight, yellowish, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine blackish terminal

line ; cilia with a yellow line at base. Hind wing dark reddish

brown, the costal area whitish, the postmedial area more ochreous ;

traces of a dark medial line except on costal area; cilia with a

yellow line at base; the underside ochreous white irrorated with

brown, a diffused medial line and a terminal series of dark striae.

Hab. Stxutm, 1 Q type. Ewp. 24 millim.

5261. Eublemma tristalis.

Meranda tristalis, Leech, Entom. xxii. p. 65, pl. 2. f. 6 (1889).

Head and tegule deep chocolate-brown, thorax whitish tinged

with rufous; legs and abdomen red-brown. Fore wing brownish

white suffused with red-brown except on costal and basal areas, the

costal edge black towards base; antemedial line with slight black

mark at costa, then indistinct, incurved below the cell; a slight

brown discoidal striga with pale striga on its outer edge; post-

medial line brown, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly

oblique and sinuous, the costa beyond it with white points with

black streaks between them ; subterminal line pale slightly defined

on inner side by brown, angled outwards at veins 7 and 4, then

incurved and ending at tornus; an oblique white bar from apex ;

a terminal series of black points ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia.

Hind wing greyish brown; a sinuous dark medial line defined on

outer side by whitish; a fine black terminal line ; cilia with a fine

whitish line at hase; the underside whitish suffused with brown.

Hab. Japan, Satsuma (Leech), 1 ¢ type, Kiushiu,1 9. Lap. 20

millim.

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5262. Eublemma reticulata, (Plate CLIV. fig. 4.)

Eublemma reticulata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 516 (1896).

@. Head and tegule reddish brown mixed with some grey ; thorax

grey suffused with purple ; abdomen whitish irrorated with brown

and fuscous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with purplish

grey, the medial area purplish red-brown suffused with black

towards costa; antemedial line straight, brown defined on inner side

by grey, angled outwards below ‘costa, then oblique; a rather

diffused black discoidal spot; postmedial line grey-white, very

oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, some pale

points with slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa ;

a subterminal series of small black spots, the spots towards costa

placed on a white apical patch emitting a dentate mark to post-

medial line above vein 6; cilia purplish red-brown. Hind wing

with the basal area greyish, the medial area purplish red-brown,

the terminal area paler red-brown suffused with purplish grey ; an

indistinct blackish medial line on inner area; a slight grey post-

medial line excurved at middle; a subterminal series of minute

black points; cilia purplish red- brown ; the underside pale grey

tinged with brown and irrorated with dark brown.

Hab. Cryton, Puttalam (Pole), 1 2 type, Uva (Alston), 1 @.

Exp. 20 millim.

5263. Eublemma rubra. (Plate CLIV. fig. 5.)

Eublemma rubra, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 207 (1902).

Head and tegule pale rufous; thorax and abdomen white

suffused with rufous, the latter with white segmental lines ; pectus

and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing rufous mixed

with some ochreous, the costal area white irrorated with rufous, the

costal edge bright rufous; antemedial line white, oblique from costa

to subcostal nervure, then inwardly oblique ; a white discoidal

striga with slight oblique rufous striga above it from costa; post-

medial line white, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique and slightly sinuous, white streaks beyond it above

and below vein 6 to the subterminal series of small black spots

which are defined by white towards costa and slightly excurved at

middle; an oblique white streak from apex; cilia with a fine

white line at base. Hind wing rufous slightly mixed with ochreous,

the basal area white irrorated with rufous and bounded by an in-

distinct oblique rufous medial line; postmedial line white, excurved

at middle; a subterminal series of black points; a fine white line

at base of cilia; the underside white slightly tinged and irrorated

with rufous; a terminal series of black points.

Hab. Stxarm, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 3g type; Srneaporn, 1 9;

Java (Hors field), 1 3; QuuEnstanp, Townville (Dodd), 19. Kap.

16-18 millim.

NW 2

180 NOCTUID-£.

5264. Eublemma dubia.

Mateomera dubia, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 418, pl. x. f. 2.

Thalpochares cocciphaga, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. (2) i. p. 1087

(1887).

Head and tegule red-brown; thorax and abdomen whitish

suffused with red-brown. Fore wing greyish almost entirely

suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the postmedial area whiter ;

antemedial line indistinct, faintly defined on inner side by grey,

excurved from costa to submedian fold, then incurved ; a faint dark

discoidal spot; postmedial line indistinct, slightly defined on outer

side by white, excurved from costa to vein 4 and slightly angled

inwards in submedian fold, a paler patch beyond it on costa; an

indistinct minutely waved whitish subterminal line with a series

of minute black points on its outer edge, somewhat excurved at

middle and bent outwards to tornus; a fine brown terminal line ;

cilia darker with a slight whitish line at base. Hind wing grey-

white tinged and irrorated with red-brown; traces of a minutely

waved whitish subterminal line with some minute black points on

its outer edge ; cilia darker; the underside grey irrorated with

brown except on inner area.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area darker, the subterminal

black spots distinct.

Ab. 2. Fore wing wholly suffused with grey-white with some

fuscous irroration.

Ab. 3. Fore wing almost uniformly suffused with white.

Hab. Quurnstanp, Gayndah, 1 9, Peak Downs, 1 ¢ type,

Duaringa, 1 ¢,29, Cairns (Turner), 1 3, Brisbane (Turner), 1 3S,

1 2, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 §; W. Avsrratta, Sherlock R.

(Clements), 1 g; N.S. Wauus, Sydney (Raynor, Lyell, Arnold), 11

6,129. Hep. 16-26 millim. ,

Larva. Oliff, Agr. Gaz. N.S. W. iv. p. 683, plate, & Tepper, Pr. R. Soc.

8. Austr. xvii. p. 129,

Whitish with black head, stout ; two Ist pairs of prolegs absent.

Feeds on the Coccids Lecanium olew, hesperidum and testudo, and

Eriococcus eucalypt.

5265. Eublemma costimacula.

Anthophila costimacula, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 365, f. 114 (1891).

Lublemma plagiopera, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 420 (1902).

Head and tegule white mixed with some pale brown; antenne

brown ; thorax rufous, white in front and with some pale brown on

shoulders ; abdomen white suffused with pale brown and irrorated

with black leaving white segmental lines; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white irrorated with black, the tarsi pale brown

ringed with white. Fore wing reddish brown slightly mixed with

white; a white streak in cell to the antemedial line, the area above

it irrorated with black; antemedial line white, bent inwards to

costa and inner margin; a slight blackish discoidal striga with

EUBLEMMA. 181

some white on its outer edge ; postmedial line white, forking at costa,

oblique and strong to discal fold, then fine, oblique to subterminal

line at vein 3, then almost obsolete, somewhat angled inwards at

submedian fold where there is a blackish spot beyond it, a blackish

patch beyond it on costal area with some white points on costa and

an oblique streak below costa; subterminal line white, forking at

costa, then with some black scales on it; emitting a streak to post-

medial line above vein 6, angled inwards to postmedial line at

discal fold, then excurved and with two black points on its outer

edge, ending on the postmedial line at vein 3; cilia with a fine pale

line at base and greyish tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with

reddish brown, especially in female, except on costal area, the

termen suffused with dark brown, a black patch on inner margin

just beyond middle; cilia brownish white with a fine pale line at

base; the underside white slightly tinged with brown and irrorated

with black except on basal and inner areas, a terminal series of black

oints.

‘ Hab. Ueanna (Gaudry), 1 2, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 3; Navan,

29; Care Cotony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 3 type plagio-

pera, Queenstown (Helliers), 1 9; Mavacascar. Hup. 20-22

millim.

Cocoon formed of exuvice of Coccids, in damaged Cacao pods.

5266. Eublemma ignefusa, n. sp. (Plate CLIV. fig. 6.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with rufous, the

last with some black irroration towards extremity. Fore wing

whitish suffused with rufous and irrorated with a few black scales ;

some fiery red on base of inner margin; antemedial line very ill-

defined fiery red, bent inwards below subcostal nervure, then

oblique to inner margin; a fiery red discoidal spot with its lower

extremity produced as a patch to postmedial line, which is indis-

tinctly double, minutely dentate, excurved to vein 2 and angled

inwards in submedian fold; a large apical fiery red patch; a

terminal series of fiery red points. Hind wing whitish suffused

with rufous and irrorated with a few black scales ; a fiery red dis-

coidal spot with its lower extremity produced ; traces of a pale

minutely waved postmedial line; a terminal series of minute black

points; the underside whitish tinged with red and striated with

fuscous.

Hub. Sincarors (Ridley), 1 S$ type. wp. 16 millim.

5267. Eublemma communimacula.

Noctua communimacula, Schiff. Wien Verz. p. 85 (1776); Hiibn. Beitr.

Schmett. I. i. p. 23, pl. 3. f. O (1786); Esp. Schmett. iii. pl. 93. f. 11

Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 349; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. pt. i. p. 888

pl. 123. f. 6 ; Mill. Icones, iii. pl. 189. ff. 4, 5 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228.

Head and thorax pale flesh-pink ; abdomen white tinged with

182 NOCTUID RH.

pink. Fore wing pale flesh-pink ; a large conical rufous patch on

medial area from cell to inner margin defined by white; some

white points on postmedial part of costa; an indistiuct whitish sub-

terminal line incurved below costa, excurved at middle and bent

outwards to tornus; cilia rufous with a fine pale line at base.

Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area tinged with pink; a

fine rufous terminal line; the underside white, the costal area

suffused with pink. }

Hab, Austria, Zeller and Leech Colls.; Hungary, Frey and Leech

Colls.; ? C. Ivaty; Datmarra; Greech; Armenta; Asta Minor,

Pontus, Taurus; Syria, Mardin. Hap, 22-30 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 288; Hffm. Raup. p. 141.

Yellowish white; short and thick with small head and rudi-

mentary thoracic plate ; two Ist pairs of prolegs absent. Lives in

cases on Coccids on Sloe and Peach.

*5268. Eublemma rhodocraspis. (Plate CLIYV. fig. 7.)

Eublemma rhodocraspis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 462 (1909).

©. Head and thorax creamy white ; antenne rufous; abdomen

ochreous white. Fore wing creamy white; slight rufous subbasal

and antemedial points on costa; a diffused rufous bar from middle

of costa; a black discoidal striga; a round rufous spot beyond

lower angle of cell with curved pinkish band from it to inner

margin just before tornus ; the apical area and termen tinged with

rufous; a faint whitish subterminal line defined on outer side by a

few black scales, angled outwards below vein 7, excurved at middle

and ending on termen above tornus; a fine rufous terminal line;

cilia tinged with pink. Hind wing creamy white to beyond

middle with some black scales on discocellulars; the terminal area

pale pink with some blood-red on its inner edge which is straight ;

a series of black points formed of rather scattered scales from costa

towards apex to tornus towards which they are placed on slight

whitish spots; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia whitish tinged

with pink; the underside white slightly irrorated with black and

with a faint rufous subterminal shade, a terminal series of small

black lunules.

Hab. Bornuo, Elopura (Pryer), type t 2 in Coll. Druce. Lap.

26 millim.

5269. Eublemma carneola, n. sp. (Plate CLIY. fig. 8.)

6. Head red-brown; thorax creamy white, the legs suffused

with brown ; abdomen creamy white suffused with red-brown and

irrorated with black except at base. Fore wing creamy white

tinged with red-brown, the area from end of cell to subterminal

line paie reddish brown with a purplish tinge except towards costa ;

a small antemedial red-brown spot on costa and traces of a sinuous

line from ceil to inner margin; a black point in middle of cell and

EUBLEMMA, 183

small discoidal spot ; a small medial red-brown spot on costa; an

indistinct, very oblique, postmedial red-brown streak from costa ;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by red-brown, arising

at vein 7 below which it is excurved, slightly angled inwards at

discal fold, then excurved to near termen, some red-brown beyond

it on costa. Hind wing with the basal area creamy white tinged

with red-brown ; an indistinct oblique slightly sinuous red-brown

medial line from discal fold to inner margin, the area beyond it

pale red-brown except at inner margin, becoming purplish red

towards the white subterminal line, which is somewhat dentate and

defined on outer side by black irroration towards costa and below

the discal fold excurved to near termen ; the underside white tinged

with red-brown and irrorated with a few black scales on costal

area.

Hab. Borneo, Sadong (Shelford), 1 g type, Santobong (Shelford),

1g. ep. 30 millim.

5270. Eublemma amabilis.

Eublemma amahilis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 54, pl. 150. f. 12 (1884);

Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 339.

Head rufous; thorax and abdomen ercamy white, the latter

slightly tinged with ratous. Tore wing creamy white, the area

from the medial to subterminal lines pale rufous except towards

costa; antemedial line represented by a few dark scales from

middle of cell to inner margin; medial line indistinct, rufous,

diffused, angled outwards below costa, then oblique; an oblique

whitish postmedial bar from costa with a slight rufous mark betore

it on costa and patch beyond it; subterminal line white defined on

inner side by deep rufous suffusion, angled inwards below costa and

at discal fold, excurved below vein 7, angled outwards at middle to

near termen, then strongly incurved and ending at tornus ; terminal

area tinged with rufous except towards apex; a fine rufous

terminal line; cilia pale rufous with a slight whitish line at base.

Hind wing creamy white suffused with pinkish rufous except on

basal and costal areas; an indistinct oblique diffused rufous medial

line with a few black scales on it; subterminal line white defined

on inner side by deep rufous suffusion, obsolescent towards costa,

some black scales on its outer edge and on inner edge at discal fold,

excurved at middle; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia pale rufous

with a fine whitish line at base; the underside creamy white

slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Puonsas, Moghal Sarai (Betton), 1 9; Srxuim, 1800

(Dudyeon), 1 2; Manras, Belgaum ( Watson), 1 9; Cayton (Mack-

wood), 2 2 type; Sincaporse (ftidley),2 9. Hap, 20-24 millim.

Larva. Dudgeon, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xiii. p. 379.

White; head dark. Feeds on the Lac Insect, Vachardia lacca,

forming a web beneuth their resinous coating connected with the

open air by a silk tube. €-11.

184 NOCTUID.

5271. Eublemma roseonivea.

Acontia roseonivea, W1k. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 49 (1864) ; Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 64, pl. 1. f. 11.

Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white, the head suffused with

rufous, the tegule with dark brown line at base; legs tinged

with brown. Fore wing creamy white slightly tinged with rufous

except on costal area to beyond middle and on terminal area;

subbasal, antemedial, and medial black-brown points on costa; a

black discoidal point; traces of a sinuous medial line from cell to

inner margin; subterminal, line defined by deep rufous suffusion

on inner side except at costa, oblique from costa to vein 6 where

it is acutely angled, angled inwards at discal fold, then excurved to

near termen at vein 2 and again slightly angled inwards and ending

at tornus, with slight black points beyond it between veins 7 and 4;

a terminal rufous line; cilia tinged with rufous. Hind wing

creamy white; traces of a sinuous rufous medial line from cell to

inner margin; subterminal line oblique, defined on inner side by a

deep rufous band from vein 6 to tornus and with black points

beyond it between veins 7 and 4; a fine rufous terminal line;

cilia pale rufous with a fine white line at base; the underside

creamy white with a faint shade representing the subterminal

band.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the subterminal line not angled inwards

at vein 2; hind wing with the subterminal line more curved and

less oblique.

Hab. Bornuo, Sarawak, Malang (Shelford), 1 3, Sandakan

(Pryer), 1 S$; Puitirrines, Luzon, San Fernando (McGregor), 1 9.

Exp. 20-26 millim. Type + ¢ in Mus. Oxon.

5272. Eublemma ecthemata.

Eublemma ecthemata, Hinpsn. P. Z. 8. 1896, p. 262, pl. x. f. 6.

@. Head and tegule rufous mixed with some white; thorax

white; tarsi brown ringed with whitish; abdomen white faintly

tinged with ochreous. Fore wing pure white; a subbasal black

point on costa; a small antemedial black spot on costa and some

scales on inner margin ; an oblique reddish brown and black patch

before the postmedial line from costa to lower angle of cell, the

reniform placed on it, with metallic bluish centre defined by black,

oblique and rather irregular; postmedial line slight, double filled

in with white, excurved from below costa to vein 4, slightly

ang led inwards at vein 2, then exeurved and with black striga on

the inner line below vein 2, a faint rufous line beyond it and a

red-brown patch on costa; subterminal line with three black points

towards costa, then slightly defined on outer side by brownish,

minutely dentate, excurved at middle and to tornus; a fine waved

black terminal line; cilia white tinged with brown. Hind wing

white; a faint sinuous brownish postmedial line; a diffused

EUBLEMMA. 185

brownish subterminal line bent outwards to termen above tornus,

the area beyond it tinged with pink; a terminal series of black

points; cilia white tinged with pink; the underside white, the

costal area and terminal area to vein 2 tinged with pink, postmedial,

subterminal, and terminal series of black points.

¢. Head and tegule white; fore wing with the patches before

and beyond the postmedial line blood-red, the reniform filled in

with red; hind wing without the dark postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Hab. Apun, S. Othman (Vurse), 1 5 type; Nara, Estcourt

(Hutchinson), 1 9. Hep. 20 millim.

5273. Eublemma vestalis. (Plate CLIV. fig. 9.)

Anthophila vestalis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 405.

6. Head and tegule yellowish tinged with rufous ; thorax and

abdomen white ; the legs and abdomen faintly tinged with brown.

Fore wing pure white; the costal edge rufous on basal half; two

oblique black-brown striz on postmedial part of costa, followed by

a line oblique from costa to vein 7 near termen, then inwardly

oblique and almost obsolete, some rufous suffusion in its angle ;

a rufous subapical patch with two dark strie above it on costa

and a minute black lunule on its outer edge; a rufous subterminal

band except towards apex, its inner edge crenulate and with black

points at the indentations; a fine red-brown terminal line; cilia

rufous, white at apex. Hind wing pure white with fine brown

terminal line. Underside of fore wing with the costal half tinged

with rufous.

Hab. Qurernstanp, Peak Downs, 1 ¢ type. Hwvp. 20 millim.

5274. Eublemma flaviciliata, n. sp. (Plate CLIV. fig. 10.)

Head, tegule, and legs orange; thorax white; abdomen pale

yellow. Fore wing yellowish white, the apical and terminal areas,

except at tornus, orange, the costal edge orange towards base; an

orange point on middle of costa; two oblique orange strive from

costa beyond middle; an oblique black bar from apex defined at

sides by white ; a tine brown terminal line; cilia orange with fine

white line at base, the tips rufous. Hind wing white tinged with

yellow; cilia orange, whitish at tips; the underside suffused

with orange.

Hab. N. Nierrta, Borgu, Yelwa Lake (Migeod), 1 3,1 9 type.

Exp. 20 millim.

5275. EKublemma xanthocraspis, n.sp. (Plate CLIV. fig. 11.)

3. Head, tegule, and legs orange ; thorax fuscous grey ; abdo-

men fuscous grey with yellowish white segmental lines, the

extremity and ventral surface orange. Fore wing fuscous grey

thickly and minutely irrorated with silvery white, the costal area

186 NOCTUID&.

yellow deepening to orange at costa: an oblique black striga from

middle of costa; two oblique black postmedial striz from costa

with orange line from them across costal area, then with hardly

traceable oblique whitish lines from them from below apex to inner

margin where they are further apart; two black subapical points

on a small wedge-shaped white patch with slight rufous marks

on it at costa and on inner edge; a rufous terminal line; cilia

yellowish white.. Hind wing very pale yellow; the underside

deeper yellow except on inner area.

Hab. Br. K. A¥rica, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 3 type. Kup.

22 millim.

5276. Eublemma plumbosa. (Plate CLIV. fig. 12.)

Eublemma plumbosa, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 462 (1899).

Head, tegule, and legs orange; thorax white; abdomen yellowish

white. Fore wing grey-white, the costal area white becoming

orange-yellow towards apex; a slight oblique orange postmedial

line defined by white on outer side from costa to vein 7; a black

apical spot; cilia yellowish white. Hind wing yellowish white ;

the underside orange-yellow except on inner area.

Hab. MasHonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 g,19; Transvaan

(Janse), 1 S. Hxp. 3 20, 9 22 millim.

5277. Eublemma colla.

Xanthoptera colla, Schaus, Lep. Sierra Leone, p. 35, pl. 3. f. 6 (1893).

3. Head and thorax deep orange; thorax white in front, pale

brownish behind; abdomen pale brownish; pectus and ventral

surface of abdomen white; legs yellowish. Fore wing white

suffused with pale rufous, the costal area pure white with the

costal edge orange to beyond middle; a faint oblique yellowish

striga from costa beyond middle ; a dark brown bar from costa just

before apex with two black points on it; a fine rufous terminal

line. Hind wing white suffused with pale rufous; a fine rufous

terminal line.

Hab. Sterna Leonn (Clements), 1g. Exp. 22 millim.

5278. Eublemma innocens. (Plate CLIV. fig. 13.)

Thalpochares innocens, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 405.

Head and tegule orange; thorax and abdomen creamy white,

the former pure white in front; fore and hind legs suffused with

orange. Fore wing white faintly tinged with brown except on

costal area to beyond middle, the costal edge orange, dark brown

towards base ; the male with minute medial and postmedial dark

points on costa, the latter with slight oblique orange striga from it 5

a subterminal series of minute black points; cilia yellow tinged

with brown at tips. Hind wing white, the termen faintly tinged

EUBLEMM A. 187

with rufous; a fine brown terminal line; the underside with the

costal area tinged with yellow.

Hab, Qurenstand, Peak Downs, 1 @ type, Brisbane (Turner),

13,19. xp. 20-22 millim.

5279. Eublemma flavistriata, n. sp. (Plate CLIV. fig. 14.)

3. Head and thorax white faintly tinged with ochreous ; palpi,

antenne, fore and mid legs fulvous yellow; abdomen ochreous

white. Fore wing white suffused with fulvous yellow, the discal

and submedian folds slightly irrorated with brown; a minute black

discoidal point ; postmedial line double and orange towards costa,

then hardly traceable and inwardly oblique; an oblique fuscous

striga from apex and subterminal series of black points sometimes

almost obsolete; an orange terminal line; cilia white irrorated

with fuscous and with white line at base. Hind wing uniform

creamy white; the underside with the costal area tinged with

ochreous, a terminal serics of slight dark points from apex to

vein 2.

Hab. Br. KH, Arrica, Kibauni (Crawshay), 3 3 type, Kilimakio

(Crawshay), 1 3, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 go. Exp. 18-20 millim.

5280. Eublemma agrapta. (Plate CLIV. fig. 15.)

Eublemma agrapta, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 449 (1897).

3. Head and tegule pale fulvous; thorax pinkish, white in

front; pectus, legs, and abdomen white slightly tinged with brown.

Fore wing pale pinkish irrorated with a few black scales, the costa

whitish to beyond middle with the costal edge brown towards base ;

an indistinct punctiform dark postmedial line, very oblique from

costa to vein 6, then oblique to middle of inner margin; a sub-

terminal series of black points; a fulvous terminal line ; cilia with

a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area

tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area tinged with

brown.

Hab. Cayton, Puttalam (Pole), 1 g type. Lvp. 22 millim.

5281. Eublemma pyyrastis, n. sp. (Plate CLLY. fig. 16.)

3. Head and tegule yellowish white; thorax white; palpi

tinged with red, the antenne and legs with brown; abdomen

ochreous white. Fore wing fiery red, the inner area paler; slight

subbasal and antemedial patches of brown scales pencilled with

white on costal area; afew black scales on discocellulars and traces

of a medial sinuous band formed of brown scales pencilled with

white from costa to upper angle of cell and from lower angle to

inner margin ; a subterminal series of slight elongate black points ;

the termen greyish ; cilia white at base, then white irrorated with

brown. Hind wing pale ochreous, the termen tinged with brown ;

188 NOCTUID:.

a fine brown terminal line; cilia ochreous white. Underside of

fore wing suffused with brown; the hind wing white irrorated

with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing much less strongly suffused with red.

Hab. Transvaat (Cholmley), 1 go type, White R. (Cooke), 1 6 ;

Narat. xp. 18-22 millim.

5282. Eublemma conspersa. (Plate CLIV. fig. 17.)

Aphendala conspersa, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1880, p. 673; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 327.

Acantholipes acervalis, Swinh, P. Z. 8. 1886, p. 451; Hmpen. Moths Ind.

ul. p. 327.

Miresa quadrinotata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 403.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white ; palpi, antenne, and

legs more rufous. Fore wing ochreous white, more or less tinged

with rufous and irrorated with brown except on inner area leaving

more or less distinct pale streaks on the veins of terminal area ;

a faint dark shade in discal fold from before middle to termen ;

ill-defined black points in cell towards extremity and on disco-

cellulars ; indistinct subterminal blackish points from costa to

vein 3. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with ochreous and

slightly irrorated with brown ; the underside white irrorated with

rufous except the cell and inner area.

Ab. 1. Much whiter.—Louisiades.

Hab. Formosa (Hobson), 2 5 type; Punsas, Kulu (Hocking),

2 $ type quadrinotata, Simla (Harford), 1 $; Bompay, Mhow

(Swinhoe), 1 3 type acervals; Cryton, Puttalam (Pole), 1 9;

Lovisiavzs, St. Aignan (Meck), 1 ¢. Hp. 16-22 millim.

5283. Eublemma griseola. (Plate CLIV. fig. 18.)

Thalpochares pallidula, Ev. Bull. Mose. 1857, iv. p. 416 (nec Herr.-

Schaff.). ’

Thalpochares griseola, Ersch. Fedtsch. Reis. p. 51, pl. 4. f. 55 (1874) ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229.

Thalpochares squalida, Staud. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiv. p. 413 (1878).

Head and tegule white; palpi, thorax, and legs white tinged

with rufous; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale rufous

irrorated with fuscous brown leaving the veins paler, the costal

edge pure white. Hind wing white suffused and irrorated with

rufous, the costal area and cilia whiter; the underside pure

white.

Ab. 1. Fore wing not irrorated with brown and with traces of a

subterminal series of black points.

Hab. ArnmENIA; PrErsta, Scharud (Christoph), 1 $6, 2 2; W.

Turkestan, ‘Turcomania, Fergana, Sarawschan, Issyk - Kul ;

KE. Torxesran, li, Hep. 24 millim.

EUBLEMMA, 189

5284. Eublemma uniformis. (Plate CLIV. fig. 19.)

Thalpochares uniformis, Staud, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiv. p. 414 (1878);

id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white; palpi, antenna,

and fore legs tinged with brown. Fore wing white faintly tinged

with rufous, the costal area pure white. Hind wing white faintly

tinged with rufous. Underside of fore wing faintly tinged with

rufous.

@. Thorax and abdomen tinged with rufous; fore wing suffused

with rufous, the costal edge white ; hind wing suffused with brown,

the cilia white tinged with rufous; underside of fore wing white

irrorated with brown, of hind wing white.

Hab. Anmenta; Persia; W. Turkestan, Aulic Ala, 1 ¢,1 9,

Sarawschan, Issyk-Kul; EK. Turkestan, Ili. Exp. g 22, 9 26

millim.

5285. Eublemma leucanides. (Plate CLIV. fig. 20.)

Thalpochares leucanides, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 55; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 229,

6. Head and tegule white ; thorax white tinged with rufous:

abdomen white. Fore wing pale rufous, the costal area whiter to

middle and the costal edge white to apex. Hind wing white,

the terminal area very faintly tinged with rufous; a fine rufous

terminal line; cilia white; the underside pure white.

Q. Fore wing more rufous, with the costal edge only white;

hind wing tinged with rufous.

Hab. Ki. Torxestan, Kashgar, 1 §,19. xp. 30 millim.

5286. Eublemma himmighoffeni.

Micra himmmighoffeni, Mill. Icones, ii. p, 292, pl. 82. ff. 1, 2 (1868); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Fore wing white, the costa

yellow towards base and the costal edge rufous; an oblique yellow

antemedial band; a rufous subterminal line with a yellow band

before it and defined on outer side by black scales, the area beyond

it grey ; cilia grey irrorated with brown. Hind wing almost pure

white.

Hab. 8. Francr, Leech Coll.; Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona, F rey

and D’Emmich Colls. wp. 14 millim.

*5287. Eublemma illota.

Thalpochares illota, Christ. Rom. Mém. iii. p, 83, pl. 4. f. 7 (1887); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with

ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous white, the costa ochreous,

190 NOCTUID®.

the terminal area tinged with pink; a faint fuscous discoidal spot ;

an oblique dark streak from apex and subterminal series of

points ; cilia yellowish grey. Hind wing whitish suffused with

brown.

_ Hab, W. Torxesran, Askhabad. Exp. 26 millim. This species

is unknown to me.

*5288. Eublemma vollastoni. (Plate CLIV. fig. 21.)

Eublemma wollastoni, N. Roths. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 430 (1901).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Fore wing yellowish

white with slight black points in and beyond end of cell

and traces of a few subterminal black scales. Hind wing pure

white.

Hab. Eaypr, Shendi (Rothschild), type t ¢ in Coll. Rothschild.

Exp. 18 millim.

5289. Eublemma psamathea, n. sp. (Plate CLIV. fig. 22.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous;

palpi, antenne, and legs tinged with brownish ochreous. Fore

wing white tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated with

brown; black points formed of a few scales in cell towards

extremity and on discocellulars; a subterminal series of points

formed of a few black scales. Hind wing white faintly tinged

with ochreous. Underside of both wings with the terminal half

of costal area irrorated with brown seales.

Hab. Br. EK. Areica, ‘Taveta (Rogers), 1 g type. xp. 16

millim.

5290. Eublemma penicillata. (Plate CLIV. fig. 23.)

Eublemma penicillata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 422 (1902).

g. Head and thorax ochreous white; palpi, antennx, and legs

tinged with rufous; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore

wing pale ochreous irrorated with brown, the costal edge tinged

with rufous towards apex; a blackish discoidal point; an oblique

brownish shade from apex diffused to termen ; a terminal series of

dark points; cilia ochreous white irrorated with brown. Hind

wing pale ochreous tinged with brown towards termen; cilia

ochreous white; the underside ochreous white slightly irrorated

with brown,

@. Fore wing much more thickly irrorated with brown, leaving

the veins pale; hind wing darker.

Hab. Ruopersta, Bulawayo (Lyles), 1 3; Transvaat, White R.

(Cooke), 1 3; Navat, Malvern (Marshall), 1 $,1 9 type. Hap.

22 millim.

EUBLEMMA. 191

5291. Eublemma uninotata. (Plate CLIV. fig. 24.)

Eublemma uninotata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 422 (1902).

Head and thorax pure white; palpi and antenne tinged with

ochreous, the legs with brown; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing

creamy white tinged with ochreous brown ; a black discoidal point

diffused into a short streak; rather elongate subterminal blackish

points in discal and submedian folds; cilia brownish at tips. Hind

wing creamy white. Underside of fore wing suffused with ochreous

brown. :

Hab, Transvaat, Modderfontein (Cruger), 1 §, 1 9; Narat,

Estcourt (//utchinson), 1 g type; Basuronann, Maseru ( Crawshay),

1 3. Exp. 24-30 millim.

*5292. Eublemma albivestalis, n.n. (Plate CLIV. fig. 25.)

Thalpochares vestalis, Staud. Iris, xil. p. 385 (1899) nee Butl. 1886; id.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 230.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white; palpi, antennx,

and legs tinged with rufous. fore wing creamy white, with a

slight blackish discoidal point. Hind wing creamy white. Under-

side of fore wing with the costal half tinged with rufous.

Hab. Patestine, Dead Sea, in Coll. Pungeler. Hap. 22 millim.

This is possibly a form of H. suppura, with the markings obsolete.

5293, Eublemma subvenata. (Plate CLIV. fig. 26.)

Thalpochares subvenata, Staud. Iris, y. p. 288, pl. 3. f. 18 (1892) ; id. Cat.

Lep. ‘pal. p. 229.

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen silvery white; palpi, antenna,

and legs slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing silvery white

slightly tinged and irrorated with brown except on basal half

of costal area, the veins remaining pure white; a fine brown

terminal line. Hind wing silvery white faintly tinged with

brown.

Hab. Atcurta, El Kantara (Walsingham), 1 ¢ ; Pazesrinn.

Exp. 14 millim.

5294, Eublemma albivena, n.sp. (Plate CLIV. fig. 27.)

@. Head white, the palpi and antennz tinged with ochreous;

thorax and abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing white tinged

with ochreous and irrorated with brown, leaving the veins whitish;

a fine brown terminal line; cilia pure white at base, then white

irrorated with brown. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous ;

a fine pale brown terminal line; cilia white.

Hab, Transyaat, Warmbad (Janse), 1 2 type. Hap. 20 millim.

192 NOCIUID&.

5295. Eublemma leuconeura, n. sp. (Plate CLIYV. fig. 28.)

@. Head and thorax white, the palpi, antenne, and legs tinged

with brownish ochreous; abdomen white tinged with ochreous.

Fore wing ochreous irrorated with brown, the veins and costal

area pure white; cilia ochreous irrorated with brown. Hind

wing white tinged with ochreous; cilia white; the underside

white.

Hab. Care Cotony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 2 9 type. Hp.

20 millim.

5296. Eublemma conistrota, n. sp. (Plate CLIV. fig. 29.)

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; palpi, antenne, and fore

legs slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing white tinged with

ochreous brown except at costa, the costal edge blackish towards

base; discal and submedian folds except at base and the inter-

spaces beyond the cell to near termen irrorated with black. Hind

wing white faintly tinged with ochreous brown.

@. Thorax suiffised with brown; abdomen slightly tinged with

brown; fore wing suffused with brown, the interspaces irrorated

with fuscous except on costal area, leaving the veins whitish; hind

wing strongly tinged with brown.

Hab. Bruoocutstan, Quetta (Nurse), 1 3, 12 type. Exp.

¢ 28, 2 20 millim.

5297. Eublemma bulla.

Micra bulla, Swinh. P. Z.S. 1884, p. 518, pl. 47. f.9; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii, p. 338.

Marimatha pura, Swinh. P.Z. 8. 1885, p. 456, pl. 28. f. 16.

g. Head and thorax white; palpi, antenne, and legs tinged

with brown; abdomen white tinged with ochreous. Fore wing

white faintly tinged and irrorated with brown. Hind wing pure

white.

©. Head, thorax, and wings more or less strongly tinged with

reddish brown.

Ab. 1. pura. Larger; fore wing with faint oblique brown shade

from apex.

Hab. Sixp, Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 3,2 9 type; Bombay, Poona

(Swinhoe), | S type pura. Eup. 14-22 millin.

*5298. Eublemma virginalis.

Anthophila virginalis, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 90, pl. 11. f.1 (1881); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 229.

Anthophila caid, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 91, pl. 11. f. 2 (1881).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white; palpi, antenne, and

legs faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing creamy white, the

EUBLEMMA. 193

costa pure white, a slight yellowish terminal line. Hind wing

pure white.

Ab. 1. caid. Fore wing with a very faint blackish streak in

discal fold from before end of cell to the subterminal series of

slight points formed of aggregated black scales; a faint brownish

tinge below costa towards apex, the cilia tinged with brown.

Hab. Aucerta, Sebdou, in Coll. Joannis. xp. 26 millim.

5299. Eublemma deserta. (Plate CLIV. fig. 30.)

Thalpochares deserta, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 883 (1899) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 229.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white; palpi, fore and mid

legs faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing creamy white, the

costa pure white; traces of subterminal black points from below

apex to discal fold. Hind wing creamy white. Underside of fore

wing with the costal area faintly tinged with brown.

Hab. Avenrta, Biskra, 1 ¢, Hammam-es-salahin (Walsingham),

1g. Hap. 22 millim.

5300. Eublemma straminea. (Plate CLIV. fig. 31.)

Thalpochares straminea, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 8322 (1891); id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 229.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen chalky white slightly tinged

with ochreous; palpi and fore legs reddish brown. Fore wing

chalky white, the terminal area and cilia faintly tinged with

brown. Hind wing chalky white with a faint ochreous tinge.

Underside of fore wing suffused with rufous; hind wing with the

costa and termen tinged with rufous.

Hab. Kourvistan, Malatia; Asta Minor, Taurus ; Mesoporamta,

Diarbekr, 1 g. Hap. 26 millim.

0301. Kublemma flavia, n. sp. (Plate CLIV. fig. 32.)

3d. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow. Fore wing pale

yellow, the costal and terminal areas slightly tinged with brown;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale yellow, the

termen slightly tinged with brown; a terminal series of black

points from apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing with diffused

oblique brown fascia from cell before middle to beyond upper

angle, and a diffused oblique brown band from apex to inner

margin beyond middle.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 3 type. Exp.

14 millim,

VOL. X.

1o4 NOCTUID 2H.

Genus DECTICRY PTIS, nov.

Type, D. deleta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, very slender and hardly reaching

middle of frons which is smooth ; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated,

with tuft of scales from basal joint ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed

and without crests; tibize smoothly scaled, the spurs long; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen excised to

vein 4 where it is angled, then oblique to tornus, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8 stalked, 9 absent ; 10,

11 from cell. Hind wing with the costa slightly excised beyond middle; the

apex produced and acute, the termen excised below apex; veins 3, 4 stalked ;

5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

0302. Decticryptis deleta.

Niaccaba deleta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 804, pl. 197. f. 13 (1885)

Hnuipsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 517.

Head and tegule pure white; palpi, frons, and antenne except

at base brownish ochreous, the palpi brownish at tips; thorax and

abdomen brownish ochreous, the fore tibiz brown in front. Fore

wing white, suffused with brownish ochreous; a brownish subbasal

shade from cell to inner margin with a black point on it above

inner margin; a curved slightly sinuous antemedial brownish

line diffused on outer side; a black point in middle of cell; a faint

whitish discoidal bar ; postmedial line white, defined on inner side

by brownish suffusion, oblique from costa to discal fold near termen

Fig. 40.--Decticryptis deleta, 3. 2.

where there is some rufous before it, then strongly incurved to

inner margin; a white line just before termen, excurved at middle,

then bent inwards and oblique to tornus; some blackish on termen

from below apex to the angle at vein 4. Hind wing white, the

costal half and inner margin suffused with brownish ochreous; a

brown medial line interrupted in submedian interspace; two black

discoidal points, sometimes connected and forming a bar; a curved

brown postmedial line interrupted in submedian interspace, defined

by white on outer side; a white subterminal line excurved below

costa and ending at vein 2, defined on inner side by reddish brown ;

the underside white with sinuous brown medial line, discoidal

striga, curved postmedial line from costa to vein 4 and subterminal

band from costa to vein 4.

Ab. 1. Wings white with the markings obsolescent.

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HOLOCRYPTIS. ; 195

Ab. 2. The type. Hind wing with the subterminal line defined

on inner side by black.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the subterminal line defined on inner side

by black from below costa to vein + and with black beyond it

extending on to the cilia at apex and middle.

Hab. Cryton, 2 g type, Puttalam (Pole), 2 6,19; Puro Laur

(Doherty), 33,49; Bart (Doherty), 13,19; Sumpawa, Iambora

(Doherty), 1 9 ; Lourstapes, Rossel I. (Meek), 1 ¢; L’ Envrecasreaux

Is., Goodenough I. (Meek), 19. wp. 10-16 millim.

Genus HOLOCRYPTIS. '

Type.

Holocryptis, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. (2) vii. p. 256 (1892). phasianura.

Troctoptera, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 99 (1898) ............ erubescens,

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;

antennze of male laminate; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and

without crests ; tibiee smoothly scaled, the inner spurs long; abdomen without,

crests. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and

not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper

angle; 7, 8,9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the costa excised

beyond middle; veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 nearly fully developed from well above

angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

A. Fore wing with oblique black medial band; hind wing

with the terminal area blood-red .................++0e0+ 00: bisectalis.

B. Fore wing without oblique black medial band ; hind wing

with the terminal area not blood-red.

a. Hind wing with bright rufous subterminal band.

a. Hind wing with blue-black band beyond the

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o1. Hind wing without blue-black band beyond the post-

Medial ulin ese. we. caseaas eae teceecee: cence eeeaecdeecnwceces erubescens.

6. Hind wing without rufous subterminal band.

a'. Kore wing with brown patches in and beyond end of

Gell eeaesn be tt ee ra Pbae nic aes Seta ahs cata mh ya anes eed tia a permaculata.

61. Fore wing without brown patches in and beyond end

of cell.

a>, Fore wing with subterminal black spot on inner

margin.

a°. Fore wing with the terminal area not suffused

with black,

a‘, Hind wing with black discoidal point on a

white patch enclosed bya brown annulus... evosides.

64, Hind wing with rufous bar or points at end

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43, Fore wing with the terminal area suffused with

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#2. Fore wing without subterminal black spot on

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5303. Holocryptis bisectalis. (Plate CLV. fig. 1.)

Cataclysta bisectalis, Wik. xvii. 449 (1859); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 517.

Head and thorax white very slightly tinged with brown; abdomen

white dorsally tinged with brown especially towards extremity and

with dorsal series of blackish points. Fore wing white, a black

196 NOCTUID&.

point in base of cell; a minutely waved fuscous subbasal line from

costa to inner margin, with some rufous suffusion beyond it in and

below cell; antemedial line blackish, obliquely excurved from costa

to submedian fold, then incurved; some blackish irroration beyond

it and an ochreous tinge at costa; a black point in middle of cell;

an inwardly oblique straight black medial band ; two black discoidal

striae, the lower one oblique ; postmedial line slight, blackish, with

black striz at costa and inner margin, angled outwards below costa

and slightly incurved at submedian fold; a faint yellowish patch on

costal area towards apex and a reddish patch on inner margins

towards tornus defined on inner side by fuscous; a punctiform

blackish terminal line; cilia yellowish white with some fuscous

towards tornus. Hind wing white to postmedial line, then blood-

red; a black bar across middle of cell with a yellow patch beyond

it with the white discoidal lunule defined by black placed on it ;

medial line black, excurved round end of cell, then bent inwards ;

postmedial line fine, black, slightly angled outwards below vein 6,

then straight ; a faint whitish subterminal line slightly angled out-

wards at vein 6 and with black spot before it above tornus; some

blackish suffusion at apex; cilia white, blackish at base, wholly

black at apex; the underside white, a blackish medial band, the

terminal area dark brown narrowing to a point at tornus.

Hab. Cryton,2 ¢,1 9. Hep. 16 millim.

5304. Holocryptis phasianura. (Plate CLV. fig. 2.)

aren phasianura, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. (2) vii. p. 257

3. Head and tegule silvery white, the antenne yellow except

basal joint ; thorax white tinged with yellow ; abdomen yellow with

dorsal black point on 3rd segment, the ventral surface yellow.

Fore wing white; the costal edge black towards base; a diffused

reddish ochreous subbasal shade from below costa to base of inner

margin; a black discoidal point and diffused reddish ochreous shade

from end of cell to inner margin ; a diffused reddish ochreous patch

on costa beyond middle ; a rounded postmedial rufous patch between

Fig. 41.—Holocryptis phasianura, 3. 3.

veins 7 and 4 and a blue-black pateh irrorated with a few white

scales from vein 3 toinner margin, its outer edge strongly indented ;

a faint whitish subterminal line slightly defined on each side by

rufous suffusion, with brown point at costa, excurved below casta

and at middle, with black point before it below vein 3, then

HOLOCRYPTIS. 197

incurved, sinuous and defined by blackish on outer side; a black

poit on termen; cilia white with a black patch at middle. Hind

wing white; a curved red-brown antemedial line, diffused on outer

side below costa where there is an oblique red-brown striga beyond

it and a black spot beyond it on inner margin; postmedial line

blackish with a blue-black band irrorated with some white scales

and with rather dentate outer edge on its outer side from costa to

vein 2, the line bent outwards below costa; terminal area suffused

with yellow; the underside white, the costa tinged with yellow at

base and the terminal area from apex to vein 2, a brown medial

line, the postmedial band black, ending at vein 2.

@. Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings more strongly suffused

with rufous.

Hab, QunenstanD, Brisbane (Turner),335,29. Hap. g¢ 16-20,

5305. Holocryptis erubescens.

Troctoptera erubescens, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 99, pl. 157. f. 16

(1893); id. Moths Ind. 11. p. 344.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white. Fore wing creamy

white tinged with pinkish except on apical area; a subbasal black

point on inner margin ; traces of a waved rufous antemedial line; a

black point in middle of cell; an oblique pale red shade from lower

angle of cell to inner margin ; an oblique pale red shade from

middle of costa to termen at vein 4; subterminal line very indis-

tinct, double, reddish from costa to discal fold where there is a

whitish spot with minute black lunule on it on its inner side, with

minute brown lunules below veins 4 and 3, then incurved, with

black spot below vein 2 and patch at inner margin; a series of

brown points on termen. Hind wing white; a blood-red patch

from middle of costa to lower angle of cell with rather XK-shaped

white mark on it defined by black scales and with a faint red shade

from it to inner margin where there is a black strizga on its outer

edge; a triangular yellowish white patch on costa beyond middle,

its outer edge defined by the much interrupted red-brown post-

medial line, a rufous shade from costa towards apex to termen at

vein 2; the underside white, a brown subterminal band from costa

to vein 2, expanding on inner side below vein 6.

Hab, Crrton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 S$ type. Hvp. 20 millim.

5306. Holocryptis permaculata, n.sp. (Plate CLV. fig. 3.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly mixed with brown,

the last with blackish dorsal band on basal segment and subdorsal

spots. Fore wing white tinged with rufous except on inner area to

beyond middle; a diffused blackish brown subbasal band from cell to

inner margin ; antemedial line slight, dark with diffused blackish

brown band on its outer edge, from below costa to inner margin,

incurved at vein 1; a blackish point in middle of cell and triangular

198 NOCTUIDH.

brown patch in end of cell ; postmedial line slight, dark, with lunulate

brown patch on it beyond the cell, oblique from costa to vein 4, then

bent inwards to lower angle of cell and oblique to inner margin ;

subterminal line represented by a diffused brown spot on costa anda

diffused band from discal fold to inner margin, its inner edge

excurved between veins 5 and 3; some diffused brown on middle of

termen ; cilia white with some reddish brown at middle. Hind

wing white; a medial band of dark suffusion, tinged with rufous at

costa towards which it expands, enclosing a white spot beyond end

of cell and with some black on it at end of cell and inner margin ;

a black-brown postmedial spot on costa; a diffused black-brown

subterminal band expanding into a patch at middle; the underside

white, the costa tinged with ochreous, a diffused brownish medial

band and terminal band narrowing to tornus.

Hab. Sierra Leone (Clements), 1 3,1 @ type. Hap. 16-18

millim.

5307. Holocryptis erosides. (Plate CLV. fig. 4.)

Troctoptera erosides, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 422 (1902).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white, the fore tibia with a

brown stripe in front. Fore wing pure white; a subbasal brown

point on costa and brown patch suffused with white on inner area ;

antemedial line brown, oblique towards costa and incurved below

submedian fold; a black point in middle of cell; brown post-

medial band suffused with white and with black point on its outer

edge at costa, bent outwards below costa, its outer edge indented

at discal fold, then excurved to near subterminal line, then bent

inwards to below end of cell and oblique to inner margin ; sub-

terminal line with small brown spot at costa followed by a very

indistinct double line with black point on the inner line at discal fold

and small spot at inner margin ; cilia with a rufous patch at discal

fold. Hind wing pure white, a brown annulus from middle of costa

to lower angle of cell enclosing a white patch with black discoidal

point on it; two brown striz at middle of inner margin; sub-

terminal line double, brown, the inner line somewhat diffused,

slightly sinuous and ending at vein 2; cilia tinged with rufous at

discal fold ; the underside white with brown band just before termen

from costa to vein 2, forking at costa.

Hab. Narva, Victoria Distr. (Gooch), 1 ¢ type. Hwp. 18 millim.

5308. Holocryptis melanosticta, n. sp. (Plate CLY. fig. 5.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white. Fore wing pure white ;

the medial part of costa tinged with rufous with slight dark irroration

below it; a black point in cell towards extremity; a pale rufous

band just beyond the cell from vein 6 to inner margin, somewhat

oblique below the cell; postmedial line slight, dark, very oblique

from costa to vein 4 towards termen, then inwardly oblique and

with round blackish patch beyond it on inner area; subterminal line

HOLOCRYPTIS. 199

slight, dark, somewhat incurved at discal fold where there is a

small black spot before it, incurved below vein 3 and bent outwards

to tornus ; some slight dark irroration on terminal area ; a terminal

series of slight black striz ; cilia rufous, white at apex and below

middle. Hind wing white; a rufous patch from costa at end of cell

with the blackish discoidal bar on its outer edge, sometimes reduced

to rufous or blackish points ; postmedial line represented by a rufous

bar from costa and black striga at inner margin with some rufous

irroration before it; a subterminal black spot on costa with diffused

brownish band from below it to vein 3; the apex with slight dark

irroration ; cilia faintly tinged with brown from apex to vein 2;

the underside white with terminal brown band from apex to vein

2, forking at apex.

Hab. Srsrra Leone (Clements, Dudgeon), 2 3, 2 Q type;

S. Nreerra, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 3; Br. EH. Arrica, Mombasa

(Jackson), 1 2. Hap. 12-16 millim.

5309. Holocryptis atrifusa, n. sp. (Plate CLV. fig. 6.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly mixed with brown.

Fore wing white suffused in parts with pale brown and irrorated

with a few black scales ; a subbasal black point on costa and diffused

oblique pale brownish band from cell to inner margin; an ante-

medial black point on costa and faint oblique line from beyond it to

inner margin ; a black point in cell towards lower extremity; an

oblique pale brownish band from costa to vein 3, in and beyond the

cell to near subterminal line, its outer edge waved and with black

point at costa, enclosing a small white spot just beyond the cell, and

a diffused oblique sinuous brownish band from lower angle of cell

to inner margin, bounded by the white postmedial line; terminal

area suffused with black with the indistinct, very minutely waved

white subterminal line on it, the apex sometimes whiter; some

black points on termen towards apex; cilia white tinged with

rufous, black at middle. Hind wing white; a blackish antemedial

band from costa to median nervure with some dark irroration and

the two black discoidal points beyond it ; two black strie at middle

of inner margin; a curved brownish postmedial band from costa to

vein 2; a slight brownish subterminal line from costa to vein 2 with

black point at costa; some black scales on termen; cilia white

faintly tinged with brown at apex and middle and witha few black

scales at tornus; the underside white with faint brownish medial

band and terminal band from apex to vein 3.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 $ type; Cryton (Lindesay),1 9. Hap.

14 millim.

*5310. Holocryptis ussuriensis.

Troctoptera ussuriensis, Rebel, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 251 (1901).

®. Head white; thorax and abdomen white tinged with grev.

Fore wing white suffused with grey, darker towards termen ; ante-

200 NOCTUID A.

and postmedial lines white, waved. Hind wing white, suffused with

grey, darker towards termen; ante- and postmedial lines white,

waved ; a fuscous discoidal spot. Underside of fore wing fuscous

grey with a white terminal band; hind wing white, the termen

fuscous grey.

Hab. KE, Stpexta, Ussuri, Vladivostok, type ft in Coll. Staudinger.

Exp. 13 millim.

Genus PHAOZONA, nov.

Type, P. purpurascens,

Proboscis fully developed; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely upturned

to vertex of head and fringed with hair above and below, the 3rd moderate,

porrect ; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne somewhat laminate and

ciliated ; thorax clothed with rough scales and without crests; tibiz slightly

fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and not ecrenulate; veins 3 and 5 —

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9, 10 strongly anasto-

mosing with 8 to form a minute areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins

3,4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from just below middle of

discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

*5311. Pheozona purpurascens.

Acantholipes purpurascens, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 265 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax deep red-brown mixed with dark brown ;

palpi dark brown ; pectus and legs greyish mixed with red-brown ;

abdomen greyish suffused with red-brown, the ventral surface

whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing with the basal area rufous,

the rest of wing dark brown except the inner half of medial area

which is pale rufous below the cell and the terminal area which is

Fig. 42,.—Pheozona purpurascens, $. 4.

violaceous grey except at apex; antemedial line indistinct, double,

with some pale points on it, curved and minutely waved; two

rather triangular discoidal spots defined by whitish; an indistinct

oblique line trom lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial

line almost obsolete towards costa, then double filled in with greyish,

most distinct towards inner margin, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely waved and excurved to vein 2, then erect ; subter-

minal jine dark, bounding the brown area, excurved at middle; a

PERYNEA. 201

terminal series of small black lunules defined by white on inner

side. Hind wing greyish suffused with red-brown; cilia whitish

tinged with rufous; the underside whitish irrorated with dark

brown to the indistinct oblique postmedial line, then whitish

slightly tinged with rufous and with diffused brown patch on termen

at vein 1.

Hab. Br. N. Gunza, Dinawa (Pratt), type ft din Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hwup. 24 millim.

Genus PERYNEA, nov.

Type, P. subrosea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head and fringed with hair above towards extremity, the

ord short, porrect ; frons with pointed conical prominence ; eyes large, round ;

antennee of male ciliated; thorax clothed aimost entirely with scales and

without crests; tibiz slightly fringed with hair, the spurs long; abdomen

without crests. Hore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the

termen excised below apex and excurved at middle, not crenualate ; veins 3 and

5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with

8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 nearly fully developed from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5312. Perynea subrosea.

Rivula subrosea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 580.

Head and tegulee pale rufous ; thorax and abdomen pale ochreous ;

fore and mid legs tinged with crimson. Fore wing pale ochreous

or violaceous white faintly tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated

with large black scales ; a small ill-defined blackish spot in middle

of cell and a blackish discoidal spot ; medial line double, blackish

filled in with rufous, excurved from costa to median nervure, then

Vig. 43.—DPerynea subrosea, 3. 3.

oblique; postmedial line double, blackish filled in with rufous,

somewhat oblique below vein 6, some slight black streaks beyond

it on costa ; a subterminal series of small black spots; a series of

black points just before termen. Hind wing pale ochreous slightly

tinged with rufous, the inner area irrorated with a few black

scales; an oblique blood-red postmedial line from vein 4 to inner

margin ; traces of a diffused subterminal line; a series ot black

202 NOCTUID E.

points just before termen. Underside of fore wing strongly suffused

with crimson except inner area; hind wing shghtly suffused with

crimson,

Hab. Japan, Kiushiu (Leech), 1 2, Tokio (Fenton), 1 ¢ type,

Yokohama (Pryer), 3 $. Exp. 20 millim.

Genus PEPERITA, nov.

Type, P. molybdopasta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head, moderately fringed with hair in front and behind towards

extremity, the 5rd joint minute, porrect; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;

anteune of male with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed with hair and scales

mixed, and without crests ; tibix moderately fringed with hair; abdomen

with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 7,8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,

4from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from just below middle of disco-

cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5313. Peperita molybdopasta.

Erastroides molybdopasta, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxii. p. 69 (1908).

Head and thorax ochreous grey mixed with black scales tipped

with silver ; palpi, fore legs, and tarsi blackish ; abdomen ochreous

grey irrorated with black, the crests black tipped with silver. Fore

wing ochreous grey irrorated with black and a few silver scales, and

with basal, antemedial and medial black patches on costa irrorated

with silver ; an indistinct oblique antemedial black line ; a diffused

black discoidal patch with some silver scales on it; a sinuous

black line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial area

with black streaks on the veins and white points with black between

Fig. 44.—Peperita molybdopasta, S. 3.

them on costa, traces of a whitish subterminal line excurved at

middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia chequered ochreous

and black. Hind wing ochreous grey irrorated with black and a

few silver scales; indistinct minutely waved medial, postmedial,

and subterminal lines; a punctitorm black terminal line; cilia

ochreous with a black line near tips; the underside grey irrorated

and suffused with brown, a slight discoidal lunule, curved medial

line and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Queunstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), 2 ¢, 192. Exp. 18-20

millim, Type f in Coll. Turner.

HAMAPHLEBIA, 203

Genus HA MAPHLEBIA, nov.

Type, H. atripalpis.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect to well beyond frons, the

2nd joint moderately tringed with scales in front, the 3rd short; frons

smooth ; eves large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibia smoothly scaled; abdomen

without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

and not crenulate; vein 38 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6

from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 38, 4 stalked; 5 nearly fuily developed from below middle of dis-

cocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastumosing with the cell near base

only.

5314, Hemaphlebia atripalpis, n. sp.

¢. Head and thorax white faintly tinged with brown and

irrorated with black ; palpi black, pectus and legs brown ; abdomen

brown, the base white irrorated with black, the anal tuft whitish

with two black streaks. Fore wing white tinged with brown and

irrorated with black especially on the veins of medial area, the

veins of terminal area with slight red streaks; a slight waved

black subbasal line from costa to vein 1; a waved black antemedial

line; a small black discoidal lunule with diffused bar above it

from costa and a diffused blackish patch on middle of inner margin ;

postmedial line black, oblique from costa to vein 6, then minutely

dentate, defined by white on outer side with diffused fuscous beyond

Fig. 45.—Hemaphlebia atripalpis, 3. 3.

it interrupted by an oblique whitish streak above middle ; sub-

terminal line rather diffused, blackish, waved, angled inwards at

discal fold and with black spots beyond it below veins 4 and 2;

a lunulate black terminal line; cilia white intersected with black

and with black patches below veins 4 and 2, Hind wing whitish

suffused and striated with fuscous brown, the basal area whiter,

the veins of terminal area with slight red streaks; double diffused

black marks at and beyond lower angle of cell and on vein | with

the whitish postmedial line beyond them from vein 4 to inner

margin; a faint diffused whitish subterminal line towards tornus ;

a lunulate black terminal line; cilia white at base, chequered

brown and black at tips; the underside grey suffused with brown

204 NOCTUID &.

and striated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal striga and punctiform

postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side.

Hab. Gotp Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 ¢ type. Hep. 16

millim.

Genus LIGIDIA. Ths

Lngidia, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 117 (1862)............ decissima.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and fringed with scales above towards extremity, the 3rd

short, porrect ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antennz

of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;

tibiz moderately fringed with hair, the spurs long; abdomen without crests.

Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;

vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from below

upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 staiked. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

*5315. Ligidia decissima.

Ligidia decissima, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 117 (1862) ; Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. i. p. 104.

$. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with pinkish rufous;

abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous suffused with pinkish

rufous; four black points on terminal half of costa; a terminal

series of black points and a black patch at middle of cilia, Hind

Fig, 46.—Ligidia decissinma, 3. 3.

wing brownish ochreous; a terminal series of black striae. Under-

side of fore wing with some brown suffusion on disk, an oblique

black bar from middle of costa; hind wing slightly irrorated with

black, a black discoidal point with point above it on costa, a ter-

minal series of points larger towards apex.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), type fT S in Mus. Oxon.

Exp. 16 millim.

Genus TOANA.

Type.

Shoei, \WMWK, Saal, BOD (CULO ccocasctoccocpcseouoseoccsooncbobboeed semiochrealis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed

with scales above towards extremity, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antennx of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely

TOANA, 205

with scales, tibie moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests.

Fore wing with the apex rounded ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5

from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7,8,9 stalked; 10,11 fromeell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well above

angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 auastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Metathorax with depressed crest; fore wing with the termen some-

what excised below apex and excurved at middle.

A. Fore wing crimson tinged with brown ..................+ caustipennis.

B. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous.

a, Fore wing without black patch on termen below apex . semiochrealis.

6, Fore wing with black patch on termen below apex ... cruspedica.

5316. Toana caustipennis.

Naranga caustipennis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 447

(1897).

3d. Head and thorax black mixed with rufous ; palpi at tips and

frons white tinged with pink ; metathorax and basal half of abdomen

red ; pectus, legs, terminal half of abdomen and ventral surface

black mixed with grey. Fore wing crimson suffused with brown

and tinged with grey except on inner area, the costal area towards

apex ferruginous; a curved slightly waved whitish medial line

somewhat angled at lower angle of cell; the costa towards apex

yellowish white with some black points on it; the terminal area

Fig. 47.—Toana caustipennis, $. 3.

suffused with black from apex to vein 4: a fine black terminal

line ; cilia black at apex and middle, white between these points

and crimson towards tornus. Hind wing greyish suffused with

fuscous brown, the tornal area crimson ; cilia black with a yellowish

line at base. Underside of fore wing grey suffused with black-

brown, the costa rufous and black; hind wing crimson mixed with

black-brown and grey, an indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Hep. 16 millim.

*0017. Toana semiochrealis. (Plate CLV. fig. 7.)

Loana semiochrealis, Wk. xxxii. 501 (1865).

d. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with brown; abdomen

ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous; a slight brownish discoidal

206 NOCLUID R.

bar ; postmedial line indistinct, brownish, oblique from costa to

vein 6 and incurved below vein 4; some black points on costa

towards apex and a terminal series. Hind wing ochreous white ;

a small black discoidal spot and postmedial point on inner margin ;

some black points on middle of termen. Underside of fore wing

with some reddish suffusion on middle of costa, a slight black striga

from middle of costa and a black postmedial line incurved from

below costa to lower angle of cell where it terminates ; hind wing

slightly tinged with reddish and irrorated with fuscous, a black

discoidal lunule and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace), type f din Mus. Oxon. in bad

condition. Hp. 16 millim.

5318. Toana craspedica, n. sp. (Plate CLV. fig. 8.)

6. Head and thorax white; palpi and frons black; antenne

blackish except at base; metathorax with a few black scales ;

abdomen white tinged with brown, some black irroration at middle

of dorsum; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish

mixed with black. Fore wing chalky white faintly tinged with

brown and slightly irrorated with black; a black spot at base of

costa and point at base of vein 1 ; antemedial line blackish, waved,

with black spot at costa and points at median nervure and vein 1;

a black discoidal lunule; a diffused medial black shade, excurved

from costa to vein + beyond the cell, then incurved, with black

streaks on and below costa from it to postmedial line which is fine,

blackish, waved, excurved, strongly angled inwards at vein 2, then

bent outwards above inner margin; a faint diffused blackish sub-

terminal line with black spot at costa enclosing a pule point,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved, a triangular

black patch on termen at discal fold and points below veins 3 and 2,

the cilia with small black spots at these points. Hind wing chalky

white slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with black; an

oblique postmedial series of black poimts from vein 6 to inner

margin; a faint diffused subterminal shade, excurved at middle and

slightly angled inwards at vein 2; a terminal series of black points ;

the underside strongly irrorated with black, a slight discoidal

lunule, postmedial shade on costal area and subterminal shade

incurved below vein 4.

Hab. Gotp Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 3 type. Eup. 20

millim.

Secr. II. Metathorax without crest; fore wing with the termen evenly

curved.

A. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous..................... rotundipennis.

B. Fore wing pale olive irrorated with silvery scales ...... acidalica.

TOANA.—-MBETACAUSTA. 207

5319. Toana rotundipennis, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous ;

fore tibia and the tarsi blackish. Fore wing ochreous slightly

tinged with rufous; a small round black discoidal spot ; traces of

an oblique brownish postmedial bar from costa and a point in

submedian fold; some black points on costa towards apex; a

terminal series of black points except towards tornus and a black

Fig. 48.—Toana rotundipennis, 3.

point at middle of cilia. Hind wing ochreous slightly tinged with

brown; a faint fuscous discoidal point and oblique brownish post-

medial line; some slight dark points on termen except towards

tornus. Underside of fore wing suffused with brown except at

costa which is reddish; hind wing with the costa tinged with

reddish, a black discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Woopvtark I. (Mech), 1 S type. Hap. 12 millim.

5320. Toana acidalica,n. sp. (Plate CLV. fig. 9.)

2. Head and thorax pale olive with a faint rufous tinge, the

head suffused with fuscous. Fore wing pale olive irrorated

with silvery scales; a slight blackish antemedial line strongly

excurved below the cell; a blackish point in middle of cell and two

small black discoidal spots ; postmedial line blackish, excurved from

costa to vein +, then incurved and slightly waved, some black points

beyond it on costa; a faint fuscous subterminal line slightly

excurved at middle; a terminal series of prominent black points.

Hind wing pale olive irrorated with silvery scales; a black

discoidal point; traces of a curved minutely waved postmedial

line; a faint curved subterminal shade; a terminal series of

prominent black points; the underside suffused with brown, a

faint dark discoidal bar.

Hab. Siprra Leone (Clements), 1 9 type. Exp. 16 milllm.

Genus METACAUSTA, noy.

Type, MW. ustata.

Proboseis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;

208 NOCTUID A.

antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and

without crests ; tibise smoothly scaled, the spurs long ; abdomen without crests.

Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen excised below apex

and excurved at middle, not crenulate; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5

from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8,9 stalked; 10, 11 stalked. Hind wing

with veins 3. 4 from angle of cell ; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle

of diszocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

5321. Metacausta ustata.

Tathodelta ustata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 448 (1897).

3d. Head black-brown with some rufous on vertex; thorax

ochreous tinged with rufous; fore and mid legs in front and the

tarsi suffused with dark brown: abdomen ochreous tinged with

rufous, the terminal half dorsally dark brown. Fore wing ochreous

Fig. 49.—Metacausta ustata, 3.

rls

tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few black scales, the

costal, inner, and terminal areas tinged with purplish brown ; an

indistinct sinuous antemedial line with black points at the veins;

black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars; a rather

diffused medial line excurved below costa and incurved below lower

angle of cell; postmedial line shghtly defined on outer side by

ochreous, excurved below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved

below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

pale ochreous, dentate, angled outwards at veins 7 and 4, incurved

at discal fold where there is a blackish patch beyond it ; a terminal

series of proininent black points; cilia reddish ochreous irrorated

with black. Hind wing ochreous suffused with rufous and slightly

irrorated with black; a slight blackish antemedial line; a small

black discoidal spot ; postmedial line slightly defined on outer side

by ochreous, minutely waved ; subterminal line ochreous, minutely

waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and with black band

before it from vein 4 to inner margin, some black suffusion beyond

it between vein 4 and submedian fold; a terminal series of promi-

nent black points; cilia reddish ochreous irrorated with black ;

the underside without rufous tinge.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 24 millim.

CERYNFEA. 209

Genus CERYNEA.

Type.

CRFMIAA, NKNWso obs, ets) (UII) cocasocodesansoseseonpopoKesonarennsane omphisalis.

Qiaiaas, VME, SS8Nie WNOB) USE) ceonecooscosoan0oe voencnccoaceacsoEoE vagipennata.

Phanaspa, Wik. xxxiy. 12!1 (1865), nec p. 1192 .................- thermesialis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head, rather broadly scaled in front and fringed behind with hair

towards extremity, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;

antennz of male with cilia and bristles ; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests; tibis smoothly scaled ; abdomen without crests.

Fore wing with the apex slightly produced and acute, the termen evenly

curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3,4 shortly stalked or from angle of cell; 5 nearly

fully developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Patagia of male with tuft of very long hair from upper edge reaching

to 2nd segment of abdomen ; the fore tibize dilated and hollowed out,

forming a double chamber divided by a membranous wall.

A. Frons of male hollowed out; antennz with the basal joint dilated, with

tuft of scales in front and angular projection on inner side, the basal

joints of shaft thickened.

a. Fore wing of male with a lobe at base of costa with small excision

beyond it.

5322. Cerynea trogobasis, n. sp.

6. Head white; palpi black-brown towards base and irrorated

with black-brown towards tips; antenne with the incisions of

joints blackish on inner side; thorax and abdomen white tinged

with pale rufous, the latter with slight white segmental lines on

Fig. 50.—Cerynea troyobasis, $. 3.

terminal segments: fore tibiee blackish in front. Fore wing white

suffused with pale rufous, the costal area slightly irrorated with

fuscous to postmedial line; a black point in base of cell; antemedial

line white slightly defined on each side by rufous and with black

point at costa; a llackish point in middle of cell; reniform with

faint whitish annulus strongly constricted at middle, its upper and

lower parts filled in with small black spots; traces of a sinuous

rufous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial

VOL. X. P

210 NOOCTUID 2.

line white with black point on its inner side at costa, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then reduced to a series of white points with

minute dark points before them, incurved below vein 4, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; a faint minutely waved whitish

subterminal line, angled outwards at veins 7 and 4, then incurved ;

a series of blackish points with white points before them just before

termen ; a terminal series of dark striz with white points beyond

them at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with rufous

and slightly irrorated with black; a black discoidal point defined

by whitish; postmedial line formed of slight white lunules with

dark points before them, somewhat excurved at middle; a series

of blackish points with white points before them just before

termen ; a fine dark terminal line with white points beyond it at

base of cilia; the underside white with a faint flesh tinge, a

blackish point at lower angle of cell and a series just before termen.

Hab. Qurrnstand, Townsville (Dodd), 1 3 type. Hep.

22 millim.

6. Fore wing of male normal.

5323. Cerynea contentaria.

Ephyra contentaria, W\k. xxii. 6389 (1861); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 346.

Chusaris punctilinealis, Wik. xxxiv. 1175 (1865); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M.

ix, p. 124, pl. 167. £. 27.

Head white ; palpi black-brown towards base and irrorated with

black-brown towards tips; antennz with the incisions of joints

blackish on inner side; thorax and abdomen white tinged with

rufous, the latter irrorated with fuscous, the terminal segments

Fig. 51.—Cerynea contentaria, 8. 3.

suffused with fuscous leaving white segmental lines; fore tibie

blackish in front. Fore wing white suffused with rufous and

slightly irrorated with blackish, the costal edge blackish towards

base ; a black point in base of cell ; antemedial line double, brown

filled in with white and with black point at costa, waved; a

blackish point in middle of cell; reniform with whitish annulus

slightly defined on inner side by brown, strongly constricted at

middle and with small black spots in its upper and lower parts ;

traces of a sinuous rufous line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line white slightly defined on each side by

CERYNEA. 211

brown and with black striga on its inner side at costa, bent out-

wards below costa, rather punctiform to vein 4, then incurved and

sinuous, some whitish points with blackish points between them

beyond it on cesta; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side

by brown suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series

of blackish points with whitish points before them just before

termen; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing whitish suffused

with rufous and irrorated with black; a black point defined by

whitish at lower angle of cell; postmedial line white defined on

inner side by fuscous, punctiform, bent inwards to costa and in-

curved below vein 2; a series of blackish points with whitish

points before them just before termen; a fine blackish terminal

line; the underside whitish slightly irrorated with brown, a black

point at lower angle of cell, traces of curved postmedial and sub-

terminal lines and a series of blackish points before termen.

Hab, Punsas, Kangra (Hocking), 1 3, Manpuri, 1 2; Manpras,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 3 3; Cuyton (Templeton, Yerbury), 1 3,2 2

type punctilinealis, Puttalam (Pole), 2 9; Nicopars (Rogers), 1 2;

Bornuo, Sarawak, type 7 ¢ in Mus. Oxon. Hap, 16-22 millim.

B. Male with the frons not hollowed out; the antenne normal.

a. Male with tuft of hair between antennze recurved over vertex of head.

a‘. Both wings with some rough hair on basal inner area.

5324, Cerynea rhodotrichia, n. sp.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous, the

last with some fuscous irroration except towards base ; palpi with

some fuscous at sides; fore tibiee fuscous. Fore wing ochreous

tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, the terminal area

Big. 5%.—Cerynea rhodotrichia, $. 4.

darker except at costa, the rough hair at base rufous; an indistinet

sinuous blackish antemedial line with slight dark spot beyond it in

cell; two black discoidal points, the upper rather diffused ; an in-

distinct sinuous dark line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line blackish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

dentate, bent inwards below vein 3, some whitish points with

minute black streaks between them beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line ill-defined, yellowish, slightly angied outwards below

vein 7 and excurved at middle; a series of black points just before

termen and fine black terminal line. Hind wing ochreous tinged

Di NOCTUID A,

with rufous and irrorated with black, the terminal area darker ;

a black discoidal point; indistinct sinuous blackish medial and

postmedial lines; an indistinct minutely waved blackish sub-

terminal line; a series of black points just before termen and fine

waved black terminal line; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal bar and minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Kikuyu, Nairobi (Crawshay), 1 3 type.

Exp. 22 millim.

b1, (Phanaspa). Fore wing with some rough hair on basal inner area ;

hind wing normal.

Gi, URORO GyAbaye STOMA TAC! ogonocosscocvoo sno navesossenoKeooneD ignealis.

b?. Fore wing yellowish suffused with rufous ......... thermesialis.

5325. Cerynea ignealis, n. sp. (Plate CLV. fig. 10.)

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous, the last irrorated with

fuscous ; antenne whitish ringed with fuscous ; palpi blackish at

sides; fore tibie blackish. Fore wing fiery red irrorated with

black, the costa tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused

with brown at discal fold and on inner area; antemedial line

blackish, oblique from costa to just below the cell, a blackish spot

beyond it in cell; two black discoidal points with a blackish bar

before them; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate and produced to white points on the veins,

incurved below vein 4, some black points beyond it on costa;

faint traces of a waved subterminal line; a series of black points

just before termen ; a fine black terminal line; cilia brown. Hind

wing fiery red irrorated with black, the termen tinged with brown;

two black discoidal points; postmedial line slight, black, minutely

dentate and with white points beyond it on the veins, bent inwards

to inner margin, where there is a more distinct white mark on its

outer edge; a series of black points just before termen and a fine

waved black terminal line; the underside whitish tinged with

rufous and irrorated with brown, a black discoidal bar and

crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Br. EK. Arnica, N’gong (Crawshay), 1 S$ type. ~ Exp.

28 millim.

5326. Cerynea thermesialis.

Phanaspa thermesialis, Wik. xxxiv. 1211 (1865).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; palpi with some fuscous

behind ; fore tibize fuscous in front. Fore wing yellowish suffused

with rufous and slightly irrorated with blackish ; a blackish point

in base of cell and subbasal dark striga from costa; antemedial line

blackish, incurved at median nervure and vein 1; a dark spot in

middle of cell; two small blackish discoidal spots ringed with

yellowish ; a faint brownish medial line, excurved from costa to

just beyond the cell, slightly incuryed at discal fold and ineurved

CERYNEA. 213

below lower angle of cell; postmedial line blackish, minutely

dentate, angled slightly inwards at discal fold and below vein 3,

some brownish suffusion beyond it and some pale points on costa

with minute whitish streaks between them ; subterminal line pale,

excurved at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian

folds ; a series of blackish points just before termen ; a fine waved

dark terminal line and fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing

yellowish suffused with rufous and irrorated with blackish, the

terminal area tinged with brown; two black discoidal points ;

postmedial line blackish, minutely waved; a series of blackish

Fig. 53.—Cerynea thermesialis, ¢.

wie

points just before termen; a fine waved dark terminal line and

pale line at base of cilia; the underside whitish, irrorated with

brown especially on terminal area, a black discoidal striga, two

minutely waved postmedial lines and a series of points before

termen.

Hab. Br. KH. Arrica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 $3; MasHonatanp,

Salisbury (Marshall), 1 9; Gazauanp, Chirinda Forest (Marshall),

1 2; Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 9 ; Narat, Malvern

(Marshall), 1 2, Durban (Guenzius, Leigh), 1 3, 1 @ type.

Kup. 20-24 millim.

b. Male without tuft of hair between antenne recurved over vertex of

head.

a’. Both wings of male with some rough hair on basal inner area.

5327. Cerynea trichobasis, n. sp.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous tinged with rufous ;

fore tibize fuscous. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with rufous in

parts, especially on basal and terminal areas, the inner area slightly

irrorated with black; the male with tuft of brownish hair at base

of inner margin; an indistinct sinuous dark antemedial line with

black point at costa and black point just beyond it in cell; two

black discoidal points with a black point just before them in discal

fold ; a rufous medial line, bent outwards below costa, incurved at

discal fold, bent inwards below vein 4, then waved; postmedial

line blackish, strongly bent outwards and almost obsolete below

costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some dark

points beyond it on costa; traces of a pale yellowish subterminal

line, angled inwards and with dark suffusion beyond it at discal

214 NOCTUID&.

fold, incurved below vein 3; a series of small black spots just

before termen. Hind wing pale ochreous tinged in parts with

rufous and slightly irrorated with black; the male with tuft of

brown hair below base of cell; two black discoidal points ; post-

medial line black, incurved at discal fold and bent inwards below

vein 3; a minutely waved yellowish subterminal line defined on

each side by rufous suffusion ; a series of black points just before

Fig. 54.— Cerynea trichobastz, §. 3.

termen ; the underside yellowish white, the costal area from middle

and the apical half of terminal area tinged with brown, a black

discoidal striga, faint medial line, and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Both wings with the terminal area browner.

Hab. Sisepra Luone (Clements), 2 5, 2 2 type; Gorp Coast,

Kumasi ( Whiteside), 1 9; Supay, Blue Nile (Flower), 1 2. Kap.

138—2() millim.

b'. Fore wing of male with some rough hair on inner basal area; hind

wing normal,

a2. Fore wing suffused with purple-brown, typically

withtyellowsaplcal goat h\rreresesescecee cee eencee endotrichals,

l2, Fore wing purple-brown, the base and an apical

JekALICI EUV ORMONY cononsonnadbasesen ads osboochoudpseoduoosdente Hlavibasalis.

c2, Fore wing with the costal and terminal areas

purple-brown, the rest of wing yellow suffused

crallat sey. Net eo onogobeasneqdsondbr) saoshusonuaabdeosbade ignearia.

d?. Fore wing yellow suffused with fiery red.

a, Fore wing with the costal area purple-brown... rubra.

08, Fore wing with the costal area not purple-

brown.

a’, Kore wing with small black spot in middle of

cel] and large subterminal spot above vein 1. perrubra.

o4, Fore wing with two black discoidal points

and without subterminal spot .............0..-. ustula.

5328. Cerynea endotrichalis, n. sp.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish red, the last suffused with

fuscous except at base; palpi and fore legs blackish. Fore wing

brown-red slightly mixed with yellowish and irrorated with black ;

traces of a blackish autemedial line, oblique from costa to median

nervure and with blackish spot beyond it in cell; a curved black

discoidal striga slightly defined on outer side by yellowish ; a faint

oblique dark line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post-

CERYNEA. PAIS)

medial line indistinct, dark, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then oblique, with minute white points beyond it on the veins,

some yellowish points beyond it on costa ; an oblique yellow apical

patch irrorated with red-brown, a series of black points just before

termen and fine black terminal line; a fine whitish line at base of

cilia. Hind wing brown-red slightly mixed with yellowish and

irrorated with black; two black discoidal points; postmedial line

slight, black, minutely waved with white points beyond it on the

veins and distinct white spot at inner margin ; a fine waved black

Fig. 55.—Cerynea endotrichalis, $. +.

terminal line with points at the interspaces ; a fine white line at

base of cilia; the underside white thickly irrorated with fuscous

brown, a black discoidal bar.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the yellowish apical patch.—Cape

Colony.

Hab. Br. E. Arica, E. Quaso (Betton), 1 ¢, 1 @ type; Carn

Cotony (Jess F. Barrett), 1 9. Hep. 24-28 millim.

5329. Cerynea flavibasalis, n. sp. (Plate CLY. fig. 11.)

2. Head and tegule purple-brown mixed with some yellowish ;

thorax yellowish tinged with rufous; abdomen with the basal

segments yellowish irrorated with some red and black, the terminal

segments deep purple-brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen fuscous brown with a greyish tinge. Fore wing deep

chocolate-brown, the basal area except towards costa yellow slightly

irrorated with red and black; traces of a sinuous brown antemedial

line; two black discoidal points with yellow suffusion between and

beyond them; postmedial line slight, blackish and strongly bent

outwards below costa, then reduced to a series of black points with

minute whitish points beyond them and more prominent point at

vein 6, incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4; an oblique

yellow patch from apex to vein 6; a fine waved black terminal line

with series of small black spots in the interspaces. Hind wing

deep chocolate-brown, the basal area yellow slightly irrorated with

red and black; a faint minutely crenulate whitish postmedial line

with blackish: points on its inner edge, excurved at middle; a fine

waved black terminal line with series of small black spots in the

216 NOCTUIDH.

interspaces ; the underside with the basal area whitish, the rest of

wing fuscous, a dark discoidal striga and postmedial line defined on

outer side by grey.

Hab. Gown Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 2 type. Hp.

22 millim.

5330. Cerynea igniaria. (Plate CLV. fig. 12.)

Hypena igniaria, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 707 (1898).

Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown, the last with some

fiery-red and yellowish on dorsum towards base ; pectus, hind legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown, Fore

wing yellow, the costal and terminal areas greyish brown, the basal

area suffused with fiery red except towards costa, the medial area

irrorated with red, the veins of terminal area streaked with red and

a yellow patch suffused with red on termen below apex; traces of

a sinuous whitish antemedial line; a blackish point in middle of

cell and two discoidal points ; an oblique sinuous line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinct, whitish

defined on each side by fiery red, bent outwards below custa, then

minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond

it on costa; a waved reddish subterminal line slightly defined on

each side by fuscous; a fine waved black terminal line with points

in the interspaces; cilia brown with a fine whitish line at base.

Hind wing with the basal area yellow irrorated with fiery red, the

terminal area grey-brown suffused in parts with red and irrorated

with fuscous ; a black discoidal point ; postmedial line white defined

on each side by fiery red, waved; a diffused curved somewhat

dentate blackish subterminal line ; a fine waved black terminal hue

with points in the interspaces; cilia brown with a fine white line

at base; the underside whitish suffused and irrorated with brown

except the area between the curved medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type; Srrairs Sutrnements, Johore

(Annandale), 1 9. Hap. 24 millim.

5331. Cerynea rubra. (Plate CLV. fig. 13.)

Cerynea rubra, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 154 (1905).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep chocolate red-brown, the

last dorsally fiery red towards base. Fore wing yellow suffused

with fiery red, the costal area chocolate-brown; an oblique dark ante-

medial line from cell to inner magin; two blackish diszoidal points ;

postmedial line yellowish white, bent outwards below costa, in-

curved below vein 4 and with dark patch beyond it on inner

margin ; some white points beyond it on costa; traces of a pale

dentate subterminal line; a fine waved black terminal line with

small spots in the interspaces; cilia chequered red and brown.

Hind wing yellow suffused with fiery red, the basal area tinged

with purplish red; a black discoidal striga ; postmedial line yellow

CERYNEA. PALF

defined on each side by fiery red, minutely waved, oblique from

costa to vein 3, an oblique black bar beyond it from costa and a

small spot in submedian fold ; a subterminal dark shade from apex

to vein 6 and some brown suffusion towards tornus; a fine waved

black terminal line with small spots in the interspaces ; cilia brown

intersected with red and with fine pale line at base ; the underside

yellowish white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and

diffused medial, postmedial, and subterminal shades.

Hab. Bornno, Malang (Shelford), 1 3 type. Hap. 24 millim.

*5332. Cerynea perrubra, n.n. (Plate CLV. fig. 14.)

Phanaspa rubra, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 216 (1906), nee Swinh,

1905.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen fiery red mixed with yellow ;

palpi and frons black irrorated with white ; abdomen with blackish

segmental lines at middle and extremity; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing yellow, mostly suffused

and irrorated with fiery red, the antemedial and medial areas with

more yellow, the costal edge blackish; a shght waved subbasal red

line from costa to inner margin; antemedial line minutely waved,

oblique trom costa to submedian fold, then erect; a small black

spot in middle of cell and faint blackish discoidal spot; a waved

red postmedial line bent outwards below costa and below vein 4

incurved to lower angle of cell ; a diffused maculate red subterminal

line with slight blackish marks on it and a large black spot before

it in submedian interspace ; a series of small black terminal spots.

Hind wing whitish, almost entirely suffused and irrorated with

fiery red; two black discoidal points; an indistinct, rather macu-

late postmedial line excurved to vein 3, then incurved ; a curved

subterminal series of blackish spots; a terminal series of small

black spots; the underside whitish faintly tinged with red, a

slight discoidal lunule and indistinct sinueus red postmedial line.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Aroa R. (Meck), type f do in Coll. Roth-

schild. Hap, 24 millim.

5333. Cerynea ustula. (Plate CLV. fig. 15.)

Zurobata ustula, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 450 (1897).

3. Head blackish; thorax and abdomen yellowish tinged with

rufous; fore tibie fuscous. Fore wing yellowish suffused with

rufous and irrorated with a few black scales, the costal edge

fuscous ; an indistinct sinuous rufous antemedial line; two black

discoidal points; an indistinct diffused rufous medial line, bent

outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and bent

inwards below vein 3; an indistinct pale postmedial line slightly

defined on each side by rufous, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, incurved below vein 4 and with blackish spot

beyond it at inner margin, some yellowish points beyond it on

218 NOCTUID A.

costa; an indistinct dentate yellowish subterminal line, angled

inwards and with fuscous suffusion beyond it at discal fold; a

terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing yellowish mostly

suffused with red and slightly irrorated with black; two black dis-

coidal points; a faint brownish medial shade; a faint minutely

waved yellowish postmedial line defined on each side by black striz

at inner margin; traces of a minutely dentate yellowish sub-

terminal line ; a terminal series of small black spots ; the underside

whitish with black discoidal striga and faint brownish medial,

postmedial, and subterminal shades.

Hab. Mapras, Palnis (Campbell), 1 3 ; Ceyton, Nawalapitiya

(Pole), 1 3 type; Anpamans, 1 ¢. Hap. 22-24 millim.

ce}, (Cerynea.) Both wings of male normal.

a. Fore wing olive-brown irrorated with silvery

SCalleg gegen eteciosu cu aevawesrcunesnmseninemescaaee eee ee argentescens.

02, Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous.

a3, Fore wing with black patch beyond postmedial

Ibe) ENG THMTKETE ANNAN cconendesa occroacdadedoosaqsuce disjunctaria.

68. Fore wing without black patch beyond post-

medial line at inner margin.

a’, Fore wing with oblique black mark from

termen just below apex to subterminal line

atidiscalofoldlsa-sstecerececekoseeraramenece esos omphisalis.

04, Fore wing with slight oblique black bar from

PEK Ges yee crac crianeienietlemsiond oni celeste sbioserl ction: ochreana.

5334. Cerynea argentescens, n. sp.

¢. Head blackish; thorax and abdomen pale brown tinged with

rufous, the tegule whitish ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish tinged with rufous, the fore tibize fuscous in front.

Fore wing pale olive-brown irrorated with silvery scales and with

Fig. 56.—Cerynea argentescens, 6. 4.

’

a slight rufous tinge on basal area ; a minute black point in middle

of cell and two discoidal points connected by a curved striga; post-

medial line slight, dark, very oblique from costa to vein 6, then

minutely dentate and inwardly oblique, some white points with

dark streaks between them beyond it on costa; a faint pale sub-

terminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a fine waved

black terminal line with small black spots in the interspaces. Hind

wing pale olive-brown with a silvery gloss; two black discoidal

points ; a faint curved minutely waved whitish postmedial line with

CERYNDA. 219

traces of black points on its inner edge; a terminal series of small

black spots; cilia pale rufous; the underside greyish, the terminal

half tinged with brown, a minute dark discoidal point.

Q. Fore wing more tinged with rufous to postmedial line, the

terminal area browner; hind wing with the inner half tinged with

rufous to near termen.

Hab. Puto Laur (Doherty), 1 3,19 type. Hap. 22 millim.

5335. Cerynea disjunctaria. (Plate CLV. fig. 16.)

Acidalia disjunctaria, W\k. xxiii. 766 (1861).

Nechesia mundicolaria, Wik. xxiv. 1104 (1862),

Head black-brown ; thorax and abdomen pale ochreous tinged

with rufous; fore tibiae fuscous. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged

with rufous ; antemedial black points on costa and in diseal and

submedian folds with a faint line from the last to inner margin

near base; two black discoidal points with one just before them in

discal fold; a faint brownish medial line excurved beyond the cell;

postmedial line fine, dark, defined on outer side by whitish, bent

outwards below cesta, then minutely dentate, slightly angled

inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, a black patch

beyond it on inner margin and some white points on costa with

minute black streaks between them; a faint pale waved sub-

terminal line slightly defined on outer side by blackish, angled

inwards at discal fold; a fine waved black terminal line with small

spots in the interspaces ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing pale ochreous

tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with black; a black

discoidal point; an indistinct waved dark medial line; postmedial>

line pale slightly defined on each side by brown, minutely waved,

excurved at middle; a curved blackish subterminal line; a fine

waved black terminal line with small spots in the interspaces ; the

underside pale suffused with brown especially on terminal area.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 6. Eap. 24 millim.

Type t 3d, type T 2 mundicolaria in Mus, Oxon.

*5336. Cerynea omphisalis. (Plate CLV. fig. 17.)

Cerynea omphisalis, Wk. xix. 878 (1859).

3, Head blackish ; thorax and abdomen ochreous white tinged

with rufous: fore tibie dark brown. Fore wing ochreous white

tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; antemedial

line represented by blackish points on costa and below the cell;

two black discoidal points; postmedial line with blackish point at

costa, then hardly traceable, pale, oblique to vein 6, beyond the cell

defined by some black scales on inner side and a black spot on

outer, oblique below vein 4 ; two blackish points on costa towards

apex; subterminal line indistinct, pale, incurved at discal fold,

excurved at middle, then slightly waved; a diffused irregular

oblique black mark from just below apex to*the subterminal line

220 NOCTUID &.

at discal fold ; a series of black points just before termen and some

black striz on termen. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with

rufous and slightly irrorated with fuscous; a pale waved post-

medial line defined on each side by rufous and with slight blackish

mark on its outer edge at vein 6; subterminal line indistinct, pale,

somewhat dentate and angled inwards below costa and at submedian

fold, slightly defined on outer side by fuscous, the area beyond it

browner ; a series of black points just before termen and a fine

waved black terminal line; the underside yellowish white irrorated

with brown, a slight dark discoidal striga, indistinct waved post-

medial and subterminal lines, and a series of black points before

termen.

Hab. BornkEo, Sarawak (Wallace), type? ¢ in Mus. Oxon.

| Hep. 20 millim.

*5337. Cerynea ochreana. (Plate CLV. fig. 18.)

Dahlia ochreana, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xy. p. 202 (1908).

3S. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochraceous; palpi

black, the tips of 2nd and 3rd joints white; pectus in front and

fore legs suffused with black ; abdomen with some black irroration

at base of dorsum. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and

slightly irrorated with black; a subbasal black point on costa with

a blackish streak bevond it; antemedial black points on costa and

in cell; a white point defined by black at lower angle of cell with

a dark shade above it on discocellulars ; a black point on middle of

costa ; postmedial line formed by fuscous points and strive slightly

defined on onter side by whitish, oblique from costa to vein 3, then

slightly bent inwards, some Tile points beyond it on costa; an

oblique black bar from apex; subterminal line very indistinct,

pale, waved, faintly defined on inner side by fuscous towards inner

margin ; a fine waved black terminal line with black points in the

interspaces. Hind wing ochreous tinged with rufous and sparsely

irrorated with black scales; a black point at lower angle of cell;

a medial series of slight blackish points; traces of a subterminal

series of blackish points with some fuscous suffusion before it on

inner area; a terminal series of black points ; the underside paler,

a diffused fuscous subterminal band at costa and from discal fold

to inner margin.

Hab. Br. N. Gornna, Dinawa (Pratt), type f din Coll. Hani

Baker. Hap. 22 millim.

Secor. II. (Ohana). Patagia of male without tuft of Jong hair; fore tibize not

dilated and hollowed out but fringed with long hairs,

*5338. Cerynea vagipennata.

Obana vagipennata, W1k. xxiv. 1108 (1862)

g. Head and thorax pale ochreous slightly tinged with brown ;

palpi blackish at sides except towards tips; antenne ringed with

CERYNEA. ||

blackish; abdomen pale ochreous slightly irrorated with black-

brown. Fore wing pale ochreous sparsely irrorated with black-

brown scales; antemedial black-brown points on costa and in cell ;

two discoidal points with a point above them on costa and others

below them in submedian fold and on inner margin; a sinuous

postmedial series of points with a spot above vein 1 and bar beyond

it; small subterminal spots below veins 8, 6 and 2, and a series of

Fig. 57.— Cerynea vagipennata, 3. 3.

smal] spots just before termen ; cilia with a series of dark points

at tips. Hind wing pale ochreous sparsely irrorated with black-

brown; two black-brown discoidal points with a pair of points

below them just above inner margin ; a subterminal series of small

spots with four small spots before it between vein 4 and inner

margin; a fine waved black-brown terminal line with series of

small spots at the interspaces; the underside pale ochreous with

indistinct waved brown medial line and somewhat diffused curved

subterminal line.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), typet S$ in Mus. Oxon.

Hep. 22 millim.

Sect. III. Male without secondary sexual characters.

A. Fore wing black-brown with ochreous fascia on costa ... flavicostata.

B. Fore wing purplish red-brown.

a. Fore wing with white streaks on the veins beyond

upper angle of cell.

a’. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from

below costa to vein 4, then bent inwards to below

ane lelofecellipraanasncesce sateescecscs codices Sondaaecacas plagiostola.

b'. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards

belowacostastMaeneincunvedussseeeesteeeeeteeeeeeereeeee Jissilinea.

6. Fore wing without white streaks on the veins beyond

yes Base GE Ca ooo caocnscqasnabsonsscnacnoaacoasadodenae porphyrea.

C. Fore wing yellow, the terminal area rufous with grey

[ORNS oodacacoondo0c00900bs comncbaonacda0nooMeacnodaBeGneUROnsheGn indecisa.

D. Fore wing white tinged with green ..................06 sere VIrescens.

*5339, Cerynea flavicostata. (Plate CLV. fig. 19 )

Mestleta flavicostata, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 113, pl. iv. f. 21 (1894).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown; a pale ochreous

band across prothorax ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

ochreous white, the fore aud mid legs brownish in front. Fore

222 NOCTUID A.

wing black-brown with a chocolate tinge; an ochreous fascia on

costal area narrowing to apex; traces of a minutely waved dark

postmedial line oblique towards costa and below vein +. Hind wing

uniform black-brown with a chocolate tinge; the underside purplish

brown tinged with grey and irrorated with whitish.

Hab. Gasoon, Ogowé R., typet in Coll. Holland. Hap. 24 millim.

5340. Cerynea plagiostola. (Plate CLV. fig. 20.)

Zurobata plagiostola, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 518 (1896).

Q@. Head red-brown slightly mixed with grey; thorax brown

suffused with violaceous white ; abdomen purplish red tinged with

grey, the base suffused with violaceous white, the 2nd segment

with white line; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

brownish white, the tibize with a purplish tinge. Fore wing

chocolate-red, the costal area broadly sutfused with violaceous

white to subterminal line, extending to inner margin on basal area;

a slight curyed white subbasal line ; antemedial line white, angled

outwards below costa and at median nervure and inwards in cell,

oblique below the cell; a black point in middle of cell; reniform

defined by white, inwardly oblique, triangular, a white streak

beyond its upper extremity ; postmedial line fine, white, strongly

excurved from costa to vein 4, then bent, inwards to just below

lower angle of cell and erect to inner margin, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight and whitish from costa

to vein 6, angled outwards at vein 7, then an oblique white streak

to tips of cilia at vein 4, then indistinct, dark, waved ; a series of

black points before termen, defined on inner side by a white line

from apex to discal fold, bent outwards on to cilia at apex ; cilia

with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing chocolate-red, the basal

inner area violaceous white; an indistinct curved dark antemedial

line; postmedial line white, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

traces of a pale waved subterminal line ; a series of black points

just before termen ; a five pale line at base of cilia ; the underside

ochreous white suffused with red, a series of black points before

termen.

Hab. Buurdn, 2500' (Dudgeon), 1 9 type. Hap. 26 millim.

5341. Cerynea fissilinea, n. sp.

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous; a pure white mark

between antennsee; the meso- and metathorax with some black

scales; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white slightly

tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous, the costal area irrorated

with fuscous brown; a fine oblique white subbasal ne from costa

to base at submedian told; antemedial line fine, white defined on

outer side by black scales, oblique, straight; a black and white

discoidal bar with oblique white line from it to inner margin ;

postmedial line white, acutely angled outwards below costa, then

CERYNEA. DY

strongly incurved. a white streak from its angle to termen; sub-

terminal line white and oblique from costa to vein 6 where it

terminates; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale

rufous ; postmedial line slight, whitish, excurved from costa to

Fig. 58.—Cerynea fissilinea, G. }.

vein 4, then incurved ; traces of a curved whitish subterminal line

with some black irroration on its outer edge, incurved at submedian

fold; a terminal series of black points; the underside grey-white

faintly tinged with rufous, a rufous discoidal bar and terminal

series of blackish points.

Hab. Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 5 type. Exp. 22 millim.

5342. Cerynea porphyrea, n.sp. (Plate CLV. fig. 21.)

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with rufous ;

the pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing

rufous slightly irrorated with black ; traces of an inwardly oblique

sinuous biack antemedial line; a small black discoidal spot ; post-

medial line black and oblique from costa to vein 6, then faint,

whitish slightly defined on inner side by brown and incurved below

vein 4; traces of a rather punctiform whitish subterminal line with

some whitish beyond it at apex; a terminal series of minute black

points. Hind wing rufous; a slight fuscous discoidal point ; post-

medial line faint, whitish slightly defined on each side by brown,

oblique, straight; a terminal series of black points; the underside

white tinged with flesh pink, a black discoidal point.

Hab. Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 3 3 type. Hep. 22 millim.

5343. Cerynea indecisa. (Plate CLV. fig. 22.

Acontia indecisa, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 50 (1864).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow faintly tinged with

rufous and irrorated with a few black scales. Fore wing yellow

irrorated with a few black scales; a subbasal blackish point in cell;

a small antemedial blackish spot just below costa; a black point in

middle of cell; reniform represented by a blackish bar on inner

side and two points on outer; medial line formed by a diffused

blackish bar from costa to reniform and slight oblique line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin with small black spot at sub-

median fold ; postmedial line arising at vein 7, black-brown defined

on inner side by white, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4,

224 NOCLUIDE.

the area beyond it rufous to the subterminal line which is black,

arising from apex, angled outwards to termen at vein 7, strongly

angled inwards at discal fold and outwards to termen at vein 4,

then incurved, the area beyond it white irrorated with black-

brown ; a series of black striz just before termen; a fine black

terminal line; cilia white mixed with black. Hind wing reddish

brown, darker towards termen ; cilia brownish white; the underside

whitish tinged with brown and irrorated with black, a series of

black striz just before termen.

Hab. Sarawax (Wallace), type t 2 in Mus. Oxon.; Borneo,

Sandakan (Pryer), 1 9. Hep. 2% millim.

5344. Cerynea virescens, n. sp. (Plate CLY. fig. 23.)

3. Head and thorax white with a faint greenish tinge; palpi

and antenne blackish; pectus and legs blackish, the tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen white tinged with ochreous brown. Fore

wing white with a faint greenish tinge; a subbasal black spot on

costa; antemedial line black, oblique, excurved below the cell and

incurved above vein 1, a blackish streak before it on costa; a slight

black discoidal lunule ; postmedial line black, excurved beyond the

cell, then incurved and again excurved at vein 1, two white points

beyond it on costa with a black streak between them ; subterminal

line black, minutely dentate, from costa to discal fold; a waved

black terminal line; cilia white mixed with fuscous. Hind wing

white faintly tinged with brown; a waved black terminal line ;

cilia intersected with fuscous ; the underside white irrorated with

brown, an indistinct dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Carn Cotony, Transkei (Miss FP. Barrett), 1 3 type. Exp.

20 millim.

Genus FARARA. Type

Farara, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 203 (1908)........ ilgaetowsnan pulchra.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;

antenne of male with fascicles of long cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibix slightly

fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with

the apex rounded, the termen excised below apex and towards tornus and

excurved at middle; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully developed from

well above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

*5345. Farara pulchra.

Farara pulchra, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xv. p. 203 (1908).

3. Head and thorax yellow, the head and tegule tinged with

rufous, the patagia and metathorax with slight rufous streaks ;

FARARA.—LOPHORUZA. Oo)

abdomen rufous with the basal crest yellow; pectus and ventral

surface of abdomen yellowish white, the legs tinged with brown.

Fore wing with the basal area, the cell and the costal area to

beyond middle yellow, the costal edge rufous, the rest of wing pale

purplish brown ; three diffused sinuous rufous lines on basal area ;

a dark point in middle of cell; an oblique rufous discoidal bar

defined at sides by white, its upper extremity produced ; an indis-

tinct oblique dark shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line red-brown with a fine white line on its outer edge,

obsolescent on costal area, oblique to vein 6 where it is acutely

angled outwards, incurved at discal fold, acutely angled outwards

at vein 4, then strongly incurved and with a dark red-brown band

beyond it before the subterminal line, which is whitish, incurved

below costa and at discal fold, angled outwards at veins 6 and 4,

Fig. 59.—Farara pulchra, 8. }.

then strongly incurved, a dentate brownish shade beyond it from

below costa to below vein 5 and a patch below vein 3; a series of

blackish points just before termen connected by a line from below

ein 7 to above 4 and towards tornus; a dark brown terminal

line ; cilia pale at base, dark brown at tips. Hind wing yellowish

suffused with rufous, the terminal area pale, the inner margin

white, the medial area irrorated with black; postmedial line red-

brown with a fine white line on its outer edge followed by a rufous

band, angled outwards below costa and strongly at middle, then

incurved and bent outwards to tornus; the rufous band followed

by the whitish subterminal line with some rufous suffusion beyond

it; a dark striga before termen at discal fold and a dark patch

angled inwards in submedian fold above tornus; a fine dark

terminal line ; the underside yellowish white with a series of black

points just before tornus,

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type? 3 in Coll. Rethune-

Baker. Exp. 32 millim.

Genus LOPHORUZA, nov.

Type, L. vacillatriz.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to or to

above vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 8rd long or moderate ; frons

smooth ; eyes large, round; antennse of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibis moderately fringed with hair ;

abdomen with dorsal series of small crests. Fore wing with the apex some-

what produced and acute, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8

VOL. X, Q

226 NOCTUID A.

to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to well above vertex of head, the

3rd long and acuminate.

A. Fore wing with the costal area pale with oblique lower edge

from apex to inner margin near base.

a. Fore wing with white mark on subterminal line above

middle.

a, Wings black-brown tinged with prey ................0006 longipalpis.

6!. Wings red-brown or violaceous tinged with grey.

a*, Fore wing with orange patch before and beyond

subterminal line below apex...........-..--2s00ee--e+ee albicostalis.

62. Fore wing with yellow points beyond the subterminal

linesbelow apex. wks: nose ssremeate att meee e ea ccne nee lunifera.

6. Fore wing without white mark on subterminal line above

MIG Meo oi3s ass semester ceclvduin oe msaee mare meuniere setemeecstoes diversalis.

B. Fore wing with white streak from apex to inner margin near

base leaving the costal area red-brown .............0-.00-000+- diagonalis.

5346. Lophoruza longipalpis. (Plate CLV. fig. 24.)

Selenis longipalpis, Wk. xxxiii. 1068 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 1.

p. 346.

3. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with some fuscous

brown ; abdomen black-brown with ochreous white band at base;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore

wing black-brown mixed with some grey, the costal area very

broadly white suffused with ochreous, extending to inner margin

on basal area and narrowing suddenly to a point at apex; traces

of an ochreous antemedial line with blackish point at costa, very

oblique below the cell to base of inner margin; two black discoidal

points ; traces of a curved ochreous antemedial line from costa to

lower angle of cell; traces of an oblique ochreous postmedial line

from costa to vein 6, then blackish defined on outer side by grey,

incurved and minutely dentate below vein 4; subterminal line

represented by black and white points above and below vein 7, an

oblique white mark between veins 6 and 4, white points above and

below vein 3 and an oblique bar to tornus, a series of black strize

just before termen slightly defined on outer side by white; a fine

waved brown terminal line; cilia chequered ochreous and blackish.

Hind wing black-brown mixed with grey, the base ochreous white

with some ochreous on its outer edge; a black discoidal bar; an

indistinct waved dark postmedial line; a subterminal series of

ochreous white points ; a series of black points before termen ; cilia

brown with some ochreous at base and tips; the underside whitish

suffused with brown.

Hab. Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 $ type. Hap. 26 millim.

5347. Lophoruza albicostalis.

Mestleta albicostalis, Leech, Entom. xxii. p. 65, pl. ii. f. 10 (1889).

Head and thorax white mixed with rufous; abdomen white, the

LOPHORUZA. DT

medial segments suffused with brown with the crests blackish;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white faintly tinged

with brown. Fore wing pale rufous, the costal area white to sub-

terminal line, extending to Inner margin on basal area, its lower

edge angled at lower angle of cell, the costa slightly tinged with

brown; two black discoidal points; postmedial line white from

costa to vein 5, excurved below costa and slightly incurved at discal

fold, below vein 5 very indistinct and strongly incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white with a black

point before it below costa and small triangular black spots with

yellow between them above and below vein 6, incurved between

veins 7 and 4 with a brown band before it and yellow suffusion

beyond it, angled outwards below veins 4, 3, then incurved ; a series

Fig. 60.— Lophoruza albicostalis, $. 1.

of black points before termen; a fine black terminal line; cilia

white, tinged with rufous towards apex and with some blackish at

middle. Hind wing white slightly tinged with rufous, the base

pure white ; antemedial area suffused with rufous except at inner

margin; a rufous discoidal striga; a slight dark postmedial line,

incurved at discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved; sub-

terminal line white very slightly defined on inner side by blackish

and with black bar before it at inner margin, slightly angled

inwards at discal fold; a series of black points just before termen ;

a fine black terminal line; the underside white slightly irrorated

with brown, a series of blackish points just before termen.

Hab. Centr. Cura, Ningpo, 1 3, 3 2 type, Foo-chau (Leech),

192. Ezexp. 28 millim.

5348. Lophoruza lunifera.

Mestleta lunifera, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 209, pl. 175. f. 3 (1885) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 345.

3. Head and tegulz pale rufous mixed with ochreous white ;

thorax ochreous white; abdomen greyish rufous with ochreous white

band at base, the crests on medial segments blackish ; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white, the fore and mid

tibie tinged with brown. Fore wing greyish rufous, the costal area

white, tinged with rufous towards costa, narrowing to a point at

apex, the white extending to inner margin on basal area; postmedial

line brown, very indistinct and cblique from costa to vein 6, then

incuryed again, incurved and punctiform below vein 4; sub-

228 NOCTUIDA.

terminal line white and incurved from vein 7 to 4 where it is

angled outwards, then slight, whitish, oblique, a small dentate

black mark before it below vein 7 and yellowish points beyond it

above and below vein 6, a blackish fascia from it to tips of cilia at

vein 4; a series of black strize just before termen; a fine waved

black terminal line; cilia pale rufous, chequered with fuscous

towards apex. Hind wing greyish rufous, the base ochreous white ;

a fine minutely dentate black postmedial line; subterminal line

whitish defined on each side by black scales and with slight black

marks before and beyond it towards inner margin, very minutely

waved, a series of black points just before termen; a fine waved

black terminal line; cilia pale rufous with a fine whitish line at

base; the underside grey-white irrorated with fuscous, a blackish

discoidal point, curved postmedial line, punctiform subterminal line,

and series of black points before termen.

Q@. Fore wing with the costal area more uniformly suffused

with rufous.

Hab. N. Innta (James), 1 3; Bompay, Kanara, Karwar (Bell),

1 9; Cryton, 1 9 type. Hap. 28-32 millim.

*5349, Lophoruza diversalis.

Bertula diversalis, Wik. xxxiv. 1169 (1865); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon.

il. p. 68, pl. i. f. 19.

@. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous, the tegulz

irrorated with fuscous; abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown

except at base and extremity; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish, the tibize and tarsi suffused with brown. Fore

wing with the costal half from inner margin before middle to apex

ochreous suffused with rufous, the rest of wing reddish brown with

a large whitish patch at tornus extending to postmedial line and

up to vein 3, the costal edge red-brown; traces of a double waved

rufous antemedial line; two black discoidal points; an indistinct

rufous medial line oblique from costa to beyond upper angle of cell,

below vein 4 inwardly oblique and forming the inner edge of the

dark area; postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, then

double, the inner line blackish, incurved and minutely waved, some

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line double, minutely

waved, slightly angled inwards at discal fold and outwards at vein

4 where it is crossed by a dark streak from postmedial line ; a series

of black points before termen conjoined into a line from below apex

to vein 4; a fine blackish terminal line; cilia rufous mixed with

dark brown. Hind wing red-brown, the base ochreous bounded by

the dark antemedial line; two black discoidal points; traces of a

curved minutely dentate medial line ; postmedial line very indistinct

and excurved from costa to vein 2, then double, rufous filled in with

white and minutely waved; a series of black points before termen ;

n fine waved black terminal line; the underside white slightly

irrorated with brown, the costal area tinged with rufous, a black

LOPHORUZA. 229

discoidal point, traces of postmedial and subterminal lines, and a

series of black points before termen.

Hab. Curam (Wallace), type tf 2 in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 28

millim.

5350. Lophoruza diagonalis, n. sp. (Plate CLV. fig. 25.)

3. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some white ; abdomen

rufous with whitish band at base and slight white segmental lines

on terminal segments ; palpi white in front ; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white, the legs tinged with rufous. Fore wing

bright rufous; an inwardly oblique white antemedial line, met at

inner margin by an oblique white fascia from apex; two slight

blackish diseoidal points ; postmedial line white, oblique from costa

to vein 6, incurved at discal fold, angled outwards at vein 4, then

strongly incurved, some white points beyond it on costa and some

yellow at discal fold; subterminal line indistinct, greyish white,

slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then oblique, some

yellow beyond it between veins 7 and 4; a series of dark strie

before termen, defined on inner side by white strize on inner area;

a fine waved dark terminal line; cilia whitish, tinged with red on

apical half. Hind wing white irrorated with fiery red, the basal

area pure white, the terminal area pale brown; a fiery red ante-

medial band diffused on outer side at inner margin to the post-

medial line, which is very indistinct, white, minutely waved,

excurved at middle ; subterminal line very indistinct, white, curved,

with two small black spots on it above inner margin; a series of

black points defined on inner side by white before termen from apex

to vein 2; a fine waved brown terminal line with some white before

it towards tornus; the underside whitish, a slight dark discoidal

spot, indistinct curved postmedial line, double maculate subterminal

line, and series of small black spots before termen.

Hab. Singapore (Ridley), 2 $ type. Hwp. 26 millim,

Srcr. II. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd moderate,

blunt.

A. Mid tibize of male with thick fringes of long hair on both

sides.

a. Fore wing with white lunule on subterminal line above

MUONUG MLO irptelj-fictastele wei ctclsjtoiie as Sooo dais deeraatenis-tyasarasiewinames estes lithina.

b. Fore wing without white lunule on subterminal line above

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5351. Lophoruza lithina.

Mestleta lithina, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 113 (1894).

Head fuscous slightly mixed with grey; tegule rufous mixed

with fuscous and grey ; thorax white mixed with rufous ; abdomen

grey mixed with fuscous and rufous and with white band at base ;

230 NOCTUID H.

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen grey, the fore legs

brown in front. Fore wing chocolate-red, the costal area white

irrorated with brown, thickly towards costa, the white extending

to inner margin at base; antemedial line represented by a dark

mark in cell and traces of an oblique dark line from cell to inner

margin; a slight white discoidal striga connected with the white

costal area; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by white,

oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards,

Fig. 61.—Lophoruza lithina, §. 3

then incurved and slightly sinuous, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line white defined on each side by blackish from

costa to below vein 5, then indistinct, dark, slightly incurved below

costa where there is a wedge-shaped black mark before it, angled

outwards below vein 5, then incurved, some yellowish white beyond

it from the costal fascia to below vein 5; a series of black points

just before termen slightly defined on outer side by white; a fine

black terminal line except towards tornus. Hind wing chocolate-

red, the base white; traces of an oblique dark discoidal striga; a

faint dark postmedial line slightly defined on outer side by grey,

angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved; a faint diffused dark

subterminal line; a series of black points just before termen ; a fine

dark terminal line and pale line at base of cilia; the underside grey,

a dark discoidal point, medial and subterminal lines, and a series of

black points before termen.

Hab. Goup Coast, Aburi (Sir G. Carter), 1 6 , Kumasi ( Whiteside),

292; Gasoon, Benito R.,1¢ co-type; Narat, Durban(Gooch), 19.

Hap. 22-26 millim. ;

*5302. Lophoruza mascarena. (Plate CLV. fig. 26.)

Lophoruza mascarena, de Joan. Bull. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1910, p. 203.

36. Head and tegule red-brown slightly mixed with grey ; palpi

dark brown, the tips of 2nd and 3rd joints whitish ; thorax whitish

tinged with flesh-pink, the pectus and legs whitish tinged with

brown; abdomen red-brown, the base whitish tinged with pink, the

crests blackish, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing red-brown

with the costal area broadly whitish irrorated with brown, ex-

panding at base to inner margin ; traces of a diffused double ante-

medial line, very oblique from submedian fold to inner margin near

base, a blackish point on it in submedian fold; a minute black point

LOPHORUZA. OM

at upper angle of cell and small spot at lower angle with very

oblique line from it to inner margin near base defining the white

and brown areas; postmedial line double filled in witb white,

acutely angled outwards at vein 7, then very oblique and slightly

bent outwards to inner margin ; subterminal line indistinct, pale,

defined on each side by fuscous, excurved below costa, then oblique ;

a series of black points before termen. Hind wing red-brown, the

base and inner margin to beyond middle whitish; a blackish

discoidal bar ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, sinuous;

a subterminal series of fuscous and whitish points; a series of black

points before termen; the underside grey suffused with brown,

traces of a dark discoidal spot and of curved postmedial and sub-

terminal lines, a series of black points before termen.

Hab. Mavririvs, Curepipe (Cavié), type t S im coll. Joannis.

Exp. 22 wmillim.

B. Mid tibize of male normal.

a. Fore wing with the costal area whitish, its lower edge

oblique from apex to inner margin near base............... vacillatrix.

6. Fore wing with the costal area not whitish.

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1, Fore wing ochreous yellow, the terminal area suffused

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5353. Lophoruza vacillatrix, n. sp.

Head and tegule rufous slightly mixed with grey; thorax white

mixed with brown; abdomen chocolate-red with a white line at

base ; pectus and legs white slightly tinged with rufous, the fore-

legs brownish in front. Fore wing chocolate-red, the costal area

white irrorated with brown, thickly towards costa, the white

extending to inner margin near base; a faint brown antemedial

line, slightly angled outwards below costa and at median nervure,

then oblique; two black discoidal points; postmedial line dark

Fig. 62.—Lophoruza vacillatrix, §. 1.

defined on outer side by white, very oblique from costa to below

vein 7 where it is acutely angled outwards, then incurved and very

slightly sinuous, a curved white mark becoming yellow at ex-

tremity from its angle to near termen and some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line white with black mark before it

below costa, interrupted at the curved streak, then slight and very

minutely dentate, a white mark beyond it at apex; a series of black

points before termen with white stri~a on their outer side on apical °

2 ae NOCTUIDZ.

half; cilia with a fine whitish line at base and some white at apex.

Hind wing chocolate-red, the base white; traces of a red discoidal

point; postmedial line slight, blackish faintly defined on outer side

by grey, excurved below costa and at middle, subterminal line

represented by a series of slight diffused blackish spots with whitish

points on their outer edges; a series of black points just before

termen ; cilia with a fine pale line at base; the underside grey

tinged with brown, a dark discoidal spot, bisinuate postmedial line,

diffused curved subterminal line, and series of black points before

termen.

Hab. Stxurmm, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 3,4 2 type; Assam, Khasis,

1 9; Manras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 3, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 2.

Eay. 22-26 millim.

5354. Lophoruza addescens. (Plate CLV. fig. 27.)

Pseudocraspedia addescens, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 17 (1901).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; palpi with some

black at sides; vertex of head with some black scales; abdomen

with the crests tipped with black, a blackish band before extremity

and dorsal patch on anal tuft. Fore wing pale rufous; a black

point at middle of cell and another on discocellulars; antemedial

and medial black points on costa, and some points towards apex;

faint traces of a pale postmedial line with black points on it at veins

7, 6 and in submedian fold, oblique below vein 4; faint traces of a

pale postmedial line with a series of black points on its outer edge,

oblique below vein 4; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing pale rufous irrorated with a few black scales; a black dis-

coidal point ; faint traces of pale minutely waved postmedial and

subterminal lines, the latter with a series of black points on its

outer edge; a terminal series of black points; the underside whitish

tinged with rufous, a black discoidal point, traces of a minutely

waved subterminal dark line, and a terminal series of black points.

Hab. Qurrnstand, Duaringa, 1 ¢ type. Hep. 22 millim.

#5355. Lophoruza xylonota. (Plate CLV. fig. 28.)

Zagira? xylonota, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. Austr. xxvii. p. 37 (1903).

@. Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi tinged with crimson ;

abdomen ochreous, the dorsal crests reddish. Fore wing ochreous

yellow with slight dark irroration; traces of a minutely waved double

antemedial line.and single medial line; a more distinct somewhat

dentate postmedial line, obsolete towards costa, the area beyond it

suffused with crimson except on costal area, and with an indistinct

waved subterminal line on it. Hind wing silky ochreous; the

underside white.

Hab. QuurnstanD, Mackay, type 2 in coll. Lower. Hap. 24

millim.

CARMARA. 933

Genus CARMARA.

Type.

Carmara, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 62 (1864)...... subcervina.

Hetgine, \NWE, sexi WEB CUETO) cosnencconoansedeanosconcoocuonedan subcervina.

Gyrognatha, Hmpsn, Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 184 (1898) ...... subcervina.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and broadly fringed with hair in front, and behind towards

extremity, the 3rd joint minute and buried in the hair of 2nd joint, the

extremity of the palpi appearing to be rounded ; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennsze of male with cilia and bristles; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; fore tibia of male dilated and

hollowed out forming a double chamber divided by a membranous wall,

and clothed with long hair, the mid tibiz fringed with long hair, the hind

tibize smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8

to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of

cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5356. Carmara subcervina.

Carmara subcervina, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vil. p, 63 (1864,.

Zagira acidaliaria, Wik. xxxv. 1638 (1866); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. il.

p- 347.

Gyrognatha atriceps, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. ix. p. 134, pl. 168. f. 10

(1893).

Head blackish; thorax and abdomen rufous, the latter with

slight blackish segmental lines; fore legs blackish in front. Fore

wing pale brownish rufous with slight dark irroration; a slight

brown antemedial line with black point at costa, somewhat ex-

curved ; two black discoidal points; traces of a brownish medial

Fig. 63.—Carmara subcervina, S. 3.

line excurved beyond the cell; postmedial line slight, brownish

faintly defined on outer side by whitish and with black point at

costa, oblique from costa to vein 6, then minutely dentate and

produced to white points on the veins, incurved below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa; faint traces of a pale

subterminal line, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale brownish rufous

slightly irrorated with black ; two black discoidal points; traces of

a minutely dentate postmedial line with white points at the veins

934 NOCTUIDAE.

and prominent white spot at inner margin; faint traces of a pale

curved subterminal line; a fine waved black terminal line with

black points in the interspaces; the underside greyish suffused

with brown, an indistinct dark discoidal striga and curved post-

medial line.

Hab. Cxryton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 3, 1 Q type atriceps ;

Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 29 ; Mysor; Doren N. Gurvna,

Kapaur (Doherty), 1 g ; Quexnnstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), 1 9.

Exp. 22-26 millim. Typet 9 and type acidaliaria in Mus.

Oxon.

Genus ORUZA.

Type.

Ovpiatiy SWAN 28-37 OSS) (ELE) casoccnoodopssobosoncoGaonsoBpo0900N40 costata.

Zurobata, Wik. xxxiv. 1276 (1865)...... Dstonscnenee Coen teoaccanees rorata.

Curvatula, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 601 (1892) — ............... mira.

Vittappressa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 206 (1906) ...... rufiplaga.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and smoothly scaled, the 8rd well developed; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests; tibie typically slightly fringed with hair, the spurs

long; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced

and acute, the termen typically evenly curved and crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8

to form the areole; 11 from cell, Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of

cell or shortly stalked; 5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of

discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper avgle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

Sucr. I. Fore wing with the termen excurved at middle, then excised and

dentate; hind wing with the termen angled at veins 7 and 4; fore

femora of male with tufts of long curled hair, the tibia with thick

tufts on both sides; mid and hind tibizw fringed with long hair on

both sides.

*5357. Oruza unipunctata.

Oruza unipunctata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 215 (1906).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright flesh-red, the thorax

with a silvery gloss ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

Fig. 64.—Oruza unipunctata, S. 3.

whitish, the tufts of hair on fore femora chocolate-red below,

the tufts of tibia chocolate-red. Fore wing bright flesh-red with

slight dark irroration; antemedial line faint, pale with dark brown

ORUZA. 935

spot on its inner side in cell and point on its outer side on median

nervure; a small discoidal lunule defined by deep red and with

point above it on costa; a faint pale subterminal line excurved to

vein 4, then incurved. Hind wing bright flesh-red, the inner

margin white ; a black discoidal spot; a faint pale slightly sinuous

postmedial line; the underside whitish, the disk tinged with pink,

the termen with brown, a blackish discoidal point.

Hab. Br. New Guinua, Aroa R. (Meck), typet ¢ in Coll.

Rothschild. Hap. 24 millim.

Sucr. II. Both wings with the termen evenly curved.

A, Underside of both wings of male, except terminal area, clothed with

rough hair ; fore and mid tibiz with very thick fringe of hair on outer

side.

5358. Oruza vacillans.

Selents vacillans, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 189 (1864).

Selenis equalis, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 189 (1864).

Selenis inequalis, Wk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 189 (1864). !

Selenis trrecta, Wik. xxxiii. 1066 (1865); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 209,

pl. 174. ff. 1, la; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 345.

Selenis niviapex, Wik. xxxili. 1069 (1865).

AXanthoptera selenicula, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 62, pl. 5. f. 4 (1880).

Head and tegule rufous; thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous ;

abdomen chocolate-red with a white band at base ; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the fore legs

brown in front. Fore wing chocolate-red, the costal area white

thickly irrorated with brown except at lower edge, the white

Fig. 65.—Oruza vacillans, 3.

rio

extending to inner margin near base; antemedial line slight,

brown with some white on its outer edge, from the costal area to

inner margin; a white discoidal striga connected with the lower

edge of the white costal area ; postmedial line dark defined on outer

side by white, very oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely

angled and slightly excurved at vein 7, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa and some white between its angle and the

white subterminal line which has a small black spot before it below

costa, angled inwards at vein 7, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and reduced to points on inner half; an oblique white

mark at apex and small triangular spot below vein 6; a series of

black points just before termen with slight white striz on their

236 NOCTUIDZ.

outer edges; a fine dark terminal line; cilia tinged with fuscous

and intersected with whitish on apical half. Hind wing chocolate-

red, the base white ; an indistinct minutely dentate dark postmedial

line slightly defined on outer side by grey, incurved above inner

margin ; subterminal line represented by a curved series of grey

and black points with more prominent black spots towards inner

margin; a series of black points just before termen ; a fine waved

black terminal line and pale line at base of cilia; the underside

grey tinged with rufous on basal half, indistinct curved dark post-

medial and subterminal lines and a series of black points before

termen.

Ab. 1. eaualis, Fore wing without the triangular white spot on

termen below vein 6.

Ab. 2. inequalis. Colour ochreous tinged with rufous ; fore wing

with the costal area often nearly uniformly suffused with brown.

Hab. Punsas, Manpuri, 1 2: Sigur, 1 9; N. Assam, Dibrugah

(Ward),2 9; Bompay,1 9 , Kanara( Ward), 1 9 , Karwar (Bell), 1 ;

Cryton (Templeton), 1 5,3 2 types wrrecta and niwiapex, Holnicot,

1 9; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 g ; Stneaporr (Ridley), 5 3,

2 9 ; Borneo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 g, Sarawak ( Wallace), 2 3,

3 9; Cxteses. Hap. 23-28 millim. Type and types Tf equalis

and inequalis in Mus. Oxon.

B. (Zurobata.) Underside of fore wing of male except terminal

area and base of hind wing clothed with rough hair ; fore

tibize normal.

a. Hind wing with white subterminal line angled outwards

to termen at discal fold.

a‘. Fore wing with the subterminal line acutely angled

outwards below apex and inwards at discal fold...... retizulata,

b\. Fore wing with the subterminal line slightly excurved

below apex and incurved at discal fuld.................. decorata.

6. Hind wing without white subterminal line.

a‘, Fore wing with white streak in cell and discal fold from

basexto itermen..c s.cascecenensanseenacnccetec eter ecerees Jissifascia.

b1, Fore wing without white streak in cell and submedian

fold.

a*, Fore wing with round white discoidal spot ......... rorata.

6°. Fore wing with blackish discoidal spot defined on

WTAE HITS ly WGMTD cdoroosodcacadodeahodane00000 hoqadaaaae intractata,

5359. Oruza reticulata.

Selenis reticulata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 178, pl. vi. f. 9 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. i. p. 346.

¢. Head and thorax white mixed with pale rufous and irrorated

with brown; abdomen pale rufous with white band at base, the

terminal segments tinged with white and with white segmental

lines ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore

and mid tibie slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing pale rufous ;

subbasal line white, bent inwards at inner margin to base, some

pinkish and black before it on costa and a black spot beyond it on

ORUZA. 23

costa; a violaceous white antemedial band with dark strie on it

from costa and in and below cell representing the antemedial line,

oblique below the cell to inner margin near base and with violaceous

white suffusion beyond it in cell and on costal area to beyond middle ;

orbicular represented by a minute white spot; reniform defined by

white, inwardly oblique, triangular, a curved white streak from its

upper extremity to the angle of subterminal line above vein 6,

representing part of the postmedial line which is then faint and

oblique to vein 4, below which it is bent inwards to lower edge of

reniform and white and erect to inner margin; some white striae

from postmedial part of costa ; subterminal line fine, white, angled

outwards at vein 7 and inwards above 6, then excurved and

indistinct below vein 4, some white suffusion beyond it between

veins 7 and 5; small triangular brown spots before termen from

below apex to vein 5, defined on inner side by a white line, the

white extending to termen at apex and vein 5; a fine pale line at

base of cilia. Hind wing pale rufous, the base white ; an elliptical

discoidal spot slightly defined by white; postmedial line slight,

white, excurved from costa to vein 4, then bent inwards to near

lower angle of ceil and oblique to inner margin; a fine curved

white subterminal line, connected with termen by a minute tri-

angular white mark at middle; a series of brownish points just

before termen slightly defined on outer side by white; a fine pale

line at base of cilia; the underside whitish tinged with rufous,

traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Punsas, Dalhousie (Harford), 1 g ; Sixkuim. Exp.

26 millim.

5360. Oruza decorata. (Plate CLV. fig. 29.)

Cerynea decorata, Swinh. A. M.N. H, (7) xi. p. 505 (1908).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white suffused with pale rufous, the

last with white band at base; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen white. Fore wing pale rufous; a waved whitish sub-

basal line from costa to base of inner margin, with a black point on

its outer edge below costa and some whitish beyond it on inner

margin; antemedial line white, slightly angled outwards below

costa and at vein 1, with small blackish spot beyond it at costa and

striz in and below cell, followed by a white patch from costa to

submedian fold, then by the reniform which is defined by white,

inwardly oblique, triangular; postmedial line white and very

oblique from costa to vein 6, then represented by faint blackish

spots, slightly meurved at discal fold and below vein 4 bent

inwards to lower edge of reniform ; subterminal line white, angled

outwards at vein 7, incurved at discal fold, excurved at middle,

then oblique; the apical area white; a series of blackish points

before termen. Hind wing pale rufous, the base white; a whitish

discoidal striga; a slight curved white medial line; postmedial

line indistinct, blackish slightly defined on outer side by white and

238 NOCTUID &.

slightly angled outwards at veins 6 and 4; subterminal line white,

angled outwards to termen at vein 5; a series of blackish points

just before termen ; the underside white.

Hab. Bautkn (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Stam, Muok-Lek (/rihstorfer),

1 g type. Hap. 20-24 millim.

5361. Oruza fissifascia. (Plate CLV. fig. 30.)

Zurobata fissifascia, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 518 (1896).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep red-brown slightly mixed

with grey, the prothorax with white band; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the fore and mid tibie and

tarsi brown. Fore wing dark brown mixed with red and some

whitish ; a diffused white fascia in cell from base to near extremity,

then dividing into a streak on subcostal nervure to postmedial line

and a streak in discal fold dividing beyond the cell into fine streaks

above and below vein 5 and extending to subterminal line; ante-

medial line fine, white, inwardly oblique below the white fascia ;

reniform small, dark, incompletely defined by white, strongly con-

stricted at middle; postmedial line fine, white, oblique from costa

to vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards, then incurved, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line fine, whitish,

arising below costa where there is a small dentate black mark

before it, angled outwards at vein 7, incurved below vein 3 and

ending at tornus; a series of black and white points just before

termen ; an oblique white streak from apex and a slight streak on

terminal area and cilia above vein 5. Hind wing brown mixed

with red and some whitish, the inner margin ochreous white;

a blackish discoidal bar; postmedial line whitish slightly defined on

inner side by brown, oblique; an indistinct minutely waved excurved

whitish subterminal line, bent outwards to tornus and defined on

inner side by slight dentate dark marks ; a series of blackish points

just before termen: the underside ochreous white with fuscous brown

suffusion at base and some brown irroration on terminal area, a

brownish discoidal bar, indistinct curved postmedial and sub-

terminal lines, and a series of black points before termen.

Hab. Cryton, Hambantota (Pole), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 22 millim.

5362. Oruza rorata.

Zurobata rorata, W\k. xxxiv. 1276 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv.

p- 518.

Xanthoptera constellata, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 62 (1880).

Mestleta multiguttata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iit. p. 210, pl. 174. f. 8 (1885);

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 346.

Head and tegule deep chocolate-red ; thorax and abdomen paler

red-brown, a white band on prothorax and dorsal series of white

spots on abdomen, the 2nd segment with subdorsal points ; pectus,

femora, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the tibie rufous,

ORUZA. 239

the tarsi brownish ringed with white. Fore wing chocolate-red-

brown slightly mixed with whitish, the costal edge darker ; subbasal

white and dark points on costa and a white point above inner

margin ; traces of a sinuous red-brown antemedial line with white

and dark point at costa and whitish point in submedian fold; a

white point in middle of cell and small discoidal spot ringed with

red-brown ; traces of a red-brown medial line from cell to inner

margin; a slight red-brown postmedial line with white striga from

costa, then a series of white points on it, oblique from costa to

vein 7, incurved at discal fold, incurved and minutely waved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

Fig. 66.—Oruza rorata, S. 3.

represented by three small white spots between costa and vein 5,

then a series of points incurved below vein 3, a white spot beyond

it at apex and another above vein 5; a series of white points just

before termen ; cilia with a series of whitish points. Hind wing

chocolate-red-brown ; a subbasal white point above inner margin ;

two points at lower angle of cell; a medial series of small white

spots angled outwards at vein 4 and followed by a maculate

yellowish-white ‘band from below costa; a curved postmedial series

of white points with larger spot at discal fold ; small subterminal

white spots above and below discal fold; a series of white points

just before termen ; cilia with a series of yellowish-white points ;

the underside white tinged with brown, a dark discoidal lunule,

postmedial series of whitish spots with slight dark marks before and

beyond them, and subterminal series of smail dark lunules with

whitish points beyond them.

Hab. Cxyrton (Templeton, Yerbury), 1 3, 5 2, Pundaloya

(Green), 1 9 ; Seraneor, Kuala Lumpur (Durham), 1 2 ; Bornno,

Sarawak (Wallace), 1 2; Java, type t constellata in Coll. Snellen,

Exp. 18-24 millim. Typet ¢ in Mus. Oxon.

5363. Oruza intractata.

Capnodes intractata, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 188 (1864);

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 65, pl. i. f. 23.

Head bright rufous; thorax whitish with some rufous suffusion

behind ; abdomen rufous with some rufous suffusion on dorsum;

pectus, hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore

and mid tibize and tarsi rufous. Fore wing chocolate-red slightly

mixed with whitish, the costal area whitish to beyond middle; a

240 NOCTUIDAE.

subbasal whitish spot above inner margin; antemedial line in-

distinct, whitish, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; a whitish

point in middle of cell and blackish discoidal spot with whitish

striga on its inner edge; postmedial line whitish slightly defined

on inner side by brown, bent outwards below costa, incurved at

discal fold, incurved and slightly waved below vein 4 and bent

outwards at vein 1; a subterminal series of small white spots

defined on outer side by fuscous from below costa to vein 5, then

minute white points to inner margin, a white spot beyond them at

apex and another at discal fold; a series of blackish points followed

by white strie just before termen. Hind wing chocolate-red; a

subbasal whitish mark on inner margin; an incomplete whitish

discoidal annulus; a lunulate white postmedial line angled out-

wards at vein 4, then incurved, followed by a maculate white band

from vein 6 to inner margin; a curved subterminal series of small

white spots followed by three small spots between veins 6 and 3;

a series of white striz just before termen; cilia with a whitish

line at base; the underside white, the base faintly tinged with

rufous, a faint dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line, a

subterminal series of white spots faintly defined by fuscous, and

series of dark striz before termen.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), type + 2 in Mus. Oxon.,

Sandakan (Pryer), 1 $. Hap. 26 millim.

C. Underside of both wings in male without rough hair.

a. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to far above vertex of head, the 3rd

long and acuminate ; fore wing with the areole triangular, vein 7 from

before its extremity.

5364. Oruza bipars.

Zagira bipars, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 647 (1907).

Head reddish ochreous irrorated with black and with blackish

bar on vertex, the antenne black; tegule blackish with ochreous

Fig. 67.—-Oruza bipars, G. 1.

line at base; thorax reddish ochreous; abdomen velvety black-

brown irrorated with grey; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish irrorated with black, the tarsi ringed with white.

Fore wing with the costal area dull reddish ochreous to subterminal

line, irrorated with fuscous towards costa and extending to inner

margin near base, the rest of wing velvety black-brown to post-

ORUZA. 241

medial line, then greyish fuscous ; antemedial line represented by a

slight ochreous striga from costa; postmedial line slight, ochreous,

oblique from costa to vein 6, then incurved, the costal edge beyond

it black with ochreous points on it ; subterminal line represented by

two small triangular black spots on outer edge of ochreous area, an

ochreous point with small black spot beyond it and streak before it

below the ochreous area, then by slight ochreous points incurved

below vein 4; a series of ochreous white points with black points

before them just before termen. Hind wing greyish fuscous; a

diffused grey medial band with the waved black postmedial line on

it ; a subterminal series of ochreous points excurved at middle and

towards tornus, the points at veins 5 and 4 defined on outer side by

black; a series of ochreous white points with black points before

them just before termen ; cilia whitish at tips; the underside white

irrorated with black, the basal costal area tinged with ochreous, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot,

minutely waved medial and postmedial lines, and a subterminal

series of white lunules excurved at middle and towards tornus.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 g type; Bomsay, Kanara, Karwar (Bell),

19. ap. 26 millim.

b. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head and

triangularly scaled in front, the 3rd long and

acuminate with slight tufts of scales behind at

base and near tip.

a, Fore wing with white streak in end of cell giving

off three streaks beyond the cell ..................... albolineata.

b'. Fore wing without white streaks in and beyond the

cell.

a2, Fore wing uniformly suffused with red-brown... nigropunctata.

b?, Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas

suffused with red-brown, the medial area

CYGINRZOWIS. “Cos dnotoudanseosapsannodeaseonddnabocoroarssee mediopallens.

c?. Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with red-

[Si2O\W AI Renanbeadecdsnoancaeneadcoronsnenocneo suoenuerecs biarmioides.

*5365. Oruza albolineata. (Plate CLV. fig. 31.)

Corgatha albolineata, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 214 (1906).

@. Head and thorax bright brown-red mixed with grey and some

white; palpi with some blackish scales in front; metathorax with

dark patch; mid and hind legs whitish; abdomen bright brown-red,

the 1st segment grey with a white segmental line, the anal tuft and

ventral surface white. Fore wing bright brown-red, the base grey

with a white line close to base and bounded by a curved white line

with a series of brown points on it and emitting a white streak

through upper part of cell branching into three streaks beyond

upper angle where there is a small white lunule; postmedial line

slight, white with dark points on its inner edge, bent outwards

below costa and excurved between veins 8 and 6 where there are

two small wedge-shaped black marks before it, then incurved,

excurved beeween veins 5 and 3, then again incurved and excurved

VOL, X, R

242 NOCIUIDA.

below submedian fold, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line minutely waved, incurved and white defined on outer

side by blackish from costa to vein 4, then slight oblique and incurved

at submedian fold; the apical area with white patches at apex and

between veins 6 and 4 with a dark patch between them and with

slight yellowish marks beyond subterminal line; a series of black

points on slight white marks just before termen; a fine waved dark

terminal line ; cilia with slight white points at base and white streaks

between veins 6 and 4. Hind wing bright hrown-red, the terminal

area slightly browner, the inner margin fringed with white hair; an

oblique white line at base; a black point at lower angle of cell;

postmedial line punctiform, blackish, excurved below costa, at middle,

and to inner margin ; a curved subterminal series of white points ;

a series of black and white points before termen ; a fine waved dark

terminal line; cilia with a punctiform white line at base; the

underside whitish tinged with red especially on costal area and

terminal area from apex to vein 2, a diffused sinuous red postmedial

line and series of black points before termen.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Aroa R. (Meek), type f 2 in Coll. Roth-

schild. Hap. 26 millim.

5366. Oruza nigropunctata.

Corgatha nigropunctata, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 214 (1906).

Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous with a slight greyish tinge ;

palpi with the 3rd joint irrorated with black and with some black

just before tip; abdomen with dorsal black points on 3rd and 4th

segments ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous

Fig. 68.—Oruza nigropunctata, . +.

white. Fore wing yellowish tinged with rufous and slightly -

irrorated and suffused with brown; indistinct punctiform curved

brownish subbasal and antemedial lines; a discoidal spot defined

by blackish points; traces of a dark medial line excurved in cell;

postmedial line punctiform, excurved below costa, then oblique and

with a somewhat dentate dark shade beyond it from below costa to

inner margin; subterminal line yellowish, angled outwards at vein 7,

dentate and oblique from vein 5 to inner margin ; apicalarea yellowish;

aseries of black points just before termen; a fine waved black terminal

line. Hind wing yellowish tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated

and suffused with brown; a faint brownish antemedial line; two

black discoidal points; a minutely waved dark postmedial line with

faint brownish shade beyond it except towards costa; a faint sub-

ORUZA. 243

terminal series of small yellowish lunules slightly defined on each

side by brown suffusion ; a series of black points just before termen ;

a dentate dark terminal line; the underside grey-white faintly

tinged with rufous, a series of black points before termen.

Hab. Br. New Gornea, Aroa R., typet in Coll. Rothschild,

Sogeri, 1 2; Soromons, Rendova (Meek), 1 $. Hp. 24 millim.

*5367. Oruza mediopallens. (Plate CLVI. fig. 2.)

Oorgatha mediopallens, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 214 (1906).

. Head and thorax grey-brown with diffused blood-red streaks

on sides of head and vertex of thorax; palpi with blood-red marks

at sides and black scales at extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints in

front; pectus and legs yellowish white; abdomen grey-brown, the

base blood-red, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-brown,

the basal area with patches of blood-red, a large patch on inner

area beyond middle and a diffused patch from beyond end of cell to

termen from below apex to vein 3; two black points at base; sub-

basal line represented by black points below costa and in cell; a very

minutely waved antemedial line bounding the red area; traces of a

minutely waved medial line; around discoidal spot defined by black

points ; postmedial line blackish at costa, then red, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved

and outwardly oblique to inner margin ; subterminal line white and

incurved from costa to vein 4, produced to slight teeth on veins 7

and 5, then faint, pale, oblique, minutely waved ; a series of black

points just before termen ; a fine waved dark terminal line. Hind

wing grey-brown, the inner margin white; slight black points at

angles of cell; postmedial line faint, brownish, punctiform, more

distinct towards inner margin, excurved at middle and bent out-

wards to inner margin; traces of a pale waved subterminal line; a

series of black points before termen ; a fine waved brown terminal

line ; the underside whitish, the costal area faintly tinged with red,

faint diffused medial and subterminal lines on costal area, a series

of black points before termen.

Hab. Br. New Gurnna, Aroa R. (Meek), typet 2 in Coll.

Rothschild. vp. 26 millim.

*5368. Oruza biarmioides. (Plate CLVI. fig. 3.)

Homoptera biarmioides, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 83 (1864).

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous mixed with reddish

brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with reddish brown and

irrorated with fuscous; an ill-defined double dark subbasal line

from costa to inner margin ; antemedial line dark, double at costa,

oblique to middle of cell, then erect, a slight blackish mark before

it in cell; a small elliptical discoidal spot defined by blackish ; post-

medial line indistinctly double, the outer line diffused, oblique from

costa to vein 4, then slightly waved, some short black streaks beyond

244 NOCTUID®.

it on costa; a diffused subterminal dark shade from costa to vein 4;

a series of vlack points just before termen. Hind wing ochreous

tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with black, the terminal

area suffused with dark brown; two oblique black discoidal striz

aud an oblique dark line from origin of vein 2 to inner margin ;

postmedial line double, sinuous; a slight dark subterminal shade ;

a fine waved black terminal line with blackish points at the inter-

aces; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, faint medial,

postmedial, and subterminal brown shale.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace), type t Q in Mus. Oxon. in bad

ondition, ay. 22 millim.

(Qruza). Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of

head, the 3rd moderate, blunt; fore wing with the

areole normal.

a-. Fore wing with broad pale costal mess extending

to base of hind wing.

a>. Kore wing with the postmedial line defined on

each side by whitish

Sursiists dBaaineldeieauieess selaomonmnerae ets stragulata.

b°, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly defined

on outer side by whitish.

a3, Bore wing with the costal fascia tinged with

TUPOUS) 5.14 qo debate dee tteeopieebiowe oh eects eeeee cen see semilux.

6°, Fore wing with the costal fascia nearly pure

white.

a*. Hind wing with the postmedial area not

y lljowiah |e. they, ish Meret Mb MEER, divisa.

b*, Hind wing with the postmedial area yel-

IWe\yats] Oenennp a naseouauceauee selonscesduvecdepedsedd: latifera.

61, Fore wing without pale costal fascia extending to

base of hind wing,

a’. Wings: grey-white, with some rufous on post-

THONTSTONENEEEY, “Eon odosouedoagoscdgebannosgasquoasdopboxeua0b rufiplaga.

i?, Wings ochreous tinged with rufous to deep

chocolate-brown.

a’, Kore wing with more or less developed whitish

or pale costal fascia.

a’, Both wings with large grey-white patch on

tornal area.

a. Fore wing with oblique whitish discoidal

HramWle sO -eccukiseuenncae selena svasiecnomenti neers lacteicosta,

65. Fore wing with small white spot at lower )

angle of Cll Ses EO glaucotorna.

oA, Wings without large grey-white patch on

{ornal area.

a. Fore wing with large yellowish patch on

Reaaaen IVNON7 BYES oooocesacoastneogssoscasa08 wanthopera.

65. Fore wing without yellowish patch on

termen below apex.

a®, Fore wing with the costal fascia pure

white.

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line

SUDHA Obe, GIRACH oosoccmanonbonacebsonoeanc rectilineata.

v7, Kore wing with the antemedial line

bent inwards to costa.

a, Kore wing with small white spot at

llowerraniclenotgcel Re perce ss-ceeertee lewecocraspia.

bs, Fore wing without white spot at

lower angle of cell....... pongdpond0000¢ albocostata.

ORUZA. 245

$8, Hore wing with the costal fascia ochreous.

a, Kore wing with the postmedial line

TOYOTA TECGUs tom onda pecan dasnecodsoneobesocten COS a

o7. Fore wing with the postmedial line

oblique, straight.

a®. Fore wing with pale streaks on the

veins of terminal half ............... mira.

68. Fore wing without pale streaks on

the veins of terminal half............ crocodeta,

63, Fore wing without pale costal fascia ............ atriapicata.

CAVA E SavlANlEs iprrrancaccesemcaislsnstec tomes seaesiclereant cariosa.

5369. Oruza stragulata.

Lagira stragulata, Pag, Zoologica, xii, p. 85, pl. 1. f. 11 (1900).

Cerynea morma, Swinh. A. M.N.H. (7) vii. p. 472 (1901).

ZLagiwva pratti, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 213 (1906).

6. Head and tegule fuscous slightly mixed with grey; thorax

ochreous white with a few dark scales; pectus, legs, and abdomen

brown mixed with grey, the last with the lst segment ochreous

white; the tarsi slightly ringed with white. Fore wing with the

costal area broadly ochreous white irrorated with brown extending

at base to inner margin and leaving the costal edge brown, the rest

of wing purplish fuscous with a greyish tinge ; antemedial line dark,

a minute white striga before it at costa, very minutely dentate and

oblique from below costa to median nervure, then acutely angled

outwards and oblique to inner margin near base; two black discoidal

points ; postmedial line white, slightly detined on inner side by

brown on the pale costal area and very oblique to vein 6 where it

is acutely angled outwards, then with a brown line followed by an

ochreous band on its outer side, oblique and slightly sinuous to

submedian fold and bent outwards to inner margin, some white

striz beyond it from costa; subterminal line with slight brown

streak with white striga beyond it below costa, then greyish defined

on each side by fuscous and incurved below vein 3; a series of

minute black points with ochreous marks before them and some

white scales on their outer side before termen, the points forming

slight streaks towards the pale costal area; a fine dark terminal

line ; cilia with fine pale lines at base and near tips. Hind wing

purplish fuscous with a greyish tinge, the base ochreous white; an

oblique black discoidal bar; postmedial line dark slightly defined

on outer side by whitish and with a rufous tinge beyond it, angled

outwards at middle; a series of minute black points before termen ;

a fine dark terminal line; cilia with fine pale line at base and pale

tips; the underside greyish suffused and irrorated with brown,

a black discoidal spot.

2. Thorax, base of abdomen, and costal area cf fore wing more

ochreous and not irrorated with brown.

Hab. Bornno, Sarawak, 1 g, 1 9 type morma; Br. New Guinea,

Dinawa, typet pratti in Coll. Bethune-Baker; New Burrar,

typet 9 in Coll. Rothschild. Hwp. 18 miilim.

246 NOCTUIDAE.

5370. Oruza semilux.

Selenis semilux, W1k. xxxiii. 1069 (1865) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 345.

Xanthoptera semifusca, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent, xxiii. p. 61, pl. 5. f. 8 (1880).

Head and tegule black-brown ; thorax white faintly tinged with

rufous ; abdomen black-brown with white band at base ; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen white faintly tinged with rufous.

Fore wing black-brown, the costal area white tinged with rufous,

extending to inner margin on basal area, the costal edge blackish

Fig. 69.—Oruza semilux, 5. 3.

towards base; an antemedial black point on costa; postmedial line

slight, black faintly defined on outer side by white, very oblique

from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards, then

incurved and minutely waved ; subterminal line with diffused brown

bar from costa, then slight, excurved below vein 7, on the dark area

minutely waved and faintly defined on outer side by grey ; a series

of black points just before termen with slight white striz on their

outer edges and some yellow before them at discal fold; a fine waved

black terminal line and yellowish line at base of cilia. Hind wing

black-brown irrorated with black, the base white ; a faint blackish

discoidal striga; a faint blackish postmedia! line, oblique from costa

to vein 4, then minutely waved and with slight rufous marks beyond

it; faint traces of a curved minutely waved subterminal line; a

series of minute black points just before termen; a fine waved black

terminal line and yellowish line at base of cilia ; the underside white

irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal point, indistinct curved

postmedial and subterminal lines, and a series of black points before

termen.

Hab. Punsaz, Allahabad, 1 9, Manpuri, 2 9; Benet, Calcutta,

1 3; Bomsay, 4 9, Kanara, Karwar (Bell), 1 9; Mapras, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 2 2 ; Cryiton (Templeton), 1 3, 2 2 type; StnearorE

(Ridley), 1 2; Cetxpns, type T semifusca in Coll. Snellen ; QuuEns-

LAND, Brisbane (Zurner), 1 9. Hap. 20-24 millim. :

5371. Oruza divisa.

Selenis divisa, Wik. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) i. p. 107 (1862); Moore, Lep.

Coyl. iii. p. 210, pl. 174. f.'7; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 345.

Selenis lauta, Butl. Ul. Het. B. M. ii. p. 44, pl. 34. f. 1 (1878).

Xanthoptera semirufa, Snell. Tijd. vy. Ent. xxii. p. 62 (1880).

Mestleta lathrea, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 114 (1894).

Zagira bicolora, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p, 213 (1906).

Head and teguie greyish rufous; thorax pure white; abdomen

ORUZA. 247

greyish rufous with a pure white band at base; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen white, the legs slightly tinged with

brown. Fore wing greyish rufvus, the costal area broadly white

and very slightly irrorated with brown, extending to inner margin

on basal area; an antemedial black point on costa; two slight

discoidal black points; postmedial line with black striga from

costa, faint and very oblique to vein 6, then brown defined on

inner side by white, inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous, some

white points with fuscous streaks beween them beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line faint and rufous on the white area, then puncti-

form, white slightly defined on inner side by brown, slightly excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a series of black points before termen

defined on outer side by white; a fine dark terminal line. Hind

wing greyish rufous, the base and inner margin to postmedial line

pure white ; a faint discoidal striga and sinuous postmedial line ;

subterminal line white, punctiform, slightly defined on inner side

by brown; a series of black points before termen defined on outer

side by white; a fine black terminal line; the underside white

tinged with rufous, a small brown discoidal spot, indistinct curved

postmedial and subterminal lines, and a series of black points

before termen,.

Hab. Lagos (Boag), 1 9; Gop Coast, Aburi (Johnstone), 1 9,

Kumasi ( Whiteside), 1 9; S. Niewrra, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 9 ;

Gaxoon, Ogové R., 1 9, co-type lathrea; Japan, Hakone (Leech),

1 g, Kiushiu (Leech), 2 2, Yokohama (Jonas), 1 2 type lauta;

Centr. Cutna, Kiukiang (Pryer), 2 6; Punsaz, Dharmsdla

(Hocking), 1 2; Bombay, 1 9; Cayton, 1 9; Sineaporn (Midley),

1; Java,1 2. Hwp. 18-22 millim. Typet semirufa in Coll.

Snellen.

5372. Oruza latifera. (Plate CLVI. fig. 4.)

Acidalia latifera, Wik. Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 375 (1873).

Selenis costalis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 409 (1875).

Mestleta discifascia, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 115 (1894).

Head and tegule brown slightly mixed with white; thorax

white; abdomen rufous with white band at base and white seg-

mental lines on terminal segments; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing

greyish rufous, the costal area very broadly white slightly tinged

with rufous, extending to inner margin on basal area; traces of a

double blackish antemedial line with black point on the outer line

at costa, excurved below costa, then very oblique; two black

discoidal points; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by

white, very oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique

and slightly sinuous, some white points with black points between

them beyond it on costa; subterminal line white slightly defined

on inner side by brown, rufous and almost obsolete on the white

area, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series of

black points defined on outer side by grey just before termen:

948 NOCTUIDH.

a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing greyish rufous with slight

dark irroration, the base white; a dark discoidal striga; post-

medial line double filled in with white, excurved below costa, then

slightly sinuous, a diffused yellowish band beyond it; a curved

whitish subterminal line; a series of black points just before

termen; a fine black terminal line; the underside white thickly

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal point, indistinct postmedial

and subterminal lines, and series of black points before termen.

Hab. Sterna Leone (Clements, Dudgeon), 2 9; S. Nreuria, Old

Calabar (Crompton), 1 2 , Olokemeji (Dudycon), 1 9 , Ogové R., 13

co-type discifascia ; Coneo (Marsden), 1 9 type; Gasoon; Masnona-

LAND (Dobbie), 1 2 ; Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 9; Naat,

Durban (Burrows, Leigh), 1 3, 3Q type costalis. Hwp. 16-22

millim.

5373. Oruza rufiplaga. (Plate CLVI. fig. 5.)

Vittappressa rufiplaga, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 206 (1906).

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen violaceous grey-white, the

head and base of tegule suffused with rufous ; palpi black-brown,

white at tips; antenne ringed with blackish; fore coxe, femora,

and tibie blackish, the hind Jegs with some blackish at extremity

of femora and base of tibia. Fore wing viclaceous grey-white ;

the costal edge rufous towards base; a faint waved white subbasal

line from costa to vein 1; antemedial line white faintly defined on

each side by brown, bent inwards to costa, then sinuous; a blackish

point on its outer side at costa; a slight rufous discoidal lunule ;

postmedial line white faintly defined on each side by brown and

with black points on its inner side at costa and inner margin, very

oblique from costa to vein 7, somewhat incurved at discal fold and

strongly below vein 4, a broad rufous band with highly sinuate

edges from termen below apex to postmedial line at discal fold and

thence to inner margin; some slight brown streaks on apical part

of costa; subterminal line white, dentate, almost obsolete towards

costa, angled inwards in discal fold and incurved below vein 3,

defined on outer side by rufous lunules below the rufous band and

with rufous fascia from it to termen below vein 3; a terminal

series of slight rufous spots; cilia rufous at the band and fascia.

Hind wimg violaceous grey-white; a waved white medial line

angled inwards at discal fold and excurved at median nervules,

defined on inner side by a narrow rufous band towards inner

margin; a waved white subterminal line defined on outer side by

rufous lunules below vein 6 and with rufous band between it and

medial line below vein 4; a fine waved rufous terminal line; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous,

a dark bar from middle of costa, diffused curved subterminal band,

and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Br. New Goins, Dinawa (Pratt), type f 2 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker, Hap. 34 milim.

ORUZA. 249

5374. Oruza lacteicosta.

Capnodes lacteicosta, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 460, pl. A.

f, 23 (1897).

Head and tegule pale rufous; prothorax creamy white, the rest

of thorax deep rufous; abdomen white dorsally suffused with

rufous except towards extremity ; pectus and legs creamy white.

Fore wing chocolate-red, the costal area and the area beyond

postmedial line creamy white with a triangular chocolate-red patch

on termen below apex; traces of an oblique dark antemedial line

from the costal area to inner margin with slight pale mark on its

inner side below the cell; reniform a very oblique creamy white

lunule with its lower extremity bifid; postmedial line dark, oblique

from costa to vein 7, then defined by white on outer side and with

another indistinct white line beyond it, incurved in discal fold,

excurved beyond lower angle of cell, then incurved, some chocolate

points beyond it on costa: subterminal line whitish, angled outwards

at vein 7 and with a chocolate streak before it, angled inwards at

vein 6 and ontwards to near termen at veins 4, 3, then incurved ;

a terminal series of slight black points; cilia chocolate-red from

apex to vein 4, then pale. Hind wing chocolate-red with slight

black irroration, a large creamy white patch on tornal area ex-

tending to vein 4; traces of a dark discoidal spot and of a medial

line excurved beyond the cell; postmedial line obsolete on costal

half, on inner half defining the pale patch, blackish defined by

white on outer side, sinuous; subterminal line whitish, oblique

and almost obsolete on costal half, then incurved on the pale patch

and defined on inner side by pale rufous; a fine black terminal line

with white striga before it at apex, interrupted below apex and on

the pale patch; a fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside

creamy white faintly tinged with rufous, an indistinct dark dis-

coidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Cuyton, Ukuwella (Mackwood), 1 $ type; Srnearorn

(Ridley), : 6, 1 2; Bornuo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 9. Exp. 24

millim.

5375. Oruza glaucotorna, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fig. 6.)

Head fuscous slightly mixed with grey; thorax and base of

abdomen white suffused with rufous, medial segments of abdomen

rufous, the terminal segments white with a dark patch at base of

anal tuft; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen creamy white,

the fore legs fuscous in front. Fore wing chocolate-red, the costal

area white slightly irrorated with brown; a faint sinuous dark

antemedial line with slight whitish striz on it in and below cell ;

a minute round white spot at lower angle of cell; postmedial line

whitish slightly defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly excurved

below costa and-at middle and incurved at discal fold and below

vein 4, some fuscous points beyond it on costa, a diffused whitish

band from vein 4 to inner margin; subterminal line whitish, angled

259 NOCIUID®.

outwards below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and somewhat

dentate with some white suffusion beyond it; a terminal series of

black points; cilia whitish tinged with red towards tornus. Hind

wing chocolate-red with a large white patch irrorated with red on

tornal area; a black discoidal striga; postmedial line slight,

whitish, oblique from costa to vein 4, then inwardly oblique,

sinuous, and defining the inner edge of the pale patch ; subterminal

line represented by traces of pale and black points from costa to

vein 3 where it is angled outwards, then incurved, dentate, with

small rufous spot beyond it and rufous lunule before it at inner

margin; a terminal series of black points; cilia whitish tinged

with red towards tornus; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown and suffused with brown on costal area, a blackish discoidal

spot and indistinct diffused curved postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Hab. Japan, Kiushiu (Leech), 1 3 type; Corns, Gensan (Leech),

29. Exp. 24 millim.

5376. Oruza xanthopera. (Plate CLVI. fig. 7.)

Oruza xanthopera, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 208 (1902).

Q. Head blackish, the vertex with some yellowish; thorax

yellowish with red-brown patches on patagia; pectus and legs

yellow, the fore legs suffused with fuscous in front; abdomen

yellow dorsally suffused with purple-brown. Fore wing deep

purple-brown irrorated with a few black scales; the base yellowish ;

costa brownish with a yellowish streak below it to postmedial line ;

antemedial line dark defined on inner side by yellowish, arising

below costa, straight and somewhat oblique; a black point at lower

angle of cell and yellowish point at upper angle; postmedial line

dark slightly defined on outer side by yellowish, arising below

costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and to inner margin; a pale

yellow patch on terminal area just before apex, slightly irrorated

with black above and with crimson near inner edge, crossed by the

oblique slightly waved brown subterminal line ending on termen

above vein 4; a small yellow subterminal spot above tornus ;

a terminal series of black points; cilia intersected with yellow.

Hind wing deep purple-brown sparsely irrorated with black scales ;

a small orange-yellow patch at base of inner margin; a black point

at lower angle of cell; postmedial line slight defined on outer side

by yellowish, excurved below costa and from vein 4 to inner margin,

a large irregular yellow patch irrorated with rufous from it below

costa to near termen at discal fold, crossed by a brownish line, and

a small patch on inner margin near tornus; a terminal series of

black points and some yellow at discal fold; cilia intersected with

yellow ; the underside yellowish, the basal area tinged with red

except towards inner margin, bounded by the indistinct oblique

medial line; the apex and the area between veins 4 and 2 tinged

with red and irrorated with black.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 2 type. vp. 30 millim.

ORUZA. 251:

6377. Oruza rectilineata, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fhe. 8.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-red; prothorax with

a white band; pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish tinged with

rufous. Fore wing chocolate-red; a pure white fascia on costa;

antemedial line whitish defined on outer side by brown, straight,

from subcostal nervure to inner margin; a white point defined by

brown at lower angle of cell; postmedial line whitish defined on

inner side by brown, oblique, from below costa to inner margin ;

a subterminal series of small fuscous spots, excurved at middle,

then incurved; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

chocolate-red ; a black point at lower angle of cell; postmedial

line whitish defined on inner side by fuscous, straight; a sub-

terminal series of small fuscous spots, excurved at middle, then

incuryed ; a terminal series of black points; the underside white

slightly tinged with rufous.

Hab. Br. Guiana, Rockstone (Kaye), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 24 millim.

5378. Oruza leucocraspia, n. sp. (Plate CLVL. fig. 9.)

3. Head ochreous mixed with rufous; palpi at sides and base

of antenne blackish; thorax and abdomen deep chocolate-red, the

prothorax with white band; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing deep chocolate-red ;

a white fascia on costa narrowing to a point before apex; ante-

medial line faint, yellowish, sinuous, from subcostal nervure to

inner margin, a white point ringed with black beyond it in cell;

a comma-shaped white discoidal mark defined by black ; postmedial

line white slightly defined on inner side by fuscous, arising below

costa, oblique and very slightly incurved below vein 5 ; subterminal

line slight, white, dentate, angled outwards below costa and at

vein 4, defined on outer side by slight blackish points; a terminal

series of slight black lunules with white strise beyond them at base

of cilia which are intersected with white. Hind wing deep choco-

late-red; a black point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line

whitish slightly defined on inner side by fuscous, angled outwards

at discal fold, in which there is a slight yellowish streak from it to

the minutely dentate whitish subterminal line which is angled

outwards at vein +; a terminal series of slight black lunules with

white striz beyond them at base of cilia which are intersected with

white; the underside brownish white with faint dark discoidal

striga and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 3 type. Eup. 26

millim.

5379. Oruza albicostata.

Anisodes albicostata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 537, pl. 99. f. 8

(1899).

Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous tinged with ochreous; pro-

thorax with white band; palpi and fore legs tinged with fuscous ;

02 NOCTUIDAE.

pectus and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous. Fore wing rufous

tinged with ochreous and irrorated with black, the costal area

whitish narrowing to a point at apex, the costal edge tinged with

rufous ; antemedial line fuscous defined on inner side by yellowish,

curved, from subcostal nervure to inner margin; a fuscous dis-

coidal point; postmedial line fuscous defined on outer side by

yellowish, oblique, from below costa to inner margin; subterminal

line yellowish defined on outer side by fuscous, waved, incurved

below vein 3; a terminal series of black points; cilia with a fine

yellowish line at base followed by some fuscous. Hind wing

rufous mixed with yellowish and irrorated with black; a fuscous

discoidal striga ; postmedial line yellowish defined on inner side by

fuscous, curved ; subterminal line faint, yellowish defined on outer

side by fuscous, waved, excurved at middle and incurved below

costa and towards tornus ; a terminal series of black points; cilia

with a fine yellowish line at base followed by some fuscous; the

underside pale yellowish slightly irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal striga, and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mux1co, Amula (H. H. Smith), 1 3, 2 2 type, Gotten:

Salvin Coll. Exp. 30-32 millim.

*5380. Oruza costata. (Plate CLVI. fig. 10.)

Oruza costata, Wik. xxiv. 1089 (1862) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 350.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous, tips of tegule and a

band behind them ochreous white; palpi ochreous white in front.

Fore wing rufous; an ochreous white fascia just below costa from

base to apex; antemedial line ochreous white defined on outer side

by brownish, slightly incurved; a slight dark discoidal lunule;

postmedial line ochreous white defined on inner side by brownish,

very slightly incurved, the veins beyond it slightly streaked with

ochreous ; subterminal line ochreous, incurved from costa to vein 4,

then dentate on the veins to near termen; a fine ochreous line at

base of cilia which are intersected with ochreous at the veins.

Hind wing rufous, the veins streaked with ochreous; a black

point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line ochreous, defined on

inner side by brownish, slightly excurved; subterminal line

ochreous, incurved from costa to vein 4, then dentate on the veins

to near termen ; a fine ochreous line at base of cilia; the underside

white tinged with pumpbel pink.

Hab. “Invi,” typet 2 in Mus. Oxon. H#xp. 30 millim.

0381. Oruza mira.

Selenis mira, Butl. 11. Het. B. M. iii. p. 29, pl. 47. f. 6 (1879).

Curvatula pallicostata, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 601, pl. 12. f. 6 (1892) ;

id, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 253.

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep rufous, the prothorax whitish,

the abdomen with slight whitish segmental lines; pectus, hind legs,

ORUZA. 253

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing deep rufous

with slight dark irroration, the costal area ochreous; antemedial

line white, inwardly oblique, straight ; a sinuous whitish discoidal

striga; postmedial line white with fine brown line on its inner side,

inwardly oblique, straight; subterminal line white, angled outwards

to near termen on veins 4, 3, then sinuous and bent outwards to

tornus; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing deep

rufous with slight dark irreration; a sinuous whitish discoidal

striga ; postmedial line white with a fine brown line on its inner

side, straight; subterminal line whitish, oblique to vein 5, then

somewhat dentate; a fine whitish line at base of cilia; the under-

side whitish irrorated with brown, a diffused brownish postmedial

line.

Ab. 1. The type. Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings more

suffused with fuscous.

Hab. W. Arrica (Dudgeon), 1 9; HK. Srperta, Amurland, Ussuri ;

Japan, Hakodaté, 1 $ type, Fushiki (Leech), 1 9, Yokohama

(Pryer), 1 $; Corna, Gensan (Leech), 1 2; W. Cuina, Chang-yang

(Pratt),1 9. Hap. 22-28 millim.

*5382. Oruza crocodeta. (Plate CLVI. fig. 11.)

Aanthoptera crocodeta, Turner, Trans. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 11 (1903),

6. Chocolate red-brown; thorax with pale reddish ochreous

band behind tegule; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing with very slight darker irroration ; a reddish

ochreous costal fascia narrowing’ to apex; an erect ochreous ante-

medial line defined on each side by dark brown, obsolete on costal

area; a Slight discoidal bar; an erect ochreous postmedial line

defined on each side by dark brown and obsolete on costal area;

the veins of terminal area and cilia finely streaked with ochreous ;

an ochreous subterminal line almost straight from costa to vein 5,

then dentate on the veins. Hind wing with waved ochreous

discoidal bar; a nearly straight ochreous postmedial line defined

on each side by brown ; the veins of terminal area and cilia finely

streaked with ochreous ; an ochreous subterminal line, oblique and

nearly straight from costa to vein 5, then dentate on the veins;

the underside whitish tinged with rufous, traces of a medial line.

Hab. Qunrnstann, Brisbane, type g in Coll. Turner. Lup.

25 millim.

5383. Oruza atriapicata, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fig. 12.)

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous whitish tinged with

pale rufous; antenne ringed with black towards base; palpi

blackish except towards tips; fore legs blackish in front. Fore

wing ochreous whitish suffused with pale rufous; small black

subbasal, antemedial, and medial black spots on costa; an elliptical

blackish discoidal spot with white point on it at lower angle of

cell ; postmedial line whitish, oblique, from costa to inner margin,

254 NOCTUID H.

some black points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish

with oblique black bar beyond it from apex, then with slight

fuscous points on its outer edge, excurved below vein 7 and incurved

at discal fold, then dentate ; a terminal series of faint dark points ;

a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing ochreous whitish

suffused with pale rufous; a black point at lower angle of cell;

postmedial line whitish with a fine brown line on its inner edge,

very slightly excurved; subterminal line whitish with a series of

fuscous points on its outer edge, minutely dentate, excurved at

middle ; a crenulate brownish terminal line and fine pale line at

base of cilia; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated with

brown ; a blackish discoidal bar, minutely dentate postmedial line,

traces of subterminal line, and terminal series of points.

Hab. Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 ¢ type. Hp. 22 millim.

5384. Oruza cariosa. (Plate CLVI. fig. 13.)

Thermesia cariosa, Lucas, Trans. Nat. Hist Soc. Queensl. i. p. 8 (1894).

Oruza leptogramma, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 36.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white; the palpi, frons, antenne,

and tegule pale yellow; tibie and tarsi tinged with yellow. Fore

wing white ; the costa yellowish towards base; a black antemedial

point on costa and curved pale fulvous yellow line from cell to

inner margin ; two black discoidal points; postmedial line yellow

with black point at costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

subterminal line white with a pale fulvous yellow band on its inner

side and the area beyond it pale fulvous yellow except at apex,

excurved at middle ; some black points just before termen towards

apex; cilia tinged with fulvous yellow. Hind wing white; a

slicht yellow antemedial line; a black discoidal point; postmedial

line yellow, slightly excurved beyond the cell, then oblique ; sub-

terminal line white defined on inner side by fulvous yellow, the

area beyond it fulvous yellow, excurved and very minutely waved

at middle and bent outwards to tornus; some black points just

before termen towards apex and a fine dark terminal line; cilia

tinged with yellow.

Hab. N. Guin, Milne Bay (Meek), 1 9; Quexnnstanp, Duaringa

(Arnold), 1 3, 1 2, typet og leptogramma in Coll. Meyrick,

Townsville (Dodd), 1 2, Brisbane (Turner), 1 3, 1 2 type fT in

Coll. Lucas; Samoa (Mathew), 1 g. Hxp. 16-20 millim.

Genus ARASADA. fee

Arasada, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 188 (1884) ..................08. pyraliformis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd minute ;

frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed

chiefly with scales and without crests; tibiz with the spurs long, fore and mid

tibize of male fringed with long hair, the mid and hind tarsi fringed with long

hair above except the two terminal joints; the abdomen without crests. Fore

ARASADA. 255

wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved

and slightly crenulate; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from just above

angle; 6 from upper angle; 9, 10 strongly anastomosing with 8 to form the

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked; 5 nearly

fully developed from just below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Hind wing with the postmedial line white.

a. Kore wing purplish red with prominent white costal

TENSE csi lob anescaadeneicnd seancnen aceebocrlerneccaco prac cenen albicosta.

6, Fore wing pale rufous with a yellowish tinge ............ pyraliformis.

B. Hind wing with the postmedial line not white ............ javanica,

5385. Arasada albicosta. (Plate CLVI. fig. 14.)

Oruza albicosta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 849 (1894).

@. Head and tegule deep chocolate-brown ; thorax and abdomen

pale rufous with a white band on prothorax; pectus, legs, and

abdomen whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing rufous tinged

with flesh-pink and slightly irrorated with black, the costa white

narrowing to a point near apex; traces of a waved yellowish ante-

medial line ; a black point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line

defined by yellowish on outer side, dentate, slightly incurved at

discal fold and strongly below vein 4, two black points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line faint, yellowish, waved, excurved at

middle, with traces of a series of black points on its outer edge; a

terminal series of slight black lunules defined on inner side by

yellowish. Hind wing rufous irrorated with black; a black point

at lower angle of cell; postmedial line pure white slightly defined

on each side by fiery red, somewhat lunulate, very slightly angled

outwards at vein 6, then oblique ; traces of a subterminal series of

black points; a terminal series of slight black lunules ; the under-

side whitish tinged with brown, an indistinct dark discoidal striga

and diffused oblique postmedial line.

Hab. Burma, Rangoon (Scott), 1 9 type; SrncarorE (Ridley),

IG Jogos 28-34 seiilina,

5386. Arasada pyraliformis.

Arasada pyraliformis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 189, pl. 172. ff. 1, 1 a (1884) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 348.

Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous; pectus and ventral surface

of abdomen paler, the hind legs whitish. Fore wing pale rufous

irrorated with black, the costa whitish, narrowing to a point at

apex; a faint yellowish antemedial line, excurved below median

neryure and incurved at vein 1; a small black spot at lower angle

of cell; postmedial line faint, yellowish, minutely waved, slightly

angled inwards in discal fold and oblique below vein 4 to middle of

inner margin, some black points beyond it on costa; a subterminal

956 NOCTUIDAE.

series of faint yellowish lunules defined on outer side by black

points from below costa to discal fold and above inner margin,

excurved at middle, then oblique; a terminal series of small

triangular black spots. Hind wing pale rufous irrorated with

black; two black discoidal points; postmedial line white, from

Fig. 70.—Arasada pyraliformis, S. tt.

below costa to inner margin, oblique and very minutely waved ; a

faint pale waved subterminal line with traces of a series of fuscous

spots on its outer edge, angled inwards at veins 6 and 2; a terminal

series of small triangular black spots ; the underside whitish tinged

with brown, a blackish point at lower angle of cell and diffused

sinuous brownish postmedial and subterminal shades.

Hab, Cuyton, 1 ,1 9, type. Hap. 40 millim.

Larva. Head large and produced upwards ; two anterior pairs o

prolegs absent ; colour green with a dorsal yellowish band and lateral

streaks ; stigmata yellow; head and thoracic segments at sides

irrorated with black, 1st somite with lateral purple-brown streaks;

a blackish line between 4th and 5th somites ; some blackish lateral

marks on terminal somites ; pupates in a rolled up portion of leaf.

5387. Arasada javanica, n. sp. (Plate OLVI. fig. 15.)

Oruza pyraliformis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 348 (part.).

¢. Head and tegule reddish brown; thorax and abdomen

ochreous tinged with rufous, the ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and very slightly

irrorated with black ; traces of a waved brownish antemedial line

from below costa to inner margin; two black discoidal points ;

postmedial line brownish, lunulate, angled inwards at discal fold and

oblique below vein +, some black points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line defined on each side by brownish shades and with a

series of slight blackish points on its outer edge, minutely waved,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing ochreous tinged with rufous and

slightly irrorated with black ; two slight black discoidal points ;

postmedial line indistinct, dark, rather diffused on inner side,

incurved at discal fold, then waved ; subterminal line defined on

outer side by a faint dark shade and traces of a series of fuscous

points, minutely waved, excurved at middle; a terminal series of

slight black lunules ; the underside ochreous white with faint post-

medial and subterminal brownish shade.

Hab. Java (Horsjield), 1 3 type. Hep. 38 millim.

METASADA. 957

Genus METASADA, nov.

Type, M. polycesta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reaching

to vertex of head and fringed with scales in front and behind at extremity, the

3rd short, porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antenne of male ciliated ;

thorax clothed almost, entirely with scales and withont crests; tibie slightly

fringed with hair, the spurs long; abdomen with small dorsal crest at base

only. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen

evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9, 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with the termen crenulate; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; &

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5388. Metasada polycesta.

Zagira polycesta, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 120 (1902).

3. Head blood-red mixed with some whitish ; palpi whitish at

tips ; antennz whitish ringed with brown; tegule and prothorax

whitish, the rest of thorax rufous, the scales pale at tips; pectus

and legs whitish suffused with rufous, the fore legs with fuscous ;

abdomen rufous with whitish segmental lines and some fuscous

suffusion towards extremity, the basal crest blackish, the ventral

surface whitish. Fore wing yellowish suffused with rufous and

sparsely irrorated with black, the veins with greyish streaks, the

Fig. 71.—Metasada polycesta, $. }.

costal area whitish, narrowing to a point just before apex; ante-

medial line whitish, arising below costa, slightly bent outwards at

median nervure, then erect: orbicular a white point in upper part

of cell; reniform grey incompletely defined by black, narrow ;

postmedial line brown defined on outer side by white, waved from

below costa to vein 4 where it is angled outwards, then incurved

and sinuous, a pale grey patch beyond it to subterminal line from

vein 3 to inner margin; subterminal line white, dentate; a

erenulate red-brown terminal line with dark points in the inter-

spaces ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing yellowish

suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated with black on terminal

area; postmedial line brownish defined on outer side by white,

sinuous, excuryed at median nervules, a pale grey patch beyond it

from vein 3 to inner margin; asubterminal series of white points ;

WOLs x S

258 NOCTUID&.

a fine crenulate red-brown terminal line with dark points at the

interspaces : cilia with a fine white line at base; the underside

whitish suffused with red, a dark discoidal lunule and curved post-

medial line. ;

Hab. N.S. Watzes (Wood), 1g. Exp. 32 millim.

Genus HYPOBLETA. Tene

Hypobieta, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr. xxxii. p. 77 (1908) ......... cymea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, slender, the 2nd joint

extending about one and a half times length of head and fringed with hair

above at extremity, the 3rd joint short; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;

antenne of male annulate; head and thorax clothed with scales and without

crests ; fore coxee with tufts of long hair; fore and hind tibize with tufts of

hair at extremity, hind tibiz with slight fringe of hair below before the medial

spurs; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing triangular, the

apex somewhat acute, the termen crenulate; vein 3 from before angle of cell;

4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8,9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind

wing with the termen crenulate; veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 from above

angle; 6,7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

*5389. Hypobleta cymea.

Hypobleta cymea, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxii. p. 78 (1908).

3. Head and thorax ochreous white; palpi black at sides ; the

hair on fore coxe and fore and mid tibix fuscous; abdomen

ochreous white with fuscous dorsal bands at middle and dorsal

spots on terminal segments. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated

with brown and black; a black point in middle of cell and slight

Fig. 72.—Hypobleta cymea, 3. 3.

discoidal lunule; an indistinct double postmedial line, bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate, incurved at discal fold and strongly

below vein 4; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by

blackish dentate marks and with some blackish on each side of it

below submedian fold, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, inwards

at discal fold and incurved in submedian fold; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing ochreous white slightly irrorated with

brown and black ; a black discoidal point and faint slightly waved

(ENOPTERA. 259

medial line; a blackish dentate postmedial line, double and rather

diffused below vein 2; a terminal series of black points.

Hab. Queenstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), type ft 3g in Coll. Turner.

Exp. 22 millim.

Genus @NOPTERA, nov.

Type, @. purpurea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of

head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;

antenne of male laminate and ciliated, the basal joint with tuft of hair; thorax

clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests. Kore wing with the

apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8 and 10 stalked,

9 absent, 7 from well beyond 10; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4,

shortly stalked; 5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of disco-

cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

A. Fore wing deep purple-red ................2.5+5 a sdasisucrs eeeaee purpurea,

B. Fore wing yellowish tinged with rufous .................::0060 acidalica.

5390. @noptera purpurea, n. sp.

do. Head and thorax purplish red mixed with some ochreous ;

legs paler red, the tarsi with blackish rings ; abdomen dark brown,

the ventral surface pale red. Fore wing purplish red mixed with

some ochreous and irrorated with blackish, the terminal area

Fig. 73.—C@inoptera purpurea, g. 2.

darker; antemedial line indistinct, dark, defined by yellowish

towards costa, angled outwards below costa, then oblique; post-

medial line very indistinct, yellowish, oblique from costa to vein 6,

then inwardly oblique, the costa beyond it with alternating yellow

and black streaks ; a series of black strize just before termen with

slight yellowish marks beyond them on termen ; cilia black at apex,

then yellow to middle and chequered black and yellow towards

tornus. Hind wing dark brown with a greyish tinge, the cilia with

fine ochreous line at base and ochreous tips. Underside of fore

wing dark brown, the costal area reddish yellow irrorated with

black to middle and from postmedial line to apex, the inner area

whitish ; hind wing reddish yellow irrorated with black, a black

discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Cryton, Kegalle (Alston), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 14 millim.

260 NOCTUID &.

5391. noptera acidalica, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fig. 16.)

_ ®. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous irrorated with a few

black scales ; antenne white slightly ringed with black; patagia

with orange-red patches. Fore wing yellowish white suffused with

rufous and slightly irrorated with black; the costal edge black

towards base; small black spots in cell towards extremity and on

discocellulars ; a faint rufous medial shade with two black points on

it towards costa, excurved to just beyond the cell, then oblique: a

faint minutely waved rufous postmedial line with small black spot

on it at discal fold, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then

oblique ; traces of a pale minutely waved subterminal line defined

on each side by brownish suffusion; a terminal series of small

black spots. Hind wing yellowish white suffused with rufous and

irrorated with a few black scales; a small black discoidal spot ;

traces of rufous subbasal, medial, and postmedial lines; an in-

distinct pale waved subterminal line slightly defined on each side by

rufous suffusion ; a terminal series of prominent black points; the

underside white with diffused brown medial and subterminal bands

and slight black discoidal lunule.

Hab. Cryton, Puttalam (Pole), 1 2 type. Hap. 16 millim.

Genus PSEUDCRASPEDIA. qe

Pseudcraspedia, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 704 (1898). punt

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;

antennse of male somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibize smoothly scaled, the

spurs long; abdomen with dorsal series of slight crests. Kore wing long and

narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate;

veins 3,4 shortly stalked; 5 from just above angle; 6 from upper angle; 7,

8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,.4 shortly stalked ;

5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 stalked; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

A. Hind wing with the medial area white ...................65 leucozona.

B. Hind wing with the medial area not white.

a. Fore wing with black spot on outer edge of subter-

minal wlinweratrciiscallstol ditessenttie ss eeseee eee Ree ee eeeere prosticta.

6, Fore wing without black spot on outer edge of subter-

minal line at discal fold.

a, Fore wicg with the postmedial line angled inwards

to black points at discal and submedian folds ...... punetata.

b', Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled in-

wards to black points at discal and submedian folds basipunctaria.

5392, Pseudcraspedia leucozona, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fig. 17.)

3. Palpi, frons, and antenne except at base fuscous; vertex of

head, tegule, and patagia white ; dorsum of thorax and abdomen

fuscous mixed with some white; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen white, the fore legs fuscous in front. Fore wing

PSEUDCRASPEDIA. 261

fuscous mixed with some white, the costa, apical area and termen

except towards tornus white slightly irrorated with fuscous; the

terminal half of costa with alternating black and white streaks; a

very oblique white antemedial line from cell to inner margin; a

blackish line from costa beyond middle, very oblique below vein 6;

postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by white, oblique

below vein 6; traces of asinuous white subterminal line on inner

half; a terminal series of black striz defined on inner side by white

towards tornus: cilia fuscous brown with slight white line near

tips. Hind wing with the base white ; the antemedial area fuscous

brown slightly mixed with white and bounded by the dark sub-

basal and antemedial lines; dark postmedial and subterminal lines ;

the terminal area fuscous brown with a terminal series of black

strize defined on inner side by slight white lunules ; cilia brown

with a slight white lne near tips; the underside with the basal

and terminal areas brown, the postmedial area white.

Hab. Cotompia, Sta. Marta (Bouchard), 1 g$ type. Hap. 16

millim.

5395. Pseudcraspedia prosticta, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fig. 18.)

@. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown; palpi

and frons blackish; antenne ringed with black towards base ;

abdomen grey irrorated with red-brown ; fore legs blackish in front ;

pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish.

Fore wing whitish suffused with rufous; the costa with seven

small black spots ; indistinct oblique subbasal and antemedial red

lines from cell to inner margin; indistinct reddish spots at middle

of cell and on discocellulars, each with one or two black scales; an

indistinct oblique sinuous reddish postmedial line; an indistinct

white subterminal line incuryed at discal fold where there is a black

spot on its outer edge and excurved below costa and at middle;

terminal black points at apex, discal and submedian folds; cilia

with fine white line at base and slight black marks at apex and

discal fold. Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with rufous ;

a black discoidal point ; slight minutely waved antemedial, medial,

and postmedial rufous lines, the two latter with some black points

on them towards inner margin; a slight waved rufous subterminal

line ; the termen with black points at discal and submedian folds ;

the underside greyish with black discoidal striga and diffused sinuous ©

antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal fuscous bands.

Hab. Cuyton, Maskeliya (Pole), 1 2 type. xp. 16 millim.

5394. Pseudcraspedia punctata.

Pseudcraspedia punctata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 704 (1898).

Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous with a greyish tinge; palpi

and sides of frons blackish ; abdomen with the slight dorsal crests

blackish and with lateral series of blackish points; fore legs

blackish in front ; mid and hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen

262 NOOTUID#.

whitish. Fore wing rufous with a greyish tinge; slight black

points at base of cell and above inner margin ; subbasal black

points on costa and below cell; antemedial points on costa and in

cell; a black discoidal point with another above it on costa; a

slight oblique postmedial black striga from costa, with diffused

mark below it and faint oblique minutely waved brown line from

it to inner margin, angled inwards to black points in discal and sub-

median folds. the costa beyond it with oblique black strize with some

black suffusion below them; subterminal line very faintly defined

Fig. 74.—Pseudcraspedia punctata, 3. 3.

by brown on each side, oblique and minutely waved ; a terminal series

of prominent black points. Hind wing rufous with a greyish

tinge ; a subbasal biack bar on inner area ; indistinct minutely

waved brown medial and postmedial lines ; subterminal line slightly

defined on each side by brown, minutely waved; a terminal series

of prominent black points; the underside whitish slightly tinged

with rufous.

Hab. Ueanpa, Gondokoro (Reynes-Cole), 1 2 ; Br. E. Arnica,

Teita (Jackson), 1 9; Sixaim, 1800' (Dudgeon), | 9 type; Mapras,

Belgaum (Watson), 1 Q ; Tonxiy, Haiphong (Buckland), 1 ¢ ;

Puro Laur (Doherty), 1 6. Hep. 14-16 millim.

5395. Pseudcraspedia basipunctaria.

Acidalia basipunctaria, Wik. xxiii. 785 (1861); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am.

, 298.

Puudedsmans melanosticta, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent, Soc. 1898, p. 256, pl. xvii.

f. 6.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged with rufous ;

palpi blackish towards tips; fore legs blackish in front. Fore wing

whitish tinged with rufous; a subbasal black point on costa; ante-

medial black points on costa and in submedian fold; a black discoidal

point with point above it on costa; postmedial line faint, rufous,

obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6, then sinuous to inner

margin, some blackish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

very indistinct, pale, faintly defined on each side by rufous, waved; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish suffused with

rufous; a black discoidal point; a faint waved brown postmedial

line with black point at inner margin; subterminal line very in-

distinet, pale defined on each side by brownish suffusion, waved ; a

terminal series of black points ; the underside whitish faintly tinged

with rufous, a dark discoidal point.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida (Doubleday), 2 3 type; Sr. Vincenz,

Kingstown (H. H. Snuth), 2 3S type melanosticta. Hup. 12-16

millim.

LYCAUGESIA. 263

Genus LYCAUGESIA, nov.

Type, L. hypozonata.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint typically reaching

to about middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons

smooth ; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated, the basal joint large ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibize smoothly

scaled, the spurs long; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing rather

narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein

3 from well before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from below upper

angle; 7 from angle; 8,9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins

3, 4 from angle of ceil; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7

from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Seer. I. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to above vertex of head, the 3rd

long.

5396. Lycaugesia longipalpis.

Pseudocraspedia longipalpis, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 18 (1901).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous, the tips of tegule and

middle of patagia with some blackish and crimsou scales, the

abdomen with some fuscous on dorsum at middle and extremity ;

palpi black at sides towards base, at extremity of 2nd joint, and

near extremity of 3rd joint; fore legs blackish in front. Fore

wing rufous irrorated with a few crimson scales; a black and

crimson subbasal point above vein 1; an antemedial black point

on costa and black and crimson points in cell and submedian fold ;

black points at middle of ceil and on discocellulars; two obliquely

Big. 75.—Lycaugesia longipalpis, 3. 3.

placed black points below middle of costa; slight postmedial points

at vein 7, discal fold, and below vein 4; some slight black streaks

on costa towards apex ; small subterminal black spots below costa

and vein 4 and a series just before termen ; a terminal series of

black points placed in pairs; cilia with a series of blackish points.

Hind wing rufous sparsely irrorated with crimson and _ blackish

scales ; traces of a sinuous postmedial series of black points and a

series just before termen ; a waved black terminal line interrupted

at the veins; cilia with some black points towards apex and at

middle; the underside whitish tinged with rufous, a blackish

discoidal point and waved terminal line.

Hab, Bornro, Sarawak, 1 ¢ type. Exp. 32 millim.

Z64 NOCTUIDZ.

Secr. IT. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to about middle of frons, the 3rd

moderate.

A. Wings with the termen and cilia yellow.

a. Hind wing with the medial area pink.

a, Fore wing with fuscous fascia from base through the

celliito}texmentbellowsapexmereeree eae. cease eeeee resem SC oT Scns

1. Fore wing without fuscous fascia ..............ceeeeseee flavimargo.

6. Hind wing with the medial area not pink ............... teneralis.

B. Wings with the termen and cilia not yellow.

«, Fore wing with highly dentate subterminal line ......... rubripicta.

b, Fore wing without highly dentate subterminal line.

a, Fore wing with rufous patch beyond the cell ......... rufipuncta.

1. Fore wing without rufous patch beyond the cell.

a”. Fore wing with rufous postmedial line with series

Ofblackspomtstonpitpeesecesseercaeeeeee ere cee eee punctilined.

. Fore wing without rufous postmedial line with

series of black points on it.

«, Fore wing with the costal area blackish ......... fuscicosta.

08. Fore wing with the costal area not blackish......

a*. Abdomen with the terminal haif black ...... melasom’.

6%. Abdomen with the terminal half not black. hypozonata.

*5397. Lycaugesia fuscifascia. (Plate CLVI. fig. 19.)

Lycaugesia fuscifascia, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, i. p. 14 (1910).

¢. Head and thorax yellow mixed with grey and brown; abdo-

men yellow with some red suffusion at middle; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing bright yellow with a

diffused greyish fascia edged with red scales from base through the

cell to termen just below apex; the costa and inner margin with

some red scales at middle. Hind wing bright yellow, the medial

area very broadly suffused with brown and irrorated with black

except towards edges; the underside yellowish white, the medial

area suffused with fuscous except at costa.

Hab. Fr. Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni, type tT ¢ in Coll. Dognin.

Exp. 14 millim.

5398. Lycaugesia flavimargo, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fig. 20.)

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with rufous;

palpi with brownish bands on 2nd and 3rd joints ; antenne ringed

with blackish; pectus and legs whitish. Fore wing whitish

suffused and irrorated with rufous, the inner area towards tornus

and the terminal area except at apex yellow tinged with rufous ;

antemedial line represented by black points at costa and in cell and

submedian fold; a slight whitish discoidal lunule and black points

on middle of costa and submedian fold; faint traces of a curved

postmedial line; some slight dark marks on postmedial part of costa

and slight subterminal spots at discal fold and near tornus; a

terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing with the base rufous,

the medial area pink with some black irroration at inner margin,

the termen yellow ; a diffused darker medial band with black spot

at costa; a blackish subterminal mark at discal fold and band

LYCAUGESIA. 265

towards tornus; some black points at middle of termen; cilia

ycllow ; the underside fuscous brown, the terminal half of costa

and the termen whitish.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, 1 2 type. Hwp 16 millim.

5399. Lycaugesia teneralis. (Plate CLVI. fig. 21.)

Zebronia teneralis, Wik. xxxiv. 1845 (1865).

@. Head and thorax white mixed with some fulvous yellow,

the tips of tegule yellow (abdomen wanting). Fore wing

yellowish white, some purple-grey irroration on costal area and in

cell to beyond middle; a subbasal fulvous yellow line from costa

to submedian fold ; antemedial line fulvous yellow, double, rather

diffused, obliquely curved ; a fulvous yellow discoidal spot; post-

medial line fulvous yellow, rather diffused, oblique from costa to

vein 6 and obliquely incurved below vein 4; terminal area fulvous

yellow; the subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a fine minutely waved whitish line just before termen ;

cilia fulvous yellow mixed with whitish. Hind wing yellowish

white; rather diffused fulvous yellow subbasal and medial lines ;

postmedial area tinged with purplish grey, with the fine dark post-

medial line on it, slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique ;

terminal area fulvous yellow with a whitish line just before termen ;

cilia fulvous yellow mixed with whitish ; the underside white.

Hab. Honvuras, Limas(Brockholes), 1 2 type. Hvp. 14 millim.

5400. Lycaugesia rubripicta, n. sp. (Piate CLVI. fig. 22.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with rufous, the last

with dorsal brown bands towards extremity; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white. Fore wing white irrorated with rufous

and dark brown, the terminal area yellowish; subbasal blackish points

at costa and median neryure; an antemedial blackish point at costa

and line from cell to inner margin angled outwards in submedian

fold ; an oblique white discoidal bar defined on each side by blackish

and with rufous spot before it in cell; a blackish point at middle of

costa ; traces of a curved minutely waved blackish postmedial line ;

a pale subterminal line defined: on.each side by some fuscous,

strongly dentate from below costa to vein 4, then incurved; a

minutely waved dark terminal line; cilia yellowish mixed with

fuscous. Hind wing whitish, the medial and terminal areas suf-

fused with rufous and irrorated with black; indistinct oblique

sinuous black antemedial and postmedial lines ; subterminal line

white defined on each side by black suffusion, sinuous; a punctiform

black terminal line; cilia yellowish white mixed with black; the

underside white with faint diffused brownish medial and sub-

terminal bands.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 3 type. Hap. 14

millim.

266 NOCTUIDZ.

5401. Lycaugesia rufipuncta, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fig. 23.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey tinged with brown ;

palpi black, rufous at tips; fore legs blackish ; pectus, mid and

hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen brownish white. Fore

wing purplish grey ; the costal edge blackish towards base; ante-

medial black poimts on and below costa and a few fiery red scales

in submedian interspace; a slight rufous streak in middle of cell

and rufous patches in and beyond end of cell with the white

discoidal bar between them; medial black points on and below

costa and a slight oblique sinuous fiery red line from cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line represented by some black scales, oblique

from costa to vein 6, then on outer edge of the rufous postmedial

patch, then by an oblique minutely waved fiery red line with a few

black scales on it and a black point in submedian fold ; traces of a

minutely waved red subterminal line, oblique below vein 4, with

three black streaks defined by whitish and with rufous between

them beyond it towards apex and slight black streaks below veins +

and 2; a terminal series of slight rufous lunules; cilia with some

black at and below apex. Hind wing purplish grey; slight

minutely waved fiery red subbasal, antemedial, medial, and post-

medial lines, the last with a few black scales on it; traces of a

waved red subterminal line with black points on it at discal and

submedian folds ; a terminal series of prominent black points ; cilia

with a few black scales. Underside of both wings suffused with

fuscous ; fore wing with white discoidal bar.

Hab, Cryton, Maskeliya (Alston), 2 $ type. Hap. 12 millim.

5402. Lycaugesia punctilinea, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fig. 24.)

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey, the last faintly

tinged with rufous; palpi and frons rufous. Fore wing purplish

grey ; a subbasal black point on costa and rufous point below the

cell; antemedial line rufous with black point at costa, minutely

waved ; a black point at middle of cell and slight discoidal striga ;

a slight incurved rufous medial line from discal fold to inner

margin; postmedial line rufous with black point at costa, very

strongly bent outwards below costa, then with series of black points

on it, oblique and slightly excurved at middle; some fuscous points

on costa towards apex; a faint minutely dentate subterminal line

with series of black points on it; a fine rufous terminal line with

some black points towards apex and at submedian fold; cilia fuscous

with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing purplish grey; a

slight black discoidal point; minutely waved rufous subbasal,

medial, and postmedial lines, the last with series of slight black

points on it; two minutely waved rufous subterminal lines, the

inner line with black patch at costa; a rufous terminal line; cilia

black with a fine whitish line at base. Underside whitish, fore

LYCAUGESIA. 267

wing suffused with fuscous except inner area, a black spot at middle

of cell, discoidal point with striga above it from costa and puncti-

form postmedial line; hind wing with the terminal area suffused

with fuseous, a black discoidal spot, curved fuscous medial and

postmedial lines, the latter with black points at discal and

submedian folds.

Hab. Cnyion, Maskeliya (Alston), 1 $ type. Hep. 12 millim.

5403. Lycaugesia fuscicosta, n. sp. (Plate CLYI. fig. 25.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with purplish

grey and dark brown; palpi blackish, the extremities of 2nd and

3rd joints white; frons white with black line below ; abdomen with

the dorsal crests mixed with black ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish suffused

with red-brown, the costal area black-brown irrorated with purplish

grey to discal fold; traces of curved brown antemedial and medial

lines irom cell to imner margin ; faint traces of a postmedial line

bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved; two blackish

points on costa towards apex ; traces of a pale dentate subterminal

line, angled outward at vein 7 and middle, then oblique ; a terminal

series of blackish points ; the male with small ante- and postmedial

blackish spots in submedian interspace. Hind wing whitish tinged

with rufous and thickly irrorated with dark brown; a slight oblique

rufous antemedial line; a slight rufous discoidal striga; faint

curved dark medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines and a terminal

series of blackish points. Underside whitish, the fore wing suffused

with brown.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 3,1 9 type. vp.

16 millim.

5404, Lycaugesia melasoma, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fig. 26.)

3. Head and thorax whitish suffused with rufous; palpi black at

sides except at extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints; abdomen whitish

suffused with rufous towards base, black towards extremity, the

minute dorsal crests black. Fore wing whitish suffused with rufous;

the costal edge blackish towards base; a slight subbasal black striga at

inner margin ; an antemedial black point on costa and small spots in

cell and submedian fold; a black point at middle of costa and short

streaks on costa towards apex; a slight black streak in discal fold

beyond the cell and a small postmediai spot in submedian fold ; a

slight subapical black streak ; a terminal series of prominent black

points. Hind wing whitish suffused with rufous; a faint rufous

subbasal bar on inner area; traces of waved rufous medial and

postmedial lines; a terminal series of prominent black points

interrupted at middle and a patch of black scales on the cilia at

tornus; the underside whitish faintly tinged with rufous.

268 NOCTUID %.

Q. Hind wing with black patch on costa just before apex and

without the black scales in cilia at tornus.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 $, 1 @ type.

Exp. 14 millim. .

0405. Lycaugesia hypozonata, n. sp.

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with purplish grey,

the last with the slight dorsal crests and lateral series of points

black ; palpi with the 3rd joint black except at tip. Fore wing

pale red-brown tinged with purplish grey especially towards costa ;

subbasal black points below costa and at inner margin; an ante-

medial black point in cell and small spot in submedian fold; a

medial blackish point on costa and faint pale discoidal bar with

wedge-shaped blackish mark beyond it ; a faint pale postmedial line

with blackish point at costa, oblique below vein + and with black

point in submedian fold; some black points on costa towards apex 5

Fig. 76.—Lycaugesia hypozonata, G. 3.

a faint pale subterminal line, angled outwards at vein 7 and middle,

then oblique ; a terminal series of prominent black points. Hind

wing purplish grey suffused and irrorated with brown; faint oblique

rufous subbasal and antemedial lines with some dark scales on them ;

an indistinct oblique minutely dentate postmedial line with some

black scales on it; traces of a pale dentate subterminal line defined

on each side by some black scales; a prominent series of black

points just before termen. Underside of fore wing blackish with

whitish postmedial band excurved at middle; hind wing white with

diffused blackish medial and subterminal bands.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 2 3, 2 9 type;

Brazit, Amazons, Parana de Buyassu (Austen), 1 $. Hap. 14-18

millim.

Genus STEGANIODES, nov.

Type, S. mesophea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, fringed with long hair in

front at base, the 2nd joint reaching to well above vertex of head, the 3rd short

and with triangular tuft of hair in front; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;

antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with rough hair and scales and without

crests ; fore coxee and femora of male with tufts of long hair, the tibiz smoothly

scaled; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex

STEGANIODES. 269

rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near

angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8,9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with the cell less than half the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from

angle; 5 nearly fully developed from just, below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5406. Steganiodes mesophea, n. sp.

¢. Head fuscous brown slightly mixed with yellow, the palpi

whitish in front; thorax and abdomen yellow mixed with deep

rufous; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish

white ; fore legs fuscous brown in front, the tufts of hair behind

cox fulvous. Fore wing yellow irrorated with fiery red, the costal

and medial areas deep purplish chocolate-brown ; a subbasal brown

line from the dark area to inner margin; antemedial line dark

brown, obliquely curved, forming the inner edge of the chocolate

medial area which is slightly irrorated with blackish ; a yellow

discoidal lunule ; postmedial line brown, defining the chocolate area,

incurved from costa to vein 4 where it is acutely angled outwards,

then again incurved and angled outwards on vein 1; subterminal

Fig. 77.—Steganiodes mesophea, S$. 1.

line double, red-brown, minutely waved to vein 3 where it is

angled outwards to termen, then slightly dentate and ending

at tornus; an oblique chocolate bar beyond it between veins

4,5; a chocolate-brown terminal line; cilia yellow mixed with

rufous. Hind wing yellow irrorated with fiery red; an oblique

elliptical discoidal spot defined by rufous; postmedial line rufous,

oblique to vein 4 where it is acutely angled outwards, angled

inwards at vein 2 and outwards to inner margin; subterminai line

double, rufous, oblique to discal fold, then dentate, the veins beyond

it with rufous streaks ; a rufous terminal line; cilia yellow mixed

with rufous; the underside yellowish white with slight dark

mark below middle of costa and traces of a subterminal line.

Hab. 8. Nigzrta, Sapele (Sampson), 1 3 type. Hap. 24 millim.

Genus PSEUDACIDALIA.

Type.

Pseudacidalia, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 351 (1894) re

oa ae rs ae albicosta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint

reaching to above vertex of head, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennz of male laminate ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales

and without crests; tibiz smoothly scaled, the spurs long; abdomen without

270 NOCTUID®.

erests. ore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and

not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle ;

6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well above angle ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the costal edge white.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line straight ............... albicosta.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely dentate ... undulata.

B. Fore wing with the costal edge not white .........-.........+8 unilineata.

5407. Pseudacidalia albicosta.

Aithia albicosta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 232 (1885); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 351.

Head dark brown; thorax and abdomen bright rufous, the

prothorax with white band; pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish

tinged with rufous. Fore wing bright rufous, the costa white

leaving the costal edge rufous towards base; antemedial line faint,

dark, curved ; two blackish discoidal points: postmedial line dark

defined on outer side by pale rufous, oblique, straight, from below

costa to inner margin; faint traces of a pale subterminal line

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black

Fig. 78.— Pseudacidalia albicosta, G. 1}.

points. Hind wing bright rufous; a minute white point at lower

angle of cell; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by pale

rufous, straight; faint traces of a pale curved subterminal line ;

a terminal series of black points; the underside whitish tinged

with rufous, an indistinct diffused postmedial line and terminal

series of black points.

Hab, Ceyton (Lewis), 1 2, Ohiya (Green), 1 3S, Dickoya

(Green), 1 g, 1 Q type, Pundaloya (Green), 1 9. Hap. 30-34

millim.

5408. Pseudacidalia undulata. (Plate CLVI. fig. 27.)

Pseudacidalia undulata, Ampsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 351 (1894).

Head blackish; thorax and abdomen red-brown; the prothorax

with a white band; legs fuscous brown; pectus and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing red-

brown; a white fascia just below costa defined below by deep red

and leaving the costal edge red-brown, the white broken up by red

PSEUDACIDALIA.—MIMORUZA. 971

into spots towards apex ; faint traces of a sinuous antemedial line;

a slight blackish point in middle of cell and another at lower angle ;

traces of an oblique minutely dentate postmedial line and of a

dentate subterminal line ; a terminal series of minute black points.

Hind wing red-brown with faint dark irroration; traces of a

sinuous postmedial line and of a dentate subterminal line; a

terminal series of minute black points ; the underside pale brownish

ochreous.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 § ; Burma, E. Pegu (Doherty), type T

2 in Coll. Rothschild. wp. 28-32 millim.

*5409. Pseudacidalia unilineata. (Plate CLVI. fig. 28.)

Pseudacidalia wnilineata, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 216 (1906).

@. Head red-brown; thorax and abdomen ochreous white

tinged with rufous, the abdomen with white spot at base of dorsum,

the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing rufous with slight dark

irroration, the costal edge brown ; a slight oblique brown antemedial

line; a dark discoidal point defined by ochreous ; postmedial line

brown defined on outer side by ochreous, inwardly oblique, straight ;

a faint brown subterminal line, slightly waved to vein 5, then

dentate; a terminal series of black points; cilia deep rufous at

base. Hind wing rufous with slight dark irroration; a dark

discoidal point defined by ochreous ; postmedial line oblique, brown

defined on outer side by ochreous and with patch of ochreous

suffusion beyond it in discal fold; a faint brown subterminal line,

oblique from costa at postmedial line, then dentate, a terminal series

of black points; cilia deep rufous at base; the underside whitish,

slightly tinged with brown towards termen.

Hab. Br. New Gutnea, Aroa R. (Meek), type + 2 in Coll.

Rothschild. Hap. 26 millim.

Genus MIMORUZA. Type

Mimoruza, Umpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 801 ............... nigriceps.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head and rather broadly fringed with scales in front and

behind, the 3rd joint short ; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male

ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibize

smoothly scaled, the spurs long; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell, 6 from below upper

angle, 7 from angle; 8,9stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars;

6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5410. Mimoruza nigriceps.

Mimoruza nigriceps, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 301; id. Moths Ind.

iv. p. 519.

Head blackish ; thorax and abdomen pale rufous, the latter with

the basal crest black and slight blackish irroration on terminal

segments. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous and slightly

DP, NOCTUID &.

irrorated with black; antemedial line represented by black points

on costa and in submedian fold; two black discoidal points ;

a medial brownish shade, oblique from costa to beyond upper angle

of cell, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line indistinct, yellowish,

minutely dentate, with a series of blackish points on its inner side,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique, some yellowish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, yellowish with

slight dark suffusion on outer side, minutely dentate, angled

inwards in discal fold, excurved at middle, then oblique; a fine

Fig. 79.—Mimoruza nigriceps, 5. 4.

erenulate blackish terminal line with points in the interspaces.

Hind wing ochreous suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated

with blackish; a black discoidal point; a slight sinuous dark

postmedial line defined on outer side by yellowish; traces of a

minutely waved yellowish subterminal line defined on outer side by

slight dark suffusion ; a fine crenulate blackish terminal line with

points in the interspaces ; the underside yellowish with black point

at lower angle of cell and faint postmedial and subterminal shades.

Hab. Stxuim (Dudgeon), 1 9 type; Crynon, Puttalam (Pole),

13. Exp. 22 millim.

Genus PARORUZA. eae

Paroruza, Hmpsn, Ann. 8. Afr, Mus, ii. p. 406 (1902) ......... subductata,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head, the 38rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round;

antenne of male bipectinate with short branches ending in a bristle, the apex

serrate ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiz

smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat

produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from

well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from upper angle; 9, 10

strongly anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully developed from well above

angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5411. Paroruza subductata.

Acidalia subductata, Wk. xxiii. 790 (1861).

Head and thorax purplish rufous, the head with some black

mixed; abdomen rufous irrorated with black and with ochreous

segmental lines except towards base; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore wing

purplish rufous irrorated with black ; traces of a pale antemedial

PARORUZA.—HYPOSADA, ies

line from subcostal nervure to inner margin, slightly defined on

each side by blackish ; postmedial line pale slightly defined on each

side by blackish, oblique, from below costa to inner margin ;

subterminal line represented by a series of slight whitish lunules,

faintly defined on inner side by blackish and with blackish points

on their outer edges; a series of black strive just before termen;

cilia mixed with blackish at base. Hind wing purplish rufous

irrorated with black; a small black spot at lower angle of cell;

postmedial line pale slightly defined on each side by blackish, from

below costa to inner margin, straight ; a subterminal series of slight

whitish lunules with blackish points on their outer edges; a

terminal series of black points; cilia at base with blackish mixed ;

Fig. 80.—Paroruza subductata, S$. 3.

the underside pale purplish rufous irrorated with black, a black

point at lower angle of cell, traces of double postmedial line,

subterminal series of somewhat dentate blackish marks and terminal

series of black points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with rounded black discoidal spot with

minute white point on it at lower angle of cell.

Hab. Navat (Leigh, Cooke), 1 $,1 2 ; Carn Cotony, 1 S type.

Hep. 26-32 millim.

Genus HYPOSADA, nov.

Type, H. postvittata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd minute ; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests; tibize slightly fringed with hair, the spurs long, the

fore femora of male with exsertible tuft of long hair above ; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute; the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from well before angle of cell, 5 from

just above angle; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 nearly

fully developed from well above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

A. Hind wing with the postmedial line oblique.

a. Fore wing with the costal edge pure white ............ Jasciosa.

6. Fore wing with the costal edge not white.

a’, Hind wing with the postmedial line minutely

waved.

a. Fore wing without oblique dark streak across

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b?, Fore wing with oblique dark streak across

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274 NOOTUID X.

}', Hind wing with the postmedial line not waved.

a’, Fore wing with oblique dark shade across

tornal area.

a®. Fore wing yellowish white, without black

point at lower angle of cell .................-..- ineffectaria.

6*. Fore wing white tinged with flesh-pink,

a black point at lower angle of cell............ astona.

?, Fore wing without oblique dark shade across

tornal area

a3. Fore wing with small black spot at lower

anc lovolicelllte: eaccanece se cc ons nea cee aenenneeeee melanosticta.

3, Fore wing with white point defined by black

at lower angle of cell.

a*. Fore wing with terminal series of small

blacklumulesi eri caciie ses ccmecainseeee see eceee hydrocampata.

64, Fore wing with fine terminal black line... junctwralis.

B. Hind wing with the postmedial line excurved beyond

the cell, then incurved.

a. Fore wing with the costal edge white .................. tritonia.

6. Fore wing with the costal edge not white, the outer

half of medial area suffused with fuscous............ mesophaa.

5412. Hyposada fasciosa.

Arasada fasciosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 290, pl. viii. f. 21 (1888) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 350.

36. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous yellow mixed with

crimson ; a white bar between antenne; tegule white except at

base; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white.

Fore wing ochreous yellow irrorated and in parts suffused with

crimson and a few black scales, the costal edge white; an indistinct

waved crimson antemedial line; a small white spot defined by

black at lower angle of cell on a pale brownish patch which extends

to postmedial line, which is crimson, minutely dentate, excurved

below costa, then oblique; the postmedial area with diffused

crimson more or less confluent streaks in the interspaces ; a sub-

terminal series of small somewhat dentate black marks ; a terminal

series of black points on slight crimson marks. Hind wing ochreous

yellow mostly suffused and irrorated with crimson and with a few

black scales; a black discoidal point; postmedial line oblique,

crimson, some brownish before it and yellow beyond it; a sub-

terminal series of slight dentate black marks with waved yellowish

line before them; a terminal series of black points; the underside

pale ochreous with indistinct oblique brownish postmedial line.

Hab. Sixuim ; Buursn (Dudgeon),1 3. Exp. 30-36 millim.

5413. Hyposada postvittata.

Lycauges postvittata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 456, pl. 201. f. 12 (1887).

Oruza anisodoides, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 350 (1894).

Head and base of tegule ochreous mixed with brown, the rest of

tegule and a band across prothorax white defined behind by a

HYPOSADA. 275

rufous line, the rest of thorax ochreous; abdomen ochreous, the

2nd segment with dorsal black point, the terminal segments

suffused with brown leaving pale segmental lines ; pectus and legs

ochreous, the fore legs suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous

tinged in parts with rufous and slightly irrorated with black, the

costal area whitish, the costal edge ochreous; traces of a pale rufous

antemedial line from below costa to inner margin; a small white

spot at lower angle of cell on a blackish spot; postmedial line pale

Fig. 81.—Hyposada postuittuta, $. +.

slightly defined on each side by rufous, oblique, minutely dentate,

from below costa to middle of inner margin; some black points on

postmedial part of costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale,

waved, with blackish marks before it below costa and at inner

margin and with a series of blackish marks on its outer edge; an

oblique black bar from apex; a terminal series of black points;

cilia with a series of black points at tips. Hind wing ochreous

slightly irrorated with black; a small black spot at lower angle

of cell ; postmedial line white defined on inner side by blackish and

slightly on outer side, minutely waved, oblique; a subterminal

series of diffused blackish spots, indistinct except towards apex and -

incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia with a series of blackish points at tips; the underside ochreous

white with faint discoidal striga, oblique dark postmedial line, sub-

terminal series of spots, and terminal series of lunules.

Hab. Cuyuon, Dickoya (Green), 2 2 type and type anisodordes ;

Setomon Is., Bougainville (Meck), 36,29. Hep. 28-382 millim.

5414, Hyposada ruptifascia. (Plate CLVI. fig. 29.)

Arasada ruptifascia, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 290 (1888); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 349.

Arasada lycaugesaria, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 282; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 350.

Q. Head and base of tegule fuscous brown ; thorax and abdomen

ochreous, the latter with pair of black points on 2nd segment and

dorsal blackish bands on terminal segments ; legs tinged with brown.

Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with

black except on costal area; a dark streak below costal area; an

inwardly oblique waved dark antemedial line from subcostal

nervure to inner margin; a small white spot ringed with blackish

276 NOCTUID®.

at lower angle of cell; postmedial line dark, waved, arising below

costa, angled slightly outwards above and below vein 7 and at vein 4,

then oblique; subterminal line slight, whitish defined on outer

side by brownish and on inner side towards inner margin, aseries of

blackish marks on its outer edge, slightly angled inwards at discal

fold and oblique below vein 3; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly nrorated with

black ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line white

defined on each side by black, slightly angled outwards below costa,

then oblique and minutely waved; subterminal line faint, pale,

waved, with diffused blackish marks before and beyond it from costa

to discal fold and towards inner margin; a terminal series of black

points; the underside ochreous white with faint diffused oblique

dark postmedial line and traces of subterminal line.

Hab. Breneat, Calcutta, type yin Mus. Berlin ; Burma, Rangoon,

1 © type lycaugesaria, Katha (Bingham), 19. Ewp. 24 millim.

*5415. Hyposada ineffectaria. (Plate CLVI. fig. 30.)

Acidalia ineffectaria, Wik. xxiii. 769 (1861).

Q@. Head and thorax creamy white, the head tinged with rufous ;

abdomen creamy white with brown band at middle, the terminal

segments irrorated with brown. Fore wing creamy white slightly

irrorated with black; an indistinct minutely waved punctiform

brown line from costa beyond middle to vein 4, then very oblique

to inner margin near base; traces of a minutely waved subterminal

line with small blackish spots on its inner side below costa and at

discal fold, crossed by an oblique brown shade across tornal area ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing creamy white slightly

irrorated with black; a black discoidal point; an oblique rather

diffused red-brown medial line slightly defined by white on outer

side; a small black postmedial spot below costa; a red-brown sub-

terminal shade from discal fold to inner margin ; a terminal series

of black points; the underside white with indistinct diffused red-

brown medial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace), type t 9 in Mus. Oxon. Lup.

26 millim.

5416. Hyposada astona. (Plate CLVI. fig. 31.)

Oruza astona, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 478 (1901).

Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with flesh-pink ;

palpi with some black scales in front; antenne brownish; tegule

brownish with some black scales at base; fore legs streaked with

blackish ; abdomen with fine brown segmental lines, and blackish

bands on medial segments. Fore wing white tinged with flesh-

pink and irrorated with a few black scales; an indistinct double

oblique pinkish line from cell to inner margin; a black point in

HYPOSADA. 277

middle of cell and white point incompletely defined by black at

lower angle; postmedial line pinkish, very indistinct, slightly

excurved and with black points on it from costa to discal fold, then

slightly angled outwards and very oblique to middle of inner

margin; a tine waved white subterminal line with series of black

points on its outer edge, incurved at discal fold and oblique below

vein 4, crossed by an oblique dark shade from termen at vein 4 to

the inner side of the line at inner margin; a terminal series of

small black lunules. Hind wing white tinged with flesh-pink and

irrorated with a few black scales; a black discoidal point; post-

medial line black defined on inner side by pinkish and on outer

by white, angled outwards just below costa, then oblique, a faint

minutely waved rufous line beyond it with slight black points on it ;

an indistinet waved whitish subterminal line with slight black

lunules on its outer side; a terminal series of slight black lunules ;

the underside with blackish discoidal bar, diffused oblique post-

medial line and terminal band with whitish subterminal line on it.

Hab. Bornzo, Sarawak, 1 ¢,1 9 type. Hap. 16 millim.

5417. Hyposada melanosticta, n. sp. (Plate CLVI. fig. 32.)

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white, the vertex and

back of head and tegule at base with blackish bars ; palpi black at

sides except at tips; abdomen with dorsal and subdorsal black

points on 2nd segment and black spot at base of anal tuft; fore

and mid legs tinged with brown. Fore wing creamy white slightly

tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, the costal edge black

towards base; traces of an inwardly oblique waved rufous ante-

medial line from subcostal nervure to inner margin; a rather

elongate black spot at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line whitish

defined on inner side by rufous, oblique from costa to vein 7,

minutely dentate to vein 4, then oblique and slightly waved, some

black points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a

series of slight pale lunules with rufous suffusion before and beyond

them and a series of somewhat dentate black spots en their outer

edges, excurved at middle, then oblique; an oblique blackish streak

from apex; a terminal series of black points; cilia with some

fuscous above and below middle. Hind wing creamy white tinged

with rufous and irrorated with black ; a black discoidal spot ; post-

medial line white defined on inner side by black, oblique, very

minutely waved; a faint waved whitish subterminal line with a

series of small black spots on its outer edge, somewhat excurved at

middle; a terminal series of small black spots; the underside

brownish white with slight black irroration on costal area, a black

discoidal spot, diffused oblique brownish postmedial line, and traces

of a whitish subterminal line with brown suffusion before and

beyond it,

Hab. §. Nrewrta, Lagos, Ebute Meta (Boag), 1 3 type, Old

Calabar (Crompton), 1 2. Exp. 24 millim.

278 NOCTUID®.

5418. Hyposada hydrocampata. (Plate CLVII. fig. 1.)

Phibalapteryx hudrocampata, Guen. Ur. & Phal. ii. p. 488 (1857).

Acidalia posticaria, W\k. xxxy. 1638.

Arasada fraterculata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 290 (1888).

Oruza pallescens, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 3850 (1894).

Acidalia partita, Lucas, Pr. R. Soc. Queensland, xv. p. 141 (1900).

Head and tegule fuscous brown mixed with some whitish;

thorax whitish tinged with purplish rufous behind; abdomen

ochreous tinged with rufous, the terminal segments with dark bands

and white segmental lines; pectus and ventral surtace of abdomen

whitish, the legs tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous mostly

suffused with purplish rufous and slightly irrorated with black, the

costal area pale slightly irrorated with rufous, narrowing to a point

before apex ; antemedial line pale defined on each side by purplish

rufous, waved, inwardly oblique, from subcostal nervure to inner

margin ; a white point defined by purplish at lower angle of cell;

postmedial line pale defined on each side by purplish rufous, waved,

arising below costa and very oblique to inner margin near ante-

medial line ; subterminal line pale, defined on inner side by purplish

rufous and with series of blackish spots on its outer edge, angled

outwards at vein 4, then oblique; an oblique blackish streak from

apex ; a terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing

ochreous mostly suffused with purplish rufous and irrorated with

black ; a slight blackish discoidal point ; postmedial line yellowish

slightly defined on inner side by black with purplish rufous suffusion

before it, on outer side slightly defined by rufous, oblique, straight ;

a subterminal series of yellowish lunules defined on inner side by

purplish rufous and on outer by a series of blackish spots, angled

outwards at vein 6; a terminal series of blackish strie; cilia with

a fine black line through them ; the underside creamy white

irrorated with brown, a diffused oblique brownish postmedial line

and whitish subterminal line defined on each side by brown

suffusion.

Hab. Sterra Luone (Clements), 1 3; Br. Canrr. Arrica, Katungas

(de Jersey), 1 3; Bunean, Calcutta, type f fraterculata in Mus.

Berlin, 1 @ type pallescens ; Stncapors (ftidley), 1 9; QuuENSLAND,

Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 $ type posticaria, Brisbane (Turner),

192. EHep. 18-26 millim.

5419. Hyposada juncturalis. (Plate CLVIL. fig. 2.)

Rivula guncturalis, Wik. xxxiv. 1156 (1865).

Head and tegule brown mixed with some ochreous; thorax and

abdomen pale ochreous, the latter with black subdorsal points on

2nd segment, the terminal segments suffused with brown and

irrorated with black ; legs tinged with brown; ventral surface of

HYPOSADA, 279

abdomen irrorated with brown. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated

with black; white points ringed with black at the angles of cell ;

postmedial line slight, brownish defined on outer side by yellowish

white, excurved below costa, then very oblique to inner margin

before middle, an oblique diffused pale band beyond it from apex ;

a faint pale subterminal line with traces of a series of black points

on its outer edge, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a fine black terminal line. Hind wing ochreous suffused with

rufous and irrorated with black ; a black discoidal point; an oblique

pale postmedial band with brown suffusion before and beyond it and

traces of a dark line through it; a faint pale minutely waved sub-

terminal line with series of black points on its outer edge; a fine

black terminal line; the underside ochreous white irrorated with

brown, diffused dark postmedial and subterminal bands.

Hab. Sterra Leone (Moryan), 1 9 type; W. Cina, Chang-yang

(Pratt), 1 9; Stkuim; Buurin (Dudgeon), 1 g. Hep. 20 millim,

5420. Hyposada tritonia. (Plate CLVLI. fig. 3.)

Oruza tritonia, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 450 (1897).

3g. Head blackish, the basal joint of antennz whitish at sides ;

thorax rufous, the tegule tinged with fuscous in front; abdomen

rufous tinged with fuscous; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen ochreous white, the tore legs tinged with fuscous. Fore

wing rufous irrorated sparsely with black and faintly tinged with

fuscous, the medial area rather more prominently tinged except

towards costa, the costal edge white except towards base ; an in-

distinct curved antemedial blackish line ; asmall black discoidal spot,

postmedial line indistinct, blackish, with more distinct black mark at

costa, oblique from costa to vein 6, then minutely dentate, inwardly

oblique and excurved below vein 2, some black strive heyond it on

costa interrupting the white costal edge; subterminal line very

faint, pale, dentate ; « terminal series of black points. Hind wing

rufous irrorated with black and slightly tinged with fuscous; a

black point at lower angle of cell; an indistinct dark medial line

defined on outer side by rufous, slightly incurved below vein 4; a

faint pale waved subterminal line, excurved trom costa to vein 4;

a terminal series of black points; the underside pale ochreous with

black discoidal striga and diffused medial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 $ type. Hp. 44 millim.

*5421. Hyposada mesophewa. (Plate CLVII. fig. 4.)

Hyposada mesophea, Ping. ined.

3. Head fuscous ; thorax and abdomen paie reddish brown, the

latter greyish at extremity and whitish below. Fore wing pale

280 NOCLUID A.

reddish brown; a very indistinct diffused dark obscurely waved

antemedial line with slight dark point beyond it in cell; the outer

half of medial area suffused with fuscous, bounded by the post-

medial line, which is very indistinct, with a series of minute

dark streaks on the veins, oblique from costa to vein 7, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved ; traces of a dark subterminal line; a terminal

series of black spots. Hind wing pale reddish brown slightly

irrorated with fuscous ; a minute discoidal point; a curved medial

series of slight points ; faint traces of a subterminal line; a terminal

series of small black spots; the underside whitish slightly irrorated

with brown.

Hab. Javan, Nikko, type + d im Coll. Piingeler. xp. 26

millim.

Genus BOSTRODES, nov.

Type, B. proleuca.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to about vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antenns of male ciliated, somewhat thickened with scales

at base; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibie

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomusing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;

5 almost fully developed {rom well above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with white costal fascia .. ...... Pal Saben pewaabeninea eta proleuca.

B. Fore wing without white costal fascia ...............0..cescesseneee rubrifusé.

59422. Bostrodes proleuca, n. sp.

Head and thorax deep chocolate-red, the base of patagia with

flesh-white patches, abdomen rather paler red. Fore wing deep

chocolate-red with slight dark irroration; a flesh-white fascia on

Fig. 82.—Bostrodes proleuca, G. 2.

costa narrowing to a point beyond middle; antemedial line slight,

whitish, oblique from the costal fascia to vein 1; postmedial line

whitish faintly defined on inner side by brown, slightly excurved ;

subterminal line very indistinct, whitish, slightly defined on outer

side by dark scales, minutely waved below vein 4; cilia with a

slight dark line near tips. Hind wing deep chocolate-red with

slight’ dark irroration; an oblique whitish medial line faintly

defined on inner side by brown; subterminal line very indistinct,

BOSTRODES.— PARASADA. 2381

greyish defined by some dark scales, minutely waved, excurved at

middle; cilia with a slight dark line near tips; the underside

redder irrorated with brown, a curved dark postmedial line.

Hab. Java (Horsfield), 7 3,5 2 type. Hwp. 32-40 millim.

Larva whitish; dorsal line blackish ; stigmatal line and inter-

segmental rings red; subdorsal and substigmatal series of paired

blackish marks. Pupates between two leaves spun together.

5423. Bostrodes rubrifusa. (Plate CLVII. fig. 5.)

Xanthoptera rubrifusa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soe. xvii. p. 475 (1906).

@. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with purplish red and some

erey, the pectus and legs greyer; abdomen greyish irrorated with

fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing with the basal half

greyish suffused with purplish pink, the costal area more fuscous,

the terminal half fuscous brown suffused with purplish red, the

termen and cilia pink; traces of a minutely dentate subterminal

line excurved below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing fuscous

with a greyish tinge, the cilia pink at tips; the underside greyer

with traces of a dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Cxyion, North Central Province (Alston), 1 2 type. Hp.

26 millim.

Genus PARASADA, nov.

Type, P. carnosa,

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi porrect, extending about twice the length

of head, the 2nd joint fringed with hair above and below, the 3rd short; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male bipectinate with moderate

branches to apex; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests; tibiz shghtly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing

with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and

not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9

from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well below

middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

5424. Parasada carnosa.

Lycauges carnosa, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. ix. p. 150, pl. 169. f. 9 (1893) ;

id. Moths Ind. iv. p. 518.

Head and tegule bright rufous; thorax whitish tinged with

rufous behind; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated

with fuscous; pectus and legs ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore

wing ochreous tinged with rutous and slightly irrorated with black,

the costal edge rufous; an indistinct rufous antemedial line slightly

angled outwards in submedian fold; a black point in middle of cell

and two discoidal points; postmedial line double filled in with

greyish ochreous, very oblique from costa to vein 7 where it is

acutely angled, then inwardly oblique and with rufous band before

it; subterminal line slight, pale, oblique from costa to vein 7, then

waved and with traces of a series of blackish points on its inner

side; terminal area more strongly suffused with rufous except at

982 NOCTUID %.

apex; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia deep rufous. Hind wing

ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with black; an

oblique whitish postmedial line with rufous band before it; an

Fig. 83.—Parasada carnosa, 3. }.

indistinct pale waved subterminal line; a fine rufous terminal line;

cilia deep rufous; the underside ochreous tinged with rufous and

irrorated with black, a black discoidal bar and minutely waved

postmedial line.

Hab. Cryton, Nawalapitiya (Green), 1 d, Kandy (Green), 3d,

2 9, Kelami Valley (Butt), 1 Q type; Bani (Doherty),1 9. Hep.

18-24 millim.

Genus EPIGRYPERA, nov.

Type, H. eriogona.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi obliquely upturned, porrect towards

extremity and extending about the length of head, the 2nd joint fringed with

hair above towards tip, the 3rd short; frons smooth with tuft of hair above;

eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales and without crests; fore coxe and the femora and tibiz of male

fringed with long hair, the tibie of female moderately fringed with hair;

abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and

acute, the termen excurved at middle and oblique towards tornus, not crenulate ;

veins 8 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of

discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below costa,

NEI, HACWTA PEE! oadaccaosoacovsaqsoso0sa0nc000 Obs oH sq0900D0RbODoK000R000 ertogona.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below costa,

at middle and above inner Margin .................sececeeeeee ee argenticincta.

5425. Epigrypera eriogona, n. sp.

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with rufous;

palpi and frons bright rufous. Fore wing whitish tinged and

irrorated with rufous, the terminal area deep rufous, some slight

silvery irroration; subbasal black points on costa and in cell; ante-

medial black points on costa and subcostal nervure with a bright

rufous mark before them slightly irrorated with black; a tri-

angular bright rufous patch at end of cell with an oblique black

striga above its extremity from costa; postmedial line pale, slightly

defined on inner side by brown, bent outwards below costa and slightly

EPIGRYPERA.—TROGATHA. 283

incurved below discal fold; subterminal line pale, angled outwards

below costa and inwards at discal fold, excurved and suffused with

blackish between veins 5 and 2 and ending at tornus ; some blackish

on middle of termen; cilia rufous with some black at middle and a

Fig. 84.—Epigrypera eriogona, 3. 3%.

fine pale line at base. Hind wing rufous, the cilia with a fine palo

line at base; the underside whitish suffused with brown, traces of

a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace), 13 type; Puro Laur (Doherty),

1 so. Hep. 22 millim.

5426. Epigrypera argenticincta, n. sp. (Plate CLVII. fig. 6.)

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish tinged with pale rufous ;

palpi and frons bright rufous. Fore wing greyish tinged with pale

rufous and irrorated with silvery scales, the medial area slightly

irrorated with black, the terminal area suffused with deep rufous ;

subbasal and antemedial black points on costa; an inverted conical

rufous patch at end of cell with oblique black striga above its

extremity from costa; postmedial line pale, excurved below costa

and at middle and slightly incurved at discal and submedian folds;

subterminal line pale with a silvery gloss, slightly excurved below

vein 7, angled inwards at discal fold and outwards at middle, then

incuryed, some blackish on it at middle; cilia rufous with some

black at middle, a whitish line at base and some whitish towards

tornus. Hind wing yellowish, the basal half suffused with brown;

a blackish discoidal bar and diffused blackish line from cell to inner

margin; an indistinct diffused rufous postmedial line; a series of

rufous striz before termen; the underside ochreous white, the

basal half suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous, a faint

brownish postmedial shade.

Hab. Srxrancor, Kuala Lumpur (Durham), 1 2 type. Lvp.

22 millim.

Genus TROGATHA, nov.

Type, TZ. pecilota.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi ebliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to about middle of frons and fringed with scales above towards extremity, the

3rd short, porrect ; frons with pointed prominence, with corneous ridge above

it to between antennzw; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibia smoothly scaled ;

abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the

284 NOCTUIDZ.

termen excised below apex and excurved at middle, not crenulate; veins 3 and

5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9, 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;

5 al nost fully developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5427. Trogatha pecilota.

Corgatha pecilota, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr. xxxii, p. 66 (1908).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with flesh colour,

the last dorsally slightly suffused with red. Fore wing flesh colour

sparsely irrorated with black-brown scales; a black point in cell

near base and a small spot in cell before the antemedial line, which

is indistinctly double filled in with white, with slight black streak

above it on costa, excurved below costa, then oblique; three black

discoidal poluts; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with

white, some blackish on its inner edge towards costa, excurved from

costa to vein 5, then incurved, some slight brown streaks beyond it

on costa; a subterminal series of blackish points with faint whitish

Fig. 85.—Trogatha pecilota, 3. 3.

marks beyond them, excurved at middle, then incurved; the

terminal area rather redder except at apex and with a series of

black points before termen, excurved at middle. Hind wing with

the costal half fiery red, the inner half flesh colour tinged with

dull red and sparsely irrorated with black; a white discoidal spot

with two black points on it; postmedial line indistinctly double

filled in with white, incurved below vein 4; faint traces of a pale

minutely waved subterminal line; a series of dark points before

termen; the underside flesh colour tinged with red, a blackish

discoidal bar and sinuous brown postmedial line.

Hab. Qunenstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), 1 3. Hep. 20-24 millim.

Type t in Coll. Lyell.

Genus CAUTATHA, nov.

Type, C. phenicea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and slightly fringed with scales behind towards extremity, the

3rd short; frons with rather pointed conical prominence; eyes large, round ;

antennsz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and

without crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests.

Fore wing with the apex produced and faleate, the termen evenly curved, not

crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6

from upper angle; 9, 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

CA UTATHA.—ECTROGATHA. 985

Hind wing with vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed

from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 5 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

5428. Cautatha phenicea, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with fiery

red, the palpi, frons, and fore legs in front deep fiery red. Fore

wing ochreous white irrorated with fiery or, purplish red, the

terminal area deep purplish or blood-red except just below apex,

the costal edge fiery red; antemedial line fiery red, indistinctly

double and slightly sinuous; two black discoidal points; postmedial

line fiery red, indistinctly double with a point at costa, excurved

from below costa to vein 5, then slightly incuryed, some slight pale

Fig. 86.—Cautatha phenicea, S. 3.

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series

of faint pale points with two slight dark points below costa; a

series of faint dark points just before termen slightly defined on

outer side by whitish scales; cilia deep fiery red. Hind wing

yellowish irrorated with fiery red; the termen redder with a series

of black points just before it; cilia deep fiery red with a fine pale

line at base; the underside suffused with bright fiery red.

Hab. Gown Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 3 $ type. Exp. 18

millim.

Genus ECTROGATHA, nov.

Type, E. himerata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and fringed with hair in front and behind toward

extremity, the 3rd short, porrect; frons smooth; eyes large; antennex of

male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;

tibiz smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex

produced and acute, the termen excurved at middle, excised towards apex and

oblique towards tornus; veins 8 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with the termen slightly angled at veins 7 and 3; veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well above angle; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5429. Ectrogatha himerata.

Erosia himerata, W\k. xxvi. 1757 (1862).

Head pale rufous; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with

rufous and irrorated with brown. Fore wing whitish suffused

236 NOCTUIDZ.

with rufous and irrorated with brown; the costal edge fuscous

towards base; antemedial line represented by a very oblique

black striga from costa near middle and a curved line nearer the

base from subcostal nervure to inner margin; reniform strongly

defined by black-brown ; postmedial line black-brown, very

strongly excurved below costa and oblique below vein 4, some

alternating black-brown and whitish streaks beyond it on costa;

the termen suffused with brown from below apex to vein 4, then

with indistinct wedge-shaped brown marks; a terminal series of

black striz defined on inner side by white and a small spot just

Fig. 87.—LHetrogatha himerata, g. 3.

below apex. Hind wing whitish suffused with rufous and irrorated

with brown; discoidal spot defined by dark brown, elliptical ;

postmedial line dark brown, slightly excurved ; the termen suffused

with red-brown; a terminal series of black striz defined on inner

side by white; the underside whitish suffused with bright rufous,

the discoidal spot distinct, the postmedial line crenulate and

strongly curved.

Hab. Braztt, Amazons, Obydos (Austen), 1 g, Ega (Bates),

1$,1 9 type. Hp. 22 millim.

Genus CORGATHA.

Type.

(Glyaferdaed, Miso =a AD) (LUESIIS)) soosnsoocosonsqobsesan0nsooo0000C zonalis.

2a NM 2S MOND (USS) cosconnnooonsoncacensene0pa00s000 implexata,

Styaloue, Wil, seeing U7) (EIS) coccoocadasepaccaabosa5ac00800n00 concavata.

Ausinza, W\k. Journ. Linn. Sve., Zool. vii. p. 192 (1864). equa.

iin, \/ Miss seeing, NAO (METS) cococcaeccesoosabeon000000 000800 albicinctalis.

Naegrinba, NN, sssa7, IUD) (CUEXED)). .cocoopcovoscocccsanccenvececc concavata.

Pseudephyra, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 422 ......... straminea.

Celeopsyche, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. ili. p. 68 (1879) ......... nitens.

Callipyris, Meyr. Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xiv. p. 199(1891). drosera.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about the

length of head, the 2nd joint friged with hair above towards extremity, the

3rd short ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne

of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests ; tibize typically moderately fringed with hair, the spurs long; abdomen

without crests. Fore wing with the apex slightly produced and acute, the

termen evenly curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from well before angle of

cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing

stil 8 to form the arralls ° il from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Nod

CORGATHA. 2987

Sucr. I. Fore wing with the termen excised below apex and excurved at

middle.

A. Femora and tibie of male fringed with long hair.

*5430. Corgatha variegata.

Oruza variegata, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 215 (1906).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous mixed with yellow,

the vertex of head yellow with a rufous bar between antennee ;

tegule yellow at base; pectus and legs white, the tibiee with

rufous mixed, the fore tibize deep rufous at extremity. Fore wing

yellow suffused with bright rufous leaving the base, the costal

area and cell to middle, and the apical area yellow ; antemedial

line rufous, slightly angled outwards below costa and excurved in

and below cell; a deep rufous discoidal bar and diffused oblique

shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line

rufous, dentate, slightly excurved, indistinct except on the yellow

costal area: subterminal line rufous, rather diffused, excurved at

middle, approximated to the postmedial line, indistinct except on

Fig. 88.—Corgatha variegata, $. }.

the yellow costal area; a rufous terminal line; cilia yellow at

base, rufous at tips. Hing wing yellow suffused with rufous; a

deep rufous medial shade; postmedial line rufous, rather diffused,

angled inwards in discal fold, then excurved ; subterminal line

approximated to the postmedial line, diffused, rufous, somewhat

dentate, excurved at median nervules; a strong rufous terminal

line; cilia yellow at base, rufous at tips; the underside ochreous

whitish with dark discoidal bar, indistinct diffused postmedial

and subterminal rufous lines and greyish fuscous terminal narrow

band.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Dinawa (Fratt), type f ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Aroa R. Hap. 26 millim.

B. (Sophta). Femora and tibiz of male normal.

a. Hind wing with the cilia yellow at tips.

a‘, Fore wing with yellow patch on costal area beyond

ALOSMM IMIG Teast nesta ctieott eacoctssascae ate enmeees drosera.

b'. Fore wing without yellow patch on costal area

beyond postmedial line.

a*. Fore wing without white apical spot and series

of strize just before termen ............0..0sc0eceeeees anthina.

b°, Fore wing with white apical spot and series

Osteen Ust) HELOne tenmeriy sevsasseseeceeseeeseaen r+ enispodes,

288 NOCTUID®.

b. Hind wing with the cilia not yellow at tips.

a'. Kore wing tinged with purplish red.

a*. Wings irrorated with silvery scales ............... .-- omopis.

b>. Wings not irrorated with silvery scales.

a>, Wings without pale streaks on veins of

terminal half.

a*. Fore wing with the oblique medial shade

arising from postmedial line just below costa. producta.

b*, Fore wing with the oblique medial shade

arising from lower angle of cell ............... nitens.

63. Wirgs with pale streaks on the veins of

(OMEN MN Coeeacosacosusbsacuudaduadsonsomooeeouosen excisa.

bt, Fore wing not tinged with purplish red.

a®. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous.

a°®, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled

Outwardsitolbelowsapex seeeeeeeteeee ncee eaten macartodes,

b°. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa.

a‘, Hind wing with double oblique postmedial

and subterminal! lines.

a’. Fore wing with the cilia of apical hook

black ‘isc satesaeeae dachatemesseina sa neeeeeeeke atrifaleis.

&°. Fore wing with the cilia of apical hook

MOG DlaAcka tance eeemearee cee ueen eet eyes se take ite diplochorda.

bt. Hind wing without double postmedial and

Subteymune Sms eeenceaee cee eoeeeeee reer aecee ozolica.

&?, Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.

a®. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa.

a’. Head and tegule rufous.

a Hind wing with the postmedial linesinuous. drepanodes.

6°. Hind wing with the postmedial line

LORNA, OMNI), cascotoacodaass0sanecancoaa98e rujiceps.

ix, Talenal ancl (ysl etGh7 coconcqpsanopoobastoruedens concavata.

6°. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled

outwards just below costa, then oblique ...... loxomita,

C2 whore wine sOlive-"lee UN saecsckereeseeseasecioteeee scorers olivata.

5431. Corgatha drosera. (Plate CLVII. fig. 7.)

Callipyris drosera, Meyr. Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xiv. p. 195 (1891).

Head and thorax bright fulyous with a metallic silvery gloss ;

abdomen brownish, fulvous at base; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen yellow. Fore wing with the basal area fulvous

irrorated with silver, the medial area brownish, fulvous towards

costa and with some silvery scales on costal area, the terminal

area yellow largely suffused with fulvous red; antemedial line

slight, whitish, sinuous ; postmedial line whitish, strong and pure

white towards costa, oblique from costa to vein 4, then incurved

and bent outwards above inner margin, a bright yellow patch

beyond it on costal area with some white points on the costa;

subterminal line represented by silvery scales, almost obsolete

towards costa, excurved below costa and at middle; a small

blackish spot on termen above tornus; cilia yellow mixed with

brownish. Hind wing yellow, the inner and terminal areas

CORGATHA. 289

suffused with fulvous red; a diffused brown medial bar on inner

area; postmedial and subterminal diffused red bars on inner area

with some silvery scales on them; cilia yellow tinged with fiery

red; the underside yellow, the terminal area dark brown from

apex to vein 2.

Hab. QurrenstanpD, Brisbane (Turner), 2¢,19. Hap. 18-

20 millim. ;

*5432. Corgatha anthina. (Plate CLVIL. fig. 8.)

Corgatha anthina, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxxiv. p. 351 (1909).

36. Head and thorax grey suffused with red-brown ; pectus and

legs bluish white tinged with brown, the mid and hind tarsi rufous

ringed with white; abdomen white suffused with pink, the base

of dorsum with red-brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

grey suffused with rufous; a subbasal white point on costa;

antemedial line slight, rufous, with white points at costa and

inner margin; a white spot on middle of costa; postmedial line

slight, red-brown slightly defined by white on outer side, minutely

waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the costa beyond it red

with a series of white points on it; a red terminal line; cilia

orange with some red at apex and middle. Hind wing pink, the

medial area whitish ; a faint red antemedial line; a slight sinuous

medial line faintly defined by whitish on outer side and with a

diffused red band beyond it from vein 6 to inner margin; a red

and blackish terminal line; cilia orange. Underside of fore wing

with the disk suffused with pink ; hind wing white, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with pink, a pink discoidal striga and post-

medial line and terminal series of slight dark lunules.

Hab, Qunenstanp, Bunya Mts., Toowumba, type + ¢ in Coll.

Turner. vp. 20 millim.

5433. Corgatha enispodes, n. sp. (Plate CLVII fig. 9.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous, the last slightly

irrorated with black; a white bar between bases of antenne;

some silvery scales behind the tegule ; pectus and ventral surface

of abdomen white, the legs tinged with rufous. Fore wing whitish

suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated with black, the costa

with alternating pale and black streaks; a minute black discoidal

point ; traces of a brownish subterminal line from below costa to

discal fold and a black point in submedian fold; a small white

spot at apex with a black point on it and a series of white strie

just before termen; a fine dark terminal line; cilia deep rufous

at base with fine dark line at middle and pale tips. Hind wing

pale rufous sparsely irrorated with black and silvery scales; a

black discoidal point; a sinuous rufous postmedial line with some

black scales on it; a subterminal series of slight black points; a

series of minute whitish lunules just before termen defined on

VoL, X. U

290 NOCTUID .

inner side by red-brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia rufous

at base, with fine dark line at middle and yellow tips; the under-

side yellowish white irrorated with red-brown, the termen suffused

with red-brown, a dark discoidal spot and diffused curved brown

postmedial line.

Hab. Gord Coast, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 2 2 type. Huxp.

16 millim.

5434. Corgatha omopis. (Plate CLVII. fig. 10.)

Sophta omopis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 31 (Apr.).

Corgatha dipyra, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 113 (Aug. 1902).

@. Head and thorax rufous with a metallic silvery gloss, the

palpi and frons redder ; abdomen deep red-brown, rufous at base;

pectus and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white, the legs

tinged with brown. Fore wing rufous slightly irrorated with

blackish and silvery scales, the costal area more strongly irrorated

with silver; small double subbasal and antemedial black spots on

costa; a small black discoidal lunule; postmedial line black,

punctiform, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; some

black marks on costa towards apex ; subterminal line represented

by slight diffused black irroration, excurved at middle; a terminal

series of blackish spots except at middle; cilia deep fiery red, the

tips white with some red and with some black at apex and middle.

Hind wing rufous slightly irrorated with blackish and silvery

scales ; the terminal half browner; a slight blackish discoidal spot,

diffused black postmedial line angled outwards at middle and

indistinet diffused biackish subterminal line; cilia deep fiery red,

the tips white with some red, the underside white slightly irrorated

with fuscous, the terminal area fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot

and curved fuscous postmedial line.

Hab, QurEnstanDd, Brisbane (Twrner),2 9 ; N.S. Waxes, type f

2 in Coll. Meyrick. Hap. 22 millim.

5435. Corgatha producta. (Plate CLVII. fig. 11.)

Corgatha producta, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 405 (1902).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; antenne with a

white bar between their bases; pectus and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish. Fore wing pale purplish rufous mixed with

some whitish; an inwardly oblique antemedial series of black

points on costa, veins and inner margin; an oblique dark shade

from discocellulars to inner margin; postmedial line black, oblique

from costa to vein 7, then reduced to points on the veins, incurved

below vein 4 and bent outwards at vein 1; a faint whitish sub-

terminal line slightly defined on inner side by fuscous, oblique

towards costa, excurved at middle and incurved below vein 3; the

apex whiter; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

CORGATHA. 991

fuscous brown with a fine white line at base. Hind wing pale

purplish rufous slightly mixed with whitish; a diffused oblique

dark medial line; a faint dark postmedial line with series of

white points on its outer edge, excurved at middle and inner

margin ; subterminal line represented by a few black scales ; cilia

red-brown with fine white lines at base and tips; the underside

white tinged with purplish and sparsely irrorated with black; a

black discoidal striga and diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Natat, Durban (Leiyh), 1 $ type. Exp. 18 millim.

5436. Corgatha nitens.

Celeopsyche nitens, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. iii. p. 68, pl. 57. f. 10 (1879).

Corgatha fasciola, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 512.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; vertex of head and

shaft of antenne towards base pure white more or less tinged with

purplish pink; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

ochreous. Fore wing pale rufous more or less tinged with

purplish pink; an antemedial black point on costa with traces

of an inwardly oblique line from it to inner margin; a black

discoidal point; an oblique blackish shade from discal fold beyond

the cell to middle of inner margin; postmedial line slight, black,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish points

with slight black streaks before them beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line slight, whitish, defined on inner side by black

suffusion, strong between veins 7 and 3, angled outwards at

veins 4, 3 and incurved towards costa and inner margin; terminal

area irrorated with black ; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing yellowish rufous

more or less tinged with purplish pink; a diffused oblique fuscous

medial line; postmedial line slight, dark, angled outwards at

vein 3; a slight brown terminal line; the underside ochreous

white irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point and traces of

a postmedial line.

Hab. Javan, Sakata (Leech), 1 ¢ type fasciola, Tokio (Fenton),

1 g, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 1 3,1 9 type; C. Cura, Shanghai

(Pryer), 1 3, Kiukiang (Pryer),1 $9. Hp. 22 millim.

*5437. Corgatha excisa. (Plate CLVII. fig. 12.)

Corgatha excisa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 348 (1894).

3. Head and tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen grey irrorated

with black; fore legs rufous in front. Fore wing grey tinged with

rufous and irrorated with black, the veins of terminal half with

pale streaks ; antemedial line pale slightly defined on each side

by brown, angled outwards below costa, then oblique; a round

blackish discoidal spot ; postmedial line pale slightly defined on

each side by brown, excurved below costa, then oblique ; sub-

292 NOCTUID &.

terminal line pale defined on inner side by brown, slightly waved

below costa and at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a series

of blackish and grey points just before termen; a fine brown

terminal line. Hind wing greyish suffused with rufous and

irrorated with blackish, the veins of terminal half with pale

streaks; a black discoidal bar; postmedial line pale defined on

inner side by brown, oblique ; subterminal line pale defined on inner

side by brown, slightly excurved at middle; a series of blackish

and grey points just before termen; a fine brown terminal line and

pale line at base of cilia; the underside grey tinged with red and

irrorated with black, a black discoidal bar, brown postmedial line

slightly excurved below costa, and subterminal series of black points.

Hab. Manieur, Mdo, 6000' (Doherty), type + ¢ in Coll.

Rothschild. wp. 22 millim.

5438. Corgatha macariodes, n. sp. (Plate CLVIL. fig. 13.)

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white; antenne

browner; legs tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white,

the basal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, the

medial area with a few black scales on inner half; a slight

subbasal red-brown shade on inner area; antemedial line double,

red-brown, angled outwards below costa, then oblique; reniform

faintly defined by brown; postmedial line double, red-brown, the

inner line darker, very oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly

oblique and slightly sinuous ; subterminal line whitish faintly

defined on each side by red-brown, excurved at middle and bent

outwards to tornus, a brown patch beyond it from below apex to

vein 4 with slight black marks on the outer edge of the line; a

series of black points just before termen; cilia tipped with brown

from apex to vein 4 and with some black at apex. Hind wing

ochreous white irrorated with a few large black scales, especially

on basal area, and slightly with rufous; a black discoidal point ;

postmedial line double, red-brown, the inner line darker, straight,

oblique; traces of a whitish subterminal line faintly defined on

each side by rufous, incurved at discal and submedian folds,

excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a series of black

points just before termen; cilia tinged with rufous at tips from

apex to vein 4; the underside slightly irrorated with brown, a

sinuous brown postmedial line and series of black points before

termen.

Hab. Gown Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 S$ type. Exp.

26 millim.

5439. Corgatha atrifalcis. (Plate CLVILI. fig. 14.)

Corgatha atrifalcis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 649 (1907).

Head and tegule rufous ; thorax and abdomen ochreous white

tinged with rufous, the latter sometimes dorsally suffused with

fuscous except at base which is irrorated with a few black scales.

CORGATHA. 993

Fore wing ochreous white tinged with rufous and irrorated with

a few black scales; a black point in middle of cell and three

discoidal points; a double oblique brown line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, the inner line

darker, arising just above vein 6, very slightly excurved to vein 4,

then oblique; subterminal line formed by obscure double dark

striz, almost obsolete towards costa and incurved below vein 4,

the area beyond it tinged with brown; a series of dark points

before termen, the subapical point white and black; cilia reddish

brown, black at apex. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with

rufous and irrorated with a few black scales; postmedial line

double, obsolete on costal area, the inner line strong, black;

subterminal line brown, double, minutely waved; a series of

black points before termen which is tinged with reddish brown;

a fine brown terminal line; the underside whitish irrorated with

a few black scales, the terminal half tinged with rufous, the

postmedial and subterminal lines indistinct.

Ab. 1. Fore and hind wings with the inner postmedial line less

distinct and not black.

Hab, Cuyton, Pundaloya (Green), 2 6, Wattegama (Mackwood),

1 2 type. Hp. 26-30 millim.

5440. Corgatha diplochorda. (Plate CLVII. fig. 15.)

Corgatha diplochorda, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 649

(1907).

@. Head and tegule rufous; thorax ochreous white; pectus,

legs, and abdomen ochreous tinged with brown, the last dorsally

irrorated with a few black scales. Fore wing ochreous tinged

with rufous and irrorated with a few black scales; a black point

in middle of cell and two obliquely placed on discocellulars; a

double oblique brown line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line double, very faint from costa to vein 4,

oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique with a very

slight outward curve to vein 4; the terminal area more strongly

suffused with rufous; a faint double subterminal line, oblique

below vein 4; a series of black points before termen; cilia deep

rufous with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing ochreous tinged

with rufous, more strongly on terminal area, and slightly irrorated

with black; a black discoidal point; a double oblique postmedial

line, the inner line blackish; an indistinct, double, very minutely

waved brown subterminal line; a series of black strie before

termen ; a fine rufous terminal line; cilia rufous with a pale line

at base; the underside ochreous white tinged with rufous and

irrorated with black.

Hab. Assam, Khisis, 2 2 type. Hep. 24 millim.

5441. Corgatha ozolica, n. sp. (Plate CLVII. fig. 16.)

3. Head and tegule pale rufous ; thorax and abdomen ochreous

294 NOCTUIDZ.

white; legs tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white tinged

with rufous and irrorated with a few dark scales; a faint double

antemedial line filled in with whitish, inwardly oblique and slightly

sinuous; a slight whitish discoidal bar faintly defined by brown,

constricted at middle and with three black points on it; postmedial

line faint, double filled in with whitish, oblique from costa to

vein 7 and incurved below vein 4; a subterminal series of faint

fuscous points excurved at middle; a series of black points just

before termen ; cilia rufous at base, blackish at tips. Hind wing

white tinged with rufous from lower angle of cell to termen

between discal and submedian folds; a series of black points just

before termen; cilia tinged with rufous and mixed with black at

tips; the underside white faintly tinged with rufous.

Hab. Gown Coast, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 1 ¢ type. Exp.

20 millim.

5442. Corgatha drepanodes, n. sp. (Plate CLVII. fig. 17.)

3g. Head and tegule greyish rufous; thorax and abdomen grey,

the latter slightly irrorated with black. Fore wing grey sparsely

irrorated with large black scales; a black point in middle of cell

with the double dark waved antemedial line just beyond it, bent

inwards to costa; reniform with blackish annulus aud black points

in upper and lower parts; postmedial line indistinctly double

filled in with white, oblique from costa to vein 6, oblique and

slightly sinuous below vein 4, some white points with black streaks

between them beyond it on costa; a crenulate whitish subterminal

line with small blackish spots on its inner side; the terminal area

browner; a series of black points just before termen ; a fine brown

terminal line; cilia dark brown. Hind wing grey tinged with

brown and sparsely irrorated with black ; a black point at lower

angle of cell; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by

white, bisinuate; a minutely crenulate whitish subterminal line

with slight dark spots before it; a series of black points before

termen slightly defined by whitish; a fine brown terminal line ;

cilia dark brown with a fine pale line at base; the underside

whitish tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with brown

except on inner area; a black discoidal bar, a slightly sinuous

brown postmedial line, subterminal series of small dark spots, and

series of black points before termen.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 o type. Eup.

28 millim.

5448. Corgatha ruficeps. (Plate CLVII. fig. 18.)

Thermesia rufiecps, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 186 (1864) ;

Swinh, Cat. Het. Mus, Oxon. ii. p. 70, pl. i. f. 17.

Thermesia sparsa, W\k. Journ. Linn, Soe., Zool. vii. p. 187 (1864).

Corgatha castaneiceps, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 519 (1896).

dg. Head and tegule bright rufous; thorax and abdomen pale

CORGATHA. 295

brownish ochreous; fore legs in front and mid tibie tinged with

red, the tarsi dark brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous

and sparsely irrorated with black; a slight dark antemedial line

excurved below costa, then slightly incurved; a black discoidal

annulus; postmedial line slight, dark, excurved from costa to

vein 4, then oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa with

slight dark streaks between them; a subterminal series of faint

pale lunules slightly defined by fuscous; a series of slight black

points just before termen; cilia red-brown. Hind wing with

black point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line slight, dark,

almost straight; a series of minute black points just before

termen ; cilia red-brown; the underside ochreous white suffused

with red.

Hab. Curton, Hambantota (Pole), 1 g type castaneiceps ;

Bornso, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 3. Exp. 20 millim. Type t and

type 2 sparsa in Mus. Oxon.

5444. Corgatha concavata.

Sophta concavata, W1k. xxvi. 1759 (1862).

Nacerasa nana, W1k. xxxv. 1571 (1866).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown and irrorated

with a few black scales. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown

and irrorated with blackish; a subbasal black point in cell;

antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with grey, minutely

waved ; reniform obscurely defined by brown and with dark striga

Fig. 89.—Corgatha concavata, 3. 3.

in centre, rounded, some brown suffusion beyond it on costal area

to near apex ; postmedial line double, brown filled in with grey,

oblique from costa to vein 6, inwardly oblique below vein 4 ;

subterminal line grey with series of slight brown spots before and

beyond it, minutely waved; a series of blackish points before

termen; a fine brown terminal line; cilia red-brown with fine

grey line at base and some black at tips at apex and middle.

Hind wing grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with

blackish ; a blackish discoidal bar; postmedial line double, brown

filled in with whitish, nearly straight, from below costa to inner

margin; traces of a slightly waved subterminal line and of a series

of blackish points before termen ; cilia red-brown, white at tips;

the underside grey-white, slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated

296 NOCTUID E.

with large black-brown scales except on inner area, a slight

discoidal striga.

Hab, QuEENsLAND, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 5, 1 Q type and

typenana, Brisbane (Turner), 2 6,19. Hwp. 22-24 millim.

*5445. Corgatha loxomita. (Plate CLVII. fig. 19.)

Corgatha loxomita, Turner, Tr. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxii. p. 66 (1908).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown tinged with

rufous; tarsi fuscous with slight pale rings. Fore wing pale

grey-brown tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous; a

slightly waved dark antemedial line; black points on yellowish

spots at angles of cell; a very oblique brown line from costa

towards apex to inner margin beyond middle; traces of a minutely

dentate greyish subterminal line with series of blackish spots on

its inner side in the interspaces and a small white spot on it below

apex; a series of black points just before termen. Hind wing

grey-brown tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with fuscous ;

an oblique brown postmedial line; a series of black points just

before termen; the underside grey irrorated with black, a small

black discoidal spot, indistinct diffused postmedial and subterminal

lines, and series of black points before termen.

Hab. Quesnstannd, Kuranda (Dodd), type T Q in Coll. Turner.

Exp. 28 millim,

5446. Corgatha olivata. (Plate CLVII. fig. 20.)

Corgatha olivata, Hmpsn. J. Bomk. Nat. Hist. Soe. xiv, p. 208 (1902).

3. Head and tegule red-brown; thorax and abdomen grey

suffused with purplish brown ; the tarsi slightly ringed with white.

Fore wing dull olive greenish suffused with purplish fuscous, except

on medial area from below costa to inner margin and on terminal

area from apex to vein 4; antemedial line dark, very slightly angled

outwards below costa, then oblique; reniform greyish defined by

brown, constricted at middle and with black points in upper and

lower parts; postmedial line dark slightly defined on inner side by

whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6 and inwardly oblique below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series

of small white spots defined by somewhat diffused fuscous, slightly

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series of black points just

before termen ; cilia blackish with a pale line at base. Hind wing

dull olive-green suffused with purplish fuscous except the medial

area from below costa to inner margin, the terminal area with a

slight reddish tinge; a straight brown antemedial line and brown

postmedial line slightly defined on outer side by whitish ; a sinuous

subterminal series of slight whitish marks faintly defined by brown ;

a series of black points before termen ; cilia with a fine whitish line

at base; the underside grey tinged with reddish, a black discoidal

“I

CORGATHA. 29

striga, straight brown postmedial line defined on outer side by

whitish, and series of black points before termen.

Hab. Stumm, 1800! (Dudgeon), 1 3 type. Hxp. 26 millim.

Sucr. II. Fore wing with the termen slightly angled at vein 4; tibize of male

fringed on both sides with very long hair.

A. Fore wing with slight red antemedial line incurved at vein 1

and oblique medial line ..........-+.-sseeesseeees esses ees eeeren ees arod.

B. Fore wing without antemedial line and with strong very _

oblique fuscous medial line ...........-seseeseeeeeeeeeeee ee reenter eens dinava,

*5447, Corgatha aroa.

Oruza aroa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 215 (1906).

3. Head deep rufous; thorax and abdomen dull flesh-red, the

ventral surface whitish ; pectus in front and fore legs bright rufous.

Fore wing dull flesh-red with slight dark irroration, the costal edge

glossy purplish red; antemedial line slight, purplish red, incurved

Fig. 90.—Corgatha aroa, S. }.

at vein 1, a dark point before it in cell; an oblique purplish red

medial line; postmedial line slight, purplish red, minutely dentate,

excurved at middle; a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing

dull flesh-red ; an oblique purplish red antemedial line, traces of a

curved postmedial line and a slight terminal line; the underside

whitish tinged with purplish red.

Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Aroa R. (Meek), type + S in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. wp. 28 millim.

*5448. Corgatha dinava. (Plate CLVII. fig. 21.)

Oruza dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 215 (1906).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen flesh-red, the ventral surface

whitish ; palpi, frons, pectus and fore legs bright rufous. Fore

wing flesh-red, irrorated with purple-red, the costal edge dark except

towards base with some silvery scales below it: an antemedial

black point in cell; a very oblique diffused purplish fuscous tine

from costa at two-thirds to inner margin before middle; a slight

purplish red postmedial line, erect and minutely waved from costa

to vein 3, then incurved, dentate and angled outwards at vein 1 ;

a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing flesh-red irrorated with

purplish red, the inner margin white; an oblique diffused ante-

298 NOCTUIDZ.

medial purplish-red line, a slight minutely dentate postmedial line

excurved at median nervules and a fine dark terminal line; the

underside whitish tinged with red, a slight discoidal lunule.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type Tt ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. vp. 32 millim.

Secr. III. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.

A. (Palara). Fore legs of male with the coxe, femora, and

tibize thickly tufted with hair, the mid and hind tibie

fringed with long hair.

a. Both wings with the terminal area blackish ............... atrimargo.

b. Wings with the terminal area not blackish.

al, Both wings with series of small white spots jnst

[REO IEINEN “Goons udgsooodanouses cooHouHSodonosdaoNsO0NO albicinctalis.

61, Wings without series of white spots before termen.

a*, Fore wing with the costa yellow suffused with

CEDMISON vor aciavten mecine sete seme dae eelocacinsentecemeuoee seas ... ¢costipicta.

2, Fore wing with the costa not yellow.

a, Both wings with the cilia yellow .................. argyrota.

43. Wings with the cilia not yellow.

a‘. Fore wing with the costa pure white.

a’. Fore wing with the white costa interrupted

bysstrongyblackbarsnne-caeeretreecceasee ence niveicosta.

65, Fore wing with slight red strie on the

WiILSCOSEAI a ccescscec cdeconce ek cmeceleise eee antioe implexata.

b*, Fore wing with the costa not white.

a. Fore wing with white points on costa...... leucosticta.

65, Fore wing with yellowish points on

costa,

a’. Fore wing with small yellow spot on

inner margin beyond postmedial line.. flavipuncta.

b§, Fore wing without yellow spot on inner

margin beyond postmedial line ......... trichogyia.

5449. Corgatha atrimargo, n. sp. (Plate CLVII. fig. 22.)

@. Head and tegule red-brown with some silvery scales ; thorax

and abdomen yellowish suffused with fiery red; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing yellowish

suffused with fiery red, the costal and terminal areas red-brown

mixed with black and irrorated with silver, the latter broad towards

apex and narrowing towards tornus, defined on inner side by a

curved black line; a slight black discoidal point; an indistinct

blackish subterminal line, slightly angled inwards below vein 7,

excurved at middle to near termen, then obsolete; a fine waved

black terminal line; cilia fuscous brown with a fine whitish line at

base. Hind wing yellowish suffused with fiery red and irrorated

with a few black scales ; faint traces of a postmedial line excurved

at median nervules; a terminal red-brown band irrorated with

black and silver, its inner edge incurved at discal fold; cilia

fuscous brown with a fine whitish line at base; the underside

whitish suffused with ochreous, the terminal area fuscous brown.

Hab. Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer),1 2 type. wp. 14 millim.

CORGATHA. 299

5450. Corgatha albicinctalis. (Plate CLVII. fig. 23.)

Zitna albicinctalis, W\k, xxxiv. 1277 (1865) ; Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon.

ii. p. 70, pl. ii. £. 13,

©. Head and tegule rufous, the vertex of head and shaft of

antenng towards base whitish; thorax and abdomen olive-brown ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore

wing olive-brown, the costa pale rufous tinged with crimson

especially towards apex and irrorated with some silvery scales ;

the base pale rufous: a small elongate white spot below middle of

costa, and yellowish discoidal lunule ; a faint dark postmedial line,

strongly bent outwards below costa and defined by white above,

then oblique and rather punctiform ; a minutely waved blackish

subterminal line with some silvery scales before it and series of

white spots beyond it with rufous between them ; cilia rufous with

a fine black line at base. Hind wing olive-brown, the base pale; a

subterminal series of slight black strie with some silvery scales

before it and series of white spots beyond it with rufous between

them ; cilia rufous with a fine black line at base; the underside

whitish suffused with olive-brown, the costa and termen white.

Hab. Bornro, Sarawak (Wallace), type tf Q in Mus. Oxon.,

Sandakan (Pryer), 1 9. Exp. 16 millim.

5451. Corgatha costipicta. (Plate CLVII. fig. 24.)

Corgatha costipicta, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 300; id. Moths

Ind. ty. p. 519.

@. Head yellow tinged with bright rufous, the vertex of head

and shaft of antenne towards base white; thorax and abdomen

purplish brown with a greyish tinge; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing purplish brown

wlth a greyish tinge, the costa yellow suffused with crimson; small

ante- and postmedial white spots with traces of slightly waved dark

lines from them to inner margin; a small elongate white mark on

costa at apex; a series of slight black strie just before termen;

cilia tinged with crimson and with a fine whitish line at base.

Hind wing purplish brown with a greyish tinge ; traces of a slightly

waved postmedial line; a series of slight black strie just before

termen ; cilia tinged with crimson and with a fine whitish line at

base; the underside paler with dark discoidal lunule and curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Srxuim (Dudgeon), 1 Q type. Hap. 16 millim.

5452. Corgatha argyrota, n. sp. (Plate CLVII. fig. 25.)

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with rufous, the

palpi and frons redder, the shaft of antennz towards base and a bar

between their bases white, the abdomen irorated with a few black

scales ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, Fore

wing whitish suffused with pale rufous and slightly irrorated with

black and silvery scales, the costa white towards base ; subbasal and

300 NOCTUID®.

antemedial black points on costa and a slight inwardly oblique

dark antemedial line; a slight dark discoidal point; a rather

punctiform dark postmedial line slightly defined on outer side by

whitish and with black point at costa, excurved to vein 4, then

slightly incurved, the costa beyond it yellowish with slight blackish

streaks ; a faint minutely waved whitish subterminal line with dark

diffused marks beyond it in the interspaces; a terminal series of

black points ; cilia orange-yellow. Hind wing pale rufous slightly

irrorated with dark and silvery scales; a faint discoidal striga; a

slight sinuous dark postmedial line faintly defined on outer side by

whitish ; traces of a pale minutely waved subterminal line with

faint dark marks on its outer edge ; a terminal series of black points;

cilia orange-yellow ; the underside brownish white, the terminal

area suffused with red-brown.

Hab. Sanerr (Doherty), 1 2 type. Hep. 20 millim.

5453. Corgatha niveicosta, n. sp. (Plate CLVII. fig. 26.)

do. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous; vertex of head

and shaft of antenne towards base pure white; palpi blackish at

tips; the fore coxe with tufts of blackish hair, the tarsi brown

ringed with white, the ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore

wing bright rufous with slight dark irroration; the costa pure

white crossed by subbasal, ante- and postmedial black bars and a

short streak towards apex with white point on it; a slight dark

discoidal point ; a slight dark postmedial line, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved and again excurved towards inner margin; a fine

waved dark terminal line with black points in the interspaces and

white points beyond them at base of cilia. Hind wing pale rufous ;

a dark discoidal point, indistinct curved postmedial line and fine

waved terminal line with slight white points beyond it at base of

cilia; the underside whitish suffused with brown, a diffused curved

brown postmedial line.

Hab. Bornuo, Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 3 type. Exp. 24 millim,

5454. Corgatha implexata.

Palara implexata, Wik. xxiv. 1090 (1862); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon.

ii. p. 69, pl. i. f. 26.

Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous, the vertex of head and

shaft of antenne towards base pure white, the palpi, frons, and fore

legs redder; pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish. Fore wing bright rufous slightly irrorated with

silvery scales, the costa pure white; traces of an inwardly oblique

dark antemedial line ; a black discoidal point; a rather punctiform

dark postmedial line with slight white points on its outer edge,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved

towards inner margin; some short red streaks on costa towards

apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing bright rufous

with slight silvery irroration; a black discoidal point; a rather

CORGATHA. * 301

punctiform dark postmedial line with slight white points on its

outer edge, excurved at median nervules ; a terminal series of black

Fig. 91.—Corgatha implexata, 3. ?

T°

points; the underside whitish tinged with rufous, a black discoidal

point and diffused curved rufous postmedial line.

Hab. Sincarore (Ridley), 8 3,1 2 : Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace),

2 36, Kuching (Shelford), 2 $,1 ¢, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 ¢.

Exp. 22-24 millim. Type f $ in Mus. Oxon.

5455. Corgatha leucosticta, n. sp. (Plate CLVII. fig. 27.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous; pectus, mid and

hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing

bright rufous slightly irrorated with black and silvery scales; the

costa dark brown irrorated with silver; subbasal and antemedial

white points on costa; a black discoidal point ; postmedial line

white and bent outwards below costa, then reduced to a series of

slight white points, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white and angled in-

wards below costa, then faint, pale, sinuous; the costa white at

apex; a slight waved dark terminal line with black points in the

interspaces and slight white points beyond them at base of cilia.

Hind wing bright rufous slightly irrorated with black and silvery

seales ; a dark discoidal point ; a postmedial series of slight white

points bent inwards at discal and submedian folds ; faint traces of

a minutely waved pale subterminal line; a fne waved dark terminal

line and slight white line at base of cilia; the underside whitish

suffused with rufous, a slight discoidal point and indistinct post-

medial line.

Hab, Sincavore (Ridley), 2 $ type. Hp. 18 millim.

5456. Corgatha flavipuncta, n. sp. (Plate CLVII. fig. 28.)

3. Head and fore legs deep red; thorax and abdomen rufous;

pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish.

Fore wing deep rufous slightly irrorated with black and silvery

scales ; an antemedial black point on costa; a round black discoidal

spot; a punctiform black postmedial line with more prominent

point at costa, yellowish points beyond them and a small yellow

spot at inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa; a

ool” NOCTUID®.

terminal series of black points. Hind wing deep rufous slightly

irrorated with black and silvery scales; a black discoidal point; a

slight curved dark postmedial line with minute yellowish points

on its outer edge; a terminal series of black points; the underside

grey tinged with rufous, a faint discoidal point and curved post-

medial line.

Hab. SincavorE (fidley), 3 $ type. Hxp. 22 millim.

5457. Corgatha trichogyia. (Plate CLVII. fig. 29.)

Corgatha trichogyia, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 649 (1907).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish rufous; antenne

blackish, the shaft white above towards base; mid and hind legs

and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing

purplish rufous slightly irrorated with dark and silvery scales ;

small subbasal and antemedial black spots on costa and antemedial

points on median nervure and vein 1; a large round black dis-

coidal spot and small spot above it on costa; some yellowish white

points with slight dark marks between them on costa towards apex ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing purplish rufous

slightly irrorated with silvery scales ; a small dark discoidal spot;

postmedial series of slight white points and terminal series of black

points; the underside pale ochreous with a faint purplish tinge, a

slight discvidal point.

Hab. Cuyton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 3 type. Hp. 18 millim.

B. (Corgatha). Fore legs of male without tufts of hair, the

mid and hind tibizw moderately fringed with hair.

a. Fore wing with white spots on costa.

a, Fore wing with the costal spots rounded.

a*, Fore wing with four white spots on costa.

a. Fore wing with the costa blackish ............... minor,

63, Kore wing with the costa not blackish ......... pusilla.

v?, Fore wing with three white spots on costa, the

subterminal spot absent .............:0.0.sesseeseceee costinotalis.

c2, Fore wing with two white spots on costa, the

subbasal spot absent.

a3 Hoxreswineybrichtmcutousseseeeesnseseeaeee eee eee minuta.

03, Kore wing purplish grey, the costa irrorated

WithisilVeryiSCAlOsssseeessesteesnecetaesast ceca aete dichionistis.

61, Fore wing with the costal spots oblique wedge-

lef} 01ers [pean es nodon neue aonedacand anblisindsdducondaboalddacdods argillacea.

6. Fore wing without white spots on costa.

a‘, Kore wing with the ground-colour not pale yellow.

a, Both wings with the cilia yellow.

a3, Fore wing with the costa yellow.

a+, Fore wing deep crimson, without pale post-

medial line? .5.5. scsuteoseceaee eee ie se ee: porphyrea.

64, Fore wing puplish red, with pale postmedial

IKONS) ERAS Enno RES eo rnin Hugna odot auadeeenaaerac flavicosta.

b3, Fore wing with the costa red ......-.....s.se0e00s daphena.

&?, Wings with the cilia not yellow.

a3, Both wings with the subterminal line highly

dentate except towards apex.

CORGATHA. 303

at. Fore wing with the costa white ............... jiguralis,

}!, Fore wing with the costa not, white.

a, Fore wing with pale streaks on the veins. dictaria.

b®, Fore wing without pale streaks on the

TENDS soconsocoononoc spans ono0ec0ncpc0gscHRG0Gen0 zonalis.

3. Wings with the subterminal line not highly

dentate.

a4, Fore wing rufous to purplish brown.

a, Head with the vertex white.

a®, Fore wing with the ante- and post-

medial lines pale ............ssese-eeeeeeeee diploata.

66, Fore wing with the ante- and post-

medial lines dark ............ssecsseeeeee albivertex.

65, Head with white bar between antenne.

a®, Fore wing with the postmedial line

excurved: from below costa to vein 4,

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68. Fore wing with the postmedial line

oblique trom below costa to inner

HAAN FBINY Gosodaqsqocoodadded 16050-o64b0000000000 rubra,

ce, Head without white on vertex.

a®, Fore wing with antemedial, medial, and

postmedial lines.

ai. Fore wing with blackish patch on

termen below apex; hind wing with

blackish patch at tornus; the

underside not yellow .................. castanea.

v7, Wings without blackish patches ; the

underside yellow.

a8, Wings tinged with fiery red ...... hypoxantha,

68. Wings not tinged with fiery red... d¢erracotta.

6, Fore wing without antemedial, medial,

and postmedial lines and with oblique

pale subterminal line ......... ..-....... hebescens.

04, Fore wing grey and fuscous.

a>, Both wings irrorated with silvery scales . argentisparsa.

65, Both wings with silvery points on the

subterminal line ...............0s2ceeceseeeeee gemmifera.

¢5, Wings without silvery scales or points... melanistis.

6'. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale yellow ... straminea.

5458. Corgatha minor.

Capnodes minor, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 212, pl. 174, f. 11 (1885) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 347.

Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous, the vertex of head and

shaft of antennz towards base pure white, the ventral surface of

abdomen whitish. Fore wing bright rufous with slight dark ir-

roration ; the costa black-brown with rounded white subbasal, ante-

and postmedial patches, two white points and a small oblique mark

towards apex ; antemedial dark points on median nervure and vein 1 ;

a dark discoidal point; a postmedial series of points oblique to

vein 4, then incurved ; faint traces of a sinuous subterminal line ;

a slight waved dark terminal line with points in the interspaces.

Hind wing bright rufous with slight dark irroration ; a dark dis-

coidal point; traces of a curved postmedial line and sinuous

subterminal line ; a terminal series of minute black points; the

304 NOCTUID &.

underside paler irrorated with rufous, the terminal area suffused

with rufous, a dark discoidal point.

Hab. Cryton, 1 3 type; Bornzo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 9.

Exp. 20 millim.

5459. Corgatha pusilla. (Plate CLVII. fig. 30.)

Corgatha pusilla, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xi. p. 505 (1903).

®. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous, the vertex of head

with some white scales ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing bright rufous ; rather conical pure white sub-

basal, antemedial, and postmedial patches on costa and a rather

wedge-shaped patch at apex, the minutely waved indistinct some-

what oblique dark antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal lines

arising from them; a terminal series of minute white striz with

dark strie before them. Hind wing bright rufous with traces of

minutely waved dark postmedial and subterminal lines ; the under-

side whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown.

Hab. Stam, Muek-Lek (Frithstorfer),1 Q type. Hp. 16 millim.

5460. Corgatha costinotalis. (Plate CLVII. fig. 31.)

Hypena costinotalis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 83; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 347.

Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous ; vertex of head white ;

antennze blackish ringed with white towards base; pectus and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; fore tarsi ringed with white.

Fore wing bright rufous with slight dark irroration; rounded

white subbasal and antemedial spots on costa and a more triangular

postmedial spot, with some black scales on their edges; a slight

inwardly oblique sinuous antemedial line; a minute discoidal

point ; a minutely waved postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then

incurved ; faint traces of a sinuous subterminal line; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing bright rufous with slight dark

irroration; an indistinct minutely waved dark postmedial line with

black points on the veins; faint traces of a subterminal line; a

terminal series of black points; the underside whitish tinged with

rufous and irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule, sinuous

brown postmedial line, and terminal series of black points.

Hab. Sixutm, 4 g,3 92 type. xp. 28 millim.

*5461. Corgatha minuta. (Plate CLVII. fig. 32.)

Capnodes nuinuta, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 284 (1906).

¢. Bright rufous; vertex of head pure white; antenne with

the shaft ringed with white towards base; hind legs and ventral

surface of abdomen white. Fore wing irrorated and minutely

striated with fuscous; ante- and postmedial large white patches on

CORGATHA. B05

costa defined by blackish; a blackish point in middle of cell and

two on discocellulars ; traces of a curved minutely waved postmedial

line; traces of a pale waved subterminal line with slight fuscous

marks in the interspaces; a terminal series of black points with

white points beyond them at base of cilia. Hind wing slightly irro-

rated with fuscous; a fuscous discoidal point ; a postmedial series

of minute white points on the veins with some dark scales

near them; faint traces of subterminal series of white and

fuscous points ; a terminal series of black points with white points

beyond them at base of cilia; the underside paler with blackish

discoidal spot and terminal series of points.

Hab. Br. New Gutnes, Ekeikei, Aroa R. (Pratt), type tf 3

in Coll. Bethune-Baker; Qurrenstanp, Kuranda (Dodd). Eup.

20 millim.

5462. Corgatha dichionistis. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 1.)

Corgatha dichionistis, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. 1902, p. 113.

3. Grey-brown irrorated with silvery scales ; pectus and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish with slight dark dorsal crests. Fore-

wing with the basal and medial areas slightly suffused with brown,

the costal area with black to beyond middle; large antemedial and

postmedial white spots on costa; indistinct waved antemedial,

medial, and postmedial dark lines, the last incurved below vein 2 ;

a black discoidal bar; a terminal series of black spots; cilia rufous.

Hind wing with slight dark irroration ; a black discoidal point with

indistinct line from it to inner margin; an indistinct slightly

sinuous postmedial line; a terminal series of small black: spots ;

the cilia rufous. Underside whitish towards base; both wings

with black discoidal spots.

Hab. QusEnstanp, Townsville (Dodd), 1 3, Brisbane, type f ¢

in Coll. Turner. ap. 20 millim.

5463. Corgatha argillacea. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 1.)

Egnasia argillacea, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 450 (1879).

Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous; shaft of antennee

towards base and a bar between their bases white; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing bright rufous ;

an oblique subbasal dark bar from costa defined on outer side by

white and with blackish streak beyond it; a curved dark antemedial

line with white bar before it from costa; a dark discoidal point ;

postmedial line dark, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly

oblique and slightly sinuous, a white patch beyond it on costa,

followed by some white points with black streaks before them and

oblique white striga before apex; terminal area with slight dark

irroration; a series of white striae on termen with black points

before them; cilia tinged with crimson. Hind wing bright rufous ;.

a dark discoidal point and straight postmedial line; the terminal

VoL. X. x

306 NOCTUID.Z.

area with slight dark irroration ; a terminal series of white strie

with black points before them; cilia tinged with crimson; the

underside paler without the terminal black points, the cilia dark

brown.

Hab. Japan, Sakata (Leech), 1 3, 1 Q, Tsuruga (Leech), 1 S,

Nagahama (Leech), 3 ¢, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 ¢ type; Cora,

Gensan (Leech), 1 6,1 9. Hap. 20-24 millim.

5464. Corgatha porphyrea, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 2

¢. Head and tegule greyish brown; thorax and abdomen deep

crimson; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish

faintly tinged with rufous. Fore wing deep crimson slightly

irrorated with silvery scales, the costa yellowish white to near

apex ; a rather deeper crimson discoidal spot ; cilia yellowish white

tinged with crimson. Hind wing deep crimson slightly irrorated

with silvery scales; the cilia yellowish white tinged with crimson,

the cilia of mner margin pure white; the underside white tinged

with rufous,

Hab. S. Niemr1a, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 1 g type. Hep. 18millim.

5465. Corgatha flavicosta, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 3.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep red, the vertex of head and

antennee towards base white; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing deep red, the

costal area yellowish white slightly irrorated with red, narrowing to

a point at apex; antemedial line yellowish white, straight, some-

what inwardly oblique ; a whitish discoidal spot with a dark striga

on it; postmedial line red-brown defined on outer side by whitish,

very slightly curved ; a deep fiery red terminal line ; cilia chequered

yellow and fiery red. Hind wing deep red; an indistinct darker

discoidal bar and very slightly curved postmedial line faintly

defined by yellowish white on outer side; a deep fiery red terminal

line; cilia yellow mixed with fiery red; the underside ochreous

white, the terminal area suffused with brown, a slight discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Soromon Is., Alu (Woodford), 1 2 type. Hup. 18

millim.

5466. Corgatha daphena, n.sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 4.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish faintly tinged with

rufous, the head, tegule, and abdomen except at base suffused with

fiery red; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the

fore and mid tibie and tarsi tinged with rufous in front. Fore

wing whitish suffused in parts with purplish rufous and irrorated

with silver, the costal edge fiery red, the base and area below costa

whiter: an indistinct obliquely curved red-brown antemedial line;

a discoidal point and faint oblique minutely waved line from

CORGATHA. 307

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line red-brown,

minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and

again slightly bent outwards at vein 1; terminal area suffused with

purplish rufous except at apex; a terminal series of dark brown

strie; cilia fiery red, whitish at tips. Hind wing violaceous

whitish irrorated with silvery scales; rather diffused red-brown

antemedial, medial, and postmedial lines ; terminal area red-brown ;

cilia fiery red, whitish at tips; the underside whitish with faint

rufous discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. QueENstanD, Brisbane (Lurner), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 18

millim.

5467. Corgatha figuralis. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 5.)

Scopula figuralis, W\k. xxxiv. 1475 (1865).

Madopa leucocrossa, Lucas, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. xiii. p. 77 (1898).

Head and thorax pale rufous; vertex of head, shaft of antennz

towards base, and tegule whitish ; abdomen rufous irrorated with

black and with whitish segmental lines ; pectus, femora, hind legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing deep rufous

irrorated with black, the costal area white; antemedial line white,

inwardly oblique below submedian fold; a blackish discoidal spot

with white bar on its outer side; postmedial line white, inwardly

oblique and almost straight; an irregularly dentate white sub-

terminal line, more strongly angled outwards on veins 4, 3,1; a

terminal series of black points ; cilia with fine white line at base.

Hind wing deep rufous irrorated with black ; a black discoidal

spot; postmedial line white, excurved below costa, then straight ;

subterminal line white, dentate except towards apex and with

slight white streaks beyond it on the veins; a terminal series of

black points; cilia with a fine white line at base; the underside

white tinged with rufous, the terminal area suffused with rufous, a

black discoidal lunule and curved brownish postmedial line.

Hab. QurEnsuand, Brisbane (Zurner), 1 3,2 2 ; Moreton Bay

(Diggles), 1 3 type; W. Ausrratia (Diggles),1 9. Hap. 20-22

millim.

5468. Corgatha dictaria. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 6.)

Acidalia dictaria, Wk. xxiii. 759 (1861).

Oruza liberata, Wik. xxiv. 1089 (1861).

Acanthotipes metalligera, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 190.

Corgatha tana, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 69, pl. ii. f. 9

(1900).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous ; vertex of head whitish ;

pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing rufous

mixed with ochreous white and irrorated with fuscous and silvery

scales ; a subbasal black point on costa ; antemedial line white with

black points before and beyond it on costa; angled outwards below

costa, then inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous; a black discoidal

308 NOCTUID.

point defined by white on outer side; postmedial line white with

black points on costa, bent outwards below costa, then inwardly

oblique, straight ; subterminal line white, slightly excurved below

vein 7 and angled outwards at veins 4, 3, 2,1; a terminal series of

black points ; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind wing deep

rufous mixed with ochreous white and irrorated with fuscous and

silvery scales; a blackish discoidal spot; postmedial line white,

slightly excurved ; subterminal line white, dentate except towards

apex and with slight whitish streaks beyond it on the veins; a

terminal series of blackish points; cilia with a fine white line at

base; the underside white tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal

spot and faint brownish postmedial line.

Hab. Japan, Nara (Lewis), 1 2, Tokio (Maries), 1 5,1 Q type,

Yokohama (Pryer), 1 9 ; Centr. Cura, Shanghai (de la Garde),

3 3g type and type lherata, Chungking, 1 ¢. Hxp. 18-20 millim.

Type tf ¢ tana in Museum Oxon.

5469. Corgatha zonalis.

Corgatha zonalis, Wik. xvi. 216 (1858); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 128,

pl. 167. f. 16; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 347.

Ausinza equa, Wk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 192 (1864) ; Swinh. Cat.

Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 70, pl. ii. f. 18.

Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous; antenne ringed with

white towards base; pectus, legs, ventral surface of abdomen, and

anal tuft ochreous white. Fore wing bright rufous slightly

irrorated with dark and silvery scales ; a small black subbasal mark

on costa; antemedial line whitish with black marks before and

Fig. 92.—Corgatha zonalis, 3. 3

beyond it on costa, angled outwards below costa, then inwardly

oblique ; a blackish discoidal point with black point above it on

costa; postmedial line whitish slightly defined on each side iy

brown, arising just below costa, inwardly oblique, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, rather strongly

dentate, the veins beyond it with slight whitish streaks; a series of

black strize just before termen ; cilia with fine white line at base

and whitish tips. Hind wing bright rufous slightly irrorated with

dark and silvery scales ; a slight blackish discoidal spot; postmedial

line whitish slightly defined on each side by brown, almost straight;

an indistinct irregularly dentate whitish subterminal line with

CORGATHA. 309

slight whitish streaks beyond it on the veins; a series of slight

black striz just before termen; cilia with fine white line at base

and whitish tips; the underside white tinged with rufous especially

towards termen.

Hab. Buutkn (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Buneat, Calcutta, 1 9 ; Ceyton

(Mackwood, Green), 3 3 type; Stam, Biserat, 1 2 ; Srncapore

(Ridley), 1 Q ; Bornno, Sarawak (Wallace), 3 Q. Huxp. 14-22

millim. Type t 2 in Mus. Oxon.

5470. Corgatha diploata, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 7.)

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish brown tinged with grey,

the vertex of head whitish; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing purplish brown tinged with grey; a subbasal

dark point on costa; antemedial line double filled in with whitish,

excurved below costa, then sinuous; a smaJ] dark discoidal spot ;

postmedial line dark defined on outer side by whitish, oblique from

costa to vein 7, incurved below vein 4 and again excurved at

vein 1,some whitish points beyond it on costa: subterminal line

whitish, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds and outwards

at veins 4,3; a terminal series of slight dark points; cilia with a

fine white line at base and whitish tips. Hind wing purplish

brown tinged with grey; a dark discoidal point; medial line defined

on outer side by whitish and excurved at middle ; traces of a pale

waved subterminal line; cilia with fine white line at base and

whitish tips ; the underside whitish tinged with purplish brown, a

slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Java (Tengstrom), 1 2 type. Hwxp. 18 millim.

5471. Corgatha albivertex. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 8.)

Corgatha albivertez, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 649 (1907).

do. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous, the vertex of head pure

white ; palpi, antennz, and fore legs in front blackish ; hind legs

and yentral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing rufous

irrorated with black, the costal edge blackish towards base;

traces of a sinuous blackish antemedial line; a black discoidal

point ; postmedial line punctiform, black, excurved from below costa

to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line blackish, dentate,

excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

rufous with slight blackish irroration; a blackish discoidal point

with two blackish points between it and inner margin ; a punctiform

blackish postmedial line, excurved at median nervules; a rather

diffused minutely dentate blackish subterminal line; a terminal

series of black points; the underside whitish faintly tinged with

rufous, a slight dark discoidal spot.

2. Both wings with the lines more distinct.

Hab. Cryton, Puttalam (Pole). 2 ¢, Matale (Pole), 1 2 tyne.

Exp. 22 millim.

3510 NOCTUIDA.

5472. Corgatha argenticosta, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 9.)

@. Head and tegule red-brown ; antenne with the shaft ringed

with white towards base and with a white bar between their bases ;

thorax and abdomen pale rufous; pectus, hind legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing rufous sparsely irrorated

with black, the costa black suffused with silver to near apex;

traces of a sinuous dark antemedial line; a black discoidal point ;

postmedial line blackish with slight black points on the veins and

faintly defined on outer side by whitish, oblique from costa to vein

6 and excurved below vein 4; a faint pale subterminal line slightly

defined on outer side by fuscous, dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing rufous irrorated with blackish ;

a black discoidal point, punctiform postmedial line, faint pale sub-

terminal line and terminal series of black points; the underside

white tinged with brown, a black discoidal point and curved

brownish postmedial line.

Hab. Buuriy, 2,500' (Dudgeon), 1 9 type. Hap. 22 millim.

5473. Corgatha rubra.

Mestleta rubra, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. viii. p. 92, pl. 147. f. 16 (1893) ;

id. Moths Ind. u. p. 347.

@, Head dark brown; antenne with the shaft ringed with

white towards base and white bar between their bases; thorax

and abdomen rufous; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing rufous with slight dark irroration, the costa

dark brown; a black discoidal point; postmedial line brown

defined on outer side by whitish, oblique from costa to vein 7,

then inwardly oblique, straight: a shght white mark on costa

at apex; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing rufous

with slight dark irroration; a black discoidal point; postmedial

line brown defined on outer side by whitish, straight; a terminal

series of black points; the underside white tinged and irrorated

with brown, a black discoidal point and diffused brown postmedial

line.

Hab. Manvras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 9 type; Cryton, Pundaloya

(Green), 19. Kap. 20-24 millim.

5474. Corgatha castanea. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 10.)

Corgatha castanea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 519 (1896).

Corgatha bipunctata, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 213 (1906).

Capnodes griseiplaga, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 202 (1908).

@. Head blackish with some rufous on vertex; thorax and

abdomen rufous slightly irrorated with black, the latter with

dorsal black segmental lines except towards base; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with rufous, the

tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing rufous, the basal area

and costal area to postmedial line sparsely irrorated with black ;

the costal edge black on basal half; slight antemedial white points

on costa and vein 1; a slight black discoidal point; postmedial

CORGATHA. 311

line with white point at costa, then black, bent outwards below

costa, then reduced to points on the veins with white points beyond

them, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and again continuous below

submedian fold; a diffused subterminal blackish patch between

veins 7 and 5, sometimes connected with the terminal points; a

series of black points just before termen; cilia with black patch

below apex. Hind wing rufous, the basal and inner areas sparsely

irrorated with black; some black-irrorated marks at middle of inner

area; a postmedial series of slight black points with white points

beyond them ; a patch of black-irrorated marks on tornal area; a

series of black points just before termen; cilia with some black at

tips towards tornus ; the underside pale rufous.

Hab. Cryton, Nawalapitiya (Mackwood), 1 2 type, Pattalam

(Pole), 1 9; Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), types bipunctata and

grisetplaga in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Hap. 26 millim.

5475. Corgatha hypoxantha. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 11.)

Corgatha hypoxantha, Hmpsn. P. Z.8. 1910, p. 411.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow strongly suffused with

rufous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen yellow. Fore

wing yellow strongly suffused with rufous and irrorated with red-

brown, the costa and terminal area tinged with grey-brown;

antemedial line brown, waved; a blackish point in middle of

cell; medial line brown, slightly sinuous; postmedial line brown,

excuryed below costa, at middle and to inner margin, with white

points on its outer edge at veins 7, 6, 4,3, 1; subterminal line

brown, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and slightly waved ;

a series of black points just before termen; a fine terminal red

line; cilia with a red line at middle. Hind wing yellow suffused

with rufous and irrorated with red-brown ; an indistinct oblique

brown antemedial line; postmedial line indistinct, brown, excurved

at middle and with slight black and white points on its outer edge at

veins 4, 3,2; an indistinct waved brown subterminal line; a series

of minute black points just before termen; a fine red terminal line ;

cilia pencilled with red. Underside of both wings yellow, the apex

of fore wing irrorated with rufous.

Hab. N.E. Ruopxsia, E. Luangwa Distr., Petauke (Weave), 1 d

type, Kulungwisi (Weave), 1 ¢. Hap. 26 millim.

*5476. Corgatha terracotta.

Corgatha argillacea, de Joan. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1906, p. 178, pl. 9. f. 5

(nec Butl. 1879).

Corgatha terracotta, de Joan. ined.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown; pectus and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing pale red-brown

with slight dark irroration; antemedial and medial lines indis-

tinct, dark, waved; a black point in middle of cell; postmedial

312 NOCTUID 2.

line indistinct, dark, oblique from costa to vein 7, then waved,

incurved below vein 4 and excurved above inner margin, with

minute black and white points on it at veins 6, 4,3, 1; subterminal

line indistinct, dark, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series

of black points just before termen. Hind wing pale red-brown

with slight dark irroration; traces of a curved antemedial line and

dark medial line; postmedial and subterminal hnes indistinct, dark,

minutely waved ; a series of black points just before termen ; cilia

with a rufous line through them. Underside of both wings yellow

with the termen tinged with rufous.

Hab. Mavrirtus, Curepipe, type t ¢ in Coll. Joannis. Hap. 24

millim.

5477. Corgatha hebescens. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 12.)

Anthophila hebescens, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 366 (1879).

@. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey, the patagia

with some pale rufous hair; abdomen grey mixed with brown.

Fore wing pale rufous mixed with grey and slightly irrorated with

brown, the basal half suffused with yellowish except towards costa ;

an indistinct oblique ditfused yellowish subterminal line. Hind

wing reddish brown mixed with grey, the cilia pinkish white, the

anager white slightly irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Javay, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ® type. Hap. 22 millim.

5478. Corgatha argentisparsa. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 13.)

Pisara argentisparsa, Hmpsn, Trans. Ent, Soe. 1895, p. 297; id. Moths

Ind. iy. p. 505.

¢. Head fuscous mixed with some olive and white; tegule and

prothorax white faintly tinged with brown, the rest of thorax

and abdomen greyish fuscous; pectus, fore and mid legs at base,

hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing

whitish almost entirely suffused with greyish fuscous and irrorated

with black and silvery scales, tinged in parts with olive-brown ;

traces of a minutely waved dark antemedial line ; a very indistinet

dark discoidal spot and traces of an oblique line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line white, minutely waved and

oblique from costa to vein 4, then incurved and punctiform, angled

outwards at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; an

indistinct, minutely waved whitish subterminal line; a terminal

series of slight dark lunules with minute white points before them.

Hind wing fuscous grey tinged with olive-brown and irrorated with

black and silvery scales; a faint diffused antemedial dark shade ;

a sinuous postmedial series of white points; faint traces of a pale

subterminal line; a fine dark terminal line; the underside blue-

grey slightly tinged with brown, a dark discoidal spot and diffused

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Ponsan, Simla (Harford, Pileher), 2 3 type. Hap. 24

millim.

CORGATHA. 313

*5479. Corgatha gemmifera. (Plate CLVIIL. fig. 14.)

Micreschus gemmifer, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 353 (1894).

3. Head, thorax,andabdomen grey suffused with reddish brown;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen paler. Fore wing grey

tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with blackish, the costa

blackish with some silvery suffusion; traces of a double sinuous

antemedial line ; a diffused blackish discoidal spot ; postmedial line

unusually near termen, indistinct, double, minutely waved, curved,

a black spot near it in discal fold confluent with the prominent

black subterminal line with series of silvery points on it, slightly

excuryed at middle; a fine black terminal line; cilia chequered

fuscous and grey. Hind wing grey tinged with rufous and thickly

irrorated with blackish; a waved blackish medial line ; postmedial

line waved, angled inwards in discal fold, then excurved; a pro-

minent black subterminal line with series of silvery points on it;

a fine black terminal line; cilia grey tinged with fuscous except

at base; the underside grey-white, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous, diffused fuscous medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Burma, E. Pegu, 4000' (Doherty), type f d in Coll. Roth-

schild. vp. 16 millim.

5480. Corgatha melanistis, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 15.)

9. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous, the vertex of

head whiter; palpi blackish at tips; tarsi fuscous ringed with

whitish; abdomen whitish tinged with rufous, dorsally suffused

with fuscous except at base. Fore wing whitish tinged with

rufous, the costal area suffused with black and irrorated with

leaden-grey scales to postmedial line; a black point below base of

cell and subbasal black striga from costa; antemedial iine blackish,

waved, somewhat inwardly oblique; a black discoidal spot and

traces of a minutely waved oblique black line from lower angle of

cell to inner margin ; postmedial line rather diffused, blackish with

some leaden-grey scales on it, slightly excurved beyond lower angle

of cell, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa with

slight black streaks between them; subterminal line blackishirrorated

with leaden-grey scales and with black-brown suffusion before it,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and incurved at discal fold

and below vein 3; -a fine black terminal line; cilia blackish with

a whitish line at base. Hind wing ochreous suffused with deep

red-brown except at base and on terminal area towards apex; a

diffused black antemedial line, discoidal striga, diffused sinuous

postmedial line and minutely waved subterminal line irrorated with

leaden-grey scales; a fine black terminal line ; cilia red-brown and

blackish with whitish line at base; the underside ochreous white

suffused with brown except at base and on costal area to middle, a

shght discoidal striga and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Ue. Burma, N. Shan States (Bingham),1 @ type. Hap.

16 millim.

ol4 NOCTUID A.

5481. Corgatha straminea.

Pseudephyra straminea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 422, pl. x. f. 10.

Head and thorax yellowish white, the palpi, antenne, and legs

yellower ; abdomen yellowish white at base, then black-brown, the

anal tuft and ventral surface yellowish white. Fore wing pale

yellow; the basal area suffused with black-brown and irrorated

with silver, its outer edge curved; a black point in middle of cell

and small discoidal lunule with some silvery scales on them; post-

medial area black-brown, its inner edge incurved at discal fold,

excurved beyond lower angle, then incurved, its outer edge excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved, a silvery postmedial

line excurved at middle, then incurved; the termen yellowish

irrorated with black-brown. Hind wing pale yellow, the base

suffused with black-brown ; a black discoidal point; the terminal

area broadly black-brown with the curved silvery postmedial line

on it and the termen irrorated with silver ; cilia yellow mixed with

black-brown ; the underside yellowish white, the terminal area

black-brown, a black discoidal point.

Hab. Qunrnstanp, Peak Downs, 1¢,19type. Hap. 20 millim.

Genus COBUBATHA.

Type.

Cobubatha NViliixx vie loi @SG3)meacceertce ce esseere reat metaspilaris.

Tripudia, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 7O\(1877)...-..0c-se<.cneen en. oes quadrifera.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 8rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes

large, round; antenne of male somewhat laminate and minutely ciliated ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the

mesothorax with slight paired crests, the metathorax with depressed crest ;

tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with crests on basal segments, the

crest on 2nd segment typically large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

termen slightly excurved at middle and oblique towards tornus, not crenulate:

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from

angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle

of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from above angle; 6,7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the medial area chocolate-red ............... hippotes.

B. Fore wing with the medial area not chocolate-red.

a. Fore wing with black-brown patch on inner medial area.

a, Fore wing with the patch on inner medial area rounded

above.

a>, Fore wing with the patch on inner medial area broad,

its outer edge not excised towards inner margin . idicra.

6°, Fore wing with the patch on inner medial area

narrower, its outer edge excised towards inner

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+1, Fore wing with the patch on inner medial area trian-

(AMI o50¢0000500056 so0encosonasGongoGnSSoHeOtOAssOaCeRSBdedOOGeD metaspilaris.

cl, Fore wing with the patch on inner medial area trun-

cate conical.

a*. Fore wing with black-brown patches on termen at

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b>, Fore wing with a series of black points on termen . punectifinis.

c?. Fore wing with fine black terminal line.

a®, Kore wing with the subterminal line incurved at

discal fold and angled outwards at middle...... ochrocraspis,

63, Fore wing with the subterminal line not incurved

at discal fold or angled outwards at middle ... quadrifera.

6, Fore wing without black-brown patch on inner medial

area.

a'. Hind wing orange.

a*, Head, thorax, and base of fore wing pale ............ limbata.

6?, Head, thorax, and base of fore wing black-brown... orcidia.

#1, Hind wing not orange.

a’. Fore wing with the base black-brown.

a*. Fore wing with the oblique antemedial band

OranpeayellOwa ret cses dacdsnstesceusoeaoe sce hacen se. Jlavofasciata.

b°. Fore wing with the oblique antemedial band

ochreous tinged with rufous ..................000++- luda.

ce’. Fore wing without antemedial band ............... goyanensis.

62, Fore wing with the base grey followed by an oblique

ochreous antemedial band.

a°*, Fore wing without black-brown patch before

middlexofsubterminalelimempessceereaceeeeeesesce = balteata.

6%, Fore wing with black-brown patch before middle

Olgsubterminaluline pepeeeeerestecereece ee eeerececes gilda.

c*, Fore wing with the basal area pale.

a®, Fore wing with the postmedial and subterminal

lines not defined by silvery grey ...............++. bipars.

6°. Fore wing with the postmedial and subterminal

lines defined by silvery grey .........-.0...........- semipallida.

d*. Kore wing with the basal area concolorous.

a®. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with grey.

a‘. Fore wing without strong black subterminal

shade.

a. Fore wing with some cupreous red at apex... uxwriosa.

b°. Fore wing without cupreous red at apex...... subterminata.

64, Fore wing with strong black subterminal

SHAG Capereneaa er ccecenttaie sceee aatonse cee e om cuiatyaaeirs umbrifera.

6°. Fore wing black-brown suffused with purplish

BLCY A pascet poate Maniatis ataiseae as eilsalsmosicnGesnis aeons catada,

5482. Cobubatha hippotes.

Thalpochares hippotes, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 315, pl. 29. f. 17

(1889),

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown ; palpi whitish at

tips ; lower part of frons whitish ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen white tinged with brown, the fore tibie and the tarsi

blackish ringed with white. Fore wing purplish grey, the terminal

area tinged with rufous, the medial area deep chocolate-red edged

with fine black lines defined by whitish, narrowing towards costa,

its inner edge slightly incurved, its outer edge oblique to below vein 2

where it is angled; a small black discoidal spot defined by whitish ;

some white points on postmedial part of costa; traces of a pale

curved subterminal line; a very fine black terminal line defined

slightly on inner side by whitish ; cilia whitish at tips. Hind wing

cupreous brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish

316 NOCLUID A.

irrorated with brown, traces of a discoidal point and curved post-

medial line.

Hab. Mextco, Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 1 9 type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. Hep. 20 millim.

5483. Cobubatha idicra.

Thulpochares idicra, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 314, pl. 29. f. 15

(1889).

Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grey, the head with

white mixed, the tegule with fine white medial line; pectus and

legs whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibia and tarsi black-

brown ringed with white; abdomen dark brown, the crests black,

the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing greyish suffused with

rufous, a large conical black-brown patch on inner medial area

extending into the cell, defined by white; a subbasal white point

on costa; antemedial line white slightly defined on each side by

brown, oblique to subcostal nervure, then obliquely incurved; a

black discoidal point with an oblique waved striga above it from

costa defined on inner side by red-brown and on outer by grey ;

postmedial area suffused with red-brown from costa to vein 3 with

some pale points on costa, defined on outer side by the grey sub-

terminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and obsolete

below vein 2; a fine black terminal line defined on inner side by

grey. Hind wing dark cupreous red-brown ; cilia whitish at tips ;

the underside grey irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and

postmedial line excurved below costa.

Hab. Muxico, Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 1 9 ; Guaremata, S. Gero-

nimo (Champion), 1 g type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hap. 20-24

millim.

5484. Cobubatha hirasa.

Thalpochares hirasa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 314, pl. 29. f. 16

(1889).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with red-brown; palpi

with some white; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

white tinged with brown, the fore tibie and the tarsi blackish

ringed with white, the abdominal crests black. Fore wing pale

rufous with slight dark irroration ; a black mark on inner medial

area expanding on outer side above and forming a club-shaped

mark, defined by white; the antemedial part of costa with alter-

nating black and white points; a black striga from costa to inner

edge of the medial black patch; a small wedge-shaped medial black

mark from costa with sinuous outer edge and black striga from it

to outer edge of the club-shaped patch; a black discoidal point ;

postmedial line represented by a blackish striga from costa and a

faint sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin, some

slight pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line slight, dark,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of slight

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black strie. Hind wing greyish suffused with red-brown, the cilia

whiter ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a small discoidal

spot and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Muxico, Presidio (Forrer), 1 3, 1 2 type, Yucatan (Gaumer),

1 2, Godman-Salvin Coll. wp. 20 millim.

5485. Cobubatha metaspilaris. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 16.) .

Cobubatha metaspilaris, Wik. xxvii. 126 (1863).

Agrophila signiferana, W1k. xxxiti. 775 (1860).

Head and thorax grey mixed with black-brown ; fore tibiz and

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey irrorated with

brown, the crests blackish. Fore wing whitish suffused with

rufous; a large conical black-brown patch on inner medial area,

extending into the cell, defined by whitish and its edges rather

irregular; a faint pale subbasal spot on costa with some blackish

beyond it; antemedial line slight, black defined on inner side by

whitish, from costa to the medial patch, angled outwards below

costa; some blackish on costa before the slight black medial line

bent inwards to the apex of the medial patch, some whitish beyond

it ; reniform faintly defined by whitish, small, figure-of-eight-shaped ;

postmedial line very indistinct, double, bent outwards below costa,

slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and oblique

to inner margin, the costa beyond it black with slight pale points ;

subterminal line whitish slightly defined on inner side by black,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards in sub-

median fold; a black lunule on termen at discal fold and line from

vein 4 to 1, slightly defined on inner side by whitish; cilia black

with some whitish at apex and middle. Hind wing whitish suffused

with cupreous brown, the cilia paler; the underside whitish irro-

rated with brown, a slight discoidal point, traces of postmedial and

subterminal lines and a fine terminal line.

Hab. Hartt (Tweedie), 1 g, 1 Q type and type signiferana.

Exp. 16-18 millim.

5486. Cobubatha numa.

Hustrotia numa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 312, pl. 29. f. 6

(1889).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with whitish; pectus and

legs whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibiee and the tarsi blackish

ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with brown, the crest

on 2nd segment darker, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing

whitish, suffused with rufous, and with a silvery gloss; a subbasal

silvery spot on costa; a truncate conical blackish brown patch on

inner medial area, extending into the cell and bounded by black

lines defined by whitish suffusion, a slight black line from costa to

its inner edge, angled outwards below costa; an obliquely incurved

black line on the dark patch from cell to inner margin; a pale

silvery patch from costa to beyond the cell with a dark patch before

318 NOCTUID %.

it, the costal edge beyond it black with white points on it; a very

indistinct double subterminal line excurved below costa and at

middle; terminal area ochreous white; a black terminal line

expanding into a triangular spot at discal fold; cilia black, whitish

at apex, middle and tornus. Hind wing whitish suffused with dark

brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia whitish tinged with brown ;

the underside whitish irrorated and suffused with brown.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith), 1 3 type, Tabasco

(H. H. Smith), 1 2, Presidio (Forrer), 1 g, Godman-Salvin Coll.;

CotomsrA, Sta. Marta (Bouchard), 1 $. Exp. 16-18 millim.

5487. Cobubatha punctifinis, n. sp. (Plate CLVIIL. fig. 17.)

3g. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black-brown; tarsi

black-brown ringed with whitish; abdomen grey-brown, the crests

blackish. Fore wing whitish tinged with brown and irrorated with

blackish, the inner half of medial area black-brown; a subbasal

black point on costa and curved mark below the cell; a small

antemedial triangular black mark on costa ; antemedial line whitish,

bounding the black area on inner side, oblique from costa to sub-

costal nervure, then inwardly oblique ; medial line whitish, defining

the outer edge of black area, slightly angled inwards in cell, then

obliquely and slightly sinuous ; a black discoidal point ; postmedial

line hardly traceable except from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; subterminal line with dark patch at costa, then slight,

incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing whitish suffused with dark brown, the underside whitish

irrorated with brown.

Hab. Bawamas, Andros (Bonhote), 1 3 type. Hp. 16 millim.

5488. Cobubatha ochrocraspis, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 18.)

Eustrotia numa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 312 (part.).

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown slightly mixed

with grey; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white

tinged with brown, the fore tibiz and the tarsi black ringed with

white, the crest on 4th segment of abdomen black. Fore wing

rufous, the medial area paler with a silvery gloss and a truncate

conical red-brown patch edged by black lines on it from inner

margin to vein 2; a subbasal dark striga from costa on a pale

spot; traces of a double sinuous antemedial line; a dark spot in

end of cell; postmedial line indistinct, double, excurved below

costa, then incurved, some whitish striz beyond it from costa;

subterminal line black defined on inner side by deeper rufous

suffusion and on outer by silvery white, excurved below costa,

slightly angled outwards at middle and incurved at submedian fold ;

a black terminal line slightly defined on inner side by yellowish.

Hind wing dark cupreous brown; a fine black terminal line; cilia

whitish tinged with brown; the underside with the costal half pale

COBUBATHA. 319

rufous, the inner half whitish, a small black discoidal spot, minutely

waved postmedial and subterminal lines with black points at discal

fold, and terminal series of black strie.

Hab. Maxtco, Jalapa (Lrujillo), 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin Coll.

Evp. 16 millim.

5489. Cobubatha quadrifera.

Brastria quadrifera, Zell. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxiv. p. 425, pl. 12.

f. 2 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 315.

Eustrotia catiena, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 313, pl. 29. f. 9 (1889).

Head, tegula, and patagia purplish grey mixed with brown, the

tegule with pale medial line, the dorsum of thorax black-brown ;

pectus and legs white tinged with brown, the tarsus fuscous ringed

with white; abdomen grey, the crest on 4th segment black, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and in

parts suffused with red-brown, a rather oblique quadrate chocolate-

brown patch on inner medial area; a minute brown spot below the

cell before the faint red-brown antemedial line which is angled

inwards in cell and outwards in submedian fold; then oblique; a

small oblique U-shaped black mark in upper extremity of cell;

Fig. 98.—Cobubatha quadrifera, 3. 2

2°

postmedial line indistinct, double, oblique from costa to vein 6,

then inwardly oblique and very minutely waved, some red-brown

suffusion beyond it on costal area with white strie from costa ;

subterminal line blackish, with slight black streak before it below

costa, excurved below vein 7, very indistinct below vein 4 and

angled inwards on vein 1; a fine terminal black line slightly

defined on inner side by white; cilia brown finely striated with

grey. Hind wing reddish brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the

underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal bar, indistinct

sinuous postmedial and subterminal lines, and fine black terminal

line.

Hab. U.S.A., Missouri, Texas (Meske), 2 9, Dallas (Boll), 1 @

type, Kerrville, | g ; Mexico, Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith), 2 35,1 92,

Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 1 3, 1 @ type catiena, Tabasco (H. H.

Smith), 22, Morelos (H. H, Smith), 19 , Jalapa (Trujillo, Schaus),

1 g,2 Q, Presidio (Forrer), 1 ¢, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Panama,

La Chorera (Dolby-Tyler’, 1 3, 1 9; ConomBta, Sta. Marta

(Bouchard), 1 §; Jamaica, Constant Springs (Walsingham), 1 3,

320 NOCTUID ®.

1 9, Runaway Bay (Walsingham), 1 5,2 2, Moneague ( Wals-

ingham), 1 $8, 193; Gruenapa (H. H. Smith), 1 S$, 59; Br.

Guiana (Rodway),2 6,3 2. Hwp. 12-20 millim.

5490. Cobubatha limbata.

Oribates limbatus, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p. 22 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct. N.

Am. p. 315.

Agrophila anea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 491, pl. 94. f. 24

(1898).

3, Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish ochreous irrorated with

fuscous; palpi whitish and black; frons with lateral black spots ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the tibie and

tarsi banded with black; abdominal crests tipped with black. Fore

wing ochreous suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated with

black, the outer half of medial area suffused with blackish, the

postmedial area tinged with fuscous ; subbasal line indistinct, double,

waved, from costa to submedian fold, some dark suffusion beyond it

on costa; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, inwardly oblique

below the cell; a waved black medial line, inwardly oblique from

subcostal nervure to inner margin; a slight pale curved discoidal

striga defined on inner side by black and with black point beyond

it ; postmedial line double, excurved from below costa to vein 4,

then incurved and waved, some pale points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line dark and with dark suffusion before it on costal

area, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of

black strise; cilia reddish mixed with fuscous and with whitish

patch below apex. Hind wing orange tinged with red, the costal

area suffused with fuscous towards apex ; a terminal series of black

striz ; the underside with the costal area whitish irrorated with

rufous, a blackish patch at apex, traces of waved medial and post-

medial lines from costa to discal fold.

Ab. 1. ancea. Fore wing with the terminal half darker.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas; Mexico, Mazatlan, 2 ¢,1 2, Vera Cruz

(H. H. Smith), 1 2 type anea, Yucatan (Gaumer), 1 3; Guaremara,

S. Geronimo (Champion), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hwp. 15-

18 millim.

5491. Cobubatha orcidia.

Agrophila orcidia. Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 491, pl. 94. f. 26

(1898).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous mixed with some grey ; palpi

white at base, the 2nd and 3rd joints white at tips; pectus and legs

whitish, the tibie and tarsi banded with black. Fore wing cupreous

red, the terminal half rather browner; a black mark at base of costa

with a minute subbasal black striga beyond it ; antemedial line

black defined on inner side by silvery grey, oblique, interrupted ;

reniform a slight blackish spot defined by grey, round; a fine black

medial line, oblique below the cell; postmedial line double, black

COBUBATHA. Bll

filled in with some silvery grey, oblique from costa to discal fold, then

obliquely incurved; subterminal line silvery grey strongly defined on

inner side by black except towards tornus and with some white points

before it on costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled

inwards in discal fold ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia black finely

pencilled with grey. Hind wing reddish orange; a black discoidal

point, the costal area suffused with black towards apex ; cilia black

at base, white at tips, the underside with the costal area whitish,

irrorated and suffused with black on terminal half, a small black

discoidal spot and diffused waved postmedial and subterminal lines

except on inner area,

Hab. Mexico, Tabasco (H. H. Smith), 2 9 type, Guerrero (H. H.

Smith), 1 3, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hp. 10-14 millim.

5492. Cobubatha flavofasciata. (Plate CLVIIL. fig. 19.)

Tripudia flavofasciata, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 70 (1877) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am: p. 314.

Oribates versutus, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p. 116 (1881),

2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous mixedwith grey; palpi with

the 2nd and 3rd joints tipped with white; fore tibie and the tarsi

black ringed with white. Fore wing with the base black with

irregular outer edge and subbasal patch of silvery scales on costa;

antemedial area orange-yellow extending at costa to beyond the

antemedial line which is black defined on inner side by silver, angled

outwards below costa, then oblique, sinuous; terminal half dark

reddish brown ; reniform a silvery lunule ; postmedial line indistinct,

black defined on outer side by silver, excurved from costa to vein 5,

then obliquely incurved and touching lower edge of reniform, a

small orange spot beyond it on costa; subterminal line silvery,

excurved below costa and at middle and angled inwards in discal

fold; the apex tinged with cupreous red; a fine black terminal

line; cilia greyish. Hind wing dark brown; the underside irrorated

with whitish, a dark discoidal spot defined by whitish and black

terminal line with small white marks before it at discal and sub-

median folds.

Hab. U.S.A., Alabama, 1 9 type, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico.

Exp. 16 millim.

5493. Cobubatha luda.

Agrophila luda, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 491, pl. 94. f. 25 -

(1898).

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with some

grey ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated

with brown, the fore tibie and the tarsi blackish ringed with white,

the abdomen with white segmental lines, the basal crests ochreous

white, the crest on 4th segment black. Fore wing with the basal

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area black-brown irrorated with grey, the antemedial area brownish

ochreous, the rest of wing rufous suffused in parts with black ; two

slight antemedial black strize from costa; a curved black medial

line slightly angled inwards in cell; an elliptical silvery purple

discoidal spot with dark centre and defined by blackish on inner

side; postmedial line double filled in with silvery purple, excurved

from below costa to discal fold, then incurved and interrupted at

submedian fold, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line silvery purple defined on each side by black suffusion, angled

inwards and interrupted at diseal and submedian folds ; a fine black

terminal line; cilia blackish finely pencilled with grey. Hind wing

dark cupreous brown with a fine pale line at base of cilia. Under-

side of fore wing brown, the inner area white, ante- and postmedial

ochreous white annuli on costa, the latter with a point beyond it and

small spot towards apex; hind wing with the basal area irrorated

with ochreous white, a large discoidal ochreous white annulus and

subterminal series of small spots.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 9 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Argentina, Goya (Perrens), 1 2. Hap. 14-16 millim.

5494. Cobubatha goyanensis, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 20.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown tinged with grey ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with

brown, the tibiz and tarsi banded with brown. Fore wing yellowish

suffused with rufous, the base black-brown tinged with grey, the

costa with alternating black-brown and whitish streaks ; postmedial

line brown with rufous suffusion before it, obliquely downcurved

from costa to vein 6, then oblique and slightly bent outwards to

inner margin ; subterminal line black, rather diffused on outer side,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards in discal

fold, defined on outer side by silvery scales; a rather punctiform

black terminal line; cilia blackish mixed with grey. Hind wing

fuscous brown with a rufous gloss; the underside whitish tinged

with fuscous, the costal area yellowish tinged with rufous, the

postmedial area with blackish suffusion from costa to vein 4, a

blackish discoidal spot and postmedial line excurved from costa

to vein 4, a black terminal line with some white before it.

Hab. Arcuntina, Goya Corrientes (Perrens), 1 3 type. Hp.

14 millim.

5495. Cobubatha balteata. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 21.)

Tripudia balteata, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxti. p. 489 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 212.

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey thickly irrorated with brown;

tarsi brewn ringed with white; abdomen with the crest on 4th

segment black. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with brown; a

COBUBATHA. OL

broad oblique pale brownish ochreous antemedial band extending to

the medial line and on costa to just beyond it, edged with white ;

medial line pale brown and oblique towards costa, then black,

inwardly oblique and sinuous; the end of cell and submedian

interspace below it tinged with red-brown ; a slight curved black

discoidal striga ; postmedial line black, double toward costa, oblique

to discal fold, inwardly oblique to submedian fold and sinuous to

inner margin; subterminal line grey, defined on inner side by

reddish brown suffusion and short black streaks below costa and at

middle, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at

discal fold and below vein 3, then oblique to tornus; a punctiform

black terminal line except towards tornus; cilia with a fine white

line near tips. Hind wing pale reddish brown; a fine brown

terminal line ; cilia whitish at tips; the underside white irrorated

with brown, a discoidal point, traces of a curved postmedial lne

and terminal series of slight lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts.,1 ¢. Hep. 16 millim.

5496. Cobubatha gilda.

Eustrotia gilda, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 313, pl. 29. f. 11

(1889).

3. Head, thorax,and abdomen grey thickly irrorated with brown;

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen with the crest on 4th

segment black. Fore wing with the basal area grey thickly irro-

rated with brown; an oblique silvery grey band tinged with rufous

from middle of costa to inner margin near base with the slight

oblique rufous antemedial line on it; terminal half of wing red-

brown, its inner edge defined by black from cell to inner margin;

reniform fuscous defined by grey ; postmedial line blackish defined

on outer side by silvery grey, oblique from costa to discal fold,

incurved below vein 5 to lower extremity of reniform, then again

excurved, some slight white points beyond it on costa and a pale

patch beyond the lower angle of cell; subterminal line grey defined

on inner side by black patches below costa and at middle and

strongly angled inwards in discal and submedian folds; a fine black

terminal line defined on inner side by grey and slightly interrupted

at middle ; cilia with a fine white line near tips. Hind wing grey,

the veins and terminal area suffused with brown; a fine brown

terminal line; cilia brown at base, whitish at tips; the underside

irrorated wilh brown except on inner area, a slight discoidal spot

and terminal series of lunules.

Hab. Muxtco, Tabasco, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 1 3 type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. Hap. 14 millim.

5497. Cobubatha bipars, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 22.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown slightly tinged with

greyish; palpi, lower part of frons, pectus, and legs ochreous

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o24 NOCLUID®.

tinged with brown, the fore tibie and the tarsi blackish ringed

with white. Fore wing with the basal area ochreous slightly

tinged with rufous; subbasal line double at costa, waved, from costa

to vein 1, a blackish patch beyond it on costa and slight marks in

and below cell; antemedial line double, minutely waved; the rest

of wing dark red-brown with a greyish gloss; a rather diffused

curved black medial line; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent

outwards below costa, excurved beyond the cell, then incurved, the

costa beyond it with slight pale points with black streaks between

them ; subterminal line slightly defined by blackish on inner side,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal

fold; the terminal area with a golden gloss; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing cupreous brown; a fine black terminel

line; the underside bluish white thickly irrorated with brown, a

blackish discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, traces of subterminal

line and terminal series of black points.

Hab. Areuntina, Tucuman, 1 ¢$ type. Hvp. 16 millim.

5498. Cobubatha semipallida, n. sp. (Plate CLVIIL. fig. 23.)

3. Head and tegule black-brown slightly mixed with ochreous ;

thorax pale olive ochreous; pectus and legs ochreous white, the

tibiz and tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen brown mixed with

greyish, the crest on 4th segment black. Fore wing with the basal

half pale olive ochreous, the terminal half chocolate red-brown, and

with a silvery gloss; subbasal line represented by a dark striga

from costa with a brown patch beyond it on costa; antemedial line

with dark striga from costa, then very faint, inwardly oblique and

slightly sinuous ; medial line defining the inner edge of the chocolate

area, excurved to median nervure, then slightly sinuous ; reniform

silvery grey faintly defined by blackish, elliptical; postmedial line

indistinctly double filled in with silvery grey, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line silvery grey, defined on inner side by

minute black streaks at middle, angled inwards below costa and in

discal fold ; some cupreous red at apex; a terminal series of -black

strie slightly defined on inner side by whitish: cilia with a fine

whitish line near tips. Hind wing cupreous brown, paler towards

base ; cilia whitish at tips ; the underside blue-grey thickly irrorated

with brown, a dark discoidal spot, traces of postmedial line and

terminal series of black strize.

Hab. Dominica, Point Michell, 1 ¢ type. Hwp. 12 millim.

5499. Cobubatha luxuriosa. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 24.)

Tripudia luxuriosa, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 490 (1900) ; Dyar,

Oat. Lep. N. Am. p. 212.

Head and thorax pale reddish brown mixed with whitish; palpi

whitish towards tips; lower part of frons whitish; pectus and legs

COBUBATHA. 3825

whitish tinged with brown; fore tibiz and the tarsi black ringed

with white; abdomen grey suffused with brown. Fore wing with

the basal area grey-brown, the rest of wing red-brown, some silvery

blue suffusion in parts; subbasal line indistinctly double filled in

with yellowish, the outer line black below the cell, dentate, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, filled in with yellow and

silvery blue, the outer line black, slightly waved, excurved in sub-

median interspace; orbicular a small triangular yellow spot conjoined

to the antemedial line and defined by black on outer side; reniform

a silvery blue mark defined by black on inner side; postmedial line

indistinctly double filled in with silvery blue, the inner line black

below the cell, oblique from costa to vein 6, inwardly oblique to

submedian fold where it is angled inwards, then slightly sinuous,

some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line formed of

silvery lunules defined on inner side by black marks towards costa

and at middle; some cupreous red at apex; a fine black terminal

line slightly defined on inner side by white; cilia white with

blackish patches at apex, middle, and tornus. Hind wing cupreous

red-brown, the cilia white at tips; the underside white thickly

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, postmedial line excurved

at middle, traces of diffused subterminal line and fine punctiform

black terminal line with slight white marks before it.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 3 ¢, 1 9; Mexico,

Sonora (Morrison), 1 9. Hap. 16 millim.

5500. Cobubatha subterminata, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 25.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with

whitish ; pectus and legs white tinged with brown, the fore tibie

and the tarsi black ringed with white. J*ore wing ochreous irro-

rated with brown, the terminal half rather browner tinged with

grey ; subbasal line slight, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, minutely waved, excurved in submedian

interspace ; a distinct medial red-brown shade ; the reniform repre-

sented by a small brown spot; postmedial line indistinct, double,

strongly excurved beyond the cell and oblique from vein 4 to inner

margin near tornus, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line represented by three black points towards costa and

three confluent points at middle; a fine black terminal line defined

by white on inner side and slightly interrupted at middle; cilia

whitish at tips. Hind wing greyish brown with a cupreous tinge;

cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a small

discoidal spot and traces of curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Cotomsia, Sta. Marta (Bouchard), 1 2 type. wp. 16 millim.

9501. Cobubatha umbrifera, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 26.)

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey; palpi,

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with

326 NOOCLUID 2.

brown, the fore tibie and the tarsi blackish ringed with white.

Fore wing brownish grey with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line

faint, double filled in with silvery grey, angled inwards in cell and

ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line faint, double filled in with silvery

grey, waved; orbicular a slight whitish mark defined on outer side

by an oblique black striga; reniform a slight black annulus on a

silvery grey patch; postmedial line double, filled in with silvery

grey except beyond the cell, excurved from below costa to discal

fold, then bent inwards to lower angle of cell and minutely waved

to inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line silvery grey strongly defined on inner side by biack suffusion

from costa to vein 2, angled inwards at discal fold and excurved at

middle, terminal area rufous except towards tornus; a terminal

series of small black lunules defined on inner side by a fine waved

white line; cilia white mixed with brown. Hind wing dark

cupreous brown, the cilia white at tips; the underside grey irro-

rated with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and traces of diffused

curved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (/oster), 1 9 type. Hap. 18 millim.

5502. Cobubatha catada.

Eustrotia catada, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 313, pl. 29. f. 13

(1889).

@. Head and thorax dark cupreous brown mixed with silvery

purple; palpi, pectus, and legs white mixed with brown, the fore

tibie and the tarsi black-brown ringed with white; abdomen

fuscous brown mixed with some white and with white segmental

lines, the crests blackish, the ventral surface white irrorated with

brown. Fore wing dark cupreous brown irrorated with silvery

purple ; subbasal line silvery purple, sinuous, from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line diffused, silvery purple, waved;

orbicular a silvery purple mark, its outer edge slightly defined by

black ; reniform represented by a curved black striga with a silvery

purple patch beyond it in the sinus of the postmedial line, which

is black defined on outer side by silvery purple, double towards

costa and with some silvery purple beyond it, bent outwards below

costa, incurved and slightly waved below discal fold, some white

points beyond it on costa and a silvery purple line arising at discal

fold, incurved to vein 2, then excurved to tornus ; subterminal line

silvery purple defined on inner side by slight black marks, angled

inwards at discal fold, then excurved and ending at vein 2; the

terminal area rufous except towards tornus; a fine black terminal

line; cilia finely striated with silvery purple and with some white

at tips. Hind wing uniform dark cupreous brown, the cilia whitish

at tips; the underside whitish irrorated with black-brown, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and

minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Mexico, Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 3 2 type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. Exp. 18 millim.

MELAMBERA. 32

Genus MELAMERA, nov.

Type, M. velutina. 1

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately sealed, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antenne of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the mesothorax wilh slight

paired crests, the metathorax with depressed crest; tibize slightly fringed with

hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on lst four segments, the crest on 2nd

segment large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen slightly ex-

curved at middle and excised towards tornus, hardly crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;

5 almost fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5503. Melamera velutina, n. sp.

Head and thorax bluish grey mixed with black-brown; palpi

black, white at base, at extremity of 2nd joint and at base and

extremity of 3rd joint; vertex of head with black bar; tegule

with broad black-brown band ; fore tibi and the tarsi black-brown

ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown mixed with grey, the

crests black-brown. Fore wing pale rufous with a large rather

quadrate black-brown patch on inner medial area defined by whitish

and extending into the cell where its upper edge is slightly angled

at middle and before the discocellulars ; some black-brown suffusion

at base of inner area; slight subbasal and antemedial white striz

from costa defined on each side by blackish; a medial black striga

Fig. 94.—Melamera velutina, 3. 3.

from costa; a black discoidal point defined below by a minute

Y shaped whitish mark indenting the black area; postmedial line

with slight white mark at costa, then pale slightly defined on outer

side by brown, obliquely excurved and slightly incurved below sub-

median fold, a black-brown patch beyond it on costal area with

some white points on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on

inner side by brown, faintly except towards costa, excurved below

vein 7, excurved and minutely waved at middle, then incurved,

a small subapical black-brown spot beyond it; a fine minutely

waved terminal black line slightly defined on inner side by whitish ;

cilia whitish at apex. Hind wing dark cupreous brown; the

underside greyish suffused with brown, a blackish discoidal spot,

indistinct sinuous postmedial line, and waved black terminal line.

Tab, Coromsta, Sta. Marta (Bouchard), 2 3 type, Minca (H. 4.

Smith), 1 Q. Exp. 22 millim.

328 NOCTUID ZB.

Genus ABACENA. rire

Aaneair, \WIMs, sSs0% 75 WAG CUEBD)) cccecacoosonsssq0nn60s0ee000609d00000 30000 discalis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the 2nd joint extending

about the length of head and fringed with rather long hair above towards

extremity, the 3rd short; trons smooth with tuft of hair above; eyes large,

round; antennz of female ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales

and without crests; tibiz smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore

wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curyed and not crenulate ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cell; 5 almost fully developed from above angle; 6,7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the black-brown area extending to base on

inner; Hall.) 2 Me oe ees ects iat aoc enna eer ak le ae ictsaeerene discalis.

B. Fore wing with the black-brown area not extending to base... aceincta.

5504. Abacena discalis.

Abacena discalis, Wik. xxxiv. 1270 (1865).

Rivula palliceps, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 120. f. 2 (1874).

@. Head, tegule, and prothorax ochreous tinged with rufous,

the rest of thorax very dark red-brown ; abdomen dark red-brown

with a little ochreous white at base; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing with

the costal area ochreous tinged with rufous, the rest of wing to

postmedial line very dark red-brown with slightly sinuous upper

edge; the terminal area ochreous suffused with rufous; antemedial

Fig. 95.—Abacena discalis, 2. 3.

line represented by a dark striga from costa; postmedial line

whitish, sinuous; subterminal line represented by a series of

obscure dark spots, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

incurved below vein 3; an indistinct oblique dark shade from apex ;

a black terminal line. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia

ochreous white; the underside greyish suffused with brown, a dark

discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, Ega (Bates), 1 9 type. Hap. 24 millim.

5505. Abacena accincta.

Thalpochares accineta, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 15 (1874).

Head and tegule pale ochreous brown; thorax fuscous brown

with a leaden gloss; abdomen fuscous brown; pectus, legs, and

ABACENA,—MICROPH HA. 329

ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing

with the basal area and costal area to beyond middle grey with a

silvery blue gloss; the medial area black-brown extending into the

cell, where its upper edge is excised with a small white lunule in it

and its outer extremity produced upwards as a point to subcostal

nervure, edged on inner side by the fine black antemedial line which

is slightly defined on inner side by white and very slightly angled

outwards below costa, then oblique, edged on outer side by the fine

black postmedial line which is slightly defined on outer side by white,

excurved towards costa, incurved at lower angle of cell, then erect,

some slight white points beyond it on costa; terminal area yellowish

brown with fuscous and whitish suffusion before the hardly traceable

subterminal line which is obliquely excurved below costa ; a black

terminal line; cilia blackish. Hind wing uniform fuscous brown ;

the underside leaden grey, the costal area tinged with brown, a fine

black terminal line except towards tornus.

Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R. (Kaye), 1 2; Brazit, Amazons

(Bates), type + $ in Coll. Rothschild. wp. 18 millim.

Genus MICROPHASA, nov.

Type, M. nyctichroa.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and moderately sealed, the 38rd minute; frous smooth ; eyes

large, round ; antennz of male with bristles and cilia; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibie moderately fringed with hair ;

abdomen without crests. Hore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 10 anasto-

mosing with 11. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved beyond the

cell and in submedian interspace .............02c...s0eec2ecees nyctichroa.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly excurved from

CHL iO OUD 4s, Wain TOWEL) coanobcacaqsnpodocqopaGnoq9aDb000e griseata.

5506. Microphea nyctichroa, n. sp.

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark purplish brown ; pectus,

Fig. 96.—Microphea nyctichroa, . 3.

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen with some whitish mixed.

Fore wing purple with slight dark irroration, the postmedial area

330 NOCTUID35.

paler; antemedial line indistinct, dark, slightly excurved below

costa and incurved at vein 1; white points defined by a few black

scales in middle of cell and on discocellulars; postmedial line

blackish, angled outwards at vein 6 and excurved in submedian

interspace ; a terminal series of black strize with whitish points

between them ; cilia fuscous. Hind wing dark brown; traces of a

pale postmediai line on inner area; a slight pale spot on termen in

submedian fold; a fine black terminal line; cilia fuscous with a

fine pale line at base ; the underside brownish white irrorated with

brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a diffused brown

postmedial line.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 2 Q type. Hup.

18 millim.

5507. Microphea griseata, n. sp. (Plate CLV. fig. 32.)

3. Head and tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen greyish mixed

with purplish brown. Fore wing greyish thickly irrorated with

purplish brown ; antemedial line dark, angled inwards on subcostal

nervure and outwards on median nervure and above inner margin ;

a discoidal spot formed of blackish points; postmedial line dark

brown defined on outer side by greyish, oblique to vein 6, excurved

to vein 4, then slightly incurved; a fine red-brown terminal line

slightly defined on inner side by greyish; conjoined small dark

brown spots on cilia at apex and on termen just below apex. Hind

wing greyish suffused and irrorated with purplish brown; a slight

discoidal bar; a slightly curved red-brown postmedial line defined

on outer side by greyish; a red-brown terminal line defined on

inner side by grey; the underside with more prominent discoidal

lunule, the postmedial line excurved at middle.

Hab. Brazit, Espiritu Santo, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 24 millim.

Genus TASEOPTERYX.

Type.

Uaseopterye, Buble dransabinta SoCs SGos ipa OOmeeaeeeeereeeeeere ee sericea.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, extending about tie length of

head, triangularly scaled, the 8rd joint hidden in hair; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antennx of male bipectinate with moderate branches to apex ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the mesothorax with slight paired

crests, the metathorax with depressed crest; tibiz smoothly scaled; abdomen

with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced

and acute, the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked or

from cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well above angle; 6, 7 shortly

stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

5008. Taseopteryx sericea.

Taseopteryx sericea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1883, p. 64, pl. xi. f. 3.

Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with ochreous ; palpi

brownish at sides. Fore wing whitish tinged with ochreous and in

TASHOPTERYX.—TROGOTORNA, 30

parts with rufous, the costal edge brownish ; the basal area with

some brownish suffusion in and just below cell and a slight black

_ streak in submedian fold; an obliquely downcurved ochreous

white fascia slightly defined by black from subcostal nervure before

middle to postmedial line in submedian interspace, followed by a

triangular patch of brown suffusion in, below, and beyond the cell

with the broad diffused yellowish-white reniform on it; the area

Fig. 97.—Taseopteryx sericea, S. fx.

from upper angle of cell to costa towards apex whitish with dark

streaks on the veins and with some rufous suffusion beyond it ;

postmedial line double, black filled in with whitish, obliquely

incurved from vein 6 to submedian fold where it is slightly bent

outwards ; an oblique whitish streak from apex ; the interspaces of

terminal area with slight whitish streaks, their basal parts slightly

defined above and below by fuscous scales; some blackish points on

termen above tornus; cilia chequered brown and whitish. Hind

wing whitish suffused with brown; a fine brown terminal line ;

the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a black point

at upper angle of cell and irregularly sinuous brown postmedial

line.

Hab. Cuitt (Edmonds), 2 3 type, Valparaiso (J. J. Walker),

49°. Kxp. 28 millim.

Genus TROGOTORNA, nov.

Type, T. persecta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of

head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons with truncate conical

prominence with raised edges, its lower part filled in with scales; eyes large,

round; antennz of female minutely ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with

scales, the prothorax with small spreading crest, the metathorax without crest ;

tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only

and lateral tufts of scales from above the stigmata. Fore wing rather long and

narrow, the apex rounded, the termen strongly excised towards tornus; veins

3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastcmosing with the cell near base only.

5509. Trogotorna persecta, n. sp.

Q. Head reddish brown mixed with some whitish; thorax

white mixed with some reddish brown ; tarsi dark brown ringed

332 NOCTUID %.

with white; abdomen brown with faint whitish segmental bands.

Fore wing with the costal area black-brown slightly tinged with

grey and with numerous slight pale strie from the costa, defined

below by a white fascia bent upwards to termen below apex, the

Inner area whitish tinged with pink and irrorated with red-brown,

the inner and terminal areas with slight dark streaks on the veins ;

a slight antemedial line arising from middle of submedian fold,

very oblique to vein 1 and angled outwards above inner margin ;

Fig. 98.—Trogotorna persecta, 2. }.

an indistinct oblique diffused medial dark band from cell to inner

margin ; traces of an oblique sinuous postmedial line from discal

fold to inner margin with slight dark points on the veins; cilia

intersected by whitish streaks on costal half. Hind wing whitish

suffused with red-brown especially on terminal area; a slight dark

discoidal bar; cilia whitish tinged with rufous; the underside

white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal bar and postmedial

line oblique towards costa, incurved and sinuous below vein 3.

Ab. 1. Much more uniform reddish brown with a grey tinge;

fore wing with the costal area paler, the inner area browner and

no white fascia.

Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (foster), 3 Q type. Hep. 26 millim.

Genus DROBETA.

Drobeta, Wik. xv. 1755 (1858)

Type.

Bee e Gee a eluate eressralaree eaters oie eiotuistarnielicte exscendens.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales, the prothorax without crests, the mesothorax with slight paired crests,

the metathorax with spreading crest; tibiee moderately fringed with hair;

abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen excurved at middle and excised towards tornus ; veins

3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 8, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial black patch extending to

near inner margin.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial black patch rounded ...... exscendens.

b. Fore wing with the outer edge of the postmedial black

patch strongly incurved below vein 4..................sse00e melagonia.

DROBETA. 33

B. Fore wing with the postmedial black patch not extending

lo@lOw Weim 4! .ccocsosoocHanoqsa9sen0n0nanooaaEcoos0R00 FECL ORES EOOTOrD delectans,

C. Fore wing without postmedial black patch.

a. Fore wing with dark centre to reniform .............++..+++. perplexa.

b. Fore wing without dark centre to reniform .................. pheobasis.

5510. Drobeta exscendens.

Drobeta exscendens, Wik. xv. 1755 (1858).

©. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; tarsi brown

with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown, the crests yellowish, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing whitish suffused with rufous

and yellowish ; subbasal line represented by a slight blackish striga

from costa; antemedial line slight, blackish defined on inner side

by whitish, irregularly sinuous, erect; orbicular with whitish

annulus, inwardly oblique elliptical, a large rounded black patch

beyond it extending from just below costa to just above inner

margin and to postmedial line, which is double at costa, slightly

bent. outwards below costa, then defined by whitish on outer side

Fig. 99.—Drobeta exscendens, 9. 1}.

and minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; a faint

pale waved subterminal line from costa to vein 4 defined on inner

side by dentate black marks; a terminal series of black lunules

except at apex, defined on inner side by whitish; cilia chequered

rufous and:black. Hind wing dark brown, pale at hase, the cilia

yellow; the underside whitish tinged with yellow, a slight discoidal

lunule and indistinct curved crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Vunezvrta, 1 9 type. Hvp. 34 millim.

5511. Drobeta melagonia, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 27.)

Q@. Head and thorax brownish ochreous, the tegule and patagia

with some brown; fore and mid tarsi with blackish bands ; abdo-

men brownish ochreous. Fore wing whitish suffused with red-

brown and purplish grey and slightly irrorated with black, the

outer half of medial area deep black except towards inner margin ;

traces of a blackish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line black, slightly angled inwards at median nervure,

then oblique sinuous ; orbicular and reniform with whitish annul,

small, the former oblique wedge-shaped, the latter conjoined to a

small oblique whitish spot below middle of cell; medial line

304 NOCTUID ®.

represented by a blackish striga from costa and oblique line from

vein 1 to inner margin; postmedial line double at costa and on

inner half, defined by white on outer side forming a diffused patch

below vein 4, slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6

and very strongly incurved below vein 4, some pale points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line whitish, dentate, angled inwards at

discal fold and oblique below vein 4, defined on inner side by slight

somewhat dentate black marks and with dentate black mark beyond

it at discal fold ; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing

black-brown with a slight pale mark at tornus with blackish points

above and below it; cilia ochreous; the underside whitish tinged

with rufous and irrorated with brown, traces of a discoidal lunule

and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 2 type; TRrnrpap

(Hart), 19. Hxp. 30 millim.

5512. Drobeta delectans. «Plate CLVIIL. fig. 28.)

Diantheciu delectans, Wik. xi. 505 (1857).

6. Head and thorax ochreous grey mixed with fuscous ; tarsi

banded with blackish ; abdomen ochreous, the crests blackish, the

extremity tinged with rufous. Fore wing brownish ochreous

irrorated with black, the cell on medial area and the postmedial

area except towards costa suffused with leaden fuscous, an oblique

patch of black suffusion before the postmedial line from costa to

vein 4; subbasal line represented by double brown strize from

costa ; antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, the outer

black, angled inwards below the cell, then excurved, some blackish

suffusion before it above inner margin; orbicular and reniform

absent; a black medial line, excurved at middle, then incurved ;

postmedial line double, shghtly bent outwards below costa, oblique

to vein 6, then dentate, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line

very indistinct, pale, dentate with a dentate black mark beyond it

at discal fold; a terminal series of black strie. Hind wing brown,

darker towards termen; a pale bar at tornus; cilia ochreous

brown; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight dis-

coidal lunule and curved crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, Santarem (Bates), 1 g. Hap. 30

millim.

*5513. Drobeta perplexa. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 29.)

Angitia perplexa, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 165 (1904).

g. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous ; abdo-

men brownish; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing red-brown mixed with some ochreous, the base

ochreous except towards inner margin ; a rather diffused indistinct

dark subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial line black,

strong, slightly excurved below costa, then inwardly oblique ;

DROBETA.—PARANGITIA. 335

orbicular and reniform with very faint yellowish annuli, the former

inwardly oblique, the latter somewhat constricted at middle; a

small oblique dark mark fiiled in with ochreous on costa before the

postmedial line, which is brown and very oblique from costa to

vein 6, then indistinct, pale, minutely waved, incurved below

vein 4, an oblique pale patch beyond it from costa; subterminal

line indistinct, pale, minutely waved, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of black points and striga above tornus

slightly defined on inner side by ochreous; cilia brown and

ochreous. Hind wing ochreous suffused with red-brown, the

terminal area darker; cilia chequered red-brown and ochreous ;

the underside ochreous white slightly tinged with brown, a dark

discoidal lunule and fine terminal line.

Hab. Venezurca, Aroa, typeT ¢ in U.S. Nat. Mus. ap.

26 millim.

5514. Drobeta pheobasis, n. sp. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 30.)

©. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous and some

brown; pectus and legs pale, the tarsi brown with pale rings;

abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral surface pale. Fore wing

ochreous suffused in parts with rufous and irrorated with some

blackish scales except on disk; the basal inner area fuscous,

expanding triangularly towards costa before the obliquely incurved

black antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform pale brownish with

very indistinct pale annuli, the former small, brown, the latter

rather narrow and oblique ; some blackish strie from medial part

of costa; postmedial line indistinct, pale, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then minutely dentate and excurved to vein 4 near sub-

terminal line, then strongly incurved; subterminal line _ pale,

defined on inner side by somewhat dentate dark marks towards

costa and by blackish suffusion towards inner margin, waved,

angled outwards to near termen at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, a wedge-shaped

black mark beyond it at discal fold; a terminal series of black

striz ; cilia ochreous and fuscous brown intersected with whitish

at vein 2, Hind wing dark cupreous brown ; the cilia yellowish at

base, chequered white and brown at tips; the underside ochreous

white tinged with rufous, a brown discoidal lunule, minutely waved

curved postmedial line, and dark mark above tornus.

Hab. W. Cotomsra, El Credo, 1 9 type. xp. 28 millim.

Genus PARANGITIA, nov.

Type, P. cervina.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large,

round ; antennz of male with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed with hair and

scales mixed, the prothorax without crest, the mesothorax with slight paired

erests, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibize moderately fringed with

hair; abdomen long with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with

the apex rectangular, the termen oblique towards tornus, not crenulate; veins

336 NOCTUID 2%.

3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Hind tibia of male and Ist joint of tarsi with fringe of long hair

above.

A. Fore wing deep velvety red-brown .............2.2c2sseseeeeeees veluta.

B. Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated with black ......... rufa.

C. Fore wing greyish fawn colour thickly irrorated with dark

brown.

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line angled outwards

above inner margin, the postmedial line strongly bent

outwards from below costa to vein 4 ...............seeeeeee cervina.

6, Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled outwards

above inner margin, the postmedial line slightly bent

outwards from below costa to vein 4...............s0ceeeeee nephelistis.

*5515. Parangitia veluta. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 31.)

Parangitia velutu, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 463 (1909).

3. Head and tegule red-brown mixed with some yellowish and

white; patagia red-brown; vertex of thorax white mixed with

yellowish and some dark scales; abdomen reddish ochreous, the

basal crest with some white and dark scales; pectus and legs

rufous, the tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing very dark velvety

red-brown, the costa irrorated with rufous to postmedial line, the

inner margin rufous; traces of a waved dark subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold and of a waved antemedial line; a white

point in middle of cell; reniform defined by some white scales,

narrow, oblique, constricted at middle; a faint dark striga from

middle of costa; postmedial line indistinct, dark, minutely dentate,

very strongly excurved to near termen, an oblique band of

yellowish suffusion beyond it towards costa and some white

points on costa; a terminal series of black striew slightly defined

on inner side by rufous; cilia rufous mixed with some dark scales

and some white scales towards apex. Hind wing dark cupreous

red-brown, the cilia with yellowish mixed; the underside with

some whitish irroration.

Hab. Perv, Carabaya (Ockenden), type + S in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 34 miilim.

*5516. Parangitia rufa. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 32.)

Parangilia rufa, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 463 (1909).

do. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some black;

abdomen red-brown with the crests black. Fore wing red-brown

slightly irrorated with black and suffused in parts with fuscous ;

subbasal line faint, double, curved inwards to base of median

PARANGITIA. BEIT

nervure ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, filled in with

greyish towards inner margin, to which it is bent inwards; a

yellowish point in middle of cell; reniform with yellowish

annulus, figure-of-eight-shaped ; an indistinct medial line, ex-

curved to lower angle of cell, then oblique, minutely dentate ;

postmedial line indistinct, double, minutely dentate, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique, filled in with greyish towards inner margin ;

an indistinct greyish dentate subterminal line, angled outwards at

veins 7 and 4; cilia chequered rufous and fuscous. Hind wing

dark cupreous red-brown, the cilia intersected with yellowish, the

underside with some whitish irroration, traces of a sinuous medial

line and of a curved minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Puru, $8. Domingo (Ockenden), type + S in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 38 millim.

5517. Parangitia cervina, n. sp.

Head and thorax fawn colour tinged with grey and mixed with

some dark brown; fore tarsi banded with brown, the fringe of hair

on hind tibize of male black above; abdomen greyish tinged with

red-brown, Fore wing fawn colour tinged with greyish and

irrorated with dark brown; antemedial line indistinctly double

filled in with greyish, oblique, waved, angled outwards above inner

margin; orbicular hardly traceable, the reniform represented by

S) ’

Fig. 100.—Parangitia cervina, 8. 1}.

two blackish points defined by whitish; an indistinct waved

blackish medial line angied outwards to lower angle of cell;

postmedial line double, blackish filled in with greyish, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique to

vein 6 and inwardly oblique below vein 4; subterminal line hardly

traceable, waved ; the apex somewhat darker; a terminal series of

black strize. Hind wing dark cupreous red-brown, the cilia white

at tips. Underside of male with the fore wing black-brown, the

costal area rufous, the termen greyish ; hind wing grey-white with

a faint rufous tinge, an oblique brown medial line; female similar

but the colours of fore wing less contrasting, the hind wing with

faint curved crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Br. Guiana (Rodway), 1 3,1 ¢ type, Rockstone (Aaye),

19. Exp. 28-30 millim.

VOL, X. Z

338 NOCTUID A.

5518. Parangitia nephelistis, n. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 1.)

@. Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous and mixed with

some fuscous; abdomen grey obscurely banded with fuscous

dorsally. Fore wing grey tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated

and suffused with fuscous black ; antemedial line rather diffused,

black, oblique and slightly sinuous; orbicular hardly traceable,

small, round, defined by whitish ; reniform with whitish annulus,

constricted at middle and somewhat angled inwards on median

nervure ; medial line indistinct, oblique from costa to lower angle

of cell, then sinuous ; postmedial line black, double towards costa,

oblique to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below

vein 4; traces of a pale sinuous subterminal line defined on “each

side by slight dark marks on costal half; some dark points on

termen and a slight whitish patch above tornus. Hind wing

cupreous red-brewn; the underside whitish, the terminal area

suffused with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Braztt, Amazons, Para (Schulz), 1 Q type. Hap. 26

millim.

Secr. IJ. Hind tibie of male with tuft of long hair on inner side between

medial and terminal spurs.

*5519. Parangitia carrioni.

Callopistria carriont, Dogn. Le Nat. (2) iv. p. 155 (1890).

3. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, the extremity

of patagia dark brown, the metathorax whitish ; palpi red-brown ;

tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous.

Fore wing rufous, the basal area suffused with black, the medial

area to below the cell and the terminal area suffused with red-

brown; antemedial line rather diffused, black, expanding into a

Fig. 101.—Parangitia carrion, 8. }-

spot at costa, incurved from cell to above inner margin; traces of

a medial line excurved in submedian interspace ; reniform faintly

defined by brown, small; traces of a postmedial line excurved to

vein 4, then incurved ; a triangular blackish patch on postmedial

part of costal area with yellow point on costa; subterminal line

whitish, inwardly oblique to above vein 7, angled outwards to near

PARANGITIA. 339

termen at vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold and outwards to

near termen at vein 4, then minutely waved, the area beyond it

dark red-brown. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia rufous; the

underside red-brown irrorated with grey-white, the basal and

inner areas whitish.

Hab. Kcuavor, Palanda, type? ¢ in Coll. Dognin. Eup. 34

millim.

Sucr. III, Hind tibiz of male and Ist joint of tarsi normal.

A. Fore wing with patches of green on basal area..............- virescens.

B. Fore wing without patches of green on basal area.

a. Fore wirg with black spot between orbicular and

TSTHUIRETE TY, syn camoganhuddosanese condoaceeonpanecanedsrasds Os ACBear cana

b. Fore wing without black spot between orbicular and

reniform.

a. Fore wing with oblique brown shade below apical

AL CA ceiet aaenelesciseaciatswasney sree se se caches vesesaacmansinilense grisescens.

61, Fore wing with dark shade on whole apical area...... subrufescens.

*5520. Parangitia virescens. (Plate CLIX. fig. 2.)

Parangilia virescens, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 464 (1909).

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with green;

palpi in front, pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; legs

red-brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing

red-brown, the basal half largely mixed with green and irrorated

with some black, the terminal area mostly green from vein 4 to

tornus, the postmedial and apical half of terminal area with rufous

mixed ; subbasal line slight, blackish, curved, from costa to sub-

median fold, with slight black mark beyond it on median nervure ;

antemedial line indistinet, waved, oblique; orbicular with green

annulus, rather V-shaped and connected with a rather U-shaped

green mark defined by blackish below the cell; reniform with

green annulus to upper part, its lower part defined by white points

on inner and outer sides, constricted at middle; a blackish bar

from middle of costa; postmedial line strong, black, oblique and

slightly sinuous from costa to vein 4, with some rufous before

aud beyond it, then very indistinct, strongly incurved and with

some rufous on it below vein 2, some pale points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line indistinct and pale from costa to vein 5,

angled outwards at veins 7, 6 and inwards in discal fold where

there is a black patch beyond it, then represented by the dentate

dark inner edge of the green area; a terminal series of small black

-lunules slightly defined on inner side by whitish ; cilia red-brown

with series of whitish points. Hind wing cupreous red-brown,

the cilia with punctiform whitish line at base; the underside

whitish suffused and irrorated with red-brown, diffused curved

medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Prru, 8. Domingo (Ockenden), type f Q in Coll. Druce.

Exp, 32 millim.

= 5)

4 ae

340 NOCTUID &.

*5021. Parangitia cana. (Plate CLIX. fig. 3.)

Parangilia cana, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 464 (1909).

Q. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous and mixed with

some dark brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish tinged with

rufous, the tarsi brownish with pale rings. Fore wing pale rufous

irrorated with dark brown, the medial area and postmedial area,

except towards costa, suffused with grey-white; an indistinct

blackish subbasal line from costa to median nervure ; traces of an

oblique antemedial line, slightly angled outwards in submedian

fold; orbicular and reniform with whitish annuli, the former

round, connected by a curved black mark below the cell and with

quadrate black spot between them; a medial dark striga from

costa and incurved line from the black mark below the cell to

inner margin; a blackish patch beyond the reniform before the

postmedial line, which is double, excurved and minutely dentate

from costa to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards to inner

margin, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

whitish, incurved below costa, angled inwards at discal fold where

there is a blackish patch beyond it, incurved and minutely waved

below vein 3; a terminal series of blackish strive; cilia chequered

rufous and blackish. Hind wing cupreous brown, the terminal

area darker; cilia with pale rufous line at base; the underside

whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, a brownish

bar from middle of costa and curved minutely waved postmedial

line.

Hab. Perv, 8. Domingo (Ockenden), type t 2 in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 34 millim.

5522. Parangitia grisescens, n. sp.

Drobeta delectans, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 310 (nec WI1k.).

3. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous, the latter

irrorated with black ; tegule with black medial line ; tarsi banded

with brown; abdomen whitish suffused with rufous. Fore wing .

Fig. 102.—Parangitia grisescens, §. 3.

whitish suffused with rufous and irrorated with black ; subbasal

line represented by a slight blackish striga from costa; antemedial

line double, black filled in with whitish, the inner line indistinct,

slightly sinuous, angled outwards above inner margin; clayiform

PARANGITIA, 341

an irregular whitish patch before the medial line; orbicular and

reniform with black centres and whitish annuli, small, the former

round; an indistinct blackish medial line excurved at middle ;

postmedial line black defined on outer side by whitish, indistinctly

double and oblique from costa to vein 4, then incurved and

dentate; subterminal line whitish slightly defined on inner side by

brown, with dentate biack mark before it below costa and dark

patch at middle extending to before postmedial line and thence to

costa, minutely waved, excurved at middle; a terminal series of

black striz; cilia with dark patches below apex, at middle and

tornus. Hind wing cupreous red-brown, darker towards termen ;

cilia whitish tinged with rufous; the underside whitish tinged

with rufous, a brown discoidal lunule.

Hab. Guatremata, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion), 1 3, Godman-

Salvin Coll.; Panama, 1 ¢ type, Chiriqui. Hep. 24 millim.

5523. Parangitia subrufescens.

Drobeda subrufescens, Kaye, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1901, p. 123, pl. v. f. 14.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish rufous mixed with some

red-brown and with black dorsal streak from middle of frons to

anal segment; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen pale,

the tarsi with blackish bands, the abdomen with blackish lateral,

sublateral, and ventral streaks on medial segments. Fore wing

whitish suffused with red-brown and slightly irrorated with black,

more thickly on basal half of inner margin and on terminai area in

discal fold, forming slight streaks above and below vein 5; sub-

basal line represented by a shght obhque brown striga from costa ;

antemedial line brown, minutely waved, oblique, almost obsolets

on inner half; orbicular and reniform with faint whitish annuli

defined by a few black scales, the former somewhat elliptical ; a

faint irregular pale-defined mark below the cell; traces of a

brownish medial line excurved at middle; postmedial line double

towards costa, then with a patch of olive-brown suffusion beyond

it extending as a fascia in discal fold to termen, oblique and

sinuous to vein 4, incurved below vein 3 and excurved at vein 1,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale,

minutely dentate, angled inwards in submedian fold, defined on

inner side by slight dentate olive-brown marks, the area beyond it

olive-brown ; some black points and lunules on termen ; cilia olive-

brown mixed with black. Hind wing black-brown with a reddish

tinge, a slight rufous streak above tornus; cilia rufous; the

underside whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a

dark discoidal bar and crenulate postmedial line.

Hab, Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 2; Trixtpap, Arima

(Kaye), 1 2 type. Hep. 30 millim.

342 NOCTUID ZR.

LAW CHAROITIA ze) Feu: 63

Genus(ANGITIA] fine:

Angitia, Wik. xy. 1719 (ness) scoonbacuonqsagdagedadconncoaned agdan%. directa.

Ble of ne

Proboscis "le ena’ ; Ce Me arncal the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd typically short ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and

scales mixed, the prothorax without crest, the mesothorax with slight paired

crests, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibie fringed with long hair

above ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the

apex rectangular, the termen somewhat excised below apex and oblique

towards tornus and hardly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or shortly

stalked; 5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Suct. 1. Hind wing of male on upper side with strong folds in discal and

submedian folds from base to termen, the termen excurved at

middle; veins 3, 4 stalked and 5 from lower angle of cell; the

hind tibiz with tuft of long hair from base above.

5524. Angitia tiresias.

Droheta tiresias, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 310, pl. 29. f. 1

(1889).

3. Head and thorax ochreous white; antennz brown; tegule

with black-brown line near base and band near tips; patagia

edged above with brownish ; tarsi banded with brown; abdomen

brownish white with brownish segmental lines, Fore wing dark

red-brown mixed with greyish ochreous ; subbasal line represented

by blackish spots below costa and cell; antemedial line black,

rather maculate, somewhat sinuous and slightly oblique; claviform,

Fig. 103.—Angitia tirestas, 6. 1}.

orbicular, and reniform small with blackish centres and faint

whitish annuli, the two former rather oblique elliptical; medial

line represented by a blackish spot on costa and a faint incurved

line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line

double towards costa, oblique to vein 4 where it is acutely angled,

then incurved and waved, an oblique dark bar beyond it from costa

followed by some whitish points; subterminal line almost obsolete

towards costa, then whitish, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved

and waved below vein 3, an oblique blackish mark beyond it at

ANGITIA. 343

middle and some blackish at tornus; a terminal series of slight

blackish lunules defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing

dark cupreous red-brown ; the submedian fold white; cilia white

at tips; the underside white tinged with brown, an indistinct

curved waved postmedial line.

Hab. Guaremata, Las Mercedes (Champion), 1 3 type, Godman-

Salvin Coll.; Braztz, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 do. Kup.

30-32 millim.

Suor. II. Hind wing of male normal.

A. Hind tibiz of male with fringe of long hair before and

between medial spurs; abdomen with ventral rounded

valve covered with scales on underside.

a. Fore wing without pale apicai patch defined on inuer

side and below by a dark shade.

a. Fore wing with the medial area not suffused with .

IDES. ccopaanneoonoqndandacsoagonscnsono0deqendonoDaondoReaDo0RGS ithaca.

b'. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with black... mesoscota.

6. Fore wing with more or less distinct pale apical patch

defined on inner side and below by a dark shade.

a’. Fore wing with the claviform not represented by an

ochreous white patch.

a*. Fore wing without white suffusion on medial and

WOVMIEIL GWEN Jone aepaoooeqcopecqone co coosenoudencosoastcadKe albicauda.

6?, Fore wing with white suffusion on medial and

tornal areas.

a*. Fore wing with black patch at middle of terminal

BOQ era Seat abaintey ecine ae reach cineca) te sesaalsicacsamosiole pulchra.

6°, Fore wing without black patch at middle of

EGITTUIAEH| EYED ooaansacoconauanovcedenc0060 Josooaposgaaua0 attina.

b'. Fore wing with the claviform represented by an

DE MRGOUS WANES JOBIOD soccancdoceducnacpsoscoeonpas0.G0000088 ochriplaga.

5525, Angitia ithaca.

Drobeta ithaca, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 310, pl. 29. f. 2 (1889).

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with reddish yellow ;

abdomen red-brown mixed with greyish yellow and with yellow

Fig. 104.—Angitia ithaca, $. 4.

crests and segmental lines; the genital tufts of male black above,

whitish beiow. Fore wing dark red-brown thickly irrorated with

whitish yellow ; subbasal line represented by a curved yellowish

344 NOCTUID &.

striga from costa; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with

yellowish, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform with slight

yellowish annuli, the former open above, inwardly oblique elliptical,

its outer edge angled outwards; an indistinct oblique dentate line

from lower angle of cell to inner margin with a faint irregularly

figure-of-eight-shaped yellowish mark before it below the cell;

postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with yellowish, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4,

some yellowish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

yellowish white, defined on inner side by dentate blackish marks,

waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; a terminal series

of slight blackish lunules defined on inner side by yellowish ; cilia

intersected by yellowish at the veins. Hind wing dark cupreous

red-brown with a black striga above tornus defined on each side by

whitish; cilia whitish tinged with rufous; the underside pale

greyish rufous irrorated with brown, a faint oblique medial shade

and a curved crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Guatemata, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion), 1 9; Panama,

Bugaba (Champion), 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 5 34,

5526. Angitia mesoscota, n. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 4.)

@. Head and thorax rufous mixed with dark brown; palpi and

pectus paler; tarsi banded with dark. brown; abdomen brown

with pale rufous segmental lines. Fore wing pale greyish rufous

irorated with dark brown, the medial and terminal areas suffused

with dark brown ; traces of a double subbasal line from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with whitish,

waved, more strongly on inner area; claviform represented by two

faint pale obliquely placed spots; orbicular and reniform with

ill-defined whitish annuli, the former inwardly oblique elliptical,

the latter constricted at middle; postmedial line indistinctly

double filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then lunulate, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish,

dentate, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and incurved at

discal fold and below vein 3; a terminal series of slight blackish

lunules defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing dark

cupreous red-brown with white striga at tornus with black point

betore it; cilia with series of yellow points at base and yellow

tips; the underside greyish irrorated with brown, a faint oblique

medial shade, discoidal striga, and curved crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Trinipap, Cuparo (Kuye), 1 9 type. Hap. 40 millim.

5527. Angitia albicauda, n. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 5.)

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, the tegule near

tips and metathorax with dark brown marks; abdomen dark

ANGITIA. 345

greyish brown, the genital tufts of male white. Fore wing greyish

tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark brown ; a pale rufous

patch at base of costa bounded by the inwardly oblique blackish

subbasal line; antemedial line blackish, very minutely waved,

slightly excurved in cell, then inwardly oblique; orbicular and

reniform with fait greyish annuli, the former inwardly oblique,

the latter elliptical; an indistinct blackish medial line, excurved in

cell, in submedian interspace defined by greyish on inner side and

with some blackish beyond it ; postmedial line double, black filled

in with grey, minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 4, then

incurved, a wedge-shaped black mark in discal fold from it to near

tornus; the apical area rather greyer; an indistinct greyish sub-

terminal line, minutely waved, angled inwards at discal and

submedian folds; a terminal series of black striae. Hind wing

dark cupreous red-brown with a slight blackish mark at tornus and

terminal series of striz ; cilia intersected with whitish. Underside

of male fuscous brown, the apical area of fore wing and terminal

area of hind wing greyish, the latter with faint curved crenulate

postmedial line; female greyish tinged with rufous and irrorated

with brown, the fore wing with some fuscous suffusion on disk

aud angled postmedial line, the hind wing with oblique medial bar

from costa, discoidal striga and curved crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Trrntpap, Cuparo (Kaye), 1 9; Venezunra, 1 9; Br.

Guiana, Rockstone (Kaye), 1 d type. Lap. 3 26, 9 28 millim.

5528. Angitia pulchra. (Plate CLIX. fig. 6.)

Angitia pulchra, Schaus, Trans. Ann. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 165 (1904).

@. Head white tinged with ochreous and with a few brown

scales; thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous; pectus and legs

ochreous white mixed with some brown, the tarsi banded with

brown; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with brown.

Fore wing .grey-white thickly irrorated with brown, the basal and

apical areas suffused with ochreous brown; subbasal line repre-

sented by faint black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line

indistinet, blackish, minutely waved, somewhat oblique; claviform,

orbicular, and reniform faintly defined by white, elliptical, the two

former rather inwardly oblique; postmedial line indistinctly

double, blackish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line

hardly traceable, minutely waved, excurved at middle; a blackish

patch on middle of terminal area; a terminal series of small black

lunules slightly defined on inner side by whitish; cilia ochreous

white with blackish patches below apex, at middle and tornus.

Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia chequered yellowish white

and brown; the underside whitish suffused with reddish brown, a

faint discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 2; VuEN»EZUELA,

type yin U.S. Nat. Mus. #vp. 30 millim.

346 NOCTUID &.

5529. Angitia attina.

Drobeta attina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 11. p. 494, pl. 95. f. 11

(1898).

@. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown ; abdomen

ochreous tinged with brown and with dark segmental lines. Fore

wing grey-white thickly irrorated with brown; subbasal line

represented by two slight striz from costa and black streaks on

subcostal nervure and vein 1; antemedial line with black striga

from costa, then very indistinct, oblique, sinuous; orbicular and

renitorm faintly defined by white, the former round, the latter

with the white on outer edge reduced to points; an oblique down-

curved blackish fascia from costa*above end of cell to termen at

vein 5; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some dark

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish with brown

suffusion before and beyond it, minutely waved, excurved at

middle; a terminal series of black points, a pale line at base of

cilia. Hind wing ochreous suffused with brown ; a terminal series

of black strize defined by yellowish; cilia yellowish with a dark

line at middle; the underside yellowish with some brown irroration

on terminal area, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct curved

postmedial line.

Palpi with the 3rd joint long and obliquely porrect.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 9 type. wp. 36 millim.

5930. Angitia ochriplaga, n. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 7.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with cupreous

brown, the last with whitish segmental lines; pectus and abdomen

below white. Fore wing cupreous brown mixed with white;

subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga from costa; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, waved, erect; claviform a rounded

yellowish white patch ; orbicular and reniform with white annuli,

the former small, round, the latter narrow, constricted at middle

and slightly angled inwards on median nervure; an indistinct

oblique dark striga from middle of costa and oblique line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinctly

double, oblique and minutely sinuous and with the inner line

strong from costa to vein 4, then inwardly oblique and minutely

dentate ; subterminal line indistinct, white, minutely dentate,

ending at tornus, with a slight blackish mark before it below costa

and blackish patch beyond it at discal fold; a terminal series of

slight black lunules faintly defined on inner side by whitish.

Hind wing cupreous brown, the cilia white; the underside whitish

tinged with cupreous brown, a faint diffused curved postmedial

line.

Palpi rather slender with the 3rd joint longer.

Hab. Br. Gurtana, Potaro R. (Kaye), 1 @ type. up.

32 millim.

ANGITIA. DAT

5. Hind tibiz and abdomen of male normal.

a. Kore wing with the claviform and reniform confluent.

a. Fore wing with pinkish centres to orbicular and

TROTTING, sooasooognboasabondogedobeoducongesbonaass copn6ooKonr directa.

o1. Fore wing with blackish centres to orbicular and

reniform.

a>. Fore wing with pale ochreous subterminal band ... melamera.

6?, Fore wing with fine whitish subterminal line ...... carneopicta.

6. Fore wing with the claviform and reniform not con-

fluent.

a‘. Fore wing with white patch on inner half of terminal

ANCA pia eeiaiatarx- cvetarcfslayectoin rs ofacosie emisleiniod atonal ost a a ome Ue mit eai aS albirufa.

o'. Fore wing without white patch on inner half of

terminal area.

a>, Fore wing pale green, the termen acutely angled at

mal ddlley Faas spies ee eb as-eteeecek omc awdeeriancerosenens viridans.

o?, Fore wing yellow tinged with rufous, the termen

pliehthyiexcuryedratmid dle) mssceteen-eeeseresees ess: ertopica.

5531. Angitia directa.

Angitia directa, Wik. xv. 1719 (1858).

3. Head and thorax whitish mixed with pink and rufous ;

palpi with some black at base; frons with lateral black bars ;

tegulze with blackish lines near base and tips ; fore tarsi brownish

with pale rings; abdomen ochreous whitish, the crests rufous.

Fore wing with the basal half whitish tinged with pinkish, the

terminal half suffused with olive-brown; some oblique diffused

black scaling at base; traces of a waved olive-brown antemedial

line, almost obsolete on inner area; claviform, orbicular and reniform

Fig. 105.—Angitia directa, $. }.

whitish tinged with pink, ill-defined, connected on median nervure,

a brownish patch between the two latter; some blackish suffusion

beyond and below end of cell; postmedial line slight, blackish,

oblique to vein 6, slightly ineurved at discal fold, incurved and

dentate below vein 4; a whitish patch on costa towards apex with

three black striz on it; subterminal line whitish, dentate and

produced to streaks on the veins, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, some slight black suffusion beyond it at middle ; a terminal

series of black striee ; cilia pinkish mixed with black at tips. Hind

wing ochreous white suffused with purplish brown, especially

toward termen ; cilia ochreous with a brown line through them ;

348 NOOLUID®.

the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas tinged

with pinkish and irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot and

postmedial and subterminal series of black points.

Hab. Venezunta, Aroa, 1 g; Brazin, Rio Janeiro, type + in

Mus. Oxon. wp. 32 millim.

5032. Angitia melamera, n. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 8.)

Drobeta exscendens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 310 (nee WI1k.).

@. Head and thorax brownish ochreous; antenne brown;

tegule with black lines near base and at middle; patagia suffused

with purplish fuscous ; vertex of thorax with some black; pectus

and legs whitish, the fore tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen

brownish ochreous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing ochreous

whitish irrorated with black, the base and inner medial area

suffused with purplish fuscous, the rest of outer part of medial

area olive-brown irrorated with black and with a large patch of

black suffusion below end of cell; traces of a blackish subbasal line

defined on inner side by whitish scales, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line black defined on inner side by whitish scales,

oblique, sinuous; orbicular and reniform with whitish annuli and

black-irrorated centres, small, the former oblique wedge-shaped,

the latter confluent with an oblique wedge-shaped spot below

middle of cell; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, pale, angled inwards at discal fold and excurved at

middle, a wedge-shaped blackish mark beyond it at discal fold ; a

terminal series of black striz. Hind wing dark reddish brown

with a blackish bar at tornus with some rufous beyond it; cilia

yellow; the underside whitish suffused with brownish ochreous,

traces of a curved postmedial line, a fine black terminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the outer part of medial area almost

wholly suffused with black.—Panama.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Br. Guiana, Rockstone (Kaye), 1 2 type. Hap. 30 millim.

5533. Angitia carneopicta, u. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 9.)

@. Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with some fuscous ;

abdomen greyish irrorated with fuscous, the crests and anal tuft

pale rufous. Fore wing pinkish and rufous irrorated with black

and whitish scales, the apical area whitish tinged with olive-

brown; traces of a sinuous blackish subbasal line defined on inner

side by whitish, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line black, angled

outwards below costa and above inner margin; orbicular and reni-

form pink, the former inwardly oblique elliptical, the latter con-

fluent with an oblique elliptical mark below the cell, some olive-

brown between them in cell and and from lower angle of cell to

ANGITIA. 849

inner margin; postmedial line blackish, obsolescent towards costa,

oblique and sinuous to vein 4, then incurved and dentate, some

whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish angled

outwards at veins 7, 6 and inwards in discal fold, excurved at

middle, then incurved ; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules.

Hind wing reddish brown, the terminal area blackish; a pale bar

above tornus; the termen and cilia rufous; the underside ochreous

white irrorated and suffused with purplish red, an indistinct curved

minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Brazrt, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 9 type. Hwp. 32 millim.

#5534, Angitia albirufa. (Plate CLIX. fig. 10.)

Angitia albirufa, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 464 (1909).

Q. Head and thorax deep red; abdomen yellowish suffused with

red; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen at base whitish,

the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing dark brown

suffused with deep red, the terminal area white from vein 4 to

tornus with a pale rufous band on it; subbasal line represented by

a pale striga from costa; antemedial line brownish white, angled

outwards below costa, then oblique and bent inwards to inner

margin; claviform slightly defined by white at extremity; orbicular

and reniform with brownish white annul, the former small, round,

the latter rather triangular; postmedial line brownish white

slightly defined on each side by black, oblique from below costa to

vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then obliquely incurved, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by white

points on the dark area, excurved below vein 7, on the white area

by a black line on the rufous band from vein 2 to inner margin,

ineurved at submedian fold; a fine black terminal line forming

small lunules between veins 4 and 2; cilia deep red with black

tips from apex to vein 3, then pale rufous with black tips at tornus.

Hind wing dark cupreous red-brown; cilia pale red with some

black at tips at tornus; the underside white thickly irrorated with

fuscous, a black discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Perv, 8. Domingo (Ockenden), type + 2 in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 26 millih.

5535. Angitia viridans. (Plate CLIX. fig. 11.)

Angitia viridans, Schaus, Trans. Ann, Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 165 (1904).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with some rufous

and fuscous. Fore wing pale olive-green with a faint rufous tinge

and thickly irrorated with black ; a subbasal black point in cell and

blackish mark above inner margin; antemediai line indistinct,

blackish, double, the lines widely separated and slightly dentate ;

claviform represented by a slight black annulus; orbicular and

reniform incompletely defined by black scales, irregular, the former

small, oblique, the latter large, an indistinct sinuous line from it to

300 NOCLUIDZ.

inner margin; postmedial line rather indistinct, black, double

towards costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4; sub-

terminal line indistinct, blackish, waved, angled outwards below

vein 7, incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4; a terminal

series of black points; cilia purplish pink, white towards tornus

and with some black at middle. Hind wing whitish wholly suffused

with dark brown; a terminal series of dark strive; cilia whitish

tinged with rufous; the underside white irrorated with pink and a

few dark scales, a dark discoidal spot and curved minutely waved

postmedial line.

Hah. Brazit, Petropolis (Doer), 1 5, Castro Parafia (D. Jones),

type tf gd in U.S. Nat. Mus. #vp. 26 millim.

5536. Angitia eriopica, n. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 12.)

@. Head and thorax yellow mixed with some rufous; tarsi

brown ringed with rufous; abdomen brown mixed with grey, the

crests yellow, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing yellow

suffused in parts with rufous and slightly irrorated with black;

subbasal line slight, black, angled outwards below costa and ex-

curved below cell, ending at submedian fold; antemedial line

double, black filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa,

then excurved; orbicular and reniform very ill-defined, whitish, a

quadrate black mark between them with a blackish patch above it

on costa and a diffused patch below end of cell; postmedial line

double, black filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the costa beyond it black with

some whitish pomts on it; the postmedial area with a diffused

blackish line, somewhat excurved at middle, then minutely dentate;

subterminal line whitish, very slightly angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved to termen at middle, then incurved and bent outwards to

tornus; a punctiform black terminal line; cilia with fine black

line near tips which are chequered with white. Hind wing dark

brown, the cilia whitish with a dark line through them; the under-

side irrorated with white, a slight discoidal luuule and indistinct

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Braz, Amazons, Pard (Austen), 1 Q type. vp. 18 millim.

Genus CHLOROCODIA, nov.

Type, C. olivescens. ;

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons with

small rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, round ;

antenne of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro-

and metathorax with spreading crests; tibix moderately fringed with hair ;

abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crests on terminal segments large.

Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen excuryed at middle,

then excised to tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

CHLOROCODIA.—GLAUCICODIA. 351

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully developed from well

below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

5537. Chlorocodia olivescens, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish white mixed with pale

olive-green and rufous. Fore wing white suffused with pale olive-

green and faintly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented

by slight double dark stris from costa; a dark mark on inner

margin near base; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique,

waved; claviform slightly defined by brown; orbicular slightly

defined by brown, small, round; reniform incompletely defined by

blackish scales and with some raised rufous scales on its inner side,

large and somewhat constricted at middle; an indistinct medial

Fig. 106.—Chlorocodia olivescens, S$. 1.

line, oblique from costa to reniform, sinuous from lower angle of

cell to inner margin ; postmedial line rather indistinct, double, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4,

then ineurved and defined by white on outer side, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, excurved to

near termen below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of slight

black lunules defined by white on inner side. Hind wing yellowish

white, the termen tinged with rufous; a terminal series of black

strie; the underside white tinged with rufous and sparsely irrorated

with black scales, a slight discoidal lunule and traces of a sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab. Braziz, Rio Janeiro, 1 ¢ type. vp. 26 millim.

Genus GLAUCICODIA, nov.

Type, G. leuconephra.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons with small rounded

prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennz of

female ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax (?)

with spreading crests; tibize slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal

crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen crenulate,

oblique from vein 4 to tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 7, 8,9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cell; 5 almost fully developed fron well below middle of disco-

cellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

352 NOCTUID®.

5908, Glaucicodia leuconephra, n. sp.

2. Head and thorax white mixed with olive-green ; palpi white

tinged with pinkish and banded with black; antenne ringed with

black ; tibize and tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey

tinged with pinkish and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white

suffused with olive-green and slightly irrorated with black; black

points on base of costa and in cell near base ; subbasal line white,

from costa to submedian fold followed by a diffused black band ;

antemedial line blackish, double at costa, then slight, interrupted

and defined by whitish on inner side, erect, waved; orbicular a

minute round white spot defined by black ; reniform a white patch

extending to costa, defined by black at sides and angled inwards

Fig. 107.—Glaucicodia leuconephra, 2. 3.

on median nervure; an indistinct dentate black medial line, oblique

from costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line double, black

filled in with whitish, minutely sinuous, oblique from costa to

vein 6, incurved below vein 4, the area beyond it whitish except

towards costa on which there are some white points; subterminal

line white defined on inner side by blackish, excurved below vein 7,

excurved and waved at middle; an oblique black spot at apex; a

terminal series of small black lunules slightly defined by white on

inner side; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing whitish

suffused with fuscous; cilia white and fuscous; the underside

suffused with purplish pink, a black discoidal spot, slight postmedial

line excurved at middle, and traces of subterminal line with blackish

mark at discal fold.

Hab, Cusa, Baracoa (Schaus), 1 9 type. Hap. 24 millim.

Genus PARACODIA, nov.

Type, P. prella.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 35rd moderate; frons with rounded

prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennae of

female minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro-

and metathorax with spreading crests, the mesothorax with slight paired

crests; tibix moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen excurved at

middle and oblique towards tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 5, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully

developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

PARACODIA. 353

A. Fore wing with white streak on extremity of median nervure. adbivena.

B. Fore wing without white streak on extremity of median

nervyure.

a. Fore wing with oblique whitish subterminal band ............ puella,

&. Fore wing without oblique whitish subterminal band.

at, Kore wing pale olive-yellow ................2-.csceesrseessasees praxina.

61, Fore wing glossy red-brown .............s.0eeeee0 Ses wesetaaaee albiceps.

5539. Paracodia albivena, n. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 13.)

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous irrorated with

brown; palpi blackish at sides; tarsi brown ringed with ochreous.

Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with black, the medial area

except towards costa tinged with brown; a strong black streak

below base of vein 1; antemedial line absent; claviform repre-

sented by a very short black streak; a silvery white streak on

terminal half of median nervure, hooked at extremity and defined

by black scales; a triangular ochreous mark in cell before the

reniform, which is incompletely defined by black and with some

white in upper part; postmedial line indistinctly double, obsolete

on costal area, met at vein 7 by an oblique black-irrorated brown

fascia from apex, incurved at discal fold, slightly angled outwards

at vein 4, below which there is a brown fascia from it to termen

with three slight black streaks on it, then strongly incurved and

slightly dentate; some brownish suffusion on terminal area below

apex and towards tornus ; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing ochreous white irrorated with brown; traces of a sinuous

postmedial line; a terminal series of blackish striz ; the underside

with black discoidal spot, the postmedial line more distinct.

Hab. Curtt, Mulchen (Elwes), 1 9 type. Hap. 32 millim.

5540. Paracodia puella.

Tarache puelia, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 158 (1904).

9. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with ochreous, grey

and white, the metathorax with whitish patch ; fore and mid tibie

Fig. 108.—Paracodia puella, 2. 4,

and tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen brown with whitish

segmental lines. Fore wing purplish grey, the basal costal area, a

triangular patch extending on costa from before middle to near

VoL. X. ZA

oo4 NOCTUID A.

apex and to inner margin before postmedial line, and the terminal

area suffused with cupreous brown; subbasal line represented by

double dark strie from costa; antemedial line indistinct, double

filled in with whitish, angled outwards in submedian fold and

inwards on vein 1; claviform represented by an oblique dark bar

at its extremity; orbicular and reniform with whitish annuli

defined by black-brown, both oblique and constricted at middle;

traces of a medial line, oblique from costa to the reniform and

sinuous below the cell; postmedial line double filled in with whitish

on costal half and yellowish on inner half, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some slight whitish points

beyond it on costa; an oblique white subterminal band, the slight

white subterminal line arising from it at vein 5 and excurved at

middle; a terminal series of small blackish lunules; a fine white

line at base of cilia. Hind wing reddish brown; cilia whitish

mixed with brown ; the underside greyish irrorated with brown, a

slight discoidal spot and traces of minutely waved postmedial and

subterminal lines.

Hab. Braztt, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 19. Hap. 28 millim. Type >

in U.S. Nat. Mus.

*5541. Paracodia praxina. (Plate CLIX. fig. 14.)

Tarache praxina, Schaus, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 159 (1904).

@. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous; palpi

with some brown at sides; fore legs tinged with brown; abdomen

ochreous white irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing yellowish white

suffused and irrorated with olive-brown; an antemedial whitish

band defined cn each side by brown scales, inwardly oblique and

waved to vein |, then excurved above inner margin; claviform a

whitish patch defined by brown at extremity and extending to cell;

orbicular and reniform whitish with faint rufous centres, the former

rather elliptical, the latter dilated above and constricted at middle,

a blackish patch between them; an oblique brown line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin; a narrow whitish postmedial band,

defined on each side by brown, bent outwards below costa, slightly

angled outwards at vein 6 and oblique below vein 4; some white

striz beyond it from costa; a narrow whitish subterminal band,

oblique from costa to vein 6 just beyond postmedial band, excurved

at vein 5, then oblique; a terminal series of slight brown striz ;

cilia whitish with brown line through them, the tips chequered

with brown. Hind wing yellowish white faintly tinged with

brown; a terminal series of brown striz ; the underside sparsely

irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, curved postmedial

line, and traces of diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana (D. Jones), type tT 2 in U.S. Nat.

Mus. Zap. 30 millim.

PARACODIA.—MICTOCHROA. BS

*5542. Paracodia albiceps. (Plate CLIX. fig. 15.)

Paracodia albiceps, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 465 (1909).

3. Head white tinged with rufous; palpi rufous, the tips of

2nd and 8rd joints white; frons with lateral red-brown bars ;

antennee red-brown; thorax cupreous red-brown with white spot

on metathorax; abdomen rufous, pale at base; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing

glossy red-brown with leaden silvery bands on medial area and

beyond postmedial line; antemedial line whitish defined on each

side by rufous, waved; stigmata absent; postmedial line indi-

stinctly double, dark filled in with rufous, oblique from costa to

vein 5, then minutely waved, ending near tornus ; faint traces of a

minutely waved subterminal line; a terminal series of blackish

strie. Hind wing white faintly tinged with rufous and slightly

irrorated with brown ; a terminal series of black striae; cilia white

with a blackish line through them; the underside with blackish

discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial line excurved at middle.

Hab. Coromsia, Magdalena, Valeparaiso (H. H. Smith), typetT 3

in Coll. Druce. Hap. 18 millim.

Genus MICTOCHROA, nov.

Type, M. zonella.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, short, rather slender,

and moderately scaled; frons with large corneous prominence with raised

edges; eyes large, rounded; antenne of male ciliated; head and thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; build slender; tibiz

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather

short and broad, the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from below

costa to vein 4.

a. Fore wing with the basal half not deep red.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line not incurved to

lower edge of reniform.

a>, Hind wing white tinged with ochreous ............ farona.

6?. Hind wing suffused with brown.

a®. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards

on median nervure.

a*, Hind wing with postmedial line on upper-

SIGS Soecsoose dongdecadacvoosubaGoccougodeogobabdcocode harmonica.

}*, Hind wing without postmedial line on upper-

BKC le veadsososnodanponadecoan booEDoaa ce cocoadonndee nase zonella.

6°, Kore wing with the reniform not angled in-

rs J

wards on median nervure.

a‘, Fore wing rufous suffused in parts with dark

ROMAN ener es sec/esiacecisneeadebaasasesatanssnoceisasas parigana.

b4, Fore wing brassy yellow suffused in parts

NUM NNCL ae DROWIN Oscessceiacessstpicees eneccancies = albirena.

By INDY

306 NOCTUID.

b', Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved to

lowered Serotmenitormyeecssreree rece eceeeeeeee reser caterva.

6. Fore wing with the basal half deep red ................-- thermoptera.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards below

costa, then nearly straight and oblique................-.-+- triangularis.

C. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly angled out-

wards at vein 6, then bent inwards to lower edge of

TRE MTU) ef eB ape ap toca scsboeoouEeboGd6 cabbacdhaTudanRRpadaasecunaEnec angularis.

*5543. Mictochroa farona. (Plate CLIX. fig. 16.)

Microcelia farona, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 151 (1904).

¢o. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with black-brown; 2nd

joint of palpi blackish at sides and with pale ring at extremity ;

frons blackish at middle; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen

ochreous white irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous tinged

with rufous and largely suffused and irrorated with black except on

postmedial area; subbasal line represented by double black striz

from costa; antemedial line oblique, waved, double and filled in

with ochreous at costa, with a broad band of white suffusion

beyond it from cell to inner margin; orbicular and reniform with

rufous centres and white annuli defined by black, the former rather

triangular, the latter somewhat constricted at middle; postmedial

line black defined by white tinged with rufous on outer side, double

towards costa, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6,

slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved «nd sinuous below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa on a triangular blackish

patch ; subterminal line white defined by black suffusion on inner

area and on outer side except at apex, angled outwards at vein 7

and inwards at discal fold, then waved and excurved at middle ;

a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia blackish with

whitish lines at base and middle: Hind wing white tinged with

ochreous and slightly irrorated with brown especially at termen ;

traces of a sinuous postmedial line; a terminal series of slight

black lunules ; cilia white with a brown line through them; the

underside ochreous white irrorated with black-brown, a black dis-

coidal spot and waved postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), type t dg in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Hep. 34 millim.

*5544, Mictochroa harmonica. (Plate CLIX. fig. 17.)

Mictochroa harmonica, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 461 (1909).

3. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some black and white

scales; palpi black, the tips of joints pale rufous; tibie and tarsi

black ringed with whitish; abdomen greyish thickly irrorated with

fuscous. Fore wing brassy yellow tinged with rufous, irrorated

with black and some white ; the veins black irrorated with white,

the medial area with black-brown suffusion in, beyond, and below

end of cell ; a curved subbasal white striga from costa with small

MICTOCHROA. 357

black spots before it on costa and in cell and diffused patches

beyond it; antemedial line blackish, waved, with leaden-grey patch

beyond it from submedian fold to above inner margin; claviform

represented by a white and black striga at its extremity ; orbicular

yellow defined by black except above and with slight white annulus

below, small, elliptical ; reniform with yellow centre slightly

defined by black and white annulus defined by black, rather

oblique and angled inwards on median nervure, a slight pink mark

in centre ; postmedial line defined on outer side by yellowish, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, minutely

dentate and with black and white poimts beyond it on the veins

with pink between them and white mark at inner margin, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined

on inner side by black suffusion, angled outwards at vein 7 and

inwards at discal fold and vein 2; a terminal series of slight;

black lunules; cilia with fine black line at middle, the tips

chequered golden brown and white. Hind wing greyish suffused

with brown, a slight discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line and

fine terminal line; cilia whitish mixed with brown and with dark

line at middle; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown,

a brown discoidal spot and curved crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Cotomsta, Magdalena, Sierra del Libane (4. H. Smith),

type t d in Coll. Druce. Hap. 30 millim.

5545. Mictochroa zonella.

Miana zonella, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 274, pl. 26, f. 23

(1889).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown and mixed with

blackish ; palpi with the 2nd joint blackish at sides; frons with

black bar; tegule and patagia tipped with blackish; tarsi fuscous

with pale rings; abdomen pale brown irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing pinkish white tinged with brown, the outer part of

Fig. 109.—Mictochroa zonella, g. +.

medial area pale olive-brown except towards costa, the terminal

area pale brown; a subbasal black mark on inner margin; some

slight black streaks in the interspaces before the very indistinct

waved whitish antemedial line; claviform represented by a black

bar at its extremity ; orbicular small, elliptical, with brownish centre

358 NOCTUIDE.

and white annulus, some black on its outer edge and on inner

edge of reniform, which is white with brownish centre, some-

what constricted at middle and angled inwards on median nervure ;

an indistinct oblique waved medial line; postmedial line double,

strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, strongly

incurved and minutely waved below vein 4, some black and white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish slightly

defined by black on inner side, with diffused black patch before 16

below costa and beyond it at discal fold, exeurved below vein 7 and

at middle, then incurved and waved, angled inwards at discal fold ;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia grey with blackish

medial line and black and white chequered tips. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the cilia pale brown with dark medial line and

whitish tips; the underside greyish thickly irrorated and suffused

with brown, a black discoidal spot and faint minutely crenulate

postmedial line.

Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers), 5 g type, Candelaria Mts.

(Underwood), 1 6,1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hap. 26 millim.

5546. Mictochroa parigana. (Plate CLIX. fig. 18.)

Microcelia parigana, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 151 (1904).

¢g. Head and thorax whitish mixed with cupreous brown and

dark brown; fore and mid tibiz and tarsi banded with blackish ;

abdomen white irrorated with brown. Fore wing rufous irrorated

and in parts suffused with dark brown; subbasal line represented

by a whitish striga from costa; antemedial line brown defined by

white on inner side, incurved at vein 1; claviform represented by

a curved white and brown mark at its extremity; orbicular and

reniform with reddish centres with some white on them and white

annuli defined by brown, the former round, the latter constricted

at middle; medial line represented by a dark mark on costa and a

sinuous line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line double

filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, then very minutely

waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white and blackish

spots beyond it on costa; subterminal line white defined on inner

side by slight dentate black marks, dentate, angled inwards at

discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of slight red-brown

lunules ; cilia white mixed with red-brown. Hind wing white

irrorated with brown ; traces of curved postmedial and subterminal

lines; a fine dark terminal line; the underside white irrorated

with pale crimson and red-brown, the terminal area suffused with

brown, a slight discoidal lunule and rather diffused curved post-

medial line.

Hab. Brazrt, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1 $. Exp. 28 millim.

MICTOCHROA. 3d9

5547. Mictochroa albirena. (Plate CLIX. fig. 19.)

Mictochroa albirena, Druce, A. M, N. H. (8) iii. p. 460 (1909).

©. Head and thorax olive-yellow tinged with rufous ; palpi and

antennee dark brown; tibiz and tarsi dark brown ringed with

whitish ; abdomen grey thickly irrorated with brown and slightly

tinged with yellow. Fore wing brassy yellow suffused with dark

brown and slightly irrorated with grey-white, the inner area brassy

yellow tinged with rufous to medial line, the termen yellow tinged

with cupreous red except at apex; subbasal line double filled in

with yellowish, waved, from costa to median nervure ; antemedial

line double filled in with yellowish, waved ; claviform and orbicular

yellow defined by black, conjoined, the former short, the latter

round; reniform whitish tinged with yellow and defined by black,

elliptical with waved outline and rather constricted at middle,

black points in its upper and lower parts, a yellowish mark above

it on costa and an indistinct curved dark line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with

yellowish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

excurved to vein 4, theu incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa and the postmedial area white tinged with yellow from

vein 4 to inner margin ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner

side by black, diffused towards costa and forming lunules between

veins 4 and 2, the line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; the

veins of terminal area slightly streaked with black; a slight

whitish line just before termen with white points at the extremities

of the veins; cilia cupreous red at base, whitish at tips. Hind

wing whitish suffused with dark brown; a terminal series of

minute white points; cilia reddish at base, whitish at tips; the

underside olive-brown irrorated with blue-white, an indistinct

brown discoidal spot and curved crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Couompia, Magdalena, Sierra del Libane (H. H. Snuth),

19. ep. 26 millim. Type fin Coll. Druce.

*5548. Mictochroa caterva. (Plate CLIX. fig. 20.)

Tarache caterva, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 159 (1904).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white suffused with

rufous; palpi blackish except at base; frons with blackish bar

above; fore femora blackish. Fore wing ochreous whitish slightly

tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous; a slight blackish

subbasal mark in cell; antemedial line double, brown filled in with

whitish, angled outwards below costa, then oblique especially

below submedian fold; slight black points at middle of cell and

submedian fold; reniform whitish defined by black, its centre

tinged with rufous; outer half of medial area suffused with red-

brown, its inner edge angled outwards on median nervure ; post-

medial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa,

incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4: postmedial

360 NOCTUIDZ.

costal area with black patch with some pale points on costa; 4

subterminal series of slight black points, incurved below vein 3;

a terminal series cf minute black lunules; cilia pale at base,

brownish at tips. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown ;

a terminal series of small black lunules; the underside whitish

tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish

discoidal spot.

Hab. Braziz, Castro Parana (D. Jones), type tT ¢ in U.S. Nat.

Mus. Hap. 22 millim.

5549. Mictochroa thermoptera. (Plate CLIX. fig. 21.)

Mictochroa thermoptera, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 461 (1909).

Head and thorax deep blood-red mixed with some yellowish ;

antenne blackish ringed with white towards base; abdomen

brownish with white segmental lines and the crests blood-red;

pectus and legs whitish tinged with red, the tarsi black ringed with

white ; ventral surface of abdomen red. Fore wing deep red to

the postmedial line and on costal area to the subterminal line, the

basal inner area and terminal area yellowish suffused with red ;

subbasal line indistinct, pale, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line whitish, angled outwards below costa, excurved

below the cell and angled inwards at vein 1 ; claviform represented

by a faint pale lunule at its extremity; orbicular with whitish —

annulus defined by deep red, small, round; reniform with pale

centre defined by red and white annulus defined by deep red,

narrow, bar-shaped; medial line indistinct, deep red, oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell, then slightly incurved and sinuous ;

postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below

costa, incurved at discal fold where there is a small dentate black

mark before it, incurved and somewhat dentate below vein 4, with

some whitish suffusion beyond it; the postmedial costal patch with

some white points on costa; subterminal line very indistinct,

whitish, minutely waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

with minute black points before it below veins 7 and 5; a terminal

series of black points; cilia deep red with a series of black points

at tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown; a terminal

series of slight black lunules ; cilia blood-red ; the underside white

tinged with red and irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot,

crenulate postmedial line, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Perv, 8. Domingo (Ockenden), 1 @. Hxp. 3g 28,9

34 millim. Typet ¢ in Coll. Druce.

*5550. Mictochroa triangularis. (Plate CLIX. fig. 22.)

Tarache triangularis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 158 (1904).

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and

mixed with a few black scales: tarsi brown ringed with ochreous.

Fore wing chocolate-brown, the costal area ochreous tinged with

MICTOCHROA. 361

rufous and irrorated with a few blackish scales from inner margin

before middle obliquely to apex, its lower edge defined by a whitish

and black line from inner margin to upper edge of reniform; a

subbasal black point in cell; faint traces of a pale antemedial line,

oblique from costa to middle of cell, then inwardly oblique ;

orbicular represented by a dark point; reniform a narrow reddish

ochreous bar defined by black; postmedial line double filled in

with whitish, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, bent

inwards to lower angle of cell, then again oblique, defined on outer

side by reddish ochreous ; the veins towards apex defined by slight

brown streaks; a small triangular subapical blackish spot; sub-

terminal line diffused and blackish from the pale costal area to

discal fold, then pale defined by blackish on outer side, excurved

at middle, then straight; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing ochreous whitish tinged with red-brown especially on terminal

area; a terminal series of small blackish lunules; cilia whitish

tinged with rufous and with faint brownish line through them;

the underside whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown,

a black discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line with dark

points on the veins, excurved to discal fold, then oblique, and

terminal series of black points.

Hab. Brazit, Petropolis, type + 2 in U.S. Nat. Mus. Hzp.

36 millim.

*5551. Mictochroa angularis. (Plate CLIX. fig. 23.)

Tarache angularis, Schaus, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 158 (1904).

@. Head and thorax rufous mixed with dark brown, the vertex

of head whitish; antenne ringed with whitish; pectus and legs

ochreous whitish, the tarsi blackish ringed with white: abdomen

ochreous irrorated with brown, the crests black. Fore wing

ochreous whitish suffused with red-brown especially on medial and

terminal areas and irrorated with black, the costal area paler, the

postmedial area much paler; subbasal line represented by two

slight brown striz from costa; antemedial line brown defined on

inner side by ochreous white, angled outwards below costa, waved

to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique; orbicular with brown

centre and ochreous annulus defined by black, small and rather

elongate elliptical; reniform a narrow ochreous bar defined by

black, its centre defined by red-brown ; traces of a waved blackish

medial line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial

line double filled in with ochreous white, with two small black

spots at costa, oblique to vein 6 where it is strongly angled out-

wards, then inwardly oblique to vein 5, slightly excurved beyond

lower angle of cell, then erect, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line brown defined by ochreous white on outer side and

with blackish patch before it on costa, angled outwards at vein 7,

then oblique and slightly excurved at middle; a terminal series of

slight black lunules. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with

3862 NOCIUID &.

brown, a terminal series of slight blackish lunules; cilia ochreous

white; the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a

blackish discoidal spot, curved minutely waved postmedial line, and

terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Paratia (D. Jones), type t 2 in USS. Nat.

Mus. Hep. 34 millim.

Genus GONOPHAA, nov.

Type, G. villica.

Proboseis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons smocth ;

eyes large, round ; antenne of male somewhat laminate and minutely ciliated ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without distinct crests ; tibize

smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Hore wing with the apex some-

what produced, the termen strongly excised below apex and excurved at middle,

not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle

of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 auastomosing with the cell near

base only.

5552. Gonopheea villica.

Tarache villica, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Sce. xxx. p. 159 (190+).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown with a purplish grey

tinge ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen greyer, the

tarsi slightly ringed with white. Fore wing dark cupreous brown

with a purplish grey gloss except on inner medial and terminal

areas; antemedial line indistinct, double, slightly sinuous; orbi-

cular faintly defined by brown, round; reniform faintly defined on

inner side only ; traces of a dark medial line, oblique from costa to

Fig. 110.—Gonophea villica, 8. 3.

reniform and incurved below the cell; postmedial line dark, bent

outwards below the costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4

and slightly angled outwards at vein 1, some pale points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line indistinct, dark, slightly waved, some-

what excurved at middle; a terminal series of faint pale strie.

Hind wing cupreous brown, the underside grey irrorated with

brown, traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab, Braztt, Castro Paratia (D. Jones), 1S. Exp. 24 millim.

CHALENATA. 363

Genus CHALENATA. Dye

Ghalenatay Wilkapaccel OO IN @CS6) eeesencesecratce sete ccscceedeciee ere micaccella.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd small; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests; tibiz smoothly scaled ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate, veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 very shortly

stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from well above angle of cell; 6,7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Srcr.I. Antenne of male bipectinate with moderate branches, the apex

serrate.

A. Fore wing with the medial area below and beyond the cell

Suiiusediwatlublackey-ccusm season ceeecsecectee sacar cckiacnse eects mesonephele.

B. Fore wing with the whole medial area suffused with black. ustata.

5553. Chalenata mesonephele, n. sp.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white mixed with some

black-brown ; palpi blackish at sides; fore and mid tibie and the

tarsi blackish, the latter with slight pale rings. Fore wing

ochreous white with slight fuscous irroration, the medial area

suffused with blackish below and beyond the cell; a blackish mark

Fig. 111.— Chalenata mesonephele, 3.

at base of costa; antemedial line rather diffused, black, angled

inwards in cell and on vein 1; a small black discoidal spot ; post-

medial line rather diffused, black, slightly angled outwards at

vein 6 and excurved beyond lower angle of cell, then strongly

incurved, some slight black striz beyond it from costa; traces of

a dark subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of slight dark striz; cilia ochreous white mixed

with brown. Hind wing creamy white; the underside slightly

irrorated with brown, a slight dark discoidal point and brownish

spot on costa towards apex.

Hab. Arguntina, Sta. Fé, Ocampo (Wagner), 1 ¢$ type. up.

20 millim.

364 NOCTUID &.

#5554. Chalenata ustata. (Plate CLIX. fig. 24.)

Chalenata ustota, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) ui. p. 461 (1909).

3. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with red-brown; abdo-

men ochreous suffused with fuscous, the hind legs and ventral

surface of abdomen without dark suffusion. Fore wing with the

basal area rufous irrorated with dark brown, the costa suffused

with black-brown, the medial area suffused with black-brown, the

terminal area ochreous white with some dark brown suffusion on

costa to subterminal line; a faint dark subbasal line from costa to

median nervure; antemedial line dark, waved; a diffused dark

discoidal spot; postmedial line double filled in with ochreous,

excurved below costa and at middle, then incurved and sinuous,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented

by slight brown suffusion on its inner side, slightly excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black Junules;

cilia dark brown at tips. Hind wing ochreous white irrorated with

brown, thickly on basal half; a terminal series of dark brown

strie; the underside ochreous slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Couompta, Magdalena, Minca (H. H. Smith), typet ¢ in

Coll. Druce. xp. 24 millim.

Secr. II. Antenne of male serrate and fasciculate.

A. Fore wing not irrorated with silvery blue scales.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line defined on outer side

by swihitie i. 2 ces este oeanaenaacasar tamer ccinncaieecn sane seanaitenere Jumosa.

6. Fore wing with the postmedial line not defined on outer

side by white.

a}. Fore wing strongly irrorated with dark brown, the

postmedial line not bent outwards beyond the cell ... bilinea.

b'. Fore wing slightly irrorated with purplish brown, the

postmedial line bent outwards beyond the cell ......... lilacina.

B. Fore wing irrorated with silvery blue scales...............-0.60 nicaceella.

5555. Chalenata fumosa. (Plate CLIX. fig. 25.)

Microphysa fumosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 28. ’

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown mixed with

greyish ochreous; antenne fuscous. Fore wing greyish ochreous

thickly irrorated with dark brown, the outer half of medial area

and the costal and terminal areas rather darker; an indistinct

dark sinuous antemedial line; an ill-defined dark discoidal spot ;

postmedial line rather diffused, dark, defined on outer side by

whitish except towards costa, oblique from costa to vein 7, then

inwardly oblique and minutely waved, some slight whitish points

beyond it on costa; faint traces of a pale subterminal line; a

terminal series of dark strie. Hind wing whitish suffused with

reddish brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia with a series of dark

points at base; the underside white tinged with rufous and slightly

CHALENATA, 365

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and traces of a diffused

postmedial line.

Hab. Braziz, Amazons, R. Jutahi (Trail), 1 g type. Hap.

16 millim.

5956. Chalenata bilinea.

Toxophleps bilinia, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 160 (1904).

Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey tinged with reddish

brown ; palpi, antenne, and legs fuscous brown. Fore wing

purplish grey thickly irrorated with reddish brown; antemedial

line black-brown, incurved in cell, then minutely waved; a shght

blackish discoidal striga; postmedial line diffused, black-brown,

Fig. 112.—Chalenata bilinea, 3. 3.

inwardly oblique and minutely waved; an indistinct brown sub-

terminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish

brown; a fine dark terminal line; the underside whitish tinged

and irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Braz, Itaparica (Meade-Waldo), 1 3, Sio Paulo (D.

Jones), 4 6,19. Hap. 16-20 millim,

5557. Chalenata lilacina, n. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 26.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey slightly irrorated with

brown, the palpi, antennz, and legs browner. Fore wing pale grey

irrorated with purplish brown, the costal edge brown; a minutely

waved erect dark antemedial line; a small blackish discoidal

lunule; postmedial line rather diffused, blackish, oblique from costa

to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and minutely waved, some pale

points beyond it on costa; a faint nearly straight whitish sub-

terminal line ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

grey tinged with brown; a terminal series of black points; the

underside grey irrorated with brown, an indistinct discoidal spot.

Hab. Brazit, Espiritu Santo, 1 2 ; AreEnrtna, Gran Chaco,

Florenzia (Wagner), 1 3 type. Hap. 18 millim.

5558. Chalenata micaceella. (Plate CLIX. fig. 27.)

Chalenata micaceella, Wik. xxx. 1001 (1864),

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen very dark olive-brown; pectus,

366 NOCTUID A.

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen greyer. Fore wing very dark

olive-brown ; some silvery blue scales at base of costa and cell

and some on costa near base; antemedial line formed of silvery

blue scales tending to form spots, curved; two small patches of

silvery blue scales on medial area, some scattered scales in cell and

between lower angle of cell and inner margin; postmedial line

formed of silvery blue scales tending to form spots, incurved below

vein 4; a subterminal series of spots formed of silvery blue scales ;

some silvery blue scales on termen ; cilia greyish above middle and

tornus. Hind wing very dark olive-brown ; medial and postmedial

waved lines formed of silvery scales and a terminal band of silvery

scales; the underside olive-brown mixed with grey.

Hab, Brazit, Amazons, Ega (Bates), 1 2 type. Hap. 14 millim.

Genus STENOLOBA.

Type.

Stenoloba, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 381 (1892) ............... Jancousct.

Neothripa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 882 (1894) ............... punctistigma.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head and moderately scaled, the rd moderate; frons with

slight rather pointed conical prominence ; eyes large, round ; antennz of

male ciliated; thorax entirely clothed with very large scales, the prothorax

with very long oblique flattened crest, the metathorax with spreading crest ;

fore tibie fringed with long hair, the mid and hind tibiz moderately fringed

with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing rather narrow,

the margins subparallel, the apex rounded, the termen rather obliquely

curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

or from just below upper angle; 7 from areole; 9 from 10 anastomosing with

8 to form the area which is longitudinally narrow and elongate, or abnormally

8,9 separately from the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of disco-

cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

A. Fore wing with white fascia along median nervure and

thencerobliq welystosapexa mee eeetere=seereeseseeeescs ence jancousct,

B. Fore wing without white fascia.

a. Fore wing not tinged with green. E

a‘, Fore wing with rufous centre to orbicular ............ Serrimacula.

61. Fore wing without rufous centre to orbicular.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform

defined by rufous and black scales ............... manleyt.

b?. Fore wing with the orbicular a black point, the

reniform a black bar ...........- oacganbo0sbs ponesupbe clara.

6. Fore wing tinged with green.

a‘, Fore wing without points of raised white scales on

the lines.

a. Fore wing with the basal and medial costal areas

timed awathypaleyonreenseernrenepeecttescesecaceeeee punctistigma.

b>, Fore wing with patches of bright yellow-green on

basal, medial, and terminal areas..........,......- viridimicta.

5'. Fore wing with points of raised white scales on the

INTVEE) constant aadgndanococdsnasacoaroonanoseaoasmeacasencebosde: glaucescens.

STENOLOBA. 367

5559. Stenoloba jancousci.

Dichagyris jankowskii, Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 28, pl. 3. f. 5 (1884) ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 361.

Edema nivilinea, Leech, P. Z.S. 1888, p. 638, pl. 32. f. 1; Kirby, Cat.

Het. p. 578.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with olive-brown ; tarsi

brown ringed with white; abdomen ochreous brown with slight

whitish segmental lines. Fore wing bluish white, the costal area

olive-brown, expanding to discal fold from before middle to end of

cell, then curving upwards to a point on costa before apex, the

inner area tinged with grey-brown, the terminal area suffused

with reddish brown, narrowly towards apex, broadly. towards

tornus ; an elliptical disocoidal spot, obsolescent above, defined by

blackish points below; a rather oblique sinuous postmedial line

Fig. 113.—Stenoloba gancousci, G. 4.

from vein 6 to inner margin, the veins beyond it streaked with

white below the costa; subterminal line white, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, incurved at discal and submedian folds; a

fine white line just before termen. Hind wing whitish tinged

with krown, the terminal area suffused with brown; cilia whitish

tinged with brown; the underside white tinged with brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown, a dark patch on middle of

costa, discoidal spot, and minutely waved postmedial line oblique

towards costa, then sinuous.

Hab. K. Stperia, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake, 1 ¢, Yokohama

(Pryer), 2 3,2 2 type nwilinea. Hup, 32-36 millim.

5560. Stenoloba ferrimacula. (Plate CLIX. fig. 28.)

Erastria ferrimacula, Hupsn, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 472 (1906),

Head and thorax grey-white faintly tinged with olive; palpi

behind and antenne blackish ; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused

with brown. Fore wing grey-white slightly tinged with olive ;

subbasal line whitish defined at sides by a few fuscous scales,

entire, excurved in submedian interspace ; antemedial line double

and black from costa to median nervure, then white defined at

sides by some fuscous scales, oblique, waved, angled inwards on

vein 1; orbicular represented by a tuft of rough rufous scales

with a patch of white suffusion from it to postmedial line with

368 NOCTUIDA,

the reniform on it, faintly defined and with black points at

sides; a medial black bar from costa and oblique diffused line

from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line with

double black bars from costa, then indistinctly double filled in

with whitish, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurvyed, some black points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by olive suffusion,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus ;

a terminal series of black points; cilia chequered olive-whitish and

fuscous. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish with a

brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, a blackish discoidal spot, medial bar from costa, rather

diffused crenulate postmedial line, and terminal sefies of lunules

from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢,19 type. Hp. g 24, 2 30 millim.

5561. Stenoloba manleyi.

Selepa manleyt, Leech, P. Z.8. 1889, p. 479, pl. 52. f. 1.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with greyish. Fore

wing brown mixed with some grey; basal area grey irrorated with

brown and with slight subbasal black streaks in cell and submedian

fold, its outer edge oblique from costa to submedian fold where

it is angled, then incurved; antemedial line indistinctly double

filled in with whitish, oblique, waved; orbicular represented

by some fiery red scales, the reniform defined by slight black

marks and with some red scales round it; an indistinct double

waved meédial line excurved at middle; postmedial line double

filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line faint,

whitish, defined on inner side by slight dentate black marks,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal

series of minute black lunules; cilia with a fine pale line at base.

Hind wing brown, the cilia whitish; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct crenulate

postmedial line.

Hab. Japan, Nikko (Ito), 1 2, Yokohama (Pryer), 3 3, 2 2

type; Corna, Gensan (/to), 1 9,192. Hp. 28-32 millim.

5562. Stenoloba clara. (Plate CLIX. fig. 29.)

Selepa clara, Leech, P, Z.8. 1889, p. 479.5

Head and thorax white mixed with brown and black; palpi

white in front; pectus whitish; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen

whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing white tinged with

brown and slightly irrorated with black, the terminal area suffused

with brown; subbasal line double, blackish filled in with white,

entire, excurved in submedian interspace; antemedial line double,

black filled in with white, oblique, sinuous, angled inwards on

STENOLOBA. 369

vein 1; orbicular a black point, the reniform a black bar; an

oblique sinuous medial line angled outwards below costa and

cell and forming a black patch on costa extending to just beyond

the postmedial line, which is double, black filled in with white,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and

slightly excurved at vein 1, some alternating black and white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, whitish, defined

on inner side by black and red scales and with black patch before

it on costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; the terminal

area browner except at apex; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; cilia with whitish line

at base and whitish tips; the underside whitish tinged and

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct rather

diffused crenulate postmedial line excurved beyond the cell.

Hab. Javan, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 3, 1 9, Yokohama (Pryer),

1 d,1 @ type, Tsu-shima (Holt), 1 ¢. Hwp. 24-28 millim.

5563. Stenoloba punctistigma. (Plate CLIX. fig. 30.)

Neothripa punctistigma, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 11. p. 382 (1894).

Head and thorax grey mixed with olive-brown; abdomen grey

slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing glossy pale brown, the

basal area and medial costal area suffused with grey and tinged

with green; subbasal line blackish, bent outwards below costa,

then oblique to above vein 1 where it is angled outwards, then

incurved to inner margin ; antemedial line indistinctly double,

oblique, sinuous; claviform represented by a slight brown annulus

below middle of cell; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely

defined by points of raised black scales, the former round, the

latter elliptical; postmedial line double at costa, bent outwards

below costa, then somewhat dentate and produced to white points

on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some blackish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey defined on inner

side by brown suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

angled inwards at discal fold; a terminal series of blackish points.

Hind wing grey suffused with brown with a cupreous gloss, the

cilia whiter; the underside whitish faintly tinged with brown,

traces of a diffused antemedial line, a discoidal spot, diffused

postmedial line excuryed below costa and incurved below vein 3,

and terminal series of faint spots.

Hab. Punsas, Simla( Harford), 1 3, 2 9 type, Kangra (Hocking),

146,292. Hep. 28-32 millim.

5064. Stenoloba viridimicta, n. sp, (Plate CLIX. fig. 31.)

3S. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey and yellow green ;

palpi whitish in front except towards extremities ; abdomen grey-

brown. Fore wing red-brown mixed with grey and some purplish

black scales; the basal area with patches of yellow-green; a

VOL. X. 2B

370 NOCTUID®.

subbasal black point below costa; antemedial line very indistinct, ,

angled outwards on subcostal nervure, then oblique ; orbicular

and reniform defined by points of raised black scales at their

angles, the latter with tuft of rufous scales in centre and patch

of yellow-green beyond its lower extremity; some yellow-green on

middle of costa; postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; an oblique yellow-

green patch at apex and the terminal area yellow-green from

vein 4 to tornus; a terminal series of slight black points with

some yellow-green between them below apex; cilia red-brown.

Hind wing reddish brown tinged with grey, the cilia whitish with

a dark line near base; the underside ochreous white irrorated

with brown, a faint diffused antemedial line, discoidal spot, and

sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 30 millim.

*5565. Stenoloba glaucescens. (Plate CLIX. fig. 32.)

Neothripa glaucescens, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 382 (1894).

¢. Head and thorax grey tinged with green and mixed with

brown; palpi white in front; pectus, legs, and abdomen white

tinged with brown. Fore wing white tinged with olive-green,

the terminal half suffused with iron-brown except towards costa ;

two points of raised white scales at base ; subbasal line represented

by a series of points of raised white scales with black points before

them, oblique to subcostal nervure, angled inwards in cell and

outwards above vein 1; antemedial line dark with a series of

points of raised white scales on it, oblique, excurved below costa

and submedian fold, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above

inner margin; orbicular defined by four points of raised white

scales at its angles, the reniform by two points of raised white

scales with small black spot beyond them on the inner edge of

a dark annulus; a small dark annulus below middle of cell ;

medial line represented by a slight oblique striga from costa and

traces of a sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line indistinctly double, dark with series of points of

raised white scales on it, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate and produced to white points on the veins,

somewhat incurved below vein 7, some slight dark marks beyond

it on costa; subterminal line defined by a dark shade on its inner

side and by short fiery red streaks at veins 7 to 5, slightly excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; the underside whitish

slightly irrorated with brown, traces of a diffused oblique ante-

medial line, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild. xp.

28 millim.

STBNOSTYGIA. Shi I

Genus STENOSTYGIA, nov.

Type, S. nigritula.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, not extending beyond the frons

and moderately scaled; frons with truncate prominence with raised edges,

its lower edge produced to a beak-like point, a large corneous plate below it ;

eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales and without crests; tibiz smoothly scaled, the fore tibia short

with large curved claw on inner side at extremity ; abdomen without crests.

Fore wing narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 shortly stalked; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5566. Stenostygia nigritula.

Tarache nigritula, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 514 (1896).

3. Head and thorax dark cupreous brown mixed with some

grey; lower part of frons whitish; tarsi blackish ringed with

whitish ; abdomen greyish suffused with ochreous brown. Fore

wing dark cupreous brown mixed with grey ; subbasal line

represented by a slight black striga from costa; antemedial line

black, minutely dentate, erect; orbicular a white point defined

by black; reniform white, constricted at middle and connected

with the costa by a whitish patch; a rather diffused medial line

from cell to inner margin; postmedial line black, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4 ;

Fig. 114.—Svenostygia nigritula, S. 3.

subterminal line defined by the area beyond it being whitish,

angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3, and inwards at discal and

submedian folds; a terminal series of black points; cilia brown

mixed with whitish. Hind wing cupreous brown, the cilia whitish

with a slight brown line near base.

Q. Head, thorax, and fore wing much more uniform bDlack-

brown, the last with the orbicular more prominent, the subterminal

line only defined by shght whitish marks at discal fold and towards

tornus.

Hab. Bomsay, Deesa (Nurse), 1 d, 1 9; Cuyton, Pattalam

(Pole), 2 2 type. Hp. 18--22 millim.

Dan Pe

372 NOCTUIDE.

Genus SCOTOSTENA, nov.

Type, S. dugens.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to about middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons with

rounded prominence with slight raised edges at extremity and minute truncate

process from middle, a curved corneous plate below it; eyes large, round ;

antennz of female ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the

prothorax without crests, the metathorax with decumbent crest ; tibise smoothly

sealed; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of

cell ; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from

middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

to near middle.

Jake OTE) WAU HNO [ROWAN — socoscgscooososdascncv0sdocossonecosanoo0N005 lugens.

IBS Horewing ochreous) browilense sce ceemerteee cea reece ree pinodes.

5567. Scotostena lugens, n. sp.

®. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown with a greyish

tinge ; palpi, pectus, and legs with whitish mixed, the tarsi ringed

with white. Fore wing fuscous brown with a greyish tinge;

subbasal line represented by a faint blackish striga from costa ;

antemedial line indistinct, black defined on inner side by greyish,

Fig. 115.—Scotostena lugens, Q. 3.

waved, somewhat oblique; orbicular a whitish or white point

defined by black; reniform with brown centre and more or less

complete whitish or white annulus defined by black, constricted at

middle ; postmedial line slight, blackish defined on outer side by

grey, bent outwards below costa, then very minutely~ waved,

strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line hardly traceable,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black

points; cilia greyish with aslight dark line near base. Hind wing

reddish brown, the cilia whitish with a brown line through them ;

the underside greyish suffused with brown.

Hab. Br. N. Guinna, Port Moresby, 4 2 type. Hap. 16-20

millim.

*5568. Scotostena pirodes. (Plate CLX. fig. 1.)

Tarache pinodes, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxxiv. p. 350 (1909).

g. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey ; palpi white

at base; pectus and legs whitish irrorated with brown, the tarsi

SCOTOSTENA,—PROTARACHE. 370

fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen grey suffused with red-brown.

Fore wing ochreous brown with a greyish tinge, the terminal half

irrorated with blackish ; subbasal line represented by blackish

points on costa and median neryure; antemedial line double, the

inner line slight, the outer strong, black, oblique, sinuous ; orbicular

represented by an oblique black striga; reniform ochreous whitish

defined at sides by black and its centre slightly by black scales,

constricted at middle; a curved red-brown medial shade; post-

medial line black defined on outer side by ochreous, bent outwards

below costa, strongly excurved to vein 4, then bent inwards to

below end of cell and angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal line

faint, whitish, defined on inner side by a black patch at costa, then

by slight black spots, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia grey with a black line

through them. Hind wing greyish suffused with red-brown ; cilia

grey with a dark line near base; the underside grey with slight

dark irroration, a curved postmedial line.

Hab, Quernsiann, Townsville (Dodd), type f ¢ in Coll. Turner ;

N. Avsrraia, Port Darwin. vp. 20 millim.

Genus PROTARACHE, nov.

Type, P. eulepidea.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slight, hardly reaching to middle

of frons which has a large corneons prominence with raised edges and slight

roughened knob in centre; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the

metathorax with decumbent crest; tibiz moderately fringed with hair;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of

cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from well below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing without white patch in end of cell.

a. Fore wing without antemedial patch of black scales below

Bey ce lM Peas ast ananack seen sen cre meaistaei one wena seseminat seetanuats ewlepidea.

6. Fore wing with antemedial patch of black scales below

(HO® Gallll a-cconsa0s000s0 oc00d0a09 sadcoenod no poNGNODAdcRSecoHODGeRRAGS melaphora.

B. Fore wing with white patch in end of cell.

a. Fore wing with the patch in cell large, elliptical ......... gladiola.

b, Fore wing with the patch in cell much smaller and

Producediat lower extremiby: soc co.cusnnaesiomsaeac ren cee requires.

5569. Protarache eulepidea.

Tarache eulepidea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 514 (1896).

Head and thorax white mixed with some reddish brown ; palpi

dark brown with the extremities of 1st and 2nd joints and the

3rd joint whitish; tegule with slight medial brown line; tarsi

banded with brown; abdomen white tinged with rufous, the basal

erest blackish. Fore wing whitish; the basal area irrorated with

brown and a few pink and black scales; antemedial line slight,

374 NOCTUID &.

brown, angled outwards below costa, then waved, some brown

suffusion before it on inner area with two blackish marks on it ;

medial area suffused with purplish grey and with blackish beyond

the cell; reniform represented by a slight black lunule; a blackish

medial line, oblique to upper extremity of reniform, strongly

excuryed beyond the cell and incurved below vein 4; postmedial

Fig. 116.—Protarache eulepidea, S. $.

line double, black filled in with white and some pinkish, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein

4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by

red-brown suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, angled

inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 3 and bent outwards to

tornus, the area beyond it irrorated with grey; a terminal series

of slight black strie; cilia brownish and white. Hind wing

reddish brown; cilia yellowish white mixed with brown; the

underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal

bar.

Hab. Cuyton, Puttalam (Pole),1 $,2 2 type. Exp. 22 millim.

5570. Protarache melaphora, n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 2.)

Tarache eulepidea, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 389 (part.).

@. Head and thorax white tinged with rufous; abdomen

whitish tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing whitish suffused

with rufous; a diffused patch of raised black scales in and below

the cell before the very indistinct sinuous whitish antemedial line ;

medial area leaden grey with a blackish tinge beyond the cell ;

postmedial line indistinct, double filled in with whitish, slightly

angled outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique;

subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner side by rufous

suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, the area beyoud it

irrorated with grey; a terminal series of slight black strie ; cilia

white and grey with a slight dark line at middle. Hind wing

reddish brown, the cilia whitish with a brown line at middle; the

underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a terminal series of

blackish striz.

Hab. Becuuanatann, N’Gami (Lugard),1 9. Hap, 22 millim.

*5071. ? Protarache gladiola. (Plate CLX. fig. 3.)

Chamaclea gladiola, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxix, p. 67 (1907).

Head brown; thorax white, the tegule yellowish at base, the

PROTARACHE.—UNCULA. 379

metathorax with some olive and violet scales; abdomen brown.

Fore wing dark olive-brown with some pale olive-yellow and violet

scales mixed, the terminal area white; a white patch at base

emitting a streak below median nervure; antemedial line almost

obsolete ; a large elliptical white patch in cell on medial area with

the reniform beyond it, narrow, indistinct with pale annulus ;

postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa,

incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line absent ;

traces of a series of terminal dark points. Hind wing fuscous

brown with traces of discoidal point and curved postmedial line ;

cilia white. Underside of fore wing fuscous with discal yellowish

patch and the costa yellowish; hind wing yellowish white with

dark postmedial band.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Sta. Catalina Mts. Hvp. 28 millim.

This species is unknown to me, the frontal structure examined

by H. G. Dyar; figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

W. Barnes.

*5572. ? Protarache requies. (Plate CLX. fig. 4.)

Centrartha requies, Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. xi. p. 21 (1909).

Head dark brown, the palpi paler; thorax and abdomen creamy

white. Fore wing purple-brown with a metallic gloss and irrorated

with pale purple scales, the basal and terminal areas creamy white,

the costal edge brown at base; antemedial line slight, whitish

defined on inner side by brown, minutely waved; orbicular absent ;

a creamy white spot produced at lower extremity in end of cell

before the faint reniform ; an incurved dark shade from lower angle

of cell to inner margin; postmedial line brown defined on outer

side by whitish, excurved below costa, then oblique, sinuous; three

black points on termen just above middle. Hind wing white finely

irrorated with fuscous, the cilia white. Underside of fore wing

silky blackish, the costa, apex, and discal spot pale; hind wing

silky white.

Hab. Mexico, Tehuacan (Miller). Ewp. 26 millim. This

species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in

U.S. Nat. Mus.

Genus UNCULA. Type

Uneula, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 52 (1900)............ herbaria.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to about middle of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons

with corneous prominence with raised edges forming a transverse groove across

it, no corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without distinct crests; tibiz smoothly scaled ;

abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked; 5 nearly fully developed from well

below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

376 NOCTUID %.

Secr I. Antenne of male bipectinate with moderate branches.

A. Fore wing brown with curved white mark in end of cell... dunata.

B. Fore wing whitish with dark mark in submedian interspace

betoresposbmieditall time nareeneasesens teen ssestercestM Meher herbaria.

*5573. Uncula lunata. (Plate CLX. fig. 5.)

Tarache lunata, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 32 (1903).

¢. Head whitish; thorax brown mixed with white; abdomen

grey. Fore wing yellowish brown pencilled with raised black

scales ; a broad oblique white antemedial band from costa to vein 1

emitting on outer side a large black-defined tooth in submedian fold ;

a downcurved white mark in cell from middle to discocellulars

where its upper and lower edges are indented by black points; a

sinuous postmedial white band from vei 3 to inner margin;

a white subterminal band excurved at middle and incurved at

submedian fold, with some black points on its inner edge. Hind

wing white suffused with brown.

Hab. S. Ausrraria, L. Mulligan, type f ¢ in Coll. Lower. Eup.

26 millim.

5574. Uncula herbaria.

Hiccoda herbaria, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1886, p. 446; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 306.

Head and thorax white faintly tinged with olive, the vertex of

head, pro- and metathorax with a few black scales ; palpi and sides

of frons blackish ; antennze with the branches blackish in male, the

shaft ringed with black in female; pectus and legs tinged with

brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen ochreous

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing whitish faintly

tinged with olive-ochreous and with slight dark irroration ;

Fig. 117.— Uneula herbaria, 3.

Q°

subbasal line represented by a black point on costa, the antemedial

line by black points on costa and inner margin; claviform represented

by a black lunule at extremity with a patch of black suffusion from

it to postmedial line; orbicular a minute black point; the renitorm

defined by some black points and a few scales below ; terminal half

of costa with alternating blackish and white points; postmedial

line very incomplete, formed of black scales, minutely waved,

arising at vein 6 and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line with

a blackish bar from costa, then defined by ochreous suffusion on

UNCULA. 377

inner side, slightly incurved below vein 3; some black scaling at

middle of terminal area and a terminal series of black strie ; cilia

white with some black scales and a blackish patch at middle.

Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown; some blackish

striz on termen, the cilia whiter; the underside ochreous white

irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and traces of a diffused

curved postmedial line.

Hab. BomBay, Mhow (Swinhoe), 1 3g, 2 2 type. up.

18 millim.

Srcr. II. Antenne of male ciliated.

6575. Uncula tristigmatias.

Hyela tristigmatias, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 892 (1902).

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some rufous; fore

tibie and the tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen reddish brown.

Fore wing rufous almost entirely suffused with purplish fuscous,

the terminal area with more rufous ; subbasal line represented by

two black striz from costa; antemedial line double, black filled in

with grey, waved, somewhat oblique; claviform, orbicular, and

Fig. 118.—Uneula tristigmatias, $. 3.

reniform rufous defined by black, the two former small, round, the

last more or less angled inwards on median nervure, the first some-

times minute and filled in with whitish; a sinuous black line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, black

filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line slight, pale more or less distinctly defined on

inner side by brown, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of black strie. Hind

wing cupreous brown with a slight punctiform dark terminal line ;

cilia with a fine whitish line at base; the underside whitish thickly

irrorated with dark brown, a blackish discoidal spot, curved

postmedial line, traces of a diffused subterminal band, and terminal

series of striz.

Hab. Br. KE. Arrica, Stony R. (Crawshay), 1 3, Machakos

(Crawshay), 1 3, Kikuyu, Nairobi (Crawshay), 1 ¢, 1 Q type,

Kiu (Crawshay), 2 3, Athi R. (Betton), 1 ¢ ; Ucanps, Ketoma

(Doggett), 8 3, Mulema (Doggett), 3 § ; MasHonatann, Salisbury

(Marshall), 3 $. EHwp. 20-22 millim.

378 NOCTUIDH.

Genus XANTHOLEUCA, nov.

Type, X. staudingeri.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, hardly reaching beyond the large

truncate corneous frontal prominence with raised edges; eyes large, round ;

antennz of male somewhat laminate and minutely ciliated; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with

decumbent crest; tibie slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest

at base only and subdorsal scale-fans from basal segment. Fore wing with

the apex somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;

veins 3and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from

angle; 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 38, 4 from angle

of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5576. Xantholeuca staudingeri.

Erastria staudingeri, Stndf. Rom. Mém. vi. We 667s pla diastena (L692)

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 281.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen white; patagia yellow at

extremity ; tarsi ochreous ringed with white. Fore wing silvery

white ; a broad golden yellow antemedial band with waved edges,

Fig. 119.—Xantholeuca staudingeri, 8. 3.

a slight waved brown line on its outer edge, except towards costa ;

a dentate brown subterminal line, angled outwards below vein 7

and incurved below vein 3, the area beyond it golden yellow with

some brown scales on it below apex and at tornus; cilia white,

some brown-tipped scales at apex, above middle and at tornus.

Hind wing ochreous white slightly tinged with brown; an in-

distinct diffused brownish postmedial band; cilia white, yellowish

at base and brownish at apex; the underside ochreous white

tinged with brown, a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Syria, Mardin, 1 ¢. wp. 20 millim.

Genus HICCODA. figs

Hiecoda, Moore, Lep. Atk. p, 134 (1882) ............0ccseeecceeeeceeee dosaroides.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons with truncate

prominence with raised edges, its lower part filled in with scales; eyes large,

round ; antenne of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales, the prothorax without crest, the mesothorax with slight paired

crests, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibiz moderately fringed with

hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen eyenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

HICCODA. O79

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 shortly stalked ;

5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the terminal area darker than the ground-

colour.

a. Fore wing with the reniform whitish, completely defined. plebeca.

6, Fore wing with the reniform concolorous, incompletely

GlelMEC! cnoonsoncadbopoadancadaded. Soose sqencoDan yn oHSduonboouoCUNOGD eccausta.

B. Fore wing with the terminal area not darker than the

ground-colour.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from below

GOS) 160) WENN 2h: coadacoancsabsoabaogabonsoconedadoonsnonoppaDaedqGod dosaroides,

6, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly angled

inwards in discal fold or obsolescent on costal half...... migripalpis.

5577. Hiccoda plebeia.

Acontia plebeia, Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vii. p. 61, pl. 129. f.3 (1899) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 519.

Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish tinged with rufous and

mixed with dark brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous

and irrorated with dark brown, the medial and terminal areas

suffused with purplish grey leaving some pale rufous from costa

before apex to reniform and on inner half of postmedial area ; sub-

basal line represented by a slight black striga from costa; ante-

medial line whitish, waved, somewhat oblique ; claviform, orbicular,

and reniform whitish tinged with rufous and detined by black, the

two former small, round, the last with some brown in centre; an

indistinct blackish medial line, oblique to the reniform, oblique and

sinuous from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, blackish

filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved

at discal fold, incurved and minutely waved below vem 4; some

blackish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line rather

diffused, blackish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent

outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black points; cilia black

mixed with grey. Hind wing fuscous brown ; a fine dark terminal

line; cilia pale with a dark line through them; the underside

whitish irrorated and suffused with dark brown, an indistinct dark

diseoidal spot.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the oblique pale area from costa before

apex extending to the pale basal area.— Bhutan.

Hab. Punsaz, 1 2, Simla (Harford), 1 3g, 1 9, Dharmsala

(Hocking), 23,4 2 type; Buurdn (Dudgeon), 2 g. Hap. 22-26

millim,

5578. Hiccoda eccausta, n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 6.)

Head white; palpi blackish at sides; frons with lateral black

bars ; antenne blackish ; thorax yellow, the metathorax with

slight brown marks; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous mixed

with brown, the fore tibizs and the tarsi banded with brown.

380 NOCTUID ®.

Fore wing yellow, the costal area tinged with rufous, the costa

black to beyond middle ; subbasal line represented by aslight black

striga from costa, the antemedial line by a sinuous black striga

from costa and double striz from inner margin; orbicular defined

by black on outer side, the reniform on inner side,a grey patch

between them ; postmedial line obsolete on costal area, oblique and

waved from vein 4 to inner margin; terminal area suffused with

leaden grey, narrowing to apex; a terminal series of black strive

with white points between them at base of cilia which are leaden

grey. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia greyish with a fine brown line through them ;

the underside greyish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a

brown discoidal point and terminal series of striz.

Hab. Burma, Thayetmyo (Watson), 2 3, 29 type. Hap. 18-

20 millim.

5579. Hiccoda dosaroides.

Hiccoda dosaroides, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 135 (1882); id. Lep. Ceyl. ii.

p. 49, pl. 150. f. 16; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 318.

Naranga diplogramma, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 476 (1908).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. and

irrorated with fuscous; frons with lateral black bars ; tegule

with blackish medial line; fore tibie and the tarsi banded with

black. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous ; subbasal line

represented by blackish points on costa and in cell ; antemedial line

very indistinctly double filled in with whitish, interrupted, angled

Fig. 120.—AHiccoda dosaroides, G. 3.

inwards in cell and on vein 1; claviform slightly defined by

whitish and black at extremity only; orbicular and reniform very

indistinct, pale, the former defined on outer side by black, the

latter on inner side, a brown patch between them ; postmedial line

indistinct, double, rufous filled with whitish, a dark point on the

outer line at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; traces of a

rufous subterminal line, excurved at middle and crossed by an

oblique dark shade from apex; a terminal series of slight black

strie ; cilia with a slight dark line through them, the tips

chequered with blackish except towards apex. Hind wing greyish

tinged with brown; cilia whitish with faint brown lines at

middle and tips; the underside pale ochreous irrorated with brown,

a black discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

HICCODA. 381

Hab. Br. HE. Arrica, Tana R. (Crawshay), 1 2; Comoro Is.,

Mayotta (Meade-Waldo), 1 9 type diplogramma; Punsas, Simla

(Harford), 13,1 2, Dharmsala (Hocking), 53,3 9 type, Kangra

Valley (Dudgeon), 1 2; Bompay, Kutch, 2 ¢, Deesa (Nurse), 1 ¢,

Bombay, 1 g, Kanara, Gudhali (7. &. Bell), 1 9; Cryton, 3 6,

1 2; Burma, Thayetmyo (Watson), 2 2. Hap. 18-20 millim.

5580. Hiccoda nigripalpis.

Acontia nigripalpis, Wik. xxxv. 1965 (1866); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

318

paolo ;

Phothedes frausa, Swinh. P. Z. 8S. 1886, p. 446; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 306,

Naranga pallida, Hmpsn. Ml. Het. B. M. ix. p. 96, pl. 162. f 18 (1893).

Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish ochreous mixed with fuscous ;

palpi blackish behind; tarsi banded with blackish. Fore wing

brownish ochreous, the costal area irrorated with fuscous; subbasal

line represented by black points on costa and in cell, the ante-

medial line by double black strize from costa and cell; orbicular

defined by black on outer side, the reniform on inner side, a grey

and fuscous patch between them ; postmedial line almost obsolete

on costal half, below vein 4 indistinctly double filled in with

whitish, incurved and minutely waved, a fuscous and greyish patch

beyond it near tornus ; an oblique diffused blackish fascia from

apex ; a terminal series of black striz ; cilia greyish mixed with

fuscous. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown, the cilia

whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the orbicular almost completely defined by

black, small, round.

Ab. 2. Fore wing more irrorated with fuscous especially on

costal and postmedial areas, the antemedial line entire, indistinctly

double, sinuous, the postmedial line entire, bent outwards below

costa and angled inwards in discal fold.

Ab. 3. Fore wing bright yellow, the costal area suffused with

rufous.

Ab. 4. Fore wing pale yellow, the costal area tinged with rufous ;

hind wing whiter.

Ab. 5. pallida. Similar but the markings of fore wing obsolescent,

the orbicular and reniform represented by a few black scales and

without dark patch between them.

Hab. Br. BH. Arrica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 3 3; Masnonaranp,

Salisbury (Marshall), 1 3; Natat, Durban (Gooch), 1 9; Inpra

(Mrs. Hamulton), 1 $,1 2 type; Punsas, Manpuri, 1 2, Moghal

Sarai (Betton), 1 ¢, J 9; Bomsay, Kutch, 5 9, Deesa (Nurse),

1 3, Bombay, 1 9, Bandra (Jayaker), 73,22, Mhow (Swinhoe),

13,1 Q type frausa ; Mapras, Belgaum (Watson), 6 5, 2 9,

Gooty (Campbell), 1 3, Cuddapah (Campbell), 1 9; Cnyton,

Puttalam (Pole), 2 $, Colombo (Green), 1 2 type pallida. Lup.

18-20 millim.

382 NOCTUID Ai.

Genus PHYLLOPHILA. Top:

Phyllophila, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 254 (1852)..........2.sse0cceeeeeeeenene obliterata.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint hardly

reaching to middle of frons, the 3rd short; frons with rounded prominence

sometimes slightly roughened at extremity and with corneous plate below it;

eyes large, round; antenne of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibiz moderately fringed with hair;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Kore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near

angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5

nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform prominently

defined by white: ou. Yn batacodecerseae eeseneaceeteaoe caaasessenele cer numerica.

B. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not defined by

white.

a. Fore wing grey with hardly any brown tinge.

a, Fore wing with the lines not defined by black............ obliterata.

61, Fore wing with the lines defined by black .................. griseola.

6. Fore wing suffused with rufous or red-brown.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line prominent,

VOOM AISI Sogo ono soodosrbscoboancosdocass sonHResddcnaoncOoRs00HoN00 rufescens.

b!. Fore wing with the subterminal line indistinct.

a?. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from

below costa to vein 6, then oblique.

a®, Fore wing with the veins of costal area not streaked

THM ORO. Sooqassagogsqds Cousot loads soqpaoenabacacgoNGasonc jlavitermina.

6°. Fore wing with the veins of costal area streaked

with brGwill jasenewccecmecter en ceemeaareecisteciclrssseleciens torrefacta.

6°. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from

below costa to vein 4, then oblique................... obscura.

ce”. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards

belowscosta, then onliq wen rcessceeescemeeeteesssctiecsi-ccr cogela.

5581. Phyllophila numerica.

Agrophila numerica, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 175 (1840); Guen. Noct.

ii. p. 235, pl. 10. f.9; Rmbr. Cat. Lép. 8. And. pl. 7. f. 8; Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 231.

Frastria ornatula, Christ. Rom. Mém. iil. p. 84, pl. 4. f. 8 (1887).

Head and thorax deep golden brown mixed with white; frons

with lateral blackish bars; tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen white tinged with brown, the basal crest dark brown.

Fore wing deep golden brown irrorated with white; subbasal line

white, dentate, from costa to submedian fold, a white spot beyond

it in cell and short streak above vein 1; antemedial line double,

black-brown filied in with white, waved, somewhat oblique ;

orbicular and reniform with white annuli, their centres defined by

black-brown, the former round, almost confluent below with the

latter which is constricted at middle and angled inwards on

median nervure ; postmedial line double, black-brown filled in with

white, strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold

to the reniform, incurved below vein 4 to lower edge of reniform,

then waved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

PHYLLOPHILA. 383

line white, minutely dentate, angled inwards in discal fold and

twice in submedian interspace; a dentate white terminal line de-

fining slight blackish lunules ; cilia black-brown strongly intersected

with white. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale yellow-brown ;

cilia yellow-brown at base, white at tips; the underside whitish

suffused and irrorated with yellow-brown, a dark discoidal spot,

diffused curved postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side, and

terminal series of slight dark lunules defined by white on inner

side.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the orbicular nearer the antemedial line

and widely separated from the reniform, which is more constricted

at middle, less angled inwards at median nervure and separated

from the postmedial line.—Spain.

Ab. 2. ornatula. Fore wing with the antemedial line more

acutely angled inwards in cell and outwards in submedian fold, the

orbicular elliptical and confluent with the antemedial line, the

reniform with its extremities produced outwards, the postmedial

line more acutely angled outwards below costa, then more regular

and less incurved at discal and submedian folds.—Algeria, Persia,

W. Turkestan.

Hab. S. Francu; Spain, Aragon, Castile, Cuenca (Chapman) ;

Corstca, Leech Coll.; Atcrrta; N. Persia, Kukulab, 1 ¢;

W. Tourxesran, Turcomania. Hxp. 28-32 millim.

Larva. Goossens, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1871, p. 291, pl. 4 f. 6; Kirby,

Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 285; Hffm. Raup. p. 143.

Yellowish green with yellowish white spots, the lines white.

Food-plant : Santolina.

5582. Phyllophila obliterata.

Anthophila obliterata, Rmbr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1838, p. 27, pl. 2. f. 17 5

Mill. Icones. iii. pl. 103. ff. 13-15; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 230.

Anthophila wimmerti, Treit. Eur. Schmett. x. 2, p. 148 (1835); Frr. Neue

Beitr. pl. 162. ff. 4,5; Fisch. v. Roslerst. Schmett. p 79, pl. 36. ff. 38 a-c;

Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. ii. p. 516, pl. 44.f. 2; Herr.-Schatf. Hur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 255.

Anthophila recta, Ky. Faun. Volg. Ur. p. 338 (1844).

Phyllophila cretacea, Butl. 1. Het. B.M. iii. p. 28, pl. 47. f. 11 (1879).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with some reddish

brown, the palpi and legs browner. Fore wing white suffused

Fig, 121.—Phyllophila obliterata, @. 1

with reddish brown; subbasal line represented by a faint whitish

striga from costa with some dark brown beyond it in cell; ante-

medial line represented by an indistinct diffused whitish band,

oblique below the cell; orbicular a slight dark brown point; the

384 NOCTUID&.

reniform represented by two small dark brown spots, the lower

rather larger; postmedial line indistinct, whitish, slightly bent out-—

wards below costa, incurved below vein 4 and forming an oblique

band towards inner margin, some slight white points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 7, then

forming an oblique band bent outwards to tornus, a terminal series

of slight black points; cilia red-brown chequered with white at

tips. Hind wing white slightly tinged with red-brown; the

underside white irrorated with red-brown, a slight discoidal spot.

Ab. 1. eretacea. Rather greyer; fore wing with oblique dark

band before the postmedial line from vein 4 to inner margin.

Hab. Austria, Tirol; Corstca; Irany, Leech Coll.; Huneary;

Barxans, Zeller Coll.; Russta, Zeller Coll.; Armenra, Caucasus,

2 3, Zeller Coll.; Prrsta, 1 ¢,D’Emmich Coll.; W. Turxezsran,

Turcomania, Ferghana; W. Siperia, Altai; E. Turxestan, Ili;

K. Sreeria, Amurland, 1 ¢, Ussuri; Japan, Myanoshita (Verbury),

1 ¢, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 1 ¢, 3 2 type cretacca; Corea,

Gensan (/to, Leech), 1 5, 1 Q; C. Carna, Fokien (de la Garde),

1 g, Kiukiang (Pryer), 19, Chang-yang (Pratt), 12. Hup. 24—

28 millim,

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 284; Hffm. Raup. p. 142.

Green ; dorsal line dark ; lateral line white. Food-plants: <Arte-

misia ceerulescens and campestris. 6.

5583. Fhyllophila griseola.

Thalpochares griseola, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 10 (1874), @.

Tarache leucostigmata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 890 (1902), Q.

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with reddish brown; tarsi

black-brown slightly ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white

irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown

and irrorated with black, the terminal area rufous; subbasal line

represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line slight,

black, oblique, angled outwards on subcostal and median nervures,

then sinuous; orbicular absent; reniform very faint, pale, angled

inwards on median nervure; a sinuous blackish line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin with brown suffusion between it and

the postmedial line, which is rather indistinct, double filled in with

whitish, bent outwards below costa, minutely waved to vein 4,

then incurved; subterminal line faint, pale, on inner area forming

a diffused patch extending to postmedial line; a terminal series of

shght dark points; cilia brown mixed with grey. Hind wing

reddish brown with indistinct postmedial line excurved beyond the

cell, diffused subterminal band and terminal series of points ; cilia

whitish at tips; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated with

brown, the postmedial line as above.

©. Fore wing with the basal area rather whiter, the lines

strong, black, the orbicular white defined by black, small, round,

the reniform white defined at sides by black, quadrate and strongly

PHYLLOPHILA. 385

angled inwards on median nervure, the subterminal line prominent,

white.

Hab. Carn Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 3 type leuco-

stigmata, Simons Town (de la Garde), 4 3,22, Capetown (Zrimen),

12. exp. 34-36 millim.

5584. Phyliophila rufescens, n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 7.)

Tarache griseola, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 391 (nec Feld.).

$6. Head and thorax rufous; abdomen whitish slightly tinged

with rufous. Fore wing pale rufous with slight dark irroration,

the terminal area bright rufous; antemedial line hardly traceable,

double, waved ; a slight blackish mark at lower angle of cell with

traces of a diffused oblique line from it to inner margin; postmedial

line indistinct, double, faintly filled in with whitish, excurved from

costa to vein 4, then slightly incurved; subterminal line ill-defined,

yellowish white, nearly straight, then bent outwards to tornus;

a terminal series of blackish points; cilia red-brown mixed with

whitish and with brown line through them. Hind wing whitish

suffused with red-brown especially on terminal area; an indistinct

curved postmedial line; cilia whitish mixed with rufous; the

underside yellowish white irrorated with red-brown, the postmedial

line ill-defined.

9. Fore wing with more prominent black irroration, the sub-

terminal line prominent, yellow.

Hab. Carn Cotony, Plettenburg Bay, 1 ¢ type, Knysna, 1 9,

Capetown, Table Mt. (Meade-Waldo),1 9. Hap. 30 millim.

5585. Phyllophila flavitermina. (Plate OLX. fig. 8.)

Tarache flavitermina, Hmpsn. Ann. §. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 391 (1902).

g. Head and thorax yellowish white, the latter with dark

brown dorsal streak; palpi at tips and antenne brown; pectus

and legs suffused with brown, the tarsi slightly ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing yellowish

white suffused with rufous except the costal area to postmedial

line and the basal inner area, and with slight dark irroration ;

subbasal and antemedial lines absent; orbicular a black point;

reniform defined by a few black scales, small, elliptical, an indistinct

obliquely incurved line from it to inner margin; postmedial line

red-brown, obliquely excurved from costa to vein 6, then oblique

and slightly angled inwards in submedian fold, a dark red-brown

band from apex to postmedial line at vein 6 and thence on its

outer side to inner margin; subterminal line yellow defined on

inner side by red-brown, minutely dentate, oblique below vein 6

and slightly angled inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series

of black points; cilia red-brown and yellowish, blackish at apex.

Hind wing yellowish white slightly tinged with red-brown; cilia

vol, X. 2C¢

386 NOCTUIDH.

yellowish white; the underside yellowish white, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a small brown discoidal

spot.

@. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; abdomen

dark brown; fore wing brown tinged with grey, the terminal half

suffused with rufous, the markings indistinct especially the oblique

dark band from apex; hind wing strongly suffused with brown,

the underside grey irrorated with brown, an indistinct postmedial

line.

Hab. Carr Cotony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 2 3 type, Zuurberg

(Bairstow), 1 9. Exp. 26 millim.

5586. Phyllophila torrefacta. (Plate CLX. fig. 9.)

Tarache torrefacta, Dist. A.M. N.H. (7) i. p. 223 (1898).

Head and thorax red-brown tinged with greyish; palpi white,

brown at tips; pectus and legs white, the tibie and tarsi suffused

with brown; abdomen yellowish tinged with rufous, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing yellow suffused with rufous except the

basal and costal areas and the medial part of terminal area, the

veins and discal fold streaked with rufous; antemedial line rufous,

rather irregular and diffused, strongly angled outwards on median

nervure and oblique towards costa and inner margin; orbicular a

small brown spot, the reniform a slight discoidal lunule; a fine

rufous medial line, oblique from costa to just beyond the cell where

it is excurved, then obliquely incurved; postmedial line rufous,

strongly cxcurved from costa to vein 6, then very oblique and

incuryed in submedian interspace, met at vein 6 by an oblique

diffused rufous fascia from apex; subterminal line yellow defined

on inner side by rufous, minutely dentate, excurved below vein 7,

then oblique; a rufous terminal line; cilia yellow with a rufous

line through them. Hind wing yellow suffused with rufous, the

cilia yellower; the underside yellow shghtly irrorated with red-

brown, a small discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line

excurved beyond the cell.

Ab. 1. Fore wing darker and more suffused with greyish brown.

—br. E. Africa.

Hab. Br. KE. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 39, Kiliman’jaro

(Sjostedt), 1 $; Transvaat, Johannesburg (Cooke, Ross), 1 $,1 9.

Hep. 26 millim. ;

*5587. Phyllophila obscura. (Plate CLX. fig. 10.)

Metachrostis obscura, Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii, p. 326 (1894).

do. Head. thorax, and abdomen grey-brown with slight dark

irroration; tarsi brown with pale rings. ore wing glossy grey-

brown with a reddish tinge and dark irroration; subbasal line

represented by a dark point on costa; antemedial line indistinct,

PHYLLOPHILA.—CDICODIA. 387

double, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform obsolete ; an obscure

medial shade, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then on

inner side of the postmedial line, which is indistinct, double, bent

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, some slight dark

points beyond it on the veins; subterminal line greyish defined on

inner side by dark suffusion, excuryed below vein 7 and at middle ;

a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing glossy grey-brown

with a reddish tinge; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a

dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Assam, Naga Hills (Doherty), type? 3 in Coll. Rothschild.

Exp. 26 millim.

5088. Phyllophila cogela. (Plate CLX. fig. 11.)

Evrastria cogela, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 161 (1904).

@. Head and thorax rufous mixed with whitish; thorax with

lateral black bars; abdomen greyish irrorated with red-brown.

Fore wing greyish irrorated with olive-brown; the costa red

irrorated with white scales to near apex; antemedial line double

filled in with greyish, slightly waved and somewhat excurved at

middle; orbicular and reriform with indistinct whitish annuli, the

former small, round, the latter with its lower part filled in with

rufous, white, and black scales ; postmedial line double, brown filled

in with whitish and with an oblique olive-brown shade on its inner

side, crossing to outer side at costa, bent outwards below costa and

oblique below vein 7, the area beyond it whitish to the subterminal

line, which is pale, slightly defined by brown on inner side, excurved

at middle; a terminal red-brown line; cilia grey mixed with

brown and with a dark line at middle. Hind wing grey suffused

and irrorated with brown; a curved postmedial line detined by

whitish on outer side; a fine brown terminal line; cilia whitish

with brown line at middle and brown tips; the underside whitish

thickly irrorated with red, an indistinct diffused red postmedial

line.

Hab. Braztt, Castro Parafia (D. Jones), 1 9. Exp. 28 millim.

Genus G@DICODIA, nov.

Type, &. violascens.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and moderately scaled in front, the 3rd short; frons with

large round corneous prominence with raised edges and eorneous process in

middle hollowed out in front; eyes large, round; antenne of female almost

simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibicz

slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10

stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost

fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

2c2

388 NOCTUID A.

5589. Cidicodia violascens, n. sp.

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey tinged with brown

and mixed with some rufous and blackish scales. Fore wing

purplish grey tinged with brown and thickly irrorated with black-

brown; antemedial line double filled in with grey, waved, strongly

incurved at vein 1; reniform a slight whitish bar defined by

diffused black; an indistinct curved dark medial shade; postmedial

line indistinct, double filled in with grey, oblique from below costa

to vein 6, then waved; traces of a fine pale subterminal line

excurved below costa and at middle; the extremities of the veins

with small wedge-shaped black spots. Hind wing greyish suffused

with brown; the underside whitish tinged with brown and

irrorated with dark brown.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 2 type. Hap. 20 millim.

Genus CRETONIA.

Type.

Ciramonden, Nils, sesey— USD) (USES) coco: seonea8b0000000007¢08q00000¢ platypheella.

Swinhoea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 524 (1894) ............... vegeta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint typically reaching

to vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons with rounded

prominence; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales, the mesothorax with paired crests, the metathorax

with depressed crest; tibie moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of

discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

Sucr. I (Swinhoea). Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to far above vertex of

head and rather broadly fringed with scales in front towards

extremity, the 3rd very long and acuminate,

5590. Cretonia vegeta.

Spadiz vegetus, Swinh. P. Z.S. 1885, p. 475, pl. 28. f. 14; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. i. p. 325.

Head and thorax red-brown with a slight greyish tinge; palpi,

pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish suffused with fuscous. Fore

CRETONIA. 389

wing with the basal area greyish suffused with rufous, the rest of

wing glossy red-brown; a slight curved subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line dark brown defined on inner side

by pinkish white, oblique, sinuous, a small black spot before it

above inner margin, some darker suffusion beyond it at middle;

orbicular absent; reniform very faintly defined by a few whitish

and black scales; medial line dark, oblique from costa to lower

angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line double, the outer line

* OY ptr a 3

Fig. 128.—Cretonia vegeta, S. 3.

indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 7, then slightly oblique,

minutely waved and somewhat incurved at submedian fold, some

whitish points beyond it on costa, a diffused dark subterminal

shade; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing grey suffused with

fuscous brown, the cilia paler with a slight brown line through

them: the underside whitish suffused and thickly irrorated with

fuscous brown, a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct sinuous

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the black spot before antemedial line

obsolete.

Hab. Ponsas, 29, Allahabad, 33,19; Buneat, Calcutta, 1;

Bompay (Swinhoe), 2 2 type, Bandra (Jayaker), 1 9, Mhow

(Swinhoe), 1 9; Cryton, Puttalam (Pole), 4 9; Burma, Rangoon,

192, Myingyan (Watson), 1 9 ; Anpamans (Rogers), 1 ¢, 1 Q;

Durch N. Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 2; D’Enrrecasrnavx Is.,

Fergusson I, (Meel), 1 $3; Lovistapus, St. Aignan (Meck), 1 3,

12. xp. 22-24 millim.

Sect. II. (Crefonia). Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head and

not so broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate and blunter.

A. Fore wing brown.

a. Fore wing with the reniform not filled in with black.

a’. Fore wing with the postmedial line not dentate on

ATMO LEAL CA ns Seka ase crecc Gems saasene ee eee eas: Pyare seine ethiopica.

b1. Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate on

INN CVURAT OB ace SMart ae wt cae cw: seesis Bsiesmneuasdeineleaine platypheella.

6. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with black......... atrisigna.

Be Honeiwlie Oc hReOUshwiite-psescasseswacdssseaccecee sense sence floccifera.

5591. Cretonia ethiopica, n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 12.)

Head and thorax red-brown ; antenne blackish ; palpi, pectus,

legs, and abdomen greyish suffused with fuscous brown, the tarsi

390 NOCTUIDA,

blackish ringed with white. Fore wing purplish red-brown with

a slight greyish tinge; a faint pale curved subbasal line trom costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line whitish defined on outer side

by dark brown and with a patch of black-brown suffusion beyond

it at middle, oblique, sinuous, with a black spot before it above

inner margin; orbicular absent; reniform with whitish annulus

defined by black except at middle of outer side, small; an oblique

dark bar from middle of costa to reniform and slight incurved line

from lower extremity of reniform to inner margin ; postmedial line

fine, double filled in with white, excurved below costa and at

middle and slightly above inner margin, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line defined on inner side by a black-

brown band with some whitish scales on its inner edge which is

incurved below costa, angled inwards at discal fold to near post-

medial line and narrowing to inner margin, its onter edge excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and incurved below vein 3. Hind

wing white tinged with brown; the underside white irrorated with

fuscous brown, a blackish discoidal lunule and diffused sinuous

subterminal band almost obsolete on inner half.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the black spot before antemedial line

obsolete.

Hab. Asysstnta, Atbara (Gerrard), 1 9; Br. E. Arrica, Taveta

(Rogers), 3 9; Masnonarann, Salisbury (Marshall), 23,39 type ;

Brecuvanarann, N’Gami (Lugard),1 2. Hxp. 28 millim.

5592. Cretonia platypheella.

Cretonia platyphedla, Wik. xxxv. 1736 (1866).

¢. Head and thorax fuscous brown with a greyish tinge, the

patagia faintly tinged with rufous; pectus, legs, and abdcemen

fuscous brown tinged with grey, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore

— w

Fig. 124.— Cretonia platypheella, d. %.

wing with the basal area pale reddish brown tinged with greyish

fuscous, the rest of wing dark greyish fuscous with a cupreous

gloss; a faint pale subbasal line from costa to submedian fold;

antemedial line whitish defined on outer side by black and with

some black-brown suffusion beyond it at middle, slightly angled

outwards at subcostal nervure, then incurved and excurved above

inner margin; teniform small figure-of-eight shaped, interrupted

at middle, its upper and Jower parts with whitish annuli; a faint

CRETONIA. 391

oblique dark striga from middle of costa to reniform; postmedial

line black with a narrow irregular greyish band on its outer side,

excurved below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, then excurved

and minutely dentate, some whitish points beyond it on costa; a

fine black terminal line. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous

brown; the underside with blackish discoidal striga and faint

diffused curved postmedial line.

Had. Storrs Leone (Morgan), 1 $type; 8. Nigeria, Old Calabar

(Sampson), 1 $. Hap. 20 millim.

5593. Cretonia atrisigna, n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 13.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish tinged and irrorated

with red-brown ; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish suffused with dark brown, the tibiz and tarsi ringed with

white. Fore wing pale rufous thickly irrorated with dark brown;

a dark subbasal point on costa; antemedial line indistinct, double,

sinuous; a black point in middle of cell and small triangular black

discoidal spot; medial line slight, dark, very slightly angled out-

wards below costa, then incurved and with blackish suffusion beyond

it below discal fold; postmedial line dark, excurved below costa

and slightly angled inwards in submedian fold, some minute whitish

points beyond it on costa; the apical area with some dark suffusion ;

subterminal line very faint, whitish, excurved at middle; a terminal

series of minute black strive; cilia whitish at tips. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown, the cilia paler; the underside white

thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot.

2. Much greyer and without any rufous tinge; fore wing with

the white subterminal line distinct; hind wing fuscous brown.

Hab. Br. K. Arrica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 6, 1 2 type. Hzxp.

18 millim.

5594. Cretonia floccifera. (Plate CLX. fig. 14.)

Barasa floccifera, Hmpsn, Moths Ind. iv. p. 525 (1896).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white faintly tinged

with red-brown ; palpi blackish except at tips. Fore wing ochreous

white very faintly tinged with brown; subbasal line represented

by a blackish striga from costa; antemedial line with blackish

striga from costa, then hardly traceable, oblique, sinuous; some

raised blackish scales on discocellulars and a striga above from

’ costa; postmedial line very indistinct with a few raised black

scales on it, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and

below vein 4; the termen and cilia with some black scales. Hind

wing ochreous white with some brownish hair on inner margin;

the underside slightly irrorated with brown, a brownish postmedial

line excurved from costa to vein 4 and ending at tornus.

Hab. Buaurkn (Dudgeon), 2 3 type. Hp. 26 millim.

392 NOCTUID#.

Genus NEOCHROSTIS. Type

Neochrostis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 406 (1902) ...... diplogramma.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate: frons with pointed

beak-shaped prominence with somewhat trifid process below it and the frons

produced to points at sides; eyes large, round; antenne of male somewhat

laminate and minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales

and without crests; tibise smoothly scaled; abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ;

veins 8 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from

angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle

of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5595. Neochrostis diplogramma.

Neochrostis diplogramma, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 407 (1902).

¢. Head and thorax red-brown; palpi whitish, dark at tips;

the tegule with slight dark medial line; pectus and legs pale

rufous, the tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen pale rufous

tinged with brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing rufous

suffused with fuscous; subbasal line represented by slight double

dark points below costa and cell; antemedial line double, black,

Fig. 125.—Neochrostis diplogramma, 3. +.

evenly curved; orbicular small, round, defined by black and with

blackish point in centre; reniform rufous defined by black and

with some brown in centre, narrow, strongly angled inwards on

median nervure to a spot obliquely placed below orbicular; a black

medial shade, oblique to reniform and incurved below the cell;

postmedial line double, black, dilated at costa, exeurved below

costa, slightly angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below

vein 4, some yellow points beyond it on costa and a black shade

from below costa to vein 4, angled outwards at veins 6 and 4;

subterminal line yellowish, very slightly excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a slightly waved black terminal line. Hind wing

orange with slightly brown streaks in cell, on vein 1, and above

inner margin; a small discoidal spot and sinuous subterminal line

with dark streaks beyond it on the veins; a black terminal line;

cilia brown with a slight yellow line at base. Underside of fore

wing orange tinged with brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved

OZARBA. 393

postmedia] band, the terminal area dark with subterminal yellow

streaks on the veins; hind wing orange with black discoidal point,

slight curved postmedial line, and rather maculate subterminal line.

Hab. Transvaat (Hoss), 1 ¢ type. Hep. 32 millim.

Genus OZARBA.

Type.

Oia, Wilk, sass OS (UX) conotncscdooossonenoddceHecodonnbodese punctigera.

Algoouler, iene! IRs}, sat, jo Glo) (ISHS) 5-c6sendoocenosscnoeo buena sancta.

Proboseis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long ; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male typically minutely ciliated;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiz typically

slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore

wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from

angle; 8,9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle

of cell; 5 almost fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenne of male strongly laminate, minutely uniserrate towards

apex.

A. Fore wing with small black spot on postmedial line at discal

ROLF ave stieccnas data ate weteea ate mete taesan sates codacteielbne arenacea.

B, Fore wing without small black spot on postmedial line at

discal fold.

a. Fore wing pale rufous more or less suffused with dark

SION ll cosoescopoRsconbocddagandosdesescasudocenuad SOUR E CONE AEH Oee destituta.

6. Fore wing purplish grey tinged in parts with rufous and

VAROEUICTL WMI M ITRGONS so nanooodbesosnandeendtiecanoodsdonadecdd: excise.

5596. Ozarba arenacea.

zarba arenacea, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 97, pl. 162. f. 3 (1893) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 381.

@. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with greyish and with

a few dark scales; tegule with black line at base and streak at

middle; pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish suffused with fuscous

brown, the fore tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing greyish

suffused with rufous; a dark point at base and subbasal dark points

on costa and in cell; antemedial line indistinct, double, minutely

waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is angled,

blackish points beyond it in and below cell; reniform with rather

V-shaped black and white bar on inner side, faintly defined on outer ;

medial line oblique and with dark band beyond it from costa to

median nervure before the reniform, then sinuous; postmedial line

indistinct, double, with dark spot at costa, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, a small black

spot on its outer edge at discal fold and a blackish patch on costal

area with some rufous points on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

pale, defined on inner side by blackish points from costal patch to

inner margin and on outer by slight dark suffusion, somewhat

394 NOCTUID&,

excurved at middle and incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing fuscous brown with a greyish tinge; a

terminal series of black points ; the underside greyish tinged with

rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal lunule, ante-

and postmedial lines, the latter waved towards costa, and diffused

subterminal band.

Hab, Curton (Green), 1 2 type. Exp. 30 millim.

5597. Ozarba destituta.

Tarache destituta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iil. p. 48, pl. 150. f. 6 (1884); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. 11, p. 327.

zarba fusca, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 97, pl. 162. f. 9 (1893); id.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 531.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous slightly irrorated with

fuscous ; palpi with some black at sides; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibize and

the tarsi black ringed with whitish. Fore wing pale rufous slightly

irrorated with brown; subbasal line double, sinuous, from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line irregularly sinuous and somewhat

oblique, double from costa to median nervure and with dark band

between it and the subbasal line; a slight black point in middle of

cell; reniform whitish defined by black and with some brown in

Fig, 126.—Ozarba destituta, $. 3.

centre, narrow, oblique elliptical, its lower extremity constricted to

a minute lobe; medial line black, with some dark suffusion beyond

it, oblique from costa to median nervure, then sinuous ; postmedial

line double, oblique to vein 6, slightly angled inwards at discal fold,

incurved and slightly sinuous below vein 4, a blackish patch beyond

it on costal area with some pale points on costa and a black spot

below costa before the subterminal line, which is very indistinct,

pale defined on inner side by slight black points and angled inwards

in submedian fold; a terminal series of black points; cilia with

some fuscous at tips at apex, middle, and above tornus. Hind wine

fuscous brown, the cilia paler; the underside ochreous white

irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and minutely waved

postmedial, subterminal, and terminal lines.

Ab. 1..Fore wing with the whole medial area suffused with

fuscous.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the dark suffusion beyond subbasal and

medial lines obsolete.

Hab. Manpras, Nilgiris (Cardew, Hampson), 3 $, Palnis (Camp-

bell), 1 Q; Cryton (Templeton, Metner), 3 3 type, Puttalam (Pole),

19, Pundaloya (Green), 1 2 type fusca. Exp. 22-24 millim.

OZARBA. 39

5098. Ozarba excisa.

zarha excisa, Hmpsn. Ill, Het. B.M. viii. p. 76, pl. 145. f. 21 (1891) ; id.

Moths Ind, ii p. 832.

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with rufous; palpi black in

front, pink behind; tegule with some black at base; fore tibiz

and tarsi black ringed with pink; abdomen grey suffused with

fuscous. Fore wing grey tinged in parts with rufous especially on

medial and terminal areas and irrorated with fuscous, the costal

edge pink; subbasal line hardly traceable, double, waved, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial Jine indistinct, double, minutely waved,

oblique from costa to below the cell; orbicular a whitish point with

a few black scales round it, the reniform an oblique black bar with

some ochreous scales on its outer edge ; medial line slight, eblique to

median nervure, then sinuous ; postmedial line indistinctly double,

minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved below

vein 4, the costa beyond it with alternating black and pinkish

points ; subterminal] line indistinct, whitish, a black spot before it

below costa, then rather punctiform and defined on inner side by

black points. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale rufous with

some fuscous at base and tips. Underside of fore wing fuscous, the

costa pinkish, the veins of terminal area streaked with white; hind

wing whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, a black diseoidal spot,

rather diffused postmedial and subterminal lines, the latter with

whitish spots beyond it, a fine waved black terminal line.

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Lindsay), 1 9 type. Hap. 28 millim.

Sect. IT, Antenne of male minutely ciliated.

A. Hind tibiz of male fringed on both sides with long hair.

5999. Ozarba chinensis.

Metachrostis chinensis, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 156.

Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with fuscous brown,

the lower part of frons, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

white ; antenne ringed with black; the fore tibiz and the tarsi

Fig. 127.— Ozarba chinensis, 8. 3.

blackish ringed with white. Fore wing brownish white irrorated

with black, the medial part of costa, a triangular patch from before

the renitorm to inner margin, a patch beyond the reniform and

another on postmedial costal area grey suffused with black ; ante-

396 NOCTUID®.

medial line very indistinct, double, inwardly oblique, slightly angled

outwards below costa and in submedian fold; reniform white

slightly defined by black and with fusccus centre, a narrow bar with

its lower extremity produced, a black streak beyond it in discal

fold to the postmedial line, which is double filled in with white and

defined by white on inner side, oblique from costa to vein 6 where

it is angled outwards, incurved below vein 4 to lower edge of

reniform ; subterminal line white defined on outer side by black and

on inner by fuscous, incurved below vein 3; a black terminal line ;

cilia whitish mixed with black. Hind wing whitish suffused with

brown, the cilia paler ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous,

a faint discoidal point, traces of curved postmedial and subterminal

lines, and a fine dark terminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ground-colour rather whiter— Wynd.

Hab. C. Catna, Ship-y-Shan, 1 g, 1 2 type; Mapras, Wyndd

(Cardew),2 3. Hxp. 18-20 millim.

B. Hind tibiew of male normal.

a. Fore wing with oblique whitish postmedial band.

Gry Valiioral GyAtaV> ORAS) soo codanatacsosoenoseoos nob o0BcaGaGDGONAeS orthozona.

6. Hind wing brown.

a*, Fore wing with the postmedial band not expanding

below (costars save. deeesececcipesca uc sasescactnneseeeesiee abscissa.

é2. Fore wing with the postmedial band slightly

expanding below costa.

a8, Kore wing with double dark line on the post-

Medial ilbam dpe aans opasosarvssmsachskescineceeceneeecee domina.

63, Fore wing with single dark line near outer edge

of they postmiedialibanidtenenescsecetereeceesseeeen: transversa.

c3, Fore wing with red-brown shade on outer part

Oi THOS ansliell ONG! sscosaossancacdoatoSeqooNaanosaus rectifascia.

}. Fore wing without oblique whitish postmedial band.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique through-

WH GsopoococasHacbengoonsbeoaNdooBsInaDG. aDasDaR900S0gR0NRRS

b1, Kore wing with the postmedial line angled out-

wards below costa, then oblique. :

a2, Hind wing orange.

a’, Kore wing with the basal area darker than the

UenmnoMlA GYsEH a cacanossaasassooaoasasocusoqe0sb0seob0008 madanda,

68, Fore wing with the basal area paler than the

terminal area.

a’. Fore wing with the terminal area grey

suffused with dark brown..........:-.c-.0.0s--+- chrysaspis.

64, Fore wing with the terminal area deep rufous.

a, Fore wing without black patch on medial

camptozona,

area in submedian interspace ............... microcycla.

6°, Fore wing with black patch on medial

area in submedian interspace ............... accincta.

62. Hind wing not orange.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line not bent

outwards to inner margin.

a‘, Fore wing with the antemedial line slightly

THO CATT E120 Uae eRe aaa RH NOM eAcicon od acnanaongeen ar punctigera.

b4, Fore wing with the antemedial line waved... depida.

+3, Kore wing with the postmedial line bent

outwards to inner margin.

OZARBA.

a4, Fore wing without pale streaks on the

veins.

a5, Fore wing with black patch on medial area

AI OUEe elu 1b bAnsotoancbedodsaeoooanenosauaonoece

6°, Fore wing with the outer part of medial

area blackish except towards costa .........

©, Fore wing without blackish patca on medial

ANCA, sao gus saesefaeistserectingsaeiaeeee aseastes

b4, Fore wing with pale streaks on the veins

e!, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards

at vein 6, then strongly incurved.

a2. Fore wing with triangular black mark beyond

tlrepnemifonmay oecasecaeaseactase seein stecestinssat aces:

22, Fore wing without triangular black mark beyond

GlrebrenitOVMA erie oasis seep oneeene nweckisse cert siia

d\, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled out-

wards at vein 6 and incurved below vein 5.

«@. Fore wing pale greenish

62, Fore wing not greenish.

a3, Fore wing with dark medial shade from costa

toloelow Gelli... sossaqcepaesscaaequcseasapacaeswenise

43, Fore wing with postmedial black patch on costa

«3, Fore wing without dark medial or postmedial

patches on costal area.

a4, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

wavecl below vein 4.

a>, Fore wing grey suffused with brown ......

}®, Fore wing with the basal half greyish, the

i@rcanmaeall [aeNbF TAUMOWS. .50ccbocncoscuAon0gscondar

}4, Fore wing with the postmedial line waved

elowa wel Ay.) lytes sie eetosterciitieaiidtcaesinecinctslsetoatel

e!, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from

below costa to vein 4, then incurved, sometimes

almost or quite obsolete.

a2. Hind wing deep, orange.

a3, Hind wing without blackish fascia on inner

IMIDE GAN! © \isaseeeniaeisseeeeeebisass acrcwgeeieeleidaviesceiete

63. Hind wing with blackish fascia on inner margin.

at, Fore wing with white terminal line......... 200

b+. Fore wing without, white terminal line.

a, Hind wing without broad dark terminal

ein le ses aaa tis centers eutn sta micarObeeiaecemea setts

6, Hind wing with broad dark terminal band.

a’, Fore wing with the markings not defined

ID\/ WATS SCEUES “Godcoonccancebeogcocqoaoucoae

65. Fore wing with the markings strongly

defined by white scales ...1..........5..-

¢°. Hind wing with more or less orange-yellow.

a, Hind wing without brown suffusion...............

48, Hind wing yellow irrorated with brown.........

c3, Hind wing with the yellow confined to a patch

on disk.

a4, Fore wing with the postmedial area yellowish

(aml WALA TATWOL I coococoeaoosonuadoconooascaanoer

b4. Fore wing with the postmedial line on a

yellowishiwhite bands Wccsscchseseeesecereecre.

c°, Hind wing without yellow or orange.

a’. Fore wiug not green.

a‘, Kore wing with the basal area darker than

the postmedial area.

a®. Fore wing with the postmedial area white

corniculans.

megaplaga.

sctaptera.

mallarba.

hypenoides.

uberosa.

glaucescens.

sciaphora.

costata.

excurvata,

honesta.

StNUG.

plumbipicta.

hemichrysea.

cyanopasta.

chrysetiplaga.

metachrysea.

contempta.

jlavescens.

Havidiscata.

ochvozona.

hemiplaca.

398 NOCTUID #.

5, Fore wing with the postmedial area grey.

a’. Kore wing with the outer edge of the

dark area slightly angled inwards below

the cell.

a’, Kore wing with the basal area deep

Ghocolatetred Me dtiuiih i cveivh eee

. Fore wing with the basal 2 area black-

IDE OW MER cee oreteraetntisere tat vutiactumaeae

b°, Fore wing with the outer edge of the

dark area oblique from costa to lower

angle of cell} themerect) t---.sess-ses----

. Fore wing with the postmedial area tinged

with rufous.

a’, Fore wing with the outer edge of the

dark area slightly angled inwards below

thie cell 2. ine bee ee sen enieem eee saacien sins

66, Fore wing with the outer edge of the

dark area oblique from costa to lower

angle of cell, then erect ...... Beers tele

64. Fore wing with the basal area paler than the

postineciialaneamaun ee ceeereeeeeeeeeeteee eee

ct, Fore wing with the basal area concolorous

with the postmedial area.

@. Fore wing with the reniform not round or

white.

aos Hore wine spalemmutousy easa-eeeesoeeeeeeases

68, Fore wing pale pink suffused with

ROW C)ea-Wenecede nee nehneaeca dt cnesase enese

c&, Fore wing greyish suffused with dark

LEG-WrOW NY Fess eoe det dnasarcseweetueect

d°, Fore wing fuscous tinged with grey and

Te TOLatecawat amb lacksmecreecesseeeteeseteees

6, Fore wing with the reniform round, white.

3, Fore wing green to the postmedial line and on

COIL AMADEO BYTES sasosoasnonsonasoouecsecdsencooe

#1, Fore wing with the postmedial line evenly curved

throughout.

a2, Hind wing orange.

a3, Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate

Fore wing with the postmedial line not dentate.

ie, Hind wing ere te. Ge ea en ara

gi. Kore wing with the postmedial line slightly angled

inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4.

a2. Hind wing with more or less orange.

a3, Fore wing with the basal area darker than the

postmedial AMA baiklectnaee sac teacladueetiee batts

é3, Fore wing with the basal area not darker than

the postmedial area.

a‘. Fore wing with the orbicular absent.

@, Fore wing with the postmedial area paler

than stihelmedialllancaresnce eerste scree sia:

65, Fore wing with the postmedial area not

paler than the medial area ..................

6'. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by

two minute obliquely placed spots.

a>, Forewing with the antemedial line slightly

angled outwards below costa, then straight

andioblique. uiisiccenscateesceeee st sme eneeeee

6°. Forewing with the antemedial line minutely

waved.

a®, Hind wing with broad black subterminal

band interrupted in submedian interspace.

semirubra.

hemiochra.

Ssemipurpurea.

consanguis.

henimelena.

bipartita.

socotrana.

TOSCSCENS,

tsocampta.

pheocroa.

nephrolewuca.

nigroviridis.

cuerea.

eryptochrysea.

toxotis.

pyraspis.

JSulvescens.

flavipennis.

heliastis.

densa.

OZARBA. 399

08, Hind wing with the subterminal band

narrow and irregular or obsolescent.

a’, Fore wing with silvery blue marks on

inner area beyond the inedial line.

a8. Fore wing with pale patches beyond

the postmedial and subterminal lines

jn submedian interspace......:.....0..... acclivis.

68. Fore wing without pale patches beyond

the postmedial and subterminal lines

in submedian interspace................55 perssone,

v7, Fore wing without silvery blue marks

on inner area beyond the medial line.

a’. Kore wing whitish suffused with pale

HUMOUS eeu ccistalsctisauesesconcestest eeesee sancta.

$8, Fore wing suffused with dark brown.

a®, Hind wing without postmedial band.

a, Fore wing without black irroration.

a, Fore wing with black marks beyond

postmedial line above and below

GhISGRNI ONG | cassaoncvacdonedeooooctoadoos varia.

b, Fore wing without black marks

beyond postmedial line above and

logikony Gliscayl Holl! cococsocosoossccenoes subtermenalis,

5'°. Fore wing with black irrroration .... apicalis.

69, Hind wing with more or less developed

postmedial band.

a, Bore wing red-brownslightly suffused

with) leaden! iWscous |e. sseses. sce sce. binorbis.

610, Fore wing dark brown strongly

suffused with leaden fuscous.

q@, Hind wing of male with the sub-

terminal band absent, of female

with prominent yellow band be-

fore tenrmenwee eerste eeces ees bisexualis,

51, Hind wing of male with the sub-

terminal band more or less de-

veloped, of female with yellow

Spots) belone termeni-<- asco sseese- hypoxantha.

22, Hind wing without orange.

a’. Hind wing with more or less developed pale

_ postmedial line.

a‘, Fore wing without whitish patch beyond post-

medial line on inner area.

a. Hind wing with the whitish postmedial

Ins) QSOS cconascancunonoesocaccuabodouoca moldavicola.

b°, Hind wing with the whitish postmedial line

Clin bo aba ei sannabraapa tear paddenaneopaobecmmeseee lascivalis.

i+, Fore wing with whitish patch beyond post-

medralilime;onunmnerareass see -si-case. ses ceeece albimarginata,

8, Hind wing without pale postimedial line.

a‘. Kore wing with pale streaks on the veins of

terminal half.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line not

excurved above inner margin.

a°, Fore wing with the streaks on the veins

ULI SLAN wae eroidoenne venuateee ce voce sone 90600000 venata.

6, Fore wing with the streaks on the veins

(SORE Pp nneagone qageistesencsdaosedcpedorsteacede rubrivena.

&°, Fore wing with the postmedial line ex-

curved above inner margin ...... BaNemtestast .. phlebitis.

400 NOCTUID A.

4, Fore wing without pale streaks on the veins

of terminal half.

a, Fore wing with the lines defined by silvery

EAREN Ae seadnonsaanbenaden cadactn dens qenaeeEeenAceaacae

6°, Fore wing with the lines not defined by

silvery grey.

a’. Kore wing without dark patch on post-

medial costal area.

a’, Fore wing with the basal half paler than

the terminal half.

a8, Fore wing with the terminal half

FOUFOUMISA TMACOME ooo cccocosasose000 900065006

68, Fore wing with the terminal half red-

brown.

a, Kore wing with the subterminal line

minutely dentate.

al, Fore wing with the basal half pale

PUPOMS sabe ict arc snecannecnaeeeecesee meee

60, Fore wing with the basal haif grey.

a, Fore wing without blackish mark

on medial area in submedian fold

64, Kore wing with blackish mark on

medial area in submedian fold ...

é9, Fore wing with the subterminal line

not dentate.

a0, Fore wing with black spot on termen

ale Gliscall WONGl 30 copcdoqsdacospaadocood

$0, Fore wing without black spot on

termen at discal fold.

a! Fore wing with the postmedial line

not excurved above inner margin.

a2, Fore wing with oblique black dis-

Cordall bar facupera scree ease sen:

b2, Fore wing without oblique black

discoidal bar.

a8, Fore wing with the terminal

area suffused with rufous ......

68, Fore wing with the terminal

area suffused with fuscous......

61, Fore wing with the postmedial tine

excurved above inner margin.

a2, Fore wing with the postmedial line

dark defined on each side by

BUOY). ciaetaeenele soneteasoecutencsnesek

b2, Fore wing with the postmediz line

double filled in with whitish.

@3. Fore wing with the medial line

ITO AIEE) Gosaqsoosooaqsaoasosboncads

b8, Fore wing with the medial line

oblique and slightly waved......

07. Fore wing with the basal half not paler

than the terminal half.

a8, Fore wing with black patch in discal

fold beyond postmedial line.

a®. Kore wing pale pinkish rufous .........

>°. Kore wing greyish brown.

a0. Fore wing with the postmedial line

not waved below vein 4 ............

610, Fore wing with the postmedial line

minutely waved below vein 4 ......

metallica.

molybdsta.

vicina.

hemipolia.

subdentula.

termintpuncta.

badia.

rufula.

umbriferad.

hemiphea.

atvarra.

pallida.

brunnea.

ancondita.

lamia.

OZARBA. 401

88, Fore wing without black patch in discal

fold beyond postmedial line.

a, Fore wing without yellowish patch

beyond the cell.

a0, Fore wing with the postmedial line

excunved below (COStan mse: essere. inobtrusa.

59, Kore wing with the postmedial line

oblique from costa to vein 6 ...... phea.

0°. Kore wing with yellowish patch beyond

tev cell Mite \acusta sea guashestotts ace aete plagitera.

68, Fore wing with dark patch on postmedial

costal area.

ai. Fore wing with the reniform whitish.

GE, Valiraxl \watayes YylaWliey padscooopbasoneaseabeconoue metaleuca.

68, Hind wing suffused with brown.

a9. Fore wing with white point at lower

extremity of; neniform |-2.2.-.2.-2----5- fannia,

6°, Fore wing without white point at lower

extremity of reniform .................. aeria,

67, Fore wing with the reniform pale pinkish.

a8, Kore wing with the antemedial line

inwardly oblique and slightly excurved

xeon? ti Cally Sosaccoosacdaconeseseodcuddenn geta.

és, Fore wing with the antemedial line erect

and strongly excurved below the cell . bicornis.

ci, Fore wing with the centre of reniform

concolorous with the ground-colour.

a8, Fore wing without dark medial shade.

a®, Fore wing with the postmedial line

oblique below vein4.....................- melanodonta.

69. Fore wing with the postmedial line

incurved below vein 4.

a0, Fore wing with the subterminal line

GINS MG, WHMIS N50 cosoonoc6o aoocseec0e besidia.

610. Fore wing with the subterminal line

‘indistinct, brown.

@. Fore wing not irrorated with black bettina.

6. Fore wing irrorated with black ... holophea.

68, Fore wing with dark medial shade.

a. Fore wing pale grey-brown with dark

IWSHOSERAKONOL | \Be boodeoackasoosedednocvoneccosda atrifera.

69, Fore wing purplish brown without

dark irroration.

@9, Fore wing with small dentate black

mark beyond postmedial line at

discalitold yap aassaetecscase saeco sso: perplexa.

b10, Kore wing with bicuspid black mark

beyond postmedial line at discalfold 2//osis.

10. Fore wing with large tricuspid black

mark beyond postmedial line at

Giscalltold, secede cecseteetocaeescscu se tricuspis.

i}. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from

costa to vein 4, then inwardly oblique and waved.

a2, Fore wing with black patch at base of costa ...... amazonia.

?. Fore wing without black patch at base of costa ... melagona.

5600. Ozarba orthozona. (Plate CLX. fig. 15,)

Metachrostis orthozona, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 409 (1902).

3. Head and thorax grey-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen

Dy}

VOL. X. «=D

402 NOCTUID.

yellow irrorated with brown, the fore tibiz and tarsi fuscous ringed

with white. Fore wing red-brown suffused with grey ; antemedial

line very indistinct, double, angled outwards below costa, then

sinuous ; a slightly curved dark medial line defined on outer side

by white and followed by a pale rufous band with traces of a dark

line on it before the slightly curved dark postmedial line; the post-

medial area with some pale points on costa and a brown shade

angled inwards at discal fold to the postmedial line; subterminal

line very indistinct, greyish slightly defined on inner side by brown,

very minutely dentate, incurved at submedian fold; a terminal

series of dark points. Hind wing orange with a brown terminal

band expanding into a patch at apex and not reaching tornus ;

cilia whitish mixed with brown; the underside with the costal area

and termen slightly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point.

Hab. Care Corony, Annshaw (Miss Ff. Barrett), 1 3 type. Hap.

26 millim.

5601. Ozarba abscissa. (Plate CLX. fig. 16.)

Microphysa abscissa, Wk. xv. 1764 (1858).

Erastria fasciata, Wligrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 173 (1860).

Thalpochares partita, Mab. C.R. Ent. Soc. Belg. xxiii. p. xviii (1880).

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; lower

part of frons white; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish irrorated with brown, the fore tibizw and the tarsi brown

ringed with white. . Fore wing greyish suffused and irrorated with

dark reddish brown ; subbasal line represented by a dark point on

costa; antemedial line dark, angled outwards below costa and

excurved below the cell; a straight postmedial band, its inner part

white, its outer rufous, defined at sides by black lines, a dark shade

before it except towards costa and a dark patch beyond it at discal

fold; some pale points on postmedial part of costa; subterminal

line slight, whitish, with an oblique dark shade before it from costa

and some dark suffusion beyond it, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, then incurved ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind

wing reddish brown, the cilia with fine whitish line at base and

whitish tips; the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown

except on inner area, a dark discoidal spot, curved postmedial line,

and diffused subterminal line.

Ab. 1. partita. Fore wing with the postmedial band narrower.

Hab. Zurvutann (Angas), 1 3 type; Naat, Tugela R. (Reynolds),

1 @, Durban (Guetnzius, Gooch, Innes, Leigh), 6 5,2 2; Carz

Cotony, 2 ¢ ; Mapacascar. Hap. 22-26 millim.

*5602. Ozarba domina. (Plate CLX. fig. 17.)

Tarache domina, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 128, pl. v. f. 24 (1894).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown slightly mixed with

grey; palpi with whitish ring at extremity of 2nd joint; tibia

OZARBA, 403

and tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing dark brown

suffused with greyish; antemedial line represented by a slight

whitish striga from costa; a broad white postmedial band narrow-

ing somewhat to costa and with traces of the nearly straight double

dark postmedial line on it; some whitish points on postmedial part

of costa and a dark patch on costa before the slight white sub-

terminal line which is angled outwards to termen at middle, then

incurved ; a terminal series of black points defined on inner side by

a fine waved white line. Hind wing dark cupreous brown, the

cilia whitish tinged with brown; the underside brown irrorated

with white, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Gasoon, Ogové R., type tf ¢ in Coll. Holland. Lup.

20 millim.

56038. Ozarba transversa.

Odice transversa, Moore, Lep. Cey]l. iii. p. 57, pl. 150. f.15 (1884) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 329.

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed withsome grey ; lower

part of frons white; abdomen brown with whitish segmental lines ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with

brown, the fore tibiz and the tarsi blackish ringed with white.

Fore wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown; subbasal line

represented by a dark point below costa ; antemedial line indistinct,

dark, slightly angled outwards below costa; a somewhat oblique

ochreous white medial band with fuscous line near its outer edge,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight,

whitish, nearly straight to discal fold and excurved at middle;

a punctiform blackish terminal line defined on inner side by grey ;

cilia with a whitish line at base. Hind wing greyish suffused with

fuscous brown, the cilia with a fine whitish line at base; the under-

side ochreous white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point

and indistinct diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Crayton, Haputale (Mackwood), 2 $, 2 Q type. Exp.

24-28 millim.

5604. Ozarba rectifascia. (Plate CLX. fig. 18.)

Metachrostis rectifascia, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 828 (1904).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown, the last with whitish

segmental lines ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white

slightly irrorated with brown, the fore tibize and the tarsi brown

ringed with white. Fore wing grey-brown suffused with red-brown

and with slight dark irroration; a subbasal blackish striga from

costa and streak above vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, blackish,

angled outwards below costa and excurved in submedian interspace ;

a nearly straight oblique black medial line followed by a whitish

band, then a red-brown shade before the nearly straight oblique

2n2

404 NOCTUIDA.

black postmedial line with some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner side by a

blackish shade at costa with a short black streak below it, angled

inwards at discal and submedian folds, the area beyond it darker

brown with short black streaks above and below vein 5; a black

terminal line shghtly defined by whitish on inner side ; cilia rufous.

Hind wing dark red-brown, the cilia whitish tinged with rufous ;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown, a dark discoidal point and curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Bompay, 1 @ type. Hap. 30 millim.

*5605. Ozarba camptozona. (Plate CLX. fig. 19.)

Metachrostis camptozona, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 114

(1902).

®. Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with black ;

palpi blackish at sides; tibise and tarsi with pale rings; abdomen

fuscous. Fore wing red-brown irrorated with fuscous; an indis-

tinct double waved subbasal line from costa-to vein 1 with a black

point beyond it on costa: an indistinct double waved antemedial

line with black point at costa; a medial black band oblique from

costa to median nervure where it is angled, then less prominent,

witha black point before it below costa and the deep black discoidal

lunule on its outer edge outwardly defined by a slender white line ;

a small black spot beyond the cell and a spot above it on costa;

the postmedial line double, oblique, minutely waved and slightly

bent outwards above inner margin, and with some diffused brown

beyond it; an indistinct sinuous waved subterminal line with some

greyish on its inner edge and diffused black beyond it; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia whitish

intersected with fuscous; the underside greyer with grey-edged

black discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and traces of postmedial

line.

Hab. QuuEnstann, Brisbane, type + @ in Coll. Illidge. Hyp.

24 millim. é

5606. Ozarba madanda.

Acontia madanda, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 28 (1874).

Acontia dignata, Moéschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges, Wien, xxxiil. p. 297,

pl. xvi. f. 12 (1883).

Head and thorax red-brown; abdomen yellowish suffused with

rufous leaving slight whitish segmental lines; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tibiz and the tarsi black

ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal half chocolate red-

brown; subbasal line represented by two slight dark stria from

costa ; antemedial line double at costa, then indistinct, waved; the

dark area bounded by a black line angled outwards at lower angle

of cell; the terminal half grey to beyond postmedial line then

OZARBA. 405

rufous; reniform small, elliptical, defined by red-brown on inner

side and by black points on outer; postmedial line red-brown with

blackish point at costa, slightly excurved below costa, then

oblique; subterminal line grey slightly defind on inner side by

red-brown, evenly curved ; a black terminal line; cilia dark brown.

Hind wing orange-yellow, the inner margin tinged with fuscous ;

a blackish subterminal line expanding at costa and almost obsolete

on inner area; veins 7, 6 streaked with black on terminal area; a

black terminal line except at tornus; cilia blackish, white at tips

towards apex. Underside of fore wing yellow with diffused blackish

fascize in and below cell, small postmedial spot on costa, quadrate

patch before apex and apical patch ; hind wing with black discoidal

spot and subterminal band from costa to discal fold.

Hab. Transvaat, Piet Retief (Crawshay), 2 3 ; Narat, Howick

(Cregoe), 1 9, Durban (Trimen), 1 3 ; Oranen R. Cotony, Bloem-

fontein (Eckersley), 1 g ; Carn Cotony (Drege, Sir A. Smith),

2 $, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 7 3,5 9, Uitenhage (Bairstow),

1 9. Hep. 20-26 millim.

5607. Ozarba chrysaspis. (Plate CLX. fig. 20.)

Thalpochares chrysaspis, Meyr. Tr. R. Soc. 8. Aust. xiv. p. 197 (1891).

Metachrostis epichroma, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 114 (1902),

d. Head and thorax dark brown; pectus and legs brownish

and grey; abdomen grey-brown with dark dorsal crest at base.

Fore wing with the basal half grey irrorated with brown and black

and with four waved lines; a medial blackish band diffused on

outer side; a black point in middle of cell; a deep black somewhat

quadrate spot in end of cell before the indistinct pale reniform

which has two black points on its outer edge; the postmedial line

double, black, slightly sinuous, excurved below costa, then oblique

and with a diffused dentate line beyond it from vein 5 to inner

margin; a diffused dentate subterminal line with grey points at the

veins; a series of black points on termen. Hind wing orange,

slightly irrorated with fuscous; the inner area suffused with

fuscous ; a broad terminal black band ; the underside more strongly

irrorated with brown, with dark discoidal spot and curved post-

medial line. .

Hab. QueENstand, Duaringa, type f ¢ in Coll. Meyrick, Too-

woomba (Turner), 2 3g, Brisbane type t 3S epichroma in Coll.

Turner. Hp. 22 millim.

*5608. Ozarba microcycla. (Plate CLX. fig, 21.)

Acontia microcycla, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 94 (1878): Saalm.

Lep. Madag. p. 311. : oe

g. (Head wanting) ; thorax red-brown mixed with some grey-

ish; pectus and legs whitish; abdomen orange irrorated with

406 NOCTUID XH.

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing with the basal area

and costal area to postmedial line whitish tinged with rufous and

irrorated with brown, the medial area dark brown except towards

costa, the terminal area rufous; an indistinct waved brown

antemedial line with some brown before it on costa and brown

striga beyond it from costa ; reniform represented by a white patch,

rounded below; postmedial line fine, brown, defined on each side

by whitish, excurved from costa to vein 6, then oblique ; subter-

minal line whitish, slightly curved, bent outwards to costa, a slight

whitish mark beyond it in submedian fold; the terminal area with

dark patch at diseal fold with slight pale marks above and below

it; a terminal series of slight blackish strie; cilia dark brown

with whitish marks below apex and at middle. Hind wing bright

orange with some red-brown irroration on basal and costal area,

and terminal red-brown band expanding somewhat to costa.

Underside of fore wing orange, the inner area whitish, an elliptical

brown discoidal spot, the terminal area broadly brown from costa

to vein 3 with siight wedge-shaped white marks on termen; hind

wing orange with apical red-brown patch.

Hab. Mapacascar, type T ¢ in Coll. Mabille. Hp. 24 millim.

5609. Ozarbaaccincta. (Plate CLX. fig. 22.)

Metachrostis accincta, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 224 (1898).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; abdomen yellowish

irrorated with brown, the basal crest blackish at tip; pectus and

legs whitish irrorated with brown, the fore tibie and the tarsi

black ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal half grey-

brown, the terminal half deep rufous; subbasal line indistinct,

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

indistinct, double, waved, with two black points at costa; medial

line dark, straight, a black patch beyond it in submedian interspace

extending to postmedial line; reniform with slight white annulus

defined on inner side by a black patch and on outer by black points ;

postmedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then obliquely incurved and defined by yellowish on outer

side, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey,

excurved at middle, incurved at discal and submedian folds and bent

outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black points; cilia grey

mixed with fuscous. Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal area

suffused with red-brown, the terminal area with fuscous except at

tornus; cilia brown with whitish line at base and whitish tips;

the underside yellow, the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a dark

discoidal point and curved postmedial line, the apical area suffused

with fuscous with some white subterminal points, then a slight

subterminal line.

Hab. Transvaat, Bultfontein (Janse), 1 ¢.1 9, Rietfontein

(Janse), 3 9. Hxp. 22-24 millim.’ Type Tf in Coll. Distant.

OZARBA. 407

5610. Ozarba punctigera.

Cee. punctigera, Wik. xxxii. 685 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 329.

‘Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grey ; pectus, legs,

and abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous brown, the tarsi black

ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal half grey tinged

with rnfous and irrorated with brown, the terminal half dark red-

brown tinged with grey especially before postmedial line and on termi-

nal area ; subbasal line faint, double, slightly excurved below costa

and ending at vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, double, somewhat

inwardly oblique and slightly excurved above inner margin ; reniform

with faint whitish annulus defined on inner side by an oblique black

Fig. 128.—Ozarba punetigera, S. 3.

lunule and on outer by two to four black points; postmedial line

dark brown defined on inner side by whitish, angled outwards below

costa, then oblique and defined on outer side by whitish, some pale

rufous points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, excurved

at middle, then incurved and ending at tornus; a fine dark terminal

line ; cilia with fine whitish line at base and pale line near tips.

Hind wing pale cupreous brown; the cilia whitish with a brown

line near base; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with dark

brown, a slight discoidal point and indistinct diffused postmedial

and subterminal lines.

Hab. Masnonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 $,2 9; Japan,

Kiushiu, 1 9, Hakone (Leech), 1 2, Satsuma (Leech), 1 ¢, Yoko-

hama (Pryer), 1 ¢,2 9 ; Corna, Gensan (/to), 2 6; C. Curva,

(Laye), 2 3,1 @ type, Chusan Is. (J. J. Walker), 1 3, Kiukiang

(Pryer), 1 S, Ichang (Mrs.. Pratt), 1 9; Kasuurr, Rajaori

(Leech), 1 3 ; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 ¢, Simla

(Harford), 3 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 3,2 9, Kangra Valley

(Dudgeon), 1 9, Jubbulpur, 1 2; Buneat, Calcutta, 1 ¢;

Travancore, Pirmdd (Mrs. Imray), 1 $ ; Qusrnstanp, Moreton

Bay (Diggie), 1 9, Brisbane (Turner), 1 g ; N. S. Waxns,

(Raynor), 2 3. Eup. 22-24 millim.

5611. Ozarba lepida.

Ozarba lepida, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 280, f. 247 (1891).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey thickly irrorated with fuscous

408 NOCLUID A.

brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated

with brown, the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing grey

irrorated with blackish, the postmedial area tinged with red-brown

and the terminal area with fuscous; subbasal line slight, double,

sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double,

angled inwards in cell and excurved below it; a slight black point

in middle of cell; reniform with slight white annulus except above,

defined on inner side by an oblique black bar and on outer by small

black spots and minute streaks; an oblique black medial line,

somewhat diffused on outer side and with black fascia from it to

postmedial line above vein 1; postmedial line double filled in with

whitish, expanding and filled in with yellowish at costa, angled out-

wards below costa, then oblique, defined on outer side by yellowish

at costa, then by rufous with an oblique dark shade beyond it,

some white and black points on postmedial part of costa; subter-

minal line whitish, excurved at middle and angled inwards at vein 2 ;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with white lines at

base and near tips. Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated

with brown; cilia white mixed with brown and with white line at

base; the underside yellowish white irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 3,1 2, Machakos

(Crawshay), 1 3,1 9, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 2 ; Mapacascar.

Exp. 22 millim.

5612. Ozarba corniculans.

Brastria corniculans, Wilgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 173 (1860).

Erastria figurata, W1k. xxxili. 798 (1865).

Erastria nyanza, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 120. f. 6 (1874).

Head and tegule reddish brown; thorax and abdomen fuscous

brown with a greyish tinge, the basal crest tipped with black ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with

fuscous, the fore tibize aud the tarsi black ringed with white.

Fore wing with the basal half grey-brown with slight dark irro-

ration, the terminal half purplish brown with some grey before

postmedial line and a pale patch on inner half before subterminal

line ; subbasal pale rufous and black points on costa ; antemedial line

indistinct, double, excurved below the cell and above inner margin,

a black point in middle of cell; reniform grey with slight whitish

annulus, defined on inner side by black and on outer and below by

small black spots and points ; postmedial line double, black filled in

with whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is angled outwards,

incurved and defined by whitish on outer side below vein 4, a

black patch before it above vein 1 and some pale rufous points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, nearly straight from

costa to vein 4 where it is angled outwards, then incurved and

ending at tornus; a terminal series of minute black lunules ; cilia

pale rufous with dark lines near base and tips. Hind wing dark

OZARBA, 409

cupreous brown with a fine white line at base of cilia; the under-

side whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, traces of diffused post-

medial and subterminal lines.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without tbe black patch on medial area above

vein 1 and with a fine whitish streak on postmedial area below

vein 5.

Hab. Maswonatand, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 g ; Nara, Malvern

(Marshall), 1 3, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 9, Durban (Gooch),

1g, 292 ; Care Conony, Knysna. Hxp. 22-30 millim.

5613. Ozarba megaplaga, n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 23.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with brown, the tarsi black

ringed with white. Fore wing grey, a black-brown patch on outer

part of medial area from subcostal nervure to inner margin, its upper

edge excised, some brown suffusion on postmedial and terminal

areas; two slight brownish subbasal spots on costa; antemedial

line indistinct, double, incurved in cell, then slightly sinuous ;

reniform grey, oblique elliptical, with slight whitish striga on its

inner edge, defined by the dark patch and on outer side by an

oblique black striga and small spot from it to postmedial line, a

small brown spot above it on costa ; postmedial line double, excurved

below costa, then oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line grey, nearly straight to vein 5, then faint and

minutely waved; the terminal area with slight dark streaks in the

interspaces ending in black points. Hind wing cupreous brown

with a fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside ochreous white

irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and minutely waved

postmedial and terminal lines.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 4 9,1 ¢ type. Hep.

28-30 millim.

5614. Ozarba sciaptera. (Plate CLX. fig. 24.)

Metachrostis sciaptera, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 44 (1903).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with

fuscous; anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused

with fuscous, the terminal area whitish ; the subbasal line repre-

sented by double black striz from costa and cell; an ill-defined

double black antemedial line angled outwards below costa in sub-

median fold and above inner margin; a curved minutely waved

medial line; an oblique rather Y-shaped whitish discoidal spot ;

a double black postmedial line filled in with ochreous, strongly

bent outwards and oblique from costa to vein 7, then inwardly

oblique and angled outwards at vein 1, the costa beyond it black

with whitish points; an indistinct whitish minutely dentate

subterminal line angled inwards in discal and submedian folds,

410 NOCTUIDAE.

defined on inner side by a black patch at costa and on outer by a

patch above middle; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing fuscous grey; the underside brownish white irrorated

with brown, a discoidal point, an indistinct sinuous postmedial line,

and traces of a subterminal line.

Hab. Qunenstann, Mackay, type f ¢ in Coll. Lower. Eup.

25 millim,

5615. Ozarba mallarba.

Ozarba mallarba, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 452, pl. 27. f.5 ; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 830.

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with some grey ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; fore tibie

and tarsi blackish ringed with whitish. Fore wing brown; sub-

basal line double, black filled in with white, slightly angled outwards

below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line double,

black filled in with white and defined on each side by whitish,

slightly sinnous; orbicular white with black point in centre and

defined by black, minute, conjoined to antemedial line; reniform

brown with white bars at sides and some blackish before and beyond

it, oblique; a diffused medial blackish shade; postmedial line

double, black filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa,

then oblique and slightly excurved at submedian fold, defined on

outer side by whitish running obliquely from costa; some post-

medial white points on costa; the veins before and beyond post-

medial line slightly streaked with white; subterminal line fine,

white, nearly straight from costa to vein 4 where it is angled

outwards, then incurved and ending at tornus; a punctiform black

terminal line defined on inner side by white except at apex and

tornus. Hind wing bronze-brown; the underside whitish suffused

with brown, an indistinct curved postmedial line and minute

whitish streaks on the veins before termen on apical half.

Hab. Punsas, Allahabad, 2 § ; BomBay, Poona (Swinhoc), 1 9

type; Mapras, Belgaum (Watson),1 3,1 9. Hep, 20-22 millim.

5616. Ozarba hypenoides.

Thalpochares hypenoides, Butl. Il. Het. B.M. vii. p. 69, pl. 180. f. AUD)

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 328.

Falecimala sagittifera, Hoa J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 700, pl. A.

f. 5 (1898).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with fuscous brown,

the last with slight pale segmental lines; palpi fuscous at sides;

pectus, legs, sail ventral amines of abdomen whitish tinged with

brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing pale rufous

with slight dark irroration, some purple-brown ouiinsion before

medial line or the whole basal half suffused with purple-brown ;

subbasal line represented by an obliquely curved black striga from

costa; antemedial line black slightly defined on inner side by

whitish, angled outwards below costa and minutely waved on inner

OZARBA. All

area; medial line double, the inner line indistinct, the outer black,

slightly angled outwards at subcostal and median nervures; reni-

form with whitish annulus, its lower extremity produced to a point,

a triangular black spot beyond it ; postmedial line indistinct, double,

oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards,

then incurved to lower extremity of reniform, some white points

with blackish streaks between them beyond it on costa; subter-

minal line indistinct, whitish, a rather wedge-shaped blackish

patch before it below costa, excurved and minutely waved at

middle, then incurved; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing whitish suffused with brown, the cilia with a fine white line

at base; the underside white irrorated with fuscous brown, a slight

discoidal lunule, indistinct curved postmedial and subterminal lines,

and fine terminal line.

Hab. Punsas, Simla (Harford, Nurse),2 $, 1 9, Dharmsdala

(Hocking), 2 35 type, Deyra Dhun, 1 9 ; Srxnim (Dudgeon), 1 3g

type sugiitifera; Buurdn (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Cuyton, N. Centr.

Province (Alston), 1 §. Hap. 14-24 millim.

5617. Ozarba uberosa. (Plate CLX. fig. 25.)

Thalpochares uberosa, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 457; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 330.

Head and thorax whitish mixed with bronze-brown, the abdomen

more ochreous; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

ochreous white, the fore tibie and tarsi blackish ringed with white.

Fore wing greenish white tinged in parts with brown, the medial

area suffused with fuscous brown, the base tinged with brown;

antemedial line double filled in with whitish and defined by

whitish on inner side, angled outwards below costa and on median

nervure, then oblique ; reniform whitish with dark centre, rather

bar-shaped ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish and

defined by whitish on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 6 and

incurved below vein 5; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined

on inner side by a dark shade on costal area, excurved at middle; a

punctiform black terminal line; cilia strongly tinged with brown.

Hind wing bronze-brown ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated

with fuscous, a black discoidal striga, diffused postmedial and

subterminal lines, and terminal series of black points.

Hab. Punsas, Jubbulpore, 1 g ; Bomsay, Poona (Swinhoe), 2 3,

3 2 type. Hxp. 16 millim.

5618. Ozarba glaucescens, n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 26.)

Head and thorax greenish white tinged with brown ; palpi with

some black at sides; frons with lateral black bars; antennee brown ;

fore tibie and the tarsi black ringed with whitish; abdomen

ochreous with fuscous dorsal bands aud the dorsal crest tipped with

black. Fore wing greenish white sometimes tinged in parts with

rufous and irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by two

412 NOCTUID A.

slight dark striz from costa; antemedial line double, the inner line

indistinct, the outer black, excurved below costa and in submedian

interspace ; an ill-defined waved medial line with a dark shade

beyond it; reniform with brownish centre and whitish annulus

defined by black, a slight triangular dark mark beyond it; post-

medial line double, black, oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved

below vein 5; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by

dark shades on costal area and at middle and slightly by fuscous on

outer side, slightly excurved below vein 7 and strongly at middle,

a blackish patch beyond it at discal fold; a fine black terminal

line; cilia brownish and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

cilia paler; the underside brownish white thickly irrorated with

fuscous, an indistinct discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Bompay, Poona (Swinhoe), 1 ¢ ; Mapras, Cuddapah

(Campbell), 2 3 type. Hep. 16 millim.

5619. Ozarba sciaphora, n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 27.)

Thalpochares laurea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 497 (part.).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey; fore

tibie and the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing grey

thickly irrorated with brown; two slight subbasal black strize from

costa and a curved striga from cell with a short black streak beyond

it; traces of a sinuous antemedial line; a slight waved black

medial line with a brown band beyond it from costa to just below

cell; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, strongly

bent outwards below costa, excurved to discal fold, then incurved

and wayed towards inner margin, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line represented by a series of white points

with black points before and beyond them and a <-shaped white

mark in discal fold ; a fine black terminal line defined on inner side

by white and slightly interrupted at middle; cilia with a slight

whitish line near tips. Hind wing grey-brown, the cilia white

tinged with brown at base; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown especially on costal area, a dark discoidal spot.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin Coll.

Exp. 18 millim,

5620. Ozarba costata, n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 28.)

@. Head and thorax grey suffused with red-brown, the tegule

with brown medial line; pectus and legs white irrorated with

fuscous, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen grey suffused

with fuscous leaving slight whitish segmental lines, the ventral

surface white irrorated with fuscous and with blackish patch at

extremity. Fore wing grey tinged with reddish brown and irrorated

with black; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa and

oblique striga from cell with brown patch beyond it; antemedial

line slight, with black point on costa, excurved below the cell and

OZARBA. 413

angled inwards above inner margin; a sinuous fuscous medial line,

angled outwards on medial nervure; reniform whitish faintly

defined by blackish except above ; postmedial line indistinct,

double, excurved from costa to discal fold, then incurved and

minutely waved, a blackish patch beyond it on costal area with

some white points on costa; a subterminal series of white points

with some fuscous suffusion before and beyond them and slight

black points on inner side, excurved at middle and incurved at

submedian fold; a terminal series of slight black strie; cilia

whitish tinged with rufous with some fuscous at apex and discal

fold and at base towards tornus. Hind wing grey tinged with

fuscous especially on terminal area ; cilia white tinged with rufous

at base; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas tinged

with purplish and the costal area irrorated with a few black scales,

a slight sinuous antemedial line, discal point and postmedial and

subterminal rather punctiform lines.

Hab. Mextco, Saltillo in Coll. Joannis; Arcrntina, Ledesma,

1 g type. Hap. 22 millim.

5621. Ozarba excurvata,n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 29.)

6. Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous and slightly

irrorated with brown; antennz brown; pectus and legs whitish

tinged with brown, the fore tibie and the tarsi black ringed with

white; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous leaving slight pale

segmental lines, the ventral surface whitish at base. Fore wing

grey suffused with brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; ante-

medial line double filled in with whitish, excurved below costa,

then sinuous ; orbicular a whitish point slightly defined by black,

the reniform a whitish bar defined by black produced to a slight

angle at upper extremity and to a slight streak at lower; a rather

diffused dark medial line excurved at middle; postmedial line

double, black filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 5, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa; traces of a subterminal series of black points; terminal

area suffused with fuscous; a terminal series of black strie with

slight whitish points on their inner side. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the cilia with a fine whitish line at base; the underside

greyish suffused and irrorated with red except on inner area,

a black discoidal point, traces of a minutely waved postmedial line,

a minute subterminal black streak in discal fold, and terminal series

of black points from apex to vein 2.

Hab, Anerntina, Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 3 type.

Eevp. 16 millim.

5622. Ozarba honesta. (Plate CLX. fig. 30.)

Miana honesta, W1k, xxxii, 677 (1865) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 330.

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with grey ; pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen paler ; fore tibiee and the tarsi

414 NOCLUID A.

blackish ringed with white. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated

with dark brown, the postmedial area suffused with red-brown ;

subbasal line represented by two black strize from costa; ante-

medial line double with two black strize from costa, then very

indistinct, sinuous; a black point in middle of cell; medial line

nearly straight with a red-brown shade beyond it, extending below

the cell to the postmedial line; reniform with slight pale annulus

defined on inner side by an oblique black bar and on outer side

and below by black points; postmedial line double filled in with

grey, oblique from costa to vein 6, then slightly defined on outer

side by grey, incurved below vein 5, some whitish points with

minute black streaks between them beyond it on costa; subter-

minal line whitish, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and ending at tornus, some fuscous beyond it at apex, discal and

submedian folds ; a terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind

wing greyish suffused with reddish brown, the cilia whitish ;

the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal spot.

Hab. Mapras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 9, Coimbatore ( Walhouse),

1 g type; Czynon, Avishaweiea (Pole), 1 S. Hxp. $ 20, @

24 millim.

5623. Ozarba sinua,n.sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 31.)

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with some

grey; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish

irrorated with brown, the fore tibize and the tarsi black ringed

with white. Fore wing whitish suffused with red-brown ;

subbasal line represented by two slight black striz from costa ;

antemedial line double, waved, acutely angled outwards below

costa on median neryure; a sinuous black medial line; reniform

with whitish annulus, narrow, constricted at middle and extending

to below the cell where it interrupts the postmedial line, which is

double filled in with whitish, excurved from below costa to vein 5,

then bent inwards to before the reniform and sinuous to inner

margin; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by blackish

suffusion, then by a fine dentate black line, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a fine terminal black line. Hind wing red-brown,

the terminal area suffused with fuscous; the underside whitish

tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, the apical area

suffused with fuscous, a slight discoidal lunule and minutely

waved postmedial line.

@. Fore wing more uniformly suffused with red-brown.

Hab. Br. HK. Arrica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 g,1 9 type. Hap.

24 millim.

5624. Ozarba plumbipicta, n. sp. (Plate CLX. fig. 32.)

Q@. Head and thorax black mixed with some grey and rufous;

palpi rufous at base; pectus and legs rufous mixed with black,

OZARBA. 415

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen fuscous with rufous

segmental lines, the basal crest black. Fore wing black mixed with

purplish rufous, the antemedial and medial areas with deep leaden

blue patches except towards costa; subbasal line double, black

filled in with rufous, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line black defined on inner side by rufous, rather diffused and

minutely waved; a black discoidal striga with small quadrate

pinkish white spot beyond it; postmedial line indistinctly double

filled in with rufous, bent outwards below costa and incurved below

vein 5, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

slight, whitish, defined on inner side by somewhat dentate black

marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and

bent outwards to tornus; a terminal black line defined on inner

side slightly by whitish; cilia pinkish white towards apex and

tornus, rufous and black at middle. Hind wing deep orange with

a broad black terminal band, with rather sinuous inner edge ; cilia

pale rufous at tips; the underside with the terminal half of costal

area and the terminal area irrorated with black, some slight sub-

terminal white streaks from apex to vein 4.

Hab. Qurnnstand, Moreton Bay (Diggle), 1 2 type. Hap.

20 millim.,

5625. Ozarba hemichrysea. (Plate CLXI. fig. 1.)

Ozarba hemichrysea, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 409.

3. Head and thorax black mixed with some grey ; palpi, pectus,

and legs whitish irrorated with black, the tarsi banded with black ;

abdomen orange irrorated with black, ventrally whitish irrorated

with black. Fore wing blackish mixed with grey, the area towards

tornus more purplish, the apical area chocolate-brown ; a subbasal

blackish mark on median nervure; antemedial line ill-defined,

blackish, curved and slightly waved; orbicular represented by a

whitish point above median nervure; reniform with slight incom-

plete whitish annulus faintly defined by black, constricted at

middle; postmedial line double and filled in with ochreous white

towards costa, slightly excurved from below costa to vein 4, then

inecurved and oblique to inner margin near tornus, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by faint

whitish and black marks, slightly excurved below vein 7 and ending

on termen at submedian fold; a black terminal line defined on inner

side by whitish; cilia with a whitish patch below apex. Hind

wing orange, the costal area suffused with black-brown ; a diffused

black-brown streak in submedian fold not reaching termen and the

inner margin suffused with black-brown ; a black terminal line ;

cilia blackish with whitish patches at apex and discal fold. Under-

side of fore wing orange irrorated with black, a black discoidal

spot and streak in submedian fold, a wedge-shaped patch from

apical part of costa to submedian fold; hind wing with black

discoidal spot, indistinct, waved postmedial line, and rufous

416 NOCTUID E.

wedge-shaped patch from apex to vein 2 with black point below

it on vein 1.

Hab. Coneo, Katanga, Kambove (Weave), 1 S type. Hap.

20 millim.

5626. Ozarba cyanopasta, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 2.)

@. Head brown and whitish, the palpi white in front; thorax

dark brown with a silvery blue gloss, the tegule creamy white in

front ; pectus and legs creamy white, the latter slightly tinged with

brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous

with diffused dorsal fuscous bands, the ventral surface creamy white.

Fore wing dark brown with a silvery blue gloss, a pale fulvous

patch above tornus ; a very indistinct waved black antemedial line ;

a small whitish spot on median nervure at origin of vein 2; post-

medial line with creamy white spot at costa, then indistinct, blackish,

slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then slightly

incurved and sinuous; subterminal line with small creamy white

spot at costa, then hardly traceable, dark, excurved at middle; a

terminal series of black strie; cilia white at tips at apex. _ Hind

wing orange; some diffused black streaks at base and a black

discoidal striga; the termen and cilia black, expanding into a patch

at apex and triangular mark at discal fold. Underside of fore wing

pale orange with blackish streak in submedian fold extending to

well beyond middle, diffused discoidal spot and large apical patch

extending to vein 3; hind wing deep orange with black discoidal

spot, medial and postmedial striz from costa, and terminal band

from costa to vein 4 diffused outwards to apex.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 2 type. vp. 20 millim.

5627. Ozarba chryseiplaga. (Plate CLXI. fig. 3.)

Ozarba chryseiplaga, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 409.

@. Head yellowish mixed with black; palpi black at tips;

thorax purplish fuscous; pectus and legs whitish mixed with

brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with yellowish white; abdomen

orange, dorsally banded with fuscous, ventrally irrorated with black.

Fore wing purplish fuscous, the outer half of medial area and the

terminal area suffused with cupreous brown except towards inner

margin; indistinct waved black antemedial and medial lines;

reniform with faint whitish annulus slightly defined by black,

constricted at middle; postmedial line black with a small whitish

spot before it at costa, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then

incurved, some slight whitish points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line with oblique yellowish white mark from costa, then

represented by faint dentate blackish and grey marks; a terminal

series of black striz ; cilia white at tips towards apex. Hind wing

black-brown with large orange patch on inner area from near base

to beyond middle, not extending to inner margin and expanding

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beyond the cell to vein 6, a dark streak on it on vein 1 and traces

of a medial line; cilia whitish at tips at apex. Underside of fore

wing with orange fascia on basal half of costa, a small spot beyond

it before the oblique narrow orange postmedial band slightly

excurved at middle; hind wing orange with black patch on middle

of costa and discoidal lunule, the terminal area black, expanding

towards costa, its inner edge irregularly sinuous, a series of small

yellowish white spots just before termen.

Hab. Congo, Katanga, Kambove (Neave), 1 2 type. wp. 20

millim,

5628. Ozarba metachrysea, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 4.)

@. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; abdomen reddish

brown with pale segmental lines ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown, the fore tibie and the

tarsi blackish ringed with whitish. Fore wing black-brown mixed

with some grey; subbasal line represented by slight black striz

from costa and cell ; a narrow whitish antemedial band with a dark

line on it, constricted below costa then slightly excurved ; a white

point on median nervure before the reniform which has a brown

centre and white annulus defined by black, narrow, oblique, slightly

angled inwards on median nervure ; medial line indistinct, oblique,

sinuous; postmedial line double filled in with white towards costa and

inner margin, minutely waved, excurved from below costa to vein 4,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

white, excurved below vein 7, excurved and obsolescent at middle

and ending at tornus ; a punctiform black terminal line; cilia with

some white at base and tips at apex and discal fold. Hind wing

orange with some brown suffusion at base, in submedian fold, and

on inner margin; a broad black terminal band with slight orange

striga on it at submedian fold. Underside of fore wing orange

suffused with fuscous and with the inner area white to postmedial

line, the terminal area blacker with slight white subterminal streaks

on the veins and spot at submedian fold, a blackish discoidal spot ;

hind wing with some black irroration on costal area, a black dis-

coidal spot and indistinct waved postmedial line, the terminal area

black with subterminal series of yellow spots.

Hab. Masuonatand, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 9 type. Hap, 22

millim.

5629. Ozarba contempta. (Plate CLXI. fig. 5.)

Hydrelia contempta, Wik. xv. 1762 (1858).

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; fore tibie and

tarsi blackish ringed with grey ; abdomen yellowish suffused with

brown. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated with brown, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous brown; subbasal line repre-

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sented by a slight dark striga from costa with a dark mark beyond

it on costa ; antemedial line very indistinct, inwardly oblique below

the cell; orbicular small, oblique, defined by black except above ;

the outer half of medial area dark brown except towards costa,

strongly angled outwards below the reniform, which is grey defined

on inner side by an obliquely curved black line and on outer by

black points; postmedial line very indistinctly double, filled in with

greyish, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then oblique and

slightly sinuous; subterminal line greyish, hardly traceable except

towards costa where it is dentate ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing orange-yellow, the terminal area suffused with fuscous

brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown

except towards base, the terminal area thickly irorated from apex

to vein 2.

Hab. Care Cotony (Sir A. Smith), 1 2 type. Hap. 26 millim.

5630. Ozarba flavescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 6.)

6. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; abdomen

yellow thickly irrorated with brown, the basal crest tipped with

blackish ; pectus and legs whitish irrorated with brown, the tarsi

blackish ringed with white. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with

blackish ; subbasal line represented by blackish points below costa

and cell; antemedial line indistinct double, waved; a blackish

medial shade interrupted at middle; reniform with brownish

centre and grey annulus defined by blackish, small, angled inwards

on median nervure ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish

and defined by whitish on outer side, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line whitish, defined on inner side by blackish suffusion especially

towards costa, angled inwards at discal fold and outwards at middle,

then incurved, some blackish suffusion beyond it except towards

apex; a terminal series of minute black lunules defined on inner

side by grey. Hind wing yellow irrorated with red-brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown; a fine waved dark terminal

line ; cilia whitish; the underside yellow irrorated with fuscous,

the terminal area thickly irrorated, a black discoidal point and

indistinct curved postmedial line, some whitish spots before termen

from apex to vein 4.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 4 g type. Hap. 24-26

millim.

5631. Ozarba flavidiscata, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 7.)

¢. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with rufous; abdomen

fuscous brown mixed with grey; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish irrorated with brown, the fore tibiz and the tarsi

blackish ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal half black-

brown mixed with some rufous, the postmedial area pale yellow

OZARBA. 419

tinged with rufous, the terminal area greyish tinged with fuscous ;

subbasal line represented by slight double dark striew from costa ;

antemedial line double, slightly angled outwards below the costa,

then waved ; medial line double, the inner line waved, the outer

straight; a black discoidal point ; postmedial line indistinct, double,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then straight; subterminal line

whitish defined on inner side by fuscous and by a dark patch on

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing black-brown with a large pale yellow discal

patch ; cilia whitish; the underside yellow, the terminal half of

costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and waved

postmedial line with a whitish band on its outer side from costa to

discal fold.

Hab. Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 3g type. Hp. 22

millim.

5632. Ozarba ochrozona, n. sp. (Plate CLXLI. fig. 8.)

do. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with some

grey, the last with pale segmental lines; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen yellowish irrorated with brown, the fore tibic

and the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing greyish

almost wholly suffused with fuscous brown; antemedial line

indistinctly double, excurved below costa and cell; a black discoidal

striga; a yellowish postmedial band with the dark postmedial line

on it, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved, some

pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale,

excurved at middle. Hind wing fuscous brown with a diffused

orange patch on disk; the underside yellow tinged with rufous and

irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area suffused with brown, a

slight discoidal point and indistinct sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Goup Coast, Appan, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 20 millim.

*5633. Ozarba hemiplaca. (Plate CLXI. fig. 9.)

Eublemma hemiplaca, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 32.

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey; hind

legs yellowish white; abdomen yellowish dorsally irrorated with

red-brown. Fore wing with the basal half dark brown mixed with

some ochreous white and defined by a black line, slightly excurved

at subcostal and median nervures ; traces of a dark subbasal line,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, and of an incurved antemedial

line from cell to inner margin; terminal half white with black

discoidal point and some brownish points on costa towards apex ;

the terminal area browner, narrowing to a point at apex, its inner

edge excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing yellowish slightly tinged with brown, the terminal area

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420 NOCTUIDH.

suffused with brown; cilia yellowish mixed with some brown; the

underside yellowish white, the costal half suffused with reddish

brown.

Hab. QuEEnstanp, Duaringa, type f ¢ in Coll. Meyrick. Exp. 14

millim.

5634. Ozarba semirubra, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 10.)

Head and thorax very dark chocolate-brown slightly mixed with

grey ; abdomen fuscous with pale segmental lines; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous, the

fore tibie and the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing with

the basal half very dark chocolate-red bounded by a black line

incurved below median nervure ; the subbasal and antemedial lines

represented by minute oblique yellow striz from costa ; the terminal

half pale olive-grey ; a faint pale discoidal bar; the postmedial

costal area with a faint fuscous shade and some minute pale points

on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, excurved ; the termen

reddish with a series of black points and a lunulate spot at discal

fold; cilia fuscous and grey, reddish at base. Hind wing grey

suffused with brown, the cilia whitish; the underside whitish

irrorated with fuscous, a curved postmedial line and dark apical

atch.

: Hab. Mavras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 5, Palnis (Campbell), 1 2

type. Exp. 5 18, 2 20 millim.

5635. Ozarba hemiochra, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 11.)

3g. Head and thorax fuscous black; abdomen pale rufous

irrorated with fuscous brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish, the fore tibie and the tarsi black ringed with

white. Fore wing with the basal half black-brown, its outer edge

angled inwards in submedian fold, the subbasal and antemedial lines

represented by faint rufous points on costa; terminal half greyish

slightly tinged in parts with rufous ; a black discoidal point; faint

traces of a postmedial line excurved beyond the cell and of a curved

dark subterminal line; a terminal series of black points and a semi-

circular spot at discal fold; cilia black with some ochreous at base

below apex and at middle. Hind wing pale rufous tinged with

brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous from apex to vein 4 ;

a fine black terminal line; cilia pale rufous with a fine brownish

line near base; the underside yellow, a dark discoidal point and

faint traces of postmedial and subterminal lines, a terminal series

of minute black lunules.

Hab. TransvAaL, Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 $ type. Hap. 24

millim.

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5636. Ozarba semipurpurea. (Plate CLXI. fig. 12.)

Metachrostis semipurpurea, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p..412 (1902).

3. Head and thorax chocolate-red mixed with some grey and

fuscous ; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous leaving slight grey

segmental Jines, the anal tuft tinged with rufous; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous, the fore

tibie and the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing with

the basal half deep purplish red suffused with some fuscous on inner

area; subbasal line represented by two black points on costa;

antemedial line indistinct, double, waved; the dark area bounded

by a slightly curved black line with an indistinct line before it

excurved at middle; the terminal half grey, tinged with brown

towards termen; a slight black discoidal lunule; postmedial line

double, slightly excurved from costa to vein 5, then almost straight ;

subterminal line grey defined on inner side by dark brown and with

dark patch before it on costal area, almost evenly curved; a

terminal series of small black spots and a dark patch at discal fold;

cilia fuscous brown. Hind wing whitish wholly suffused with red-

brown, the cilia paler; the underside brownish grey thickly

irrorated with dark brown, a black discoidal point, curved post-

medial line, and traces of a diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Transvaat, Piet Retief (Crawshay), 1 3; Navat, Tugela R.

(Reynolds), 1 3; Carpe Cotony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 g

type. Hxp. 22-24 millim.

5637. Ozarba consanguis. (Plate CLXI. fig. 13.)

Metachrostis consanguis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 413 (1902).

@. Head and thorax rufous mixed with black-brown; palpi,

pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish irrorated witn brown, the fore

tibie and the tarsi black ringed with white, the dorsal crest

blackish. Fore wing with the basal half black tinged with grey

and with some rufous at base of inner margin, the terminal hal

pinkish shading to deep rufous before the subterminal line; sub-

basal line represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line

black slightly defined on inner side by rufous, waved ; medial line

slightly defined on outer side by white, angled outwards in cell and

slightly incurved below it; a slight black discoidal lunule; post-

medial line only defined by the difference between the pink and

rufous areas. excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and middle, some dark brown suffusion beyond it

at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of slight black

lunules. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown; the

underside ochreous white thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, a

4992 NOCTUIDZ.

slight discoidal point and diffused curved postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Hab. Becuuanatann, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 Q type. Exp. 24

millim.

5638. Ozarba hemimelena, n.n. (Plate CLXI. fig. 14.)

Tarache transversa, Pag. Voeltkow, Reise in Ost-Africa, ii. p. 109, pl. 6.

f. 18 (1907, nee Moore, 1884).

Head and thorax black-brown with a slight rufous tinge;

abdomen rufous suffused with dark brown leaving slight pale seg-

mental lines ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish

tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, the fore tibiz and the

tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal half

black-brown with a slight rufous tinge towards costa; subbasal line

indistinct, double, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line double at costa, then indistinct, sinuous; the dark area

bounded by a black line slightly defined on outer side by whitish,

slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique to median

nervure where it is angled; the terminal half pale rufous, the

terminal area suffused with dark brown except at apex; a black

discoidal point; postmedial line double, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

greyish defined on inner side by red-brown and with dark patch

before it on costal area, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at

middle ; a punctiform black terminal line; cilia dark brown with a

slight greyish line at base. Hind wing cupreous red-brown, the cilia

with a fine whitish line at base ; the underside pale rufous thickly

irrorated with fuscous, a small black discoidal spot and curved post-

medial line defined on outer side by pale rufous.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the terminal half grey not tinged with

rufous.

Hab. N.E. Ruopesta, Chambezi Valley (Neave), 1 g, 1 9;

MasnonatanD, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 9; S.W. Mapaeascar,

Tulear. Zap. 24 millim.

5639. Ozarba bipartita. (Plate CLXI. fig. 15.)

Metachrostis bipartita, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 413 (1902.)

Head and thorax rufous or pale olive-brown; abdomen fuscous

with slight grey segmental lines, the basal crest rufous; pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with brown, the

fore tibie and the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing with

the basal half rufous or pale olive-brown ; subbasal line represented

by slight double black striz from costa; antemedial line with black

point at costa, then indistinct, sinuous; the rufous area bounded by

a sinuous black line angled outwards at lower angle of cell; the

terminal half blue-grey with some fuscous suffusion on terminal

OZARBA. 423

area; a black discoidal point; postmedial line hardly traceable,

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey defined on inner

side by black and with a blackish patch before it on costal area,

excurved below costa, excurved and waved at middle; a punctiform

black terminal line; ciliafuscous black. Hind wing fuscous brown -

tinged with grey; the cilia grey; the underside blue-grey thickly

irrorated with fuscous brown, the base and costa tinged with

ochreous, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Neugia (Crawshay), 1 2; MasHonatann,

Salisbury (Marshall), 1 g; Natat, Durban (Leigh), 1 g; Care

Cotoxy, Annshaw (JZiss F. Barrett), 1 Q type. Hwp. 20-24

millim.

5640. Ozarba socotrana, n.sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 16.)

6. Head and thorax pale rufous; abdomen grey irrorated with

fuscous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish

irrorated with fuscous, the fore tibiz and the tarsi blackish ringed

with white. Fore wing pale rufous; the costal edge black towards

base with a pale subbasal point on costa; antemedial line very

indistinctly double, sinuous, a black point on the outer line at costa;

medial line oblique with a black point at costa, a red-brown shade

beyond it, extending below the cell to the postmedial line ; an oblique

black discoidal bar ; postmedial line double, with black point on the

inner line at costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal

line very indistinct, pale, curved, with a dark shade before it on

costal area. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown ; the

underside brownish white irrorated with brown.

Hab. Soxotra, Adho Dimellus (0.-Grant), 1 ¢, Hadibu Plain

(0.-Grant), 1 g type. Exp. 14 millim.

5641. Ozarba rosescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 17.)

6. Head and thorax pinkish mixed with grey-brown; abdomen

grey suffused with brown, the basal crest pinkish; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with fuscous, the

tarsi fuscous with slight white rings. Fore wing pinkish suffused

with grey-brown; subbasal line indistinct, double filled in with

whitish, bent inwards to costa and ending at submedian fold; ante-

medial line double filled in with white and defined on outer side by

‘white, straight and somewhat inwardly oblique; reniform large

with whitish annulus slightly defined by brown, strongly constricted

at middle and with fine whitish streak in discal fold from it to

termen ; postmedial line double filled im with white, slightly bent

inwards to costa and oblique below vein 5, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, straight, crossed by

slight whitish streaks on the veins extending to the cilia and

424 NOCTUIDA.

interrupted by slight dark points on termen. Hind wing grey-

brown, the cilia white at base; the underside white irrorated with

fuscous, the termen tinged with pink, a slight dark discoidal lunule,

curved postmedial line, and traces of a ditfused subterminal line.

Hab. Ueanna, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 $ type, Ruwenzori (Wol-

laston), 1 $. Hap. 28 millim.

5642. Ozarba isocampta, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 18.)

Head and thorax red-brown; abdomen greyish thickly irrorated

with fuscous; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish tinged with rufous, the fore tibiz and tarsi blackish ringed

with white. Fore wing with the basal half grey thickly irrorated

with brown, the outer half of medial area suffused with red-brown,

the terminal area deep red-brown ; antemedial line indistinct, brown

defined on each side by whitish, slightly incurved at vein 1; a

distinct straight dark medial line; reniform small with brown

centre and whitish annulus, slightly constricted at middle; post-

medial line double, defined on outer side by whitish, excurved from

costa to vein 4, then incurved and slightly angled inwards at sub-

median fold; some slight whitish points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line slight, whitish, very slightly excurved below vein 7,

excurved at middle, then angled inwards and bent outwards to

tornus; a fine black terminal line defined on inner side by a

whitish line. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale ; the under-

side grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot

and indistinct diffused curved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Br. FE. Arrtca, Taveta (Rogers),2 9; Transvaat, Warmbad

(Janse), 1 3 type. Hap. 18-20 millim.

5643. Ozarba pheocroa. (Plate CLXI. fig. 19.)

zarba pheocroa, Hmpsn. P. Z.8. 1910, p. 407.

3d. Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with grey ;

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen brownish ochreous

irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing fuscous tinged with greyish and

irrorated with black; traces of a double minutely waved black

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double,

black filled in with greyish, minutely waved, oblique; orbicular

absent; reniform with faint whitish annulus, narrow and constricted

at middle ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with greyish,

excurved from below costa to vein 4, then slightly incurved and

oblique to inner margin near tornus, some white points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, very near termen,

slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of

small black lunules defined by a waved whitish line. Hind wing

dark cupreous brown; a dark terminal line with faint pale spots

before it; the underside brownish white thickly irrorated with

OZARBA. 495

black, a black discoidal spot, traces of a pale curved postmedial line

and a series of whitish spots just before termen.

Hab. Coneo, Katanga, Kambove (Weave), 1 ¢ type. up.

26 millim.

5644. Ozarba nephroleuca, n.sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 20.)

d. Head bright rufous; thorax deep red-brown; abdomen

fuscous brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish

suffused with red-brown, the fore tibiz and tarsi black ringed with

white. Fore wing bright rufous almost wholly suffused with deep

red-brown ; antemedial line indistinctly double} excurved at middle ;

a diffused dark medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure,

then incurved ; a round white discoidal spot defined by blackish ;

postmedial line indistinct, dark, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate and with white points on it to vein 4, then

incurved and irregularly waved; subterminal line absent. Hind

wing fuscous brown ; the underside whitish suffused and irrorated

with red-brown, a dark discoidal spot, traces of curved postmedial

and subterminal lines and a terminal series of dark points.

Hab. Mavacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 d type. Hap. 26 millim,

5645. Ozarba nigroviridis. (Plate CLXI. fig. 21.)

Metachrostis nigroviridis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 411 (1902).

Head and prothorax fuscous mixed with some green, the hinder

half of thorax green; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with

fuscous ; pectus and base of abdomen whitish; legs blackish, the

tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing deep yellow-green to postmedial

line and the costal area to apex where it narrows to a point, the

rest of terminal area fuscous brown; the base black, with oblique

outer edge ; antemedial line represented by a black point on costa ;

reniform small, fuscous brown, oblique, its lower extremity touching

the postmedial line which is double filled in with whitish towards

inner margin, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and

again excurved below submedian fold, the costal edge brownish

beyond it; a faint dark subterminal line, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, then incurved ; a fine black terminal line; cilia with

a dark line at middle. Hind wing grey suffused and irrorated with

fuscous brown ; a fine dark terminal line; cilia with a fine whitish

line at base. Underside of fore wing fuscous, the costal area

towards apex and the terminal area cupreous red; hind wing

whitish irrorated with black, the terminal half of costal area and

the terminal area suffused with cupreous red, a blackish discoidal

point, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of points.

Hab. Br. C. Avrrca, Chinde (de Jersey), 1 9 , Mpondas (de Jersey),

1g; Narat, Northdene, 1 ¢, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 9; Carr

Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 6 3, 6 2 type, Annshaw

(Miss F. Barrett), 1 3,19. Hap. 18-22 millim.

426 NOCTUID A.

*5646. Ozarba cinerea. (Plate CLXI. fig. 22.)

Thalpochares cinera, Auriv. (fy. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1879, p. 68.

Head and thorax pale grey slightly tinged with brown; abdomen

ochreous with slight brown segmental lines. Fore wing pale grey

slightly irrorated with brown; slight subbasal brown points below

costa and cell; antemedial line double, brown, waved; medial line

brown, incurved in cell and below median nervure and slightly

excurved above inner margin; reniform very faintly defined by

brown ; postmedial line double at costa, then single, dentate and

evenly curved; subterminal line defined on inner side by brown,

slightly excurved at middle; a dark terminal line. Hind wibg

yellow, the terminal area tinged with rufous, a fine curved rufous

postmedial line.

Hab. Damaratann (de Vylder), type f in Mus. Stockholm. Zap.

26 millim.

5647. Ozarba cryptochrysea. (Plate CLXI. fig. 23.)

Metachrostis eryptochrysea, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 409 (1902).

Tarache centralis, Pag. Voeltzkow, Reise in Ost-Africa, ii. p. 109, pl. 6.

f. 20 (1907).

Head and thorax fuscous brown slightly mixed with greyish;

abdomen grey suffused with fuscous leaving pale segmental lines ;

palpi at base, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white,

the legs irrorated with black, the fore tibiz and the tarsi black

ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal area brownish grey

irrorated with black, the medial area deep chocolate-brown, the

terminal area chocolate-brown tinged with grey; subbasal line

slight, black, from costa to submedian fold, followed by a blackish

mark on costa; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with grey

and defined by grey on outer side, minutely waved ; reniform small,

ereyish defined at sides by black, placed on the black medial line ;

postmedial line double filled in with grey, obliquely excurved and

ending near tornus, some slight pale points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line greyish tinged with yellow towards costa, angled

inwards at discal fold to near postmedial line and with small black

spots above and below its angle, ending at tornus; a punctiform

black terminal line with a blackish patch at discal fold; cilia

fuscous, tipped with white at apex. Hind wing orange; diffused

black streaks in cell, submedian fold and on vein 1; a curved black

medial line; the terminal area black, narrowing to tornus and with

slight yellow subterminal marks at discal and submedian folds;

cilia fuscous, tipped with white at apex. Underside of fore wing

yellow with black suffusion in and below cell, diffused medial band,

oblique postmedial line from costa to vein 2 and apical black patch

with some streaks below it; hind wing with sinuous medial line

and minutely dentate postmedial line from costa to submedian fold,

a small discoidal lunule, the terminal area as above.

OZARBA. 427

Hab. Mozamptaur, Delagoa Bay, type f in Coll. Druce; Trawns-

vaaL, Kranspitz (Janse), 3 ¢, Rietfontein (Janse), 1 3; S.W.

Mapacascar, Tulear. Hap. 22 millim.

5648. Ozarba toxotis, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 24.)

®. Head and thorax red-brown; palpi blackish with slight

white ring at extremity of 2nd joint; abdomen whitish tinged with

rufous and irrorated with fuscous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous, the fore tibiz and tarsi

black ringed with whitish. Fore wing rufous with slight dark

irroration, the terminal area redder; faint traces of a double ante-

‘medial line incurved at vein 1 and of a dark medial line; a small

blackish discoidal lunule; postmedial line indistinctly double, evenly

curved ; an indistinct pale subterminal line defined on inner side

by slight dark marks, excurved at middle, then incurved and bent

outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the cilia with a fine pale line at base; the under-

side grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, an indistinct dark discoidal

lunule.

Hab. Br. C. Arrica, Lake Nyasa (de Jersey), 1 2 type. Hap.

24 millim.

*5649. Ozarba pyraspis. (Plate CLXI. fig. 25.)

Thalpochares pyraspis, Meyr. Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xiv. p. 196 (1891).

3g. Head and thorax black shghtly mixed with orange-brown ;

pectus and legs orange and brown, the tarsi with pale bands;

abdomen dorsally brown, ventrally orange. Fore wing with the

basal half black-brown with waved antemedial and medial black

lines, the former with some rufous scales on its inner edge, the

outer edge of black area dentate outwards at vein 3, then sinuous .

to inner margin ; the terminal half pale rufous, whitish on costal

half beyond the black area; a pale waved postmedial line bent

outwards below costa and excurved at veins 7 and 5, then incurved;

an irregularly dentate subterminal line with some black suffusion

across it from costa to termen before apex; a terminal series of

black points; cilia pale in places. Hind wing deep orange with

broad black-brown terminal band. Underside orange ; fore wing

with the costal and terminal areas brown, some pale spots on costa

towards apex; hind wing with small discoidal lunule, waved

postmedial line from costa to vein 2, the apical area suftused with

brown, a subterminal series of whitish points.

Hab. QuzEnstanD, Brisbane in Coll. Turner. Zwp. 18 millim.

5650. Ozarba fulvescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 26.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white suffused in parts

with red-brown ; pectus and legs ochreous white, the tarsi ochreous

428 NOCTUID®.

brown slightly ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous white

slightly tinged with rufous, the basal half of costa brownish, the

outer half of medial area and the terminal area brown; a faint

inwardly oblique brown antemedial line with black point on costa ;

a slight oblique black discoidal striga; postmedial line brown,

angled outwards below costa and at middle and inwards at discal

fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points with slight brown

streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish

with brown suffusion before and beyond it, minutely waved, ex-

curved at middle; cilia greyish mixed with brown and with dark

line at middle. Hind wing orange-yellow, the apex tinged with

brown, a faint brown subterminal line and fine terminal line; cilia

yellowish tinged with brown and with fine brown line at middle.

Underside of fore wing orange irrorated with brown, the inner area

white, a dark shade from costa to lower angle of cell; hind wing

orange slightly irrorated with brown, a terminal series of slight

black lunules.

Hab. Transvaat (Pead), 1 $ type. Hep. 20 millim.

5651. Ozarba flavipennis, n. sp. (Plate CLXI. fig. 27.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous irrorated with fuscous ;

pectus and legs whitish irrorated with brown, the tarsi blackish

ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal half grey tinged with

rufous and irrorated with fuscous, the terminal half red-brown ;

subbasal line represented by two slight black striz from costa;

antemedial line indistinet, blackish, waved; a dark medial slightly

sinuous line bounding the grey area; two blackish discoidal points ;

postmedial line double, exeurved below costa and at middle and

slightly angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on

inner side by blackish, very slightly angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series

of minute black points; cilia with a fine pale line near tips. Hind

wing yellow irrorated with brown and suffused with reddish brown

on costal and terminal areas; a curved brown postmedial line;

cilia whitish with brown lines near base and tips; the underside

yellow irrorated with fuscous brown especially on costal area except

towards base, diffused curved postmedial and subterminal lines, the

latter ending at vein 2.

Hab. Carr Cotony (Drage), 1 g, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett),

13,1 9 type. Hap. 24 millim.

5652. Ozarba heliastis. (Plate CLXI. fig. 28.)

Meitachrostis heliastis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 410 (1902).

Head and thorax greyish mixed with rufous; abdomen orange

with some rufous at base of dorsum; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white, the fore tibise and the tarsi fuscous

OZARBA. 429

ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal half grey tinged with

rufous, the terminal half bright rufous, with some ochreous

in parts; subbasal line represented by double dark striz filled

in with whitish; antemedial line indistinct, double filled in with

whitish and defined by whitish on outer side, with dark striz at

costa, inwardly oblique from just below costa; orbicular repre-

sented by two obliquely placed whitish points defined by blackish ;

reniform with silvery white annulus slightly defined by black,

oblique, narrow; a waved dark medial, line; postmedial line

indistinctly double filled in with whitish, obliquely downcurved

from costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved and

minutely waved below vein 4,some white points beyond it on costa

and an angled black mark at discal fold defined on outer side by

whitish; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle and ending at tornus; a punctiform black

terminal line; cilia fuscous brown with some whitish at base and

white patches at tips at apex and at discal fold. Hind wing deep

orange with some brownish at base and a fuscous patch at tips; a

fine black terminal line; cilia fuscous with some white at tips at

apex, discal and submedian folds. Underside of fore wing orange

with the inner area whitish, a black discoidal bar, postmedial striga

from costa, and subterminal and apical black patch with white

points on costa and yellow subterminal points; hind wing with the

costal area tinged with red, a small black discoidal spot, sinuous

red postmedial line from costa to discal fold, black apical patch

with yellow subterminal spots on it, and black terminal line.

Hab. Br. EH. Arrica, Teita (Jackson), 1 3g type, Machakos

(Crawshay), 1 3; TRansvaat, Warmbad (Janse), 1 g; Oraner R.

Cotony, Bloemfontein (Hckersley), 1 $; Carn Conony, Transkei

(Miss F. Barrett), 1 2. Hwp. 18-22 millim.

5653. Ozarba densa. (Plate CLXI. fig. 29.)

Panemeria densa, Wik. xxxili. 773 (1865).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with greyish and black ;

abdomen yellowish suffused with black and with yellow segmental

lines; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white

tinged with rufous, the fore tibie and the tarsi black ringed with

white. Fore wing olive-brown mixed with greyish and black ;

subbasal line indistinct, blackish, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line indistinct, double, angled outwards below costa and

inwards at vein 1; orbicular represented by obliquely placed

whitish points defined by black in cell and on median nervure ;

reniform with brown centre and whitish annulus slightly defined

by black, rather narrow and oblique; an oblique black striga from

middle of costa and strongly waved line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, ex-

panding and yellow at costa on which there are two black points,

excurved below costa, slightly angled inwards at discal fold,

430 NOCTUID&.

incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards at vein 1, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, whitish, excurved

below vein 7, angled inwards at discal fold and expanding into a

patch defined on inner side by black, incurved below vein 4 and

ending above tornus; a fine black terminal line defined on inner

side by grey except at apex; cilia red-brown with a black line at

middle, the tips white at apex. Hind wing deep orange with short

brown streaks at base and black streak on vein | to near tornus; a

broad black subterminal band expanding to apex and ending at sub-

median fold and a black spot above tornus; a black terminal line;

cilia black-brown with some ochreous at tips and a white patch at

apex. Underside of fore wing orange with black discoidal spot,

medial and postmedial spots on costa and large apical patch with

yellow spot on costa, the black extending subterminally to vein 2;

hind wing with black discoidal spot and subterminal band extending

to vein 2 and constricted at middle, some black streaks beyond it

towards apex, two small obliquely placed spots in submedian inter-

space and a lunulate terminal line.

Hab. Carn Cotony (Sir A. Smith, White), 1 3,1 9 type. Kup.

6 22, 9 24 millim.

5654. Ozarba acclivis.

Acontia acclivis, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 24 (1874).

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and with slight

blackish marks; abdomen orange dorsally banded with fuscous ;

palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore

tibiz and the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing rufous

mixed with yellowish white and with yellowish white patches on

costa beyond middle and on tornal area; subbasal line represented

by a dark striga from costa defined on each side by yellowish white ;

antemedial line double filled in with yellowish white and defined

on outer side by yellowish white, slightly angled outwards below

costa, then waved; orbicular represented by minute obliquely

placed yellowish spots defined by blackish in cell and on median

nervure ; reniform with rufous centre and yellowish white annulus,

constricted at middle; an oblique sinuous black line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin with silvery blue patches beyond it ;

pustmedial line double filled in with yellowish white, expanding at

costa, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved and minutely

waved below vein 4, a yellowish point beyond it on costa and a

sinuous blackish shade between veins 7 and 5; subterminal line

whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and

ending at tornus; a small black apical mark and blackish terminal

line defined on inner side by yellowish ; cilia white at apex, blackish

below apex and rufous on inner half. Hind wing orange, some

brownish streaks at base, a blackish apical patch and black subter-

minal bar between discal fold and vein 2, in female connected with

the apical patch; a black terminal line except at tornus; cilia

blackish, white at tips and with white apical patch. Underside of

OZARBA. 431

fore wing orange with black discoidal point, sinuous postmedial

line from costa to discal fold and apical patch with some white

points on costa and yellow subterminal spot ; hind wing with black

discoidal point, postmedial strize from costa, in discal fold and below

vein 2 and subterminal band ending at vein 2, dilated at costa and

with black streaks beyond it towards apex.

Hab. Oranez R. Cotony, Bloemfontein (Hekersley), 23,1 9,

Kroonstad (Eckersley), 1 9 ; Carr Cotony, Annshaw (Miss Ff.

Barrett), 3 3. Hap. 22-26 millim.

5655. Ozarba perssoni. (Plate CLXLI. fig. 30.)

Microphysa perssoni, Wllgrn. Gify. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1875, p. 114.

Microphysa mustelina, Wllgrn. ify. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1875, p. 115.

6. Head and thorax rufous mixed with red-brown; abdomen

orange with dorsal blackish bands; palpi at base, pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore and hind tibiz and the

tarsi banded with black. Fore wing with the basal area rufous

suffused with red-brown, the rest of wing red-brown, the medial

area suffused with blackish; subbasal line double, waved, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, defined on

outer side by rufous; orbicular represented by minute obliquely

placed whitish spots defined by black in cell and on median nervure;

reniform with red-brown centre and yellowish white annulus in-

completely defined by black, narrow, oblique, and constricted at

middle ; medial line black, oblique from costa to median nervure,

angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards at vein 1, a blue-

black patch beyond it in submedian interspace ; postmedial line

double, expanding and filled in with yellow at costa, slightly angled

inwards at discal fold, incuryed and minutely waved below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa and a black shade from below

costa to vein 4, angled inwards in discal fold; subterminal line

yellowish, angled inwards in discal fold, then minutely waved,

excurved at middle and ending at tornus; a small black apical

patch and punctiform terminal line defined on inner side by yel-

lowish ; cilia dark red-brown with some yellowish at base, dark

medial line and white patch at apex. Hind wing deep orange with

diffused blackish streaks at base and black streaks on inner margin ;

an oblique subterminal black bar from costa with black streak

beyond it below apex, black bar between vein 3 and submedian fold

and small spot at tcrnus; a fine black terminal line except at

tornus ; cilia blackish with yellow spots at base at middle, white

patch at tips at apex and whitish spot at middle. Underside of

fore wing orange with black point in middle of cell and discoidal bar,

some black irroration along terminal part of median nervure and

apical patch with yellow spot on costa, extending subterminally to

vein 4; hind wing with discoidal black spot, postmedial spots on

costa and in discal and submedian folds, the terminal area as above.

Hab. Transvaat (foss),1 3; Nara, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 4 3.

Exp. 30 millim,

432 NOCTIUIDA.

5656. Ozarba sancta. (Plate CLXI. fig. 31.)

Acontiola sancta, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 382, pl. 5. f. 4 (1899); id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 225.

3. Head and thorax white mixed with rufous; abdomen yel-

lowish tinged with brown; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen white, the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing

white suffused with ochreous and rufous and slightly irrorated with

dark brown; subbasal line represented by a white striga from

costa ; antemedial line white slightly defined at sides by brown,

somewhat sinuous and slightly oblique; orbicular with white

annulus slightly defined by brown, round, a minute white spot

beyond it on median nervure; reniform with white annulus incom-

pletely defined by black, narrow and somewhat oblique; a blackish

medial shade, oblique from costa to reniform and inwardly oblique

below the cell; postmedial line double filled in with white, dilated

at costa, oblique to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

and minutely waved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa and a waved blackish shade from below costa to vein 4; sub-

terminal line white defined on inner side by fuscous brown forming

a diffused patch on costal area, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and angled inwards at discal fold; a terminal series of

minute black lunules defined on inner side by white; cilia black

with white patches below apex and at middle. Hind.wing golden

yellow with slight dark irroration on apical area; a fine waved

black terminal line; cilia chequered fuscous and white. Underside

of fore wing yellow, the inner area whitish, a dark point in middle

of cell, discoidal striga, postmedial point on costa and apical brown

patch with some yellow points on costa; hind wing with discoidal

point, postmedial point on costa and subterminal striga from costa.

@. Hind wing with the basal half and termen irrorated with

fuscous, a diffused fuscous subterminal band interrupted at vein 2

and submedian fold.

Hab. Patsstinn, 1 ¢; ApEn (Chevalier), 1 9; Arapta, Muscat

(Jayaker), 1 2; Perstan Guir, Fao (Cuming), 1d. Exp. 18

millim.

5657. Ozarba varia. (Plate CLXI. fig. 32.)

Panemeria varia, Wk. xxxiii. 772 (1865).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish ; abdomen

yellow suffused with brown ; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen yellow irrorated with red-brown. Fore wing red-brown

mixed with some yellow and whitish ; subbasal line represented by

two slight black points on costa; antemedial line double, waved,

angled inwards in cell and submedian fold; orbicular represented

by obliquely placed yellowish point in cell and white point on

median nervure incompletely defined by black; reniform with

brown centre and white annulus incompletely defined by black, its

OZARBA. 433

lower extremity somewhat produced ; a dark medial shade, blackish

to reniform and with minutely waved black line on its outer edge

from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double

filled in with yellowish, obiquely downcurved from costa to vein 6,

slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved and minutely waved

below vein 4; the postmedial area with black shade between

veins 7 and 4, angled inwards in discal fold and with some whitish

beyond it, some whitish in submedian interspace before the sub-

terminal line, which is white defined on inner side by brown and

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a black terminal line; cilia

with some whitish at base below apex and at middle. Hind wing

orange-yellow with a small patch of brown suffusion at apex and

slight subterminal streak below it in discal fold, or an obsolescent

and interrupted subterminal band ; a punctiform blackish terminal

line from apex to submedian fold; cilia brown from apex to submedian

fold, some white at tips at apex and with some brown at tornus.

Underside of fore wing yellow with dark point in middle of cell and

discoidal bar, medial and postmedial points on costa, the terminal

area brown from costa to vein 3 with subterminal series of yellowish

white streaks; hind wing with slight black discoidal striga, sub-

terminal dentate band from costa to vein 5, and terminal series of

minute lunules.

Hab. Transvaat, Pochefstroom (foberts), 1 9; Care Conony

(Sir A. Smith), 1 $ type, Bushman L. (Alston), 1 6, Annshaw

(Miss F. Barrett),1 9. Hep. 20-24 millim.

5658. Ozarba subterminalis. (Plate CLXII. fig. 1.)

Ozarba subterminalis, Hmpsn. P. Z.8. 1910, p. 407.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with white ;

palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white

irrorated with brown. Fore wing black-brown mixed with white;

subbasal line white, oblique, dentate, from costa to median nervure ;

antemedial line double filled in with white and defined by white on

outer side except at costa, slightly angled outwards below costa,

then minutely waved; orbicular represented by minute obliquely

placed white spots in cell and on median nervure with black

points in centres ; reniform with brown centre and white annulus,

narrow, constricted at middle and rather oblique; postmedial line

double filled in with white, oblique from costa to vein 6, then

inwardly oblique, minutely waved and slightly angled outwards at

vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

white, minutely waved, slightly excurved below vein 7, incurved

below vein 3 and bent outwards to tornus; a black terminal line

defined on inner side by white except at apex. Hind wing orange,

the base suffused with brown extending above vein 1 to the rather

diffused dark postmedial line with a diffused dark patch beyond it at

apex; a black terminal line except at tornus; cilia white and

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434 NOCIUID 2.

black. Underside of fore wing yellow suffused and irrorated with

brown, the inner area whitish, a dark discoidal spot, indistinct

postmedial and subterminal lines and a diffused apical patch; hind

wing with the costal and inner areas irrorated with fuscous, a black

discoidal spot, indistinct and incomplete postmedial line and diffused

subterminal band.

6. Fore wing without white line before the terminal black

points; hind wing with the brown suffusion at base slight, the

subterminal band more or less interrupted and with streaks beyond

it towards apex.

Hab. N.K. Ruopssta, Up. Luangwa Valley; MasHonazanp,

Salisbury (Marshall), 1 2 type; Bucuvanaranp, L. N’gami(Lugard),

1g; Transvaat, Warmbad (Janse), 1 g. Hap. 20-24 millim.

5659. Ozarba apicalis. (Plate CLXII. fig. 2.)

zarba apicalis, Hmpsn. P. Z.S. 1910, p. 408.

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with greyish; abdomen

fulvous suffused with fuscous and with white segmental lines on

basal segments; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish irrorated with brown, the fore tibize and the tarsi black

ringed with white. Fore wing reddish brown suffused and

irrorated with fuscous and mixed with some whitish; subbasal

line represented by slight obliquely placed whitish spots below

costa and in cell; antemedial line double filled in with white and

defined on outer side by white, minutely waved and slightly curved ;

orbicular represented by obliquely placed whitish points defined by

black in cell and on median nervure; reniform with brown centre

and white annulus, narrow and slightly angled inwards on median

nervure ; an indistinct oblique waved dark line from lower angle of

cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with white,

minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at

discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and slightly angled outwards at

vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

white, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 3

and bent outwards to tornus towards which it is yellowish; a

minutely waved black terminal line defined on inner side by yellow

except at apex; cilia blackish with a white patch at apex. Hind

wing deep orange; diffused brown streaks at base in and below

cell and on inner area; a large black apical patch and obsolescent |

subterminal line; a black terminal line; cilia blackish with whitish

patch at tips below apex. Underside of fore wing orange with

black discoidal striga, postmedial point on costa and apical patch

with white points on costa and slight subterminal yellow marks,

the patch extending subterminally to vein 4, a terminal series of

minute black lunules; hind wing with the costal area irrorated

with red, a black discoidal point, traces of red postmedial line trom

costa to discal fold and with black points at costa and discal fold,

OZARBA. 435

subterminal black band from costa to vein 4 with streaks beyond

it towards apex.

Hab. Br. E. Arrtca, Bondoni Plains (Crawshay), 1 3, Machakos

(Crawshay), 1 3, 4 9 type; N.E. Ruopusra, Luangwa Distr., Up.

Luangwa Valley, Chambezi Valley. up. 24-26 millim.

5660. Ozarba binorbis, n. sp. (Plate CLXILI. fig. 3.)

6. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with orange;

abdomen orange with dark dorsal bands; palpi except at tips,

pectus and legs yellow, the fore and mid tibie and the tarsi black

ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown tinged with grey and

suffused with fuscous, some orange at base; subbasal line indistinct,

double filled in with orange, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double filled in with yellowish at costa, slightly

angled outwards below costa, then waved; orbicular represented

by minute obliquely placed yellowish spots defined by black in cell

and on median nervure ; reniform with fuscous centre and greyish

annulus defined by black, narrow, oblique, and constricted at

middle; an oblique black medial shade from costa to reniform and

waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial

line double, filled in with yellowish towards costa, oblique from

costa to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved and sinuous

below vein 4, some yellow points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line slight, greyish, yellow at costa, minutely waved, angled inwards

at discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved; a terminal series

of black points; cilia black-brown. Hind wing orange suffused

with red-brown; an obliquely curved dark postmedial line; a

blackish subterminal band, almost interrupted at submedian fold,

with dentate outer edge and dark streaks beyond it on the veins ;

a black terminal line; cilia greyish fuscous, white at tips at apex.

Underside of fore wing orange, the inner area white, the costal

edge black, a wedge-shaped fuscous patch in, below, and beyond

cell, a black postmedial band except on inner area, the terminal

area fuscous except at tornus with yellowish subterminal streaks

on the veins; hind wing with black discoidal spot with bar above

it from costa and maculate line from beyond lower angle of cell to

submedian fold, a subterminal band from costa to submedian fold

with black streaks beyond it on the veins.

Ab. 1. Hind wing with the postmedial line almost obsolete, the

subterminal band reduced to streaks.

Hab. Transvaat (Pead), 2 3 type. Hp. 32 millim.

5661. Ozarba bisexualis, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 4 g,5 9.)

3g. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some orange ;

abdomen orange with blackish dorsal bands; palpi yellow with

dark bands on 2nd and 3rd segments; pectus and legs yellow

irrorated with brown, the tibie and tarsi banded with black,

436 NOCTUID®.

Fore wing black-brown with a leaden blue gloss, some orange on

basal area; subbasal line double filled in with orange, waved, from

costa to vein 1]; antemedial line double, filled in with orange at

costa, slightly angled outwards below costa, then waved ; orbicular

represented by minute obliquely placed yellow spots defined by

black in cell and on median nervure; reniform defined by black

and with slight orange annulus, narrow, its lower extremity pro-

duced; an oblique medial black shade from costa to reniform and

sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial

line double, filled in with yellow at costa, excurved below costa

and at middle, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved and minutely

waved below vein 4, some yellow points beyond it on costa and a

black line from costa to vein 4, angled outwards at vein 6 and

inwards at discal fold; subterminal line faint, yellowish, angled

inwards at discal fold and excurved at middle, a yellow patch

beyond it at apex; a terminal series of black points with yellow

strice before them ; cilia leaden black. Hind wing golden yellow,

the base slightly suffused with brown, the inner margin with dark

streak ; a dark postmedial line from vein 2 to inner margin ; a fine

black terminal line; cilia leaden black with white patch at apex

crossed by a black streak. Underside of fore wing orange, the

inner area whitish, the costal edge black, a wedge-shaped fuscous

patch in and below cell met by a black band from costa to end of

cell, a subterminal triangular patch from costa to vein 5 and a

small apical patch; hind wing with small discoidal spot with

black bar above it from costa and subterminal band from costa to

vein 5.

@. Hind wing black with subterminal orange band crossed by

black streaks towards apex and with rather dentate inner edge ;

underside of fore wing with the black markings more extensive, the

subterminal band entire ; hind wing with postmedial and subter-

minal black bands from costa to above tornus towards which they

narrow.

Hab. Masnonatanp, Umtali (Marshall), 1 3 type, Salisbury

(Marshall),2Q. Hxp. 28 millim.

5662. Ozarba hypoxantha. (Plate CLXII. figs. 6 ¢,7 9.)

Microphysa hypoxantha, Wilgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 173 (1860).

Metachrostis vultuosa, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 224 (1898).

¢. Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with yellowish ;

abdomen yellow with blackish dorsal bands; palpi at base, pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white, the fore and

mid tibie and the tarsi banded with blackish. Fore wing reddish

brown tinged with grey and suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line

indistinct, double, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

double, slightly angled outwards below costa, then minutely waved ;

orbicular represented by faint minute obliquely placed greyish

spots defined by blackish in cell and on median nervure; reniform

OZARBA. aon

greyish defined by black and with some fuscous in centre, con-

stricted at middle; a black medial shade, diffused and oblique

from costa to reniform, then sinuous; postmedial line double,

_ oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly angled inwards at discal fold,

incurved below vein 4 and slightly angled outwards at vein 1, some

yellow points beyond it on costa, and a waved black shade from

below costa to vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, whitish,

minutely waved, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle,

and with some yellowish beyond it at apex and tornus; a puncti-

form black terminal line and small spot at apex: cilia greyish»

fuscous. Hind wing orange slightly irrorated with brown; a

curved brown medial band almost interrupted at discocellulars, and

rather diffused subterminal band with dentate outer edge; a fine

black terminal line; cilia fuscous with a white patch at apex.

Underside of fore wing orange with the inner area whitish, a

diffused fuscous wedge-shaped patch in and below end of cell, met

by a black band from costa at end of cell, a wedge-shaped sub-

terminal band from costa to vein 2, its lower part broken up into

streaks and a small apical patch; hind wing with medial black

band from costa to submedian fold, and subterminal band ending

at vein 2, its outer edge dentate.

Ab. 1. Hind wing with the subterminal band reduced to a series

of streaks.

Ab. 2. Hind wing with the subterminal band reduced to slight

streaks towards costa.

Q. Hind wing wholly suffused with black, the subterminal band

faintly traceable and defined by slight orange marks before it at

submedian fold and above inner margin and a small patch beyond

it at submedian fold.

Ab. 3. Hind wing with some orange on inner basal area and

very incomplete orange postmedial and terminal bands.

Hab. Br. KE. Avrrtca, Machakos (Crawshay), 2 3 ; Ucawpa,

Mulema (Doggett), 3 $ ; MasHonatanp, Salisbury (Marshaii), 1 3 ;

Trawnsvaat, Zoutspanberg (Janse), 1 3g, Beynspruit (Janse), 1 ¢ ;

Zuiutand, Tugela R. (Reynolds), 1 9 ; Nara, Stanger (Delvin),

1 3, Verulam (Trimen), 1 9, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 9 , Durban

(Bowker, Trimen, Jeffery, Leigh), 3 3, 1 2 ; Oraner R. Corony

Bloemfontein (Hekersley), 2 2 ; Basuroranp, Maseru (Crawshay),

23,19; Carz Conony, Annshaw (Jfss F. Barrett), 1 3. EHzxp.

20-26 millim.

5663. Ozarba moldavicola.

Acontia moldavicola, Werr.-Schaff. Bur. Schmett. ii. p. 419, Noet. ff. 224—

(1845) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 225.

Acontia euboica, Mill. Icones, iii. p. 457, pl. 154. f. 1 (1877).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some white; abdomen

black-brown with white segmental lines; palpi white mixed with

blackish; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen irroratcd

438 NOCTUID H.

with white, the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing black-

brown tinged with grey and slightly irrorated with whitish; sub-

basal line represented by a white point on costa and blackish striga

in cell; antemedial line black defined on outer side by white

and with white point beyond it on costa, minutely waved ;

reniform represented by two white bars slightly bent inwards and

outwards at median nervure and defined at sides by blackish, a

whitish striga above it from costa and a blackish line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin, incurved in submedian interspace and

‘angled outwards at vein 1; postmedial line black, double and

filled in with white at costa, then defined on each side slightly by

greyish, oblique to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4, and angled outwards at vein 1, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line white defined on inner side

at middle by a blackish shade, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, angled inwards at discal fold and bent outwards to tornus ;

a terminal black line defined on inner side by white except at

apex; cilia white with black patches and bars and small black

spots at tips. Hind wing black-brown with very faint whitish

postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin; some white

irroration on costa and termen towards apex, and a curved white

subterminal bar in submedian interspace; cilia with white tips

and some white at base at middle. Underside of fore wing with

white postmedial line excurved below costa and white subterminal

band broken up into obsolescent spots except at costa and tornus ;

hind wing irrorated with white, a curved white postmedial line

and subterminal maculate band.

Ab. 1. euboica. Darker; fore wing less distinctly marked.

Hab. Ivaty, Calabria; Datmat1a, Leech Coll.; Greece, Zeller,

Frey, and Leech Colls., Parnassus (Z/wes); ? Motpavia ; BaLcan

Srates; Asta Minor, Taurus; Syrzra, Mardin; Musoporamta.

Hep, 22-26 millim.

5664, Ozarba lascivalis. (Plate CLXII. fig. 8.)

Choreutis lascivalis, Led. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1855, p, 233, pl. 5.

f.7; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 225.

Head and thorax black-brown slightly mixed with grey; abdo-

men black-brown; palpi white irrorated with brown; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen irrorated with grey, the tarsi black

ringed with white. Fore wing black-brown suffused with leaden

grey and mixed with some ochreous; subbasal line represented by

black striz from costa and in cell defined by yellowish; antemedial

line black defined on outer side by yellow, minutely dentate; a

minute irregular yellowish spot below middle of cell defined by

black ; reniform with slight yellowish annulus defined by black,

constricted at middle; a black line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin, angled inwards in submedian fold; postmedial line

double filled in with yellow, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled

OZARBA. 439

inwards in discal fold, incurved below vein 4+, and angled outwards

at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, formed of yellowish scales slightly defined on each side

by black, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia with white

patches at apex and middle. Hind wing black-brown with yellow

postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin; cilia with some

grey mixed and with white patch at tips below apex. Underside

of fore wing black with white postmedial line, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then erect, and small white subterminal spots on costa and

in submedian fold; hind wing with white postmedial line oblique

from costa to vein 6 and not reaching inner margin and slight

subterminal marks below apex and at discal and submedian

folds.

Hab. Grerce; Asta Mrinor, Pontus, Taurus, Amanus Mts., 1 9;

Syria, 2 5,1 9, Leech Coll., Mardin. vp. 16-18 millim.

5665. Ozarba albimarginata. (Plate CLXII. fig. 9.)

Metachrostis albimarginata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 515 (1896).

$6. Head and thorax pale brown mixed with grey; abdomen

grey suffused with pale red-brown; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white tinged with brown, the fore tibie and

the tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing whitish suffused

with pale red-brown and slightly irrorated with black; subbasal

line slight, blackish, from costa to submedian fold, the costa

beyond it blackish; antemedial line very indistinctly double filled

in with whitish and with some black scales on its inner edge at

middle, slightly sinuous; orbicular with white annulus incom-

pletely defined by black and its centre defined by some black

scales, round, a minute white spot defined on outer side by black

beyond it on median nervure ; reniform with white annulus defined

at sides by some black, constricted at middle, and slightly angled

inwards on median nervure; a blackish medial line from cell to

inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with white, expanding

at costa, obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6, slightly

angled inwards at discal fold, incurved and minutely waved below

vein 4, diffused black marks beyond it below costa and at middle ;

subterminal line white, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle; a punctiform black terminal line slightly

defined on inner side by white. Hind wing whitish suffused with

red-brown; a faint whitish postmedial line except towards costa ;

a dark terminal line defined on inner side by a whitish band except

at apex; cilia whitish; the underside white tinged with rufous

and irrorated with brown, a black discoidal bar, curved postmedial

line, and diffused maculate subterminal band.

Q@. Fore and hind wings with the terminal area much whiter.

Hab. Oranen R. Cotony, Bloemfontein (Kekersley), 1 3; SIND,

Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 ¢, Bhug (Nurse), 1 9 type. Hp. 18

millim.

ALO NOCLUID As.

5666. Ozarba venata.

Ozarba venata, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 69, pl. 180. f. 12 (1889);

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 830.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey, the last

with slight white segmental lines; fore tibia and the tarsi blackish

ringed with white. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated with

brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, the veins of terminal

half streaked with white; subbasal line represented by double

blackish striz from costa filled in with white; antemedial line

indistinct, double, with double black striz from costa filled in with

white; a black point in middle of cell; a diffused oblique slightly

sinuous medial line with rather triangular black patch from it to

reniform and quadrate patch in submedian interspace to postmedial

line; reniform with white annulus defined on outer side by black

points, oblique bar-shaped; postmedial line double, black filled in

with white, oblique from costa to vein 6, then slightly defined on

outer side by white, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

white, excurved at middle, then incurved and ending at tornus ;

a terminal series of small black lunules defined on inner side by a

waved white line; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind wing

pale bronze-brown, the cilia whiter; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot, curved post-

medial line, and diffused subterminal shade with slight white spots

beyond it on apical half.

Hab. Apysstnta, Atbara R. (Gerrard), 1 @ ; Kasuare, Rajaori

(Leech), 1 3; Ponsas, 1 9, Simla (Harford), | ©, Kulu (Pilcher),

1 2, Dbarmsiala (Hocking), 2 8, 2 @ type, Kangra Valley

(Dudgeon), 1 g, Allahabad, 1 ¢, 1 9, Cawnpore (Betton), 1 2.

Exp. 20-22 millim.

5667. Ozarba rubrivena, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 10.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown tinged with

prey ; palpi whitish at basé and with reddish ring at extremity of

2nd joint; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white

mixed with brown, the “fore tibize and the tarsi blackish ringed with

white. Fore wing grey and brown mixed, the veins of terminal

half finely streaked with reddish ; subbasal line represented by a

minute oblique black bar from costa; antemedial line double, the

inner line black towards costa, sinuous; a black point in middle

of ecll ; medial line blackish with quadrate black patches from it

to reniform and in submedian interspace to postmedial line ; reni-

form with white annulus, narrow, constricted at middle, defined on

outer side and below by black points; postmedial line double,

black filled in with white, obliquely downcurved from costa to

vein 7, then slightly defined by whitish on outer side, incurved

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa and a blackish

patch between veins 7 and 3; subterminal line whitish, strongly

OZARBA. 441

excurved at middle, then incurved and ending at tornus, blackish

patches beyond it above middle and tornus; a terminal series of

minute black lunules slightly defined on inner side by whitish.

Hind wing bronze-brown, the cilia with a fine white line at base ;

the undeiside brownish white thickly irrorated with fuscous, a

small discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. 8. NieErta, Lagos, Ebute Meta (Boag), 1 ¢ type. Exp.

22 millim.

5668. Ozarba phlebitis, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 11.)

Head and thorax grey suffused with rufous; abdomen grey

suffused with brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

brownish white, the fore tibize and the tarsi blackish ringed with

white. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown and_ slightly

irrorated with blackish, veins 4, 3 on postmedial area with slight

whitish streaks; subbasal line double filled in with whitish,

sinuous, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double filied in with

whitish, minutely waved, angled inwards on vein 1; a black point

in middle of cell; the reniform with slight whitish annulus defined

on inner side by a curved black striga and on outer by black

points; an oblique slightly sinuous brown medial line ; postmedial

line double filled in with whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6,

then defined on outer side by whitish, slightly incurved at discal

fold, oblique from vein 4 to submedian fold and angled outwards

above inner margin; some short blackish streaks beyond it except

towards costa, and some whitish points on costa; subterminal line

whitish, excurved at middle, angled inwards at submedian fold and

bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of slight black lunules.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; the underside white

irrorated with brown.

Hab. Punsazs, Jubbulpur, 2 3, Cawnpore (Betton), 1 3, 1 9

type; Sinp, Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 9 ; Bompay, 1 $. Erp. 18-20

millim.

5669. Ozarba metallica. (Plate CLXII. fig. 12.)

Metachrostis metallica, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iy. p. 515 (1896),

Head and thorax rufous; abdomen fuscous with fine whitish

segmental lines, the basal crest rufous ; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white irrorated with fuscous, the tibiz and

tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal area

and costa rufous, the rest of wing dark chocolate-brown and

blackish, largely suffused with silvery grey ; some fuscous at base

of inner margin ; subbasal line represented by two dark points on

costa; antemedial line slight, double defined on outer side by

silvery grey, slightly angled outwards below costa, then obliquely

incurved ; orbicular a minute rufous spot defined on outer side by

black; reniform with ochreous annulus slightly defined by black,

449 NOCTUID HE.

narrow, produced at lower extremity; postmedial line blackish,

double filled in with ochreous, defined on inner side by silvery

grey, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold

and incurved below vein 4, some rufous points with minute black

streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line silvery

grey, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of

black points defined on inner side by a waved ochreous line; cilia

blackish, rufous below apex, at middle and tornus. Hind wing

black-brown with ochreous medial line from discal fold to inner

margin; cilia with fine whitish line at base and whitish tips except

at middle; the underside black, irrorated with ochreous white,

especially on basal area, the white medial line prominent and

extending to costa, some white subterminal points at middle and a

Junule above tornus.

Hab. Mapras, Horsleykonda (Campbell), 1 g ; Cryton, Putta-

lam (Pole) 1 2 type, Hambantota (Pole), 1 9. Hxp. 20-22

millim,

5670. Ozarba molybdota, n.sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 13.)

¢. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; abdomen grey

suffused with fuscous, leaving slight pale segmental lines; pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous,

the fore tibive and the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing

with the basal half brownish grey irrorated with brown, the

terminal half fuscous brown with a leaden gloss, the costa dark

towards base; subbasal line represented by two black strie from

costa filled in with whitish and a black point in cell; antemedial

line double with two black points at costa, slightly sinuous, angled

inwards at vein 1, some black suffusion beyond it in and below the

cell, extending to the slight pale discoidal striga and below the

cell to the postmedial line, which is double filled in with whitish

and at costa with rufous, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled

inwards in discal fold where there is a wedge-shaped black mark

beyond it, incurved below vein 4, some rufous points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line represented by a series of white points

with minute black streaks before them from costa to vein 3, then

almost obsolete ; a terminal series of black points; cilia with a fine

pale line near tips. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale at

tips; the underside grey thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, a

small discoidal spot and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Cayton, Galle (Bainbrigge-letcher), 1 3 type. Hap. 20

millim.

5671. Ozarba vicina. (Plate CLXII. fig. 14.)

Eustrotia vicina, Schaus, Trans. Am. Hnt. Soc. xxx. p. 155 (1904).

@. Head and thorax pinkish rufous, the prothorax rather

darker brown; palpi with some grey; pectus and legs whitish

tinged with brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen

OZARBA. 443

fuscous with slight whitish segmental lines, the ventral surface

whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing purplish pink, the terminal

half rather darker; an indistinct waved subbasal line trom costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line double, incurved in cell and

excurved below it; orbiculara black point; reniform white defined

by black, obscurely except on inner side and with some blackish in

centre, small, elliptical; an indistinct waved dark medial lne with

some brown suffusion beyond it ; postmedial line double filled in

with whitish, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved

and very slightly excurved at vein 1, the costa beyond it blackish

with some white points on it; subterminal line formed of minute

dentate white marks slightly defined on inner side by fuscous,

obsolescent towards inner margin, a slight oblique black striga

beyond it from below apex; a terminal series of black points with

minute white points before them; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing brown, whitish towards base; a fine dark terminal line

and white line at base of cilia; the underside purplish pink, the

inner area whitish, a series of minute white streaks in the interspaces

of terminal area.

Hab. Braziu, Castro Paraiia (D. Jones), 1 9. Exp. 20 millim.

5672. Ozarba hemipolia, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 15.)

3S. Head and thorax grey-brown; abdomen yellowish thickly

irrorated with brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish irrorated with brown, the fore tibia and the tarsi black

ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal half purplish grey

irrorated with fuscous, the terminal half fuscous brown slightly

tinged with grey; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ;

medial line black, sinuous, bounding the grey area; two slight

black discoidal points ; postmedial line indistinct, double, excurved

below costa and at middle and angled inwards at discal and sub-

median folds, some rufous points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent out-

wards to tornus ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing

cupreous red-brown, the cilia paler at tips ; the underside yellowish

thickly irrorated with brown, the terminal. area suffused with

brown, a slight dark discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Cave Cotony, Transkei (Miss /. Burrett), 1 g type. Exp.

24 millim.

5673. Ozarba subdentula, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 16.)

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown; abdomen grey

suffused with fuscous, leaving whitish segmental lines; pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous,

the fore and mid tibie and the tarsi black ringed with white.

Fore wing with the basal half grey, the terminal half rufous

suffused with red-brown, especially on outer half of medial area ;

444 NOCTUID &.

subbasal line represented by two black points on costa; antemedial

line slight, double, minutely waved, with two black points on

costa; a minute black point in middle of cell; reniform small,

grey defined by blackish, elliptical, its inner edge slightly angled

inwards; postmedial line double filled in with greyish, oblique

from costa to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved and

minutely waved below vein 4, a slight blackish streak before it in

submedian fold and some pale points with black streaks between

them beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey, minutely waved,

excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series

of minute black lunules defined on inner side by grey; cilia grey,

dark brown at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish

with some brown at base; the underside grey irrorated with

fuscous, the apical area suffused with fuscous, a slight discoidal

spot and sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Cuyton, Wellawaya (Green), 1 g type. Hp. 22 millim.

5674. Ozarba terminipuncta.

Metachrostis terminipuncta, Hmpsn. Bull. Liverp. Mus. ii. p. 36 (1899) ;

id. Nat. Hist. Socotra, p. 324, pl. xx. fig. 2.

6. Head and thorax rufous, the vertex of head with some

white scales; pectus, legs, and abdomen paler irrorated with

fuscous, the tarsi black ringed with white, the anal tuft tinged

with rufous. Fore wing with the basal half pale rufous, the

terminal half mostly suffused with deep purple-red ; subbasal line

indistinct, double, with two black points at costa, from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line double, rufous with two black points at

costa, waved, and somewhat oblique; medial line oblique, waved,

with small black spot at costa; reniform obliquely defined by black

on inner side, faintly defined on outer; postmedial line double

filled in with whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6, then minutely

dentate, incurved below vein 4, a blackish patch before it in sub-

median fold, a slight dentate dark shade beyond it except towards

costa; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by brown

and with some whitish suffusion before it on inner area; the

terminal area whitish and red with a black spot at discal fold; a —

terminal series of black points; cilia whitish at base and tips,

fuscous at middle. Hind wing fuscous brown with a reddish

tinge; the cilia whitish at base and tips; the underside ochreous

white irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal spot, curved postmedial

line, diffused subterminal line, and fine terminal line.

Hab. Soxorra, Adho Dimellus (O. Grant), 1 g type. Hp. 28

millim.

5675. Ozarba badia. (Plate CLXIL. fig. 17.)

Acontia badia, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1886, p. 445; Hmpsn. Moths Ind, ii.

p. 339.

®. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, the last with some

OZARBA. 445

whitish mixed; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish

irrorated with brown, the fore tibizw and tarsi blackish ringed with

white. Fore wing pale purplish red-brown, the outer half of

medial area deep red-brown except towards costa; antemedial line

slight, brown, sinuous; medial line oblique from submedian fold to

inner margin; an oblique black discoidal bar defined on outer side

by whitish ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique

from costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold where there

are black points before and beyond it, incurved below vein 4, an

oblique red-brown shade beyond it from apex; subterminal line

whitish, slightly excurved at middle, then incurved and ending at

tornus; a terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind wing

whitish almost wholly suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown ;

the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a faint dark

discoidai lunule.

Hab. Bompay, Mhow (Swinhoe), 1 2 type. xp. 20 millim.

5676. Ozarba rufula, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 18.)

3g. Head and thorax pale rufous; abdomen whitish tinged with

rufous; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whiter, the fore

tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing pale rufous, the

outer half of medial area and the postmedial costal area suffused

with red-brown; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, minutely waved,

with two black points at costa; a black discoidal point; postmedial

line indistinctly double filled in with whitish, excurved below costa

and at middle, slightly angled inwards at discal fold and ineurved

below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line indistinct, whitish, slightly excurved at middle; a terminal

series of very slight dark points with more prominent point at

submedian fold. Hind wing pale reddish brown, the cilia whitish ;

the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a brown

discoidal point and traces of curved postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal area more rufous.

Hab. Supan, Blue Nile (S. Flower), 1 9 ; Asyssrnta, Atbara R.

(Gerrard), 1 § ; Punsas, Manpuri, 2 J, 1 9; Bompay, Kutch,

46,29 type, Bombay, 1 2. xp. 22-24 millim.

5677. Ozarba umbrifera, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 19.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown mixed with dark

brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish

irrorated with fuscous, the fore tibiz and the tarsi black ringed

with white. Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with dark brown, the

outer half of medial area and the postmedial costal area suffused

with black-brown ; subbasal line pale, curved, from costa to sub-

median fold, a dark patch beyond it on costa; antemedial line

446 NOCTUID®.

double, sinuous ; medial line incurved ; a black point in middle of |

cell, the reniform small, greyish defined by blackish ; postmedial

line double, filled in with greyish towards costa, oblique to vein 6,

incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some pale points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line greyish slightly defined on each side

by brown and somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of minute dark points with more prominent point at

submedian fold. Hind wing grey-brown, the cilia paler; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Bompay, Deesa (Nurse), 1 3 type. vp. 20 millim.

5678. Ozarba hemiphea. (Plate CLXIL. fig. 20.)

Metachrostis hemiphea, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 478

(1906).

Head and thorax rufous; abdomen greyish suffused with fuscous

brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the legs

irrorated with fuscous, the fore tibie and the tarsi black ringed

with white. Fore wing with the basal half grey tinged with rufous

and irrorated with brown, the terminal half suffused with rufous or

grey-brown, a medial shade diffused on outer side and the terminal

area suffused with fuscous; subbasal line represented by two

blackish points on costa; antemedial line very indistinct, double,

with two blackish points on costa, slightly smuous ; a minute black

point in middle of cell; medial line sinuous with the blackish

medial shade on its outer edge; reniform with very faint pale

annulus defined on inner side by a curved black bar and on outer

by minute black points; postmedial line brown, oblique towards

costa, then slightly defined on outer side by whitish, shghtly angled

inwards at discal fold and nearly straight below vein 4 ; subterminal

line whitish, slightly excurved below vein 7, angled outwards at

middle, then incurved; a terminal series of minute black points.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown, the costal area tinged with rufous, a small

discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and fine waved black terminal

line.

Hab. Mavras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 ¢, Nilgiris (Hampson),2 9;

Crytox, Hambantota (Pole), 1 3 type, Colombo (Mackwood), 2 2.

Kup. 22-24 millim.

5679. Ozarba itvarra.

Ozarba ttwarra, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 452, pl. 27.f.14; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 330.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey mixed with fuscous ;

fore tibize and the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing

greyish tinged with red-brown and with slight dark irroration ;

traces of a double subbasal line from costa to submedian fold with

minute oblique black bar on its outer side at costa ; antemedial line

indistinct, double, sinuous with two black points at costa; medial

OZARBA. 447

line incurved below the cell, with diffused dark shade beyond it;

reniform with slight whitish annulus, defined on inner side by a

curved black bar and on outer by some black points, constricted at

middle; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, obliquely

downeurved from costa to vein 6, incurved at discal fold, oblique

from vein 4 to submedian fold where it is angled inwards, then

slightly angled outwards at vein 1; some pale points with minute

blackish streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line

whitish with a blackish shade before it on costal area and slight

black streaks on veins 7, 6, excurved at middle, then incurved and

ending at tornus, some blackish beyond it at discal and submedian

folds; a terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind wing

greyish suffused with fuscous brown, the cilia paler; the underside

whitish irrorated with fuscous brown, the costa tinged with rufous,

a faint discoidal spot.

Hab. Punsas, Allahabad, 1 $; Bomsay, Kutch, 1 ¢,2 9, Poona

(Swinhoe), 1 9 type. Hap. 20-22 millim.

5680. Ozarba pallida, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 21.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tarsi

blackish ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous tinged with red-

brown ; subbasal line double, brown, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial

line double, brown, minutely waved ; a black striga in middle of cell

and oblique black discoidal bar; a diffused brown medial shade;

postmedial line double, brown filled in with whitish, oblique from

costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4

and angled outwards at vein 1, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line indistinct, white, excurved at middle; a

terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing whitish tinged

with brown, the cilia white at tips; the underside white irrorated

with red-brown, traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Bompay, Kutch, 2 g type. Hap. 18-22 millim.

5681. Ozarba brunnea. (Plate CLXII. fig. 22.)

Metachrostis brunnea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 157.

Head and thorax pale rufous; abdomen grey tinged with brown;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with

brown, the fore tibize and tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore

wing pale pinkish rufous slightly irrorated with brown; a tri-

angular dark patch on costa before the antemedial line, which is

double, inwardly oblique, minutely waved, excurved below the cell ;

outer half of medial area suffused with red-brown with the dark

waved medial line on it ; the reniform pale rufous defined on inner

side by an obliquely curved black line and with brownish patch in

A418 NOCTUID E.

centre; postmedial line double, oblique from costa to vein 6, in-

curved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4. three slight black

streaks beyond it on veins 6, 5, 4, and a brownish patch on costal

area, with some pale points on costa ; subterminal line slight, brown,

excurved at middle; a punctiform black terminal line. Hind wing

pale grey-brown, the cilia brownish white; the underside grey

thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, a slight curved postmedial

line.

Hab. C. Cutna, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 g, 1 9, Ningpo, 1 2;

W. Cina, Chang-Yang (Pratt), 1 5 type; Ponsa, Simla (Har-

ford), 1 3,1 9, Dalhousie (Harford), 1 9. Hxp. 16-20 millim.

5682. Ozarba incondita.

Ozarba incondita, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 69, pl. 130. f. 13 (1889) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii, p. 328.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous, the prothorax with

a fuscous band; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous brown, the

dorsal crest black tipped with white; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibie and

tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing pale rufous, the ante-

medial costal area, the medial area except towards costa and the

postmedial costal area narrowing to apex, fuscous brown; some

fuscous brown at base of costa and inner margin ; a slight subbasal

dark striga from costa; antemedial line rather diffused, brown, in-

wardly oblique and slightly sinuous; a sinuous brown medial line ;

reniform pale defined on inner side by black and whitish strie ;

postmedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique from costa to

vein 6, incurved at discal fold where there is a black patch beyond

it, incurved below vein 4, some white points with short black streaks

between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

whitish, slightly defined on inner side by brown, excurved at middle

and angled inwards at discal fold and vein 2; a terminal series of

dark strie with more prominent black point at submedian fold.

Hind wing greyish brown, the cilia paler; the underside whitish

thickly irrorated with fuscous brown.

Hab. C. Cuina, Kiukiang (Pryer), 1 2; W. Carna, Chang- Yang

(Pratt), 1 9; Punsas, Dharmsila (Hocking),4 3,6 2 type, Kangra

Valley (Dudgeon), 1 g, Jubbulpur, 1 ¢, 2 9; Buurén (Dudgeon),

2 6; Manras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 3, 1 2, Wynad (Cardew),

1g; Cryton, Hambantota (Pole), 1 2, Alutnuwara (Vaughan),

1 9; Burma, Myingyan (Wood), 1 9; Stveapore (Meade- Waldo),

19. Hep. 16-26 millim.

5683. Ozarba lamia. (Plate CLXII. fig. 23.)

Bryophila lamia, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 129 (1901).

3. Head, thorax, and abdemen dark brown mixed with grey;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen paler; fore tibize and

OZARBA. A4AQ

the farsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing grey mixed with

dark brown; subbasal line slight, minutely dentate, from costa to

submedian fold; the antemedial area with a brown shade from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line brown, minutely dentate

below costa and in cell and excurved below the cell; a medial

browu shade diffused below the cell to postmedial line; a black dis-

coidal bar defined on outer side by whitish; postmedial line black-:

brown defined on outer side by whitish, minutely dentate, bent

outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4, a blackish patch beyond it at discal fold and some

white points on costa with minute black streaks between them ;

subterminal line indistinct, whitish, angled outwards below vein 7

and excurved at middle, then incurved and ending at tornus, black

streaks beyond it above and below vein 5; a terminal series of

minute black lunules with white striz beyond them at base of cilia.

Hind wing dark brown, a fine pale line at base of cilia; the under-

side grey thickly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and

curved postmedial line.

fab. Burma, Beeling, 1 ¢ type. Hwy. 20 millim.

5684. Ozarba inobtrusa. (Plate CLXII. fig. 24.)

Metachrostis inobtrusa, Hmpsn, Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 414 (1902).

Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey ; palpi, pectus, legs,

and abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi black ringed

with white. Fore wing purple-brown, suffused with grey and

irrorated with fuscous to the postmedial line; subbasal line in-

distinct, double, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line double, waved ; a sinuous medial line with a slight dark shade

beyond it; aslight curved dark discoidal lunule ; postmedial line

double, the inner line indistinct, excurved below costa and at middle

and slightly incurved at discal and submedian folds ; subterminal

line indistinct, greyish, angled inwards at discal and submedian

folds and excurved at middle; a terminal series of dark points ;

cilia dark at base and tips, rufous at middle. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the cilia with a fine pale line at base ; the underside whitish

thickly irrorated with fuscous, a slight discoidal bar, indistinct

curved postmedial line, and fine black terminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing greyer hardly tinged with purple.

Ab. 2. Fore wing much more ochreous brown.

Hab. Care Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 5 3,6 2 type.

Hap. 22-28 millim.

5685. Ozarba phea. (Plate CLXII. fig. 25.)

Metachrostis phea, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 414 (1902).

@. Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen grey irrorated with

fuscous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the

fore tibize and tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing nearly

VOL. Xs 26

450 NOCTUID &.

uniform red-brown; antemedial line very indistinct, excurved

below costa, then inwardly oblique and sinuous; a faintly darker

slightly curved medial shade ; a slight whitish and black discoidal

bar; postmedial line brown slightly defined on outer side by

whitish, excurved from costa to vein 4 and very slightly angled

inwards at discal fold, then incurved and again slightly excurved

below submedian fold ; a slight pale subterminal line excurved at

middle, then incurved and bent outwards to tornus; a fine whitish

line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia paler

the underside ochreous white thickly irrorated with fuscous, a shght

discoidal lunule and indistinct curved postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 2; CarzCotony, Annshaw

(Miss F. Barrett), 2 2 type. Hap. 20 millim.

#5686. Ozarba plagifera. (Plate CLXII. fig. 26.)

Metachrostis plagifera, Rebel, Denk. Math.-nat. Akad. Wissens. Ixxi. p. 61

(1907).

@. Head, tegule, shoulders, and metathorax yellowish mixed

with red-brown, the rest of thorax glossy dark brown ; palpi with

some brown at sides; antennze brown; fore tibiw and the tarsi

black ringed with white ; abdomen dark brown with pale segmental

lines, the ventral surface yellowish. Fore wing dark brown tinged

with grey and mixed with some yellowish and rufous, a large

oblique yellowish patch beyond the cell from costa to vein 2, its

outer edge somewhat dentate; a subbasal yeliowish point on costa ;

antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with yellowish, minutely

waved, incurved below submedian fold; orbicular a brown point

with yellow annulus; reniform a minute brown spot constricted at

middle; an indistinct double dark oblique minutely waved medial

line; postmedial line double filled in with yellowish, minutely

dentate, oblique from costa to vein 5, then incurved, forming the

ouler edge of the yellowish patch, some yellowish points beyond it

on costa followed by a dark patch and yellowish spot at apex; a

terminal series of dark striz defined on inner side by yellowish ;

cilia dark brown and yellowish. Hind wing dark brown with a

greyish tinge; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown, a dark discoidal spot and sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab. Araztsa, Hagien Mts., type tf 9 in Mus. Vienna. Zuxp.

20 millim.

5687. Ozarba metaleuca, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 27.)

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged with brown ;

antennee brown. Fore wing white faintly tinged with brown, the

costa suffused with brown; a blackish point in base of cell; a slight

subbasal dark striga from costa defined by white on inner side;

OZARBA. 45]

antemedial line indistinct, curved ; medial ares suffused with brown

from just beyond antemedial line; the reniform faintly defined,

narrow and oblique, placed on a white patch defined by an obliquely

curved blackish line on inner side, extending to the postmedial line

and to the costa just beyond it; postmedial line indistinctly double

filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards in

discal fold and incurved below vein 4; postmedial area with a

brown patch extending from costa to discal fold, with some white

points on costa; subterminal line white slightly defined on inner

side by brown, minutely dentate; a black terminal line except

towards tornus. Hind wing white, the terminal area faintly tinged

with brown; a fine dark terminal line; the underside with the

costa irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, Obydos (Austen), 1 g type. Hep.

16 millim.

5688. Ozarba fannia.

Eustrotia fanvia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 313, pl. 29. f. 12

(1889).

Head and thorax reddish brown; lower part of frons whitish ;

abdomen brown with slight whitish segmental lines ; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore

wing reddish brown; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to

vein 1 ; antemedial line double, waved, excurved below the cell;

orbicular a black point; reniform whitish defined by black, in-

completely above and on outer side, rounded, its lower part with a

slight projection, a whitish patch above and beyond it; postmedial

line double, the outer line blackish towards costa, oblique from

costa to vein 6, incurved at discal fold and with short black streaks

beyond it above and below vein 5, incurved below vein 4, a darker

patch beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly

defined on inner side by fuscous, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, then incurved and bent outwards to tornus, a black mark

beyond it at apex; a terminal series of black points slightly defined

on inner side by whitish. Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous

tinge, the cilia whitish ; the underside whitish slightly irrorated

with brown, a discoidal point and traces of curved postmedial and

subterminal lines.

Hab. Mexico, Tabasco, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 3 3,1 Q type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. vp. 18-20 millim.

5689. Ozarba aeria. (Plate CLXII. fig. 28.)

Eustrotia aeria, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 11 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 312.

3. Head, tegule, and prothorax black-brown mixed with whitish,

the rest of thorax whitish with some black-brown on metathorax ;

palpi with white ring at extremity of 2nd joint; the fore tibize and

262

452 NOCTUID 2.

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged with

brown and irrorated with black. Fore wing whitish slightly tinged

and irrorated with brown; the costa black towards base with a

whitish point on it representing the subbasal line ; antemedial line

with black point on costa, then indistinct, excurved below the cell

and incurved at vein 1; medial line oblique and with black suffusion

beyond it from costa to median nervure, then angled inwards in

submedian fold and outwards at vein 1; reniform whitish defined

on inner side by black and faintly on outer, elliptical, with two

slight black streaks from lower extremity; postmedial line in-

distinct, double, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled inwards at

discal fold and outwards at vein 4, then bent inwards to submedian

fold and again slightly excurved; a large black patch on apical area,

narrowing to a point at apex, extending to discal fold, with slight

black streaks on it above and below vein 6 and some white points

on costa ; subterminal line white slightly defined on inner side by

brown, excurved at middle, then waved ; a terminal series of black

points ; cilia with a white line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged

with brown; cilia with a fine white line at base; the underside

white irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot, indistinct

curved postmedial and subterminal lines, and terminal series of

minute black lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Wisconsin, Alabama, 1 ¢ type. wp. 20 millim.

5690. Ozarba geta.

Eustrotia geta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het, i. p. 318, pl. 29. f. 10 (1889).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, the mesothorax whiter ;

palpi with a white ring at extremity of 2nd joint and black band

at base of 3rd; pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown; abdo-

men fuscous with slight white segmental lines, the ventral surface

whitish except at extremity. Fore wing grey tinged with pink and

irrorated with brown, the medial area brown except towards costa,

the costal edge fuscous, interrupted at the lines ; a subbasal_ black

striga across the cell; antemedial line double filled in with whitish,

shghtly sinuous; reniform whitish defined by black, very narrow

and oblique, strongly constricted at middle and with slight dark

striz in upper and lower parts; postmedial line double filled in

with pinkish, oblique from below costa to vein 6, angled inwards in

discal fold, oblique and minutely waved below vein 4; postmedial

area with a dark brown patch from costa to vein 4 with some grey

on it towards costa and a black streak in discal fold; subterminal

line whitish slightly defined on each side by brown, minutely

waved; a small black-brown spot at apex; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing white tinged with brown ; cilia white;

the underside white, the costal and terminal areas tinged with

ochreous and irrorated with brown, a black discoidal point and in-

distinct curved postmedial line.

OZARBA. 453

Hab. Mexico, Tabasco, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 2 3,1 9 type,

Godman-Salvin Coll.; Paraguay, Sapucay (loster), 1 9. Hap.

16 millim.

5691. Ozarba bicornis, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 29.)

®. Head and thorax pale rufous; pectus and legs greyish mixed

with brown, the fore tibie and tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;

abdomen grey mixed with brown, the dorsal crest black at tip, the

ventral surface tinged with rufous. Fore wing greyish tinged with

pink and irrorated with brown, the outer part of medial area and

postmedial area to vein 4 suffused with red-brown, the latter with

oblique outer edge; antemedial line indistinctly double, filled in

with whitish, sinuous, strongly excurved below the cell; an in-

distinct oblique sinuous medial line; reniform pinkish defined on

inner side by white and black, very narrow, oblique and constricted

at middle; postmedial line double filled in with pink, oblique from

below costa to below vein 7, incurved at discal fold where there is

a black mark on its outer edge, incurved below vein 5; some

whitish points with slight black streaks between them beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line pale pinkish, nearly straight from costa to

vein 4, then oblique and sinuous, a black spot beyond it at apex ; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing brown, whitish at base

and towards costa, a terminal series of dark strie; cilia whitish

tinged with brown; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, the

costal and terminal areas tinged with rufous, a black discoidal point,

indistinct sinuous postmedial line, and faint punctiform subterminal

line.

Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (fuster), 1 2 type. Hvp. 26 millim.

5692. Ozarba melanodonta, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 30.)

©. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen brown with slight pale segmental

lines. Fore wing grey suffused with brown and with slight dark

irroration, the postmedial area except towards costa and the

terminal area slightly paler; subbasal line indistinct, brown with

white point at costa, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

brown defined on inner side by whitish and with black point at

costa, sinuous, excurved below the cell; orbicular a black point ;

an oblique waved brown medial line with brownish shade beyond

it; reniform greyish defined by brown, very small, elliptical, with

a white point below it; postmedial line double filled in with

whitish, oblique towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7, then

excurved and with black mark on its outer edge, oblique below

vein 5, some whitish points with slight dark streaks between them

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish with two minute

black streaks before it below costa, slightly waved, a black spot

beyond it at apex ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

454 NOCTUID.

brown, the cilia whitish tinged with brown; the underside grey

tinged with red-brown and thickly irrorated with dark brown, a

slight discoidal bar, curved minutely waved postmedial line, and

terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. Trintpap (Kaye), 1 2 type. xp. 22 millim.

5693. Ozarba hesidia.

| Eustrotia besidia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 495, pl. 95. f. 17

(1898).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with some

grey ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged

with brown. Fore wing dark brown with a purplish-grey gloss ;

subbasal line represented by a minute whitish striga from costa ;

antemedial line indistinet, dark, inwardly oblique and slightly

incurved in cell, faintly defined on each side by whitish towards

costa: an indistinct rather diffused dark sinuous medial line;

reniform with whitish annulus slightly defined by black, small,

elliptical, its lower extremity constricted to a minute nearly

separate spot ; postmedial line double filled in with white, oblique

from costa to vein 6, incurved at discal fold where there is a black

spot beyond it, angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved, some

whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined

on inner side by brown, slightly angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved and minutely waved at middle and bent outwards to

tornus; a terminal series of small black lunules slightly defined on

inner side by white; cilia with a fine white line near tips. Hind

wing dark reddish brown, the cilia with a fine whitish line at

base; the underside grey thickly irrorated with brown, a black

discoidal lunule, minutely waved postmedial line, and fine waved

black terminal line.

Hab. Mexico, Guerrero, Amula (7. H. Smith), 1 2 type, Godman-

Salvin Coll, Aap, 24 millim,

5694. Ozarba bettina.

Lustrotia bettina, Druce, Biol. Centy.-Am., Het. i1. p. 495, pl. 95. f. 16

(1898).

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with some

grey; pectus, legs. and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged

with brown. Fore wing dark brown with a slight purplish-grey

gloss ; subbasal line represented by a dark point on costa with red

points on each side of it; antemedial line indistinct, blackish,

waved, excurved below the cell and with double red points at

costa; a double waved medial line oblique from costa to median

nervure; reniform slightly defined by black and with some white

scales in lower part, narrow, oblique, its lower extremity narrowing

OZARBA 455

to a point; postmedial line double, oblique from costa to vein 6,

incuryed at discal fold, angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved,

with slight black streaks beyond it at vein 6 and discal fold and

some red points on costa; subterminal line indistinct, greyish,

slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle, a blackish spot

beyond it at apex; a terminal series of slight black points. Hind

wing dark red-brown, a fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside

grey thickly irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, indistinct

curved minutely waved postmedial line, and terminal series of

minute black lunules.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin Coll.

Exp. 18 millim.

5695. Ozarba holophea, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 31.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey ; pectus.

and legs white irrorated with black, the fore tibise and the tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen with the anal tuft rufous, the

ventral surface white at base, purplish red towards extremity.

Fore wing pale brown suffused with purplish grey and slightly

irrorated with fuscous; traces of a double sinuous subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double,

sinuous, excurved in submedian fold; a fine waved black medial

line; two white discoidal points slightly defined by black; post-

medial line slight, double, oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly

incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, a darker patch

beyond it on costal area; subterminal line fine, dark, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and incurved at discal and submedian

folds, a slight oblique black striga beyond it from costa; a series

of minute black points just before termen. Hind wing whitish

irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown; cilia

pale purplish pink mixed with some brown and with a fine yellowish *

white line at base; the underside white tinged with rufous and

with slight dark irreration, a black discoidal spot, traces of a curved

punctiform postmedial line, slight subterminal streaks below costa

and at discal fold, and terminal points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Arcuntina, Ledesma, 1 ¢ type. Exp. 18 millim.

5696. Ozarba atrifera, n. sp. (Plate CLXII. fig. 32.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with red-brown ; palpi

with some black at sides ; fore tibia and the tarsi black ringed with

whitish. Fore wing brownish grey irrorated with red-brown ;

subbasal line double, sinuous, from costa to vein 1, with black

marks beyond it on costa and below the cell; antemedial line in-

distinct, double, waved ; a black point in middle of cell; a waved

medial line with a brown shade beyond it most prominent towards

costa ; reniform with brown centre and whitish anuulus incom-

pletely defined by black points and striz ; postmedial line double

456 NOCTUID®.

filled in with grey, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled inwards at

discal fold, incurved and minutely waved below vein -t, angled out-

wards at vel 1; the postmedial area with a blackish patch from

costa to vein 5 5 interrupted by a pale streak below vein 6 and with

some pale points on costa; subterminal line pale, defined on inner

side by black points below the costal patch, slightly exeurved below

vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, the cilia pale; the -

underside brownish grey irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal

spot, minutely waved curved postmedial line, traces of a subterminal

line, and terminal series of minute black lunules.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with black

except towards costa and beyond the reniform.

Ab. 2. Fore wing more uniform grey-brown tinged with fuscous.

Hab. Soxorra, Adho Dimellus (O. Grant), 1 3, Jena-agahan

(O. Grant), 1 2; Br. EH. Arrtca, Nairowa (Betton), 1 3 type ;

Carr Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 9, Annshaw (Miss ff,

Barrett), 1 2, Grahamstown, 1 ¢. Hep. 22-26 millim.

5697. Ozarba perplexa.

zarba perplexa, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 281, f. 161 (1891).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown tinged with grey, the

last with the basal erest rufous; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous, the fore tibize and the

tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing grey-brown, the post-

medial area except towards costa and the termen rufous; traces of a

double blackish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line very indistinct, double, minutely waved, with black

point on the outer line at costa; orbicular a white point slightly

defined by black; medial line oblique and with black shade beyond

it from costa to median nervure, then waved ; a black-and-white

discoidal lunule; postmedial line double, oblique from costa to

vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold where there is a small

wedge-shaped black mark beyond it, incurved below vein 4 and

slightly excurved above inner margin, some rufous points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line faint, pale, with two short black

streaks before it below costa, then defined on inner side by slight

black points; a terminal series of black points defined on inner

side by whitish. Hind wing deep fuscous brown, the cilia rufous

except at base; the underside rufous irrorated with fuscous, a

small black discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line, and

subterminal series of dark marks on the veins with slight whitish

streaks beyond them towards apex.

Hab. Soxorra, Adho Dimellus (0. Grant), 1 3; Natat, Malvern

(Marshall), 1 9, Durban (Gooch, Leigh, Quekctt, Oovke), lt @,e =

Mapacascar. Hap. 22-28 millim.

OZARBA, 45

5698. Ozarba illosis. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 1.)

Metachrostis illosis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 477 (1906).

$. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with greyish and

pinkish; palpi black at sides ; fore tibize and the tarsi black with

pale rings; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous, the crest reddish

at tip. Fore wing black-brown mixed with grey-white, the inner

half of postmedial area and the terminal area mostly whitish ;

subbasal line pinkish, from costa to submedian fold, with two

slight black streaks beyond its lower extremity ; antemedial line

double and filled in with pinkish towards costa, then single defined

on outer side by whitish, oblique, bent inwards to inner margin, a

slight pink spot before it below costa; reniform with grey-white

annulus, small, oblique elliptical, some black suffusion before it

along median nervure with a shght medial black line from it to

inner margin; postmedial line black, defined on each side by pink

towards costa, then on outer side by whitish, oblique from costa to

vein 6, incurved at discal fold, incurved and minutely waved below

vein 4, some black beyond it at discal fold with its upper and lower

extremities produced to streaks; some pink points on postmedial

part of costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, with two slight

black streaks before it below costa, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of slight black points ending in a more

prominent point at submedian fold. Hind wing fuscous brown

with a greyish tinge; the underside ochreous white irrorated with

fuscous, the apex suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal lunule,

sinuous postmedial line, diffused subterminal line, and terminal

series of striae.

Hab. Cuyton, Maskeliya (Alston), 1 ¢ type. Ewp. 28 millim.

5699. Ozarba tricuspis, n. sp. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 2.)

3. Head and thorax deep red-brown ; abdomen fuscous with

whitish segmental lines; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous, the fore tibize and the tarsi

black ringed with white. Fore wing deep red-brown slightly

irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black

marks from costa and a blackish mark with pale striga on it below

the cell ; antemedial line double, inwardly oblique and wayed from

costa to median nervure, then the outer line strongly excurved in

submedian interspace ; a double oblique waved medial line with

strong black shade beyond it from costa to below the cell ; orbicular

a black point with white annulus except on inner side; the reni-

form with slight white annulus faintly defined by black, its lower

extremity produced outwards to a short lobe with slight black

streak above it beyond lower angle of cell; postmedial line double,

minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled inwards at

discal fold, incurved below vein 4, a black patch beyond it between

veins 6 and 4, trifid at extremity and with grey patch above it

458 NOCTUID&.

below the costa which is black with some rufous points; sub-

terminal Jine indistinct, pale with some whitish points on it towards

costa, defined on inner side by a short black streak below costa and

by some fuscous points below the black patch, slightly excurved at

middle and angled inwards at vein 2; an oblique black striga from

apex and a terminal series of black and white points. Hind wing

greyish suffused with fuscous brown, the terminal area rather

darker; cilia rufous, blackish at base and tips; the underside

whitish suffused with rufous and irrorated with black, a diffused

black antemedial line, black discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial

line, diffused subterminal line, and terminal lunulate line.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 ¢ type. Hap.

32 millim.

5700. Ozarba amazonia. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 3.)

Erastria amazonia, Warr, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 229.

Photedes apicata, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxx. p. 156 (1904).

Q. Head and tegule red-brown; palpi with the extremities of

2nd and 3rd joints pale ; frons pale with dark bar ; thorax greenish

white, the tarsi banded with brown; abdomen whitish suffused

with brown except at base. Fore wing greenish white, irrorated

with a few brown scales; the base of costa red-brown followed by

a subbasal triangular brown patch; some brown at base of inner

margin; antemedial line represented by an oblique series of slight

brown points ; orbicular and reniform absent ; some brown points

on media] part of costa ; postmedial line double at costa, oblique to

vein 4 and with oblique brown bar before it beyond the cell, then

obsoijete, a large triangular red-brown patch beyond it from costa

to vein 4 with some whitish points on costa; subterminal line

faintly defined by brown on inner side, excurved at middle; a

terminal series of dark points; cilia red-brown. Hind wing pale

brown with terminal series of dark strie; the underside whitish

suffused with bright rufous on costal and terminal areas and irro-

rated with a few dark scales, a dark discoidal spot and diffused

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Braztt, Amazons, R. Jutahi (Trail), 1 9 type, Ghar

Parana, type Tf 9 apicata in U.S. Nat. Mus. vp. 22 millim.

5701. Ozarba melagona, n. sp. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 4.)

6. Head black-brown tinged with rufous; thorax whitish

suffused with rufous, the tegule black at base, the fore tibiz and

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen greyish tinged with

rufous and irrorated with fuscous, the basal crest black. Fore wing

whitish suffused with rufous, a blackish patch on postmedial area

from costa to discal fold; subbasal line represented by a slight

black striga from costa with some fuscous beyond it; antemedial

line very indistinct, double, waved; a black point in middle of cell

OZARBA.—AMYNA. 459

and another at lower angle; medial line double, the outer line

indistinct, waved; postmedial line black defined on inner side by

white and oblique to vein 4, then indistinct, double, inwardly

oblique and slightly angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above

inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa on the dark

postmedial patch; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on

inner side by black points, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a terminal series of black points; cilia mixed with black. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the cilia pale with a ‘lark line near base; the

underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, the costal and terminal

areas suffused with rufous, a black discoidal spot, curved minutely

waved postmedial line, and terminal series of small wedge-shaped

black marks.

Hab. MavaeascaR, Betsileo (Cowan), 3 $ type. Eup. 24 millim.

Genus AMYNA.

Type.

Amyna, Guen. Noct.'1. pr406 (1852)... 02... ...---.n2ccns-ceeeseseoe punctum.

Manda NW, sxe AUS) (MUSES) GocesoaonboscceénasnsoqoHsa50Nos900aC0R00 octo.

Jaane, NIV, Seti ZINE (NSIS) ecoocnocconoacn one xaccos oes bco505DCO0DSEE turpis.

Jhon, \/lMis, seein, TEKS} ((IS1835). oosoocen= aaccoancnobonecosaoocaceDebeC apicalis,

Stridova, Wik. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 354 (1873) ... octo.

Pteretholiz, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 298 (1873) ... dbudlula.

Chytoryza, Grote, Gan Ent. viii. p. 190 (187 6) Shed SR seh a 8 octo.

Hesperimorpha, Saaim. Ber. Senck. Ges. IlfeteXD), 10s Ae} casceucoosc selenampha.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head, typically broadly scaled in front and produced to an angle at

extremity, the 8rd joint rather long and fringed with scales in front ; ‘trons

smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost

entirely ‘with scales and without crests ; build slender ; ; tibiae moderately fringed

with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing typically

with the apex somewhat produced, the termen obliquely curved and slightly

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 trom

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1] from cell. Hind wing with

yeins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of disco-

cellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. Fore wing of male with a large fovea in middle of cell with rounded

depression at middle, the median nervure downcurved with an elon-

gate groove below it.

A, (Lochia). Fore wing of male with the fovea covered on underside by a

large scale-fan from subcostal nervure.

5702, Amyna apicalis.

Lochia apicalis, Wik. xxxili. 748 (1865).

6. Head and tegule dark reddish brown slightly mixed with

ochreous ; thorax dark brown suffused with leaden fuscous ; pectus

and legs paler; abdomen brown, the ventral surface greyish. Fore

wing red-brown suffused with leaden fuscous, the postmedial area

460 NOCTUIDAE.

pale rufous on inner half ; subbasal line represented by small black

spots on costa and below cell; antemedial line blue-black, oblique

from costa to median nervure beyond the fovea, then retracted,

angled outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin and

inwards on vein 1 ; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform with

shght white annulus, narrow, constricted at middle and produced

at lower extremity; a slightly sinuous and rather diffused medial

black line, oblique from costa to the reniform and approximated

below the cell to the postmedial line, which is blue-black with a

faint line beyond if and filled in with greyish, bent outwards below

costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4,

Fig. 129.—Amyna apicalis, §. 7.

some white points beyond it on costa; a rounded yellowish white

patch on costa just before apex, enclosing a small dark spot on

costa; subterminal line absent; a terminal series of black striz

and white points at base of cilia; some rufous on termen above

tornus. Hind wing fuscous brown, the costal area yellowish white

to beyond middle; a terminal series of black strize and a small

yellowish white mark on termen towards tornus ; cilia with a fine

pale Jine at base; the underside yellowish suffused and irrorated

with red-brown, a slight discoidal bar and faint crenulate post-

medial line with dark points at the veins.

Hab. Qupuxstand, Moreton Bay (Diggle), 3 3 type. Exp. 30-

32 millim.

B. Fore wing of male with the fovea overhung on underside by a much

sinaller scale-fan from subcostal nervure.

a. (Pteretholix), Fore wing with the apex produced, the termen excised

below apex and excurved at middle.

5703. Amyna bullula.

Pteretholix bullula, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p.299 (1878) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 244.

Chytoryza tecta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 388 (part.), nec Grote.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; palpi blackish at

sides and white in front; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-

brown with the dorsal crests blackish, Fore wing cupreous red

with slight dark irroration, the base, costal half, and terminal area

AMYNA. 461

suffused with grey-brown; subbasal line represented by a slight

whitish striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, dark, slightly

defined by grey on inner side, oblique, waved; clayiform absent;

orbicular with slight white annulus, round, in male obliterated by

the fovea; reniform with white annulus slightly defined by brown,

figure-of-eight shaped; an indistinct waved dark medial line; post-

medial line dark defined by white on outer side towards costa, bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then in-

curved, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

dark with rounded whitish spot beyond it below costa, angled out-

lend

wards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4,3; a terminal series of

Fig. 1380.—Amyna bullula, 3. }.

black points with white points on their inner edge; cilia dark

brown at base, white at tips except towards tornus. Hind wing

erey-brown with slght discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line

faintly defined by whitish on outer side; cilia white with deep

brown line near base; the underside white thickly irrorated with

red-brown, a small black discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line

with black points before it on the veins, slight diffused subterminal

line, and terminal series of black points.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the lower part of reniform filled in with

white.—Mexico, Guatemala.

Hab. U.S.A., Alabama, 1 g, Texas, 1 9; Mexico, Jalapa

(Trujillo), 1 9; Guarnmana, San Geronimo (Champion), 1 @,

Godman-Salvin Coll. wp. ¢ 26, 2 28 millim.

b. (Berresa). Fore wing short and broad, the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved.

5704. Amyna natalis.

Berresa natalis, Wik. xvi. 214 (1858); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 26

pl. 146. f. 3.

Miana palpalis, Wik. xxxii. 678 (1865).

Mesotrosta abyssa, Snell. Vijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 56, pl. v. f. 1 (1880).

Berresa turpis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 252 (1894), nee W1k.

Berresa meeki, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 199 (1906).

Head and thorax grey-brown; tarsi slightly ringed with white ;

abdomen pale grey-brown, the dorsal crests slightly tipped with

white. Fore wing grey-brown; subbasal line represented by two

blackish strize from costa and two points below cell; antemedial

462 NOCTUIDAE.

line indistinctly double, blackish, obscurely waved; claviform and

orbicular absent; reniform with annulus formed of white points

defined by black points, constricted at middle; traces of a dark

waved medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure ; post-

medial line indistinctly double at costa, bent outwards below costa,

then dentate and broken up into a double series of black points,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined by fuscous on

inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and minutely waved

Fig. 151.—Amyna natalis, 8. }.

at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia with a slight

dark line through them. Hind wing glossy grey-brown with traces

of a dark postmedial line faintly defined by whitish on outer side ;

cilia greyish with a dark line near base; the underside white

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal point, indistinct curved post-

medial line with black points on the veins, and terminal series of

small black lunules.

Hab. Kasumir, Rajaori (Leech), 2 $; Punsas, Dharmsdla

(Hocking), 1 §, Manpuri, 1 ¢ ; Buneat, Calcutta (Russell), 2 3,

Pusa (Mason), 2 3,2 2; Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 3 3,1 9;

Cryton, 5 ¢, 1 @ type; Burma, Rangoon, | ¢; Br. N. Guyana,

Aroa R. (Meek), type T meekt in Coll. Bethune-Baker ; Crtenns ;

Qunenstand, Mackay, 1 ¢, Brisbane (7wrner), 1 §, 1 2, Moreton

Bay (Diggle), 1 2 type palpahs; W. Austratia (Diggie), 1 3;

N.S. Waxes (Raynor),65,89; Norrork I. (Mathew), 19,1 2;

Fist (Mathew), 2 3; Tonea (Mathew), 1 3; Samoa I., Pago (de la

Garde), 1 9; GisurT Is., Apia (de la Garde), 12. Hap, 22-

26 millim.

Sect. II. (J/attia). Fore wing of male with small or moderate fovea in cell

before the antemedial line, overhung on underside by a slight scale-

fan from subcostal nervure, the median nervure slightly curved down-

wards.

A. Fore wing with more or less developed whitish mark on

costal part of subterminal line.

a. Fore wing with the lower part of reniform filled in with

white. 0,

a’. Fore wing with yellow mark at middle of reniform.

a. Fore wing with prominent series of white points

just before termen.

a®, Fore wing dark brown with a cupreous tinge...... crocosticta.

b°, Fore wing grey-brown with a cupreous tinge...... arod,

AMYNA. 463

22, Fore wing without prominent series of white points

FRU LORD {SION cdogodonasteanadenssonadanayesooboRosnoNs leucopera.

b'. Fore wing without yellow mark at middleof reniform. sted/ata.

6. Fore wing with the lower part of reniform broken up into

Vi HUTS) SLOREHYIES| Cc coonecagaad poodocdeoanhesecuudbadeGonadasurauauasdae ruptirena,

c. Fore wing with the lower part of reniform defined by

white.

a’. Fore wing cupreous red-brown with distinct white

pica PACH rss sasises sei smeesweee ona assis cis (laesesielatisite renalis.

6!, Fore wing dark brown with diffused grey apical patch. glaucopera.

ce', Fore wing grey-brown with the subterminal line grey

LO Wards! COStA eK Bacse tus deeudeaceracuinesclepesetansacasaer cee leucostriga.

B. Fore wing without whitish mark on apical part of sub-

terminal line.

a. Fore wing with the reniform defined by white.

a’, Fore wing cupreous brown; hind wing grey-brown... cto.

6'. Fore.and hind wings whitish suffused with brown.

a. Fore wing not irrorated with black...................-- griseola.

6*. Fore wing irrorated with black ................-5+ 0:0 spilonota.

6. Fore wing with the reniform not defined by white.

a’. Fore wing cupreous red-brown..............-sesseseeesceeee amplificans.

(Doc, AONE MWY EN ELIKONAN «cre naconagenspacenoancodcouccoaaabdone. tristis.

5,05. Amyna crocosticta, n. sp. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 5.)

Amyna octo, Ampsn. Monograph of Christmas Island, p. 65 (1900), part.,

nec Guen.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown tinged with grey; an-

tenn ringed with white; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen greyer, the tarsi blackish tinged with white. Fore wing

dark brown slightly tinged with grey; a white point at base;

obliquely placed subbasal white points on costa and below cell;

antemedial line with white striga trom costa, then hardly traceable,

waved, with white points on the veins and in submedian fold;

claviform absent ; orbicular represented by a white point; reniform

defined by a few black scales, its lower part white, orange at middle

and its upper part with slight white annulus, strongly constricted

at middle; a medial white striga from costa and minute white point

on vein 2 near base ; postmedial line very indistinct, fine, blackish,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to white

points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa; a bar-shaped white mark from costa just

before apex; subterminal line absent; a series of black points on

termen with white points before them. Hind wing dark glossy

brown; the underside grey, thickly irrorated with brown, a black

discoidal point, and waved postmedial line,

Hab. Curisrmas I, (Andrewes), 1 3,1 2 type. Hap. 28 millim.

5706. Amyna aroa. (Plate CLXIILI. fig. 6.)

Tlattia aroa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool, xiii. p. 199 (1906).

Head and thorax red-brown tinged with greyish ; tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing red-brown

tinged with grey; subbasal line represented by a whitish striga

464 d NOCTUID %.

from costa; antemedial line with whitish striga from costa, then

very indistinct, brownish, oblique to median nervure; claviform

absent ; orbicular represented by a white point; reniform repre-

sented by a semicircular white mark below, with yellow spot above,

with two white points and a minute streak above it; medial line

very indistinct, brown, oblique from costa to median nervure ; post-

medial line very indistinct, fine, brown, with white striga from

costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to

slight whitish points on the veins, excuryed to vein 4, then in-

curved, some white points on costa beyond it; a bar-shaped white

spot from costa just before apex; traces of a greyish subterminal

line slightly defined by brown on inner side and excurved at middle;

a terminal series of minute black points; cilia with a slight pale

line at base and whitish tips. Hind wing grey-brown, rather paler

towards base; cilia with a yellowish line at base, brown medial

line, and whitish tips; the underside grey tinged with red-brown

and irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot, waved postmedial

line with dark points on the veins, and terminal series of black

striee.

Male with the fovea in cell of fore wing rather large.

Hab. Porto Laur (Doherty), 26; Java, 1 9; New Goine,

Aroa R. (Meek), a 3d in Coll. Bethune- Baker, Fergusson I.

(Meek), 19. Hap. § 26, 2 30 millim.

5707. Amyna leucopera, n. sp. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 7.)

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown tinged with grey,

pectus greyer. Fore wing grey-brown, the postmedial area with a

rufous tinge on inner half; subbasal line represented by a grey

striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, brown slightly defined

by grey on inner side, curved, strongly bent outwards above inner

margin; claviform and orbicular absent ; reniform yellow with slight

white annulus, open above and constricted at middle; medial line

represented by dark strize from costa and inner margin; postmedial

line indistinct, blackish slightly defined by grey on outer side, bent

outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to grey points on

the veins, incurved below vein 4+, some white points beyond it on

costa ; a rounded white patch on costa just before apex enclosing a

small blackish spot on costa; subterminal line greyish defined by

fuscous on inner side, excurved at middle and angled inwards at

discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of black points; a

fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown, a fine dark

terminal line and pale line at base of cilia; the underside grey

thickly irrorated with brown, a black discoidal point, punctiform

pestmedial line, and terminal series of points.

@. Fore wing with the orbicular round with incomplete white

annulus slightly defined by black.

Hab. Manpras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 6, Nilgiris (Hampson),

2 ¢ type; Crynon, Pundaloya (Green), 1 Os Haps S22;

2 28 millim.

AMYNA. 465

5708. Amyna stellata.

Amyna stellata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 162 (1878); id. Ill. Het. B. M.

ii, p. 26, pl. 29. f. 6.

Head and thorax red-brown; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen

reddish brown with slight pale segmental rings, the ventral surface

grey irrorated with brown. Fore wing red-brown; subbasal line

represented by a whitish striga from costa; antemedial line with

whitish striga from costa, then indistinct, dark, waved, angled

inwards on vein 1; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform with

round white spot at lower angle of cell and slight whitish annulus

above; a faint dark medial line, oblique from costa to median

nervure ; postmedial line dark, defined on outer side by a few white

scales, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to

black and white points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then in-

curved and bent outwards above inner margin, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, dark, with whitish

bar from costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

a terminal series of dark points with white points on their inner

side. Hind wing grey-brown with slight sinuous dark postmedial

line faintly defined by whitish on outer side; a slight dark terminal

line ; cilia grey with slight dark line near base ; the underside white

with small dark discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line, and

terminal series of black points.

Hab. Javan, Hakone (Leech), 1 3, Nagasaki (Leech), 1 2, Tokio

(Maries), 1 3,1 9, Yokohama (Jonas, Lewis, Manley, Pryer),3 3,

3 9 type. xp. 28-30 millim.

5709. Amyna ruptirena. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 8.)

Amyna ruptirena, Hmpsn. P. Z.8. 1910, p. 406.

6. Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with some grey ;

pectus whitish ; tibie and tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen

grey-brown, the ventral surface white at base. Fore wing red-

brown suffused with dark greyish brown ; subbasal line represented

by a whitish striga from costa; antemedial line brown slightly

defined on outer side by whitish, somewhat sinuous, oblique from

costa to median nervure beyond the fovea, then inwardly oblique ;

reniform broken up into small white spots of which the two at

lower angle of cell are elongate and with white striga above it from

costa; postmedial line blackish, minutely dentate and produced to

a series of white points, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

dark with white bar from costa, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of minute black and white points. Hind

wing dark greyish brown; a fine dark terminal line and some

whitish on termen at tornus; cilia with a fine pale line at base and

whitish tips; the underside white irrorated with rufous, especially

VOL. X. 2H

466 NOOTUID ®.

on apical area, a blackish discoidal spot, postmedial line with minute

dark streaks and white points at the veins, and terminal serics of

minute triangular black marks.

Hab. N.E. Raopssta, Tanganyika plateau, Lofa Valley (Neave),

1 g type. xp. 26 millim.

5710. Amyna renalis. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 9.)

Mattia renalis, Moove, Lep. Atk. p. 113 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 251.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey, a whitish line

above eyes, the tegule edged with whitish; antenne and tarsi

ringed with white; pectus greyer; abdomen brown edged with

grey. Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated with grey ; a white

point at base; subbasal line represented by a whitish striga from

costa with a whitish point beyond it below median nervure ; ante-

medial line whitish, minutely waved, interrupted, oblique from costa

to median nervure and strongly bent outwards above inner margin;

claviform absent ; orbicular represented by one or two white points

or slight minute annulus; reniform with white annulus defined by

a few black scales, figure-of-8-shaped ; traces of a sinuous brown

medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure; postmedial line

black defined by white on outer side, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then dentate and produced to black and white points on the

veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond

it on costa; a rounded grey-white patch on costal area just before

apex enclosing blackish points on and below costa; subterminal

line hardly traceable, formed by a few grey scales slightly defined

by brown on inner side ; excurved at middle and incurved at discal

and submedian folds ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge; a punctiform blackish

postmedial line slightly defined by grey on outer side; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia grey tinged with rufous and with brown line

near base; the underside white, thickly irrorated with red-brown

except on inner area, a brown discoidal spot, postmedial line crenu-

late to vein 3, then sinuous, diffused subterminal line and terminal

series of small black lunules.

Hab. Pounsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 6,12, Dharmsdla

(Hocking), 2 3,29; Sram, 2 2 type. vp. 26-34 millim.

5711. Amyna glaucopera,n.n. (Plate CLXILI. fig. 10.)

Tlattia apicalis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 112 (1882), nee W1k.; Hinpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 201.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey; tegule

slightly edged with grey; antenne ringed with grey. Fore wing

brown slightly irrorated with grey ; subbasal line represented by a

slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, dark,

AMYNA. 467

minutely waved, strongly bent outwards above inner margin;

claviform absent; orbicular represented by a few white scales or

traces of an annulus; reniform with slight interrupted white

annulus defined by a few brown scales, strongly constricted at

middle; a diffused dark medial line, oblique from costa to lower

angle of cell, then incurved; postmedial line formed of black

lunules slightly defined by white on outer side, bent outwards

below costa, then dentate and produced to black and white points

on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points

beyond it on costa; a slight oblique grey bar from costa just before

apex ; subterminal line faint, greyish, defined on inner side by

fuscous suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of minute black lunules; cilia with a fine pale line at base.

Hind wing grey-brown with a slight cupreous tinge; cilia greyish

with a brown line through them; the underside whitish thickly

irrorated with red-brown, a small discoidal lunule, crenulate post-

medial line, and traces of diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Stxnim, 4 3,1 2 type. Hap. 32 millim.

5712. Amyna leucostriga, n. sp. (Flate CLXIITI. fig. 11.)

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey, the dorsum of

thorax with a metallic tinge; tarsi slightly ringed with white;

abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing reddish brown tinged with

grey ; subbasal line represented by a slight pale striga from costa ;

antemedial line indistinct, dark, faintly defined by grey on inner

side, slightly excurved from costa to vein 1, then bent outwards

above inner margin; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform

with incomplete white annulus slightly defined by brown, figure-

of-8-shaped ; an indistinct dark medial line, oblique from costa to

median nervure; postmedial line dark, defined on outer side by

some white scales. bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to blackish points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, dark, with whitish bar from costa, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points

with white points on their inner side. Hind wing grey-brown;

traces of a curved postmedial line very faintly defined by whitish

on outer side; cilia whitish with slight brown line near base; the

underside white thickly irrorated with red-brown, a small discoidal

spot, postmedial line crenulate from costa to vein 3, then sinuous,

traces of a diffused subterminal line towards tornus and terminal

series of small black lunules.

Hab. Puxsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 ¢, 1 9, Simla

(Swinhoe, Harford), 2 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 2 3, 5 2 type.

Exp. 26-30 millim,

468 NOCTUID A.

5713. Amyna octo.

Perigea octo, Guen. Noct. i. p. 283 (1852); Hmpsn. Mothis Ind. ii. p. 251

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 232.

Amyna axis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 407 (1852).

Poaphila stricta, Wik. xiv. 1476 (1858).

Celena flaviquita, Wik. xv. 1688 (1858).

Celena perfundens, W\k. xv. 1691 (1858).

Mattia cephusalis, Wik. xvi. 209 (1858); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 27,

pl. 146. ff. 4, 4a.

Amyna colon, Guen, Maillard’s Réunion, p 387 (1862).

Perigea vexabilis, Wilern. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 148 (1863).

Miana inornata, W1k. xxxii. 677 (1865).

Celena obstructa, Wik. xxxii. 679 (1865).

Perigea leucospila, Wik. xxxii. 683 (1865).

Erastria stigmatula, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xv. p. 55, pl. 4. f. 16 (1872).

Stridova athigutta, W\k. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 354 (1875).

Erastria bavia, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. £. 87 (1874).

Segetia orbica, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 216 (1874); Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 506 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 244.

Amyna undulifera, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 403 (1875).

Chytoryza tecta, Grote, Can. Ent. viii. p. 190 (1876) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-

Am., Het. i. p. 338.

Pyrausta monotretalis, Mab. Ann. Soc. Hut. Fr. (5) ix. p. 339 (1879).

Peregea supplex, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 452.

Berresa rufa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 199 (1906).

Head and thorax grey-brown with a reddish tinge, the dorsum

of thorax with a slight metallic gloss; tarsi slightly ringed with

white; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown with a

reddish tinge; subbasal line represented by a slight whitish striga

from costa ; antemedial line indistinct, defined by whitish on inner

side, oblique from costa to median nervure, then waved, excurved

above inner margin; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform with

Fig. 1382.—Amyna octo, G. }.

incomplete white annulus slightly defined by brown and strongly

constricted at middle; an indistinct medial line oblique from costa

to median nervure ; postmedial line dark slightly defined by white

scales on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

strongly incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, slightly defined by brown

on inner side, somewhat angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, then

incurved ; a terminal series of slight dark points with minute white

AMYNA. 469

points on their inner side; cilia greyish at tips, Hind wing grey-

brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside white thickly

irrorated with reddish brown, a small discoidal spot, indistinct

crenulate postmedial line, and terminal series of small black

lunules.

Ab. 1. axis. Fore wing with the lower part of reniform filled

in with white.

Ab. 2. orbica. Fore wing with the terminal area more strongly

suffused with rufous.

Ab. 3. leucospila. Fore wing bright rufous.

Hab. U.S.A., Kansas, Texas, 1 6, 1 2 type tecta; Mrxtco,

Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 1 3, Atoyae (H. H. Smith), 1 3, Tabasco

(H. H. Smith), 1 3, Coatepee (Brooks), 1 $ ; Guaremana, Trazu

(Rogers), 1 $ ; Honpuras (Dyson), 1 3 type stricta; Panama,

Chiriqui (Champion), 1 2, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamarca (Kaye),

1 9; Grenapa (H. H. Smith), 1 ¢,1 9; Trinipap (Kaye), 1 db;

Venezveta (Dyson), 1 2 type flaviguita ; Braziz, Amazons (Pif-

fard), 1 2, Santarem (Bates), 1 9; Paracuay, Sapucay (Poster),

1 2; Argentina, Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 1 ¢: Gamera,

Bathurst (Ff. C. Smith), 1 g, 1 Q; Srerra Leonn, Port Lokko

(Penny), 1 3 3; Gotp Coasr, Kofondoa (Dudgeon), 1 9; 8. Niexrta,

Lagos, Ebute Meta (Boag), 1 3, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 2 2;

Op CataBar (Crompton), 1 9; Conco (Marsden), 1 2 type albiguita;

Soupan, White Nile, Gabt-el-Megahed (Dunn), 1 3, 1 9;

ApyssintA, Atbara (Gerrard); Soxorra, Jena-agahan (W. RR.

0.-Grant), 1 2, Dahamish (W. R. 0.-Grant), 1 2 ; Br. E. Arrica,

Mombasa (de la Garde), 1 2, Athi R. (Crawshay, Betton), 3 9,

Sabaki Valley (Gregory), 1 9, Eb Urru (Betton), 2 3, Neugia

(Crawshay), 1 9, Taveta (Rogers), 1 9 ; Ucanpa, Wadelai (min

Pasha), 1 2, Ruwenzori (Legge & Wollaston), 1 2 ; Ruaopzsra,

Salisbury (Marshall), 3 $, 1 9, Bulawayo (Marshall), 1 ¢ ;

TransvaaL, Pretoria (Janse), 1 9; Narau, Howick (Cregoe), 1 3,

Durban (Burrows, Leigh), 4 3,4 Q type undulifera ; Mapacascar,

type f monotretalis in Coll. Mabille; Réunion; Ropkieunz (Man-

ders), 1 9; Aven (Swinhoe, Fletcher), 2 6,19, Shaik Othman

(Yerbury), 1 9; HE. Srsexia, Amurland, 1 9, Ussuri; Corea

Gensan (/to), 1 $,,2 2; Cutna, Len-kung-tan (Fletcher), 1 9.

Shanghai (Fortune, Pryer), 2 3,3 9, Fokien (de la Garde), 1 6,

Ship-y-shan (Pratt), 1 92 ; Kasumir, Rajaori (Leech), 1 9 ; Punsas,

Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 ¢, Cambellpur (Verbury), 2 3,

2 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 2 3, Allahabad, 1 ¢, Khairabad,1 ¢,

1 2, Moghal Sarai (Betton), 1 ¢ ; Buneat, Calcutta, 1 ¢ ; Sinn,

Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 3,1 9, Kutch, 4 ¢, 2 2; BomBay (Swinhoe),

2 5, 2 9, Poona (Swinhoe), 1 2 type supplex, Mahableshwar

(Swinhoe), 1 9 ; Manpras, Cuddapah (Campbell), 1 ¢, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 2 3, 1 ¢, Coimbatore ( Walhouse), 2 2 type wmornata,

Palnis (Campbell), 1 2 ; Cayton (Lempleton), 1 6,1 2; AnDa-

mans, 1 5,1 9; Stncaporn (Ridley), 1 ¢ ; Borneo; Curisrmas I.

(Andrews), 1 ¢ ; Br. N. Gutyea, Aroa R. (Meel:), type T rufa in

Coll. Bethune-Baker; Qusrnystayp, Rockampton, 1 @, Brisbane

470 NOCTUID As.

(Turner), 1 $ ; N. Ausrratia, Alexandria (Stalker), 1 g ; N.S.

Wates, Sydney (de la Garde), 1 3; Soromon Is., Alu ( Woodford),

2 9; New Hesripves (Mathew), 1 ¢,1 2 ; Fist (Mathew), 3 9 ;

GitBert Is. ( Woodford), 7 3 ; HEuuice Is. (Woodford), 1 3,1 9 ;

Coox’s I., Tonga (Mathew), 1 9, Rarotonga (J. J. Walker, de ta

Garde), 4 6; Tautrt (J. J. Walker), 1 2 ; Mareunsas Is. (J. J.

Walker), 3 6, 22; Hawai, | 2 type perfundens. Hap. 24—

30 millim.

*5714. Amyna griseola. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 12.)

Erastria griseola, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xv. p. 54, pl. iv. f. 15 (1872).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white tinged with pale

cupreous brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

white, the fore tibiz and tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen

with the crest on 2nd segment tipped with blackish. Fore wing

grey-white suffused with pale cupreous brown; antemedial line

indistinct, brown, double, waved, the lines well separated ; reniform

slightly defined by brown and with white points representing the

annulus, constricted at middle; an indistinct brown medial line,

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then waved ; postmedial

line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; an

indistinct brown subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at

middie; a terminal series of black and white points. Hind wing

whitish tinged with pale cupreous brown, a terminal series of

minute black points; cilia white with a brownish line near base ;

the underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a black dis-

coidal point, postmedial series of points on the veins, and terminal

series of points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Lr. Guinea, Banana (Waerden), type 2 im Coll. Snellen.

Kup. 26 millim.

5715. Amyna spilonota. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 13.)

Amyna spilonota, Lower, Tr, R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 34 (1903).

¢. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with fuscous ; abdo-

men ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous white slightly tinged

with rufous in discal and submedian folds and thickly irrorated

with fuscous except on terminal area; subbasal line diffused, black,

oblique, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black

defined by wnitish on inner side, interrupted, waved, oblique ;

reniform incompletely defined by black, its upper part yellowish

tinged with rufous, its lower part white, constricted ‘at middle;

a diffused black curved and slightly waved medial line; post-

medial line indistinetly double, black filled in with white, bent

AMYNA. AT

outwards below costa, angled inwards in discal fold, then dentate

and produced to black and white points on the veins, strongly

incurved below vein 4, some white points with black streaks

between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

whitish, strongly defined on inner side by diffused black, angled

outwards at vein 7 and inwards in discal fold, excurved at middle,

then incurved; a terminal series of black points with white points

on their inner side; cilia ochreous white with diffused fuscous line

at middle and dark tips. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal

area tinged with brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia white with

fuscous line at middle; the underside white and slightly irrorated

with brown, a dark discoidal point, traces of a curved postmedial

line, and terminal series of black points.

Fore wing of male with the fovea very small.

Hab. N. Avsrrauia, Port Darwin (J. J. Walker), 1 3. Exp.

24 millim.

5716. Amyna amplificans. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 14.)

Calena amplificans, Wik. xv. 1689 (1858).

Hadena impedita, W\k. xv. 1726 (1858); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 1.

p. 294, & ii. p. 487.

Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with greyish ; pectus,

legs, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing red-brown; svbbasal

line represented by a slight dark striga from costa and spot below

cell with a point beyond them in cell; antemedial line black,

oblique, angled inwards on vein 1 and incurved to inner margin ;

orbicular represented by two slight dark points with a whitish

point before the upper one, the reniform by a small white spot at

lower angle of cell; a curved, minutely waved black medial line ;

postmedial line with small black spot on costa, strongly bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate and produced to black points on

the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some slight pale points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, dark, minutely

waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of

small black spots defined on inner side by slight grey lunules.

Hind wing grey-brown with a reddish tinge; cilia with a fine pale

line at base; the underside grey tinged with rufous and irrorated

with brown, a black discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line, and

somewhat lunulate black terminal line.

Hab, Mextco, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 g; Guaremata, Volcan de

Atitlan (Champion), 1 g ; Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers), 1 9, Cande-

laria Mts. (Underwood), 1 g,1 2, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Vuns-

zunLa (Dyson), 3 3, 3 Q, type and type impedita. Hxp. 34-36

millim,

472 NOCTIUID #.

5717. Amyna tristis.

Chytoryza tristis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 506, pl. 96. f. 18

(1898).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; tarsi with slight pale

rings. Fore wing grey-brown; subbasal line represented by two

faint dark strize from costa; antemedial line indistinct, oblique,

waved; claviform absent; orbicular represented by a few whitish

and dark seales; reniform very indistinct, its annulus represented

by some whitish seales with a black point at its upper extremity

and some on its lower edge, constricted at middle; an indistinct.

rather diffused medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell,

then incurved ; postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on outer

side towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, in-

curved below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line very indistinct, dark, slightly defined on outer side by

whitish towards costa, excurved below vein 7, then minutely

waved; a terminal series of black points; cilia with a slight pale

line at base. Hind wing grey-brown, the cilia white with a slight

brown line through them; the underside grey suffused with brown,

a small black discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line, and

terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 $, 2 2 type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. xp. 32-34 millim.

Srcr. IIL. (Amyna). Fore wing of male without fovea in cell.

A. Fore wing with the apex produced, the termen obliquely curved; hind

wing ample and the tornal area dilated.

5718. Amyna punctum.

Noctua punetum, abr. Ent. Syst. 3, 2. p. 34 (1794).

Noctua annulata, Fabr. Ent Syst. 3, 2. p. 47 (1794).

Amyna selenampha, Guen. Noct. i. p. 406 (1852); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii.

p. 80, pl. 147. ff. 3, 83a; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. il. p. 250.

Alamis spoliata, Wik. xiii. 1050 (1857).

Hama latipennis, Wilgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 169 (1860).

Amyna subtracta, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 189 (1863).

Perigea trivenefica, Wilgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 148 (1863).

Perigea urba, W\lgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 148 (1868).

Hadena latipennis, Wik. xxxiii. 788 (1865).

Perigea natalensis, Wiigrn. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. v. 4, p. 55 (1865).

Hesperimorpha paradoxa, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 283, id. Lep.

Madag. p. 283, f. 145.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish or grey-brown tinged

with grey; palpi whitish, the 2nd joint towards extremity and 3rd

joint blackish; frons whitish below and with blackish bar above,

pectus whitish mixed with fuscous, the fore legs blackish, the tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen with the anal tuft and

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing reddish or grey-brown tinged

with grey, the markings indistinct ; subbasal line represented by a

AMYNA. 473

slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, dark,

waved; claviform absent; orbicular with slight whitish annulus

faintly defined by brown, round; reniform faintly defined by

brown, its lower part filled in with white, constricted at middle; a

faint diffused oblique medial line; postmedial line indistinct, dark,

with white point at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then dentate, angled slightly inwards at discal fold and strongly

incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line faintly defined by fuscous on inner side, angled

Fig. 1383.—Amyna punctum, g. +.

outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal fold, excurved and some-

what waved at middle, then incurved; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing reddish brown, the cilia white with a fuscous

line near base; the underside whitish suffused and irrorated with

brown except on inner area, a small black discoidal spot, crenulate

postmedial line, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Q. Fore wing irrorated with grey and black, the markings more

distinct, the ante- and postmedial lines defined by grey, the sub-

terminal line by black; hind wing with slight dark postmedial line

faintly defined by whitish on outer side, the cilia wholly brown at

middle.

Ab. 1. spoliata. Fore wing with slight whitish annulus to reni-

form, its lower part not filled in with white.

Ab. 2. paradowa. 3. Fore wing with blackish patch in cell

between the stigmata.

Ab. 3. 9. Thorax and fore wing bright rufous, the latter with

the markings indistinct ; hind wing with the cilia white at tips

throughout.—Natal.

Hab. Gotp Coast, Ashanti, Obuassi (Dudgeon), 1 9; Soxorra,

Monkadema (W. R. 0.-Grant), 1 3, Hadibu Plain ( W. 2. 0.-Grant),

19; Br. E. Arrica, Mombasa (de la Garde), 1 3 , Eb Urru (Betton),

13,22, Nairobi (Betton), 1 9, Kitwi (Crawshay), 1 2, Taveta

(Rogers), 1 $; Masnonaranp, Salisbury (Marshall), 4 3; Bucnvana-

LAND, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 9; Transvaat (Zose), 1 2; Oranen R.

Cot., Bloemfontein (Eckersley), 1 9; Narar, Karkloof (Marshall),

1 2, Durban (Gooch, Leigh, Jeffery, Meade-Waldo), 3 3, 6 2;

Mapacascar (Saalmiuller), 1 9; Curva, Foo-chou-foo (Lay), 1 3;

Formosa, 1d; Punsaz, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 13,192, Allahabad,

2 2, Moghal Sarai (Betton), 1 $3; Stcuim Tisnr, Yatung (Hobson),

1 g; Sixam (Llwes, Dudgeon), 3 ¢, 1 9; Assam, Silhet, 1 9;

474 NOCTUID ¥.

Centr. Proy., Raipur (Betham), 2 $; Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson),

2 5,2 Q, Palnis (Campbell), 1 9; Cuyton, (Netiner, Templeton,

Yerbury), 5 3, 10 2 type latipennis, Velverry (Yerbury),13,1°,

Trincomali (Yerbury), 1 $; Burwa, Moulmein (Clarz), 1 2 type

svoliata, Tounghu, 1 2, Heiblentaung (Wood), 1 ¢; ANDAmANs,

1 2; Sryeaporn (fidley), 1 3, 2 9; Java (Horsfield), 1 5,42

type sclenampha; Curistmas I. (Andrewes), 1 9; New Hesripes

(Mathew), 2 6,12. Hep. 32-42 millim.

Larva. Slender with ventral claspers on 9th and 10th somites

only ; warts black with a few inconspicuous drab hairs; head and

anal segment ochreous with numerous black spots: body dorsally

blackish with indistinct interrupted whitish lines; sides brownish

ochreous with a white ocellate spot with black centre on each

somite, sometimes surrounded by reddish patches; a sublateral

brownish stripe; ventral surface dull yellowish, greenish or ochreous

with whitish longitudinal lines and a double maculate black lateral

stripe, some reddish patches in front of each spiracle; two trans-

verse series of six raised black setiferous spots across middle of

each somite; sometimes with greenish dorsal and subspiracular

stripes. Food-plants: Croton tiglium and C. aromaticum, sometimes

a serious pest of the former, the croton oil-plant. Pupal stage

9 days. (H. £. Green.)

B. Fore wing with the apex less produced; hind wing normal. —

a. Fore wing with the reniform defined by white and with

SONS VPA) WAL CETUTTE oo agononroaoceacasanooqsonopsnsbnocnsenec teratophora.

6. Fore wing with the lower part of reniform filied in with

white.

a‘, Fore wing with the orbicular represented by a white

Olt y. ses necucienee ne setae ans cme me seeneckinuen cca ceee Nene oe distigmata.

b!. Fore wing with the orbicular absent ..................06- monocampta.

5719. Amyna teratophora. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 15.)

Bryophila teratophora, Herr.-Schiff. Aussereur. Schwett. p. 80, f. 213

(1853); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 49.

Erastria inscripta, Wk. xii. 808 (1857).

Head and thorax brown tinged with grey; pectus and legs

mostly white, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen whitish

suffused with brown leaving pale segmental rings. Fore wing

dark brown tinged with grey and irrorated with fuscous; an in-

distinct double waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line indistinct, double, waved; orbicular small, round,

indistinctly defined by black, its annulus represented by a few

white scales; reniform white defined slightly by black, its centre

defined by small dark strize and streaks; an indistinct sinuous line

from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct

with white marks beyond it at costa and inner margin, bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate and produced to minute white

points on the veins, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

AMYNA. ATS

defined by white on outer side at costa, irregularly dentate, angled

outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to

tornus; a terminal series of black stria and minute white points

at extremities of the veins; cilia with a slight pale line at middle.

Hind wing pale uniformly suffused with brown; a fine brown

terminal line; cilia brownish white with a brown line through

them ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal lunule and indistinct minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Illinois, W. Virginia, 1 2 , Florida (Double-

day), 1 3 type inscripta, Iowa, Texas. wp. 28 millim.

5720. Amyna distigmata.

Erastria distigmata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 513 (1896).

Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with grey; palpi

with the Ist joint white in front, the 2nd and 3rd joints tipped

with white; the basal joint of antenne mostly white; pectus and

legs irrorated with white, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

dark brown with slight grey segmental lines, the ventral surface

irrorated with grey. Fore wing dark brown with a cupreous tinge

and slight dark irroration; a white point at base; subbasal line

represented by a white striga from costa and point below cell;

Fig. 134.—Amyna distiymata, 3. 1.

antemedial line with white striga from costa, then indistinct, dark

defined on inner side by white, incurved in cell, then slightly ex-

curved; clayiform absent; orbicular represented by a white point,

the reniform by a round white spot below and white annulus above;

postmedial line dark defined by white on outer side and with white

striga from costa, slightly angled outwards below costa, bent out-

wards at vein 6, then minutely dentate and slightly incurved below

vein 4, some small white spots beyond it on costa; subterminal

line represented by a small white spot at costa, then by a series of

small white lunules defined on inner side by slight brown marks,

somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a

terminal series of black points with minute white points on their

inner side. Hind wing deep fuscous brown, the cilia with a fine

pale line at base; the underside grey thickly irrorated with dark

brown, a black discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line, diffused

subterminal line, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab, Buvtan, 2500' (Dudgeon), 13,1 9type. Exp. 34 millim.

476 NOCTUIDAE.

0721. Amyna monocampta, n. sp. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 16.)

3. Head and thorax dark red-brown; palpi black, ochreous at

base and with whitish ring at extremity of 2nd joint; pectus

greyish ; fore tibiz and tarsi black ringed with whitish; abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing dark red-brown; a slight pale subbasal

line angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold ;

antemedial line dark defined by whitish on inner side, angled out-

wards below costa, strongly incurved in cell, excurved to vein 1

and bent inwards to inner margin; claviform and orbicular absent ;

reniform a slight bar formed of whitish and black scales with small

pure white spot in its lower extremity ; postmedial line dark defined

by white on outer side, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then

obliquely incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line formed of small very indistinct whitish marks, more

prominent towards costa, excurved at middle and incurved at discal

and submedian folds; a terminal series of minute black points ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

cilia with a slight pale line at base ; the underside brown irrorated

with white, a black discoidal lunule and curved brown postmedial

line.

Hab, Stxurm (Lidderdale), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim.

Genus BRYOCODIA, nov.

Type, B. lepidula.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and moderately sealed, the 3rd moderate; frons with

small rounded prominence with corneous plate below it and ridge of scales

above it; eyes Jarge, round; antennz of male somewhat laminate and minutely

ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro- and metathorax

with large spreading crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen

with dorsal crests except on terminal segments, the crests on 3rd and 4th

segments large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from

well below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform confluent below.

a. Kore wing with the ground-colour emerald green ............ lepidula.

6. Fore wing grey suffused with dark brown ..................... avirida.

B. Fore wing with the orbicular and remiform not confluent

below.

a. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale sap-green ............ pictula.

Ge Horeswing pale reddish) brown) peep eecnc-cteeescececseeee ses mediand.

5722. Bryocodia lepidula.

Jaspidea lepidula, Grote, 6th Kep. Peab. Ac. Sci. p. 23 (1874); id. Bull.

Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. pl. 1. f. 3; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 49.

Head, tegule, thoracic crests, and base of patagia rufous mixed

with some white and black, the vertex of thorax and rest of patagia

lord

BRYOCODIA. ATT

blue-green and white, the latter with black line near upper edge ;

palpi blackish at sides; frons with black bar; tibice and tarsi

banded with black; abdomen white mixed with rufous, the crests

black at tips. Fore wing emerald green, the antemedial costal

area, the medial area, and the postmedial area except towards costa

and inner margin mostly suffused with rufous; subbasal line repre-

sented by two diffused black bars from costa, a point below base of

cell and a spot above vein 1; antemedial line double towards costa

and inner margin, black filled in with white at costa and the veins,

Fig. 135.—Bryocodia lepidula, S. 1}.

incuryed in cell and slightly angled inwards at vein 1; orbicular

and reniform large, green with incomplete white annuli defined by

a few black scales, confluent in lower part of cell and with V-shaped

black mark between them in upper part; a medial blackish bar

from costa and oblique line from cell to inner margin; postmedial

line represented by double black bars from costa filled in with

white, then by a series of double black points on the veins with

some white between them, bent outwards below costa and strongly

incurved below vein 4, with alternating black and white spots

beyond it on costa; subterminal line only defined by a blackish

patch before it on costa and the rufous suffusion at middle, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia

chequered blackish and rufous with a black line at middle. Hind

wing whitish tinged with red-brown; cilia yellowish white with a

brown line through them ; the underside yellowish white slightly

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab. Canava, U.S.A., Maine to New Jersey, New York; Evans

Center (Grote), 1 $, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Missouri,

1 g,1 Q type, Colorado. Hp. 36 millim.

5723. Bryocodia avirida. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 17.)

Bryophila avirida, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiy. p. 10 (1906).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with some dark brown scales ;

palpi and frons black at sides ; tibiee and tarsi banded with blackish ;

abdomen grey-white suffused with brown, the crests blackish. Fore

wing grey-white thickly irrorated and suffused with dark brown;

the costal area strongly suffused with black-brown to beyond middle,

expanding into triangular patches to near median nervure before

478 NOCTUID.

and beyond the orbicular; the dark area with a sinuons black

streak defined below by white on basal area; antemedial line black

defined on inner side by whitish from cell to inner margin, slightly

angled outwards below costa, then sinuous ; orbicular and reniform

large, with whitish annuli, the former defined by black except below

where it expands, the latter on inner side only, angled inwards in

lower part of cell and confluent with the former; postmedial line

indistinct from costa to vein 3, then black defined by whitish on

outer side, bent outwards below costa, incurved and minutely

dentate below vein 4; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish

slightly defined on inner side by brown and with triangular dark

patch before it on costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of minute dark striw; cilia whitish at base, dark

brown at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with

brown; the underside white tinged with brown and irrorated with

black, a slight discoidal spot.

Hab. Canavda, Manitoba, Cartwright, Aiberta, Red Deer R.

(Wolley-Dot), 1 $6; US.A., New York, 1 @, Colorado, -Fort

Collins. Hvp. 32 millim.

5724. Bryacodia pictula. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 18.)

Microcelia pictula, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 224 (1894).

g. Head and thorax white mixed with some brown and pale

ereen scales; palpi blackish at sides except at extremities of 2nd

and 3rd joints; frons blackish below ; antenne fuscous ringed with

white ; pectus and legs ochreous white, the tarsi banded with black ;

abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with fuscous, ventrally irrorated

with fuscous. Fore wing sap-green irrorated with some white

especially on costal half of medial area; the costa black towards

base with some crimson scales on it; subbasal blackish marks in

cell and above inner margin; an indisttnct white antemedial line

angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform with indistinct

white annuli, the former round with some crimson scales near its

outer edge, the latter with some crimson scales near its inner edge,

a quadrate black patch between them in cell; a medial black bar

from costa and indistinct oblique sinuous line from cell to inner

margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some white points with black streaks between them beyond it on

costa ; subterminal lne indistinct, whitish with series of crimson

marks on it except towards costa and inner margin, defined on

inner side by black-brown forming a patch below vein 7 where the

line is excurved, incurved at discal fold, excurved and minutely

waved at middle with a dark streak from it to termen; a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia greyish at base, blackish at tips.

Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown, a terminal series

of slight black lunules; cilia with fine white line at base; the

BRYOCODIA.—CHLORHODA. 479

underside whitish irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and

curved minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1 g. Hwp. 30 millim.

5725. Bryocodia mediana. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 19.)

Tarache mediana, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 158 (1904).

3. Head and thorax rufous ; palpi black at sides except at base ;

frons with slight lateral black bars; a black bar between antenne ;

tegule with some black scales at middle; fore legs blackish in

front; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with rufous and irrorated

with fuscous, the crests black. Fore wing pale rufous slightly

irrorated with black, the medial area suffused with black; ante-

medial line double filled in with whitish, angled outwards below

costa, then oblique and excurved at submedian fold; orbicular

represented by some black scales; reniform a conical white patch

defined at sides by black scales; postmedial line indistinct, double,

excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved to lower

extremity of reniform and oblique to inner margin; a black patch

on costal area with some white points at costa before the sub-

terminal line which is represented by a series of black points,

incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing pale brown; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

a fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside whitish tinged with

rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot and curved

minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Brazin, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1 $. Exp. 24 millim.

Genus CHLORHODA, nov.

Type, C. metacausta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;

antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro-

and metathorax with large spreading crests; tibia: moderately fringed with

hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;

5 almost fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from

upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5726. Chlorhoda metacausta, n. sp.

Head and thorax pale green mixed with some white, black and

fiery red scales, the prothoracic crest mestly red, the metathoracic

crest mostly green; palpi pale red with some black at sides of 2nd

and 3rd joints; frons with lateral black bars; pectus and legs

pale red, the fore tibie and tarsi banded with blackish, the mid and

hind tibiz streaked with black; abdomen pale red, the crest on 2nd

segment tipped with black. Fore wing pale yellow-green mixed

with whitish; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa

480 NOCTUID #.

with a red striga from it and some red and black scales below the

cell; antemedial line very indistinct, whitish, waved, with black

points on costa and vein 1 and red point on median nervure ;

orbicular and reniform with very indistinct white annuli, the

former round, the latter constricted at middle and slightly angled

Fig. 1386.—Chlorhoda metacausta, G. }.

inwards on median nervure, an oblique black and red band between

them from costa to vein 2,a red point in latter above median

neryure and two red points beyond its lower extremity ; postmedial

line very indistinct, whitish, with black point at costa, bent out-

wards below costa, then with series of black points beyond it,

oblique below vein 4, some whitish points with slight blackish

streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line very

indistinct, whitish, dentate, with red marks with some black scales

on them below vein 7 and at middle and inner margin ; a terminal

series of black points; cilia pale red. Hind wing pale blood-red.

Underside of both wings whitish suffused with blood-red.

Hab. Cusa, Baracoa (Schaus), 3g, 3 2 type... Hap. 26-32

millim.

Genus CHAMYRIS.

Type.

Chamyris, Guewy Noctis P2204 (USO) eacaeeeceseeseeeere rae eeeeee cerintha.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyes

large, round; antennz of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed entirely with

large scales, the prothorax without crests, the mesothorax with slight paired

crests, the metathorax with spreading crests; tibiz moderately fringed with

hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crest on 4th segment very large.

Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen oblique from vein 4 to tornus

and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully developed from well below

middle of dicocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

5727. Chamyris cerintha.

Acontia cerintha, Treit. Schmett. Hur. v. 3. p. 240 (1825); Herr.-Schaff.

Schmett. Eur., Noct. f. 446; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 301.

Head and thorax yellow-brown mixed with some black, blue-

grey and whitescales ; palpi white at base ; tegule with black band

near base defined by bluo-grey above; pectus and legs white mixed

CHAMYRIS.—ARGILLOPHORA. 481

with brown, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen whitish

dorsally banded with grey, the crests rufous mixed with white.

Fore wing white, the medial area towards costa and inner margin

and the terminal area suffused with blue-grey; subbasal line repre-

sented by a blackish point on costa and slight streak in cell; some

brown suffusion above base of inner margin; a broad oblique blue-

grey and yellow-brown antemedial band, its inner edge excurved a‘;

middle, the very incomplete antemedial line near its outer edge

Fig. 1387.—Chamyris cerintha, 3. }.

black slightly defined by white on inner side, formed by a curved

mark below costa and mark angled outwards below the cell,

obscurely double towards inner margin; orbicular and reniform

extremely slightly defined by blackish, the former elliptical, the

latter irregular and somewhat constricted at middle, a very slight

oblique streak between them; traces of a treble waved blue-grey

medial line; postmedial line with dark mark at costa, strongly bent

outwards and almost obsolete below costa, then represented by a

grey-brown band with interrupted lunulate black line on its outer

edge, slightly incurved at discal fold, excurved and interrupted by

white streaks on the veins at middle, then incurvyed, some white

points beyond it on costa; a fine Junulate white subterminal line

with black spot before it below costa; cilia white at base, rufous at

tips. Hind wing semihyaline white with terminal series of dark

striz ; the underside with small brown discoidal spot.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Eastern, Middle, Southern, and Central

States, Massachusetts (Burg), 1 6, 19, New York (Doubleday,

Packard), 23, 3 2, Schenectady (Lintner), 1 6, 1 9, Evans

Center (Grote), 1 SG, Pennsylvania, New Brighton (Merrick),

2 g, Virginia, 1 9, Florida,1 ¢. Hep. 30-36 millim.

Larva. Head green with two black lines, approximate at vertex.

Body slender with stiff single hairs, green, a white subdorsal line,

the dorsal space purple-brown. Food-plant: Wild Cherry (Prunus

serotina).—H.G. D.

Genus ARGILLOPHORA. :

ype.

Argillophora, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 124 (1873)...... furcilla.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antennz of female with bristles and cilia; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the mesothorax with

slight paired crests, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibie slightly

VOL, X. 21

482 NOCTUIDE.

fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with the apex

rectangular, the termen somewhat excised towards tornus, not crenulate ; veins

3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, + from

angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well above angle; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

5728. Argillophora furcilla.

Argillophora furcilla, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 124 (1873);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 375.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale pinkish with a few black

seales; palpi blackish at sides except towards base; frons with

black bars at middle and above; abdomen with the crest on 3rd

segment tipped with black. Fore wing ochreous tinged with flesh-

pink and slightly irrorated with black, except on costal area from

near base to apex, a darker shade along median nervure met by an

oblique shade from apex; small black spots in base and middle of

cell; a white streak on base of vein 1; an oblique V-shaped silvery

Fig. 1388.—Argillophora furcilla, 2. +.

white mark slightly defined by black, its inner arm on the disco-

cellulars, with an oblique white line slightly defined on inner side

by black from its lower extremity to the extremity of the streak on

vein 1; a terminal series of black points ; cilia with some black scales

at tips. Hind wing ochreous white suffused and irrorated with brown;

a terminal series of dark strie ; cilia ochreous white with a dark line

through them; the underside with small black discoidal spot and

traces of postmedial line excurved beyond the cell.

Hab. U.S.A., Alabama, 1 2 type. Hp. 30 millim.

Genus ARGYROPASTA, nov.

Type, A. thermopera.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of

head, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male

ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without distinct crests ; tibiz

slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, rather large

on terminal segments. Hore wing rather narrow and elongate, the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near

angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7,8,and 10 stalked, 9 absent ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked; 5 nearly fwly developed from

below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the

cell to near middle.

6 ARG YROPASTA.—MICRANTHA. 483

5729. Argyropasta thermopera, n. sp.

Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown with a fuscous grey

tinge; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged

with brown. Fore wing fuscous brown tinged with leaden grey

and slightly irrorated with silvery scales, the apical area rutons ;

an inwardly oblique blackish antemedial shade from cell to inner

margin; a very oblique elliptical black discoidal spot filled in

with rufous ; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by whitish

Fig. 189.—Argyropasta thermopera, 3.

and on both sides towards costa, oblique from costa to discal fold,

then incurvyed and angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal line

indistinct, pale defined on inner side by rufous from costa to vein 4

then dark, angled outwards at vein 7 and middle; a terminal series

of black points with whitish points beyond them at base of cilia.

Hind wing dark reddish brown with indistinct discoidal spot; the

underside whitish tinged with brown, a fuscous discoidal spot.

Hab. Brazit, Sta. Catherina, 1d, 29 type. wp. 24-26

millim.

Genus MICRANTHA, nov.

Type, M. mirabilis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending about the length of head,

the 2nd joint with triangular tuft of scales above, the 3rd short, clothed

with scales; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennsz of male ciliated ;

thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax

with spreading crest; tibie moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with

dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed frem

well below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the subterminal line strongly excurved.

a, Hore wing with wedge-shaped black patch in cell before

LA EPAMbe Media MINE) ciasduccadseaanees coadeucwaa ceeds ss seceeecie’ Janeira,

6. Fore wing without black patch in cell before the ante-

Ae Cia Minin CMepeeean Me rsiaehieceacaissscssa seine rsa dasetstarceslndpseeses mirabilis.

Sear atiseest lentes cyclopis.

484 NOCTUID ®,

5730. Micrantha mirabilis.

Erastria mirabilis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 161 (1904).

3. Head dark brown, the scales tipped with whitish; thorax

dark brown mixed with ochreous; tarsi dark brown ringed with

ochreous ; abdomen dark brown mixed with ochreous white.

Fore wing ochreous white, the costal area suffused with rufous to

the postmedial line, extending beyond the postmedial line to vein 2;

subbasal line represented by a slight striga from costa; traces of an

erect antemedial line from costa to submedian fold; medial line

oblique, waved, from costa to submedian fold; reniform large,

whitish, tinged with rufous and defined by brown ; postmedial line

Fig. 140.—Micrantha mirabilis, 3. 4.

double, ‘strongly excurved, the inner line almost obsolete below

submedian fold; terminal area black-brown with some rufous on

its inner edge, expanding towards costa and with wedge-shaped

pale mark on it from costa to discal fold just before apex; cilia

greyish tinged with pink and with blackish lines at middle and

tips. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown, a slight

discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and fine terminal line; cilia

whitish with dark lines at middle and tips; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown, the postmedial line with minute dark streaks

on the veins.

Hab. Braztt, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 6. Exp. 20 millim.

Type t in U.S. Nat. Mus.

*5731. Micrantha janeira. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 20.)

Pseudina janeira, Schaus, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 163 (1904).

@. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown; frons

blackish above; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen ochreous

tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish suffused in parts with

brown especially on costal area towards base and apex and

from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; the costa black towards

base ; subbasal line represented by a small black spot below costa ;

a wedge-shaped blackish patch in cell before the antemedial line,

which has a blackish spot below costa, then double, excurved and

waved to above vein 1 on which it is slightly angled inwards ;

orbicular and reniform indistinct, with whitish annul, the former

rounded, the latter with dark point at upper extremity, its lower

MICRANTHA.—CGDERASTRIA, 485

extremity produced to two points with some brown on the veins,

somewhat angled inwards on median nervure; postmedial line

brown, oblique towards costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique; subterminal line double, the inner line slight with

black point at costa, the outer very strong, black and highly curved,

its outer edge produced to slight points below costa and with

another fine line beyond it; a fine lunulate black line just before

termen. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; an indistinct

curved postmedial line ; cilia whitish ; the underside white slightly

irrorated with brown, traces of diffused brown medial and _ post-

medial lines, a terminal series of slight black lunules.

Hab. Brazit, Rio Janeiro, typet Q in U.S. Nat. Mus. Eup.

34 millim.

5732. Micrantha cyclopis, n. sp. (Plate CLXILI. fig. 21.)

2. Head white, the palpi irrorated with fuscous, the antenne

black ringed with white; thorax ochreous white irrorated with

black ; abdomen ochreous white with slight silvery segmental lines

and the crests tipped with black: pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen white irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi banded with

fuscous. Fore wing ochreous irrorated with black and suffused

with silvery purple except on basal area; a slight subbasal black

striga from costa; antemedial line black, incurved in cell; clavi-

form defined by black at extremity; orbicular ochreous defined by

black on outer side, round; reniform ochreous defined by black,

with blackish centre and some white on outer edge, elliptical ;

a rather diffused sinuous black medial line; postmedial line double,

black filled in with ochreous, oblique towards costa, slightly

incurved at discal fold, incurved and waved below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line defined on inner

side by black suffusion, minutely dentate, strongly angled inwards

in discal fold; a terminal series of small black lunules; cila

ochreous mixed with black at base, then white with some black at

tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown; a terminal series

of black strie; cilia whitish with a black line through them; the

underside white irrorated with brown.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 9 type. Exp.

16 millim.

Genus HDERASTRIA. Tee

(Ederastria, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 375 (1902) ......... ectorhoda.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons

with rounded prominence ; eyes large, round ; antenne of male bipectinate with

short branches, the apex serrate ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales,

the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibia moderately fringed with

hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, the crest on 3rd segment

large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, erenulate,

486 NOCIUID®.

the inner margin with scale-tooth near tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near

angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;

5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5733. Gderastria ectorhoda.

(Ederastria ectorhoda, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 875 (1902).

6. Head and thorax biack-brown mixed with bright rufous,

palpi black; pectus and legs with some whitish mixed, the tarsi

fuscous ringed with white; abdomen rufous mixed with dark

brown, the crests tipped with black. Fore wing black-brown

mixed with some rufous and with a silvery grey gloss, the terminal

area bright rufous with a black spot glossed with grey at apex;

subbasal line represented by double black striz filled in with rufous

from costa; antemedial line double, black filled in with rufous,

sinuous, with an oblique black mark before it above inner margin ;

claviform moderate, with slight grey annulus defined by black ;

Fig. 141.—Ciderastria ectorhoda, $. +

7°

orbicular and reniform with rufous annuli defined by black, the

former round, the latter elliptical; medial line indistinct, oblique

to reniform and ineurved below the cell; postmedial line double

filled in with pale rufous and defined by pale rufous on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, some minute whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, pale rufous, angled outwards at veins

7, 6. 4, 5, then incurved; a fine waved dark terminal line; cilia

pale rufous at base. Hind wing pure white; a fine red-brown

terminal line; cilia red-brown at apex; the underside with the

costal area tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal spot and rather

diffused curved postmedial line from costa to vein 2,

Hab. Masnonatanp, Salisbury (Jlarshall), 3 3 type. Hap. 28-

30 millim.

Genus ORTHOLEUCA, nov.

Type, O. albiluna.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons with rounded

prominence with slight raised corneous ring at extremity; eyes large, round ;

antennse of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and

ORTHOLEUCA.—XANTHOZONA. 487

without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled; abdomen with dorsal crests on 3rd and

4th segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle;

9 from 10 anastomosing witli 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully developed from well below

middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

5734. Ortholeuca albiluna, n. sp.

Head, thorax, and abdomen cupreous red with a greyish tinge;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with

rufous. Fore wing cupreous red; subbasal and antemedial lines

and orbicular absent; reniform a narrow white lunule defined by

blackish and constricted at middle; postmedial line double, filled

Fig. 142.— Ortholeuca albiluna, $. }.

in by pure white at costa and from lower angle of cell to inner

margin, excurved from below costa to vein 5, then incurved to

lower angle of cell and sinuous to inner margin, some white points

beyond it on costa: a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing

pale cupreous brown; cilia with a fine whitish line at base; the

underside whitish irrorated with cupreous red.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler),1 3,1 2 type. Hwp.

22 millim.

Genus XANTHOZONA, nov.

Type, X. leucoglene.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antenuze of male somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax

clothed chiefly with scales and without crests; tibia moderately fringed with

hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, the crest on 3rd segment

large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ;

yeins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from

angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle

of cell; 5 almost fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastumosing with the cell near base only.

5735. KXanthozona leucoglene.

Erastria leucoglene, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxiii. p. xviii (1880); Saalm.

Lep. Madag. p. 855, f. 229.

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous mixed with grey; palpi,

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white irrorated

488 NOCTUIDE.

with fuscous, the tarsi black ringed with whitish. Fore wing purplish

grey largely suffused and irrorated with black; subbasal line

pinkish, excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold; a

fulvous yellow band before the fine black antemedial line, which is

slightly angled outwards in cell andsubmedian fold; claviform and

orbicular absent; reniform yellowish white defined by black,

round; postmedial line double filled in with pinkish and defined by

pinkish on outer side, minutely waved, oblique to vein 6, incurved

at discal fold and below vein 4, some white points beyond it

on costa and a black streak in discal fold; a series of pale fulvous

lunules defined on each side by blackish except towards costa

Fig. 143.—Xanthozona leucoglene, 3. 3.

where there is a blackish patch before the minutely dentate

pinkish subterminal line; the terminal area with slight black

streaks above and below discal fold; a terminal series of minute

black lunules; cilia fuscous with a pinkish line at. base. Hind

wing fuscous with a greyish tinge; cilia with a whitish line

through them ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with black,

a blackish discoidal.spot and indistinct diffused curved postmedial

and subterminal lines.

Hab. Br. KE. Avrica, Tangani (Jackson), 1 ¢ ; Ueanpa, Entebbe

(Minchin), 1 3 ; Navat, Malvern (Marshall), 1 2. Durban (Bowker,

Leigh), 1 $, 2 9; Manpasascar, D’Antongil Bay (Mocquerys),

12. Exp. 18-20 millim. Type f in Coll. Mabille.

Genus HYPERCODIA, noy.

Type, A. disparilis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 8rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes

large, round ; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and

without distinct crests; tibia moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with

dorsal crests on basal segment, the crest on 3rd segment large. Fore wing

with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3

and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9,

10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell;

5 obsolescent from well below middle otf discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base ouly.

5736, Hypercodia disparilis.

Motina disparilis, Wik. xxvii. 13 (1863).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with brownish ochreous,

HY PERCODIA.—RHYNCHODIA. 489

the last with the crest on 3rd segment tipped with black. Fore

wing whitish suffused with rufous, leaving the inner area and a

patch on costa before apex whitish ; faint traces of two oblique

rufous antemedial lines from costa to submedian fold and traces of

an oblique rufous discoidal bar with some whitish beyond it; post-

medial line dentate, very indistinct and oblique from costa to

vein 6, inwardly oblique, waved, and with white suffusion beyond

Fig. 144.—Aypercodia disparilis, $. }.

it from vein 38 to inner margin; a terminal series of slight brown

lunules; cilia white mixed with rufous. Hind wing whitish

uniformly suffused with rufous; the underside white slightly

irrorated with rufous, the costal area suffused with rufous, a dark

discoidal point, indistinct minutely waved curved postmedial line,

and terminal series of points.

Hub. Borneo, Sarawak (Walluce), 1 g,19 type. Hap. ¢ 20,

Genus RHYNCHODIA, nov.

Type, &. mesophea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint bent forward at extremity

and projecting about twice the length of head, the 3rd long and porrect ; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of malesomewhat laminate and minutely

ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiz

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore

wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate;

yeins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10

stalked ; 11 from cell; male with the cell, the area just beyond it and below

it to submedian fold clothed on underside with black androconia. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle

of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

5737. Rhynchodia mesophea, n. sp.

$. Head and thorax pale rufous slightly mixed with fuscous ;

fore tibie and tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen pale rufous

dorsally suffused with black except towards extremity and with

slight segmental lines, the ventral surface irrorated with black.

Fore wing rufous, the antemedial costal area and the medial area

suffused with blackish, some grey suffusion between end of

cell and postmedial line; subbasal line represented by a curved

black striga from costa; some blackish at base of inner margin;

490 NOCTUID &.

antemedial line indistinct, blackish defined by ochreous on inner

side, curved; orbicular minute, round, rufous defined by black ;

reniform small, elliptical, with rufous centre and greyish annulus

defined by black; postmedial line double, filled in with grey to

discal fold where it is interrupted by a black spot, then filled in

with white, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

Fig. 145.

Rhynchodia mesophea, 3. }.

obliquely incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line represented by a faint oblique pale striga from costa; a ter-

minal series of black points; cilia with dark line at middle and

blackish tips. Hind wing fuscous brown, the costal area paler ;

a terminal series of blackish striz; cilia rufous with a dark line

at middle. Underside of fore wing clothed with black androconia

to submedian fold and beyond middle; hind wing ochreous white

irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, sinuous punctiform

postmedial line, and terminal series of black points.

Hab. Travancore, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 1 $,1 9 type. xp.

26 millim.

Genus ERASTROIDES.

Type.

Lrastroides, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 98 (1893)............. oldwaria,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons

smooth; eyes large, round ; antennze of male somewhat laminate and minutely

ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest,

the mesothorax withslight paired crests, the metathorax with speading crest ; tibise

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing

with the apex rounded, the termen rather oblique towards tornus and not

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle;

7, 8,9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of

cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 trom

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sxcr. I. Fore wing with the termen excurved at middle and excised below apex

and towards tornus ; hind tibiae with large tuft of scales at middle

above.

5738. Erastroides emarginata, n. sp.

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white mixed with brown;

pectus white, the tarsi pure white. Fore wing ochreous suffused with

rufous, the antemedial area and a postmedial patch on costa whitish,

BRASTROIDES. 491

the basal area and the terminal area except at apex irrorated with

black; a curved black antemedial line obsolescent towards costa ;

postmedial line blackish, oblique, waved, from vein 6 to inner

margin; a waved blackish subterminal line from vein 7 to inner

Fig. 146.— Erastroides emarginata, 8. 3.

margin, strongly incurved at stibmedian fold, some whitish on its

outer edge; cilia black at middle. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

cilia yellowish ; the underside greyish suffused with brown and

irrorated with black especially on costal and terminal areas, a black

discoidal point, oblique subterminal line ending at tornus, and

terminal line.

Hab. Panama, Cana Mines (T'ylecote), 1 3g type. Exp. 16

millim.

Sect. II. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour greenish.

a. Fore wing with the stigmata filled in with pure white ... albiguttata.

b. Fore wing with the stigmata not filled in with white.

a, Fore wing with the patches of orange on basal and

IMMEPIM SUAlAreAs vce Assman sacs couse uecaCneee eae hese ee flavibasalis.

61, Fore wing without patches of orange on basal and

THAUAMSIE TEAETIIEM ANRER Spent on oop 2650 coca dodaaadaadnaecooacooooudeds hermosilla.

B. Fore wing with the ground-colour not greenish.

a. Kore wing with the postmedial line minutely waved ...... oliviaria.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line not waved.

Geruindewinevochreoushye ll owserseceeeseseseseene cee ceteeeee Jausta.

61, Hind wing not yellow.

a*. Kore wing with the terminal area not ochreous tinged

with rufous,

a8, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique below

MEI OP ender Gastar aai etalon eae so emal tie cnnint Nos endomela.

4°, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to

Tein Zh. oven nmewieECl ’ nisduonscocussbocodsodonooucoeone mesomela,

e®. Fore wing with the postimedial line excurved to

Telia B), Wain TRIAL Sooscconendo0ogeocKoocuedcoucsoDS curvifascia.

b?, Fore wing with the terminal area ochreous tinged

WAL MUU OUSt ens. Secaaetn east caicre anaceeseecie wen ec saa eneiie? propera.

5739. Erastroides albiguttata. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 22.

Erastroides albiguttata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 463 (1909).

Head and thorax yellow-green tinged with rufous; palpi black

with white rings at extremites of 2nd and 3rd joints; antenne

492 NOCTUID®.

black; fore tibie and the tarsi black ringed with yellowish ;

abdomen greenish tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous.

Fore wing yellow-green; the costal edge black on basal half;

subbasal line black, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

with black striga from costa, below the cell black slightly defined

by white on inner side and with rufous patch before it on inner

area, slightly angled inwards in submedian fold, then oblique to

above inner margin; claviform and orbicular round white spots

defined by black, the latter small; reniform large, white defined

by black except above where it is diffused to costa, constricted at

middle; a medial black shade, oblique from costa to reniform,

inwardly oblique below the cell; postmedial line black, bent

outwards and interrupted below costa by the white above reniform

then defined on outer side by whitish, minutely waved, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique, with triangular white patch beyond it on

inner margin and some white points on costa with black streaks

between them ; subterminal line defined on inner side by a broad

band of black suffusion from costa to vein 2 extending to the excurved

part of postmedial line, white towards costa, angled outwards

at vein 7 and inwards at discal fold, excurved at middle and bent

inwards at vein 2, some black points beyond it at apex and middle ;

a terminal series of black striz with white points between them ;

cilia black-brown mixed with greenish. Hind wing whitish tinged

with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, in female

wholly suffused with cupreous brown; a fine black terminal line ;

cilia whitish mixed with fuscous and with fuscous line through

them ; the underside white irrorated with black except beyond the

cell from below costa to vein 2, a black discoidal spot and curved

crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. Prrv, 8S. Domingo (Ockenden), 1 ¢. Exp. 24 millim.

Type t do in Coll. Druce.

5740. Erastroides flavibasalis. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 23.)

Erastroides flavibasalis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xi. p. 445 (1897).

¢. Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous ; palpi black mixed

with white, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints ochreous ;

antenne black ; patagia with some white scales at tips; tibie and

tarsi blackish irrorated with white, the tarsi with pale rings;

abdomen ochreous whitish irrorated with fuscous, the crests

blackish. Fore wing olive-green, a patch of orange on basal area

and another on inner medial area, the costa and medial and post-

medial areas except towards inner margin suffused with black and

irrorated with blue-white: some blue-white striz on costa; ante-

medial line black, obsolete on costal area, obliguely curved from

cell to inner margin; a black point in middle of cell; a whitish

discoidal lunule defined by black at sides, the white produced to

slight streaks on the veins beyond upper and lower angles of cell ;

an incuryed black line from lower angle of cell to inner margin;

ERASTROIDES. 493

postmedial line double, black filled in with blue-white scales, single

and defined by white on outer side below vein 2, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold,

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line defined on inner side hy

black suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; the terminal

area with blackish and blue-white streaks on the veins; a terminal

series of black striz ; cilia whitish and fuscous with a blackish

patch at middle. Hind wing grey suffused with brown; cilia

ochreous white with a dark line through them; the underside

whitish thickly irrorated. with fuscous, a discoidal spot, curved

postmedial line, and terminal series of striz.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 g¢ type. Hap. 24 millim.

5741. Erastroides hermosilla. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 24.)

EHustrotia hermosilla, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 155 (1904).

Head and thorax whitish faintly tinged with rufous and mixed

with some black ; palpi blackish, the extremity of 2nd joint whitish ;

tibize and tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen whitish dorsally

tinged with rufous, the crests mixed with black. Fore wing pale

olive-green irrorated with black except cn terminal area ; subbasal

line represented by a slight black striga from costa with minute

streak from its extremity on subcostal nervure ; antemedial

line double, black, the inner line indistinct, oblique, excurved from

below costa to submedian fold and above inner margin, with a

diffused black fascia in submedian fold from it to postmedial line,

narrower at middie and with minute white streak on its upper edge ;

the medial area suffused in parts with rufous especially before

postmedial line ; a white fascia on median nervure expanding into

a patch in cell beyond the antemedial line; reniform small with

whitish annulus at sides confluent with the streak on median —

nervure, its centre slightly defined by black, a slight black streak

before it in lower part of cell; a slight dark spot on middle

of costa; postmedial line black, double filled in with white and

with rufous towards inner margin, minutely waved, strongly

excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line

white defined on-inner side by black marks and by a large diffused

black patch below costa, excurved below costa and at middle and

angled inwards at discal fold; a terminal series of black strize

interrupted by white points at the veins; cilia grey mixed with

black. Hind wing white suffused with fuscous brown except on

costal area to beyond middle; a faint minutely waved postmedial

line defined by whitish on outer side; a terminal series of black

strie ; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal

spot and curved waved postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Sio Paulo (D. Jones), type fT din U.S. Nat. Mus. ;

Paracuay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 2. Hwp. 24 millim.

494 NOCTUID &.

5742. Erastroides oliviaria.

Erastroides oliviaria, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 99, pl. 162. f. 23

(1898) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 303. :

6. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed

with blackish; fore tibiz and tarsi blackish with pale rings;

abdomen whitish suffused with rufous, the crests blackish at tips.

Fore wing rufous suffused and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line

represented by double blackish striae from costa filled in with

ochreous ; antemedial line double filled in with ochreous, oblique,

minutely waved; claviform slightly defined by blackish at extremity ;

orbicular slightly defined by blackish, round; reniform with slight

whitish annulus faintly defined by blackish, elliptical ; medial line

represented by a dark bar from costa and faint oblique sinuous line

from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double

filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

Fig. 147.—Lrastroides oliviuria, $. 3

waved, excurved to vein 5, then oblique, some white points with

short black streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal

line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7, oblique between veins 6

and 4, then obsolete ; a terminal series of small black lunules slightly

defined by white on inner side; cilia with a blackish line at

middle, the tips fuscous and white. Hind wing whitish suffused

with brown, a terminal series of dark strie ; cilia with a dark line

at middle; the underside whitish tinged with rufous and thickly

irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, curved, minutely

waved postmedial line, and terminal series of minute lunules.

©. Fore wing more rufous and less suffused with black except

on costal half of antemedial area, inner medial area, and before costal

part of subterminal line, a black patch in cell between orbicular and

reniform.

Hab. Cuyton, 1 3, Pundaloya (Green), 1 3, Dickoya (Green), 13,

19 type, Maskeliya (Pole), 13. Hap. 24 millim.

5743. Erastroides fausta. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 25.)

Metachrostis fausta, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xi. p. 506 (1903).

©. Head and thorax ochreous yellow mixed with fuscous ; tarsi

banded with blackish ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and

irrorated with fuscous, the crests blackish. Fore wing ochreous

ERASTROIDES. 495

yellow suffused with fuscous and purple to the medial line, with

fuscous to postmedial line, and with black patch on apical area ;

subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial

line double, brown filled in with ochreous, very minutely waved and

slightly curved; claviform represented by some whitish scales defined

by black; orbicular small, round, with fuscous centre and ochreous

annulus defined by black, some white scales on its inner side; reni-

form elliptical, defined by black with some fuscous in centre and white

on outer edge; a sinuous blackish medial line; postmedial line

double filled in with ochreous at costa, then with whitish, obliquely

downcurved to vein 6, then obliquely incurved ; the apical patch

with some whitish points on costa; subterminal line just traceable

on the apical patch and with two dark points on its inner side above

inner margin; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing ochre-

ous yellow, the basal area tinged with fuscous; a dark discoidal

point and fine terminal line; the underside irrorated with fuscous,

a small dark discoidal spot, curved minutely waved postmedial line,

and terminal series of slight lunules.

Hab. Burus, Tenasserim, Tandona, 4000’, 1 9 type. Hap. 22

millim.

5744, Erastroides endomela, n. sp. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 26.)

6. Head and thorax fuscous mixed with grey; tegule edged

with whitish ; abdomen grey tinged with brown and irrorated with

fuscous, the crests blackish. Fore wing greenish grey tinged in

parts with rufous and irrorated with black, the basal area suffused

with blackish except towards inner margin, the medial area suffused

with black below submedian fold; subbasal line black, curved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black, double below sub-

median fold, minutely waved ; claviform defined by black and white

at extremity; orbicular and reniform with slight whitish annuli

defined by black, the former round, the latter elliptical; a medial

blackish bar from costa; postmedial line double filled in with whitish,

oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and slightly

bent outwards at submedian fold, some whitish points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line hardly defined except by patches of dark

suffusion before it below costa and at middle, where it is excurved ;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia whitish and black

with a blackish line at middle. Hind wing brown with a terminal

series of black strive; cilia paler with a dark line through them ;

the underside white tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous,

a black discoidal point.

Hab. Burma, Karen Hills (fea), 1 S$ type. Hap. 20 millim.

5745. Erastroides mesomela, n. sp. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 27.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish tinged with rufous and

mixed with black; fore tibie and tarsi black with pale rings;

abdomen with the crests black. Fore wing greyish tinged with

496 NOCTUID®.

rufous and irrorated with black, the medial and apical areas suffused

with black ; subbasal line represented by double black strize from

costa; antemedial line double, oblique, minutely waved ; claviform

slightly defined by black and white at extremity; orbicular and

reniform with slight pale annuli defined by black, the former small,

round, the latter elliptical; an indistinct black medial line, oblique

from costa to median nervure, then waved; postmedial line double

filled in with whitish and defined by whitish on outer side from

discal fold to inner margin, interrupted by a black mark at discal

fold, very minutely waved, excurved from below costa to vein 4,

then obliquely incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line diffused, whitish defined on inner side by black

suffusion forming patches on costal area and at middle and lunules

on inner area, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, and incurved

to near postmedial line at discal and submedian folds; a terminal

series of small black spots; cilia with a blackish line at middle and

blackish tips. Hind wing reddish brown with a terminal series of

small black lunules; cilia paler with a dark line at middle; the

underside whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous,

a black discoidal spot and curved minutely waved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with hardly any black suffusion on medial and

postmedial areas.

Hab, Cuyton, Maskeliya (Mackwood, Pole), 2 9 type. Exp. 26

millim.

5746. Erastroides curvifascia.

zarba curvifascia, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 76, pl. 145. f. 23

(1891); id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 308.

Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with fuscous ;

fore tibiee and tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen with the

dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing olive-ochreous tinged with rufous,

the antemedial costal area, the medial and apical areas suffused with

fuscous; subbasal line represented by double blackish stria from

costa filled in with olive ; antemedial line double filled in with olive,

oblique, minutely waved; claviform faintly defined by black and

whitish at extremity; orbicular and reniform with slight pale

annuli defined by blackish, the former small, round, the latter

elliptical ; medial line represented by a blackish bar from costa and

traces of an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line double filled in with olive and slightly

defined by whitish on outer side towards inner margin, excurved

from below costa to vein 3, then incurved, some whitish points with

slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line

diffused, whitish, with more or less developed blackish marks before

it on inner half, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of minute black lunules; cilia with a blackish line at middle.

Hind wing fuscous brown ; cilia greyish with a dark line near base;

the underside whitish tinged with ochreous and irrorated with

fuscous, a small black discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line

angled outwards at discal fold, and terminal series of dark striz.

ERASTROIDES.—LITHACODIA. AQT

Hab. Bompay, Kanara, Anshi (Bell), 1 g; Mapras, Belgaum

(Watson), 1 3, 1 9, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 ¢ type; Burma,

Thayetmyo (Watson), 1 9. Hap. 20-26 millim.

5747. Erastroides propera. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 28.)

Eustrotia propera, Grote, Papilio, ii. pp. 132, 184 (1882); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 311.

Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with grey; pectus

and hind legs paler ; tarsi black-brown ringed with white ; abdomen

ochreous white suffused with brown. Fore wing dark brown slightly

tinged with grey to postmedial line and on costal area to subterminal

line, the terminal area ochreous white tinged with rufous; ante-

medial line very indistinct, blackish defined on inner side by

ochreous, oblique from costa to middle of cell, then minutely waved ;

claviform defined by ochreous and black at extremity; orbicular

an ochreous point defined by diffused black and with oblique black

striga above it from costa; reniform with brown centre and white

annulus defined by black, oblique ; postmedial line double filled in

with white, the outer line indistinct, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and slightly sinuous, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish,

defined on inner side towards costa by the dark area and at middle

by rufous suffusion, minutely dentate, angled inwards at discal fold

and incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of slight black lunules ;

cilia fuscous black. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; a

terminal series of black striz ; cilia whitish with a fine dark line

near base; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a black

discoidal point and curved minutely crenulate postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Yuma Co.,1 6,19. Exp. 20 millim.

Genus LITHACODIA.

Type.

Jiiloeeoilia, Jali, Vow, yo, AUD (IEVA7))sconscnococoncacoagecosconaage bales

ikchiaaiileii, \WMis 5S 5pilile (0) (CUSIG))_ cossoagesodanedoocossnoqnosbeon9de0e separata.

Motama, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 110 (1882) ................00... 00 cidarioides.

Anchiroe, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 350 (1891) .........5......0066- flavofimbria.

Hyelopsis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 804 (1894) ............... vialis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and broadly fringed with scales in front, the 3rd moderate; frons

smooth ; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly

with scales, the prothorax without crest, the mesothorax with slight paired

erests, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibiz moderately fringed with

hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, the crests on 3rd and

4th segments large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen rather

oblique towards tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 typically from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully de-

veloped from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

Larva with the prolegs on 7th somite absent, on 8th rudimentary.

In some specimens of L. fentoni the areole is slight or quite obsolete.

VOL. X, 2K

498 NOCTUID &.

Sect. J. Antenne of male with fascicles of long cilia,

A, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from costa to

vein 6 and incurved below vein 4 ............... .ssecesssenses plumbata.

B. Fore wing with the postinedial line strongly bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 4 ..............e.e0seeeee umbrina.

5748. Lithacodia plumbata.

Acontia plumbata, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 61, pl. 129. f. 4 (1889) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 305.

Marimatha freda, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 147.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, the fore tarsi

fuscous with pale rings; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with

brown, the crests blackish. Fore wing ochreous suffused with

rufous ; a pink and fuscous fascia on costa from near base to the

antemedial line, which is indistinct, double, minutely waved, ex-

curved, with some pink and black scales on it in submedian fold ;

orbicular with its outer edge faintly defined by rufous, the reniform

with its inner edge similarly defined; bases of veins 3, 4 with pink

streaks ; postmedial line double, black filled in with pink, oblique

from costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold, inwardly

oblique aud minutely waved below vein 4, some blackish points

Fig

148..--Lithacodia plumbata, 3. }.

beyond it on costa and veins 6, 5, 4 streaked with blackish ; the

terminal area pink irrorated by fuscous and defined on inner side

by blackish representing the subterminal line, oblique from apex to

discal fold when it is angled inwards and excurved at middle; a

terminal series of black points; cilia pink and fuscous with a dark

line at middle. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with fuscous;

cilia ochreous with dark lines at middle and tips; the underside

ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot,

curved minutely wayed postmedial line, diffused subterminal line,

and fine terminal line.

Hab. Punsas, Dalhousie (Harford), 2 6, 1 2, Dharmsdla

(Hocking), 2 3, 6 2 type; ? Mapras, Nilgiris (Swinhoe), 1 g type

freda. Hap. 26 millim.

5749. Lithacodia umbrina.

Acontia wmbrina, Hmpsn. ll. Het. B. M. viii. p.'74, pl. 145. f. 15 (1891);

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 306.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with some rufous; abdomen

LITHACODIA. 499

ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged

with fiery rufous except on inner area, the costal area, median

nervure and nervules, and terminal area with brownish suffusion ;

traces of an antemedial line, angled inwards in cell, inwardly

oblique and rufous from cell to inner margin; a blackish point in

middle of cell and slight discoidal lunule ; a slight oblique rufous

line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line

double, red-brown, strongly bent outwards below costa, then very

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; a fine black

terminal line. Hind wing grey suffused with brown; the underside

whitish irrorated with brown.

Hab. Mapvras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 4 2 type; Travancore,

Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 1 3. Hap. 18-24 millim.

Srcr. IT. Antennz of male minutely ciliated.

A. (Maliattha), Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked.

a, Fore wing with the medial area olive-green, some-

what triangular in shape and contrasting with the

white on basal and postmedial areas ........... ...... synochitis.

5. Fore wing with the medial area rufous and more or

less triangular in shape, contrasting with the white

on basal and postmedial areas,

a, Fore wing with black streaks defined by white on

the veins beyond the cell...............ss0sees0seree. separata.

6'. Fore wing without black streaks defined by white

on the veins beyond the cell.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line acutely

angled outwards beyond the reniform ......... arefacta,

2?, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

beyond the reniform.

a3, Fore wing with the postmedial line ending

ANE WOW) bosocroasacesAneoooadospecagoodoaocodsoade lativitta.

68. Fore wing with the postmedial line ending

DIGI ISON) WOME ccodoncconasdcopponaccbo0dbnonen JSerrugina.

e. Fore wing with dark medial band contrasting with

the pale basal and postmedial areas.

a1, Fore wing with the medial band emitting a fork

from below the cell to beyond the reniform.

@. Fore wing with the postmedial line single

(ROWEMGIS HAGE WOETEEATT, Joagaapnqascooouna9odo0nuEoNG picata,

b?. Fore wing with the postmedial line double

HOWAICS TONEP TANI, nccoonponenonccasececagse0e0 signifera,

61, Fore wing with the medial band not emitting a

fork from below the cell to beyond the reniform.

a. Kore wing with the basal and postmedial areas

IYUIN LE OMe ears sil Siraa suite iets saicshepiaid selsiieaigstanraagaionsens blandula.

02, Fore wing with the basal and postmedial areas

ochreous white tinged with rufous ............... betica.

d. Fore wing with the medial area not darker and con-

trasting with the basal and postmedial areas.

a, Fore wing with the basal area pale, extending on

costa to near apex and on inner margin to near

middle, the area beyond it mostly dark.

a. Kore wing with the terminal area pale from

below apex to inner margin................0600000 caffristis,

6, Fore wing with the whole terminal area dark... vzadis.

2% 2

500 NOCTUIDH.

61, Fore wing with the basal area not pale with

oblique outer edge and contrasting with the

postmedial area.

a2, Fore wing with white band before the terminal

line from below apex to vein 4 ..................

62, Fore wing without white band before the ter-

minal line from below apex to vein 4.

a3, Fore wing with triangular white patch on

postmedial part of costa.

a‘, Fore wing with the basal area yellow ......

64, Fore wing with the basal area black-brown .

43, Fore wing without triangular white patch on

postmedial part of costa.

a’, Fore wing with the reniform white and

connected with some white marks on

(COSI | os n00n0 scons sccobscosussendeepuDbaongcuscd0

04. Fore wing with the reniform not white.

a, Hind wing not yellow more or less suf-

fused with red.

a’. Fore wing not grey-green, with the

claviform and reniform filled in with

brown or red and the orbicular with

black.

ai, Kore wing not white, suffused with

ochreous.

a’. Fore wing olive-green suffused

with brown and irrorated with

black: Lasse satcaeaemtomen en. tameee

68, Fore wing whitish, the basal,

inner, and postmedial areas suf-

fused with fuscous ...............

67. Fore wing white suffused with

@ChrEOUSH saasee eee en Ee

b6. Fore wing grey-green, the claviform

and reniform filled in with brown or

red, the orbicular with black.

ai, Fore wing with the claviform and

reniform filled in with ferruginous

ISON Migaodeosaesbascdeda0q5 cnns0a sono eases

o7, Kore wing with the claviform and

reniform filled in with bright red .

vs. Hind wing yellow more or less suffused

with red.

a®, Kore wing with wedge-shaped white

subbasal patch above vein l............

66. Fore wing with curved white subbasal

streulgabovemvyertia ll peenerenerereee ee eaee

c6. Fore wing without subbasal white

pias Neos VOM MW soocangaxccsecags00c0200

marginalis.

flavofimbria.

melaleuca.

phya.

plumbitincta.

varicolora.

albidula.

parvimacula.

concinnimacula.

scapha.

armilla.

metachrysa.

5750. Lithacodia synochitis. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 29.)

Erastria synochitis, Grote & Rob. ‘Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. i. p. 357 (1868);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 310.

Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous brown, whiter behind

with a small dark spot on metathorax; palpi and frons tinged with

red ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen white tinged with

olive and irrorated with fuscous, the crests black. Fore wing

white, the costal and postmedial areas irrorated with purplish

LITHACODIA. 501

fuscous, the medial area, a patch beyond the cell, and the post-

medial area from costa to vein 2 suffused with olive-green; a

subbasal black point in cell; antemedial line very indistinct, double

filled in with white from costa to median nervure, then inwardly

oblique and forming the inner edge of the green area; orbicular a

black point on a white spot ; reniform purplish fuscous with white

annulus, elliptical; postmedial line very indistinctly double filled

in with white, bent outwards below costa, excurved and very

minutely waved to vein 3, then bent inwards to lower angle of cell

and oblique to inner margin, some whitish points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line indistinct, white with slight black streaks

before it below costa, angled inwards below costa and at discal and

submedian folds, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; some

blackish suffusion at apex; a terminal series of olive-green strie ;

cilia brownish white with a slight dark line through them. Hind

wing white irrorated with brown especially on terminal area; cilia

white with a brown line through them; the underside white

irrorated with fuscous, the costal area tinged with red, a slight

dark discoidal spot, slight postmedial line, excurved at discal fold,

and terminal series of black stri.

Hab. Canava, Renfrew Co. (Grote), 1 3, Nova Scotia (Redman),

1 2; U.S.A., Massachusetts, Beverley (Burg), 5 ¢, 29, New

York (Doubleday, Grote, Packard), 7 3, 5 Q, C. States, Texas,

12. xp. 20-22 millim.

5751. Lithacodia separata.

Maliattha separata, Wk. xxvii. 86 (1863).

Bankia renalis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 142 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 305.

Head and thorax white mixed with brownish ochreous; palpi

red-brown at sides except at tips; abdomen white suffused with

ochreous and irrorated with brown, the crests blackish at tips.

Fig. 149.— Lithacodia separata, 9. 3.

Fore wing white, the medial and terminal areas brownish ochreous;

the basal area tinged with ochreous and irrorated with dark brown;

antemedial line blackish defined by white on inner side, inwardly

oblique from middle of cell; orbicular absent; reniform narrow,

elliptical, with black centre and white annulus slightly defined by

black; postmedial line double filled in with white, oblique from

costa to vein 6, then interrupted, outwardly oblique and slightly

502 NOCTUID

sinuous from lower extremity of reniform to inner margin; some

white points beyond it on costa; the veins beyond end of cell with

blackish streaks defined by white; subterminal line white defined

on inner side by wedge-shaped black-brown marks in the inter-

spaces, angled inwards below costa and in discal and submedian

folds and outwards at vein 7 and middle; a fine black terminal line

with narrow ochreous white band before it and fine whitish line at

base of cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with brownish ochreous;

the cilia whitish with fine dark lines near base and tips; the

underside whitish irrorated with brown, the costal area tinged with

reddish ochreous, a blackish discoidal spot, postmedial line excurved

from below costa to vein 2, and terminal series of black strie.

Hab. Puxias, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 8 5, 1 9 type renalis;

Manpras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 3; Cryton, Pundaloya (Green),

236; Burma, Shan States (Bingham), 2 2; Borneo, Sarawak

(Wallace), 2 S type; Loo-cuoo Is. (Pryer), 1 g; Java, Arjuno

(Doherty), 1 $. Hp. 18-22 miliim.

5752. Lithacodia arefacta. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 30.)

Acontia arefacta, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p.. 366 (1879).

Bankia basalis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 143 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 305.

Head and thorax white irrorated with ochreous brown; palpi,

pectus, legs, and abdomen white irrorated and suffused with ochreous

brown. Fore wing white irrorated with ochreous brown, the

medial and terminal areas ochreous brown; antemedial line brown

defined by white on inner side, inwardly oblique and slightly

sinuous; orbicular absent; reniform blackish defined by white

except on outer side, small, elliptical ; postmedial line brown defined

by white on outer side, double towards costa, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then obsolescent and bent inwards to lower angle of cell,

then outwardly oblique and slightly sinuous; some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle, slightly angled inwards at discal

and submedian folds; cilia white with a brown line through them.

Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with brown; cilia white

with a brown line through them; the underside whitish irrorated

and suffused with ochreous brown.

Hab. Japan, Nagasaki (Leech), 1 6, 1 2, Satsuma (Leech),

136, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢, 1 @ type; C. Catna, Shanghai,

1 @ type basalis, Foo-chau (Leech), 1 §, Kiukiang (Pryer), 1 9.

Exp. 20 millim.

5753. Lithacodia lativitta.

Bankia lativitta, Moore, P.Z.8. 1881, p. 373; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 56,

pl. 150. f, 9; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 305.

Head and thorax white mixed with golden brown; palpi, pectus,

legs, and abdomen whitish suffused with golden brown. Fore wing

LITHACODIA. 503

with the basal area white irrorated with ochreous brown, the costa

and rest of wing golden brown; antemedial line dark brown in-

wardly oblique and very minutely waved; reniform small, white,

elliptical, with two black points on it; postmedial line blackish,

double and filled in with white towards costa, oblique to vein 6,

bent inwards from vein 5 to lower angle of cell, then single defined

by white on outer side and oblique to tornus, some white and black

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish with slight

dark spots beyond it between vein 5 and submedian fold, slightly

angled inwards at discal fold; cilia white with dark brown line

through them and dark brown tips. Hind wing whitish suffused

with brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia whitish at base,

brown at tips; the underside white irrorated with brown, the

costal area tinged with ochreous, a slight dark discoidal lunule,

traces of a waved postmedial line from costa to vein 3, and terminal

series of strie.

Hab. Mapras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 g, Nilgiris (Hampson),

1g, 5 Q type, Palnis (Campbell), 1 2; Travancore, Pirmdd

(Mrs. Imray), 1 2; Curyton, Pundaloya (Green), 1g, 49.

Exp. 20-23 millim.

*5704, Lithacodia ferrugina. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 31.)

Maliattha ferrugina, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxii. p. 67 (1908).

3. Head pale rufous; thorax grey with rufous patches on

patagia and dorsum: fore tibiz and tarsi banded with blackish ;

abdomen grey with the basal crest rufous, the others black tipped

with white. Fore wing white irrorated with brown and with some

fiery red at base, the medial area suffused with fiery red; an

inwardly oblique, slightly waved blackish antemedial line defined

by white on inner side; reniform small, white, figure-of-8-shaped,

with black spots in upper and lower parts ; postmedial line blackish,

double towards costa, oblique to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then

bent inwards to near lower edge of reniform and outwardly oblique

to imner margin; the postmedial area brownish except towards

costa and inner margin; a slight white subterminal line excurved

below vein 7 and at middle ; terminal area reddish; a slight dark

terminal line; cilia reddish at base, greyish at tips. Hind wing

whitish tinged with brown; the underside thickly irrorated with

brown, traces of a discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Quennstand, Kuranda (Dodd), type t ¢ in Coil. Turner.

Eep. 20 millim.

5755. Lithacodia picata.

Acontia picata, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 62, pl. 129. f. 2 (1889);

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 305.

Head and thorax pure white; palpi, pectus, and legs suffused

with golden brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white;

abdomen white mixed with golden brown, the crests on segments

504 NOCTUID&.

3, 4 black. Fore wing pure white; a triangular dark brown patch

on base of costa followed by a point; antemedial line black, angled

outwards in cell and above vein 1, followed by a golden-brown band

emitting a fork below the cell curving upwards beyond the cell to

vein 6; a black point at upper angle of cell and small spot at lower

angle; a postmedial dark point on costa; terminal area golden

brown except towards tornus; some white points on costa towards

apex ; subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and angJed inwards at discal fold, some small wedge-shaped

dark marks before it below costa and at middle; cilia dark brown

mixed with some grey. Hind wing whitish tinged with ochreous

brown ; cilia white mixed with ochreous white at tips; the under-

side white tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown, a small

black discoidal spot, indistinct waved postmedial line, and fine

terminal line.

Hab. Mapacascar, Forét d’ Ambre (Meade- Waldo), 1 g; Mauri-

tus, 1 g, 1 2; Punsaz, Simla (Herford), 3 2, Dharmsala

(Hocking), 7 3, 2 2 type; Strum (Dudgeon), 1 2. Hxp. 18-22

millim,

5756. Lithacodia signifera.

Acontia signifera, Wk. xii. 793 (1857); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 47,

pl. 150. f. 4; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 304.

Acontia subjixa, Wik. xxxv. 1964 (1866).

Head and thorax white mixed with some golden brown; palpi

with a brown band on 2nd joint ; fore tibiz and tarsi banded with

brown; abdomen white suffused with golden brown, the crests on

medial segments black. Fore wing white; the basal area with

two dark marks on costa followed by a point, a subbasal black

point in cell; antemedial line black, slightly sinuous, followed by

a golden-brown band emitting a fork below the cell to beyond the

cell at vein 6; two black discoidal points with a blackish spot

beyond them before the postmedial line, which is fine, double filled

in with white, slightly bent outwards below costa, then very

minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then ineurved, some blackish

and white points beyond it on costa; terminal area golden brown

except towards tornus; subterminal line fine, white with small

wedge-shaped black marks before it below costa and at middle,

slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6 and excurved at middle;

a terminal series of black striz defined on inner side by white

strie; cilia brownish mixed with white. Hind wing whitish

tinged with golden brown especially towards termen; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia white tinged with golden brown and with a

dark line through them; the underside white, the costal and ter-

minal areas irrorated with brown, a slight dark discoidal lunule,

postmedial bar from costa, and terminal series of minute black

lunules.

Hab. Japan, Tokio (Maries), 1 §, Yokohama (Pryer, Manley,

Siebold), 1 $,3 9; Corns, Gensan (Ito), 2 $; C. Cuina, Shanghai

LITHACODIA, 505

(Fortune, Culpin), 3 3, 1 Q type subjiwa, Kiukiang (Pryer), 1 3,

1 2, Ichang (Mrs. Prati, Hobson), 3 9; Kasuuir, Rajaori (Leech),

1d, 1@; Puysan, Kulu (Pilcher), 2 3, Dharmsala (Hocking),

36,29, Allahabad, 1 ¢, Manpuri, 1 9; N. Invra (James), 1 2

type; Beneat, Calcutta, 1 9; Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3,

1 2; Cayton (Metner, Muckwood), 3 6,6 2; Burma, Thayetmyo

(Watson), 1 2, Rangoon, 1 9; Anpamans (Rogers), 2 9; Punane

(Cantor), 1 9; N. Avsrratra, Port Darwin (J. J. Walker), 1 9;

QuzEnsLAND, Cairns, 1 ¢, Geraldton, 1 Q@. Hap. 16-22 millim.

5757. Lithacodia blandula.

Evastria blandula, Guen, Maillard’s Réunion, Lép. p. 38 (1863); Saalm.

Lep. Madag. p. 352. f. 167.

Anthophiia i-grecum, Mab. CR. Ent. Soc. Belg. xxv. p. lxi (1881).

Tarache perta, Schaus, Lep. 8. Leone, p. 36, pl. iii. f. 10 (1898).

Head and thorax white mixed with some brown, especially on the

tegule ; palpi brownish at base and with black band on 2nd joint ;

antennee brown ringed with white; tibie and tarsi with blackish

bands; abdomen white mixed with some brown, the crests tipped

with black. Fore wing pure white, the basal part of costa yellow-

brown with a subbasal black striga from costa defined by white on

outer side and bJack point in cell nearer base; antemedial line

black, oblique, slightly waved, with a broad yellow-brown band

beyond it slightly irrorated with black ; two minute black streaks

at angles of cell; a brown patch irrorated with black beyond the

cell hefore the postmedial line, which is bent outwards and almost.

obsolete below costa, then double, blackish filled in with white,

minutely waved, excurved to vein 3, then bent inwards to lower

angle of cell, single and defining the outer edge of medial band,

oblique and sinuous to inner margin; postmedial area yellow-

brown except towards inner margin, irrorated with black and with

some white points on costa; subterminal line white, defined on

inner side by diffused somewhat dentate black marks, angled

inwards below costa and at discal and submedian folds, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; terminal area reddish; cilia yellowish

brown and black with a blackish line through them. Hind wing

whitish tinged with brown especially towards termen ; cilia ochreous

white with a diffused dark line through them; the underside white

irrorated with fuscous especially on costal area, a dark discoidal

spot, diffused rather maculate postmedial line, angled outwards at

diseal fold, then incurved, and traces of diffused subterminal line

from costa to submedian fold.

Hab. Sierra Leone (Clements), 1 3,2 2; Gotp Coast, Kumasi

(Whiteside), 1 9; Axsysstnia, Atbara R. (Gerrard), 1 5, 1 2;

Br. E, Arrica, Teita (Jackson), 1 9; MasHonatanp, Umtali (Mar-

shall), 2 9; Narat, Malvern (Marshall), 1 g, Durban (Gooch,

Leigh, Jeffery), 23, 29; Mapaeascar, type t t-grecum in Coll.

Mabille; Riunton. Hap. 16-20 millim.

506 NOCTUID 2.

5708. Lithacodia betica. (Plate CLXIII. fig. 32.)

Tarache betica, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 224; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 305.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with rufous,

the last with the crests tipped with black. Fore wing ochreous

white tinged with rufous; a patch of rufous suffusion on base of

costa crossed by a pale subbasal striga; antemedial line blackish

defined on inner side by whitish, oblique from costa to subcostal

nervure, angled outwards in submedian interspace and inwards on

vein 1, a broad oblique band of rufous and dark brown suffusion

beyond it; orbicular absent ; reniform an elliptical whitish mark

with black points on it at the angles of cell; postmedial line in-

distinctly double filled in with whitish, shghtly bent outwards below

costa, oblique to vein 4 and slightly bent outwards at vein 1, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; terminal area suffused with

dark brown and greyish, the subterminal line slight, whitish

defined on inner side by minute dentate black marks. excurved

below vein 7 and slightly at middle; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing greyish suffused with red-brown; cilia pale

with a dark line through them; the underside yellowish irrorated

with red-brown, a rather diffused curved postmedial line and dif-

fused subterminal line.

Hab. Stxuim, 1 9; Burma, Rangoon, 2 6, 1 Q type. Lup.

3 14, 2 18 millim.

5759. Lithacodia caffristis, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 1.)

Maliattha vialis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr, Mus. ii. p. 377 (nee Moore).

@. Head and thorax ochreous white; palpi with some black

scales; fore tibize and tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous

white irrorated with fuscous, the crests tipped with black. Fore

wing whitish tinged with ochreous and slightly irrorated with

brown especially on costa; the terminal area grey-brown obliquely

from apex to inner margin before middle, defined on inner side by

some black scales and leaving an ochreous semi-elliptical patch on

termen and another patch on inner area beyond the postmedial line,

which is indistinctly double filled in with white, bent outwards

below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4, below which there

is a black mark below it; a terminal series of black points; cilia

pinkish and fuscous with a black line through them and black

patches at apex and middle. Hind wing ochreous white slightly

irrorated with brown, the apex suffused with brown; traces of a

sinuous postmedial line ; a fine black terminal line; the underside

irrorated with black, a blackish discoidal point, sinuous postmedial

line, and rather punctiform terminal line.

Hab. Cars Conony, Transkei (Miss ¥. Barrett), 1 2 type. Lap.

26 millim.

LITHACODIA. D07

5760. Lithacodia vialis.

Acontia vialis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 185 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 304.

Thalpochares bella, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlix. p. 264 (1888); id. Rom.

Mém. vi. p. 559. pl. xi. f.1; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 2380.

Head and thorax white tinged with reddish brown, the antenne

with fuscous; palpi fuscous ; fore tibixe fuscous ringed with white ;

abdomen white irrorated with brown, the crests black. Fore wing

with the costal area to near apex and the inner area to before

middle whitish, the costa tinged with dark brown, the end of cell

with rufous, the rest of wing blackish with a cupreous gloss and

mixed with purplish grey, the termen with whitish patches below

apex, at middle, and above tornus; subbasal and antemedial lines

with slight black points on costa, the latter then very faint, whitish

and oblique to median nervure, then bounding the dark area, black

defined by white on inner side and inwardly oblique, a black point

before it in cell; minute black points in and beyond lower angle

of cell from which to postmedial line there are slight white streaks

on veins 5 to 3; postmedial line whitish on costal area, then

double, black filled in with white, bent outwards below costa,

incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and angled inwards below

vein 3 and at submedian fold; subterminal line slight, whitish

defined on inner side by black suffusion, angled outwards at veins 7,

6, 4, 3 and inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series

of black strize ; cilia purplish grey mixed with fuscous. Hind wing

ochreous whitish tinged with brown, a fine dark terminal line ; cilia

ochreous white with a slight dark line through them and pinkish

tips; the underside ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a small

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. bella. Fore wing with the terminal area much redder,

Ab. 2. Hind wing dark brown with terminal ochreous white band.

Hab. Ki. Sierra, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake(Pryer), 1 ¢, Yokohama

(Pryer), 33, 3 9; W. Cura, Chow-pin-sa, 1 2 , Moupin (Arichel-

dorf), 1 9; PunsaB, 1 @ type, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 3 5, 6 Q;

Srxnim (Pilcher), 1 $; Assam, Khasis; Puro Laur (Doherty), 1 ¢.

Exp. 18-22 millim.

5761. Lithacodia marginalis.

Acontia marginalis, W1k. xxxiii. 782 (1865) ; Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon.

ii, pli. £.9,

Maliattha stolasa, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 154 (1905).

Head and thorax pale ochreous suffused with rufous; palpi

brown except at tips; fore tibie and the tarsi fuscous ringed with

white ; abdomen ochreous white mixed with dark brown, the crests

blackish towards tips. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with

bright rufous especially on costal area and terminal half; ante-

medial line rufous defined on inner side by whitish, inwardly

oblique below submedian fold ; two black points at the angles of

508 NOCTUIDH.

cell on a faint pale mark ; traces of a curved rufous medial line ;

postmedial line blackish defined on inner side by white towards

costa and on outer side below submedian fold, oblique from costa to

vein 6, slightly angled inwards at discal fold and oblique below

vein 4; some black and white striz on costa towards apex ; a faint

oblique blackish shade from apex to postmedial line at vein 6; sub-

terminal line absent ; a fine brown terminal line with white band

before it from below apex to vein 4; cilia brown mixed with

whitish and with a series of dark strie at middle. Hind wing

reddish brown ; cilia whitish with a dark line through them from

apex to submedian fold; the underside ochreous white irrorated

with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot, rather diffused curved post-

medial line, and fine black terminal line.

Hab. Stxatm (Dudyeon), 1 2; Assam, Khasis, 2 9 type stolasa ;

Manpras, Cuddapah (Campbell), 1 g ; Cuyton, Pundaloya (Green),

1 $; Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 9; Puno Laur (Doherty), 1 9;

Java, Arjuno (Doherty), 1 3. Hep. 20-24 millim.

5762. Lithacodia flavofimbria. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 2.)

Anchiroe flavofimbria, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 350, f. 251 (1891).

¢. Head and thorax yellow; palpi, lower part of frons, antenne,

shoulders, and fore legs rufous, the fore tarsi fuscous ringed with

white ; abdomen yellow irrorated with brown, the crest on 3rd

segment rufous. Fore wing with the basal area, except the costa,

yellow, the rest of wing rufous, slightly mixed with yellow ; ante-

medial line pure white, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

slightly incurved; postmedial line pure white, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then somewhat inwardly oblique and obsolescent to sub-

median fold, a triangular white patch beyond it on costal area

and some white points on costa towards apex where there is a

blackish patch; cilia rufous with a fine pale line at base. Hind

wing yellow, slightly irrorated with brown; the underside with

the costal area suffused with rufous to the indistinct curved post-

medial line, a slight discoidal point.

Hab. Mavacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 g. Hap. 16 millim.

5763. Lithacodia melaleuca, n.sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 3.)

Head and thorax black-brown with a leaden-grey gloss; pectus

and legs grey and fuscous, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

fuscous mixed with some whitish, the crests black. Fore wing

black-brown with a leaden grey gloss and tinged in parts with

cupreous; subbasal line represented by a slight brownish striga

from costa: antemedial line indistinct, black defined on inner side

by some brown scales, erect, waved; orbicular and reniform

incompletely defined by black, the former round, the latter con-

stricted at middle, its upper part confluent with a large triangular

pure white patch on costa; postmedial line indistinct, double,

arising from apex of costal patch, excurved to submedian fold and

with whitish and rufous patch beyond it on inner area; two white

points on costa towards apex; an indistinct dentate black sub-

eee ee

LITHACODIA. 509

terminal line, incurved at discal and and submedian folds ; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, with a

cupreous gloss; a terminal series of black strie; cilia with a

whitish line at base followed by a dark line. Underside of fore

wing with the costal patch reddish ochreous, the costal area before

middle and the terminal area tinged with reddish ochreous; hind

wing whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, the costal area

tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal lunule, indistinct curved post-

medial line, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. C. Cutna, Chusan Is. (J. J. Walker), 1 2 type, Ning-po,

1 3g, Chang-yaug (Pratt), 1 9. Hap. 24-26 millim.

5764. Lithacodia phya.

Acontia phya, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 307, pl. 28. f. 20 (1889).

¢. Head and tegule dark brown, with a few whitish scales;

thorax ochreous white; fore and mid legs brown, the tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen ochreous white with brown segmental lines,

the crests black. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with black; a

large white patch on basal area from cell to inner margin; ante-

medial line black, angled outwards below costa, then obliquely

excurved; claviform a rounded black spot with some pale scales in

centre ; orbicular brownish white defined by black, minute, round ;

reniform a quadrate white patch defined by black except above and

with some brown seales in centre; a diffused oblique waved black

line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; some red scales on

medial part of inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with

white tinged with red except towards costa, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some small

white spots beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a

series of dentate black marks with red streaks from them to termen,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal

series of minute black lunules; cilia brown and grey with some red

scales. Hind wing white irrorated with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia whitish with

a brown line through them ; the underside yellowish white irrorated

with brown, a slight discoidal spot and traces of minutely waved

postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Muxico, Cuernavaca (H. H. Smith), 1 3g type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. wp. 18 millim.

5765. Lithacodia plumbitincta. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 4.)

Maliatiha plumbitineta, Ampsn. J. Bomb. Soe. xiv. p. 205 (1902).

Head and thorax olive-yellow; palpi blackish; antenne black

except basal joint ; pectus and legs blackish, the tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen whitish mixed with fuscous, the crests black. Fore

wing olive-green, the medial area and postmedial area from costa to

vein 2 suffused with brown and irrorated with black ; subbasal line

blackish, oblique, from costa to submedian fold, some silvery blue

510 NOCTUID 3.

before it ; antemedial line indistinct, blackish, with some silvery

blue before it on costal half and on inner half defined by white

on inner side, angled outwards in submedian fold and inwards on

vein 1; reniform an obscure silvery blue lunule, the veins from cell to

postmedial line streaked with silvery blue; postmedial line double,

black filled in with silvery blue from costa to vein 2, then defined

by white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line represented by a silvery

blue bar from costa and patches at discal and submedian folds with

diffused black patches before it below costa and at middle, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; cilia black-brown with some silvery

blue scales at base and tips. Hind wing white, tinged with fuscous

especially on inner area; a terminal series of black striz; cilia

whitish tinged with fuscous at tips; the underside ochreous white

irrorated with fuscous, a small dark discoidal spot and indistinct

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Stxurm Trset, Yatung (Hobson), 2 3, 4.9 type. Hp.

24-30 millim.

5766. Lithacodia varicolora. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 5.)

Maliattha varicolora, Hupsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 377 (1902).

Head and thorax grey slightly tinged with ochreous and mixed

with fuscous; palpi blackish; fore tibize and tarsi blackish ringed

with white; abdomen ochreous white mixed with fuscous. Fore

wing whitish, the basal and inner areas suffused and irrorated with

purplish fuscous, the rest of medial area tinged with pink with some

olive-yellow scales on disk, the terminal area greenish; subbasal

line represented by a black striga from costa; antemedial line

indistinctly double filled in with whitish, oblique from costa to sub-

median fold where it is crossed by a slight black streak; orbicular

and reniform with faint olive annuli, the former round, the latter

elliptical with black point in lower part; traces of an incurved line

from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinct,

double, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved and filled in with white; subterminal line indistinct,

formed by white scales, strongly defined on inner side by

dark brown suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

angled inwards at vein 2 to near postmedial line; the terminal

area with dark irroration; a terminal series of blackish strie ;

cilia fuscous and white with a dark line through them and dark

patch at middle. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; a

fine dark terminal line; cilia whitish with a dark line at middle;

the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal spot, rather diffused curved minutely waved postmedial

line, and terminal series of slight dark lunules.

Ab. l. Fore wing with the medial. area irrorated with fuscous

and not tinged with pink, the terminal area not green.

Hab. Masnonatanp (Dobbie), 1 3; Transvaat (Cholmley), 2 3,

12; Natan, Karkloof (Marshall), 1 2 type; Capz Cozony,

Transkei (Miss /. Barrett),2 3,19. Hep. 22-24 millim.

LITHACODIA. ‘Sy IL UL

5767. Lithacodia albidula. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 6.)

Erastria albidula, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 250 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

. 809.

Wee intractabilis, Wik. Can. Nat. & Geol. vy. p. 252 (1860).

Conchylis cretiferana, Wik. xxvii. 359 (1863).

Head and thorax white, the antennee and tegule tinged with

ochreous; palpi with the 2nd and 3rd joints blackish at sides

except at tips; legs tinged with ochreous; abdomen white. Fore

wing white suffused with pale reddish ochreous and slightly irrorated

with fuscous ; a very indistinct slightly smuous reddish ochreous

antemedial line; orbicular and reniform with faint white annuli,

the former small, round; postmedial line white defined on inner

side by reddish ochreous suffusion, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, excurved to vein +, then incurved ; faint traces

of a whitish subterminal line; a terminal series of slight brownish

strie. Hind wing white slightly tinged with ochreous; a fine

ochreous terminal line and fine line near base of cilia; the under-

side white irrorated with brown, the costal area tinged with reddish

ochreous, a black discoidal point.

Hab. Newrounpuand, Doyles Cadroy Valley (Maj. Beddek), 1 3;

Canana, Nova Scotia (Redman), 1 3, 29 typecretiferana; U.S.A.,

New Hampshire, White Mts., 1 ¢, Massachusetts, Buffalo, 1 3,

1 9, New York (Doubleday, Packard), 4 8, 3 9, California

(Walsingham), 13,292. Hep. 22-80 millim.

5768. Lithacodia parvimacula. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 7.)

Eustrotia parvimacula, Grote, N. Am. Ent. i. p. 67 (1880); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 310.

¢. Head and thorax pale blue-green mixed with some blackish

brown and a few red scales; palpi whitish mixed with fuscous;

pectus and legs white mixed with brown, the tarsi black ringed with

white; abdomen white irrorated with brown. Fore wing pale

blue-green irrorated with a few red scales, the scales slightly

pencilled with white ; a black point at base of costa; subbasal line

blavkish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

indistinctly double filled in with whitish, oblique, waved ; claviform

a small round ferruginous brown spot well separated from the

antemedial line; orbicular black with white annulus, oblique

elliptical and connected with a black bar from costa; reniform with

ferruginous brown centre and white annulus incompletely defined by

black, round; a slight medial striga from costa and sinuous line

from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled

in with white, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

incurved below vein 4, some white points with fuscous between

them beyond it on costa; subterminal line white with some

fuscous before and beyond it on costal area, then defined on

inner side by slight dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

HID NOCLUIDA.

with a slight fuscous line through them. Hind wing whitish

suffused and irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot,

indistinct curved postmedial line, and fine black terminal

line ; cilia white with a slight brown line through them; the

underside with the discoidal spot distinct, the postmedial line

minutely waved, a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas (Belfrage), 1 fg type. Hp. 24 millim.

5769. Lithacodia concinnimacula. (Plate CLXLYV. fig. 8.)

Leptosia concinnimacula, Guen. Noct. 11. p. 238. pl. x. f. 10 (1852); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 310.

Head and thorax blue-green mixed with white; palpi, pectus,

and legs white and blackish, the tarsi black ringed with white;

abdomen whitish mixed with brown, the crests tipped with black.

Fore wing blue-green mixed with some white, waved, from

costa to submedian fold, a black point before it on costa; ante-

medial line white, rather oblique, waved, with black marks before

and beyond it on costa and some red scales before it in cell;

claviform a round red spot with white annulus, separated from

antemedial line; orbicular and reniform round with white annuli,

the former with black centre and black bar above it from costa,

the latter with red centre; afew red and black scales below end

of cell; postmedial line ‘white defined on inner side by a few

black scales on inner halt, bent outwards below costa, then slightly

dentate, incurved below vein 4, with alternating. black and white

marks beyond it on costa; subterminal line white with black and

reddish patch before and beyond it on costa, then defined on inner

side by slight dentate red marks with a few black scales on them,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small

black lunules defined by white on inner side; cilia grey-green with

slight white line at middle and some blackish scales at tips. | Hind

wing whitish suffused with brown; a dark terminal line; cilia

white with a dark line near base; the underside white irrorated

with brown, a black discoidal spot, indistinct sinuous postmedial

line, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. Canapa, Nova Scotia (Redman), 3 9; U.S.A., ‘Eastern

padre: and west to the Rocky Mts., Massachusetts, Beverley (Burg),

4 9, New York (Doubleday, Grote), 2 8,1 9 type, Pennsylvania,

1 Q. Hep. 24-26 millim.

5770. Lithacodia scapha.

Anthophila scapha, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 363, f. 236 (1891).

3S. Head and thorax deep purplish red; palpi white in front at

base; pectus and tibiee with some ochreous white, the tarsi ringed

with white ; abdomen brown mixed with purplish red, the crest on

3rd segment deep purplish red. Fore wing brown mixed with some

grey and largely suffused with purplish red; a golden copper streak

LITHACODIA. 513

below base of costa; a wedge-shaped silvery white patcz n base of

submedian interspace; traces of a pale antemedial line, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then erect; an oblique pale pink bar at

end of cell from costa to postmedial line at vein 2 with a black

striga on it at lower angle of cell representing the reniform and a

small grey fiery red mark beyond it at middle; postmedial line

brown slightly defined by white on inner side, bent outwards below

costa, oblique to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved to inner

margin, some white points beyond it on costa; a coppery red patch

at apex ; subterminal line slight, whitish, excurved, angled inwards

in submedian fold, with silvery purple patches before it at discal

fold and beyond it at submedian fold; cilia deep red tinged with

purple at base. Hind wing fiery red, paler at base ; cilia purplish

with a fine white line at base; the underside yellowish, the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with red, a small discoidal spot and

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mapaeascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 3. Hap. 20 millim.

5771. Lithacodia armilla.

Anthophila armilla, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 361. f. 288 (1891).

3. Head and thorax brown tinged with purple and mixed with

grey; palpi purplish red, whitish in front at base; antenne red;

pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdo-

men greyish brown, the crest on 3rd segment purplish red. Fore

wing with the costal area to near apex and the terminal area except

at apex yellow suffused with purplish red, the basal inner area,

the medial area below the cell, and an oblique fascia from apex to

lower angle of cell dark brown; antemedial line represented by an

oblique white band from origin of vein 2 to vein 1 along which it is

bent inwards to near base; reniform small, white with black centres

to upper and lower parts, figure-of-eight-shaped ;_postmedial line

blackish slightly defined by white on inner side, excurved below

costa and at middle, incurved at discal fold and below vein 38,

some white points beyond it on costa; the termen purplish and

white except towards apex, expanding into patches at discal and

submedian folds; cilia purplish red. Hind wing purplish red,

the costal area yellow to beyond middle; the underside uniform red.

Ab. 1. Hind wing golden yellow, the terminal area suffused with

red; the underside with the costal area suffused with red, the

termen irrorated with red, a slight discoidal point and punctiform

postmedial line from costa to vein 3, excurved below costa.

Hab. Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 2 $. Exp. 22 millim.

' 6772. Lithacodia metachrysa, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 9.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish suffused with rufous,

tarsi blackish ringed with yellowish. Fore wing yellowish suffused

and irrorated with rufous, the medial area suffused with darker

brown ; subbasal line represented by a blackish point on costa, the

VOL. X. 21

614 NOCTUID &.

antemedial line by two blackish points on costa; orbicular and

reniform with pinkish annuli faintly defined by brown, the former

round, the latter elliptical, some pink and white beyond its lower

extremity ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with whitish,

excurved and very minutely waved from below costa to vein 4, then

bent inwards to below angle of cell, some white beyond it on costal

area and a whitish patch on inner area, some slight whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line ill-defined, whitish, defined on

inner side by a curved dark brown patch from costa to vein 6, then

slightly by dark brown, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

angled inwards in discal fold ; a terminal series of black striew ; cilia

red-brown mixed with yellowish. Hind wing yellow tinged with

rufous ; a fine brown terminal line; cilia yellow with a rufous line

through them ; the underside yellowish white irrorated with rufous,

a black discoidal point and traces of a curved minutely waved post-

medial line.

Hab. Mavacascar, Fianarantsoa (Cowan), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 24

millim.

B. (Lithacodia). Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from the cell.

a. Fore wing with the reniform white, attenuated

above and dilated below.

a’. Fore wing with the postmedial line outwardly

oblique, very slightly excurved beyond the

PROTANNIKOY OT heel dereda read ado ssaaderassAbo adscocnapecEeoaaacce micronephra.

b'. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards

below costa and incurved below vein 4.

a2, Fore wing with the orbicular absent.

a3, Hind wang syelllowish) whitey acer sccersccesiereesesee sce mandarina.

GS Tab ynyal wmtines CAR OVROM — codeansdosoacbocsp0aes0aceons Jentoni.

}:. Fore wing with minute white orbicular ............ albopunctalis.

b. Fore wing with the reniform not attenuated above

and dilated below.

al. Fore wing with the terminal area suffused with

cupresus red,

a2. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

beyond the reniform and angled inwards in

Submediam told Peete eenee ee eecreecrac eer eee bellicula.

v2. Fore wing with the postmedial line confluent

with the upper and lower extremities of the bar- :

shaped reniform and angled outwards beyond it. cwprea.

v}, Fore wing with the terminal area not suffused

with cupreous red.

a, Fore wing with more or less green coloration.

a3, Fore wing with scarlet spots on basal and post-

me dialaneastennecuceseenet een eee ee caen seen Cease mella,

6°, Fore wing without scarlet spots on basal and

postmedial areas.

a4, Fore wing with white spot beyond the reniform chloromixta.

v4, Fore wing without white spot beyond the

reniform.

a’, Kore wing with black patches at base of costa

and middle of terminal area .................... atrinotata.

b5, Fore wing without black patches at base of

costa and middle of terminal area.

a§, Kore wing with the orbicular absent. ......... crotopha,

LITHACODIA.

&5. Fore wing with the orbicular defined by a

slight oblique white striga on its outer edge chlorophila.

©, Fore wing with the orbicular completely

defined, round.

a’, Fore wing with white centre to orbicular ... glauca.

2°, Fore wing without white centre to orbicular,

a8, Fore wing with the discal area rufous...... bryistis.

v8, Fore wing with the discal area not rufous.

a, Fore wing with the mediai area blackish.

@0, Fore wing with the terminal area

blac kus higes saa ee sae ee ee ent see deme cupreo fusca.

5, Fore wing with the terminal area mostly

green.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line

oblique, sinuous.

a2, Kore wing without white on inner

area beyond postmedial line ......... formosana.

42, Fore wing with some white on inner

area beyond postmedial line............ musta.

bu. Fore wing with the antemedial line

erect slightly swale dumcesperece asters cidarioides.

69, Fore wing with the medial area golden

green with black between orbicular and

TROUNOTEEN, ocandeaoooneqcooboopedandobanpsdAcdonec aurata,

d2. Fore wing without any green coloration.

a3. Hore wing golden yellow suffused with rufous.

a+, Kore wing with the orbicular round and separate

TRON (a) GIRINALKONIA | opodagoonaconanoueoaebodenes00050 decorata.

+4, Fore wing with the orbicular produced at lower

extremity and confluent with the claviform ... dorata.

63, Fore wing not golden green suttused with rufous.

a‘, Fore wing with the ground-colour pink.

Gi, Velie! sy AiO Tootall’< ccosucocandsssoooaKoogepoeoece9 550000 titanica.

G2, JEGhael yawn ROWAN scoooscccosoncosasce000d couecooD0e6 TOsaced.

5+, Fore wing with the ground-colour not pink.

a. Kore wing with oblique pinkish white fascia

from costa at antemedial line to below the

TEIN) dam), GoregusnonéUssntecdosoBoGaLacebnananodcHoanee carneola.

6°, Fore wing without oblique pinkish white

fascia from costa at antemedial line to below

the reniform.

a°, Fore wing with the terminal area tinged with

{DiltlRsagaccnéubospondogacoab;ccobudnoRaoaedhoonaEasoanD apicosa.

68, Fore wing with the terminal area not tinged

with pink.

a’, Fore wing with triangular red mark on ter-

menratidiscalitold We aase--eeearedetasasee econ minuta.

67, Fore wing with lunulate black patch on

termen and cilia at discal fold ............... editha,

ce’, Fore wing without black patch on termen

and cilia at discal fold.

a8, Kore wing with large quadrate black patch

On) Inner medial area.f......c.scsecset sone seee mylunostiqma.

b°. Fore wing with irregular black patch on

inner medial area, its upper edge indented

byatnexc avi onumumpespeeronen-aceeeestacesecte. senex.

c&. Fore wing without black patch on inner

medial area.

a®. Fore wing with more or less diffused white

beyond postmedial line.

D) TG

O15

516

NOCTUID &.

a0, Kure wing with the white on postmedial

area extending to costa.

a1, Kore wing with the basal area mostly

WLU: aceioagy cHasnor uocos Ba BO AC aANaeE BBECrc oe

611, Fore wing without white on basal area.

a2, Hore wing with the reniform blackish

WaAtovawaiteranmulUs\\ieeseseeeeeeeete eee

62, Fore wing with the reniform white

incompletely defined by black .........

610, Fore wing with the postmedial area

blackish towards costa.

@1, Kore wing with the postmedial area

crossed by a black streak below vein 4.

a2, Fore wing with the white suffusion

beyond postmedial line abruptly

trunctate below the black streak......

D2. Kore wing with the white suftusion

beyond postmedial line not abruptly

truncate below the black streak ......

ou, Fore wing with the postmedial area not

crossed by a black streak below vein 4.

a2, Fore wing with black spot on termen

helowvelm 4... sosedeesceeseseteeon cases

62. Kore wing without black spot, on ter-

men below vein 4.

a3, Fore wing with the postmedial line

slightly excurved above vein 1.

a4, Kore wing with large patch of white

suffusion on postmedial and ter-

minal areas except towards costa...

b\4. Fore wing with slight patch of white

suffusion beyond postmedial line

towards inner margin .... ..........

613, Fore wing the postmedial line not

excurved above vein 1.

a4, Fore wing with the postmedial line

not excurved at yen 3 ...............

b14, Kore wing with the postinedial line

slightly excurved at vein 3 .........

+®, Fore wing without white suffusion beyond

postmedial line.

a0, Kore wing with the reniform defined on

outer side by white points and with

some white suffusion above it on costa .

610, Fore wing with the orbicular and

reniform with whitish annuli.

a, Kore wing without whitish streak on

median nervure.

«2. Fore wing fuscous brown mixed with

grey.

a'8, Fore wing with the claviform not

defined by a distinct white lunule at

extremity: 2: 7 hasechneenteue samesieeeebene

613. Fore wing with the claviform defined

by a distinct white lunule at ex-

LTEMIbY ey. hacseee eee Pend RE

62. Fore wing cupreous black-brown,

as, Kore wing with white line beyond

the postmedial line from vein 4 to

WOVE TETRA — scocongaoonqnGoscdepancscor

deceptoria.

nNemMorum.

benita.

normalis.

larentiformis.

glaucopis.

fasciana.

stygia.

muscosula,

Jalsa.

atrata,

Jasciana ab. guenei.

distinguenda.

syggenes.

LITHACODIA.

513, Fore wing without white line beyond

the postmedial line from vein 4 to

inner margin.

a4, Fore wing with white point at ex-

(imeMOMiNy Oi ClenOMAD oaacooaceconscones

614, Hore wing without white point at

extremity of claviform ...............

GH, IOI WHOS TREC LEON spconsacopsbcadesecce

d'?, Kore wing ochreous brown.

a's, Kore wing without whitish patch on

costa before and beyond postmedial

IIT laa sa necenon arene dnee GcannnS ONCE Cre

68, Fore wing with whitish patch on

costa before and beyond postmedial

limey: aeataeaetaceecaen ees bre ossespencnaree

6. Fore wing with whitish streak on

median nervure.

w2, Kore wing without dentate white line

beyond postmedial line ...............

62, Hore wing with dentate white line

beyond postmedial line ...............

c!0. Fore wing with the orbicular and reni-

form white defined by black.

a, Fore wing suffused with black; a .

whitish patch at base of inner area ...

6, Fore wing white tinged with rufous

and irrorated with fuscous...............

d . Kore wing with the reniform white

defined by blackish, the orbicular

absent es eae eo umenc acne sass aiie cee tecteistacens

a. Kore wing with the reniform con-

colorous.

a. Fore wing with oblique whitish line

from costa defining the outer edge of

orbicular and clayiform.

a'*, Kore wing without blackish suffusion

on outer part of costal half of medial

DICE Waal Mean Aeanmanarcic dar aceaceapaonOneaenos

62. Fore wing with blackish suffusion on

outer part of costal half of medial

area,

a8, Kore wing with one or two dentate

black marks before middle of sub-

ermomuaeAll IONS sesccagacasseonecocosene a6

618, Fore wing without dentate black

marks before middle of subterminal

USGS yee tee can brn iaee eagonce nore ne nace cee

61, Fore wing without oblique whitish line

from costa defining the outer edge of

orbicular and claviform.

a?, Bore wing with the postmedial line

oblique from discal to submedian

OVA Sis aiiaze claret semtiececisacebiaenlece asnineeine

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line

excurved from below costa to vein 4,

then incurved.

a3, Fore wing grey.

qs) Hind wing rufous ................-----

64, Hind wing grey suffused with

brown.

onytes,

confusa.

clandestina.

Salsa ab.

brunnea.

numisma.

nivata.

penthis.

binorbis.

euchroa.

valta.

CON.

squalida.

picta.

geoga.

513 NOCTUID 2.

a\°, Fore wing with the reniform large

and extending to well below the

Cell seme cieare aseaitensieglies oazjiuctintees Nand.

64, Kore wing with the reniform repre-

sented by black points at angles of

CEU, socdevonbnesbp ana soottnusucecaboncndso griscomixta.

613. Fore wing black-brown.

a4, Fore wing with the basal half

chreous white with large black-

brown patch on basal costal area... meérta.

bM4, Fore wing with the basal half dark.

a5, Hore wing with the orbicular and

reniform defined by black ......... holophea.

6, Fore wing with the orbicular and

RGLANNLONTT BOSE cooccascsesasseosede¢ mirella,

5:73. Lithacodia micronephra, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 10.)

¢. Head whitish mixed with brown; thorax purplish red mixed

with whitish; pectus and legs white mixed with black, the tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen fuscous with slight white

segmental lines, the crests red at base, the crest on 3rd segment

black, the ventral surface white irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing

purplish red, the terminal area suffused and irrorated with fuscous ;

subbasal line white with black points before it at costa and median

nervure, slightly angled outwards below costa and ending at median

nervure; antemedial line white slightly defined on each side by

black, oblique and slightly sinuous; reniform represented by a

white bar, expanding and slightly defined by black below; post-

medial line white slightly defined on each side by black, oblique,

slightly excurved beyond the reniform, some white points beyond

it on costa; traces of a punctiform whitish subterminal lhne,

slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at, middle; a

terminal series of black strie with slight white strize before them ;

cilia red at base, white at tips. Hind wing whitish uniformly

suffused with fuscous brown; a terminal series of black strize

slightly defined by whitish on inner side; cilia reddish at base,

white at tips; the underside white irrorated with brown and

fuscous, a black discoidal lunule, minutely waved postmedial line,

and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Milne Bay (Meek), 1 3 type. Haup. 22

millim,

6774. Lithacodia mandarina. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 11.)

Erastria mandarina, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 145.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with yellow; abdomen

yellow irrorated with brown. Fore wing red-brown mixed with

yellow ; the subbasal and antemedial lines, claviform and orbicular

absent; reniform silvery white defined by black, narrow and

oblique above, expanding into a conical spot below, a white striga

LITHACODIA. 519

above it from costa and an incurved and slightly irregular white

line defined at sides by black from it to inner margin, diffused

patches of yellow beyond these markings below costa beyond upper

part of reniform and below the cell; subterminal line represented

by a slight yellow striga from costa. Hind wing yellowish white

slightly irrorated with brown, the basal area suffused with red-

brown ; a dark brown terminal line; the underside white irrorated

with red-brown, a blackish discoidal spot.

Hab. W. Caina, Pu-tsu-fang, 2 ¢, 29 type. Hwp. 28-30

millim.

5775. Lithacodia fentoni. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 12.)

Hrastria fentoni, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 190.

Erastria versicolor, Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 25, pl. 3. f. 7 (1884).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with ochreous;

palpi, pectus, and legs ochreous white mixed with fuscous, the

abdomen with the dorsal crests blackish at tips. Fore wing red-

brown finely irrorated with yellow, the terminal area redder;

subbasal and antemedial lines, the claviform and orbicular absent ;

reniform silvery white defined by black, narrow and curved above,

expanding into a rounded spot below, some orange suffusion beyond

it ; postmedial line represented by a small oblique wedge-shaped

white mark slightly defined by black from costa and a sinuous

white line defined by black at sides from below angle of cell to

inner margin, some orange suffusion beyond it and some white

poimts on costa; subterminal line represented by a striga from

costa, then hardly traceable, yellowish and excurved at middle ;

cilia with blackish line at base, the tips white with some black-

brown at apex, middle, and tornus. Hind wing dark reddish

brown, the cilia whitish with brown line near base; the underside

rufous irrorated with whitish especially on inner area.

In some specimens the areole of fore wing is very narrow or

obsolete.

Hab. K. Stpurta, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté (Maries), 1 2,

Oiwake (Pryer), 2 3, 3 2, Nikko (Maries), 1 g, Tokio (Mares),

1 9 type, Yokohama (Manley, Pryer), 1 3,1 2 ; Conga, Gensan

(Leech), 29. Hxp. 28 millim.

5776. Lithacodia albopunctalis,

Stemmatophora alhopunctalis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 201

pl. 60. f. 10 (1895).

®. Head, thorax, and abdomen cupreous red-brown; tarsi

black-brown ringed with white; ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing red-brown with a metallic cupreous gloss; a

faint double slightly sinuous antemedial line filled in with whitish

towards inner margin; orbicular and reniform silvery . white

slightly defined by dark brown, the former minute, round, tho

520 NOCIUID ZH.

latter narrow above, conical below ; postmedial line double, filled

in with whitish towards costa and inner margin, slightly bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, traces of

white points beyond it on costa and a small spot before apex ;

subterminal line represented by a faint dark shade incurved in

submedian interspace. Hind wing cupreous red-brown; the cilia

with a fine whitish line at base; the underside whitish thickly

irrorated and suffused with red-brown, a slight dark discoidal

lunule.

Hab. Guatematsa, Vera Paz (Champion), 3 2 type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. ep. 30 millim.

5777. Lithacodia bellicula.

Lithacodia bellicula, Hiibu. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. p. 18. ff. 85, 86 (1818) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 309.

Hlydrelia semichalcea, Wik. xxxiii. 797 (1865).

Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with white, the last

with the crests on 3rd and 4th segments tipped with black. Fore

wing rufous mixed with grey, some bright rufous above end of cell

and below the cell before the postmedial line, the postmedial area

yellowish except towards costa; antemedial line indistinct, rufous,

waved, erect; orbicular with faint whitish annulus, round; the

reniform represented by a whitish discoidal striga; postmedial hne

indistinctly double filled in with white, slightly ‘bent outwards

below costa, strongly excurved to vein 4, then angled inwards in

submedian fold and oblique to inner margin, some whitish points

Fig. 150.—Lithacodia bellicula, Gg. 3.

beyond it on costa; subterminal line yellowish, angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine blackish terminal line; cilia

grey with a dark line through them. Hind wing cupreous brown,

the cilia grey with a brown line through them; the underside grey

irrorated with brown, the costal area tinged with cupreous red, a

black discoids point and reddish postmedial line angled outwards

beyond the cell. :

Hab. Canava, Renfrew Co., 1 3, Nova Scotia (Redman), 1 3,

type semichalcea; U.S.A., Eastern and Central States to Florida

and Texas, Massachusetts Boston, 1 g, 1 2, Beverley (Bury),

1 ¢, New York (Packard), 6 3, 2 2, Colorado, Hap. 20-24

millim.

LITHACODIA. 2a

5778. Lithacodia cuprea. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 13.)

Galgula cuprea, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 119 (1898).

6. Head brownish white, the antenne brown ringed with

white; thorax purplish red; palpi, pectus, and legs whitish mixed

with brown; abdomen grey tinged with purplish and irrorated

with brown. Fore wing purple, the terminal area cupreous red ;

antemedial line olive-white with some deep red scales on its edges,

sughtly angled outwards on subcostal and median nervures and

inwards at vein] ; a dark discoidal striga with olive-white bar on

its inner side and white bar on its outer, its extremities confluent

with the postmedial line which is similarly coloured and angled

outwards beyond the cell, some deep red suffusion before it ; sub-

terminal line with whitish point at costa, then only defined by the

contrast between the postmedial and terminal areas, angled inwards

“at discal fold and incurved below vein 3; cilia cupreous red at

base, white at tips with brown patches at apex and between veins

4 and 2. Hind wing greyish brown, the cilia white with a brown

line through them; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with

brown, traces of a minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Braz, 1 $, Castro Paratia (D. Jones), 1 §. Hap. 22

millim.

5779. Lithacodia mella. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 14.)

Bryophila metla, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 224 (1894).

3. Head and thorax white mixed with blackish and some

scarlet scales; palpi with the Ist and 2nd joints black at sides;

tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen white with diffused blackish

bands, the basal joint tipped with scarlet. Fore wing white

irrorated with grey-green and some black; subbasal line black

defined by white on inner side, excurved to below cell, then

incurved, with patches of scarlet before it below costa and cell;

antemedial line double at costa, black defined by white on outer

side, oblique and slightly waved from costa to below cell, then

angled inwards on vein 1, an oblique scarlet streak from it to

postmedial line in submedian fold; orbicular with black centre and

white annulus defined at sides by scarlet; the reniform a black

bar defined by white on inner side; postmedial line double except

below costa and towards inner margin, black filled in with white,

slightly bent outwards below costa, incurved below vein 4, some

_white points with black marks between them beyond it on costa;

subterminal line represented by a white band with series of scarlet

spots on it except below costa, closely approximated to the post-

medial line below vein 6 and slightly excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of small black lunules slightly defined

by white on inner side. Hind wing white, the apical area and

inner margin irrorated with black, a black discoidal bar and

22 NOCTUID 5.

terminal series of strie ; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with black.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Paratia (D. Jones), 1 $. Hep. 22 millim.

5780. Lithacodia chloromixta.

Bryophila chloromixta, Alph. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 21, pl. 2. f. 1 (1892).

Head and thorax white mixed with some olive-brown; palpi

black, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white; frons with

lateral black bars; antenne black; tegule with black line at base ;

patagia with some black scales near upper edge; pectus and legs

white and blackish mixed, the tarsi black ringed with white;

abdomen white suffused with fuscous brown, the crests tipped with

black. Fore wing white suffused with pale olive-green and some

brown and shghtly irrorated with black; subbasal line black

defined on outer side by white, slightly angled inwards in cell and

outwards below it, ending at vein 1; antemedial line black defined

on inner side by white, expanding into a spot at costa, then slightly

sinuous, bent inwards to inner margin; claviform defined by a

curved black mark extending to cell and with a white spot beyond

it; orbicular white defined by black and its centre by brown,

round; reniform white defined by black, its centre defined by

brown and irrorated with brown, its lower extremity waved and

somewhat broken up into spots; an oblique black medial shade

from costa to reniform and sinuous line from cell to inner margin,

a white spot beyond the reniform and another in submedian inter-

space before the postmedial line, which is black defined on outer

side by white towards costa and inner margin, slightly bent out-

wards below costa, then minutely and irregularly waved, excurved

to vein 4, then retracted to lower inner extremity of reniform,

some black and white spots beyond it on costa and a white bar in

submedian interspace ; subterminal line slight, whitish defined on

inner side by black with brown suffusion before it and slight white

spots above and below vein 6, minutely waved, slightly angled

inwards below costa and incurved at discal fold, incurved below

vein 3; a terminal series of small black lunules defined on inner

side by white; cilia chequered dark brown and white and with

dark line near base. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous

brown; cilia white with dark line near base except towards tornus;

the underside white irrorated with black-brown, a blackish discoidal

spot and minutely waved postmedial line strongly excurved below

costa.

Hab. W. Cutna, Gan-su, Ou-pin, Chang-yang (Pratt), 23,

Omei-shan, 1 ¢, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 9, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 3,

Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 6, Moupin (Kricheldorff), 1 3. Hap. 24-

30 millim.,

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5781. Lithacodia atrinotata, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 15.)

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale olive-green mixed with some

rufous and black; palpi black, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd

joints white ; frons with lateral black bars; tibize and tarsi banded

with blackish. Fore wing pale olive-green suffused in parts with

reddish brown especially on medial and postmedial areas; a strong

black subbasal bar defined at sides by white from costa to sub-

median fold, with a black mark below it on inner margin; a

slightly sinuous rather diffused blackish erect antemedial line ;

orbicular represented by a small black spot; reniform a very

ill-defined whitish mark with some blackish striz on its inner

edge; an indistinct interrupted slightly sinuous blackish medial

line; postmedial line with black point at costa, then slight,

whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, below vein 6 rather

diffused dark brown, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line

almost obsolete towards costa, below vein 5 strong, white, incurved

below vein 3, a strong black fascia from it to termen below vein 4,

its Inner extremity rather bifid; a terminal series of slight blackish

Iunules faintly defined by whitish on inner side and a small

triangular black spot below the black fascia; cilia pale green

mixed with black-brown towards apex and at middle. Hind wing

whitish suffused with reddish brown, the apex with dark brown;

traces of a curved postmedial line; a terminal series of dark strive

with white points between them; cilia whitish mixed with red-

brown and with brown line at middle; the underside white

irrorated with red and a few dark scales, the costal and terminal

areas suffused with red, a black discoidal spot and curved minutely

waved reddish postmedial line.

Hab, Braz, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 2 type. Hap. 22

millim,

5782. Lithacodia crotopha. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 16.)

Erastria crotopha, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 620 (1905).

Head and thorax whitish mixed with fiery red and black scales ;

palpi rufous and blackish tipped with white; tibize and tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen rufous mixed with fuscous,

some whitish at base, the crests blackish. Fore wing golden

green irrorated with some black and white scales, the costal area

suffused with rufous; subbasal line represented by a black striga

from costa; some rufous above base of inner margin ; antemedial

line black slightly defined on inner side by white and with some

rufous and black suffusion before it from costa to below cell, erect,

minutely dentate, angled inwards on vein 1; claviform and orbicular

absent; reniform with faint whitish annulus and black point in

lower part, narrow and constricted at middle; a diffused rufous

medial band with sinuous edges ; postmedial line black defined by

white on outer side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

O24 NOCTUIDZ.

strongly incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line only defined by a rufous and black patch

below costa, its outer edge dentate at veins 7, 6, two small blackish

spots at middle and an incurved rufous and black line from vein 4

to inner margin; a terminal series of small black lunules slightly

defined by whitish on imner side; cilia rufous, fuscous and white

with a black line at middle. Hind wing fuscous brown with a

reddish tinge; a terminal series of black’ strie slightly defined by

whitish on inner side; cilia rufous and white with a black line at

middle; the underside white suffused with red and irrorated with

fuscous, a black discoidal spot and curved minutely waved post-

medial line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis,2 ¢,2 9 type. Hap. 26-34 millim.

5783. Lithacodia chlorophila, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 17.)

6. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with whitish and some

red-brown and black, the head and tegule more rufous; tarsi

banded with blackish; abdomen pale green mixed with whitish

and some black. Fore wing olive-green mixed with whitish and

slightly irrorated with red-brown; subbasal line whitish, waved,

from costa to submedian fold, with black marks before it at costa

and in and below cell; antemedial line double, green filled in with

whitish, erect, slightly waved, with black spots before and beyond

it at costa; orbicular defined by a slight oblique whitish striga on

its outer edge, the reniform with slight whitish annulus, somewhat

constricted at middle and angled inwards on median nervyure, a

black patch between them in cell forming part of a diffused sinuous

black medial line; an oblique diffused sinuous black fascia from

outer edge of reniform to costa towards apex; postmedial line

double, with small black spot at costa, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some pale

points with black marks between them beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner side by slight

blackish marks and with some black beyond it at discal fold where

it is angled inwards; a terminal series of small black lunules with

white points between them. Hind wing white slightly irrorated

with brown and tinged with purplish pink on costal and terminal

areas; a terminal series of black strize; cilia whitish mixed with

reddish and fuscous; the underside whitish suffused with purplish

red and slightly irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal bar and

indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hub. Brazit, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 g type. Hp. 34 millim.

0784. Lithacodia glauca, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 18.) |

@. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with white and some

blackish; palpi reddish, the extremity of 2nd and 38rd joints

white; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged

LITHACODIA. 525

with purplish pink and irrorated with fuscous, the crests blackish.

Fore wing olive-green with a slight reddish tinge, mixed with

white and irrorated with blackish, the median nervure and vein 1

on medial area streaked with purplish grey; subbasal line repre-

sented by white strize from costa and cell with black marks beyond

them; antemedial line black slightly defined by white on inner

side, double at costa, erect, waved; orbicular with white centre

defined by black, small, round; reniform an ill-defined whitish

mark with some black on its inner edge; an indistinct irregularly

waved black medial line; postmedial line black, indistinctly double

and filled in with white towards costa, minutely waved, oblique

from costa to vein 6, incurved below vein 4, some white points

with black streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal

line white defined on inner side by slight dentate black marks,

excurved below vein 7, excurved and minutely waved at middle; a

terminal series of small black lunules slightly defined by white on

inner side; cilia chequered green and black. Hind wing whitish

tinged with purplish pink and suffused with brown; a slight

postmedial line faintly defined by white on outer side; a terminal

series of black strie ; cilia pink at base, white at tips ; the underside

purplish pink mixed with some white, a black discoidal point and

indistinct carved postmedial line.

Hab. Jamaica (Mrs. Swainson), 1 3 type. Hap. 20 millim.

*5785. Lithacodia bryistis. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 19.)

Hrastria bryistis, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1902, p. 109.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ferruginous mixed with

grey; palpi blackish at sides; tarsi fuscous ringed with grey.

Fore wing grey-green ; a double waved subbasal line from costa to

vein 1 angled below the cell; a double waved antemedial line

angled outwards below costa and cell and with black suffusion

beyond it from costa to vein 1, above which it runs out to termen ;

orbicular and reniform rufous outlined with black; the discal area

rufous; the postmedial line dentate, excurved from below costa to

vein 4, then incurved; an indistinct waved subterminal line

excurved at vein 7 and middle; cilia chequered fuscous and

whitish. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with fuscous ; a dark

discoidal spot and curved postmedial line defined by white on outer

side; an indistinct whitish subterminal line; cilia whitish

chequered with fuscous. Underside whitish slightly suffused with

fuscous; fore wing with black postmedial line angled outwards

below costa; hind wing with oblique antemedial line, black

discoidal spot, minutely dentate postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal line.

Hab. Quuenstanp, Brisbane, type tT d in Coll. Turner. Hap. 32

millim. ,

526 NOCTUIDA,

5786. Lithacodia cupreofusca, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 20.) |

@. Head and thorax deep cupreous red-brown mixed with

ochreous white; palpi blackish, the tips of 2nd and 3rd joints

white; antenne with the extremity of basal joint white ; legs

blackish, the tibiz and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen whitish

mixed with brown, the crests black. Fore wing deep cupreous

black-brown mixed with seme grey and yellowish white especially

on basal area; subbasal and antemedial lines represented by black

strie from costa; orbicular and reniform with slight whitish

annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter constricted at

middle; postmedial line black defined by yellowish on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to

vein 4+, then incurved and slightly excurved below submedian fold,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very in-

distinct, greyish, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6 and

interrupted at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules

slightly defined by yellowish on inner side. Hind wing whitish

suffused with reddish brown; a fine black terminal line; cilia

brown mixed with whitish and with fine whitish line at base; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with red-brown, a slight black

discoidal lunule and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Java, Arjuno, 8000' (Doherty), 1 9 type. Hap. 32 millim.

5787. Lithacodia formosana, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 21.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with black ; palpi

black, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white; antenne

ringed black and white; tibize and tarsi banded with black.

Fore wing apple-green mostly suffused with black-brown except

the postmedial area from discal fold to inner margin; subbasal line

blackish, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line blackish

defined on inner side by green, irregularly waved, bent outwards

to inner margin; orbicular and reniform pale green defined by

black, the former round with black centre, the latter constricted

at middle and with black spots in upper and lower parts; post-

medial line black defined on outer side by green, bent outwards

below costa, then sinuous, slightly angled inwards at discal fold,

incurved below vein 4 and angled inwards at vein 1, some ochreous

white points beyond it on costa; a whitish subterminal line

defined on inner side by black, excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and ending at tornus; a terminal series of black lunules and spot

below vein 4; cilia brown mixed with some white. Hind wing

white, the inner half tinged with fuscous ; a slight dark subterminal

shade; cilia with a dark line through them; the underside white

tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal

point and sinuous postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4.

Hab. Formosa, Kagi District, 7000',1 $,3 9 type. Hap. 24—-

28 millim.

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5788. Lithacodia musta. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 22.

Erastria musta, Grote & Rob. Trans. Ent. Soe. i. p. 358 (1868); Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 311; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 311.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey mixed with some

red-brown and black ; palpi blackish; frons with lateral black bars ;

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen with the crests black.

Fore wing olive-green irrorated with black, the outer half of medial

area partly suffused with rufous; subbasal line black, from costa

to median nervure; antemedial line black defined on inner side by

whitish and rufous, erect, shghtly sinuous; claviform with rufous

and black centre and whitish annulus defined by black; orbicular

with black centre and rufous annulus defined by black, small,

round; reniform with rufous centre and incomplete whitish annulus

defined by black, a black streak beyond it in discal fold; an

oblique slightly waved line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line double, black filled in with rufous, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some white beyond it at costa and from

vein 4 to inner margin; subterminal line represented by slight

dentate white marks defined on inner side by dentate black marks

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black

strie ; cilia black mixed with grey and with black line at middle.

Hind wing greyish suffused with brown; a fine black terminal

line; cilia whitish and fuscous with a dark line near base; the

underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and

minutely waved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area almost wholly suffused

with black and purplish grey.—Costa Rica.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern, Middle, and Central States, W. Virginia,

1 2, Kentucky (Sanborn), 1 9, Missouri; Costa Rica, R. Sucio

(Rogers), 3 3, 3 Q, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 2, Godman-

Salvin Coll. Lap, 20-24 millim.

*5789. Lithacodia cidarioides.

Motama cidarioides. Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 110, pl. 4. f. 9 (1882) ; Hmpsn.

» Moths Ind. u. p. 302.

Head and thorax purple-brown ; pectus and legs greyish. Fore

wing dark purple-brown, the basal area and the terminal area

except at apex golden yellow; subbasal line represented by a

black striga from costa; antemedial line double filled in with

yellow, erect, minutely waved; orbicular with faint yellow annulus,

round; reniform yellow with dark points in upper and lower parts,

constricted at middle ; postmedial line double filled in with yellow,

bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, then bent inwards

and again slightly excurved ; subterminal line represented by some

028 NOOCTUID ZA.

ill-defined dark spots; cilia brown. Hind wing whitish suffused

with red-brown ; traces of a discoidal point and diffused subterminal

band.

Hab. Stxkuim. Exp. 28 millim. This species is unknown to me.

5790. Lithacodia aurata. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 23.)

Motama aurata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 110, pl. 4. f. 10 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. i. p. 301.

3. Head and thorax pale green mixed with rufous and some

ochreous white and black scales; tibie and tarsi blackish ringed

with ochreous; abdomen ochreous white mixed with brown, the

crests rufous, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing

golden green, the costal area dark red-brown with some white

irroration, some brown and white irroration on base of inner

margin; antemedial line brown, oblique to submedian fold, then

incurved; claviform defined by white and brown at extremity,

some. white suffusion below it and brown irroration beyond it ;

orbicular and reniform green with very incomplete white annuli

defined in parts by brown and with dark brown quadrate patch

between them, the former round; an oblique sinuous brown line

from lower angle of cell to inner margin; vein 4 irrorated with

brown and white to the postmedial line, which is brown at costa,

middle and inner margin, green defined on outer side by white

between those points, bent outwards below costa then sinuous,

incurved below vein 4 and excurved at vein 1, some yellow points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line green defined on inner side

by red-brown suffusion, except below vein 2, slightly angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of

small dark lunules; cilia pink at base, red brown at tips. Hind

wing whitish suffused with brown, the disk paler; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia pink with a fine ochreous line at base; the

underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal

spot and minutely waved postmedial line bent outwards below

costa.

Hab. Sixuim, 7000' (Méller), 1 3. Exp. 30 millim.

*5791. Lithacodia decorata.

Motama decorata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 111, pl. 4. f. 8 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 302.

Head and thorax dark golden brown irrorated with grey; palpi

black, the extremities of joints white ; tibize and tarsi black ringed

with white; abdomen brown. Fore wing deep golden brown, the

costal area and veins irrorated with white; subbasal line repre-

sented by double dark striz from costa; antemedial line dark,

erect, minutely waved; claviform and orbicular yellow defined by

brown and with dark points in centre, small, rounded ; reniform

LITHACODIA. 529

yellow, constricted at middle; a quadrate dark patch in cell

between orbicular and reniform; postmedial line blackish with a

yellow band on its outer edge, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4, and angled outwards at

vein 1; a sinuous yellow subterminal band with dark suffusion

before it on costal half; a terminal series of small black lunules ;

cilia brown. Hind wing uniform dark brown.

Hab. Sixuim, Lap. 28 millim. This species is unknown to

me.

5792. Lithacodia dorata. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 24.)

Erastria dorata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 205 (1902).

Head and thorax golden yellow mixed with rufous, the tegule

with slight dark points; antenne with the shaft black with pale

rings; fore legs blackish; abdomen vellowish white irrorated with

brown, the crests blackish, the anal tuft tinged with rufous. Fore

wing golden yellow suffused and irrorated with bright rufous ;

subbasal line represented by a rufous striga from costa ; antemedial

line rufous defined on inner side by yellow, double at costa,

incurved in submedian interspace; claviform, orbicular, and

reniform with yellow centres and white annuli defined by blackish,

the first extending to median nervure and confluent with the

orbicular which has its lower extremity produced to a point; the

reniform constricted at middle and somewhat angled inwards on

median nervure; a waved rufous line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by

golden yellow and below vein 4 on inner side also, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some yellow points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

slight, yellow, defined on inner side by bright rufous, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine terminal blackish

line. Hind wing yellowish white slightly irrorated with brown

especially on the veins; a fine terminal black line interrupted at

the veins; the underside yellow irrorated with brown, a blackish

discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line excurved below

costa, and traces of a subterminal line.

Hab, Cuyton, Newara Eliya (Mackwood), 1 ¢,1 @ type. Exp.

6 26, 9 28 millim.

5793. Lithacodia titanica, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 25.)

Q. Head and thorax bright purplish mixed with black, and

some white scales; abdomen whitish mixed with rufous and dark

brown. Fore wing bright pinkish mostly suffused with dark red-

brown; subbasal line double, whitish, obliquely curved from costa

to median neryure at base ; antemedial line brown, interrupted at

VOL, X. 2M

530 NOCTUIDAE.

the veins, with a white bar on its outer side in submedian inter-

space, double and filled in with pink towards inner margin, incurved

at vein 1 and bent outwards above inner margin; orbicular with

the annulus pink above and white below, round; reniform with

some pink in centre, its annulus white, pink above and on upper

part of inner side, extending to well below the cell and slightly

angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line indistinetly

double filled in with pink, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then very minutely waved, incurved below vein 4 and with traces

of a punctiform white line beyond it, and some white points on

costa; subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7 and angled

inwards at discal fold; a terminal series of small black lunules

slightly defined on inner side by whitish; cilia with a blackish

line through them. Hind wing pink, the base and costal area to

middle whitish, the terminal half irrorated with brownish; a

terminal series of small brownish lunules; cilia whitish at tips;

the underside pink slightly irrorated with brown, a black discoidal

spot and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Manpacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 4 2 type. Hap. 44

millim.

5794. Lithacodia rosacea.

Erastria rosacea, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 527, pl. 53. f. 9.

Head and thorax pink mixed with whitish and brown; abdomen

ochreous whitish mixed with brown. Fore wing pale pink mostly

suffused with brown and irrorated with black; subbasal lime

represented by a blackish striga from costa defined on each side by

pink ; antemedial line dark defined on outer side by pink, slightly

angled outwards below costa and on median nervure; claviform

with pink annulus defined by black, round and extending to median

nervure ; orbicular minute, round, with black centre and pink

annulus defined by black; reniform pink defined by black and

with brownish centre, oblique elliptical ; ; a sinuous black line from.

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double and

filled in with pink except at middle, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and minutely dentate, some pink

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pink defined on inner

side by dark suffusion, minutely dentate, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a terminal series of blackish strie ; cilia pinkish

with a dark line at middle and dark points at tips. Hind wing

golden brown; the cilia yellowish white with a brown line at

middle ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a

slight discoidal point, curved rather diffused postmedial line, and

terminal series of minute black lunules.

Hab. Javan, Oiwake (Pryer), 2 6, 2 9 type. Hap. 22-26

millim.

LITHACODIA. 531

5795. Lithacodia carneola. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 26.)

Evastria carneola, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 228 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 312.

Erastria biplaga, Wlk. xii. 809 (1857).

Head and thorax white mixed with dark reddish brown; palpi

black-brown, whitish in front towards base ; pectus and legs white,

the fore tibiz and tarsi black-brown ringed with white; abdomen

white mixed with some brown, the crests black-brown. Fore wing

grey tinged with pinkish and rufous; the antemedial area obliquely

from costa te inner margin at postmedial line dark brown mixed

with reddish brown leaving some diffused white at base, a truncate

triangular dark brown patch on costa from middle to near apex

extending to lower angle of cell; subbasal line represented by an

oblique whitish striga from costa, a minute subbasal streak of raised

black scales below the cell; antemedial line indistinct, double filled

in with whitish, oblique, sinuous; orbicular represented by an

oblique black striga on its outer edge; reniform irrorated with

grey and defined by black at sides; postmedial line indistinctly

double filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then with three short black streaks beyond it, then minutely

dentate and produced to black points on the veins, incurved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

white, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to

tornus ; a terminal series of dark strie slightly defined by white on

inner side; cilia whitish tinged with rufous. Hind wing white

tinged with red-brown except on costal area; a fine dark terminal

line; cilia white tinged with red-brown at base; the underside

white slightly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule, curved

minutely waved postmedial line, and traces of subterminal line.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 1 3 , Manitoba, Assiniboine R. (Russell),

36,22; U.S.A., East of Rocky Mts., Massachusetts (Burg),

1 ¢, Beverley, 2 5,1 9, New York (Doubleday, Packard), 8 6,

4 9 type, Garrison (Cockerell), 2 g, Illinois, 1 g. Eup. 26-

30 millim.

Larva. Coquillett, Papilio, i. p. 7.

Green, the subdorsal space tinged with blackish ; white sub-

dorsal and stigmatal lines and rows of white dots between. Head

ereen, Food-plant: Yellow Dock.—H. G. D.

5796. Lithacodia apicosa. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 27.)

Phytometra apicosa, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 261 (1809); Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iii. p. 119; Wood, Ind. Ent. p. 74, pl. 17. f. 425; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 311.

Erastria ngritula, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 229, pl. x. f. 7 (1852).

Miana undulifera, Wik. ix. 258 (1856).

Head and thorax fuscous black mixed with some grey; antenne

ringed with grey; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen black mixed

with white towards base and with slight white segmental lines;

2m 2

a2 NOCTUIDA.

the crests black, the ventral surface white tinged with rufous.

Fore wing fuscous black tinged and irrorated with grey, the terminal

area white tinged with pink; a tuft of white scales at base; sub-

basal line black defined on outer side by some brown and white

scales, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black

defined on each side by some whitish scales, angled inwards at

vein 1, the claviform represented by a black mark on its outer edge ;

orbicular and reniform with brown centres and whitish annuli

defined by black, the former round, the latter oblique elliptical

with whitish lunule in centre; postmedial line black defined on

outer side by pinkish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, strongly incurved below vein 4, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pinkish defined on

inner side by a red-brown band from the black costal area to

inner margin and on outer side by a black spot at middle,

then by some red-brown suffusion ; a terminal series of small black

lunules defined on inner side by pinkish ; cilia chequered pinkish

and fuscous, with a black line at middle, wholly pinkish towards

apex. Hind wing yellowish white irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal

band; a terminal series of black lunules from below apex to sub-

median fold ; cilia whitish with a dark line at middle from apex to

submedian fold ; the underside white slightly irrorated with black,

the costal area tinged with ochreous, a black discoidal lunule,

curved postmedial line, and traces of a diffused subterminal band.

with blackish patches at costa and discal and submedian folds.

Hab. Canapa (Norman), 1 g ; U.S.A., Eastern and Central

States, Massachusetts (Bury), 1 3, Beverley,1 5,1 2, Cambridge

(Boll), 1 3g, New York (Osten-Sucken, Packar d),3 3,1 @, Evans

Center (Go ore 2 Oe Pennsylvania, 1 @, Florida, St. John’s Bluff

(Doubleday), 3 9, types nigritula and undulifera; Cusa. . Herp.

26-32 millim.

5797. Lithacodia minuta.

Celena minuta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 276, pl. 27. f. 2 (1889).

6. Head and thorax creamy white; palpi with the 2nd joint

brownish at sides; antenne brown; tegule with faint brownish

medial line; patagia fuscous at extremities ; tibie and tarsi banded

with fuscous ; abdomen white irrorated with fuscous towards ex-

tremity, the crests black, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing rufous

with a silvery gloss, the basal area and medial costal area irrorated

with black and tinged with leaden grey; a bright red subbasal

mark in cell; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with

whitish and defined by whitish on inner side, very minutely waved

to median nervure, then excurved; orbicular white tinged with

rufous, very oblique and extending to well below the cell ; reniform

with whitish annulus, small, elliptical; a faint dentate medial line

LITHACODIA. Hoo

from cell to inner margin; postmedial line black, strongly excurved

beyond the cell and dentate at veins 2 and 1; subterminal line

brownish, closely approximated to the postmedial line, strongly

dentate at discal and submedian folds, the area beyond it becoming

silvery white towards termen; a rufous line just before termen

angled inwards at discal and submedian folds so as almost to divide

up the subterminal area into three rounded patches; a triangular

red mark on termen at discal fold followed by a line to tornus ;

cilia rufous, chequered with black at middle. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white, the veins, costal and terminal areas suffused with

‘reddish brown; cilia white, tinged with rufous at apex; the under-

side with the costal area suffused with red, a dark discoidal spot,

indistinct postmedial line excurved at vein 6, and rufous terminal

line.

Hab. Guarrmana, Volean de Atitlan (Champion), 1 3 type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. Hyp. 20 millim.

*5798. Lithacodia editha. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 28.)

Eustrotia editha, Schaus, Trans. Am. Unt. Soc. xxx, p. 154 (1904).

@. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with blackish ; palpi

with pale band at base of drd joint; two black points between

antenne ; tegule with blackish lines near base and tips; patagia

with black annuli at middle and black tips; meso- and metathorax

with paired black spots ; pectus and legs white tinged with rufous,

the tarsi blackish ringed with white: abdomen whitish suffused

with rufous. Fore wing with the basal half bright rufous mixed

with some fuscous and white, its outer edge slightly incurved ;

subbasal line double, black filled in with pale pink, waved, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, black filled in with

pale pink, waved, slightly angled outwards below costa; orbicular

defined by black, small, round; medial line blackish, slightly ex-

curved, incurved at submedian fold; terminal half white almost

wholly suffused with pale olive-brown, except in and above end of

cell; reniform defined by some brown points; an incurved olive

band from lower angle of cell to inner margin; a postmedial olive

band, with slight blackish marks on it beyond the cell, bent out-

wards and almost obsolete below costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, defined by white on outer side on inner half, some white

points beyond it on costa with minute black streaks between them

before the subterminal curved white line which is defined on inner

side by an olive band ; a terminal series of black points from apex to

vein 4 with a lunulate black patch on termen and cilia at discal fold ;

cilia pale olive. Hind wing whitish suffused with cupreous brown ;

a terminal series of dark spots from apex to vein 4; cilia whitish

tinged with red towards apex. Underside of fore wing with the

costal area fiery red ; hind wing whitish, the costal area and veins

beyond the cell suffused with fiery red, the costal area and terminal

534 NOCTUID A,

area to vein 2 slightly irrorated with brown, a small brown dis-

coidal spot, curved rather diffused postmedial and subterminal lines,

a terminal series of lunulate black spots from apex to vein 2 and a

line in submedian interspace.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus), type t 2 in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Exp. 24 millim.

5799. Lithacodia melanostigma. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 29.)

Erastria melanostigma, Hmpsn. Moths Ind, ii. p. 302 (1894).

@. Head and thorax whitish suffused with ochreous brown,

the tips of patagia with some black scales; palpi blackish with

white tips; legs with blackish mixed, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish mixed with brown, the crests black. Fore wing

whitish suffused with ochreous brown and irrorated with a few

black scales, the inner half of medial area velvety black; subbasal

line represented by small obliquely placed black spots on costa and

in cell; antemedial line with two black points at costa, then whitish

obsolescent and oblique to median nervure with a black point on it

in cell, then pure white and inwardly oblique; claviform and

orbicular absent; reniform a very indistinct whitish ]unule with

some black scales on it; some white suffusion on terminal part of

median nervure and beyond the cell; a black striga from middle of

costa; postmedial line represented by two black points on costa

with some white suffusion below them, below vein 6 double, black

filled in with white, very minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then

ineurved ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by black

suffusion from costa to vein 3, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4,3;

a terminal series of slight dark striz; cilia whitish mixed with

fuscous, mostly white towards tornus. Hind wing brown with a

golden gloss ; cilia whitish with a brown line through them; the

underside whitish tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown,

a blackish discoidal point, simuous postmedial line, and fine

terminal line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis (Elwes), 2 2 type, Naga Hills (Doherty),

1 9. Hap. 22 millim.

5800. Lithacodia senex. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 30.)

Erastria senex, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1881, p. 189.

Head white, the palpi, a bar above frons, and antennee blackish ;

thorax black-brown with some white scales, the patagia, pro- and

metathorax with white patches; pectus and legs white tinged with

rufous, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen white suffused with

rufous, the crests black. Fore wing white tinged with olive-brown ;

the basal costal area black irrorated with white scales, a black band

from it to inner margin, angled inwards on vein | and outwards

above inner margin ; the subbasal line represented by a white striga

LITHACODIA. 535

from costa; antemedial line indistinct, black defined on inner side

by white, interrupted at middle, irregularly waved ; the medial area

with black patches irrorated with white from costa to median

nervure and submedian fold to inner margin; claviform pale rufous

defined by white and black below and at extremity; orbicular and

reniform pale rufous with white annuli, the former incompletely

defined by black, round, the latter faintly defined by brown,

lunulate; postmedial line represented by a black striga from costa

and incurved striga from vein 1 to inner margin, between those

points hardly traceable, dentate, incurved below vein 4, some white

points with slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa ;

a black apical patch angled inwards below costa; subterminal line

white, angled outwards at vein 7, then diffused and indistinct, ex-

curved at middle, a short black streak beyond it below vein 4;

some slight dark striz on termen towards apex; cilia with some

black at apex, middle, and tornus. Hind wing reddish brown ; the

cilia white with a dark line through them; the underside white

slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, and curved

minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Javan, Tokio (Maries), 1 @ type, Nagasaki (Leech), 1 ¢,

Yokohama (Pryer),3 $,2 92. Hwxp. 28-30 millim.

5801. Lithacodia deceptoria.

Phalena deceptoria, Scop. Ent. Carn. p. 214 (1763); Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 231.

Phalena tineodes, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 412 (1767); id. Naturf. ix.

p. 188 (1776); Scriba, Beitr. iii. pl. 13. f.6; View. Tab. Verz. ii. p. 83,

jolly Us te “te

Noctua atratula, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 89 (1776); Hutbn. Hur. Schmett.,

Noet. f. 296; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. ii. p. 563, pl. 47. f. 8; Frr. Neue

Beitr. pl. 693. f. 2.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some white scales, the

metathorax mostly white; palpi white at base; tarsi black ringed

with white; abdomen white mixed with black-brown, the crests

black. Fore wing black-brown, the inner half of basal area and

the postmedial area white; subbasal line represented by a white

striga from costa; antemedial line black defined on imner side by a

white band on the dark costal area, excurved and slightly sinuous ;

claviform represented by a white point; orbicular with white

annulus defined by black except on inner side where it is confluent

with the white antemedial band, round; reniform with white

annulus incompletely defined by black, its centre also defined by

black ; postmedial line black, irregularly dentate, oblique from costa

to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and

angled outwards at vein 1, a dark spot beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line white, strong towards costa, defined on inner side by

a brown patch on costal area with a white point on costa, then by

some brown suffusion, slightly angled inwards below costa and at

discal and submedian folds and excurved at middle; a terminal

536 NOCTUID &.

series of blackish points; cilia brown mixed with whitish, a dark

line at middle, the tips chequered with white. Hind wing white

suffused with cupreous brown, a slight dark discoidal lunule, traces

of curved postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side and a

dark terminal line; cilia white with a brown line near base, a

series of brown spots at tips from apex to vein 2, and some brown

scales at vein 1; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown,

a blackish discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, subterminal

band from costa to termen at vein 1 expanding into patehes at

costa and discal fold, and terminal line.

Hab. France, Sand and Leech Colls.; Grrmany, Zeller and Frey

Colls.; Austrra, Leech Coll. ; Huneary, Leech Coll. ; Swirzertann,

Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Iraty; Russta, Urals; W. Srperia,

Altai; E. Srperia, Amur; N. Curna. Lap. 26-30 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 285; Hffm. Raup. p. 143, pl. 36.

f, 14.

Green, paler above with a dark dorsal line, a white subdorsal line,

and yellowish lateral line. Food-plants: Grasses.

5802. Lithacodia nemorum.

Erastria nemorum, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 82, pl. iv. f. 2 (1880); Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 231.

Hrastria africana, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 525 (nec Feld.).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some grey; pectus and

legs greyer, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey suf-

fused with fuscous brown, the crests blackish. Fore wing reddish

brown irrorated with black and suffused with purplish grey ; sub-

basal line represented by slight black striz from costa and cell ;

antemedial line black, dentate, erect ; claviform small, defined by

biack and with slight white annulus; orbicular and reniform small

with greyish centres and white annuli defined by black, the former

round, the latter strongly constricted at middle, its outer edge

incompletely defined ; postmedial line blackish, oblique from costa

to vein 6, then minutely dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4;

postmedial area white extending to inner side of postmedial line

beyond the cell, some blackish points on costa; subterminal line

white, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at discal

and submedian folds; a terminal series of black striz; cilia blackish

mixed with some white. Hind wing greyish suffused with cupreous

brown; a slight dark terminal line; cilia whitish with a brown

line near base; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, the

costal and apical areas suffused with red-brown, a black discoidal

striga, and indistinct postmedial line strongly excurved at middle.

Hab, Hi. Stperia, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer),

23,1 9, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 g ; Corra, Gensan (Leech), 2 S,

19. Hep. 24-26 millim.

LITHACODIA. DOM

*5803. Lithacodia benita. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 31.)

Tarache benita, Schaus, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 160 (1904).

@. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black and a few

white scales ; palpi whitish in front; tibize and tarsi black ringed

with white; abdomen black-brown with slight whitish segmental

rings. Fore wing black-brown mixed with some red and grey to

reniform and below it to postmedial line, then white to beyond

postmedial line, the terminal area pale brown; subbasal line black

slightly defined by white on inner side, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold in which there is a short ochreous streak before it;

antemedial line black defined by whitish on inner side, minutely

waved and inwardly oblique, slightly excurved below costa and

submedian fold ; orbicular a minute ochreous spot defined by black ;

reniform white incompletely defined by black, rather concave to-

wards base; a diffused dentate black medial line, oblique from

costa to below reniform; postinedial line with brown spot at costa,

oblique to vein 6, then double, the inner line black and waved, in-

curved below vein 5, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line white with some red suffusion before it below costa,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, with a black patch from it to

termen at discal fold; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing dark brown, the cilia white at tips on inner half; the

underside paler brown with some whitish irroration in and beyond

cell, a small discoidal spot, indistinct postmedial line excurved to

vein 5, then oblique, and a terminal series of dark spots with white

spots before them except towards apex.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana (D. Jones), type T 2 in U.S. Nat.

Mus. Hap. 24 millim.

5804. Lithacodia normalis, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 32.)

@. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with reddish brown and

fuscous ; palpi black, whitish at base in front; fore tibize and tarsi

banded black and white; abdomen grey-white irrorated with brown.

Fore wing purplish red mixed with grey and irrorated with black,

the inner area grey-white to submedian fold w:th some greenish

below base of cell, the terminal area grey-white except at apex

interrupted by a blackish streak below vein 4; subbasal line repre-

sented by a slight black striga from costa; traces of a black ante-

medial line; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former

round, the latter elliptical; an indistinct blackish medial shade ;

postmedial line double, the outer line obsolescent on the white area,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some slight whitish points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by black suffusion

except on the white area where it is obsolescent, angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of minute black

538 NOCTUID

lunules ; cilia black and white on apical half, mostly white towards

tornus. Hind wing white suffused with brown; cilia white with

a fuscous line through them; the underside ochreous white irro-

rated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot, curved minutely waved

postmedial line, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. Trsnsvaat, Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 2 type. Hap.

24 millim,

5805. Lithacodia larentiformis. (Plate CLXV. fig. 1.)

Erastria cidarioides, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 142 (1882), nee id. p. 110, pl. iv.

if Ob

Erastria larentiformis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 301 (1894).

Q. Head and thorax blackish mixed with red-brown and grey ;

tarsi banded black and white; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous,

the crests blackish. Fore wing black-brown mixed with rufous

and grey, the postmedial area Cane from vein 6 to inner margin ;

aration dell line black defined on inner side by ochreous below costa

and cell and by white from submedian fold to inner margin,

waved; orbicular and reniform with faint grey annuli dened, by

black, ‘the former round, the latter somewhat constricted at

middle; an indistinct sinuous black line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; postmedial line double, black filled in with ochreous

towards costa and with white below vein 6, oblique from costa to

vein 6 where it is angled outwards, stightly angled outwards at

veins 4, 5, then incurved, some whitish points bey ond it on costa ;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by black towards costa

and with a short black streak before it below vein 4, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; terminal area brown, blackish at apex; a

terminal series of black strise; cilia fuscous with a white line

through them. Hind wing whitish almost wholly suffused with

fuscous brown ; a terminal series of black striw slightly defined by

white on inner side; cilia whitish with a series of fuscous points at

tips; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area

faintly tinged with purplish pink, a black discoidal spot and

minutely waved excurved postmedial line slightly angled at discal

fold.

Hab. Sixurm (Lidderdale, Atkinson), 3 9 type. Hap. 30 millim.

*5806. Lithacodia glaucopis. (Plate CLXV. fig. 2.)

Evastria glaucopis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 802 (1894).

Q. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous in front ;

fore tibiz and tarsi brownish, the latter ringed with white; abdomen

ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey-white tinged

in parts with ochreous, the costal area suffused with black-brown

narrowing to apex, the medial area suffused with black-brown ; an

indistinet waved dark antemedial line ; claviform absent; orbicular

represented by a diffused blackish patch, the reniform by a rounded

LITHACODIA. 539

grey patch slightly defined on inner side by black, undefined on

outer; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with whitish,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa, the

dark costal area beyond it tinged with rufous at middle ; subterminal

line represented by a grey striga from costa on the dark area; a

smal] round black spot on termen below vein 4; cilia with a brown

line at middle and some black scales at tips beyond the terminal

spot. Hind wing reddish brown; the cilia whitish with a brown

line through them from apex to vein 2; the underside whitish

slightly irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal lunule, curved

crenulate postmedial line, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Stxutm (Moller), type T 2 in Coll. Rothschild. Hxp.

24 millim.

5807. Lithacodia fasciana.

Tortrix fasciana, Linn. Faun. Suee. p. 342 (1761); Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 231.

ieee eS Schaff. Icones, Ins. ii. pl. 179. ff. 4, 5 (1769), nec Clerck.

Noctua fuscula, Schitf. Wien. Verz. p. ae Borkh. Eur. Schmett.

iy. p. 192 (1792); Hiibn. Hur. Schmett., Noct. f. 297 (1802); Dup. Lép.

Ise, Wile Flo tb jos GAM), ql, Ws} ie Ie Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii.

p. 119; Curt. Brit. Ent. p. 356.

Noctua polygramma, Esp. Schmett, iv. pl. 146. f. 7 (1790).

Noctua preduncula, Borkh. Kur. Schmett. iv. p. 175 (1792).

Bryophila guenet, Fallou, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1864, pp. 27, 688, pl. 1. f. 3

Head and thorax blackish mixed with white and some red-brown ;

tarsi whitish banded with black; abdomen blackish mixed with

white, the dorsal crests black. Fore wing olive-brown mixed with

red-brown, grey and black, the postmedial and terminal areas

whitish except towards costa; subbasal line indistinct, blackish

defined on outer side by whitish, waved, from costa to vein 1; ante-

medial line double filled in with whitish, waved, rather oblique;

claviform defined by whitish and black at extremity ; orbicular and

reniform with whitish annuli defined by black, the former round,

the latter with slight white lunule in centre, some black in cell

between them and beyond lower extremity of latter; an oblique

waved black line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post-

medial line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish towards

costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa,

subterminal line white, defined on inner side by a black patch on

costal area, then by some olive suffusion, angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved and minutely waved at middle; a terminal series of small

black lunules, obsolescent towards tornus; cilia chequered brown

and white at tips. Hind wing whitish wholly suffused with brown ;

a fine dark terminal line; cilia white with a dark line at middle

and series of brown spots at tips from apex to vein 2; the under-

side white irrorated with brown, the apical area tinged with rufous,

540 NOCTUIDZ.

a small dark discoidal spot and indistinct curved minutely waved

postmedial line.

Ab. 1. guenet. Fore wing with the postmedial and terminal

areas not white.

Hab. Brirain, Leech Coll.; Francz, Leech Coll.; Germany,

Zeller and Frey Colls.; Ausrrra; Huneary; Swirzertanp, Frey

Coll.; Spain, Catalonia, Bilbao; Porrugan; Corsica; Irany;

Denmark; Roussta; Anmenta; Asta Minor, Bithynia; Persia,1 6,

1 2; W. Siszrra, Altai; E. Srpprta, Ussuri; Japan, Nagasaki

(Leech), 1 $, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 3, Nikko (Maries, Jonas), 2 3,

1 9; Corsa. Hap. 24-30 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 164; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 202, pl. 248. f. 2.

Pale yellowish ; dorsal line reddish or greenish; subbasal line

brown ; lateral line reddish or greenish ; spiracular line reddish ;

head pale yellow irrorated with red. Food-plant: Molinia cerulea.

8-9.

5808. Lithacodia stygia.

Erastria stygia, Butl. A. M. N.H. (5) i. p. 199 (1878); id. Ill. Het. B. M.

ui. p. 20, pl. 46. f.2; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 231.

Head and thorax black mixed with some brown and white;

tarsi banded black and white; abdomen fuscous and white, the

crests blackish. Fore wing black-brown with some red and white

scales mixed, the postmedial area below vein 3 and the terminal

area below vein 5 with more white; subbasal line blackish

slightly defined by white on inner side, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line indistinct, slightly defined by white

on inner side, oblique, waved; claviform faintly defined by black

and white at extremity; orbicular and reniform small, with white

annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter constricted

at middle; an indistinct curved medial line; postmedial line

defined by white on outer side, strongly at costa and below

vein 4, bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved below

vein 4 and excurved at vein 1, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of small black lunules, defined on inner

side by white except at apex; cilia with a dark line at middle,

chequered fuscous and white at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown ;

cilia whitish with a dark line at middle and chequered with fuscous

at tips; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, the costal

and terminal areas tinged with purplish red, a small discoidal spot,

postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins, and terminal

series of strive.

Hab. Javan, Kaushiu, 1 g, Tokio (Maries),2 3,1 9, Yokohama

(Jonas, Pryer), 4 3,4 2 type; Corns, Gensan (Leech), 1 3,2 2 ;

C. Cuina, Ichang (Hobson), 1 9 ; W. Cains, Chow-pin-sa, 1 g,

19. Hep. 24-32 millim.

LITHACODIA. 541

5809. Lithacodia muscosula. (Plate CLXV. fig. 3.)

Erastria muscosula, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 280 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 311.

3. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown; palpi with

the 2nd and 3rd joints black, white at tips; fore tarsi banded with

black; abdomen white irrorated with brown, the crests blackish.

Fore wing white mostly suffused with olive-green and irrorated

with black, the postmedial area white except towards costa, the

terminal area white tinged with fuscous ; subbasal line represented

by blackish strize from costa and cell; antemedial line indistinctly

double filled in with white, oblique, waved ; claviform defined by

white at extremity; orbicular and reniform with white annuli, the

former round, the latter constricted at middle ; some black suffusion

between them and a black spot on costa; an oblique sinuous line

from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double

filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved

at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line white, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of black striae; cilia with a dark line

through them. Hind wing white, the inner half slightly suffused

with brown; a terminal series of blackish striz and dark line

through the cilia; the underside white irrorated with a few black

scales, a black discoidal spot and indistinct yostmedial line excurved

from below costa to vein 3.

@. Hind wing more uniformly tinged with brown.

Hab. Canada (Norman), 1 6S, Renfrew Co., 1 9; U.S.A.,

Eastern, Middle, and Central States, New York (Packard, Grote),

23,5 9, Evans Center (Grote), 1 g, Trenton Falls (Doubleday),

1 ¢, Distr. of Columbia, Ohio, 2 9. Hap. 26-30 millim.

5810. Lithacodia falsa. (Plate CLXV. fig. 4.)

Miana falsa, But]. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 132 (1885).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white; antenne

ringed black and white ;-fore tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the crests blackish. Fore

wing black irrorated with white, the postmedial area below vein 3

and the terminal area below vein 5 whiter ; subbasal Jine indistinct,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, slightly

defined by white on inner side, waved; orbicular and reniform with

white annuli, the former round, the latter figure-of-S-shaped ; traces

of a diffused black medial line; postmedial line double filled in with

white, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line whitish, angled inwards below costa, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black striz slightly

542 NOCTUIDZ.

defined by white on inner side. Hind wing whitish suffused with

fuscous brown; a slight dark terminal line; cilia whitish; the

underside white slightly irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal

spot, curved postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins, and

terminal series of striae.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more ochreous brown and without white suf-

fusion beyond postmedial line.

Hab. Javan, Hakone (Leech), 2 9, Yokohama ee yer, Manley),

5 6,4 9 type; C. Cuina, Shanghai (Pryer), 1 9. Eup. 24—

30 muillim,

5811. Lithacodia atrata.

Fs atrata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 188; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

231.

Dente sidemiata, Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 25, pl. iii. f. 6 (1884).

Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with grey; pectus

and legs paler, the tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen brown

mixed with greyish. Fore wing dark greyish brown with a slight

cupreous gloss ; traces of a dark subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line brown, minutely waved, oblique ;

orbicular very indistinctly defined by brown, small, round; reni-

form a narrow white lunule indistinctly defined by brown with

some white points beyond it and white suffusion above it on costa ;

traces of an oblique sinuous medial line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by white

towards costa and inner margin and by white points on the veins

at middle, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below

vein 4,some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

represented by a minutely dentate white bar from costa, then by

slight dentate dark marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a terminal series of slight dark lunules ; cilia with a fine pale line

at base and some whitish at tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with

cupreous brown; cilia whitish with a brown line through them;

the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot,

indistinct curved postmedial line, and fine terminal line.

Hab. EB. Srperia, Ussuri, 1 2 ; Japan, Oiwake oe yo > (Cie

1 2, Tokio (Marzes), 1 Q ‘ty pe, Yokohama (Ezyen); VO Hage

26-28 millim.

5812. Lithacodia distinguenda.

Erastria distinguenda, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlix. p. 265 (1888) ; id. Rom.

Mém. vi. p. 564, pl. 11. f. 2; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 231.

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with white; tarsi banded

brown and white; abdomen brown and white with white seg-

mental rings, the crests blackish. Fore wing brown with some

rufous and white scales mixed; subbasal line represented by

blackish strie from costa and cell; antemedial line blackish,

LITHACODIA. 543

sinuous; claviform defined by black and white at extremity ;

orbicular and reniform with white annuli defined at sides by black,

the former round, the latter open above and below and somewhat

constricted at middle, a black streak between them in lower part of

cell; medial line represented by an oblique striga from costa and

oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line blackish slightly defined by white on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, ineurved

and sinuous below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line white with black streaks before it in the inter-

spaces below costa and at middle, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal

series of small black lunules shghtly defined by white on inner side,

the mark below vein 4 forming a short black streak; cilia with

dark line at middle, chequered brown and white at tips. Hind

wing cupreous brown, the cilia with brown line through them ; the

underside white irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, and

curved rather punctiform postmedial line.

Hab. EK. Srperia, Ussuri; Japan, Kiushiu, 1 3, Nagasaki

(Leech), 1 3, Shimonoseki (Leech), 1 2, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 3,

1 2 ; Corea, Gensan (Leech), 1 ¢ ; C. Cura, Ichang (Ars. Pratt),

1 9. Hap. 24—26 millim.

5813. Lithacodia syggenes, n. sp. (Plate CLXV. fig. 5.)

g. Head and thorax black mixed with some grey and reddish;

pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous white mixed with fuscous, the

tarsi banded with blackish. Fore wing black-brown mixed with

grey, ochreous, and rufous ; subbasal line represented by a black

striga from costa; antemedial line double, black filled in with greyish,

erect, sinuous ; claviform represented by an oblique black and grey

striga at its extremity ; orbicular with brown centre and greyish

annulus defined by black, its lower extremity rather produced ;

reniform whitish obscurely defined by black, its centre defined by

brown and with a black mark near inner edge, slightly angled

inwards on median neryure; traces of a diffused incurved blackish

line trom lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line

double filled in with ochreous and defined on outer side by ochreous

and white from vein 4 to inner margin, bent outwards below costa,

then minutcly waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

whitish striae beyond it from costa; subterminal line whitish,

excurved below vein 7, angled inwards at discal fold, then excurved

aud waved; a terminal series of minute black lunules; cilia

blackish at base, chequered black and yellowish at tips. Hind wing

yellowish white irrorated with a few black scales; a small dis-

coidal spot, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of slight

lunules; cilia whitish mixed with blackish and with black line

through them; the underside whitish irrorated with black-brown,

544 NOCTUID®.

the terminal area tinged with rufous, the discoidal black spot larger,

the postmedial line crenulate, an indistinct diffused subterminal

line.

Hab. S.E. Peru, Agualani (Ockenden), 23 type. xp. 26

millim.

5814. Lithacodia onytes. (Plate CLXV. fig. 6.)

Tarache onytes, Schaus, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 240 (1894).

6. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some white ; tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen white irrorated with brown, the crests

black, the ventral surface blackish. Fore wing black-brown with

a bronze gloss and irrorated with white ; subbasal line represented

by a whitish point on costa; antemedial line indistinct, whitish,

oblique, sinuous; claviform represented by a small white spot

defined by black at its extremity; orbicular and reniform with

faint whitish annuli incompletely defined at sides by black, the

former oblique, the latter angled inwards on median nervure ;

traces of an oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique,

some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

whitish, slightly defined on each side by blackish, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of slight black lunules;

cilia black-brown mixed with whitish and with a dark line through

them. Hind wing white irrorated with reddish brown especially

on terminal area, a slight discoidal bar, postmedial line excurved to

vein 4, then oblique, and dark terminal line; cilia white with a

dark line through them ; the underside thickly irrorated with brown,

a dark discoidal spot and evenly curved postmedial line.

Hab. Braziz, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1 g$. Hap. 28 millim.

5815. Lithacodia confusa. (Plate CLXV. fig. 7.)

Erastria confusa, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 143.

©. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown; tarsi

brown with pale rings; abdomen ochreous mixed with brown, the

crests blackish. Fore wing red-brown irrorated with greyish

ochreous, the medial area except towards costa and the postmedial

area rather darker; antemedial line dark, defined on inner side by

greyish, erect, waved; orbicular with greyish annulus slightly

defined by brown, round; reniform greyish slightly defined by

brown, its centre also defined by brown; medial line oblique from

costa to reniform, oblique and sinuous from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

greyish defined on inner side by dark brown, angled outwards at

LITHACODIA. 545

vein 7 and excurved at middle, a terminal series of minute dark

lunules ; cilia greyish ochreous with a dark line at middle, the tips

chequered with brown. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-

brown except on costal area; a fine brown terminal line; cilia

whitish with a slight brown line near base; the underside whitish

irrorated with red-brown, a dark discoidal point and traces of

curved minutely waved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. W. Curna, Pu-tsu-fang, 2 2 type. Exp. 30 millim.

*5816, Lithacodia clandestina. (Plate CLXV. fig. 8.)

Erastria clandestina, Turner, P, Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxxiv. p. 349 (1909).

3. Head and thorax red-brown with a cupreous gloss; pectus

whitish ; abdomen whitish mixed with red-brown, the crests red-

brown. Fore wing red-brown with a cupreous gloss; subbasal

line represented by a red-brown striga from costa; antemedial line

double, angled outwards in eell, then sinuous; orbicular and

reniform with slight whitish annuli, the former round, the latter

elliptical, an oblique whitish streak from it to termen at vein 4;

an indistinct sinuous medial line; postmedial line double filled in

with whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved and

slightly waved below vein 4; subterminal line slight, whitish,

angled outwards to termen at veins 7, 6, 4, 3 and incurved at discal

and submedian folds; a terminal series of red-brown strize with

white points at the veins. Hind wing greyish suffused with red-

brown; a terminal series of red-brown strie with white points at

the veins; cilia pale rufous; the underside whitish irrorated with

red-brown, a brown discoidal point.

Hab. Qunrnstann, Kuranda (Dodd), type + ¢ in Coll. Turner,

Exp. 16 millim.

0817. Lithacodia brunnea.

Erastria bruanea, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 527, pl. 53. £. 2.

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white mixed with red-

brown ; palpi blackish at sides; fore tibie and tarsi blackish with

pale rings; abdomen with the basal crests blackish. Fore wing

ochreous white irrorated and suffused with red-brown; subbasal

line represented by slight black points on costa and in cell; ante-

medial line very indistinct, whitish defined by brown on inner side,

waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold; claviform faintly

defined by whitish at extremity; orbicular and reniform with

whitish annuli, the former round, the latter filled in with brown

and somewhat dilated below ; an oblique brown medial shade from

costa to median nervure; some brown suffusion beyond the cell

and a brownish streak in submedian fold on medial area; post-

medial line white defined on outer side by dark brown, obliaue

from costa to vein 6, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4,

some whitish points beyond it on costa; an apical patch of dark

VOL. X. 2N

546 NOCTUID 2.

suffusion ; subterminal line white defined on inner side by small

dark marks from vein 5 to inner margin, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a terminal series of small blackish lunules shghtly

defined by whitish on inner side; cilia ochreous, dark at tips. Hind

wing ochreous wholly suffused with reddish brown; cilia ochreous

white ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal point and terminal series of points.

Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Manley, Pryer), 2 3, 6Q type.

Kap. 18-24 millim.

5818. Lithacodia numisma.

Erastria numisma, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlix. p. 265 (1888); id. Rom.

Mém. vi. p. 564, pl. xi. f. 3; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 231.

Erastria olivacea, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 526, pl. 53. f. 1.

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish white mixed with olive-

brown and blackish ; palpi black at sides, the 3rd joint yellow with

a black band; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen with pale

segmental lines, the crests blackish. Fore wing yellowish white

suffused with olive-brown, especially on medial and postmedial areas,

and irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by a yellowish

striga from costa ; antemedial line blackish defined on inner side

by pale yellow, interrupted below costa, and angled inwards at

vein 1; claviform and orbicular with white annuli defined by

black, confluent at median nervure and forming a figure-of-8-

shaped mark ; reniform with vellowish centre defined by blackish

and white annulus defined by black, constricted at middle; a

diffused medial black patch on costa and shade from vein 2 to inner

margin; postmedial line black defined by whitish on outer side,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; a

blackish apical patch; subterminal line white, minutely dentate,

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal

series of slight dark striz; cilia yellow with blackish tips and with

dark patches with black lines through them at apex and middle,

Hind wing golden brown; the cilia yellowish white with a dark

line through them and blackish points at tips from apex to vein 2;

the underside yellowish white irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal spot, curved minutely waved postmedial line, and fine black

terminal line.

Hab. E. Sreuria, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer), 2 3 type

olivacea, Yokohama (Manley), 2 3, 12; Corna, Gensan (Leech),

29. Hep. 20-26 millim.

5819. Lithacodia nivata. (Plate CLXV. fig. 9.)

Erastria nivata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 141.

Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown ; palpi blackish,

white at base; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen ochreous

LITHACODIA. Sele

white tinged with brown, the crests blackish. Fore wing white

mostly suffused with olive-brown and irrorated with black ; subbasal

line represented by a slight' white striga from costa ; a white fascia

on median nervure expanding into a patch above vein 2; antemedial

line black defined by white on inner side, oblique, waved; claviform

white with slight brown centre, defined by black except above

where it is confluent with the white fascia ; orbicular with brown

centre and white annulus defined by black on outer side, round ;

reniform white with some olive in centre, defined by black at sides,

constricted at middle; a blackish patch on middle of costa and

oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post-

medial line black with slight white streaks before it on the veins,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa and a

white band, dentate below vein 6 and defining the black lunules on

inner side of the slight white subterminal line which is angled out-

wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a large black apical patch

and some blackish at middle of termen ; a terminal series of minute

black lunules; cilia white with series of black spots at tips and

some blackish at apex, middle, and tornus. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown ; a fine dark terminal line; cilia white with a

brown line through them and brown spots at tips; the underside

white irrorated with olive-brown, a black discoidal spot and curved

minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Caina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 3,1 2 type. Exp. 28

millim.

*5820. Lithacodia penthis. (Plate CLXV. fig. 10.)

Eustrotia penthis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 154 (1904).

3. Head black-brown, the frons and vertex with whitish

patches; palpi ochreous at base and at base of 5rd joint; thorax

ochreous, the tegulz with blackish medial band, the upper edge of

patagia and prothoracic crest blackish ; fore tibiz and tarsi banded

with brown; abdomen ochreous irrorated with black, the crests

black. Fore wing olive-brown suffused with black; an elliptical

ochreous patch on inner area from base of costa to middle, defined

by black suffusion above and with fuscous mark on inner margin

near base; traces of a waved black antemedial line; orbicular

ochreous defined by black, small and rather elliptical; reniform

white defined by black and with some ochreous in centre, angled

inwards on median nervure; an indistinct sinuous black medial

line ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved; the postmedial area without black suffusion except

on costal area and with some whitish points on costa; subterminal

line white, rather diffused towards inuer margin, minutely dentate,

defined on outer side by rather dentate black marks between veins

2n 2

a4t8 NOCTUID R.

5 and 2; a terminal series of black striw; cilia white at base,

brown at tips. Hind wing pale ochreous tinged with brown; a

slight brown terminal line; cilia white at base, brown at tips;

the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a brown dis-

coidal lunule and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara (Schaus), typeT ¢ in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Exp. 24 miliim.

*5821. Lithacodia binorbis. (Plate CLXV. fig. 11.)

Erastria binorbis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. 1. p. 379 (1902).

@. Head and thorax white, the base of tegule and tips of

patagia and metathorax blackish; palpi black, the extremity of

2nd joint whitish ; fore tibie and tarsi black ringed with white;

abdomen ochreous mixed with red-brown, the crests blackish. Fore

wing white tinged with rufous and irrorated with purplish fuscous ;

some purplish on base of inner margin; subbasal line black, curved,

from costa to vein 1; antemedial line black, double on inner area,

angled outwards below costa and exeurved below cell; claviform

defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish defined by black,

the former elongate elliptical, the latter oblique elliptical ; an oblique

purplish fuscous medial shade; postmedial line double except on

inner area, bent outwards below costa, oblique to discal fold, then

incurved and outwardly oblique to inner margin, some whitish

points with slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa;

subterminal line whitish, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle; a terminal series of black strive ; cilia chequered greenish

and black. Hind wing red-brown; cilia yellowish white mixed

with brown; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a slight

discoidal point, curved minutely waved postmedial line, and diffused

subterminal line.

Hab. Carp Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 Q type.

Exp. 26 millim,

5822. Lithacodia euchroa,n.sp. (Plate CLXVIIL. fig. 2.)

@. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with yellow-brown,

the metathorax with dark brown patch; 2nd joint of palpi behind

and antenne dark brown; tarsi dark brown with shght whitish

rings; abdomen reddish brown with pale segmental rings, the

ventral surface pale at base. Fore wing ochreous whitish almost

entirely suffused with yellow-brown; a pale patch at base of inner

margin followed by a dark brown patch; a faint pale waved

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line whitish

defined on outer side by dark brown except towards costa, slightly

sinuous, erect; claviform defined by blackish at extremity, with a

small white lunule beyond it; a conical dark brown patch from

middle of costa, with a triangular whitish patch before it from

LITHACODIA. 549

costa to median nervure; reniform silvery grey-white slightly

defined by dark brown and with dark striga in centre, narrow ;

postmedial line double, brown filled in with whitish towards costa,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then bent inwards

to lower edge of reniform and slightly waved to inner margin, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, slightly

excurved below vein 7 and more strongly at middle, a dark patch

beyond it at discal fold; a terminal series of small triangular dark

brown spots. Hind wing whitish, the terminal half suffused with

cupreous brown; an indistinct dark discoidal lunule; cilia paler

with a whitish line at base; the underside whitish, the costal area

and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with red-brown, a dark

brown discoidal lunule, waved postmedial line bent outwards below

costa and inwards at vein 2, and a terminal series of brown lunules

defined on inner side by white from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Durcu N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 9 type. Exp. 22

millim.

*5823. Lithacodia valta. (Plate CLXV. fig. 12.)

Eustrotia walta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 153 (1904).

¢. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed

with some dark brown, especially on thorax behind ; palpi banded

with blackish; frons with lateral blackish bars; tarsi fuscous with

pale rings; abdomen ochreous whitish irrorated with brown, tho

crests black. Fore wing bluish grey suffused in parts with rufous

and black; antemedial line grey defined on inner side by a slight

fuscous line and on outer by a black band, curved and minutely

waved, the black band ending at vein 1 in a wedge-shaped black

mark below the claviform, which is defined above and at extremity

by white produced as a point to postmedial line, with some black

suffusion above it; orbicular white defined by black and with shght

rufous centre, round, a diffused oblique brown bar from it to costa ;

reniform with rufous centre and slight whitish annulus incom-

pletely defined by black, slightly angled inwards on median nervure;

postmedial line double, black filled in with white, obsolescent

towards costa, bent outwards below costa, slightly angled inwards

at discal fold, oblique from vein + to submedian fold and very

slightly excurved at vein 1, some whitish points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line white with oblique black bar beyond it from apex,

defined on inner side by slight black streaks below costa, with

wedge-shaped black mark before it above vein 6 and spot below it

and dentate black marks at middle, angled outwards at vein 7,

inwards in discal fold, and outwards at veins 4,3; a terminal series

of minute black lunules slightly defined by whitish on inner side;

cilia brown at base, chequered blackish and white at tips. Hind

wing reddish brown ; a terminal series of blackish strie ; cilia pale

rufous at base, white with blackish points at tips; the underside.

550 NOCTUIDH.

white irrorated with blackish, a black discoidal spot with diffused

bar above it from costa, a curved minutely waved postmedial line,

and diffused rufous oblique shade from apex.

Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara (Schaus), type t 3 in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Exp. 390 millim.

5824. Lithacodia cenia. (Plate CLXV. fig. 13.),

Metachrostis cenia, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 471 (1901).

©, Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with reddish brown ;

palpi and legs with black scales mixed, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen ochreous white with fuscous bands, the crests blackish.

Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, deeper on costal area, the

medial area suffused with black from costa to median nervure ;

subbasal line represented by black points on costa and median

nervure and a slight streak below vein 1; antemedial line whitish

defined on each side by diffused rufous, minutely waved, oblique

from costa to submedian fold, then erect; an oblique black streak

defined on inner side by white from costa to submedian fold where

it is slightly angled inwards, representing the outer edge of orbicular

and claviform; reniform greyish defined by black, constricted at

middle, and with slight black streaks beyond its lower extremity ;

traces of an oblique rufous line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line double filled in with white, oblique from

costa to vein 6, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some

whitish points with minute black streaks between them beyond it

on costa; suoterminal line white with two small wedge-shaped

black marks before it at middle, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle ; some minute dark striz on termen; cilia pale yellow with

slight fuscous points at tips from below apex to vein 3. Hind wing

ochreous white; the basal area suffused with brown; a blackish

discoidal point, traces of a curved postmedial line, diffused sub-

terminal band, and terminal series of minute black lunules; the

underside yellowish irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot

and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Stxuim (Dudgeon), 1 9; Assam, Khasis, 1 2, Jaintia Hills,

1 2 type. Hp. 26 millim.

5825. Lithacodia squalida.

Hrastria squalida, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 527, pl. 52. f. 9.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown, the head and tegule

with dark brown scales mixed ; legs mostly dark brown, the tarsi

with slight pale rings; abdomen with the crests tipped with

blackish. Fore wing pale red-brown mixed with greyish, the

costal area rather darker except at apex ; subbasal line represented

by a slight pale striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct,

defined by whitish on inner side, angled outwards on median

LITHACODIA. 551

nervure, then inwardly oblique and slightly excurved above inner

margin; claviform absent; orbicular hardly defined except by an

oblique white bar on its outer edge; reniform incompletely defined

by black, constricted at middle; some black suffusion in cell between

the stigmata and as a short diffused streak beyond the reniform in

discal fold ; an incurved blackish shade from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with

whitish, oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 6, incurved below

vein 4, and slightly excurved at vein 1, some slight whitish points

beyond it on costa; faint traces of a pale minutely waved sub-

terminal line with minute blackish streak before it below costa; a

terminal series of minute blackish lunules. Hind wing pale

ochreous brown; cilia whitish with a brown line near base; the

underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot,

curved minutely waved postmedial line, and terminal series of dark

strize.

Hab. Japan, Nagasaki (Leech), 1 9g type; Cerntr. Cina,

Ning-po, 1 ¢,1 9. Hp. 30 millim. ,

5826. Lithacodia picta. (Plate CLXV. fig. 14.)

Erastria picta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 514 (1896).

3. Head and thorax pale rufous with a few fuscous scales

especially on shoulders and patagia; palpi black at sides, the tips

of 2nd and 3rd joints white; antenne and tarsi black ringed with

white; abdomen pale rufous irrorated with fuscous, the crests

tipped with black. Fore wing pale yellowish rufous, the costal

area and vein 1 to middle, a patch on medial area below the cell,

the extremity of median nervure and veins 6, 4, 3 to submedian

line with leaden grey suffusion ; antemedial line blackish, slightly

angled inwards on median nervure, then oblique to inner margin

near middle ; claviform represented by a pinkish bar with a diffused

dark streak: beyond it; orbicular and reniform small, ill-defined,

with some pinkish on them, the former round, the latter with a

slight dark streak beyond it; postmedial line blackish defined by

white on outer side, oblique and minutely sinuous to vein 6, angled

inwards at discal fold, oblique below vein 4 and slightly incurved

at submedian fold; an oblique olive-brown fascia from apex to

postmedial line at discal fold; a white subterminal spot below

diseal fold with a blackish line defined on inner side by white from

it to vein 2; cilia chequered reddish brown and white with a slight

dark line near base. Hind wing ochreous yellow, the inner half

irrorated with brown; traces of a sinuous postmedial line; dark

marks on the extremities of veins 4, 3,2; a fine dark terminal

line ; cilia with a dark line near base, the tips chequered white and

brown; the underside with the basal half irrorated with fuscous,

the costal and terminal areas tinged with rufous, a black discoidal

spot and punctiform sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Zap. 26 millim,

552 NOCTUID 2.

*5827. Lithacodia geoga. (Plate CLXY. fig. 15.)

Eustrotia geoga, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 103 (1906).

@. Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with black-brown ;

pectus and legs whitish tinged with rufous; abdomen whitish

tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark brown, the crests

blackish. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated and suffused with

black-brown ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line blackish, oblique from costa to submedian

fold and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform defined by blackish,

elliptical ; orbicular and reniform defined by blackish, the former

small, round, the latter somewhat angled inwards on median

nervure; an indistinct waved dark medial line; postmedial line

black defined by reddish ochreous on outer side, strongly bent out-

wards below costa, then minutely sinuous, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved; subterminal line slight, whitish defined on inner side by

black-brown suffusion, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, inwards at

discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved ; a terminal series of

small black lunules ; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing

pale rufous; an indistinct curved postmedial line and fine terminal

line; cilia whitish with a brown line near base; the underside

whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, a brown

discoidal spot, waved postmedial line, traces of irregular subterminal

line, and terminal series of black strie.

Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara (Schaus), typet Q in U.S. Nat. Mus,

Exp. 22 millim.

5828. Lithacodia nana. :

Cryphia nana, Hiibn. Zutr. i. 14, ff. 53, 54 (1827); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 49.

¢. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey; pectus

whitish, the tibiz and tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen

pale brown with whitish segmental lines, the crests black. Fore

wing greyish almost wholly suffused with brown and slightly

irrorated with black ; subbasal line slight, pale, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line black defined on inner side by grey

towards costa, incurved in cell and inwardly oblique below sub-

median fold; orbicular represented by a quadrate grey patch

defined at sides by oblique black lines extending to costa; reniform

defined on imner side by black, hardly defined on outer, extending

to well below cell; postmedial line indistinct, double, filled in with

grey, strongly bent) outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

excuryed to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa and a short black streak below the costa ; subterminal line

indistinct, greyish slightly defined on inner side by brown and the

area beyond it somewhat browner, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal

LITHACODTA, 5d3

series of dark striz slightly defined on inner side by grey. Hind

wing greyish wholly suffused with red-brown; a slight dark terminal

line; cilia paler; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with

brown, a dark discoidal spot ; indistinct curved postmedial line and

diffused subterminal line.

Hab, U.S.A., Alabama, 1 3, Georgia. Hap. 22 millim.

5829. Lithacodia griseomixta.

Erastria griseomixta, Hmpsn. Monograph of Christmas I. p. 68, pl. ix.

f. 5 (1900).

©. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown; abdomen

whitish dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally irrorated with brown.

Fore wing grey-white irrorated and on postmedial area suffused with

reddish brown; subbasal line brown, oblique to median nervure

where it is angled and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line

brown defined on inner side by white, excurved in cell and sub-

median interspace and angled inwards on median nervure and

~ vein 1; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform represented by

dark points at angles of cell; postmedial line white with a dark bar

before it from costa, shghtly bent outwards below costa, then oblique

and minutely dentate to inner margin at antemedial line; sub-

terminal line white defined on inner side by fuscous brown, slightly

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, crossed by slight dark streaks

towards apex and at middle; cilia chequered brown and white.

Hind wing cupreous brown; the base whitish; cilia white mixed

with brown; the underside with the costal area white irrorated

with brown.

Hab, Curistmas I, (Andrews), 1 9 type. Exp. 22 millim.

*5830. Lithacodia merta. (Plate CLXV. fig. 16.)

Palindia merta, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 38 (1901).

©. Headandtegule dark brown mixed with someochreous white ;

thorax ochreous white tinged with red-brown; pectus and legs

dark brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen with the basal

half ochreous white tinged with rufous, the terminal half fuscous

brown with slight whitish segmental lines, the ventral surface

ochreous white. Fore wing with the basal half ochreous white

tinged with rufous and with a large black-brown patch on hasal

costal area extending to submedian fold, the terminal half black-

brown; subbasal line black, curved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line indistinctly double, blackish, irregularly waved, the

lines rather far apart; medial line blackish, bounding the pale area,

interrupted by short ochreous white streaks at subcostal and median

neryures; reniform incompletely defined by black, constricted at

middle; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards below

bot NOCTUID.

costa, then minutely dentate and with slight whitish mark on it at

discal fold, incurved below vein 4 to below end of cell, some

whitish points beyond it on costa ;, subterminal line represented by

slight black striz faintly defined on outer side by grey, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and incurved at discal fold; a terminal

series of minute white points. Hind wing dark brown with a

cupreous tinge; traces of a waved whitish line just before termen

with a series of white points on it; the underside slightly irrorated

with white and with the inner area whitish, a brownish discoidal

bar, and diffused postmedial line incurved below vein 3. Palpi with

the 3rd joint long.

Hab. Brazit, Rio Janeiro, type T 2 in U.S. Nat. Mus. Hyp. 30

millim.

5831. Lithacodia holophza, n. sp. (Plate CLXV. fig. 17.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown slightly mixed with

greyish, the last with the crests black; pectus and legs paler, the

tarsi blackish with pale rings. Fore wing dark brown with a

cupreous gloss, irrorated with a few silvery blue scales and with

some red scales in submedian fold; subbasal line represented by a

slight black striga from costa and streak below median nervure ;

antemedial line very indistinct, double, erect, sinuous ; claviform

represented by a black point at its extremity ; orbicular and reni-

form indistinctly defined by black, the former round, a blackish

patch between them extending to costa; an indistinct oblique

sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial

line indistinct, double, filled in with grey, bent outwards below

costa, then very minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved

and excurved in submedian fold, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line indistinct, dark, minutely waved; a terminal

series of slight black strive ; cilia pale at base, dark at tips. Hind

wing pale suffused with cupreous brown ; cilia whitish with a dark

line through them; the underside whitish suffused and irrorated

with brown, an indistinct discoidal lunule and curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Assam, Nagas (Doherty), 1 3 type. Hyp. 24 millim.

5832. Lithacodia mirella. (Plate CLXV. fig. 18.)

Thalpochares mirella, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxx. p. 162 (1904).

Thaipochares hippotamada, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 1. p. 315 (part.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown with a greyish tinge ;

pectus and legs with some white scales, ventral surface of abdomen

pure white. Fore wing fuscous brown with a cupreous gloss; an

indistinct dark postmedial line faintly defined on outer side by

whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6 and slightly incurved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; traces of a pale sub-

LITHACODIA.—STENOCODIA. DDO

terminal line with a small white spot at costa; cilia with some

pale points at base towards apex and a white patch between veins

3 and 2, Hind wing uniform fuscous brown; the underside

irrorated with whitish.

Abdomen of male with large lateral spiracles at base covered by

valves.

Hab. Mexico, typef ¢ in U.S. Nat. Mus.; Guaremaza, San

Isidro (Champion), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll. ap. 22 millim.

Genus STENOCODIA, nov.

Type, S. purpurascens,

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smvuoth ; eyes

large, round; antennz of male with fascicles of long cilia; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with

spreading crest ; tibize slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest

at base only. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 from beyond 7; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 alinost fully developed from well above

angle; 6, 7 from upper angle, 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5833. Stenocodia purpurascens, n. sp.

3S. Head and thorax purplish red mixed with whitish ; palpi

with some blackish at sides; tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish ;

abdomen whitish tinged with red and irrorated with blackish. Fore

wing purplish red mixed with yellowish; antemedial line indistinct,

very oblique from costa to discal fold where it is angled acutely

outwards, then very oblique inwardly to inner margin and slightly

sinuous; postmedial line double filled in with pinkish, the outer

Fig. 151.—Stenocodia purpurascens, 3.

rie

line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold,

oblique and minutely waved, some greyish points beyond it on costa ;

a terminal series of dark striz defined by a waved greyish line ;

cilia red with dark brown tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with

fuscous, the terminal area pale purplish; a blackish discoidal spot,

indistinct curved postmedia] line, and terminal series of striz ; cilia

whitish at base, purplish at tips; the underside white, the costal

056 NOCTUID ®.

area and terminal area to vein 3 tinged with purplish pink, a black

discoidal lunule and curved lunulate postmedial line.

Hab. Br. Guinea, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus), 1 $ type. Hup. 22

millim.

Genus HYPERSTROTIA, nov.

Type, 1. etheria.

Proboscis fully developed ; p.lpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes

large, round ; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without distinet crests; tibie smoothly scaled; abdomen with

dorsal crest at base only, Fure wing with the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;

6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 shortly stalked, 5 from just above angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

Sxor. I. Fore wing with veins 10, 11 closely approximated towards base.

A. Fore wing with leaden-blackish subterminal marks ......... molybdota.

B. Fore wing without leaden-blackish subterminal marks.

a. Fore wing with curved white band beyond postmedial

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6. Fore wing with white or pale violaceous suffusion on

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ec. Fore wing without white or pale suffusion on postmedial

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5834. Hyperstrotia molybdota, n. sp. (Plate CLXV. fig. 19.)

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with brown.

Fore wing whitish suffused with reddish brown ; traces of a curved

minutely waved antemedial line; reniform with faint whitish

annulus, elliptical; the medial area with large chocolate-brown

patch from discal fold to inner margin, angled outwards to post-

medial line below the reniform, its inner edge curved to inner

margin at postmedial line and its outer edge waved; postmedial

line indistinct, whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6, strongly

angled outwards at vein 3, then oblique, waved, some oblique

whitish strie beyond it from costa; an oblique, curved, leaden-

blackish subapical mark with a rounded patch below it between

veins 6 and 4 and a lunulate patch between veins 3 and 1; a

terminal series of dark strie. Hind wing ochreous suffused with

brown; the underside paler, with traces of brown discoidal spot

and diffused postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab, Assam, Khisis, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 18 millim.

5835. Hyperstrotia albicincta.

Naranga albicincta, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 447 (1898).

3. Head and tegule dark brown mixed with rufous; thorax

and abdomen whitish mixed with some brown. Fore wing whitish

HYPERSTROTIA. 5a

to near medial line, the costal area except towards base and the

area just before medial line black-brown mixed with pale purplish ;

a waved black subbasal line from costa to median nervure ; ante-

medial line represented by double very oblique black striz from

costa: a faint pale rufous discoidal bar; a diffused blackish medial

shade, oblique from costa to below angle of cell; the medial area

beyond the cell rufous mixed with violaceous white to the curved

Fig. 152.—Ayperstrotia albicincta, S. 3.

rufous postmedial line ; postmedial area violaceous white; a rather

diffused black-brown subterminal line expanding towards costa ;

terminal area rufous with a series of black striew just before termen

defined on inner side by white; cilia rufous mixed with blackish.

Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown ; a fine dark terminal

line; cilia ochreous ; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated

with brown, a brown discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and

diffused subterminal line.

Hab, Assam, Khasis,1 g type. Exp. 24 millim.

5836. Hyperstrotia inordinata. (Plate CLXV. fig. 20.)

Acontia inordinata, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe, Zool. vii. p. 50 (1864).

Tarache procrita, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 621 (1905).

@. Head and tegule red-brown, the frons and basal joint of

antenn in front pure white ; thorax white mixed with red-brown ;

abdomen red-brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

ochreous brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing

dark red-brown irrorated with blackish; the basal area suffused with

white with blackish subbasal line, excurved below costa and ending

at the blackish streak in base of submedian fold ; antemedial line

blackish, waved from costa to submedian fold, then incurved and

with blackish band on its inner edge ; adiffused white band beyond

it, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved; a

V-shaped black mark on terminal part of median nervure and base

of vein 2; a slight black discoidal lunule on a diffused white patch ;

postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by white, slightly

bent outwards below costa and imcurved below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white, slightly angled

outwards below costa and at veins 6, 4, 3, 1, with black streaks

beyond it in the interspaces from below apex to vein 4; a terminal

series of black points; cilia grey-brown chequered with fuscous

towards apex and with dark line towards tips. Hind wing dark

reddish brown; the cilia with fine ochreous line at base; the

558 NOCTUID ®,

underside ochreous white tinged with brown, a brown discoidal

lunule, curved postmedial line, and indistinct diffused subterminal

line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white areas tinged with violaceous.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 2 9 type procrita; Siam, Biserat (Annan-

dale), 1 2, Borwnzo, Sarawak ( Wallace), typet 2 in Mus. Oxon.;

Batt (Doherty), 1 9. Hap. 22 millim.

*5837. Hyperstrotia meeci. (Plate CLXV. fig. 21.)

Rivula meeki, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 211 (1906).

¢. Head and tegule red-brown; thorax white mixed with dark

brown; pectus and legs white tinged with brown, the fore tibize

brown with white points, the tarsi brown ringed with white;

abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing pale red-brown, the basal

area with white mixed, the antemedial area with some chocolate-

brown in cell, the medial area chocolate-brown in and below cell :

an indistinct white subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial

line very indistinct, white, incurved in cell and ending at vein 1;

orbicular represented by a white point; the reniform slightly

defined by white, round; postmedial line white, defined on inner

side by chocolate-brown, slightly excurved below vein 4, at middle,

and vein 1; the postmedial area purplish fuscous irrorated with

white between veins 6 and | and with some white points on costa ;

subterminal line white, almost obsolete towards costa, excurved at

middle and incurved at vein 2, some dark streaks beyond it in the

interspaces of apical area; a terminal series of small dark brown

lunules defined on inner side by a waved white line; cilia pale

brown and fuscous mixed. Hind wing pale reddish brown; cilia

whitish tinged with yellow at base, brown at apex ; the underside

ochreous white, the apical area tinged with brown, an indistinct

curved postmedial line and slight subterminal white line from apex

to discal fold.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Aroa R., (Meek), type t d in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. Hap. 22 millim.

Secr. II. Fore wing with veins 10, 11 widely separated.

A. Fore wing not uniform yellowish white.

a. Fore wing with black spot on costa before antemedial

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}. Fore wing without black spot on costa before antemedial

line.

a. Fore wing not yellowish to postmedial line.

a”. Fore wing without elliptical yellowish white

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6?. Fore wing with elliptical yellowish white claviform.

a. Fore wing with the whole medial area suffused

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b°. Fore wing with yellowish patch tinged with

rufous on inner medial area ............ece..0005 macroplaga.

b\, Fore wing yellowish to postmedial line ............... semiochrea.

B. Fore wing uniform yellowish white ............::6c:ccseeeeeees albida,

HYPERSTROTIA. 599

5838. Hyperstrotia xtheria.

Thalpochares etheria, Grote, N. Am. Ent. i. p. 47 (1879); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 313.

Head and thorax white mixed with brown, the head with blackish

bands on frons and between antenne, the tegule with brown

medial band, the patagia black at base; tarsi blackish with slight

pale rings; abdomen brown with whitish segmental lines, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing white tinged in parts with

rufous and irrorated with a few black scales, the inner area rufous

to postmedial line where it is met by an oblique band from costa

before apex, blackish to postmedial line then rufous; a subbasal

black striga from costa and short streak in cell; a triangular

black patch on costa before the antemedial line, which is black,

Fig. 153.—Hyperstrotia etheria, d. }.

angled outwards in cell, then oblique, a triangular brown shade

beyond it from costa; two black discoidal points ; postmedial line

black defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below costa

and inwards below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, white,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and ending at tornus; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused

with pale red-brown ; the underside white irrorated with brown,

a blackish discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, diffused sub-

terminal line, and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. U.S.A.; Froripa, Enterprize, 1 ¢,19, Tampa, 1 9 type.

Exp. 26 millim.

*5839. Hyperstrotia oletta. (Plate CLXYV. fig. 22.)

Erastria oletta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 161 (1904).

@. Head and thorax white suffused in parts with rufous ; pectus

and legs ochreous white; abdomen fuscous brown, pale at base, the

ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing with the basal half

bright rufous, the terminal half greyish suffused and irrorated with

rufous; antemedial line white, bent inwards to costa, slightly

angled inwards in cell and oblique below the cell, with a whitish

patch beyond it in cell; an indistinct diffused oblique medial rufous

line with short black streak on it in submedian fold; reniform

oblique, with whitish centre defined by rufous and whitish annulus

with pale patch above it on costa; postmedial line blackish, bent

outwards below costa, bent inwards below vein 4, then oblique to

560 NOCLUID ©.

iuner margin; subterminal line diffused, rufous, angled outwards

at veiu 7 and middle, then incurved. Hind wing reddish brown;

the underside whitish tinged with brown, a slight brown discoidal

lunule, and indistinct rather diffused obliquely curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Braztt, Castro Parana (D. Jones), type tT 9 in- U.S. Nat.

Mus. vp. 20 millim.

5840. Hyperstrotia flavipuncta.

Erastria flavipuncta, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 524, pl. 53. f. 3.

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey tinged with brown;

palpi fuscous; tarsi fuscous slightly tinged with white. Fore

wing pale purplish grey, almost wholly suffused with rufous to the

medial line, the termen slightly tinged with rufous ; subbasal line

represented by an oblique minutely dentate black striga from costa

and dentate striga from cell; a large triangular grey patch on

inner area before the antemedial line, with some black scales on

its inner and upper edges ; antemedial line black, oblique, waved,

defined by white on inner side from submedian fold to inner

margin; claviform an elliptical yellowish white spot; orbicular

and reniform absent; medial line black, minutely waved, oblique,

and followed by a white shade from costa to lower angle of cell;

postmedial line defined by white on outer side, indistinct from

costa to lower angle of gell, bent outwards below costa, then

followed by minute black points on the veins, excurved to vein 5,

then incurved to lower angle of cell, then more distinct and

sinuous to inner margin; faint traces of a subterminal line angled

outwards at vein 7; a terminal series of slight dark points.

Hind wing greyish wholly suffused and irrorated with. brown ;

a faint discoidal spot; cilia white with a faint brown line through

them ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a black

discoidal spot and diffused sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 36 millim.

5841. Hyperstrotia macroplaga. (Plate CLXV. fig. 23.)

Naranya microplaga, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 646

Gsorpy

Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged: with brown ;

palpi black at sides except towards tips; frons with lateral black

points; antenne blackish ringed with white towards base; a

brown line behind tegule; abdomen with the basal crest tipped

with black. Fore wing white tinged with brown, the medial area

with conical pale yellow patch tinged with rufous on inner area

just extending into cell, the terminal area suffused with rufous ;

a fine black subbasal line, oblique from costa to median nervure,

incuryed in submedian interspace and angled outwards at vein 1;

HYPERSTROTIA. 561

a slight blackish antemedial line angled outwards on subcostal

and median nervures and inwards in cell, oblique below the cell ;

claviform an elliptical yellowish white spot; medial line oblique

and indistinct from costa to lower angle of cell, then strongly

incurved, black, forming the inner edge of the medial patch and

slightly angled outwards at vein 1; postmedial line slight and

oblique from costa to vein 5, then incurved, black slightly defined

on outer side by white, forming the outer edge of the medial patch ;

a diffused oblique white fascia from apex to lower angle of cell,

defined below by a black fascia towards apex; faint traces of

a pale subterminal line from the black fascia to inner margin ;

a terminal series of dark striz; cilia whitish mixed with brown.

Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish brown; the cilia white

with a slight brown line through them ; the underside white, the

costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a brown

discoidal point, rather punctiform postmedial line excurved below

costa, and terminal series of striz.

Hab. Cuyton, Maskeliya (de Mowbray), 2 3,2 9 type. Hap.

20 millim.

5842. Hyperstrotia semiochrea. (Plate CLXV. fig. 24.)

Naranga semiochrea, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 447 (1898).

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish suffused with red-brown ;

palpi and antenne dark brown; tarsi dark brown with pale rings ;

abdomen with the basal crest black at tip. Fore wing pale yellow

to the postmedial line, suffused with rufous on costal area and

just before postmedial line ; traces of a dark antemedial line angled

inwards on vein | and outwards above inner margin ; postmedial

line dark, slightly defined on outer side by whitish, very slightly

angled outwards below costa, then obliquely excurved ; terminal

area red-brown with a diffused oblique whitish fascia from apex to

the postmedial line at vein 6; faint traces of a dark subterminal

line; a fine dark terminal line; cilia brown with a fine whitish

line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown especially

towards termen; a slight brown discoidal striga; cilia whitish

tinged with brown towards apex and with brown line through

them ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas thickly

irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot.

Hab. Sixutm, 2600! (Pilcher), 1 9; Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type.

Exp. 20 millim.

5843. Hyperstrotia albida, n. sp. (Plate CLXV. fig. 25.)

@. Head and thorax yellowish white, the palpi, antennee, and

fore wings slightly tinged with rufous; abdomen white. Fore

wing uniform yellowish white. Hind wing pure white.

Hab. Purstan Gurr, Fao (Cuming), 1 2 type. Hep. 20 millim.

VOL, X.

d62 NOCTUID®.

Genus COPHANTA.

Type.

Onpaluanpian Wk, see, OOH (USGS). ccosesacednopoesesganpsoodurooscsasc JSunestalis.

Toxophleps, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 124 (1893) ......... Funestalis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth,

roughly scaled ; eyes large, round; antenne of male somewhat laminate and

minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests ; tibiaa smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crests, the crests on 3rd

and 4th segments large. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

stalked; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. Fore wing of male with the subcostal nervure strongly curved down-

wards beyond vein 11, with an elongate groove above it on upperside.

5844. Cophanta funestalis.

Cophanta funestalis, Wik. xxx. 964 (1864).

Erastria anthracina, Snell. Tijd. v. Eut. xxiii. p. 59, pl. 5. f. 7 (1880).

Tarache optiva, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 224; Hmpsn. Ill. Het.

B. M. ix. p. 124, pl. 167. f. 26; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 307.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black mixed with leaden grey;

tarsi ringed with white; anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing purplish

grey irrorated with black and with a silvery gloss, the medial area

suffused with blackish; some blackish suffusion at base of costa,

the antemedial area with a blackish shade ; antemedial line double,

Fig. 154.—Cophanta funestalis, 3. 3.

blackish, excurved from below costa to median nervure, then waved

and filled in by two yellow lunules ; postmedial line double, oblique

from costa to vein 6, slightly angled inwards at discal fold and

outwards at vein 4, then incurved and minutely waved, with small

yellow lunules on the outer edge of the inner line; subterminal

line defined on inner side by black suffusion on costal area, then

slightly by black, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, slightly

angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, a faint

blackish shade beyond it; a terminal series of small black spots.

Hind wing silvery leaden grey; the underside greyish thickly

irrorated with brown, traces of a curved postmedial line.

a en

COPHANTA.—-XANTHOGRAPTA. 563

Ab. 1. optiva. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

entirely filled in by yellow lunules.

Hab. Cuyton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 $6; Burma, Rangoon, 1 6,

1 @ type optiva; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), 5 3, 1 Q type;

CeLrszs, type tT ¢, 2 anthracina in Coll. Snellen; QupENsLanp,

Townsville (Dodd), 1 3. Hap. 16 millim.

Sect. II. Fore wing of male normal.

5845. Cophanta occidentalis, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey mixed with

fuscous; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen paler, the

tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing purple-grey irrorated with

fuscous and a few silvery scales; subbasal line represented by two

slight dark striz from costa; antemedial line indistinctly double

filled in with yellow, waved ; postmedial line double filled in with

Fig. 155.—Cophanta occidentalis, $. 3

yellow, the outer line indistinct, slightly angled outwards below

costa, excurved at middle, then oblique, waved, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by whitish points

from vein 6 to inner margin, excurved at middle; a terminal

black line; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing grey

suffused with brown; a fine whitish line at base of cilia; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous, a rather diffused

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Sterra Leone (Clements), 3 3 type. Hap. 16 millim.

Genus XANTHOGRAPTA, nov.

Type, X. ¢rilatalis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth,

roughly scaled; eyes large, round; antennz of male somewhat laminate and

minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax

without crest, the metathorax with depressed crest; tibize smoothly scaled;

abdomen with large crests on 3rd and 4th segments. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of disco-

cellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

202

564 NOCTUID A.

5846. Xanthograpta trilatalis.

Pyralis trilatalis, Wik. xxxiv. 1237 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 307

Head and thorax orange-yellow ; abdomen grey-brown, ochreous

at base. Fore wing with the basal area orange-yellow irrorated

with brown especially towards costa, the medial area fuscous with

a purplish grey gloss, the terminal area paler purplish grey;

subbasal line represented by two slight dark strive from costa ;

antemedial line double filled in with yellow, excurved below costa,

then minutely waved; postmedial line double filled in with yellow,

oblique from costa to vein 7, incurved and minutely waved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

faint, whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled

Fig. 156.—Xanthograpta trilatalis, $. 3.

inwards at discal fold; a terminal series of slight black striae.

Hind wing grey tinged with brown; a terminal series of slight

dark strie; a fine whitish line at base of cilia; the underside

white thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal striga and

rather diffused curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and base of abdomen greyish irrorated with

fuscous; fore wing with the basal area greyish ochreous irrorated

with fuscous, the medial and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous ;

both wings with terminal series of white points between the

surie.— Deesa.

Hab. Punsas (Boys), 1 2 type, Simla (Harford), 1 3, Dharm-

sila (dlocking), 4 6, 4 9, Kangra Valley (Dudgeon), 2 3,1 9°,

Jubbulpore, 1 9 ; Bomsay, Deesa (Nurse), 2 9. Hzp. 14-18

nillim.

Genus HIMEROIS. Te

Himerois, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 121 (1902) ... thiochroa.

Probescis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth; eyes

large, round ; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled; abdomen with dorsal crest

at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

and not erenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle;

7, 8,9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ;

5 ovsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell to near middle.

HIMEROIS. 565

A. Fore wing with oblique black postmedial line with brown

bandiibey, ond pitwesaee reese cease aners seecccesssere chance ee eacaacl univittata.

B. Fore wing without postmedial line or band .................. thiochroa.

*5847. Himerois univittata. (Plate CLXV. fig. 26.)

AXanthopiera univittata, Pag. Zoologica, xii. p. 80 (1900).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow; palpi tinged with

rufous towards extremity of 2nd joint; antennz except at base

and fore legs brownish. Fore wing yellow, tke costal edge brown

towards base; a fine oblique minutely waved black postmedial line

with brown band on its outer side, its outer edge incurved at

discal and submedian folds; a pale reddish brown terminal band

narrowing to tornus; cilia reddish brown, yellowish at base.

Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area faintly tinged with

rufous from apex to submedian fold; cilia with a fine brown line

through them from apex to vein 2; the underside with the costal

area slightly irrorated with brown, a faint discoidal bar and

diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. New Brivaiy, Kinigunang (f2bbé), type fT Ss in Coll.

Rothschild. Hap. 16 millim.

5848. Himerois thiochroa.

Himerois thiochroa, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 121 (1902).

Head and thorax ochreous; palpi, lateral bars to frons, pectus

and legs fuscous brown; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with

ochreous, the base of dorsum ochreous. Fore wing ochreous; the

costal edge black towards base; a small black spot in cell at origin

Fig. 157.—Himerois thiochroa, 3. $.

of vein 2; postmedial black points on veins 6, 5, 4; a terminal

black line composed of minute lunules; cilia black-brown. Hind

wing whitish suffused with brown; cilia whitish at base and

tips.

Hab. Quernstann, Townsville (Dodd), 13,19. Hap. 16

millim.

566 NOCTUIDH.

Genus EUSTROTIA.

Type.

Eustrotia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 253 (1827) — .............secsescaenenees uncula,

Hydretia, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 227 (1841) ............ olivana.

Hyela, Steph. Cat. Lep. Brit. B. M. p. 149 (1850), non deser. ;

Jabaay sya, MiKo stale Tho Gh 0 paanebesepaoetontascbcsdeeaesosooda ane uncula.

Bankia GuensiNock mip Qu (1852). assnueeec see ee ae eeesees olivana.

Micardia, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 81 (1878) ...............2.. argentata.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd typically short: frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antenne of male typically somewhat laminate and minutely

ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without

crest, the mesothorax with slight paired crests, the metathorax with spreading

crest ; tibiz smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore

wing with the apex rounded, termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3

and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly

stalked or from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of

discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

Sxcr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches to apex.

5849. Eustrotia melanchlena.

Tarache melanchlena, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 148; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 318.

Head and thorax dark grey-brown; abdomen whitish suffused

with rufous. Fore wing dark grey-brown; an antemedial whitish

band tinged with rufous and bounded by the double antemedial

Gz tal

wen

Fig. 158.—Hustrotia melanchlena, 3. 3.

line filled in with grey and slightly sinuous; orbicular faint, pale,

round; the reniform a slight pale lunule; an indistinct curved

medial line; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, slightly

bent outwards below costa and angled inwards at discal fold,

incurved below vein 4, a whitish band beyond it; subterminal line

indistinct, pale, excurved below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing

greyish brown; the underside ochreous whitish irrorated with

brown, a slight discoidal point and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Much redder and without the greyish tinge.-—Belgaum.

Hab. Punsas, Jubbulpur, 1 3 ; Bompay, Canara (Wise), 2 ¢

type; Mapras, Belgaum (Watson), 2¢,492. Hap. 16-22 millim. ~

EUSTROTIA. 56

Secr. II. Antenne of male somewhat laminate and minutely ciliated.

A. Palpi with the 3rd joint as long as the 2nd and reaching far above

vertex of head.

5850. Eustrotia chuza.

Pseudina chuza, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 494, yoll, Gls, 3% ils)

(1898).

@. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with some white and

fuscous, the vertex of head and base of tegule whiter, the latter

with slight black medial line; tarsi fuscous ringed with pinkish;

abdomen ochreous white suffused with brown, the basal crest

tipped with black, the ventral surface paler. Fore wing red-

brown suffused with purplish grey ; subbasal line represented by a

whitish striga from costa, a black point in cell, and two obliquely

placed black points below the cell, some black suffusion beyond it

below costa; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with

whitish, sinuous, angled outwards above inner margin; claviform

defined by black at extremity; orbicular and reniform defined by

black, the former round with some pale rufous on its inner edge,

Fig. 159.—Eustrotia chuza, S. 1.

the latter oblique elliptical with some pale rufous on its inner edge,

extending to well below the cell; an indistinct medial line, oblique

from costa to reniform, waved from cell to inner margin; post-

medial line double at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then dentate and produced to whitish and black points on the

veins, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner side by

brown suffusion, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and crossed by black streaks from termen below veins 8 and 7;

a terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind wing pale suffused

with red-brown, especially on terminal area; a fine dark terminal

line; the underside ochreous white, the costal area suffused with

purplish pink, traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca, Morelos (H. H. Smith), 1 9 type,

Godman-Salyin Coll. Hp. 30 millim

568 NOCTUIDH.

B. Palpi with the 8rd joint much shorter than the 2nd.

a, Mid and hind tibiz of male fringed with very long hair on outer side ;

hind wing with fringe of long hair below the cell on underside.

5851. Eustrotia metalophota.

Barasa metalophota, Hmpsnu. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 452 (1898).

Head and thorax white mixed with some brown, the tips of

tegule rufous, the patagia with dark patches; palpi and antenne

brown; pectus and legs ochreous white, the tarsi dark brown

ringed with white; abdomen ochreous suffused with brown, the

basal crest tipped with black; the underside black in male except

at extremity. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with fuscous ;

a diffused brown subbasal line; a diffused black-brown patch on

antemedial costal area; antemedial line black, angled outwards

below costa and strongly on median nervure, excurved at vein 1;

claviform defined by black and running obliquely downwards from

the angle of antemedial line; reniform large, white defined by

black with seme ochreous and a black discoidal striga in centre,

Fig. 160.—Kustrotia metalophota, g. }

T°

an oblique black bar above it from costa; postmedial line black,

bent outwards below costa, minutely dentate at veins 6, 4, 3, then

bent inwards to inner edge of reniform and white strongly defined

on each side by black to inner margin, a sinuous brown line beyond

it from costa to vein 4 and some white points on the brown costa ;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by black spots and

minute streaks, waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

angled inwards at submedian fold, black streaks beyond it below

veins 7,6,5; a terminal series of small black spots defined by

white lunules; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing dark

brown, the cilia more ochreous; the underside ochreous white

irrorated with brown, the fringe of hair in male ochreous, a dark

discoidal spot, postmedial line excurved below costa, and subterminal

shade.

Hab. Assam, Khasis,1 ¢,1 9 type. Hap, 24 millim.

EUSTROTIA. 569

}. Mid and hind tibie and hind wing of male normal.

a, Fore wing with white fascia on median nervure.

a2. Fore wing with the white fascia extending to base

and expanding towards extremity ......... ........ argentata.

2, Fore wing with the white fascia not extending to

base or expanding fowards extremity ............ pulcherrima.

i1, Fore wing with fine white streak on median

nervure.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular well-developed and

with white annulus.

a3, Fore wing with dark patch from costa extending

between orbieular and reniform .................- pulchra.

63, Fore wing without dark patch from medial

EVAL OF COME coccoescvoocodabscosodsooonsac0cn99000en06 vescott?.

é2, Fore wing with the orbicular represented by a

THUVIOWIS {OOM socooconoeooseas RCI ae eee eedecemunamadain albifissa.

cl, Fore wing without white streak on median nervure.

a. Fore wing with white fasciz in end of cell and in

submedian fold to postmedial line .................. munda.

i2, Fore wing without white fasciz in cell and sub-

median fold.

a3, Fore wing with the costal area paler than the

eround-colour.

a‘, Fore wing with the costal area defined by a

white fascia from apex to inner margin

before middle, the orbicular and reniform

absent ; hind wing cupreous red............... divisa.

64, Fore wing with oblique white postmedial

line from below apex to inner margin, the

orbicular and reniform confluent with the

fom COsIAl ENE, occocenosbasnebeoeqsee5en00000000050 uncula.

c4, Fore wing without oblique white line, the

orbieular and reniform indistinctly defined. diascia.

+3, Fore wing with the costal area not paler than

the ground-colour.

a’, Fore wing with oblique line from costa

beyond middle to tornus.

a, Kore wing with the antemedial line in-

WeIROUET OLIN WE sccocsssccopoa0 segunsntecadaacoes obliqua.

65, Fore wing with the antemedial line out-

WeIrGlhy CNG WS ccscoccooaoagnoossodoscacabaapaec olivana.

64, Fore wing without oblique line from costa

beyond middle to tornus.

a. Kore wing with the medial area white, the

basal and terminal areas fuscous ...... . tripartita.

4°, Kore wing with oblique white band from

middle of costa to the terminal white area

at tornus defining a triangular postmedial

black-brown patch on costa.................. candidula.

©, Fore wing with the basal and postmedial

areas white, the medial area with darker

band.

a’, Kore wing with some dark suffusion on

basal area below the cell.

a’, Kore wing with the reniform angled

inwards on median nervure to near

Orbicularkeyaiy-c-siesdeeaueecaesdateceeae: argotypa.

7, Kore wing with the reniform not angled

inwards on median neryure ............ rhaptina.

570 NOCTUIDZ.

06. Fore wing without dark suffusion on

basal area below the cell.

ai. Kore wing with rufous patches on post-

medial area at costa, middle, and

TOTAEIP TARTAN odocdondsconcococdascaqsaenses

07, Fore wing with the white postmedial

area interrupted by an oblique dark

shade from costa towards apex.

a8. Kore wing with the medial band de-

fined on inner side by an erect black

line. ;

a. Fore wing with the medial band and

terminal area ochreous brown.

a0, Fore wing with the reniform con-

fluent with a white pateh from

CELA) dosscocoonasonvntoqsanogsoonsedoons

610, Kore wing with the reniform not

confluent with a white patch from

QOEME soponancncpavsononcoon9ns eoat800e6

6°, Fore wing with the medial band and

terminal area blackish ...............

68. Fore wing with the medial band de-

fined on inner side by an oblique

blafekulnave Tiler. < iietncwenceunaden anenten

c7, Hore wing with oblique dark shade

from costa towards apex not com-

pletely interrupting the white post-

medial area.

a’. Kore wing with the terminal area

olive and expanding to postmedial

IINTaYS) FA TRAIT UNG), > na goasoncdcoaocsesdaaqndace

68, Fore wing with narrow brownish

WAAL AC! co oposcocenqcooaseesooo0NNC

ce, Fore wing with the terminal area

suffused with brown.

a. Fore wing with the medial band

VEY broads sist site seit awiaecmcensete:

69, Fore wing with the medial band

MALLOW, can ssavcie vasesbinaaneesrispeohessemerce

ds. Fore wing with the terminal area

white with subterminal black bar at

d7, Kore wing without oblique dark shade

from costa towards apex.

a. Fore wing with the medial band

HULOUS Sa; sales sabiactecisseee eden cee scceumeane

08. Fore wing with the medial area

prolkelesal IOWOWAN, coonanosaadanosscenoogqanee

ce’. Kore wing with the medial band

blackish.

a’, Kore wing with the terminal band

angled inwards at discal fold ......

b’, Fore wing with the terminal band

not angled inwards at discal fold ...

d*, Kore wing without white medial band and

the basal and postmedial areas not white

contrasting with a darker medial band.

a®, Kore wing with black medial band.

ai. Fore wing ochreous with the medial

Joe oXe Wloydoy)s Weems paatanendcdadba-cnpnadecar

noloides.

Mag na.

amorpha.

tegulata.

albibasis.

olivula.

erecta.

latifasciata.

inconcisa.

ruptifascia.

thermozona.

ritseme.

quadripartita.

pheozond.

euryzona.

EUSTROTIA.

b;, Fore wing purplish grey, the medial

band narrow.

a8, Fore wing with the medial band inter-

rupted below costa and incurved.

‘a’. Fore wing with the medial band

expanding towards inner margin ...

69. Fore wing with the medial band not

expanding towards inner margin ...

08. Fore wing with the medial band not

interrupted below costa.

a’, Fore wing with the medial band

almMOstyshirale bitemeeeeeeeeeeeeeerasesces

6°. Fore wing with the medial band

expanding on outer side below the

reniform,

GO, Tabbarel satay lore OWMM Goccacnqesoososponeoe

(GE Vabiinclyabols Ora FOl) cacaceuodded Hauacene

8, Fore wing without black medial band.

a. Fore wing with the basal area dark,

the postmedial area pale.

a’. Hind wing yellow.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line

slightly excurved beyond the reni-

LOVING acta tieisata ders erseisnivssidetetesecee esesase

69. Fore wing with the postmedial line

strongly excurved beyond the reni-

form.

a0, Fore wing with the basal area red-

browne ern consmecis ieceeccneosn aces

610. Fore wing with the basal area

blacks browmlreeeee eeeepeeeeteeee ree ses

a8. Hind wing not yellow.

a9. Kore wing with the terminal area

darker than the postmedial area.

@0, Kore wing with the apex not pale.

a1, Fore wing with the outer edge of

the dark area oblique from costa

to below the reniform ............

61, Fore wing with the outer edge

of the dark area not oblique

from costa to below the reni-

FORMS Amare uneaacaeon stem isce sae

b10. Fore wing with the apex pale.

@1, Fore wing with the postmedial

hing) early GlISBNAC - coo pcoeecocaue

61, Fore wing with the postmedial

Ia) OSCE) oo.besscncdndsscéaoeoden

69, Kore wing with the terminal area

not darker than the postmedial

area,

a9, Fore wing with the dark basal area

not extending beyond the ante-

NECA! IDG) concsarioseonocsoaonbadouod

b10. Fore wing with the dark basal

area extending to the reniform.

1, Fore wing with the outer edge of

the dark area angled outwards

below the reniform ...............

lixtva.

basicinerea.

orthozona.

trigonodes.

genuflexa.

catoxantha.

albifascia.

citripennis.

decissima.

mianoides.

opella.

leucopera.

dividua.

catilina.

572 NOCTUID®.

bu. Fore wing with the outer edge of

the dark area almost straight.

a2, Fore wing with the terminal

area purplish brown, the orbi-

cularlobsoleteleesssna-eeceeeerrie:

62, Fore wing with the terminal

area rufous, the orbicular

[OWES EIR A sasoninaopnon ooccoeyadedsdeS

b7. Fore wing with the basal area not

darker than the postmedial area,

a8. Fore wing with the basal area paler

than the terminal area.

a, Fore wing with the pale area not

extending on costa to the postmedial

line.

a0, Kore wing with the postmedial

line excurved from below costa

to vein 4, then incurved.

a, Fore wing without small black

spot on outer edge of reni-

WON _ cosgonoudcunssooomsoonosdoodasode

6, Fore wing with small black spot

on outer edge of reniform ......

$10, Fore wing with the postmedial line

angled outwards below costa, then

oblique.

a, Fore wing with black points round

lower part of reniform.

a, Fore wing with the subterminal

line angled inwards at discal

TOIIGL , cod scomeaoovoqssasooRooacbscqcss

62. Fore wing with the subterminal

line not angled inwards at discal

1IKG|, Scouqadacatobopocososcos050000000

64, Fore wing without black points

round lower part of reniform ...

69. Fore wing with the pale area ex-

tending on costa to the postmedial

ibe) gsnobodionosco0das00a00 ppoobisdosdoage9

68. Fore wing with the basal area not

paler than the terminal area.

a9, Fore wing with dark streak between

lower part of orbicular and reni-

1KOTENG. capago oodoooganpcgoanbbocoscensnosba00b

+9, Fore wing without dark streak be-

tween lower part of orbicular and

reniform.

a0, Fore wing with oblique blackish

mark beyond the reniform .........

50, Kore wing without oblique blackish

mark beyond the reniform.

@1, Kore wing with triangular choco-

late-brown subbasal and medial

patches on costa ....... nOdSsHaesS

61, Kore wing without triangular

chocolate-brown subbasal and

medial patches on costa.

a2, Fore wing white with the apical

area suffused with rufous ......

longena.

pheomera.

zsomerd.

dimera.

bipars.

excavata.

ozarbica.

cated.

Cnossia.

culta.

costimacula.

semialba,

EUSLROTIA. 57

12. Fore wing not white, with the

apical area suffused with rufous,

ais, Fore wing fuscous brown mixed

with grey or purplish grey.

a4. Fore wing with the orbiculur

absent, the reniform distinetly

defined by white.

al>. Fore wing with the centre of

reniform brown............... albisigna.

b', Fore wing with the centre of

reniform incompletely de-

fined by brown.

a, Kore wing with whitish

suffusion on costa above

JOS TREVORONID — ccooosnsonoenes amydrozona,

16. Fore wing without whitish

suffusion on costa above

(das) eeVOOTAM. 5 ooccconsooebon macrosema.

cl, Fore wing with two black

points in centre of reniform. amydra.

b4, Fore wing with the orbicular

absent, the reniform repre-

sented by two black points

defined by grey.

a. Fore wing with yellowish

marks on the medial shade at

median neryure and vein 1. Haviguttata.

cls, Fore wing without yellowish

marks on the medial shade at

median nervure and vein]. secta.

cM. Fore wing with the orbicular

and reniform defined by grey.

a’, Kore wing with black centres

to orbicular and reniform... dbryophilina.

1, Fore wing without black

centres to orbicular and

reniform.

a6, Fore wing with complete

grey annuli to orbicular

and irenitonniesees eee astydamia.

616, Fore wing with the reniform

defined by grey points...... asteria.

d\4, Fore wing with the orbicular

and reniform white defined by

EG Aen anes epee ee ete ene micropis.

represented by a whitish bar. melanopis.

38, Fore wing yellow largely suf-

fused with black and with

white ante- and postmedial

bandh ae eae ee chionozona.

cl. Fore wing ochreous usually

tinged with rufous.

a4. Fore wing with fine white

ante- and postmedial lines

defined by black.

a's, Fore wing with the post-

medial line widely separated

from the reniform.

a'®. Fore wing strongly suffused

Withbrutausl nesses secu. ccsce euchrysa.

574 NOCTUID &.

616, Fore wing slightly tinged

TWAUIA TAROWS) pocessse0080s0.c00 bilineata.

615, Fore wing with the postmedial

line touching upper and

lower extremities of reni-

POTN idee godeneme Hocmtoseseaectle Servens.

614, Fore wing without ante- and

postmedial lines.

als, Fore wing without black ter-

minal band.

a6, Tegulee not blackish ......... fuscicilia.

616, Tegulee blackish ............... jlavifrons.

615, Fore wing with black terminal

band narrowing to apex and

(HOMMUS cososegcoocoaseags00Kodesas marginata.

5852. Eustrotia argentata.

Micardia argentata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 81 (1878); id. Ill. Het.

B. M. ii. p. 23, pl. 28. f. 3.

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown; tegule with

diffused blackish line near tips; abdomen ochreous irrorated with

fuscous. Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with rufous, suffused

with deep rufous and irrorated with black to end of cell except on

inner area; the cell filled in with silvery white to middle, then the

white bent downwards and angled outwards to or just before lower

angle of cell and extending to below the cell where it is angled on

vein 2, this white area defined by black towards extremity ; reniform

ochreous faintly defined by whitish and below by black, somewhat

constricted at middle and angled inwards on median nervure; post-

medial line indistinct, whitish, erect from costa to reniform, then

acutely angled outwards at vein 6 where it is met by an oblique

rufous fascia from apex, diffused towards costa, then incurved ; a

terminal series of slight dark strize; cilia with a faint brown line

near base. Hind wing pale ochreous tinged with brown ; a terminal

series of slight dark strive; cilia pale ochreous; the underside

ochreous white irrorated with a few brown scales, a blackish

discoidal point.

Hab. Javan, Kiushiu, 1 9, Nikko (Maries, Ito), + g, Tokio

(Maries), 1 $, Yokohama (Jones, Manly), 3 3,3 2 type; Corza,

Gensan (/to), 1 ¢,1 9; C. Cutna, Kiukiang (Pryer), 1S. Huxp.

32-34 millim.

5853. Eustrotia pulcherrima.

Leucania pulcherrima, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 48, pl. 6. f. 7; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p, 309.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi fuscous

‘except at base; abdomen ochreous irrorated with black, the anal

tuft tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white, the costal area

to beyond middle and the inner area tinged with fiery red; the

EUSTROTIA. 575

costal edge olive-brown; the cell and area below it to submedian

fold olive-brown extending obliquely from end of cell to apical part

of costa, where it is more rufous; a slight black streak in base of

submedian fold; a minute antemedial black streak on vein 1; a

silvery-white fascia above terminal half of median nervure, defined

by black and acute at extremities ; two ill-defined blackish discoidal

spots; a slight dark medial line from submedian fold to inner

margin, angled inwards on vein 1; the brown area defined below

by an oblique silvery-white streak towards apex ; an oblique diffused

brown fascia from termen below vein 5 to submedian fold beyond

middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia tinged with red-

brown. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous; an indistinct

blackish discoidal spot and faint postmedial line excurved beyond

the cell, then incurved; a terminal series of black points; the

underside tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark brown,

the black discoidal spot, postmedial line, and terminal points much

more prominent.

Hab. Stxuim (Lidderdale), 1 g,4 2 type. Hap. 34-40 millim,

5854. Eustrotia pulchra.

Micardia pulchra, Butl. A. M.N. H. (5) i. p. 81 (1878) ; id. Ill. Het. B. M.

i. p. 23, pl. 28. f. 4.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly

irrorated with brown; antenne ringed with brown; abdomen

ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged

with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, the medial costal area with

a fuscous patch irrorated with purplish pink, the costal area beyond

it yellow tinged with rufous to apex, the veins with slight pale

streaks except on costal area; subbasal and antemedial lines

absent; orbicular and reniform purplish pink with slight whitish

annuli, the former narrow and oblique, extending to below the

cell, the latter a rather narrow lunule; postmedial line whitish,

obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely

angled outwards to near subterminal line, then defined on outer

side by purplish pink and black to vein 2, incurved below vein 4;

an obliquely curved whitish subterminal line from below apex to

above inner margin; a terminal series of black striz; cilia pale

ochreous with a dark line through them, some black scales at apex

and at middle at tips. Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with

brown; the cilia pale; the underside ochreous white tinged with

fulvous and irrorated with brown.

Hab, Japan, Kiushiu, 1 9 , Yokohama (Jonas, Manley), 45,292

type; Corza, Gensan (Jto), 2 g; Cryxon, Haputale (Alston), 19.

Exp. 30-34 millim,

576 NOCTUID #.

5855. Eustrotia viscotti.

Erastria wiskotti, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlix. p. 266 (1888) ; id. Rom. Mém.

vi. p. 563, pl. 11. f. 4; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 230.

Q@. Head and thorax violaceous white mixed with rufous; palpi

and frons with some black scales; antenne ringed with white ;

abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing violaceous white suffused with

rufous ; subbasal line represented by a shght rufous striga from

costa; antemedial line double, rufous filled in with violaceous

white, erect, waved ; claviform defined at extremity by white and

blackish seales; orbicular and reniform with violaceous white

annuli very incompletely defined by black, the former small, round,

the latter bar-shaped ; aslight white streak on extremity of median

nervure ; medial line rufous, oblique to the reniform, oblique and

sinuous from beyond lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial

line indistinctly double filled in with white and defined by violaceous

white on outer side, slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique to

vein 6, oblique and slightly sinuous below vein 4; subterminal line

whitish, very slightly excurved below vein 7 and incurved below

vein 2; a terminal series of slight black lunules defined on inner

side by a waved white line. Hind wing white, very slightly tinged

with rufous; a fine rufous terminal line; the underside white

shghtly irrorated with rufous.

Hab. EK. Siperta, Ussuri, 1 2. Hep. 24 millim.

5856. Eustrotia albifissa. (Plate CLXV. fig. 27.)

Hyela albifissa, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 893 (1902).

¢. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with reddish crimson,

the patagia with the scales pencilled with purple-brown towards

tips; abdomen ochreous irrorated with black-brown. Fore wing

whitish suffused with ochreous and flesh-pink, the costal area to

beyond middle redder with dark purplish streaks on the veins; a

white streak on median nervure and veins 4, 5 to postmedial line,

with a deeper red wedge-shaped patch between it and vein 2; the

basal area below the cell white irrorated with pink, its outer edge

very oblique and defined by black scales ; claviform elongate, rufous

with a slight whitish streak in middle, some purplish beyond it on

base of vein 2; orbicular represented by a rufous point in lower

part of cell, the reniform by two black points; postmedial line

indistinctly double filled in with silvery white, very strongly bent

outwards below costa to near subterminal line, where it is met by

an oblique black shade from apex, then oblique ; terminal area white

tinged with pink and very finely striated with fuscous, the sub-

terminal line very indistinct, oblique, white; a terminal rufous

line; cilia white tipped with fuscous. Hind wing ochreous white,

the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with fuscous; cilia

BUSTROTIA. Sah

tipped with fuscous; the underside yellowish white irrorated with

brown, the costal area tinged with rufous, a dark discoidal point,

indistinct postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and fine

terminal line.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke}, 1 § ; Narat, Karkloof

(Marshall), 1 3 type. Hap. 26 millim.

5857. Eustrotia munda. (Plate CLXYV. fig. 28.)

Micardia munda, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 148.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale olive-ochreous ; palpi white

at base, the 2nd joint crimson at sides; antenne ringed with

black; patagia edged with crimson above. Fore wing olive-

ochreous; the basal costal area crimson, then the costal edge

crimson to beyond middle; a triangular crimson patch slightly

irrorated with black from base of cell to submedian fold beyond

middle and thence obliquely to apex, defined below by silvery

white except towards apex, with a fine black line between the two

colours; a silvery white streak in and beyond terminal half of cell

above the crimson area; cilia crimson, brown at tips. Hind wing

white tinged with ochreous ; an oblique postmedial series of slight

dark points on veins 5 to 2; the veins slightly streaked with

brown towards termen; cilia tinged with brown at tips at apex

and with slight brown marks at base at middle. Underside of fore

wing with the disk suffused with fuscous ; hind wing ochreous white

irrorated with brown.

Hab. W. Cutna, Pu-tsu-fang, 2 ¢ type. Hp. 30 millim.

5858. Kustrotia divisa.

Anthophila divisa, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 363, f. 284 (1891).

$. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish, the palpi

and frons with some black scales ; pectus and legs paler, the tarsi

brown with pale rings; abdomen purplish red, the ventral surface

ochreous white tinged with rufous. Fore wing with the costal area

olive-ochreous from inner margin before middle to costa towards

apex, its outer edge curved and defined by white except towards

apex, the rest of wing deep purplish red; postmedial line very

slight, whitish, oblique from the pale costal area to vein 4, then

incuryed ; subterminal line very slight, whitish, dentate at veins 4,

3, 2; some white striz just before termen towards apex. Hind

wing cupreous red with a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Under-

side of fore wing uniform cupreous red.

Hab. Mavscascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 2 3. Exp. 20 millim,

VOL. X. 2P

578 NOCTUID 2.

5859. Eustrotia uncula.

meee uncula, Olerck, Icones, pl. 8. f.'7 (1759); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 230.

Tortrix uncana, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 342 (1761); Steph. Ul. Brit. Ent.,

Haust. iii. p. 117.

Tortrix unca, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 91 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 164.

f. 7; Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 293; Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. pt. 1.

p. 379, pl. 128. f.4; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 598.

Head and thorax rufous; tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish mixed with brown. Fore wing whitish suffused

with pale rufous, a triangular patch on disk between ante- and

postmedial lines deep rufous; antemedial line obsolete on costal

area, then rufous slightly defined by whitish on inner side, angled

inwards above vein 1 and bent outwards above inner margin; the

Fig. 161.—Eustrotia uneula, 3. }.

orbicular represented by a white sinus on upper edge of the deep

rufous area, the reniform by a very oblique hook with white

annulus from the pale costal area; postmedial line dark defined by

white on outer side and bounding the deep rufous area, running

from below apex, where it is met by an oblique black shade from.

apex, obliquely with a slight outward curve to inner margin; sub-

terminal line white slightly defined on each side by brown, oblique

and almost straight from the apical shade to inner margin ; a dark

brown terminal line; cilia pale rufous with two fine brown lines

through them. Hind wing pale reddish brown with a fine dark

terminal line; cilia brownish white with a slight brown line

through them; the underside greyish irrorated with brown, the

costal area tinged with rufous, a faint discoidal spot and indistinct

curved postmedial line.

Hab. Brrrain, Leech Coll.; Franck; Grrmany, Zeller, Frey,

and Leech Colls.; Austria, Leech Coll.; Huneary; Swirzeruann,

Frey Coll.; N. Ivary; Rumetia; Russza, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ;

W. Superia, Altai; E. Srperza, Amurland, 1 ¢, Ussuri; Japan,

Hakodaté (Leech), 2 2, Oiwake (Pryer), 13. Hwp. 22-26 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p.166; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 187, pl. 247. f. 2.

Slender, the 1st pair of prolegs absent, the 2nd pair rudimentary ;

green; dorsal line darker ; subdorsal line whitish; spiracular line

pale yellow; head yellowish green. Food-plant: Carex sylvatica.

7-3.

We)

EHUSTROTIA,

5860. Eustrotia diascia, n. sp. (Plate CLXV. fig. 29.)

Head and thorax ochreous mixed with dark brown; tarsi

blackish with pale rings; abdomen fulvous yellow slightly irro-

rated with brown, the ventral surface suffused with brown. Fore

wing yellow tinged with brown except the basal inner area

and the costa towards apex; antemedial line indistinct, dark,

waved; claviform with blackish spot in middle and slightly defined

by brown at extremity, extending to cell; orbicular defined by

brown and.with dark point in centre, round; reniform very

indistinctly defined by brown, constricted at middle and with

dark points in upper and lower parts; postmedial line double,

obsolescent on costal area, filled in with white and with some whitish

beyond it on inner area, bent outwards below costa, oblique to

vein 6, then inwardly oblique and minutely dentate, met at vein 6

by an oblique dark shade from apex; subterminal line very in-

distinct, excurved at middle; a terminal series of slight black

points ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing nearly

uniformly suffused with brown, the cilia with a fine whitish line at

base ; the underside ochreous white thickly irrorated with fuscous,

a black discoidal spot, rather diffused postmedial line, and fine

terminal line.

Hab. Br. HE. Arrica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 3,1 2 type. Hxp.

22 millim.

5861. Eustrotia obliqua.

Bankia obliqgua, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 143 (1882); Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii.

p- 63, pl. 129. f. 7; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 307.

Head and thorax white mixed with rufous; palpi dark brown,

except at tips; antenne dark brown; tegule with rufous band;

tarsi brownish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white mixed

with dark brown. Fore wing with the basal area white irrorated

with rufous and bounded by an inwardly oblique pure white line

defined on outer side by a very minutely waved black line; the

rest of wing deep chocolate-red with a narrow oblique pure white

band from costa just beyond middle to tornus, some slight white

points beyond it on costa; cilia blackish. Hind wing whitish

suffused with reddish brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

whitish with a slight dark line through them; the underside

whitish tinged with red and irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

spot and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Kasuuin; Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 6,1 9, Dharmsdla

(Hocking), 1 3 type, Kangra Valley (Dudgeon), 2 ¢ ; Cnyton,

(Mackwood, Pole), 1 g,2 93; Burma, Bernardmyo, Exp. 20-

22 millim.

2Pe2

580 NOCTUID ©.

5862. Eustrotia olivana.

Tortrix olivana, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 126 (1776).

Pyralis bankiana, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 275 (1781); Steph. IL Brit. Ent.,

Haust. ii. p. 117.

Noctua argentula, Hubn. Beitr. i. 2. p. 9, pl. 2. f. F (1787); Esp. Schmett.

iv. pl. 163. f. 3 (1793); Dup. Lép. Fr. vii. pt. i. p. 373, pl. 123. f. 2;

Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 599; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 230.

Noctua olivea, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 292 (1802).

Erastria amurula, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 562 (1892).

Erastria oblitescens, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Stuttgart, xxi. p. 78 (1907).

Erastria confluens, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Stuttgart, xxi. p. 79 (1907).

Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with white and some

black; palpi brown, whitish in front; frons with dark bar;

tarsi brown ringed with whitish; abdomen whitish irrorated with

dark brown. Fore wing red-brown with an olive tinge; a short

silvery-white fascia below base of costa; a very oblique silvery-

white antemedial band, narrowing to inner margin, its edges

slightly sinuous and defined by black, sometimes produced to

points on outer side in and below the cell; a similar postmedial

band ending at tornus, expanding on inner side into a spot on

discocellulars, sometimes with black point on it at lower angle

of cell; an oblique white striga from costa just before apex; a

narrow terminal white band not quite reaching apex or tornus;

cilia white mixed with dark brown and with slight dark line near

base. Hind wing white suffused with brown; cilia white with

a slight dark line near base and some dark scales at tips; the

underside white irrorated with red-brown, a small dark discoidal

spot and diffused reddish mark on costa towards apex.

Ab. 1. amurula. Fore wing slightly browner.

Hab. Brrratn, Leech Coll.; Francr ; Germany, Zeller and Frey

Colls.; Avsrrra, Leech Coll.; Huneary; Swrrzertanp; Spain,

Catalonia; Irany; S. Russta; Armenra; Persia; W. TuRKEsTAN,

Ferghana, Issyk-Kul; W. Sreerera, Altai; EH. Turxnsran, Kaschgar,

Ili, Korla; E. Srserra, Amurland, Ussuri; C. Curva, Shanghai,

1g. Hxp. 24-28 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Lep. Brit. p. 166; Barrett, Brit. Lep. vi. p. 183. pl. 247. f.1.

Slender, the Ist pair of prolegs absent, the 2nd pair rudimentary ;

yellow-green ; dorsal line indistinct, dark green; subdorsal line

yellow ; head pale green. Food-plants: Poa aquatica, P. annua,

Clan Wi

5863. Eustrotia tripartita. (Plate CLXV. fig. 30.)

Tarache tripartita, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 149.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white suffused with

brown; tarsi black-brown ringed with white. Fore wing greyish

fuscous irrorated with black, the medial area white with a blackish

patch on middle of costa, the postmedial costal area with an olive-

brown patch ; subbasal line black defined by white on outer side,

EUSTROTIA. 581

curved, from costa to median nervure; antemedial lune black,

oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is angled, then

inwardly oblique; a black discoidal bar; postmedial line black,

slightly excurved below costa, oblique to vein 4, then acutely

angled inwards in submedian fold and again excurved, some white

points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a wedge-

shaped white mark from costa, then very indistinct, angled outw ards

at vein 7, excuryed at middle and angled inwards at geal and sub-

median folds; a fine waved black terminal line; a series of white

points at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown with a lunulate

dark terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia; the underside

whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot.

Hab. W. Cura, Chow-pin-sa, 1 2 type. Hep. 26 millim,

5864. Eustrotia candidula.

Noctua candidula, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. eH 1776); Hiubn. ahs Schmett.,

Noct. f. 295; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iv. p. 78, pl. 57. f. 2; Err. Neue

Beitr. pl. 693. f. 1.

Noctua pusilla, View. Tab. Verz. ii. p. 84, pl. 1. f. 8 (1790) ; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 230.

Head and thorax white mixed with some yellow-brown; paip1

and antennz yellow-brown; tarsi brown ringed with white;

abdomen white suffused with ochreous brown. Fore wing white ;

dark brown points at base of costa and cell; subbasal line in-

distinctly double filed in with white, curved, from costa to median

nervure, a brown patch beyond it on costal area before the ante-

medial line, which is indistinct, double filled in with white, oblique,

sinuous, incurved at median nervure, some dark brown suffusion

before it on inner area and some ochreous-brown suffusion beyord

it from cell to inner margin; orbicular represented by two shght

obliquely placed biack points; reniform blue-grey obscurely defined

by white points and irregular black spots, placed on a large semi-

circular dark patch extending on costa from middle to near apex

and to lower angle of cell; postmedial line double and filled in with

white from costa to vein 4, then single, bent outwards and obso-

lescent below costa, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa and short black

streaks between veins 8 and 5; subterminal line only defined by a

pale ochreous-brown shade on its inner side and slight ochreous

shade beyond it at middle, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at

middle ; a terminal series of slight black strize ; cilia ochreous brown

and white with fine brown line at middle. Hind wing white tinged

with ochreous brown, especially on terminal area; a faint discoidal

lunule, curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal shade; a

fine dark terminal line ; the underside white irrorated with ochreous

brown, the discoidal lunule and postmedial line more distinct.

Hab. Francz, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller and Frey Colls.;

Austria, Leech Coll.; Scanpinayia; Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll.,

582 NOCIUIDH.

Sarepta, Leech Coll.; Armenta; Asta Minor, Pontus, Bithynia,

Taurus; Persia; W. Turkestan, Ala Tau; W. Siperta, Altai;

Moneoria, Urga; E. Srsprra, Kentei, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan,

Yesso (Pryer), 2 g, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 3, Tokio (Maries), 1 9 ;

Corza, Gensan (laaday, Wiig ID. lek, ZA ZS) millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 285; Hffm. Raup. p. 142, pl. 36.

f, 13.

Green; dorsal and subdorsal lines black; lateral line whitish.

Food-plants: Grasses, Sparganium and Polygonum. 8-%.

5865. Eustrotia argotypa. (Plate CLXV. fig. 31.)

Hyela argotypa, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 111 (1902).

¢. Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown; abdomen

ochreous whiie slightly irrorated with brown, the basal -crest

blackish, Fore wing white irrorated with dark brown, the medial

and terminal areas suffused with brown ; subbasal line represented

by a slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line strong, white

defined on outer side by dark striz, angled outwards and interrupted

below costa, then oblique and minutely sinuous; claviform repre-

sented by slight dark suffusion; orbicular and reniform white

faintly defined by blackish, the former an oblique bar, its upper

extremity slightly bent outwards and its lower extremity inwards,

the latter with brownish centre, strongly constricted at middle and

angled inwards on median nervure almost to the orbicular, a diffused

blackish fascia between and beyond them, the veins beyond the

reniform with slight dark streaks ; postmedial line strong, white,

oblique from costa to vein 4, then slightly incurved ; a subterminal

series of short blackish streaks ; a terminal series of slight black

lunules defined on inner side by some white scales. Hind wing

white irrorated with brown, the underside with dark discoidal

lunule and traces of diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Qurenstannd, Brisbane (Turner), 1 5. Hap. 26 millim.

Type f in Coll. Turner.

5866. Eustrotia rhaptina. (Plate CLXV. fig. 32.)

Erastria rhaptina, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxviii. p. 217 (1904).

Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish grey ; palpi fuscous at sides ;

legs tinged with fuscous. Fore wing white largely suffused with

golden brown, especially on medial area and before the subterminal

line; the subbasal line ill-defined, white with a black striga before

it at costa and a waved black mark beyond it below the cell; ante-

medial line golden brown, fine, oblique, defined by white on each

side; orbicular and reniform figure-of-8-shaped, white with golden

brown centres to upper and lower parts, defined by black ; post-

medial line fine, golden brown defined on each side by white,

strongly bent outwards below costa and slightly incurved below

BUSTROVIA. 583

vein 4; some white points on costa towards apex; subterminal line

white, irregularly dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle, strongly defined by golden brown on inner side and with

slight black streaks before it at middle; a terminal series of white

and black lunules; cilia pale brownish, white at tips. Hind wing

white slightly tinged with fuscous; a fine dark terminal line; the

underside white, with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Quurnstann, Thursday L.,4 9. Hap. 22 millim. Typet

5867. Eustrotia noloides. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 1.)

Acontia noloides, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 366 (1879).

Head and thorax white mixed with rufous, the frons and patagia

nearly pure white; palpi and antenne rufous; tarsi brown ringed

with white; abdomen white suffused with red-brown. Fore wing

white slightly irrorated with brown; a triangular antemedial rufous

patch on costa; the medial area rufous, except a patch beyond upper

angle of cell, irrorated with black on inner half, its inner edge

strongly angled outwards in cell, then inwardly oblique to vein J ;

two biack discoidal points with slight white annuli, the lower

larger ; postmedial line rufous defined by white on outer side,

oblique from below costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold

and strongly below vein 4, angled outwards at vein 1; postmedial

area with rufous patches on cesta, at middle, and on inner area and

with three white points on costa; subterminal line white faintly

defined by rufous on inner side and excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, the area beyond it rufous except at apex and tornus, with a

series of black spots rather elongate on costal half on it ending in

white striz on termen ; cilia rufous, white at tornus. Hind wing

whitish suffused with rufous; a fine dark terminal line; the cilia

whiter; the underside whitish tinged with rufous, the costal area

irrorated with rufous, a slight dark discoidal spot, indistinct, rather

diffused postmedial line, and traces of subterminal line.

Hab. Javan, Yesso (Pryer), 1 3, Yokohama (Pryer, Manley),

436,29 type. Hep. 18-20 millim.

5868. Eustrotia magna. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 2.)

Hyelopsis magna, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1900, p. 146.

Q. Head and thorax white ; palpi, pectus, and legs suffused with

ochreous brown, the tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen ochreous

white with a few black scales and slight dark subdorsal marks.

Fore wing with the basal area white, the rest of wing ochreous

brown slightly irrorated with black; some diffused brown and black

on base of costa; antemedial line black, erect, waved ; two black dis-

coidal spots on a rather figure-of-8-shaped white patch connected

584 NOCTUID AS.

with a postmedial white patch on costa; postmedial line almost

obsolete and bent outwards below costa on the white patch, then

double, black filled in with white and minutely waved to vein 4, then

slight and forming the inner edge of a white band which extends

to tornus ; a subterminal series of slight dentate white marks with

dentate black marks before them below costa and at middle; cilia

whitish mixed with ochreous and with slight dark line through

them, black at apex and middle. Hind wing ochreous white suffused

and irrorated with brown, especially on terminal area; a fine dark

terminal line and line through the cilia; the underside ochreous

white irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and curved

postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. W. Curna, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 2 type. Hxp. 24 millim.

5869. Eustrotia amorpha. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 3.)

Acontia amorpha, Butl, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 399.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly mixed with rufous ;

tarsi brown slightly ringed with white. Fore wing white slightly

tinged and irrorated with rufous, the basal part of costa rufous

with some dark scales, the medial area rufous met beyond the cell

by an oblique diffused rufous fascia from apex with some dark

scales on it, the terminal area suffused with rufous except towards

apex; subbasal line represented by a slight white striga from

costa ; antemedial line double filled in with white, the inner line

rufous, the outer black, erect, minutely waved; reniform a faint

whitish lunule with two blackish points on it; postmedial line

double, rufous filled in with white, the inner line with some

blackish, minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some white strize beyond it from costa ;

subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by rufous, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of

shght dark strie; cilia rufous with a slight dark line through

them. Hind wing whitish suffused with rufous; the underside

white tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, a dark dis-

coidal point, curved postmedial line, and traces of subterminal line.

Hab. N. Avstrarta, Port Darwin (Buckland, Lyell), 1 3,2 2;

QuerENsLanp, Gayndah, 1 ¢ type, Brisbane (Turner), 1 5, 1 @,

Moreton Bay (Diggle), 29; N.S. Wauus, Paramatta (Lambert,

Diggle, Raynor),6 3,79. Hep. 20-22 millim.

5870, Eustrotia tegulata.

Acontia tegulata, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 68, pl. 129. f. 1 (1889) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 308.

Head and thorax white with a few brown scales especially on

tegule; antepnee ochreous ringed with fuscous; palpi and legs

BUSTROTIA. 585

tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi fuscous

ringed with ochreous; abdomen white tinged with ochreous except

at base and irrorated with brown. Fore wing pure white; the

costal edge blackish brown towards base; a subbasal black point in

cell; an erect minutely waved black medial line with broad black-

brown band on its outer side expanding towards inner margin and

confluent in submedian interspace with the depressed apex of a

large triangular black-brown patch on terminal area, extending on

termen from apex to tornus, its upper edge irregular; some black-

brown points on costa towards apex with some ochreous below

them ; cilia black-brown with three fine pale lines on basal half,

Hind wing white tinged with ochreous brown especially on

terminal area; cilia paler with a faint brownish line at middle;

the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a dark dis-

coidal spot and terminal series of strive.

Hab. C. Cutna, Foo-chau (Leech), 2 3; Punsas, Simla (Harford),

1 2, Dharmsala (Hocking), 3 3,3 9 type; Mapras, Shevaroys

(Campbell), 1 3, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 ¢. Hap, 22 millim.

5871. Eustrotia albibasis. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 4.)

Hyela albibasis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ti. p. 893 (1902).

2. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with yellow; palpi

with some black seales ; antenne ringed with brown; patagia with

brown and fuscous bars at base; fore legs tinged with brown;

abdomen yellowish white dorsally irrorated with fuscous. Fore

wing with the basal area white slightly tinged with yellow,

the costal edge fuscous, the rest of wing olive-yellow thickly

irrorated with black; antemedial line black defined on inner

side by white, obliquely curved; traces of a blackish medial

line, oblique from costa to median neryure, then slightly ineurved ;

a white patch from costa to discal fold before the postmedial

line, which is slight, blackish defined by white on outer side,

oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly angled at vein 4, then

incurved, an oblique white patch beyond it from costa; sub-

terminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner side by some

black suffusion and slight black marks towards costa and in sub-

median interspace, augled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle,

and angled inwards in discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series

of black points. Hind wing yellowish almost wholly suffused with

fuscous brown ; cilia yellowish mixed with brown; the underside

yellow irrorated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot and post-

medial line bent inwards to costa.

Hab. Natat, Durban (Leigh), 1 9 type. Hap. 18 millim.

586 NOCIUID &,

5872. Eustrotia olivula. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 5.)

Bankia olivula, Guen. Noet. ii. p. 231, pl.x. f. 8 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 310.

@. Head and thorax white mixed with some olive-brown espe-

cially on head and tegule; tarsi ringed with olive; abdomen white

irrorated with brown. Fore wing white; a triangular olive-green

patch on basal costal area; a broad medial olive-green band

expanding triangularly to inner margin; a black point at lower

angle of cell; an olive-green mark beyond the cell before the post-

medial line, which is olive-green, arising at vein 7, oblique to vein 6,

and below vein 4 bent inwards and forming the outer edge of the

medial band; a semicircular olive-green patch on postmedial costal

area, the costal edge brown with three white points on it; a

terminal olive-green band from vein 7 to 1, angled inwards at

vein 5 to near postmedial line and forming a large triangular patch

from it to vein 1; a terminal series of dark brown striz; cilia

reddish brown and white. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous,

the termen with rufous from vein 6 to submedian fold; a fine

brown terminal line; cilia white mixed with red-brown; the

underside yellowish white irrorated with red-brown, the terminal

area suffused with fiery red from apex to submedian fold, indistinet

curved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab, Carn Corony, 1 9, Zeller Coll. ap. 30 millim. The

locality N. America is almost certainly a mistake.

5873. Kustrotia erecta. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 6.)

Bankia erecta, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 373; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 308. t

Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with rufous; palpi

brown; antenne dark brown slightly ringed with white; fore

tibize and the tarsi blackish slightly ringed with white. Fore wing

white tinged with rufous; the basal part of costa rufous; a sub-

basal black point in cell; a minutely waved somewhat inwardly

oblique medial black line with rather broad deep rufous band

beyond it; two black discoidal points ; postmedial line represented

by a black striga from costa on the outer edge of the rufous band,

traces of a rufous line beyond the cell, and by a black line on outer

edge of the rufous band below the cell excurved towards inner

margin; an oblique diffused rufous wedge-shaped patch from apex

to vein 5 with two dark points on it at costa; subterminal line

with black striga from costa, then slight, whitish, excurved, the

area beyond it rufous; cilia rufous at base, black mixed with

whitish at tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; cilia

whitish with dark line at middle and dark tips; the underside

ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal point and

_traces of a postmedial line oblique below vein 6.

EUSTROTIA. 587

Hab. Manvras, Belgaum (Watson), 2 9, Nilgiris (Hampson), 4 9

type; Travancorn, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 13,19. Hap. 20-

26 millim.

5874. Eustrotia latifasciata. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 7.)

Hyela latifasciata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 446 (1897).

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown ;

tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous irrorated

with red-brown, the medial area black-brown, the terminal area

suffused with black-brown leaving whitish patches on termen below

apex aud above tornus; some black-brown on basal costal area;

antemedial line black defined on inner side by white, excurved in

cell and submedian fold; reniform represented by a figure-of-5-

shaped white mark with black centres to upper and lower parts ;

postmedial line black defined on outer side by white, connected

with upper and lower extremities of the reniform and strongly

excurved beyond it, waved from it to inner margin; some white

points on terminal part of costa; subterminal line white, angled

outwards at vein 7, excuryed at middle and angled inwards at

discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia ochreous and fuscous. Hind wing fuscous brown ; a fine dark

terminal line; cilia ochreous with a brown line through them; the

underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a black discoidal

spot and irregularly sinuous postmedial line.

Hab. Bompay, 1 2 type. Hap. 18 millim.

5875. Eustrotia inconcisa. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 8.)

Acontia inconcisa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) x. p. 229 (1882).

@. Head and thorax white; fore legs tinged with brown, the

tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen white irrorated with

brown. Fore wing white ; a triangular olive-brown patch on basal

costal area; a medial olive-brown band from costa to median

nervure and a patch in submedian interspace; an olive-brown spot

beyond the cell met by a broad oblique fascia from apex and with

the incurved postmedial line from cell to inner margin; two white

points on costa towards apex; the terminal area irrorated with

brown and with subterminal black points in discal fold and below

veins 4 and 3; a terminal series of dark points; cilia with a

punctiform brown line through them and some brown at tips.

Hind wing white tinged with brown especially on terminal area ;

cilia with a brown line through them; the underside irrorated with

brown, a brown discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Unton Is., Duke of York I.,1 2 type. Zwp. 20 millim,

588 NOCTUID A.

5876. Eustrotia ruptifascia.

Acontia ruptifascia, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. vill. p. 75, pl. 145. f. 12

(1891) , id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 308.

Head and thorax white; palpi ochreous with some black scales ;

antenne brown; neck with ochreous brown ring; legs ochreous,

the tarsi banded with brown; abdomen ochreous irrorated with

fuscous. Fore wing pure white: costal edge ochreous towards

base ; two subbasal black points on costa and a point in cell; a

broad medial black-brown band with slightly sinuous edges, ex-

panding somewhat at middle and towards inner margin; a black

point at lower angle of cell and a slight black mark in discal fold

beyond the cell; an oblique wedge-shaped black-brown patch with

irregular edges from apical part of costa to discal fold; a sub-

terminal black-brown bar at middle; a terminal series of black

striee ; cilia ochreous mixed with black on inner half. Hind wing

ochreous white tinged with fuscous ; cilia ochreous with brownish

line at middle and brown tips; the underside ochreous irrorated

with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot and indistinct diffused curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Mavras, Wynad (Cardew), 1 9, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3

type. Hap. 22 millim.

5877. Eustrotia thermozona, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 9.)

¢. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with rufous; palpi

and antennee pale rufous ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen

white tinged with rufous. Fore wing silvery white; the basal part

of costal area bright rufous interrupted by a slight white antemedial

striga; a subbasal black point in cell; an erect minutely waved

black medial line with a broad bright rufous band beyond it, its

outer edge minutely waved ; postmedial line represented by a sight

dark striga from costa on the outer edge of the rufous band and a

sinuous black striga beyond the cell; terminal area bright rufous,

narrowing to tornus; subterminal line rather diffused, blackish,

curved, with some white points on it; cilia white with slight fuscous

spots at tips and fuscous patch at tornus. Hind wing white faintly

tinged with rufous, the terminal area suffused with rufous except

towards tornus; cilia white; the underside white tinged with

rufous especially at costa, traces of a waved postmedial line from

costa to vein 5.

Hab. N. Austratia, Port Darwin (Buckland), 1 3 type. Hap.

18 millim.

5878. Eustrotia ritseme.

Erastria ritseme, Suell. Tijd v. Ent. xxiii. p. 57, pl. v. f. 2 (1880).

Acontia vitiensis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 399.

Erastria albofusca, Pag. Jahrb. Nass. Ver. xli. p. 183 (1888).

Head and thorax white, the head, tegule, base of patagia, and

EUSTROTIA. 589

prothorax suffused with golden brown; palpi with deeper golden

brown marks at side of 2nd joint; pectus, legs, and abdomen white

tinged with golden brown. Fore wing white, the basal part of

costa golden brown interrupted by a white antemedial striga

defined by black on inner side bent inwards as a short streak in

cell; a minutely waved erect black medial line, the area beyond it

golden brown to the postmedial line with the reniform on it white,

figure-of-S-shaped, with black points in its upper and lower

parts; postmedial line double, blackish filled in with white, the

outer line almost obsolete except beyond the cell, oblique trom

costa to vein 6, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4 and slightly angled outwards at vein 1; terminal area

golden brown, extending to postmedial line between veins 6 and

4; some blackish points on costa towards apex; a rather diffused

curved blackish subterminal line with a few white scales on it;

cilia white with some brown seales and a black line at middle.

Hind wing whitish tinged with rufous especially towards termen ;

cilia whiter with a faint brown line through them; the underside

whitish tinged with rufous, the costal area slightly irrorated with

brown, traces of a curved postmedial line from costa to vein 5.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial band much narrower from

costa to lower angle of cell, then obsolete and represented by a

point above vein 1 and sometimes a point on inner margin.—New

Hebrides.

Hab. Bornuo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 9; Amporna, type T 5 albo-

fusca in Coll. Pagenstecher ; Crnesrs; New Hesripes (Mathew),

2 5,2 2; Sotomon Is., Alu( Woodford),2 3, 2 9; N. Ausrratia,

Port Darwin (Lyell), 1 2; QunEnsianp, Brisbane (Turner), 1 3,

1 2, Moreton Bay (Diggle), 1 3; N. S. Waxzs (Raynor), 2 2 ;

Fist, 2 g,1 2 type vitiensis; Samoa, Pago (de la Grade), 1 3;

Coox’s Is., Rarotonga (de la Grade), 1 $3; Tanrrr (J. J. Walker,

Mathew, Nicholl), 2 6,8 2. Hxp. 18-22 millim.

5879. Eustrotia quadripartita. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 10.)

Acontia quadripartita, Wik. xxxiii. 786 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 808

Head and tegule ochreous white, the palpi with black patches

at sides; antennw black slightly ringed with white, the tegule

with black mixed; thorax black in front, white behind ; pectus

and legs ochreous white, the fore tibie and the tarsi banded with

black; abdomen ochreous white irrorated with black. Fore wing

pure white; the costal edge black at base; a subbasal black point

in cell; a broad black medial band, its inner edge minutely waved,

its outer slightly angled outwards below costa and at lower angle

of cell; terminal area with a large triangular black patch with two

white points on it at costa and extending on termen to just above

tornus, slightly tinged with grey towards termen on which there

590 NOCTUID #.

is a series of black points; cilia greyish black, with two slight black

lines near base. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous; a fine

dark terminal line; cilia with a faint dark line through them ; the

underside ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal

spot and diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Punsas (Boys), 1 S type, Simla (Harford), 25,1 Q,

Dharmsdla (Hocking), 4 3, 5 2, Kangra Valley (Dudgeon), 3 3,

Jubbulpur, 1 g¢, Manpuri, 1 3; Siraim (Pilcher). 1 3; Bomsay,

Kutch, 1 ¢, Bombay (Leith), 1 9, Bandra (Jayakar), 1 3;

Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 ¢, Cuddapah (Campbell), 1 3,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 42; Burma, Thayetmyo ( Watson, Cory), 2 9.

Ewp. 14-18 millim,

5880. Eustrotia pheozona, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 11.)

Maliattha signifera, Hmpsn. Mon. Christmas I. p. 68 (1900), nee Wlk.

Head and thorax white tinged with rufous; palpi with some

brown at sides; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen white

suffused with rufous leaving slight white segmental lines. Fore

wing pure white irrorated with a few dark scales; the basal part

of costa with a black-brown fascia slightly defined below by black

and interrupted by a white subbasal striga; a medial dark brown

band, its edges defined by minutely waved black lines, its inner

edge erect, its outer angled outwards beyond lower angle of cell,

defining the lower part of the white reniform, which is constricted

at middle and with a sinuous black mark on its outer edge before

the hardly traceable double postmedial line, oblique from costa to

vein 6 and incurvyed below vein 4, with an oblique diffused brown

fascia from apex to it beyond the cell; subterminal line white

slightly defined on inner side by brown, the area beyond it suffused

with brown, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of slight dark striz ; cilia brown and white with a dark ling

through them. Hind wing white suffused with reddish brown;

cilia white with a dark line through them; the underside whitish

tinged and irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point and-curved

minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. Curisrmas I. (Andrews, Wood-Jones), 5 g, + 2 type.

Exp. 18-20 mi'lim.

5881. Eustrotia euryzona, n.sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 12.)

@. Head and thorax pale ochreous; antennz fuscous; legs

tinged with fuscous; abdomen pale ochreous dorsally tinged with

fuscous. Fore wing ochreous with a rufous tinge; a subbasal black

bar from costa to submedian fold; a broad black medial band, its

inner edge strongly excurved, its outer edge incurved below the

cell, a black spot beyond it at lower angle of cell. Hind wing pale

EUSTROTIA. 591

ochreous suffused with fuscous; cilia pale ochreous ; the underside

ochreous white irrorated with black, a small discoidal spot and

indistinct diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mapras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 Q type. Hep. 22 millim.

5882. Eustrotia lixiva. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 13.)

Tripudia liziva, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 173 (1882); Smith. Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 315.

Bustrotia inn: Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 312 (part.).

Head and thorax pale ochreous slightly tinged with rufous;

palpi, pectus, and legs whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibie

and the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen pale ochreous irrorated

with brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing pale ochreous

tinged with rufous and with slight dark irroration; a subbasal

black striga from costa; antemedial line with black striga from

costa, then faint and slightly angled inwards in cell; a wedge-

shaped black-brown patch on medial area, its apex truncate and

extending to subcostal nervure, edged with black lines slightly

defined by silvery white; a black-brown spot on middle of costa

with oblique black striga from it to the medial patch ; postmedial

line hardly traceable, rufous, bent inwards to lower angle of cell,

then oblique, sinuous; subterminal line.defined on inner side by a

blackish patch on costal area with a pale point on costa, then

slightly by brown, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and obso-

lete below submedian fold; a terminal series of black points; cilia

with blackish patches at apex, middle, and tornus. Hind wing

pale rufous; a fine brown terminal line; cilia whitish at tips; the

underside ochreous slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 6; Mrxico, Durango

(Becker), 1 2, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hap. 22 millim.

*5883. Eustrotia basicinerea. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 1+.)

Tripudia basicinerca, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 563

(1882) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. dL5.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey. Fore wing with the basal

half grey, the terminal half suffused with pale red-brown ; a some-

what incurved medial velvety black band outwardly oblique towards

inner margin and not reaching costa on which there are two small

dark spots, the band defined on outer side by pale and dark lines ;

reniform pale, round, some dark points on postmedial part of

costa; subterminal line pale defined on inner side slightly by

fuscous, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a fine dark terminal

line ; cilia blackish with a pale line at base. Hind wing pale

suffused with brown; the underside tinged with penmecae an

indistinct double postmedial line.

592 NOCTUIDAE,

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona. Hep. 26 millim. This species is un-

known to me; figured from a photograph in U.S. Nat. Mus. taken

from type.

5884. Eustrotia orthozona, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 15.)

$. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish ochreous slightly irro-

rated with brown; palpi whitish with fuscous patch at side of

2nd joint; lower part of frons whitish ; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibiz and

the tarsi banded with blackish. Fore wing greyish ochreous, the

basal area finely pencilled with brown ; minute subbasal and ante-

medial black strize from costa with a blackish streak between them;

a medial black-brown band defined by white lines and some silvery

suffusion, slightly constricted in cell, its inner edge incurved below

the cell; postmedial area with two blackish points on costa; sub-

terminal line silvery, defined on inner side by a blackish mark at

costa, then slightly by brown, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; cilia black-brown. Hind wing red-brown with a greyish

tinge; a fine brown terminal line; the underside ochreous white

irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot and terminal series of

small black lunules.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Kerrville, 1 ¢ type. Hep. 18 millim.

5885. Eustrotia trigonodes, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 16.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the tarsi

blackish ringed with white. Fore wing purplish grey tinged and

irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with reddish

brown ; antemedial line indistinct, double, excurved below costa

and above inner margin; a black point in middle of cell; reniform

obscurely defined by diffused brown, elliptical ; medial line oblique

from costa to below vein 3, then inwardly oblique, a triangular

dark brown patch before it from subcostal nervure to inner margin ;

two dark marks above it on costa; postmedial line with small dark

spot at costa, slightly excurved below costa and oblique below

vein 3, a dark shade beyond it on postmedial area; subterminal

line pale, slightly incurved below costa and excurved at middle;

the terminal area with whitish patch at apex and dark patches

above and below middle; a terminal series of small black spots

with blackish streaks before them except on apical area. Hind

wing whitish suffused with cupreous brown; the underside white

irrorated with red-brown, a faint discoidal spot and diffused curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 5,1 92 type. Huxp.

28 millim.

EUSTROTIA. 593

5886. Eustrotia genuflexa. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 17.)

Xanthoptera genuflexa, Hmpsn. Ann, §. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 398 (1902).

3. Head and thorax red-brown with a greyish tinge; palpi at

base and pectus whitish; legs brown mixed with whitish, the

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with yellow-brown,

the ventral surface white. Fore wing with the basal half purple-

brown, the terminal half olive-ochreous ; subbasal line represented

by two blackish striz from costa; antemedial line very indistinet,

rufous, waved, with blackish point at costa; a blackish medial line

with chocolate-brown band before it, widest at middle, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique, slightly defined by

whitish on outer side; a few black scales on discocellulars; post-

medial line very indistinct, double, with blackish mark at costa,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique and touching the medial

line below the cell; subterminal line whitish defined on inner

side by dark brown, excurved at middle; terminal area with

purplish brown patches above middle and towards tornus; a ter-

minal series of small black lunules ; cilia fuscous and grey. Hind

wing orange fulvous, the costal area suffused with brown; cilia

pale brownish; the underside orange.

2. Fore wing with some fiery red suffusion before subterminal

line.

Hab, Damaratann; Cape Cotony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett),

1 $6,129 type. Hup. 24-26 raillim.

5887. Eustrotia catoxantha, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 18.)

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous; abdomen yel-

lowish irrorated with rufous; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen white, the fore and mid tibie and the tarsi blackish

ringed with white. Fore wing grey irrorated with fuscous, the

medial area chocolate-brown, the terminal area tinged with rufous ;

subbasal line indistinct, brown, from costa to submedian fold;

antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, somewhat oblique ;

medial line double, the inner line angled outwards on subcostal

and median nervures, then excurved, the outer oblique from costa

to lower angle of cell, then incurved; reniform defined by an

oblique white striga on the outer medial line and a small wedge-

shaped brown mark beyond its upper extremity ; postmedial line

defined on inner side by a dark shade, deeper at costa, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved, followed by a grey-white band, then a

rufous shade before the subterminal line, which is slight and greyish

defined on inner side by red-brown, excurved at middle and bent

outwards to tornus; a grey-white apical patch; a punctiform

blackish terminal line. Hind wing yellow, uniform on upper and

under sides.

Hab. Ornanex R. Corony, Bloemfontein (Hcekersley), 2 3 type.

Exp. 22 millim.

VOL. X. 2Q

094 NOCLUIDA.

5888. Eustrotia albifascia. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 19.)

Anthecia albifascia, Wik. xxxiii. 771 (1865).

@. (Head wanting); thorax red-brown (abdomen wanting).

Fore wing red-brown ; subbasal line represented by a slight blackish

striga from costa; antemedial line very indistinct, double, oblique,

sinuous ; orbicular represented by a minute pale spot defined by

black scales; medial line black, slightly angled outwards below

costa, oblique to vein 2, then erect, sinuous, a broad diffused grey-

white band beyond it with the small reniform on it, faintly defined

by brown and with black point on centre of outer edge; post-

medial line on the whitish band, very indistinct, brown, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, white, double

below vein 7, angled outwards at veins 6, 4, 1, with slight black

streaks beyond it above and below discal fold and below vein 3; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing orange-yellow slightly

irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-

brown; a fine dark terminal line; cilia brown with yellow line at

base and whitish tips.

Hab. Care Cotony (Six A. Smith), 1 2 type. Exp. 24 millim.

5889. Eustrotia citripennis, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 20.)

3g. Head and thorax dark olive-brown mixed with some grey ;

abdomen whitish tinged with brown; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white slightly irrorated with brown, the fore

and mid tibiz and the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing

with the basal half black-brown, tinged with grey to the ante-

medial line, the postmedial area white, the terminal area grey suffused

with black-brown; subbasal line represented by double black stric

from costa; antemedial line indistinctly double, angled outwards

below costa, then minutely waved; medial line double, the inner

line indistinct, waved, the outer black, oblique and sinuous below

the cell; reniform represented by a brownish bar with two black

points beyond it; postmedial line brownish with black spot at

costa, excurved round the cell, then bent inwards to lower angle

and erect to inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line slight, whitish, angled outwards at vein 7, then

minutely waved, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus ;

the apex whitish ; a punctiform black terminal line with some white

at middle and tornus. Hind wing pale yellow, the termen suffused

with brown from apex to vein 2; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

tinged with brown at base, white at tips; the underside with

apical fuscous patch.

Ilab. Ba. E. Arrica, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 3 type. Exp.

24 millim.

EUSTROTIA. 595

5890. Eustrotia decissima.

Microphysa decissima, Wk. xxxiii. 805 (1865).

EKrastria africana, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 6 (1874).

Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with some purplish

grey ; pectus and legs whitish, the tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen purplish brown with slight ochreous white segmental

lines, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing dark red-brown

suffused with purplish grey; subbasal line double, blackish, waved,

from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, the lines widely

separated, waved; medial line double, the inner line indistinct,

waved, oblique from costa to below the cell, followed by a broad

diffused white band; a dark discoidal bar with a black spot beyond

it; postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by white,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved; the postmedial area with some white

points ou costa, traces of a waved postmedial line and a slight

black streak below vein 7 ; subterminal line slight, white, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, and with short black streaks beyond

it above and below vein 5 and below vein 3; a terminal series of

small black lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous

brown; cilia whitish tinged with brown at base; the underside

ochreous white irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused

with black-brown, a black discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous

postmedial line.

Hab. Zanzipar (de la Garde), 1 $; Br. BE. Argica, Eb Urru

(Betton), 2 3, 2 25; Masnonatann, Umtali (Marshall), 1 ¢ ;

Raopzs1a, Bulawayo (Hyles), 1 9 ; TRawsvaan, Warmbad (Janse),

1 9; Narat, Durban (Gooch, Leigh), 5 $6,229. Hxp. 20-24

millim.

5891. Eustrotia mianoides.

zarba mianoides, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix. p. 98, pl. 162. f. 16 (1893);

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 317.

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some greyish; palpi

at base, pectus, and legs whiter; abdomen brown with whitish

segmental lines, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing dark

reddish brown mixed with some grey, a broad ochreous white

band tinged with rufous beyond the medial line; subbasal line

indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold. some black

beyond its lower extremity; antemedial line indistinct, double,

waved; medial line double, the inner line indistinct, waved, the

outer black and bounding the dark area, slightly angled outwards

below costa and bent inwards at submedian fold; a black discoidal

point ; postmedial line very indistinct, excurved from below costa

to vein 4, then bent inwards to lower angle of cell and sinuous to

inner margin, some pale points beyond it on costa with dark streaks

between them ; subterminal line whitish excurved below vein 7 and

at middle and incurved at discal and submedian folds, short black

292

696 NOCTUID &.

streaks beyond it above and below vein 5 and below vein 3; a

terminal series of small black lunules; cilia dark brown and

greyish. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia whitish, tinged with

brown at base; the underside ochreous white irrorated with dark

brown, the terminal area suffused with black-brown, a small dis-

coidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line.

®. Fore wing with the postmedial area white with grey patch

beyond the cell, the postmedial line more distinct.

Hab. Br. BE. Arrica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 2, Sabaki R. (Gregory),

2 2 ; Ceyron, Colombo (Neitner), 8 3,3 2, Pundaloya (Green),

1 g type. Hep. 22-26 millim.

5892. Eustrotia opella.

Acontia opella, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 456, pl. 27. f. 16; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. il. p. 317.

Eublemma orthopetes, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 375.

¢. Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with red-brown ; palpi,

lower part ef frons, pectus, and legs whitish, the last irrorated

with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with whitish; abdomen

ochreous white dorsally suffused with fuscous brown leaving pale

segmental lines. Fore wing greyish ochreous, the basal area irro-

rated with dark brown, the medial area with black-brown band,

the terminal area black-brown except towards apex; the basal

costal area black-brown interrupted by a pale subbasal striga;

antemedial line blackish, obliquely curved ; the medial dark band

with diffused streaks of silvery scales on the veins, bounded by

black lines, the inner line somewhat dentate, the outer excurved

from below costa to submedian fold; a slight black discoidal bar ;

postmedial line dark brown defined on inner side by silvery scales,

excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved, defined on

outer side by a pale line followed by an olive-brown band with two

pale points on costa; subterminal line silver defined on inner side

by black except towards costa, slightly excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia silvery grey

mixed with fuscous. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous

brown, a fine dark terminal line; cilia whitish at tips; the under-

side greyish irrerated with fuscous, an indistinct discoidal spot and

diffused curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal half, and the hind wing blacker.

Ab. 2. Fore wing without the silvery markings, the postmedial

area more rufous.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the basal area paler and tinged with

rufous.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with the medial dark band reduced to a small

black spot in cell on its outer edge.

Hab. Maswonatand, Zambesi (Longstaff), 1 9 ; Punsas, Simla

(Harford), 1 3, Cambellpur (Yerbury), 1 Q, Jubbulpur, 1 ,

EUSTROTIA. 597

Cawnpore (Betton), 1 ¢ ; Stxurm, 1800’ (Dudgeon), 1 $ ; Sinn,

Karachi, 2 $ ; Bomsay, Kutch, 3 g, 2 2, Deesa (Nurse), 2 2,

Poona (Swinhoe), 1 3 type, Mahableswar (Swinhoe), 3 3, N. Kanara,

Karwar (Bell), 1 2 ; Mapras, Palnis (Campbell), 1 2 ; Qurens-

LAND, Duaringa, type T ¢ orthopetes in Coll. Meyrick. Exp. 18-22

millim,

5893. Eustrotia leucopera, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 21.)

3. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with ochreous; palpi

ochreous at base, white at tips; antennea brown; abdomen white

irrorated with fuscous ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

white, the fore tibie and tarsi black ringed with white. Fore

wing with the base and medial area black, the antemedial area

ochreous, the postmedial area white shading to yellow before the

terminal area, which is blackish with a white patch at apex; an

antemedial black point above vein 1 and some black points on the

inner edge of the black medial area representing the antemedial

line; a slight black point in middle of cell and small discoidal

lunule ; a postmedial black point on costa and a triangular patch

towards apex with a fine black line from it defining the inner

edge of the blackish terminal area, angled outwards at vein 6, then

slightly sinuous; a terminal series of black points and oblique

white striz below middle and at tornus. Hind wing greyish suf-

fused with fuscous brown; the underside white slightly irrorated

with brown and with fine dark terminal line.

Hab. Mapras, Horsleykonda (Campbell), 1 ¢ type. vp.

22 millim. :

5894. Eustrotia dividua. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 22.)

Eustrotia dividua, Grote, N. Am. Ent. i. p. 46 (1880); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 312.

Oribates opiparus, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p. 117 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 315.

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown; palpi with

the 2nd joint brown at sides; tarsi brown ringed with white;

abdomen grey tinged with brown, the basal crest red-brown. Fore

wing with the basal area black-brown mixed with rufous and some

grey, and bounded by the slightly sinuous black medial line ; sub-

basal line represented by a black striga from costa defined by grey

on outer side; antemedial line black defined by grey on inner side,

minutely waved; the terminal half of wing blue-grey slightly

irrorated with fuscous ; a small black spot on middle of costa; a

slight black discoidal bar; postmedial line very indistinct, slightly

defined by whitish on outer side, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and bent inwards at vein 2; some black spots on postmedial

part of costa; a very narrow terminal rufous band slightly ex-

panding at discal and submedian folds, and with series of slight

598 NOCTUID.

black points on termen ; cilia greyish fuscous. Hind wing whitish

tinged with red-brown; cilia with a fine whitish line at base and

whitish tips; the underside whitish irrorated with red-brown, a

slight discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line.

@. Fore wing with the terminal half ochreous white tinged

with rufous, the medial and postmedial lines and the discoidal bar

defined on outer side by silvery scales.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 g,1 Q type, Shovel Mts., 1 9, Ker-

ville, 29. Hap. 20 millim.

5895. Eustrotia catilina.

Eustrotia catilina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 312, pl. 29. £.5

(1889).

@. Head and tegule pale rufous; palpi with some black at

sides ; frons with black bars at middle and above; tegule with

black medial line; thorax black-brown mixed with some rufous ;

pectus and legs whitish, the tarsi black ringed with whitish ;

abdomen grey irrorated with brown, the ventral surface white

with small black sublateral spots. Fore wing purplish fuscous

irrorated with black to the medial line leaving some rufous at base

of costa, the terminal half rufous slightly irrorated with black ;

subbasal line represented by a small black spot on costa and curved

bar in submedian interspace ; antemedial line indistinctly double

faintly filled in with rufous and with small black spot at costa,

waved; medial line black, shghtly sinuous, oblique to below angle

of cell, then erect, a small triangular black spot beyond it on costa;

postmedial line with small black spot at costa, then indistinctly

double, slightly bent outwards below costa and with some black

points on it beyond the cell, incurved below vein 4, a black patch

beyond it on costal area with some white points at costa and slight

rufous streak below costa; subterminal line indistinctly double

filled in with whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of black points; cilia with slight blackish marks

at apex and above middle. Hind wing brown with a fine dark

terminal line ; cilia whitish ; the underside whitish irrorated with

brown, the costal and terminal areas tinged with rufous, a blackish

discoidal spot, rather punctiform postmedial and subterminal lines,

and terminal series of small lunules.

Hab. Muxtco, Tabasco, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 1 9 type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. Hap. 20 millim.

5896. Eustrotia longena. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 23.)

Eustrotia longena, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 154 (1904).

©, Head whitish mixed with rufous; thorax fuscous with some

grey, the metathorax with slight rufous mark ; abdomen fuscous ;

pectus, legs. and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with

EUSTROTIA. 599

red-brown. Fore wing greyish suffused with red-brown. the

medial and apical areas darker; subbasal line indistinct, oblique,

dentate ; antemedial line slight, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 ;

a waved black medial line, bent inwards to costa; reniform with

whitish annulus defined by black, its centre also defined by black ;

postmedial line donble, excurved from costa to vein 6, then in-

curved and minutely waved, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line very indistinct, greyish, defined on inner side by

minute dentate black marks, excurved at middle; a terminal series

of black points. Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous gloss ;

the underside greyish suffused and irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal spot.

Hab, Venuzvnta, Aroa,1 2. Exp. 22 millim.

5897. Eustrotia pheomera, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 24.)

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black mixed with some

grey ; the fore tibiz and the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore

wing with the basal half black slightly mixed with grey and with

some rufous in submedian interspace before and beyond the ante-

medial line, the terminal half rufous with some black irroration on

terminal area; subbasal line very indistinct, double, from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved ; orbicular a small

round rufous spot defined by black; medial line black, bent in-

wards to costa, then nearly straight and erect; reniform with

hardly traceable pale annulus, constricted at middle; postmedial

line double, bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved,

incuryed below vein 4, some whitish points with minute black

streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line in-

distinct, pale, defined on inner side by blackish except towards

costa, minutely waved ; a terminal series of minute black lunules ;

cilia fuscous black. Hind wing fuscous black with a fine pale line

at base of cilia; the underside grey thickly irrorated with fuscous.

Hab. W. Arrica (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Hep. 24 millim.

5898. Eustrotia isomera, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 25.)

9. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey

and slightly tinged with rufous ; palpi black, grey at base and tips ;

fore tibiz and the tarsi black ringed with whitish. Fore wing

with the basal half brownish grey slightly irrorated with black

the terminal half greyish fuscous with some rufous on costa; sub-

basal line represented by a black striga from costa with a black

patch beyond it ; antemedial line double, with two black points at

costa, oblique, waved ; medial line oblique and with black patch

beyond it from costa to median nervure, then sinuous; a black

discoidal bar ; postmedial line indistinct, double, with two black

points at costa with rufous between them, slightly bent outwards

600 NOCTUIDS.

below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then in-

curved, some whitish points beyond it on the rufous costal area

with minute black streaks between them; subterminal line very

indistinct, greyish, defined on inner side by minute black points

from costa to vein 3, excurved at middle; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing glossy fuscous brown, the cilia with a

fine pale line at base; the underside grey thickly irrorated with

fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot with diffused bar above it from

costa, and diffused postmedial line.

Hab. Stxuim, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Hwp. 24 millim.

5899. Eustrotia dimera, n.n. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 26.)

Metachrostis divisa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 331 (1894), nec Saalm.

1891.

Head dark red-brown, the palpi blackish ; thorax grey mixed

with some dark brown, the tegule with brown medial line; pectus,

legs, and abdomen grey tinged with rufous and irrorated with

fuscous, the tarsi blackish with pale rings. Fore wing with the

basal half grey irrorated with brown, the terminal half rufous,

the grey angled outwards on median nervure below the reniform ;

subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa and

cell; antemedial line indistinctly double with black points at costa,

oblique, dentate; medial line oblique and with a black patch

beyond it on costal area, acutely angled outwards below the reni-

form and excurved below submedian fold; reniform a narrow

rufous lunule with a small black spot on its outer edge; post-

medial line double, with a black spot on the inner line at costa,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by a brown

shade at costa, then by slight blackish lunules, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing grey suffused with brown especially on terminal area, the

cilia pale; the underside brownish grey irrorated with brown, a

blackish discoidal spot with oblique bar above it from costa, curved

postmedial line, maculate subterminal line, and terminal series of

black points.

Hab. Ponsas, Kulu (Dudgeon), 1 ¢ ; Srxuim, type + Q in Coll.

Rothschild; Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢. Hp. 28-32 millim.

5900. Eustrotia bipars.

Ozarba bipars, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 75, pl. 145. f. 2 (1891); id.

Moths Ind. uu. p. 329.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey ;

palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated

with fuscous, the 2nd joint of palpi with white ring at extremity,

EUSTROIIA. 601

the fore tibiee and the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing

with the basal half grey suffused with purplish fuscous, the ter-

minal half purplish brown tinged with leaden grey, the costa with

small pink spots; subbasal line indistinct, pale, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line indistinct, whitish, nearly straight to

vein 1, then excurved; reniform grey with white annulus except

above and below, defined by black spots and points except above

and constricted at middle; postmedial line fuscous defined on each

side by grey, bent outwards below costa, then inwardly oblique,

slightly incurved at discal and submedian folds, with slight blackish

streaks beyond it above and below vein 6 and slight blackish mark

before it in submedian fold ; subterminal line fine, white, minutely

dentate, angled inwards in discal fold and incurved in submedian

interspace ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous

brown with a greyish tinge, the cilia pale reddish brown; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, a small

black discoidal spot and diffused maculate postmedial and sub-

terminal lines.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing paler and much redder; both

wings with the cilia pinkish.

Hab. Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 6, 1 9 type. xp.

34 millim.

5901. Eustrotia excavata. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 27.)

Grammodes excavata, Wk. xxxiii. 973 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i.

p. 329.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown mixed with grey;

the fore tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal

half grey thickly irrorated with dark red-brown, the terminal half

chocolate-red mixed with some grey; subbasal line double, red-

brown, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, red-

brown, slightly sinuous, a somewhat diffused red-brown line before

it; reniform with slight grey annulus defined by black strie and

points, open above; postmedial line double filled in with whitish,

angled outwards below costa, then oblique and defined on outer

side by whitish, some grey before and beyond it at costa and some

pale rufous points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey,

slightly sinuous to vein 3, then waved ; a terminal series of slight

brown lunules; cilia with grey lines at base and near tips. Hind

wing reddish brown tinged with grey ; cilia grey at base and tips;

the underside white irrorated with brown, the costal area tinged

with yellowish, a slight discoidal point and indistinct postmedial

and subterminal lines.

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 $, 1 9, Coimbatore ( Wal-

house), 1 9 type. Hep, 80-32 millim.

602 NOCTUID”.

5902. Eustrotia ozarbica, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 28.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown tinged with grey ; pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with rufous,

the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing dark red-brown

suffused with purplish grey, an oblique medial shade and the

terminal area more chocolate-red ; antemedial line indistinct,

double, slightly excurved below costa, then somewhat oblique; a

black discoidal bar; postmedial line double filled in with ochreous

white, angled outwards below costa, then oblique with an ochreous

white band on its outer side, a black point before it at discal fold,

and some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight,

pale, incurved below vein 3; cilia with fine pale lines at base and

near tips. Hind wing brown tinged with grey; the cilia with fine

whitish line at base and pale tips; the underside white thickly

irrorated with dark brown, an indistinct diffused postmedial line.

Hab. Manras, Belgaum ( Watson), 3 3,3 2 type, Nilgiris, 2 2 ;

Travancore, Pirmdéd (Mrs. Imray),1 2. Hvp. 20-26 millim.

5903. Eustrotia catea.

Eustrotia catea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 311, pl. 29. f. 3 (1889).

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; palpi with whitish

ring at extremity of 2nd joint; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen paler, the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing

yellowish white, the terminal area deep red-brown, the costa red-

brown to middle; a subbasal black striga from costa; a slight

waved brown antemedial line; a black point in middle of cell and

slight oblique irregular discoidal bar; a diffused black-brown

medial shade, angled outwards and obsolescent in cell; postmedial

line with two black striz from costa, bent outwards and almost

obsolete below costa, then double filled in with white, angled

strongly inwards in submedian fold from below vein 4 and ex-

curved above inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line hardly traceable; a fine white line at base of

cilia. Hind wing dark cupreous red-brown ; a fine white line at

base of cilia; the underside slightly irrorated with whitish.

Hab. Guarpmaua, Las Mercedes (Champion), 1 2 type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. wp. 24 millim.

5904. Eustrotia cnossia.

Pseudina cnossia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i p. 311. pl. 28. f. 28

(1889).

Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with rufous. Fore

wing whitish irrorated and suffused with rufous, the medial area

and a triangular patch on terminal area more deeply suffused ;

subbasal line rufous defined on outer side by whitish, curved, from

EUSIRCTIA. 603

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly double filled

in with white, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then sinuous ;

claviform represented by an oblique white streak between ante-

and postmedial lines defined by brown above ; the orbicular repre-

sented by an obliquely curved white streak on its upper edge

defined by dark brown above ; reniform with white annulus slightly

defined by brown, rather concave towards base, some dark brown

suffusion between the stigmata bisected by a white streak in discal

fold; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with white,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, slightly bent

outwards at vein + and produced to minute dark streaks on the

veins; subterminal line indistinct, pale defined on inner side by

brown suffusion and with slight dark streaks before it above

middle, slightly excurved below vein 7, incurved at discal fold and

excurved at middle; a terminal series of black striz defined on

inner side by a white line. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale

rufous; a fine dark terminal line; cilia whitish tinged with

ochreous at base; the underside ochreous white.

Hab. Muxtco, Presidio(Forrer), 1 $, 2 2 type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. xp. 22-26 millim.

5905. Kustrotia culta. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 29.)

Narosa culta, Butl. A. M,N. H. (5) iv. p. 856 (1879) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 529.

Head and thorax pinkish tinged with brown; abdomen rufous,

the ventral surface brownish ochreous. Fore wing pale pinkish

slightly irrorated with red-brown ; subbasal line brown, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line brown, somewhat diffused and

oblique ; a broad medial red-brown band, narrower on costal area ;

reniform pale, oblique, with brown striga at middle; an oblique

black patch beyond the discocellulars, its outer edge angled at

middle; postmedial line double at costa, obliquely excurved from

below costa to vein 4, then dentate, some pale points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line defined on inner side by red-brown and by

a diffused blackish patch on costal area, minutely dentate; a fine

lunulate black terminal line. Hind wing greyish suffused with

golden brown; a punctiform dark terminal line; the underside

brownish white thickly irrorated with. brown, a small discoidal

spot, indistinct sinuous postmedial line, and terminal series of black

striae.

Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 $, 4 @ type. Exp. 22-26

millim.

5906. Eustrotia costimacula.

Erastria costimacula, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 83, pl. 4. f. 4 (1880); Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 231.

Head and thorax white, the former tinged with rufous, the

latter with brown mixed, the tegule brown at tips; abdomen

604 NOCTUID.

white dorsally suffused with golden brown leaving pale segmental

lines, ventrally irrorated with brown. Fore wing white tinged

with rufous and slightly irrorated with black, the basal costal area

whiter; a subbasal blackish striga from costa followed by a tri-

angular chocolate-brown patch; antemedial line represented by a

black point on costa, then by a faint whitish band slightly defined

at sides by brown; an oblique triangular black discoidal mark

defined by white except above and with a chocolate-brown patch

above it on costa; postmedial line slight, brown defined on outer

side by white, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved,

some white points beyond it on costa with slight dark streaks

between them; a subterminal series of minute blackish points,

incurved below vein 3; a fine white terminal line; cilia brown.

Hind wing brownish grey with a fine dark terminal line; the

underside whitish tinged with brown, the costal area irrorated

with brown, a discoidal point and indistinct postmedial line oblique

below discal fold.

Hab. EK. Steeria, Ussuri, 1 ¢ ; Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 g,

49; C, Cuina, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 $. Exp. 22-24 millim.

5907. Eustrotia semialba. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 30.)

Metachrostis semialba, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 832 (1904).

Head and thorax pure white; palpi with the 2nd joint brown

at sides; antennz brown; tibiz and tarsi tinged with brown;

abdomen white dorsally suffused with ochreous. Fore wing pure

white, the apical area suffused with red-brown from middle of

costa to termen above tornus; the costal edge brown towards base;

a subbasal brown point on median nervure; a brown mark at

lower angle of cell; postmedial Jine very indistinct, obliquely

downcurved from costa to vein 6, then oblique and_ slightly

excurved at vein 1; a conical dark brown patch on costa towards

apex with some white on its inner side beyond the postmedial line ;

a series of black points just before termen; cilia red-brown. Hind

wing white suffused with brown ; a terminal series of black points

from apex to submedian fold; the underside white tinged with

brown, traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Sixuim, 1800! (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Burma, Momeit (Doherty),

typet ¢ in Coll. Rothschild. wp. 32 millim,

5908. Eustrotia albisigna. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 31.)

Eustrotia albisigna, Hmpsn. I. Z. 8. 1910, p. 410.

®. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed witk grey, the last

with the anal tuft and ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey-

brown slightly irrorated with fuscous brown; antemedial line

slight, brown, angled outwards below costa and in cell, then

sinuous; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform with brown

EUSTROTIA. 605

centre and white annulus, obsolescent on outer side above, oblique

elliptical, some dark suffusion before it; postmedial line dark,

bent outwards at vein 7, incurved at discal fold, oblique from

vein 4 to submedian fold and bent outwards above inner margin,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line double,

dark filled in with olive, minutely waved, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, an oblique dark shade before it from below costa to

vein 4; a terminal series of black and white points. Hind wing

dark grey-brown; a fine black terminal line; the underside

whitish irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point, curved

postmedial line, and diffused subterminal shade.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the reniform more triangular and filled

in with white.

Hab. N.K. Ruopesta, Kolungwisi Valley (Meave), 1 2 type,

Chambezi Valley. Hvp. 24 millim.

5909. Eustrotia amydrozona, n. sp. (Plate CLXVI. fig. 32.)

3. Head and thorax yellowish white mixed with golden

brown; palpi blackish at sides; the tarsi black ringed with white;

abdomen yellowish white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore

wing golden brown irrorated with black; the basal half of sub-

median interspace whitish; subbasal line represented by a whitish

bar from costa; antemedial line represented by faint dark points

very obscurely defined on inner side by whitish; an elliptical

whitish discoidal spot, its centre incompletely defined by brown

and with whitish suffusion above it on costa; postmedial line

indistinct, dark, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, the inner area beyond it whitish ; subterminal line

very indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by indistinct dentate

dark marks below veins 7, 6, 5, excurved at middle; a fine

blackish terminal line. Hind wing golden brown, the cilia with

white mixed; the underside brown irrorated and mottled with

white, an indistinct waved postmedial line,

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Tanga(Hollis), 1 3 type. Hap. 20 millim.

*5910. Eustrotia macrosema. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 1.)

Xanthoptera macrosema, Lower, Tr, R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 48 (1903).

Q@. Head reddish brown and black; thorax and abdomen grey

and fuscous; tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing with fuscous brown

and black mixed; an oblique black subbasal line angled outwards

in submedian fold and above, inner margin, at the former expanding

into a black patch; a double minutely waved antemedial line

obliquely excurved below costa ; medial area suffused with fuszous ;

a large oblique-elliptical white discoidal spot, its centre incom-

pletely defined by brown; a double postmedial line produced to

black and white points on the veins, bent outwards below costa,

606 NOCLUID A.

excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line defined by

black on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle

and angled inwards in discal and submedian folds, a pale rufous

spot beyond it at tornus; a terminal series of small black lunules.

Hind wing greyish fuscous, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside

brownish white irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and

indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. QuesnsuanD, Brisbane, type fT 2 in Coll. Lower. Hp. 25

millim.

5911. Eustrotia amydra. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 2.)

Tarache amydra, Swinh. A, M. N. H. (7) xix. p. 53 (1897).

@. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous ; fore tibie and

the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally

suffused with fuscous leaving white segmental lines. Fore wing

grey mixed with white and irrorated with black, the antemedial

area in submedian interspace and the postmedial area with a faint

olive-yellow tinge; subbasal line only defined by a darker bar

beyond it; antemedial line indistinct, sinuous, angled outwards

above inner margin; claviform an indistinct blackish mark ;

orbicular white defined by black and with black spot in centre,

small, round; reniform white defined by black, its centre tinged

with olive-yellow and with black points in upper and lower parts,

somewhat constricted at middle; a faint sinuous blackish line

from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line blackish

slightly defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below costa,

slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved and minutely

dentate below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line represented by slight whitish marks defined on

inner side by diffused blackish, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing whitish

tinged with purplish brown, the cilia tipped with white; the

underside white irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot,

curved maculate postmedial line, traces of a subterminal line, and a

terminal series of lunules.

Hab. Ancota, Bihé, 1 2 type. Hap. 24 millim.

5912. Eustrotia flaviguttata. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 3.)

Eustrotia fiaviquitata, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 187 (1882); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 310.

Head and thorax yellowish white mixed with grey-brown ;

abdomen white tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing whitish

suffused with pale purplish brown and irrorated with a few black

scales ; antemedial line very indistinct, dark, oblique from costa to

median nervure where it is angled, then inwardly oblique, two

black discoidal points defined by grey; a faint rufous medial shade

ee ee ee

EUSIROTIA. 607

approximated to the postmedial line below the cell and with

yellowish spot on it at median nervure and less distinct spot at

vein 1; postmedial line double, the inner line blackish, the outer

indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, some pale

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale,

slightly defined on inner side by brown, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; the terminal area somewhat browner with a series

of faint fuscous points before termen. Hind wing brown with a

greyish tinge; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated with

brown, faint curved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. U.S.A., 1 3, Florida, Texas. wp. 16 millim.

5913. Eustrotia secta. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 4.)

Eustrotia secta, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 199 (1879); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 310.

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with purplish grey;

tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen whitish tinged with brown.

Fore wing violaceous white suffused and irrorated with purplish

brown; a slight subbasal dark mark on costa; antemedial line

slight, dark, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then incurved

and with some whitish suffusion before it below the cell; two

black discoidal points defined by grey ; postmedral line dark slightly

defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards from below costa

to vein 6, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4 and with

more or less distinct blackish patch before it, some white points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side

by brown forming a patch at costa, angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a punctiform

brown terminal line with some whitish before it; cilia red-brown.

Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused with brown; cilia brownish

at base and with whitish tips; the underside whitish irrorated

with brown, a black discoidal striga, diffused curved postmedial

line, diffused subterminal] line, and terminal series of black striz.

In two specimens the fore wing has the areole absent, in one

vein 10 arises free, then strongly anastomoses with 11, in the other

it is strongly stalked with 11.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts (Thawter), 3 ¢ type, New York

(Speyer), 19. Hwp. 18 millim.

5914. Eustrotia bryophilina, n. sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 5.)

$. Head and thorax grey tinged with rafous and pencilled with

fuscous ; fore tibie and tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen

ochreous white dorsally irrorated with brown. Fore wing greyish

tinged in parts with rufous and thickly pencilled with fuscous :

subbasal line rather diffused, blackish, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, rather diffused, blackish, waved, the

608 NOCTUID&.

two lines widely separated; orbicular a small round black spot

with faint pale annulus; reniform with some black and rufous in

centre and faint pale annulus; a rather oblique black medial

shade; postmedial line rather indistinctly double, strongly bent

outwards below costa, incuryed at discal fold and strongly below

vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

rufous defined on inner side by blackish suffusion, angled outwards

at vein 7, incurved at discal fold and excurved at middle; a

terminal series of black points; cilia rufous and black. Hind

wing whitish tinged with red-brown; the underside whitish

slightly irrorated with brown, a terminal series of black points.

Hab. Transvaat, Pretoria (Janse), 1 g§ type. Hap. 24 millim.

*5915. Eustrotia astydamia. (Plate CLX VII. fig. 6.)

Tarache astydamia, Schaus, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 240 (1&94).

©. Head and thorax chocolate-brown irrorated with white, the

prothoracie crest except at tips and vertex of thorax blackish ;

palpi and frons blackish brown; tarsi blackish ringed with white.

Fore wing chocolate-brown irrorated and suffused with grey;

subbasal line grey, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

brown defined on each side by grey, slightly curved; orbicular and

reniform with grey annuli, the former round, the latter angled

slightly inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line brown defined

on each side by grey, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5,

then incurved; the postmedial area with black-brown wedge-

shaped patch from costa to subterminal line at vein 4, with some

pale points on costa; subterminal line grey, incurved at discal

fold, excurved at middle, and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal

series of small black lunules defined by a fine waved grey line.

Hind wing cupreous brown, the terminal area rather darker; a

fine dark terminal line; cilia with a fine pale line at base; the

underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Braztt, Castro Paraiia (D. Jones), typet @ in U.S. Nat.

Mus. wp. 26 millim.

5916. Eustrotia asteria.

Thalpochares asteria, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 497, pl. 95. f. 25

(1898).

@. Head and thorax red-brown; pectus whitish; tarsi brown

ringed with white; abdomen brown, pale at base. Fore wing

red-brown, the basal area, the medial area except towards costa,

and the apical area irrorated with violaceous white forming small

round spots in parts; a round subbasal white spot in cell; two

obliquely placed white spots before the excurved antemedial series

of white points; a round white spot in middle of cell and two

EUSTROTIA. 609

discoidal points defined by brown ; postmedial line formed of minute

blackish lunules with white points on their outer side, slightly

bent outwards below costa; excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

two obliquely placed small blackish spots below costa towards apex

with white spots on their outer side; subterminal and terminal

series of white points. Hind wing pale purplish brown; a brown

terminal line; cilia whitish tinged with brown and with brownish

spots at base from apex to vein 2; the underside greyish, the

costal area irrorated with brown, a discoidal bar, rather diffused

postmedial and subterminal lines, and terminal series of small

lunules.

Hab. Mexico, Tabasco, Teapa (Hl. H. Smith), 1 2 type, Godman-

Salvin Coll. wp. 24 millim.

5917. Eustrotia micropis. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 7.)

Eustrotia micropis, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 410.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey

and slightly tinged with rufous; tarsi black ringed with white.

Fore wing dark glossy brown, the inner half rufous to end of

cell; very faint traces of a sinuous antemedial line; orbicular and

reniform minute, white ringed with black, the former round; an

indistinct sinuous brown line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; terminal area slightly tinged with grey, the veins and

interspaces streaked with black; cilia with a rather punctiform

whitish line at base. Hind wing greyish wholly suffused with

glossy brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown.

Hab. Coneo, Katanga Distr. (Neave), 1 3 type. xp. 22 millim.

5918. Eustrotia melanopis, n. sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 8.)

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish and some dark

brown ; a dark streak on prothorax and bar on mesothorax ; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white irrorated

with brown. Fore wing red-brown mixed with greyish, the medial

area with a purplish tinge; antemedial line whitish, oblique from

costa to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 and

outwards above inner margin; orbicular a small black spot, the

reniform only, defined by a slight whitish bar on its inner edge ;

postmedial line white slightly defined on inner side by black, bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and slightly

sinuous ; some white points beyond it on costa and a black streak

below the costa; subterminal line very faint, whitish, angled

outwards at vein 7 and with a black patch beyond it at apex;

a terminal series of slight dark points; cilia greyish and brown

with fine pale lines at base and near tips. Hind wing cupreous

brown, the cilia whitish with a brown line through them; the

VOL, X. 2E

610 NOCTUID 2.

underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal

point, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of points.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Kikuyu ( Crawshay), 1 Q type, Kiliman’jaro

(Sjostedt), 1 g. Hwp. 22 millim.

5919. Eustrotia chionozona, n. sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 9.)

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with rufous and

slightly irrorated with fuscous; palpi with the 2nd joint black

behind. Fore wing yellowish suffused and irrorated with fuscous

brown except on termen from below apex to vein 3, the inner area

much less suffused ; a white spot at base of costal area; an ante-

medial white band, bent outwards and waved from subcostal

nervure to submedian fold, slightly defined on outer side by black;

a small white discoidal spot; an ill-defined white postmedial band,

almost obsolete between veins 6 and 8; cilia blackish with a

yellowish line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown with

a cupreous gloss, the cilia yellowish with a dark line near base and

dark tips; the underside yellowish irrorated with fuscous, a small

discoidal spot and diffused postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Mapras, Belgaum (Watson), 19 type. vp. 26 millim.

*5920. Eustrotia euchrysa. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 10.)

AXanthoplera euchrysa, Lower, Tr. R. Soe. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 48 (1903).

@. Head ochreous; thorax bright rufous with slight dark

irroration: pectus, legs, and abdomen ochrecus, the tarsi with

fuscous bands. Fore wing bright rufous variegated with yellow ;

a waved yellow subbasal line from costa to submedian fold where

it is bent inwards to base; a somewhat oblique waved yellow

antemedial line with a small yellow annulus beyond it in cell;

a B-shaped discoidal spot; a minutely waved yellow postmedial

line defined by dark brown on inner side, strongly bent outwards

below costa, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below

vein 4, with some yellow points beyond it on costa; a dentate

yellow subterminal line, oblique from costa near apex, angled

outwards to near termen at middle, then incurved, the area beyond

it paler; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing pale

rufous; the underside yellowish suffused with rufous, a discoidal

point and curved minutely waved postmedial line.

Hab. QurENszanp, Cooktown, typet 2 in Coll. Lower. Lup.

22 millim.

5921. Eustrotia bilineata. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 11.)

Hyela bilineata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat.Hist. Soc. xi. p. 446 (1897).

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with

rufous. Fore wing ochreous almost entirely suffused with rufous ;

a white mark at base; antemedial line double, black filled in with

EUSTROTIA. 611

white, waved, angled outwards in cell; reniform white defined by

black, elliptical, with black spot in its lower part; postmedial line

double, black filled in with white, oblique from costa to vein 6, ex-

curved and minutely dentate at middle, then oblique to submedian

fold and bent outwards above mner margin; cilia witha slight pale

line through them and some blackish at apex. Hind wing ochreous

tinged with brown; cilia pale; the underside ochreous white

irrorated with brown, a smalli discoidal spot and curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 2 type. Hxp. 22 millim.

5922. Kustrotia fervens. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 12.)

Hyela fervens, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sce. xvii. p. 474 (1906).

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; antenne slightly

ringed with black; palpi and fore legs tinged with fuscous ;

abdomen reddish ochreous tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous

suffused with rufous; a white spot in base of cell; antemedial line

white defined on inner side by a few black scales, excurved and

minutely waved between subcostal nervure and submedian fold ;

reniform a small white lunule with a few black seales on it; post-

medial line white defined on inner side by a few black scales,

touching upper part of reniform, then excurved to well beyond it,

bent inwards and touching lower part of reniform, then sinuous ;

subterminal line incomplete, white, slightly angled outwards at

veins 7, 6, excurved at middle and slightly angled inwards at discal

and submedian folds. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with

brown ; cilia ochreous white with a brown line through them; the

underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a small discoidal

spot and traces of a diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Bompay, Kanara, Karwar (Bell), 1 3g type; Manpras,

Belgaum ( Watson), 1 $,2 9. Ep. 18 millim.

5923. Eustrotia fuscicilia.

Acontia fuscicilia, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p.'75, pl. 145. f. 17 (1891);

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 317.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi with some

black scales ; antenne ringed with brown; fore legs blackish, the

tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown.

Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few black

scales; traces of sinuous antemedial and postmedial lines with

black points on inner margin ; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia greyish mixed with black. Hind wing whitish suffused with

fuscous brown; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, a

brown discoidal spot and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Punsas, Jubbulpur, 1 2; Manpras, Belgaum (Watson),

35,2 9, Nilgiris (Hampson), 5 2 type. Hap. 18-20 millim.

2B2

612 NOCTUID.

5924. Eustrotia flavifrons.

Gesonia flavifrons, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 552, pl. 214. f. 8 (1887).

3. Head yellow; palpi blackish to near extremity of 2nd joint;

antenne brown; thorax fuscous brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen

ochreous tinged with brown. Fore wing uniform ochreous suffused

with fuscous brown. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with

brown, the cilia paler; the underside ochreous with a brown dis-

coidal spot.

Ab. 1. Tegule with yellow spot at base, the patagia and thorax

ochreous ; foe wing ochreous without fuscous tinge except on

terminal ‘area: iene wing on underside with some brown at base

of costa and without discoidal spot.—Sikhim, Bhutzn.

Palpi with the 3rd joint rather long.

Hab. Stxum (Pilcher), 1 3S ; Remake (Dudgeon) 1 $3; Cryton,

1 g type. Hep. 22 millim.

5925. Eustrotia marginata.

Earias marginata, Wik. xxxv. 1775 (1866) ; Hmpsn. Hl. Het. B, M. viii.

p- 13, pl. 148. f. 21; id. Moths Ind. i. p. 316,

Head and thorax ochreous yellow; palpi, lower part of frons,

antenne, pectus in front, and fore legs deep red-brown, the mid

and hind legs tinged with red-brown; abdomen ochreous yellow

irrorated with brown. Fore wing bright ochreous yellow, the

terminal area purplish fuscous bounded on inner side by a minutely

waved black line incurved from apex to inner margin just before

tornus. Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with red-brown,

rather darker in female.

In the type from Java the fore wing has a small antemedial tuft

of raised black scales in submedian fold and two on discocellulars.

Hab. Punsas, Kulu, 1 $6, Dharmsila (Hocking), 5 3, 2 9;

Mapras, Belgaum ( Watson), 1 ¢, 1 2, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 2;

Burma, Thayetmyo (Watson), 1 $; Java (Horsfield), 1 2 type;

Crteses, Makassar (Wallace), 1 9. Hap. 16-20 millim.

Genus STENORACHE, nov.

Type, S. nubilosa.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and smoothly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antennz of male laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibize smoothly scaled ; abdo-

men without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded; the

termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 coincident; 5 almost fully

developed from above angle of cell; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell to middle.

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STENORACHE.—PSEUDOMICRODES, 613

5926. Stenorache nubilosa.

Tarache nubilosa, Hmpsn, Moths Ind. ii. p. 315 (1894).

Head rufous; thorax white, the tegule with grey-brown medial

line, the patagia with grey-brown spots, the vertex of thorax with

grey-brown bars; legs blackish, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish suffused with grey-brown. Fore wing white, the

costal area suffused with grey-brown to beyond postmedial line ;

subbasal line represented by a curved black striga from costa ;

antemedial line almost medial, blackish, angled outwards on median

nervure and vein 1; medial area suffused with grey-brown except

beyond and just below the cell; claviform a black point; orbicular

rutous defined by black, small, round; the reniform a small black

Fig. 162.—Stenorache nubilosa, 3. 3.

lunule; postmedial line grey-brown defined on outer side by white,

slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved at discal fold,

incurved and sinuous below vein 4, a wedge-shaped grey-brown

patch beyond it from costa and sinuous band from vein 4 to inner

margin; a faint brown subterminal line excurved to termen below

middle; a terminal series of black striz; cilia grey with slight

whitish lines at base and near tips. Hind wing grey; the under-

side whitish, the costal area tinged with brown, traces of a dif-

fused sinuous subterminal line.

Hub. Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 Q type, Kangra Valley

(Dudgeon), 1 3. Hxp..20 millim.

Genus PSEUDOMICRODES, n. n.

Pseudomicra, Rebel, Denk. Math.-nat. Akad. Wissen. Ixxi. p. 52

(CISD), wee IL, IDey bs Achy aconcoceaosoodnsoonn oneceqeneecooneooranooee decolora.

Type.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes

large, round ; ocelli present ; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibiz smoothly scaled; abdomen

without crests. Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex rounded, the

termen obliquely curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from before angle of cell;

4,5 from angle; 6,7 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 with

a minute areole at their base; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

strongly stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from just below middle of disco-

cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell ta beyond

middle,

614 NOCIUIDE.

Sect. I. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked.

A. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines present.

a Fore wing with the inner medial area ochreous white .. fusczpars.

6, Fore wing with the inner half of medial area tinged

with rufous and sometimes suffused with fuscous.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line double filled in

with white.

a?, Fore wing with oblique white shade from post-

medial part of costa to reniform .....,............ mediorufa.

b?, Fore wing without oblique white shade from post-

medial part of costa to reniform.

a®, Fore wing with black shade on outer part of

medial area from costa to median neryure, or

the whole medial area suffused with black ... atrifusa.

6°. Fore wing without black shade on medial area . rufigrisea.

}1, Fore wing with the postmedial line single ............ decolora.

B. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines represented

lov? GEE FOOWAUS cconssocoocancq0e concn. 0pscbvcdeco0ocdoLaDgEDOSSe polysticta.

C, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines absent ... ochrocraspis.

5927. Pseudomicrodes fuscipars, n.sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 13.)

Head and thorax grey- white mixed with fuscous brown ;

abdomen white tinged with ochreous brown; tibie with fuscous

bands near extremities, the tarsi fuscous with pale rings. Fore

wing ochreous white, the costal area to postmedial line and the

terminal area suffused with fuscous; antemedial line black defined

on inner side by white, oblique from below costa to submedian

fold, then obsolescent, angled inwards on vein 1 and with black

point at inner margin; orbicular a small oblique white spot in-

completely defined by black; reniform white slightly defined by

blackish and with brown striga in centre, elliptical; postmedial

line double filled in with whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6,

then inwardly oblique, interrupted in submedian interspace and

with black point at inner margin; subterminai line white slightly

defined on inner side by brown, somewhat excurved below vein 7

and at middle and with oblique black shade beyond it from apex ;

a terminal series of black points; cilia white tinged with ochreous

brown. Hind wing white tinged with reddish brown; a fine dark

terminal line; the underside white, the costal arca and terminal

area to vein 2 tinged and irrorated with brown, a small black

discoidal spot.

Hab. Transvaat, Warmbad (Janse), 1 5d, 1 2 type. rp.

18 millim.

5928. Pseudomicrodes mediornfa, n. sp.

Metachrostis negrita, Hmpsn, Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. 11. p. 415 (part.).

Head and thorax white mixed with brown and black; antenne

blackish ringed with white towards base; abdomen grey suffused

with brown. Fore wing white irrorated with black and suffused

in parts with brown, the medial area tinged with rufous from cell

PSEUDOMICRODES. 615

to inner margin; a white mark followed by some black at base of

costa; antemedial line black with a diffused white patch beyond

it from costa to median nervure where it is strongly bent out-

wards, then double filled in with white, minutely waved and

angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular white defined by black, minute,

round; reniform white, defined by black on inner side and below,

diffused on outer ; medial line oblique from costa to inner edge of

reniform, then sinuous; postmedial line double, black filled in with

white, the outer line indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 6, rather

inwardly oblique to vein 4, then bent inwards to near medial line

and sinuous to inner margin, an oblique whitish shade beyond it

Fig. 163.-—Pseudo nicrodes medio-ufu, 3. 3.

from costa near apex and some white points on costa; subterminal

line white defined on each side by rather diffused brown, minutely

waved, bent outwards to inner margin, an oblique blackish streak

beyond it from apex; a terminal series of black points; cilia fuscous

brown mixed with grey. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown;

a dark terminal line; the underside white faintly tinged with

rufous, the costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot,

traces of a curved postmedial line, and minutely waved subterminal

line.

Hab. Carz Conony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 2 3,2 9 type.

Exp. 16-18 millim.

5929. Pseudomicrodes atrifusa, n.sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig i4.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown, the tegule

with blackish marks at tips, the prothorax with blackish band ;

tibize with blackish bands near extremities, the tarsi fuscous with

pale rings. Fore wing grey tinged with rufous and suffused and

irrorated with fuscous, the medial area more rufous and more or

less strongly suffused with black; antemedial line double, black

filled in with white, minutely waved; orbicular a faint minute

round rufous spot defined by brown; a curved black discoidal bar;

medial line black, excurved in and below cell and incurved at

median neryure ; postmedial line double filled in with white, oblique

from costa to vein 6, incurved at vein 4 to lower angle of cell,

then the inner line black and prominent; subterminal line white

defined on each side by fuscous suffusion, very slightly excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points.

616 NOCLUIDE.

Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown; a dark terminal

line; the underside white tinged with brown, a blackish discoidal

spot and indistinct diffused medial, postmedial, and subterminal

shades.

Hab. Cryton, Nawalapittya (Mackwood, Pole), 1 3, 3 Q type,

Puttalam (Pole), 1 Q. Hep. 16 millim.

5930. Pseudomicrodes rufigrisea,n.sp. (Plate CLXVILI. fig. 15.)

Metachrostis negrita, Hmpsn. Aun. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 415 (part.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous tinged with rufous;

tarsi fuscous with pale rings. Fore wing greyish ochreous suf-

fused with rufous and slightly irrorated with black; a subbasal

black point on costa; antemedial line whitish faintly defined on

each side by brown and with black point at costa, waved, angled

outwards below median nervure; orbicular with faint whitish

annulus and oblique black striga on lower part of outer edge ;

reniform whitish faintly defined by brown and with oblique black

striga on lower part of inner edge; traces of a medial line oblique

from costa to reniform, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line

very indistinctly double filled in with yellowish white, oblique from

costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and very minutely waved,

some brownish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line yel-

lowish white defined on each side by red-brown, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle and with oblique blackish shade beyond it from

apex; a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing whitish

tinged with red-brown; a fine dark terminal line; the underside

whitish, the costal area tinged with brown, a dark discoidal point

and traces of a sinuous subterminal line with brownish spots below

costa and at discal and submedian folds, some black points on

termen towards apex.

Hab. Br. E, Arrica, Teita (Jackson), 1 g type, Ukambani

(Jackson), 1 2. Exvp. 18 millim.

*5931. Pseudomicrodes decolora. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 16.)

Pseudomicra decolor, Rebel, Denk. Math.-nat. Akad. Wissen. lxxi. p. 52

(1907).

6. Head and thorax grey mixed with some brown; palpi with

some fuscous at side of 2nd joint; abdomen grey tinged with

brown. Fore wing grey irrorated with brown; antemedial line

slight, dark, defined on inner side by whitish, oblique from costa to

median nervure, slightly angled inwards in submedian fold, then

excurved ; a slight dark discoidal bar; traces of an oblique some-

what dentate dark postmedial line from vein 6 to inner margin; a

terminal series of slight dark points. Hind wing grey suffused

with reddish brown, the cilia whitish.

Hab. Soxorra, Ab-del-Kari, typey ¢ in Mus. Vienna. Lap.

12 millim.

PSEUDOMICRODES. 617

5932. Pseudomicrodes polysticta, n.sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 17.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous slightly tinged with

rufous. Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with rufous; a sub-

basal blackish point below costa; antemedial line hardly traceable,

oblique from costa to submedian fold in which there is a black

point, then inwardly oblique and with black point at inner margin ;

a very oblique brownish striga from middle of costa; a slight

brown discoidal point ; postmedial line represented by brown points

strongly bent outwards below costa, then by brown points on

veins 5 and 2 and a black point nearer base in submedian fold;

a terminal series of black-brown points. Hind wing white slightly

tinged with ochreous.

Hab. Gown Coast, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 1 3 type. vp.

18 millim.

5933. Pseudomicrodes ochrocraspis, n. sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 18.)

Q@. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white, the thorax

slightly tinged with rufous, the abdomen with brown; fore and

mid legs and the hind tarsi suffused with blackish brown. Fore

wing pale ochreous suffused with fuscous brown except the inner

margin, termen, and cilia. Hind wing pale ochreous suffused with

brown except the cilia.

Hab. Transvaat, Kranspruit, 1 2 type. Hap. 14 millim.

Srcr. IT. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from the cell.

5934, Pseudomicrodes ecrufa.

Eublemma ecrufa, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. iil. p. 4388 (1905).

@. Head and thorax whitish mixed with grey and slightly

tinged with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown.

Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with brown; an indistinct

oblique dark medial line from cell to vein 1 defined on inner side

Fig. 164.—Pseudomicrodes ecrufa, 2. 3.

by white and with a black fascia or two spots between it and post-

medial line in submedian fold; a slight dark postmedial line,

indistinct and excurved from costa to lower angle of cell, then in-

curved and defined on outer side by white ; subter minal line white,

618 NOCTUID 2.

definedon inner side by a red-brown band and on outer side by

rufous, slightly excurved below vein 7, excurved and minutely

waved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a lunulate ter-

minal black line defined on inner side by whitish; cilia with a

brown line near tips with some whitish before it. Hind wing

whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with reddish

brown from apex to vein 2; the underside white irrorated with

brown, a blackish discoidal spot.

Hab. Cave Cotony, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 2 9 type. Eup.

16-18 millim.

Genus EULOCASTRA.

Type.

Pulocastra, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 419 ..............:.-.--- Fasciata.

Dhaterastria, Staud. Uris, x. p. 294 (1897)... oe se cess doc osec neces an diapnora.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd rather long; frons smooth ; eyes large,

round; antenne of male somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibie slightly fringed

with hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of

cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 typically from angle of cell; 5 almost

fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sncr. I. (Thalerastria). Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked.

A. Fore wing ochreous white, the base, a triangular medial

mark on costa, and the termen blackish ..................00000+ diaphora.

B. Fore wing fuscous with pale antemedial band.

a, Fore wing with the band ochreous white ...............-.0-- ochrizona.

6. Fore wing with the band pure white.

a. Fore wing with white postmedial spot on costa ......... melena.

1. Fore wing without white postmedial spot on costa ...... leucobasis.

5935. Eulocastra diaphora.

Brastria diaphora, Staud. Hor. Ent. Soe. Ross. xiv. p. 415 (1878); id.

Rom. Méin. ii. p. 74, pl. 8. f. 11; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 230.

Thalpochares triangularis, Warr. P. Z. 8. 1883, p. 809, Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 317.

Metachrestis atribasalis, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1896, p. 261, pl. x. f. 11.

Thalerastria laticincta, Staud. Iris, x. p. 294 (1897).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some grey; palpi

whitish mixed with fuscous; pectus and legs white, the fore tibize

and the tarsi banded with black; abdomen ochreous white with

faint dorsal grey bands. Fore wing yellowish white tinged with

rufous; the basal area black-brown slightly glossed with grey;

an oblique triangular black-brown patch from middle of costa to

lower angle of cell; traces of a pale postmedial line; a narrow

terminal black-brown band expanding somewhat at apex, discal

EULOCASTRA. 619

and submedian folds; cilia black-brown glossed with grey. Hind

wing white tinged with ochreous, in female with brown.

Ab. 1. triangularis. Fore wing more strongly tinged with

rufous; hind wing suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 2. laticincta. Fore wing with the terminal black-brown band

wider; hind wing suffused with fuscous.

} 6

Fig. 165.—Eulocastra diaphora, G. 3.

Hab. Aterrts, Hammam-es-Salahin (Walsingham), 4 g ; AR-

mena; Asta Minor, Pontus; Syrra, Mardin; Paresrins; ADEN

(Nurse), 1 ¢ type atribasalis ; Persia, Urumiah (Giinther), 1 3;

Ponsas, Jamrud (Watson), 1 dg, 1 9, Campbellpur (Verbury),

1 © type triangularis. Exp. 16 millim.

The type of atribasalis is an aberrant specimen with the areole

absent on one side, reduced to a minute loop at base of 7, 8, 9 on

the other. ;

5936. Eulocastra ochrizona, n. sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 19.) 3

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with

white ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing fuscous brown

suffused with purplish grey; a broad yellowish white antemedial

band with a dark point on it at costa, its inner edge angled in-

wards below the cell, its outer edge incurved in cell and sub-

median fold; traces of an oblique red-brown line from costa

beyond middle to tornus, with a yellowish white patch beyond it

on costa and slightly defined by yellowish white at discocellulars

where it is somewhat incurved; subterminal line formed of yel-

lowish white scales, angled outwards at vein 7 and obsolete below

submedian fold. Hind wing grey sutfused with purplish brown ;

the underside whitish tinged with brown.

Hab, Arasia, Muscat (Jayakar), 1 9 type. FExp. 18 millim.

5937. Eulocastra melena.

Tarache melena, Hmpsn. Bull. Liverp. Museum, ii. p. 36 (1899) ; id. Nat.

Hist. Sokotra, p. 324, pl. xx. ff. 9, 10.

@. Head and thorax glossy black-brown, the former with a

greyish tinge; pectus and legs with some whitish; abdomen dark

brown, the ventral surface paler. Fore wing glossy black-brown ;

a nearly erect white antemedial band expanding somewhat towards

620 NOOTUID®.

costa ; an oblique triangular postmedial spot on costa, the black

postmedial line arising from it, obliquely excurved to vein 4, then

incurved ; a small subterminal white spot in submedian fold and a

series of white points just before termen; cilia with some

grey mixed. Hind wing black-brown with a greyish tinge, the

cilia whitish at tips; the underside grey suffused with fuscous, a

faint dark discoidal striga.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the antemedial band narrower and not

reaching vein 1, the subterminal spot and points before termen

absent.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the antemedial band replaced by a faint

double minutely waved black line.

Hab. Soxorra, Hadibu Plain (0. Grant), 5 9 type. Exp.

20 millim.

5938. Eulocastra leucobasis, n. sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 20.)

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with rufous and some

grey; pectus whitish; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey-

brown with a rufous tinge, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing

black-brown mixed with rufous and some grey ; subbasal line repre-

sented by black points on costa and in cell; antemedial area white

bounded by the waved black antemedial line, which is angled in-

wards in cell; claviform and orbicular small round black spots

with slight rufous annuli; reniform whitish with slight blackish

marks in upper and lower parts, somewhat constricted at middle ;

an indistinct oblique waved blackish line from lower angle of cell

to inner margin; postmedial line black defined on outer side by

white, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved

and waved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

whitish defined on inner side by some black, excurved below vein

7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish suffused

with cupreous brown; the underside white irrorated with brown,

a slight discoidal lunule and faint postmedial line excurved beyond

the cell.

Hab. Mavras, Belgaum (Watson), 5 3, 8 2 type. Hap. 18-

20 millim.

Scr. IL. (Hulocastra). Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell.

A. Fore wing not uniform white tinged with red-brown.

a, Fore wing not red-brown with a silvery leaden gloss,

a‘. Fore wing not pale purplish brown.

a, Fore wing white with the base and termen black.

a®, Fore wing without triangular black patch on

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6%. Fore wing with triangular black patch on

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6°. Fore wing with black medial band.

a°®, Fore wing with the base white.

EULOCASTRA. 621

a‘, Fore wing with the terminal area not strongly

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b*. Fore wing with the terminal area strongly

GiUEAUSael Walla TUVRONWES Sececonoeacoccoossoouaseode bipartita.

b*, Fore wing with the base blackish.

a+ Fore wing with the terminal area strongly

STRGRMSEGI WemlUlal TUNNOWE) socacccoaapcosscoecessences insignis,

b'. Fore wing with the terminal area not suf-

fused with rufous.

a’. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

Nimestalosen braaswok saeco sce Ce fasciata.

b°. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

lines present.

a®, Hind wing without white postmedial and

subterminal lines.

a’. Fore wing without wedge - shaped

white spot on outer edge of post-

medial line at costa.

a®, Fore wing with the terminal area

white with patches of purplish

PEREKY Goosdobonbsopeunadono09sqneaeEnaonae gquintana,

08. Fore wing with the terminal area

dark with white subterminal line.

a. Fore wing with broad white ante-

medial band with waved edges. wndulata.

b°®, Fore wing with the white ante-

medial band narrow and almost

Stravohbeeeeseee see Hee ecb emetns monozona.

6’, Fore wing with small wedge-shaped

white spot on outer edge of post-

medial line at costa.

a’. Fore wing strongly irrorated with

BINIGIAY SERIES Gooccancoaswcanconasoobe argentisparsa.

68. Fore wing slightly irrorated with

silvery scales,

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6°. Palpi fuscous and white ......... @ethiops.

6°. Hind wing with white postmedial and

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6', Fore wing pale purplish brown.

a?. Fore wing with black-brown medial band not

IRGENG UNEaY> (COISUE) ao godonbbnaaoannotudesouceapodadaonuedenas pheozona.

?, Fore wing with large conical rufous antemedial

Pat GLY rasacnan vas seetes «aslsemecionnideae<esersadbecianes thermozona.

6. Fore wing red-brown with a silvery leaden gloss ...... chrysargined,

B, Fore wing uniform white tinged with red-brown ......... tapina.

*5939. Eulocastra eurynipha. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 21.)

Eublemma eurynipha, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. 1902, p. 117.

3. Palpi, frons, and thorax dark brown, vertex of head and

tegule yellow; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen brown, the anal

tuft yellow. Fore wing with the basal area dark brown, somewhat

rufous at base and with waved black line on its outer edge; the

medial half white with the costal edge black and a waved black

line on its outer edge, excurved at middle and with the area beyond

it dark brown; the termen white with dentate inner edge and

622 NOCLUIDE.

terminal series of black points; cilia brown and white. Hind

wing whitish, the terminal area broadly suffused with brown with

irregular inner edge. Underside of fore wing suffused with brown

more deeply towards termen and with yellow apical patch.

Hab. Victoria, Birchip, type + ¢d in Coll. Lyell. Hap. 18

millim.

5940. Eulocastra argentifrons.

Thalpochares argentifrons, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 65, pl. 180. f. 1

(1889); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 317.

Head and thorax black-brown slightly mixed with grey; pectus

and legs whitish, the fore and mid legs suffused with fuscous, the

fore tibie and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white

irrorated with brown. Fore wing white faintly tinged with red-

brown especially towards termen; basal area black-brown, its

outer edge sinuous; an antemedial black point on costa; an

oblique triangular black-brown patch on middle of costa; a minute

black point at lower angle of cell and a postmedial point on costa

sometimes present: an indistinct diffused reddish brown postmedial

line from vein 2 to inner margin; a faint diffused red-brown sub-

terminal band; the termen narrowly black above and below

middle, defined on inner side by a slight white line angled outwards

at vein + to the cilia, which are black slightly mixed with grey.

Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown, the cilia with a

fine whitish line at base; the underside ochreous white irrorated

with brown.

Hab. Punsas, Simla, 2 ¢, Dharmsala (Hocking), 7 3, 5 Q type,

Kangra Valley (Dudgeon), 3 §. Hap. 18-22 millim.

5941. Eulocastra nigrivittata. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 22.)

Bryophila nigrivittata, Warr. P. Z.S. 1888, p. 801; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 308.

9. Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly irrorated with

brown ; palpi, frons, and antenne black ; fore legs and mid tibie

and tarsi above black, the hind tarsi black ringed with white.

Fore wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown; the costal

edge blackish towards base; medial area very broadly black, its

inner edge obliquely curved and slightly waved, its onter slightly

angled inwards at discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved,

defined on outer side by a fine white line; a black point on termen

above tornus. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with

brown; a diffused brown postmedial line slightly excurved at

middle and defined by white on outer side; cilia white tinged

with brown; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with brown, a slight dark postmedial line and fine

terminal line.

Hab. Puxsas, Campbellpur (Yerbury), 2 2 type. Hap. 22-26

millim.

EULOCASTRA. 62:

5942. Eulocastra bipartita.

Apamea bipartita, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 285, Noet. f. 175

(1845); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal p. 250.

Xanthoptera mesozona, Hmpsn. P. ZS. 1896, p. 261, pl. x. f. 9.

Thalerastria mediana, Staud. Tris. x. p. 295, pl. 4. f. 26 (1897).

2 (mesozona). Head and thorax ochreous white faintly tinged

with fulvous; fore tibie and tarsi blackish with pale rings;

abdomen white with pale brown bands, the anal tuit ochreous.

Fore wing ochreous white, the terminal area suffused with rufous;

a small triangular black mark at base of costa; antemedial line

represented by two black points on costa; a broad medial greyish

black band defined at sides by deep black lines, somewhat oblique

from costa to submedian fold; a black discoidal point ; postmedial

line with black point on costa, then represented by a faint silvery

line excurved from below costa to vein 4; a black mark on costa

with a white point on it before the silvery subterminal hne, which

is slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;

termen and cilia black. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous

especially on terminal area; the underside ochreous white, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous from apex to vein 2.

The figure of bipartita from Sicily has the medial band of fore

wing slightly constricted below costa and strongly below the cell,

the termen and cilia not black ; it is probably a distinct species.

Hab, Stctry; Parestine; ApEn (Yerbury), 1 2 type mesozona.

Exp. 22 millim.

5943. Eulocastra insignis. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 23.)

Hydrillodes insignis, Butl. P. ZS. 1884, p. 500.

Head and thorax glossy black; palpi greyish at base and

extremity of 2nd joint; antennz slightly ringed with yellowish :

pectus and legs yellowish, the fore tibiew and the tarsi banded with

black ; abdomen yellowish white, dorsally suffused with fuscous at

middle. Fore wing pale yellow, the terminal area suffused with

rufous ; the basal area black with somewhat oblique outer edge; a

broad black medial band, its inner edge excurved, its outer oblique

from costa to vein 4, then incurved, defined by pale yellow on

outer side before the rufous area; an oblique triangular post-

medial black spot on costa; an apical black patch continued as a

narrow band on termen to vein 4; cilia black towards apex and

above tornus. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner and terminal

areas suffused with brown; the underside yellowish slightly tinged

with brown, an indistinct diffused curved postmedial line and

fuscous brown apical patch.

Hab. ADEN (Yerbury),5 $,3 9 type. Hap. 20-24 millim.

624 NOCTUIDZ.

5944. Eulocastra fasciata.

Eulocastra fasciata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 419, pl. x. f, 6.

Head and base of tegule orange-yellow; palpi blackish behind ;

antenne blackish ringed with yellow; thorax glossy black-brown

slightly mixed with yellow; pectus and legs yellow, the fore tibiz

and tarsi banded with black; abdomen yellowish white. Fore

wing yellowish white; the basal area glossy black-brown with a

Fig. 166.—Hudocastra fasciata, $. }.

patch of yellowish white at base of inner margin and a subbasal

striga from costa; a black-brown medial band, its inner edge

waved, its outer excurved at lower angle of cell; a subtermina

black-brown band, slightly angled inwards at discal fold and

narrowing to tornus; black-brown patches on termen and cilia

at middle and above tornus, Hind wing yellowish white, the

underside with a black-brown patch at middle of costa and bar

from costa before apex.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial band obsolete on costal area

and separated from a black discoidal spot.

Hab. N. Avsrratta, Port Darwin (Buckland), 1 9; QurnnsLanp,

Brisbane (Turner), 2 6, 2 9; N.S. Watus, Sydney, 1 ¢ type.

Exp. 18-20 millim.

5945. Eulocastra quintana.

Acontia quintana, Swinh. P.Z.8, 1885, p. 455, pl. 27. f. 13; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 318.

Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown, the head tinged

with ochreous; pectus and legs ochreous white, the fore tibie and

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white with indistinct

brownish dorsal bands. Fore wing white, the basal area suffused

with purple-grey, a tuft of raised rufous scales below base of cell,

its outer edge sinuous with tufts of raised black scales below costa

and cell and above inner margin; antemedial line purplish, double,

erect, waved, with two blackish points on it at costa and a point

on its outer edge in cell ; medial area purplish grey with a black

spot in end of cell defined by white on outer side; a sinuous

rufous medial line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line

EULOCASIRA. 625

double, bent inwards to costa and incurved at discal and sub-

median folds; subterminal line white defined on inner side by a

dark patch at costa and with a broad purplish band before it

interrupted at discal and submedian folds, and with two white

points on costa and the area beyond it purplish except at apex,

slightly angled inwards below costa and at discal and submedian

folds; a terminal series of blackish points; cilia purplish brown

and white. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown towards

termen; a fine terminal brown line; the underside yellowish

white with some brown suffusion on costa at middle and apex.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with patches of black and rufous scales on

inner medial area replacing the sinuous line, black points before

subterminal line below costa and at middle.

Hab. Beyeat, Moghal Serai (Betton), 1 9; Bompay, Kutch, 1 g,

Poona (Swinhoe), 2 2 type, Khandalla (Swinhoe), 1 9; Mavras,

Belgaum ( Watson), 2 6. Hep. 16-20 millim.

This may be a variety of H. undulata.

5946. Hulocastra undulata.

Erastria undulata, Snell. Veth’s Midden-Sumatra, Lep. p. 45 (1880).

Acontia excisa, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 455; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

. 31d,

Aesitin excisa, Butl. Il. Het. B. M. vii. p. 61, pl. 129. ff. 5, 6 (1889).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with purplish grey, the

head tinged with ochreous; legs yellowish, the tibia and tarsi

banded with black; abdomen fuscous brown with slight pale

segmental lines, the ventral surface yellowish. Fore wing purplish

grey suffused in parts with cupreous brown; a broad antemedial

white band, its inner edge sinuous with patches of raised black

scales on it and the sinuous antemedial purplish line near its

outer edge; orbicular a white point defined by black on outer

side, the reniform a narrow bar faintly defined by white and with

black spot before it in end of cell; medial line blackish, rather

diffused and irregularly waved; postmedial line double filled in

with whitish and with blackish spots before it at discal and sub-

median folds, excurved below costa and incurved at discal and

submedian folds ; postmedial area with indistinct waved dark line

and some white points on costa; subterminal line white, dentate,

angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a white apical

patch ; a terminal series of black points slightly defined by white

on inner side; cilia grey-brown, white towards apex. Hind wing

whitish suffused with purplish grey; traces of a dark discoidal

point and whitish postmedial band.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial line placed on a pure

white band and without the white patch at apex and on cilia;

abdomen yellowish with dark bands.

Hab. Corea, Douglas Inlet (B. Fletcher), 1 3g; Punsas, Simla

VoL, X. ZS8

626 NOCTUIDZ.

(Harford), 3 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 2 3,4 2 type exeisa, Butl.,

Almorah (Boys), 1 ¢; Bompay, Khandalla (Swinhoe), 1 @ ;

Manras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 5,1 9, Nilgiris, 1 2, Coimbatore

(Walhouse), 1 2 type excisa, Swinn.; Burma, Thayetmyo ( Watson),

2 2; Nicopars, Camorta, 1 ¢; Puriippines, Luzon (McGregor),

1 9; Sumarra, type t in Mus. Leyden; CuLepes. Hap. 16-22

millim,

5947. Eulocastra monozona, n.sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 24.)

@. Head and thorax dark purplish grey suffused with olive-

brown; fore tibiew and the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen dark

purplish grey. Fore wing dark purplish grey suffused in parts

with red-brown; subbasal line double filled in with whitish,

excurved belew costa and ending at submedian fold where there

are some diffused black scales beyond it; a somewhat inwardly

oblique white antemedial band with the nearly straight dark

antemedial line on it, its edges very slightly sinuous; orbicular

represented by a slight white spot with oblique black striga on its

outer edge, the reniform by a white discoidal striga with black

spot before it; an indistinct waved blackish medial line; post-

medial line double, black filled in with white towards costa,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, incurved

at discal fold and below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by somewhat

dentate black marks from below costa to vein 3, then by slight

whitish lunules, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a whitish

apical patch; a terminal series of minute black lunules; cilia

whitish and brown. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscous

brown, the cilia whitish.

Hab. Gampia, Bathurst (Sir G. Carter), 1 9 type. xp. 18

millim.

5948. Eulocastra argentisparsa, n. sp. (Plate CLXYVII. fig. 25.)

¢. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with white and some

rufous scales; palpi mostly rufous at sides; patagia with black

bar near extremity; metathorax with blue-black patch; pectus

white; legs banded black and white; abdomen greyish fuscous

with white segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

very dark cupreous brown thickly irrorated with metallic silvery

scales; some white at base of inner margin; subbasal line repre-

sented by white strize from costa and in cell; an antemedial

white band, narrowing to costa, its edges waved, with black line

on its outer edge and series of points at middle representing the

antemedial line ; orbicular a minute black spot with white bar on

its outer edge, the reniform a black spot angled inwards on

median nervure and with slight brown and white line on it;

postmedial line black expanding into spots on inner side at discal

EULOCASTRA. 627

and submedian folds and with white bar on outer at costa and

striga at inner margin, bent outwards below costa, slightly in-

curved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and slightly excurved

at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

ill-defined, white with slight black marks before it from below

costa to vein 4, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds: a

waved terminal black line with diffused white band before it:

cilia fuscous and whitish with white spots at base and slight dark

line at middle. Hind wing white suffused with fuscous, a slight

discoidal point, dark postmedial line with white band beyond it,

and fine dark terminal line; cilia with white spots at base and

white line near tips; the underside with white subterminal band.

Hab. Manras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 20 millim.

5949. Eulocastra fasciolata. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 26.)

Frastria fasciolata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 403.

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some rufous and

white scales; palpi, pectus, and legs yeliow, the tibiz and tarsi

banded with brown; abdomen yellow with dorsal brown bands.

Fore wing red-brown with patches of metallic silvery scales ;

subbasal line represented by a white point on costa; a white

antemedial line narrowing towards costa and edged by irregularly

waved black lines; a black spot in end of cell; postmedial line

black expanding into a patch at submedian interspace and with

wedge-shaped white patch on its outer edge at costa and point at

inner margin, oblique towards costa and slightly incurved at discal

and submedian folds, some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line defined on each side by slight black marks from

below costa to vein 3, then with some white on outer side,

somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series

of slight blackish lunules more or less strongly defined by white on

inner side; cilia brown more or less chequered with white. Hind

wing dark reddish brown; a darker terminal line and slight pale

line at base of cilia; the underside with some white at base of

costa, a patch in end of cell, a sinuous postmedial band, and

subterminal series of spots.

Hab. QuEnnstann, Peak Down, 1 ¢ type; N.S. Watzs (Raynor),

1S. Hep. 16-22 millim.

5950. Eulocastra ethiops. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 27.)

Tarache ethiops, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 228 (1898).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some white and purple

scales, the patagia with black bar towards tips; palpi, pectus, and

legs whitish mixed with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen brown with white segmental lines, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing cupreous brown largely suffused with silvery

9 9

282

628 NOCTUID E.

purple and irrorated with some black; a white antemedial band

edged by waved black lines, narrowing to costa and usually with

a few dark scales at middle representing the antemedial line ;

orbicular represented by a slight black spot, the reniform by a

black spot with white striga on its outer edge ; an indistinct sinuous

black medial line; postmedial line black slightly defined by white

on outer side and with wedge-shaped white patch at costa and some

plack beforeit at discal and submedian folds, slightly bent outwards

below costa and incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, rufous

with black marks before and beyond it, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of small black lunules defined on

inner side by a waved white line; cilia blackish with more or less

white at apex, middle, and tornus. Hind wing fuscous slightly

irrorated with white; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with

fuscous, a dark discoidal bar, curved postmedial line defined by

whitish on outer side, and more or less prominent subterminal

series of white points.

Ab. 1. g. Fore wing with the cilia white with dark spots; hind

wing white with slight discoidal bar and curved postmedial line,

the terminal area suffused with fuscous from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 3, Kikuyu, Kiu

(Crawshay), 1 3, 1 2, Kilimakiu, 1 9; N. Ruopesta, Kambove

Distr. (Neave), 2 9; Masnonaranp, Salisbury (Marshall), 13,12,

Umtali (Marshall), 1 9 ; Raopusta, Bulawayo (Lyles), 1 ¢ ;

TransvaaL, White R. (Cooke), 1 9, Piet Retief (Janse), 1 2,

Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 9. Hap, 22-24 millim.

5951. Eulocastra hypotenia. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 28.)

Microphysa hypotenia, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 173 (1860).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown mixed with

erey, the last with whitish segmental bands; palpi, pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with fuscous. Fore

wing glossy grey suffused and irrorated with chocolate-brown, the

medial and apical areas rather darker; subbasal line indistinct,

double, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled

in with white, almost straight aud with a dark shade on its outer

edge; reniform with whitish annulus, a black bar on its inner edge,

oblique, its lower extremity produced and with dark patches

beyond and below it ; postmedial line double filled in with yellowish

and defined by white on outer side, slightly excurved to vein 4,

then incuryed; subterminal line grey defined on inner side by dark

brown, very slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a dark

terminal line; cilia with a slight dark medial line. _ Hind wing

white, the base tinged with brown; a brown medial band excurved

beyond the cell and conjoined to the upper and lower extremities

of a quadrate discoidal spot, excuryed in submedian interspace; 1

EULOCASTRA. 629

brown subterminal band excurved at middle and bent outwards to

termen above tornus ; a narrow brown terminal band; cilia white

mixed with brown. Underside of fore wing white with some brown

suffusion on costa and below the cell to postmedial line, the orbi-

cular and reniform black, postmedial and subterminal black bands

not reaching inner margin, a black apical patch and terminal line;

hind wing white with some black irroration on base of costa, a

guadrate blackish spot in middle of cell, the other markings as

above but darker.

Hab. Br, K. Arrica, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 3, Eb Urru

(Betton), 1 3, Naitolia (Betton), 1 6; Transvaat (Janse), 1 3,

Piet Retief (Crawshay), 4 3 ; Zututann, Tugela R. (Reynolds),

1 $; Narat, Mooi R.,1 ¢, Durban (Gooch, Leigh), 2 ¢; Ornance

R. Cotony, Bloemfontein (Hekersley), 1 2. Hap. 20-26 millim.

5952. Eulocastra pheozona, n.sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 29.)

¢. Head and front half of thorax bright rufous, the hinder part

of thorax pale reddish ochreous ; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous

tinged with red-brown, the fore legs rufous. Fore wing ochreous

tinged with pale purplish brown, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with dark brown; a medial black-brown band from below

costa to inner margin, its inner edge angled inwards at median

nervure and vein 1, its outer edge angled outwards at lower angle

of cell and above inner margin and inwards at submedian fold; a

black-brown spot at apex and some points on termen above tornus.

Hind wing pale reddish thickly irrorated with brown; the under-

side whitish slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. W. Auvstratta, Sherlock R. (Clements), 1 5 type. Exp.

24 millim.

5953. Eulocastra thermozona, n. sp. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 30.)

Head and thorax rufous; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous

tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale purplish grey thickly irrorated

with brown; an oblique brown line defined on inner side by

yellowish from subcostal nervure before middle to vein 1 near base,

the area beyond it deep rufous except towards costa to the medial

brown line defined on outer side by yellowish, arising at subcostal

nervure, angled outwards to discocellulars, then rather oblique,

sinuous; a terminal series of dark points except at apex. Hind

wing greyish suffused with brown, a terminal series of slight dark

points; cilia whitish; the underside ochreous white, the costal area

slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. W. Avstratia, Sherlock R. (Clements), 1 3, 2 2 type.

Kep, 18-24 millim.

63 NOCTUID®.

5954. Eulocastra chrysarginea. (Plate CLXVII. fig. 31.)

Cophanta ehrysarginea, Schaus, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 105 (1906).

¢. Head whitish tinged with red-brown ; palpi brown, the tips

of 2nd and 3rd joints white; frons with lateral brown bars;

antenne brown; thorax dark cupreous brown; pectus and legs

with a greyish tinge, the tarsi white; abdomen dark cupreous

brown, the 2nd and anal segment ringed with white, the ventral

surface with white patches on first three segments. Fore wing

cupreous red-brown with a silvery leaden gloss especially on medial

area; antemedial line fine, double, black filled in with yellow and

defined on outer side by golden brown, minutely waved ; a golden-

brown shade before the postmedial line, which is represented by an

oblique yellow striga from costa and yellow striga from inner

margin, almost obsolete at middle, some white points beyond it on

costa and asmall spot towards apex; a terminal series of slight

black points and a white point below apex. Hind wing dark

cupreous brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside tinged and

irrorated with grey, a slight discoidal striga and indistinct curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Sao Paulo (DP. Jones), 2 go. Exp. 20 millim.

Type ft in U.S. Nat. Mus.

*5955, Eulocastra tapina. (Plate CLXVIL. fig. 32.)

Eulocastra tapina, Ping. ined.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with brown;

antennz brownish. Fore wing white faintly tinged with reddish

brown; traces of a waved brownish subbasal line from costa to

vein 1; antemedial brown points on costa, below median nervure,

and at inner margin; a faint oblique brown striga from middle of

costa; traces of a brownish postmedial line, oblique from costa to

discal fold and bent inwards at submedian fold; a terminal series

of faint brownish strie. Hind wing white tinged with reddish

brown. Underside of both wings white faintly tinged with reddish

brown.

Hab, Patestins, type td, Q in Coll. Piingeler. Hap. ¢ 18,

Genus NARANGA.

Type.

INCH ROTGI, Mil@ores}, 12/5 iS Wekeily 40); BENS) 5 scaconccosoncnocootoadousa6caedes diffusa.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and smoothly scaled, the 8rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyes

large, round; antennz of male laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibia smoothly scaled, the

NARANGA, 631

spurs long; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rectangular,

the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8,9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or shortly stalked; 5 nearly fully developed

from below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing yellow and blood-red.

a. Kore wing of male with the terminal area suffused with

IDLOOd Ered arcane ctccefines-weldcdecue evs secmuctdsowseseeesgesesses diffusa.

6, Fore wing with the terminal area not suffused with blood-

ROG. 32 cons Goneadopasd aonb conaRSBAS BNSC Be beepdanrichon cont eESaAAC UREA cae eT @nescens.

B. Fore wing ochreous suffused with dull rufous .................. brunned.

5956. Naranga diffusa.

Xanthodes diffusa, Wik. xxxiii. 779 (1865); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 49,

pl. 150. f. 17; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 333.

Aanthoptera dimorpha, Snell. Veth’s Midden-Sumatra, Lep. p. 45 (1880).

Naranga quadrivittata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 184 (1882).

Naranga ferrugined, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 134 (1882).

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing

with the basal area ochreous yellow; the costal edge blood-red

towards base; a broad diffused blood-red subbasal band from below

costa to above inner margin, its outer edge oblique and sinuous ;

an oblique blood-red medial band expanding slightly at costa and

inner margin and with waved edges, followed by an oblique yellow

Fig. 167.—Naranga diffusa, S$. }.

band with waved outer edge; the terminal area suffused with

blood-red ; cilia yellow. Hind wing dark brown; the cilia yellow

tinged with red-brown at base, Underside of both wings dark

brown with some yellow at base, the costa and apex of fore wings

and the cilia of both wings yellow.

@. Fore wing yellow faintly tinged with red; a narrow very

oblique red band from costa beyond middle to middle of inner

margin with slightly waved edges and expanding into a brown

lunule in submedian interspace ; an oblique red fascia from apex

to discal fold; hind wing ochreous white; underside of fore wing

yellow.

Hab. Ponsas, Dharmsala (Hocking), 2 6, 5 2; Brneat, Cal-

eutta, 7 ¢, 10 @ type quadrivittata ; Mapras (Watson), 1 ¢,1 9,

§32 NOCLUID 3B.

Belgaum (Watson), 1 2, Nilgiris, 2 2; Curzon (Zempleton), 1 2

type; Burma, Rangoon (Scott), 1 $,1 9; Srrairs Sprriements,

Selangor, Kuala Lumpur (Durham), 1 9; Sumarra, type T dimorpha

in Coll. Snellen; Java (Horsfield), 1 2. Exp. 20-26 millim.

5957. Naranga enescens. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 3.)

Naranga enescens, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 359.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen golden yellow mixed with some

dull rufous. Fore wing golden yellow; the costal edge reddish

towards base ; some slight blood-red suffusion on basal inner area ;

an oblique medial blood-red band, its outer edge slightly angled at

discal and submedian folds; an oblique blood-red fascia from apex

to discal fold, followed by a line slightly angled inwards in sub-

median fold, then bent outwards to tornus. Hind wing dark

reddish brown, the cilia yellow. Underside of fore wing yellow

suffused with brown except on terminal area; hind wing yellow.

2. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing ochreous yellow, the

last with the medial band not extending to costa but represented

by a reddish streak in and beyond end of cell, a dark discoidal

point and brown band from vein 2 to inner margin; hind wing

yellow suffused with pale brown except at termen.

Ab. 1. ¢. Fore wing deep brassy yellow with the markings less

prominent,

Ab. 2. 9. Fore wing with the medial band hardly traceable

except a discoidal point and brownish spot in submedian inter-

space, the subterminal band almost obsolete; hind wing yellow

without brown tinge.

Hab. Japan, Fusiki (Leech), 1 g,1 9, Kiushiu, 1 9, Tsuruga

(Leech), 1 2, Tokio (Maries), 1 9, Yokohama (Pryer),1 $,1 9;

C. Cuina, Shanghai (Pryer), 1 9, Fokien, Ting-hai (de la Garde),

1 g,1 9; Formosa, 2 ¢ type. Ap. 138-24 millim.

5958. Naranga brunnea, n. sp. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 4.)

Naranga hebescens, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 157 (nee Butl.),_

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow mixed with dull rufous ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous whitish.

Fore wing ochreous yellow suffused with dull rufous; a dark dis-

coidal point and indistinct oblique dull rufous band from lower

angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial area more ochreous

followed by a diffused dull reddish-brown band leaving the termen

narrowly ochreous; cilia ochreous. Hind wing reddish brown ;

cilia ochreous tinged with reddish brown at base; the underside

ochreous irrorated with brown.

Q. Fore wing with the veins slightly streaked with ochreous.

Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 3, 4 2 type; C. Cuina,

Ningpo (Leech), 1 $. Hp. 18-22 millim

NARANGODES. 633

Genus NARANGODES, nov.

Type, WV. hemorranta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antennz of male somewhat laminate and ciliated ; thorax

clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests; tibiz smoothly sealed ;

abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather narrow. the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well above angle ;

6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

A. Fore wing suffused with blood-red, the postmedial line

NTR bespdoonadacHsnoeaanacpanbebatedcsonaonocnonaceeussdnacdo hemorranta.

B, Fore wing not suffused with blood-red, the postmedial

liane SIVEITIN, OUP IEG! ono acqonocaconcocauonqasanabeccosgovesauesuEs nigridiscata.

5959. Narangodes hemorranta, n. sp.

@. Head and thorax dull rufous mixed with grey-white ; pectus, ’

lees, and abdomen grey-white tinged with brown. Fore wing

greyish white suffused with dull blood-red; a whitish streak on

Fig. 168.—Narangodes hemorranta, 2. 1.

median nervure; traces of a whitish antemedial line angled out-

wards on median nervure and inwards in submedian fold, defined

on outer side by deeper red in and below cell; a small deep red

discoidal lunule; a narrow rather diffused deep red postmediul

band, oblique from costa to submedian fold and angled outwards

beyond lower angle of cell; subterminal line whitish, oblique from

apex and defined on inner side by dark brown, then diffused on

postmedial area, angled outwards at vein 7 and middle and inwards

at discal and submedian folds; cilia whitish mixed with red.

Hind wing brown tinged with grey, the cilia whitish; the under-

side grey tinged with brown, a slight discoidal point, traces of a

postmedial striga from costa and subterminal line.

Hab. Loo-cxoo Is. (Pryer), 2 9 type. Hap. 24 millim.

5960. Narangodes nigridiscata. (Plate CLX VIII. fig. 5.)

Eublemma nigridiscata, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 471 (1901).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with some

brown. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with red-brown; sub-

634 NOCTUID&.

basal line represented by brown points below costa and cell; ante-

medial line represented by a brown spot on costa and oblique line

from cell to inner margin, diffused on outer side; a triangular

black-brown discoidal spot; postmedial line brown, diffused on

inner side and defined by white on outer, shghtly curved; a faint

diffused brown subterminal shade; a brown terminal line ; cilia

with a slight brown line through them. Hind wing white faintly

tinged with brown; a reddish brown terminal line; the underside

whitish irrorated with red-brown, a brown discoidal spot.

Hab. Queenstand, Duaringa, 1 ¢ type. Exp. 14 millim.

Genus MIMASURA, noy.

Type, WM. tripuncta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately sealed, the 3rd moderate or rather long; frons

smooth ; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly

with scales and without crests; tibize smoothly scaled ; abdomen without crests.

Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or stalked; 5 almost fully developed from

well below middle of discocellulars or from lower angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenne of male somewhat laminate and minutely ciliated; palpi with

the 3rd joint long.

A. Fore wing with black discoidal point.

a, Fore wing with ante- and postmedial lines present......... simplex.

6. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines absent .., wnipuncta.

B. Fore wing without black discoidal point................0...000 asticta,

*5961. Mimasura simplex. (Plate CLXVIIL. fig. 6.)

Eublemma simplex, Rebel, Denk. Math.-nat. Akad. Wissens. Ixxi. p. 62

(1907).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish; palpi brown with

white ring at extremity of 2nd joint; antenne brown; legs tinged

with brown. Fore wing whitish faintly tinged with brown; a

very indistinct oblique sinuous antemedial line; minute black

points at middle of cell and on discocellulars; postmedial line

indistinct, dark, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; a

terminal series of minute black poimts. Hind wing white slightly

tinged with rufous.

Hab. Soxorra, type ¢ in Mus. Vienna, vp. 18 millim.

MIMASURA, : 635

5962. Mimasura unipuncta.

Xanthoptera unipuncta, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 898 (1902).

3g. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with red-brown ; 2rd joint

of palpi, upper part of frons, and antenne black; fore and mid

tibiee blackish, the fore tarsi blackish with slight pale rings;

abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing greyish ochreous, the costal

area yellower; a black point in discal fold below origin of vein 2 ;

a round black discoidal spot; subterminal spots above vein 6 and

below 4 and a slight streak in discal fold. Hind wing yellowish

white. Underside of fore wing with some fuscous suffusion in and

below cell.

Fig. 169.— Mimasura unipuncta, S. }.

only, sometimes with traces of the subterminal spots; hind wing

suffused with fuscous brown.

Hab. Masuonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 9 type; TRansvaAaL,

White R. (Cooke), 26,19. Hap. 20 millim.

5963. Mimasura asticta, n. sp. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 7.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish ochreous tinged with

fuscous ; palpi with the 2nd joint in front except at base and the

3rd joint black; frons and antenne black. Fore wing greyish

ochreous, the costal edge blackish on basal half. Hind wing

ochreous white tinged with brown. Underside of fore wing with

the disk tinged with fuscous.

Hab. Strrra Luonz (Clements), 1 3 type. Hap. 18 millim.

Sxcr, II. Antenne of male with long cilia, not laminate; palpi with the

8rd joint short.

A, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked, 5 from lower angle of cell.

5964. Mimasura quadripuncta.

Mimasura quadripuncta, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 412.

Head and tegule orange, thorax ochreous white; pectus, legs,

and abdomen orange. Fore wing ochreous white, the costa narrowly

, orange; obliquely placed ante- and postmedial black spots in sub-

636 NOCTUID &.

median fold and on inner margin; cilia tinged with yellow. Hind

wing pale yellow.

Fig. 170.— Mimasura quadripuncta, S. }

Ruovesta, Luangwa Valley (Weave), 1 g type. Exp.

Hab. N.E.

2 30 millim.

3 26,

B. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell, 5 from above angle.

a. Fore wing with medial line and double postmedial

[Hi Spacedbecaracacecchodansscccoccosemonacdoe seoOmnec0s cceqandse clara.

b. Fore wing without lines.

a1, Fore wing with two black discoidal points ............ disticta.

b!, Fore wing with black point at lower angle of cell... ¢ripuncta.

cl, Fore wing without discoidal point.

a>, Fore wing with the costa not dark brown with

white striz towards apex.

a®. Hind wing tinged with fuscous.

a*. Fore wing ochreous yellow ........... Berenice impuneta.

b*. Wore wimg ochreous white :......0.-5-2.---esa6a- innotata.

63. Hind wing yellowish white ..................0..-0 albiceris.

62. Fore wing with the costa towards apex dark brown

TMV ONE SOMES aececontecaemennsocsagsenodndecuecccess strigicostalis.

5965. Mimasura clara. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 8.)

Miltochrista clara, Holl, Psyche, vi. p. 400 (1893).

@. Head and thorax ochreous white; palpi with the 2nd joint

black behind; fore tibize blackish towards extremity; abdomen

ochreous. Fore wing ochreous white with a faint flesh-coloured

tinge; subbasal line represented by a slight fuscous mark on costa

and black spot in cell, the antemedial line by a slight fuscous mark

on costa and black spots below costa and cell; an irregular diffused

blackish medial line angled outwards below costa and above inner

margin and bent outwards at middle; two black discoidal points ;

postmedial line rather diffused, blackish, double except towards

costa, excurved below costa aud at middle and angled inwards at

discal and submedian folds; two black points on termen above

middle, and one or two below middle. Hind wing ochreous, the

terminal area faintly tinged with brown.

Hab. Nieerta, Old Calabar (Rutherford) 1 9° , Sapele (Sampson),

1 2; Gasoon, Ogové R., type 7 in Coll. Holland. wp. 24 millim.

MIMASURA. 637

5966. Mimasura disticta, n. sp. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 9.)

¢. Head and thorax ochreous white; palpi tinged with fuscous

behind; abdomen ochreous yellow. Fore wing ochreous white; a

small subbasal black spot in cell; small dark antemedial spots

below costa, in submedian fold and above inner margin ; two small

black discoidal spots; traces of medial and more distinct postmedial

spots in submedian fold; traces of a subterminal series of spots ;

terminal black points below apex, above and below vein 5 and

below veins 3 and 2. Hind wing pale yellow: the underside with

slight terminal brown spots from apex to vein 3.

Hab. Srerra Leone (Clements), 1 $ type. Exp. 20 millim.

5967. Mimasura tripuncta.

Xanthoptera tripuncta, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 398 (1902).

Head and thorax yellow; pectus and legs suffused with fuscous,

abdomen yellow suffused with fuscous. Fore wing yellowish white,

the costa yellow; a black point in base of cell and larger rounded

spots in middle of cell and at lower angle; cilia yellow. Hind

Fig. 171.—Mimasura tripuncta, G. }.

wing pale ochreous tinged with brown, more strongly in female, the

cilia yellowish white. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown, the

costa and termen yellow.

Hab. Masnonatand, Salisbury (Marshall), 2 2 type; Transvaat,

White R. (Cooke), 1 ¢. Exp. 22 millim.

5968. Mimasura impuncta, n. sp. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 10.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous yellow; fore tibize and

tarsi brown. Fore wing uniform ochreous yellow. Hind wing

pale ochreous tinged with brown. Underside of fore wing suffused

with brown; hind wing ochreous white, the costa tinged with

brown.

Hab. Punsas, Mean Meer (Harford), 1$; Bompay, Kutch, 16,

1 Q type, Bombay, 1g ; Travancorz, Pirmdd (Mrs. Imray), 1 ¢.

Exp. 16-20 millim.

638 NOCTUID®.

5969. Mimasura innotata. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 11.)

Mimasura innotata, Hmpsn. P. ZS. 1910, p. 412.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white slightly tinged

with brown; palpi orange-yellow. Fore wing silky ochreous

white, the costal edge yellow. Hind wing whitish suffused with

fuscous brown. Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous

brown.

Hab. N.E. Raovusta, E. Luangwa Distr. (Neave), 1 3 type;

Trawsvaa, Johannesburg (Cregoc), 1 ¢. Hxp. 20 millim.

5970. Mimasura albiceris. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 12.)

Xanthoptera albiceris, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 11 (1903).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous yellow; fore and

mid tibiz and tarsi tinged with brown. Fore wing yellowish white,

the costal edge brownish towards base. Hind wing yellowish

white. Underside of fore wing tinged with brown.

Hab. Quernstanp, Peak Downs, 1 ¢. ep. 18 millin. Type tT

in Coll. Turner.

5971. Mimasura strigicostalis, n. sp. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 13.)

3. Head and tegule yellow; palpi blackish; frons whitish ;

antenne brown; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with brown.

Fore wing whitish tinged with brown except on costal area; the

costal edge yellow except towards apex, where it is dark brown

with four oblique white strie; 4 distinct white spot at apex; a

terminal series of slight dark points defined on inner side by white

strie. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; a fine brown

terminal line.

Hab. Travancorn, Pirmdd (Mrs. Imray), 2 3 type. Exp.

20 millim,

Genus FLAMMONA. ii

Flammona, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 55 (1864) ... guides

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short and broadly

scaled; frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antenne of male strongly laminate ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibie slightly

fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of

cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole:

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed, from just above angle; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards to

COSTA MME AND DCK es aca ne a cies scaieisiselswisietee eileen aes salle dela trilineata.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not bent outwards

GOWCOS ba eae cecR eee veeiearostesinctee ones nse sejoteeeu ore delomeraceaiemett quadrifasciata,

FLAMMONA. 63

5972. Flammona trilineata. (Plate CLAXVIII. fig. 14.)

Flammona trilineata, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 562.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore

wing purplish grey thickly irrorated with brown ; a narrow erect

black-brown antemedial band; a small black spot in middle of

cell ; an oblique black-brown medial band, diffused on outer

side; a blackish discoidal bar; a narrow black-brown postmedial

band, slightly defined on inner side by white and with brown

suffusion beyond it, arising from costa towards apex, inwardly

oblique to discal fold, then erect; a minutely waved white sub-

terminal line. Hind wing whitish suffused with purplish brown ;

the underside with slight dark irroration, a small black discoidal

spot and indistinct diffused oblique postmedial line.

Hab. Cuntr. Catna, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 g type, Chungking,

1. Hap. 30 millim.

5973. Flammona quadrifasciata.

Flammona quadrifasciata, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 55 (1864) ;

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus, Oxon. 1. p. 66, pl. 1. f. 24.

Head purplish grey mixed with chocolate-brown ; palpi chocolate,

white at tips; antenne with the basal joint and the shaft above

towards extremity white; thorax chocolate-brown with some white

at tips of patagia; tibize at sides and tarsi white; abdomen white

suffused with chocolate-red, the extremity whiter. Fore wing

white almost entirely suffused with purple-grey ; slightly incurved

antemedial and medial deep chocolate-brown bands; a discoidal

striga; an oblique postmedial line defined on inner side by white ;

Fig. 172.—Hlammona quadrifasciata, S. 4.

a subterminal line defined on inner side by white forming a spot at

vein 6; cilia chocolate-brown mixed with white especially towards

tornus. Hind wing white suffused with purplish red and with

purplish red terminal band, the area before it whiter ; a fine white

terminal line; cilia white mixed with purplish red; the underside

with the costal half purplish red irrorated with white, the inner

half white, a slight red subterminal line.

Hab. Straits Serrtements, Pahang (Adley), 1 2, Perak, Larut

Hills (Flower), 1 g ; Stnearore (Ridley), 8g, 29; Borneo,

Sarawak (Wallace), 26,19, Paku,l) ¢. vp. 24-30 millim.

640 NOCTUID®.

Genus MENEPTERA, nov.

Type, M. diopis.

Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond the frontal

prominence and moderately scaled, the 5rd joint short; frons with long

truncate conical prominence with raised edges at extremity ; eyes rather small

and elliptical; antenne of female ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and

scales mixed and without crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen

without crests. Fore wing narrow, the costa excised beyond middle; the apex

produced upwards, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and

5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with

8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 almost fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7

stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

5974. Meneptera diopis.

Tarache diopis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 435 (1905).

dark reddish brown. Fore wing red-brown with slight dark

irroration ; orbicular and reniform small, white, the former round,

the latter lunulate, a black patch between them ; postmedial line

pale rufous, indistinct, rather obliquely curved; subterminal line

Fig. 173,—Meneptera diopis, Q.

seu

represented by a slight whitish point on costa; cilia whitish tinged

with rufous. Hind wing dark cupreous brown; cilia whitish

tinged with rufous; the underside fuscous brown.

Hab. Transvast, Piet Retief (Crawshay), 1 Q type. Hap.

24 millim.

Genus PSEUDOSTERRHA.

Pseudosterrha, Rebel, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 373 (1901) non

(CLERICS. Ss Se eRe SCRE ANA Tne aD ean MIRE aad GUnD Oooo En aoepEBdabboobadsus sodas oronaria,

Type.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, hardly reaching beyond the frons

which is smooth; eyes Jarge, round; ocelli present; antennz of female

ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibise

slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing narrow, the

apex produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from'10 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7

shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to well beyond middle.

PSEUDOSTERRHA.—GYROHYPSOMA. 641

5975. Pseudosterrha oranaria.

Chesias oranaria, Lucas, Expl. Algeria, p. 393, pl. 4. f. 4 (1848); Oberth.

Et. Ent. xix. p. 38, pl. 6. ff. 40, 41 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 378.

@. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey-white;

abdomen ochreous, whitish irrorated with fuscous brown at. base,

extremity, and on ventral surface. Fore wing brownish ochreous

irrorated with black, the veins, discal and submedian folds strongly

streaked with white and defined on each side by black to the

postmedial line, which is very oblique from costa just before apex

to middle of inner margin, white defined on outer side by black

Fig. 174.—Pseudosterrha oranaria, 2. $.

and on inner side also from submedian fold to inner margin ; sub-

terminal line white, oblique, arising from apex; cilia white with tine

black lines at base and tips. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous

black ; the cilia white with black line near base and some black

scales at tips; the underside white irrorated with black-brown,

a diffused black discoidal spot and patch on termen below apex.

6. Larger; fore wing sometimes tinged with rufous, the streaks

on the veins less distinct, the postmedial line finer and slightly

incurved below vein 4, the subterminal line less distinct ; hind

wing paler.

Hab. Aterrta (Mrs. Nicholl), 2 2, Oran. Exp. 3 30, 2 24

millim.

Genus GYROHYPSOMA. Type

Gyrohypsoma, Staud. Stett. Hnt. Zeit. xlix. p. 47 (1888) ........... sterrha.

Proboseis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, slender, the 2nd

joint reaching about to middle of frons, the 3rd short; frons with small

rounded corneous process at middle with raised edges, a corneous plate below

it; eyes large, round; antenne of female ciliated; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with depressed

crest ; tibiz slightly fringed with hair, the fore tibia with claw at extremity

on inner side; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of

cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

VOL. X. 2p:

642 NOCTUIDA.

5976. Gyrohypsoma sterrha.

Gyrohypsoma sterrha, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlix. p. 47 (1888); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 233.

Q. Head pink; thorax yellowish suffused with pink; pectus

and legs whitish, the fore legs and tibie tinged with pink ; abdomen

olive ochreous, the ventral surface white except at extremity.

Fore wing olive ochreous slightly irrorated with white, the costal

Fig. 175.—Gyrohypsoma sterrha, 2. }.

area pink; orbicular represented by a small white spot, the reni-

form defined by slight white points; cilia pink. Hind wing

ochreous suffused with brown, the cilia pink; the underside

whitish, the costa tinged with pink.

Hab. W. Turxestan, Ferghana, Aulic Ata, 1 9 ; E. Turxesran,

Th. Hap. 24 millim.

Genus CERATHOSTA.

Type.

Cenathosia, Suit, Ent Amin Tienpe id) (LOST) ssecneheeeeseeheencsecuieee tricolora,

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi porrect, not extending beyond the frons and

slightly fringed with scales below; frons with corneous prominence with

raised edges and hollowed out corneous process in centre; a curved corneous

plate below it; eyes large, round ; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax smoothly

clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiee smoothly scaled,

the fore tibie with curved claw on outer side; build slender; abdomen

smoothly scaled and without erests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 5 and 5 from near

angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso-

lescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell to near middle. 5

A. Fore wing without orange apical patch ..............1....200.0 00 tricolora.

B. Fore wing with orange apical patch. ......0........c0ceeemeee sees idella,

5977. Cerathosia tricolora.

Cerathosia tricolor, Smith, Ent. Am. (iii. p. 79 (1887); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N, Am. p. 217.

g. Head and thorax white, the head with two black spots

between antennz; the tegule and patagia with two black spots at

CERATHOSIA, 643

base and some scales towards extremities, the pro-, meso-, and

metathorax with paired black points; fore coxe and tibie with

black marks, the mid and hind tibie with black marks at extre-

mities, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen pale yellow, the

ventral surface white except at extremity. fore wing silvery

white with numerous small black spots, some forming an ante-

medial series bent outward above inner margin, others a postmedial

Fig, 176.—Cerathosia tricolora, 3. }.

series excurved to vein 2, and others subterminal and terminal

series. Hind wing pale yellow.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Shovel Mts.,.3 ¢. Hap. 36 millim.

Larva. Hulst, Ent. Am. vy. p. 118.

Young; semiloopers, prolegs with the lst two pairs aborted ;

dark brown or blackish, each somite with 14 to 20 piliferous warts

each with one erect hair or two divergent ones, the sete stiff, bulbous

at tips; head dark, the frons triangular, the apex indented, the

eyes with 8 to 10 hairs.

*5978. Cerathosia? idella. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 15.)

Cerathosia idella, Barnes, Can, Ent. xxxvii. p. 193 (1905).

Head and thorax white with black spots on shoulders, middle of

patagia, and dorsum of thorax, tthe metathorax with band, these

markings with blue scales mixed; palpi black at tips; antenna

blackish ; fore tibize black above, the tarsi black rmged with white ;

abdomen orange above, white below. Fore wing white with small

orange patch at apex and with black dots and bars, six spots

on costa, a round spot in cell followed by four transverse bars, the

3rd connected with a spot on costa; a short streak on base of inner

margin, followed by five transverse bars from median nervure to

inner margin, the lst not quite reaching it, the 3rd and 5th

narrower and sometimes broken in the male; three or four sub-

terminal spots in male, in female a complete series; a terminal

series of black blotches, in the male forming quadrate patches at

apex, middle, and tornus, the cilia black at these points. Hind

wing orange, slightly darker towards termen.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Pima Co. Hwp. 25 millim, ' This species

is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

27 2

644 NOCTUID

W. Barnes ; the palpi are said to be upturned to middle of frons

which has a rounded prominence with corneous plate below it;

tibiz not spined; hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked.

Genus ACANTHOFRONTIA, nov.

Type, A. lithosiana.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi very short, porrect, slightly fringed with

hair below ; frons with corneous prominence with raised walls, and long spine

from lower edge, and corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antenne of

male almost simple; thorax smoothly clothed with scales and hair mixed and

without crests; build slender ; tibize smoothly scaled, the fore tibia with more

or less developed curved claw at extremity on outer side; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex somewhat produced, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; the cell long; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

of cell, or 4, 5 stalked; 6 from upper angle or stalked with 7, 8,9; 7 from

beyond 9; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked ;

5 almost obsolete from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 strongly stalked ;

8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

5979. Acanthofrontia lithosiana, n. sp.

3. Head and tegule yellowish white; a blackish band between

antennz, which are black; thorax greyish white; pectus and legs

yellow and white, the legs fuscous above; abdomen orange banded

with fuscous. Fore wing with the costal area to median nervure

and vein 6 white, the rest of wing grey; a black fascia on costa

Fig. 177.— Acanthofrontia lithosiana, 3. 1}.

from middle to apex; a small semicircular black mark usually

present in cell above origin of vein 2 and two on discocellulars

nearly forming a small annulus; the inner margin and cilia yellow.

Hind wing white; the costal area yellow and fuscous; cilia

yellowish.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 3 3 type. Exp.

30 millim.

Genus MONOCYMIA, nov.

Type, M. harmina.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and smoothly scaled, the 3rd. moderate ; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennz of female minutely ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and

scales mixed, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with depressed

crest; tibizs moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore

MONOCYMIA.—DIASTEMA. 645

wing with the apex rather produced, the termen obliquely curved and not

crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9

from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole, 10 being approximated

to 8 at its extremity and 7 from beyond the extremity; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully developed from well

above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

5980. Monocymia harmina.

Acontia harmina, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 163 (1904).

@. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; pectus and

legs ochreous white tinged with brown, the tarsi ringed with

white; abdomen red-brown, the ventral surface ochreous white.

Fore wing greyish white suffused with olive-brown and rufous and

slightly irrorated in parts with black; antemedial line faintly

double filled in with whitish, angled outwards on median nervure,

then oblique ; postmedial line whitish with a slight brown line on

Fig. 178.—Monocymia harmina, 2. 1,

its inner edge, obliquely excurved to vein 4, then obliquely in-

curved, the area beyond it more cupreous red; traces of a rufous

subterminal line; a terminal series of rufous striz ; cilia whitish

at tips. Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous gloss; cilia

whitish with a brown line near base; the underside bluish white

irrorated and suffused with fuscous, a blackish discoidal lunule and

indistinct diffused curved postmedial line.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana, type f in U.S. Nat. Mus.; Para-

euAY, Sapucay (Poster), 2 9. Hap. 26 millim.

Genus DIASTEMA.

Type.

DiastemanGuenw Noche py olin (lSO2)))eeeeesreeseteeee ere peach acs tigris.

Iria, Nis, oat FSD) (MEH) idtinootodoosocedosodooocoooadacdeumaononoesendee tgris.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd jomt reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd moderate;

frons with small rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large,

round; antennz of male ciliated; pro- and metathorax with small spreading

crests; build slender; tibise moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with

dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

evenly eurved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully

developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

646 NOCTUIDAE.

A. Fore wing suffused with fulvous.............cecscoeeveccscesecoeseeees tigris.

B. Fore wing purplish white suffiised in parts with brown ......... moratt.

5981. Diastema tigris.

Diastema tigris, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 317, pl. 15. f. 2 (1852).

Nipista lineata, Wk. xii. 800 (1857).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with fulvous; tarsi

brown ringed with white. Fore wing white suffused in parts with

fulvous especially on terminal area; subbasal line fulvous, from

costa to submedian fold, with blood-red spots before it below costa

and cell; antemedial line double, fulvous, somewhat oblique and

nearly straight from costa to vein 1 where it is angled inwards,

with blood-red spots before it below costa, in cell, and above and

below submedian fold; a quadrate blood-red spot in end of cell

and a small spot below end of cell, closely followed by the curved

medial line forming a spot at costa; postmedial line double with

Fig. 179.—Diastema tigris, $. +.

another indistinct double line before it, slightly bent outwards

below costa, somewhat excurved to vein 3, then slightly incurved,

some white points with rufous streaks between them beyond it on

costa; subterminal line whitish with blood-red suffusion before it

except at costa and towards inner margin, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a terminal series’ of minute red points slightly

defined by whitish on inner side. Hind wing yellowish white, the

termen tinged with fulvous except towards tornus. —

Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Morrer), 2 ¢, Guerrero (H. H. Smith),

136,19, Tabasco (H. H. Smith), 2 §; Costa Rica, Candelaria

Mts. (Underwood), 1 9; Guatmmata, 8. Geronimo (Champion),

2 6,2 9; Panama (J. J. Walker), 1 g, Chiriqui (Ribbe), 1 S,

Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 9; GrRunapa,

3 3; Cotompra, Sta. Marta (Bouchard), 1 d; Vunezunra (Dyson),

1 g,2 Q type lineata. Hup. 28-36 millim.

5982. Diastema morata. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 16.)

Chytonix morata, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 225 (1894).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with

ochreous brown. Fore wing white with a purplish tinge, the

costal area and the terminal area to vein 3 suffused with cupreous

DIASTBMA,—CHOBATA. 647

brown; subbasal line represented by a white striga from costa ;

antemedial line indistinct, white, oblique, nearly straight, confluent

with the orbicular, which is purplish white defined on outer side by

an oblique white bar connected with lower extremity of reniform,

which is brownish with some white in centre and with white

annulus, slightly angled inwards on median neryure to the orbicular,

the cell between the stigmata suffused with blackish extending to

costa; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with white, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique and obso-

lescent below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by slight

dentate black marks except on inner half where it is almost

obsolete, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a terminal series of slight black points from apex to

vein 3. Hind wing whitish suffused with ochreous brown; cilia

yellowish white ; the underside ochreous white with faint diffused

brown subterminal shade.

Hab. Mxrxico, Coatepec (Schaus), 1 $. Hep. 28 millim.

Genus CHOBATA. h

Type.

CWxolenatea, Nai Mikes Set Corsi) (CSV). badoacosdecuncosacdanoaraadceuaooRonancncadet discalis.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and slenderly sealed, the 38rd moderate; frons with slight rounded

prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, round ; antenne of male

serrate and fasciculate; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and meta-

thorax with spreading crests; tibie smoothly scaled; abdomen with small

dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing rather narrow with the apex somewhat

produced, the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;

5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

5983. Chobata discalis.

Chohata disealis, Wk. xii. 888 (1857).

Hrastria concludens, Wik. xxxiii. 791 (1865.

Head and tegule white suffused with rufous, the latter with

dark bars near tips; palpi white in front, rufous at sides;

thorax white with a few brown scales; the fore tibie with dark

band at extremity; abdomen white tinged with rufous. Fore

wing white suffused with golden brown and tinged with cupreous

except at base, irrorated with a few black scales; subbasal line

slight, defined by white on outer side, oblique, from costa to vein 1,

with small black marks beyond it below costa and cell; antemedial

line double and filled in with white, oblique and straight from costa

to vein 1, an oblique triangular mark beyond it, representing the

orbicular, from costa to median nervure on which there is a white

648 NOCTUIDZ.

fascia from it to the reniform which has a cupreous centre and

whitish annulus, rather constricted below and with an oblique white

shade from it to costa towards apex, a U-shaped dark line defining

the orbicular and reniform in cell; postmedial line white, slight

and bent outwards below costa, oblique below the white shade, an

oblique white streak from it to termen above tornus in submedian

interspace; subterminal line represented by a white striga from

Fig. 180.—Chobata discalis, g. sz.

costa, then only defined by a slight dark shade on inner side,

angled inwards in discal fold; a white terminal line with blackish

points and striz on termen ; cilia white with a series of brownish

spots. Hind wing whitish tinged and the terminal area suffused

with cupreous brown; cilia white tinged with cupreous brown at

base from apex to vein 2; the underside whitish, the costal area

tinged with brown.

Hab. Cua, Santiago (Schaus), 5 3,49; Hartt (Tweedie), 2 g,

1 9, type and type concludens. Hap. 18-26 millim.

Genus LOPHORACHE, nov.

Type, L. fulvirufa.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with scales, the 3rd short,

porrect; frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes

large, round; antennz of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed with hair

and scales mixed, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with decumbent

crest ; tibiz: smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore

wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anas-

tomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of disco-

cellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the basal area olive-yellow, the terminal

ACARNULOUS a xjcrscetsiisci ase eee ae eRe eee erate Ree Sulvirufa.

B. Fore wing brownish ochreous, the terminal area dark

[DROW ,aasoasgoqsededorennuacddatoes2cacacsb coos pnadiodnyaD apne cadasacs eustrotiodes.

5984. Lophorache fulvirufa, n. sp.

with rufous, pectus and legs ochreous white, the tarsi brownish

LOPHORACHE, 649

ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the basal crest rufous,

the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing with the basal

area olive-yellow extending on costa to beyond middle, on inner

margin to near middle, the costal edge greyish, the terminal half

red-brown suffused with purplish grey, its inner edge oblique;

postmedial line indistinct, dark, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

subterminal line represented by a faint series of dark points on

costal half, incurved below vein 3 and with rufous and yellowish

patch beyond it in submedian interspace; a terminal series of

minute dark points with whitish scales before them ; cilia brownish

Fig. 181.—Lophorache fulvirufa, 9. 4.

grey. Hind wing dark greyish brown, the cilia brownish grey ; the

underside brownish grey slightly irrorated with dark brown, an

indistinct discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous ;

fore wing with the basal area ochreous irrorated with a few rufous

scales, a slight subbasal line from costa to median nervure, an

oblique antemedial brown bar from costa to the brown area with

an ochreous spot beyond it on costa, the patch beyond the sub-

terminal line olive-brown defined on outer side by ochreous white,

a black striga beyond postmedial line below costa, an oblique

blackish streak from apex and the terminal series of points more

prominent; hind wing ochreous, the terminal area suffused with

brown; the underside ochreous with slight discoidal point, curved

postmedial line and some brown at apex.

Hab. Br. KH. Arrica, Teita (Jackson), 1 9, Taveta (Rogers), 13

type. Hap. 28 millim.

5985. Lophorache eustrotiodes, n. sp. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 17.)

@. Head and thorax ochreous; antenne ringed with brown ;

pectus whitish; the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

brown with ochreous segmental lines, the ventral surface ochreous.

Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with rufous, the terminal area

suffused with brown with an ochreous patch at apex; the basal

half of costa with slight dark striz; obliquely placed small dark

subbasal spots below the cell and above inner margin; traces of an

antemedial line on inner area; a black discoidal bar with a faint

striga beyond it and traces of a double line from cell to inner

margin above which it is excurved; postmedial line with black

650 NOCTUID X.

point at costa, then faint, excurved beyond the cell and oblique to

inner margin; traces of a pale subterminal line excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing greyish suffused with brown, the cilia with a fine pale line at

base; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown, the

costa tinged with ochreous.

Hab. Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 9 type. Hap. 20 millim.

Genus THYATIRINA, nov.

Type, ZT. achatina.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 8rd short; frons with rounded

prominence produced to a beak-like point at extremity, a corneous plate below

it; eyes large, round; antennz laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed

chiefly with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with decumbent

crest; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore

wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate,

the inner margin lobed before middle; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anas-

tomosing with tke cell near base only.

5986. Thyatirina achatina.

Thyatira achatina, Weym. Berl. Ent. Zeit. xli. p. 90, pl. 8. f. 3 (1896).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with rufous

and irrorated with a few dark brown scales, the head somewhat

darker; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous, the

fore tibize and tarsi brown, the latter slightly ringed with white.

Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous and irrorated with a few

dark scales; the basal area with pale chocolate-brown patch in and

below cell, whitish towards inner margin; antemedial line whitish

Fig. 182.— Thyatirina achatina, 8. 4.

defined by dark brown on outer side, very strongly excurved,

obsolescent and angled outwards above inner margin; medial area

chocolate red-brown becoming whitish with prominent dark irro-

ration towards inner margin; a faint sinuous dark medial line ;

postmedial line arising from middle of costa, white defined on inner

side by dark brown, incurved and slightly sinuous from costa to

submedian fold where it is angled outwards, then black and in-

curved, a large rounded olive-brown patch beyond it between

THYATIRINA.—EXYBA. 651

vein 7 and submedian fold extending to the subterminal creamy

white line which is very oblique and defined by red-brown towards

costa, then excurved to near termen and bent inwards below the

olive-brown patch to the postmedial line at submedian fold, its

outer edge defined by a very slightly sinuous chocolate-brown line ;

the narrow terminal area greyish strongly irrorated with blackish.

Hind wing white, the veins towards termen and the termen slightly

tinged with red-brown; the underside with the apical area irrorated

with a few black scales.

@. Hind wing suffused with red-brown, the cilia whitish; the

underside ochreous whitish with slight discoidal point and faint

diffused postmedial and subterminal shades.

Hab. Germ. E, Arrica, Victoria Nyanza; N. Ruopzsra, Katanga

Distr. (Weave), 1 2; Masnownatann, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 9°;

Nara, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 6,22. Hap. 34-36 millim.

Genus EXYRA.

Type.

Exyra, Grote, Check-List Noct. p. 26 (1875)....................- semicroced,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to about middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the drd

moderate; frons with rather beak-like pointed prominence hidden in the rough

hair of frons ; eyes large, round ; antennz of male laminate and ciliated ; thorax

clothed with long rough hair and spatulate scales and without crests; tibiz

fringed with rather long hair; abdomen long and without crests. Fore wing

rather long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of

discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

ACEH Ove: wil Mapu lis by CHU Ss OMe sees Aes oe bee desecrate ae i rolandiana.

B. Fore wing black-brown slightly irrorated with orange-red

SCALES A cares seeeh vast naeals nen aA eer mn eh ciate ne ena teenies Jax.

a. Bore wing with antemedial, medial, and postmedial

black-browmbbandsierescec-eoescesnenreeesccencbeseoniaatt ridingsi.

6. Fore wing without bands, the basal half yellow, the

terminallnalfiblack=browmn) eyrscns ss ---es:seeecaes nee -se ee semicroced.

5987. Exyra rolandiana. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 18.)

Exyra rolandiana, Grote, Psyche, ii. p. 88 (1877); id. Ill. Essay, p. 64,

pl. 3. f. 35; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 306.

$. Head and thorax crimson mixed with yellow; pectus and legs

brown, the fore tibiz crimson, the tarsi pale yellow; abdomen brown,

the anal tuft tipped with crimson. Fore wing deep purplish crimson

slightly irrorated with brown; traces of an antemedial line with a

broad yellow band beyond it from middle of cell to inner margin; an

elliptical yellow discoidal spot ; traces of an oblique line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin, with a yellow bar beyond it from sub-

652 NOCTUID #.

median fold to inner margin; traces of a postmedial line excurved

to vein 4, then oblique ; traces of a diffused subterminal line ; a fine

whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia greyer _

and faintly tinged with purple.

@. Fore wing with the terminal half of costa, the terminal area,

and cilia greyish brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern, Middle, and Central States, Massachusetts,

Newton (Thaxter),2 3,12 type. Hap. 5 26, 9 22 millim.

*5988. Exyra fax.

Xanthoptera fax, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iv. p. 295 (1873) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 306.

Head and thorax orange-yellow ; abdomen brownish black. Fore

wing brownish black slightly irrorated with orange-red scales

forming two faint patches in cell; cilia tipped with orange-red.

Hind wing brownish black.

Hab. U.S.A., Delaware, Georgia. Hvp.12millim. This species

is unknown to me.

5989. Exyra ridingsi. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 19.)

Xanthoptera ridingsti, Riley, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci. iii. p. 240, f. 12

(1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 306>

Xanthoptera nigrocaput, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 153 (1874).

3. Head, tegule, and patagia glossy black ; palpi with the hair

in front of 2nd joint ochreous; thorax ochreous yellow, the pectus

in front, fore femora and tibixw, and the mid and hind tibie at

extremities fuscous brown; abdomen ochreous tinged with brown.

Fore wing with antemedial black-brown quadrate patch from costa

to just below cell, a strong obliquely excurved line from its outer

edge to inner margin ; a broad rather diffused and slightly excurved

medial band; postmedial line strong, excurved, slightly defined by

ochreous on outer side; terminal area brown. Hind wing glossy

brown, the base pale ochreous; faint diffused medial and post-

medial brown lines; cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish

suffused with brown, except basal and inner areas.

Hab. U.S.A., Central and Southern States, 1 5, Texas. Eup.

26 millim.

Larva. Food-plant, Sarracenia flava.

5990. Exyra semicrocea.

Aanthoptera semicrocea, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 241 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 306.

Exyra hubbardiana, Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. vi. p. 59 (1904).

3. Head, tegule, and prothorax glossy black, the palpi with the

hair in front of 2nd joint brownish; thorax orange-yellow, the

pectus in front, fore femora, and tibie on inner side brownish,

EXYRA.—PHC@NICOPHANTA. 653

mid and hind tibie at extremities brownish; abdomen ochreous

suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing with the basal half

orange-yellow, its outer edge rather oblique; the terminal half

glossy black-brown. Hind wing fuscous brown with a greyish

tinge, the base pale ochreous.

Fig. 183.—Eayra semicrocea, 3.

Ab. 1. hubbardiana. Fore wing with the terminal area greyish,

leaving broad dark medial and subterminal bands.—Florida, de

Funiak Springs, bred from Sarracenia flava.

Hab. U.S.A., Middle, Central, and Southern States, 1 ¢. Eup.

32 millim.

Larva. Riley, Can. Ent. vi. p. 208, fig. 25; and Trans. St. Louis Ac. Sci.

ili. p. 236, fig. 10.

White banded with purple or lake-red and with series of tubercles

more prominent on the Ist four abdominal somites. The larva

feeds in the cup of Sarracenia variolaris and S. flava, spinning a

web over the surface and drawing the lips together; it forms a

slight cocoon in the exuvie which collect in the bottom of the

cup. 4-6.

Genus PH NICOPHANTA, nov.

Type, P. flavifera.

Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short ; frons with large rounded

prominence, somewhat truncate below ; eyes large, round; antennx of male

somewhat laminate and minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests; tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle;

7, 8, 10 stalked, 9 absent; 11 from cell; male with an elongate groove on

upperside above base of vein 6 which is displaced downwards, the subcostal

neuration distorted. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso-

lescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

5991. Phenicophanta flavifera, n. sp.

Head and thorax bright yellow ; crimson bars above frons and

between antenne which are rufous, the tegule at base and meso-

thorax with crimson bars; fore legs blackish in front, the cox

tinged with crimson, the tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen

yellow tinged with rufous except at base. Fore wing bright

yellow, the costal area crimson, leaving a small yellow spot at base,

654 NOCTUID ZX.

the medial and terminal areas purplish crimson; an almost medial

deep red line defined on inner side by yellow on the crimson costal

area, oblique towards costa, angled slightly outwards below costa,

in cell, and submedian fold and inwards on vein 1; postmedial line

deep red with a yellow band on its outer edge, oblique towards

costa, angled inwards at discal fold, slightly incurved below vein 4 \

Fig. 184.—Phenicophanta flavifera, G. 3.

and excurved at vein 1; a fine dark terminal line; cilia greyish.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, an indistinct curved post-

medial Jine and fine dark terminal line; the underside white

irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal striga and indistinct curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Argentina, Tucuman, Los Vasquez (Dinelly), 7 5, 1 Q type.

Eup. 16-18 millim.

Genus XANTHOPTERA. Type

Xanthoptera, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 240 (1852) .............6 ce eeneee botyoides.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

yertex of head and moderately scaled, the 5rd short ; frons with rounded pro-

minence produced to. a slight ridge in front; eyes large, round ; antenuse of

mule minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests; tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing

with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from LO anastomosing with 8

to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with oblique dark streak from apex meeting

the angle of postmedial line.

a. Fore wing with dark streaks on the veins of medial

area.

a. Fore wing whitish, the veins streaked with rufous. rufescens,

}'. Fore wing yellow, the veins streaked with brown.. furcata.

}. Fore wing without dark streaks on the veins of medial

EWHEHN “adaccqatosnboodenoaudsedeqboobac;o0000d0C0cocobdadanaadead: obliquata.

B. Fore wing without oblique dark streak from apex.

a. Fore wing with oblique diffused rufous postmedial

limeyanisinssnel ow: a)CX) «he. --eeseeneeeerr ses DOOSE SaCUbe auruda.

b. Fore wing without oblique diffused rufous postmedial

line.

a’. Fore wing with the terminal area suffused with

MULOUBEMEesensest een SE ABBOBAnGICa sooddoonohoAvEDoOLE DEO . botyoides.

XANTHOPTERA. 655

t1, Fore wing with the terminal area not suffused with

rufous.

a”, Fore wing with more or less distinct postmedial

line bent outwards below costa and oblique below

b?. Fore wing without postmedial line ............... nigrofimbria.

5992. Xanthoptera rufescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 20.)

¢. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with rufous; abdomen

white tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with brown. Fore

wing white irrorated with rufous, the costal and terminal areas

suffused with rufous except at apex, the median nervure, the veins

arising from it, and the discal and submedian folds streaked with

rufous to the postmedial line ; antemedial line rufous, oblique from

costa to discal fold and very obligue inwardly below submedian

told; a shght dark discoidal point; postmedial line rufous, very

oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is met by a rather diffused

oblique fascia from termen below apex, then oblique to middle of

inner margin, some slight pale points beyond it on costa; an

ill-defined very slightly waved rufous subterminal line from the

angle of postmedial line to inner margin, excurved at middle;

a brown terminal line; cilia greyish and brown, with a dark line

through them. Hind wing ochreous white; slight brown post-

medial points on veins 4, 5, 2; the veins towards termen and the

termen from apex to vein 2 tinged with brown; a fine brown

terminal line; cilia white tinged with rufous from apex to vein 2;

the underside with the costal area irrorated with red-brown, a

slight discoidal point and curved postmedial line with points on the

veins.

9. Hind wing uniformly suffused with brown.

Hab. Trintpap, 1 3; Cotromsia, Magdalena, ‘Minca; Braziz,

Bahia (Lacerda), 1 3 type. xp. 24 millim.

5993. Xanthoptera furcata. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 21.)

‘anthoptera furcata, Wk. xii. 819 (1857).

Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow; palpi at sides and

antennee red-brown ; legs tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous

white slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing brassy yellow

slightly irrorated with brown; the costal edge red-brown; the

median nervure and yeins arising from it slightly streaked with

brown; antemedial line fine, brown, strongly angled outwards on

median nervure and very oblique towards costa and inner margin;

faint traces of the orbicular and reniform defined by rufous, the

former round; postmedial line brown, very oblique from costa

to vein 6, where it is acutely angled outwards and met by an

oblique brown streak from termen just below apex, then inwardly

656 NOCTUID &.

oblique ; traces of a brown subterminal line from the angle of

postmedial line to inner margin, excurved at middle; a brown

terminal line; cilia greyish and brown. Hind wing white, the

terminal area irrorated with brown; a fine brown terminal line;

the underside sparsely irrorated with brown.

Hab. Brazit, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 23,29. Exp.

22-24 millim.

5994. Xanthoptera obliquata. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 22.)

Xanthoptera obliquata, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.- min. Ver,

Regensb. xxii. p. 152 (1868).

¢$. Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi black-brown ; frons

with lateral blackish bars; antennve blackish; pectus and legs

ochreous white mixed with brown, the tarsi blackish with pale

rings; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing

ochreous yellow tinged with rufous; the costal edge blackish

to near apex; claviform, orbicular, and reniform represented by

slight black points; a rather diffused oblique rufous line from

costa just before apex to inner margin beyond middle; traces of a

subterminal line from discal fold to inner margin; a terminal

series of black points on a fine rufous line; cilia purplish grey.

Hind wing purplish grey, whitish towards base and inner margin ;

the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a brown dis-

coidal spot.

@. Fore wing ochreous whitish, the markings red-brown and

more distinct; some red-brown suffusion in end of cell; post-

medial line angled outwards at vein 6 to join the oblique fascia

from before apex.

Hab, Cua, Santiago (Schaus),1 3,5 9. Ewp. 16 millim.

5995. Xanthoptera auruda. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 23.)

Aanthoptera auruda, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 118 (1908).

Head and thorax bright yellow; antenne black; pectus, legs,

and abdomen ochreous irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing bright

yellow, the costal edge brownish ; claviform, orbicular, and reniform

represented by slight black points ; an oblique rather diffused rufous

line from below costa towards apex to middle of vein 1; subterminal

line indicated by very slight diffused dark scaling ; a fine terminal

black line not quite reaching apex and tornus ; cilia leaden fuscous.

Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown; a fine brown

terminal line; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, a

slight discoidal point and diffused oblique postmedial line.

Hab. Couompisa (Nolcken), 1 $; Brazit, Rio Janeiro ( Wilson),

1 Q, Castro Paraiia (D. Jones), 1 3. Hap. 20-24 millim.

XANTHOPTHRA. 657

5996. Xanthoptera botyoides.

Xanthoptera botyoides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 240 (1852).

Xanthoptera alboflava, Wik. Trans. Ent. Soe. (3) i. p. 92 (1862).

Marimatha dinumeratalis, Wk. xxxiv. 1204 (1865); Druce, Biol. Centr.-

Am., Het. i. p. 453.

Xanthoptera nigrofimbria, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am.,; Het. 1. p. 316 (part.),

nec Guen.

Head ochreous white mixed with red-brown ; palpi red-brown,

the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints whitish ; thorax bright

yellow ; pectus and legs ochreous white mixed with red-brown ;

abdomen ochreous yellow. Fore wing bright yellow; claviform

and orbicular represented by black points; reniform a black point

followed by a rounded rufous spot with some whitish in centre ;

traces of a punctiform rufous postmedial line, oblique to vein 6 and

Fig. 185.—Xanthoptera botyoides, J. &.

below vein 4; a terminal rufous shade narrowing to points below

apex and above tornus; a terminal series of minute black-brown

lunules; cilia red-brown mixed with some whitish. Hind wing

white, the terminal area suffused with red-brown; a fine brown

terminal line; cilia whitish mixed with brown and with brown line

through them ; the underside yellowish white irrorated with red-~

brown, a brown discoidal point.

Hab. Mzxico, Tabasco (H. H. Smith), 2 3,1 2, Godman-Salvin

Coll.; Honnvuras (Dyson), 1 2 type dinumeratalis, type f 3 albo-

flava in Mus. Oxon.; Trinrpap (Kaye), 6 S$, 3 9; Br. Guiana

(Rodway), 1 8, Rockstone (Kaye), 2 3g; Brazit, Amazons,

Parantins (Austen), 1 6, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 2 9.

Exp, 18-20 millim.

5997. Xanthoptera aurifera. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 24.)

Xanthoptera aurifera, Wik. xii. 819 (1857).

Aanthoptera nigrofimbria, Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Het. i. p. 316 (part.),

nec Guen.

AXanthoptera tripuncta, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 158 (1890).

Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow; palpi blackish, pale at

tips ; frons blackish at sides; antenne blackish; pectus, legs, and

abdomen pale ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing pale

VOL. X. 2U

658 NOCTUIDH.

ochreous yellow ; claviform, orbicular, and reniform represented by

slight black points; a more or less prominent brown postmedial

line, oblique from costa to vein 6 and below vein 5 and slightly

sinuous ; a punetiform blackish terminal line; cilia fuscous mixed

with grey. Hind wing whitish tinged with purplish brown, the

basal and inner areas paler; a fine brown terminal line; cilia

whitish; the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a

brown discoidal spot and rather diffused curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with some red-brown suffusion below and

beyond the cell from origin of vein 2 to postmedial line.

Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer), 1 g,1 9, Atoyae (Schumann),

1 g; Guaremata, S. Geronime (Champion), 4 5,3 9; Costa Rica,

Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 $; Panama, Caldera (Champion),

1 3g, Chiriqui (R2bbe), 1 g¢, Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chorerra

(Dolby- Tyler), 1 3; Jamatca (Kaye, Schaus), 2 3, 22; Cusa,

Santiago (Schaus), 1 6,4 2; Porto Rico; Grenana (#7. H. Smith),

236,19; Trinwan (Hart, Kaye), 2 dg, 1 @; Cotomsra, 1 9, Sta.

Marta (Bouchard), 1 9; Braztz. Hap. 20-24 millim.

5998. Xanthoptera nigrofimbria. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 25.)

Xanthoptera nigrofimbria, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 241, pl. 10. f. 12 (1852):

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 303; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i.

p. 316.

Head and thorax ochreous yellow; palpi, lower part of frons,

and antenne dark red-brown; pectus and legs whitish mixed with

red-brown; abdomen ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing

ochreous yellow ; costal edge black towards base ; claviform, reni-

form, and sometimes the orbicular, represented by black points; a

fine black terminal line not quite reaching apex or tornus; cilia

black-brown tinged with leaden grey. Hind wing whitish suffused

with purple-brown, the basal and inner areas rather paler; a fine

brown terminal line; cilia white mixed with brown and with brown

line through them ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated and

suffused with dark red-brown.

Hub. U.S.A., New York, Distr. of Columbia, 8. Carolina, Bennetts-

ville (Dudgeon), 1 9, Florida, Enterprise, 1 3, Missouri, 1 3 ,Texas,

5 9; Mexico, Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 1 3, Godman- Salvin Coll.

Exp. 24 millim.

Genus ERASTRIA.

Type.

Erastria, Ochs. Schmett. Kur. iv. p. 92 (1816), non deser.; Treit. ne

Schmett. Eur. v. (Gye Z150) (EI) se coconoaecvoqudocusscsnoacnosto trabealis.

Emmelzay Huns) Vierz. p:204) (S271) ecwssesceneseease sae aeceeere trabealis.

Agrophila, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 175 (1840)..... ...............-5- trabealis.

LTO kids 18 Gi), MNS Ge TNC B eemonedonnob goo nbaadossanbnonbcenaanosD socco trabealis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about the

BRASTRIA. 659

length of head, the 2nd joint slightly scaled, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons

with rounded prominence with ridge at middle and corneous plate below it;

eyes large, round ; antennz of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed entirely

with scales and without crests; tibiz smoothly scaled ; abdomen with a minute

crest at base. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and

not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9

from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or shortly stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed

from well below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell to near middle.

A. Fore wing black-brown, the basal and medial areas with

ROTO jeAllS eIEEM ECAIGS Socomsoosdnoogaddhonodsoccosscasecaboscdad viridisquama.

B. Fore wing with yellowish white markings, rarely wholly

black.

a. Fore wing with blackish or olive spots on costa.

al. Fore wing with black-brown fascia on inner margin, ¢rabealis.

61, Fore wing without black-brown fascia on inner

MALTY y genes ncicreoseecuaneea rise ancceee agi aa tea ee ase deleta.

6. Fore wing reddish brown with yellowish costal fascia

leaving a slight brown streak on costa .................. fascialis.

5999. Erastria viridisquama. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 26.)

Acontia viridisquama, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 219, pl. 10. f. 3 (1852); Stand. ,

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 225.

36. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some grey; palpi

white at base; tegule edged with white; pectus and legs with

white mixed, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen dark brown with

slight pale segmental lines, the genital tuft ochreous. Fore wing

black-brown, the basal and medial areas clothed with long pale

green scales, rather yellower at base: subbasal, antemedial, and

postmedial lines represented by white strie from costa; reniform

with indistinct white annulus, elliptical; subterminal line indis-

tinct, greenish, excurved at middle; some greenish scales on termen;

cilia black-brown with white patches below apex and at middle.

Hind wing black-brown with a cupreous tinge; cilia tipped with

white ; the underside with the basal half whitish, the terminal half

black-brown, a dark discoidal bar and curved postmedial line, a

subterminal whitish band from costa to vein 4, and patch in sub-

median interspace.

Ab. 1. Fore wing nearly uniform black-brown with a few long

yellowish scales on basal and medial areas; cilia white-tipped at

apex and middle.

Hab. Francz, E. Pyrenees; Spain, Aragon, Valencia, Canales

(Chapman), 1 3, Castile, Madrid. Hap. 24 millim.

660 NOCTUIDAE.

6000. Erastria trabealis.

Phalena trabealis, Seop. Ent. Carn. p. 240 (1763); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 233.

Pyralis sulphuralis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 881 (1767); Steph. Il.

Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 117; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 315.

Noctua arabica, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 412 (1767).

Noctua sulphurea, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 93 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pl. 164. f. 6 (1789); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f.291; Dup. Lép. Fr.

vii. pt. i. p. 376, pl. 123. f. 3.

Noctua trabeata, Scriba, Beitr. p. 153, pl. 10. f. 8 (1790).

Bombyx lugubris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1. p 467 (1798).

Erastria pardalina, W\k. xxxiii. 794 (1865).

Agrophila nigra, Ersch, Fedtsch. Reis. p. 52, pl. 3. f. 50 (1874).

Head and thorax dark red-brown ; palpi yellow except at tips ;

frons yellowish white; tegulz yellowish white at base, the patagia

and dorsum of thorax with yellow fasciew ; pectus and legs yellowish

white mixed with brown, the tarsi banded with brown ; abdomen

yellowish white dorsally suffused with brown leaving slight pale

segmental lines. Fore wing pale yellow; dark red-brown fascize

along median nervure and vein 1 to postmedial line; antemedial,

medial, and postmedial oblique wedge-shaped brown spots on costa

and small elliptical spots at middle and end of cell ; postmedial line

Fig, 186.—Hrastria trabealis, G. }.

- with small spot at costa, below vein 6 forming an irregular sinuous

band, oblique to submedian fold, then bent outwards to inner

margin; an oblique subterminal spot from apex, a small spot at

middle and geminate spot in submedian interspace ; cilia dark brown

at apex, middle, and towards tornus. Hind wing cupreous red-

brown ; cilia white with a brown line near base ; the underside

white slightly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, narrow

postmedial band, excurved to vein 2, then obsolescent, and a narrow

irregular terminal band from below apex to submedian fold.

Ab. 1. nigra. Fore wing almost entirely or wholly fuscous black.—

W. Turkestan, Ferghana.

Hab. Briain, Leech Coll.; Francn, Leech Coll. (Haton); Duy-

-MARK ; Guruany, Zeller, Frey, & Leech Colls.; Austria ; Huneary ;

SwirzeRLaAnD ; Spain; Ivaty, Courmayeur (Hampson), Capri (C. S.

Browne); Stctty, Zeller Coll.; Datmar1a; Grence, Merlin Coll. ;

Cyprus (Glazner); S. Swepan; Russia, Livonia; Armpnza; Asta

Minor; Sypia, Leech Coll., Beyrout (Jessop); Mrsoporamia; Pursta ;

BRASTRIA. 661

W. Tecrxusran, Sarawschan, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul; W. Siserta,

Altai; E. Turxesran, Ili; E. Sreerra, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté

(Pryer), 1 3, 2 Q, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 9, Tokio (Maries), 2 9,

Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer),3 2; Cornsa,Gensan (Ito, Leech), 1 3,1 93

N. Cura, Pekin, 1 ¢; Arenanistan, Kandahar (Swinhee), i Ors

BuELoocuIstan, Quetta (Murray), 2 3; Mavrirrus (Beke), 1 3 type

pardalina. Exp. 2 22-28 millim. —

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 167; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 190, pl. 248,

f. 1,

Reddish brown; dorsal line darker, pale-edged; subbasal line

faintly darker; spiracular line broad, pale yellow enclosing a fine

brown line; Ist two pairs of prolegs absent. Food-plant: Con-

volvulus arvensis. 7-9.

6001. Erastria deleta.

Agrophila deleta, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxxviii. p 190 (1877); Oberth.

Kt. Ent. vi. p. 89, pl. 3. f. 5; Staud. Oat. Lep. oats . 233.

Agrophila flavonitens, Aust. Le Nat. i. p. 106 (1880) ; ‘Glass th. Et. Ent. vi.

p. 89, pl. 3. f. 4.

Ennai agin Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 90, pl. 2. f. 2 (1881).

(algira). Head and thorax olive-ochreous; tegule with black

patches; vertex of thorax suffused with black ; tarsi brownish

with pale rings; abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing olive-

ochreous ; antemedial, medial, and postmedial black spots on costa ;

orbicular and reniform usually present, small, round, biack ; a black

fascia below the cell from base to medial or postmedial lines ; a more

or less developed black fascia on basal part of inner margin and bars

at the antemedial and medial lines, which are very faint, olive;

postmedial line black, from vein 6 to inner margin, expanding on

inner side into black patches at discal and submedian folds, incurved

below vein 4; faint traces of a pale sinuous subterminal line; cilia

black with more or less ochreous below apex. Hind wing ochreous

suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia ochreous with a brown line near

base ; the underside ochreous.

Ab. 1. deleta. Fore wing with the black markings replaced by

faint brownish markings except the black postmedial line, which is

slight and more or less obsolete.

Ab. 2. flavonitens. Fore wing without any black markings ;

rather yellow with the markings very faint olive.

Hab. Aucerta, Biskra (Haton),1 $. Hap. 22-24 millim. The

three forms were all taken together by Mr. L. W. Rothschild.

6002. Erastria fascialis. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 27.)

Tarache fascialis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 815 (1894).

Head and thorax red-brown with a greyish tinge; palpi white

except at tips; frons whitish ; patagia with yellow fascia on outer

662 NOCTUIDZ.

edge ; pectus and legs white tinged with red-brown, the tarsi brown

ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous with white segmental

lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing rufous with a slight

greyish tinge; a pale yellow fascia on costal area leaving some

rufous on the costa, narrowing to base and terminating in a point

before apex, expanding in end of cell, enclosing a rufous point

representing the orbicular and emitting a spur below the round

rufous reniform ; a yellow fascia on basal half of vein 1 ; an indis-

tinct oblique purplish grey postmedial band from vein 6 to inner

margin ; a yellow line just before termen not reaching apex or

tornus. Hind wing red-brown; cilia brown at base, yellowish

white at tips; the underside pale yellow slightly tinged with red-

brown, the termen red-brown, the cilia white with a slight brown

line through them.

Ab. 1. Thorax and fore wing without any yellow.

Hab. Kasuurr, Goorais Valley (Leech), 5 3, 2 Q type, Scind

Valley (Leech), 4 5,19. wp. 26 millim.

Genus HELIOCONTIA, nov.

Type, A. apicella.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons with small

rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antenns

of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the

prothorax without crest, the metathorax with large tufted crest; tibize smoothly

scaled ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;

6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3,4 stalked; 5 almost obsolete from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

Sxor. I. Fore wing with vein 7 from 8 beyond 9.

A. Fore wing with medial and postmedial white spots on

(C10) I RR AAR SAPS Seti Ses aC ORRCce hoc aanrioucacaaEaceeso sts pantherula.

B. Fore wing without medial and postmedial white spots on

(o\oi rt: Haare Hr her Peri ncanenmoonadnadadadanacdconcasotaceconacodsaawbds apicella,

6003. Heliocontia pantherula. (Plate CLXVIII.

figs. 28 3,29 9.)

Emmelia pantherula, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Ver. Regensb.

xxii. p. 151 (1868), 3.

Emmelia uncinula, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Ver. Regensb.

xxii. p. 151 (1868), 9.

3. Head and tegule black-brown with a silvery-blue gloss ;

thorax deep rufous with a silvery-blue gloss; palpi rufous; pectus

and legs white mixed with some brown, the tibie and tarsi banded

with black; abdomen red-brown with whitish segmental lines, the

ventral surface white with black band before the anal tuft which

HELIOCONTIA. 663

is ochreous. Fore wing with basal deep chocolate-brown patch, its

outer edge oblique sinuous; the antemedial area creamy white ;

medial area lemon-yellow with a red-brown mark on costa followed

by a white patch; postmedial area bright rufous suffused with silvery

purple tewards its inner edge except on costal area; postmedial

line slight, white, sinuous, from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

a small white spot on costa towards apex; terminal area yellow

except at apex and tornus, interrupted at discal fold by a rufous

streak, its inner edge incurved; cilia rufous at middle, yellow

towards apex and tornus. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia with

fine white line at base and white tips; the underside ochreous

white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 suffused with

brown.

@. Head and thorax bright rufous; fore wing with the basal

patch bright rufous defined by a fine white line on outer side, the

rest of wing black-brown tinged with purple-grey, the medial and

terminal areas irrorated with large greenish-yellow scales, the

medial and postmedial white spots on costa prominent, the post-

medial line slight, a fine white line just before termen, cilia rufous

with ochreous-white patch below apex and some ochreous white at

tornus.

Hab. Cua, Santiago (Schaus),5 3,5 9. Hwp. 16 millim.

€004. Heliocontia apicella.

Emmelia apicella, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 21 (1872); Druce,

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 302; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 302.

Agrophila truncatula, Zell. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxiii. p. 208, pl. 3.

f. 1 (1873).

Fruva accepta, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p. 24 (1881).

Agrophila marmorea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 1. p. 302 (part.). nec

Butl.

6. Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi whitish at base, dark

brown at tips; antenne blackish; pectus and legs white, the fore

and mid tibiz banded with fuscous, the tarsi brown ringed with

Fig. 187.—Heliocontia apicella, $. 4.

white; abdomen rufous with whitish segmental lines, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing lemon-yellow; a rufous patch at base

with obliquely curved outer edge; a rufous tinge along terminal

664 NOCTUIDAE.

half of median nervure and thence in discal fold to termen ; patches

of rufous on costa beyond middle and at apex; cilia with a

blackish-brown patch at middle. Hind wing ochreous white, the

costal area towards apex and the terminal area suffused with brown;

cilia white with a brown line near base; the underside yellowish

white, the costal area and the termen to vein 2 suffused with brown.

@. Abdomen dark brown; fore wing black-brown suffused with

pale greenish yellow; some yellow on outer edge of the rufous

basal patch towards costa and an oblique patch at apex; cilia dark

brown except at apex; hind wing uniform dark purple-brown. .

Ab. 1. 9. Fore wing with the apical yellow patch replaced by

an oblique streak.—Centr. America.

Hab. U.S.A., S. States, N. Carolina, 3 ¢, 6 9 type truncatella,

Florida, Tallahassee, 1 3, Texas; Muxico, Vera Cruz (H. H.

Smith), 1 3, Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 3 $, 1 9; Guaremata,

S. Geronimo (Champion), 3 3,1 9, Zapote (Chamption), 1 3, Las

Mercedes (Champion), 1 9; Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe, Champion),

1 3,1 2, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamatca (Mrs. Swainson), 1 9,

Runaway Bay ( Walsingham), 1 3, Constant Springs ( Walsingham),

1 3; Cotomsra, Sta. Marta (Bouchard), 1 3. Hap. 18-20 millim.

Larva. Mrs. Swainson, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. viii. p. 83 (19Q0).

Brown with five fine pale yellow lines, the sublateral line

broader and containing bright orange spots; two black bands on

medial segments; head black and white; a semilooper. Food-

plant: Yellow Brown-weed ; the pupa enclosed in a leaf, brown.

Secor. II. Fore wing with vein 7 from 8 before 9.

A. Fore wing without black spots on costa.

a. Fore wing with oblique rufous basal patch ..........,.... lepus.

b. Fore wing without oblique rufous basal patch.

a‘. Fore wing without subterminal white spot on costa.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line distinct,

(oy) ol |: Wee aennernaduanddocuscdodoosaNy spterpoaalbaagecdddods pyralidia,

b2. Fore wing with the postmedial line indistinct,

S1ba¥ Grae in oudgadcodeececdDo5 amen aogdabeansanqoedceauene valeria.

61, Fore wing with subterminal white spot on costa ... margana.

B. Fore wing with antemedial, medial, and postmedial

black spots on costa.

a. Fore wing with the inner medial area blackish ......... perstructand.

6. Fore wing with the inner medial area orange-red ...... cleta,

6005. Heliocontia lepus, (Plate CLXVIIL. figs. 30 g, 31 9.)

Agrophila lepus, Guen, Noct. ii. p. 204 (1852).

Aphusia marmorea, Butl. Trans, Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 27; Druce, Biol.

Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 302, 9.

Spragueia mversa, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 163 (1904), 2.

Spraqueu, taragma, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 164 (1904), ¢.

3g. Head and thorax bright rufous slightly mixed with ochreous;

pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish tinged with rufous. Fore wing

with deep rufous patch at base, its outer edge obliquely curved and

HELIOCONTIA. 665

defined by pale yellow, the rest of wing bright rufous overlaid by

some long yellowish scales and shading to yellow on terminal area

except at apex and with oblique diffused yellow patch from middle

of costa; traces of a pale postmedial line very strongly incurved

from vein 6 to submedian fold, then oblique to tornus ; cilia yellow

tinged with rufous at apex and towards tornus and with blackish

patch just above middle. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia

yellowish white with a brown line near base; the underside

yellowish grey, the costal area irrorated with brown except

towards base, the termen suffused with brown, a brown discoidal

spot.

: 2. Head, thorax, and abdomen darker; fore wing with the

antemedial area darker or blackish, the overlying scales yellowish

white ; hind wing darker.

Hab. Mextco, Tabasco (H. H. Smith), 1 6, 1 9; Panama,

Chiriqui (Champion), 1 $,1 ¢, Godman-Salvin Col]l.; Vanuzunza,

Aroa, 1 9; Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus), 1 ¢; Brazit,

Amazons, R. Jutahi( Trail), 1 9 type marmorea, Espiritu Santo, 1 ¢,

1 @, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 3, 2 9, Rio Janeiro, 1 g,

3 9, Petropolis (Doer), 1 g, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 2 g; Anreun-

gina, Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner),1 $, 192. Hap. 16-20

millim,

*6006. Heliocontia pyralidia. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 32.)

Tarache pyralidia, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 117 (1898).

3. Head and tegule white suffused with rufous; thorax bright

rufous; pectus and legs white, the fore tibiz and the tarsi rufous

ringed with white; abdomen whitish suffused with rufous leaving

white segmental lines. Fore wing with the basal area rufous

irrorated with white, with a white subbasal patch on costa; ante-

medial line white, curved, from submedian fold to inner margin ;

medial area white irrorated with rufous except towards costa, a

rufous point on middle of costa; orbicular absent; reniform very

indistinctly defined and with rufous lunule in centre; postmedial

line slight, white, defined on each side by rufous suffusion, excurved

from costa to vein 7, then incurved; terminal area yellow tinged

with red; a slight rufous terminal line with some white before it

at middle; cilia rufous. Hind wing ochreous white.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Schaus), type tg in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Exp. 22 millim.

6007. Heliocontia valena.

Acontia valena, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. p. 3807, pl. 28. f. 21

(1889).

g. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with purplish grey ;

pectus and legs ochreous white tinged with red-brown; abdomen

666 NOCTUID®.

red-brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing red-brown

suffused with purplish grey on inner half to postmedial line, the

terminal area yellowish white tinged with rufous; an elliptical

yellowish-white subbasal patch from costa to median nervure ;

antemedial line very obscure, rufous, oblique to median nervure,

then erect; a truncate conical white patch from middle of costa to

median nervure; orbicular and reniform very indistinct, silvery

grey, small, round ; postmedial line with whitish striga from costa,

then very indistinct, oblique to submedian fold below orbicular,

then outwardly oblique ; traces of an oblique whitish subterminal

line between veins 6 and 2; a terminal series of slight dark points

defined by whitish on inner side. Hind wing whitish, the veins

and termen tinged with red-brown ; cilia whitish with a brown line

through them.

Q. Head, thorax, and fore wing to postmedial line darker and

tinged with black-brown.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Rumeli), 1 6; Guarrmata, 8. Gero-

nimo (Champion), 1 9 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hap. 3 22,

@ 24 millim.

6008. Heliocontia margana.

Pyralis margana, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 257 (1794), ¢.

Grapholita subapicana, W1k. xxviii. 887 (1863), 9.

Agrophila rudisana, W\k. xxxiii. 776 (1865).

Spragueia sordida, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 217 (1882) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 305.

Spragueia canofusa, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 247, pl. 17. f. 4, Q.

Spragueia tarasca, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 164 (1904).

gd. Head and thorax yellow slightly mixed with rufous; palpi

white, brown at tips; antenne brown; pectus and legs white, the

fore tibie and the tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen rufous

with white segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

bright rufous, the costal area ochreous yellow slightly irrorated

Fig. 188.—Heliocontia margana, 3. 3

with rufous to beyond middle, extending at base to below the cell ;

subbasal line represented by a slight rufous spot in cell; a slightly

curved yellowish-white antemedial line defined on outer side by a

rufous band; orbicular a small round blackish spot slightly defined

by white, the reniform a small blackish mark defined by white, its

HELIOCONTIA. 667

lower part reduced to a point; an oblique medial brown striga

from costa and curved line from cell to inner margin; a small tri-

angular white patch on costa towards apex, the postmedial line

arising from it and represented by an oblique black striga to lower

part of reniform and an outwardly oblique brown line from just

below the cell to inner margin with some greyish suffusion beyond

it; a terminal series of black points except towards apex and

tornus, defined on inner side by white striz; cilia red-brown at

base, with dark line at middle, the tips white on apical half, blackish

on inner half. Hind wing whitish, the veins, costal area, and

termen suffused with red-brown; cilia white with a brown line

near base; the underside whitish, the .costal area suffused with

brown, a slight discoidal striga.

Q. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; fore wing

dark brown irrorated with grey, a slight white streak on middle of

costa and the triangular white patch before apex, the lines and

stigmata obscured ; hind wing uniformly suffused with dark brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas; Banamas (Sir G. Carter), 1 ¢; Jamaica

(Gosse), 1 3, Kingston (Cockerell), 2 $, 1 9, Constant Springs

(Walsingham), 1 5, 2 2; Cusa, Santiago (Schaus), 4 3, 1 9;

Hartt (Tweedie), 3 5, 1 Q, types subapicana and rudisana; Sr.

Crorx (Hedemann), 1 3; Grenava, Mt. Gay (H. H. Smith), 1 3,1 2

type canofusa; BarBapos (Frampton), 1 ¢; Panama (J. J. Walker),

1 9; Cotomsra, Sta. Marta (Bouchard), 2 g; Brazit, Bahia (Old-

field Thomas), 1 3, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 3 9; Paracuay, Sapucay

(Foster), 1 9; Arneuntina, Goya (Perrens), 1 3, Sta. Fé (Wagner),

1 $, Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 3 9. Hap. 16-20 millim.

Type + tarasca in U.S. Nat. Mus.

6009. Heliocontia perstructana.

Agrophila perstructana, W1k. xxxiii. 774 (1865), ¢.

Agrophila phenna, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 303, pl. 28. f. 8

(1889), 3.

Agrophila mata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 491, pl. 94. f. 27

(1898), 2.

6. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; palpi

whitish, the third joint fuscous behind; frons whitish with fuscous

bar above; antenne blackish; meso- and metathorax with black

patches; pectus and legs whitish, the tibie and tarsi banded black

and white; abdomen ochreous white with dorsal brown bands.

Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous except at costa; subbasal

line represented by an oblique black striga from costa and spot in

cell; a blackish streak above base of inner margin hooked at ex-

tremity ; antemedial line represented by a black bar from costa and

line from cell to inner margin with rufous band before it ; orbicular

and reniform small, rounded, black defined by yellowish; a medial

black spot on costa; the medial area below the cell leaden black

668 NOCTUID H.

irrorated with ochreous to the slightly curved medial black line

from cell to inner margin; a postmedial black spot on costa and an

incurved ochreous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

a leaden-black band tinged with rufous at apex, oblique from apex

to vein 6, then bent inwards to reniform, incurved below vein 4

and defining the postmedial line; cilia leaden grey with some black

scales at base, the tips white towards apex. Hind wing ochreous

white, the veins and terminal area suffused with reddish brown;

cilia brown at base, whitish at tips; the underside ochreous white,

the costal and terminal areas tinged with brown.

@. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with olive-yellow ;

abdomen dorsally dark brown with ochreous-white segmental lines ;

fore wing black-brown irrorated with olive-yellow scales; ante-

medial line defined by yellow on inner side; orbicular and reni-

form obscured; medial, postmedial, and subterminal yellow spots

on costa; postmedial line yellow, arising at vein 5, bent inwards

to below end of cell and oblique to inner margin ; a yellow terminal

line except towards apex and tornus; hind wing wholly suffused

with dark brown.

Hab. Mexico, Morelos (H. H. Smith), 1 3,1 Q type phenna,

Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 1 2 type mata, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Jamaica (Grosse), 1 g type, Up Park, 1 ¢g, Constant Springs

(Walsingham), 1 3,19. Hvp. 18-20 millim.

6010. Heliocontia cleta.

Agrophila cleta, Druce, Biol, Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 302, pl. 28. f. 7

(1887).

g. Head and thorax rufous, the metathoracie crest leaden black

tipped with ochreous ; palpi whitish, the 2nd and 3rd joints banded

with black; frons whitish with dark bar above; antennee black ;

pectus and legs white, the fore tibie and tarsi banded with black ;

abdomen ochreous white with dorsal red-brown bands. Fore wing

orange-red, the costal area yellowish to near apex; a leaden-grey

patch at base with obliquely curved outer edge; an antemedial

black spot on costa; orbicular and reniform leaden grey defined by

yellow, small, round, the former with leaden-grey band from it to

inner margin, somewhat constricted at middle; medial, postmedial,

and subterminal black spots on costa and an apical patch; an

oblique leaden-grey band defined by yellow from below apex to —

just above submedian fold and a conical patch from just below the

fold to inner margin along which it is produced to tornus. Hind

wing pale purplish brown; cilia brown with pale line at base and

pale tips; the underside yellowish, the costal and terminal areas

tinged with brown.

Hab. Mnxico, Guerrero, Omilteme (H. H. Smith), 1 3 type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. Hap. 18 millim.

SPRAGUEIA, 669

Genus SPRAGUEIA. Type

ay A

Spragueia, Grote, Check-List Noct. p. 25 (USIDN\" wesobecononassaee guitata.

Proboseis fully developed : palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons with small rounded

prominence with slight corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antenne of

male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without

crest, the metathorax with decumbent crest; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen

without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a minute longitudinally elongate areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle

of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to

middle.

A. Fore wing with pale centre to reniform .................- guitata.

B. Fore wing without pale centre to reniform.

a. Fore wing with the terminal area leaden grey, irro-

Tabed: walilakw laite; an ccacsnensnecmaneronitaese esate meee Suneralis.

6, Fore wing with more or less orange-red or rufous on

terminal area.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line confluent

with the postmedial line at inner margin ......... magnifica.

6'. Fore wing with the antemedial line not confluent

with the postmedial line at inner margin.

a?, Fore wing with the antemedial line very

ai one bypexculnyed ta. .ue sssaatecaces se sets steaenee es onagrus.

6%, Fore wing with the antemedial line not strongly

excurved.

a®, Fore wing with the terminal area orange-

red.

a. Fore wing with pale costal fascia............ leo.

6+, Fore wing with pale patch at middle of

costa with dark point on it ................+. dama.

63. Fore wing with the terminal area suffused

with rufous.

a*. Fore wing with blackish patch at base of

costa.

a. Kore wing with the cilia yellow and

TU LOUS i aeceeecaesstic uses Seen oseode aa serieblaas jaguaralis.

65, Fore wing with the cilia black, whitish

at Lips) COWALOS Apex --s sane eses esc seeeceee grana,

5‘, Fore wing without blackish patch at base

of costa.

a’. Fore wing with the medial area leaden

BRO Vian ssc iyoteaeaiseetneu ect uname ace plumbifimbriata.

6°. Kore wing with the medial area black... obatra.

6011. Spragueia guttata. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 1.)

Spraqueia guttata, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 225 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am, p. 305.

@. Head and thorax blackish mixed with yellowish white,

the tegule, patagia, and metathorax bright rufous, palpi yellowish

670 NOOTUIDE.

white with blackish bands on 2nd and 3rd joints ; frons yellowish

white below and with rufous bar above; pectus and legs white,

the tibiz and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen brown with white

segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing black ; some

rufous at base of median nervure and a streak on base of inner

margin ; yellowish white subbasal spots in and below cell; ante-

medial line yellowish white, curving round below costa to join the

upper subbasal spot and incurved at median nervure; medial

yellowish spots below costa, below cell, and above vein 1; reniform

white defined by black, a yellowish spot before it below costa and a

rufous band from its inner side to just above inner margin; post-

medial line yellowish white, expanding into a spot at costa, below

which it is interrupted by an oblique rufous fascia from apex,

slightly angled inwards at discal fold and strongly below the

reniform, then oblique to inner margin ; subterminal line yellowish

white, from below the rufous apical fascia to above tornus, slightly

angled inwards at discal and submedian folds: a yellowish-white

line just before termen from below apex to above tornus ; cilia with

rufous patches below apex, at middle, and above tornus. Hind wing

reddish brown ; cilia whitish at tips ; the underside whitish suffused

with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Bastrop, 2 9 type. Hap. 22 millim.

6012. Spragueia funeralis. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 2.)

Spragueia funeralis, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 158 (1881) ; id. Ill. ‘Essay, p: 61,

pl. 3. f. 30; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 305.

Head and thorax yellowish white largely mixed with leaden grey

and some rufous; palpi with rufous bands on 2nd and 3rd joints ;

frons and vertex of head with leaden-grey bars; tarsi banded brown

and yellowish; abdomen brown with whitish segmental lines, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing leaden grey, the terminal area

irrorated with white scales; an obliquely curved antemedial yellow

band defined on outer side by orange-red from cell to inner margin;

orbicular and reniform leaden grey with very faint dark outlines,

the former round, the latter elliptical, a large yellow patch between

them extending to costa, where there is a slight dark striga on it and

an obliquely curved yellow band from lower angle of cell to inner

margin defined on inner side by orange-red; an irregularly rounded

postmedial yellow patch on costa. Hind wing whitish suffused with

reddish brown; cilia whitish tinged with brown at base; the under-

side whitish, the costal and terminal areas suffused with brown, a

brown discoidal bar.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, 2 9 type, Prescott (Aunze), 1 dg, Oracle

(Oslar), 1 3, 3 Q. Exp. 18 millim.

SPRAGUEIA. 671

6013. Spragueia magnifica. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 3.)

Spragueia Pe Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 183 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 3

@. Head and thorax leaden black; palpi yellowish white ; lower

part of frons, a bar above it, and the back of head yellowish white ;

patagia with yellowish streaks; pectus and legs yellowish white,

the tarsi banded with black; abdomen brown with yellowish-white

segmental lines, the ventral surface yellowish white, black at

extremity. Fore wing leaden black, a yellowish-white fascia

above basal half of inner margin with some red scales on its lower

edge; antemedial line yellowish white, very obliquely excurved from

base of costa towards which it expands to middle of inner margin,

where it joins the postmedial line; orbicular and reniform leaden

black, round, the former confluent with a black bar from costa and

small mark below the cell, an oblique yellowish-white mark from

costa to the latter, above which it is bent outwards; postmedial

line yellowish white defined on inner side by orange-red from below

costa on which there is a black streak to vein 1, the line expanding

at costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and joining the ante-

medial line at vein 1; a yellow band just before termen with

orange-red before it below costa and above inner margin; cilia

leaden black. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, especially

towards termen ; cilia whitish with a brown line near base, tinged

with yellow at apex; the underside with the veins streaked with

brown, a brown patch at middle of costa, the termen tinged with

brown.

Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Roswell (Cockerell), 1 9, Arizona.

Exp. 18 millim.

6014. Spragueia onagrus. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 4.)

Agrophila onagrus, Guen, Noct. ii. p. 205, pl. x. f. 2 (1852); Smith, Cat.

Noct, N. Am. p. 304.

Head, tegule, and patagia bright rufous ; palpi with black marks

on 2nd and 3rd joints ; frons with black patch ; antennz and patches

at their bases black; thorax black with some rufous on dorsum ;

pectus and legs whitish mixed with brown, the tarsi brown ringed

with white ; abdomen black with pale rufous segmental lines and

anal tuft, the ventral surface white. Fore wing orange-red; a

large elliptical black patch on basal half traversed by a whitish

fascia on vein 1 and with curved whitish fascia above it; orbicular

and reniform black, round, the former with obliquely curved black

fascia from costa to its inner edge and wedge-shaped mark to its

outer edge, some whitish between them and above the reniform,

which also has a small black mark above it on the costa; a black

streak on middle of inner margin; postmedial line represented by a

whitish mark on costa and a line from vein 6 to inner margin

672 NOOTUID A.

strongly incurved below the cell, a black spot beyond it on costa

and a broad black band from vein 6 to inner margin, its outer edge

strongly indented at submedian fold; cilia blackish, orange-red at

tornus. Hind wing fuscous brown with a fine white line at base

of cilia.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida, 1 g,1 9, Enterprize, 2 3, Tallahassa,

1 g,1 9, Texas. Hep. 20 millim.

6015. Spragueia leo. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 5.)

Agrophila leo, Guen. Noct. 11. p. 205 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noet. N. Am.

p. 304.

Agrophila onagrus, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f 209, nee Guen.

3. Head and thorax black, the vertex of head, tegule, patagia,

and a patch on metathorax rufous; palpi with the Ist joint and a

band on 2nd whitish; lower part of frons whitish; pectus and

legs whitish, the tibize and tarsi banded with black; abdomen black

with whitish segmental lines, the anal tuft pale rufous, the ventral

surface whitish. Fore wing orange-red, the costal area whitish

from near base to near apex ; a black fascia in base of cell extending

to costa at base and another fascia on base of vein 1; antemedial

line black at costa, then orange-red, curved; orbicular and reniform

black, the former conjoined to an elongate mark below the cell; a

small black spot on middle of costa and quadrate patch on inner

margin; the reniform with a small black spot above it on costa and

conjoined to a triangular patch beyond the cell with an oblique bar

from it to inner margin representing the band beyond the postmedial

line ; a small black spot on costa towards apex ; cilia black, orange-

red at tornus. Hind wing fuscous brown with a fine whitish line

at base of cilia; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas

fuscous, a fuscous discoidal spot.

@. Vertex of head usually black. Fore wing with the black

fascia in base of cell conjoined to the orbicular patch, which is

confluent with the reniform ; hind wing wholly fuscous on under-

side.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida, Texas,5 6,4 9. Hap. 20 millim.

6016. Spragueia dama.

Agrophila dama, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 205 (1952) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Ain.

. 805.

Agrophila transmutata, Wik. xxxiii. 776 (1865), 9; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am.,

Het. i. p. 301 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 305.

Agrophila trifariana, W1k. xxxiii. 777 (1865), 4; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am.,

Het. i. p. 302.

Spragueia pardalis, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 50 (1881).

3. Head and thorax blackish with rufous patches on vertex of

head, tegule, and patagia; palpi and lower part of frons whitish

tinged with rufous; pectus and legs whitish, the tibie and tarsi

SPRAGUEIA. 673

‘banded with black; abdomen brown with white segmental lines,

the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing orange-

red ; an oblique black patch at base from costa te inner margin,

followed by a triangular yellowish-white patch from costa to sub-

median fold; orbicular and reniform purplish black, small, round,

the former with purplish band from it to inner margin, a yellowish-

white patch between them extending to costa on which there is a

Fig. 189.—Spragueia dama, 3. 4.

black point and some black before and beyond the yellowish patch ;

postmedial line represented by a yellowish spot on costa with oblique

black striga beyond it and purplish-black somewhat incurved band

from below it to inner margin; a black patch on cilia at discal fold.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside

whitish, the veins, costal and terminal areas suffused with brown.

@. Vertex of head black; fore wing with black patch on costa

beyond the subbasal yellowish patch, the whole medial area purplish

black below the yellowish patch ; the postmedial purplish-black

band much broader ; underside of hind wing wholly fuscous brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Alabama, 2 3, Florida, 1 2 type pardalis, Texas,

23,32; Mexico, Guerrero (7. H. Smith), 2 $, Presidio (Morrer),

19 Tabasco (H. H.Smith), 1 9; Guaremata, San Isidro (Champion),

13,39,8. Geronimo (Champion), 1 5; Cosa, Santiago (Schuus),

2 6,2 92, Tanamo (Schaus), 1 $, Aleadro (Schaus), 1 $ ; Harr

(Tweedie), 3 2 type transmutata; Grenava (H. H. Smith), 3 9 ;

hab. ign., 1 ¢ type trifariana. Hap. 16-22 millim.

6017. Spragueia jaguaralis, n. sp. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 6.)

Agrophila rudisana, Druce, Biol, Centr.-Am., Het. i. p.302 (nec WIk.).

6. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, the dorsum of

thorax mostly black ; palpi whitish with a fuscous ring at base of

3rd joint ; frons whitish with a fuscous bar above and bar on vertex

of head; pectus and legs whitish, the tibisz: and tarsi banded with

blackish ; abdomen ochreous white with dorsal reddish-brown bands.

Fore wing ochreous whitish suffused with rufous, the costal area

ochreous whitish to beyond middle ; a fuscous spot at base of costa

confluent with a spot in cell further from base; an ochreous-white

streak in base of submedian fold; an indistinct ochreous-white

VOL. X. 2X

674 NOCTUID &.

antemedial line from cell to inner margin; orbicular and reniform

fuscous grey, small, the former rather quadrate with a dark shade

from it to inner margin, the latter round, defined by ochreous white:

a triangular ochreous-white spot on costa towards apex ; postmedial

line ochreous white, from lower angle of cell to inner margin, ob-

liquely incurved; subterminal line represented by some ochreous-

white scales, obscurely angled inwards in submedian fold; an

ochreous-white terminal line except towards apex and tornus; cilia

yellow tinged with rufous, some black scales at base and blackish

patches at apex and above middle and tornus. Hind wing reddish

brown, the cilia with a pale line at base and pale tips; the under-

side ochreous white, the veins, costal and terminal areas suffused

with brown.

Q@. Head and thorax with more black ; fore wing with obligue

grey-black fascize on basal area from costa and above inner margin ;

an oblique grey-black band beyond the antemedial line from costa

to submedian fold, above which it extends in and below cell to or

to near postmedial line; the inner area with bright rufous bands

beyond the antemedial and before the postmedial lines ; terminal

area grey-black irrorated with yellowish-white scales, some rufous

on costa before and beyond the yellowish spot before apex.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, San Antonio, 1 2 type; Mexico, Presidio

(Forrer), 13,3 2. Exp. 18 millim.

*6018. Spragueia grana. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 7.)

Agrophila grana, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xh. p. 414 (1897).

3 . Head and thorax black mixed with some ochreous white; palpi

white in front except towards tips; lower part of frons and basal

joint of antenne in front white; tegule orange with black patch at

middle ; pectus and legs white, the tibize and tarsi banded with

black ; abdomen creamy white dorsally banded with pale brown.

Fore wing orange-red, yellower towards costa; an oblique subbasal

black patch from costa; antemedial, medial, and postmedial black

spots on costa; orbicular and reniform black, small, round, some

black irroration between them; the inner medial area black-brown,

the extremity of median nervure with yellow streak and an oblique

yellowish line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial

area black-brown except towards costa, Joined by an oblique black

band from apex and shading into the terminal orange band which

does not extend to apex; cilia black with a leaden gloss, yellowish

at tips towards apex. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and

terminal area tinged with brown ; cilia ochreous white with brown

line near base; the underside with the costal area suffused with

brown, a brown discoidal bar.

Hab. Kcvavor, Loja, type + g in Coll. Dognin. xp, 22 millim.

SPRAGUEIA.—GRZEPERIA. 675

6019. Spragueia plumbifimbriata. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 8.)

Spragueia plumbifimbriata, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 68 (1877); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 304.

Head and thorax creamy white more or less suffused with rufous ;

palpi at tips and antenne rufous; tarsi rufous ringed with white ;

abdomen creamy white, more or less suffused on dorsum with rufous

leaving pale segmental lines. Fore wing yellowish white suffused

with rufous except on costal area; some leaden grey sometimes

present at base of inner margin; antemedial line yellowish white

with rufous suffusion before it from cell to inner margin, curved, a

broad leaden-grey band beyond it; orbicular and reniform leaden

grey obscurely defined by yellowish white, small, round; postmedial

line represented by an irregular rufous patch on costa above reniform

and some rufous beyond the reniform, from lower angle of cell to

inner margin yellowish white defined on inner side by rufous,

incurved and slightly sinuous, with a broad leaden-grey band

beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, yellowish white, incurved

below vein 4 and bent outwards to tornus ; a punetiform rufous

terminal line defined on inner side by yellowish white ; cilia leaden

white. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with reddish brown,

darker on terminal half; cilia whitish, with a brown line through

them ; the underside ochreous white with brown discoidal bar and

-some brown suffusion on terminal area.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 ¢, 1 @ type, Kerrville, 1 9, Arizona

(Poling), 1 2, Willgus, 1 9, Huachuca Mts., 1 9, Babaquivera

Mts.,1 9. Hv. 18-22 millim.

*6020. Spragueia., obatra.

Tarache obatra, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii. p. 124 (1875); Smita,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 305.

Head and thorax deep yellow; abdomen fuscous. Fore wing

with the basal area deep yellow, the medial area black, the sani nal

area brown ; a broad yellow costal fascia from apex to the middle

of medial area; postmedial line strongly angled outwards below

costa, defined on inner side by a brown shade. Hind wing blackish ;

the underside yellowish grey with traces of medial and terminal

shades.

Hab. U.S.A., Louisiana. Hp. 17 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

Genus GRAIPERIA.

>) Dye:

Heliodora, Neumegen, Can. Ent. xxiii. p. 125 (1891), nec Heliodore, E

Greperia, Grote, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. xiv. p. 108 (1895)... ....... costalis,

Tornacontia, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 55 (1900) ...... sutrix.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, short; frons with

flattened corneous plate at middle and corneous plate below it; eyes large,

Od Sx, ee

676 NOCIUID ©.

round ; antenne of male somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with

depressed crest; tibize smoothly scaled ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing

rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;

veins 8 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form a longitudinally narrow areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of

discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near

middle.

Secr. I. Frons with the plate at middle long and trilobate at tip, the plate

below frons trilobate.

6021. Greperia tripartita.

Tornacontia tripartita, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 210 (1903).

Tornacontia mediatrix, Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. vi. p. 62 (1904).

Head and thorax brown mixed with some black and white, the

palpi white except at tips; thorax white with black bars at sides of

metathorax; fore and mid tibie and the tarsi brown ringed with

white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown, ventrally with

black. Fore wing creamy white with large dark patch on inner

area beyond middle; the basal area with some brownish irroration ;

subbasal line represented by slight dark points on costa and in cell ;

antemedial line very indistinct, double, curved; orbicular a black

point, the reniform defined by black, hoop-shaped, open below, some

blue-grey on its outer edge; a small dark spot at middle of costa

and a sinuous black line from cell to inner margin with a brown

Fig. 190.—Greperca tripartita, S$. 4.

band irrorated with white beyond it; postmedial line represented

by a small dark spot on costa, then almost obsolete, below vein 4

bent inwards to lower angle of cell, then forming a sinuous black

line to inner margin with blue-grey suffusion beyond it; sub-

terminal line only defined by slight grey suffusion on inner side,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved; a grey mark

at apex; a terminal series of black strie; cilia white with dark

patches at apex, middle, and tornus, and interrupted dark line

through them. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal half

faintly tinged with brown; a fine brown terminal line; cilia white,

brown at base towards apex; the underside white with faint brown

postmedial spot below costa.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts. (Oslar), 3 3, 2

mediatrix, Cochise Co., Wilgus. Hap. 26 millim.

GREPERIA, 677

Secr. II. Frons with the plate at middle long, with straight outer edge, the

plate below frons with straight outer edge.

A. Frons with curved series of corneous teeth above the flattened plate.

6022. Greperia carcharodonta, n. sp.

do. Head and tegule pale brown; thorax ochreous white mixed

with brown; fore tibiz and tarsi pale brown ringed with white ;

abdomen ochreous white tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous

white extending on costa to subterminal] line and on inner margin

to middle, the terminal area reddish brown suffused with purple-

grey ; subbasal line represented by small grey-brown spots on costa

and below the cell, the antemedial line by a spot on costa and two

points above inner margin; orbicular a black point; the reniform

defined by brown at sides, small; a postmedial brown spot on costa

connected by a striga with the dark terminal area; the postmedial

line arising at vein 6 and represented by a series of minute dentate

ramme=r

Hig, 191.—Greperia carcharodonta, 3. &.

black marks bent inwards below vein 4 to below end of cell; sub-

terminal line slight, white, interrupted, defined on inner side by

some black scales and below apex by minute dentate marks, some-

what dentate at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, then bent inwards and more

prominent to inner margin; a terminal series of black points

slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia brown with some

white below apex and at middle. Hind wing ochreous white tinged

with brown towards termen; cilia white with a brown line near

base; the underside with brown discoidal bar and postmedial patch

on costa with curved line from it to vein 4.

Hab. U.S8.A., Texas, Tiger Hill, 1 ¢ type, San Antonio. Hap.

26 millim.

B. (Tornacontia). Frons without series of teeth above the corneous

plate.

a, Fore wing with the dark terminal area extending to before the

areola Uihn®. @iay TANGY EYRE ocosccoosssopouescocoscoaconen sonuDneONsOOEN: sutor.

6. Fore wing with the dark terminal area not extending to before

themmedialmlimeon immer areaeecdseeeeeseeeceeeeecrecest ceess es ccne sutria.

6023. Greperia sutor, n. sp. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 9.)

3. Head and tegule grey-brown; thorax ochreous white mixed

with brown; palpi white at base; fore tibie and the tarsi brown

678 NOCTUIDA.

ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white dorsally tinged with

brown. Fore wing ochreous white; subbasal line indistinctly

double, dark, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

represented by a curved dark bar from costa to median nervure and

point on inner margin ; orbicular a black point; the reniform defined

by brown and some black scales, small, hoop-shaped, open below;

the postmedial area red-brown suffused with purplish grey, extend-

ing to apex and tornus, its inner edge obliquely curved from costa

to lower angle of cell round the reniform, then strongly incurved

and with the blackish medial line on its inner edge; an oblique

white striga from costa beyond middle followed by a triangular

spot, the minutely dentate black postmedial line arising from its

apex and strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line defined

by slight somewhat dentate black marks on its inner edge, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, then bent inwards and oblique to

tornus; the ochreous white terminal area with slight brown marks

on it; a terminal series of black striz except towards tornus; cilia

purplish grey with white patches at apex and middle and slight

dark line through them. Hind wing greyish suffused with reddish

brown; cilia white with a brown line at base; the underside

ochreous white tinged with brown, a slight dark discoidal lunule

and patch on costa with excurved line from it to vein 3.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Nogales (Oslar), 2 ¢ type. Hap.

26 millim.

6024. Greperia sutrix.

Tarache sutrix, Grote, Can. Ent. xii. p. 154 (1880); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 299.

Head and thorax ochreous white; antennze brownish; fore tibie

and tarsi brownish with pale rings; abdomen brownish ochreous.

Fore wing ochreous white; subbasal line greyish, double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, greyish,

Fig. 192.—Greperia sutrix, 3. 1.

waved; orbicular a black point, the reniform more or less in-

completely defined by black, small, elliptical; a medial triangular

grey spot on costa and black line from cell to inner margin with

red-brown band on its outer edge; terminal area purple-grey with

ochreous-white triangular spot from costa beyond the postmedial

line, which is represented by a grey spot on costa, then by some

@REPERIA. 679

black and red-brown scales strongly incurved below vein 4; sub-

terminal line ochreous white defined on inner side by slight red-

brown marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then bent

inwards and oblique to tornus; a terminal series of small black

spots defined on inner side by white; cilia red-brown at base,

purple-grey at tips, with white patch at middle and some white at

tips at apex. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with red-brown ;

cilia ochreous white with a brown line near base; the underside

whitish with brown discoidal striga and more or less distinct post-

medial line excurved at middle and obsolete on inner area.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 2 g type, Denver, 1 ¢, Nevada, New

Mexico, Albuquerque (Oslar), 1 ¢, Arizona, Catalina Mts. (Oslar),

4 2, Tueson (Oslar), 4 2. Hap. 22-26 millim.

Sucr. III. Frons with the plate at middle shorter and with straight outer

edge.

A. Frons with the plate below it produced to a slight point

at middle.

a. Fore wing with the basal area white ...........0..c0s.e0c0+ conocharodes.

6. Fore wing with the basal area grey irrorated with white. megocula.

6025. Greeperia conocharodes, n. sp.

3d. Head and thorax white; palpi at tips, frons, antenne, fore

tibiz, and the tarsi tinged with brown; abdomen white faintly

tinged with brown on dorsum. Fore wing with the basal half pure

white, the terminal half violaceous grey, its inner edge angled out-

wards in cell to the reniform and slightly in submedian fold, some

black on it below the cell; a subbasal grey mark in cell; ante-

medial line faint, grey, waved; orbicular a black point; reniform

Fig. 195.-—Greperia conocharodes, G. }.

grey with black annulus defined by white, round; a small white

postmedial spot on costa ; the postmedial line represented by a few

black scales, strongly incurved below vein 4 and more distinct on

inner area; subterminal line white, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia grey at base, white

at tips. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with grey except

towards tornus; the underside with fine terminal brown line,

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Prescott (AKunzé), 1 $ type. Hap.

28 millim.

680 NOCTUID A‘.

*6026. Greperia megocula. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 10.)

Tornacontia megocula, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 58 (1900) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 213.

form steel-grey, the basal area irrorated with white; faint traces

of an antemedial line; orbicular a rather elongate black point ;

reniform with white annulus and black-irrorated centre, large,

round, prominent; a whitish streak in cell from orbicular to reniform

and thence to termen ; subterminal line white, slightly irregular, a

white patch on costa before it; the veins of terminal area streaked

with white. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with fuscous.

Frontal plate narrow at extremity.

Hab. U.S.A., 8. California. Exp. 30 millim. This species is

unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.

Mus.

B. (Greperia). Frons with the plate below it excised in front.

a. Fore wicg dark brown with yellow costal fascia............ costalis.

b. Fore wing of male orange suffused with rufous, of female

ochreous white irrorated with rufous..............c.ssseeees indubitans.

6027. Greperia costalis.

Acontia costalis, Wik. xii. 787 (1857); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i.

p. 308, pl. 28. f. 23.

Heilodora magnifica, Neum, Can. Hnt, xxiii. p. 125 (1891); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 273.

Q. Head, tegule, and patagia white tinged with fulvous yellow;

palpi at tips and antenne brown; dorsum of thorax dark red-

brown; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibiew and tarsi

with some brown mixed; abdomen ochreous white dorsally tinged

with brown. Fore wing dark chocolate-brown with a slight greyish

Fig. 194,--Greperia costalis, 8. 2

tinge the costal area white suffused with fulvous yellow from inner

margin near base to just before apex, its lower edge very slightly

angled at end of cell; traces of an incurved postmedial line from

vein 4 to inner margin; cilia greyish at tips. Hind wing white,

the veins and costal area with an ochreous tinge, the terminal area

GRHPHRIA.—FRUVA. 681

suffused with red-brown from apex to submedian fold; cilia white,

red-brown at base except towards tornus; the underside white, the

costal and terminal areas tinged with ochreous.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Houston; Mexico, Guerrero (H. H. Snuth),

13, Yueatan (Gawmer), 22; Guaremata, Vera Paz (Champion),

1 2, San Geronimo (Champion) 1 2, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Harrr

(Tweedie), 2 9 type; Brazit, Amazons, Santarem (Bates), 12.

Eup, 24—28 millim.

6028. Greperia indubitans. (Plate CLXIX. figs. 11d, 12 2.)

Nonagria indubitans, Wk. xi. 712 (1857).

Acontia dimidiata, W\k. xxxiii. 783 (1865).

Monodes citrina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 280, pl. xxvii. f. 7

(1889).

palpi at tips and antenne brown; fore and mid tibie irrorated with

brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen white dorsally

tinged with brown. Fore wing pale olive-yellow slightly irrorated

with red-brown; antemedial line red-brown, excurved, dilated

towards inner margin; orbicular a red-brown point, the reniform

indicated by a few red-brown scales; a rather diffused red-brown

medial line, slightly angled outwards below costa and with red-

brown suffusion beyond it on inner area ; postmedial line red-brown,

oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved below vein 5; sub-

terminal line defined by red-brown on inner side and on outer

towards apex, bent outwards bolow costa and incuryed below

vein 4; cilia with brown patches at apex and above tornus. Hind

wing whitish, the terminal area suffused with red-brown from apex

to submedian fold; cilia white tinged with red-brown at base

except towards tornus; the underside white, the costal and terminal

areas tinged with ochreous.

$. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with deep rufous, the

last slightly irrorated with white scales, the basal area and costal

area to beyond middle somewhat yellower, the markings obscured,

the subterminal line obsolete; hind wing white, the termen slightly

tinged with brown.

Hab. Guaremata, St. Geronimo (Champion), 2 3 type citrina ;

Cuna, Santiago (Schaus), 1g ; Harri (Tweedie), 1 9 type dumidiata ;

Brazit, Para (Johnson), 1 3 type. Hap. 24-28 millim.

Genus FRUVA.

Type.

Jee, Errore, Orie, Dyan, te, fo, OS) (ARSY/L)) coacosconconeoceoanoosecuDe Jasciatella.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, short; frons with

truncate conical prominence with raised corneous rim at extremity ; eyes large,

round; antenne of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with depressed crest ;

tibie smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather narrow,

682 NOCTUID ®.

the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a

longitudinally narrow areole, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 8, 4 stalked ;

5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell to middle.

6029. Fruva fasciatella.

Spraqueia fasciatella, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 225 (1875); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 302.

3. Head and tegule white ; antenne brownish ; thorax ochreous

tinged with rufous; pectus and legs white, the fore tibia and the

tarsi brownish ringed with white; abdomen brownish ochreous,

ventrally white. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with rufous;

an indistinct diffused curved rufous antemedial line; medial line

indistinct, diffused, rufous, oblique from costa to middle of cell,

Fig. 195.—Fruva faseiatella, 3. 4.

then inwardly oblique; traces of a minute elliptical rufous reni-

form; postmedial line indistinct, rufous, diffused, excurved from

costa to vein 5, then incurved; a terminal series of slight brown

points ; cilia red-brown with some ochreous at base. Hind wing

ochreous white, the veins and termen tinged with red-brown ;

cilia white with a slight brown line at base; the underside uniform

ochreous white,

@. Fore wing more mottled with red-brown, the costal area

whitish ; orbicular a brown point with white annulus; reniform

distinct; postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side; sub-

terminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then

bent inwards and oblique to tornus; an oblique red-brown mark

from apex.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas (Belfrage). 1 3,3 2 type, Arizona, Globe

(Kunzé), 2 3, Pinal Mts.(Kunzé),2 6,2 9. Hwp. 18-20 millim.

Genus CONOCHARES.

Conochares, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xiii. p. 207 (1905) ............ acuta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, short; frons with

rounded prominence with slight raised rim at extremity and corneous plate

below it; eyes large, round; antenne of male almost simple; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with

CONOCHARES. 683

decumbent crest ; tibiss smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing

with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3

and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9

stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 obsolescent

from middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell to near middle.

A. Fore wing with distinct dark shade beyond medial line.

a. Fore wing with the medial line acutely angled outwards in

cell to the annulus of reniform.

a, Fore wing with the centre of reniform white ............ acuta.

6'. Fore wing with the reniform nearly filled in with

INNSTeCOLUISIS eegncerma coudeeeneseactecascadcobos nesprsbaaseescpeosontnene altera.

6. Fore wing with the medial line excurved in cell but not to

the annulus of reniform.

a. Fore wing with the terminal area mostly white.

a’. Kore wing with the shade beyond the medial line dark

MEADOW so scasiscennasaces sncmandsseettossesciseiscanonscetias elegantula.

67, Fore wing with the shade beyond the medial line pale

FAMOUS)“ ekonenedoube Hoop se onosboudoboqdacboodecobagaHmosbbpabona. arizone.

o'. Fore wing with the terminal area almost wholly suffused

wi the pale brow) passicse-ca- ence snectteeecece sacar aceasceaas interrupta.

B. Fore wing without distinct dark shade beyond medial line.

a. Fore wing without dark bar from costa to outer edge of

TACUUD ROTO ia maegacaeMesads an cddbaduRender ie eooe Roser iapeoceunuceerodtoe catalina,

b. Fore wing with dark bar from costa to outer edge of

FEMMONIMG sire usu secaciscareoek wsmewesisssadteceeaseeaecet ce sinece hutsont.

6030. Conochares acuta. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 13.)

Conochares acutus, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 207 (1905).

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen white; palpi with the second

and third joints brownish ringed with white at tips; antenne

brown; tarsi brownish ringed with white. Fore wing with the

basal half silvery white; a small greyish spot in base of cell and

-antemedial spot on costa; terminal half white suffused with grey,

bounded on inner side by the blackish medial line, acutely angled

outwards in cell and with some fuscous suffusion beyond it forming

a somewhat conical patch on inner area; faint traces of an elliptical

white annulus to reniform ; a slight brownish postmedial spot on

costa ; subterminal line defined on inner side by a faint dark shade,

slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle and incurved towards

inner margin; a terminal series of black points; cilia white with

some fuscous brown at apex, discal fold, and tornus. Hind wing

white suffused with fuscous brown except the cell and area below

it; a faint discoidal spot; cilia white. Underside of fore wing

brown, the inner area and costa except towards base white; hind

wing white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 4 irrorated

with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Redington, 1 9, Sta. Catalina Mts,

Exp. 26 millim.

684 NOCTUID&.

6031. Conochares altera. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 14.)

Tornacontia altera, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 209 (1903).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white; palpi at tips and

antenne rufous; fore legs in front, mid tibie, and the tarsi tinged

with rufous; anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing with the

basal half silvery white; a slight oblique antemedial dark striga

below costa; terminal half white suffused with brownish grey,

defined on inner side by the blackish medial line with some rufous

suffusion beyond it, angled outwards in cell to the reniform and

slightly in submedian fold; reniform grey with white annulus and

white striga in centre, elliptical; postmedial line faint, curved,

whitish, with white suffusion before and beyond it at costa; sub-

terminal line white with a faint olive tinge before it and minute

black marks above and below vein 6, slightly excurved below vein 7

and at middle and incurved below vein 3; a black terminal line ;

cilia white with dark patches at apex, discal fold, and tornus.

Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown from apex

to submedian fold; cilia white. Underside of fore wing brown,

the inner area white, the costa white except towards base.

Hab. U.S.A., California, San Diego ( Wright),1 3, New Mexico,

Hot Springs, Arizona. Hay. 28 millim.

6032. Conochares elegantula.

Thalpochares elegantula, Harv. Can. Ent. viii. p. 55 (1876); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 300.

Tarache semiopaca, Grote, Bull. Geog. Geol. Sury. Terr. iv. p. 182 (1878).

Head and thorax pure white ; palpi and antenne reddish brown ;

legs tinged with red-brown, the fore tibia and tarsi brown ringed

Fig. 196.—Conochares elegantula, 3. 4.

with white ; abdomen white, the anal tuft tinged with yellowish.

Fore wing with the basal half pure white, the costal edge brownish ;

a subbasal brown point in cell; a slight medial blackish line, ex-

curved in cell and slightly in submedian fold, followed by a broad

red-brown band expanding at inner margin to tornus; reniform

blackish defined by white, elliptical, a silvery blue patch above it

and a sinuous band from its inner edge to inner margin on the

brown area; terminal area yellowish white; subterminal line

CONOCHARES. 685

defined by reddish-brown patches before it at costa and below veins

7 and 5 and some brown beyond it at apex, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, then bent inwards and forming the outer edge of

the hrown band; a terminal series of black strize; cilia white, red-

brown towards apex with some white at tips of apex. Hind wing

white, the terminal area suffused with reddish brown ; cilia white ;

the underside with the costa tinged with yellowish.

Hab. U.S.A., Montana, Colorado, Nevada, 1 9 type semiopaca,

California, Mendocino Co. (Walsingham), 4 3, 1 9, Colusa Co.

(Walsingham),6 3,19. Kap. 22-24 millim.

6033. Conochares arizone. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 15.)

Thalpochares arizone, H. Edw. Pacific Coast Lep. no. 29, p. 7 (1878);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 300.

Orobena seminivealis, Hulst, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 157 (1886).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white; palpi at tips and

antenne fuscous; fore tibize and the tarsi brown ringed with white.

Fore wing with the basal half white, the terminal half suffused

with grey ; a slight blackish medial line somewhat incurved in cell

and submedian fold and followed by a reddish-brown band with its

outer edge irregularly diffused; reniform brown defined by white,

small, round; a diffused white postmedial patch on costal area;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by brownish suffusion,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus;

a terminal series of black points; cilia white with red-brown

patches at and below apex. Hind wing white, the terminal area

tinged with brown narrowing to tornus; the underside wholly

white.

Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Hot Springs, Arizona, Phoenix

(Oslar, Kunzé), 1 $, 5 9, Huachuca Mts., 1 9. Hp. 18-22

millim.

6034, Conochares interrupta. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 16.)

Conochares interruptus, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 208 (1905).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white, the vertex of

thorax and abdomen tinged with ochreous; palpi tinged with

brown towards tips; antennz brownish; fore tibie and the tarsi

brownish ringed with white. Fore wing with the basal half

creamy white, the terminal half suffused with red-brown, bounded

on inner side by the somewhat darker medial line which is excuryed

in cell; reniform with brownish centre defined by a few dark

scales and faint whitish annulus, elliptical; a whitish postmedial

spot on costa and traces of a whitish postmedial line excurved to

vein 5, then incurved; a faint whitish subterminal line, shghtly

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus ;

a terminal series of black points; cilia creamy white, tinged with

686 NOCTUID &.

rufous at apex and discal fold. Hind wing semihyaline white, the

termen slightly tinged with rufous; the underside with the costa

tinged with ochreous.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Argus Mts., 1 @ co-type, Walter’s

Station, Arizona, Phoenix, Yuma Co. wp. 24 millim.

6035. Conochares catalina. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 17.)

Thalpochares catalina, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xiv. p. 29 (1906).

6. Head and thorax white; palpi at tips and antenne brownish ;

fore tibia and tarsi brownish ringed with white; abdomen yel-

lowish white. Fore wing creamy white; reniform small with

faint brownish annulus; a faint brownish medial band, oblique to

the reniform, then inwardly oblique; a diffused brownish terminal

band. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with brown except

towards tornus.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Phoenix (Kunzé), 1 g. Hep. 22 millim.

6036. Conochares hutsoni. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 18.)

Thalpochares hutsoni, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiv. p. 28 (1906).

Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white, the last tinged with

ochreous; palpi brownish at tips; antenne brownish ringed with

white; fore tibize and the tarsi brownish ringed with white. Fore

wing creamy white tinged with ochreous ; a faint diffused brownish

ochreous antemedial line excurved from costa to median nervure,

then incurved; a black point in middle of cell; the reniform

blackish with faint white annulus, small, round; a faint curved

brownish ochreous medial shade; postmedial line rather diffused,

brownish, obliquely curved from costa to lower edge of reniform ;

then incurved and approximated to the medial shade ; an ochreous

brown shade before termen, which is white with a punctiform black

line except towards apex and tornus; cilia white. Hind wing

white tinged with brownish ochreous, the cilia white; the under-

side white, the costal area tinged with ochreous.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Yuma Co.,1 5,1 9, Phoenix (Kunze),

12. Ezp. 20 millim.

Genus TARACHIDIA. Type

Tarachidia, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 248 ............... flavibasis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, short, slender; frons with

rounded prominence with a slight raised rim at extremity and triangular

corneous plate below it ; eyes large, round ; antennee of male minutely ciliated ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the

metathorax with decumbent crest; tibize smoothly scaled; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex.rounded, the termen evenly curved

and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a longitudinally narrow areole ;

—

TARACHIDIA. 687

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 8,4 stalked; 5 almost obsolete from

middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell to near middle.

A. Fore wing with the reniform present.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular present.

al, Fore wing with the orbicular round, slightly defined

1OH/ WAGWIED) occonacoansansdcosecononoconaqaoqaosodeoedoocougcTeerE margarita.

b'. Fore wing with the orbicular a black point.

a, Fore wing with medial dark band on inner half

cut off ahove by a white streak on median

nervure.

a3, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique,

SUTPBTIEME, soocasosccon90s0s0nad00000000gs009e09CeDNN00Re viridans.

53, Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly

GHOUIEL! accdsonnobtocooesnonondades soodssounsasseseoed albisecta.

62, Fore wing without white streak on extremity of

median nervure.

a3, Kore wing ochreous yellow or grey-brown.

a*. Fore wing with the terminal area suffused

with rufous except at apex .................0.5. parvula.

64. Fore wing with the terminal area not suffused

VAUD TEOVOWIS — gonaccoandaooqnoonsos0d0 2on0n.00005900¢ tortricina.

43, Fore wing with the basal area white or creamy

white.

a4, Fore wing with the reniform indistinct and

notdefined| by, white cesses. -eseceee senses erastrioides,

64, Fore wing with the reniform more or less

_scompletely defined by white.

. Fore wing with the dark shade confined to

inner medial area.

a®. Fore wing with the terminal area suffused

AAU THEDWOWIS» micasnedobocdanados snare nemeeeeoe nannodes.

68. Fore wing with the terminal area grey . /ibedis.

b®, Fore wing with the dark shade extending

to apex.

a®. Fore wing with the medial shade not

yellow throughout.

a’. Fore wing without olive shades on

medial and postmedial areas.

a®, Fore wing of male creamy white,

of female with the basal area suf-

fused with purplish grey ............ corrientes.

68. Fore wing of male pure white, of

female with the basal area not suf-

fused with purplish grey ............ tenuicula.

6’, Fore wing with olive shades on medial

and postmedial areas ............... .. candefacta.

6° Fore wing with the medial shade yellow

throughout saasasseeemeserteisecsiancse neomexicand.

6. Fore wing with the orbicular absent.

@, Fore wing with the terminal area white, sometimes

tinged with grey.

a2, Kore wing with the medial shade yellow through-

@l1®: poodaaqcoocaoneqotconBennse:bobopacocashoousbuadoeacenenE virginalis.

62, Fore wing with the medial shade not yellow

throughout.

@, Fore wing with the dark shade extending to

DATES. oo sqagoanacobCounehoasEnondascaadaseoabansoaEsonons binocula.

688 NOCTUID®.

8, Fore wing with the dark shade extending from

below apex to inner margin ...............6..+- Lenwescens.

c3. Fore wing with dark shade at apex and from

Gellll i TMS TMAVABIND 9. ocoocansagasaddonsnoo40asenecce huita.

61, Kore wing with the terminal area dark.

a. Bore wing without semicircular white patch on

[DOsbuNCChiall OAIE Oil COMB, cooccgnasscosesonsoeon2005000 semibrunnea.

62. Fore wing with semicircular white patch on post-

Tabi! FV OF COMM) dooaasodsonasaccecopoocnancaoonosease cuta.

B. Fore wing with the reniform absent.

a. Fore wing with curved white fascia from base below

the cell to the white costal fascia beyond the cell ... alata.

6. Fore wing without curved white fascia.

a. Fore wing pinkish with yellow subbasal and medial

band’s) asnnnsecteseeasenenstienescsch tere mentee Ceca aati es Jativa.

6'. Fore wing yellow w ith incurved grey postmedial

band.

a?, Fore wing with the band narrow, defined by white

OV WAVE HICKS) OWA Zocsoacccooosecbsosqasns sosacssq00qeKNC perita.

62. Fore wing with the band broad, defined by white

on/bothisidles: be aonteceenekne sete oe demec ter eseen venustula.

el. Fore wing with the basal half yellow, at least in

male, the terminal half dark.

a?, Fore wing with the outer edge of yellow area erect

andicdetinedtbyawilitessera-n seer seeeren secretes clausula.

b2, Fore wing with the outer edge of yellow area

oblique and not defined by white.

@, Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ...... semiflava.

63, Hind wing dark brown, the basal area of fore

wing of female brown irrorated with grey and

a few olive-yellow: scales) .............2-.02ceeerere Aavibasis.

ad}, Fore wing uniform glossy black-brown slightly

ORO WAIN LAKENY | gan cacoobegspagedndedonssgoboRonabc0RaC Sumata.

6037. Tarachidia margarita. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 19.)

Spragueia margarita, Schaus, Trans, Am. Ent. Soe. xxx. p. 163 (1904).

2. Head pure white, the palpi at tips and antennze brownish ;

thorax yellowish white suffused with olive-green; pectus and legs

white, the tibie and tarsi banded witn brown; abdomen reddish

brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing with the basal area

yellowish white; subbasal line rufous, from costa to submedian

fold; the rest of wing olive-brown with a cupreous tinge, the

medial and apical areas suffused in parts with silvery grey ; ante-

medial line represented by the contrast between the basal and

medial areas, excurved to median nervure and incurved in sub-

median interspace; orbicular and reniform with very slight whitish

annuli, small, round; a triangular postmedial white patch on costa,

the postmedial line arising from its apex and obscurely defined by

dark suffusion on inner side, strongly incurved below vein 4; sub-

terminal line white, almost obsolete towards costa, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards above and below vein 2 and

bent outwards to tornus; some dark points and stri# on termen

slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia brown, whitish at

tips and with whitish patches at middle and tornus. Hind wing

TARACHIDIA. 689

cupreous brown, the cilia pale with a brown line near base. Under-

side of fore wing with the costal area yellow towards apex, the

inner area white; hind wing white with slight discoidal spot,

indistinct postmedial line strougly excurved beyond the cell, then

obsolete, and some brown on termen.

Hab. Venuzurta (Schreider), 1 9, Palma Sola, 1 9, Aroa, type T

in U.S. Nat. Mus. vp. 18 millim.

6038. Tarachidia viridans. (Plate CLXIX. figs. 20 d, 21 9°.)

Tarache viridans, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 160 (1904.)

6. Head and thorax white with an olive tinge; palpi at tips

and antenne brown; patagia with dark brown streak on outer

edge; pectus and legs whitish, the tibie and tarsi tinged with

brown; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with rufous. Fore wing

whitish tinged with olive-green especially on terminal area; a

diffused oblique olive-green antemedial line slightly bent inwards

to costa; orbicular a dark point, the reniform a small round

blackish spot; an incurved blackish line defined by white above

and below from just below angle of cell to inner margin, with a

lunulate olive-green patch on its outer edge; a small wedge-shaped

postmedial white patch on costa, the slight whitish postmedial line

arising from its apex, incurved below vein 4 and furming the outer

edge of the green patch; subterminal line represented by a slight

whitish striga from costa with small reddish spot before it; a

terminal series of slight dark points excépt towards tornus; cilia

pale. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown.

Underside of fore wing with the costal area red on terminal half

with some yellowish marks on costa; hind wing white with slight

brown discoidal point and postmedial bar between veins 6 and 4.

@. Head and thorax bright rufous, fore wing suffused with

rufous with some greyish on inner medial area and towards tornus,

the antemedial line and postmedial patch dark brown ; hind wing

suffused with red-brown.

Hab. Braztt, Espiritu Santo,2 ¢, Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner),

1 $,12, Sao Paulo (D. Jones),2 g,3 9; Paraauay, Sapucay

(foster), 14 $, 16 9; Areunrina, Goya (Perrms), 2 5,138 2,

Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wagner), 5 3,5 9, Tucuman, 1 9, Los

Vasquez (Dineliy), 1 9. Hwp\ 18-20 millim. Type fin U.S.

Nat. Mus.

6039. Tarachidia albisecta, n. sp. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 22.)

@. Head and thorax pale rufous, the tegule white with a few

rufous scales; pectus and legs whitish, the tibize and tarsi tinged

with brown; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing with the basal half whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated

VOL. 3. 2y

690 NOCTUID ©.

with a few dark scales, the terminal half rufous; a diffused red-

brown antemedial line, oblique from cell to inner margin ; orbicular

a black point, the reniform defined by a few black scales; a white

streak on extremity of median nervure and base of vein 4; a dark

brown spot on costa above end of cell and somewhat incurved line

from the white streak to inner margin; postmedial line dark brown,

excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved, defined by

whitish on outer side towards costa; subterminal line represented

by a faint pale striga from costa with a slight blackish mark beyond

it below apex ; a terminal series of black strize defined on inner side

by a white line from below apex to above tornus ; cilia rufous mixed

with some white. Hind wing whitish tinged with rufous, especially

on terminal area ; cilia white tinged with rufous at base ; the under-

side ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Argentina, Tapia, 6000’, 1 2 type. Hp. 24 millim.

6040. Tarachidia parvula. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 23.)

Xanthodes parvula, Wik. xxxiii. 779 (1865) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

. 303.

Fae georgica, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 232 (1881).

Head and thorax ochreous yellow tinged with rufous; palpi white

at base, brownish at tips; antenne brown; pectus and legs white,

the fore tibize and tarsi brownish; abdomen white, dorsally tinged

with rufous. Fore wing ochreous yellow, the inner and terminal

areas suffused with rufous, the rufous on terminal area expanding

triangularly in discal fold to end of cell; orbicular a black point ;

reniform a minute annulus very indistinctly defined by brown scales;

traces of an oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

a dark brown terminal line; cilia dark leaden fuscous. Hind wing

whitish suffused with red-brown, the cilia brown at base, white at

tips; the underside ochreous white, the costal area tinged with

brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Georgia, 1 ¢ type georgica; hab. ign., 1 Q type.

Exp. 24 millim.

6041. Tarachidia tortricina. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 24.)

Agrophila tortricina, Zell. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxii. p. 461, pl. 2.

f. 5 (1872); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 306.

Fruva obsoleta, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 69 (1877) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

. 302.

Spagna inorata, Grote, Papilio, u. p. 183 (1882).

Fruva modesta, H. EKdw. Papilio, iv. p. 124 (1884); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 302.

Fruva deleta, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 124 (1884); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 303.

Head and thorax ochreous yellow ; palpi white, brownish at tips;

antenne, fore tibie, and tarsi brownish; abdomen white faintly

TARACHIDIA. 691

tinged with brown on dorsum. Fore wing ochreous yellow; the

orbicular a black point, the reniform a minute blackish annulus ;

postmedial line represented by a few scales beyond the cell and an

oblique brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin, with

triangular patch of brown suffusion beyond it ; a terminal series of

slight black points; cilia brown. Hind wing whitish tinged with

reddish brown, the cilia brown at base, white at tips; the under-

side uniform yellowish white.

Ab. 1. obsoleta. Fore wing with the markings almost obsolete.

Ab. 2. modesta. Head, thorax, and fore wing grey-brown slightly

suffused with yellowish-white scales.

Ab. 3. deleta. Fore wing dark brown suffused with olive-yellow

scales leaving the termen and cilia dark, almost without markings.

Hab. Canapa, Hudson’s Bay, Alberta, Calgary ; U.S.A., Illinois,

1 3 type obsoleta, Iowa, Kansas, Texas, 2 g, Colorado, Boulder

(Cockerell), 2 3, Nevada, Virginia City, California Lake Co. ( Wals-

ingham),5 6,9 2. Hwp. 22-24 millim.

6042. Tarachidia erastrioides. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 25.)

Acontia erastrioides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 218 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p- 299.

Head blackish brown, the palpi whitish at base; thorax white ;

fore tibiz and the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white

dorsally slightly tinged with brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore

wing chalky white; subbasal line pale brown, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line pale brown, slightly incurved at submedian

fold ; orbicular a black point ; the reniform brown defined by a few

black scales, small, elliptical; a small brown spot on middle of

costa and an oblique sinuous line from cell to inner margin; the

outer part of medial area and the postmedial area except towards

costa olive-brown shading to purple-grey suffused with blackish ;

postmedial line pale brown and oblique from below costa to vein 6,

then black, incurved and minutely waved below vein 4 ; subterminal

line white defined on inner side by pale brown towards costa and on

outer side by pale brown except towards costa, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series

of black points; cilia white tinged with fuscous at middle and

tornus. Hind wing white, the terminal half suffused with brown ;

cilia white with a slight brown line near base; the underside

ochreous white.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., south to Virginia and west to the

Mississippi, Massachusetts (Packard), 13, 19, New York

(Schlegel), 1 $, 2 9, Evans Center (Grote), 1 ¢, Illinois, 1 ¢,

19. Kap. 20-22 millim.

Larva. Coquillett, Papilio, i. p. 8.

Deep green ; a white stigmatal stripe; body with 16 or 18 wavy

black and white lines or 12 white lines; head green marked with

black and white. Food-plant: Ambrosia artemisiefolia. 7.

2x2

692 NOCTUID 2.

6043. Tarachidia nannodes, nu. sp. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 26.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white; fore tibie and

the tarsi brownish ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous white ;

subbasal line represented by a slight brownish bar from costa;

antemedial line with small red-brown spot at costa, then indistinct

and interrupted; orbicular a small black spot; reniform a small

oblique elliptical brown spot with ochreous white bar through

middle; a triangular red-brown spot from middle of costa and

an obliquely curved line from cell to inner margin with a brown

and purplish-grey patch beyond it; postmedial line red-brown,

oblique from below costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and

bent outwards to inner margin, a wedge-shaped yellowish-white

~ mark beyond it from costa and some yellowish white on inner area;

terminal area red-brown, the subterminal line slightly defined on

inner side by black and purple-grey towards costa, then obsolete ;

a terminal series of small black spots slightly defined on inner side

by white; cilia black-brown, with white patches below apex and

middle. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; cilia brown at

base, white at tips; the underside with discoidal point and traces of

a diffused curved postmedial line from costa to vein 4.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Globe (Kunzé), 12 type. Hap. 18 millim.

6044. Tarachidia libedis. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 27.)

Acontia libedis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p- 80 (1900) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 214.

Head and thorax creamy yellowish white; antennz brownish ;

pectus and legs white, the fore tibie and tarsi brownish ringed

with white; abdomen ochreous white Fore wing creamy ochreous

white; a subbasal grey spot in cell; antemedial line greyish or

ochreous, oblique from costa to median nervure, then inwardly

oblique; orbicular a black point; reniform grey, small, elliptical ;

medial line grey at costa, olive-yellow in cell, then chocolate-brown,

angled outwards in cell, then oblique and slightly sinuous, a grey

patch beyond it on inner area ; postmedial area olive-yellow with a

dark point on costa followed by a creamy-white wedge-shaped

patch, the slight postmedial creamy-white patch arising from its

apex, oblique, angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards

above inner margin; subterminal line creamy white, excurved

below vein 7, oblique and minutely dentate at middle and bent

outwards to tornus; terminal area grey; a terminal series of

black points slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia red-

brown at base, grey at tips, with yellow patches below apex and at

middle. Hind wing white, the veins and termen tinged with

reddish brown; cilia white with a slight brown line near base ;

the underside wholly white.

TARACHIDIA. 693

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 2 3, Kerrville, 1 ¢,2 2, Colorado, Denver,

New Mexico, Roswell (Cockerell), 1 9, Hot Springs, Arizona,

Prescott, 1 9. Hap. 22-24 millim.

6045. Tarachidia corrientes, n. sp. (Plate CLXIX. figs. 28 dg,

29 ©.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous;

palpi at tips, frons, and antenne brownish; fore tibiz and the

tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing creamy white, the

terminal area red-brown mixed with purplish grey, its inner edge

sinuous from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved; subbasal

line represented by a slight brown mark on costa; antemedial line

brownish, oblique to median nervure, then incurved ; a brown striga

from middle of costa; orbicular a minute black point ; the reniform

blackish, small, elliptical; postmedial line with whitish striga from

costa, then black, somewhat irregular, excurved to vein 4, then

strongly incurved ; subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7

and at middle and defined on inner side by blackish, then incurved

aud bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia rufous with a slightly darker line through them and whitish

patch below apex. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area

suffused with red-brown; cilia white tinged with brown near base ;

the underside with faint rufous marks from costa beyond middle

and at apex.

with black bars; abdomen brown; fore wing with the basal half

almost wholly suffused with purple-grey, its outer edge bent

outwards at median nervure, the antemedial line defined by whitish

on inner side, the terminal area darker. Hind wing wholly suffused

with brown, the cilia white with a brown line at base; the under-

side tinged with brown and with indistinct curved postmedial line

from costa to vein 4,

Hab. Braziu, Itaparica (Meade- Waldo), 19; Paraguay, Sapucay

(Foster), 1 9 ; Arneentina, Goya (Perrens), 1 3,1 2 type. Lup.

16-20 millim.

6046. Tarachidia tenuicula. (Plate CLXIX. figs. 30 5, 31 2.)

Tarache tenuicula, Morr. Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 218 (1874) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 299.

Acontia phecolisca, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 306, pl. 28. f. 16

(1889).

g. Head and thorax white; palpi at tips and the antenne

ringed with white; frons with lateral brown marks; fore tibie

and the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally

tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing creamy white; subbasal

line represented by blackish points on costa and median nervure,

694 NOCTUID.

the antemedial line by double blackish bars from costa ; orbicular

a minute black point; the reniform smali, round, with greyish

centre defined by black; an oblique dark mark from middle of

costa and a sinuous black line from cell to inner margin with

a brown band beyond it; postmedial line represented by a dark

point on costa and an indistinct line from below costa, obliquely

excurved to lower angle of cell, then sinuous to inner margin;

postmedial area purple-grey with a white patch on costa; sub-

terminal line slight, white with blackish patches before it definea

on inner side by traces of a white line, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle and bent outwards to tornus; terminal area brown: a

terminal series of black points defined on inner side by white;

cilia brown with white patch above tornus and some white at tips

below apex. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen suffused

with brown except towards tornus; the underside white with

faint brown, marks on costa beyond middle and at apex.

@. Fore wing with nearly ereet black antemedial line from cell

to inner margin with purple-grey band beyond it before the medial

band, the orbicular a small spot; hind wing suffused with brown

especially towards termen.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 ¢, 1 9, San Antonio, 1 9, Arizona,

Prescott (Oslar), 3 g, 1 9: Mexico, N. Sonora (Morrison), 1 9

type phecolisca, Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 1 3, 12, Durango

(Becker), 1 Q, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Cotompra, Sta. Marta

(Bouchard), 13,29. Hap. 18-20 millim.

6047. Tarachidia candefacta. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 32.)

Phytometra minuta, Haw. Brit. Lep. p. 265 (1809), nee Hiibn.; Wood,

ind. Ent. p. 74, pl. 17. f. 423.

Tarache candefacta, Hibn. Zutr. iii. p. 39, ff. 587-8 (1827) ; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 299.

Micra haworthana, Westw. Brit. Moths, i. p. 243, pl. 53. f. 20 (1851) ;

Humphreys, Brit. Moths, p. 78, pl. 29. f. 11.

Acontia debilis, Wik. xii. 786 (1857); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. 1.

p- 305.

Head and thorax pure white ; palpi at tips, frons, and antenne

brownish ; fore tibize and the tarsi brownish ringed with white;

abdomen white dorsally tinged with grey. Fore wing white; the

costal edge tinged with fuscous ; a subbasal fuscous point in cell;

a more or less distinct oblique antemedial line or band from ell to

inner margin; orbicular represented by a slight blackish point ; an

olive-brown medial band, angled outwards and yellowish in cell,

then oblique ; a large white patch on postmedial costal area defined

by olive below and touching the renitorm, which is grey defined by

white, small, elliptical ; a dark postmedial point on costa; terminal

area leaden grey; subterminal line white defined on inner side by

olive, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and bent

outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of small black spots slightly

TARACHIDIA. 695

defined on inner side by white; cilia grey with whitish patches

below apex and at middle. Hind wing white, the costal and

terminal areas tinged with brown, in female more uniformly tinged

with brown; cilia white tinged with brown at base. Underside of

fore wing white with some brown on costa and inner area; hind

wing white.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without any grey on terminal area except

just beyond the medial olive band from cell to inner margin ;

reniform filled in with white.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Massachusetts (Packard), 3 3, Beverley

(Burg), 2 3,192, New York (Schlegel, Doubleday, Grote), 4 3,

1 9, Garrison (Cockerell), 3 9, Illinois, 1 9, Florida, St. John’s

Bluff (Doubleday), 2 3 type debilis, Enterprise, 1 9, Kansas,

Texas, Dallas (Boll), 2 ¢,2 9, San Antonio, 1 9, Washington

(Walsingham), 3 3, Colorado, Boulder (Cockerell), 2 g , California,

Mendocino Co. ( Walsingham), 23,29, Colusa Co. (Walsingham),

6g, 19, New Mexico, Roswell (Cockerell), 1 $, Arizona,

Phoenix (Aunzé), 1 2 ; Mexico, N. Sonora (Morrison), 1 9,

Presidio (Forrer), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll. ap. 22-26 millim.

Larva. Coquillett, Papilio, iii. p. 84.

Green with sixteen or eighteen waved black and white lines

or with twelve white lines; a white stigmatal stripe; ventral

surface green with seven or eight white lines; head vertically

striped with alternating white and green lines. Food-plant:

Ambrosia artemisiefolia. 7.

*6048. Tarachidia neomexicana. (Plate CLXX. fig. 1.)

Acontia neomexicana, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 81 (1900) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 215.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Fore wing creamy

white; traces of a yellow antemedial line; orbicular a black

point; reniform grey with pale centre, round, medial shade

yellow, oblique from costa to median nervure, then inwardly

oblique and forming the inner edge of an oblique grey shade

from apex to inner margin beyond middle, expanding on inner

margin to the subterminal line; postmedial line represented by

a yellow patch beyond the reniform, fine, violaceous and irregular

on the grey shade ; postmedial area yellowish, on inner area tinged

with violaceous ; subterminal line broad, white, irregular ; terminal

area grey; aterminal series of black points. Hind wing white with

narrow fuscous terminal band; the underside white with the costal

area yellow.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas (Belfrage). Ep. 20 millim. This species

is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat.

Mus.

696 NOCTUIDZ.

6049. Tarachidia virginalis. (Plate CLXX. fig. 2.)

Tarache virginalis, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 15 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 300.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the last faintly tinged with

brown ; palpi at tips, a bar across frons, and antennee rufous; fore

tibize and the tarsi rufous slightly ringed with white. Fore wing

silvery white, the terminal half with a faint yellowish tinge; a

fulvous-yellow medial shade; reniform olive-brown with white

annulus, elliptical; postmedial line a diffused olive-brown and

yellow shade, incurved below vein 5 to lower edge of reniform,

then approximated to the medial shade and with some yellow

beyond it; a terminal series of slight fuscous points. Hind wing

white; a terminal brown band from apex to vein 2 expanding at

apex ; cilia brownish at base towards apex. Underside of fore

wing brown, the costa and inner area whitish, slight whitish

streaks in interspaces of terminal area; hind wing wholly white.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Bastrop Co., 1 9 type, Colorado, Denver,

1 g,1 9, Arizona. Hap. 26-30 millim.

6050. Tarachidia binocula. (Plate CLXX. fig. 3.)

Tarache binocula, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 224 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 300.

Head and thorax creamy white; palpi except at base and

antennze brownish; fore and mid legs brownish, the tarsi brown

ringed with white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with grey, the

anal tuft tinged with ochreous. Fore wing creamy white ; an olive- .

yellow medial band with a large semicircular white patch beyond it

on costa defined by olive-yellow below touching the small elliptical

leaden-grey reniform which is defined by white; a leaden-grey

band beyond these white and olive-yellow markings with the very

slight minutely waved white postmedial line on it from vein 6 to

inner margin, incurved below vein 4 and closely approximated to the

white subterminal line, which is obscurely defined by olive marks

on inner side and greyish suffusion on outer, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, then incurved; a slight dark terminal line; cilia

white with an olive-brown line at base. Hind wing white, the

costa towards apex and the termen to vein 2 or the apex only

tinged with brown. Underside of fore wing brown with the costa

and inner area white; hind wing white with a brownish mark on

costa towards apex.

Hab. U.S.A., Kansas, Texas, 2¢,19 type, Arizona. Hap. 22-

28 millim.

6051. Tarachidia tenuescens. (Plate CLXX. fig. 4.)

Acontia tenuescens, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. x. p. 53 (1902); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 215.

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white ; palpi brown towards

tips ; frons with brown bars; antenne brown; fore and mid tibi

TARACHIDIA. 697

suffused with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore

wing silvery white; a slight yellowish spot on costa above end of

cell ; reniform olive-brown with fine white annulus, round, confluent

with an incurved olive-brown band irrorated with silvery scales,

from vein 6 beyond the cell, where it is produced to a point, to

inner margin; aterminal series of minute black points; cilia olive-

brown at apex. Hind wing white, the termen suffused with olive-

brown from apex to discal fold. Underside of fore wing olive-brown,

the costa white with some brown on costal edge towards base,

the inner area white, some slight white streaks in interspaces of

terminal area ; hind wing wholly white.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida, L. Worth, 1 2 co-type. Hp. 28 millim.

6052. Tarachidia huita. (Plate CLXX. fig. 5.)

Acontia hwita, Smith, Trans. Am, Ent. Soe. xxix. p. 213 (1903).

with olive; palpi at tips and antenne ochreous brown; fore tibiv

aud the tarsi ochreous brown ringed with white; abdomen ochreous

white with diffused dorsal brownish bands. Fore wing white; a °

small grey spot at middle of costa with some yellow below it and

some yellow in lower extremity of cell confluent with a conical

grey patch on inner area with its edges tinged with olive, extending

on inner margin from middle to tornus; terminal area suffused

with grey, with some olive-yellow suffusion on its inner edge from

below costa to vein 4; a punctiform dark terminal line with white

line before it; cilia grey at base, white at tips. Hind wing white,

the terminal area tinged with brown; cilia white, brown at base;

the underside white with brown terminal line.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Kerrville, Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 2 co-

type. xp. 22 millim.

*6053. Tarachidia semibrunnea. (Plate CLXX. fig. 6.)

Tarachidia semibrunnea, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) ili. p. 462 (1909).

do. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous, the head and

tegulee thickly irrorated with dark red-brown; palpi at tips and

antenng brown; fore and mid tibiz and tarsi dark brown ringed

with whitish. Fore wing with the basal half ochreous white, the

basal area irrorated with brown towards costa; a slightly curved

antemedial dark line, interrupted in cell; terminal hulf dark reddish

brown slightly irrorated with whitish, and with blackish line on its

inner edge slightly excurved in cell; a round black discoidal

anuulus with some ochreous white on its outer edge; postmedial

line very indistinct, with an ochreous white patch on its outer side

on costal area, excurved from below cesta to vein 4, then incurved,

sinuous and defined on outer side by ochreous white scales ; sub-

terminal line indistinct, dark, diffus:d, with ochreous white striga

698 NOCTUIDAE.

at costa, below vein 3 incurved and defined on outer side by

ochreous white; a slight dark terminal line. Hind wing ochreous

white, the termen suffused with brown; cilia brownish at base,

white at tips ; the underside uniform ochreous white.

Hab. Paraguay (Reeve), type t S$ in Coll. Druce. Hwp. 18 millim.

6054. Tarachidia cuta. (Plate CLXX. fig. 7.)

Acontia cuta, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc, xiii. p. 211 (1905).

6. Head and thorax pure white; palpi at tips and antenne

brownish ; fore tibie and the tarsi brownish ringed with white ;

abdomen white tinged with ochreous. Fore wing with the basal

half pure white, the terminal half red-brown tinged with grey and

irrorated with black, edged on inner side by a black line angled

outwards in cell; reniform indistinct, small, greyish, elliptical ;

a large semicircular white patch on costa towards apex, touching

the reniform ; a terminal series of slight blackish points; cilia

brown with a white patch at middle. Hind wing white slightly

tinged with ochreous ; cilia pure white.

Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Roswell (Cockerell), 1 3, Arizona.

Exp. 22 millim.

6055. Tarachidia alata. (Plate CLXX. fig. 8.)

Acontia alata, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xiii. p. 210 (1905).

Head and thorax white; palpi at tips and antenne brownish;

upper edge of patagia and streaks on thorax ochreous brown ; tarsi

with slight brownish rings; abdomen ochreous brown, ventrally

white. Fore wing ochreous brown, the costal area white to discal

fold, narrowing to a point before apex; a white fascia above vein 1

from base to below end of cell, where it 1s met by an oblique narrow

white band from the white costal area, thus enclosing a triangular

ochreous brown patch; a fine white terminal line; cilia ochreous

brown mixed with some white at base, white at tips. Hind wing

white tinged with ochreous brown ; cilia white with a pale diffused

ochreous brown line near base; the underside ochreous white.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Baboquavaria Mts. (Poling), 1 3,1 2 co-

type. Hap. 20 millim.,

*6056. ? Tarachidia jativa. (Plate CLXX. fig. 9.)

Thalpochares jativa, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvii. p. 215 (1905).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale pinkish red; palpi yellowish

white tinged with fuscous on outer side; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen yellowish white. Fore wing pale pinkish red;

an obliquely curved yellowish-white band from base of costa to

one-third of inner margin; a broad medial yellowish-white band,

TARACHIDIA. 699

expanding slightly at inner margin and broadly at costa where

there is some pinkish suffusion on its middle, the edges of the

band defined by slightly darker scaling; cilia pinker at base.

Hind wing pale yellowish faintly tinged with pink especially on

terminal area; a faint incomplete fuscous medial shade ; cilia pale

at tips. Underside of fore wing yellowish, the costal and terminal

areas suffused with pink and the discal area with fuscous; hind

wing yellowish, the costal area and the terminal area slightly

tinged with pink.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Hap. 20 millim. This species is unknown

to me; figured from a drawing from type in Coll. W. Barnes.

6057. Tarachidia perita. (Plate CLXX. fig. 10.)

Thalpochares perita, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 171 (1882); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 314.

Orobena subcitrinalis, Hulst, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 157 (1886);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 304.

3. Head and tegule white slightly tinged with yellow; palpi

at tips and antennee brown; thorax and abdomen pale orange-

yellow ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with

yellow, the legs suffused with brown. Fore wing pale orange-

yellow; a narrow oblique greyish fuscous band defined on inner side

by a white line from vein 6 beyond the cell to inner margin just

beyond middle ; a fine white terminal line not quite reaching apex.

Hind wing white tinged with golden ochreous, the cilia whiter.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona (Poling),1 3. ap. 20 millim.

6058. Tarachidia venustula. (Plate CLXX. fig. 11.)

Acontia venustula, Wk. xxxiii. 785 (1868).

Acontia discoidalis, Wik. xxxv. 1962 (1866).

Thalpochares fortunata, Grote, Can. Ent. xiy. p. 171 (1882); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 314.

@. Head and tegule whitish tinged with reddish ochreous ;

thorax reddish ochreous ; pectus and legs white, the tarsi brownish

ringed with white; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous ;

the costal edge brownish except towards apex; a bluish white band

irrorated with brown and edged with white, bent inwards from

discocellnlars to near middle of cell, then oblique to inner margin ;

a fine whitish terminal line except towards apex and tornus. Hind

wing ochreous whitish suffused with brown especially on terminal

area; cilia whitish tinged with ochreous at base; the underside

whitish, the costal and terminal areas tinged with ochreous.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Pinal Mts. (Aunzé), 1 2, Huachuca Mts.,

12: Hairr (Tweedie), 29 type and type discordalis. Exp.

20 millim.

700 NOCTUID.®.

6059. Tarachidia clausula. (Plate CLXX. fig. 12.)

Aanthoptera clausuia, Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 186 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 303.

3. Head and tegule white slightly mixed with brown, the palpi

at tips and antenne brown; thorax white tinged with yellow;

pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated with brown, the tarsi

brown ringed with white; abdomen ochreous brown, ventrally

whitish. Fore wing with the basal half yellow, the terminal half

red-brown thickly irrorated with white and defined on inner side

by a slightly incurved white line; a slight white terminal line.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; cilia whiter at tips; the

underside brownish white, the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab, U.S.A., Arizona, Yuma Co., Colorado desert, 1 G. up.

18 millim.

6060. Tarachidia semiflava. (Plate CLXX. fig. 13.)

AXanthoptera semiflava, Guen. Noct. ii, p. 241 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 305.

Head and thorax deep yellow; palpi white tinged with brown ;

antenne brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen white irrorated with

brown. Fore wing with the basal half deep yellow bounded by an

oblique slightly sinuous black line from costa beyond middle to

inner margin before middle, the costal edge brownish; the ter-

minal half red-brown thickly irrorated with grey. Hind wing

whitish irrorated and suffused with red-brown, rather darker on

terminal area; the underside white irrorated with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Southern States (Doubleday, Grote), 5 5, Texas,

Kerrville, 1 $, Colorado, Golden (Oslar), 3 6,19. Hap. 22-30

millim.

6061. Tarachidia flavibasis.

arachidia flavibasis, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 248, pl. 17. f.3(¢).

Tarachidia holophea, Hinpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 248, pl. 17. f. 17

(2).

3. Head, tegule, pectus, legs, and abdomen red-brown; thorax

olive-yellow. Fore wing with the basal half olive-yellow with

oblique outer edge, the terminal half red-brown slightly irrorated

ZS |

Fig. 197.—Tarachidia flavibasis, $. }.

with greyish. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia whitish at tips.

Underside of both wings red-brown slightly tinged with grey.

TARACHIDIA.—STYLORACHE. TOL

2. Thorax red-brown tinged with purple-grey. Fore wing red-

brown irrorated with purplish grey and a few olive-yellow scales,

traces of oblique medial and subterminal lines. Hind wing brown

tinged with grey, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown.

Hab. Grenaptnes, Union I. (H. H. Smith), 1 3,1 9, type and

type holophea. Exp, 20 millim.

6062. Tarachidia fumata. (Plate CLXX. fig. 14.)

Spragueia fumata, Smith, Can. Ent. xxxvii. p. 259 (1905).

Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown with a metallic gloss ;

palpi at base and pectus in front white. Fore wing uniform black-

brown with a metallic gloss and slight grey irroration. Hind wing

uniform dark brown with a slight gloss.

Hab. U.S.A., Nevada, Verdi (Vachell), 1 ¢, California, Walter’s

Station, 1 9. Hep. 22 millim.

Genus STYLORACHE, nov.

Type, S. albida.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, slender, the 2nd joint not

reaching middle of frons, the 3rd rather long; frons with conical prominence

with acute corneous point at extremity; eyes large, round; antennz of male

somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near

angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 nearly fully

developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell to middle.

6063. Stylorache albida, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; palpi except at base and

antenne brownish. Fore wing pure white; slight autemedial,

Fig. 198.—Stylorache albida, 3. t+.

medial, postmedial, and subterminal brown striz from costa ; a large

semicircular brown patch on inner margin from middle to near

tornus tinged with purple-grey and with traces of the incurved

702 NOCTUID A.

postmedial and white subterminal lines on it; a black point on

termen above tornus. Hind wing pure white.

Hab. Argentina, Gran Chaco, Florenzia (Wayner), 1 3 type.

Exp. 24 millim.

Genus CONACONTIA.

Therasea, Grote, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. xiv. p. 126 (1895),

non descr. nee Therasia, Hutton, Moll. 1884 ............... angustipennis.

Conacontia, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 55 (1900). flavicosta.

Type.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, slenderly scaled. the

2nd joint hardly reaching iniddle of frons, the 8rd short; {rons with large

rather pointed conical prominence with corneous plate below it produced to a

point in front; eyes large, round; antenne of male almost simple; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax

with depressed crest ; tibiae smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore

-wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

erenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a longitudinally narrow areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 nearly fully developed

from just above lower angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell to middle.

A. Fore wing with the orbicular absent.

a. Fore wing with the white costal area expanding at

middle into a triangular patch extending to vein 1... huacucha.

b. Fore wing with the white costal area not expanding

into a triangular patch at middle ...............ceseee eee flavicosta.,

B. Fore wing with the orbicular present.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular defined by white and

separated from ale) Gaile TMG GHREE. “Scochoooadoosccssa0s0 orba.

b. Fore wing with tbe orbicular confluent with the dark

PANEL AVES) » coo oodcancancooooudodcoadcaonvoosugoqodedcBa0D000N0N¢ angustipennis.

6064. Conacontia huachuca. (Plate CLXX. fig. 15.)

Conacontia huachuca, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 211 (1903).

3. Head grey with whitish band above frons; palpi white, grey

at tips; thorax grey, the tegule except at tips and shoulders white ;

pectus and legs white, the fore legs and mid tibie and tarsi tinged

with brown; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore

wing creamy white; an antemedial olive-brown and leaden grey

patch on inner area, traversed by the slight whitish antemedial

line excurved above inner margin, and conjoined to a conical post-

medial patch extending to lower angle of cell and with three small

black and whitish lunules on it representing the incurved part of

postimedial line, a slight white line near its outer edge forking above ;

a rather wedge-shaped grey patch beyond the cell with some white

strise on it, conjoined at extremity to an apical olive-brown and

greyish patch ; subterminal line white, traversing the apical patch,

excurved below vein 7 and with blackish mark before it, then

incurved on the wedge-shaped patch and with slight black mark

CONACONTIA. 703

before it; a terminal series of small black spots except towards

tornus, with some grey before them at middle; cilia olive-brown

and grey with white patches below apex and at middle, the tips

with white mixed except towards apex. Hind wing creamy white.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 ¢ co-type. Exp. 32

millim.

6065. Conacontia flavicosta.

Conacontia flavicosta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvil. p. 58 (1900) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 213.

6. Head and thorax purplish grey-brown, the back of head and

tegula at base white; palpi white except at tips: pectus and legs

white, the fore and mid tibiz and tarsi tinged with red-brown ;

abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown, the anal tuft ochreous.

Fore wing with the costal half except on terminal area white tinged

with yellow extending to just below the cell and with its lower

edge sinuous, the inner half and most of terminal area silvery

purple-grey mixed with red-brown; antemedial line indistinct,

blackish, erect on the dark area, sometimes indicated also at costa ;

Fig. 199.—Conacontia flavicosta, §. 1.

a slight spur from the dark area in lower extremity of cell; a wedge-

shaped yellowish white postmedial patch from costa, more or less

completely defined on inner side by an oblique dark striga from

costa to the dark area beyond the cell, the minutely dentate more

or less interrupted black postmedial line arising from its apex and

strongly incurved below vein +; subterminal line yellowish white

defined on inner side by a shght black mark below vein 7, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, then bent inwards and forming a

diffused patch; a terminal series of black points except towards

tornus ; cilia leaden grey and brown intersected with white below

apex and with some white at base at middle. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown, rather darker towards termen; cilia white

with a brown line at base; the underside uniform creamy white.

This may be an aberration of C. angustipennis.

Hab. U.S.A., Montana, Black Hills, Colorado, 1 ¢, Durango

(Oslar), 2 3, New Mexico, Hot Springs. Zwp. 32 millim.

704 NOCTUID &.

*6066. Conacontia orba. (Plate CLXX. fig. 16.)

Conacontia orba, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 210 (19038).

@. Head and thorax creamy white with a slight fuscous tinge

on vertices; abdomen yellow. Fore wing with the costal area

creamy white to near middle of wing, the inner area fuscous grey

to subterminal line leaving the tornal area white, the postmediat

area mostly white except at costa, the terminal area mottled with

golden brown; antemedial line represented by a grey band on the

white area; orbicular a distinct round grey spot; reniform a large

round grey spot incompletely defined by white and confluent with

a dark spot above it on costa and the dark inner area; an obscure

medial golden brown band from the dark costal spot to inner

margin; postmedial line represented by a dark band from costa,

then interrupted and reappearing as a blackish edge to the golden

brown band on inner area; subterminal line represented by a white

striga between the dark postmedial patch on costa and dark apical

patch ; a terminal series of black strive; cilia fuscous intersected

with creamy white below apex and at middle and white at tornus.

Hind wing yellowish white tinged with fuscous; the underside

yellowish white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts. Hap. 21-26 millim.

This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing from type

in Coll. J. B. Smith.

6067. Conacontia angustipennis. (Plate CLXX. fig. 17.)

Tarache angustipennis, Grote, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 426 (1875) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 299.

Head and thorax purplish grey-brown, the back of head and

base of tegula white ; palpi except at tips and lower part of frontal

prominence white: pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibie

and tarsi tinged with red-brown; abdomen white dorsally tinged

with brown, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing silvery purple-grey

mixed with red-brown; a yellowish white fascia in basal half of

cell sometimes extending to costa and to just below cell and con-

fluent with an irregular patch from middle of costa to before the

reniform, or completely separated from it by the antemedial line,

which is represented by a brown spot on costa and an indistinct

oblique sinuous dark line from middle of cell to inner margin,

towards which it tends to become double; orbicular confluent with

the dark inner area; reniform brown with some white in lower

part and defined by yellowish white, confluent with the patch from

middle of costa; an indistinct oblique medial dark line from cell

to inner margin; a wedge-shaped postmedial white patch from

costa with the minutely dentate black postmedial line . arising

from its apex and strongly incurvéd below vein 4; subterminal line

yellowish white, diffused on outer side except towards costa where it

CONACONTIA.—TRICHOTARACHE. 705

is Somewhat dentate, and with a black mark before it below vein 7,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and oblique to

tornus; a terminal series of black points except towards tornus,

slightly defined on inner side by white; cilia leaden grey and brown

intersected with white below apex and with some white at base at

middle. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, rather darker

towards termen; cilia white with a brown line at base, the under-

side uniform creamy white.

Hab. Canapa, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 3 9; U.S.A.,

S. Dakota, Pierre, Texas, Bosque Co. (Belfrage), 1 2 type, Colorado

(Cockerell), 23, Durango (Oslar), 23, Denver (Oslar), 23,29,

Glenwood Springs, Ft. Collins, California, New Mexico, Las Vegas

(Cockerell), 13, Roswell (Cockerell), 2 2, Sta. Fé (Cockerell), 19.

Hep. 26-30 millim.

Genus TRICHOTARACHE.

Type.

Trichotarache, Grote, Can, Ent. vii. p. 48 (1875)

Aa ie cicathcece enone assimilis.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, extending about the length of

head and clothed with long hair; frons with rounded prominence with corneous

plate below it ; eyes small, elliptical; antennz of male somewhat laminate and

almost simple; thorax clothed with rough hair and scales mixed, the prothorax

without crest, the metathorax with decumbent crest ; tibiz moderately fringed

with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 stalked; 5 nearly fully developed

from well below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell to near middle,

6068. Trichotarache assimilis.

Trichotarache assimilis, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 48 (1875); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 298.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown with a few greyish

scales, the tibia and tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing black-

brown, the terminal area grey-white ; a slight grey streak on base

Fig. 200.—Trichotarache assimilis, 3. }

of vein 1; antemedial line double, greyish, hardly traceable except

at inner margin, oblique, waved ; an irregular oblique grey-white

patch from middle of costa with the black orbicular point on it and

the faintly defined elliptical reniform on its outer edge; postmedial

VOL. X, \ 2%

706 NOCTUID&.

line represented by two oblique grey-white bars from costa, then by

a series of black points incurved below vein 4; subterminal line

represented by a series of small dentate black marks on its inner

edge, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to

tornus; a terminal series of black points; cilia brownish at tips

below apex. Hind wing dark red-brown with a faint yellowish

patch on disk ; cilia brown at base, whitish at tips; the underside

yellowish white, the inner and terminal areas suffused with brown,

some brown streaks from base, and a postmedial bar from costa.

Hab. U.S.A., California, 1 ¢,1 9 type. Exp. 32 millim.

Genus CARDIOSACE, nov.

Type, C. See:

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about the length

of head, the 2nd joint broadly fringed with scales below, the 8rd short ; frons

with small heart-shaped corneous prominence with raised edges, its lower edge

produced to a point, a curved corneous plate below it; eyes large, round ;

antennz of male somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales, the prothoras without crest, the metathorax with depressed

crest of large scales; tibia moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near anele of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form the “areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 almost fully dev veloped from well below middle

of diseocellulars ; 6,7 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near

middle.

A. Hind wing yellow or orange.

a. Fore wing with the custal area whitish to subterminal

line.

a‘. Fore wing with the inner basal area dark ............ bidentutu.

b'. Fore wing with the inner basal area whitish.

a*, Fore wing with the inner area grey-brown to near

FR es ae SATS ere CESS te OE Dene eee nae purilis.

22, Fore wing with the inner area red-brown to

middle only Ba saciehs OARS E CATER OLOR Sanh Gua cess olivescens.

6. Fore wing with the medial part of costal area dark with

white patch eM @NOCWIIG . Bae dabkadeadana doddrebuces soepanuoaobod triphenoides.

B. Hind wing whitish, in female suffused with brown.

a. Fore wing without medial and postmedial dark spots

OMG OS tay 4 ciara ieee eae SA Ce Cee een natalis.

4. Fore wing with medial and postmedial dark spots on

COSEAY 1 setepaineinaaincincisbainals aime teins chemee Metis amen o oeuine aceite sphendonistis.

6069. Cardiosace bidentata. (Plate CLXX. fig. 18.)

Tarache bidentata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 289 (1902).

3g. Head and tegule yellow tinged with rufous; antenne and

thorax chocolate-brown ; pectus and legs pale yellow, the fore tibize

and fore and mid tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen yellow,

dorsally suffused with chocolate-brown. Fore wing deep chocolate-

brown, the costal area yellow edged with white below, narrowing

to a point at apex ; antemedial line represented by a slight black

CARDIOSACE. 707

spot on inner margin ; orbicular and reniform forming slight white

indentations of the dark area, the former rounded, the latter lunu-

late; postmedial line slight, black, arising at vein 6 where the

yellow costal area contracts, very minutely dentate and strongly

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line represented by a series of

slight black points from apex to vein 4; cilia black-brown. Hind

wing golden yellow, the termen tinged with red-brown from apex

to vein 2 or to tornus; cilia whitish at tips; the underside uniform

yellow.

2. Hind wing with the terminal area more broadly suffused

with brown.

Hab. MasnonauanD, Salisbury (Marshall, Dobbie), 4 3,5 9 type.

Exp. 28 millim.

6070. Cardiosace parilis. (Plate CLXX. fig. 19.)

Acontia perilis, Wilgrn. Anteckn. i. Zool. 1, p. 60 (1856).

Acontia parilis, Wilgrn. Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. v. (3) p. 69

(1864).

Acontia guttistrigata, W\k. xxxiti. 784 (1865).

Acontia rectangularis, Auriv. fv. Ak. Forh. xxxvi. (7) p. 64 (1879).

3. Head and thorax pure white, the metathorax mostly greyish

black-brown ; palpi yellow, brown at tips; frons yellow ; antenne

brown ; pectus and legs yellow; fore legs brown, the tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen pale yellow, dorsally tinged with brown at

base. Fore wing with the costal area pure white from inner margin

near base to near apex, the rest of wing olive grey-brown with an

irregular white patch on inner medial area, a bidentate white mark

on base of veins 4, 3 and some white on termen; the costal edge

olive-brown towards base; a subbasal grey spot incell; antemedial

line yellow and diffused on the white area, then indistinct and

incurved; orbicular and reniform grey-black ringed with white,

small, round, the latter with white striga in centre; postmedial

line indistinct and yellow on the white area, then chocolate-brown,

double and filled in with white towards inner margin, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved; some chocolate-red at apex and some yellow

at middie of terminal area ; subterminal line formed of slight white

marks towards apex, double and oblique towards tornus; a fine

brown terminal line; cilia white with some chocolate-brown at

apex, above middle and at tornns. Hind wing pale yellow, the

apex sometimes slightly tinged with brown.

Q. Hind wing with the costa and termen more or less suffused

with brown.

Ab. 1. d. Fore wing without any grey on outer edge of ante-

medial line on inner area.

Ab. 2. 2. Fore wing without white patch on inner medial area,

Hab. Ruovesta, Bulawayo (Hyles), 1 3; Transvaat, Piet Retief

( Eee), 236, 29, Waterval-onder (Janse), 1 3g, Pretoria

(Janse), 1 3, Johannesburg (Rose), 1 g; Narat, Weenen, 1 og,

22 2

708 NOCTUIDZ.

Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 6, Durban (Leigh), 1 ¢; Basvrotann,

Maseru (Crawshay), 1 @; Carr Cotony, Grahamstown, 1 2,

Transkei (Miss F. Barrett),33,19. Hap. 24-30 millim. Type

T rectangularis in Mus. Stockholm.

6071. Cardiosace olivescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXX. fig. 20.)

3g. Head and thorax yellowish white; palpi olive-brown at tips ;

frons with olive-brown bar above; vertex of thorax suffused with

olive-brown; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen fulvous

yellow with slight dark dorsal bands on basal segments, the ventral

surface yellowish white. Fore wing yellowish white; some pale

olive marks on basal costal area; a pale olive antemedial band,

oblique from below costa to inner margin; orbicular a small round

olive spot, the reniform a faint olive annulus ; terminal area olive-

green and deep rufous, its inner edge oblique from costa to just

beyond lower angle of cell, then bent inwards to middle of wing

and erect to inner margin; postmedial line represented by a slight

dark streak on costa connected by an oblique olive band with the

dark terminal area and an indistinct red-brown line from vein 6,

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line represented by slight

white irroration and an oblique sinuous yellowish white bar from

vein 3 to tornus; a terminal series of black points defined on inner

side by yellowish white; cilia with yellowish patches below apex

and at middle and a rufous line through them. Hind wing pale

yellow, the termen tinged with rufous from apex to vein 2; cilia

with a brown line near base and white tips; the underside yellow

with brown discoidal point and fine brown terminal line.

Hab. Transvaat, Waterberg Distr. (Swierstra), 1g type. Hxp. 22

millim.

6072. Cardiosace triphenoides. (Plate CLXX. figs. 21 ¢, 229.)

Acontia trichenoides, Wilgrn. Anteckn, i. Zool. 1, p. 59 (1856).

Acontia triphenoides, Wilgrn. Kongl. Svensk. Vet-Akad. Handl. v. (3)

p- 67 (1864).

Acontia liturifera, Wik. xxxiii. 784 (1865).

Acontia trimenii, Wilgrn. Gify. Ak. Forh. 1875, p. 110. :

3. Head fuscous brown mixed with some white; palpi except

at tips and lower part of frons white; thorax white with some

brown seales; fore and hind tibie and tarsi banded black and

white ; abdomen white tinged with yellow except at base. Fore

wing with the basal half white; subbasal line represented by slight

dark strie from costa and in cell with a black bar beyond it in cell ;

antemedial line double with dark bars from costa, then obsolescent,

oblique, waved; terminal half red-brown with an olive tinge

shading to purple-grey towards termen, its inner edge oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved; reniform indistinctly

defined by silvery grey and some black at sides, elliptical; a quad-

rate postmedial white patch from costa to vein 6, its inner edge

CARDIOSACH. 709

slightly indented, the postmedial line arising from it, black, minutely

waved, strongly incurved below vein 4 and with some silvery blue

on it at submedian fold; a white point on costa before the sub-

terminal line, which is white, interrupted, angled inwards below

costa, excurved below vein 7, dentate at veins 4, 3, then incurved

and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black striw;

cilia purple-grey tinged with rufous at base. Hind wing orange-

yellow with terminal brown band from apex to vein 4; cilia

yellowish white; the underside with brownish medial and post-

medial bars from costa.

@. Thorax with more brown; fore wing with the basal area

largely suffused with brawn, the dark terminal area extending to

near antemedial line and with oblique sinuous inner edge; hind

wing with the dark band extending to tornus leaving some orange

on termen.

Hab. Maswonatand, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 $; Ruopesta,

Bulawayo (Hyles), 19; Transvaat (Marshall), 13, Johannesburg

(Cooke), 1 9, Groenvlei (Janse), 1 2: Natat, Newcastle, 1 2,

Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 6,1 9; Oranen R. Cotony, Bloemfentein

(Eckersley), 2 3, 6 2; Basurotanp, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 9;

Caps Conony, 1 2, Deelfontein (Sloggett), 1 ¢, 1 9, Annshaw

(Miss F. Barrett), 26,19. xp. 32-33 millim.

6073. Cardiosace natalis. (Plate CLXX. figs. 23 g, 24 9.)

Acontia natalis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 217 (1852).

Acontia adulterina, Wilgrn. Anteckn. i. Zool. 1, p. 60 (1866); id. Konel.

Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. v. (8) p. 69 (1864).

Acontia formosa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 404 (1875).

o. Head, tegule, and base of patagia white; palpi, frons,

antenne, and tips of patagia and vertex of thorax olive-green ;

legs tinged with brown; abdomen fulvous yellow, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing white, the costa brown towards base;

an antemedial olive-green and golden brown band, diffused on inner

side; orbicular and reniform grey with white annuli, the former

round, the latter elliptical, an olive patch between them in celi

connected by a streak below the cell with the antemedial band ;

terminal area olive-green and rufous, its inner edge angled inwards

at vein 6, indented by white streaks on bases of veins 4, 3, then

incurved ; an indistinct deep rufous subterminal line, strongly

incurved below vein 4 and with patches of silvery grey beyond it

below vein 6 and from vein 4 to inner margin ; a terminal white

line except towards tornus ; cilia white with some rufous at tornus.

Hind wing yellowish white, the costa and termen tinged with brown;

the underside pale yellowish.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen wholly suffused with olive-

brown ; fore wing darker especially the terminal area; hind wing

dark brown, the cilia with white mixed; the underside whitish

710 NOCTUID A.

suffused with brown, with dark discoidal bar and indistinct curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Transvaat, Pretoria (Swierstra), 1 9; Narat, Stanger

(Delvin), 1 3, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 9, Durban (Gooch), 1 J

type formosa ; Cape Conony, Pondoland, Nogeleni (Swinny), 1 3.

Exp. $ 24, 2 26 millim.

6074. Cardiosace sphendonistis.

Tarache sphendonistis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 384 (1902).

3. Head blackish tinged with grey ; palpi white except at tips

above; thorax white with some grey scales on patagia and meta-

thorax; fore tibia and the tarsi banded with grey-black; abdomen

white with narrow blackish dorsal bands, the anal tuft ochreous.

Fore wing white; subbasal line grey, double, waved, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line grey, double, waved, the lines

expanding into patches at costa; orbicular and reniform with shght

black annuli open below, the latter hoop-shaped; an oblique olive-

grey mark from middle of costa; terminal area purple-grey shading

to olive on inner side and towards apex; postmedial line repre-

sented by an oblique olive-grey mark from costa on the white area

and an interrupted minutely waved black line on the purple area

strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line represented by a

slight white lunule with black spot before it below vein 7, and from

Vig. 201.—Cardiosace sphendonistis, 3.

vein 5 to inner margin by slight white lunules with small dentate

red marks before them, the area beyond it irrorated with—white ;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia with a patch of white

at tips below middle. Hind wing white with broad fuscous

terminal band, its inner edge somewhat incurved at vein 2; cilia

white; the underside with fuscous brown discoidal spot and patch

on middle of costa.

@. Fore wing with the basal area rather greyer; hind wing

almost wholly suffused with fuscous brown, the underside with

dark ante- and postmedial bands.

Hab. Transvaat (Pead), 1 9; Oraner R. Corony, Bloemfontein

(Eckersley, Wilson), 1 5,3 9; Narvat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 9

type, Charlestown, 1 9; Basvronanp, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 9,

Masite (Crawshay), 1 3. Evy. 34-38 millim.

PROCRIOSTS. Halal

Genus PROCRIOSIS, nov.

Type, P. dileuca,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, short; frons with large

truncate conical prominence with raised edges and small process in centre, a

corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennze of female almost simple;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the

metathorax with depressed crest; tibize smoothly scaled; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate ; veins 8 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle ;

7, 8,9 stalked; 10,11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of

cell; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

6075. Procriosis dileuca, n. sp.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish white mixed with

grey-brown, the head rather darker; pectus and legs white, the

tarsi brownish ringed with white, the ventral surface of abdomen

white. Fore wing with the basal half yellowish white suffused

with grey leaving a white patch beyond the antemedial line from

cell to inner margin; the outer half olive-brown tinged with

purplish grey ; traces of a double subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold and of a double waved antemedial line; a small white

spot at upper angle of cell; a triangular postmedial yellowish

white patch on costa, the very indistinct dark postmedial line

Fig. 202.—Procriosis dileuca, Q. }.

arising from its apex, strongly bent inwards below vein 4 and

oblique to inner margin; faint traces of a pale subterminal line

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, with a slight dark streak

before it below costa and dark points at middle; a terminal series

of slight dark points. Hind wing yellowish white almost wholly

suffused with red-brown, the cilia yellowish white mixed with some

red-brown; the underside yellowish white, a diffused antemedial

red-brown band, disccidal point, diffused curved postmedial band,

and diffused terminal band with rather dentate inner edge.

Hab. Br. BH. Arrica, Voi (Betton), 1 2 type. Hvp. 24 millim.

ile NOCTUID®.

Genus HOPLOTARACHE, nov.

Type, H. mionides.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about the

length of head, the 2nd joint moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons with

truncate conical corneous prominence with raised edges and small process in

centre; eyes large, round; antennze of male somewhat laminate and ciliated ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibie slightly

fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or stalked ;

5 from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upperangle ; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

Szot. I. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked.

A. Fore wing with the costal area white to subterminal line.

a. Fore wing with the basal inner area white.

a'. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform absent... swblota.

6'. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform present dunana.

b. Fore wing with the basal inner area dark.

a‘. Hind wing with the apex tinged with brown ......... semialba.

b'. Hind wing with the terminal area suffused with

brown in male, in female the whole wing suffused

withy brown «.c.ccnasseegyseeseeecmiecuctese ne sieee biG costalis.

B. Fore wing with brown markings on costa leaving a more

or less developed white subcostal fascia.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform absent...... carachiensis.

}. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform defined by

WETS, Soocacnoboos axxo sa DaRogbEoubabodapoDqDdbHSaRbOdUBoaduOUOStOd nubila.

*6076. Hoplotarache sublota. (Plate CLXX. fig. 25.)

Tarache sublota, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 728.

¢. Head and thorax white with some ochreous scales; palpi

ochreous, fuscous at tips; antenne brown; legs and abdomen

white suffused with ochreous. Fore wing white, the costa suffused

with ochreous and brown; a diffused oblique ochreous brown

band from cell to inner margin; a diffused oblique band from

termen below apex to inner margin, its outer edge excurved at

middle and incurved below vein 3; a red-brown terminal line ;

cilia white, fuscous at tips. Hind wing white, the terminal area

slightly tinged with brown; the underside with terminal series of

dark points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Mavaeascar, Antongil Bay, type ft ¢ in Mus. Paris. ap.

20 millim.

6077. Hoplotarache lunana.

Pyralis lunana, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 243 (1794). j

Acontia olivea, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 217 (1852) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 47,

pl. 150. f. 3; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 313.

Tarache nivosa, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1886, p. 446, pl. 41. f. 14.

3g. Head and thorax white, the metathorax grey-brown ; palpi

at tips and frons brownish; antenne brown ; fore tibie and the

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally suffused

HOPLOTARACHE. Valles

with olive-brown. Fore wing with the costal area white from

inner margin near bese to costa towards apex, its lower edge ex-

,panding into a rather bidentate mark beyond lower angle of cell and

angled at vein 6, the rest of wing olive-green largely suffused with

silvery purple ; the costal edge grey towards base ; a subbasal grey

spot in cell; antemedial line olive-yellow, diffused, angled out-

wards at median nervure and connected with the olive-green before

postmedial line; orbicular and reniform grey defined by white,

small, round, the latter with some white in centre, a grey bar

between them; traces of an olive medial line from cell to inner

Fig. 203.—Hopiotarache lunana, dS. }.

margin ; postmedial line olive, excurved from costa to vein 4, then

incurved ; subterminal line represented by some white scales to-

wards apex and a slight incurved whitish line towards tornus; a

series of minute white lunules just before termen; cilia olive-

brown at base, white at tips. Hind wing yellowish white, the

costal and terminal areas tinged with reddish brown; a brownish

discoidal spot; cilia white tinged with brown at apex; the under-

side with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab, Kasumir, Rajaori (Leech), 1 §; Punsas, Simla (Harford),

1g, Dharmsala (Hocking), 9 $, 1 9, Kangra Valley (Dudgeon),

4 3,39, Cawnpore (Betion), 1 $, Manpuri,1¢,19; Bomsay,1<,

Mhow (Swinhoe), 1 5 type nivosa; Mapras, Belgaum (Watson),

29. Hap. 22-24 millim.

6078. Hoplotarache semialba, n. sp. (Plate CLXX. fig. 26.)

6. Head and tegule white irrorated with brown; thorax

brown irrorated with white; antenne brown; pectus and legs

white, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally

suffused with ochreous brown. Fore wing olive-brown slightly

irrorated with grey, the costal area pure white to near apex, its

lower edge angled at middle of cell and with a small indentation

at discocellulars; postmedial line just traceable, arising from the

extremity of white area and strongly incurved below vein 4; cilia

white mixed with brown, with blackish patch above tornus and

_ some blackish scales at apex. Hind wing white, the costal area

faintly tinged with brown.

Hab. Br. E, Arnica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 3 type. Hap.

24 millim.

714 NOCTUID®.

6079. Hoplotarache costalis. (Plate CLXX. fig. 27.)

Acontia costalis, Wik. xxxiii. 784 (1865).

Tarache binominata, Butl. Entom. xxv. p. 64 (1892); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

li. p. 313. is

Head and tegule white sometimes slightly tinged with brown ;

thorax brown; palpi at tips and antenne brownish; pectus and

legs white, the fore tibia brownish ringed with white; abdomen

brown, ventrally white. Fore wing brown slightly irrorated with

grey, the costal area white, its lower edge expanding at middle of

cell and triangularly beyond the cell; the costa itself more or less

tinged with brown; faint traces of an obliquely curved antemedial

line; postmedial line indistinct, arising from the white area at the

angle at vein 6, incurved below vein 4; traces of a subterminal

line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia with a darker

patch above tornus. Hind wing whitish, the costal and terminal

areas suffused with brown, in female uniformly suffused; cilia

white with a slight brown line near base; the underside white

slightly tinged with brown.

Hab. Punsas, Cambellpur, Mean Meer (Harford), 1 9; Sryp,

Karachi; BomBay, 2 2, Kutch, 4 92, Deesa (Wurse), 1 2 ; Mapras,

Coimbatore (Wathouse), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 16-20 millim.

6080. Hoplotarache carachiensis. (Plate CLXX. fig. 28.)

Acontia karachiensis, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 410; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

il, p. 313.

3. Head and tegule pure white; thorax white slightly tinged

with brown; fore tarsi brownish ringed with white; abdomen

white dorsally tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing with the

basal half and costal area white, the latter narrowing to a point at

apex and with its lower edge curved downwards below the cell, the

costa and inner margin faintly tinged with brown; the terminal

area suffused with rufous and grey; an oblique medial line with

some diffused rufous beyond it from cell to inner margin ; post-

medial line represented by a black point on costa towards apex and

three black points beyond the cell, then very indistinct and in-

curved; subterminal line faintly indicated by white scales, excurved

at middle and incurved in submedian interspace; a terminal series

of black points with some white before them below apex and at

middle; cilia rufous and grey with white patches below apex and

at middle. Hind wing white, the costal area and termen tinged

with rufous ; cilia white with a rufous line near base from apex to

vein 2.

9. Head and tegule tinged with brown; fore wing grey with

diffused subcostal white fascia, the outer half of medial area except

towards costa and the terminal area tinged with rufous, traces of a

sinuous antemedial line with rufous point on median nervure ;

hind wing wholly tinged with rufous.

HOPLOTARACHE. TELS

Hab. Kayrt, Libyan desert in Coll. de Joannis; Sryp, Karachi

(Swinhoe), 1 3, 5 Q type; Bompay, Kutch, 1 ¢. Hap. 22-24

millim.

6081. Hoplotarache nubila, n. sp. (Plate CLXX. fig. 29.)

3d. Head and thorax pure white, the tegulee and prothorax some-

times with a few black scales, the metathorax with black-brown

patch; palpi at tips, frons, and antenne blackish, the scales in

frontal prominence ochreous; legs white mixed with brown, the

fore tibise and the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white

dorsally tinged with ochreous brown and with brown segmental

bands. Fore wing purple-grey with some olive-brown suffusion

in and beyond the cell, the costal area white to postmedial line with

five olive-brown bars from costa, the basal area suffused with white

in submedian interspace; subbasal line represented by a white

striga from costa; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in

with white, sinuous; orbicular and reniform small, with greyish

centres and slight dark brown annuli defined by white, the former

round ; an oblique sinuous blackish medial line from cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line arising at vein 6, formed of small black

lunules defined on outer side by grey, strongly ineurved below

vein 4 and slightly angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal line

slight, white defined on inner side by small dentate brown marks

and by a black mark below costa, minutely waved, slightly ex-

curved below vein 7 and at middle, then bent inwards and oblique

to tornus; terminal area with some white suffusion at middle; a

terminal series of black striz slightly defined by white on inner

side; cilia brown with a few black scales, and white patches below

apex and at middle. Hind wing white, the veins, costal and

terminal areas suffused with brown; a brown discoidal point ;

cilia white, tinged with brown at base; the underside with post-

medial line excurved at discal fold.

@. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. $. Fore wing with the basal half white, the double

brown subbasal and antemedial lines distinct, the latter with some

blue-grey beyond it below the cell, the subterminal line with

black marks beyond it below apex and veins 3, 2.

Hab. Br. E. Arnica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 9 , Tsavo(Gregory),1 9,

Athi Valley (Crawshay), 1 3, Kb Urru (Betton), 2 3,3 9 type;

TransyaaL, Warmbad (Janse), 2 Q. Hap. 20-26 millim.

Sucr. II. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell.

A. Fore wing white with dark markings.

Gi. Valine! wales OrEIVD 55 .5o8onco3n0n83299 1 109973407 0bsc09aG0003000- dispar.

b. Hind wing white.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line defined by green

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B. Fore wing uniform orange-yellow ...............:sceeeeeee es holoxantha,

716 NOCTUIDAE.

6082. Hoplotarache dispar. (Plate CLXX. figs. 30 g, 31 9.)

Acontia dispar, W1k. xii. 790 (1857).

3. Head and thorax creamy white; palpi at tips, a bar across

frons, antenne, and a patch on vertex of head blackish; meta-

thorax with blackish marks at sides; tibiz and tarsi banded black

and white; abdomen orange with slight fuscous dorsal bands, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing creamy white ; subbasal line

olive-grey, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line olive-grey, double, waved; an olive-grey medial band

from costa to median nervure towards which it is obsolescent ; a

black discoidal striga; a small oblique wedge-shaped olive-grey

postmedial spot on costa; terminal area olive-grey shading to

silvery purple suffused with red, its inner edge slightly angled

outwards at vein 6 and strongly incurved below vein 4; postmedial

line slight, whitish, minutely waved, arising at vein 6, strongly

incurved below vein 4 and with two black and silvery blue marks

before it on inner area; a white point on costa before the sub-

terminal line, which is slight, white, interrupted, defined on inner

side by red marks and black marks above and below vein 6, ex-

curved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and bent outwards

to tornus; a terminal series of black Junules with some white

before them above tornus; cilia brown with a white patch above

tornus and white tips towards apex. Hind wing orange with

black-brown terminal band and black points on termen; cilia

orange, black at base towards apex; the underside with black

diseoidal spot, postmedial spots from costa to vein 5, some whitish

at apex, a terminal maculate band from apex to vein 4. and some

spots towards tornus.

@. Thorax mostly suffused with grey-brown; fore wing with

the basal area suffused with olive-brown leaving the lines whitish,

the medial band conjoined to the dark area; hind wing with the

terminal band rather more diffused leaving some orange on termen

towards tornus.

Hab, Transvaat (Pead), 2 9 ; Narat, Newcastle, 1 ¢, Durban

(Kraus, Trimen, Leigh), 4 9 type; Basuronanp, Maseru (Craw-

shay), 333; Care Cotony, Grahamstown, 192. Exp. 30-34

millim.

6083. Hoplotarache viridifera, n. sp. (Plate CLXX. fig. 32.)

@. Head fuscous with a few white scales; thorax creamy white

with a fuscous line across mesothorax and lateral fuscous bars on

metathorax ; fore legs fuscous, the tarsi ringed with white, the mid

and hind tarsi with fuscous rings; abdomen white dorsally suffused

with rufous. Fore wing creamy white; a small patch of blue-

grey scales near base of costa and a large patch before the ante-

medial line which is blackish and obliquely excurved from costa to

median nervure, then sap-green, sinuous, and with a patch of green

scales before it above inner margin ; orbicular small, rounded, very

HOPLOTARACHR. 717

incompletely defined by green scales; reniform large, irregularly

rounded, its centre defined by green and rufous scales and with

annulus on inner side only slightly defined by green scales, a pur-

plish grey patch above it on costa; postmedial line black, obsolete

at costa, excurved below costa and strongly incurved below vein 4,

some pale rufous before it below costa, then defined on inner side

by sap-green becoming a strong band from vein 4 to inner margin

with slight white streaks on the veins, defined on outer side by

rufous marks in the interspaces; terminal area greyish purple with

indistinct waved rufous subterminal line defined on inner side by

some white scales; a terminal series of rufous points defined on

inner side by white scales and with more prominent striga above

vein 1. Hind wing semihyaline white with somewhat wedge-shaped

rufous marks on the extremities of the veins ; cilia white, brownish

at base; the underside with the costal area and the extremities of

the veins tinged with rufous.

Hab. Pawama, Porto Bello Harbour (G. B. Longstaff), 1 2 type.

Hep. 36 millim.

6084. Hoplotarache mionides.

Tarache mionides, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 435 (1905).

6. Head and thorax pure white, the metathorax reddish brown;

palpi at tips and frons red-brown; legs streaked with brown, the

tarsi red-brown ringed with white; abdomen white tinged with

rufous. Fore wing purplish grey with the basal area silvery white,

acutely angled outwards to lower angle of cell, the costa grey with

subbasal and two antemedial white strize on it; traces of a double

brown antemedial line from submedian fold to inner margin; traces

of an elliptical discoidal spot and of a sinuous white line from

Fig. 204.—Hoplotarache mionides, $. 2.

lower angle of cell to inner margin ; a large truncate conical white

postmedial patch from costa to vein 5 with olive-green suffusion

round it, its inner edge excised below, its outer angled outwards

at vein 6; aslight sinuous whitish subterminal line with a minutely

dentate white band beyond it with series of blackish points on it

and small spots below apex and above tornus. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white with terminal reddish brown band from apex to

discal fold; the underside with dark discoidal point.

Hab. Carz Cotony, Deelfontein (Col. Sloggeti), 2 g type. Exp.

28 millim,

718 NOCTUID®.

6085. Hoplotarache holoxantha, n. sp. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 1.)

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow ; palpi blackish

at tips ; fore tibie and the tarsi tinged with fuscous; wings uniform

orange-yellow ; the underside of fore wing with slight brownish

suffusion on disk.

Hab. Usanva, White Nile, Gondokoro (Reynes-Oole), 1 3 type.

Exp. 20 millim.

*6086. Hoplctarache sordescens. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 2.

Thalpochares sordescens, Staud. Iris, vii. p. 282 (1894) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 227.

@. Head and thorax white faintly tinged with brown; palpi

browner towards tips; antennee brown, ringed with white towards

base; tarsi brownish ringed with white ; abdomen white tinged

with brown. Fore wing white faintly tinged with reddish brown ;

cilia with a faint brown line at middle. Hind wing white tinged

with reddish brown, the terminal area suffused with brown; cilia

pure white. Underside of fore wing suffused with brown except

the costal area and terminal area to vein 3; hind wing white faintly

tinged with reddish brown.

Hab. Asia Minor, Diarbekir in Coll. Piingeler ; Syrra, Mardin.

Exp. 24 millim.

Genus CHELICHARES, nov.

Type, C. nubifera.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint hardly reaching to

middle of frons and slightly scaled, the 3rd short, porreet; frons with large

truncate corneous prominence with raised edges and long central process

hollowed out in front, a corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennve

somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests; tibia smoothly scaled, the fore tibia with short claw

on inner side at extremity ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather long

and narrow, the apex somewhat produced upwards and rounded, the termen

obliquely curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from

above angle; 6 trom upper angle; 9 from LO anastomosing with 8 to form the

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 8, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly

fully developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

6087. Chelichares nubifera, n. sp.

3S. Head and thorax creamy white; palpi except at base and

antenn brown ; fore tibie and the tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen white dorsally suffused with brown, the anal tuft

ochreous. Fore wing white; subbasal line represented by slight

grey-brown striz from costa and cell: antemedial line grey-brown,

double, excurved from costa to median nervure, then incurved ;

orbicular a black point, the reniform aslight yellow bar; an oblique

brown bar from middle of costa; a large purple-grey semicircular

CHELICHARES.—MBTAPIOPLASTA. 719

patch on inner margin from middle to subterminal line with

portions of the incurved medial and postmedial olive-brown lines on

it; subterminal line white defined on inner side by olive-brown and

purple-grey, excurved below vein 7, slightly waved at middle and

bent outwards to tornus; terminal area blue-grey with black

Fig, 205.—Chelichares nubifera, 3. }.

marks irrorated with blue-grey at apex and tornus: a terminal

series of dark strize defined on inner side by a white line; cilia

brownish and white. Hind wing white, the terminal area slightly

suffused with brown.

Hab. Anreuntina, Metan, 1 ¢ type. Exp. 26 millim.

Genus METAPIOPLASTA.

Type.

Metapioplasta, Wilgrn. Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. y. 3. ue

ids TO) (ANSE) Seooqocdsbotdodec¢e top oansnenersoouneceddecnossopuepeudoacABbonsee 1NSOCIG.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, short; frons with a

prominence produced to a flattened trilobate plate at middle and with a

corneous plate below it somewhat excised in front ; eyes large, round ; antennze

of male somewhat laminate and minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with deeum-

bent crest ; tibize smoothly sealed; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather

narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins

3 and 5 {rom near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastwmosing

with 8 to form a longitudinally narrow areole. Hind wing with veins 3, 4:

stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

AV wEindwinl paletvellowe aesapscecceesrsceeseitcsecisctassescesaeceee ss eiae olivescens.

B. Hind wing whitish, more or less tinged with brown.

a. Fere wing of male with the brown of terminal area not

extending up into the cell between orbicular and reniform,

female with brown band beyond the antemedial line ...... Z1S0Cid.

6. Fore wing of male with the brown of terminal area extend-

ing up into the cell between orbicular and reniform,

female without brown band beyond the antemedial line... bwrmana.

6088. Metapioplasta olivescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXXLI. fig. 3.)

3. Head, tegule, and patagia white; palpi, frons, antenne,

and thorax dark olive-brown; pectus and legs pale yellow,

the fore tibize and the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

pale yellow tinged with brown. Fore wing olive-brown with

720 NOCTUIDAE.

a grey gloss, the costal area from inner margin near base to

near subterminal line white; the costal edge grey towards base ;

two subbasal grey spots in cell; antemedial line yellow on the

white area, then indistinct, dark, incurved; orbicular and reniform

grey-black ringed with white, small, round, the latter with some

whitish in centre, the white below it forming a somewhat bidentate

mark at lower angle of cell; traces of a sinuous dark medial line

from cell to inner margin; postmedial line yellowish on the white

area, then indistinct, dark, excurved from vein 6 to4, then strongly

incurved ; subterminal line formed by white scales, obsolete at

middle and double towards inner margin, minutely dentate ; a fine

white line just before termen; cilia white. Hind wing pale

yellow, the cilia white.

Hab. Br. BK. Aretca, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 3, Eb Urru (Betton),

3 3 type. vp. 30 millim.

6089. Metapioplasta insocia.

Acontia insocia, Wik. xii. 788 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 324,

ll, sox, ft @;

Abies concinnula, Wik. xii. 789 (1857).

Acontia pyralina, Wik. xii. 789 (1857).

Acontia simo, Wilgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 172 (1860).

Acontia cornifrons, Auriv. Gifv. Ak. Forh. xxxvi. (7) p. 67 (1879).

Tarache porphyrea (9), Butl. P. Z. 8, 1898, p. 420.

dg. Head and thorax creamy white; fore tibie and the tarsi

brown ringed with white; abdomen pale yellow, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing creamy white; subbasal line brownish grey,

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

brownish grey, double, waved, the inner line interrupted in cell ;

orbicular and reviform small, with more or less incomplete annuli

Phe

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7. Oo Ge

Fig. 206.—Metapioplasta insocia, 8. 3.

of blackish scales, the former round, sometimes defined at sides

only, the latter elliptical and sometimes with some grey in centre ;

a brownish striga from middle of costa; postmedial line repre-

sented by a brown striga from costa and an interrupted minutely

wayed black line from vein 6 to inner margin, strongly incurved

below vein 4; terminal area purple-grey suffused in parts with

red-brown extending to before the postmedial line beyond the

reniform and below the cell; traces of an interrupted white sub-

terminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

METAPIOPLASTA. 721

series of black strie slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia

with more or less white below apex and at middle. Hind wing

yellowish white, the termen tinged with brown from apex to

vein 2; the underside with red-brown marks on costal area before

and beyond middle and at apex, and a discoidal point.

2. Head and thorax tinged with grey; fore wing with the

basal half suffused with grey, leaving some white beyond lower

part of subbasal line, a quadrate patch from costa to between

orbicular and reniform connected by a streak above reniform with

a triangular patch beyond the postmedial line, the antemedia) line

appearing as a single white line; hind wing whitish suffused with

brown especially towards termen.

Hab. 8. Luonn (Morgan, Fowcroft, Clements, Dudgeon), 5 3,5 2,

type and types concinnula and pyralina; Goun Coast, Accra

(Carter), 1 9 ; Nigmrta, Lagos (Boag), 1 9, Borgu, Yelwa L.

(Migeod), 1 $ ; Soxotra, Hadibu Plain (0.-Grant), 1 g; Br. E.

Arnica, Tana R. (Crawshay), 1 $ , Kikuyu, Fort Smith (Crawshay),

1 3, Nairobi (Crawshay), 1 3, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 $,1 9,

Affuddu (Betton), 1 $, Voi (Betton), 1 9 ; Ueanna, Ruwenzori

(Wollaston), 1 9; Buowvanatann, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 9; Trans-

vaan, White R. (Cooke), 19 ; Cuynon, Hambantota (Pole),13,1°9.

EKep. 20-24 millim.

6090. Metapioplasta burmana. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 4.)

Agrophila burmana, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 153 (1905).

6. Head and thorax creamy white; palpi blackish at tips;

frons tinged with grey; antenne brown; metathorax with lateral

black marks; fore tibize and the tarsi banded brown and white;

abdomen creamy white with dorsal brown bands. Fore wing

creamy white; the basal half of costal area olive-brown interrupted

by two subbasal white striz from costa and the white filling of the

double antemedial line which is slightly bent inwards to costa;

orbicular and reniform very small, the former defined by brown

above only, the latter with elliptical brown annulus ; terminal area

red-brown mixed with some purplish grey ; postmedial line repre-

sented by an oblique brown striga on the white area and a black-

brown sinuous line on the dark area, very strongly incurved below

vein 4; subterminal line represented by some yellowish white

scales with black-brown marks before and beyond them, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal

series of black points defined on inner side by white striex ; cilia

with some white below apex and at middle. Hind wing greyish

suffused with red-brown especially towards termen; a dark dis-

coidal point; cilia white with a brown line near base; the under-

side with dark discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line

with yellowish marks before and beyond it on costa.

VOL, X, 3A

722 NOCTUIDAE.

@. Thorax and basal area of fore wing much more suffused

with grey.

Hab. Burma, Beeling, 1 g type, Thayetmyo (Watson), 1 9.

Exp. $ 18, 2 20 millim.

Genus AULOTARACHE, nov.

Type, A. decoripennis.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely porrect, short; frons with

rounded prominence with transverse groove with raised edges across the

middle and corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antennz of male

somewhat laminate and minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with decumbent crest ;

tibie smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather narrow,

the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8

to form a longitudinally narrow areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins

3, 4 stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

6091. Aulotarache decoripennis.

Tarache decoripennis, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 728.

6. Head and thorax creamy white; palpi at tips, a bar across

frons, and the antennee red-brown; fore tibiw and the tarsi red-

brown ringed with white; abdomen yellowish white with red-

brown dorsal bands. Fore wing yellowish white; subbasal line

pale olive, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, the outer

line forming a patch at costa; antemedial line pale olive, minutely

waved; orbicular and reniform very small, the former faintly

defined at sides only, the latter with elliptical blackish annulus ;

Fig. 207.—Aulotarache decoripennis, 3. 3.

an olive striga from middle of costa; terminal area red-brown

mixed with some purplish grey; the postmedial line represented by

an olive striga from costa on the white area and an interrupted

sinuous black line on the dark area, very strongly incurved below

vein 4; subterminnal line yellowish white, interrupted, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal fold and

twice in submedian interspace; a terminal series of black points

defined on inner side by white striz ; cilia with patches of white

AULOTARACHE.—TARACHE. 723

below apex and at middle. Hind wing yellowish white tinged with

red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown, a brown

discoidal point; cilia brownish at base, white at tips; the under-

side yellowish with dark marks on costa before and beyond middle

and at apex, a discoidal point and postmedial points on veins 6, 5, 4.

9. Fore wing with the brown area extending to the antemedial

line on inner area and to costa as a band beyond the antemedial

line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing whiter and less yellow, the markings of basal

area grey.—Kutch.

Ab. 2. 2. Head, tegule, and prothorax brown.—Cuddapah.

Hab. Mapacascar, Forét d Ambre (Meade-Waldo), 1 ¢ ; Stvp,

1 2; Bomsay, Kutch,3 $,1 2; Manras, Cuddapah (Cumpbell),

19. Exp, 20-22 millim. Type tin Coll. Mabille.

Genus TARACHE.

Type.

INGRAM ID, EEN OG OWA, For PACE) oacicocenbeacscconnsdcehecooases .. caffraria

EHuphasia, Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 115 (1829) ......... nitidula.

Desmophora, Steph. Cat. Brit. Ins., Lep. ii. p. 109 (1829),non deser. nitidula.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending to slightly beyond the

frons, the 2nd joint rather broadly tringed with scales below, the 3rd short ;

frons with rounded prominence often slightly roughened at middle and with

corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antenne of male somewhat

laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the

prothorax without crest, the metathorax with decumbent crest; tibize mode-

rately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosmg with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell

or stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed from well below middle of aiscocellulars

or almost from lower angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell to near middle.

Sucr. I. Hind wing with veins 38, 4 stalked.

A. Fore wing of male with hyaline fovea above base of vein 1

a. Fore wing without ante- and postmedial dark marks on

costa.

a’, Fore wing with obliquely curved olive-brown basal

patch widely separated from the subterminal band... dactipennis.

6'. Fore wing without obliquely curved basal dark patch.

a*, Fore wing with the olive-brown inner area extend-

INO TOMASO) ci ita ciet sek ee te eam me ae ce pee ee ose: expolita.

b?. Fore wing with the basal inner area white ............ Jucast.

b. Fore wing with small quadrate ante- and postmedial dark

marks on costa, connected in female with the dark

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6092. Tarache lactipennis. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 5.)

Tarache lactipennis, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 10, pl. ii. £. 8

(1875) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 300.

¢. Head and thorax red-brown with a silvery purple gloss ;

3a 2

724 NOCTUINZ.

palpi at base, pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibie and

the tarsi tinged with brown ; abdomen white, the anal tuft tinged

with yellowish. Fore wing white; a red-brown patch at base

with obliquely curved upper edge, leaving some white at base of

inner margin with the hyaline fovea above it; the costal edge

rownish ; a broad obliquely curved olive-brown subterminal band

from apex to tornus, met at upper angle of cell by an oblique

diffused yellowish bar from costa; a fine dentate oblique white

postmedial line from vein 7 to inner margin with diffused silvery

blue marks before it, a curved brownish line before termen from

below apex to submedian fold; a brown terminal line. Hind wing

white, the termen suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; the

underside wholly white.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 3 type. Hap. 32 millim.

6093. Tarache expolita. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 6.)

Tarache expolita, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 131 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 298.

Acontia embolima, Druace, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 306, pl. 28. f. 17

(1889).

Head, tegule, and prothorax in front white; palpi at tips, a

band across frons and antenne rufous; thorax red-brown suffused

with leaden grey; pectus and legs white, the fore tibiz and tarsi

rufous ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally suffused with

rufous. Fore wing with the costal area yellowish white to near

apex, its lower edge sinuous, the rest of wing red-brown suffused

with silvery purple and with some olive below the costal area, a

yellowish white patch on termen from vein 5 to tornus with curved

inner edge; antemedial line represented by a very faint oblique

yellow bar from costa anda slight erect dark line from submedian

fold to inner margin; reniform elliptical, faintly defined by blackish

except above and with two oblique yellow striz to it from costa ;

a faint oblique medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial

line very indistinct, dark, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line

represented by slight olive-yellow marks on the white patch ; cilia

leaden grey on costal half, yellowish white on tornal half. Hind

wing white tinged with rufous especially on the veins and terminal

area; cilia yellowish white; the underside ochreous white.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Round Mt., Arizona, Prescott (Aunz’),2 3,

Huachuca Mts.,1 g¢ ; Mexico, N. Sonora (Morrison), 1 2 type

embolima, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hp. 24 millim.

6094. Tarache lucasi. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 7.)

Acontia lucasi, Smith, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 68 (1900).

3g. Head and thorax white, the metathorax purple grey ; palpi

at tips, frons and antenne reddish brown; fore tibie and tarsi

TARACHE, 725

red-brown ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally tinged with

brown. Fore wing red-brown suffused with silvery purple, the

costal area white to near apex, extending at base to below the cell,

its lower edge indented at middle of cell and angled just before the

reniform ; faint traces of brown antemedial and medial lines

on the dark area; reniform small, slightly defined by black at

sides ; postmedial line faint, brown, minutely waved, arising from

the white area and strongly incurved below vein 6; subterminal

line white, almost obsolete and minutely waved towards costa,

excurved at middle and extending to termen, then incurved and

bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black points; cilia

brown mixed with purple-grey and with white patch below middle.

Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown; cilia

white tinged with brown at apex; the underside white with slight

brown mark at apex.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Cape San Lucas, Arizona, Tucson (Oslar),

1g. Hap. 26 millim.

6095. Tarache tetragona.

Acontia tetragona, Wik. xii. 786 (1857); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.

1. p. 305 (part.).

Acontia redita, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 830 (1874) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-

Am., Het. i. p. 806 (part.).

Acontia quadriplaga, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxvii. p. 72 (1900), 2.

Acontia alessandra, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 212 (1903), ¢.

3. Head and thorax pure white; palpi at tips, a band across

frons, and the antenne brown; fore tibiz and the tarsi brown

ringed with white ; abdomen white dorsally suffused with ochreous.

Fore wing pure white; subbasal line represented by a dark point

on costa, the antemedial line by a bar from costa; orbicular some-

times represented by a minute black point; reniform brown

Fig. 208.—Tarache tetragona, 3. }.

defined by black, placed on the inner edge of the dark terminal

area which is olive-brown shading to purplish grey towards termen,

the inner edge represented by an oblique bar from costa separated

by a white streak from the reniform, then incurved to inner margin ;

a quadrate white postmedial patch on costa, the minutely waved

blackish postmedial line arising from it, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved; subterminal line slight, whitish, defined on inner side by

726 NOCTUIDH.

rufous marks, somewhat angled outwards at veins 7, 6, excurved

as middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black

striz slightly defined on inner side by white; cilia brown with

some whitish at middle. Hind wing yellowish white, the termen

suffused with ochreous; cilia yellowish white; the underside

yellowish white with slight ochreous bar from costa beyond

middle.

2. Fore wing wholly brown and grey except the basal area

which is obliquely suffused with white and a quadrate white patch

on middle of costa, its lower edge indented by the minute orbicular,

its outer edge angled outwards above the reniform but not confluent

with the postmedial white patch ; hind wing more uniformly tinged

with ochreous brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Kerrville, 1 9, Shovel Mts., Black Jack

Springs, Utah, Stockton, New Mexico, Hot Springs, Arizona,

Tucson (Oslar), 4 $, Huachuca Mts.; Muxtco, Jalapa (Hoege),

1 3, Vera Paz (Champion), 2 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Jamaica

(Goss, Kaye), 1 3,1 2, Runaway Bay (Walsingham), 1 $ ; CuBa,

Santiago (Schaus), 1 §, 3 9 ; Hairr (Tweedie), 2 3, 3 & type.

Exp. 22-24 millim.

B. Fore wing of male normal.

a. Fore wing with the ground-colour not ereyicl

a’. Fore wing not uniform black-brown glossed with

grey.

a®, Fore wing not fuscous with the basal area ochreous

white.

a*, Fore wing with the basal half not yellow and the

terminal half black-brown.

a*, Fore wing of male not yellow with the terminal

area dark brown, of female black with yellow

patches on costal and inner areas.

a°. Fore wing not ochreous yellow with the ter-

minal area brown in both sexes.

a®. Fore wing of male not yellow with the terminal

area brown, of female brown with pale patches

on costa.

a , Fore wing not yellow with red markings.

. Fore wing not whitish with broad dark

ante- and postmedial bands.

. Fore wing without ante- and postmedial

dark marks on costa.

°, Fore wing wholly yellowish white except

terminal area.

Jeon) (Atay WIM. ssoodocconsbosasnq0n00090360¢ rufescens.

Hind wing pale yellow with terminal

MEMEO WA loPVOGl coacdeocaccvonpocasacneded :

b'°. Fore wing with the inner area dark except

WORE TWO IAS! BAe sonconsadsoanspabanestbasas major.

6°. Fore wing with more or less developed

ante- or postmedial dark marks on costa

often connected with the dark inner area

especially in female.

a'°. Kore wing with the whole inner area

dark except towards tornus.

ruficincta.

TARACHE.

a, Tegule white except at tips...............

6, Tegulz brown except at extreme base.

ned, Talia yyy \y7!aulie) GannoqscacacoanseeccoReoeS

62, Hind wing yellowish white ............

cl, Hind wing entirely suffused with red-

JARON IM. 505 con ceosserdonosdoSsacaneqnmsoeoh asec

610, Fore wing with dark patch on basal

inner area separated by a more or less

developed white medial band from a

dark postmedial patch.

a", Abdomen not black with prominent

white seomental lines.

a, Fore wing without antemedial dark

IIH Oil GOR, cocososaccdcseasosobo0c00n6

6. Fore wing with antemedial dark mark

on costa.

a8. Fore wing with the basal and post-

medial dark patches on inner area

WOAy EOE ocgcocanooodeccqsaec mooso0c0

68, Fore wing with the basal and post-

medial dark patches on inner area

much more developed.............+-++.

dU, Abdomen black with prominent white

segmental lines.

a2, Hind wing with more or less developed

whitish discal patch, the underside

TWHOHMEG) GosenadeconocoacedbounaasoueHodebaaRG00

6, Hind wing with more or less developed

yellow or yellowish white discal patch,

the underside yellow ..................

c0. Fore wing with the basal inner area

whitish often more or less suffused

with grey.

a", Fore wing with the orbicular repre-

sented by a black point, spot, or

incomplete annulus.

a, Fore wing with the dark terminal area

extending to middle of costa widely

separating the postmedial white patch

from the white basal area.

a, Fore wing with the orbicular filled

Ta eli [WENO cn oesscacosounqos000coeoq000C

68, Fore wing with the orbicular defined

byablackraitisic estesrsereececeer asec

62. Fore wing with the dark terminal area

not extending to middle of costa, the

white postmedial patch being con-

joined to the white basal area or

medial patch.

a8, Kore wing of female with the white

patch on medial part of costa widely

separated from the postmedial patch.

a4, Hind wing white.

aw, Fore wing with the dark terminal

area not extending on inner area

(HO) [iestorte) smOTALANKG) 5 conconundeoooeoogue

6, Fore wing with the dark terminal

area extending on inner area to

well betore middle ................5

lanceolata.

bilimect.

mizteca.

axendra.

disconnecta,

cacola,

gonella.

abdominalis.

flavipennis.

areletia.

arelt.

aprica.

microprs,

728 NOCTUID ®.

64, Hind wing tinged with brown.

a>, Head white...... pdoso6AGo0denseN00 seein

b!°, Head brown.

ais, Fore wing with the postmedial

line minutely dentate ............

616. Fore wing with the postmedial

line motidentate.-.. 2... ... 2...

613, Hore wing of female with the white

patch on medial part of costa elon-

gate and confluent with the post-

medial patch.

a\4, Kore wing with the terminal area

(IE TA aaa na enon stud auasacuc iasaosdaaboqaecoat

b4, Fore wing with the terminal area

mostly white.

a>’, Fore wing with the oblique ante-

medial band from costa olive......

615, Fore wing with the oblique ante-

medial band from costa pale

TULOUS LG acsh Medesugvansseeses tn ae

511, Fore wing with the orbicular a grey or

brownish point, spot, or annulus.

a, Metathoracic crest blackish.

ais aHindiwine swiliteyeeeeceeee eee etre ee

PE, lebnael Yana Ellon? acoossnossceagnsnscna0e0

02, Metathoracic crest not blackish.

@°, Fore wing with the dark terminal

area extending on inner margin to

near base.

a4, Hind wing pale yellow with the

terminal area brown ...........+2..+0-

64, Hind wing white tinged with brown.

613, Fore wing with the dark terminal

area not extending on inner margin

to before middle.

64, Hind wing whitish.

@°. Kore wing with two whitish spots

on inner area on the dark band

before postmedial line...............

b%, Fore wing without whitish spots on

inner area on the dark band

before postmedial line.

a6, Fore wing with the orbicular and

reniform prominent grey spots...

16, Fore wing with the orbicular anc

reniform hardly traceable ......

6. Hind wing pale yellow with the

terminal area brown.

a's, Fore wing with dark spots and

streaks on basal area, the ante-

medial line prominent ............

>”, Fore wing without dark spots and

streaks on basal area, the ante-

medial line obsolete or almost

obsolete except at costa ............

cl, Fore wing with the orbicular absent.

di2, Kore wing with quadrate white post-

medial patch on costa, in male con-

joined to the white basal area ..... ...

62, Fore wing with triangular white medial

(DEVHON Gi, GORE reonoongscosgnanpnnasvoaanoa0ee

MeSCER.

sedata.

apela.

ardoris.

morides.

ochrochroa.

apatelia.

hyperlophia.

nivipicta.

basifera.

zellert.

marmoralis.

racniastis,

hieroglyphica.

clerana.

arida.

TARACHE.

68, Hore wing whitish with broad dark ante-

and postmedial bands...............-.e.--+--0s-

6’. Fore wing yellow with red markings .........

6°. Fore wing of male yellow with the terminal

area brown, of female brown with pale

patches on costa.

a’. Hind wing of male yellow, of female orange,

with brown terminal band.

a®, Hind wing of male with the terminal band

narrow, of female moderately broad.........

6°. Hind wing of male with the terminal band

broad, of female very broad ..................

6’, Hind wing brown with some ochreous yellow

BGADASO erste tre seeie sese ao os eis oe toe isles cintscies

e', Hind wing of male whitish with the terminal

area brown, of female wholly brown.

a°. Kore wing of female with white patch from

middle of costa defining the inner side of

TREVUINOLAUN eodosssosceoasascoSobeonag0c0DNGobe00Rn00

6°. Fore wing of female with white postmedial

SFOS Oi (COSBoococnns coogoagnenconsoaducoasos005000

d?, Hind wing dark brown in both sexes .........

65. Fore wing ochreous yellow with the terminal

area brown in both sexes.

a°, Fore wing with pale postmedial spot on costa

defined on inner side by the postmedial band.

b°, Fore wing without pale postmedial spot on

costa defined on inner side by the postmedial

Daina her the Serena thts shone. adeeneuh ode anno e hese as

64, Fore wing of male yellow with the terminal

area dark brown, of female black with yellow

patches on costal and inner areas ...............

6°. Fore wing with the basal half pale yellow, the

terminal half black-brown ..............-sccsesee+see

6*, Fore wing fuscous with the basal area ochreous

white.

a®. Kore wing ochreous white to near middle, the

postmedial line with ochreous white patch beyond

is On WANE BREA, cdcossooageecosnsaadonacudacacanecosoncade

6°. Fore wing with the basal one-fourth ochreous

white, the postmedial line without ochreous white

patchibeyondMitteeeenersceshecneste sees eee ene

b\. Fore wing uniform black-brown glossed with grey...

6. Fore wing with the ground-colour greyish.

a, Fore wing with grey centre to orbicular.

a*. Fore wing without white bar from middle of costa.

a, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform de-

finediiby, white, svete were etae meee ee acrsa

63, Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform not

defined by, wititet Jo.n-.ccn--cc-cereseetoeeetteetoac ss.

b2, Fore wing with white bar from middle of costa ...

61. Fore wing with the orbicular a black point.

a. Fore wing without distinct comma-shaped choco-

late-brown patch on postmedial area.

a3, Fore wing with ihe medial and postmedial lines

WidelyMseparateds (nl s.<s acs cedeesndeeeeite res chistes

8, Fore wing with the medial and postmedial lines

closely approximated.” 5.5.4; -.cedesdeseseieceweciecee oe

?. Fore wing with distinct comma-shaped chocolate-

brown patch on postmedial area .................006

cl}, Fore wing with the orbicular absent ................-

xuthosoma.

neurota.

gratiosa.

crocata.

xuthota.

micropterd.

sexpunctata,

bicolora.

detrita.

thapsina.

guttifera.

hemixanthia,

semiatra,

flawonigra.

acerba,

nubilata.

hemiglauca.

phenna,

terminimaculata.

dacia.

cratind.

phrygionis.

730 NOCTUID 2%.

6096. Tarache rufescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 8.)

3. Head and thorax white tinged with yellow; palpi white,

red-brown at tips; antenne red-brown; fore tibiz and the tarsi

red-brown ringed with white; abdomen dorsally ochreous, ventrally

white. Fore wing white suffused with yellow to the postmedial

line, the terminal area ferruginous; postmedial line rufous, ex-

curved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, a triangular yellowish-

white mark beyond it from costa, the area beyond it with a faint

purplish grey gloss to the very indistinct diffused rufous subterminal

line which is slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

angled inwards in submedian fold; cilia yellow and rufous with a

rufous line through them and greyish patch above middle. Hind

wing white, the termen tinged with ochreous; the underside with

the costal area tinged with ochreous.

Hab. Braztt, Itaparica (Meade- Waldo), 2 g type. Exp. 26

millim.

6097. Tarache ruficincta, n. sp. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 9.)

3. Head and thorax glossy yellowish white; antennz brown ;

fore tarsi banded with black; abdomen yellow. Fore wing glossy

yellowish white; a terminal rufous band widest at middle and

ending at submedian fold; cilia rufous except at tornus. Hind

wing pale yellow; a terminal reddish brown band with diffused

inner edge; cilia yellowish white; the underside pale yellow with

slight brown irroration on terminal area below apex.

9°. Hind wing with discoidal spot, the costal half irrorated with

brown on upper- and undersides.

Hab. Axsysstnta, Atbara (Gerrard), 135,19 type. Eup. 26

millim.

*6098. Tarache major. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 10.)

Acontia major, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 64 (1900) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 213.

@. Head white suffused with rufous; tegule and base of

patagia white, the rest of thorax olive-brown mixed with some

white and silvery scales ; pectus and legs white, the fore tibie and

fore and hind tarsi brownish ringed with white; abdomen pale

yellowish. Fore wing silvery white, the inner half dark olive-

brown to end of cell into which it extends slightly ; orbicular a

small round olive-brown spot; reniform small, defined by black

except below and with some olive-brown in upper part, a diffused

greyish patch beyond it; postmedial line formed of small black

spots, arising at vein 6 and below vein 4 very strongly incurved to

below end of cell on the dark inner area; apical area dark olive-

brown leaving the costal edge white to near apex, with an oblique

series of three small black spots on it, and with some diffused grey

TARACHE, 731

below it extending to submedian fold; a terminal series of small

black spots, defined by white except towards apex; cilia white

mixed with some dark brown towards apex. Hind wing yellowish

white, the terminal area suffused with olive-brown from apex to

submedian fold; cilia yellowish white with an olive-brown line

through them; the underside yellowish white with slight olive-

brown suffusion at apex.

Hab. Canapa, Br. Columbia, Rossland, 9 in Coll. J. B. Smith ;

U.S.A., Colorado. Hap. 28 millim.

6099. Tarache lanceolata. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 11.)

Tarache lanceolata, Grote, Can. Ent, xi. p. 198 (1879) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 299.

Head and thorax brown suffused with silvery grey, the back of

head and tegule except at tips white; palpi white except at tips ;

pectus and legs white, the fore tibie and tarsi reddish brown ringed

with white; abdomen white dorsally tinged with reddish brown.

Fore wing olive-green suffused with silvery purple, the costal area

and cell white to the oblique olive bar from costa just before middle ;

a quadrate white patch on middle of costa followed by an olive bar,

then a triangular white patch; the apical area with red patch;

antemedial line incurved and defined by silvery grey from cell to

inner margin; orbicular a small round dark spot conjoined to the

dark area, the renitorm elliptical and more or less defined by white ;

a slight olive medial line from cell to inner margin, dentate at

vein 1; postmedial line slight, olive, arising from the apex of the

triangular white patch, strongly incurved below vein 4 and dentate

at vein 1; subterminal line very slight and dentate towards costa

with more or less developed black marks before it, excurved at

middle, then bent inwards and forming a diffused white patch ex-

tending to termen ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia leaden

grey with white patches below apex and at middle. Hind wing

white, the termen tinged with red-brown narrowing to tornus ; the

underside ochreous white.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial and postmedial olive bars

interrupted below costa.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 9 type, Arizona, Tucson (Oslar),1 3,

2 2, Phoenix (Kunzé), 1 2, Argus Mts, xp. 26 millim.

6100. Tarache bilimeci.

Acontia bilimeki, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 108. f. 29 (1874); Druce, Biol.

Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 506.

¢. Head and thorax dark olive-brown suffused with silvery

purple, the tegule white at base ; palpi white except at tips ; pectus

and legs white, the fore and mid tibie and tarsi banded brown and

white ; abdomen white dorsally suffused with reddish brown, Fore

Tea NOCTUID®.

wing dark olive-brown suffused with silvery purple, the costal

area creamy white to near apex, its lower edge sinuous and ex-

tending in places to just below cell; traces of a dark antemedial

line, oblique from costa to middle of cell, then bent inwards and

oblique to inner margin; reniform a small round greyish spot

defined by white and sometimes tinged with yellow; traces of a

dark medial line from cell to inner margin, slightly angled out-

wards at vein 1; postmedial line represented by two oblique yellow

strie from costa on the white area, then indistinct, dark, strongly

incurved below vein 4 and slightly angled outwards at vein 1;

terminal area red on apical half, white on inner half, the subter-

minal line slight and white on the red area, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, then incurved and defined by grey on inner side on

the white area; a terminal series of small black spots slightly

defined by white on inner side; cilia purple-grey, intersected with

white below apex. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with red-

brown from apex to vein 2; cilia white tinged with red-brown at

base from apex to vein 2; the underside white with faint red-

brown marks from costa beyond middle and at apex.

Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (H. H. Smith), 1 3, Orizaba (Godman),

1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. xp. 28 millim.

*6101. Tarache mizteca. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 12.)

Tarache mizteca, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 118 (1898).

@. Head and thorax blackish grey with a silvery leaden tinge ;

tegule white at base; palpi white below ; pectus and legs white,

the tibie and tarsi with some brown; abdomen white dorsally

tinged with brown. Fore wing fuscous black suffused with silvery

grey; a white patch on basal costal area extending to median

nervure, another on middle of costa, its extremities produced to

points on costa, its lower edge waved, a conical patch on postmedial

part of costa, the terminal area white from middle to tornus ; ante-

medial line black, from the costal patch to inner margin above

which it is excurved ; orbicular absent, the reniform with a black

point on inner edge and another on outer; postmedial line black,

from the costal patch to inner margin, minutely dentate, obliquely

curved to submedian fold, then erect; subterminal line represented

by a white striga from costa, a minute dentate black mark below

vein 7 and oblique series of minute fuscous spots on the white

patch ; a terminal series of black points except towards tornus ;

cilia fuscous with dark line through them and white patch below

middle. Hind wing yellowish white, the termen tinged with

brown.

This is perhaps the female of 7. belimeci.

Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Schaus), type fin U.S. Nat. Mus. Hep.

50 millim.

ide)

TARACHE,

6102. Tarache axendra. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 13.)

Tarache axendra, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 117 (1898).

Acontia bilimeki, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 806 (part.), nec Feld.

®. Head and thorax dark olive-brown, the latter suffused with

leaden grey; palpi white except at tips; pectus and legs white,

the fore tibiz brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore

wing dark olive-brown suffused with silvery purple especially on

inner area; a large wedge-shaped white patch on basal costal area

extending to median nervure; an oblique quadrate white patch

from middle of costa, its lower edge excised by the minute round

black orbicular and the small reniform which is defined by black,

hoop-shaped and open below; a triangular white postmedial patch

from costa; traces of a dark antemedial line on inner area and of a

sinuous medial line; postmedial line arising from apex of the tri-

angular white patch, blackish, minutely dentate, strongly incurved

below vein 4 and with more or less developed minutely waved

white line beyond it from vein 6 to inner margin ; subterminal line

slight, white, waved and defined on inner side by slight black

streaks from costa to vein 4, then forming a diffused white patch ;

a terminal series of small black spots except towards tornus; cilia

leaden grey with a slight dark line through them. Hind wing

greyish suffused with red-brown rather darker towards termen 3.

cilia brown at base, white at tips; the underside ochreous white

with brown discoidal bar, a postmedial band excurved beyond the

cell and ending at vein 1, some brown suffusion on termen from

apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. Vertex of head and thorax pure white; fore wing with-

out the white patch at tornus, cilia with white patch at middle.

Hab. Muxtco, Mexico City (Hoege), 1 9, Presidio (Porrer), 19,

Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 2 2, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hwp. 28-

30 milli.

6103. Tarache disconnecta. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 14.)

Acontia disconnecta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxix. p. 212 (1903).

¢. Head white with some olive-brown above frons and on

vertex ; antenne brown; tegule pure white; thorax olive-brown

with some white and silvery scales; abdomen yellowish white ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen pure white. Fore

wing pure silvery white; an oblique triangular dark olive-brown

subbasal patch on inner area connected at inner margin with an

oblique antemedial bar from below the cell; a triangular olive-

brown patch from lower angle of cell to inner margin with a

slight white spot on its outer edge at vein 1: postmedial line

represented by a blackish point on costa, two obliquely placed

black points beyond the cell between veins 6 and 4 and two small

spots on the triangular patch; an olive-brown apical patch with

734 NOCTUID &.

small triangular white spot on costa near its inner edge, some

small olive-brown spots below it beyond the postmedial points and

a sinuous line just before termen from its lower edge to vein 3; a

terminal series of black points defined on inner side by white ;

cilia olive-brown with patches of white below apex and at middle.

Hind wing white with a very faint brownish tinge, the termen

more distinctly tinged with brown from apex to vein 2; cilia white

with a brownish line through them from apex to vein 2; the under-

side pure white.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 g cotype. Hap. 26

millim. Probably an aberration of 7’. gonella.

6104. Tarache cacola. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 15.)

Acontia cacola, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxxiii. p. 141 (1907).

3. Head, tegule, and base of patagia white, the frons and

vertex of head with brownish bars, the rest of thorax brown tinged

with leaden grey; pectus and legs white, the fore tibiz and fore

and mid tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white, dorsally

faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing white, a rounded subbasal

brown patch on inner area and a small antemedial spot on costa ;

orbicular absent, the reniform represented by two minute dark

striz ; medial line very faint, excurved from below costa to median

nervure and with brown patch beyond it from below the cell to

inner margin broken up by slight white marks; postmedial line

with brown striga from costa, then faint and with two black points

on it, strongly incurved below vein 4 and with some black scales on

it on the brown patch; a red-brown patch at apex, the postmedial

line on it represented by some white scales with black mark before

it below costa, then represented by slight brown marks ; a terminal

series of small black spots; cilia grey-brown intersected with white

below apex and with white patch at middle. Hind wing white,

the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia white with

a slight brown line at base; the underside white with slight brown

discoidal lunule, the termen suffused with brown from apex to

vein 2.

This is probably an aberration of 7. gonella.

Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Hot Springs, Arizona, Prescott

(Kunzé), 1 $. Hap, 22 millim.

6105. Tarache gonella. (Plate CLXXL. figs. 16 g,17 9.)

Acontia gonella, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het., Suppl. i. p. 11 (1898); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 213.

Acontia niveicollis, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. x. p. 51 (1902).

6. Head and thorax leaden grey, the back of head and tegule

except at tips white; palpi white except at tips; pectus and legs

TARACHE. 735

white, the fore and mid tibize and tarsi banded with brown;

abdomen white dorsally suffused with grey-brown. Fore wing

white, the inner half of basal area brown suffused with leaden

grey; an antemedial grey spot on costa; orbicular a blackish

point; reniform very small, elliptical, incompletely defined by

black, its centre tinged with grey or olive; a conical brown patch

suffused with leaden grey from discal fold before the reniform to

inner margin on which it extends from middle to near subterminal

line; postmedial line with grey spot on costa, then olive, angled

outwards below vein 7 where there are two black points on it,

strongly incurved below vein 4 and formed by black lunules on the

brown area, a red-brown patch on apical area with the subterminal

line on it slight, white and with black patch before it below costa,

then slightly defined by grey on inner side on the white area,

excurved at middle, then incurved; a terminal series of black

points ; cilia leaden grey, intersected with white below apex and

with white patch at middle. Hind wing whitish, the veins and

terminal area suffused with brown; a slight brown discoidal bar ;

cilia brown at base white at tips; the underside white with brown

discoidal bar, a faint postmedial bar from costa, the termen suffused

with brown from apex to vein 2.

@. Tegule white at base only; fore wing with complete dark

antemedial band, angled outwards on median nervure and usually

connected with the postmedial patch; reniform filled in with grey.

Ab. 1. g. Fore wing with the antemedial dark spot on costa

connected by a slight incurved line with the dark patch on inner

margin.

Hind wing often with vein 5 almost from lower angle of cell.

Hab. U.S.A., California, New Mexico, Mesilla (Cockerell), 1 9,

Las Vegas, Hot Springs, Arizona, Phoenix (Oslar, Kunzé), 20 3,

17 @, Prescott (Kunzé), 2 9, Pinal Mts. (Kunzé), 1 2, Tucson

(Oslar),3 2. Hap. 22-26 millim.

6106. Tarache abdominalis. (Plate CLXXI. figs. 18 ¢,19 9.)

Tarache abdominalis, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 157 (1877); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 298.

3. Head and thorax grey-brown ; palpi white except at tips ;

patagia white at outer edge and tips; metathorax with some white

at sides; pectus and legs mostly white, the tibie and tarsi banded

brown and white; abdomen brown with white segmental lines, the

ventral surface white with dark bars. Fore wing white, the terminal

area reddish prown with an olive tinge, the outer edge of the white

area excurved to the reniform, then incurved; the costal area

suffused with olive-brown to the antemedial brown bar from costa

to median neryure; a brown streak on base of vein 1 ending at

double brown bars on inner area representing part of the ante-

medial line; orbicular a black point; reniform small, brown,

136 NOCTUID i.

elliptical, slightly defined by white from the dark area; a wedge-

shaped white mark from costa beyond middle, the postmedial line

arising from its apex and formed of slight silvery marks defined on

inner side by somewhat lunulate black marks on,inner area, incurved

below vein 4 and with a slight irregular dentate white line beyond

it from vein 5 to inner margin; subterminal line slight, white,

with dentate black marks before it below veins 8, 7, 6, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, then slightly waved and bent outwards

to tornus; a terminal series of black points defined on inner side

by white; cilia brown with white patches below apex and middle.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins, costal and ter-

minal areas suffused with brown, or completely suffused; cilia

brown at base, white at tips; the underside white, a brown patch

on costal area before middle, a postmedial bar from costa to vein 7

and a terminal band from apex to vein 2, the veins tinged with

brown.

®. Fore wing with the antemedial bar connected by a brown

fascia in and below cell with the dark terminal area leaving an

irregularly quadrate white patch from costa enclosing the orbicular;

hind wing almost wholly dark reddish brown; the underside with

dark fascize on subcostal and median nervures and discoidal bar,

the postmedial bar continued as an excurved line to lower angle of

cell, the terminal band complete, the inner area suffused with

brown.

Ab. 1. ¢. Fore wing with the dark markings on basal area

reduced.

Ab. 2. 2. Fore wing with the basal area entirely suffused

with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Kansas, Texas, 3 5, 1 9 type, Colorado (Cockerell),

192. Hep. 22-28 millim.

6107. Tarache flavipennis. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 20.)

Tarache flavipennis, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 153 (1873);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 298.

Head and thorax dark olive-brown with a silvery gloss; palpi

white at base; pectus and legs with some white, the tarsi brown

ringed with white; abdomen dark brown with slight white seg-

mental lines, the ventral surface with white bands. Fore wing

dark cupreous brown with a silvery grey gloss; a diffused white

fascia above base of vein | ending at the double white bars on inner

area representing part of the antemedial line; an oblique irregularly

quadrate white patch from middle of costa to median nervure with

the black point representing the orbicular on it and the slight

elliptical black-defined reniform on its outer edge ; a small wedge-

shaped white mark from costa beyond middle, the postmedial line

arising from its apex, faint, silvery blue defined on inner side by

slight black marks and strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal

line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by slight black marks,

TARACHE, 737

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and bent

outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black points slightly

defined on inner side by whitish; cilia brown with white patches

below apex and middle. Hind wing dark reddish brown with a

pale yellow or yellowish white patch in and beyond end of cell

bisected by the dark discoidal bar; cilia brown at base, white at

tips ; the underside pale yellow, the veins irrorated with brown,

the basal half of costal area suffused with brown, a discoidal lunule,

postmedial bar from costa continued as a slight excurved line to

vein 5 and a terminal band.

Ab. 1. ¢. Hind wing with the yellowish on disk more extensive

and extending to vein 1.

Ab. 2. 9. Hind wing with hardly a trace of yellow on disk.

Hab. U.S.A., Oregon, 1 9, Rouge R. (Walsingham), 2 3, 4 2,

California, 1 ¢, Mt. Shasta (Walsingham), 5 3, 1 9, Sierra

Nevada, 1 $. Hp. 24-30 millim.

*6108. Tarache areletta.

Acontia areletta, Dyar, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xy. p. 229 (1907).

6. Head black ; thorax and abdomen creamy white. Fore wing

with the basal half creamy white, the terminal half leaden grey

and black leaving some white subterminally ; the basal area with

several waved pale grey lines; orbicular and reniform rounded,

filled in with black, rather large; a curved black line defined on

outer side by a leaden shade from orbicular to inner margin; a

quadrate white patch on postmedial part of costa with points before

and beyond it. Hind wing white.

Hab. Mexico, Mexico City (Miller), Hwp. 27 millim. This

species is unknown to me.

6109. Tarache areli. (Plate CLXXI. figs. 21 ¢, 22 9.)

Acontia redita, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 306 (nec Feld.).

Acontia areli, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het., Suppl. i. p. 11 (1898); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 214.

3. Head black-brown ; palpi except at tips and lower part of

frons white; thorax yellowish white with a few dark scales at

base of metathoracic crest; fore tibiz and the tarsi brown ringed

with white ; abdomen yellowish white dorsally tinged with brown.

Fore wing with the basal half yellowish white, the terminal half

purplish grey largely suffused with red-brown especially towards

costa; subbasal line brownish, double, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, incurved in submedian interspace ;

orbicular defined by some black scales at sides; the outer edge of

the white area excurved in cell to the reniform which is slivery

blue defined by black, elliptical; a triangular white postmedial

patch from costa, the rather ill-defined black postmedial line arising

VOL. X. OR

738 NOCTUID®.

from its apex, incurved below vein 5 and again at vein 2 below

which there is a silvery blue patch defined by black beyond it;

subterminal line slight, whitish, excurved below vein 7, where there

are two short black streaks before it, and again at middle, then

incurved ; a terminal series of small black spots slightly defined on

inner side by white; cilia brown and grey with a whitish patch at

middle and a slight dark line through them. Hind wing yellowish

white, the termen suffused with reddish brown expanding somewhat

at discal and submedian folds; the underside yellowish white with

brownish postmedial bar irom costa and patch at apex.

@. Fore wing with the outer edge of the white area excurved in

cell to just beyond orbicular only ; hind wing rather more uniformly

tinged with brown.

In one or two specimens veins 3, 4 of hind wing are hardly

stalked or from cell.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona (Poling), 1 2, Nogales (Oslar), 3 3,

Pinal Mts. (Kunzé), 1 9, Prescott (Kunzé), 1 g, 1 9; Mexico,

Sonora (Morrison), 1 9, Durango (Forrer), 3 3, 2 2, Vera Cruz,

Cordova (Rumeli), 1 6, 2 2, Atoyac (1. H. Smith), 1 $, Cuer-

navaca (H. H. Smith), 19 , Guerrero (H. H. Smith), 1 2 , Godman-

Salvin Coll. Hap. 24-32 millim.

6110. Tarache aprica. (Plate CLXXI. figs. 23 ¢, 24 9.)

Noctua aprica, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. p. 871 (1802); Steph. Ill. Brit.

Ent., Haust. iii. p. 118; Wood, Ind. Ent. p. 241, pl. 52. f. 1671; Westw.

Brit. Moths, i. p. 239, pl. 53. f. 12; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 298.

Noctua albo-ater, Haw. Brit. Lep. p. 184 (1809).

Acontia unocula, Frr. Neue Beitr. vi. p. 86, pl. 534. f. 3 (1852).

Acontia biplaga, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 218 (1852).

Acontia ceyvestensis, Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. vi. p. 63 (1904).

Acontia tetragona, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 305 (part.),

nec W1k.

3. Head brown; palpi except at tips and frons white; thorax

white ; fore tibie and the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

white. Fore wing white, the terminal area purplish grey and

rufous, the white area extending on costa to near apex, its outer

edge angled inwards at vein 6 and again below end of cell; a sub-

basal dark point on costa and ante- and postmedial spots; the

orbicular represented by a minute black point, the reniform by a

slight brown bar; postmedial line formed of slight dentate black

marks, arising at vein 6 and strongly incurved below vein 4;

subterminal line formed of slight white marks defined on inner side

by small somewhat dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, then incurved and the white marks obscurely

double; a terminal series of black striz defined on inner side by

slight white marks; cilia brown with white patch at middle.

Hind wing white, the costal area very slightly tinged with brown

towards apex; the underside with slight dark postmedial bar from

costa.

TARACHE. 739

2. Tegule at middle and dorsum of thorax usually tinged with

grey ; fore wing with the ante- and postmedial marks cn costa

forming broad oblique bars connected with the dark area, the

orbicular larger, the reniform brown and elliptical slightly defined

from the dark area by white; hind wing with diffused brown

terminal band from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. ¢. Fore wing with the basal costal area and the basal

half of inner medial area suffused with leaden grey almost as in

female.

Ab. 2. 2. Fore wing with the whole basal area suffused with

leaden grey leaving a white streak on base of vein 1 and traces of

an oblique sinuous white antemedial line.

Ab. 3. 9. Fore wing with the basal costal area and the basal

half of inner medial area white as in male.

Ab. 4. ceyvestensis. Head and thorax in both sexes white,—

Florida.

Hab. U.S.A., E. & S. States, Illinois, Decatur, Florida, Key

West, Missouri, Texas, 3 5, 6 9, Colorado, New Mexico, Roswell

(Cockerell), 1 g, Arizona, Phenix (Kunzé), 3 3, 1 9; Muxtico,

Durango (forrer), 1 3; Guatemata, 8. Geronimo (Champion),

4 $, 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Honpuras (Dyson), 1 g. up.

26-30 millim.

*6111. Tarache micropis. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 25.)

Tarache micropis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iil. p. 462 (1909).

3. Head and thorax pure white; palpi brown at tips; frons

with black lateral bars; antenne brown; fore and mid tibiz

banded with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

white tinged with ochreous. Fore wing silvery white, the terminal

area dark olive-brown slightly tinged with grey, its inner edge

angled inwards at vein 6 to just beyond the reniform and again

beyond lower angle of cell to origin of vein 2, slightly extending

into the cell, then oblique to inner margin; subbasal lins blue-

grey, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, blue-

grey, minutely waved, both lines expanding into patches towards

costa ; orbicular a minute black spot, the reniform represented by

two slight dark strie at upper angle of cell; two oblique blue-grey

bars from middle of costa; a black bar below the cell near inner

edge of the dark area; an indistinct whitish subterminal line

excuryed below vein 7 and at middle, then represented by two

oblique striz towards tornus; a terminal series of small black

spots defined on inner side by a fine white line from discal fold to

tornus; cilia brown and black on apical half, then white with some

brown at base at tornus. Hind wing pure semihyaline white, the

apex tinged with brown.

Hab. Braz, Castro Parana (D. Jones), type t ¢ in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 26 millim.

2B 2

740 NOCTUID &.

*6112. Tarache mescei. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 26.)

Acontia meskei, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 79 (1900) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 214.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white. Fore wing

creamy white, extending on costal half to near subterminal line

and on inner half to middle, the terminal area brown tinged with

purplish; subbasal line represented by a small blackish spot on

costa, the antemedial line by a larger patch; orbicular a black

point, the reniform indicated by some diffused brown scales; medial

shade represented by a brown band from cell to inner margin just

before the postmedial line, which is represented by a dark patch on

costa, then by a series of small black spots arising at vein 6 well

beyond the cell and bent inwards below vein 3; subterminal line »

creamy white defined on inner side by a golden brown shade and

on costal area by small black spots, irregular; terminal area with

brown creamy and purplish markings; a terminal series of black

strie. Hind wing yellowish white, the termen tinged with brown ;

the underside with dark discoidal spot and postmedial patch on

costa with fine line from it to vein 4, a narrow blackish terminal

band.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas. Hap. 20-22 millim. This species is un-

known to me; figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus.

6113. Tarache sedata. (Plate CLXXI. figs. 27 3, 28 9.)

Tarache sedata, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p. 23 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 300.

Acontia nuicola, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 67 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 214.

and legs white, the fore tibie and the tarsi brown ringed with

white; abdomen white with dorsal brown bands, Fore wing

with the basal half ochreous white, the terminal half olive-brown

shading to purple-grey ; subbasal line grey-brown, double, from

costa to submedian fold; an antemedial grey-brown band from

costa to median nervure, then a slight line incurved in submedian

fold and excurved above inner margin, connected at median

nervure with the dark terminal area; orbicular a small round black

spot; reniform small defined by black, hoop-shaped, open below,

some brown in centre and white round it; a conical postmedial

yellowish white patch from costa, the dentate black postmedial line

arising from it, strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line

yellowish white with slight red-brown and black marks on its inner

edge slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6, excurved at middle,

then bent inwards and oblique to tornus; a terminal series of small

black spots slightly defined on inner side by white; cilia leaden

grey with whitish patches below apex and at middle. Hind wing

TARACHE. 741

ochreous whitish suffused with brown, a brown discoidal spot and.

fine terminal line; cilia ochreous white with a brown line near

base ; the underside ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown,

a brown discoidal spot and postmedial band excurved beyond the.

cell, then almost obsolete, a dark patch at apex.

6. Thorax with rather more white; fore wing with more white,

the ante- and postmedial costal patches not connected with the dark

markings on inner medial area and terminal area, the antemedial

line almost obsolete on inner half, the reniform hardly defined

except by a black point on inner side; hind wing whiter except

the terminal area.

HGpa UE Seka hexas ys siovely Mite legal Oy Amzona. “Hap.

24 millim.

6114, Tarache apela.

Acontia apela, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 307, pl. 28. f. 18

(1889), 3.

Acontia philomela, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 307, pl. 28. f. 19

(1889), Q. :

3. Head grey-brown, the palpi white except at tips; thorax

yellow with brown patches on tegule ; pectus and legs whitish, the

tibiz banded brown and white; abdomen ochreous brown, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing yellow; subbasal line repre-

sented by a slight dark striga from costa and point below cell ;

antemedial line with dark patch at costa, then slight, angled

inwards in submedian fold; orbieular a black point; reniform

incompletely defined by black, minute, elliptical; the terminal half

mostly suffused with olive and red-brown, leaving the terminal

area yellow except at apex and some marks at middle, its inner

edge with some black irroration excurved round the reniform, then

oblique to inner margin; a triangular yellow patch from costa

beyond middle, the slight black postmedial line arising from its

apex, defined on outer side by some purple-grey and strongly

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line defined by the contrast

between the postmedial and terminal areas, dentate below veins 7, 6,

excurved at middle, then bent inwards and oblique to tornus; a

terminal series of black points; cilia yellow with brown patches at

middle and tornus. Hind wing pale cupreous brown; cilia yellowish

white at tips; the underside yellowish white, the costal area except

towards apex and the terminal area except towards tornus suffused

with brown, a dark discoidal striga and postmedial line angled out-

wards at discal fold and obsolete on inner area.

with the basal half grey suffused with red-brown leaving an ochreous-

white bar from middle of costa expanding in cell into a patch defining

the orbicular and reniform which are brown, the markings of terminal

half ochreous white ; underside of hind wing brown with whitish

TAQ NOCTUID H.

streak in discal fold and patches on costa at middle and towards

apex.

Hab. Mrxico, Presidio (Forrer), 1 5 , Guerrero, Venta de Zopilote

(H. H. Smith), 2 3,1 Q type and type philomela, Godman-Salvin

Coll. Hap. 22-24 millim.

6115. Tarache ardoris. (Plate CLXXI. figs. 29 ¢, 30 9.)

Tarache ardoris, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 34, ff. 551-2 (1827), J;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 301.

Tarache duenna, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 118 (1898).

¢. Head and thorax white, the latter with slight grey marks on

dorsum; palpi at tips, a bar across frons and antennw greyish

fuscous; fore tibiz and the tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;

abdomen yellowish white with rather diffused dark dorsal bands.

Fore wing creamy white ; subbasal line grey, double, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line grey tinged with olive at

costa, double, waved ; orbicular a minute tuft of raised black scales,

the reniform a slight black striga; a small olive spet on middle of

costa; terminal area purple-grey mixed with some red-brown and

with some olive-green on its inner edge beyond the cell, its inner

edge slightly angled inwards at vein 7 and at vein 4 strongly in-

curved to below the cell; postmedial line with white striga from

costa, then formed by slight black marks, strongly incurved below

vein 4; subterminal line slight, whitish, defined on inner side by

rufous marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved

and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of black spots with

larger marks above and below middle, slightly defined by white on

inner side; cilia purple-grey with some rufous and white at apex

and some white at middie, Hind wing yellowish white, the termen

suffused with ochreous brown except towards tornus.

@. Fore wing purple-grey beyond the antemedial line leaving a

large semi-elliptical white patch on costa with some olive suffusion

round it, its lower extremity somewhat excised and with a dark

point on it at middle of costa.

Hab. Brazit, Itaparica (Meade-Waldo), 1 9, Sao Paulo (D.

Jones), 2 $6, Organ Mts., Tijyuca (Wagner), 1 9 ; Paracuay,

Sapucay (oster), 3 9 ; Ararntrna, Gran Chaco (Wagner), 1 ¢.

Exp. 22 millim. Typet 2 duennain U.S. Nat. Mus.

The locality ‘‘Georgia” is an error.

6116. Tarache morides. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 31.)

Acontia morides, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 239 (1894).

3g. Head and thorax creamy white; palpi at tips and frons

tinged with fuscous; antennee brown; metathoracic crest brown

TARACHE. 743

and grey ; fore tibie and tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

white dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore wing creamy white;

slight grey subbasal spots on costa and in cell; an oblique olive-

green antemedial band from costa to median nervure, then a grey line

defined by white at sides, or on inner side only, and incuryed above

vein 1; orbicular a black point ; reniform absent; the medial area

below the cell and the postmedial area silvery purple with some

olive-green on median nervure and beyond the cell; postmedial

line represented by a yellow striga from costa on the white area,

then a faint double olive line with some black scales on it, strongly

incurved below vein 4 and slightly angled outwards at vein | ; sub-

terminal line only defined by some red-brown before it and beyond

it at apex and some grey beyond it above tornus, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at submedian fold and bent

outwards totornus; a terminal series of black points; cilia creamy

white on apical half, purple-grey towards tornus. Hind wing

yellowish white, the termen tinged with ochreous; the underside

with the costal area tinged with ochreous.

Q. Fore wing with small elliptical black reniform stigma,

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 1d; Paraguay, Sapucay

(Foster), 1 9; Arnauntina, Metan, 1 9, Goya Corrientes (Perrens),

1 2, Buenos Ayres (Wilkinson), 1 9. Hwp. 24 millim.

*6117, Tarache ochrochroa. (Plate CLXXI. fig. 32.)

Tarache ochrochroa, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 462 (1909).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white ; palpi brown at

tips, antennee brown ; metathoracic crest rufous. Fore wing pale

ochreous ; an oblique pale rufous antemedial band from costa to

median nervure and a sinuous dark line from submedian fold

to inner margin where there is a dark mark before it; a black

point in middle of cell and a sinuous dark line from cell to inner

margin ; the postmedial area olive-brown tinged with grey with an

indistinct dark olive postmedial line on it defined on outer side by

diffused blue-white scales, excurved to vein 4, then strongly in-

curved; subterminal line only defined by the dark postmedial

area which has a redder tinge towards outer edge, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and bent outwards to tornus ;

terminal area tinged with rufous at apex; a series of black striz

on termen except towards apex and tornus; cilia whitish mixed

with ochreous on apical half, black mixed with some white towards

tornus. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous, the veins brownish

the cilia whiter. Underside of fore wing pale ochreous with an

elongate dark patch below end of cell conjoined to a patch beyond

the cell.

Hab. Arcrntina, Goya* Corrientes (Perrens), type t ¢ in Coll.

Druce. xp. 20 millim,

744 NOCTUIDAE.

6118. Tarache apatelia. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 1.)

Tarache apatelia, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) xix. p. 53 (1907).

¢S . Head and thorax pure white, the metathoracic crest black-

brown; palpi at tips, frons, and antenne blackish; tibie and

tarsi banded black and white; abdomen white with brown seg-

mental dorsal bands. Fore wing creamy white, the terminal area

purple-grey suffused with red-brown in parts, the white extending

on costa to subterminal line, its outer edge bent inwards at vein 6

to beyond the cell and at vein 4 to medial line, then sinuous to inner

saargin; subbasal line double, grey-brown, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, grey-brown, rather oblique to median

nervure, then waved; orbicular and reniform defined by greyish

black, the former open above and below, the latter with some grey

n centre : medial and postmedial grey -brown spots on costa ; post-

medial line arising from the extremity of the white area at vein 6,

blackish, minutely waved, strongly bent inwards below vein 4, then

indistinctly double filled in with some white; subterminal line

white defined on inner side by rufous marks, obsolete towards costa,

bent inwards between vein 3 and submedian fold, then outwards to

tornus; a terminal series of small black spots except at tornus,

defined on inner side by white strivz ; cilia brown mixed with white

and with slight dark line at middle. Hind wing white, the termen

suffused with brown from apex to vein 3; the underside with the

costal area tinged with yellow, a dark postmedial bar from costa

and patch at apex.

Q. Fore wing with grey-brown band beyond costal half of ante-

medial line leaving an irregular postmedial white patch on costal

area enclosing the reniform, the orbicular filled in with grey ; hind

wing with brown discoidal bar or point, the terminal band extending

to tornus.

Hab. Awneota, Bihe, 1 @ type; Br. E: Arrica, Machakos

(Crawshay), 1 3, Kikuyu (Betton), 6 9, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 3,

Nairowa (Betton), 1 9, Gwelil (Betton), 1 $. Hap. 24-26 millim.

6119. Tarache hyperlophia. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 2.)

Tarache hyperlophia, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 587 (1902).

3. Head and thorax white; palpi black at extremities of 2nd and

3rd joints; frons with black bar; antennee and metathoracic crest

black ; tibize and tarsi banded black and white; abdomen yellow

with dorsal black bands, the ventral surface white with small

Jateral and sublateral black spots. Fore wing white; subbasal line

grey, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

grey, double, waved, the inner line obsolescent towards costa ;

orbivular and reniform defined by grey at sides, the former rounded,

the latter elliptical ; medial and postmedial oblique grey bars from

TARACHE. (45

costa ; terminal area silvery grey suffused with red-brown, its inner

edge angled outwards at vein 6, then curved downwards round the

reniform and slightly sinuous to inner margin, with traces of a dark

line near its inner edge; postmedial line indistinctly double, dark,

minutely waved, arising at vein 6 and incurved below vein 4; sub-

terminal line white, obsolescent and diffused towards costa, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, then angled inwards and oblique to

tornus ; a terminal series of black spots slightly defined by white on

inner side except towards apex; cilia red-brown with some white at

middle and towardsapex. Hind wing pale golden yellow with some

brown marks on termen from below apex to vein 2; cilia yellowish

white; the underside with brown discoidal point, some brown

irroration on middle of costa and brown marks on costa beyond

middle and at apex.

Q. Fore wing with more or less developed diffused dark band

beyond the antemedial line conjoined on inner area to the dark

terminal area, the orbicular dark defined by white; hind wing with

brown discoidal bar and terminal band from apex to submedian fold,

the underside with maculate terminal band from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Tranysvast (Cholmley, Itoss), 1 $, 22, Modderfontein

(Kruger), 1 2; Narat, Weenen, 1 ¢ type, Estcourt (Hutchinson),

23,1 9, Maritzburg (Burnup),1 9. Hep. 24-30 millim.

6120. Tarache nivipicta. (Plate CLXXIL. fig. 3.)

Acontia nivipicta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 400.

Head and thorax white, the metathorax with purplish-brown

patch ; palpi brownish at tips; antenne brownish; tibie and tarsi

banded brown and white; abdomen yellow with dorsal brown

bands, the ventral surface white. Fore wing reddish brown

suffused with purplish grey, the costal area white from inner

margin near base to costa towards apex, its lower edge irregularly

sinuous; subbasal line represented by double dark striz from

costa and spots in cell and above inner margin, the ante-

medial line by an oblique dark bar from costa and indistinct double

sinuous line on the dark area; orbicular a small round black spot;

reniform brown defined by black, small, elliptical, confluent

with the dark terminal area; a medial dark striga from costa and

sinuous line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line represented

by an oblique brown bar across the white area, then blackish,

strongly incurved below vein 4 and slightly angled outwards at

vein 1; subterminal line represented by slight white marks from

costa to vein 3, then bent inwards, white and oblique to tornus ;

a terminal series of small black spots except towards tornus defined

on inner side by white; cilia brown with a white patch at middle.

Hind wing yellow, the terminal area suffused with brown; cilia

brownish at base, yellowish white at tips; the underside yellow, '

746 NOCTUID 2.

sometimes with brownish marks on costa at and beyond middle and

at apex or the termen irrorated with brown to submedian fold.

the dark inner area.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the dark marks on the white costal area

replaced by faint yellowish marks.

Hab. New Guinza (Mathew), 1 5, 1 92, Port Moresby, 1 9 ;

QurEnsLanD, Peak Downs, 2 9 type, Brisbane (Zurner), 1 ¢,129;

W. Avsrraria, Sherlock R. (Clements), 2 3, 1 2, Derby, 1 Q ;

N.S. Wares (Raynor),2 $. Hap. 22-24 millim.

6121. Tarache basifera. (Plate CLXXIL. fig. 4.)

Acontia basifera, W1k. xii. 793 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 514.

6. Head and thorax white, the metathoracic crest olive-brown ;

palpi at tips, a band across frons, and antenne brownish; fore

tibiz and the tarsi brownish ringed with white; abdomen brown

with white segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

with the costal area white from inner margin near base to costa

towards apex, its lower edge irregular and curved downwards to

enclose the orbicular and reniform, the rest of wing olive-brown

mixed with purpiish grey and slightly irrorated with white; sub-

basal line represented by a grey-brown striga from costa connected

with a spot in cell; antemedial line grey-brown and oblique from

costa to median nervure where it is angled, then olive and inwardly

oblique; orbicular and reniform small, grey-brown, the former

round, the latter elliptical; a triangular medial grey-brown spot

on costa; postmedial line with grey-brown spot on costa, then

blackish with some olive before it beyond and below the cell,

excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved to below end of cell;

subterminal line white, obsolescent towards costa, excurved at

middle, then bent inwards and oblique to tornus; a terminal series

of small black spots defined by white on inner side; cilia brown

with white tips towards apex, then fuscous with a white patch at

middle. Hind wing white tinged with reddish brown except the

costal area to beyond middle, an indistinct discoidal spot; cilia

white ; the underside white, some brown on middle of costal area,

a discoidal spot, diffused postmedial line from costa to vein 3 and

terminal band.

Q. Tegule at tips, upper part of patagia, and dorsum of thorax

grey-brown ; fore wing more suffused with olive-green below the

white costal area, the antemedial and medial costal marks con-

nected ; hind wing wholly suffused with brown.

Hab. Punsas, Almora (Boys), 1 2 type, Manpuri, 1 9, Moghal

Sarai (Betton), 1 9; Bombay, Kutch, 1 6, Bombay (Swinhoe,

Leith), 1 $,1 2 ; Manras, Coimbatore (Walhouse), 1 9 ; Burma,

Myingyan (Watson), 1 3. Hap. 18-22 millim.

TARACHE. 747

6122, Tarache zelleri. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 5.)

Acontia zelleri, Wilgrn. Anteckn. i. Zool. i. p. 59 (1856); id. Svensk, Vet.-

Akad. Handl. v. (3) p. 67 (1864).

Acontia imitatrix, Wilgrn. Anteckn. i. Zool. i. p. 59 (1856); id. Svensk.

Vet.-Akad. Handl. v. (8) p. 68 (1864).

Acontia transfigurata, Wilgrn. Anteckn. i. Zool. i. p. 60 (1856) ; id. Svensk.

Vet.-Akad, Handl. v. (8) p. 69 (1864).

Acontia tinctilis, Wllgrn. Gify. Ak. Forh. 1875, p. 109.

Head and thorax white more or less mixed with olive-green ;

antennee brownish ; fore tibiz and tarsi brown ringed with white,

the mid and hind tibiz with brown bands near extremity; ab-

domen white with dorsal brown bands, the anal tuft ochreous.

Fore wing creamy white; an irregular subbasal olive-green band

from costa to submedian fold ; a double irregular antemedial olive-

green band, the inner part interrupted in cell, angled outwards

below costa and at median nervure where it is sometimes connected

with the dark postmedial area, then somewhat oblique; orbicular

and reniform small, fuscous with some white in centres, the former

round, the latter elliptical; an olive medial bar from costa and a

sinuous line from middle of cell to inner margin, the area beyond

it olive-green with more or less developed white spots below the

cell and above vein 1 ; a postmedial olive-green patch on costa with

a triangular white patch beyond it, the indistinct rufous postmedial

line arising from its apex and strongly incurved below vein 4; post-

medial area olive-green suffused with purplish grey and with rufous

towards costa, some white scales on it forming traces of an oblique

sinuous line ; subterminal line white and only defined from the white

terminal area by patches of olive-green at apex and above and below

middle, bent inwards below vein 3 and oblique to tornus; some

black striz on termen ; cilia white with black patch below apex

intersected by olive at base, and blackish patch above tornus. Hind

wing ochreous white, the termen tinged with brown from apex to

vein 2, in female the whole wing suffused with brown; cilia white,

brown at base towards apex; the underside with the costal area

yellow with postmedial brown bar from costa and patch at apex.

Hab. Gor Coast, Accra (Carter), 1 9, Kumasi ( Whiteside), 1 9 ;

Niesria, Yorubaland, Ogbomoso (Carter), 1 g¢; Br. E. Arnica,

Teita (Jackson), 1 §; Gazatanp, Chirinda Forest (Marshall), 2 9 ;

Transvaal, White R. (Cooke), 1 Q@, Pretoria (Janse), 1 9 ;

Zurvurand, Lr. Tugela (Reynolds), 2 9 ; Narat, Victoria Distr.

(Gooch), 1 g, Durban (Leigh), 1 3,29 ; Farauuar Is. (Pletcher),

LQ,

6123. Tarache marmoralis.

Noctua marmoralis, Faby. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 234 (1794).

Acontia tropica, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 217 (1852) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 47,

pl. 150, f. 2; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 314.

748 NOCTUID ®.

Acontia maculosa, Wik. xii. 795 (1857); Butl. Tl. Het. B. M. iii. p. 20,

pl. 46. f. 1.

Acontia bipunctata, W1k. xii. 798 (1857).

3S. Head and thorax yellowish white mixed with reddish ochreous;

antennee brownish; fore tibiee and the tarsi brown ringed with white;

abdomen ochreous white with dorsal brown bands. Fore wing

yellowish white extending on costa to near apex and on inner

margin to middle, the terminal half olive-brown with some purplish

suffusion on postmedial area except towards costa and some yellowish

white on termen ; subbasal line represented by obliquely placed

olive-ochreous spots on costa and in cell; a double diffused olive-

ochreous antemedial band interrupted in cell and somewhat oblique

below it; orbicular and reniform small, grey-brown with white

Fig. 209.— Tarache marmoralis, 3. 3.

centres, the former round, the latter elliptical ; an oblique olive-

ochreous bar from middle of costa and line from cell to inner margin;

postmedial line olive-ochreous towards costa, rufous below vein 6,

excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal

line yellowish white defined on inner side by slight rufous marks

with some white scales before them, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, then bent inwards and oblique to tornus ; a terminal series

of small black spots except towards apex and tornus; cilia yellowish

white with blackish patch above middle and some blackish at apex

and tornus. Hind wing ochreous white, the costa towards apex

and the termen to vein 2 tinged with red-brown; cilia ochreous

white tinged with brown at base from apex to vein 2, the under-

side with brown discoidal spot, postmedial bar from costa and patch

at apex. ;

@. Ground-colour of head, thorax, and fore wing much whiter,

the dorsum of thorax greyish ; fore wing with the markings much

greyer and less olive, or with hardly any olive tinge; hind wing

with the terminal area more broadly suffused with brown extending

to tornus.

Hab. Uv. Keyrt ; Loocwoo Is. (Pryer), 1g; Cutna (Harrington),

2 3,1 9 type maculosa; Formosa (Hobson), 1 2 ; Punsas, Simla

(Harford), 1 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 5 5,39, Almora (Boys),

2 2, Deyra Dhun, 1, Allahabad, 1 ¢ ; hab. ign., 1 ¢ type bi-

punctata; Sixuim, 1g, 192; Benear, Calcutta, 1g, 19;

Maonras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3, 19; Cuyton, Colombo (Mietner),

26, Trincomali (Yerbury), 1 2 ; Burma, Rangoon (Scott), 1 9,

TARACHE. 749

Up. Burma, Pagan (?¥00d), 1 3, Pakoko (Wood), 1 9, Myingyan

(Watson), 1 g ; Puno Laur (Doherty), 1 3 ; Java (Horsfield), 43,

4 9 type tropica; CxuneBes (Doherty), 13, 29. Exp. 20-24

millim.

Larva. Grey with diffused purplish bands at middle of each

somite and numerous irregular yellowish-white spots defined by

purple-brown forming a double dorsal line and bands on the

somites ; warts black; head rufous with the mouth parts black ;

legs black, the first two pairs of prolegs absent.

6124. Tarache rachiastis. (Plate CLX XII. fig. 6.)

Tarache rachiastis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 483 (1908).

3. Head and thorax ochreous white; palpi at tips and antennz

brown ; fore tibiz and the tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen

ochreous white with slight dorsal brown bands. Fore wing

ochreous white; a faint ochreous patch on base of costa; a faint

slightly curved ochreous antemedial band with brown mark at

costa; orbicular and reniform hardly traceable ; a brown mark on

middle of costa with an ochreous bar from it and an oblique

blackish line from cell to inner margin with red-brown suffusion

beyond it; postmedial line with brown mark at costa, then faint

and excurved to vein 4 with black bar on it beyond the cell, bent

inwards below the cell and formed by black lunules to inner margin,

the area beyond it red-brown with purple suffusion on postmedial

area except towards costa and some ochreous white on terminal

area; subterminal line ochreous white defined on inner and outer

side by red-brown marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and bent oatwards to tornus; some black points on termen ; cilia

yellowish white with brown patches above middle and at tornus.

Hind wing ochreous white, the termen suffused with red-brown ;

cilia ochreous white; the underside ochreous white with slight

postmedial brown bar from costa.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing much yellower, the last with

the markings of yellow area greenish, the orbicular a dark point,

the reniform traceable, elliptical, the dark patches of cilia blackish.

Hab. Invtsn Ocuan, Aldabra (Meade- Waldo), 1 3, 1 @ type.

Exp. $ 20, 9 22 millim.

6125. Tarache hieroglyphica. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 7.)

Tarache hieroglyphica, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvi. p. 658 (1902).

6. Head and thorax white; palpi at tips, a bar above frons and

antenne brown; tegule, patagia; and vertex of thorax with brown

patches ; fore tibize and the tarsi brown mixed with white ; abdomen

yellow with dorsal brownish bands, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing creamy white, the terminal area reddish brown suffused

with purplish grey, the white area extending on costa to near

750 NOCLUID H.

apex, its outer edge bent inwards at vein 6 to the reniform and

below the cell to the medial line; subbasal line represented by

double grey-brown spots on costa and in cell; a streak above base

of inner margin; antemedial line grey-brown, excurved below

costa, then oblique, a brown mark before it above inner margin ;

orbicular a small round brown spot, the reniform brown defined by

a few black scales, small, elliptical; medial and postmedial brown

spots on costa ; postmedial line arising at vein 6 from the extremity

of the white area, formed of small lunulate black marks and strongly

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line formed of slight white

marks from costa to vein 3, then bent inwards, strong and oblique

to tornus ; a terminal series of small black spots defined by white

on inner side; cilia brown with white patches below apex and at

middle. Hind wing yellow; a small brown discoidal spot; the

terminal area broadly suffused with brown, its inner edge bent

inwards below end of cell; cilia brown at base, yellowish white

at tips; the underside with dark discoidal lunule and postmedial

mark on costa, the terminal area suffused with brown.

Q. Fore wing with broad antemedial brown band connected with

the medial spot on costa, the postmedial spot usually connected

with the terminal brown area.

Ab. 1. @. Fore wing with the antemedial band connected by a

fascia on median nervure with the terminal brown area.

Hab. N. Austraria, Alexandria (Stalker), 1 9 ; W. Ausrrarta,

Sherlock R. (Clements), 3 9 , Roebourne (Lyell), 1 3 , Derby (Lower),

16; 8. Avsrratia, Dalby, 1 9. Hep. 20 millim.

6126. Tarache clerana. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 8.)

Tarache clerana, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvi. p. 658 (1902).

6. Head and thorax creamy white; palpi at tips and antenne

brown; frons with brown bar above ; tibize and tarsi banded brown

and white; abdomen yellow with faint dorsal brownish band, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing creamy white, the terminal area

reddish brown with some purplish white suffusion on postmedial

area except towards costa, the white extending on costa to near

apex, at vein 6 bent inwards to the reniform and below the cell to

the medial line ; subbasal line represented by a dark brown spot on

costa; the antemedial line with dark brown spot on costa, then

hardly traceable, sinuous ; orbicular represented by a minute grey

point, the reniform grey defined by some brown scales and with some

grey in centre, small, elliptical; medial and postmedial dark brown

spots on costa; postmedial line formed by small lunulate black

marks and much interrupted, strongly incurved below vein 4 and

angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal line white, more or less

obsolescent on costal half except for a white striga from costa,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then bent inwards and oblique

to tornus; a terminal series of black points slightly defined on

TARACHE. 751

inner side by white; cilia brown with white patches below apex

and at middle. Hind wing yellow, the terminal half suffused with

reddish brown; a brown discoidal point; cilia brown at base,

whitish at tips; the underside with brown discoidal spot and the

termen tinged with brown.

@. Fore wing with the antemedial line distinct except at inner

margin, oblique below the cell.

Hiab. N. Avstrauta, Alexandria (Stalker), 3 5, 192 ; Qunens-

LAND, Brisbane (Turner), 2 g ; N.S. Watus, Broken Hill (Lower),

1 3, Sydney (de la Garde), 2 $. Hp. 18-20 millim.

6127. Tarache arida. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 9.)

Acontia arida, Smith, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 73 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 214.

Head and thorax white; palpi except at base, antenne and

metathorax greyish; legs greyish, the tarsi slightly ringed with

white ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

white, the medial area except towards costa and inner margin

tinged with olive-yellow ; some grey in base of cell and above inner

margin; a grey antemedial spot on costa and a diffused yellowish

line, incuryed below the cell and not reaching inner margin ;

orbicular absent; the outer half of medial area and the postmedial

area grey, its inner edge with some olive suffusion, angled outwards

in cell, then oblique; reniform very faintly defined, grey, small,

elliptical; a quadrate white postmedial patch on costa angled

inwards below costa and sometimes completely separating the grey

patch on middle of costa from the rest of the grey area, the olive

postmedial line arising below the white patch towards which it is

interrupted and tends to form streaks, strongly incurved below

vein 4, some blue-white irroration beyond it; subterminal line

yellowish white defined on inner side by red-brown marks and very

faintly by brownish on outer, excurved below vein 7 and at middle,

then bent inwards and oblique to tornus; a red-brown patch

irrorated with blue-white at apex; cilia white tinged with yellow

at tips and with grey-brown towards apex and at tornus, a slight

dark line through them. Hind wing white tinged with reddish

brown especially towards termen, in female uniformly suffused with

fuscous brown ; cilia brown at base, white at tips.

Hab. U.S.A., 8. Arizona (Poling), 1 9, Phoenix (Oslar), 2 3.

Exp. 24 millim.

6128. Tarache el#oa, n. sp. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 10.)

3. Head and thorax whitish suffused with olive-green ; palpi at

base and lower part of frons white; antenne brown; pectus and

legs white, the fore tibiz and the tarsi brown ringed with white;

752 NOCTUID &.

abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with red-brown. Fore

wing olive-green very slightly irrorated with black, the inner area

-and termen with some whitish suffusion ; subbasal line represented

by a minute blackish striga in cell; an oblique wedge-shaped

yellowish white antemedial patch from costa, the very faint pale

antemedial line arising from its apex ; a triangular yellowish white

medial patch on costa and faint traces of a line from cell to inner

margin; postmedial line represented by a small yellowish white

spot on costa and below vein 6 by slight diffused blackish marks

incurved below vein 4; the postmedial area tinged with purplish

grey except towards costa; subterminal line slight, yellowish

white, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to

tornus; some black points on termen; cilia yellowish white with

slight dark line through them and blackish patches at middle and

above tornus and some black at apex and tornus. Hind wing

ochreous white suffused with red-brown, the termen rather darker ;

cilia brown at base, ochreous white at tips; the underside ochreous

with brownish patches on costa before and beyond middle and

diffused terminal band.

Hab. QurEnstanp, Townsville (Dodd), 1 3 type. Eup. 24

millim.

*6129. Tarache xuthosoma. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 11.)

Tarache xuthosoma, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxxiv. p. 349 (1909).

¢. Head and thorax white tinged with yellow; palpi with

black-brown hair mixed; antenne black-brown ; tegule, patagia,

and metathorax with black-brown patches ; pectus and legs suffused

with black-brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen yellow,

the base and ventral surface white. Fore wing white, the costal

edge black-brown ; a diffused black-brown subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial and medial irregular black-brown

lines, angled outwards in cell and confluent on inner area, some

black-brown irroration between them; postmedial line excurved

below costa and at middle, then oblique to submedian fold where it

terminates ; subterminal line with a broad band of black-brown

suffusion on its inner side, strongly bent outwards between veins

7 and 6 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black-brown

spots ; the apical area and cilia tinged with ochreous. Hind wing

ochreous white suffused and irrorated with black-brown ; the under-

side ochreous white slightly irrorated with fuscous, indistinct

antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

Hab. Qurenstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), type tT d in Coll. Turner ;

N. Ausrratia, Port Darwin. Lap. 18 millim.

TARACHE.

*6130. Tarache neurota. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 12.)

Tarache neurota, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 83 (1908).

@. Head, tegule, and abdomen ochreous; thorax pale yellow

above. Fore wing whitish yellow; a blood-red subbasal striga

from costa; some red suffusion below base of cell; an oblique

waved red antemedial line expanding into a large patch on outer

side at middle, on medial nervure conjoined to a large discoidal

patch ; postmedial line somewhat dentate, bent outwards below

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and confluent with the

discoidal patch; an ill-defined highly dentate subterminal line; a

terminal band with irregular inner edge. Hind wing silky ochreous

tinged with brown on terminal area; an ill-defined brown discoidal

spot and sinuous postmedial and subterminal lines. Underside

ochreous ; fore wing tinged with fuscous and with discoidal spot and

minutely waved postmedial and subterminal lines ; hind wing with

slight postmedial curved punctiform line.

Hab, QunENSLAND, Cooktown, typet 2 in Coll. Lower. Hap.

20 millim.

6131. Tarache gratiosa. (Plate CLX XII. figs. 13 g, 14 92.)

Acontia gratiosa, Wllgrn. Anteckn. 1. Zool]. i. p. 59 (1856) ; id. Svensk.

Vet.-Akad. Handl. v. (8) p. 68 (1864).

Acontia luicola, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 333, f. 171 (1891).

3. Head and thorax olive-yellow ; palpi whitish, black at tips ;

frons whitish with blackish bar above ; pectus white, the fore tibie

and the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen orange, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing orange-yellow, extending on costa to

towards apex and on inner margin to middle, the terminal area

deep rufous with purple suffusion on postmedial area except towards

costa and some yellow on middle of termen, the inner edge of the

dark area curved inwards round the reniform and bent inwards

below the cell; subbasal line represented by two dark points on

costa and a greenish yellow spot in cell; antemedial line diffused,

greenish yellow with dark mark at costa; orbicular a black point,

the reniform slightly defined by black except below and with some

greenish in centre, elliptical; postmedial line with dark mark at

costa, oblique olive line to vein 6, then indistinct, rufous, incurved

below vein 4 and slightly angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal

line yellow, interrupted, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then

bent inwards and obliquely waved to tornus: a terminal series of

small black spots except towards tornus, slightly defined on inner

side by white; cilia yellow mixed with rufous and with purplish

fuscous patches above middle and at tornus. Hind wing golden

yellow, the termen suffused with brown; cilia yellow tinged with

brown towards apex.

VOL. X. 30

754 NOCTUID A.

@. Head and thorax above black mixed with some ochreous;

abdomen dorsally black with yellow segmental lines. Fore wing

with the yellow area replaced by black-brown suffused with purple,

with subbasal and antemedial white striz from costa and an oblique

white patch from costa to before the reniform or it; hind wing

deep orange with broad black-brown terminal band with sinuous

inner edge.

Hab. Gown Coast, Accra (Carter), 4 $, 1 2; Nicerta, Lagos,

Ebute Meta (Boag), 1 2, Borgu, Yelwa Lake (Migeod), 2 ¢ ;

Asyssinta, Atbara (Gerrard), 1 3 ; Br. E. Arrica, Ngatana

(Gregory), 1 3, Takaunga (Thomas), 1 9, Kitwi (Crawshay), 1 3,

Keres (Betton), 1 9, Machakos (Crawshay), 3 ¢,4 2 ; Ueanna,

Ruwenzori (Wollaston), 1 ¢ ; Masnonanann, Salisbury (Marshall),

6132. Tarache crocata. (Plate CLXXII. figs. 15 g,16 9.)

Acontia crocata, Guen. Noct, ii. p. 218 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 314.

Acontia signifera, W1k. xii. 796 (1857).

Acontia meridionalis, Wik. xxxiii. 785 (1865).

Acontia scanda, Reld. Reis. Nov. pl. 103. f. 27 (1874).

3g. Head and thorax deep yellow with a slight olive tinge ; palpi

at tips, lateral spots on frons and antennz brownish ; fore tibie and

the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen orange dorsally

tinged with red-brown. Fore wing deep yellow with a slight

olive tinge extending on costa to towards apex and on inner margin

to middle, the terminal half red-brown with purplish suffusion on

postmedial area except towards costa, the inner edge of the brown

area sinuous; subbasal, two antemedial, medial, and postmedial

brown marks on costa with whitish patches between them; traces

of a pale antemedial line excurved to median nervure, then incurved ;

reniform defined by black with some yellow in centre and purple in

upper and lower parts, small, elliptical ; postmedial line arising

from the whitish spot on costa, black, minutely waved, incurved

below vein 4; subterminal line yellow, almost obsolete towards

costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then bent inwards

and oblique and somewhat dentate to tornus; a terminal series of

black points slightly defined by yellowish on inner side; cilia

yellowish white with a slight rufous line through them and purplish

fuscous patches above middle and at tornus. Hind wing orange,

the costal and terminal areas reddish brown, the latter with sinuous

inner edge incurved in submedian interspace.

Q@. Head and thorax black-brown tinged with purple and slightly

mixed with yellow; abdomen dorsally black-brown with yellow

segmental lines ; fore wing with the yellow area replaced by black-

brown suffused with purple, the spots on costa between the dark

marks white, the medial spot round; the antemedial line very

indistinct, dark.

TARACHE. ae

Ab. 1. &. meridionalis. Head and thorax with brown scales

mixed ; fore wing with some brown on the basal area, the subbasal

and antemedial lines defined by brown on costal half.

Ab. 2. g¢. Fore wing with the yellow replaced by whitish, the

basal area largely suffused with red-brown leaving irregular white

markings.

Hab. Formosa (Hobson), 1 3; Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 ¢,

Dharmsiia (Hocking), 5 $, Almora (Boys), 2 2, type signifera,

Allahabad, 2 Sg, 1 2; Burneat, Calcutta, 1 ¢ ; Bompay (Leith,

Swinhoe), 3 3, 2 9, Kutch, 1 9, Bandra (Jayakar), 23,29;

Manras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 9 , Coimbatore ( Walhouse), 1 g,1 9

type meridionalis ; Cuyton, Hambantota (Pole),1 ¢,1 2 ; Burma,

Myingyan (Watson), 1 5, 2 2, Thayetmyo (Watson), 2 ¢ ;

Qurmnstanpd, Townsville (Dodd), 2 g ; N. Ausrratia, Alexandria,

(Stalker), 1 2. Hap. 16-22 miliim.

6133. Tarache xuthota, n.sp. (Plate CLXXILI. fig. 17.)

2. Head and tegule orange; palpi at tips and antenne brown;

thorax brown, the outer edge of patagia orange; pectus and legs

ochreous yellow, the fore tibiz and tarsi with brownish bands ;

abdomen brown with segmental yellow lines, the ventral surface

ochreous. Fore wing red-brown with a slight purplish grey tinge ;

a large orange-yellow patch on basal area, extending at base to

vein 1 and smaller medial and postmedial patches on costa; traces

of a dark antemedial line bent outwards below costa, then oblique ;

a red-brown postmedial line excurved from below costa to vein 4,

then incurved; traces of a dark subterminal line incurved below

vein 3. Hind wing reddish brown, the basal area yellow, extending

in cell to its extremity; cilia yellow at base and tips, brown at

middle; the underside yellow suffused with brown, an indistinct

diffused dark postmedial band from costa to vein 3.

Hub. Qurxnstaxp, Townsville (Dodd), 1 9 type. Hap. 22

millim.

*6134. Taracke microptera. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 18.)

Acontia microptera, Mab. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr, (5) ix. p.321 (1879); Saalm.

Lep. Madag. p. 530.

Acontia nevulosa, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 334, f. 287 (1891).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous brown; tarsi brown

with pale rigs. Fore wing greyish brown suffused in parts with

dark brown, especially on costal area from beyond antemedial line ;

subbasal line represented by a whitish point on costa; antemedial

line indistinct, dark, sinuous; orbicular and reniform small black

annuli with a quadrate white patch between them emitting a curved

streak round upper part of reniform; an indistinct black medial

line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line blackish arising

756 NOCTUIDA,

from a wedge-shaped brown mark on costa followed by a wedge-

shaped white mark, excurved to vein 4, then iicurved to below

origin of vein 2 and erect to inner margin; an ir.distinct subterminal

line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of

black points defined on inner side by slight whitish marks. Hind

wing uniform reddish brown, the cilia greyish brown ; the under-

side greyish suffused with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and

indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Mavagascar, Nossi-Bé, type f Q in Coll. Mabille. Hap.

22 millim,

6155. Tarache sexpunctata.

Pyralis 6-punctata, Fabry. Ent. Syst. iii. 2. p. 245 (1794).

Erastria imbuta, W1k. xxxiil. 794 (1865); Hanpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 314.

Acontia inda, Keld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 23(1874); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii.

p- 48, pl. 150. f. 5.

Acontia acerba, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 108. f. 25 (1874).

6. Head and thorax yellow with a slight olive tinge; antenne

brownish; palpi, pectus, and legs whitish, the fore tibize and the

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing

yellow with a faint olive tinge extending on costa to near apex and

on inner margin to middle, the terminal half red-brown, the post-

medial area with a faint purplish tinge except tewards costa, the

terminal area yellowish except at apex; postmedial lne red-brown

with a spot on costa below which it is obsolescent, then excuryed

to vein 4 where it is bent inwards and oblique to inner margin ;

subterminal line with a pale striga from costa, then very indistinct,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved; cilia brown

mixed with greyish, with a dark line through them and fuscous

patch above middle. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the veins and

terminal area suffused with red-brown; cilia brownish at base,

whitish at tips; the underside ochreous with faint postmedial brown

bar from costa.

Q. Head and thorax red-brown with a faint greyish. tinge ;

abdomen brown with ochreous white segmental lines; fore wing

red-brown with a slight greyish tinge, a triangular whitish post-

medial spot on costa; hind wing grey-brown.

Ab. 1. g. Head, thorax, and fore wing more ochreous yellow,

the last with the terminal area and patch at m‘ddle of cilia ochreous

yellow.—Nilgiris, Ceylon.

Ab. 2. 3. Head and thorax olive-brown ; fore wing with the

yellow area strongly tinged with green.—Nilgiris.

Hab. Punsas, Dharmsala (Hocking), 8 ¢,6 9, Allahabad. 1 9,

Jubbulpur (/. Butler), 1 9, Manpuri, 1 2 ; Manpras, Cuddapah

(Campbell), 1 2, Nilgiris (Hampson), 3 3,3 2 ; Cryton, Colombo

(Mietner), 2 6,1 9 ; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 2 type imbuta,

Rangoon (Scott), 1 ¢. Hup. 20-24 millim.

TARACHE, 91

6136. Tarache bicolora.

Acontia bicolora, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889 p. 183, pl. ix. ff. 7, 7a.

3. Head and thorax olive-yellow mixed with some black

scales; antenue fuscous; tarsi dark brown ringed with white;

abdomen dark brown with ochreous white segmental lines, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing olive-yellow overlying black,

extending on costa to near apex and on inner margin to middle,

the terminal half red-brown with purplish suffusion on postmedial

area except towards costa, the inner edge of the dark area bent

inwards at vein 6 to the end of cell; postmedial line only defined

by the inner edge of the purplish area, incurved below vein 4, the

subterminal line only defined by its outer edge and incurved below

vein 3; an ochreous striga just before middle of termen; cilia

purplish fuscous with white patch at tips at apex. Hind wing dark

reddish brown, the cilia ochreous white with a brown line near

base; the underside paler with pale yellow medial and postmedial

patches on costa.

2. Head and thorax black-brown with a few yellow scales;

abdomen dark brown; fore wing black-brown with some olive-

yellow scales on basal area, an oblique oliye-yellow medial bar from

costa, and triangular pale yellow postmedial spot on costa.

Ab. 1. ¢. Head, thorax, and fore wing paler and less olive-

yellow, the last with three subterminal ochreous spots on inner half

and a terminal series of black points.

Hab. Javan, Nagasaki (Leech), 2 g,1 Q type, Satsuma (Leech),

2 9, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 3, 1 @ ; Coxna, Gensan (/to), 1 ¢,

192 ; C. Cura, Chusan I. (J. J. Walker), 13, Ningpo, 1 2, Ichang

(Mrs. Pratt), 1 2, Kiukiang (Pryer, Pratt), 2 2, Chang-yang

(Pratt), 2 3. Hxp. 22-26 millim.

6137. Tarache detrita. (Plate CLX XII. figs. 19 3, 20 9.)

Acontia clarissa, Butl. Trans Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 402 (¢).

3. Head and thorax yellow suffused with olive-green; palpi

whitish, brown at tips; lower part of frons whitish ; antenne

brown; pectus and legs white, the fore tibize and the tarsi brown

ringed with white; abdomen red-brown with yellow segmental

lines and the anal tuft yellow, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing yellow extending on costa to beyond middle and on inner

margin to middle, the terminal half red-brown with some purple

aud white suffusion on postmedial area except towards costa and

some yellow on termen except at apex ; some olive-yellow suffusion

below base of cell; antemedial line diffused, olive-yellow with slight

brown mark at costa; the orbicular a faint olive-yellow spot, the

758 NOCIUID %.

reniform olive-brown defined by dark brown, small, elliptical,

placed on the dark area; a slight brown and olive bar from middle

of costa; a triangular yellowish white postmedial patch on costa ;

the postmedial line indistinct, dark, arising at vein 6, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line yellowish, hardly traceable

except towards tornus to which it is bent outwards; some black

points on termen sometimes present ; cilia yellow mixed with some

brown. Hind wing with the basal half yellow, the terminal half

suffused with brown ; cilia yellowish at base and tips; the under-

side uniform yellow.

@. Fore wing with the basal area more olive leaving a yellow

patch on costa; hind wing wholly suffused with brown, the under-

side with brown discoidal spot and terminal band.

Ab. 1. @. Head, thorax, and fore wing paler yellow, the last

with narrower brown band before the postmedial line and the

terminal area yellow.

Hab. Qurernstanp, Townsville (Dodd), 1 9, Peak Downs, 1 ¢

type clarissa, Gayndah, 1 2 type, Brisbane (Turner), 1 ¢; N.

Avstratta, Port Darwin (Lyell), 1 9 ; W. Ausrratia, Sherlock R.

(Clements), 4 9 ; N.S. Waxes, Parramatta (Raynor), 2 3. Exp.

20-24 millim.

6138. Tarache thapsina. (Plate CLX XII. fig. 21.)

Hyela thapsina, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 112 (1902).

Head, tegule, aud patagia yellow; thorax red-brown ; antenne

brown ; fore tibize and tarsi brown ringed with yellow; abdomen

yellow dorsally tinged with red-brown, ventrally whitish. Fore

wing yellow, the terminal area red-brown, its inner edge obliquely

curved and more or less angled inwards beyond upper angle of cell.

Hind wing red-brown, the base and cell yellow ; cilia yellow mixed

with red-brown at base; the underside orange-yellow, the costal

area irrorated with red-brown, diffused curved postmedial and

terminal bands.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with postmedial dark point on costa, a yellowish

minutely waved postmedial line from cell to inner margin near

inner edge of the dark area, and a yellowish subterminal line ex-

curved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus ;

underside of hind wing without markings.

Hab. Qurrnstanp, Townsville (Dodd), 1g; N. Avstrazta,

Alexandria (Stalker), 1 6,39. Hep. 20millim. Type7y in Coll.

Turner.

6139. Tarache guttifera. (Plate CLXXII. figs. 22 ¢, 23 9.)

Acontia guttifera, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 26 (1874).

3. Head and thorax golden yellow; palpi white, black at tips ;

TARACHE. 759

frons white with a black bar above; antenne black: pectus and

legs white, the tibiz and tarsi banded with black, the fore femora

black; abdomen yellow, white below. Fore wing golden yellow

from inner margin near middle to costa near apex, obliquely cut off

towards apex, then strongly incurved, the rest of wing dark

chocolate-brown slightly irrorated with grey and without markings.

Hind wing golden yellow. Underside of fore wing yellow, the dark

area represented by a whitish postmedial patch irrorated with

brown from vein 6 to inner margin.

Q. Tegule at base and prothorax with black-brown bands, the

dorsum of thorax mostly black-brown. Fore wing black-brown

slightly irrorated with blue-grey ; a yellow patch at base expanding

into a short streak below the cell; round antemedial yellow patches

on costal and inner areas and a round media! yellow patch on costal

area; an oblique elliptical subterminal patch from costa and a

rather reniform patch from vein 5 to inner margin. Hind wing

with chocolate-brown terminal band, its inner edge irregularly

diffused, narrowing to tornus; cilia chocolate-brown, yellowish

white towards tornus ; underside of fore wing yellow with a forked

brown medial band not reaching inner margin, its inner arm not

reaching costa and its outer emitting a spur at discal fold; hind

wing uniform yellow.

Hab. Ancota, Ambriz (Monteiro), 1 2 ; Mozamprquez, Delagoa

Bay (Mrs. Monteiro), 1 6, 1 9; Nara, Stanger (Delvin), 1 3,

Victoria Distr. (Gooch), 2 5, 2 9, Duffs Road, 1 9, Durban

(Bowker, Leigh), 1 6,19. Hap. 22-24 millim.

6140. Tarache hemixanthia, n. sp. (Plate CLXXITI. fig. 24.)

@. Head and thorax pale sulphur-yellow ; palpi except at base

and antenne black-brown; pectus and legs black-brown ; the coxe

with white patches, the tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen

dark brown, tinged with fulvous towards base. Fore wing with

the basal half pale sulphur-yellow, its outer edge with a nearly

straight and erect black line, the terminal half deep cupreous red

suffused with silvery purple beyond the postmedial line except

towards costa ; a small silvery purple spot in cell near inner edge

of the dark area and a larger spot with black centre on disco-

eellulars; a triangular sulphur-yellow postmedial spot on costa, the

indistinct black postmedial line arising from its apex, angled out-

wards in discal fold, then strongly incurved and with blackish spots

beyond it in submedian fold and above inner margin; some minute

white points on termen below apex and at middle. Hind wing

dark brown with a cupreous red gloss; cilia greyish with a brown

line through them; the underside greyish suffused and irrorated

with dark brown, an indistinct dark discoidal spot.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Tanga (Hollis), 1 2 type. Exp. 22 millim,

760 NOCLUID A,

6141. Tarache semiatra. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 25.)

Acontia semiatra, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. x. p. £2 (1902); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 215.

®. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous;

palpi except at base and in front brown; fore tibie and the tarsi

brown ringed with white; pectus ana ventral surface of abdomen

pure white. Fore wing with the basal half white tinged with

ochreous; a subbasal black point on costa; the terminal half

blackish tinged with grey and irrorated with white ; reniform with

very indistinct white annulus, narrowing above and with blackish

spot in its lower part ; postmedial line dark defined on outer side

by ochreous white, on inner area forming a large patch extending

to tornus, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and

below vein 4; subterminal line represented by diffused white

scales, excurved below vein 7, ncurved at discal fold, then excurved

to near termen ; cilia with a series of minute white points at base,

the tips yeilowish mixed with brown. Hind wing ochreous white

suffused with brown ; cilia white, brownish at base; the underside

white tinged with brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Yuma Co.,1 2 co-type, Quartzsite. Hap.

24 millim.,

6142. Tarache flavonigra.

Rivula flavonigra, Swinh. P.Z.S8. 1884, p. 522, pl. 47. f. 15; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. 11. p. 816.

Head and tegule fuscous black mixed with some grey; palpi

ochreous at base; thorax white tinged with ochreous brown ; fore

and mid tibie and tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

ochreous white with segmental brownish bands. Fore wing with

the basal area ochreous white with a fuscous patch on base of costa

and bounded by the black antemedial line which is slightly ex-

curved at median nervure ; the rest of wing fuscous black glossed

with grey; orbicular an ochreous white point slightly defined by

black; reniform ochreous white, its centre slightly defined by

black, lunulate ; postmedial line with ochreous spot at costa, then

slight, black defined on outer side by ochreous scales, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa; a terminal series of black points

defined on inner side by ochreous. Hind wing white tinged with

ochreous especially towards termen; cilia white; the underside

with the costal area tinged with brown.

Hab. Sinp, Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 g, 3 9 type; Mapras, Gooty

(Campbell), 1 9. Hap. 18-22 millim.

TARACHE, 761

6143. Tarache acerba. (Plate CLXXIL. fig. 26.)

Fruva acerba, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p. 24 (1881) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 802.

Head and thorax black-brown glossed with leaden grey ; abdomen

dark greyish brown. Fore wing black-brown glossed with leaden

grey, the costal area more or less prominently and sometimes the

terminal area especially towards tornus irrorated with pale grey ;

traces of a curved antemedial line formed of black scales; reniform

faintly defined by grey, small, elliptical, an indistinct oblique dark

bar to it from costa ; postmedial line dark and oblique from costa

to vein 6, then formed of black scales, strongly incurved below

vein 4 and slightly angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal line

represented by a few black scales or defined by grey suffusion

beyond it; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing dark red-

brown, the cilia greyish with a brown line near base.

Hab. U.S.A., California, 1 2, Rouge R. (Walsingham), 5 3,

42. Hep. 20-22 millim.

6144. Tarache nubilata. (Plate CLXXII. fig. 27.)

Tarache nubilata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 390 (1902).

¢. Head and thorax white, the tips of tegule and the thorax

tinged with purplish brown; fore tibize and tarsi brown slightly

ringed with white; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing creamy white mostly suffused with pale purplish and

olive-brown ; an oblique brown shade from base of costa along

median nervure to the antemedial line, which is very indistinct,

double, oblique from costa to median nervure where it is angled,

then inwardly oblique ; orbicular and reniform with their centres

slightly defined by brown and incomplete white annuli, round, the

former with short white fascia before it; an indistinct oblique

olive-brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; post-

medial line with white patch before and beyond it on costa, olive-

brown, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved and with .

raised black scales on it ; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then very strongly incurved

and defined on outer side by red-brown followed by yellowish ; a

terminal series of blackish points except towards tornus defined on

inner side by a white line; cilia red-brown mixed with whitish

and with rather darker patches at discal and submedian folds.

Hind wing very pale yellow, the termen slightly tinged with rufous ;

cilia yellowish white with a rufous line through them ; the under-

side with slight rufous discoidal lunule.

Hab. Navat, Durban (Gooch), 1 g type. Hap. 28 millim,

762 NOCTUID#.

6145. Tarache hemiglauca, n.sp. (Plate CLXXIT. fig. 28.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey; palpi white at

base ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the tibize

banded with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white. . Fore

wing grey tinged with olive-green, the postmedial area purplish

except towards costa; antemedial line olive-green, indistinct, dif-

fused, curved ; orbicular and reniform grey, ill-defined, round ; post-

medial line indistinct and with whitish mark beyond it on costa,

then defined by fuscous lunules on inner side becoming a rather

broad shade below the cell, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-

terminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner side by somewhat

dentate rufous marks, minutely waved, excurved below vein 7, and

at middie, angled inwards at discal fold; a terminal series of black

points, except towards apex, defined on inner side by a white line ;

cilia whitish with a brown line through them and dark patch at

discal fold. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown especially

on terminal area; cilia whitish with a brown line through them ;

the underside yellowish with dark discoidal spot and diffused post-

medial and terminal shades.

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Campbell), 1 9 type. Hep. 50 millim.

6146. Tarache phenna.

Acontia phenna, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. i. p. 308, pl. 28. f. 22

(1889).

®. Head and tegule white, the palpi at tips, frons, antenne, and

tips of tegule rufous; thorax red-brown with a purplish tinge ;

pectus and legs white, the tarsi tinged with brown; abdomen red-

brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing greyish brown, the

terminal :rea chocolate-brown; the base of costal area ochreous

white ; subbasal and antemedial lines absent; an oblique white bar

from middle of costa; orbicular with faint pale annulus, rounded ;

reniform a faint round dark mark with whitish striga on its inner

edge; a slight oblique dark line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line with whitish spots at costa, then dark

brown, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved at

vein 1 ; subterminal line obsolete from costa to vein 4, then chocolate-

brown, rather irregular and diffused, incurved, bent outwards to

tornus and with yellowish patch beyond it; a terminal series of

black strize except towards apex and tornus, defined on inner side

by a few white scales; cilia yellowish mixed with rufous and with

dark patch at discal fold. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia yellow

with a faint rufous line through them; the underside yellow, a

brown discoidal spot, the termen tinged with brown.

Hab. Mexico, Presidio (Forrer), 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin Coll.

Exp. 30 milim.

TARACHE. 763

6147. Tarache terminimaculata. (Plate CLX XII. fig. 29.)

Tarache terminimaculata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. §ci. i. p. 153 (1878) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 801.

brown; pectus and legs white, the fore legs and mid and hind tibie

and tarsi tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous white slightly

irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey slightly irrorated with

brown, the terminal area suffused with rufous except at apex ; an

oblique punctiform black antemedial line from middle of cell to

inner margin; orbicular and reniform represented by black points:

an incurved white line from lower angle of cell to inner margin

with a lunulate chocolate-red patch beyond it with some yellowish

scaling on its outer edge; postmedial line represented by an oblique

white bar from costa with some black scales from it to the chocolate

patch; traces of a rufous subterminal line excurved below vein 7

and at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown, the

cilia yellowish white; the underside pale yellow.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, 1 9, Illinois. Hap.

30 millim.

6148. Tarache dacia.

Acontia dacia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 308, pl. 28. f. 25

(1889).

@. Head and thorax greyish white slightly tinged with rufous ;

antenne brown; tarsi brownish ringed with white; abdomen

whitish tinged with rufous and dorsally irrorated with brown.

Fore wing greyish tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with

brown; antemedial line rather diffused, black, obliquely curved,

not quite reaching the costa; the medial area with an oblique dark

shade through the cell to the postmedial line, extending to just

below the celle the orbicular and reniform represented by she¢ht

black points ; an incurved whitish line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin with a chocolate-red lunulate patch hewenndl it; post-

medial line oblique and whitish from costa to vein 6, excurved and

dark to vein 4, then strongly incurvyed whitish and forming the

outer edge of the lunulate patch ; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing whitish, the costal area and termen tinged with red-

brown; the underside ochreous white, the costal area irrorated

with a few brown scales.

Hab. Muxtco, Jalapa (Hoege), 1 9, Vera Cruz (Schumann), 2 9

type, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Panama, Chiriqui, La Chorrera (Dolby-

Tyler), 1 9. Hep. 26 millim.

704 NOCTUID5.

6149. Tarache cratina.

Acontia cratina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 309, pl. 28. f. 26 (1889).

2. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey ;

pectus reddish ochreous; legs chocolate-brown irrorated with

whitish, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen yellow-brown, the

ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing purplish

grey irrorated with red-brown; an oblique blackish antemedial

line from costa to vein 1, slightly bent inwards to costa; orbicular

a black point ; a very strongly incurved white line from the post-

medial line below costa to inner margin with a large comet-shaped

chocolate-brown patch beyond it; the postmedial line shght, white

and oblique from costa to vein 6, then blackish and dentate to

vein 4+, then incurved and whitish, forming the outer edge of the

comet-mark; subterminal line absent; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing red-brown; the cilia yellowish white at tips ;

the underside brownish ochreous, the apical area irrorated with

brown.

Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Atoyac (H. A. Smith), 1 Q type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. Eup. 34 millim.

6150. Tarache phrygionis, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIL fig. 30.)

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish white ;

pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown, the tarsi slightly ringed

with white; abdomen rufous, the anal tuft and ventral surface

brownish Brey. Fore wing grey-white finely irrorated with brown,

the busal half ef costal area darker, the terminal area cupreous

red becoming greyish at apex, its inner edge very strongly in-

curved trom apex to inner margin near tornus; a faint double

brown antemedial line incurved from below costa to cmadion nervure,

then excurved; an oblique white bar on the cupreous red area

from submedian fold to inner margin just before tornus. Hind

wing whitish slightly tinged with brown, the termen tinged with

cupreous red; the underside ochreous whitish.

Hab. Anenyrina. 1 g type, La Rioja (Gracomellt), 1 3. Exp.

26 millim.

Sxcr. IT. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell.

A. Fore wing with oblique white band from costa towards

apex to basal part of ner margin.

a. Fore wing without oblique white bar from costa before :

WANGCUIE tid) NS CohiGWE loAwNG! <4. codac.2ss05059 eoonasoonnae jaliscana

b. Fore wing with oblique white bar from costa before

middle to the oblique band.

a, Fore wing with dentate white subterminal line ... chea.

b\. Fore wing with terminalseries of grey spots defined

Oy? ABIES) ocoononaseeobenanvaagonvasoncGeoxoDGAdSonUdoGDDOAe nitidula.

TARACHE,

B. Fore wing without oblique white band from costa to

inner margin.

a. Kore wing with oblique white bar from costa before

middle.

(es deliiovel iV? @HEMIES >.c0a.oaqdacemodebanosscaqosoKpsedeon

6‘, Hind wing not orange.

a>. Kore wing with white patch on basal inner area.

b*. Fore wing with white streak on base of vein 1...

e*, Fore wing with white patch on basal costal

EYEE), Con deicpeoQch Sp aBEOUORe SORES an CantG AC oe an cee eeree mee

b. Fore wing without oblique white bar ‘from costa before

middle.

a‘. Fore wing with the costal half white to near apex,

not interrupted at middle by a dark mark more

or less comply defining the inner edge of a

pie postmedial patch.

Fore wing with the inner area dark to base.

oe Fore wing with the terminal area dark

3. Fore wing with the terminal area white

6°. Fore wing with the basal inner area white.

a®. Fore wing with ohve-brown fascia on base of

costa connected with an oblique antemedial

logs lant Gamma WON sooascqodoaosnaondabavcaese

6*, Fore wing with the costal edge olive-brown...

e*. Kore wing with the costal edge not olive-

brown.

a‘. Fore wing with dentate white line beyond

hee postmedial line on inner area.

. Fore wing without antemedial grey patch

on costal area.

a®, Fore wing with the antemedial line

absent; (yncseceeldssseostosecsesnecccasceee

b®. Fore wing with the antemedial line

[OREREMM — cagcannnc0ca9adomcooccconcanonougaTE

o°. Fore wing witn antemedial grey patch

on costal area,

GP, lalinnGl Vem WAMMI®) cooconcocca0sesapqeo5005 os

(2, ValinaGl Atay COWS cocoo coodcnoosooocnoeer

b*. Fore wing without dentate white line

beyond the postmedial line on inner area.

a’. Vertex of head white.

a®. Hind wing not yellow.

a’. Fore wing with dentate metallic blue

line on inner edge of the dark ter-

minal area towards inner margin...

6", Fore wing without dentate metallic

blue line on inner edge of the dark

terminal nrea.

a®, Fore wing with the dark terminal

area interrupted by white at

MLC). seme este. Se «=

6°, Fore wing with the dark terminal

pa continuous.

. Fore wing with the inner edge

of me dark area not angled

inwards below costa.

a'°, Kore wing with the dark area

extending to just before

postmedial line on inner

EVICE). ‘os nogenganneOCOnReOaRacecee

eau

vallengrent.

wmbrigera.

catenulu.

aniluna.

pima.

antica.

delecta.

olivacea.

cretata.

behri.

schvarzi.

coquilletti,

eudryada,

opalinoides.

vahlbergi.

766 NOCTUIDA.

5°, Kore wing with the dark area

extending to well before

postmedtal line on inner

AE CAy Ween ecitenccrecicccsescanee cyanocraspis.

6°. Fore wing with the inner edge

of the dark area angled in-

wards below costa.

a. Fore wing with the reniform

BIOENG TOON Sonaneacoe00e . =Secta.

b'°. Fore wing with the reniform

an incomplete black an-

Tal) te st eaeasRe reo come ace pecetc . porphyrea.

68. Hind wing yellow................. SSaseeagiae citripennis.,

b°. Vertex of head blackish.

@, lalinogl voit ello. scosncocoonsdooss0006000e spangbergi.

68. Hind wing not yellow.

a’. Bore wing strongly tinged with flesh-

colour.

a°®. Kore wing with whitish patch at

middle of terminal area............ rufitineta.

>°. Fore wing without whitish patch

at middle of terminal area ...... carnescens.

bo”. Kore wing not tinged with flesh-

colour.

a’. Hind wing without antemedial

fuscous band.

@. Anal tuft not yellow.

a\°. Kore wing with the terminal

area tinged with pink ...... Urania.

6°, Fore wing with the terminal

area not tinged with pink... psaléphora,

(vAnallitutitiyellowll e.ecseeseeacecee chrysoproctis.

6°, Hind wing with antemedial fuscous

baad escchrsise motes ceeeeesattcle sates titania.

b', Fore wing with the white costal area interrupted

at middle by a dark mark more or less completely

defining the inner edge of a quadrate white post-

medial patch.

a>. Hind wing yellow .......... ec neforescaeh seats we. gradata.

6. Hind wing not yellow.

a>. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by

a black point or absent.

a‘. Fore wing with the reniform absent ...... notabilis.

}‘. Fore wing with the reniform annulate.

a. Vertex of head white or tinged with

(Ua te gine ide deer iene sob pnongecdood Nestea sae hortensis.

ee blackish.

. Fore wing of male with the inner edge

of the dark area not angled inwards at

GhISERI SKOMCL Gos cadoandoaudocqusasodnosaoD0N6 niphogona.

b°. Fore wing of male with the inner edge

of the dark area angled inwards at

discal fold: sae eee erecta ceearene re caffraria.

. Fore wing with the reniform strongly

constricted at middle and angled inwards

OM THAGCHETA TAEVAMUIRD orccoroccesoeosvooeacsuc0s0000 lucida.

63, Fore wing with the orbicular represented by a

Pme\y EinGl ORO WAM THON — sasoaacnoeandsccosooananpac malagassica.

c?. Kore wing with the orbicular annulate ........ . discoidea.

ce’. Fore wing with irregular truncate conical white

postmedial patch on costa.

TARACHE. 767

a®, Fore wing with black postmedial point on the

Wikitexcostallmpaic hw emestpreassceesteeeereecscere nace costosa.

6?. Fore wing without black postmedial point on

the white costal patch.

a>. Fore wing with the basal area white............ margaritata,

68. Fore wing with the basal area almost wholly

GNI ococasconnosncupanceqoss0deobennSEsUseenuEConabedes tetragonisa.

(ORUEKGIA OI CORE), | cogpeondesnondosoqnosccononsdpeonobecdone leucotrigona.

e!, Fore wing with the basal half white, the terminal

half dark without white patch on costa ............ dimidata.

6151. Tarache jaliscana. (Plate CLX XII. fig. 31.)

Tarache jaliscana, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 118 (1898).

Acontia chea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 493, pl. 95. f. 4 (1898),

O nee G- ;

3S. Head fuscous brown; thorax white; fore legs and the tarsi

brown, the latter ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown, white

at base and on ventral surface. Fore wing white; a large elliptical

greyish fuscous patch on costal area from near base to middle crossed

by traces of a curved antemedial line; reniform narrow with grey

centre and white annulus, its upper extremity produced, its lower

bent inwards; terminal area olive-brown shading to deep purple-grey,

its inner edge angled at vein 7 and incurved below the cell and with

the rather maculate dark red postmedial line near its inner edge

defined on outer side below submedian fold by a slight blue-white

line dentate at vein 1; subterminal line represented by a double

series of deep blood-red lunulate spots with silvery blue marks be-

yond them extending to a fine white line just before termen ; cilia

grey-brown with fine white lines at base and near tips. Hind

wing white; the veins brown; the terminal area suffused with

brown narrowing to tornus; cilia white.

@. Hind wing uniform dark reddish brown except the extreme

base; cilia white at tips.

Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara (Schaus), 1 ¢, Durango (Becker).

1 @ type chea 9, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hxvp. 36 millim.

6152. Tarache chea.

Acontia chea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 493, pl. 95. f. 3 (1898), 3.

3. Head and thorax silvery white; antenne red-brown ; fore

legs and the tarsi red-brown, the latter ringed with white; abdomen

white with slight brown dorsal bands. Fore wing silvery white; a

rounded grey-brown antemedial patch on costa and a small spot on

middle of costa; terminal area olive-brown shading to purple-grey,

its inner edge angled at vein 7, excurved to vein 4, then incurved

and with the indistinct darker postmedia] line near its mner edge

followed by a slight dentate white line arising at vein + and incurved

below vein 3, its teeth confluent with the similar but not dentate

subterminal line bent outwards to tornus; some blue-white irroration

768 NOCTUID HE.

at apex; a fine brown terminal line defined by white on inner side ;

cilia white, red-brown at apex. Hind.wing semihyaline white, the

termen tinged with brown from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Mexico, Durango (Becker), 2 g type, Godman-Salvin Coll.

Exp. 28-32 millim.

6153. Tarache nitidula. (Plate CLXXIL. fig. 32.)

Noctua nitidula, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 126 (1787).

Phalena catena, Sowerby, Brit. Misc. p. 29, pl. 14 (1806); Curt. Brit. Ent.

pl. 276; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 116; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. 11. p. 312.

Desmophora elegans, Steph. Cat. Brit. Ins., Lep. p. 109 (1829), non deser.

Head and thorax silvery white; palpi above, antenne, fore legs,

and the tarsi brownish ; abdomen white. Fore wing silvery white ;

an oblique quadrate olive-brown patch from costa near base to

median nervure and a triangular patch on middle of costa; the

terminal area broadly olive-brown shading to purple-grey with the

indistinct dark curved postmedial line near its inner edge com-

mencing on the white area just below costa; a curved white sub-

terminal line with very short streaks on the veins from it to a fine

white line just before termen enclosing a series of spots, the spot

above tornus being blackish ; cilia white tinged with brown at tips.

Hind wing white, the veins of terminal area tinged with brown;

the termen suffused with brown, narrowing to tornus or confined to

apical area; cilia white with a brown line through them towards

apex.

Hab. Gown Coast, Accra, 19; Axsysstnia, Atbara(Gerrard),1<3,

192; Porrvucunse E. Arrica, Beira (Sheppard), 1 6 ; Namat,

Victoria Distr. (Gooch), 29 ; Punsas, Wuzeerabad (Hearsay), 2 3;

Sinp, 1 ¢ ; Bompay, 1 9, Kanara, 1 2 ; Mapras, Coimbatore

(Walhouse), 1 9 ; Burma, Thayetmyo (Watson), 12. Hap. 30-

40 millim,.

6154. Tarache vallengreni. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 1.)

Acontia wallengreni, Auriv. Cifv. Ak. Forh. xxxvi. (7) p. 61 (1879).

wing greyish brown ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, excurved to

vein 1, then erect; an oblique white band from costa beyond the

antemedial line to median nervure at lower angle of cell; reniform

with brown centre and white annulus slightly defined by black,

confluent with the white band; postmedial line with oblique white

striga from costa, then blackish, incurved at discal fold and below

vein 4; subterminal line white, slightly excurved below vein 7 and

at middle and bent outwards to tornus, with black spots beyond it

below apex and above tornus; a terminal series of black striz

defined on inner side by a white line; cilia white mixed with

rufous. Hind wing orange with terminal brown band narrowing

Lond

TARACHE. 769

to tornus and leaving some orange before the dark terminal line ;

cilia rufous at base, white at tips.

Hab. Damaratannd, type f 2 in Mus. Stockholm. Exp. 34

millim.

6155. Tarache umbrigera. (Plate CLXXIILI. figs.2¢,39.)

Acontia umbrigera, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f.34 (1874).

Acontia trimaculata, Auriy. ify. Ak, Forh. xxxvi. (7) p. 60 (1879).

Head white, the antenne brown; tegulte and patagia white, the

tips of former and upper edge of latter brownish; vertex of thorax

brownish with a fine white dorsal line; tarsi brown ringed with

white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown except towards

extremity. Fore wing purplish grey suffused in parts with olive-

green ; a silvery white patch with curved upper edge on basal half

of inner area with two slight subbasal white striz from it to costa

followed by a very slight obliquely curved line ; an oblique quadrate

silvery white patch from costa before middle, extending to just

below cell, its extremity produced to a point below the reniform,

which is a small lunule faintly defined by silvery blue and at-

tenuated below; a truncate conical silvery white postmedial patch

from costa to vein 6, the indistinct dark postmedial line with very

slight blue-white line on its outer edge arising from it, strongly

incurved below vein 4; a white subterminal line, obsolescent

towards costa, below vein 5 produced as short streaks on the veins

to a fine white line just before termen enclosing a series of spots

not quite reaching the apex, the subterminal line ending on termen

at vein 1 ; cilia brown on apical half, white towards tornus, Hind

wing white, the termen suffused with reddish brown narrowing to

a point at vein 2, in female wholly tinged with brown ; cilia white ;

the underside white with traces of two brownish postmedial bars

from costa and the apex brownish.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica (Gregory), 1 3 ; Angora, Kinsembo, 1 9 ;

DamaraLand ; Brcuuanatanp, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 3, 2 2;

Cave Cotony, Murraysburg. Hap. 32-36 millim. Type fT trimacu-

lata in Mus. Stockholm.

6156. Tarache catenula. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 4.)

Huphasia catenula, W\k. xxxiii. 780 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 312.

Head and thorax white dorsally suffused with red-brown; tarsi

brownish ringed with white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with

red-brown. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with olive-brown ;

an oblique white streak on basal part of vein 1; an oblique white

band from costa before middle to just below median neryure, its

extremity produced to a point at lower angle of cell; a quadrate

white postmedial patch from costa to vein 6, its inner edge slightly

angled below the costa, the rather punctiform black postmedial

WOH, Xs 3D

770 NOCTUIDZ.

line arising from it and strongly incurved below vein 4; a fine

white subterminal line slightly excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, and bent outwards to termen just above tornus, below vein 5

produced as slight white streaks on the veins to a fine white line

before the terminal series of black points which do not reach apex;

cilia grey-brown with a dark line at middle and white patch above

tornus. Hind wing white with red-brown terminal band narrowing

to a point at tornus, in female wholly tinged with red-brown ;

cilia white; the underside white with traces of a rufous patch on

middle of costa and of a curved postmedial line from costa to

vein 2, the termen tinged with rufous from apex to submedian

fold.

Hab. Stnv, Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 3; Mapnras, Coimbatore

(Walhouse), 1 6, 2 9 type; Cxyton, Hambantota (Pole), 2 9.

Eap. 28-34 millim.

6157. Tarache aniluna. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 5.)

Acontia aniluna, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 209 (1905).

®. Head, tegule, patagia, and prothorax white ; palpi at tips,

frons, antennz, tips of patagia, and rest.of thorax grey-brown;

abdomen white suffused with brown; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white, the fore legs in front and tarsi brownish.

Fore wing olive-brown with a greyish gloss; a white patch on

basal area, its outer edge angled below costa and at vein 1; traces

of a sinuous greyish antemedial line; a very oblique white patch

from middle of costa to inner edge of reniform, which is defined

by blackish except below, elliptical ; an indistinct oblique sinuous

line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; a conical postmedial

white patch on costa, the dark postmedial line arising from its

lower extremity, and incurved below vein 4 to lower edge of

reniform ; subterminal line white, almost obsolete on costal half,

excurved to termen at middle, then incurved ; a terminal series of

small black spots; cilia with white patch at middle and slightly

intersected with white below apex. Hind wing cupreous brown

slightly irrorated with white; cilia white tinged at base with

brown from apex to discal fold; the underside white, the costal

and terminal areas tinged with brown, an indistinct discoidal spot

and diffused postmedial line from costa to vein 4.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Baboquavaria Mts. (Poling), 1 2 cotype.

Exp. 28 millim. Prof. Smith suggests that this may be the female

of T. pima.

*6158. Tarache pima.

Acontia pima, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xii. p. 209 (1905).

3. Head, tegule, and prothorax white, the rest of thorax steel-

grey with a metallic tinge; abdomen whitish tinged with brown.

Fore wing with the costal area to subterminal line and the upper

TARACHE. Aaa

half of cell white, the rest of wing grey suffused with olive and

mixed with some iridescent blue and violet, the violet scales forming

faint antemedial, medial, and postmedial lines; orbicular repre-

sented by a slight white indentation of the dark area; reniform

whitish ; subterminal line indicated by scattered white and bluish

scales and a bar from tornus; a terminal series of velvety black

marks; cilia-olive grey with a white patch between veins 4 and 2.

Hind wing whitish with a fuscous terminal band.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Pima Co., Baboquavaria Mts. Hap, 24-

25 millim. This species is unknown to me.

6159. Tarache antica. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 6.)

Acontia antica, Wik. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) i. p. 90 (1862).

Tarache acontina, Mab. Ann. Soc. Hut. Fr. 1899, p. 729.

Tarache semiplumbea, Hmpsn. Ann. §, Afr. Mus. ii. p. 884 (1902).

Head and tegule white, the palpi at tips, frons, antenne, and

tips of patagia tinged with red-brown; thorax dark red-brown ;

pectus and legs white, the fore tibie and the tarsi brown ringed

with white; abdomen red-brown, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing deep red-brown suffused with some silvery grey; a large

creamy white patch on basal costal area with a dark subbasal point

on costa; antemedial line dark brown, bent inwards to costa; a

large semicircular creamy white patch on middle of costal area

with a dark point at middle of costa; tufts of dark scales at

middle of cell and on discocellulars; a small white postmedial

spot on costa; postmedial line represented by a series of blackish

marks, arising at vein 7, and strongly incurved below vein 4;

terminal area creamy white except at apex; subterminal line

white and minutely dentate on costal area, then represented by

the contrast between the brown and white areas, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and bent outwards to tornus ;

a terminal series of black points; cilia yellowish white with a

black spot above middle. . Hind wing yellowish white with brown

discoidal spot and termine] band, in female suffused with red-brown

especially towards termen ; cilia yellowish white; the underside

yellowish white, a dark discoidal lunule and diffused almost con-

fluent postmedial and terminal bands.

Hab. EK. Arrica, type f 3 acontina in Coll. Mabille; Transvaat,

Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 §; Natat, Victoria Distr. (Gooch), 2 2;

Care Cotony, Bedford (Weale), type t 2 semiplumbea in Coll.

Druce. Exp. 24-26 millim. Typet 2 in Mus. Oxon.

6160. Tarache delecta. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 7.)

Acontia delecta, Wik. xii. 799 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 301,

Acontia metallica, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iv. p. 327, pl. ii. f. 7 (1865).

3g. Head and tegule dark red-brown, the latter with leaden-

grey line near tips; palpi white at base; thorax creamy white,

3p 2

WD, NOCTUID &.

the dorsum dark brown, the tibie and tarsi banded red-brown and

white; abdomen yellow, the base and ventral surface whitish,

dorsal and lateral series of black bars. Fore wing creamy white ;

a dark red-brown fascia tinged with leaden grey on base of costa,

ending in an oblique bar to middle of cell with some yellowish on

its outer edge; a rufous postmedial striga from costa; an oblique

deep chocolate-red band from apex to inner margin before tornus,

its edges sinuous, some olive on its inner edge from vein 6 to inner

margin; postmedial line silvery blue, arising at vein 6, minutely

waved, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line represented by a

series of silvery blue spots; a series of black points just before

termen; cilia brown with a grey gloss on apical half, yellowish

white towards tornus. Hind wing pale yellow with some brown

spots on apical part of termen; cilia yellowish white ; the under-

side wholly yellow.

@. Fore wing with the antemedial bar curved and extending to

submedian fold; hind wing with irregular brown band from apex

to vein 2 and spot in submedian fold.

Hab. U.S.A., 1 3,1 2 type, New Jersey and south to Florida

and Texas. Hap. 34 millim.

Larva. Weeks, Ent. Am. iv. p. 46; Beuten. Bull, Am. Mus. N. H.iv. p. 68.

Head brown with irregular black spots. Body enlarged before

the middle, without feet on joints 7 and 8; brown with black

tubercles and a row of white subventral spots. Food-plant:

Hibiscus.—H. G. D.

6161. Tarache olivacea.

Cilix olivacea, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 63, pl. 142. f. 9 (1891); id.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 313.

Head and tegule olive-brown ; thorax white tinged with brown ;

abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing with the basal

and costal areas silvery white, the costa itvelf olive-brown, the

apical area tinged with yellow, the rest ot wing olive-brown suf-

fused with some blue-white and edged above by diffused yellow ;

traces of a brownish discoidal lunule defined by white; postmedial

line whitish defined on each side by some yellowish, oblique, sinuous,

from discal fold to inner margin; some oblique white strize from

costa towards apex ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules defined

on inner side by a waved white line; cilia white tinged with

brown. Hind wing olive-brown, the basal area in female whitish ;

cilia whitish at tips; the underside white tinged and irrorated

with brown, a brown discoidal lunule and terminal line.

Hab. C. Cara, Shanghai (Pryer), 3 3; Manpras, Nilgiris (Hamp-

son), 1 9 type; Curisrmas I. (Andrews), 1g. Hap. 20-26 millim.

TARACHE. Wie

6162. Tarache cretata. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 8.)

Tarache cretata, Grote and Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iii. p. 181, pl.

f. 78 (1868); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 300.

Acontia neocula, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxvii. p. 75 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep, N. Am. p. 214.

Head and thorax white; palpi except at tips and antenne tinged

with brown; fore tibiz and the tarsi tinged with brown; abdomen

white slightly tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing silvery

white; a slight greyish spot on costa above end of cell usually

present ; terminal area olive-brown with a cupreous gloss, its inner

edge erect from costa to vein 6, then strongly incurved; a slight

incurved dentate white postmedial line from vein 3 to inner

margin; a fine white subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and

dentate at veins 4, 3, then incurved; a fine white line just before

termen ; cilia white with some brown at apex. Hind wing white

with some brown suffusion at apex, the termen tinged with brown

to vein 2; the underside wholly white.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 3 g, 1 2, Colorado, Utah, Bluff, New

Mexico, Hot Springs, 1 2, Arizona, Gila Co. Globe (Kunzé), 1 ¢.

Exp. 24-26 millim.

*6163. Tarache behri. (Plate CLXXILI. fig. 9.)

Acontia behrii, Smith, Trans, Am. Ent. Soe. xxvii. p. 76 (1900).

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen white; palpi brown at tips; an-

tenne brown; fore tibie and the tarsi brown ringed with white.

Fore wing creamy white ; antemedial line double, indistinct except

at costa, waved, oblique; small medial and postmedial brown spots on

costa ; the terminal area olive-brown leaving some creamy white on

middle of termen, its inner edge angled inwards at vein 6 and below

vein 4 incurved to middle of inner margin; pestmedial line shght

and oblique from the costal spot to vein 6, then dark, incurved at

discal fold, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved and double,

a fine white line beyond it on the dark area; subterminal line creamy

white, excurved below vein 6 and at middle, then incurved, the area

beyond it dark except at middle; a terminal series of black points

and striz ; cilia creamy white, brown at apex and tornus. Hind

wing white faintly tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused

with cupreous brown ; cilia white tinged with brown at apex; the

underside creamy white, traces of a curved brownish postmedial

line from costa to discal fold, the termen tinged with brown from

apex to vein 2.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Arizona (Poling), 1 9 in Coll. J. B. Smith

Exp. 30 millim.

774 NOCTUID#.

6164. Tarache schvarzi. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 10.)

Acontia schwarzii, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxvii. p.73 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 214.

Head and thorax white; palpi tinged with brown except at

base; antenne brown; fore tibie and the tarsi brown ringed with

white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore wing

silvery white; a diffused grey patch on costa before middle with

the slight grey antemedial line just beyond it, excurved to sub-

median fold, then incurved ; a grey spot on middle of costa; reni-

form a narrow lunule with faint white annulus, its lower part

filled in with grey or almost obsolete; terminal area olive-brown

shading to purple-grey, some yellowish on its inner edge which is

strongly angled at vein 6 and slightly beyond the reniform, then

incurved and with the indistinct dark postmedial line near its

inner edge followed by a fine dentate white line arising at vein 2;

subterminal line white, excurved below vein 7 and at middle;

some blue-white irroration at apex; a fine white line just before

termen ; cilia white, red-brown at apex. Hind wing white, the

termen suffused with red-brown from apex to vein 2.

Hab. U.S.A., New Mexico, Mesilla (Cockerell), 1 9, Gallinas

Canon (Oslar),,2 3, 2 2, Arizona (Poling), 1 $, 12, Catalina

Springs, Phenix. wp, 28-32 millim.

*6165, Tarache coquilletti. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 11.)

Acontia coquillettii, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxvii. p. 74 (1900); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 214.

tinge. Fore wing creamy white from base to postmedial line, on

costa extending almost to subterminal line, the terminal area

mottled with grey; antemedial line represented by diffused double

grey marks on costaand a patch in cell; orbicular absent, reniform

an elliptical yellow spot; a medial grey patch on costa; postmedial

line obsolete except on the dark area below vein 3 where it is

whitish and dentate; the inner edge of terminal area curved in-

wards from discal fold to inner margin before postmedial line ;

subterminal line fine, white and defined by black and metallic blue

scales on the dark apical area, then merged in the white terminal

area; a grey terminal line defined on inner side by a yellowish

line ; cilia creamy white with a grey line through them from apex

to vein 3. Hind wing fuscous with the cilia white. Underside of

fore wing fuscous with a yellowish patch on costa before apex,

the cilia white ; hind wing fuscous, whitish at base.

Hab. Catirornta, Los Angeles (Coquillett). Hap. 25 millim.

This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type

in U.S. Nat. Mus.

TARACHE. 775

*6166. Tarache eudryada. (Plate CLXXILI. fig. 12.)

Acontia eudryada, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. p, 210 (1905).

medial line represented by a grey shade on costa; a small tri-

angular grey shade at middle of costa; a grey and olive band

from apex to inner margin beyond middle, the terminal area re-

maining white except at apex, its inner edge excurved and with a

golden yellow shade, and angulate metallic blue line reduced to

irroration towards apex. Hind wing blackish, paler at base;

cilia whitish. Underside of fore wing suffused with black; hind

wing whitish.

Hab. U.S.A., 8. Arizona (Poling). Hep. 26 millim. This

species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in

Coll. J. B. Smith.

6167. Tarache opalinoides. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 13.)

Acontia opalinoides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 219 (1852) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 311.

Calophasia postica, Wk. xxxiii. 764 (1865).

Head and thorax pure white; palpi grey except at base;

antenne brownish; fore tibie and the tarsi brown ringed with

white; abdomen white with dorsal greyish bands, the anal tuft

tinged with yellowish. Fore wing pure white; subbasal line

grey, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line

grey, double, waved; orbicular defined by grey points at sides;

reniform slightly defined by black, incompletely hoop-shaped, open

below ; a small triangular grey spot at middle of costa and some

grey suffusion beyond the reniform; patches of red-brown and

silvery blue scales on apical area and on inner area from lower

angle of cell to tornus ; postmedial line represented by a dark point

on costa, an indistinctly double minutely waved line from below

costa to inner margin, very strongly incurved below vein 4 to below

end of cell and with some raised black scales on it in submedian

interspace; subterminal Jine represented by faint whitish marks

defined on inner side by slight blackish marks on the dark areas; a

terminal series of black strie; cilia white with some brown spots

towards apex. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen suffused

with brown narrowing to tornus or confined to apical area; the

underside wholly white.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 3, 3 2, N’jempo

(Gregory), 1 9; Buneat, Calcutta, 1 ¢ ; Bomsay, Kutch, 1 ¢ ;

Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 § , Coimbatore ( Walhouse), 1 3,19

type postica ; Burma, Myingyan ( Watson), 2 3, Thayetmyo (Cory),

19. Ep. 22-30 millim.

776 NOCTUIDR.

6168. Tarache vahlbergi.

Acontia wahlbergi, Wilgrn. Anteckn. i. Zool. i. p. 58 (1856) ; id. Svensk.

Vet.-Akad. Hand]. p. 67 (1864).

Acontia urbani, Feld, Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f£. 35 (1874).

3. Head and thorax white; palpi and antenne tinged with

brown; fore tibie and the tarsi brownish ringed with white;

abdomen white with faint greyish dorsal bands. Fore wing pure

white; subbasal line pale brownish grey, double, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved, erect;

orbicular faintly defined by grey-brown at sides and with a

triangular mark above it on costa; terminal area brownish shading

to purple-grey, its inner edge strongly incurved below end of cell

and with the indistinctly double brownish postmedial line near its

inner edge with tufts of raised blackish scales on it below veins

4,5, 2, a white point beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined

by somewhat dentate cupreous-red marks on its inner side, obso-

lescent towards costa, white on inner half, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a terminal series of black strie slightly defined on

inner side by white at middle; cilia white at middle, purplish

tuwards apex and at tornus. Hind wing semihyaline white with

a dark terminal band narrowing to tornus or confined to apical

area; the underside with dark spot at apex.

Hab. Gop Coast, Accra (Carter), 1 g ; Nigeria, Borgu. Yelwa

L. (Migeod), 3 3 ; Narvat, Tsipingo (Marshall), 1 g, Durban

(Trimen, Gooch), 4 6. Exp. 28 millim.

Larva. Red-brown freckled with blackish, crimson, and white ;

warts and stigmata blackish; Ist two pairs of prolegs absent.

6169. Tarache cyanocraspis, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 14.)

3. Head and thorax white mixed with some grey; palpi

fuscous at tips; antennee brown; fore tibia and the tarsi brown,

the latter ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white with dorsal

brown bands. Fore wing pure white; subbasal line olive-grey,

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

olive-grey, double, waved, confluent with a patch on medial part

of costal area; a slight black discoidal striga with a small triangular

olive-grey spot above it on costa; terminal area olive-brown

shading to deep purple-grey, its inner edge excurved from costa to

vein 4, then strongly incurved below the cell to near antemedial

line and with the indistinctly double sinuous dark postmedial line

near its inner edge with tufts of raised metallic blackish scales on

it below veins 4, 3, 2; subterminal line represented by a series

of somewhat dentate deep cupreous-red marks with a slight waved

white line beyond them on inner half and a white striga at costa ;

a terminal series of black striz slightly defined on inner side by

white except towards apex; cilia white at middle, dark towards

apex and tornus, Hind wing semihyaline white with a brown

TARACHE. 777

patch at apex and terminal line to vein 2; the underside with

postmedial dark striga from costa.

Hab. Ucanpa, Victoria Nyanza (Hannington), 1 5 ; Masnona-

LAND (Dobbie), 1 3 type. xp. 82 millim.

6170. Tarache secta. (Plate CLX XIII. fig. 15.)

Acontia secta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 221 (1852).

dg. Head, thorax, and abdomen white; antenne brown; fore

tibiae and the tarsi brown, the latter ringed with white. Fore

wing pure white; subbasal line represented by a slight grey-

brown striga from costa; antemedial line grey-brown, double,

waved, erect; orbicular represented by slight grey-brown spots on

its inner and outer edges, the reniform by a black discoidal point ;

a grey-brown spot on middle of costa; terminal area grey-brown

tinged with cupreous red, its inner edge angled at vein 7 and

incurved below end of cell; postmedial line represented by a small

brown spot on costa on the white area and an indistinctly double

lunulate black line on the dark area, strongly incurved below

vein 4,a white point beyond it on costa; subterminal line white,

defined on inner side by slight blackish marks, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of slight black lunules

defined on inner side by white; cilia white with brown spots

towards apex and at tornus. Hind wing semihyaline white; a

terminal brown band narrowing to tornus; cilia white; the

underside with brown spot on middle of costa and bar from costa

beyond middle.

Hab. Axsysstnta, Atbara (Gerrard), 1g. Hap. 30 millim.

6171. Tarache porphyrea. (Plate CLX XIII. fig. 16.)

Tarache porphyrea (3), Butl. P. Z. 8. 1898, p. 420.

§. Head and thorax pure white, the metathorax with some

grey scales at base; palpi at tips and antenne brownish; fore

femora brown above, the tibie and tarsi banded brown and white ;

abdomen white dorsally slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing

pure white to postmedial line, before which there are olive-grey

patches on costa and beyond the cell; subbasal line olive-grey,

double, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line olive-grey,

double, waved, erect; reniform represented by slight black strize

at sides ; postmedial line double, filled in with white towards costa,

below which it is slightly bent outwards, then blackish, minutely

sinuous, below vein 4 incurved to below end of cell, the area

beyond it red-brown suffused with silvery purple and with some

white points on costa; subterminal line represented by slight

white marks defined on inner side by obscure somewhat dentate

black marks, angled outwards below vein 7 and slightly dentate

at middle ; the terminal area irrorated with silvery blue and with

778 NOOCTUIDA.

whitish patch at middle; a terminal series of black striw; cilia

white at middle, blackish towards apex and at tornus and tipped

with white below apex. Hind wing pure white with small black-

brown apical patch continued to vein 2 as a line with minute

streaks at extremities of veins.

@. Head and thorax creamy white suffused with olive-brown ;

fore wing creamy white, the costal half suffused with olive-brown

to end of cell, the orbicular represented by a whitish point; hind

wing dark brown, the cilia brown at base, whitish at tips; the

underside brownish white with diffused curved postmedial line and

terminal band.

Hab. Gop Coast, Accra (Carter), 1 9 ; Br. HE. Arrica, Neugia

(Crawshay), 1 3, Voi (Betton), 1 9 type; Becnuanatanp, N’Gami

(Lugard),1 2. EHwp. 22-24 millim.

6172. Tarache citripennis, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 17.)

Head and thorax creamy white; palpi at tips, lateral spots on

frons, and the antenne black; fore and mid tibie and tarsi banded

black and white; abdomen pale yellow, the base and ventral

surface white. Fore wing creamy white; subbasal line grey,

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line grey

with blackish spots at costa, double, waved; orbicular represented

by a small grey spot, the reniform by a black striga on inner side

and minute point at upper extremity; a curved grey bar from

middle of costa and a small postmedial spot on costa ; terminal area

olive-grey shading to purple-grey suffused with red towards termen,

its inner edge slightly angled outwards at vein 6 and strongly

incurved below vein 4; postmedial line arising at the angle at

vein 6, indistinetly double filled in with some white, minutely

waved, incurved below vein 4 and with a black and silvery blue

mark before it in submedian fold; subterminal line slight, white

defined on inner side by deep red marks and by black marks above

and below vein 6, excurved below vein 7, dentate at veins 4,3 and

bent outwards to tornus; a white patch beyond it below middle;

a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia grey with a white

patch below middle. Hind wing pale golden yellow, the cilia

white.

Hab. Navat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 S$ type; Basvronann,

Maseru (Crawshay), 1 9. Hp. 38 millim,

*6173. Tarache spangbergi. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 18.)

Acontia spangbergi, Auriv. Gifv. Ak. Forh. xxxvi. (7) p. 62 (1879).

3. Head blackish ; thorax creamy white, the fore tibie and the

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen yellowish white. Fore

wing creamy white with a slight ochreous tinge; subbasal line

represented by double grey strize from costa; a slight grey streak

TARACHE. 779

on base of vein 1 ; antemedial line double, grey, waved, obsolescent

on inner area; orbicular absent ; reniform defined by grey, round,

with an oblique greyish bar from costa to it and another beyond

it ; terminal area greyish brown, its inner edge obliquely excurved

from costa to vein 4, then strongly incurved to inner margin ;

postmedial line indistinctly double and minutely waved, forming

the inner edge of the dark area to vein 4, then incurved; sub-

terminal line indistinct, whitish, minutely waved, with a small

blackish spot beyond it below vein 3; a terminal series of black

strie; cilia grey-brown with whitish patch at middle. Hind

wing pale yellow, the termen suffused with reddish brown

narrowing to a point at tornus; cilia yellowish white.

Hab, Damarauann, type ¢ ¢ in Mus. Stockholm. Exp. 30

millim.

6174. Tarache rufitincta, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 19.)

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen reddish ochreous. Fore

wing whitish tinged with flesh-colour; subbasal line indistinct,

greyish, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

- line greyish, double, waved; reniform defined by slight black bars

at sides; a greyish patch on middle of costa; postmedial line with

a small greyish spot at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa,

then blackish, indistinctly double, and minutely waved, slightly

incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 bent inwards to below end

of cell, the area beyond it brown mixed with silvery purple ; sub-

terminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by slight

black and brown marks which are rather elongate below costa,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; terminal area with a white

patch at middle; a terminal series of black striz ; cilia white with

patches of blackish towards apex and at tornus. Hind wing

ochreous white suffused with fuscous brown, especially towards

termen ; cilia yellowish white, tinged with brown at base at apex ;

the underside ochreous white slightly irrorated with brown and

with diffused postmedial and terminal dark bands.

Hab. Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 9 type. KHxp. 22 millim.

6175. Tarache carnescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 20.)

3. Head greyish fuscous, the palpi white except at tips, the

antenne brown; thorax pinkish white with some black scales on

vertex and at base of metathoracic crest; pectus and legs white,

the fore tibiz and the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

white with ochreous segmental lines. Fore wing white tinged

with pink; subbasal line ochreous, double, waved, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line double, waved ; orbicular absent ;

reniform slightly defined by black, hoop-shaped, open below ; an

oblique ochreous mark on middle of costa; terminal area silvery

780 NOCTUIDAE.

purple shading to olive on inner edge which is excurved to vein 4,

then strongly incurved to below end of eell; postmedial line repre-

sented by an oblique ochreous mark from costa on the white area,

then by a sinuous dark line strongly incurved below vein 4; sub-

terminal line faint, whitish, defined on inner side by slight cupreous

red marks towards costa and tornus, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black

striz ; cilia whitish mixed with brown towards apex and tornus.

Hind wing white, the termen tinged with olive ochreous from

apex to vein 2; the underside white, the costa faintly tinged with

ochreous.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Sabaki R. (Gregory), 1 3 type. Hap. 26

millim.

6176. Tarache urania.

Acontia wrania, Friv. Tarsas. Tud. Akad. Evkonys. ii. p. 274, pl. 7. fig. 10

(1835); Err. Neue Beitr. pl. 415. #. 3,4; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 227; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 2265.

Chariclea eversmanni, Kol. Mei. Ent. pl. 18. f. 3 (1846).

6. Head brown tinged with pink, the palpi white at base;

thorax creamy white, the tibive and tarsi brownish ringed with

white; abdomen white tinged with ochreous. Fore wing creamy

white tinged with ochreous, especially towards costa, and slightly

with pink; subbasal line brownish, double, waved, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line brownish, double, waved, obso-

leseent on inner area; orbicular a small round black annulus;

reniform elliptical, partially defined by black, otherwise indistinctly

defined; a brownish spot on middle of costa and a small spot

beyond the middle; terminal area red-brown shading to pink and

with some silvery blue suffusion, its inner edge with some olive at

middle, obliquely excurved to vein 3, then retracted to below end

of cell and slightly angled outwards at vein 1, defined by a black

line below the cell and with some bluish scales beyond it in sub-

median fold; subterminal line indistinct, yellowish, somewhat

dentate below vein 4, some slight black marks beyond it below

costa; a terminal series of slight black lunules defined on inner

side by yellowish; cilia pink and rufous with a siight dark line at

middle. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with rufous, the

terminal area suffused with rufous; cilia white tinged with rufous

at base; the underside white, a small brown discoidal spot, the

termen tinged with brown from apex to vein 2.

9°, Hind wing more uniformly suffused with red-brown.

Hab. ?Sic1ry; Huneary, Leech Coll.; Bunesria; ARMENIA ;

Kurpistan ; Asta Minor, Frey and D’Emmick Colls., Brussa, Zeller

Coll., Pontus, Bithynia, Taurus; Syria, Leech Coll., Mardin.

Exp. 28-32 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 273; Hffm. Raup. p. 140.

Violet-brown. Food-plant: Althea cannabina. 5 & 7.

TARACHE. T8L

6177. Tarache psaliphora, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIIL. fig. 21.)

$. Head pale purplish fuscous ; palpi white at base; thorax

creamy white with some grey on vertex; fore tibie and the tarsi

brown ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally suffused with

brownish ochreous. Fore wing creamy white; subbasal line pale

olive-grey, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line pale olive-grey, double, waved; reniform slightly

defined by black, incompletely hoop-shaped, open below; a tri-

angular pale olive-grey patch from middle of costa; terminal area

olive-brown shading to deep purple-grey, its inner edge excurved

to vein 4, then bent inwards to below end of cell and oblique to

inner margin; postmedial line represented by an oblique grey

spot from costa on the white area and an indistinctly double

sinuous line near inner edge of dark area with tufts of raised

blackish scales on it on inner area; subterminal line very in-

distinct, whitish defined on inner side by slight cupreous red marks,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to tornus;

a terminal series of black strizw slightly defined on inner side by

white ; cilia dark with a whitish patch below middle. Hind wing

semihyaline white, the costal area and termen tinged with ochreous,

the apex and cilia at apex brownish.

Hab. Gazatanp, Up. Bozi R. (Marshall), 1 3 type. Exp. 34

millim.,

6178. Tarache chrysoproctis. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 22.

Tarache chrysoproctis, Hinpsn. Ann, 8. Afr. Mus. 11. p. 887 (1902).

$. Head purplish fuscous; palpi white except at tips; thorax

white slightly tinged with ochreous; fore tibie and the tarsi

blackish ringed with white, the mid and hind tibiz with fuscous

bands; abdomen white with dorsal fuscous bands, the anal tuft

orange. Fore wing white; subbasal line grey, waved, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line grey, double, waved; a grey

patch on middle of costa and sometimes a streak in lower extremity

of cell, the antemedial and medial markings more or less suffused

with olive-yellow ; terminal area olive-green shading to brilliant

metallic purple, its inner edge excurved to vein 4, then bent

inwards to below middle of cell; postmedial line represented by

an olive-grey spot on costa and striga in discal fold on the white

area and a tuft of raised black scales in submedian fold on the

dark area; two white points on costa towards apex; subterminal

line represented by slight white marks defined on inner side by

slight red-brown marks, excurved below vein 7 and waved at

middle; a terminal series of black strize defined on inner side by

white at middle; cilia blackish and purple towards apex and at

tornus, yellowish white at middle and with slight dark line

through them. Hind wing white with fuscous terminal band,

782 NOCTUID A.

obsolescent towards tornus; cilia white with slight fuscous marks

at apex ; the underside with postmedial bar from costa, a lunulate

subterminal band from costa to vein 4 with dark marks beyond it

on termen and a slight spot below vein 2.

Hab. Masnonatann, Salisbury (Marshall, Dobbie), 2 3 type.

Exp, 32-34 millim.

6179. Tarache titania.

Noctua titania, Esp. Schmett. iv. p. 36, pl. 190. f. 2 (1796); Dup. Lép.

Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 488, pl. 38. f. 6; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. ff. 230-1; Friv. Tarsas. Tud. Akad. Hvkonys. xi. (4) pl. 7. f. 10

(1886); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 225.

$. Head and tegule fuscous brown with a greyish tinge, the

latter white at base; palpi white except towards tips; thorax

white slightly mixed with grey, the fore tibize and tarsi brownish

ringed with white; abdomen white with diffused dorsal brownish

bands and ventral bars. Fore wing white tinged with olive-

yellow; subbasal and antemedial lines represented by double

greyish bars from costa; orbicular represented by a black point,

the reniform indistinct, greyish, oblique elliptical; a pale olive-

yellow band from middle of costa to median nervure where it joins

the dark terminal area, which is olive-brown shading to purplish

grey, its inner edge obliquely excurved from costa to vein 4, then

retracted to below end of cell and incurved to inner margin ;’ traces

of a fine dentate whitish postmedial line from vein 6 to inner

margin, strongly incuryed below vein 4 and with some bluish

white irroration before it in submedian fold; subterminal line

slight, yellowish defined on inner side by cupreous red, incurved

and waved below vein 3; a terminal series of slight black lunules ;

cilia brown, white-tipped at apex and with white patch below

middle. Hind wing white, some brown suffusion at base; a

sinuous fuscous brown medial band; a broad terminal fuscous

band, its inner edge incurved below vein 3; cilia white, brown at

base from apex to vein 4 and at tornus; the underside white, an

irregular black-brown medial band, the terminal band with a

maculate white line on it from below apex to termen at vein 1.

Q. Thorax darker; fore wing with more dark suffusion at base;

hind wing with the white areas reduced.

Hab. Huneary; Bosnra; Bunearta; 8. Russta (Christoph),

Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Araenza ; Asta Minor, Pontus;

W. Sreeria, Altai. Evp. 28-32 millim.

Larva. Yellowish white mottled with pink; dorsal line in-

distinct ; lateral line whitish; somites 4-6 with deep pink lateral

patches marked with some black, the warts on them white

(Christoph).

TARACHE. 783

6180. Tarache gradata. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 23.)

Acontia gradata, Wik. xii. 788 (1857).

Head black, the palpi white except at tips; thorax creamy

white with slight black marks at sides of metathorax ; tibie and

tarsi banded black and white; abdomen white, dorsally tinged

with yellow except at base, and with slight brownish segmental

lines. Fore wing creamy white; subbasal line grey, double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line grey, double,

waved; orbicular represented by a few black scales; reniform

incompletely defined by black, hoop-shaped, open below, a grey

bar from costa before it; an oblique postmedial grey bar from

costa ; terminal area silvery purple with some olive on its inner

edge, which is angled inwards at vein 6 to near the reniform and

strongly incurved below vein 4; postmedial line very indistinct,

double, minutely waved, incurved below vein 4 and with two

black and silvery blue marks before it on inner area; a white

point on costa before the subterminal line, which is represented by

slight dark marks with a white point at costa and slight white

marks beyond them on inner half, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black

strie slightly defined by white towards tornus; cilia purple-grey

with yellowish white patch above tornus. Hind wing orange-

yellow with terminal brown band from apex to vein 2; cilia

creamy white with some fuscous at base towards apex; the under-

side with the costal area whitish, a small blackish discoidal spot,

patch on middle of costa, curved punctiform postmedial line from

costa to vein 4, and patch on apical part of termen.

Hab. Carn Cotony (Drege), 1 3 type, Grahamstown, 1 9.

Exp. 34 millim.

6181. Tarache notabilis. (Plate CLX XIII. fig. 24.)

Calophasia notabilis, Wlk. xi. 669 (1857); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 311.

Head and thorax white, the latter faintly tinged with fuscous

on dorsum; antennee fuscous; fore legs and the tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen white with slight dorsal brownish

bands. Fore wing creamy white; a slight waved black subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold, more or less reduced to points ;

antemedial line represented by an oblique wedge-shaped mark

from costa and usually one or more points in submedian interspace ;

an oblique quadrate spot from middle of costa; terminal area

olive-brown shading to purple-grey, its inner edge angled below

vein 7 and incurved below the cell; postmedial line dentate, black,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line white with

elongate black marks beyond it from costa to vein 5 and a black

lunule above tornus, dentate, and with the veins beyond it streaked

784 NOCTUID &.

with white except towards apex and tornus; a fine white line

just before termen ; cilia white, tinged with purplish towards apex

and with a series of purple-grey points near base. Hind wing

semihyaline white, the veins tinged with brown, the termen

suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; the underside white,

sometimes with slight brown spots on costa beyond middle and at

apex.

Hab. Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 9, Rawal Pindi, 1 9,

Campbellpur (Yerbury), 1 9. Wazeerabad (Hearsey), 2 5, 2 Q

type; Beneat, Calcutta (Hocking), 1 3. Hap. 34-36 millim.

6182. Tarache hortensis.

Acontia hortensis, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1884, p. 517, pl. 47. f. 7; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 311.

g. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous grey; fore

tibie and the tarsi brownish ringed with white; abdomen white

tinged with ochreous. Fore wing white, the base slightly tinged

with grey; a subbasal black spot in cell; antemedial line fuscous,

double, waved, somewhat interrupted; orbicular absent; terminal

area purple-grey largely suffused with red-brown, its inner edge

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; reniform

incompletely defined by black; a quadrate postmedial white patch

on costa, the postmedial line arising from it, black slightly defined

on outer side by white, angled inwards at discal fold, strongly

incurved below vein 4 and slightly excurved at vein 1; sub-

terminal, line white defined on inner side by brown, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved and bent outwards to

tornus, some white beyond it below apex and at middle; a terminal

series of black strie and a spot above tornus ; cilia purplish brown

with a white patch above tornus. Hind wing white, the costal

area towards apex and the termen to vein 2 suffused with brown ;

the underside with two postmedial yellow-brown bars from costa

and a mark at apex.

@. Fore wing with the basal area more suffused with grey ;

hind wing wholly suffused with reddish brown, darker towards

termen.

Hab. Supan, Suakim (FTetcher), 1 S$ ; Soxorra, Hadibu Plains

(0.-Grant), 23 ; Stxv, Karachi (Swinhoc), 192 type. Hwxp. 24-26

millim.

6183. Tarache niphogona.

Tarache niphogona Hmpsn. Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 109, pl. iv. f. 17

(1909).

®. Head dark brown, the palpi white except at tips; thorax

creamy white with a few black scales at sides of metathoracic

crest ; fore tibize and the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

brownish ochreous with slight dark dorsal segmental lines, the

TARACHE. 7895

ventral surface white. Fore wing with the basal half white;

subbasal line grey, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line grey, double, waved ; orbicular a small black spot;

terminal half olive-brown shading to deep purple-grey, its inner

edge angled in cell, then oblique; reniform defined by blackish,

hoop-shaped, open below; a triangular white patch from costa

towards apex, the minutely waved blackish postmedial line arising

from it, strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct,

whitish defined on inner side by small somewhat dentate rufous

marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to

tornus; a terminal series of black points slightly defined on inner side

by white, a larger spot in submedian fold; cilia brownish towards

apex and tornus, white at middle. Hind wing ochreous whitish

suffused with red-brown, especially towards termen; a small |

discoidal spot and diffused postmedial line; cilia white, brownish

towards apex; the underside white tinged with brown, a slight

discoidal lunule, brown patch at middle of costa, diffused curved

postmedial line, and terminal band narrowing to submedian fold.

¢. Fore wing with the white basal area confluent on costal

half with the white postmedial patch, the inner edge of the dark

terminal area very strongly and evenly incurved below vein 5,

two small olive spots on costa beyond middle; hind wing white

with narrow terminal dark band from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Ucanpa, Ruwenzori, 3,500' (Legge § Wollaston), 22 type;

Congo, Katanga, Kambove (Neave), 1 ¢ ; N.W. Raopssta, Alala

plateau (Neave), 1 g ; Masnonaranp (Dobbie), 1 S$. Exp. 30

millim.

6184. Tarache caffraria.

Noctua caffraria, Oram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 82, pl. 147: fig. F (1779).

Noctua caloris, Hibn. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f. 872 (1808).

Acontia komaga, Keld. Reis. Noy. pl. 108. f. 33 (1874).

3. Head black, the palpi white except at tips; thorax creamy

white with a few black scales at sides of metathoracic crest; fore

tibia and the tarsi black ringed with white, the mid and hind

tibiee with black spots; abdomen creamy white with slight fuscous

dorsal segmental lines. Fore wing with the basal half creamy

white; subbasal line diffused, grey, double, waved, from costa to

submedian fold, confluent with the diffused double waved ante-

medial line; orbicular a small black spot; terminal half deep olive-

green shading to deep purple, its inner edge oblique from costa to

median nervure where it is angled ; reniform elliptical, more or less

strongly defined by white, confluent with a quadrate white patch

on postmedial costal area; postmedial line represented by an

oblique dark bar on the white costal patch and a series of black

spots on the dark area, strongly incurved below vein +; subterminal

line represented by a series of very slight rufous lunules with some

VoL. X. 3E

736 NOCTUID.E.

white irroration beyond them; a terminal series of black strize

defined on inner side by white at middle; cilia brown towards apex

and tornus, white at middle. Hind wing white with narrow

terminal fuscous band from apex to vein 2 or narrowing to tornus ;

cilia fuscous at apex; the underside with blackish medial and post-

medial bars from costa and patch at apex.

Q@. Hind wing suffused with fuscous brown leaving some white

in lower part of cell and on inner area, a dark discoidal bar and

sinuous postmedial line slightly defined by white on outer side; the

Fig. 210.— Tarache caffraria, 8. }.

underside white with discoidal point, medial bar from costa, incom-

plete postmedial line, and terminal band with dentate inner edge.

Ab. 1. @. Fore wing with the dark area extending to ante-

medial line; hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous

brown.—-Br. E. Africa.

Hab. Br. KE. Arrtica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 2; Transvaan, Piet

Retief (Crawshay), 2 3, Kranspan (Janse), 1 g ; ZuLuLanp,

Lr. Tugela (Reynolds), 1 3, 1 Q; Natat, Estcourt (Hutchinson),

2 &, Newcastle, 1 ¢, Durban (Bowker, Leigh), 2 9; Carr Cotony

(Sir A. Smith), 1.9, Knysna (Trimen), 1 3, 1 9, Simonstown

(de la Garde), 1g,192,Cape Town (Trimen), 19,19. Hap. 32-

40 millim.

6185. Tarache lucida.

Noctua lucida, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 302 (1766); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 310; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 225.

Noctua solaris, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 90 (1776); Hsp. Schmett. iv. pl. 88.

ff. 2, 3 (1788); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 307, 308; Dup. Lép.

Fr. vii. pt. 1, p. 346, pl. 121. ff. 1,2; Brr. Neue Beitr. pl. 345.

Noctua albicollis, abr. Spee. Ins. ii. p. 218 (1781).

Nectua rupicola, Borkh. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 82 (1792).

Noctua insolatriz, Hubn. Kur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 684-5 (1822).

Acontia titania, Frr. Neue Beitr, vi. p. 84, pl. 533 (1852), nee Esp.

Acontia triradiata, W\k. xii. 794 (1857).

Acontia triangulum, Costa, Atti Accad. Napoli, ix. (11) p. 39 (1882).

Acontia lugens, Alph. Rom. Mém. v. p. 182 (1889).

Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with some white; palpi

white except at tips; pectus and legs white, the tibia with brown

TARACHE. 787

bands, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown

with white segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

with the basal half white, the base slightly tinged with grey; a

subbasal grey striga from costa with a black spot beyond it in cell;

antemedial line represented by an oblique fuscous bar from costa

and a slight mark above inner margin; orbicular represented by a

white point defined on inner side by yellow on the inner edge of

the dark terminal half, which is olive-brown shading to purple-grey

at termen, its inner edge oblique from costa to median nervure, then

incurved; reniform slightly defined by white, strongly constricted

at middle and angled inwards on median nervure ; a quadrate post-

medial white patch from costa, the somewhat lunulate blackish

postmedial line arising from it, strongly incurved below vein 4, with

a black and greyish mark on it in submedian interspace and traces

of a waved white line beyond it from vein 3 to inner margin; a

white point on costa before the subterminal white line, which is

excurved below vein 7, somewhat dentate at veins 4, 3 and bent

outwards to tornus, the veins beyond it streaked with white on

inner half; a terminal series of small black spots defined by white

on inner side and with larger spot below apex; cilia white, red-

brown with some white spots on apical half and at tornus. Hind

wing white, the basal area with diffused brown streaks on costal

and inner areas and median neryure; a broad terminal brown band

with sinuous inner edge; cilia white, brown at base towards apex;

the underside with the streaks of basal half reduced, a black post-

medial bar from costa.

Ab. 1. lugens. Much darker; fore wing with the basal area

mostly suffused with olive-brown.

Ab. 2. albicollis. Head, thorax, and basal half of fore wing

wholly white. j

Ab. 3. insolatrix. Fore wing with the medial area ‘fulvous

yellow to postmedial line instead of olive-brown.

Hab. Brrrarn (1 sp.); Francn, Frey, Sand, & Leech Colls.,

Toulouse (Haton); Germany, Zeller Coll.; Ausrria; Huneary ;

Spain, Leech Coll., Casayo (Chapman), Gibraltar (Irby); Ivaty,

Rome, Zeller Coll.; Sicrty, Zeller Coll.; Datmarta, Frey Coll. ;

Greece, Merlin Coll., Morea (Elwes); Aterrta (Mrs. Nicholl),

Philippeville (Walsingham), Biskra (Walsingham); Morocco,

Tangier, Leech Coll., Mogador, Leech Coll.; Canarius, Leech Coll. ;

Mapzira, Porto Santo ( Wollaston, O.-Grant); Crete (Miss Bate) ;

Ruopzs, Zeller Coll. ; Cyprus (Miss Bate); Butearta (Mrs. Nicholl) ;

Roussta, Livonia, Sarepta (Christoph); Armenia; Asta Minor,

Zeller Coll.; Syria, Leech Coll., Lebanon, Leech Coll. ; Prrsta, Fao

(Cumming), 3 6, 2 9; W. Turxestran; W. Siseria, Altai ;

Kasuuir (Wurse), 1 ¢, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 9; Punsas, Kulu

(Hocking), 3 3, Cambellpur (Yerbury), 2 6, 3 2. Murree (Har-

ford), 1 3, Chittar Pahar (Yerbury), 1 9, Wuzeerabad (Hearsey),

1 Q type triradiata. Kap. 26-30 millim.

3b 2

788 NOCTUIDZ.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 165; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 176; Hffm.

Raup. p. 140, pl. 36. f. 7.

Grey-brown tinged with red and dorsally mixed with blackish

and whitish, spiracular line white; lst pair of prolegs absent.

Food-plants: Convolvulus and Malva. 6.7.9.

*6186. Tarache malgassica. (Plate CLX XIII. fig. 25.)

Acontia malgassica, Mab. C. R. Ent. Soc. Belg. xxv. p. 60 (1881);

Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 330.

@. Head and tegule white; thorax and abdomen white tinged

with brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white,

the tarsi tinged with brown and irrorated with white. Fore wing

white faintly tinged with ochreous on inner half, a brownish fascia

on basal half of inner margin; subbasal line represented by a

curved black striga from costa and black striga from cell; brownish

marks on and below costa and above and below submedian fold

before the antemedial line, which is slight, black, interrupted, waved,

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then erect, a quadrate brown

mark beyond it on costa; orbicular represented by an elongate

brown and grey patch, the reniform by a few brown scales on its

edges, with a triangular brown mark above it from costa; a small

triangular postmedial brown mark on costa; a slight blackish line

from vein 6 beyond the cell, erect to vein 4, then bent inwards to

lower angle of cell and erect to inner margin, the area beyond it

dark brown to the subterminal line traversed by the black post-

medial line, which arises from the triangular costal mark, is slightly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate and below vein 4 strongly

incurved ; subterminal line whitish, incurved below costa and vein 3,

where there are round black spots with whitish annuli beyond it,

minutely dentate at middle; terminal area white tinged with grey ;

a terminal series of brown striz; cilia white tinged with brown.

Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown, broadly

at costa, narrowing to tornus; cilia white with a brown line near

base; the underside white with the terminal half of costal area and

terminal area slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Mavacascar, type ft 2 in Coll. Mabille. wp. 46 millim.

_ 6187. Tarache discoidea. (Plate CLXXIIL. figs. 26 g, 27 9.)

Acontia discoidea, Hopffr. Peter's Reis. Moz. p. 433, pl. 28. f. 9 (1862).

Calophasia upsilon, Wik. xxxiii. 763 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. dll.

Head grey-brown, the palpi white except at tips; thorax white

slightly tinged with ochreous; fore tibiz and the tarsi brown ringed

with white; abdomen reddish ochreous, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing white with a faint ochreous tinge; subbasal line greenish

grey, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold where there are

4 TARACHE. 789

some blackish scales on its outer edge; antemedial line double,

greenish grey filled in with white, waved, excurved below the cell ;

orbicular and reniform slightly defined by black, the former minute,

round, on a greyish patch connected with a patch on costa, the

latter hoop-shaped, open below; terminal area deep red-brown;

postmedial line represented by a greenish grey bar from costa on

the white area and a sinuous blackish line from vein 6 to inner

margin, incurved below vein 4, with some greenish grey before it

beyond the cell and on inner area; two white points on costa

towards apex; traces of a sinuous dark subterminal line, below

vein 3 incurved and with slight white points on its outer edge; a

fine black terminal line; cilia blackish with some white at base and

tips above tornus. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the veins and

termen tinged with reddish brown, in female more uniformly

suffused with brown; cilia whitish, tinged with brown towards

apex; the underside yellowish white with dark discoidal point and

some diffused brown at middle of costa and apex.

Hab. Conco (Marsden), 1 3; ANneota, Ambriz (Monteiro), 1 3;

Br. EH. Arrica, Sabaki R. (Gregory), 1 2, Taveta (Rogers), 4 9,

Kilimanjaro (Jackson), 1 2, Samburu (Betton), 1 9; Portueurse

HK. Arrica; Becauanatann, N’gami (Lugard), 1 $; Natat, Durban

(Leigh), 1 2 ; Bompay, Poona, 1 2 type upsilon; Mapras, She-

varoys, 1 g. Hxp. 26-30 millim.

*6188. Tarache costosa. (Plate CLX XIII. fig. 28.)

Tarache costosa, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 728.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with brown in parts;

tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing greyish brown, the

basal area white with a brown streak above inner margin ; subbasal

line grey, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

grey, oblique, waved; a white patch on medial part of costa

extending. to median nervure, its outer edge obliquely excised, a

brown point on it below middle of costa and a black point on its

inner edge representing the orbicular ; an indistinct blackish medial

line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line dark, oblique from

costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then obliquely incurved, a small

triangular white mark beyond it on costa; subterminal line white,

dentate, defined on inner side by dentate brown marks, angled out-

wards at veins 7, 6; a terminal series of black points defined on

inner side by white striz; cilia white tinged with brown towards

apex and tornus and with blackish patch at discal fold. Hind

wing white slightly tinged with ochreous, the terminal area suffused

with red-brown; cilia white; the underside white tinged with

ochreous, a small brown discoidal spot.

Hab. Mapagascar, type t 2 in coll, Mabille. Hvp. 24 millim.

790 NOCTUIDZ.

6189. Tarache margaritata.

Noctua margaritata, Drury, 11]. Exot. Ins. iii. pl. 21. f. 6 (1782).

Acontia bohemanni, Willgrn. Anteckn. i. Zool. i. p. 58 (1856); id. Svensk.

Vet.-Akad. Handl. (5) 3, p. 66 (1864).

Acontia monilifera, W\k. xii. 798 (1857).

Acontia includens, W\k. xii. 799 (1857).

Acontia unio, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 82 (1874).

3S. Head and thorax white; palpi at tips, frons, antenne, and

metathoracic crest brownish ; fore tibie and the tarsi brown ringed

with white; abdomen white with sight brownish dorsal segmental

lines. Fore wing with the basal half white; subbasal line grey,

double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, followed by a black

point in cell; antemedial line grey, double, waved; orbicular a

small round grey spot with faintly defined white annulus; a medial

olive-green band, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell where it

is interrupted, then incurved and with black lunule beyond it in

submedian fold; reniform defined by black, hoop-shaped, open

below ; a large truncate conical white postmedial patch trom costa

to discal fold, its inner edge excised below, its outer edge angled

below vein 7, some olive-green below it, the indistinct double

minutely waved postmedial line arising from its outer edge and

incurved below vein 4; the terminal area purplish grey tinged with

blood-red ; subterminal line very slight, whitish, defined on inner

side by blood-red, incurved below costa where there is a blackish

patch beyond it, then minutely waved; a terminal series of black

strie slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia pinkish and

white with a series of obscure dark spots and whitish patch below

middle. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with red-brown

_and with slight dark points on it from apex to vein 3; the under-

side with slight black discoidal spot.

2. Fore wing with the basal area slightly suffused with grey ;

hind wing with the whole terminal area suffused with brown.

Hab. Natar, Durban (Gooch), 2 $, 39, types monilifera and

includens. Exp. 36-40 millim. Typet bohemannt in Mus.

Stockholm.

6190. Tarache tetragonisa, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 29.)

9. Head grey-brown, the vertex and tegul pure white ; thorax

white tinged with brown; pectus and legs white, the fore tibize

and tarsi grey-brown ringed with white; abdomen brownish with

darker segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

purplish grey, the terminal half suffused with red-brown except

towards inner margin, some white suffusion at base; subbasal

line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold, a black

point beyond it in cell; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ;

orbicular faintly indicated by some dark scales, the reniform by

slight oblique black bars at sides; traces of a waved line from

TARACHE. 791

lower angle of cell to inner margin; a large pure white truncate

conical patch from postmedial part of costa to discal fold, its inner

edge excised by the reniform, its outer angled below vein 7, the

indistinct double minutely waved postmedial line arising from

its outer edge, strongly incurved below vein 4 and with a tuft

of blue-black scales before it in submedian fold; subterminal

line cupreous red, incurved below costa, then minutely waved

and with black spots beyond it at apex, middle, and above

tornus; a terminal series of minute black lunules; cilia grey

intersected with black at base, rufous at tips. Hind wing pale

brownish ochreous, darker towards termen ; cilia white, tinged with

brown at apex and at base to vein 2; the underside white tinged

with brown, the termen suffused with brown from apex to vein 2,

a black discoidal spot, traces of a diffused curved postmedial line,

and terminal series of black strie.

Hab. Transvaat, Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 2 type; Narat,

Stanger (Delvin), 1 2, Bond’s Drift (Reynolds), 19. Exp. 36

millim.

6191. Tarache leucotrigona. (Plate CLXXIII. figs. 30 g,319.)

Turache leucotrigona, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 486 (1905).

g. Head whitish suffused with grey-brown or pinkish, the palpi

white below; thorax white suffused with grey-brown except the

tegule ; pectus and legs white, the fore tibiw and the tarsi brown

ringed with white; abdomen brownish white with brown dorsal

segmental bands. Fore wing white, the basal area suffused with

olive-grey or pinkish; subbasal line white, waved, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line white, waved; orbicular repre-

sented by a few black scales, the reniform slightly defined by black,

hoop-shaped, open below ; terminal area olive-green shading to deep

purple, its inner edge running obliquely from costa beyond ante-

medial line to beyond lower angle of cell, then retracted to below

middle of cell and erect to inner margin; a triangular white patch

on costa towards apex, the indistinct minutely waved postmedial

line arising from its apex, with some tufts of black scales on it,

strongly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line represented by

a series of small dentate red marks with slight white marks on their

outer side on inner half; a terminal series of black striw slightly

defined by white on inner side; cilia purplish grey with whitish

patch at middle. Hind wing white, the costal area, veins of

terminal area, and termen from apex to vein 2 suffused with brown ;

cilia white, brown at apex; the underside with medial and post-

medial brown bars from costa.

2. Hind wing wholly suffused with reddish brown, the cilia

white except at apex; the underside white tinged with brown, a

black discoidal spot, diffused curved postmedial line, and traces of

subterminal band.

792 NOCTUID H.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the upper part of reniform produced and

emitting two black streaks intersecting the triangular part.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 3,1 9, Machakos

(Crawshay), 1 6; Gazatanp, Melsetter (Marshall), 1 2 type;

Zuuuranp, Lr. Tugela (Reynolds), 1 9; Narvat, Maritzburg

(Burnup), 1 2. Exp. 32-36 millim.

*6192. Tarache dimidata. (Plate CLXXIII. fig. 32.)

Acontia dimidata, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xiii. p. 208 (1905).

@. Head and tegule fuscous mixed with some white; palpifuscous,

the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white ; thorax ochreous white,

the fore and mid tibie and the tarsi blackish ringed with white;

abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing

with the basal half ochreous white; some brown at base of costa ;

a subbasal black point on costa followed by a whitish spot, then a

triangular brown patch and a slight subbasal black lunule in cell;

an antemedial black point on costa; terminal half blackish brown

tinged with grey and defined on inner side by the sinuous black

medial line ; reniform leaden grey with very slight white annulus

faintly defined by black, elliptical; postmedial line slight, black

defined on outer side by silvery grey, obliquely curved from costa to

vein 6, very slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved and

sinuous below vein 4; some white points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line slight, black, defined on inner side by yellowish white

except towards costa and forming a patch at discal fold, and on

outer side by silvery grey, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6

and excurved at middle; a fine black terminal line defined on inner

side by a white line except towards tornus; cilia with whitish

patches at apex and above tornus. Hind wing ochreous white

tinged with brown; a fine black terminal line except towards

tornus; cilia whitish at tips; the underside white, the costal half

irrorated with brown, the inner half tinged with ochreous, a dark

discoidal point,

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Yavapai Co., 9 in Coll. J. B. Smith,

Redington. Hap. 16 millim,

Genus EUGRAPHIA. ees

Eugraphia, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 208 (1852) .......6...0.c0e.e0eeccserevcees Pant

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons which is smooth ;

eyes large, round ; antennz of male somewhat laminate and almost simple;

thorax clothed with hair overlying scales and without crests; tibiz smoothly

scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 nearly fully

developed from well below middle of discocellulars ; 6,7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

EUGRAPHIA. 793

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour creamy white.

a. Fore wing with the terminal area creamy white ............ splendens.

6. Fore wing with the terminal area orange-red with broad

greyish fuscous subterminal and terminal bands ......... irretita..

c. Fore wing with the terminal area black ................2.6+- effusa.

B. Fore wing bronze-green.

a. Fore wing with orange streaks below costa, on median

NELVUE ANC yes MW Ieee es cee scaricisctssecuceecesssdesbe-cans eee trilinea.

6. Fore wing without orange streaks ............sccss-sc-sseseeres obscwra.

6193. Eugraphia splendens. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 1.)

Eugraphia splendens, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 42 (1896).

Head and thorax pale yellow; antenne black ; fore tibize and the

tarsi banded black and white, the mid and hind tibiz with black

bands at extremities; abdomen orange, pale yellow below. Fore

wing pale yellow; an obliquely curved olive-brown line from costa

before middle to lower angle of cell where it joins the olive-brown

medial line, slightly excurved below costa ; a postmedial olive-brown

patch on costal area, its lower extremity connected bya streak with

a small spot beyond the cell; an oblique blood-red bar from lower

angle of cell to near tornus with two ocelli on its inner edge, with

olive-brown inner parts, silvery blue centres and black outer parts ;

an oblique olive-brown fascia suffused with grey from just below

apex to beyond lower angle of cell; cilia pale olive-brown. Hind

wing orange, whitish at base; a small black spot on termen Just

below apex ; cilia white; the underside with white mark at apex

with small blackish spot before it on costa.

Ab. 1. Hind wing of male whiter except terminal area and with-

out the black spots, of female with oblique blackish streak from apex

or large patch on apical area emitting a spur from lower extremity.

— Paraguay.

Hab. Ecuapor, Guayaquil (Dolby-Tyler), 4 ¢; Paraguay,

Sapucay (Foster), 1 6,292. Hep. 28-34 millim.

6194. Eugraphia irretita.

Kuseeptis rretita, Wiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. ii. p. 21, ff. 305, 306 (1828).

Noctua melanogramma, Perty, Del. Anim, Artic. Bras. pl. 32.f. 10 (1853).

Head and thorax pale yellow ; antenne black ; fore femora black

on inner side, the fore tibiz and the tarsi black ringed with white,

the mid and hind tibize with black bands at extremities; abdomen

orange, the ventral surface white with some sublateral black

spots. Fore wing yellowish white; an antemedial black lne

oblique to submedian fold where it is angled, then inwardly

oblique ; an oblique black line from costa to the postmedial line

at lower angle of cell; postmedial line black, expanding at costa,

obliquely curved from costa to submedian fold where it joins the

antemedial line, then outwardly oblique, some silver scales on

794 NOCTUID&.

its outer edge from lower angle of cell to inner margin; the

terminal area orange-red, except a wedge-shaped yellow patch on

costal area beyond the postmedial line; a broad oblique greyish

fuscous band from apex to vein 2 and a greyish fuscous mark

with small black spots above and below it beyond the postmedial

line on inner area; a terminal fuscous-brown band narrowing to

a point below apex; cilia fuscous brown. Hind wing of male

Fig. 211.—Hugraphia irretita, 3, }.

semihyaline white, the costa and termen yellow, a small apical

black spot, of female orange, with broad brown band from apex

to vein 1 incurved below vein 4; the underside of male with

two black points near apex, of female with the band narrower,

arising from before apex and ending at submedian fold, a small

spot at apex.

Hab. Braz, 1 g,1 2. Hep. 26 millim.

6195. Eugraphia effusa.

Eugraphia effusa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 304, pl. 28. f. 12

(1889), & ii. p. 492.

antenne black; spurs and tarsi brown; abdomen orange-yellow,

the ventral surface white with fuscous bands. Fore wing yellowish

white ; an oblique black bar from costa before middle to a black

fascia on terminal half of median nervure, met at end of cell by an

oblique line from middle of costa and erect bar from costa above

end of cell, emitting from lower angle of cell an oblique line to

inner margin and expanding beyond the cell to the black ter-

minal area; a few silvery blue scales in cell on the antemedial

black bar, a few at lower angle, and a fine silvery blue

line from lower angle of cell to inner margin near the inner

edge of the black terminal area. Hind wing orange-yellow, the

terminal area black, broad at costa where there is a yellowish

white spot at apex, narrowing to a point at tornus, its inner

edge sinuous and angled outwards at vein 2; the underside with

the apical spot conical and extending to below vein 7.

Hab. Costa Rica, Sta Clara Valley (Zurcher), 1 9, Godman-

Salvin Coll,; Panama, Chiriqui. wp. 34 millim.

EUGRAPHIA. 795

*6196. Eugraphia trilinea. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 2.)

Acontia trilinea, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 117 (1898).

$. Head and thorax orange, palpi with black spot on 2nd joint

above; frons with black spot; antenne black; thorax with

brown streaks above patagia with a silvery blue gloss; fore

femora above, tibize at extremities, and the tarsi black-brown with

a silvery blue gloss; abdomen black-brown, the ventral surface

orange. Fore wing grey-brown, thickly irrorated with greenish

white; an orange fascia below costa from base to before apex,

emitting a streak on median nervure which forks at lower angle of

cell; a fascia on vein 1 from base to before tornus; cilia black-

brown. Hind wing black-brown, the cilia greyish at tips. Under-

side of fore wing with the costa towards apex orange; hind wing

with the costal area slightly irrorated with greenish white.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus), type f ¢ in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Exp. 38 millim. This may be the male of F. obscura.

6197. Eugraphia obscura. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 3.)

Acontia obscura, Schaus, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. vi. p, 117 (1898).

@. Head and tegule orange; antenne black; thorax dark

bronze-green, the patagia at base and tips and the prothorax with

some ochreous ; legs black, the coxee orange ; abdomen black-brown.

Fore wing dark bronze-green thickly irrorated with spatulate dark-

edged white scales. Hind wing black-brown, the cilia greyish.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus),1 2. Hep. 36 millim.

796 NOCTUID E.

ADDENDA anp CORRIGENDA.

5009. Arzwoptera obliquifascia, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1910,

p- 201.

5024 a. Proroblemma polystriga, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 4.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mottled with brown, the

head and thorax tinged with purplish pink ; tarsi ringed with white.

Fore wing whitish suffused with purplish pik and thickly striated

with brown, irrorated with a few silvery scales; a slight pale dis-

coidal spot; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by whitish,

excurved below costa and very obliquely curved below vein 4; an

indistinct double dark subterminal line, ending on termen above

tornus; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish

suffused with pale brown; a terminal series of black points; the

underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

point and indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. W. Cotomspia, 1 Q type. xp. 22 millim.

Genus TROGOBLEMMA, nov.

Type, TZ. acutalis.

Proboscis absent; palpi porrect, extending about twice the length of head,

triangularly fringed with scales above, moderately below, the 3rd joint short ;

frons smooth with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round; antennz of male with

long cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiae

slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the costa

highly arched towards apex which is produced and acute, the termen strongly

excised below apex and angled at vein 4, then oblique; veins 3 and 4 from near

angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8,9, 10 stalked; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked; 5 nearly fully

developed from well above angle ; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell to middle.

*5024 6. Trogoblemma acutalis.

Sorygaza acutalis, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 121 (1906).

3g. Head whitish, the palpi pale rufous ; thorax dorsally whitish,

the sides of tegule and the patagia pale rufous with a few black

scales ; pectus anil abdomen whitish; legs tinged with brown, the

tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing pale rufous irrorated with a

few black scales ; a black point in middle of cell and elliptical

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 797

discoidal spot; faint traces of a medial line, of a postmedial line

oblique from costa to vein 7 and incurved below vein 4, and of a

curved subterminal line ; a series of black points just before termen,

almost obsolete toward tornus ; cilia deep rufous. Hind wing white

with slight brownish discoidal spot; the underside with a few black

scales on costal area, a black discoidal spot and terminal series of

points from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Brazrt, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), type t 3 in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Exp, 24 millim,

5086 a. Eublemma flavipars, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 5.)

browner ; pectus whitish. Fore wing yellow suffused with rufous

especially on terminal area, and slightly irrorated with blackish ; an

indistinct waved brown antemedial line,double at costa; an oblique

black striga from middle of costa; postmedial line double, fuscous

filled in with grey, rather diffused, oblique from costa to vein 6,

where it is met by an oblique diffused black streak from costa near

apex, then inwardly oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa, a

sinuous line from vein 2 to inner margin; a punctiform black

subterminal line excuryed at middle. Hind wing with the basal

area ochreous tinged with brown; a double oblique dark medial

line filled in with grey and diffused on outer side towards inner

margin; the terminal area yellow suffused with rufous; a sub-

terminal series of slight black points; the underside much paler and

irorated with a few blackish scales, the double medial line indistinct

and excurved below costa.

Hab, Durex N. Guiyea, Hak-fak (Pratt), 1 9 type. Hep. 26

rmillim.

5091. Eublemma secta insert Phalena dimidialis, Fabr. Ent.

Syst. ili. 2, p. 224 (1794), which has priority.

5103 a. Eublemma goniogramma, n. sp. (Plate CLX XIV. fig. 6.)

3. Head and tegule white, the palpi, vertex of head, and tips

of tegule yellowish ; antennz ochreous ; thorax ochreous white ;

legs suffused with brown; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing

white suffused with reddish ochreous and slightly irrorated with

fuscous in the cell and beyond the postmedial line; the costal area

whiter to the postmedial line ; black points in the cell before and

at middle and on discocellulars; postmedial line black defined on

outer side by white, very oblique from costa to vein 6 towards

termen where it is met by an oblique black and white streak from

apex, then inwardly oblique to middle of vein 1 where it terminates,

some blackish irroration before it and the apical streak and a

black point above its angle below vein 7; a small black subterminal

mark in submedian fold; a terminal series of slight white points

except towards apex; cilia grey-white mixed with black. Hind

798 NOCTUID A.

with white tinged with red-brown; a fine brown terminal line ;

cilia whiter ; the underside white irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Transvaat, Gemsbokfontein (Janse), 1 3 type. Hup.

22 millim.

5164 a. Eublemma albivena. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 8.)

Erizada albivena, Hmpsn. Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. iti. p. 429 (1905).

3. Head and thorax grey-white pencilled with chocolate-brown ;

palpi brown; fore tibie and the tarsi brown, the latter ringed

with white; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale grey

irrorated with chocolate-brown and a few large black scales, the

veins prominently streaked with white; antemedial line brownish,

oblique, sinuous, incurved in cell; a small black spot in cell

towards extremity and elliptical discoidal spot, both slightly defined

by white; medial line brownish defined on outer side by whitish,

excurved round end of cell, then oblique and slightly sinuous ;

postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by white, very

slightly waved, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; a

faint waved white subterminal line; cilia chocolate-brown at base.

Hind wing white irrorated with brown; an indistinct waved post-

medial line and fine terminal line with black points at the inter-

spaces; the underside with the costal area to vein 2 irrorated

with a few black scales.

Q. Hind wing suffused with grey-brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the lines strong and black, the terminal

area suffused with black.

Hab. Ucanna (Christy), 1 2, Port Ugowe (H. H. Johnston),

1g; 4Zurvranp, Lr. Tugela R. (Reynolds), 1 S type. Hap.

28-34 millim.

5164 5. Eublemma titanica, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 9.)

@. Head rufous, the lower part of frons whitish, the antenn

brown; tegule brown; thorax grey-white irrorated with a few

large black scales; abdomen grey slightly irrorated with black.

Fore wing purplish grey tinged with brown and irrorated with

black, the veins streaked with whitish; a blackish antemedial line

angled inwards on subcostal nervure and outwards below the cell;

a black discoidal lunule; medial line blackish, waved, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique; postmedial line blackish defined on outer

side by whitish, minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then slightly

incurved; an indistinct waved whitish subterminal line; a fine

brown terminal line. Hind wing grey-brown with some black

irroration above vein 1; an indistinct curved postmedial line; a

fine brown terminal line; the underside brownish grey irrorated

with a few black scales.

Hab. Transvaat, Piet Retief (Mrs. Mercer), 1 2 type. Hap.

38 millm.

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 799

Page 86, line 13, for melanodonta read stygiodonta.

5213, Eublemma minima.

Larva. Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. iv. p. 326.

Head black ; body without prolegs on somites 7 and 8; brown

without markings or shields; legs and plates black ; skin shagreened.

Food-plant : Gnaphalium (H. G. D.).

5281. Emblemma pyrastis should be transferred to Sect. viii.

D, after 5103 a. E. gonvogramma.

5294 rename Eublemma chionophlebia, /. albwena being pre-

occupied.

5315 a. Ligidia endolopha, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 7.)

Fore wing with the termen excised below apex and excurved

at middle, the inner margin with large scale-tooth at middle.

Head and thorax bright rufous; tarsi banded with fuscous ;

abdomen ochreous white tinged in parts with rufous. Fore wing

bright rufous tinged with purplish pink; a small black spot at

middle of costa with traces of a curved line from it to inner

margin; the terminal part of costa with series of black points; an

indistinct subterminal line formed of blackish striz, excurved at

middle; a terminal series of striz; cilia with blackish points at

tips towards apex. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area

suffused with purplish pink, the apical area with fuscous brown ;

a terminal series of slight dark striz ; cilia yellow with brown line

at middle, the tips chequered with brown. Underside of fore

wing with the disk suffused with purplish pink, a strong black

line arising from the costal spot, angled outwards below costa,

then oblique and ending at submedian fold, some black on termen

below vein 7; hind wing with the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with purplish pink, a black postmedial line excurved and

crenulate from below costa to vein 4.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing much more ochreous, the

last with the black spot at middle of costa larger and more

prominent.

Hab. Br. N. Guinna, Milne Bay (Meek), 1 ¢, 2 Q type

Exp. 20-22 millim.

5476. Corgatha terracotta, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1910,

p. 262.

2959 a. Stenoloba confusa.

Moma confusa, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 480, pl. i. f. 5.

Abdomen with crests on 1st and 4th segments.

2. Head and thorax white, the 2nd and 3rd joints of palpi and

800 NOCTUID BH.

vertex of head with black spots; antenne brown; tegule with

black line at base, the tegule at tips, patagia and metathorax

with some black mixed; fore tibie and the tarsi brown ringed

with white; abdomen white tinged with brown, the crests tipped

with black. Fore wing brown suffused with purple-grey and with

white markings defined by black ; a white fascia below base of cell

connected with costa by two converging subbasal bands enclosing

a triangular space; a white antemedial band obliquely curved from

costa to vein 1, then bent outwards to inner margin, some white

suffusion tinged with blue-green beyond it; a white fascia on

terminal part of median nervure continued to beycnd the post-

medial band where it sometimes encloses a dark spot; an angled

white mark in end of cell connected with the oblique discoidal

lunule ; an oblique white band from below middle of cell to inner

margin, its upper extremity connected by a streak with the post-

medial band which is dilated below costa, oblique to beyond lower

angle of cell and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a subterminal

series of slight black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and incurved at discal and submedian folds; a white spot on

termen in submedian interspace. Hind wing white, the terminal

area suffused with brown; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line ;

cilia white with a brownish line through them; the undersida

with the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with

brown, a discoidal point and maculate postmedial line excurved to

vein 3, then incurved.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 9 type; W. Cuina, Shen-se,

Sinling (Maw), 19. EHwp. 34-36 millim.

Genus PTYOPTEROTA. Typ

Ptyopterota, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 75 (1894)......-...-eseeeeee obscura.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 8rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without distinct crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair, the

spurs long ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only, the claspers of male

elongate. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and

not crenulate; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell ;

male with a fringe of lang scales on underside on subeostal nervure from base

to end of cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell, 4 absent; 6,

7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

*5848 a. Ptyopterota obscura.

Piyopterota obscura, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 75 (1894).

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous, the genital

tuft whitish. Fore wing brownish ochreous; a dark point at

base; antemedial line blackish, oblique from costa to median

neryure and with blackish spot before it above inner margin; a

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA 801

sinuous medial line from costa to below the cell; a small black

discoidal spot; postmedial line indistinctly double, oblique and

Fig. 213.—Ptyopterota obscura, S$. }. (From Moths Ind. ii. p. 76.)

filled in with whitish below vein 4; a diffused maculate sub-

terminal fuscous band, obsolescent towards costa; a slight dark

mark on termen at discal fold. Hind wing pale fuscous brown.

Hab, Burma, Tenasserim (Doherty), type ¢ g in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 20 millim.

Genus METH MENE, nov.

Type, M. atrigutta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to

vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 5rd short and porrect; frons with

transverse ridge-like prominence ; eyes large, round; ocelli present; antennez

of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests ;

tibia smoothly scaled; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather narrow,

the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and

5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 9 and 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 stalked;

5 nearly fully developed from well above angle; 6, 7 strongly stalked; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only ; retinaculum of male in the form of

a small corneous bar.

A, Fore wing with spot beyond the cell above vein 6;

hind wing with series of spots on the cilia ............... atropunctata.

B. Fore wing without spot beyond the cell above vein 6;

hind wing without series of spots on the cilia ......... atrigutta.

*5960 a. Metzemene atropunctata.

Creie atropunctata, Pag. Semon’s Reise, Lep. p. 220, pl. 13. f. 1

oO).

BUosie alba, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xlvii. p. 153, pl. 11. f. 2 (1904).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey. Fore wing grey; a series of

small black spots on costa; an antemedial spot in submedian fold;

rather obliquely placed spots beyond the cell above vein 6 and in

discal fold, postmedial spots above and below vein 1; cilia white

with a series of black spots. Hind wing grey; a discoidal black

point and point in discal fold beyond the cell; cilia white with a

series of six black spots from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. alba. Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings white; fore

wing with some rufous suffusion in submedian interspace on

postmedial area, the costal spots reduced to subbasal and ante-

medial spots and six spots on terminal half, the spots on cilia to

VOL. X. 3F

802 NOCTUIDA.

five; hind wing without the spots at and beyond end of cell, the

spots on cilia reduced to five; the cilia tinged with rufous at

tornus.

Hab. Java, Buitenzorg, Gedeh, Preanger, Rembang, Tonban,

Tjibodas. Hep. 26-30 millim. This species is unknown to me.

5960 6. Metemene atrigutta.

Lyclene atrigutta, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 116 (1862) ; Kirby,

Cat. Lep. Het. p. 367.

Aimene niasica, Pag. Jahrb. Nass. Ver. xxxviii. p. 25, pl. 1. f. 7 (1885) ;

Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 367.

Siccia maculata, Leech, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 605, pl. 30. f. 16 (1889); Kirby,

Cat. Lep. Het. p. 368.

Head and thorax white tinged with pale rufous; pectus, legs,

and abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing white; a pale rufous patch

at base of inner area, the median area pale rufous interrupted by

white in submedian fold, the postmedial area with patches of pale

rufous below costa, at middle and on inner area, the terminal area

with a pale rufous patch at discal fold; a subbasal black point on

costa; an antemedial point on costa and small spot in submedian

Fig. 214.—Metemene atrigutta, S$. 3.

fold ; postmedial points on costa and inner margin and round spots

in discal and submedian folds forming a curved series; the apical

part of costa with rufous points; some black points on termen

below apex and black spots on termen and cilia at apex, discal fold

and vein 2. Hind wing pale rufous.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ground-colour entirely white.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the white area reduced to bands dilated

into patches round the black spots and connected in discal and

submedian fold, the points on costa towards apex black.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the white markings reduced to slight

annuli round the spots and a fine dentate subterminal line angled

inwards at discal and submedian folds and outward at vein 4.

Ab. 4. maculata. Fore wing with hardly a trace of the pale

annuli, the ante- and postmedial biack spots larger.

Hab. Japan, Satsuma (Leech), 1 Q type maculata; NicoBars,

(Rogers), 6 3,5 9 ; Srrarrs Serruements, Selangor, Semangho

(obinson), 1 @ ; Sinearorr, (Ridley), 2 ¢, 3 2; Bornuo,

Sarawak (Wallace, Doherty, Shelford), 1 gd, 2 2; Puno Lavr

(Doherty), 2 3, 5 9; Nras I.; Java, Arjuno (Doherty), 2 3 ;

Naw Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), 1 9, Hap. 18-22 millim.

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 803

SPECIES OMITTED.

Aconthia miegu, Mab. Le Nat. 11. p. 134(1882) .. Madagascar.

Acontia antecedens, Wilk. Char. Undeser. Het. p. 388 (1869).

EDC MMOS MME wene a cwrcrehehel ecto. ote chet t ohare Hab. ign.

» antica, Wlk. Char. Undeser. Het. p. 37 (1869); nec

Wize INS72, ) AOS MOS ba elneste ean eine Hab. ign.

» Oiskrensis, Oberth. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. 58;

id. Et. Ent. xii. p. 31, pl. 5. f. 17; Staud. Cat. Lep.

Pale ZO) orn tals ac cuter seh asend oho: ee hot Algeria.

costistigma, W1k. xii. 792 (1857). Type lost.. N. India.

cuprina, Wk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 51 (1864).

My De LOSER: Sta Pevis chore) AM. cca tay Ae cee ares Borneo.

» cyanipha, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxii. p. 16

CUS OTD n Ris bate vir tacks eiderers ey wane N.S. Wales.

ay decisa, Wik. xa. (87, (1857) Dypellostiys 4 4e.c Brazil.

» mecacta, Wik. Entom. vy. p. 130 (1870). Type lost.

Arabia.

» miata, Méschl, Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 154 (1890).

Porto Rico.

» partita, Wik. Entom. vy. p. 130(1870). Type lost . Arabia.

» polychroma, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 37 (1869).

UR ypecOSGs Go Wa sch coccaycbo oF sa; aka River oe ara get Hab. ign.

quadrata, Wik. xxxv. 1963 (1866). Type lost.. Brazil.

» stumpffi, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 331 (1891) . Madagascar.

» trimacula, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 335 (1891). Madagascar.

» wnipunctata, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 155 (1893).

Porto Rico.

“s venusta, Berg, An. Soc. Argent. xiv. p. 283 (1882).

Argentina.

Agrophila velata, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Suppl. i. p. 9

(1898); Dyar. Cat. Lep. N. Am. p.150 .... Texas.

Amyna aurea, Lucas, Pr. Roy. Soc. Queensl. xiii. p. 72 (1898).

Queensland.

Anateinoma affabilis, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 170, f. 14

(GIS 9.0) ts Cobu bath area nareie tc a: Porto Rico.

Anthophila amabilis, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 369, f. 249 (1891).

PO CIE cia fol 3 5 ats Siege eR Me sees Madagascar.

Rs; augusta, Guen. Maillard’s Réunion, Lép. p. 38 (1863).

Réunion.

+ dissecta, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 357 (1891).

Madagascar.

» fasciola, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 360 (1891). ? Ozarba.

Madagascar.

subolivalis, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvii. p. 60

(HUST SSN TRALIOG anc: 0 yo) Rene Madagascar.

Bankia furcata, Wik. xii. 811 (1857). Type lost .... Hab. ign.

dF 2

804 NOCTUID ®.

Bombyx exigua, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3, i. p. 462 (1793); Hrastrid fide

PAcured vil Lit, eae eee eer eons ee W. Indies.

Bryophila iridescens, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 100. f. 13 (1874). Type

esi LOCO so 008 ba hoo 6850080¢ Hab. ign.

55 ocellata, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 251, f. 251 (1891).

GOUGH ONES 6S os cists Ae SOO OER O06 Madagascar.

Emmelia felina, Herr.-Schiaff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Ver. Regensb.

XK Ps Lom SG8): sSpnagqueiai ys.) jeer Cuba.

eH trigridula, Herr.-Schiff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Ver.

Regensb. xxii. p. 151 (1868). ? Spraqueia .. Cuba.

a variegata, & ab. ochracea, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges.

5Qyly JOR SLOCUM OA che bial an aaa Sioa Porto Rico.

Epizeuxis nigellus, Streck. Lep. Rhop, & Het. Suppl. 3, p. 36 (1900) ;

Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 240=Hrastria wmmuna,

Smith, Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sci. xviii. p. 12+ (1908).

Pennsylvania ; Illinois.

Evastria bryophiloides, Wik. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 38 (1869).

Tyme losth ej gi Rata Sasi Lesa vette anne Hab. ign.

» delicatula, Christ. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 112

(1882); id. Rom. Mém. ii. p. 74, pl. 3. f. 10; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 230. ? Hulocastra near quintana.

Armenia.

» Aumerata, Smith, Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sci. xviii. p. 123 (1908).

Pennsylvania.

» margimnata, Moore, P. Z.8, 1881, p. 372, pl. 37. f. 21;

Eimpsn?y Mothsilind sat. 30 2 eee Sikhim.

» martjanovi, Tschetr. Rev. Russ. Ent. iv. p. 78 (1904).

Siberia.

» matercula, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 272; id. Lep.

Madag.p. 3445 f.1l7 (1880) ee oe Madagascar.

» melacheila, Staud. Iris, viii. p. 299 (1895); id. Cat. Lep.

Pale ps oOM Rare mete eta ee ae ee ren Asia Minor.

Pa minima, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Ver,

Riesensb.pxoxiiapedioc (LSO8) eine aera eels Cuba.

» mollcula, Gres. Berl. Ent. Zeit. xxxii. p. 368 (1888);

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 231 ...... J.) Ha siberias

» nubila, Berg, An. Soc. Argent. xiv. p. 284 (1882).

Argentina.

» opposita, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 345, f. 255 (1891).

Madagascar.

» panatela, Smith, Psyche, xi. p. 60 (1904) .... Camada.

», puncticosta, Smith, Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sci. xviii. p. 122 (1908).

Pennsylvania.

» sagitta, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 342, f. 246 (1891).

Madagascar.

» suavis, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 349 (1891) .. . Madagascar.

» umbrivaga, Krul. Rey. Ent. Russ. vii. p. 11 (1907).

Russia.

» varipalpis, Wik. xxxili. 792 (1865). Type lost. . 8. Africa.

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 805

Erastria virescens, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 339, f. 239 (1891).

Madagascar.

Eublemma loxotoma, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxxiv. p. 352

(USED), S is FRR te Pe dee or tee Queensland.

Euphasia compta, Wk. Entom. y. p. 130 (1870) Type lost.

Mt. Sinai.

Lustrotia crystallina, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxiv. p. 88

GUS GOMre aricrsti sis clnaeta b's ie etal d cos Queensland.

55 distincta, Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 184 (1882); Smith, Cat.

NOCH NG Ata ps reSINUR ee5e5 38 orale 8g osm ay see Arizona,

» jfausta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 312, pl. 29.

te (1889), -Pyrale gens Nosale 5.25... - Panama.

girba, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 312, pl. 29.

i 1 GUS), & Chlemaadngs 20.0 ccoccnneo0 Panama.

se glycera, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 382, pl. 29.

FEA CUS SONS ceca ier oA ven eyaenemapahctss caer wen gece Panama.

Metachrostis megalena, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 730.

W. Africa.

7 robusta, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 353 (1891). ? =

BANCTHUD SHOUT cs ee oboeonebacb ose Madagascar.

Micra marginula, Herr.-Schiff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 489, Noct.

f. 560 (1845); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 228. ? Pyrale,

TE CHUM OD A ees cei Cyprus, Asia Minor.

partita, Wik. xxxili. 799 (1865) Type lost .... Java.

recta, Guen. Noct. il. p. 245 (1852). ? near Hublemma

ROGUSCNOL eh rrep A ops sheven siete, shear t's «etree <heuels S. Leone.

Selenis affulgens, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 480, f. 148 (1881).

5 JOULE? Bi bbe ia eR ROSE Oe Madagascar.

Tarache micrastis, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 23 (1903),

Australia.

Thalpochares albipectus, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 167.

(SQ), “KCOoMeadhen . shod os Soden ue Porto Rico.

- basalis, Méschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 169 (1890).

P COUMIMTIO eS BS SRbe Se Cob Be Portu Rico.

8 caduca, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 93 (1893); Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 227. % Hublemma ...... Armenia,

A concinna, Lucas, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Queensl.

Uwe CUSOA) Rtg wer aan hsm ce Queensland.

a flammeola, Lucas, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Queensl. i.

1p Wom US Oh Win -oicieiolc «.0 clo oe Queensland.

grapholithoides, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 167

(1890). ? Cobubatha .. Porto Rico; Colombia. |

ignifera, Lucas, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Queensl. i.

TSS ROR GUSEYEO), Dito o\.0 cua. cn eae Queensland.

He keyserling?, Bienert, Diss. p. 36 (1870) ; *Staud. Cat.

hepenpall. p.: 22 Opps y a. «css eh aes Persia.

lutosa, Staud. Iris. iv. p. 320 (1891); id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 229=T7" substrigula, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 321.

(1891). ? Hublemma .... Asia Minor; Syria.

806 NOCTUIDZ.

Thalpochares partitella, Mssn. Stiibel’s Reise, p. 147, pl. ix. f. 27

(1890). ? Acronyctine, gen. Hmarginea.. Peru.

Bs putnam, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 168

(CUSO),, @ Covenatna os bo sieoo ba 66 Porto Rico,

Troctoptera nymphula, Rebel, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1909,

Discs Se Man mere ct von. cosy oi ees E. Siberia.

Xanthoptera ceenogramma, Mab. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 730.

Madagascar,

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

[Synonyms are printed in italics. |

Abacena, 328.

abdominalis (Tarache),

735,

abrupta (Hublemma),

168.

abrupta (Mestleta), 168.

abscissa (Microphysa),

402.

abscissa (Ozarba), 402.

abyssa (Mesotrosta), 461.

Acanthofrontia, 644.

acarodes (Eublemma),

132.

accedens (Thalpochares),

131.

accepta (Fruva), 663.

accincta (Abacena), 328.

accincta (Metachrostis),

406.

accineta (Ozarba), 406.

accincta (Thalpochares),

328.

acclivis (Acontia), 430.

acclivis (Ozarba), 480.

acerba ( Acontia), 756.

acerba (Fruva), 761.

acerba (Tarache), 761.

acervalis (Acantholipes),

188.

achatina (Thyatira), 650.

achatina (Thyatirina),

650.

aciduliaria (Zagira), —

acidalica (Arzeoptera), 22.

acidalica (Cinoptera),

260.

acidalica (Toana), 207.

Acidaliodes, 17.

acontina (Tarache), 771.

acontivides (Mestleta), 77.

Acontiola, 393.

acrapex (Eublemma), 70.

acrochiona (lrastria),

124.

acuta (Conochares), 683.

acutalis (Sorygaza), 796.

acutalis (Trogoblemma),

Lod

796.

acutus (Conochares), 683.

addescens (Lophoruza),

232.

addescens (Pseudocras-

pedia), 232.

admota (Acontia), 116.

admota (Eublemma),

116.

a (Thalpochares),

ctor ina (Acontia), 709.

zenescens (Naranga), 632.

equa (Ausinza), 308.

e@qualis (Selenis), 255.

aerta (Hustrotia), 451,

aeria (Ozarba), 451.

estivalis (Micra), 118.

ztheria (Hyperstrotia),

559.

etheria (Thalpochares),

559.

ethiops (Hpizeuxis), 99.

zthiops (Hulocastra),

627.

ethiops (Tarache), 627.

affabilis (Anateinoma),

803.

affulgens (Selenis), 805.

africana (Erastria), 536,

595.

agrapta (Eublemma),

87.

Agrophila, 658.

alata ( Acontia), 698.

alata (Tarachidia), 698.

alba (Afolosia), 801.

albibasis (Hustrotia), 585,

albibasis (Hyela), 585.

albicans (Anthophila),

155.

“albicauda (Angitia), 344.

albiceps

359.

(Paracodia),

albiceris (Mimasura), 638.

albiceris (Xanthoptera),

638.

albicincta (Hyperstrotia),

556

albicincta (Nauranga), 556.

albicinctalis (Corgatha),

299.

albicinctalis (Zitna), 299.

albicollis (Noctua), 786.

albicosia (Aithia), 270.

albicosta (Arasada), 255.

albicosta (Enispa), 51.

albicosta (Hublemma),

121.

albicosta (Oruza), 255.

albicosta (Pseudacidalia),

270.

albicostalis (Lophoruza),

albicostalis (Mestleta),

albicostata (Anisodes),

251.

albicostata (Oruza), 251.

albida (Anthophila), 156.

albida (Eublemma), 156.

albida (Hyperstrotia),

e 61.

albida (Stylorache), 701.

aibida (Lhalpochares),

138.

albidula (Erastria), 511.

albidula (Lithacodia),

511.

albifascia

594.

albifascia (Eublemma),

122.

albifascia (Hustrotia),

594.

albifissa (Hustrotia), 576.

albifissa (Hyela), 576.

albifrontata (Enispa), 41.

albifrontata (Timandra),

41.

albiqutta (Stridova), 468.

(Anthecia),

808

albiguttata (Erastroides),

allilineata (Enispa), 58.

albilineata (Pachylepis),

albiluna (Ortholeuca),

487.

albimarginata (Metach-

rostis), 409.

albimarginata (Ozarba),

albina {Thalpochares),

albinella (Enispa), 46.

albinellus (Micreschus),

46.

albipectus (Thalpo-

chares), 805.

albipennis (Hublemma),

138.

albipuncta (Enispa), 48.

albirena (Mictochroa),

359.

albirufa (Angitia), 349.

albisecta (larachidia),

689.

albisigna (Eustrotia),

604.

albivena (Erizada), 798.

albivena (Eublemma),

191, 798, 799.

albivena (Paracodia),

353.

albivertex (Corgatha),

309.

albivestalis (Eublemma),

{yi

albo-ater (Noctua), 738.

alboflava (Xanthoptera),

657.

albofusca (Erastria), 588.

albolinearia (Enispa),

albolinearia (Pomasia),

albolineata

241.

albolineata (Oruza), 241.

albopuncetalis (Lithaco-

dia), 519.

albopunctalis ( Stemmato-

phora), 519.

alessandra (Acentia), 725.

algze (Enispa), 55.

algira (Emmela), 661.

alstoni (Hublemma), 67.

altera (Conochares), 684.

aliera (Tornacontia),

684.

amabilis (Anthophila),

803.

(Corgatha),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

amabilis (Hublemma),

amasina (Anthophila),

150.

amasina (Kublemma),

amazonia (Hrastria), 458.

aimazonia (Ozarba), 458.

amena (Noctua), 154.

amorpha (Acontia), 584.

amorpha (Hustrotia),

584.

amwplificans (Amyna),

471.

amplificans (Celena), 471.

anurula (Erastria), 580.

amydra (EHustrotia), 606.

amydra (Tarache), 606.

amydrozona (Hustrotia),

600.

Amyna, 459.

anachoresis (Hublemma),

anachoresis

ptera), 131.

anea (Agrophila), 320.

Anchiroe, 497.

Angitia, 542.

angularis (Mictochroa),

361.

angularis (Tarache), 361.

anyulifera (Mestleta),

169.

angusta (Anthophila),

803.

angustipennis

contia), 704.

angustipennis (Tarache),

704,

aniluna (Acontia), 770

aniluna (Tarache), a

anisodoides (Oruza). 27

annulata (Noctua), Lon

anomala (Anthophila), 95.

antecedens (Acontia),

303.

anthina (Corgatha), 289.

Anthophila, 63.

anthracina (Hrastria),

562.

antica 771,

(Xantho-

(Cona-

(Acontia),

antica (Tarache), 771.

anticalis (Hublemma),

104.

anticalis (Zalaca), 104.

apatelia (Tarache), 744.

apela (Acontia), 741.

apela (Tarache), 741.

apicalis (Amyna), 459.

apicalis (Ilattia), 466.

apicalis (Lochia), 459.

apicalis (Ozarba), 434.

apicata (Hublemma),

124.

apicata (Photedes) 458.

apicella (Hmmelia), 663.

apicella (Heliocontia),

663.

apicimacula (Erastria),

apicimacula (Hublemma),

72.

apicipuncta (Eublemma),

126.

apicipunctum (Antho-

phila), 126.

apicosa (Lithacodia),

531,

apicosa (Phytometra),

531.

aplecta (Hublemma), 177.

aprica (Noctua), 738.

aprica (Tarache), 738.

arabica (Noctwa), 660.

Arzoptera, 22.

Areopteron, 22.

Arasada, 254.

arcuinna (Hublemma),

arcuinna (Noctua),

ardoris (Tarache), 742

arefacta (Acontia), 502.

arefacta (Lithacodia),

502.

areletta (Acontia), 737.

areletta (Tarache), 737.

arelt (Acontia), 737.

areli (Tarache), 737.

arenacea (Ozarba), 393.

argentata (Hustrotia),

574.

argentata (Micardia),

574.

argentescens (Cerynea),

218.

argenticineta (Hpigry-

pera), 283.

argenticosta (Corgatha),

310.

argentifrons(Eulocastra),

622.

argentifrons

chares), 622.

argentisparsa (Corgatha)

312.

argenti: a

tra), 626

angentispar sa (Pisara),

312.

( Thalpo-

(Eulocas-

argentula (Noctua), 580.

Soe (Anthophila),

Wes

Tee (Corgatha),

305, 38

ee ee 305.

argillacea ( Noctua), 114.

Argillophora, 481.

argotypa (Eustrotia), 582.

argotypa (Hyela), 582.

Argyropasta, 482.

argyrota (Corgatha), 299.

arida (Acontia), 751.

arida (Tarache), 751.

arizonz (Conochares),

685.

arizone (Thalpochares),

685.

armilla (Anthophila),

armilla (Lithacodia), 513.

aroa (Amyna), 463.

aroa (Corgatha), 297.

aroa (Llattia), 463.

aroa (Oruza), 297.

assimilis (Trichotarache),

705.

asteria (Hustrotia), 608,

asteria (Thalpochares),

608.

asticta (Mimasura), 6395.

astona (Hyposada),

276.

astona (Oruza), 276.

astydamia (Hustrotia),

608.

astydamia (Tarache),

atrata (Hrastria), 542.

atrata (Lithacodia), 542.

atratula (Noctua), 530.

atriapicata (Oruza), 253.

atribasalis (Metachrostis),

618.

atriceps (Enispa), 60.

atriceps (Gyrognatha),

258.

atriciliata (Hublemma),

121.

atricincta (Hnispa), 54.

atricincta (Micreschus),

atrifaleis (Corgatha),

atrifera (Ozarba), 455.

atrifusa (Hublemma),

atrifusa (Holoeryptis),

198.

atrifusa (Pseudomicro-

des), 615.

atriquita (Lyclene), 802.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

atrigutta (Metzmene),

atrimargo (Corgatha),

298.

atrinotata (Lithacodia),

523.

atripalpis(Hemaphlebia),

203

atripuncta (Acidaliodes),

atrisigna (Cretonia), 391.

atropunctata (Cidaria),

atropunctata (Mete-

mene), 801.

attina (Angitia), 346.

attina (Drobeta), 346.

Aulotarache, 722.

aurantiaca (Hublemma),

170.

aurata (Lithacodia), 528.

aurata (Motama), 528.

aurea (Amyna), 803.

aurifera (Xanthoptera),

657.

aurivitta (Cydosia), 14.

auruda (Xanthoptera),

656.

Ausinza, 286.

Autoba, 63.

avirida (Bryocodia), 477.

avirida (Bryophila), 477.

axendra (Larache), 733.

axis (Amyna), 468.

bacealix (Hublemma),

80.

baccalix (Mestleta), 80.

badia (Acontia), 444.

badia (Ozarba), 444.

beetica (Lithacodia), 506.

betica (Tarache), 506.

balteata (Cobubatha),

322.

balteata (Tripudia), 522

Bankia, 566.

baukiana (Pyralis), 580.

basalis (Bankia). 502.

basalis (Thalpovhares),

805.

basicinerea (Hustrotia),

591.

basicinerea (Tripudia),

basifera (Acontia), 746.

basifera (Tarache), 746.

basilissa (Thalpochares),

ide

basipunctaria (Acidalia),

262.

809

basipunctaria (Pseudcras-

pedia), 262.

batisella (Micracontia),

61.

bavia (Hrastria), 468.

behri (Tarache), 773.

behrit (Acontia), 773.

bella (Thalpochares),

507.

bellicula (Lithacodia),

520.

benita (Lithacodia), 537.

benita (Tarache), 537.

beraudi (Hublemma),

164.

Berresa, 459.

besidia (Hustrotia), 454.

besidia (Ozarba), 454.

bettina (Hustrotia), 454.

bettina (Ozarba), 454.

biarmioides (Homoptera),

243.

biarmioides

243,

Teo.

(Oruza),

bicolora (Acontia), 757.

bicolora (Tarache), 757.

bicolora (Zagira), 246.

bicornis (Ozarba), 453.

bidentata (Cardiosace),

706.

bidentata (Tuarache),

706.

bifasciata (Hublemma),

€

bifasciata (Thalpochares),

143

bilimeci (Tarache), 731

bilimekt (Acontia), 731,

733.

bilinea (Chalenata), 365.

bilineata (EHublemma),

178.

bilineata (Eustrotia),

610.

bilineata (Hyela), 610.

bilinia ( Toxophleps), 365.

binocula (Tarache), 696.

binocula (Tarachidia),

696.

binominata (Tarache),

714,

binorbis (Hrastria), 548.

binorbis (Lithacodia),

548.

binorbis (Ozarba), 435.

bipars (Cobubatha), 328,

bipars (Eustrotia), 600.

bipars (Oruza), 240.

bipars (Ozarba), 600.

hipars (Zagira), 240.

bipartita (Apamea), 623

810

bipartita (Eublemma),

117.

bipartita (Hulocastra),

23.

bipartita (Metachrostis),

422.

bipartita (Ozarba), 422.

biplaga (Acontia), 738.

biplaga (Hrastria), 531.

bipunctata (Acontia),

748.

bipunctata (Corgatha),

310.

bisectalis (Cataclysta),

195.

bisectalis (Holocryptis),

195.

bisexualis (Ozarba), 435.

biskrensis (Acontia), 803.

blandula (Hrastria), 505.

blandula (Lithacodia),

505.

blandula (Noctua), 114.

bohemanni (Acontia),

790.

bolinia (Eublemma), 110.

bolinia (Metachrostis),

110.

Bostrodes, 280.

botyoides (Xanthoptera),

657.

brachygonia (Kublemma),

166.

brillians (Edwardsia), 10.

brillians (Hupseudomor-

pha), 10.

brunea (Acontia), 97.

brunnea (EHrastria), 545.

brunnea (Eublemma), 97.

brunnea (Lithacodia),

545.

brunnea (Metachrostis),

447.

brunnea (Naranga), 632.

brunnea (Ozarba), 447.

bryistis (Hrastria), 525.

bryistis (Lithacodia),

525.

Bryocodia, 476.

Bryomima, 3).

bryophilina (Eustrotia),

607.

bryophiloides (Hrastria),

804

bulla (Eublemma), 192.

bulla (Micra), 192.

bullula (Amyna), 460.

bullula (Pteretholiz),

460.

burmana (Agrophila),

791

fal.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

burmana (Metapioplasta),

bythinica (Thalpochares),

155.

cacola (Acontia), 734.

cacola (Tarache), 754.

caduca (Lhalpochares),

805.

caffraria (Noctua), 785.

caffraria (Larache), 785.

caffristis (Lithacodia),

506.

caid (Anthophila), 192.

calida (Thalpochares),

133.

caliginata (Larentia), 95.

Callipyris, 286.

calliscia ( Thelxinoa), 24.

caloris (Noctua), 785.

Calymma, 63.

camptozona (Metachros-

tis). 404.

camptozona (Ozarba),

404.

cana (Parangilia), 340.

cana (Parangitia), 340.

candefacta (Tarache),

694.

candefacta (Tarachidia),

694.

candicans (Hublemma),

125;

candicans (Noctua), 125.

candidana (Eublemma),

141.

candidana (Pyralis), 141.

eandidula (Eustrotia),

581.

candidula (Noctua), 581.

canescens (Araoptera),

ol.

canescens (Isopteryx), 31.

canofusa (Spragueia),

666.

cantabrica (Thalpochares),

carachiensis (Hoplota-

rache), 714.

carcharodonta (Greepe-

ria), 677.

Cardiosace, 706.

cariosa (Oruza), 254.

cariosa ( Thermesia), 254.

Carmara, 283.

carmelita (Thalpochares),

152.

carneola (Erastria), 531.

carneola (Hublemma),

182.

carneola (Lithacodia),

531.

carneopicta (Angitia),

348.

carneotincta(Hublemma),

carnescens

779.

carnosa (Lycauges), 281.

carnosa (Parasada), 281.

carriont (Callopistria),

338.

(Tarache),

carrioni

338.

carthamt (Micra), 118,

T1535),

castanea (Corgatha), 310.

castanea (Hublemma),

Nate

castanetceps (Corgatha),

294.

catada (Cobubatha), 326.

catada (Hustrotia), 326.

catzea (Hustrotia), 602.

catalina (Conochares),

686.

catalina (Thalpochares),

686.

catena (Phalena), 768.

catenula (Huphasia), 769.

catenula (Tarache), 769.

caterva (Mictochroa),

359.

caterva (Tarache’, 359.

catiena (Hustrotia), 319.

catilina (Kustrotia), 598.

Catoblemma, 36.

catoxantha (Eustrotia),

593.

caustipennis (Naranga),

205.

caustipennis

205.

Cauteeschra, 59,

Jautatha, 284.

celenna (Acidalia), 19.

celenna (Acidaliodes),

N),

Celeopsyche, 286.

centralis (Turache), 426.

cephusalis (Llattia), 468.

Cerathosia, 642,

eerintha (Acontia), 480.

cerintha (Chamyris),

480.

cervina (Parangitia), 335,

307.

Cerynea, 209.

ceyvestensis (Acontia),

738.

Chalenata, 363.

(Parangitia),

(Toana),

chalybea (Micra), 136.

Chamyris, 480.

chea (Acontia), 767.

chea (Tarache), 767.

Chelichares, 718.

chinensis (Metachrostis),

Bo,

chinensis (Ozarba), 395.

chionophlebia (Eu-

blemma), 799.

chionozona (Eustrotia),

610.

Chlorhoda, 479.

chlorochroa(Eublemma),

115.

Chlorocodia, 350.

chloromixta (Bryophila),

522.

chloromixta (Lithacodia),

522.

chlorophila (Lithacodia),

524.

chlorotica (Eublemma),

157.

chlorotica (Thalpochares),

157.

chlorozonea (Hublem-

mistis), 35.

Chobata, 647.

chrysarginea (Cophanta),

630.

chrysarginea (Eulocas-

tra), 630.

chrysaspis (Ozarba),

405,

chrysaspis

res), 405.

chryseiplaga (Ozarba),

416.

( Thalpocha-

chrysoproctis (Tarache).

781.

chuza (Eustrotia), 567.

chuza (Pseudina), 567.

Chytoryza, 459.

cidarioides (Hrastria),

538.

cidarioides (Lithacodia),

527.

cidartoides

Die

cinerea (Ozarba), 426.

cinerea (Thalpochares),

426.

cinerina (Anthophila),

176.

cinnamomea(Hublemma),

cinnamomea (Trothisa),

Welle

citripennis (Eustrotia),

594,

(Motama),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

citripennis (Tarache),

778.

citrina (Monodes), 681.

clandestina (Hrastrina),

545.

clandestina (Lithacodia),

545.

clara (Miltochrista),

636.

clara (Mimasura), 636,

clara (Selepa), 368.

clara (Stenoloba), 368.

clarissa (Acontia), 757.

clausula (Tarachidia),

700.

clausula (Xanthoptera),

clerana (Tarache), 750.

cleta (Agrophila), 668.

cleta (Heliocontia), 668.

cnossia (Fustrotia), 602.

cnossia (Pseudina), 602.

Cobubatha, 314.

coccidiphaga

blemma, 129.

coceiphaga (Thaipocha-

res, 180.

cochylioides(Hublemma),

133

(Eu-

cochylioides (Mier), 133.

ceenia (Lithacodia), 550.

cenia (Metachrostis),

550.

cenogramma (Xantho-

ptera), 806.

cogela (Hrastria), 387.

cogela (Phyllophila),

O87

colla (Hublemma), 186.

colla (Xanthoptera), 186.

colon (Amyna), 468.

commoda (Huhlemma),

commodu ( Vescisa), 64.

communimacula (Hu-

blemma), 181.

communimacula (Noctua),

181.

compta (Huphasia), 805.

compuncta (EKublemma),

147.

compuncta (Thalpocha-

res), 147.

Conacontia, 702.

concayata (Corgatha),

concavata (Sophta), 295.

concinna (Thalpochares),

805.

concinnimacula

sie), 012,

(Lepto-

811

concinnimacula (Litha-

codia), 512.

concinnula (Acontia),

720.

concinnula (Anthophila),

concinnula (Micra), 161.

concludens (Hrastria),

confluens (Erastria), 580.

confusa (Hrastria), 544.

confusa (Lithacodia),

544.

confusa (Moma), 799.

confusa (Stenoloba), 799.

conistrota (Eublemma),

192.

Conochares, 682.

conocharodes (Greeperia),

679.

consanguis (Metachrostis),

consanguis (Ozarba), 421.

conspersa (Aphendala),

188.

conspersa (EKublemma),

188.

constellata (Xanthoptera),

238

contempta (Hydrelia),

417

contempta (Ozarba), 417.

contentaria (Cerynea),

210.

contentaria (Hphyra),

210.

contingens (Hublemma),

96.

contingens (Metachrostis),

Cophanta, 562.

coquilletti (Tarache),

UUs

coquilletiti (Acontia),

774.

Corgatha, 286.

corniculans (Hrastria),

408.

corniculans

08.

cornifrons (Acontia), 720.

corrientes (Tarachidia),

693.

costalis (Acontia), 680,

714.

costalis (Greeperia), 680.

costalis (Hoplotarache),

714.

costalis (Selenis), 247.

costata (Oruza), 252.

costata (Ozarba), 412,

(Ozarba),

812

costimacula (Anthophila),

180.

costimacula (Hrastria),

603.

costimacula (Hublemma),

180.

costimacula (Eustrotia),

603.

costinotalis (Corgatha),

304.

costinotalis (Hypena),

304

costipicta (Corgatha),

299.

costistigma (Acontia),

803.

costosa (Tarache), 789.

craspedica (‘Toana), 206.

crassiuscula (Eublemma),

170.

crassiuscula (Thermesia),

170.

cratina (Acontia), 764.

cratina (Tar che), 764.

crenulata (Eublemma),

64.

crenulata (Raparna), 64.

cretacea (Hulocastra),

153.

cretacea (Phyllophila),

383.

cretata (Tarache), 773.

cretiferana (Conchylis),

511.

Cretonia, 388.

cretula (Anthophila),

108.

crocata (Acontia), 754.

crocata (T'arache), 754.

croceicincta (Chrysocras-

peda), 47.

croceicincta (Enispa). 47,

crocodeta (Oruza), 253.

crocodeta (Xanthoptera),

253.

crocosticta (Amyna), 465.

crotopha (Hrastria), 523.

crotopha (Lithacodia),

523.

eryptochrysea

chrostis), 426.

cryptochrysea (Ozarba),

426.

erystallina (Eustrotia),

805.

cuelecana (Eublemma),

(Meta-

culta (Eustrotia), 603.

culta (Narosa), 603.

cuprea (Galgula), 521.

cuprea (Lithaecdia), 521.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

cupreofusea (Lithacodia),

526.

cuprina (Acontia), 803.

curvata (EHublemma), 165.

curvata (Madopa), 165.

Curvatula, 234.

curvifascia (Krastroides),

currvifascia (Ozarba), 496.

cuta (Acontia), 698.

cuta (Tarachidia), 698.

cyanipha (Acontia), 803.

eyanocraspis (Tarache),

776.

cyanopasta (Ozarba), 416.

eyclopis (Micrantha),

485,

Cydosia, 10.

cymea (Hypobleta), 258.

cypriace (Lhalpochares),

158.

dacia (Acontia), 763.

dacia (Tarache), 763.

dalmatina (Micra), 141.

dama (Agrophila), 672.

dama (Spragueia), 672.

daphena (Corgatha),

306.

dapbeena (Eublemma),

ess

dardouint (Bryophila),

100.

dardouini (Kublemma),

debilis (Acontia), 694.

debilis (Eublemma), 146.

debilis (Thalpochares),

146.

deceptoria (Lithacodia),

535.

deceptoria

535.

decisa (Acontia), 808.

decissima (EKustrotia),

595.

decissima (Ligidia), 204.

decissima (Microphysa),

595.

decolor (Pseudomicra),

616.

decolora (Pseucomicro-

des), 616.

decora (Erastria), 105.

decora (Eublemma), 105.

decorata (Cerynea), 237.

decorata (Lithacodia),

528.

decorata (Motama), 528.

decorata (Oruza), 237.

(Phalena),

decoripennis (Aulota-

rache), 722.

decoripennis (Tarache),

Decticryptia, 194.

delecta ( Acontia), 771.

delecta (Tarache), 771.

delectans (Dianthecia),

334.

delectans (Drobeta), 334,

340.

deleta (Agrophila), 661.

deleta (Decticryptis),

194,

deleta (Hrastria), 661.

deleta (Fruva), 690.

deleta (Niaecaba), 194.

deleta (Thalpochares),

146.

delicata (Eublemma), 151.

delicata (Thalpochares),

151.

delicatula (Hrastria),

804.

demba (Eublemma), 81.

densa (Ozarba), 429.

densa (Panemeria), 429.

derogata (Micra), 133.

deserta (Hublemma),

193.

deserta (Thalpochares),

193.

deserti

160.

deserti (Thalpochares),

160

(Hublemma),

Desmophora, 723.

destituta (Ozarba), 394.

destituta (Tarache), 394.

detrita (Acontia), 757.

detrita (Tarache), 757.

diacaustus (Micreschus),

diagonalis (Lophoruza),

229.

diaphora (Hrastria), 618.

diaphora (Hulocastra),

618.

diascia (Eustrotia), 579.

Diastema, 645.

dichionistis (Corgatha),

305.

dictaria (Acidalia), 307.

dictaria (Corgatha),

307.

diffusa (Naranga), 631.

diffusa (Xanthodes), 631.

dignata (Acontia), 404.

digona (Eublemma), 65.

dileuca (Procriosis),

711

dimera

600.

dimidata (Acontia), 792.

dimidata (Tarache),

792.

dimidialis (Phalena),

TOL

dimidiata

681.

dimorpha (Xanthoptera),

631.

(Hustrotia),

(Acontia),

dinaya (Corgatha), 297.

dinava (Eublemma), 73.

dinawa (Hublemmoides),

73.

dinawa (Oruza), 297.

dinumeratalis (Mari-

matha), 657.

diopis (Meneptera), 640.

diopis ( Tarache), 640.

diploata (Corgatha),

309.

tiplocherde (Corgatha),

293.

di; plogr amma (Naranga),

380.

diplogramma (Neochros-

tis), 392.

dipyra (Corgatha), 20.

directa (Angitia), 347.

discalis (Abacena), 328.

discalis (Chobata), 647.

discifascia (Mestleta),

247.

discipuncta (Micro-

blemma), 33.

discoidalis (Acontia),

699.

discoidea (Acontia), 788.

discoidea (‘Tarache),

788.

disconnecta (Acontia),

disconnecta (Tarache),

723.

disjunctaria (Acidalia),

219.

disjunctaria (Cerynea),

dispar (Acontia), 716.

dispar (Hoplotarache),

716.

disparilis (Hypercodia),

488.

disparilis (Motina), 488.

dissecta (Anthophila),

803

disticta (Mimasura),

637.

distigmata (Amyna),

475.

APHABETICAL INDEX.

distigmata (Hrastria),

475.

distincta (Hustrotia),

805

distinguenda (EHrastria),

542.

distinguenda

codia), 542.

diversalis (Bertula), 228.

diversalis (Lophoruza),

228.

(Litha-

dividens (Thalpochares),

176.

dividua (Eustrotia),

597.

divisa (Anthophila),

divisa (Bustrotia), 577.

divisa (Metachrostis),

600.

divisa (Oruza), 246.

divisa (Selenis), 246.

divisa (Thalpochares),

131.

domina (Ozarba), 402.

domina ( Tarache), 402.

dorata (Erastria), 529.

dorata (Lithacodia),

529.

dosaroides (Hiccoda),

380.

drepanodes (Corgatha),

293.

Daina, BBM,

drosera (Callipyris),

288.

drosera (OCorgatha),

288.

dubia (Eublemma),

180.

dubia (Mateomera),

180.

duenna ( Tarache), 742.

duplexa (Mestleta), 170.

eccausta (Hiccoda), 379.

ecrufa (Hublemma), 617.

ecrufa (Pseudomicrodes),

617.

ecthemata (Hublemma),

Eethetis, 63.

ectorhoda ((iderastria),

486.

Eetrogatha, 285.

editha (Hustrotia), 533,

editha (Lithacodia), ,

533.

Edwardsia, 9.

effusa’ (Hugraphia),

794.

813

egens (Chumetia), 104.

egens (Hublemma), 104.

Eggyna, 10.

elzeoa (Tarache), 751.

eleodes (Bryomina), 32.

elataria (Hnispa), 45.

elataria (Hyria), 45.

elegans (Desmophora),

768.

elegantula (Conochares),

elegantula (Thalpochares),

684.

age yst (Hrastria),

140.

eyes (Hublemma),

140.

elychryst (Micra), 141.

emarginata(Hrastroides),

490.

embolima (Acontia), '724.

Hinmelia, 658.

endolopha (Ligidia),

799.

endomela (Erastroides),

495.

endotrichalis (Cerynea),

214.

Enispa, 40.

enispodes (Corgatha),

289

enona (Acidalia), 19.

enona (Acidaliodes), 19.

eosarialis (Hnispa), 42.

ephimera (Kublemma),

148.

ephimera (Thalpochares),

148.

epichroma (Metachrostis),

epigramma (Thalpo-

chares), 167.

Epigrypera, 282.

epiphracta (Areoptera),

26.

epiphr acta (Thelxinoa),

26.

epistrota (Hublemma),

Erastria, 658.

Rrastriane, 1.

erastrioides (Acontia),

691.

erastrioides (Tarachidia),

Hrastroides, 490.

erecta (Bankia), 586.

erecta (Hustrotia), 586.

eriogona (Hpigrypera),

282.

eriopica (Angitia), 350.

814

Eromene, 63.

erosides (Holocryptis),

198.

erosides (Troctoptera),

198

Brotyla, 658.

erubescens (Holocryptis),

197.

erubescens (T'roctoptera),

erythroglauca (Enispa),

50.

Essonistis, 22.

ethiopica (Cretonia),

389.

etrocta (Enispa), 41.

Eublemma, 63.

Eublemmistis, 35.

EHublemmoides, 63.

euboica (Acontia), 437.

euchroa (Lithacodia),

548.

euchrysa (Hustrotia),

610.

euchrysa (Xanthoptera),

610.

eudryada (Acontia), 775.

eudryada (Tarache),

775.

Eugraphia, 792.

eulepidea (Protarache),

373.

eulepidea (Tarache), 378,

374.

Eulocastra, 618.

Humestleta, 63.

eupethecica (Hublemma),

Euphasia, 723.

Eupseudomorpha, 9.

eurynipha (Eublemma),

621:

eurynipha (Eulocastra),

621.

euryzona

590.

Hustrotia, 566.

eustrotiodes (Lopho-

rache), 649.

eversmanni (Chariclea),

780.

exasperata (Nola), 153.

excavata (Hustrotia),

601.

excavata (Grammodes),

601.

excisa (Acidaliodes), 17.

excisa (Acontia), 625.

excisa (Corgatha), 291.

excisa (Ozarba), 395.

excurvata (Ozarba), 418.

(Eustrotia),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

exigua (Bombyx), 804.

exigua (Hublemma),

136.

exigua (Micra), 136.

expolita (Tarache), 724.

exscendens (Drobeta),

333, 348.

extranea (Noctua), 125.

extraria (Noctua), 125.

Exyra, 651.

falcatalis (Corgatha), 68.

falcatalis (Hublemma),

68.

falsa (Lithacodia), 541.

Salsa (Miana), 541.

fannia (Hustrotia), 451.

fannia (Ozarba), 451.

Farara, 224.

Farona (Microcelia),

356.

farona (Mictochroa),

356

fasciale (Areopterum),

23.

fascialis (Arzeoptera),

fascialis (Erastria), 661.

fascialis ( Tarache), 661.

fasciana (Lithacodia),

539.

fasciana (Tortrix), 539.

fasciata (Capnodes),

105.

Jfasciata (Erastria), 402.

fasciata (Hublemma),

105.

fasciata (Hulocastra),

624.

fasciatella (Fruva), 682.

fasciatella (Spragucia),

aQ«

fasciola (Anthophila),

803.

Sasciola (Corgatha), 291.

Fasciolata (Hrastria),

627.

fasciolata (Hulocastra),

27.

Fasciosa (Arasada), 274.

fasciosa (Hyposada),

274.

Jasciosa (Mestleta), 80.

fausta (Hrastroides),

494,

fausta (Eustrotia), 805.

Jausta (Metachrostis),

494,

favillalis (Lsopteryx),

fax (Exyra), 652.

fax (Xanthoptera), 652.

felina (Hmmelia), 804.

fentoni (Hrastria), 519.

fentoni (Lithacodia),

519.

ferreofusa (Enispa), 42.

ferrimacula (EHrastria),

367.

ferrimacula (Stenoloba),

ferrugina (Lithacodia),

JSerruginea (Maliattha),

503.

ferruginea (Naranga),

631.

fervens (Hustrotia), 611.

fervens (Hyela), 611.

figuralis (Corgatha),

307.

Siguralis (Scopula), 3807.

jigurata (Hrastria), 408.

fissifascia (Oruza), 238.

Jissifascia (Zurobata),

238.

fissilinea

aoe

(Cerynea),

flammeola (Thalpo-

chares), 805.

flammicincta

phila), 172.

Flammona, 688.

flayescens (Ozarba), 418.

flavia (Eublemma), 193.

flavibasalis (Cerynea),

215.

flavibasalis (Hrastroides),

492.

flavibasis (Tarachidia),

700.

flaviceps (Eublemma),

83.

(Antho-

flaviciliata (Eublemma),

185.

flavicincta (Enispa), 51.

flavicosta (Conacontia),

703.

flavicosta (Corgatha),

306

flavicosta (HKublemma),

122:

flavicostata (Cerynea),

221.

Slavicostata (Mestleta),

221

flavida (Eublemma),

(Ozarba),

flavidiscata

flavifera (Phoenico-

phanta), 653,

flavifrons (Hustrotia),

612.

flavifrons

612.

flavigutta (Celena), 468.

flaviguttata (Hustrotia),

606.

flavimargo (Lycaugesta),

264.

(Gesonia),

flavinia (Eublemma),

108.

Havinia (Metachrostis),

108.

flavipars (Hublemma),

797.

flavipennis (Ozarba),

428.

flavipennis (Tarache),

736.

flavipuncta (Corgatha),

301.

flavipuncta (Hrastria),

560.

flavipuneta (Hyperstro-

tia), 560.

flavistriata

187.

flavitermina (Phyllo-

phila), 385.

flavitermina (Tarache),

(Eublemma),

flavofasciata(Cobubatha),

« ») a

ai.

flavofasciata (Tripudia),

321.

i dl (Anchiroe),

ieen mbria (Lithacodia),

508.

flavonigra (Rivula),

760.

flavonigra (Tarache),

760

flavonitens (Agrophila),

661.

floceifera (Barasa), 391.

floccifera (Cretonia),

391.

JSedosa (Anthophila),

feedosa (Eublemma), 82.

formosa (Acontia), 709.

formosana (Lithaeodia),

526.

fortunata (Thalpochares),

699.

Jraterculata ‘Arasada),

278.

frausa (Phothedes), 381.

Freda (Marimatha), 498.

Fruva, 681.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

fugitiva (Hublemma),

147.

fugitiva (Thalpochares),

fulvescens

(Ozarba),

fulvirufa (Lophorache),

648.

fulvitermina(Hublemma),

fumata (Spragueia),

701.

fumata (Tarachidia),

701.

fumosa (Chalenata),

364

Sumosa (Mierophysa),

364.

funeralis

670.

funestalis (Cophanta),

562.

furcata (Bankia), 805,

furcata (Xanthoptera),

655.

fureilla (Argillophora),

482

(Spragueia),

Susca (Ozarba), 394.

Suscicilia (Acontia), 611.

fuseicilia (Hustrotia),

611.

fuscicosta (lycaugesia),

267.

fuscifascia (Lycaugesia),

264.

fuscipars (Pseudomicro-

des), 614.

Juscula (Noctua), 539.

JSutilis (Hrastria), 153.

galactea (Eublemma), 75.

gayneri (Hublemma),

163.

gaynert (Mestleta), 163.

gemmifer (Micreschus),

313.

gemmifera (Corgatha),

313.

genuflexa (Hustrotia),

593.

genuflexa (Xanthoptera),

593.

geoga (Hustrotia), 552.

geoga (Lithacodia), 552.

georgica (Fruva), 690.

geta (Hustrotia), 452.

geta (Ozarba), 452.

gibbosa (Agrophila), 153.

gilda (Cobubatha), 323.

gilda (Eustrotia), 323.

815

girba (Eustrotia), 805.

gladiola (Chamaclea),

374.

gladiola (Protarache),

BYE:

Glaphyra, 68.

glarea (Anthophila),

108.

glauca (Lithacodia), 524.

glaucescens (Neothripa),

370.

glaucescens (Ozarba),

glaucescens (Stenoloba),

370.

Glaucicodia, 351.

glaucizona (Hublemma),

134

glaucochroa (Eublemma)

128.

glaucopera (Amyna),

466.

glaucopis (Hrastria), 531.

glaucopis (Lithacodia),

538.

glaucotorna (Oruza), 249

glycera (Hustrotia), 805.

gonella (Acontia), 734.

gonella (Tarache), 734.

goniogramma (Hu-

blemma), 797.

Gonophea, 362.

BEEP} a (Areoptera),

goniophora (Areopteron),

30.

goyanensis (Cobubatha),

322.

gradata (Acontia), 783.

gradata (Tarache), 783.

Greeperia, 675.

grana (Agrophila), 674.

erana (Spragueia), 674.

grapholithoides (Thalpo-

chares), 805.

grata (Anthophila), 154,

155

grata (Hublemma), 155.

gratiosa (Acontia), 753.

gratiosa (Anthophila),

167.

gratiosa (Hublemma),

167.

eratiosa (Tarache), 753.

gratissina _( Thalpo-

chares), 165.

griseata (Arseoptera), 30,

griseata (Areopteron),

griseata (Microphza),

330.

816

griseipennis (Hnispa), 58.

griseipennis (Hyria), 58.

griseiplaga (Capnodes),

310.

griseola (Amyna), 470.

griseola (Erastria), 470.

griseola (Hublemma),

188.

eriseola (Phyllophila),

384.

griseola (Tarache), 385.

griseola (Thalpochares),

188, 384.

griseomixta (Hrastria),

553.

griseomixta (Lithacodia),

553.

grisescens (Parangitia),

340.

guenei (Bryophila), 539.

guttata (Spragueia), 669.

guttifera (Acontia), T58.

guttifera (larache) 758.

guttistrigata (Acontia),

707.

Gyrognatha, 233.

Gyrohypsoma, 641.

Heemaphlebia, 203.

Heematosticta, 15.

Hemerosia, 63.

_ hemorranta (Narango-

des), 633.

hansa (Hublemma), 146.

hansa (Micra), 146.

harmina (Acontia), 645.

harmina (Monocymia),

465.

harmonica (Mictochroa),

356.

haworthana (Micra), 694.

hebescens (Anthophila),

312.

hebescens (Corgatha),

312.

hebescens (Naranga), 632.

heliastis (Metachrostis),

428.

heliastis (Ozarba), 428.

Heliocontia, 662.

Heliodora, 675.

hemichrysea (Ozarba),

415.

hemiglauca (‘Tarache),

762.

hemimelena (Ozarba),

422.

hemiochra (Ozarba), 420.

hemiphea (Metachrostis),

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ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

hemipheea (Ozarba), 446,

hemiplaca (mublemma),

419

hemiplaca (Ozarba), 419.

hemipolia (Ozarba), 443.

hemirhoda (Micra), 77.

hemixanthia (Tarache),

759.

herbaria (Hiccoda), 376.

herbaria (Uncula), 376.

hermosilla (Hrastroides),

493.

hermosilla (Hustrotia),

493.

Hesperimorpha, 459.

heterogramma (Antho-

phila), 175.

heterogramma

blemma), 175.

Hieccda, 378.

hieroglyphica (Tarache),

749

(Ku-

himerata (Hetrogatha),

285.

himerata (Hrosia), 285.

Himerois, 564.

himmighoffeni (Eu-

blemma), 189.

himmighoffent (Micra),

189.

hippotamada (Thalpo-

chares), 554.

hippotes (Cobubatha),

315.

hippotes (Thalpochares),

315.

hirasa (Cobubatha), 316.

hirasa (Thalpochares),

316.

histrio (Bombyx), 11.

Holocryptis, 195.

holophea (Lithacodia),

554.

holophza (Ozarba), 455.

holophea (Tarachidia),

700.

holoxantha (Hoplo-

tarache), 718.

honesta (Miana), 413.

honesta (Ozarba), 413.

Hoplotarache, 712.

hortensis (Acontia), 784.

hortensis (Tarache), 784.

huachuea (Conacontia),

702.

hubbardiana

652.

huita (Acontia), 697.

huita (Tarachidia), 697.

humerata (Hrastria),

804.

(Exyra),

hutsoni (Conochares),

686.

hutsoni (Thalpochares),

686.

Hydrelia, 566.

hydrocampata (Hypo-

sada), 278.

hydrocampata (Phiba-

lapteryx), 278.

Flyela, 566.

Hyelopsis, 497.

hypenoides (Ozarba),

410

hypenoides (Thalpo-

chares), 410.

Hypercodia, 488.

hyperlophia (Tarache),

744.

Hyperstrotia, 556.

Hypobleta, 258.

Hyposada, 273.

hypoteenia (Kulocastra),

hypotenia (Microphysa),

628.

hypoxantha (Corgatha),

dll

hypoxantha

physa), 436.

hypoxantha (Ozarba),

436.

(Micro-

hypozonata (Hublemma),

hypozonata Lycaugesia),

263, 268.

Hyriodes, 16.

idella (Cerathosia), 643.

idicra (Cobubatha), 316.

idicra (Thalpochares),

316.

ignealis (Cerynea), 212.

ignefusa (Hublemma),

181.

igniaria (Cerynea), 216.

igniaria (Hypena), 216.

ignifera (‘Thalpochares),

805.

i-grecum (Anthophila),

505. ae

Ilatia, 459 \NeNn>

illosis (Metachrostis),

457.

illosis (Ozarba), 457.

illota (Hublemma), 189.

illota (Thalpochares),

189.

inbuta (Hrastria), 756.

imitatria (Acontia), 747.

imitella (Cydosia), 13.

immuna (Hrastria), 804.

impedita (Hadena), 471.

implexata (Corgatha),

300.

implexata (Palara), 500.

impuncta (Mimasura),

637.

empura (Thalpochares),

141.

mequalis (Selenis), 235.

énamena (Noctwa), 114.

éncludens ( Acontia), 79).

énconcisa (Acontia), 587.

inconcisa (Hustrotia),

587.

incondita (Ozarba), 448.

inda (Acontia), 750.

indecisa (Acontia), 223.

indecisa (Cerynea), 223

indubitans (Grzperia),

681,

éndubitans (Nonagria),

681.

ineflectani ia (Acidalia),

ena (Hyposada),

276

inexacta (Acontia), 803.

infuscata (Thalpochires),

156.

ingrata (Noctua), 114.

innocens (Hublemma),

186.

énnocens (Thalpochares),

innotata (Mimasura), 638.

inobtrusa (Metachrostis),

449.

inobtrusa (Ozarba), 449.

inorata (Spragueia), 690.

inordinata (Acontia),

557.

inordinata (Hyper-

strotia), 557.

inornata (Miana), 468.

inscripta (Erastria), 474.

insignis (Hulocastra),

623.

RT es (Hydrillodes),

623.

insocia (Acontia), 720.

insocia (Metapioplasta),

720.

insolatrix (Noctua), 786.

interrupta (Conochares),

interrupta (Mestleta),

interruptus (Conochares),

685.

intractabilis (Nonagria),

VOL, X.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

intractata (Capnodes),

239

intractata (Oruza), 239,

inversa (Spragueia), 664.

tothicta (Hublemma),

163.

iridescens (Bryophila),

804.

awrrecta (Selenis), 235.

irretita (Hugraphia),

793.

irretita (Husceptis), 793.

isocampta (Ozarba), 424.

isomera (Hustrotia), 599.

ithaca (Angitia), 343.

ithaca (Drobeta), 343.

itvarra (Ozarba), 446.

itwarra (Ozarba), 446,

jaguaralis (Spragueia),

673.

jaliscana (Tarache), 767.

jamaicensis (Cydosia),

11.

jancousci (Stenoloba),

367

janeira (Micrantha), 484.

janetra (Pseudina), 484.

jankowskti (Dichagyris),

367.

jativa (Tarachidia), 698.

jativa (Thalpochares),

698.

javanica (Arasada), 256.

jocularis (Hublemma),

149.

jocularis (Thalpochares),

149.

jucunda (Hublemma),

jucunda (Noctua), 110.

juncturalis (Hyposada),

278.

(Rivula),

Juneturalis

karachiensis (Acontia),

714.

keyserlingi (Thalpo-

chares), 805.

kindermannt

phila), 150.

komaga (Acontia), 785.

kuelekana (Hublemma),

Wd,

(Antho-

lacernaria (Hublemma),

108. .

817

lacernavia (Geometra),

108.

lacteicosta (Capnodes),

49.

lacteicosta (Hublemma),

lacteicosta (Oruza), 249.

lactipennis (Tarache),

723.

lamia (Bryophila), 448.

lamia (Ozarba), 448.

lanceolata (Tarache),

7odl.

laphyra (Xanthoptera),

171, 172

larentiformis (Erastria),

larentiformis

codia), 538.

lascivalis (Choreutis), 438.

lascivalis (Ozarba), 438.

lathrea (Mestleta), 246.

laticincta (Thalerastria),

618.

latifasciata (Hustrotia),

(Litha-

latifasciata (Hyela), 587.

latifera (Acidalia), 247.

latifera (Oruza), 247.

latipennis (Hadena), 472.

latipennis (Hama), 472.

lativitta (Bankia), 502.

lativitta (Lithacodia),

502.

laurea (Thalpochares),

lauta (Selenis), 246.

lenis (Anthophila), 150.

lentirosea (Eublemma),

133.

leo (Agrophila), 672.

leo (Spragueia), 672.

leonata (Thalpochares),

131.

lepida (Ozarba), 407.

lepidula (Bryocodia),

476.

lepidula (Jaspidea), 476.

leprosa (Enispa), 56.

leptinia (Hublemma), 66.

leptinia (Micreschus), 66,

leptogramma (Oruza),

254

Leptosia, 63.

lepus (Agrophila), 664.

lepus _ (Helioconta),

664.

leucanides (EKublemma),

leucanides ( Thalpochares)

189

3) (c!

818

leucanitis (Hublemma),

111

leucobasis (Hulocastra),

leucocraspia (Oruza),

leucocraspis (Hyriodes),

leucocrossa (Madopa),

307.

leucodesma (Eublemma),

vo.

leucodesma (Thalpo-

chares), 143.

leucoglene (Hrastria), 487.

leucoglene (Xanthozona),

487.

leucogramma (Enispa),

leucograpta (Eublemma),

173.

leucomelana(Hublemma),

leuconephra

codia), 352.

leuconeura (Enblemma),

192.

leucopera (Amyna), 464.

leucopera (Eustrotia),

597.

leucoplaga (Arzoptera),

(Glauci-

leucospila (Perigea), 468.

leucosticta (Corgatha),

301.

leucosticta (Enispa), 59.

leucostigmata (Tarache),

leucostriga (Amyna),

467.

leucota (Eublemma), 154.

leucotrigona (Tarache),

leucozona (EHublemma),

leucozona (Pseudocras-

pedia), 260.

libedis (Acontia), 692.

libedis (Tarachidia), 692.

liberata (Oruza), 307.

lichenostola (Enispa), 56.

Ligidia, 204,

lilacina (Chalenata), 365.

limbata (Cobubatha),320.

limbatus ( Oribates), 320.

lineata (Nipista), 649.

Lithacodia, 497.

lithina (Lophoruza), 229.

lithina (Mestleta), 229.

lithosiana (Acantho-

frontia), 644.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

liturifera (Acontia), 708.

lixiva (Kustrotia), 59).

lixiva (Tripudia), 591.

Lochia, 459.

longena (Eustrotia), 598.

longipalpis (Lophoruza),

226.

longipalpis (Lycaugesia),

263

longipalpis (Pseudocras-

pedia), 263.

longipalpis (Selenis), 226.

Lophorache, 648.

Lophoruza, 225.

loxomita (Corgatha),

296.

loxotoma (Hublemma),

805.

lozostropha (Eublemma),

144.

lucast ( Acontia), 724.

lucasi (Tarache), 724.

lucida (Noctua), 786.

lucida (Tarache), 786.

luda (Agrophila), 321.

luda (Cobubatha), 321.

lugens (Acontia), 786.

lugens (Scotostena), 372.

lugubris (Bombyx), 660.

lunana (Hoplotarache),

712.

lunana (Pyralis), ‘712.

lunata (Tarache), 376.

lunata (Uncula), 376.

lunifera (Lophoruza),

227.

lunifera (Mestleta), 227.

lurida (Hublemma), 168.

lutefascialis (Enispa), 44. .

lutefascialis (Mestleta),

luteola (Acontia), '753.

lutosa (Thalpochares),

805.

luxuriosa (Cobubatha),

324.

luxuriosa (Tripudia), 324.

lycaugesaria (Arasada),

275.

Lycaugesia, 263.

lycaugesia (Acidaliodes),

20.

lycaugesia (Enispa), 61.

macariodes (Corgatha),

292.

macroplaga (Hyperstro-

tia), 560.

macroplaga (Naranga),

560.

macrosema (Hustrotia),

605.

macrosema(Xanthoptera),

605.

maculata (Siccia), 802.

maculosa (Acontia), 748.

madanda (Acontia), 404.

madanda (Ozarba), 404.

magna (Hustrotia), 583.

magna ( Hyelopsis), 583.

magnifica (Heliodora),

680.

magnifica (Spragueia),

671

major (Acontia), 730.

major (Tarache), 730.

majuscula (Cydosia), 15.

majuscula (Penthetria),

malgassica

788.

maleassica (Tarache),

(Acontia),

Maliattha, 497.

mallarba (Ozarba), 410.

mandarina (Hrastria),

518.

mandarina (Lithacodia),

518.

manleyi (Selepa), 368.

manleyi (Stenoloba), 368.

mardina (Thalpochares),

158.

margana (Heliocontia),

666.

margana (Pyralis), 666.

margarita (Spragueia),

638.

margarita (Tarachidia),

margarite ( Trothisa),

margaritata (Noctua),

margaritata (Tarache),

790.

marginalis (Acontia),

507.

marginalis (Lithacodia),

507.

marginata (Karias), 612.

marginata (Hrastria),

804.

marginata (Eustrotia),

612.

marginula (Micra), 805.

marmaropa (Kublemma),

149.

marmoralis (Noctua), 747.

inarmoralis (Tarache),

747.

marmorea (Agrophila),

663.

marmorea (Aphusia), 664.

martjanovi (Hrastria),

804.

mascarena (Lophoruza),

230

mata (Agrophila), 667.

Mateomera, 63.

matercula (Hrastria),

804.

mediana (Bryocodia),

479.

mediana ( Tarache), 479.

mediana (Thalerastria),

623.

mediatrix ( Tornacontia),

676.

mediopallens (Corgatha),

243.

mediopallens (Oruza),

243.

mediorufa (Pseudomi-

crodes), 614.

meeci (Hyperstrotia),

558.

meeki (Berresa), 461.

meekt (Rivula), 558.

megalena (Metachrostis),

805.

megaplaga (Ozarba), 409.

megocula (Grzperia),

680.

megocula (Tornacontia),

680.

melabela (Eublemma),

melacheila (Hrastria),

804.

melena (Hulocastra),

619.

melena ( Tarache), 619.

melagona (Ozarba), 458.

melagonia (Drobeta),

333.

melaleuca (Lithacodia),

508.

Melamera, 327.

melamera (Angitia), 348.

melanchlena (Hustrotia),

566.

melanchlena (Tarache),

566.

melanistis (Oorgatha),

melanodonta (Hublem-

ma), 81, 107.

melanodonta (Ozarba),

453.

melanogramma (Noctua),

793.

ALPHABHTICAL INDEX.

melanopis (Eustrotia),

609.

melanosticta (Holocryp-

tis), 198.

melanosticta (Hyposada),

77.

melanosticta (Pseudcras-

pedia), 262.

melanostigma (Erastria),

534.

melanostigma (Lithaco-

dia), 534,

melaphora (Protarache),

374.

melasoma (Lycaugesia),

mella (Bryophila), 521.

mella (Lithacodia), 521.

mendacula (Anthophila),

100.

mendaculalis (Hercyna),

95.

Meneptera, 640.

meridionalis (Acontia),

754,

merta (Lithacodia), 553.

merta (Palindia), 553.

mescei (Tarache), 740.

mesket (Acontia), 740,

mesomela (Hrastroides),

495

mesonephele (Chalenata),

mesophzea (Hublemma),

145.

mesophzxa (Hyposada),

279.

mesophxa (Rhynchodia),

489.

mesopheea (Steganiodes),

269.

mesoscota

344.

mesozona (Xanthoptera),

623.

Mestleta, 623.

Metacausta, 207.

metacausta (Chlorhoda),

479.

(Angitia),

metachrysa (Lithacodia),

513. ~ “minor (Corgatha), 303.

metachrysea (Ozarba),

417

Metzmene, 801.

metaleuca (Ozarba), 450.

metallica (Acontia), 771.

metallica (Metachrostis),

441.

metallica (Ozarba), 441.

metalligera (Acantho-

lipes), 807.

819

metalophota (Barasa),

568.

metalophota (Eustrotia),

568.

Metapioplasta, 719.

Metasada, 257.

metaspilaris(Cobubatha),

mianoides (Hustrotia),

595.

mianoides (Ozarba), 595.

miasma (Krastria), 101.

miasma (Hublemma),

101.

micaceella (Chalenata),

365.

Micardia, 566.

Micra, 63.

Micracontia, 61.

micreola (Aroptera),

24.

micreola (Hssonistis), 24.

Micreschus, 40.

Micrantha, 483.

micrastis (Tarache), 805.

Microblemma, 33.

microcyla (Acontia), 405,

microcyla (Ozarba), 405.

micronephra (Lithaco-

dia), 518.

Microphea, 329.

Microphisa, 63.

Microphysa, 63.

micropis (Hustrotia),

609.

micropis (Larache), 739.

microptera (Acontia), 755.

microptera (Tarache),

755.

Mictochroa, 355.

miegii (Aconthia), 803.

Mimasura, 634.

mimica (Cydosia), 13,

mimica (Eggyna), 18.

Mimoruza, 271.

minima (Hrastria), 804,

minima (Hublemma),

152, 799.

minima (Micra), 152.

minor (Capnodes), 308.

minuta (Capnodes), 304..

minuta (Celena), 532.

minuta (Corgatha), 304.

minuta (Hnispa), 50.

minuta (Hrastria), 141.

minuta (Hublemma), 124.

minuta (Hyria), 50.

minuta (Lithacodia), 532,

minuta (Noctua), 136,

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minuta (Phytometra),

694.

mionides (Hoplotarache),

mionides (Tarache), 717.

mira (Oruza), 252.

mira (Selenis), 252.

mirabilis (Hrastria), 484.

mirabilis (Micrantha),

484.

mirella (Lithacodia), 554.

mirella (Thalpochares),

554.

misturata (Hublemma),

102.

mixta (Acontia), 803.

mizteca (Tarache), 752.

modesta (Fruva), 690.

moldavicola (Acontia),

437.

moldavicola (Ozarba),

437.

mollicula (Erastria), 80+.

molybdopasta (Hrastrot-

des), 202.

molye copa (Peperita),

202.

molybdota (Hyperstro-

tia), 556.

molybdota

442.

monilifera (Acontia), 790.

monocampta (Amyna),

76.

Monocymia, 644.

monotretalis (Pyrausta),

468.

monozona (Hulocastra),

626.

morata (Chytonix), 646.

morata (Diastema), 646.

morides (Acontia), 742.

morides (Tarache), 742.

morma (Cerynea), 245.

Motama, 497.

multiguttata

238.

munda (EHublemma), 147.

munda (Hustrotia), 577.

munda (Micardia), 577.

munda (Thalpochares),

147.

(Ozarba),

(Mestleta),

mundicolaria (Nechesia),

muscosula (Hrastria), 541.

muscosula (Lithacodia),

541. °

musta (Erastria), 527

musta (Lithacodia), 527.

mustelina (Microphysa),

431.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Nacerasa, 286:

nevulosa (Acontia), 755.

nana (Cryphia), 552.

nana (Lithacodia), 552.

nana (Nacerasa), 295.

nannata (Hublemma),

100.

nannodes (Tarachidia),

692.

Naranga, 630.

Narangodes, 633.

natalensis (Perigea), 472

natalis (Acontia), 709.

natalis (Amyna), 461.

natalis (Berresa). 461.

natalis (Cardiosace), 709.

nebulifera (Anthophila),

116.

negrita (Metachrostis),

614, 616

nemorum {Hrastria), 536.

nemorum (Lithacodia),

536.

Neochrostis, 392.

neocula (Acontia), 773

neomexicana (Acontia),

695.

neomexicana (Tarachi-

dia), 695.

Neothripa, 366.

nephelistis (Parangitia),

338.

nephroleuca

425.

neurota (Tarache), 753.

Niaccaba, 62.

niasica (Aimene), 802.

nigellus (Hpizeuxis), 804,

nigra (Agrophila), 660.

nigriceps (Mimoruza),

(Ozarba),

nigridiscata (Hublemma),

633.

nigridiscata (Naran-

codes), 633.

nigripalpis (Acontia),

381.

nigripalpis (Hiccoda),

381.

nigritula (Evrastria), 531.

nigritula (Stenostygia),

371

nigr itula (Tarache), 371

OE (Bryophila),

622

nigriy itta

120.

nigrivittata (Eulocastra),

622.

migrocaput (Xanthoptera),

652.

(Bublemma),

nigrofimbria (Xantho-

ptera), 657, 658.

nigropunctata(Corgatha),

242

nigropunctata (Oruza),

242.

nigroviridis (Metachros-

tis), 425.

nigroviridis (Ozarba),

425.

niphogona (Tarache),

785

Nipista, 645.

nitens (Celeopsyche), 291.

nitens (Corgatha), 291.

nitidula (Noctua), 768.

nitidula (Tarache), 768.

nivalis (Arzeoptera), 24.

nivalis (Areopterwm), 24.

nivata (Hrastria), 546.

nivata (Lithacodia), 546.

niveiceps (Hnispa), 52.

niveiceps (Micreschus),

52.

niveicollis (Acontia), 734,

merase (Corgatha),

niviapex (Selenis), 235.

nivilinea (Edema), 367.

nivipicta (Acontia), 745.

nivipicta: (Tarache), 745.

nivosa (Tarache), 712.

nobilitella (Cydosia), LI.

nobilitella (Phalena), 11.

noctualis (Kublemma),

139.

noctualis (Pyralis), 139.

Noctuide, 1.

noloides (Acontia), 583.

noloides (Hustrotia),

583.

normalis (Lithacodia),

537.

notabilis (Calophasia),

782.

notabilis (Larache), 783.

nubifera (Chelichares),

718.

nubila (Erastria), 804.

nubila (Hoplotarache),

715.

nubilata (Tarache), 761.

nubilosa (Stenorache),

618.

nubilosa (Tarache), 618.

nuda ( Thalpochares), 174.

nuga (Micra), 136.

nuicola (Acontia), 740.

numa (Cobubatha), 317.

numa (Hustrotia), 317,

318, 591.

numerica (Agrophila),

382,

numerica (Phyllophila),

382.

numida (Micra), 118.

numisma (Hrastria), 546.

numisma (Lithacodia),

546.

nyanea (Hrastria), 408.

nyctichroa (Hublemma),

125.

nyctichroa (Microphea),

329.

nymphodora (Eublemma),

136

nymphula (Troctoptera),

806.

Obana, 209.

obatra (Spragueia), 675.

obatra (Tarache), 675.

oblataria (Enispa), 54.

oblataria (Hyria), 54.

obliqua (Bankia), 579.

obliqua (Hustrotia), 579.

obliqualis (Eublemma),

172,

obliqualis (Phalena), 172.

obliquata (Xanthoptera),

656.

obliquifascia(Arzeoptera),

25, 796.

obliterata (Anthophila),

383.

obliterata (Phyllophila),

383.

oblitescens (EHrastria),

obscura (Acontia), 795.

obscura (Kublemma),

178. :

obscura (Hugraphia),

795,

obscura

386.

obscura (Phyllophila),

386

(Metachrostis),

obscura (Ptyopterota),

800.

obscura (Selenis), 178.

obsoleta (Fruva), 690.

obstructa ( Celena), 468.

occidentalis (Cophanta),

563.

ocellata (Bryophila), 804.

ochracea (Hmmelia), 804..

ochreana (Cerynea), 220.

ochreana (Dahlia), 2:20.

ochreola (Eublemma),

166,

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

ochreola (Thalpochares),

39.

ochriplaga (Angitia), 346.

ochrizona (Eulocastra),

619

ochrobasis (Eublemma),

155.

ochrochlora (Bryomina),

ochrochlora (Trissernis),

ochrochroa (Eublemma).

av.

ochrochroa (Tarache),

743.

ochrocraspis (Cobu-

batha), 318.

ochrocraspis (Pseudomi-

crodes), 617.

ochrozona (Ozarba), 419.

octo (Amyna), 463, 468,

octo (Perigea), 468.

odontophora (Eu-

blemma), 143.

Ciderastria, 485.

Cidicodia, 387.

cnistis (Enispa), 59.

Cinoptera, 259,

oinistis (Micreschus), 59.

oletta (Hrastria), 559.

oletta(Hyperstrotia), 559.

olivacea ( Acontia), 116.

olivacea (Cilix), 772.

olivacea (Hrastria), 546.

olivacea (Hublemma),

116.

olivacea (Tarache), 772.

olivana (Hustrotia), 580.

olivana (Tortrix), 580.

oliyata (Corgatha), 296.

olivea (Acontia), 712.

olivea (Noctua), 580.

olivescens (Cardiosace),

708.

olivescens (Chlorocodia),

351.

olivescens (Metapio-

plasta), 719.

Olivaria (Hrastroides),,

494.

olivula (Bankia), 586.

olivula (Hustrotia), 586.

omopis (Corgatha), 290.

omopis (Sophia), 290.

omphisalis (Oerynea),

219.

onagrus (Agrophila), 671,

672.

onagrus (Spragueia), 671.

onytes (Lithacodia), 544.

onytes ( Tarache), 544.

821

opalinoides( Acontia), 775.

opalinoides (Tarache),

779.

opella ( Acontia), 596.

opella (Hustrotia), 596.

opiparus ( Oribates), 597.

Opposita (Hrastria), 804.

optiva (Larache), 562.

oranaria (Chesias), 641.

oranaria (Pseudosterrha),

641.

Oratoscelis, 63.

orba (Conacontia), 704.

orbica (Segetia), 468.

orcidia (Agrophila), 320.

oreidia (Cobubatha), 320.

ornatula (Hrastria), 382.

ornatula {Hublemma),

142.

ornatula (Thalpochares),

142.

orthogramma

blemma), 79.

orthogramma (Micra), 79.

Ortholeuca, 486.

orthopetes (Hublemma),

596.

orthozona (Hustrotia),

592.

orthozona (Metachrostis),.

401.

orthozona (Ozarba), 401.

Oruza, 234.

ostrina (Hublemma), 118.

ostrina (Noctua), 118.

Ozarba, 393.

ozarbica (Kustrotia), 602,

ozolica (Corgatha), 293.

(Eu-

Palara, 286.

pallescens (Oruza), 278.

patlescens ( Trothisa), 172.

palliceps (Rivula), 328.

paullicostata (Curvatula),

252.

pallida (Naranga), 381.

pallida (Ozarba), 447.

pallida ( Toxophleps), 152.

palliduta (Anthophila),

158.

pallidula (EHublemma),

158.

pallidula (Thalpochares),

188.

palpalis (Miana), 461.

panatela (Hrastria), 804.

pannonica (Anthophila),

150.

pannonica (Hublemma),

150.

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pantherula

662.

pantherula (Heliocontia),

662.

Paracodia, 352.

paradisea (Anthophiia),

150.

paradora —_ (Hesperv-

morpha), 472.

parallela (Anthophila),

161

(Emmelia),

parallela (Eublemma),

161

Parangitia, 335.

Parasada, 281.

pardalina (Erastria), 660.

pardalis (Spragueia), 672.

Paroruza, 272.

parigana (Microcelia),

parigana (Mictochroa),

358.

parilis (Acontia), 707.

parilis (Cardiosace), 707.

partita (Acidalia), 278.

partita (Acontia), 803.

partita (Micra), 805.

partita (Thalpochares),

402.

partitella (Thalpochares),

806

parva (Anthophila), 141.

parva (Hnispa), 538.

parva (Eublemma), 136.

parva (Micreschus), 53.

parva (Noctua), 136.

parvimucula (Hustrotia),

511.

parvimacula(Lithacodia),

511.

parvula (Tarachidia),

690.

parvula (Thalpochares),

136.

parvula (Xanthodes),

690.

patruclis (Tarache), 172.

patula (Tarache), \72.

paula (Noctua), 139.

paurograpta(Hublemma),

paurograpia (Metackros-

tris), 98.

pectorora (Hubls.-ma),

10.

pectorora (Thalpochares),

penicillata (Eublemma),

pennula ( Thalpochares),

152.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Penthetria, 10.

penthis (Hustrotia), 547.

penthis (Lithacodia), 547.

Peperita, 202.

perfundens (Celena), 468.

pergrata (Noctua), 114.

perilis (Acontia}, 707.

perita (Tarachidia), 699.

perita (Lhalpochares),

699.

perlana (Tortrix), 141.

permaculata (Holocryp-

tis), 197.

permixta

140.

permixta (Thalpochares),

140

(Eublemma),

pevobliqua (Eublemma),

132.

perpleaa (Angitia), 334.

perplexa (Drobeta), 334.

perplexa (Ozarba), 456.

perrubra (Cerynea), 217.

persecta (‘'rogotorna),

331.

perssont

431.

perssoni (Ozarba), 431.

perstriata (Acidaliodes),

ai.

(Microphysa),

perstriata (Prolophota),

perstructana (Agrophila),

667.

perstructana

contia), 667.

perta (Tarache), 505.

Perynea, 201.

phea (Metachrostis), 449.

phea (Ozarba), 449.

pheapera (Hublemma),

105,

phedra (Cydosia), 14.

phenna (Acontia), 762.

phenna { Agrophila), 667.

phenna (Tarache), 762.

pheobasis (Drobeta),

339.

pheocroa (Ozarba), 424.

pheomera (Kustrotia),

599.

Phzeozona, 20.

pheozona (Hulocastra),

629.

pheozona (Hustrotia),

590.

Phanaspa, 209.

phasianura (Holocryptis),

196.

phecolisca ( Acontia), 693.

philomela (Acontia), 741.

(Helio-

phlebitis (Ozarba), 441.

phlomidis (Glaphyra),

108.

pheenicea (Oautatha),

285

Pheenicophanta, 653.

phenissa (Thalpochares),

133.

phrygionis (Tarache),

764

phya (Acontia), 509.

phya (Lithacodia), 509.

Phyllophila, 382.

picata (Acontia), 503.

picata (Lithacodia), 503,

picta (Hrastria), 551.

picta (Lithacodia), 551.

pictale (Areopteron), 27.

pictalis (Arzoptera), 27.

pictalis (Catoblemma),

37.

pictalis (Mimoruza), 37.

pictula (Bryocodia), 478.

pictula (Microcelia),

478.

pima (Acontia), 770.

pima (Tarache), 770.

pinodes (Scotostena),

372.

pinodes ( Tarache), 372.

plagifera (Metachrostris),

450.

plagifera (Ozarba), 450.

plagiopera (Hublemma),

180

plagiostola (Cerynea),

222.

plagiostola (Zurobata),

222.

platypheella (Cretonia),

390.

plebeia (Acontia), 379.

plebeia (Hiccoda), 379.

pleurotypa (Areoptera),

pleurotypa (Thelainoa),

plumbata (Acontia), 498.

plumbata (Lithacodia),

498.

plumbifimbriata

gueia), 675.

plumbipicta

414.

(Spra-

(Ozarba),

plumbitincta

codia), 509.

plumbitincta (Maliattha),

509

(Litha-

plumbosa (Eublemma),

plutonis (Hnispa), 47.

plutonis (Thalpochares),

peecilota (Corgatha), 284.

peecilota (Trogatha), 284.

pelea ae (Eublemma),

one

iro boygleee (Areeoptera),

29,

poliorhoda (Enispa), 53.

poliorhoda (Micreschus),

polycesta (Metasada),

257.

polycesta (Zagira), 257.

polychroma (Acontia),

803.

polygramma(Anthophila),

igess

polygramma (Eub-

lemma), 174, 176.

polygramma (Noctua),

539.

polysticta (Pseudomi-

crodes), 617.

polystriga (Proro-

blemma), 796.

porphyrea (Cerynea),

223.

porphyrea (Corgatha),

306.

porphyrea (Tarache),

720, 777.

porphyrina (Anthophila),

118.

Porphyrinia, 63.

postica (Calophasia),

775.

posticaria (Acidalia),

278.

posticata (Eublemma),

76.

posticata (Hupithecia),

76.

postvittata (Hyposada),

274.

postvittata (Lycauges),

274.

preduncula (Noctua),

539.

prasinoseia (‘Trissernis).

39,

prattr (Zagira), 245.

praxina (Paracodia), 354,

praxina (Tarache), 354.

pretorie (Hublemma),

iL)

Proeriosis, 711.

procrita (Tarache), 557.

producta (Oorgatha),

290.

prolecta (Enispa), 43,

ALPHABBTICAL INDEX.

prolectus (Micreschus),

43.

proleuca (Arzoptera),

25.

proleuca (Bostrodes),

280.

proleuca (Hublemma),

122.

propera (Hrastroides),

497.

propera (Hustrotia), 497.

Proroblemma, 34.

prosticta (Pseuderas-

pedia), 261.

Protarache, 373.

proxima (Noctua), 162.

psaliphora (‘Larache),

781.

psamathea (Hublemma),

190.

Pseudacidalia, 269.

Pseudcraspedia, 260.

Pseudephyra, 286.

Pseudomicra, 613.

Pseudomicrodes, 613.

Pseudosterrha, 640.

psilogramma (Thalpo-

chares), 176.

Pteretholix, 459.

Ptyopterota, 800.

pudica (Hublemma), 77.

pudica (Thalpochares),

pudorina (Thalpochares),

U7(Ar

puella (Paracodia), 353.

puella (Tarache), 353,

pulcherrima (Hustrotia),

O74.

pulcherrima (Leucania),

O74.

pulchra (Angitia), 345.

pulchra (Anthophila),

151,

pulchra (HKublemma),

151.

pulehra (Hustrotia), 579.

pulchra (Marara), 224.

pulchra (Micardia), 575.

pulvinariz (Eublemma),

128.

pulvinarie (Thalpo-

chares), 128.

punctata (Pseuderas-

pedia), 261.

puncticosta (Hrastria),

804.

punctifinis (Cobubatha),

318.

punctigera

407,

(Ozarba),

823

punctilinea (Hublemma),

83.

‘punctilinea (Lycaugesia),

266.

punctilinealis (Chusaris),

210.

punctistigma (Neothripa),

369.

punctistigma (Stenoloba),

punctistriga (Cydosia),

14:

punctum (Amyna), 472.

punctum (Noctua), 472.

pura (Hublemma), 158.

pura (Marimatha), 192.

pura (Noctua), 158.

purpurascens (Acantho-

lipes), 200.

purpurascens (Hnispa),

51.

purpurascens (Micres-

chus), 51.

purpurascens (Phxo-

zona), 200.

purpurascens (Steno-

codia), 555.

purpurata( Thalpochares),

118.

purpurea (Enispa), 40.

purpurea (Cnoptera),

259.

purpurina (Hublemma),

160.

purpurina (Noctua), 160.

pusilla (Corgatha), 304.

pusilla (Hrastria), 162.

pusilla (Hublemma),

162.

pusilla (Noctua), 581.

pusilla (Thalpochares),

137

putnami (Thalpochares),

806.

pyralidia (Heliocontia),

665.

pyralidia (Tarache), 665.

pyraliformis (Arasada),

255.

pyraliformis (Oruza),

256.

pyralina (Acontia), 720.

pyraspis (Ozarba), 427.

pyraspis (Lhalpochures),

427.

pyrastis (Eublemma),

187, 799.

byeice (Eublemma),

aeientie (Micreschus),

Alt

824

quadrapex (Hublemma),

quadrapex (Mestleta), '74.

quadrata (Acontia), 803.

quadricostaria (Hnispa),

quadricostaria (Ayria),

quadrifasciata (Flam-

mona), 639.

quadrifera (Cobubatha),

319.

gquadrifera (Hrastria),

SLO

quadrilineata (Eublem-

ma), 79.

quadrilineata (Thalpo-

chares), '79.

quadrinotata (Miresa),

quadripartita (Acontia),

589.

quadripartita(Eustrotia),

589.

guadriplaga (Acontia),

720.

quadripuncta (Mima-

sura), 639.

guadrivittata (Naranga),

quinaria (Hublemma),

guinaria (Leptosia), 97.

quinquelinealis (Hypena),

176.

quintana (Acontia), 624.

quintana (Kulocastra),

624.

rachiastis (Tarache),

749.

radda (Hublemma),

168.

ragusana (Anthophila),

176.

ragusana (Hublemma),

176, 805.

recta (Anthophila), 588.

recta (Micra), 805.

rectangularis (Acontia),

707.

rectifascia (Metachrostis),

rectifascia (Ozarba), 403.

rectifascia (Thalpo-

chares), 141.

rectilineata

251.

redita (Acontia),

737.

(Oruza),

725,

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

reducta (Hublemma),

regulata (Acidalia), 55.

regulata (Enispa), 55.

renalis (Amyna), 466.

renalis (Bankia), 501.

renalis (Ilattia), 466.

reguies (Centrartha),

375.

requies (Protarache),

375.

respersa (Eublemma),

154.

respersa (Noctua), 154.

reticulata (Hublemma),

179.

reticulata (Oruza), 236,

reticulata (Selenis), 236.

rhaptina (Hrastria), 582.

rhaptina (Eustrotia),

582.

rhodocraspis (Eublem-

ma), 182.

rhodotrichia (Cerynea),

Rhynchodia, 489.

ridingsi (Exyra), 652.

ridingsti (Xanthoptera),

652.

ritseme (Hrastria), 588.

ritsemz (Hustrotia), 588.

rivula (Hublemma), 137.

rivula (Thalpochares),

137.

~ robusta (Metachrostis),

805.

rolandiana (Hxyra), 651.

rorata (Oruza), 238.

rorata (Zurobata), 238.

rosacea (Hrastria), 530.

rosacea (Lithacodia),

530.

rosea (Hnispa), 52.

rosea (Eublemma), 161.

rosea (Hyria), 52.

rosea (Noctwa), 161.

rosealis (Catoblemma),

36,

rosealis (Mimoruza), 36.

roseana (Hublemma),

134.

roseana (Thalpochares),

134.

roseata (Hnispa), 60.

roseata (Pachylepis), 60.

roseifascia (Anthophila),

rosella (Enispa), 45.

rosellus (Micreschus), 45.

roseocincta (Hublemma),

175.

roseonivea (Acontia), 184.

roseonivea (Enblemma),

184.

rosescens (Hublemma),

rosescens (Ozarba), 423.

rosina (Noctua), 161.

rosita (Micra), 133.

rotundipennis (Toana),

rubefacta (Micra), 136.

rubiginea (Hublemma),

ite

rubra (Cerynea), 216.

rubra (Corgatha), 310.

rubra (Eublemma), 179.

rubra (Mestleta), 310.

rubra (Phanaspa), 217.

rubricilia (Hublemma),

rubricosa ( Thalpochares),

169.

rubrifusa (Bostrodes),

rubrifusa (Xanthoptera),

281.

rubrifuscaria (Chryso-

craspeda), 52.

rubrifuscaria (Enispa),

rubripicta (Lyeaugesia),

265.

rubripuncta(Hublemma),

106.

rubripuncta (Meta-

chrostis), 106.

rubrivena (Ozarba), 440.

rudisana (Agrophila),

666, 673.

rufa (Berresa), 468.

rufa (Parangilia), 336.

rufa (Parangitia), 336.

ees (Areeoptera),

rufescens (Pbyllophila),

385.

rufescens (Tarache), 730.

rufescens (Xanthoptera),

655.

ruficeps (Corgatha), 294.

ruficeps (Thermesia),

294.

ruficincta (Tarache),

730.

rufigrisea (Pseudo-

microdes), 616.

rufiplaga (Hublemma),

72.

rufiplaga (Oruza), 248.

rufiplaga (Vittappressa),

248.

rufipuncta (Eublemma),

149.

rufipuncta (Lycaugesia),

266.

rufitincta (Tarache),

779.

rufula (Ozarba), 445.

rupicola (Noctua), 786.

ruptifascia (Acontia),

588.

ruptifascia (Arasada),

ruptifascia (Hustrotia),

588.

ruptifascia (Hyposada),

275.

ruptirena (Amyna),

65.

sabia (Eublemina), 145.

sabia (Thalpochares),

145.

sagitta (Hrastria), 804.

sagittifera (Halcimala),

410.

sancta (Acontiola), 432.

sancta (Ozarba), 452.

sanguiguttata (Hemato-

sticta), 15.

sarcosia (Hublemma),

159.

scanda (Acontia), '754.

scapha (Anthophila), 512.

scapha (Lithacodia), 512.

schernhammert (Thalpo-

chares), 161.

schvarzi (Tarache), 774.

schwarzit (Acontia), 774.

sciaphora (Hublemma),

102.

sciaphora (Ozarba), 412.

sciaptera (Metachrostis),

409.

sciaptera (Ozarba), 409.

scitula (Hrastria), 155.

scitula (Eublemma), 153.

Scotostena, 372.

secta (Acontia), 777.

secta (Anthophila), 77.

secta (Eublemma), 77,

797.

secta (Eustrotia), 607.

secta (Tarache), 777.

secunda (Thalpochares),

160.

sedata (Tarache), 740.

selenampha (Amyna),

472.

selenicula (Xanthoptera),

235.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

semialba (Hustrotia),

604.

semialba (Hoplotarache),

713.

semialba (Metachrostis),

604.

semiatra (Acontia), 760.

semiatra (Tarache), 760.

semibrunnea (Tara-

chidia), 697.

semichalcea (Hydrelia),

520.

semicrocea (Eixyra), 652.

semicrocea (Xanthoptera),

652.

semiflaya (Tarachidia),

700.

semiflava (Xanthoptera),

700.

semifusca (Xanthoptera),

246.

semilux (Oruza), 246.

semtlux (Selenis), 246.

seminivea (Eublemma),

130.

seminivealis (Orobena),

semiochrea (Hyper-

strotia), 561.

semiochrea (Naranga),

561.

semiochrealis (Toana),

205.

semiopaca (Tarache),

684.

semipallida (Cobubatha),

324,

semiplumbea (Tarache),

771.

semipurpurea

chrostis), 421.

semipurpurea (Ozarba),

421

(Meta-

semirubra (Ozarba), 420.

semirufa (Hublemma),

semirufa (Xanthoptera),

246.

senex (Hrastria), 534.

senex (Lithacodia), 5384.

separata (Lithacodia),

01.

separata (Maliattha),

501.

sepulcralis (Ennychia),

110.

sericea (Taseopteryx),

30.

sexpunctata(Pyralis),756.

sexpunctata (Tarache),

756.

825

sidemiata (Hrastria),

542,

signifera (Acontia), 504,

754.

signifera (Lithacodia),

504.

signifera (Maliattha),

590.

signiferana (Agrophila),

317.

Silda, 63.

silicula (EHublemma),

128.

simo (Acontia), 720.

simplex (Hublemma),

654.

simplex

654.

sinua (Ozarba), 414.

siticuosa (Eublemma),

(Mimasura),

siticuosa (Thalpochares),

skafiola (Mera), 141.

snelleni (Hublemma), 99,

805.

snellent (Leptosia), 99.

socotrana (Ozarba), 423.

solaris (Noctua), 786.

solitaria (Aventiola), 44.

Sophta, 286.

sordescens (Hoplo-

tarache), 718.

sordescens ( Thalpochares),

718.

sordida (Spragueia), 666.

spangbergi (Acontia),

778.

spanbergi (‘Tarache),

778.

sparsa (Thermesia), 294.

sperans (Eublemma),

144,

sperans (Thalpochares),

144.

sphendonistis (Cardio-

sace), 710.

sphendonistis ( Tarache),

710.

sphragidota (Hublemma),

163.

spilonota (Amyna), 470.

splendens (Hugraphia),

793.

spoliata (Alamis), 472.

Spragueia, 669.

squalida (Hrastria), 550.

squalida (Lithacodia),

550.

squalida (Thalpochares),

188,

826

stalit (Micra), 172.

staudingert (Hrastria),

staudingeri (Hublemma),

Lig).

staudingert (Thalpo-

chares), 119.

staudingeri (Xantho-

leuca), 378.

Steganiodes, 268.

stellata (Amyna), 465.

Stenocodia, 555.

Stenoloba, 366.

Stenorache, 612.

Stenostygia, 371.

sterrha (Gyrohypsoma),

642

stictilinea (Eublemma),

stictopteris (Acidalia), 34.

stictopteris (Poro-

blemma), 34.

stigmatula (Erastria),468.

stolasa (Maliattha), 507.

stragulata (Oruza), 245.

stagulata (Zagira), 245.

straminea (Corgatha),

314

straminea (EKublemma),

straminea (Pseudephyra),

314.

straminea (Thalpochares),

stricta (Poaphila), 468.

Stridova, 459.

strigicostalis

sura), 638.

strigilis (Noctua), 539.

stumpfli (Acontia), 803.

stygia (Hrastria), 540.

stygia (Lithacodia), 540.

stygiochroa (Eublemma),

109.

stygiodonta (Hublemma),

799.

Stylorache, 701.

suava (Eublemma), 113.

suava (Noctua), 113.

suavis (Hrastria), 804.

subangulata(Hublemma),

74.

subapicana (Grapholita),

666.

subcervina (Carmara),

238.

subcinerea (Eublemma),

163.

subcinerea( Thalpochares),

163.

(Mima-

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

subcitrinalis (Orobena),

69¢

subdentala

443.

subductata (Acidalia),

(Ozarba),

(P-5

subductata (Paroruza),

272.

subjixa (Acontia), 504.

sublota (Hoplotarache),

712.

sublota (Tarache), 712.

submutata (Cydosia),

11.

submutata (Eggyna), 11.

subolivalis (Anthophila),

808.

subrosea (Perynea), 201.

subrosea (Rivula), 201.

subrufescens (Drobeda),

341.

subrufescens(Parangitia),

substrigula (Thalpo-

chares), 8()5.

subterminalis (Ozarba),

433.

subterminata

batha), 325.

subtracta Amyna), 472.

subvenata (Hublemma),

Gil

subvenata (Thalpochares),

(Oobu-

sulphuralis (Pyralis),

660.

sulphurea (Noctua), 660,

sumbavensis (Cato-

blemma), 38.

sumptualis (Niaccaba),

supplex (Peregea), 468.

suppuncta (Hublemma),

148.

suppuncta( Thalpochares),

148.

suppura (Eublemma),

159.

suppura (Thalpochares),

ilf5}2),

sutor (Greeperia), 677.

sutrix (Greeperia), 678.

sutri«e (Tarache), 678.

Swinhoea, 388.

syggenes (Lithacodia),

543.

synochitis (Hrastria),

506.

synochitis (Lithacodia),

500.

syrtensis (Hublemma),

tana (Corgatha), 307.

Tantura, 10.

tapina (Eulocastra), 630.

Tarache, 723.

Tarachidia, 686.

taragma(Spragueia), 664.

tarasca (Spragueia), 666.

Taseopteryx, 330.

tecta (Chytoryza), 460,

468.

tegulata (Acontia), 584.

tegulata (Hustrotia),

584.

teilhardi (Eublemma),

164.

teneralis (Lycaugesia),

265.

teneralis (Zebronia), 265.

tenuescens (Acontia), 696.

tenuescens (Tarachidia),

696.

tenuicula (Tarache), 698.

tenuicula (Tarachidia),

693.

terracotta

dll, 799.

teratophora

474

(Corgatha),

(Amyna),

teratophora (Bryophila),

474.

terminimaculata (‘Ta-

rache), 763.

terminipuncta (Meta-

chrostis). 444.

terminipuncta (Ozarba),

444.

tetragona (Acontia), 725,

738.

tetragona (Tarache), 725.

tetragonisa (‘Tarache),

790.

Thalerastria, 618.

Thalpochares, 63,

thapsina (Hyela), 758.

thapsina (Tarache), 758.

Thelxinoa, 22.

Therasea, 702.

therma (Hublemma),

154.

thermesialis (Cerynea),

212.

thermesialis (Phanaspa),

212.

thermobasis (Eublemma),

Ehermenlcod

blemma), 107.

(Ku-

thermopera (Argyro-

pasta), 483.

thermoptera (Micto-

chroa), 360.

thermosticta (Hu-

blemma), 99.

thermozona (Hulocastra),

629.

thermozona (Eustrotia),

588.

thiochroa

565.

Thyatirina, 650.

tigris (Diastema), 646.

tinctilis (Acontia), 747.

tineodes (Phalena), 535.

tiresias (Angitia), 342.

tiresias (Drobeta), 342.

titania (Acontia), 786.

titania (Noctua), 782.

titania (Tarache), 782.

(Himerois),

titanica (Eublemma),

798.

titanica (Lithacodia),

529.

Toana, 204,

Tornacontia, 675.

torrefacta (Phyllophila),

386

torrefacta (Tarache),

386.

tortricina (Agrophila),

690.

tortricina (Tarachidia),

690.

Toxophleps, 562.

toxotis (Ozarba), 427.

trabealis (Hrastria), 660.

trabealis (Phalena), 660.

trabcata (Noctua), 660.

transfigurata (Acontia),

747.

transmittens (Thalpo-

chares), 156.

transmutata (Agrophila),

672.

transversa ( Odice), 403.

transversa (Ozarba), 403.

transversa ( Tarache),

422.

triangularis (Micto-

chroa), 360.

triangularis (Tarache),

060,

triangularis ( Thalpo-

chares), 618.

triangulum —_ ( Acontia),

786.

trichenoides _ ( Acontia),

708.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

trichobasis | (Cerynea),

Vv.

trichogyia (Corgatha),

Trichotarache, 705.

tricolor ( Cerathosia), 642.

tricolora (Cerathosia),

642.

tricuspis (Ozarba), 457.

trifariana (Agrophila),

672.

trifasciata (Eublemma),

Te), Sil.

trifasciata (Thalpochares),

trigonodes (Eustrotia),

592.

trigramma (Eublemma),

trigridula (Emmelia),

804.

trilatalis (Pyralis), 564.

trilatalis (Xanthograpta),

564.

trilinea (Acontia), 795.

trilinea (Hublemma),

165.

trilinea (Hugraphia),

795.

trilineata (Flammona),

trimacula (Acontia), 803.

trimaculata _ (Acontia),

769.

trimenii (Acontia), 708.

tripartita (Hustrotia),

tripartita (Greeperia),

676.

tripartita (Tarache), 580.

tripartita (Tornacontia),

676.

triphenoides

708.

triphzenoides

sace), 708.

Tripudia, 314.

tripuncta) (Mimasura),

687.

tripuncta (Xanthoptera),

637. 657.

triradiata (Acontia), 786.

Trissernis, 31,

tristalis (EKublemma),

178.

tristalis (Meranda), 178.

(Acontia),

(Cardio-

tristigmatias (Hyela),

377.

tristigmatias (Uncula),

O77.

827

tristis (Amyna), 472.

tristis (Chytoryza), 472.

tritonia (Hublemma),

101.

tritonia § (Hyposada),

279.

tritonia (Metachrostis),

101.

tritonia (Oruza), 279.

trivenefica (Perigea),

472.

Troctoptera, 195.

Trogacontia, 40.

Trogatha, 283.

trogobasis (Cerynea),

209.

Trogoblemma, 796.

Trogotorna, 331.

tropica (Acontia), 747.

Trothisa, 68.

truncata (Acidaliodes),

18.

truncata (Hublemma),

truncatalis (Eublemma),

68.

truncatalis (Silda), 68.

truncatula (Agrophila),

663,

turpis (Berresa), 461.

uberosa (Ozarba), 411.

uberosa (Thalpochares),

411.

umbrifera (Catoblemma),

38.

umbrifera (Cobubatha),

325.

umbrifera (Ozarba), 445.

umbrigera (Acontia), 769.

umbrigera (‘Tarache),

769.

umbrina (Acontia), 498.

umbrina (Lithacodia),

498.

umbrivaga (Hrastria),

804.

unca (Tortrix), 578.

uncana (Tortria), 578.

uncinula (Emmelia), 662.

Uncula, 375.

uncula (Hustrotia), 578.

uncula (Phalena), 578.

undulata (Erastria),

625.

undulata (Hulocastra),

625.

undulata (Pseuda-

ecidalia), 270,

828

undulifera (Amyna), 468.

undulifera (Miana),

bol.

uniformis (Hublemma),

189.

uniformis (Thalpochares),

189.

unilineata (Pseuda-

cidalia), 271.

uninotata (Hublemma),

Tile

anto (Acontia), 790.

unipuncta (Mimasura),

635.

unipuncta (Xanthoptera),

638.

unipunctata (Acontia),

unipunctata (Oruza),

234.

univittata (Himerois),

565.

univittata (Xanthoptera),

565.

unocula (Acontia), 738.

upsilon (Calophasia),

788.

wrania (Acontia), 780.

urania (Tarache), 780.

wrba (Perigea), 472.

wrbani (Acontia), 776.

ussuriensis (Holocryptis),

199.

ussuriensis (Troctoptera),

199.

ustata (Chalenata), 364.

ustata (Metacausta),

208.

astata (Tathodelta), 208.

ustipennis (Cautzeschra),

ustipennis (Micreschus),

39.

ustota (Chalenata), 364.

ustula (Cerynea), 217.

ustula (Zurobata), 217.

yacillans (Oruza), 235.

vacillans (Selenis), 239.

vacillatrix (Lophoruza),

225, 231.

vagipennata

220.

vagipennata (Obana),

(Cerynea),

vagneri (Eublemma),

139.

vahlbergi (Tarache),

776.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

valena (Acontia), 665.

valena (Heliocontia),

665.

vallengreni (Tarache),

768.

valta (Lithacodia), 549.

varia (Ozarba), 432.

varia (Pnemaeria), 432.

varicolora (Lithacodia),

510.

varicolora (Maliattha),

510

variegata (Corgatha),

287

variegata (Hmmelia),

804.

vartegata (Oruza), 287.

varipalpis (Erastria),.

804.

vegeta (Oretonia), 388.

vegetus (Spadix), 388.

velata (Agrophila), 803.

velocior (Thalpoechares),

95.

velox (Hublemma), 95.

velox (Noctua), 95.

velutina (Melamera),

veluta (Parangitia), 336.

venata (Ozarba), 440.

venusta (Acontia), 803.

venustula (Acentia),

699.

venustula (T’arachidia),

699.

versicolor (Autoba), 169.

versicolor (Hrastria),

519.

versicolora (Hublemma),

169.

versutus (Oribates), 321.

Vescisa, 68.

vestalis (Anthophila),

185.

yestalis (Eublemma),

vestalis (Thalpochares),

vestina (Hublemma),

130,

vexabilis (Perigea), 468.

vialis (Acontia), 507.

vialis (Lithacodia), 507.

vialis (Maliattha), 506.

vicina (Hustrotia), 442.

vicina (Ozarba), 442.

villica (Gonophza), 362.

villica (Tarache), 362.

vinacea (Enispa), 42.

vinacea (Hyria), 42.

vinotincta (Hublemma),

violacea (Homodes), 54.

violascens ((idicodia),

388.

violetta (Thalpochares),

174.

virescens (Cerynea),

224.

virescens (Hrastria),

805.

virescens (Parangilia),

339.

virescens (Parangitia),

339.

virginalis (Anthophila),

virginalis (Hublemma),

192.

virginalis (Tarache), 696.

virginalis (Tarachidia),

696.

virginea (Anthophila),

176.

viridans (Angitia), 349.

viriddns ( Tarache), 689.

viridans (Tarachidia),

689.

viridifera(Hoplotarache),

716

viridimicta (Stenoloba),

369.

viridis (Eublemma), 157.

viridis (Thalpochares),

157.

viridisguama (Acontia),

659.

viridisquama (Hrastria),

659.

viridula (HEublemma),

viridula (Micra), 141.

viscotti (Hustrotia), 576.

vitiensis (Acontia), 588.

Vittappressa, 234.

vollastoni (Hublemma),

190.

vultuosa (Metachrostis),

436.

wagnert (Micra), 139.

wahlbergi (Acontia),

776.

wallengrent (Acontia),

768.

wallengrent (Thalpo-

chares), 168.

walta (Hustrotia), 549.

westwoodi (Cydosia), \1.

wimmerti

383.

wiskotti (Erastria), 576.

wollastont (Hublemma),

190.

(Anthophila),

xanthocraspis (Eublem-

ma), 185.

Xanthograpta, 563.

Xantholeuca, 378.

xanthopera (Oruza), 250.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

xanthopis (Aroptera),

vanthopis (Areopteron),

28.

Xanthoptera, 654.

Xanthozona, 487.

xuthosoma (Tarache),

752.

xuthota (Tarache), 755.

xylonota (Lophoruza),

232.

xylonota (Zagira), 232.

829

Zagira, 233.

Zalaca, 63.

zelleri (Acontia), 747.

zelleri (Tarache), 747.

Zitna, 286.

zonalis (Corgatha), 308.

zonella (Miana), 357.

zonella (Mictochroa),

Soe

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», L. V. Hodgson, F.L.S.

» Dr. H. L. Trouessart.

,, Dr.G. H. Fowler, F.L.S.

Dr. O. von Linstow.

; RAL Shipley, F'.R.S.

Prof. S. J. Hickson,

E.R.S.

ELLOS eeeeaickson

IN TRS, Gavel 18, Tele

Gravely.

Dr. J. Rennie.

» LR. Kirkpatrick.

, A. Gepp and Mrs. H. S,

Gepp.

M. Foslie.

oH)

J. Cardot.

Bp ives

rh)

By MGe Lal, Ce, B.Sc.,

M.R.LA.

, W. M. Tattersall, M.Sc.

, R. Norris Wolfenden,

M.D.

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National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904—continued.

Vol. 1V—continued.

Kchinoderma (pp. 16: 5 pls.) ... .. By F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A.

Echinoderm Larve (pp.9: 1 pl.) ... ,, E. W. McBride, M.A.,

F.RS., and J. C.

Simpson, B.Sc.

Myzostomide (pp.26: 1pl.andlfigure) ,, Dr. Rudolf Ritter von

Stummer-Traunfels.

Sipunculoidea (pp. 6) ... ,, W.F. Lanchester, M.A.

Coelentera. [V.—Actiniz (pp. 12: 3pls.) , J. A. Clubb, M.Sc.

Porifera. I1.—Tetraxonida (pp. 56: .,, R. Kirkpatrick.

19 pls.)

x III.—Calearea(pp.52:12pls.) ,, C. F. Jenkin, B.A.

Vol. V. Zoology and Botany. Pp.ix., 212: 28 plates, and

19 text-figures. [With a Summary of the Contents of

Vols. I1-V.] 1910, 4to. 10. 10s.

Vertebrata. [A.—Mammalia (Seal-Em- By Dr. H. W. Marett

bryos) (pp. 21: 2 pls., 1 text-figure) Tims.

Tunicata (pp. 26: 7 pls., 2 text-figures) ,, Prof. W.A.Herdman,

D.Sce., F.R.S.

Crustacea. [IX.—Isopoda(pp.77:10pls) ,, T.V. Hodgson, F.L.S.

Nemertinea (pp. 15: 1 pl., 16 text- ,, Prof. L. Joubin.

figures)

Coelentera. V.—Medusee (pp. 62: 7 oe » Edward T. Browne.

Lichenes (pp. 11: 1 pl.)... nee . 5 Dr. O. V. Darbishire.

A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) : Physical:

Features and Geology by C. W. Andrews, B.A., B.Sc.,

F.G.8., with descriptions of the Fauna and Flora by

numerous contributors. Pp. xv.,337: 22 plates (7 coloured),

a map, and 27 illustrations in text. [With Index.] 1900,.

8vo. Ii.

First Report on Economic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,

M.A., &c. [With an Introduction, containing a Classifica-

tion of Animals from the point of view of Economic

“Zoology, by Prof. E. Ray lLankester, LL.D., F.R.S.]

Pp. xxxiv., 192. 18 Woodcuts. 1903, Roy. 8vo. 6s.

Second Report on Economic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,

M.A., &c. Pp. x., 197. 29 Illustrations. 1904, Roy. 8vo.

6s.

MAMMALS.

Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Edward Gerrard. Pp. iv., 296.

1862, 8vo. 5s.

Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats in

the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E.

Gray, E.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 137. 21 Woodeuts. 1870,

Svo. 4s.

Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate-

Mammalia in the British Museum. By John Hdward

Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. vii, 398. 47 Woodcuts. 1869

dvo. 6s. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 4)

Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum. By

John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c. 2nd Edition. Pp. vii.,

402. 101 Woodcuts. 1866, 8vo. 8s.

——— Supplement. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &.,

Pp. vi., 103. 11 Woodcuts. 1871, Svo. 2s. 6d.

List of the Specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Depart-

ment of the British Museum. By William Henry Flower,

LL.D., F.R.S., &c. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] Pp. iv., 36. 1885, Svo. Is. 6d.

Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia (Pecora, Linnzus) in the

British Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c.

Pp. viii., 102. 4 Plates. 1872, 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Monograph of the Okapi. By Sir E. Ray Lankester, K.C.B.,

M.A., D.Se., F.R.S., &c. Atlas. Compiled with the

Agsistance of W. G. Ridewood, D.Sc. 48 Plates, with

Xxii. pp. of Explanations, &¢. 1910, 4to. Ld. ds.

Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Oldfield Thomas.

Pp. xiii, 401. 4 Coloured and 24 plain Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes,; 1888,

Svo. Il. 8s.

BIRDS.

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum :—

Vol. VII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Cichlomorphe : Part IV., containing the concluding

portion of the family Timeliide (Babbling Thrushes).

By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xvi., 698. Woodcuts and

15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1883, 8vo. 1. 6s.

Vol. VIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Cichlomorphe: Part V., containing the families

Paride and Laniide (Titmice and Shrikes); and

Certhiomorphe (Creepers and Nuthatches). By Hans

Gadow, M.A., Ph.D. Pp. xiii., 386. Woodcuts and

9 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1883, 8vo. 17s.

Vol. X. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perchiny

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Fringilliformes: Part I., containing the families

Diceide, Hirundinide, Ampelide, Mniotiltide, and

Motacillide. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 682.

Woodcuts and 12 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. I/. 2s.

Vol. XI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Fringilliformes: Part II., containing the~tamilies

6 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued.

Cerebide, Tanagridz, and Icteride. By Philip Lutley

Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xvii., 431. Woodcuts and

18 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1886, 8vo. 1/.

Vol. XII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Fringilliformes: Part III., containing the family

Fringillide. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xv., 871.

Woodcuts and 16 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1888, 8vo. 17. 8s.

Vol. XIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Sturniformes, containing the families Artamide,

Sturnide, Ploceide, and Alaudide. Also the families

Atrichiide and Menuride. By R. Bowdler Sharpe,

Pp. xvi. 701. Woodeuts and 15 coloured Plates,

[ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890,

dsvo. 1/. 8s.

Vol. XIV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Oligomyode, or the families Tyrannide, Oxyrham-

phide, Pipride, Cotingidz, Phytotomide, Philepittidz,

Pittide, Xenicide, and Hurylemide. By Philip

Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xix.,494. Woodcuts

and 26 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1888, Svo. 1/7. 4s.

Vol. XV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Tracheophone, or the families Dendrocolaptide,

Formicariide, Conopophagide, and Pteroptochide.

By Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xvii., 371.

Woodceuts and 20 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, 8vo. 1.

Vol. XVI. Catalogue of the Picariz in the Collection of

the British Museum. Upupe and Trechili, by Osbert

Salvin. Coraciw, of the families Cypselide, Capri-

mulgide, Podargide, and Steatornithidze, by Ernst

Hartert. Pp. xvi., 703. Woodcuts and 14 coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. |

1892, 8vo. 17. 16s.

Vol. XVII. Catalogue of the Picariz in the Collection

of the British Museum. Coracie (contin.) and

Haicyones, with the families Leptosomatide, Coraciide,

Meropide, Alcedinide, Momotide, Totide and Coliide,

by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Bwcerotes and Trogones, by

W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Pp. xi., 522. Woodcuts and 17

coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes. 1892, 8vo. 17. 10s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 7

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued.

Vol. XVIII. Catalogue of the Picariz in the Collection

of the British Museum. Scansores, containing the

family Picide. By Edward Hargitt. Pp. xv., 597.

Woodcuts and 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, 8vo. 1/. 6s.

Vol. XIX. Catalogue of the Picariz in the Collection of

the British Museum. Scansores and Coccyges : con-

taining the families Rhamphastide, Galbulide, and

Bucconide, by P. L. Sclater; and the families Indi-

catoride, Capitonide, Cuculide, and Musophagide, by

G. E. Shelley. Pp. xii., 484: 13 coloured Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891,

8vo. 17. hs.

Vol. XX. Catalogue of the Psittaci, or Parrots, in the

Collection of the British Museum. By T. Salvadori.

Pp. xvii., 658. Woodcuts and 18 coloured Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1891,

8vo. 17. 10s.

Vol. XXI. Catalogue of the Columbe, or Pigeons, in

the Collection of the British Museum. By T. Salvadori.

Pp. xvii., 676. 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 1/. 10s.

Vol. XXII. Catalogue of the Game Birds (Pierocleies,

Galline, Opisthocomi, Hemipodit) in the Collection of

the British Museum. By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.

Pp. xvi., 585. & coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 11. 6s.

Vol. XXIII. Catalogue of the Fulicariz (Rallide and

Heliornithide) and Alectorides (Aramide, Kurypy-

gidee, Mesitide, Rhinochetide, Gruide, Psophiide,

and Otidide) in the Collection of the British Museum.

By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 353. 9 coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ]

1894, 8vo. 1/.

Vol. XXIV. Catalogue of the Limicole in the Collection

of the British Museum. By R. Bowdler Sharpe.

Pp. xii., 794. Woodcutsand 7 coloured Plates. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo.

li. 5s.

Vol. XXV. Catalogue of the Gavie and Tubinares in

the Collection of the British Museum. Gavie (Terns,

Gulls, and Skuas), by Howard Saunders. Tubinares.

(Petrels and Albatrosses), by Osbert Salvin. Pp. xv.,

475.. Woodcuts and 8 coloured Plates. [With Syste-

matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo. 11. 1s.

Pa) LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of Birds in British Museum—continued.

Vol. XXVI. Catalogue of the Plataleew, Herodiones,

Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alc, and Impennes in the

Collection of the British Museum. Platalez (Ibises

and Spoonbills) and Herodiones (Herons and Storks),

by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Steganopodes (Cormorants,

_Gannets, Frigate-birds, Tropic-birds, and Pelicans),

Pygopodes (Divers and Grebes), Alcz (Auks), and Im-

pennes (Penguins), by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. Pp. xvii.,

687. Woodcuts and 14 coloured Plates. [With Sys-

tematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898, 8vo. 17. 4s.

Vol. XXVII. Catalogue of the Chenomorphe (Pala-

medez, Phoenicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi, and Ratitee

in the Collection of the British Museum. By T.

Salvadori. Pp. xv., 636. 19 coloured Plates. [With

eiemaue and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8ve.

2s:

A Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds. [Nomen-

clator Avium tum Fossilium tum Viventium.] By R.

Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. :—

Vol. II. Pp. xv., 312. [With Systematic Index, and

an Alphabetical Index to Vols. I. and II.] 1900,

8vo. 10s.

Vol. II. Pp. xii., 367. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 10s.

“Vol. IV. Pp. xii., 391. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 10s.

Vol. V. Pp. xx., 678. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1909, 8vo. £1.

List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the

s British Museum. By George Robert Gray :—

Part III., Sections II].and IV. Capitonide and Picide.

Pp. 137. [With Index.] 1868, 12mo. Is. 6d.

Part IV. Columbe. Pp. 73. [With Index.] 13856,

12mo. Is. 9d.

Part V. Galline. Pp. iv., 120. [With an Alphabetical

Index.] 1867, 12mo. 1s. 6d.

‘Catalogue of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific

Ocean in the Collection of the British Museum. By

George Robert Gray, F.L.S., &c. Pp. 72. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 8vo. Is. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 9

Catalogue of the Collection of Birds’ Kggs in the British

Museum (Natural History) :—

Vol. I. Ratite. Carinate (Tinamiformes—Lariformes).

By Eugene W. Oates. Pp. xxiii., 252. 18 Coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ]

IFO Svoe 172 10s:

Vol. II. Carinatz (Charadriiformes—Strigiformes). By

Hugene W. Oates. Pp. xx., 400. 15 Coloured Plates.

| With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1902,

dvo. 17. 10s.

Vol. Il. Carinatz (Psittaciformes — Passeriformes).

By Eugene W. Oates and Capt. Savile G. Reid.

Pp. xxiii, 349. 10 Coloured Plates. [With Syste-

matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 17. 5s.

Vol. IV. Carinatz (Passeriformes continued). By

HKugene W. Oates, assisted by Capt. Savile G. Reid.

Pp. xviii., 352. 14 Coloured Plates. [With Syste-

matic and Alvhabetical Indexes.] 1905, 8vo. 17. 10s.

REPTILES.

Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbzenians

in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E.

Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 80. [With an Alphabetical

Index.] 1844, 12mo. Is.

Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British

Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &¢.:—

Appendix. Pp. 28. 1872, 4to. 2s. 6d.

Part II. Kmydosaurians, Rhynchocephalia, and Amphis-

benians. Pp. vi. 41. 25 Woodcuts. 1872, 4to.

ds. 6d.

Hand-List of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in

British Museum. By Dr. J. HE. Gray, F.R.S., F.L.S.

Pp. iv., 124. [With an Alphabetical Index.] Shox

Svo. As,

Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and

Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History).

New Hdition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. x., 311.

73 Woodcuts and 6 Plates. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1889, 8vo. 15s.

17891 B

10 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural His-

tory). Second Kdition. By George Albert Boulenger :—

Vol. I. Geckonide, Eublepharide, Uroplatide, Pygo-

podide, Agamide. Pp. xii., 436. 32 Plates. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, Svo. 10.

Vol. Il. Iguanide, Xenosauride, Zonuride, Anguide,

Anniellide, Helodermatide, Varanide, Xantusiide,

Teiide, Amphisbenide. Pp. xiii, 497. 24 Plates.

ee Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885,

vo. ld.

Vol. III. Lacertide, Gerrhosauride, Scincide, Anelytro-

pide, Dibamide, ‘Chameleontide. Pp. xii., 575. 40

Plates. [Witha Systematic Index and an Alphabetical

Index to the three volumes.| 1887, 8vo. 1/. 6s.

Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural

History). By George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S., &c. :—

Vol. I., containing the families Typhlopide, Glauconiide,

Boide, Ilysiidee, Uropeltide, Xenopeltids, and Colu-

bride aglyphe (part). Pp. xiii., 448: 26 Woodcuts

and 28 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 17. Ls.

Vol. Il., containing the conclusion of the Colubride

aglyphe. Pp. xi., 382: 25 Woodcuts and 20 Plates.

[ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1894,

dvo. 17s. 6d.

Vol. IIl., containing the Colubride (Opisthoglyphe and

Proteroglyphe), Amblycephalide, and Viperide.

Pp. xiv., 727: 37 Woodcuts and 25 Plates. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index to the 3

volumes.] 1896, Svo. 1/. 6s.

Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 281.

[ With Geographic, Systematic, and a enabe Indexes. |

1858, 12mo. 4s.

BATRACHIANS.

Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 160.

12 Plates. [With Systematic, Geographic, and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1858, 8vo. 6s.

FISHES.

Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Second

Edition. Vol.I. Catalogue of the Perciform Fishes in the

British Museum. Vol. I Containing the Centrarchide,

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), if

Catalogue of Fishes in the British Museum—continued.

Percide, and Serranide (part). By George Albert

Boulenger, F.R.S. Pp. xix.,394. Woodeuts and 15 Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo.

15s.

Catalogue of Fish collected and described by Laurence

Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. Pp. vii.,

196. [With a Systematic Index.] 1854, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Catalogue of Lophobranchiate Fish in the Collection of the

British Museum. By J.J. Kaup, Ph.D., &. Pp. iv., 80.

4 Piates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856, 12mo. 2s.

Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the

British Museum (Natural History). Vol. I. By G. A.

Boulenger, F.R.S. Pp. xi., 373: 270 text-figures. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1909, imp. Svo.

£1 12s. 6d.

MOLLUSCA..

Guide to the Systematic Distribution of Moliusca in the

British Museum. Part I. By John Edward Gray, Ph.D.,

F.R.S., &c. Pp. xii., 230. 121-Woodcuts. 1857, 8vo. ds.

Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British

Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen. Described by

Philip P. Carpenter. Pp. xvi., 552. 1857, 12mo. 8s.

Catalogue of Pulmonata, or Air Breathing Mollusca, in the

Collection of the British Museum. Part I. By Dr. Louis

Pfeiffer. Pp.iv., 192. Woodcuts. 1855, 12mo. 2s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Auriculidz, Proserpinide, and Truncatellida

in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Louis

Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., 150. Woodcuts. 1857, 12mo. Is. 9d.

List of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum.

By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &. :-—

Part II. Olivide. Pp. 41. 1865, 12mo. 1s.

Catalogue of the Conchifera, or Bivalve Shells, in the

Collection of the British Museum. By M. Deshayes :—

Part I. Venerids#, Cyprinide, Glauconomide, and

Petricolade. Pp. iv., 216. 1853, 12mo. 3s.

Part II. Petricolade (concluded); Corbiculade. Pp.

217-292. [With an Alphabetical Index to the two

parts.] 1854, 12mo. 6d.

12 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

BRACHIOPODA.

Catalogue of B achiopoda Ancylopoda or Lamp Shells in the

Collection of the British Museum. [Zsswed as “‘ Catalogue

of the Mollusca, Part IV.”] Pp. iv., 128. 25 Woodents.

[With an Alphabetical Index.] 1853, 12mo. 3s.

POLYZOA.

Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa in the Collection of the British

Museum. Part III. Cyclostomata. By George Busk,

F.R.S. Pp. viii, 39. 38 Plates. [With a Systematic

Index.] 1875, 8vo. 5s.

CRUSTACEA.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in

the Collection of the British Museum. By C. Spence Bate,

F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv., 399. 58 Plates. [With an Alpha-

betical Index.] 1862, 8vo. 1/. 5s.

ARACHNIDA.

Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon

the Collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in

the British Museum. By 1. Thorell. Pp. xxxvi., 406.

[With Systematic List and Alphabetical Index.] 1899,

Svo. 10s. 6d.

INSECTS.

Coleopterous Insects.

Nomenclature of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of

the British Museum :—

Part VII. Longicornia, I. By Adam White. Pp. iv.,

174, 4 Plates. 1853, 12mo. 2s. 6d.

Part VIII. Longicornia, II. By Adam White. Pp. 237.

6 Plates. 1855, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Lllustrations of Typical Specimens of Coleoptera in the

Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Lycide. By

Charles Owen Waterhouse. Pp. x., 83. 18 Coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. }

1879, 8vo. 16s.

Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of Madeira in the

Collection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon

Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. Pp. xvi., 234: 1 Plate. [With

a Topographical Catalogue and an Alphabetical Index. }

1857, 8vo. 3s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 13

Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of the Canaries in the

Oollection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon

Wollaston, M.A., F.L.8. Pp. xiii., 648. [With Topo-

graphical and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1864, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Catalogue of Halticide in the Collection of the British

Museum. By the Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.LS.

Physapodes and (idipodes. Part I. Pp. xii, 301.

Frontispiece and 9 Plates. 1860, 8vo. 7s.

Catalogue of Hispidz in the Collection of the British

Museum. By Joseph S. Baly, M.E.S.,&c¢. Part I. Pp.x.,

172. 9 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1858,

8vo. 6s.

Hymenopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Frederick Smith. 12mo. :—

Part I. Andrenide and Apide. Pp. 197. 6 Plates.

1853, 2s. 6d.

Part II. Apide. Pp. 199-465. 6 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1854. 6s.

Part III. Mutillide and Pompilide. Pp.206. 6 Plates.

1855. 6s

PartIV. Sphegide, Larridse,and Crabronide. Pp. 207-

497. 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856.

6s.

Part V. Vespide. Pp.147. 6 Plates. [Withan Alpha-

betical Index.] 1857. 6s.

Part VI. Formicide. Pp. 216. 14 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.}| 1858. 6s.

Part VII. Dorylide and Thynnide. Pp. 76. 3 Plates.

[With an Alphabetical Index.] 1859. 2s.

List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the

Typical Specimens in the British Museum. Vol. L.,

Tenthredinide and Siricide. By W. F. Kirby.

Pp. xxviii., 450. 16 Coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1882, 8vo. 1/. 18s.

Dipterous Insects.

A Monograph of the Culicidz, or Mosquitoes. Mainly com-

piled from the Collections received at the British Museum

from various parts of the world in connection with the

14 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

{nvestigation into the cause of Malaria conducted by the

Colonial Office and the Royal Society. By Fred. V.

Theobald, M.A., &c. :—

Vol. III. Pp. xvii., 359: 17 plates, 1 diagram, and 193

illustrations in text. 1903, 8vo. 1J. 1s.

Vol. IV. Pp. xix., 639: 16 plates and 297 text-figures.

[With Index.] 1907, 8vo. 1. 12s. 6d.

Vol. V. Pp. xv., 646: 6 plates and 261 text-figures.

[ With Index.] 1910, 8vo. ll. 5s.

Illustrations of African Blood-sucking Flies other than

Mosquitoes and Tsetse-Flies. By Ernest Edward Austen,

with coloured figures by Grace Edwards. Pp. xv., 221:

13 coloured plates, 3 text-figures. 1909, roy. 8vo. £1 7s. 6d.

Lepidopterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalenze in the British

Museum. By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. :—

Vol. I. Catalogue of the Syntomide in the Collection

of the British Museum. Pp. xxi., 559 : 285 woodcuts.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895,

dsvo. 15s.

— Atlas of 17 Coloured Plates, Svo. lds.

Vol. II. Catalogue of the Arctiade (Nolin, Litho-

siane) in the Collection of the British Museum.

Pp. xx., 589: 411 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1900, Svo. 18s.

——Ailas of 18 Coloured Plates (xviii-xxxv.), 8vo. 15s.

Vol. III. Catalogue of the Arctiade (Arctiane) and

Agaristide in the Collection of the British Museum.

Pp. xix. 690: 294 woodcuts. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1901, 8vo. 15s.

——Atlas of 19 Coloured Plates (xxxvi-liv.), Svo. 16s.

Vol. IV. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Agrotine]. Pp.

xx., 689: 125 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 15s.

——Aitlas of 23 Coloured Plates (lv._Ixxvii), 8vo. 16s,

Vol. V. Catalogue of the Noctuids [Hadenine]. Pp.

xvi., 634: 172 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1905, 8vo. 15s.

—- Atlas of 18 Coloured Plates (1xxviii.—xev.), 8vo. 15s.

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Vol. VI. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Cuculliane]. Pp.

xiv., 532: 172 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1906, 8vo. 15s.

——Aitlas of 12 Coloured Plates (xevi—evii.), 8vo. 10s.

Vol. VII. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Acronyctine].

Pp. xv., 709: 184 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.| 1905, 8vo. 17s.

—-Atlas of 15 Coloured Plates (cviii—cxxii.), Svo. 13s.

Vol. VIII. Catalogue of the Noctuide [ Acronyctine, IT. ].

Pp. xiv., 583: 162 woodcuts. [With table of the

Phylogeny of the Acronyctine, and Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1909, Svo. 15s.

— Atlas of 14 Coloured Plates (cxxili—cxxxvi.), 8vo.

12s.

Vol. IX. Catalogue of the Noctuide [| Acronyctine, IIT. |

Pp. xv., 552. 247 Woodcuts. [With Table of the

Phylogeny of the Acronyctine, and Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.|] 1910, 8vo. 15s.

——Atlas of 11 Coloured Plates (cxxxvii—exlvii.), 8vo.

12s.

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera

in the Collection of the British Museum :—

Part V. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xii., 74.

78-100 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic Index. ]

1881, 4to. 27. 10s.

Rart Vil = By Arthur’ Gardiner) Butler, Pp:)ixv.,, 89.

101-120 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic Index.]

1886, 4to. 27. 4s.

Part VII. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. iv., 124.

121-158 Coloured Plates.. [With a Systematic List. ]

1889, 4to. 27.

Part VIII. The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri

District. By George Francis Hampson. Pp. iv., 144.

139-156 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List.]

1891, Ato. 2U.

Part IX. The Macrolepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon.

By George Francis Hampson. Pp. v., 182. 157-176

Coloured Plates. [With a General Systematic List of

Species collected in, or recorded from, Ceylon.] 1898,

Ato. 21. 2s.

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Catalogue of the Collection of Palearctic Butterflies formed

by the late John Henry Leech, and presented to the

Trustees of the British Museum by his Mother, Mrs. Eliza

Leech. By Richard South, F.E.S. Pp. vi., 228. 2 Coloured

Plates. With a Portrait and Biographical Memoir of Mr.

Leech. 1902, 4to. 1.

Calalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in

the Collection of the British Museum. By Arthur Gardiner

Butler, F.L.S., &c. Pp. iv., 303. 3 Plates. 1869, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker.

12mo. :—

Part XXIII. Geometrites. Pp. 756-1020. 1861. 3s. 6d.

Part XXV. ————— Pp. 1281-1477. 1862. 3s.

Part XXVI. —————— _ Pp. 1478-1796. [With an

Alphabetical Index to Parts XX.-XXVI.] 1862. 4s. 6d.

Part XXVII. Crambites and Tortricites. Pp. 1-286.

1863. 4s.

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1863. 4s.

Part XXIX. Tineites. Pp. 562-835. 1864. 4s.

Part XXX. Pp. 836-1096. [With an Alpha-

betical Index to Parts XXVII.-XXX.] 1864. 4s.

Part XXXI. Supplement. Pp. 1-321. 1864. 5s.

Part XXXIJI.—W\——--— Part 3. Pp. 707-1120.

1865. 6s.

Part XXXIV.———-——_ Part 4. Pp. 1121-1533.

1865. 5s. 6d.

Neuropterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. H. Hagen.

Part I. Termitina. Pp. 34. 1858, !2mo. 6d.

Orthopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of the

British Museum. Part I. Phasmide. By John Obadiah

Westwood, F.L.S., &. Pp. 195. 48 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 4to. 31.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariz in the Collection of

the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c.

Pp. 239. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1868, 8vo. 5s. 6d.

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Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker,

F.L.S., &c. :—

Part 1I. Locustide (continued). Pp. 225-423. [With

an Alphabetical Index.] 1869, 8vo. 4s. 6d.

Part III. Locustide (continued).—Acridide. Pp, 425-

604. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1870, Svo. 4s.

Part IV. Acrididz (continued). Pp. 605-809. [With

an Alphabetical Index.] 1870, 8vo. 6s.

Part V. Tettigide.—Supplement to the Catalogue of

Blattariz.—Supplement tothe Catalogue of Dermaptera

Saltatoria (with remarks on the Geographical Distri-

bution of Dermaptera). Pp. 811-850; 48; 116.

[With Alphabetical Indexes.] 1870, 8vo. 6s.

Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. By W. F. Kirby :—

Vol. I. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria, et Gres-

soria. (Forficulide, Hemimeride, Blattide, Mantide,

Phasmide.) Pp. x., 501. [With Index.] 1904,

Svo. 10s.

Vol. II. Orthoptera Saltatoria, Part I. (Achetide et

Phasgonuride.) Pp. viii., 562. [With Index.] 1906,

8vo. 15s.

Vol. III. Orthoptera Saltatoria, Part II. (Locustidee

vel Acridiide.) Pp. vii., 674. [With Index.] 1910.

8vo. £1.

Hemipterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in

the Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker,

W.L.S., &c. 8vo. :—

Part VI. Pp.210. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 5s.

Part Vil. Pp. 213. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 6s.

Part VIII. Pp. 220. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873.

[6s. 6d.

Homopterous Insects.

A Synonymic Catalogue of Homoptera. Part I. Cicadide.

By W. L. Distant. Pp. 207. [Index.] 1906, 8vo. 5s.

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VERMES.

Catalogue of the Species of Entozoa, or Intestinal Worms,

contained in the Collection of the British Museum. By

Dr. Baird. Pp. iv., 182. 2 Plates. [With an Index of

the Animals in which the Entozoa mentioned in the

Catalogue are found, and an Index of Genera and

Species.] 1853, 12mo. 2s.

ANTHOZOA.

Catalogue of Sea-pens or Pennatulariidee in the Collection of

the British Museum. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv.,

40. 2 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. Is. 6d.

Catalogue of Lithophytes or Stony Corals in the Collection

of the British Museum. By J. HK. Gray, F.R.S., &e.

Pp. iv., 51. 14 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. 3s.

Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British

Museum (Natural History) :—

Vol. I. The Genus Madrepora. By George Brook.

Pp. xi., 212. 35 Collotype Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes, and Explanation of the

Plates.] 1893, 4to. 10. 4s.

Vol. Il. The Genus Turbinaria; the Genus Astraopora.

By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Cantab., F.L.S., ¥.Z.8.

Pp. iv., 106. 30 Collotype and 3 Lithographic Plates.

[With Index of Generic and Specific Names, and

Explanation of the Plates.] 1896, 4to. 18s.

Vol. III. The Genus Montipora; the Genus Anacro-

pora. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A., &. Pp. vii., 192.

30 Collotype and 4 Lithographic Plates. [With Syste-

matic Index, Index of Generic and Specific Names,

and Explanation of the Plates.] 1897, 4to. 1/. 4s.

Vol. IV. The Family Poritide. I.—The Genus

Goniopora. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Pp. viii.,

206. 12 Collotype and 4 Lithographic Plates. [With

Index of Generic and Specific Names, and Explanation

of the Plates.] 1903, 4to. 1.

Vol. V. The Family Poritide. IJ.—The Genus Porites.

Part I.—Porites of the Indo-Pacific Region. By

Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Pp. vi., 303. 35 Plates.

[With Index of Generic and Specific Names and

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Vol. VI. The Family Poritide. I1l.—The Genus Porites.

Part I1.—Porites of the Atlantic and West Indies, with

the European Fossil Forms. The Genus Goniopora,

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Pp. vi., 173. 16 Collotype and 1 Lithographic Plates.

[With Index of Generic and Specific Names, and

Explanation of the Plates.] 1906, 4to. £1.

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BRITISH ANIMALS.

Catalogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British

Museum. By George Robert Gray, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &e.

Pp. xii., 248. [Witha List of Species.] 1863, 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the Collection of the

British Museum. Second edition. Part I. Andrenidze

and Apide. By Frederick Smith, M.E.S. New issue.

Pp. xi., 236. 11 Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Index. 1891, 8vo. 6s.

Catalogue of British Fossorial Hymenoptera, Formicide, and

Vespide in the Collection of the British Museum. By

Frederick Smith, V.P.H.S. Pp. 236. 6 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1858, 12mo. 6s.

Catalogue of British Hymenoptera of the Family Chalcidide.

By Claude Morley, ¥.Z.S., F.E.8. Pp. 74. [Index.]

1910, 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies, with notes by

Ernest Edward Austen, Assistant, Department of Zoology,

British Museum (N.H.). Pp. 74. 34 Coloured Plates.

1906, roy. 8vo. £1 ds.

A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitical Worms in the

Collection of the British Museum. By George Johnston,

M.D., Edin., F.R.C.L., Hd., Lu.D., Marischal Coll., Aber-

deen, &. Pp. 365. Woodcuts and 24 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1865, 8vo. 7s.

Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum

(Natural History). By F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A. Pp. xvii., 202.

Woodeuts and 16 Plates (2 Coloured). [With Table of

Contents, Tables of Distribution, Alphabetical Index,

Description of the Plates, &c.] 1892, 8vo. 12s. 6d.

List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection

of the British Museum; with Synonyma and References

to figures. 12mo.:—

Part V. Lepidoptera. By J. F.Stephens. 2nd Hdition.

Revised by H. T. Stainton and E. Shepherd. Pp. iv.,

224. 1856. Is. 9d.

Part VI. Hymenoptera. By F.Smith. Pp.134. 1851. 2s.

Part VII. Mollusca, Acephala and Brachiopoda. By

DrdetnGraye Epeiv.i6v. UL85l. 3s. 6d!

Part VIII. Fish. By Adam White. Pp. xxiii, 164.

(With Index and List of Donors.) 1851. 3s. 6d.

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List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection

of the British Museum—continued.

Part IX. Eggs of British Birds. By George Robert

Gray. Pp. 148. 1852. 2s. 6d.

Part XI. Anoplura, or Parasitic Insects. By H. Denny.

Iie, Thy) Ol, Weisz, IIs,

Part XII. Lepidoptera (continued). By James F.

Stephens. Pp.iv., 54. 1852. 9d.

Part XIII. Nomenclature of Hymenoptera. By

Frederick Smith. Pp. iv., 74. 1853, Is. 4d.

Part XIV. Nomenclature of Neuroptera. By Adam

Wihites . eomive onllsonn node

Part XV. Nomenclature of Diptera, I. By Adam

White: Pp. iv., 42. 1853. Is:

Part XVI. Lepidoptera (completed). By H.T. Stainton.

Pp. 199. [With an Index.] 1854. 3s.

PLANTS.

Illustrations of Australian Plants collected in 1770 during

Captain Cook’s Voyage round the World in H.M.S.

‘“Hindeavour.” By the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks,

Bart., K.B., P.R.S., and Dr. Daniel Solander, F.R.S.

[ Being a series of lithographic reproductions of copper-

plates engraved after paintings by F. P. Nodder, James

Miller, J. F. Miller, and John Cleveley.] With Introduc-

tion and Determinations by James Britten, F.L.S., Senior

Assistant, Department of Botany, British Museum :—

Part I.—101 Plates, with 31 pages of descriptive text.

L9OOMiOl. Sl Ds:

Part IJ.—142 Plates (pls. 101-243), with 41 pages of

descriptive text (pp. 35-75). 1901, fol. £1 15s.

Part III.—77 Plates (pls. 244-318, 454, and 122), with

26 pages of descriptive text, including Index to the

whole work (pp. 77-102),and 3maps. 1905, fol. £1 ds.

Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich

Welwitsch in 1853-61 :—

Vol. I. Dicotyledons. By William Philip Hiern, M.A.,

F.L.S., &e. :—

Part I. [Ranunculacee to Rhizophoracee.] Pd.

xxvi., 336. [With Portrait of Dr. Welwitsch.

Introduction, Bibliography, and Index of Genera. |

1896, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

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Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich

Welwitsch in 1853-61—continued.

Vol. I.—continued.

Part II. Combretaceze to Rubiacee. Pp. 337-510.

[ With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 4s.

Part III. Dipsacez to Scrophulariacew. Pp. 511-

784. [With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 5s.

Part IV. Lentibulariacez to Ceratophylleze. Pp. 785-

1035. [With Index.] 1900, 8vo. 5s.

Vol. II. Monocotyledons, Gymnosperms, and Crypto-

gams :—

Part I. Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms. By

Alfred Barton Rendle, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., Assis-

tant, Department of Botany. Pp. 260. [With

Index of Genera.] 1899, 8vo. 6s.

Part II. Cryptogamia. Pp. 261-566. [With Table

of Errata, and General Index to the whole work. ]

1901, Svo. 6s.

Vascular Cryptogams ... By William Carruthers, F.R.S.

Mosses wee se ... ,, Antony Gepp, M.A., F.L.S.

Hepaiics ... ahs .. 4, FE. Stephani.

Marine Algz ee ... ,, Mthel 8. Barton.

Freshwater Alge ... ... 4, W. West, F.L.S., and G. S.

West, B.A.

Diatomaceze fe .-- ,, Thomas Comber, F.I.S.

hichenes ... Be De EP AC Wiainio:

Fungi ae 200 .. 5, Annie Lorrain Smith.

Mycetczoa ... bet .... Arthur Lister, F.R.S.

Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes: a Descriptive

Catalogue of the Drawings and Specimens in the Depart-

ment of Botany, British Museum. By Worthington George

Smith, F.L.S. Pp. 531. 5 Plates and 145 Figures in

Text. [With Index.] 1908, 8vo. 10s.

A Monograph of Lichens found in Britain : being a Descrip-

tive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the

British Museum. By the Rev. James M. Crombie, M.A.,

Hite, H.Gas., &e. “Part do) Pp viii; 519): 74> Woodents:

[ With Glossary, Synopsis, Tabular Conspectus, and Index. ]

1894, 8vo. 16s.

List of British Diatomacez in the Collection of the British

Museum. By the Rev. W. Smith, F.L.S., &c. Pp. iv., 55,

1899; L2mo: Is:

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FOSSILS.

Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum

(Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A., F.G.S.:—

Part I. Containing the Orders Primates, Chiroptera,

Insectivora, Carnivora, and Rodentia. Pp. xxx., 268.

33 Woodcuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 5s.

Part II. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder

Artiodactyla. Pp. xxii., 324. 39 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 6s.

Part III. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborders

Perissodactyla, Toxodontia, Condylarthra, and Ambly-

poda. Pp. xvi.,186. 30 Woodcuts. [With Systematic

Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species.

including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 4s.

Part IV. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder

Proboscidea. Pp. xxiv., 235. 33 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 5s.

Part V. Containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders

Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata,

and Supplement. Pp. xxxv., 345. 55 Woodcuts.

[With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of

Generaand Species, including Synonyms. | 1887, 8vo. 6s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum (Natural

History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A. Pp. xxvii., 368.

7) Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical

Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1891,

Svo. 10s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the Britisk

Museum (Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A.,

F.G.S. :—

Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia,

Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Pro-

terosauria. Pp. xxviii., 309. 69 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part II. Containing the Orders Ichthyopterygia and

Sauropterygia. Pp. xxi., 307. 85 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part III. Containing the Order Chelonia. Pp. xviii.,

239. 53 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and

Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species including

Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part IV. Containing the Orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata,

Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia; and Supplement.

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Catalogue of the Fossil] Reptilia and Amphibia in the British

Museum—continued.

Pp. xxiii., 295. 66 Woodcuts. [With Systematic

Index, Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species,

including Synonyms, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species to the entire work.] 1890, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

A descriptive Catalogue of the Marine Reptiles of the

Oxford Clay. . Based on the Leeds Collection in the

British Museum (Natural History), London. Part I. By

figures, 11 Plates. [With Systematic and Aiphabetical

Indexes, List of Illustrations, Explanations of Plates, &c.]

1910, 4to. Il. 5s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural

History). By Arthur Smith Woodward, LL.D., £.R.S.,

F.G.S., &¢. :—

Part I. Containing the Elasmobranchii. Pp. xlvii.,

474. 13 Woodcuts and 17 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. ]

1889, 8vo. 1. 1s.

Part II. Containing the Elasmobranchii (Acanthodii),

Holocephali, Ichthyodorulites, Ostracodermi, Dipnoi,

and Teleostomi (Crossopterygii and Chondrostean

Actinopterygii). Pp. xliv., 567. 58 Woodcuts and

16 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic

Index of Genera and Species.] 1891, 8vo. 1/. 1s.

Part III. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi

of the Orders Chondrostei (concluded), Protospondyli,

Aetheospondyli, and Isospondyli (in part). Pp. xlii.,

044. 45 Woodcuts and 18 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. ]

1895, 8vo. 12. 1s.

Part IV. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi of

the Suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi,

Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii,

and Anacanthini. Pp. xxxix., 636. 22 Woodcuts

and 19 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and

Systematic Index of Genera and Species.] 1901,

8vo. 1. 1s.

A descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the

Faytm, Kgypt. Based on the Collection of the Egyptian

Government in the Geological Museum, Cairo, and on the

Collection in the British Museum (Natural History),

London. By C. W. Andrews, D.Sc. Pp. xxxvii., 324:

98 Text Figures and 26 Plates. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1906, 4to. 1/. 15s.

Systematic List of the Edwards Collection of British Oligocene

and Eocene Mollusca in the British Museum (Natural

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History), with references to the type-specimens from

similar horizons contained in other collections belonging

to the Geological Department of the Museum. By Richard

Bullen Newton, F.G.S. Pp. xxviii., 365. [With table of

Families and Genera, Bibliography, Correlation-table,

Appendix, and Alphabetical Index.] 1891, 8vo. 6s.

Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology,

British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Austra-

lasian Tertiary Mollusca. By George F. Harris, ¥.G.8., &c.

Pp. xxvi., 407. 8 Plates. [With Table of Families, Genera,

and Sub-Genera, and Index.] 1897, 8vo. 10s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum

(Natural History) :—

Part I. Containing part of the Suborder Nautiloidea, con-

sisting of the families Orthoceratide, Hndoceratide,

Actinoceratidz, Gomphoceratide, Ascoceratide,

Poterioceratidee, Cyrtoceratide, and Supplement. By

Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. Pp... xxxi., 344. 51 Woodcuts.

[With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of

Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888,

8vo. 10s. 6d.

Part II. Containing the remainder of the Suborder

Nautiloidea, consisting of the families Lituitide,

Trochoceratide, Nautilide, and Supplement. By

Arthur H. Foord, F.G.8. Pp. xxviii., 407. 86 Wood-

cuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical

Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms. |

1891, 8vo. lds.

Part III. Containing the Bactritide, and part of the

Suborder Ammonoidea. By Arthur H. Foord, Ph.D.,

¥.G.S., and George Charles. Crick, A.R.S.M., F.G.S.

Pp. xxxiii., 303. 146 Woodecuts. [With Systematic

Index of Genera and Species, and Alphabetical Index. ]

1897, 8vo. 12s. 6d.

List of theTypes and Figured Specimens of Fossil Cephalopoda

in the British Museum (Natural History). By G. C. Crick,

F.G.8. Pp. 103. [With Index.] 1898, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

A Catalogue of British Fossil Crustacea, with their Synonyms

and the Range in Time of each Genus and Order. By

Henry Woodward, F.R.S. Pp. xii., 165. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1877, 8vo. 5s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department ot

Geology, British Museum (Natural History):—

The Jurassic Bryozoa. By J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.G.S.,

F.Z.S. Pp. [viii.,] 239 : 22 Woodcuts and 11 Plates.

[With List of Species and Distribution, Bibliography,

Index, and Explanation of Plates.] 1896, 8vo. 10s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 20

Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the British Museum—cont.

The Cretaceous Bryozoa. By J. W. Gregory, D.Sc.,

F.R.S., &e. :—

Vol. I. Pp. xiv., 457: 64 Woodcuts and 17 Plates.

. [With Index and Explanation of Plates.] 1899,

Svo. 16s.

Vol. II. Pp. xlviii., 346. 75 Woodcuts and 9 Plates.

[ With List of Localities, Bibliography, Subject

and Systematic Indexes, and Explanation of

Plates.| 1909, 8vo. 13s.

Catalogue of the Blastoidea in the Geological Department of

the British Museum (Natural History), with an account of

the morphology and systematic position of the group, and

a revision of the genera and species. By Robert Etheridge,

jun., of the Department of Geology, British Museum

(Natural History), and P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc., F.R.S.,

¥.L.S. (of Eton College). Pp. xv.,322. 20 Plates. [With

Preface by Dr. H. Woodward, Table of Contents, General

Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1886, 4to. 1/7. 5s.

The Genera and Species of Blastoidea, with a List of the

Specimens in the British Museum (Natural History). By

F, A. Bather, M.A., F.G.S., of the Geological Department.

Pp. x., 70. 1 Woodcut. 1899, 8vo. 3s.

Catalogue of the Paleozoic Plants in the Department of

Geology and Paleontology, British Museum (Natural

History). By Robert Kidston, F.G.S. Pp. viii., 288.

[With a list of works quoted, and an Index.] 1886,

Svo. 5s.

Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of

Geology, British Museum (Natural History). By

A. C. Seward, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., University Lecturer

in Botany and Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge :—

Part I. The Wealden Flora. Part I. Thallophyta—

Pteridophyta. Pp. xxxviii., 179. 17 Woodcuts and

11 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, Explanations

of the Plates, &c.] 1894, 8vo. 10s.

Part II. The Wealden Flora. PartII. Gymnosperme.

Pp. viii., 259. 9 Woodcuts and 20 Plates. [With

Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c. ]

1895, 8vo. 15s.

Part III. The Jurassic Flora. Part I. The Yorkshire

Coast. Pp. xii, 341. 53 Woodcuts and 21 Plates.

[ With Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates,

&c.]. 1900, 8vo. 17.

26 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department ol

Geology, British Museum—continued.

Part IV. The Jurassic Flora. II.—Liassic and

Oolitic Floras of England (excluding the Inferior

Oolite Plants of the Yorkshire Coast). Pp. xv., 192.

20 Woodcuts and 13 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1904, 8vo. 10s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Plants of the Glossopteris Flora in

the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural

History). Being a Monograph of the Permo-carboniferous

Flora of India and the Southern Hemisphere. By H. A.

Newell Arber, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. Pp. lxxiv., 255: 51

Text-Figures and 8 Plates. [With Bibliography and

Alphabetical Index.] 1905, 8vo. 12s. 6d.

GUIDE-BOOKS, Etc.

A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History),

Cromwell Road, London, S.W. Twelfth Edition. With

59 woodcuts, 2 plans, 2 views of the building, and an

illustrated cover. Pp. x., 117. 1909, 8vo. 3d.

Guide to the Specimens illustrating the Races of Mankind

(Anthropology), exhibited in the Department of Zoology,

British Museum (Natural History). [By R. Lydekker,

F.R.S.] Illustrated by 16 Figures. Pp. 31. 1908, 8vo. 4d.

Guide to the Galleries of Mammals (other than Ungulates)

in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum

(Natural History). Highth Edition. Pp. 101. 52

Woodcuts and 4 plans. [Index.] 1906, 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Great Game Animals (Ungulata) in the Depart-

ment of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). Pp.

93. 53 Text and other figures. With list of Horns,

Antlers and Tusks, and Index. 1907, 8vo. Is.

Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) exhibited in

the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British

Museum (Natural History). [By Dr. C. W. Andrews,

¥.R.S.] Illustrated by 31 text-figures. Pp. 46. 1908,

Svo. 6d.

Guide to the Specimens of the Horse Family (Hquide)

exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum

(Natural History), [By R. Lydekker, F.R.S8.] Pp. 42.

26 Figures. 1907, 8vo. 1s.

Guide to the Domesticated Animals (other than Horses)

exhibited in the Central and North Halls of the British

Museum (Natural History). [By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.]

Illustrated by 24 Figures. Pp.55. [With table of Contents,

List of Illustrations, and Index.] 1908, 8vo. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 27

Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Dolphins (order Cetacea)

exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum

(Natural History). [By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.] Illustrated

by 33 Figures. Pp. 47. [With Index.] 1909, 8vo. 4d.

Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of

Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). [By W. R.

Ogilvie Grant.] Second Edition. Pp. iv., 228. 25 Plates,

and 7 Illustrations in text. [With Index.] 1910, 4to.

28. bd. :

Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of Zoology,

British Museum (Natural History). [By W. R. Ogilvie

Grant. ] :—

Part I. General Series. Pp. 149. [With Index.]

1905, 4to. 6d.

Part II. Nesting Series of British Birds. Second

Edition. Pp. 62. 4 Plates. [Index.] 1909, 4to. 4d.

Guide to the Gallery of Reptilia and Amphibia in the

Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural

History). [By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.] Illustrated by

76 text and other Figures. Pp. iv., 75. [With Table of

Contents.| 1906, 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology

of the British Museum (Natural History). [By Dr. W. G.

Ridewood.] Illustrated by 96 Figures. Pp. v., 209.

[With Preface by Sir EH. Ray Lankester, Table of

Classification, and Index.] 1908, 8vo. 1s.

Guide to the British Vertebrates Exhibited in the Depart-

ment of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History).

eve Wee soeveratta|ie Epa iva l22. 920 alext-hiounres,

IiPelane Wink Indexai 910s ovo. is.

Guide to the exhibited series of Insects in the Department

of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). By C. O.

Waterhonse. Second Edition. Pp. 65: 62 text- and full-

page Illustrations. [With Table of Contents and Index. ]

1909, 8vo. Is.

Guide to the Crustacea, Arachnida, Onychophora and My-

riopoda exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British

Museum (Natural History). (By W. T. Calman, D.Sc.,

A.S. Hirst, and F. J. Bell.) Pp. 133: 90 Text-Figures.

[With Table of Contents and Index.] 1910, Svo. Is.

Guide to the Sheli and Starfish Galleries (Mollusca, Polyzoa,

Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms).

Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History).

Fifth Edition. Pp. iv., 133. 125 Woodcuts, Plan and

Indexes. 1908, 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Coral Gallery (Protozoa, Porifera or Sponges,

Hydrozoa, and Anthozoa) in the Department of Zoology,

British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition.

Pp. [iv., 8] 73. 90 ‘Illustrations, Plan and Index.

1907, 8vo. Is.

28 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

A Guide to the Fossil Mammals and Birds in the Department

of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum

(Natural History). Ninth Edition. [By A. 8. Woodward,

IE De ER Sal Epes xa LOO ss moie lates sas Woodeuts.

[ With List of [llustrations, Table of Stratified Rocks, and

Index.] 1909, 8vo. 6d.

A Guide to the Fossil Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes in

the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the

British Museum (Natural History). Ninth Edition. [By

A. 8. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S.] Pp. xviii.,110. 8 Plates

and 116 Text-Figures. [With Table of Contents, Lists of

Illustrations, Geological Time-Scale, and Index. ] EO,

Svo. 9d.

A Guide to the Fossil Invertebrate Animals in the Depart-

ment of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum

(Natural History). [By F. A. Bather, D.Sc.] Pp. ix.,

182. 7 Plates and 96 Text-Figures. [With List of

Illustrations, Geological Time-scale, and Index.] 1907,

Svo. ls.

List of British Seed-plants and Ferns exhibited in the

Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History).

[By A. B. Rendle, D.Sc., F.R.S., and J. Britten, F.L.S.]

With table of Sequence ‘of Orders, and Index of Genera.

Pp. 44. 1907, 8vo. 4d.

Guide to Sowerby’s Models of British Fungi in the De-

partment of Botany, British Museum (Natural History).

Second Edition, revised. By Worthington G. Smith, F.L.S.

Pp.85. 91 Woodcuts. With Table of Diagnostic Characters,

Glossary, and Index. 1908, 8vo. 4d.

Guide to Mr. Worthington Smith’s Drawings of Field and

Cultivated Mushrooms, and Poisonous or Worthless

Fungi, often mistaken for Mushrooms, exhibited in the

Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural

History). Pp. 24: 2 Plates, containing 28 coloured

figures ; 4 text-figures. 1910, 8vo., ls.

Guide to the British Mycetozoa exhibited in the Department

of Botany, British Museum (Natural History). [By Arthur

Lister, F.R.S.] Third Edition, revised. Pp. 49. 46

Woodcuts. Index. 1909, 8vo. 3d.

A Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum

(Natural History). Tenth Edition. [By L. Fletcher, M.A.,

ERS.) Le pyoe. velany L908 %Svo.slas

The Student’s Index to the Collection of Minerals, British

Museum (Natural History). Twenty-third Edition. [By

L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S.] Pp. 36. With a, Plan of the

Mineral Gallery. 1908, 8vo. 2d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 29

An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a Guide to

the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum (Natural

History). By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S. Thirteenth Edition.

Pp. 123. 41 Woodcuts. With Plan of the Mineral

Gallery and Index. 1910, 8vo. 6d.

An Introduction to the Study of Rocks and Guide to the

Museum Collection. Fourth Edition. By L. Fletcher,

M.A.,F.R.S. Pp. 155. [With Plan of the Mineral Gallery,

Table of Contents, and Index.] 1909, 8vo. 1s.

An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, with a List of the

Meteorites represented in the Collection. By L. Fletcher,

M.A., F.R.S., &c. Tenth Edition. Pp. 120. [With a Plan

of the Mineral Gallery, and an Index to the Meteorites

represented in the Collection.] 1908, 8vo. 6d.

SPECIAL GUIDES.

No. 2.—Books and Portraits illustrating the History of Plant

Classification exhibited in the Department of Botany

Second Edition. [By A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.]

Pp. 19. 4 Plates. 1909, 8vo. 4d.

No. 3.—Memorials of Linneus: a collection of Portraits,

Manuscripts, Specimens, and Books exhibited to com-

memorate the Bicentenary of his Birth. [By A. B.

Rendle, M.A., D.Se.] Pp. 16. 2 Plates. 1907, 8vo. 3d.

No. 4.—Memorials of Charles Darwin: a Collection of

Manuscripts, Portraits, Medals, Books, and Natural History

Specimens to commemorate the Centenary of his Birth

and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of ‘The

Origin of Species.” (Second Edition.) [By W.G. Ride-

wood, D.Sc.] Pp. vi., 50. 2 Plates. 1910, 8vo. 6d.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTORS.

Handbook of Instructions for Collectors, issued by the

British Museum (Natural History). With Illustrations.

Third Edition. Pp. 144. Index. 1906, 8vo. 1s. 6d.

Instructions for Collectors :—

No. 1.—Mammals. Third Edition. Pp.12. Text illust.

1905, 8vo. 3d.

No. 2.—Birds. Fourth Edition. Pp. 10. 5 figures in text.

1908, 8vo. 3d.

No. 3.—Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes. [Third Edition. |

Pp. 12. 1903, 8vo. 4d.

No. 4.—Insects. Fourth Edition. Pp. 11. Text illust.

1907, 8vo. 3d.

No. 5.—Diptera (Two-winged Flies), Third Edition,

Pp. 16. Text illust. 1908, 8vo. 3d.