PREFACE,

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

classification of the Noctuid subfamilies Huteliane, Stictopterine,

Sarrothripine, and Acontiane.

The Huteliane are represented in the present work by 12 genera

and 175 species, and are characterised as follows:—Vein 5 of the

hind wing is fully developed and arises from close to the angle of

the cell; the frenulum of the female is simple, formed of conjoined

bristles as in the male of other Noctwidew, and the abdomen has

paired lateral anal tufts of hair or sometimes a long tubular tuft.

The Stictopterine, with 10 genera and 112 species, are similar, but

the abdomen is without the paired lateral or tubular anal tufts and

the fore wing has small tufts of raised scales in the cell.

The Sarrothripine, with 58 genera and 330 species, have the

frenulum of the female multiple, the retinaculum of the male in

the form of a corneous bar; the fore wing has small tufts of

raised scales in the cell.

The Acontiane, with 70 genera and 324 species, are similar to the

Sarrothripine but are without the raised tufts of scales on the fore

wing; in some genera and species the bar-shaped retinaculum of

the male has been lost and the retinaculum is formed by a tuft of

hair just below the median nervure as in the females of other

vi PREFACE.

Noctuide ; in three genera vein 5 of the hind wing is somewhat

aborted from below the middle of the discocellulars and in these

the larvee are semiloopers with the first two pairs of abdominal

prolegs absent, whilst in all the other forms of the four subfamilies

the four pairs of abdominal prolegs are preseut.

The four subfamilies are modifications of the great Quadrifid

section of the Noctuide and are almost confined to the tropical and

warmer temperate regions, few genera and species extending to the

colder zones, and none to 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

specimens, and in other ways.

The coloured drawings which have been made for him from types

of species which are not in the collection of the British Museum,

and of which he has been unable to examine specimens, have been

reproduced and are severally acknowledged in the text.

The Plates published in connection with this yolume are numbers

CLXXIV.-CXCI., part of Plate CLXX1V. referring to Vol. X. of

the Catalogue.

SIDNEY F. HARMER,

British Museum (Natural History), Keeper of Zoology.

February 9th, 1912.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Page Page

Fam. NOCTUID # (continued) 1 6228. snelleni (Saalm.)...... 29

6221). gabriela (Holl.) ...... 31

Subfam. HurELIANE...... 1 6230. instructa, Wik. ...... 31

6231. geyeri (Feld.) ........ 32

Jenendera, UU sooenceeee0066 3 6232. rivata, Hmpsn......... 34

6198. venustissima, Wik..... 3 6233. melanephra, Hmpsn. .. 35

Tibiocillaria, Beth.-Baker .... 5 | 6234. chalybsa (Ampsn.).... 36

6199. pratti, Beth.- Baker 9) 6235. grabezeusci (Piing.).... 37

Bombotelia, Hmpsn. ........ 6 6236. approximata, Wik. .... 387

6200. nugatrix (Giuen.) ...... 7 6237. dimidiata, Wik. ...... 38

6201. maculata (Butl.) ...... 7 6237 a. poliochroa, Hipsn. .. 667

6202. dinavaensis (Beth.- Baker) 9 6238. gereea, Hmpsn......... 39

6203. aureiplaga (Beth.-Baker) 9 | 6239. histrio (Saalm.) ...... 39

6204. dinava (Beth.-Baker) . 10} 6240. melanopis, Hmpsn..... 40

6205. meeci (Beth.-Baker) .. 10 6240 a, adroxodes, Beth.-Buker 667

6206. jocosatrix (Guen.) .... 11 6241. albiluna, Hmpsn....... 40

GHG. Rinnyollexe (Ve) sbsccs 12 6242, menaleas (Holl.) ...... 4]

6208. dorsipuncta, Hmpsn. .. 18 6242 a. glaucocycla, Hmpsn. . 668

6209. lineatrix (Wik.) ...... 14 6243. obliquata, Wik. ...... 4]

6210. plumbea (Wik.) ...... 14 6244. chlorobasis, Hmpsn. 42

6211. oxylopha (Turner) .... 16 6245, leucodelta, Hmpsn..... 42

Igwuieliay, Joie oaccookbooboeS 15 6246. metasarca, Hmpsn..... 48

6212. distorta, Ampsn....... 16 6247. leighi, Hmpsn......... 43

6213. sinuosa (Moore) ...... 17 | 6247 a. malanga, Beth.- Baker. 668

6214. ferridorsata, Hmpsn. .. 18 | 6248. pictatrix, Hmpsn. .... 44

6215. leucographa, Hmpsn... 18 6249, favillatrix, Wik. ...... 45

6216. tripartita (Semp.) .... 19] 6250, adulatrix (Hiibn.) 47

6217. fulvipicta, Hmpsn..... 20 6251. blandiatrix (Boisd.).... 48

6218. plusioides (Wik.) .... 21 6252, amatrix, Wik. ........ 49

6219. abscondens (Wik.) .... 22 6253, mesogona, Hmpsn..... 50

6220. pulcherrima (Grote).... 23 | 6254, symphonica, Hmpsn. .. 50

6221. blandula (Herr.-Schdff.) 24 | 6255, diapera, Hmpsn....... 51

6222. ablatrix (Guen.) ...... 25 | 6256. quadriliturata, Wk. 52

6233. cuprea (Moéschl.) ...... 26 | 6257. adoratrix (Staud.) .... 52

6224, albisecta, Dogn. ...... 26 6258, discistriga, Wik. ...... 53

6225. auratrix (Wik.) ...... 27 | 6259. ochreiplaga, Beth.-Baker 54

6226. pyrastis, Hmpsn...... 5 es} 6260, flaviluna, Hmpsn. 54

6227. turcata (Wik.)....... 5 as | GRO, solieine (2D) sopso0 BD

Vill

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Eutelia (con.).

6262,

6263.

6264.

6265.

6266.

6267.

6268,

6269.

6270.

nigridentula, Zmpsn.. .

DLONOSA CHOU.) ny ste ere

ochricostata, Hmpsn. ..

cautabasis, Zmpsn.....

subrubens (Mabd.)

vittalba (Semp.) ......

polychorda, Hmpsn.

suffundens (Wilk.) ....

purpureonigra, Beth.-

Baker

dGo000nDoooOooG

(hilmmeatna, YWWEs osconsoccnoc

6271.

6272.

6273.

6274.

6275.

6276.

6277

Pateet

6278

6279

lichenosa (Hmpsn.)....

euryptera, Hmpsn. ....

duplicilinea (W/k.)....

hampsoni ( Beth.-Baker)

alternans, Moore ......

CHG, Jolin ob o00008

. transversa ( W1k.)

DONG Ree eases evn arsuane

. carbo (Guen.)

eee ee eed

. conspicienda, Wik. ....

iPhelesetonia, Gwen oe. =

6280.

6281.

6282.

6285.

6284.

6285.

6286.

6287.

6288.

6289.

6290.

6291.

6292.

6295.

6294.

6295.

6296.

6297.

operatrix (Wilgrn.)....

callichroma (Dist.)....

violescens, Hmpsn. ....

holocausta (Hmpsn.) ..

catephioides, Gwen. ....

porphyriota, Hmpsz.

cebeve (Beth.- Baker)

apicifascia (Hmpsn.)

albiapicata (Hmpsn.) ..

albiceps (Ampsn.) ....

stictoprocta (fmpsn.). .

fasciatrix (Semp.)

scelerata (Holl.)

strigula (£oll.)

bifascies ( Wk.)

delatrix (Guen.) ......

atripars, Hmpsn.......

mediofusca (Beth.-

Baker)

see eee

er oe oe

eee ec ee ee ee ©

ANnyAUOCeS, CUES So6acc0c00ce

6298.

flabellum, Gwen. ......

6299. dissimilis (Drace)

Marathyssa, Wik

6300.

6301.

6302.

harmonica (Empsn.) ae

lopeeulic, UU, saccades

angustipennis (Scehaus) .

63038. inficita (Wik., ........

6304. cuneata (Saalm.)......

6305. albidisea (Hmpsn.) ....

6306. cistellatrix (Wilgrn.) ..

Anigrea, Wk

6307

6308.

eee eet see woe eee

. albomaculata (mpsn.)

ochrobasis, Ampsn

es eseae

Page

6309. mediopunctata (Pag.).. 95

6310, mediifascia (JZmpsn.) .. 96

631]. deleta (Hmpsn.) ...... 96

6312. cinctipalpis (Wik.) .... 97

5313. homochroa, Hmpsn..... 98

6314. viridata (Leth.-Baker) . 98

6315. deletoides (Leth.-Baker) 99

6316. pheopera, Hmpsn. .... 100

6317. siccata (Zmpsn.) ...... 100

GBIls}, tall, Wes cogeodaa, 101

6319. purpurascens, Hmpsn. . 102

Noa (CO, Y An eeoblegane coc 102

6320. lunulata, Moore ...... 105

6321. japonica (Leech) ...... 104

6322. juventa, Swink. ...... 105

6323, multiplicans ( W7k.) 106

6324. constricta, Guen....... 106

CBD, witla, SWWaie ococasosne 107

UNO OY SEs eno araig 9) becio..0'O}0 168

6326. noctuiformis, Newm. .. 108

JPpaeues, JEWs soc000d000000%8 109

6327. cebese (Beth.-Baker) .. 110

6328. psaliphora, Hmpsn..... 110

6329. cristatrix (Guen.)....3. 11]

6330. leucotrigona (Himpsn.) . 112

6331. cyanodes (Turner) .... 112

6332. poliotis (Zmpsn.) 113

6333. costistrigata (eth.-

US G1¢e)}) ee ae reraeae spelt 113

6334. pratti ( Beth.- Baker) 114

6335. fabrica (Swinh.) ...... 115

6336. subapicalis (Wik.) .... 116

6337. devincta (Wik.) ...... Why

6338. fovifera, Hmpsn....... 118

(Fase), Ooulenitio ((GAWG))o cleo oo 120

6340. semicircularis, Hmpsn. . 121

6341. chrysoplaga, Druce.... 122

6342. circularis (Herr.-Schdff:) 122

6343. curvilinea, Schaus .... 123

344, flabella (Grote) ...... 128

6345. pygmeea, Hiibn. ...... 124

6346. declinata (Grote)...... 125

6347, acutangula, Hmpsn. .. 126

6348. abrostoloides (Gwen.).. 127

6349. fuscescens ( WZk.) » Ie

6350. delineata (Guen.)...... 128

6351. lunodes (Guen.) .. 129, 669

6352. arcigera (Gaen.) ...... 150

6353. obrotunda (Guen.) .... 180

6354 nubifera, Hmpsn....... 15

6355. chlorophora, Hmpsn. .. 182

6356. pheeoplaga, Schaus .... 162

6357, eumicta, Schaus ...... 135

6358. nyctichroma (Ampsr.) . 185

6359, endochlora, Schaus .... 134

SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 1x

Page Page

6360. hematosema, Schaus .. 1385 | Lophoptera, Guen. .......... 175

6361. glauca (Hmpsn.) ...... 135 6408. squammigera, Guen. .. 177

6362. polia (Hmpsn.) ...... 156 6409. aleuca, Hinpsn. ...... 178

6363. griseifusa (ZZmpsn.).... 137 6410. costata, Woore........ 178

6364. canofusa (Mmpsn.) .... 137 6411. methyalea (AZmpsn.) .. 179

G36ovareusa (Wli\N ae 4-2 - 138 6412. semiruta, Druce .. 179, 669

6366. sabulosa (Schaus)...... 139 6413. abbreviata, Wik. ...... 180

6367. albescens, Hmpsn. .... 139 6414. litigiosa (Borsd.) ...... 180

Stepper, Sh 141 6415. hemithyris (Hmpsn.) .. 181

Oe ee cee cei aa 6416. pheeobasis (Hmpsn.) .. 182

Paralopha, Beth.-Baker ...... 142 CHIN, swdanrenoles (WWE) 6 ocouc0 182

6368. rubiginea, Beth.-Baker . 142 6418. leucostriga (HZmpsn.) .. 188

OdontodesmGucne ne eae. 143 6419. huma (Swinh.)........ 184

6369. metamelena, Hmpsn... 148 6420. plumbeola, Himpsn. .... 184

aq), plows, CHI. sodonne 144 6421. denticulata (Wilk.) .... 185

SUMCUC OEM), CIF, “aoaveancac 146 6422: xista (Swirh.) .......- 185

6571. fenestra, Guen. ...... 146 6423. pheeoxista, Hmpsn..... 186

CBA, Wale, COM> socao0te 147 6424. plumbeifascia (AZmpsn.). 186

OB7G, Clana (Grails) socccaec 148 | 6425. chalybsa ({inpsn.) .... 187

6374. heterogramma, Hmpsn. 149 6426. ferrinalis (Wdk.) ...... 187

6375. describeus (IWVik.) .... 149 6427. stipata (Wilk.) ........ 188

6376. anzmia, Hmpsn....... 151 6428. negretina (Ampsn.).... 189

6377. olivascens, Moore .... 151 6429. luctuosa (Hmpsn.) .... 189

6378. eceicei (Beth.-Baker) .. 162 | 6430. quadrinotata (Wik.) .. 189

6379. trajiciens (Wik.)...... 154 6431. pustulifera (Wik.) .... 190

6380. signifera (Wdk.) ...... 155 | 6432. chalybea (Wik.) ...... 191

6381. subobliqua (Wlk.) .... 156 6433. metapheea (Wik.) .... 191

6382. timesia, Swinh. ...... 157 6424, meeci (Beth.-Baker) .. 192

6383, cucullioides, Gwen. .... 158 | 6435. rufa (Beth.-Laker) .... 192

6384, vitiensis, Hmpsn....... 159 | 6436. buruana (foll.) ...... 192

6385. striata, Minpsn. ...... 160 | 6437. hypenistis {Hmpsn.) .. 195

6386. ochrota, Hmpsn....... 160 6438. tripartita (Swinh.) .... 193

6387. griseata (HZmpsn.) .... 161 6439. acuda (Swanh.)........ 194

6388. antemarginata, Saalm., 161 6440, viridaria (Swinh.) ..., 194

6389. macromma, Snell. .... 162 6441. glaucobasis (Hmpsn.).. 195

6390. bisexualis, Hmpsn..... 163 6442. chlorograpta (mpsn.) . 195

6391. variegata, Hmpsn. .... 163 | Nigramma, Wik..........:.. 196

6392. semialba (Wik.) ...... 164 6445. lophophora, Ampsn. .. 196

CBee, fee, MVMOOR ooconose 165 | 6444. quadratifera, Wik. .... 197

6394, melanistis, Hmpsn..... 165 6445. longipennis, Himpsn. .. 198

6395. ferrifera (W1k.) ...... 166 6446. pyraloides (Wik.) .... 198

6396. atrifera, Hmpsn. Hey See terliGig 6447. subfasciata ( Wik.) ats LOO

6397. svinheei (Beth.-Baker) . 167 | 6448. todara, Himpsn. ...... 199

6398. stygia, Hmpsn. ...... 168 | 6449. polymorpha (Hmpsn.) . 200

6399. albipuncta, Hmpsn..... 169 6450. lapidaria (Wik.) ...... 201

6400. microthyris, Hmpsn. ., 169 6451. perlignealis (Wk.) .... 201

6401. multistriata, Zmpsn. .. 170 | 6452. dialeuca (Hmpsn.) .... 202

6402. repleta (WIK.)........ 170 | 6453. purpurascens (eth.-

6408. confluens (W/k.)...... Healt Dicer eapamens tetera eet 202

6404. columba (W/k.) ...... Wl 6454. albicans (Pag.)........ 208

Gigantoceras, Holl. .......... NG |) Shyclewse), WOR? oogoan00ncaa06 203

6405. geometroptera, Holl. .. 172 | 6455. longipennis, Moore .... 204

6406. solstitialis, Holl. ...... 173 6456. tenuis (Moore)........ 204

6406 a. adoxodes, Beth.-Baker 669 | Nycteola, Hei7.-Schdff. ...... 205

6407. rectilinea, Hmpsn. .... 174 | 6457. falsalis (Herr.-Schiff.) . 205

6479. macevoodi (Hmpsn.) .. 2

6480. atrifasciata (AZmpsn.) ..

6481. basalis, Wk.

Microthripa, Hmpsn. ........

6482, boeota ( Turner)

Hesperothripa, Hmpsn.

6483. dicyma, Hmpsn. ...... 2

Garella, Wk.

6484. rotundipennis, W/k.

6484 a. nephelota, Hmpsn. .

6485. nubilosa, Hmpsn. ....

@haracoman///eene cnr arer

6486.

6487.

6488.

6489.

6490.

6491.

6492

6495.

6494.

6495.

6496.

6497.

6498.

6499.

6500.

6501.

6902,

eee et eo sre ee nee

vallata (Meyr.) 2.4...

nilotica (Rogenh.)......

ell oll ens AU Foner eneietente

distincta (Beth.-Baker).

glaucopasta, Hmpsn. ..

pheeoleuca, Hmpsn.....

ruticirra (Ampsn.)

glaphyra (foll.)

polia (Himpsn.) ......

miophora, Hinpsn. .

cana (Almpsn.),....

deleta (AZmpsn.)

co00agG

curiosa (Swik.) ...... 2

scoparioides (W7k.).... 2

sexilinea (Beth.-Baker) .

metalophota (Hmpsn.) .

multilinea( Beth.- Baker )

Page

Stenosticta, Hmpsn, ..+s.... 206

6458. grisea, Hmpsn.....+++. 206

Gyrtona, Wik. ..........000- 207

6459. arcuata (ZZmpsn.) .... 207

6460. cristipeunis, Hmpsn. .. 208

6461, lophota, Zener ...... 209

6462, inclusalis, Wik. ...... 209

6463. semicarbonalis, Wik. .. 210

6464. acisalis (Wik.)........ 211

6465. niveivitta, Swink. .... 212

6466. ferriceps, Hmpsn. .... 212

6467. hylusalis, Wik. ...... 213

6468, oxyptera, Hmpsn. 7a) ite

6469. erebenna, Mab. ...... 214

6470. nama, Swink. ........ 215

G47]. exsicca, Swinh......... 215

6472. ochreographa, Hmpsn. . 216

6473. phieozona, Hmpsn. .... 216

6474. divitalis, Wik......... 217

6475, plumbisparsa, Hmpsn. . 217

6476, polionota, Hmpsn. .... 217

6477. proximalis, Wik....... 218

6478. atribasalis, Hmpsn. 219

Subfam. SaRROTHRIPINE. 220

itomnesHUc. (Nlweeenrnae

225

232

O90

258 |

254

230

235

236

SYSTEMATIC INDEX,

Pages

6503. ferrigrisea (Hmpsn.) .. 239

Dilophothripa, Zmpsn,........ 23

6504. chrysorrhoea, Hmpsn. .. 240

6505. lobata, Hmpsn. ...... 240

6506. alopha, Hmpsn. ..... . 241

6507. brachytorna, Hmpsn. ., 242

6508. olivia, Hmpsn......... 242

SHNioy, WMNey ee oe moods neo 245

6509, indicatana (Wik.) .... 248

6510. nolalella, Wik......... 244

Pardasenas IV Uke eee ae. eter 245

6511. virgulana (Mud.)...... 249

6512. verna (Hmpsn.) ...... 246

6518. miochroa (fmpsn.).... 246

6514. minorella, Wik. ... 247

6515. roeselioides (Wik.) ..... 247

6516. lativia, Hmpsn. ...... 248

6517. punctata, Hmpsn. .... 248

6518. atripuncta, Hmpsn..... 249

6519. melanosticta, Hmpsn... 249

AN VOW ABN I, JEL. eo 6 o5c0c06

6520. albonotuta (Hmpsn.) .. 250

6521. binotata, Hmpsn....... 250

6522. iphida (Swinh.) ...... 251

INeinmeT, VES Se eccnocsec 251

6523. breviuscula, Wh. . 252

6524, brunnea, Ampsn....... 253

6525. albisecta, Hmpsn. .... 254

6526. wittalis (WUE) 52... ss. 255

6527. basalis (Moore) ...... 255

6528. clopeea (Turner) ...... 256

6529. variegata (Hmpsn.).... 256

6530. erastioides (W/k.) .... 257

Geil, slonicls (WUE) so000%0% 257

6532. herbida (Wik.)........ 258

Lophothripa, Hmpsn......... 258

€533. vitea (Swirh.) . 209

Chloethripa, Hmpsn. ....,... 259

6534. chlorana (Hmpsn.) .... 260

Mniothripa, Himpsn........... 260

6535. lichenigera (Hmpsn.) .. 261

Sannothmipuses Gentes eee 261

6536. malachitis, Hmpsn..... 265

6537. virescens ({Zmpsn.).... 264

6538. musculana (L7rsch.).... 264

6539, revayana (Scop.) ....., 265

6540. coreana (Leech) ...... 266

6541. parvella (Wik) ...... 267

6542. symmicta (Turner) .... 267

6543. indica (Feld.) ........ 268

6544. strigivenata (Hmpsn.).. 268

6545. cana, Hmpsn. ........ 268

6546. grisea (Hmpsn.) ...... 269

6547. sinuosa (Moore) ...... 269

6548. minuta (Turner) ...... 270

6549. exophila (Meyr.) ...... 270

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Page

6550. brunneicosta (Beth.-

BORCI nls ye meas Se 271

6551. mauritia (de Joan.) . 271

6552. mesoplaga (Hmpsn.) .. 272

6553. crystallites (Meyr.) .... 272

6554. poliopheea (Hmpsn.) .. 2738

6555, aroa (Beth.-Baker) .... 273

6556. avola (Beth.-Baker) 274

6557. cebea (Beth.- Baker) 274

6558. boeopis (Turner) ...... 275

6559. abstrusa ( Turner) . 276

Giemiy Vlboccsceclecccdc 276, 670

6560. repletana, Wik. ...... 276

6560 a. bostrycodes (Beth.-

JRO) sooeecsss 670

6561. niveidisca (Hmpsn.) .. 278

6562. niphea (Hmpsn.)...... 278

6563. pura (Leth-Baker) .... 279

6564. ougarra (Beth.-Baker).. 279

€565. apicalis (mpsn.) 280

6566, lichenosa (Hmpsn.).... 280

6567. leucotis (Zmpsn.) .... 281

6568. niphostola, Hmpsn..... 281

6569, leucopheea, Himpsn..... 282

6570. minor (Hmpsn.) ...... 282

6571. sceptica (Swinh.)...... 2

6572. tortricoides (Wik.) .... 2

6573. punctata (Lucas) ...... 284

6574. venalis (Beth.-Baker).. 285

6575. nigrescens (eth.-Baker) 285

6576, robusta (Moore) ...... 286

insciananiiilceer. . eas 286

6577. seminivea, Wik. ...... 286

Clettharina, Hmpsn. ........ 287

HHS WES, JETT, 0000040 287

Lamprothripa, Hmpsn. ...... 288

6579. lactaria (Gires.) .. 288,

6580. orbifera (Zmpsn.)

6581. hampsomi (Weleman) .. :

6582. arcuosa (Beth.-Baker).. 290

6583. scotia (Hmpsn.) ...... 291

Asinduma, Wik. ............ 292

6584, exscripta, Wik. ...... 292

6585. olivana (Swinh.) ...... 293

6586. eleeota, Hmpsn. ...... 293

SO WMO sebooscconcder 294

6587. stigmatophora (Hmpsn.)

6588. nigralba (Hmpsn.) .... 5

6589. leucograpta, Hmpsn. 296

6590. violescens, Hmpsn..... 296

6591. rufescens, Himpsn. 297

6592. ferrofusa (Hmpsn.) .... 297

6593. celtis, Moore.......... 298

6594, enescens, Moore ...... 299

6595. plumbeata, Hmpsn..... 299

6596. transyalica, Hmpsn..... 299

"Page

6596 a. ianthina ( Beth.- Baker) 67]

6597. rhythmopis (Turner) .. 800

6598. gerzea (Hmpsn.) ...... 300

6599. cumasia, Hmpsn....... 301

6600. rabdota (Hmpsn.) .... 801

6601. discigera (Wik.) ...... 302

6602. leucogonia (Hmpsn.) .. 802

6603. circulella (Wik.) ...... 303

6604. molybdea, Hmpsn. .... 803

Gels, clowillig, Bvt. cacc0ss00 304

6606. nephelozona (Hmpsn.).. 304

Flotheray ike ts tae. 305

6607. decrescens (IV/k.) . 805

Tathothripa, Hanpsn. ........ 307

6608. continua (Wik.) ...... 308

Cryptothripa, Hmpsn......... 809

6609. occulta (Swinh.) ...... 309

6610. polyhymnia (Himpsn.).. 510

Bryothripa, Hmpsn........... 310

6611. miophzea, Hmpsn. . 310

Bryophilopsis, fmpsn......... 311

6612. orientalis, Hmpsn. .... 311

6613. griseata, Hmpsn....... 313,

6614. reederi (Sindf.)........ 313

6615. lunifera, Hmpsn. .. . old

6616. nesta (Bainbrigge-

JEW) 200000000 ... dl4

6617. hamula (Svell.)........ 315

6618. tarachoides, Mad. . old

6619. curvifera, Hmpsn. . 316

6620. cometes, Hmpsn....... 316

6621. anomoiota (Beth. Baker) 317,

Ochrothripa, HZmpsn. ......

6622. leptochroma (Turner)

ehieeothripar Elmpesi wee

6625. morena (Swinh.)

Megathripa, Hmpsn. ......

6624. rufimedia (£mpsn.). .

Cidicraspis, Hmpsn.........

6625. subfervida, Hmpsn

Arachnognatha, Hmpsn.....

6626. meterythra, Hmpsn.,

6627. metascotia, Hmpsn.

Pewrtie, WWI osesccnceues

6628. lignosa, Wk.

Triorbis, Hnupsn

oe oe

6629. aureovitta, Hmpsn....

6630. annulata (Sw7nh.)

Inher, JEN. b50000000K.

6651. leetepicta, Oberth....

6632. duplicata, Auriv.....

6633. hypsoides ( W77/.)

6634, malagassica, Roths.

6635, nareissus ( Cram.)

6636, orthoxantha, Lower

671

go BIT

oo Gllis)

6b alits)

ol)

56 Gl)

0 wll)

.. 320

og Cul

50 oll

.. 822

.. 329

.. 823

.. 324

. o24

5 GD

-| 396

.. 326

50 Ol

no BAS)

, 029

.. 88

o Oy)

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Page

Lophosema, Hmpsn. ........ 382

6637. purpurascens, Schaus... 332

Poliothripa, Ampsn. ....- Bde

6638. ameria (Druce) ...... Ove

Jenene, Wks son ononc ooueN 304

6639. argentea (H lh \iorectetes 335

6640. furcifera, AU Siercriee ie ets 3385

6641 .\mariva (Dog) ..-... 3386

6642. chlorographa, Doyn. 307

6643. poliopepla (Zfmpsn.) .. 3837

6644. rectilinea, Dogn....... 3388

6645, purissima (Dyar) 308

6646. similis (Druce) ...... 339

Giachiraina, WWE, ocanotnecocc 339

6647. trichocera, Hmpsn..... 340

66438) pulchran Batley yale 34]

6649. glaucograpta, Hmpsn.., 842

6650, exacta, Semper ...... 343

6651. turneri (Beth.-Baker).. 344

6652. costipallens, Beth.-

IB CGC 12\ eee ee 344

6653. candezei, Druce ...... 345

6654; yinexactay Whi... 5. ... 345

(655. cerussata (Feld.)...... 347

6656. aroa, Beth.-Baker b47

6657. hades, JOGDWEP 9 a0. 6.6 048

6658. cuprescens, /Zinpsn.. 348

6659. elongata (Hmpsn.) .... 3849

6660. poliochroa, Hmpsn. 300

Chemnaltia, W7Uk ocaoobdoo so 300

6661. ferrocana (Wik.)...... 351

6662. nigropuncta (Druce) .. 351

6663. melanographa, Hmpsn. 302

6664, amplipennis, Hmpsn... 353

6665. olivaris, Dyur:....-.. 304

6666. chlorotica, Schaus ..,. 355

6667. purpurascens, Schaus .. 355

6668. abseuzalis ( Wik.) . 306

6669. arcuata, Schaus ...... 357

6670. metaphmwa, Hmpsn..... 308

GOMES chinicas Schausee nee: 358

6672. steniptera, Schaus .... 399

GOjsis ener NOUNS SoG050c 5 BOY)

6674. hematopis, Zmpsn.... 359

6675. filifera (Wik.)........ 360

6676. stroca (Schaus) ...... 361

6677. elote; ((Woschi)) 2a 361

6678. leucopis, Schaus ...... 362

Wiscadiia, WV Uke eta eee oe cee 362

6679. nigra, Schaus ........ 362

O60 sapertann/icw = sen rae 363

66581. ducinfieldia (Schaws) .. 364

6682. variegata, Druce...... 364

6683. producta (Dogn.)...... 365

6684. bucleyi (Druce) ...... 366

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6685. diopis, Hmpsn. ...... 866

6686, pheeoptera, Dogr. so He

Ochthophora, Turner ......, . 368

6687. sericina, Turner ...... 368

Elesmiat Wiukcy \arccracien eter 369

6688. subglauca, Wik. ...... 369

Eleognatha, Hmpsn. ........ 370

668). phzeostrota, Hmpsn. .. 3870

6690. argyroleuca, Hmpsn. .. 371

6691. troctopera, Schaus .... 371

(692, argentea, Schaus...... 312

6693. nitescens (Drwuce) . of3

6694. argyritis, Hmpsn. 5 Os

6695. purpurascens, Druce .. 374

6696. melanosticta, Druce 374

6697. cacaonis, Diuce ...... 375

Steniscadia, Hapsn. ........ 376

6698. poliopheea, Hmpsn..... 376

| 6698 a. polyodonta, Schaus .. 671

Micriscadia, HZmpsn. ........ 317

6699. metachryseis, ZZmpsn... 377

Aschradia, Himpsn........... 07/8

6700, mammida (Druce) .... 378

Calathusawy) (oases 379

6701. hypotherma Lower... . 3i$

6702. ischnodes ( Tr ner). . 380

6703. octogesima (Tu ner) . . 380

6704. abeboea (Turner)...... 381

6705, subflavida, Hmpsn..... 881

6706. stenophylla (Tuner) ., 382

6707. basicunea, Wik. ...... 882

6708. dispila (Turner) ...... 583

6709. mesospila (Turner).... 383

6710. metableta (Turner).... 3884

6711. eremna (Turner)...... 384

6712. delosticha (Zwrner) ., 385

ANU, Wl aocancesadeaoas . 3885

6713. viridisquama, W7k..... 386

6714. aquisoides (Swinh.).... 386

OV, alone, (MALE) opsonace 387

6716. orbicularis (Wik.) .... 387

Banasa Win ccccomee nem 383

6717. acronyctoides, Wik. .. 889

6718. cymatistis (Meyr.) .... 390

6719. griseola, Beth.-Baker.. 390

6720. alopha, Hnpsn. ...:.. 391

6721. costalis, Hmpsn....... 5392

6722. tetragramma, Hmpsn... 392

6723. basiverella (Wik.) .... 392

Ibaloningla, UVUikeo sooo ocbeav‘ce 393

G74 Mammen, VWs 5 oscacac 394

6725. ceylusalis, Wik. ...... 394

6726. chloromela (W/k.) .. 395

6727. viridalis, Swink. ...... 895

6728) tasciatas Waie ss aae .. 396

SYSTEMATIC INDEX,

Page

6729. saturalis, Wik. ...... 396

6730. achine (Feld.)..... sao Be

6731. dentilinea (WUk.) . 398

6732. herbealis, Wilk. ...... 398

6733. submuscosa (Wlk.).... 399

6734. semipars (W/k.) ...... 399

6735. umbrosa, Hmpsn. . 400

Hileman We Soe bob eeeocons 401

6736. chrysochlora (W7k.) .. 401

6737. chlorophila, Hmpsn. .. 402

6788. lichenosa, Moore...... 403

6739. auriculata, Hmpsn..... 404

6740. malachitis, Hmpsn..... 405

6741. megei (Oberth.) ...... 406

6742. angulipennis (Moore)... 407

6743. senex (Butl.) ........ 407

6744. fumosa, Swink. ...... 408

6745. metanyctea, Hinpsn. .. 409

6746. quinaria, Moore ...... 410

6747. obliquinaria, Zimpsn... 411

6748. chloramelana (Mabd.) .. 412

6749. smaragdina, Beth.-

ISIE Cite nian 412

6750. nigrans, Beth.-Baker .. 418

6751. varians, Beth.- Baker .. 414

6752. solomonis, Swinh. .... 414

GV53, WMO, JEPINS0sc 605600 415

6754. lichenopa (Mey?.) . 415

6755. diagona, Hmpsn....... 416

6756. squamifera (Wligrn.).. 416

6757. ephesioides, Pag....... A17

6758. donans, Wilk. ........ 418

6759. tripheenopsis, Hmpsn... 419

6760. metachrysa, Turner .. 420

6761. quadripuncta, Hmpsn. . 420

6762. amabilis (Lower)...... 421

GiGamacciplenss Wiican ery 421

6764. viridata, Beth.-Baker.. 422

6765. puloa, Swinh, ........ 422

Cry posobay Hpi. 3...) 423

6766. catagrapha (Turner) .. 423

InMGO,, WHORE sso500r00000 494.

6767. sphzrophora, Meyr. 425

6768. repugnans ( Wk.) 426

6769. flavipennis, Hmpsn. .. 427

6770. vitellina (Moore)...... 427

6771. variegata (Moore) .... 428

Gi ee lauican 77 Sitar 428

6773. jucunda (Wik.) ...... 429

6774, diphtheroides, Hmpsn.. 430

GOS, Callen, JG. 560000 431

6776. viridata, Beth.-Baker.. 45

6777. delicata, Beth.-Baker.. 482

6778. pratti, Beth.-Baker.... 438

6779. lunata (Moschl.) ...... 483

6780. diversipennis (W/k.) ., 434

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Page

6781. basalis (Moore) ...... 435

6782. cebea (Beth.-Baker) .. 435

6783. olivens, Beth.-Baker .. 436

6784. literata, Moore ...... 437

6785. avola, Beth.-Baker .... 437

6786. prominens, Moore ..,. 488

6787. grisea, Beth.-Baker .. 439

6788. obstructa, Moore...... 440

6789. diplogramma, Hmpsn. . 441

6790. sticticraspis, Zmpsn. .. 442

Macrobarasa, Hmpsn......... 449

6791. xantholopha (Hmpsn.) . 445

6792. xanthosticta (JZmpsn.) . 444

Ieee, COG ancossoovkocnce 444

6793. doubledayi (Gwuen.).... 445

6794. ophthalmica (Guen.) .. 445

6795. australis (Grote)...... 446

6796. dormitans (Guen.).... 447

6797. levitans (Sith) ...... 447

Gyrtothripa, Hmpsn. ........ 448

6798. pusilla (Moore) ...... 448

6799. microdonta, Hmpsn. .. 449

Mie danas VA. finishes vcitrees set ss « 450

6800. diminuens, Wlk....... 450

Stictothripa, Hmpsn. ........ 450

6801. grisella (Schaus) ...... 451

6802. albescens, Dogn....... 452

68038. delaia, Schaus........ 452

Gyrtonides, Hmpsn. ....... . 453

6804. albifascia, Hmpsn. .... 453

Subfam. AconTIANm..., 455

Eiyposcota, Honpsn.. 5.02... 460

GS05q leeta (Wika sass. a 4G]

Cacyparissic eerie ere .. 461

6806. hilaria (Cram.)........ 462

6807. elegans (Butl.) ...... 462

6808! ceixas Swink. 225...-. 463

6809. melanolitha, Turner .. 463

6810. insolitata, Wik. ...... 463

6811. cyclops, Hmpsn....... 464.

6812. tenuipalpis (Sred/.).... 465

SUM AU ooater Praveen pais 465

6815. atrifusa, Hmpsn....... 466

6814. floralis, Hmpsn. ...... 466

6815. dohertyi, Elwes ...... 467

6816. calospila, Wik.’ ...... 467

GSili@) extrenian(H/Uica)e eel: 468

(COMM. Sospeenosoogee 469

6818. margarita, Beth.-Baker 469

6819. polyspilalis, Wik. .... 470

6820. argentata, Butl. ...... 471

Swedojolmon), JON, Soobanoos Calsada,

6821. ferreilutea, Hmpsn..... 472

(HS22), jolla, Je, oo00abadn0 473

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Siglophora (con.). Page

6823. cymographa, Hmpsn. ,. 474

6824. sanguinolenta (Moore) 475

6825. hematica, H7mpsn. ....

476

Topadesa, Moore ......+++.+ 476

6826. flammans, Hmpsn. .... 477

6827. sanguinea, Moore eT,

Chantlica, WMoore.....5.0..%.« ATE |

6828. quadripennis, Moore .. 478 |

Cossedia, Wik... .....:-+0s5- 479 |

6829. hyriodes, 7Zmpsn. Pe ey

6830. semiflava (Zmpsn.) .. 480 —

6831. erateinalis, Wlk....... 481 |

Leucophanera, Hinpsn. ...... 481

6832. argvrozona, de Joan, .. 482

Wiuhullore,, UE; conpnocoasene 482

6833. argyroplaga, HImpsn, .. 483

(SeBuL Groin, WWE opodeenc 483

6835. confictella, Wik. ...... ASA |

6836. rufimargo, Hmpsn..... 484 |

6837. meterythra, Hmpsn. .. 485

Am@Wea, HWUR no onco00ne0000% 485

6838. trianeulifera (Moore) .. 486

6839. lineolata, Wik......... AST |

6840. pulchella (Zvwes) . 487

6841. chinensis, Sweh....... 488

6842. superba (Moore) ...... 488

6843. argentea (Butl.) ...... 489

Weralaw Moonen ere ee ae 489

6844, punctilineata (Moore) .. 490

6845, grisea, Hmpsn......... 490

6846. decipiens (butl.) ...... 491

6847. multipunctata (Moore) . 491

yet, Vika ooo acccesbc0s sat 492

6848. callichlora, Wik. ...... 492

6849. tenuimargo, Druce .... 493

6850. monosticta, Himpsn..... 493

6851. faleata (Wik.) ........ A94

6852. pustulifera, Wik....... 494

6853. chloroleuca, WI/k. . 495

HGRA, IEW, soosa0ccneo008 496

6854. novoguineana, Leth.-

IRUNEP so 50000 497

6855. rufopunctata, Beth.-

JKUBAP, so000 006 497

6856. uniplaga, Beth.-Baker . 497

6857. citrina, Saaim......... 499

6858. luteolaria, Hmpsn. .... 500

6859. flavida, Feld........... 500

6860. ogovana, Holl. ........ 501

6861. biplaga, Wik.-........ 501

6862. huegeli, Rogenh. ...... 502

6863. insulana (Boisd.) ...... 502

6864. vernana (Hiibn.) ...... 504

6865. parallela, Zweas ...... 504

6866, subyiridis, Lucas ...... 504

SYSTEMATIC INDEX,

Page

6867. latimargzo, Hmpsn. .... 505

6868. cupeoviridis (W/k.).... 505

6869. glaucescens (dZmpsn.) .. 506

6870. roseifera, Butl......... 506

6871. pudicana, Staud. ...... 507

(ey 2, selloie, (SAL) 65 codonace 507

6873. syriacana, Bartel...... 508

6874. chlorana (Linn.) ...... 508

6875. chlorophyllana, Staud. . 509

6876, smaragdina, Butl. .... 509

6877. ochrophylla, Turner .. 509

Hylophilodes, Hmpsn......... 510

6878. orientalis (Hmpsn.).... 510

6879. rubromarginata (Leth.-

IB GIGI) eens 511

lekwlojaonile, JEM, oasncoocc 60s 511

6880, bicolorana (Lwessl.).... 511

6881. craeffti (Grdser) ...... 512

6882, prasinana (Linn.)...... 513

OS Sane Syilpllieee1/0/. eee 514

Parhylophila, Hmpsn......... 514

6884, celsiana (Staud.)...... 514

Chloriola, Hmpsn. ...-..... . 515

6885, gratissima (Wik.)...... 516

ATO LA SVU wouter oct easter 516

6886. coelisigna, Wik. ...... 516

Chlorozada, Hmpsn........... 517

6887. pyrites, Hmpsn. ...... 517

6888, prasina, Hmpsn. ...... 518

6889. metaleuca (mpsn.) 518

6890. verna (Hmpsn.) ...... 519

6891. endophzea, Hmpsn. .... 519

Paracrama, Moore 5 9.5..--.- 520

6892. dulcissima (W7k.) 520

Lophoerama, Hmpsn. ........ 521

6893. phoenicochlora, Hmpsn.. 521

6894. auritincta (Hmpsn.) 522

Pseudelydna, Hmpsn. ........ 522

6895. xanthia (Zmpsn.) 525

6896. rufoflava (Wik.) ...... 523

Sphinegiforma, Beth.-Baker.... 524

6897. prati, Beth.-Baker .... 525

URE Aaa ora aigieg S.cuais Bla. ot ¢ 526

6898. gamma (Hm~psn.) 527

GS99s velutia,eanpsianeen lee 527

6900. escalerai, Kheil........ 528

6901. paralella, Zmpsn. 528

6902. meterythra, Hmpsn. 528

6903. thermistis (Hmpsn.) 529

6904. costiplaga, Hmpsn. .... 529

6905. hampsoni (Beth.-Baker) 530

6906.

6907.

6908.

6909.

trigoniphora (Hmpsn.).. 5380

Hem (WUE) copeccsc :

subflava (Beth.-Baker) . 531

albicosta (Beth.-Baker) . 551

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6910. iridias (Meyr.)........ 532 | 6962. albipicta, Hmpsn....... 561

6911. elaina (Swinh.)........ 532 6963. viridipennis, Druce .... 561

6912. musculina, Wik. ...... 533 6964. viridifascia (Swinh.) .. 562

6913. apriformis (W7k.) .... 538 6965. effusa (Swrh.)........ 563

6914. damnipennis (W7k.) .. 534 6966. viridipicta (Hmpsn.) .. 563

6915, truncata (Wdk.) ...... 534 | 6967. seticornis (W7k.)...... 564

Clethrophora, Hmpsn......... 535 6968. mesocausta, Hmpsn. .. 564.

6916. distincta (Leech) ...... 535 6969. vexilla (Swinh.) ...... 565

Careades, Beth.-Baker........ 536 6970. nexilla (Hmpsn.)...... 565

6917. faleataria, Beth.-Baker . 536 | Paracarea, Beth,-Baker ...... 566

6918. eceicei (Beth.-Baker) .. 537 6971. rubiginea, Beth.-Baker . 566

GOI, lngamelUionn, Ce Aor, 55 Bale) | Wivaem, Sens so000ncecnc 000 567

6920: huntei ( Warr.) ...... 538 | 6972. cyanea (Snell.)........ 567

6921. plagioscia (Turner) .... 539 6973. mirabilis (Beth.-Baker) . 568

G22 mobliqua ber ake aa o50 ne Mlaceda w/e — ren coe 568

6923. subrubra, Beth.-Baker . 540 6974. mansueta, Wik. ...... 569

6924. fulva, Beth.-Baker .... 541 | Maurilia, Moschl. ............ 570

6925. subricosa, Beth.-Baker . 541 6975. saturata (Wik.) ...... 570

CRI UM Romee oboe Bob OUR HOS 542 | 6976. albirivula, Hmpsn. .... 571

6926. subtilis (Wik.)........ 542 6977. heterochroa, Hmpsn. .. 572

6927. chlorostigma, Hmpsn... 543 69785 pheea, Himpsn: 0.1... 573

6928. anne, Swonh, ........ 544 OMe), wGormnen, (VE) 52000006 573

6929. diplogramma, Hmpsn. . 545 6980. arcuata (WIk.)........ 574.

6930. holopheea, Hmpsn. .... 545 | 6981. iocephala, Turner .... 575

6931. flava, Beth.-Baker .... 546 | Camptozada, Hmpsn. ........ 575

COBZ AV ATIPeSHm/Ucamiernesrs 547 | 6982. mirabilis (Swink) .... 575

6933. tumida, Hmpsn. ...... 547 | 6983. bilinea (Swinh.) ...... 576

6934. costiplaga, Swinh. .... 548 | Hrizada, Wik, .............. 577

6935. repanders, Wik. ...... 548 6984, semifervens (Wik.) .... 577

6936. unipunctata, Beth.-Baker 550 6985. subrubra (Pag.) ...... 578

6937. purpurea, Hmpsn. .... 551 Gls; WN, JAlTVOIs sodo060c 579

6938. biviata, Hmpsn. ...... Hl | IPnroMmows, JOIN. 3500000006 579

6939. tarica (Swinh.)........ 5o2) | C987) formosa, Honpsis ... 1.1 579

6940. dione, Swink. ........ Kee || Whieravack, Jip 05 boovscocc0 580

6941. nitida, Hmpsn. ...... 552 6988. anzemica, Hmpsn. .... 580

6942. parallelaria, Beth.-Baker 553 | Beara, Wik. ................ 581

6945. obvia, Hmpsn......... 558 | 6989. dichromella, Wik. .... 581

6944. mathilda, Swinh....... 5538 | 6990. nubiferella, Wik....... 582

GEE), JOO, JOGA 2 eencccn 554 6991. papuana, Hmpsn....... 582

6946. pratti, Beth.-Baker .... 554 | Gelastocera, Butl............. 583

6947. rubrifusa, Hmpsn. .... 555 | 6992. exusta, Butl. ........ 583

6948. devia, Hmpsn......... 555 | 6993. castanea (Moore)...... 584.

6949. moira, Swinh. ........ 555 6994. ochroleucana (Staud.) .. 584

6950. diagona, Hmpsn....... jo || Jessen, Ys neoocanccebo0e 585

6951. obsolescens, Moore .... 556 6995. quadratipennis, Wik. .. 585

6952. pallida, Hmpsn. ...... 556 | Orthocraspis, Hmpsn. ..... 586

6953. leucocraspis, Hmpsn. .. 557 | 6996. rectimarginata (Hmpsn.) 586

6954. endopheea, Hmpsn..... 557 6997. acypera (Hmpsn.) .... 587

6955. internifusca, Hmpsn. .. 558 | Tympanistes, Moore........ bo Beit

6956. ocyra, Swinh. ........ 508 6998. testacea, Moore ...... 587

6957. metapheea, Hmpsn..... 558 | 6999. rubidorsalis, Moore .... 588

6958. fasciata (Moore) ...... 559 | 7000. flavescens, Swink. .... 588

6959. albirufa, Hmpsn....... 559 | 7OO1. pallida, Moore ........ 589

6960. robinsoni, Swinh....... 560 | Acachmena, Turner.......... 589

6961. albopurpurea, Hmpsn,.. 560 ' 7002. cenocrossa, Turner ,,., 589

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PNCOUDID AUPE UC Maiit tee dvelare cals OOO.

7003. scapularis (Je/d.)...... 590

7004. subolivacea, Wik. .... 591

7005. leprosa (Feld.) ........ 591

7006. chloropera, ZZmpsn..... 592

7007. semiviridis, Zmpsn...., 592

(CHES WHCORD he no Bb ole Obs 593

7008. ocellata (Butl.) ...... 5938

7009. maculata, Moore ...... 594

7010. nigrisigna, Moore...... 594

Tortriciforma, Hmpsn......... 594.

7011. chloroplaga, Hmpsn. .. 595

7012. viridipuncta, Hmpsn. .. 595

Chloroplaga, Hmpsn. ........ 596

7013. nygmia (Semh.) ...... 596

Goniocalpe, Hmpsn........... 597

7014. sericealis (mpsn.).... 597

eustocal pe wollen eee aD OS

7015. sericina (Mab.)........ 598

AOUG pallida HOU. Vee. 599

lahy OCs Jalil oy eeoogoour 599

TOUT, loan, JO, soncca0c 600

7018. nocturna ({mpsn.).... 601

7018 a. superba (Druce)...... 672

Weta yas lp sis seer der eee et 601

TONG, MWCO, JEG Pee 2560006 601

7020. sericea, Hmpsn. ...... 602

7021. endoplaga, Hmpsn. .... 603

Vestermannia (Hiibn.)........ 603

7022. argentata (Butl.) ...... 604

7023. longiplaga( Beth.-Baker) 605

7024. argyroplaga (Hinpsn.).. 605

7025. concha (Butl.)........ 605

7026. gloriosa, Ampsn....... 606

7027. superba (Hiibn.) ...... 606

7028. argentea (Hmpsn.) .... 607

7029. triangularis (Moore) 608

7080. cuprea (Hmpsn.)...... 608

7031. agrapha (Hmpsn.) .... 609

7032, anchorita (Holl.)...... 609

CURBS peo (VET) socobeac 610

7034. areeogramma (Hmpsn.) . 610

7035. convergens (JZmpsn.) .. 610

7036. cediplaga (Hmpsn.).... 611

7037. ecelisigna (Hmpsn.) 611

7038. cornucopia (Hmpsn.) .. 612

7039. picta (Moore) ........ 612

Plagiograpta, Hmpsn......... 613

7040. macrodonta, Hmpsn. 615

NGC mah, [WIE se o06 b000006 614

COA Eesrematan (VU) nee 614

7042, soliera (Swinh.) ...... 615

7043. straminea (Zmpsn.) 616

7044, abbreviata (W/k.) 616

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Mio HM, JVI, ooococes 616

7045. albifera, Hiupsn. ...... 616

Neonegeta, Hmpsn. ......+... 617

7046. xanthobasis (Hmpsn.).. 618

7047. atriflava, Hmpsn....... 618

HOA Saazelitan (C7712) eae 6158

7049. purpurea, Hmpsn. 619

7050. trigonica (mpsn.).... 619

7051. pollusca (Schaus)...... 620

Metaleptina, Holl. .......... 620

7052. microcyma (Hmpsn.) .. 621

7053. albibasis, Holl......... 621

7054. obliterata, Holl. ...... 621

7055. Mie TIDASIS ee OU). vteetslers 622

7056. albilinea, Honpsn....... 622

7057. dileuca, Hnpsn. ...... 623

7058. geminastra (HZmpsn.) .. 623

7059. digramma (Himpsn.) 625

Negeta, pu ind ata ot Oe ke eee 624

7060. molybdota, Hmpsn...., 625

7061. approximans, Hmpsn... 625

7062. stalactitis (Hmpsn.) .. 625

7063. cinerascens (Holl.) .... 626

7064. nubilicosta (Holl.) .... 626

7065. pheeopepla (Hmpsn.) .. 627

7066. ochroplaga (Beth.-

IBUEEP) cadcooac 627

7067. mesoleuca ( Holl.) 628

7068. luminosa (WIk.) ...... 628

7069. albigrisea (Hmpsn.).... 629

7070. ruficeps (Himpsn.) .... 629

7071. purpurascens, Hmpsn... 630

7072. chlorocrota (Hmpsn.) .. 630

7073. contrariata, Wiki...... 63

7074. sublineata ( W/k.) 631

7075. lacteata (HImpsn.) .... 632

WO76s mivea) Ci psi.) see 632

Odontestis, Hmpsn.’.......... 6352

7077. cyphonota, Hmpsn. .... 139

7078. prosticta (Holl.) ...... 63

7079. striata, Hanpsn. ...... 63

7080. fuscicona (Hmpsn.) . 63:

7081. mesonephele (Leth.-

TEGISIP) soogo0% - 635

Macrochthonia, Butl. ........ 635

W032, semyems, J, oooccc0e 636

Lobocraspis, Himpsn. ........ 636

7083. griseifusa, Hmpsn. .... 637

Gonioxestis, Hmpsn. ......-. 637

(O84. zanderin@Heldyer. «ie 637

Neaxestis, Hmpsn. .........- 638

7085. griseata, Hmpsn....... 639

7086. acutangula, Hmpsn. 659

7087. rhoda, Himpsn......... 639

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7088. mesogonia (Hmpsn.) .. 640 | 7107. endoglauca (Hmpsn.) .. 652

7089. irrorata (Zmpsn.) .... 640 7108. ledereri, Wilgrn. ...... 652

7090. piperita (EZmpsn.) .... 641 7109, jrollles (S@e70S) sccoscee 653

Paraxestis, Hmpsn. 3........- CAI AicontiamOcksamperer wearer 653

7091. rufescens, Hmpsn. .... 641 7110. emboloscia, Turner .... 653

Microxestis, Hmpsn. ........ 642 7111. aroa, Beth.-Baker .... 654

7092. vutzdorfli (Piing.) .... 642 7112. transversa (Guen.) .... 654

ACY Op hora, Geis Weekes oe 4 642 CIs, ame, (AWWW) oo56660¢ 656

7093. bothrophora, Hmpsn. .. 643 7114. intersepta (Gwen.) .... 656

7094, carniola, Hmpsn....... 645 7115. congenita, Hmpsn. .... 657

7095. longivalvis, Guen. .... 644 COULG, pines (CPD) “sooo cess 658

7096. icterica (Swinh.) ...... 645 | 7117. gephyrias, Meyr....... 659

“097. dentula (Led.) :....... 645 7118. dinarodes, Hmpsn. .... 659

HO9Samstalin G/la7-70)\ een 645 W119, graellsi, Feisth. ...... 660

I PiferRorxoroniey, SUG 0e 3 se0aeanae GACH Se Weocy mila nGwers eae 661

7099. nubes (Empsn.) ...... 646 7120. appollinis, Guen....... 661

7100. aurigutta (Wik.) ...... 647 TMZ, WRASSE. 6000006 662

7101. episcopalis, Swink. .... 648 | 7122. discophora, Hmpsn..... 662

7102. striatura (Moore)...... 649 23, caamllle, (ZQRG2) sc00- 662

(03), MAE, SAH 05650006 @Go0 | AumaciiGa, Wilk, caccoccovcne 663

Setoctena, Wilgrns .)ess oo. 650 7124. endoleuca, Hmpsn..... 664

COA Giire Si C0015) seater 6d1 7125. columbina, Wik....... 664

7105. trigramma, Hmpsn..... 651 7126. andreusi, Hmpsn. .... 665

7106. patricula (impsn.) .... 651 7127. conchidia (Butl.) .... 665

CATALOGUE

LEPIDOPTERA PHALAN At

Family NOCTUID&.

Subfamily HUTELIAN®.

Proboscis usually fully developed, rarely aborted or absent ; palpi

upturned, the 3rd joint usually rather long; frons smooth, usually

with a tuft of hair above; eyes large and naked, without bristly

cilia from their margins; antenne usually pectinated in male on

basal half, sometimes ciliated or almost simple; thorax clothed

with hair and scales or with hair only, the tegulz sometimes pro-

duced to a hood or dorsal ridge; tibize without spines, usually

moderately fringed with hair, sometimes with large tufts of scales

and hair on both tibiz and tarsi; abdomen with or without dorsal

crests, usually with lateral tufts of hair and more or less developed

paired anal tufts or sometimes a long tubular tuit. Wings usually

triangular, sometimes very long and narrow, in repose mors or

less strougly folded at the discal fold and hanging downwards ;

fore wing with vein la weak, not anastomosing with 16; le

absent; 2 from middle of cell; 3 and 5 from near lower angle;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the

areole, which is sometimes minute or in aberrant specimens entirely

aborted; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins ! @ and 1d present ;

1c absent; 3, 4 from lower angle of ceil, rarely stalked ; 5 fully

developed, more or less approximated to the lower angle of cell ;

6, 7 from upper angle, or rarely stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only ; frenulum of female single.

VOL. XI. B

NOCTUID2,

Larva with all the prolegs present, almost smooth, the warts

sometimes produced to slight processes, the thoracic somites some-

times dilated.

Fig. 1.—Larva of Hutelia adulatrix, 4.

The subfamily is a parallel development with the Stictopterine

from the Noctuine, from which it is distinguished by the single

frenulum formed by conjoined bristles in the female and the more or

less developed paired anal pencils of hair or long tubular anal tuft.

PHYLOGENY OF THE EUTELIANS.

Pacidara.

Hibece ans

Bomhotelia

Eutelia. Chiumetia.

Pateta. Thyriodes.

Phiegetonia. Marathyssa.

Anigred. Anuga. Aon.

Pectes.

Key to the Genera.

A. Abdomen witb dorsal series of crests.

a. Tegule produced to a hood; the tarsal joints

with tufts of scales.

a, Abdomen with lateral tufts on 3rd segment

containing long spatulate scales ............... PACIDARA, p. 3.

b}, Abdomen without lateral tufts containing long

Spatulateiscalesieenereeceserteste sere eee tener TrBIocILuAaRTA, p. 5.

b. Tegule produced to a slight dorsal ridge ......... Bomporesa, p. 6.

c. Tegulx not produced toa hood or dorsal ridge.

a’, Fore wing with the termen excised or oblique

below vein 3

Pe a nmi

Evre.ta, p. 15.

PACIDARA. 3}

b!. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.

a*. Fore wing long and narrow.

a, Palpi with tuft of hair on 3rd joint behind ,

abdomen without crests ou terminal

SSEAMNENUS sooccosodacossooanagasaoseacoonandcqeue Tnyriopns, p. 85.

63, Palpi without tuft of hair on 3rd joint

behind ; abdomen with dorsal crests on

terminal segments ............:2sssessece-ees Maratttyssa, p. 88.

62. Fore wing short and broad ..................-.+ Cunumerta, p. 63.

B. Abdomen with dorsal crest on anal segment only. Parara, p. 63.

C. Abdomen without dorsal crests.

a. Fore wing with the termen excised or oblique

below vein 3; abdomen with paired lateral

Eayniay bs DUR ead aa daseic pp adatmeeeaa se ace mang ancondouesen none PHLEGETONIA, p. 70.

b. Fore wing with tlie termen evenly curved.

a’, Adomen with paired lateral anal tufts ......... Anterma, p. U3.

t!, Abdomen with tubular anal tuft.

a*. Fore wing very long and narrow.

a’, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ; -pro-

boscistalosenty jcmsnasececoveueuenin conse Aon, p. 108.

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

proboscis fully developed .................5 Anvuaa, p. 102.

b?. Fore wing triangular ..................0..seees Pacrzs, p. 109.

Genus PACIDARA. Type

annie, \WWs, vessel, S8i0) CUIBD)) ocoacooconncnosenenonon0nocoNoKer venustissima.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male bipectinate with moderate branches

to middle, the apical part ciliated, of female with the basal half serrate,

the basal joint with large tuft of scales; tegule of male forming a triangular

hood extending to metathorax, which has a slight crest, of female with much

smaller hood ; fore tibiz of male fringed with long hair, the hind tibie with

immense curled tufts of hair, the tarsi with fringe of scales above forming a

large spatulate tuft at base, the hind femora fringed with long hair, the base

of tibiee with long curled tufts of hair; abdomen with ridges of hair on basal

segments and slight crests on terminal segments, a lateral tuft of a few long

spatulate hairs at middle and paired anal tufts of long hair. Fore wing with

the apex produced and acute, the termen crenulate, slightly angled at vein 3,

then oblique; veins 3 and 4 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 costa slightly excised at middle, the termen excurved below apex in

male, then excised and with large patch of ribbed membrane on underside

from cell to apex; the cell less than half length of wing; veins 3, 4 from

angle; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

6198. Pacidara venustissima.

Pacidara venustissima, Wik. xxxii. 831 (1865).

¢. Head and thorax chocolate-brown, the head with some grey

scales; palpi with the lst and 2nd joints white except behind:

antennz with the basal joint white; patagia with slight oblique

white line; metathorax with white patch; pectus pure white ;

fore legs chocolate, the tarsi white with chocolate band on Ist joint;

mid legs chocolate, the spurs white with black ring, the tarsi

white, the fringe of hair tinged with chocolate; hind legs white,

the tibia with black points, the spurs with black rings: abdomen

4 NOCLUIDA.

palo pinkish brown, the terminal segments with slight brown

dorsal streak and subdorsal white points, the hairs of lateral tuft

white tipped with black, the ventral surface white at base. Tore

wing pale pinkish brown; a slight black mark at base; subbasal

line represented by a white point below costa and black spot at

vein 1 defined on inner side by a white striga; antemedial area

suffused with plum colour; antemedial line double, white suffused

with purple, indistinct, oblique and slightly waved from costa

to median nervure towards end of cell, then inwardly oblique,

tho inner line slightly angled inwards at submedian fold and

vein 1; an irregularly quadrate yellow spot in cell towards ex-

tremity, with triangular white mark above it on costa with some

black points on it; two minute blackish discoidal points ; a hyaline

Fig, 2.—Pacidara venustissima, g. %.

yellow band irrorated with black beyond the antemedial line from

vein 2 to inner margin, with small spot above vein 2 and vein 1

streaked with rufous; postmedial line double, with triangular

white patch at costa, the outer line blackish, the inner white tinged

with purple below vein 7, the outer line moderately oblique from

costa to below vein 7 where it is angled, the inner line very oblique

and acutely angled, the line then oblique, the outer line waved and

defined on inner side by purple below vein 4, the inner line with

black points at submedian fold, vein 1, and inner margin; sub-

terminal line represented by a series of small hyaline yellow spots

anda large quadrate patch below the angle of postmedial line between

veins 6 and 4, the spot below costa faint, the spot above vein 6 bifid

and defined on inner side by deep red, the quadrate patch with small

red spot near upper edge followed by points, and two points near

inner edge, the spot below vein 4 angled inwards, between veins

2 and 1 reduced to a fine line; the terminal area suffused with

purple from above vein 6 to vein 3, leaving a narrow pale yellow

terininal band with small black spots just before termen, and some

points on termen, larger spot at yein 6 and patch at yeins 4, 3 ;

PACIDARA,.—TIBIOCILLARIA. 5

eilia pale yellow with black patches at veins 6 and 3. Hind wing

hyaline white, the terminal area brown with darker streaks on the

veins from apex to vein 3, then pinkish; a brownish streak on

extremity of median nervure; pinkish streaks below vein 2 and

on vein 1 except towards base; two postmedial black points on

inner margin and a subterminal yellowish bar between veins 3

and 2; cilia white, tinged with pink towards tornus and with

black points at the veins except towards apex ; the underside white,

the area with ribbed membrane tinged with brown, a black dis-

coidal spot, a black patch at base of costa, oblique bar from middle,

and point and streak towards apex.

@. Darker; abdomen with lateral black-brown patches at base

with slight white segmental lines on them and some bluish-white

hair; fore wing with the antemedial area and the postmedial area

below vein 4 darker; hind wing with the terminal area black-

brown with fine yellowish line before termen, with small spot

above vein 3 and bar below vein 3, the underside with postmedial

series of black points and diffused subterminal band.

Hab. S.Leons(Barilett)1 9 , Port Lokko(Penny),1 9; 8. Niemrra,

Lagos (Boag), 1 $,1 9, Sapele (Sampson), 1 6; Narat, Durban

(Guetnzius, Gooch, Cooke), 43,492 type. Hep. 52-64 millim.

Genus TIBIOCILLARIA. oe

Tibiocillaria, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 231 (1906) ............ pratti.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head and broadly rounded with hair in front, the 3rd

moderate and tufted with hair in front; frons smooth, with large tuft of hair ;

eyes large, round; antennz of male with the basal half bipectinate, the apical

half ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair only, the tegule produced to a large

conical hood, the thorax with ridge-like crest; fore tibize fringed with long

hair on outer side, mid tibiz fringed with long hair on inner side, the hind

tibiee with tufts of hair on outer side at base and on inner and outer sides

at extremity; the tarsi with tufts of hair on the joints, the hind tarsi with

large tuft on Ist joint; abdomen with large crest on basal segment and small

crests on the next three segments. Fore wing with the costa nearly straight,

the apex rectangular, the termen erect and slightly sinuous to vein 3, then

very oblique and somewhat excised; 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 the termen angled at vein 2, then excised to

tornus; veins 3, 4,5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only,

*6199. Tibiocillaria pratti.

Tibiocillaria pratti, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 231 (1906).

3. Head and thorax dark chocolate-brown ; sides of frons and

a band between antenne pale rufous; tegule pale rufous at base

and with some grey hair at vertex of hood; patagia with oblique

grey line; thorax dorsally mixed with rufous; pectus and the

fringes of hair on legs mostly rufous, the tarsi ringed with white;

abdomen dark brown, the basal crest deep chocolate, the anal tuft

and ventral surface except at extremity pale rufous. Fore wing

6 NOCTUID A.

dark brown tinged with greyish, the terminal half of costal area

suffused with pale rufous; some deep rufous on inner area before

the antemedial line which is double, the inner line slight, whitish,

the outer diffused blackish, oblique from costa to subcostal nervure,

where it is angled then very oblique; a black patch beyond lower

angle of cell before the postmedial line, which is double, oblique

and ochreous from costa to yein 6, then white, obliquely incurved

and ending near tornus, crossed by a diffused black streak at vein 6

and slight white streak in discal fold, a curved fiery red mark

beyond it below discal fold with a curved black mark below it

from postmedial line to angle of termen; a velvety black patch at

apex defined on inner side by greyish; some white points on costa

Fig. 8.—Tibiocillaria pratti, S. }.

towards apex; a slight incurved greyish subterminal line from the

curved black streak to tornus. Hind wing white; a dark discoidal

spot; the costal area suffused with brownish grey; the terminal

area deep rufous except towards apex, its inner edge irregular,

emitting slight streaks on the veins, indented at submedian inter-

space and expanding at inner margin; a white striga from vein 2

to termen at vein 1 and another on inner margin before tornus ;

a fine black terminal line; cilia with a fine pale line at base; the

underside with the costal area suffused with pale rufous, a deep

red discoidal spot defined by white, a white postmedial line defined

on inner side by black points on the veins of inner half, the

terminal area deep red below vein 5 with white bar in submedian

interspace with white mark before it.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type ¢ g¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Dinawa. wp. 38 millim.

Genus BOMBOTELIA, nov.

Type, B. gocosatria.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about

to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 38rd moderate; frons smooth,

with large pointed tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antenne of male typically

pectinated on basal half; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the tegulee

produced toa dorsal ridge, the thorax with slight ridge-like crest ; tibiee fringed

with long hair; abdomen with ridge of scales at base, slight crests on medial

segments and small paired anal tufts. Fore wing with the apex rectangular,

the termen slightly excurved at vein 6 and angled at vein 3, then oblique to

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 fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 from

upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base enly.

BOMBOTELIA. °/

Sxcr. I, Antenne of male bipectinate with moderate branches, the apical

third ciliated.

6200. Bombotelia nugatrix.

Penicillaria nugatrix, Guen. Noct. 11. p. 303, pl. 14. f. 7 (1852); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. i. p. 394.

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep purplish red-brown ; tegulze

slightly edged with grey; prothorax with a slight grey line across

it; tarsi slightly ringed with whitish. Fore wing deep purplish

red-brown ; subbasal line double, blackish filled in with brownish

grey, slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 1

at base; antemedial line double, blackish filled in with brownish

grey, obliquely excurved from costa to just below the cell, then

inwardly oblique; reniform blackish brown defined by grey, rather

constricted at middle; vein 3 slightly streaked with grey; post-

medial line double, blackish filled in with grey, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then somewhat sinuous, oblique to vein 4,

inwardly oblique to vein 2 and outwardly to inner margin, a faint

Fig. 4.—Bombotelia nugatrix, S. }.

whitish line beyond it, oblique from costa to discal fold, waved to

vein 3, then incurved ; subterminal line whitish with an oblique

rufous band before it from costa to discal fold, where it is bent

inwards, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved and ending

at tornus. Hind wing white, the terminal area purplish brown,

a rufous patch on extremity of vein 2 with some whitish below it

on termen ; aterminal series of slight dark lunules and fine whitish

line at base of cilia; the underside irrorated with red-brown, the

costal and terminal areas purplish red-brown, a large black discoidal

spot defined by white, double curved postmedial line with black

points before it on the veins, and waved subterminal line with

yellowish marks beyond it.

Hab. Punsas, Almorah (Boys), 1 3,32, Jubbulpur (/. Butler),

19, Manpuri,1 g. wp. 26-30 millim.

Sxcr, II. Antenne of male with the basal half bipectinate with short fasciculate

branches, the apical half almost simple ; of female with the basal third

serrate.

6201. Bombotelia maculata.

Penicillaria maculata, Buti. Il. Het. B.M. vii. p. 71, pl. 180. f. 5 (1889) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 393.

Head and thorax purplish brown with some rufous on edges of

tegule and thoracic crest; pectus white, the tibie and tarsi ringed

8 NOCTUID.™.

with white; abdomen rufous with purple-brown lateral stripes

and slight white segmental lines on three basal segments. Fore

wing rufous suffused with purple-brown; a slight waved subbasal

line from costa to yein 1; the antemedial area ‘deep purple-brown

with a bluish-white line on its outer edge from cell to inner margin ;

antemedial line indistinct, blackish, oblique from costa to gamer inte

fold, then inwardly oblique, slight whitish streaks beyond it in

Fig. 5.—Bombotelia maculata, g. i.

diseal and submedian folds; postmedial line double, ochreous towards

costa, then white, oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is obtusely

angled, then inwardly oblique and sinuous, the inner line being

defined by black suffusion on inner side, some leaden grey suffusion

before it on inner margin and beyond it ‘from below vein 3 becoming

white above, an oblique wedge-shaped black patch from the angle

of the line to termen at vein 3; subterminal line whitish, oblique

from costa to termen at vein 6, then minutely waved and almost

terminal to vein 3, then incurved and ending at tornus, the area

beyond it deep purple-brown; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing pure white, the costal and terminal areas purple-brown ;

a brown discoidal spot, postmedial series of minute dark points on

the veins and white striga at inner margin, an oblique white bar

from yein 3 to tornus; a terminal series of small dark lunules

faintly defined by white and white line at base of cilia; the

underside with some dark irroration in cell, a large elliptical black

discoidal spot and postmedial series of points before a white line.

Hab. Punsas, Dalhousie (Harford), 1 g, Dharmsdla (Hocking),

1 ¢ type; Sixurm (Moller), 3 6,392. Hep. 30 millim.

Sror, ITT. Antenne of male with the basal half strongly serrate and fasciculate,

the apical half almost simple.

Ac URoroawing fiery medi. eta chan cece etbecnan er eeneanae epee aeen eee dinavaensis.

B. ete wing dark brown tinged with grey.

. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas yellow

SLIUalRsteralyyikdal rena) Bae asecoabonqacnasdacconaceadnoonadoosce0 auretplaga.

b. Fore wing with the inner and postmedial areas not yellow

pyres with rufous.

Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique, straight.

Ore: Fore wing with oblique black discoidal bar ......... dinava,

aes Fore wing with slight white discoidal lunule......... meecé.

sree wing with the antemedial line excurved.

. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards

at vein 6, then oblique %...2. sas ee ee eee eee oe Jocosatrix.

b?. Fore wing with the postmedial line excuryed from

below costa to veim 4, then incurved .................. simplex.

BOMBOTELIA. 9

*6202. Bombotelia dinavaensis. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 10.)

Tibiocillaria dinawaensis, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 232 (1906).

6. Head and thorax bright rufous, the vertex of head and

tegule red-brown; palpi ochreous; antenne dark brown with the

basal joint white; pectus and legs whitish tinged with rufous, the

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous tinged with yellowish

at base and greyish towards extremity. Fore wing fiery red, the

costal area pale red-brown tinged with grey to beyond middle, the

terminal area dark brown suffused with grey, yellow patches on

inner area at base and beyond antemedial line, and a whitish

streak in discal fold to postmedial line; the 1st line almost medial,

diffused, oblique, blackish from below costa to submedian fold, then

brown ; a red line from lower angle of cell to inner margin, angled

outwards on vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin; postmedial

line brown with white point at costa, obsolescent and bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, oblique to submedian fold where

it is angled inwards, then excurved, some white points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line with incurved series of small yellow

spots from costa to vein 6, obsolete to vein 4, then slight, whitish,

excurved from above vein 2 and joined by an incurved white line

from near angle of termen to tornus; cilia red-brown. Hind wing

white, the terminal area broadly suffused with red-brown, a terminal

white mark with red patch above it in submedian interspace; the

inner margin deep red towards tornus intersected by a white striga;

the underside with the costal area pale rufous, the terminal area

deep rufous interrupted by white in submedian interspace, a red

discoidal spot, a slight white postmedial line defined on inner side

by minute dark streaks on the veins.

Hab. Br. N. Guryna, Dinawa (Prait), type fT 3 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. xp. 30 millim,

*6203. Bombotelia aureiplaga. (Plate CLX XIV. fig. 11.)

Tibiocillaria aureiplaga, Beth,-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 282 (1906).

6. Head and thorax deep red-brown, the latter with some rufous

and greyish on vertex; pectus pale rufous; tarsi ringed with

white; abdomen pale rufous with some deep rufous at base of

dorsum and towards extremity, the ventral surface irrorated with

deep rufous. Fore wing dark brown tinged with greyish especially

on middle of costal area, the inner half and postmedial area golden

yellow suffused with bright rufous; antemedial line brown with

white point on costa, sinuous, oblique from costa to submedian

fold, then incurved; a blackish discoidal spot; a waved red-brown

line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line

brown slightly defined by yellowish on outer side and with white

point at costa, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then

inwardly oblique to submedian fold and excurved above inner

margin, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

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white defined on inner side by dark brown, obliquely incurved

from costa to vein 6, almost obsolete to vein 3, then incurved to

tornus, a brighter yellow patch before it below costa; cilia with

a slight pale line at base. Hind wing white, the inner margin

brown; the terminal area deep red, its inner edge emitting slight

streaks on the veins; an oblique white bar from vein 2 to termen

at vein 1; a slight waved whitish subterminal line from apex to

vein 5 with some dark points beyond it; the inner margin black

towards tornns intersected by a white striga; the underside with

the costal and terminal areas broadly deep red-brown, a black-

brown discoidal spot; traces of a diffused medial line from costa to

vein 3, a faint minutely waved postmedial line slightly defined by

brown marks on inner side, an oblique white bar to termen in

submedian interspace with blackish patches before it.

Hab. Br. N. Guinna, Ekeikei (Pratt), type tT ¢ in Coll, Bethune-

Baker, wp. 24 millim.

*6204, Bombotelia dinava. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 12.)

Penicillaria dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 231 (1906).

3. Head and thorax pale red-brown with a greyish tinge; palpi

white on inner side; hind tibiew and tarsi whitish; abdomen grey-

brown with subdorsal series of slight blackish marks except towards

extremity, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing pale grey-brown

slightly suffused with fiery red; antemedial line double, brown,

oblique, slightly excurved at median nervure; an oblique blackish

discoidal bar; postmedial line indistinct, dark, rather diffused,

with white striga at costa, bent outwards below costa, oblique to

vein 6, inwardly oblique to vein 2 where it is bent inwards and with

slight white mark on its outer edge, then again slightly excurved,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white and

obliquely incurved from costa to vein 6 near termen, indistinct to

vein 3 where it is bent inwards, then slight, whitish and ending

on termen at vein 1; a fine black terminal line ; cilia fuscous with

fine pale line at base. Hind wing white, the terminal area broadly

brown tinged with red; some whitish on termen at apex and sub-

median interspace, a fine dark terminal line; cilia fuscous with a

fine white line at base; the underside with the costal and terminal

areas suffused with pale reddish brown, the terminal area inter-

rupted by white in submedian interspace, a blackish discoidal

spot. ;

Hab. Br. N. Guiyea, Dinawa (Pratt), type f ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hap. 26 millim.

*6205. Bombotelia meeci. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 13.)

Penicillaria mecki, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 231 (1906).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen very dark chocolate-brown;

pectus with whitish mixed; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing

BOMBOTELIA. 11

very dark chocolate-brown suffused with greyish ; antemedial line

dark, inwardly oblique, nearly straight, defined on each side by

greyish; a slight whitish discoidal lunule ; postmedial line with

whitish striga from costa, then dark, slightly defined on outer side

by greyish, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and slightly

angled inwards just below vein 2, some whitish points beyond it

ou costa and a chocolate-red patch below costa; subterminal line

incurved and whitish from costa to vein 7, then slight, pale, incurved

below vein 4 and ending at tornus; aslight pale line at base of

cilia. Hind wing white, the terminal area broadly chocolate-brown,

greyish towards apex; a dark discoidal point and postmedial series

of points on the veins just before the terminal band; a whitish

mark on termen at submedial fold; a fine whitish line at base of

cilia; the underside with the costal area and cell irrorated with

chocolate-brown, the terminal area chocolate-brown except towards

tornus where it is white with a dark patch on it, an elliptical

black discoidal spot defined by white, and curved postmedial series

of points on the veins.

Hab. Br. N. Guinua, Aroa R. (Meek), type ¢ 2 in Coll. Roth-

schild. wp. 24 millim.

6206. Bombotelia jocosatrix.

Penicillaria jocosatrix, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 504 (1852); Moore, Lep. Ceyl.

ill. p. 62, pl. 151. ff. 8, 8@; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 393.

Head and thorax deep purple-brown, abdomen rather redder

brown; pectus whitish tinged with rufous; spurs and tarsi ringed

with white. Fore wing deep purple-brown tinged with grey;

Fig. 6.—Bomobotelia jocosatrix, 6. }.

antemedial line blackish slightly defined on inner side by white,

excurved from costa to just below cell, then oblique, a darker patch

beyond it on costa; postmedial line indistinct, dark and oblique

from costa to vein 6, then slightly defined on outer side by white,

inwardly oblique to submedian fold, then waved, a redder shade

from costa before subterminal line to the inner side of postmedial

line at vein 38; subterminal line white and incurved from costa to

vein 6 near termen, then sinuous, incurved below vein 3 and

ending at tornus. Hind wing pure white, the terminal area brown

suffused with purple-grey and with a redder patch at extremity of

vein 2; a brown discoidal spot and postmedial series of brown

points on the veins; the underside with the costal and terminal

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areas red-brown, an elliptical black discoidal spot and postmedial

series of minute streaks on the veins.

Hab, Srxuim (Dudyeon), 2 9; Bompay, Kanara (Ward), 1 6;

Manpras, Nilgiris, 1 9; Cryson (Lempleton), 136, 19; Java

(Horsfield), 1 $, 5 9 type, Batavia, 1 $; QueenstanpD, Brisbane

(Turner), 3 3,19. Hvp. 24-32 millim.

Larva. Green with sublateral dark striz, the somites with small

purple spots and a subdorsal series of larger spots; a few hairs

from the tubercles. Food-plant, Terninalia belerica.

6207, Bombotelia simplex. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 14.)

Eutelia simplex, Wik. xxxiii. 824 (1865) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 394.

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown; pectus white; tarsi

ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown with a slight purplish

tinge especially on terminal area; subbasal line represented by a

slight grey striga from costa; the antemedial area with a faint

oblique brown shade from below costa to inner margin ; antemedial

line dark, slightly defined on inner side by white, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique, a yellow and rufous bar

beyond it from submedian fold to inner margin; reniform an indis-

tinct dark lunule faintly defined by whitish; traces of a dark medial

line, arising at upper extremity of reniform, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique to outer edge of the yellow bar; postmedial line double,

the lines widely separated, whitish except below costa where it is

filled in with rufous suffusion, the inner line slightly defined by

dark brown, oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is obtusely

angled, inwardly oblique and minutely waved to submedian fold,

then bent outwards to near tornus, a white point beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line white, incurved from costa to termen at

vein 6, obsolete to vein 3, then incurved and ending at tornus;

cilia dark brown. Hind wing pure white, the costal and terminal

areas purplish brown; a brown discoidal spot, postmedial white

striga at; Inner margin, and whitish bar from vein 3 to tornus; a

terminal series of slight dark lunules and fine white line at base

of cilia; the underside with elliptical black discoidal spot and

postmedial series of minute dark streaks on the veins defined on

outer side by white.

Hab, Stxamt, 7000' (Pilcher, Moller), 3 3,4 2; Assam (Badg-

ley), 1 6; Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3, Palnis (Campbell),

1 3; Srveapore (Wood-Jones), 1 $3; hab. ign. 1 $ type. Lup.

24-30 millim.

Sucr. TV. Antenne of male with the basal half minutely serrate and fasciculate,

the apical half almost simple.

A. Abdomen with dorsal white spot on 4th segment ......... dorsipuncta,

B. Abdomen without dorsal white spot ........0.....cscecesecerer lineatric,

BOMBOTELIA. tes

6208. Bombotelia dorsipuncta, n. sp.

Penicillaria maculata, Semper, Reise Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 534 (nec Butl.),

Head and thorax deep purple-brown, the tegule slightly edged

with whitish ; pectus white, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen

rufous with small dorsal white spot on 4th segment, the ventral

surface deep purple-brown with small yellow spot at base. Fore

wing red-brown mixed with some greyish ochreous and suffused

with deep purple plum-colour ; some slight black irroration on inner

area towards base; antemedial line fine, white, defined on outer

side by black and greyish ochreous, oblique from costa to vein 2

below the cell, then inwardly oblique, touching the reniform which

is slightly defined by white, strongly constricted at middle and

produced at upper extremity, a white striga above it from costa;

the medial area with veins 4 to 1 streaked with greyish ochreous ;

postmedial line double, greyish ochreous, oblique from costa to

vein 6, where it is obtusely angled, then inwardly oblique, sinuous

Fig. 7.—Bombotelia dorsipuncta, 3. }.

and bent outwards to inner margin, the inner line not quite reaching

costa and with black marks before it, an oblique black mark from

its angle to termen at vein 3 defined above by greyish ochreous and

with silvery-blue suffusion below it ; a wedge-shaped chocolate-brown

patch from costa before the subterminal line, which is whitish and

incuryed from costa to termen at vein 6, below vein 4 pure white,

angled outwards at vein 3 and ending at tornus, the area beyond it

black ; a terminal series of minute black lunules slightly defined by

white from apex to vein 4, a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind

wing pure white, the costal and terminal areas purplish brown, a

brown discoidal spot, postmedial white striga at inner margin, and

white line from vein 3 to termen at vein 1; a terminal series of

minute dark lunules and fine whitish line at base of cilia; the

underside with elliptical black discoidal spot, minutely waved white

postmedial line, subterminal white spot at discal fold and bar

towards tornus.

Hab. Stncsvore (Ltidley, Wood-Jones), 1 3,6 2 type; Puirre-

prnus, Luzon, Hap. 26-28 millim.

Larva. Semper, Reise Phil., Schmett. ii. pl. R. f. 7.

Green with subdorsal series of small yellow spots and lateral

series of larger spots on abdominal termites. Food-plant, Seme-

carpus.

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6209. Bombotelia lineatrix. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 15.)

Penicillaria lineatrix, Wk. xv. 1776 (1858) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 394.

Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish red-brown ; pectus whitish

tinged with rufous, the spurs and tarsi ringed with white. Fore

wing purplish red-brown ; antemedial line with white striga from

costa, then hardly traceable, cblique and with a brown shade before

it below the cell; traces of an oblique medial line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin towards which there are some yellow scales

on it; postmedial line slight, white and strongly bent outwards

below costa, then forming an oblique dark shade with a fine white

line beyond it to vein 2, then almost obsolete, some white points

beyond it on costa and a chocolate-brown mark below costa; sub-

terminal line white, incurved from costa to vein 6 near termen,

almost obsolete to vein 3, then incurved, with chocolate-brown

patch beyond it, and ending at tornus. Hind wing pure white, the

costal and terminal areas purplish brown, a brown discoidal spot ;

the underside with elliptical black discoidal spot and punctiform

postmedial line defined on outer side by white.

Hab. Bompay, Canara (Ward), 2 2 type; Travancorn, Pirmid

(Imray), 1 3; Cryton, Pundaloya (Green), 1g. Hep. 26 millim.

Secr. V. Antenne of male simple and laminate.

A. Fore wing with the inner antemedial and outer postmedial

lines strong and chocolate-brown on inner area ............... plumbed.

B. Fore wing with the inner antemedial and outer postmedial

lines indistinct om immer area .2........0neccc--ee-eeeces ceerseeeees oxylopha.

6210. Bombotelia plumbea. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 16.)

Penicillaria plumbea, Wk. xxxiii. 816 (1865).

¢&. Head and thorax reddish brown, the scales tipped with grey ;

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen brown suffused with grey, the

lst segment with chocolate-brown bands, the ventral surface grey-

white. Fore wing red-brown suffused with purplish grey; an

oblique chocolate-brown antemedial line from cell to inner margin

with traces of another line beyond it; two black discoidal points ;

traces of an oblique minutely waved line from just beyond lower

angle of cell to inner margin; traces of a double postmedial line,

bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, the outer

line chocolate-brown with minute white streaks on the veins from

vein 4 to inner margin ; an oblique wedge-shaped chocolate-brown

patch from costa before apex to discal fold and with an oblique

fascia from its inner edge to termen at vein 3; a fine dark terminal

line. Hind wing with the basal half grey suffused with brown, the

terminal half fuscous brown ; traces of a brown medial line and pale

postmedial line ; the underside purplish white irrorated with brown,

the terminal area suffused with brown, a black discoidal point and

traces of medial and postmedial lines more distinct on inner area.

BOMBOTELIA.—EUTELIA. 15

Hab, Quernstand, Moreton Bay (Diygle), 1 2 type. Hp. 32

millim.

6211. Bombotelia oxylopha.

Eutelia orylopha, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N, 8. W. 1902, p. 88.

Head and thorax dull red-brown; palpi blackish, pale in

front; legs blackish; abdomen fuscous brown with the dorsal crests

towards extremity black, the ventral surface pale. Fore wing dull

red-brown slightly irrorated with black and with traces of numerous

waved lines ; two black discoidal points with an indistinct pale spot

between them and a more distinct straight line from lower angle of

cell to inner margin; the terminal area greyish with a terminal

Fig. 8.—Bombotelia oxylopha, 3. %

series of black points; cilia blackish. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

costal area pale; traces of postmedial and subterminal lines; two

black points with a pale point between them above tornus; the

termen greyish with a terminal series of black points; underside

paler, the inner area whitish, minutely waved medial, postmedial,

and subterminal lines.

Hab. QuzrnstanS, Bulimba (Turner), 1 ¢. Exp. 32 millim.

Type 2 fin Coll. Mlidge.

Genus EUTELIA.

Type.

iia, VEU, VO > PHS) CSPI) saceacooscadnoccecoo0dc0eneo0e ee

Eurhipia, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 73 (1829) ..........2.ceseecee eee adulatrix.

Penicillaria, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 802 (1852)... ee. a. ablatrix:

Eleale, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 185 (1862) ...... plusioides.

fipogenus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iv. p. 826 (1865) ... pulcherrima.

Jonge, IGOR, 12> Z4. (So ISI, Do BTD cooscccosoccsaacccqne00enn0000 SUNUOSA.

Zobia, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 3884 (1891) 2.00... eee snellent.

Targallodes, Holl. Pysche, vii. p. 31 (1894) .........0.... cece oculatrix,

Silacida, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 86 (1900) ..... ineatricata.

Atacira, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 87 (1900) ...... approximata.

Alotsa, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. il. p. 87 (1900) ......... discistriga.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth, witn

tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennz of male typically minutely

serrate and fasciculate, the apical part simple, the basal joint with large tuft of

scales; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with flattened

crest, the metathorax with paired crests; tibize moderately fringed with haic ;

abdomen with dorsal crests at base and on terminal segments and with more or

less developed paired lateral anal tufts. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

termen crenulate, excised towards tornus; veins dand 5 from near angle of

16 NOCLUID ©.

cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell less than half length of wing; veins 3, 4

from angle of cell or shortly stalked; 5 fully developed from just above

angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sncr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with rather long branches, the apical

third almost simple.

A. Fore wing of male with the inner area greatly dilated and the margin

lobed, the termen slightly sinuous towards apex and extremely oblique

below vein 38, a fold below extremity of cell, veins 2, 3, 4,5 closely

approximated for some distance, then vein 2 strongly curved downwards;

an anal tuft of long spatulate scales between the paired tufts, and long

lateral tufts of hair from base of abdomen, the coxee strongly tufted with

hair,

6212. Kutelia distorta, n. sp.

3. Head black-brown; antenne with the basal joint white in

front; thorax dark reddish brown mixed with grey, paler behind, the

tegulee with pair of dorsal black streaks ; pectus greyish ochreous ;

legs black-brown with some greyish ochreous mixed; abdomen grey

with some brown mixed, dorsal and subdorsal series of black strize

and a lateral spot on 3rd segment, the ventral surface with three

brown streaks. Fore wing grey irrorated and suffused with red-

dish and fuscous brown, the inner half paler; a slight black

Fig. 9.—Kutelia distorta, §. 4.

antemedial line from costa to median nervure, bidentate below the

costa, and a diffused shade below the cell; an oblique black bar

across end of cell, an indistinct dark line, oblique from middle of

costa to beyond upper angle of cell, then very faint and oblique to

inner magin; postmedial line double and oblique from costa to vein

6, then interrupted and oblique from vein 2 to inner margin ; some

whitish points beyond it on costa; a slight obliquely curved whitish

subterminal line from costa to vein 6; a terminal series of black

bars defined on inner side by white and some whitish striz parallel

to the oblique part of termen below vein 2. Hind wing fuscous

brown with a greyish tinge, some ochreous and black striz on

terminal parts of veins 2and 1; a terminal series of slight blackish

lunules defined on inner side by grey; the underside fuscous, the

base, inner area, and a postmedial band grey, with two punctiform

medial and three postmedial lines and terminal series of triangular

black marks.

HUTELIA. Ly

Hab. Gorp Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 3 type. Exp. 30

millim.,

B, Fore wing of male normal.

a. (Phalgu). Fore wing with the termen crenulate, ex-

curved at vein 7 and middle and oblique towards

tornus.

a, Fore wing without grey patch at tornus ............... sinuosa.

61, Fore wing with grey patch at tornus ................4. JSerridcrsata.

6213. Eutelia sinuosa.

Phalga sinuosa, Moore, P. ZS. 1881, p. 375, pl. 37. f. 7; Hmpsn. Motlis

Ind. ii. p. 410.

Hutelia viridinota, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1895, p. 52.

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep purplish red-brown mixed with

some grey; patagia with some black scales; pectus ochreous

white ; ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with red-brown

and with subventral series of small dark spots. Fore wing deep

purplish red-brown ; antemedial line slight, black, highly dentate,

double at costa; reniform apple-green defined by black, constricted

at middle; medial line black, arising from upper extremity of

reniform, dentate and excurved to vein 3, then eblique and

slightly excurved above vein 1; postmedial line double, black,

Fig. 10.—Lutelia sinuosa, $. >.

dentate and excurved from costa to vein 3, then oblique and

slightly excurved above vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line black, dentate, slightly defined on each side by

white at costa, then very indistinct except below vein 6 and

between veins 3 and 2; a fine black terminal line; cilia

whitish between veins 7 and 5. Hind wing dark red-brown, the

base whitish; postmedial and subterminal black striw at inner

margin; a fine terminal black line with whitish bar before it from

vein 2 to tornus; cilia rufous, whitish at tips; the underside

whitish thickly irrorated and in parts suffused with red-brown,

a double curved crenulate postmedial black line and rather macu-

late subterminal line.

Hab. Stxaim, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 9 ; Buurdy, 2500! (Dudgeon),

1 g; Assim, Khasis,1 ¢ type viridinota ; Bornno, Paku (Shelford)

1 9. Hep. 30-34 millim.

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6214. Eutelia ferridorsata. (Plate CLXXLY. fig. 17.)

Eutelia ferridorsata, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 884 (1905),

Q. Head blackish slightly mixed with grey ; thorax ferruginous,

the tegule tinged with fuscous ; pectus and legs fuscous and greyish ;

abdomen pale ferruginous, the dorsal crests and slight subdorsal

segmental striae dark, the ventral surface suffused with black.

Fore wing greenish grey suffused with black and rufous and with

numerous dark strive ; a double waved antemedial line; reniform

green defined by black and with some fuscous in centre, narrow,

irregularly clliptical ; postmedial line indistinct, defined by rufous

on outer side, minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then incurved; a slight minutely waved black subterminal line,

incurved below vein 4 and with the area beyond it greyish

towards tornus; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

rufous and black. Hind wing rufous suffused with fuscous, the

inner area rather paler ; some dark strie on vein 2 and on inner

margin towards tornus, a pale mark on termen near tornus; cilia

rufous ; the underside rufous irrorated with brown, the inner area

whitish, a discoidal point, medial line excurved below costa,

double minutely waved postmedial line, the inner line indistinct,

traces of a subterminal line, and a terminal series of black lunules

on whitish marks. .

Hab. S, Nigrrta, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 @ type. Harp.

26 millim.

b. Fore wing with the termen strongly crenulate, oblique

below vein 3.

a, Fore wing with triangular black patch defined by

white on costa towards apeX............:2..ceseeeeeeeeees leucographa.

b1, Fore wing without triangular black patch defined

by white on costa towards apex ......-...2.0.-eeesee eee tripartita.

6215. Eutelia leucographa. (Plate CLX XIV. fig. 18.)

Eutelia leucographa, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 374 (1905).

3. Palpi white, the 1st two joints and the 3rd joint near tip

brown at sides; frons white with the frontal tuft tipped with brown ;

vertex of head and antenne black; thorax black with a few

white scales and white spot on metathorax ; pectus white behind ;

legs black banded with white; abdomen black-brown slightly

variegated with white, the ventral surface mostly white. Fore

wing red-brown variegated with white especially on antemedial

area and on postmedial area from vein 3 to inner margin, the

white areas with dark striz ; subbasal line represented by a white

striga from costa; antemedial line unusually near base, strong,

black, slightly angled in cell, then oblique and not quite reaching

inner margin; orbicular an ill-defined white spot with dark points

on it; reniform an elliptical white patch with black spots in its

upper and lower parts; medial line indistinct except at costa and

EUTELIA. 19

inner margin, oblique from costa to ecll, then inwardly oblique and

obscurely double; postmedial line strong, black except between

veins 3 and 1, oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved between veins

3 and 1, defined on outer side by a fine white line from costa to

vein 3; subterminal line white from costa to vein 3, with a black

band on its inner side expanding towards costa and vein 3, oblique

to vein 6, then outwardly oblique and irregular, below vein 3

representel by a black spot above tornus; cilia chequered brown

and whitish. Hind wing white, the terminal area fuscous,

extending to middle at costa and narrowing to tornus, a slightly

waved white subterminal band from vein 6 to tornus, the area

beyond it browner, two black striz above tornus; a fine crenulate

black terminal line; cilia white at base, blackish at tips ; the under-

side white irrorated with black, the apical area suffused with brown,

two black discoidal bars, a waved medial line excurved at middle,

double minutely waved postmedial line, and traces of a subterminal

line.

Q@. Fore wing less variegated with white.

Hab. Br. BK. Arrtca, El Quaso, Masai (Betton), 3 ¢,1 2 type,

Njoro (Cholmley), 1 3 ; Care Cotony, Steynsburg, 2 4. Kap.

36-40 millim.

6216. Eutelia tripartita.

Ingura tripartita, Semp. Reise Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 532, pl. 60. f. 8 (1900).

Eutelia diplographa, Umpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 875 (1905).

Targaila pratti, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 227 (1906).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous ; palpi

with the 2nd joint blackish at sides; tegule black at base, with

brown medial line and dark tips; abdomen grey suffused with

fuscous, the ventral surface paler. Fore wing grey-white suffused

with brown especially on basal and costal areas; subbasal line

represented by two strize from costa; antemedial line double,

oblique, the inner line brown, diffused, the outer strong, black ;

Fig. 11.—LHutelia tripartita, 8. 1}.

orbicular a slight brown annulus; reniform defined by fuscous and

with some brown in centre; medial line strongly excurved round

the reniform ; postmedial line double, the inner line black, the

outer brown, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; subter-

minal line represented by blackish patches, forming bars from costa

to vein 7 and vein 3 to inner margin, excurved between those

points; a fine waved terminal line; cilia chequered white and

20 NOCTUIDA.

brown. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown;

the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

brown, a discoidal annulus, crenulate postmedial line with shght

streaks on the veins, traces of subterminal line and terminal series

of points.

Hab, Suxut (Pilcher), 1 3g ; Perak, Larut Hills (8. 8. Flower),

1 9 type; Paitirpines; Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt) 3 g,

1 2, Dinawa (Pratt), 19, Mt. Kebea (Pratt),1 9. Hap. 32-40

millim.

Larva. Semp. Reise Phil., Schmett. ii. pl. R. f. 4.

Grey-brown; head blackish, thoracic somites rather swollen,

anal somite humped; subdorsal series of brown warts forming

short processes on thoracic and anal somites; a lateral brown line

from somite 2 to anal somite which has two obliquely placed

lateral warts. Food-plant, Spondias.

c. (Eleale). Fore wing with the termen slightly crenulate,

oblique below vein 3.

a’. Fore wing with the subapical area orange-red ......... fulvipicta.

#. Bore wing with the subapical area pale yellow ......... plustotdes..

6217. Eutelia fulvipicta. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 19.)

Butelia fulvipicta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 894 (1894),

d. Head, teguke, and front of thorax deep red-brown, the

hinder part of thorax orange-red; palpi white at tips; antennee

with the basal joint yellowish ; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

rufous. Fore wing deep rufous, the basal half of inner area

yellow irrorated with red, the postmedial area yellow suffused

with red from costa to vein 4; antemedial line black with white

striga from costa, angled on median nervure, then inwardly

oblique; a white striga from middle of costa, slight streak on

extremity of median neryure and black line from submedian fold

to inner margin angled outwards at vein 1; postmedial line black,

arising at vein 7, angled outwards at vein 6, then inwardly oblique,

waved and slightly defined on outer side by white below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa and a faint yellowish line

excurved to discal fold, then oblique, between vein 4 and sub-

median fold white and slightly angled outwards at vein 2; subter-

minal line white, excurved at discal fold to near termen, then

obsolete to below vein 4, dentate at vein 3 below which it forms

a rather triangular spot, and ending at tornus; cilia red-brown

mixed with whitish. Hind wing with the basal half white, the

terminal half red-brown ; an oblique white striga across extremity

of vein 2 with some fiery red beyond it; a fine white line at base

of cilia; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas rufous,

a blackish discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line, and diffused

snvterminal band.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, Ll ¢, Nagas, type tT ¢ in Coll. Rothschild,

Exp. 30 millim,

EULELIA. 21

6218. Eutelia plusio:des.

Eleale plusivides, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 135 (1862); Swinh,

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 85, pl. ii. f. 24.

3. Head and thorax yellow tinged with rufous, sides cf palpt

and frons, antenne, and tegule rufous, the last with fuscous scales

at tips; abdomen yellow suffused withrufous. Fore wing yellow,

the basal area, the costal area to beyond middle and the inner half

of terminal area suffused with rufous; a diffused black streak in

basal half of cell; the antemedial line arising from a white spot

on costa, excurved to median nervure, then oblique; shght white

streaks above and below subcostal nervure towards end of cell,

with a small white spot on costa above end of cell and two

points on discocellulars; postmedial line indistinct and excurved

to vein 4, then oblique and angled outwards on vein 1, another

Fig. 12. —Hutelia plusioides, $. 4.

line beyond it, brown anl strongly excurved from costa to vein 4,

then white and incurved, with another white line beyond it from

vein 4 to inner margin; a dark streak in discal fold from cell to near

termen and an oblique wedge-shaped mark from lower angle of

cell to termen at vein 4; a curved brown line close to termen from

costa to vein 8, then an incurved white line to tornus, the area

beyond it dark; the apex grey with a white line between it and the

subterminal line. Hind wing pale yellow, the costal and terminal

areas suffused with rufous ; some fiery red near extremity of vein 2

crossed by an oblique white striga to termen at submedian fold ;

the underside with discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), typetT ¢ in Mus. Oxon. ;

D’Enrrecasteaux Is., Fergusson I. (Meek), 1 ¢. Exp. 39 millim.

d. (Penicillaria), Fore wing with the termen slightly

sinuous from apex to vein 3.

a, Fore wing with inyerted lunulate subterminal white

mark filled in with dark brown below tie angle of

postmedial line.

a. Fore wing with the antemedial band from cell to

inner margin chocolate-brown ...........--6......000 absconaens.

2, Fore wing with the antemedial band from cell to

inner margin deep red..............0.ssssseneees cee aeeees pulcherrima.

}1, Fore wing without inverted lunulate subterminal

white mark,

a2, Fore wing without small subterminal triangular

blackish spots defined by white between veins 6

aad 3.

22 NOCTIUID®.

a3, Fore wing with the area beyond subterminal

line between vein 3 and tornus deep chocolate-

ISON. coboapaococns¢doouagn0qaq9sndaAoqoaHodad9soosHoz000 blandula.

3, Fore wing with the area beyond subterminal line

between vein 3 and tornus concolorous with

the postmedial area.

a‘, Fore wing with triangular whitish or yellowish

white patch at middle of inner area............ ablatrix.

4. Fore wing with triangular bright yellow patch

at middle of inner area .............0-.-cseeseeeee cupred.

c4, Fore wing with oblique white band at middle

OM WANE? AIRED, ScondoceanaccnanacanonocGnundsc0000000 albisecta.

d4, Fore wing without pale triangular patch or

band at middle of inner area .................. auratria.

b?, Fore wing with sinall subterminal blackish spots

defined by white between veins 6 and 3.

a’. Fore wing deep chocolate-red ..............++ee00-0+ pyrastis.

43, Fore wing reddish brown mixed with grey ...... Sureata.

6219. Eutelia abscondens.

Penicillaria abscondens, Wik. xv. 1774 (1858); Druce, Biol. Centr-Am.,

Het. i. p. 324, pl. 30. f. 3.

®. Head, tegule, and front of thorax pale rufous; palpi white

in front; basal joint of antenne white; tegulee slightly edged with

white, a white line across thorax; the hinder part of thorax deep

purplish chocolate-brown with some white hair on outer edges of

patagia: pectus and legs white, the fore tibiz red-brown with a

white bar, the spurs and Ist joint of tarsi with black rings;

abdomen purplish red, the segments edged by fine white lines,

deeper purple-red lateral patches on Ist three segments, the crests

blackish, the ventral surface white irrorated with brown, the

terminal segincpt brown, the medial segments with subventral brown

points. Fore wing with the costal half pale rufous, the inner half deep

chocolate red-brown ; subbasal line represented by a slight oblique

white striga from cell to inner margin, some violaceous suffusion be-

yond tt £0 the antemedial line which is slight, oblique and white from

cell to inner margin, hardly traceable on costal half; medial area with

veins 2 and | streaked with white ; medial line hardly traceable on

costal half, white and curved from cell to vein 1, a triangular

white patch crossed by a brown bar beyond it on inner margin;

two small brown discoidal spots slightly edged with white;

postmedial line double, very indistinct on costal area, then filled in

with white, slightly bent outwards below costa and oblique to vein

6 where it is angled, then bent inwards, excurved at veins 4, 3,

aud oblique and sinuous to inner margin, an oblique white line

neyond it from costa to vein 6, a blackish patch edged above and

at sides by a white hoop below vein 6 and a triangular white patch

irrorated with brown from vein 3 to inner margin with a faint

sinuous blackish line on its inner edge; some white points on

costa towards apex and a triangular greyish white patch on

termen from apex to below vein 6, with some black points on

termen; a small black spot edged with white on termen below

EULLLIA. 23

vein 3; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the

veins irrorated with brown, the terminal area blackish brown with

some purplish red on termen; sight dark points at angles of cell,

traces of two postmedial series of black points and three black striz

at inner margin towards tornus ; a slight white line from vein 3 to

termen at submedian fold; cilia white at base and tips; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, the terminal

area tinged with red, a red-brown discoidal spot, curved punctiform

medial line, double punctiform postmedial line, and sinuous

subterminal line defined on outer side by white, a terminal series of

small triangular spots.

Hab, Costa Rica; Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 @ ;

CotomBia, Bogotd; VenrzuEts, Aroa, 1 2 ; Br. Gurana, Bartica

(Kaye), 1 2 ; Brazit, Castro Parana. Hep. 34-36 millim.

Larva. Pale brown (in spirits, ? faded from grecn); stigmata

blackish ; head blackish with pale V-shaped mark in front and pile

marks above ; four pairs of prolegs.

6220. Eutelia pulcherrima. (Plate CLXXLY. fig. 20.)

Ripogenus pulcherrimus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Sue. Phil. iv. p. 826 (April,

1865) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 239.

Kutelia dentifera, Wik. xxxiii. p. 818 (July, 1865).

Head, tegule, and front of thorax pale rufous mixed with whitc ;

palpi chocolate-red; basal joint of antenne white; tegule at tips

anda bar across thorax white; the hinder part of thorax chocolate-

red ; pectus white; tibie chocolate-red, the spurs and tarsi white

with a black ring near tips of former and on Ist joint of latter;

abdomen pale rufous with chocolate-red bands on Ist and 2nd

segments and subbasal patches on the 3rd and 4th. Tore wing

pale rufous ; the inner basal area redder with oblique white strie

above vein | at and near base; a slight oblique white antemedial

line from costa to median nervure and two well-separated oblique

white lines with chocolate-red band between them from cell to

inner margin; a white streak on vein 1 from the inner antemedial

line to the outer postmedial line, and a white streak on vein 2;

two small brown discoidal spots defined by white and connected by

a white striga; a white spot followed by an ochreous spot at

middle of inner margin; postmedial line double, white, oblique

from costa to vein 6 where it is angled outwards to near sub-

terminal line, then retracted and oblique and sinuous to inner

margin, the inner line obsolescent towards costa and bent outwards

below costa aud the outer line connected by a white spot above

vein 5 with the subterminal line, some white points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line white, incurved from costa to termen at

vein 5, the area beyond it being white with some small chocolate-

red spots on termen, then interrupted and running from the outer

edge of the white spot to inner margin near tornus, slightly dentate

at veins 4, 3and the area beyond it chocolate-red; asmal] chocolate-

red spot defined by white on termen below vein 3 and a fine white line

24 NOCLUILD A.

at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the terminal area fuscous brown

suffused with choculate-red towards termen ; some brown irroration

on median nervure and beyond upper angle of cell; a postmedial

black striga at inner margin and two towards tornus; a white bar

from vein 3 to tornus; cilia white at base, red at tips ; the underside

with large red diseoidal spot and traces of punctiform medial and

postmedial lines.

Hab. U.S.A., New York (Doubleday, Grote), 1 3,1 9, type and

type dentifera, New Jersey. Hap. 36 millim,

6221. Eutelia blandula. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 21.)

Eurhipia blandula, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Ver, Regensb.

xxii. p. 180 (1868).

Eutelia caustiplaga, Hinpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 873 (1905).

3g Head and thorax bright chocolate-red mixed with a little

grey ; palpi with the 2nd joint in front and tuft on basal joint of

antennee white ; pectus, base of legs, and tarsi white, the tibiz with

white bar, the tarsi with black spot on Ist joint; abdomen red

with deep chocolate-red subbasal patches at base with a little grey

before each, the ventral surface pale grey-brown. Fore wing red

with some grey suffusion in places; the median nervure and veins

rising from it white; subbasal line represented by a grey striga

from costa; antemedial line fine, grey, very oblique from costa to

median nervure, then inwardly oblique, a diffused oblique grey-

white fascia beyond it from costa to lower angle of cell and a

chocolate-red patch on inner area followed by a triangular white

patch with some yellow and a dark striga on it; reniform narrow,

constricted at middle, chocolate-red with white annulus, a white

striga above it from costa, and a large chocolate-red patch beyond it

with a little yellowish in centre; postmedial line unusually near

termen, white, obliquely curved to vein 6, then inwardly oblique

below vein 3, indistinct, dark, slightly waved, with a white point

on its outer edge at vein 5 and some whitish suffusion below vein

3; some white points on costa towards apex which is grey with a

white line across apical area to termen at vein 5; a grey subter- —

minal line from the white point on postmedial line, angled inwards

below vein 4 and below vein 3 incurved, prominent and white, the

area beyond it deep choco'ate-red ; some triangular black points on

apical half of termen; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind

wing pure white, the terminal area brown suffused with fiery red ;

a white subterminal line from vein 3, angled outwards to near

termen at submedian fold; a fine white line at base of cilia; the

underside with the costal and terminal areas grey ; a black discoidal

spot, a small spot at middle of submedian fold, traces of two waved

postmedial lines with some red on them at discal and submedian

folds, some black points on termen.

Hab. Cupa, Santiago (Schaus), 3 3 type caustiplaga, Tanamo

(Schaus), 1 g, Matanzas. Ewp, 36 millim.

EUTELIA. 25

6222. Eutelia ablatrix

Penicillaria ablatrix, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 303 (1852).

Penicillaréia rufatrix, Wik. xv. 1774 (1858).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brick-red; tegule slightly

edged with white, the patagia with white bars ; pectus white, the

spurs and tarsi banded white and blackish; abdomen with white

dorsal spot on 4th segment, followed by two minute black crests,

then a white point, the ventral surface whitish towards base. Fore

wing pale brick-red, the costal area irrorated with black to end of

cell; an oblique pale subbasal striga from costa and a black point

on vein 1; antemedial line white irrorated with black, oblique

from costa to discoidal fold in end of cell where it is acutely angled,

then inwardly oblique; a fine oblique white line before it from

cell to inner margin ; reniform white with red spots slightly edged

with black in its upper and lower parts and a short white streak

before it in discal fold, an oblique white striga above it from costa ;

the inner area from just beyond antemedial line to near termen and

Fig. 13.—LHutelia ablatrix, S$. }.

extending to vein 2 and beyond the cell to vein 3, semibyaline

white traversed by four slight waved lines; medial line excurved

from vein 7 well beyond the cell to vein 4, then double and incurved

on the whitish patch ; postmedial line white defined on outer side by

brownish and oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is angled

outwards, then very indistinct, with white point beyond it above

vein 5 and incurved below vein 3, some white points beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line white and incurved from costa to just below

vein 6 near termen, then almost obsolete to vein 3 and straight to

tornus ; the apex grey with small terminal dark lunules defined by

white and dark patch at vein 6; cilia white at base except at

middle. Hind wing hyaline white, the terminal area brick-red ;

traces of some postmedial black points on the veins and two black

strie at inner margin near tornus; cilia with a fine white line at

base; the underside with the costal area ochreous white slightly

irrorated with black and blackish spots just beyond middle.

©. Much deeper crimson-red ; fore wing with the patch on inner

area much less hyaline, yellowish on its basal part and whitish

outwardly.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 3,1 2 ; Jamaica,

1 Q type rufatria; Harri (Tweedie), 1 9; Sra. Lucta (Cowre), 2 d,

1 9 ; Grenapa (7. A. Snuth), 1 Q Lvp. 30 millim.

26 NOCLUIDF.

6223. Eutelia cuprea. (Plate CLXXLV. fig. 22.)

Penicillaria cuprea, Méschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 179 (1890).

Hutelia chrysotermina, Hmpsn, A, M. N._H. (7) xvi. p. 872 (1905),

3. Head and thorax deep red-brown mixed with a little grey,

the head and a patch on metathorax redder; palpi pale in front ;

hind tarsi with black spot at base; abdomen pale red, the basal

half darker with a red patch at base, the crests and subbasal series

of small spots blackish. Fore wing deep red-brown suffused with

grey on basal half of costal area, the terminal area below vein 6

broadly golden yellow suffuscd with some red, on inner margin

extending to before middle ; a subbasal grey striga from costa; an

indistinct highly curved dark antemedial line, below the cell

bounding the dark area; reniform defined by white at sides, very

narrow and constricted at middle ; postmedial line almost obsolete

towards costa, below the cell fine, double, defined by red-brown on

inner side, very oblique and minutely waved, another line beyond

it very oblique from costa to vein 6 near termen, then inwardly

oblique and rather diffused; a prominent white subterminal bar

from costa to vein 6, the area beyond it deep chocolate with two

black lunules defined by white on termen, the subterminal line

then indistinct, yellow and slightly sinuous ; a fine slightly sinuous

brown terminal line. Hind wing pure white; the costal area dark

brown ; the terminal area below vein 5 fiery red with sinuous yellow

subterminal line; a black spot on inner margin beyond middle ;

the underside with the costal and terminal areas suffused with fiery

red, some black suffusion in base of cell, an oblique elliptical black

discoidal spot defined by white and with black bar from costa just

beyond it; an indistinct dark postmedial line with blackish spot

below vein 6, an indistinct sinuous yellow subterminal line, some

black points on termen towards apex.

Hab. Porro Rico; Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus),

1 3S type chrysotermina, St. Laurent Maroni. vp. 32-34

millim.

*6224, Eutelia albisecta. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 23.)

Eutelia albisecta, Dogn. Mém. Soc, Ent. Belg. xviii. p. 152 (1911).

®. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown; tarsi

whitish ringed with brown. Fore wing grey-brown mixed with

some white; a wedge-shaped white fascia in discal fold from before

middle to the postmedial line and a slight fascia in medial part of

submedian fold; a subbasal black striga from costa and diffused

band from cell to inner margin; an indistinct rather diffused

curved blackish antemedial band, interrupted at the fascia and

double below the cell, an oblique white band beyond it from vein 2

to inner margin; small black spots detined by white at the angles

of cell; a patch of dark suffusion beyond upper angle of cell before

the medial line, which is blackish defined on outer side by white

towards costa and inner margin, angled outwards beyond upper

BUTELIA. 27

angle of cell, then obliquo and slightly sinuous towards inner

margin; postinedial line white with some golden yellew before it

below costa, angied outwards at vein 6, then oblique, a triangular

brown patch beyond it from costa with some white points at costa ;

subterminal line white, angled outwards to termen at discal fold

and excurved at middle; some grey suffusion at apex and a

terminal series of small dark lunules slightly defined on inner side

by grey; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white with dark brown terminal band from apex to beiow

vein 2; some dark points on terminal part of vein 2 and a bar at

tornus ; cilia with a fine white line at base; the underside with

some dark irroration on costa, a small discoidal spot, and traces of a

sinuous subterminal line.

Hab. Argenrina, Tucuman (Girard), type fT 2 in Coll. Dognin.

Exp. 26 millim.

6225. Eutslia auratrix.

Penicillaria auratrix, Wik. xv. 1775 (1858); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Het.

i. p. 324,

Penicillaria natterert, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 110. f. 19 (1874).

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown tinged with purplish grey ;

tarsi, spurs, and hind tibiz banded with white; ventral surface of

abdomen rufous. Fore wing fuscous brown tinged with grey;

subbasal line slight, white, angled outwards below costa; ante-

medial line dark defined on inner side by whitish and on outer by

whitish suffusion, slightly sinuous, oblique to median nervure where

it is acutely angled, then inwardly oblique; reniform black with

white annulus, a rather narrow bar somewhat constricted at middle,

two dark brown marks beyond it, the upper followed by a fulvous

yellow mark; medial line white slightly defined on each side by

brown, arising at discal fold, oblique and sinuous to inner margin,

the area beyond it tinged with purple; postmedial line fine, white,

oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards,

then strongly inecurved, shghtly sinuous and brown below vein 3,

an oblique wedged-shaped ckocolate patch beyond it from costa to

vein 6 with some white points on costa; subterminal line fine,

white, slightly incurved below costa, angled outwards to termen at

vein 6 and inwards in discal fold, then outwards at veins 4, 3 and

ending at tornus; a terminal series of small blackish lunules slightly

defined on inner side by white; cilis brown with dark patches at

vein 6 and middle. Hind wing semihyaline white, the cell and

costal area brown, the terminal area fuscous brown with a purplish

tinge; traces of a postmedial line on inner area with point at vein

2 and two stric at inner margin; a terminal series of slight dark

lunules and oblique white striga below vein 2; the underside with

the costal and terminal areas brown tinged with purple and

irrorated with white, a large black discoidal spot and y;unctiform

postmedial line.

28 NOCLUID®,

Hab, Mexico, Vera Cruz (Schumann), 1 g ; Goarumans, San

Jsidro (Champion), | 3, San Geronimo (Champion), 1 9 , Godman-

Salvin Coll.; Panama, Cana Mines (7'ylecote), 1 Q ; Conomsra,

Bogota ; ‘Trintpap (Urich), 1 2 ; Br. Gurana, Demerara (Rodway),

1 3, Rockstone (Kaye), 1 g; Fr. Gurana, Cayenne (Schaus), 2 d;

S. Laurent Maroni(Le Moult), 2 g ; Brazit, Amazons, Ega (Bates),

1 ¢ type, Espiritu Santo, 1 g. xp, 30 millim.

6225. Kutelia pyrastis. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 24.)

Hutelia pyrastis, Hinpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 874 (1905).

3. Head rufous; palpi and basal joint of antennz in front

white; tegule and prothorax grey, the rest of thorax suffused

with rufous; abdomen grey slightly tinged with rufous, rufous

dorsal patches on 2nd and 3rd segments and a black point on

Sth segment. Fore wing suffused in part with chocolate-red ;

the basal area chocolate-red except costal area; subbasal line

represented by a whitish strig. from costa; antemedial line oblique

from costa to median nervure, then obliquely curved, a yellow

patch beyond it on inner area; the veins of terminal half slightly

streaked with white; an oblique dark striga from middle of costa ;

reniform a narrow lunule constricted at middle, with dark centre

and whitish annulus, postmedial line with small white and brown

mark on costa, then indistinct, strongly bent outwards below costa

excurved and slightly waved to vein 4, then strongly incurved and

almost obsolete; a chocolate-red triangle defined by white from

costa before apex to vein 6, with three small white-detined blackish

marks below it followed by a white line to tornus; the apical half of

termen grey, the inner half chocolate-red ; some black points on

termen. Hind wing with the basal half whitish, the veins and

terminal half brown; some black strie on inner margin towards

tornus; a white bar above tornus; the termen tinged with red

with some white and three black points at middle; the underside

white slightly irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal lunule,

indistinct waved medial and postmedial lines, and terminal series of

points.

@. Rather deeper chocolate-red.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida, Miami (Schaus), 1 ¢ ; Banamas, Nassau

(Sur G. Carter), 139,19 type. Hap. 3 32, 2 36 millim.

6227. Kutelia furcata.

Penicillaria furcata, Wik. xxxili. 815 (1865).

Eutelia distracta, Wik. xxxiii. 819 (1869).

Penicillaria nattereri, Druce, Biol. Ceutr.-Am., Het. 11. p. 5C2, pl. 96. f. 3

(nec Feld.).

Head, tegule, and front of thorax pale rufous, the hinder part of

thorax pale purplish red; palpi white in front; antenne brown

ERUTELIA, 29

with the basal joint white in front; tegulie at tips and aline across

thorax white; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous with

fine white segmental lines, oblique dark subdorsal streaks on basal

segments, the crests black, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing

rufous mixed with grey-brown and grey ; subbasal line represented

by a whitish striga from costa with black points on its inner side ;

antemedial line whitish defined on outer side by blackish, curved,

angled inwards on subcostal nervure, another indistinct whitish

line before jit from cell to inner margin, the area between them

redder, an oblique white shade beyond it from costa to lower angle

of cell; reniform bar-shaped, whitish defined by some black scales

and with brown and black spots in upper and lower parts; a pale

or whitish patch at middle of inner margin; an oblique sinuous

medial blackish line from beyond the cell to inner margin;

postmedial line with black and white spot at costa, then indistinct

and defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards below costa,

oblique to vein 6 where it is angled ontwards, then inwardly

oblique and sinuous, another line beyond it, white and oblique from

costa to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then dark slightly

defined on outer side by whitish, inwardly oblique and sinuous,

some white points beyond it on costa and small black spots below

veins 6 and 5, the lower defined by a hoop-shaped white mark ;

subterminal line white and incurved from costa to vein 5 and vein

3 to inner margin, the area beyond it bluish white with some dark

irroration and small terminal black spots defined by white on apical

half, red on inner half; cilia rufous and grey with fine white line

at base. Hind wing with the basal half whitish irrorated with

brown and with brown streaks on the veius, the terminal half brown

tinzed with red towards tornus ; a white bar from vein 3 to tornus:

cilia white at base, chequered red and white at tips; the undersido

white irrorated with black, the terminal area tinged with brown,

a brown discoidal spot, curved medial line, double crenulate

postmedial line, and terminal series of points.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (rwillo), 1 g, 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll. ;

Harri (Y'weedie), 1 5,2 2, type and type distracta. Hap. 34-

38 millim.

Sucr. II. (Zobia). Antenne of male pectinate with rather long branches dilated

at extremity on upper side, serrate and fasciculate on lower side, the

apical half ciliated ; fore wing with the termen crenulate, excurved at

veins 7 and 3, then oblique to tornus,

6228. Eutelia snelleni.

Ingura snelleni, Saalm, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1881, p. 433; id. Lep. Madag.

p. 885, f. 105. 2

¢$. Head and thorax dark rufous, vertex of head fiery red;

tegule with whitish medial line and tips; metathorax with some

whitish; pectus mostly white; tarsi and hind tibize banded with

30 NOCTUID®.

white; abdomen red-brown tinged with grey, two large blackish

crests on subterminal segments, the ventral surface orange-red

except anal segment. Fore wing orange-red, the basal half and

costal area to near apex almost wholly suffused with chocolate-

brown; an oblique white striga from middle of costa with small

triangular spot beyond it; two black points at lower angle of cell ;

an inwardly oblique, slightly waved rufous line from below end of

cell to inner margin bounding the dark area ; postmedial line with.

two oblique white striz from costa, then single, waved, rufous, at

vein 3 retracted to below angle of cell, then double, a curved

chocolate mark on its inner side below costa and an oblique wedge-

shaped grey mark on its outer side from costa to angle of termen ;

a small triangular white mark with brown point on it on costa

towards apex with a double rufous line filled in with white arising

from it, oblique to vein 6, then slightly incurved and with an

Fig. 14.—Lutelia snelleni, 3. }.

oblique black streak on its outer side, then single, excurved, and

below vein 4 incurved; a waved subterminal line arising from a

white point on costa and excuryed at middle, the area beyond it

rufous from apex to the angle of termen; a fine terminal line ;

cilia yellow, rufous towards apex and at angle of termen. Hind

wing fiery red with yellow patches beyond lower angle of cell and

near tornus; a chocolate spot at lower angle of cell and two striz

with white between them on inner margin above tornus; the

underside yellow, the costal and terminal areas suffused with

rufous, a black discoidal lunule, minutely waved, curved medial

and postmedial lines, and curved subterminal line expanding into

a spot at vein 2.

Hab, Sterna Leone (Bartlett), 2 ¢ ; Orp Carasar (Crompton),

1 go; MaApscascar. Hep. 32 millim,

Sect. IIT. Antennz of male bipectinate with short branches, the apical third

almost simple.

A. Fore wing with the termen crenulate from apex to vein 3

where it is angled, then oblique and sligh'ly sinuous.

a, Hind wing fiery red with the base white .....................06- gabriela.

6. Hind wing white with the terminal area brown.

a}. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with brick-red......... instruct,

}‘, Fore wing brown mixed with some ochreous ............... geyert.

EUTELIA. 31

#6229, Eutelia gabriela. (Plate CLXXLY. fix. 25.)

Pencillaria gabriela, Holl, ined.

dg. Head and thorax white tinged with rufous, some of the scales

tipped with black; palpi black at base and with black ring just

before tips ; antennze fuscous; tibie and tarsi whitish indistinctly

ringed with black; abdomen whitish tinged with rufous and brown.

Fore wing ochreons white tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated

with brown; subbasal line represented by a blackish point on costa

and striga in cell; antemedial line brown, excurved from costa to

median nervure, then erect, a rufous mark beyond it in cell before

the minute black annulate orbicular; reniform with rufous centre

and slight white annulus defined by black, lunulate; medial line

brown, oblique from costa to reniform, inwardly oblique and slightly

sinuous from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line

double filled in with white, oblique from costa to vein 6 and defined

on outer side by an oblique blackish fascia extending to termen at

vein +, the line then somewhat dentate and produced to slight dark

streaks on the veins, incurved below vein 3; some white points on

postmedial part of costa; subterminal line white from costa to

discal fold, defined on inner side by a rufous bar from costa, then

by black, below discal fold pale detined on inner side by brown,

dentate at veins 4, 3, then incurved ; some minute dark points on

termen towards apex faintly defined on inner side by whitish and

dark strise towards tornus; cilia blackish at tips below apex and

at middle. Hind wing fiery red, whitish at base and on costal

area; a Slight dark antemedial line and traces of a brownish sub-

terminal line from vein 4 to tornus defined on outer side by

ochreous; a slight dark terminal line defined on inner side by

ochreous; cilia rufous; the underside whitish tinged with rufous

and slightly irrorated with black, a black discoidal striga and some-

what erenulate medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

Hab. Coneo, Bule Country (Good), type t ¢ in Coll. Holland.

Exp. 30 millim.

6230. Eutelia instructa. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 26.)

Kutelia instructa, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 68 (1864); Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 87.

Pemcillaria excitans, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1886, p. 881; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 396.

Head rufous with some white and black scales ; palpi white in

front; antenne with the tuft on basal joint tipped with white ;

tegule white with grey line at middle and grey tips; thorax

-rufous, the prothorax with grey and white band; pectus and legs

white, the fore tibize rufous with black bars, the mid and hind

tibie and tarsi banded with rufous; abdomen with the basal

segments violaceous grey with a slight dorsal white streak, the

32 NOOLTUID A).

terminal segments rufous with the crests black, lateral brown

patches edged with white on the two basal segments followed by

a white point on 3rd segment, the ventral surface ochreous white.

Fore wing whitish suffused with brick-red and ochreous; the

costal half of wing to end of cell white with brown suffusion in

parts, leaving fine white streaks on median nervure and base ot

vein 2; subbasal line double, white, oblique, from costa to vein 1;

antemedial line slight, double, white, angled outwards below costa

and on median nervure to beyond origin of vein 2, then oblique

and placed on a brown band; reniform white with some grey in its

upper and lower parts, its upper extremity produced; a faint

sinuous brown line from vein 6 beyond the cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with whitish, oblique

from below costa to vein 6 where it is angled, incurved at discal

fold, then oblique, sinuous and with blue-black spot at inner

margin; the postmedial area with a faint brownish line, followed

by a fine black line defined on inner side by white and double

between veins 6 and 4, both these lines being angled outwards at

veins 6 and 4, then oblique and sinuons; subterminal line white,

oblique from vein 7 to discal fold where it is angled inwards,

slight and dentate at veins 4, 3 and ending at tornus ; a series of

black and white points before termen from apex to vein 3; a fine

black terminal line; cilia with patches of brown at vein 6 and

middle. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with pale

fuscous brown and reddish ochreous; two white stri# on inner

margin at tornus with a black spot beyond them; a series of small

subterminal yellowish white spots between veins 6 and 2, the spot

below vein 3 displaced inwards, and a white bar at tornus; a fine

whitish line just before termen from apex to vein 2; cilia tipped

with white; the underside white with some black irroration on the

veins, the costal and terminal areas tinged with ochreous brown, a

black discoidal spot, curved punctiform medial line, double post-

medial line, obsolescent towards costa, angled outwards at vein 6,

then strong and blackish, the inner line tinged with crimson to

vein 3, a faint waved whitish subterminal line, and some black

points before termen from apex to vein 5.

Hab. Poysas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 5, Simla (Harford),

3 6,2 92, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 3 9, Abbotabad (VYerbury), 1 g

type excitans; Borneo, Sarawak, type + 3, which does not bear

a Borneo label, in Mus. Oxon. Hap. 38-46 millim.

6231. Eutelia geyeri.

Eurhipia geyeri, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 110. f. 23 (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey; palpi white and

grey in front; antenne brown; tegule with slight white medial

line; a white line across thorax; pectus white with some black-

tipped scales ; tarsi white tinged with brown; abdomen red-brown

EUTELIA. Bye:

mixed with grey, a grey patch at base of dorsum with slight brown

subdorsal marks on it followed by a white mark and lateral white

points on 3rd and 4th segments. Fore wing red-brown mixed with

ochreous and some white and grey, the veins with slight pale

streaks; subbasal line represented by two whitish striz from costa,

the outer one angled outwards, a triangular mark in cell defined by

white and double line from cell to inner margin; antemedial line

whitish, angled outwards below costa, bent outwards at median

nervure, then double and oblique to inner margin; reniform

defined by whitish at sides and with whitish patch at middle,

bar-shaped, its upper extremity produced and its lower extremity

angled inwards; medial line dark, oblique and sinuous from discal

fold beyond the cell to inner margin, some crimson beyond it

between veins 4 and 2; postmedial line slight, double filled in with

whitish, excurved at veins 6 and 4, then incurved, slightly excurved

above vein 1 and with blue-black spot at inner margin, followed

by two other lines excurved at veins 6 and 4, the inner line whitish

from costa to vein 4, the outer white defined on outer side by black

from costa to vein 2, and two white points on costa; subterminal

Fig. 15.—Hutelia geyeri, S. 2.

line white, incurved from costa to vein 6 where it is bent inwards

to the outer postmedial line, slightly excurved at veins 4, 3 and

ending at tornus, the apex greyish; a series of blackish points

defined on inner side by white strie from apex to vein 4 and black

spots on termen at vein 6 and middle; cilia with white line at base

and some black at vein 6 and middle. Hind wing white tinged

with brown especially on the veins, the terminal area broadly

suffused with fuscous brown; a slight curved postmedial line; two

white striz at tornus with black between and beyond them and on

the cilia; a pale subterminal line becoming a prominent white bar

from vein 8 to tornus; a series of black and white strie just

before termen from apex to vein 2 where there is a scarlet patch;

cilia white with a rufous line through them and some scarlet at

veins 2 and 1; the underside ochreous white with some large black

scales on the veins, an elliptical black and brown discoidal spot,

sinuous medial line, double postmedial line with some red on it at

middle, pale waved subterminal line, and series of black poinis

before termen.

vou. XI, p

34 NOCTUIDE.

Hab. Javan, Hakodaté (Leech), 2 3,1 9, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 3,

1 9, Futai (Lewis), 1 6, Nikko (Maries) 13,29, Yokohama

(Jonas, Pryer), 1 6, 29; OC. Cmna, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9 ;

W. Curva, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 6, 1 9; Punsas, Kulu, Sul-

tanpur (G. Voung), 2 ¢, 19, Simla, 1 2, Dharmsala (Hocking),

19; Assam (Badgley), 1 3. xp. 36-46 millim.

B. Fore wing with the termen not crenulate, obtusely angled at vein 3, then

oblique to fornus.

6232. Eutelia rivata.

Eutelia rivata, Hampsn. Ann. 8, Afr. Mus. ii. p. 807 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; tarsi

ringed with whitish; abdomen with white subdorsal streaks and

fine segmental lines on basal segments. Fore wing brown mixed

with grey, the median nervure, bases of veins arising from it and

vein 1 on medial area streaked with white; a rather wedge-shaped

whitish fascia in cell from before antemedial line to the reniform ;

a rather diffused oblique whitish line from cell to inner margin

before the antemedial line, which is double, black-brown filled in

with whitish and strongly excurved; reniform with brown centre

and whitish annulus, narrow and rather produced at upper ex-

tremity ; medial line indistinct, dark, sinuous, from lower angle of

Fig. 16.—Mutelia rivata, Sg. 4.

cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled it with whitish,

the outer line indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 6, then in-

wardly oblique and sinuous, a similar faint dark lne beyond it;

subterminal line white, angled outwards at vein 6, inwards at

discal fold and execurved at middle; a terminal series of indistinct

dark lunules; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing

creamy white, the terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous

brown with diffused inner edge; a faint discoidal spot; a sinuous

whitish subterminal line forming a more distinct bar from vein 3

to tornus where there is a red patch; a fine white line at base of

cilia; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a large black

discoidal Junule, double sinuous postmedial line, diffused sub-

terminal band, and terminal series of points from apex to yein 3.

Hab. Natat, Durban (Gooch, Bowker), 1 3,1 9 type. Hap. 36

millim.

EUTELIA. 35

Suor. LV. (Atacira). Antenne of male serrate with very long fasciculate cilia;

fore wing with the termen slightly crenulate, oblique below vein 3.

A. Fore wing with dentate black mark before subterminal

line at discal fold.

a. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with deep black. melanephra.

6. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with red-brown.

a'. Fore wing leaden grey.

a*. Kore wing without flesh-colour on the inner half

of postmedial and subterminal lines ............... chalybsa.

b*. Fore wing with flesh-colour on the inner half of

postmedial and subterminal lines .................. grabezeusc?.

61. Fere wing grey mixed with rufous ..................0.. approximata.

B. Fore wing with oblique black striga on subterminal line

elowadiscalbiol diy tetce.cacwatnesesaoss hes kee s seen neeeen as dimidiata.

©. Fore wing without black mark at middle of subterminal

line.

a. Fore wing without oblique dark fascia from postmedial

line to termen at vein 3.

a}. Hind wing not red.

a’ Bore wing with the reniform not filled in with

reen,

a3, Tegule with blackish band at base ............... Ger ea.

63, Tegule with black dorsal patch..................... Aistrio.

ec. Tegule without black markings.

a+ Kore wing with the reniform filled in with

IQEC ean rueemaanaiedactdasasBeaaotee cnerteeua ne: neo tee melanoprs.

6‘. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with

Wil GON ela cha alsarcinen nett Sie ara sa aeacenahnseres albiluna.

&?, Fore wing with the reniform filled in with green.

a>. Fore wing with the postmedial line produced

to extremely long teeth below vein G............ menaleas.

b3. Fore wing with the postmedial line moderately

denttatesbelowaveinlOrceecreeecee teeter neeeere aces obliquata.

c®, Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely

Wenveal lealOwr VEN ] -scocooacoscodacoosos0e0q0000geGa6 chlorobasis.

6!. Hind wing red.

a*, Fore wing with the antemedial line prominently

defined by white on inner side | ..... .........0ee0e leucodelta.

b*, Fore wing with the antemedial line not defined by

WANES CA TAP BIC cooonoooanosooocscgaqsss 000000 00006 metasarca.

b. Fore wing with oblique dark fascia from postmedial

line at discal fold to termen at vein3 .................. leighi.

6233. Eutelia melanephra, n.sp. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 27.)

Head white; palpi black at base and with black point at extremity

of 2ud joint; antenne black; thorax and abdomen creamy white

tinged with rufous; tibize and tarsi blackish, the spurs and tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen with the crests black. Fore wing

white tinged in parts with ochreous and rufous and slightly irrorated

with black; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa ;

antemedial line with two black points on costa, then very indistinct,

oblique to median nervure, then inwardly oblique; medial line

black, diffused, oblique from costa to reniform incuryed below the

cell; reniform black with white annulus, semi-elliptical, the- outer

edge straight; postmedial line with two black striz filled in with

white at costa, then hardly traceable and minutely waved, excurved

36 NOCTUID.

to vein 4, then incurved ; a triangular olive-brown patch from costa

to vein 6, with two white points on costa which is blackish before

the subterminal line, which is white, incurved to vein 6, then

defined on inner side by black forming a wedge-shaped mark at

discal fold, obsolescent and waved from vein 3 to tornus; a terminal

series of black points; cilia brown at tips. Hind wing white

suffused with fuscous except on basal and inner areas; an oblique

blackish medial line; two black strie filled in with white at inner

margin towards tornus; a lunulate whitish subterminal line

between veins 5 and 2; a terminal series of black lunules defined

on inner side by whitish at middle; cilia fuscous brown with

a white line at base; the underside ochreous white irrorated with

black, an elliptical black discoidal spot defined at sides by white on

the black medial band, a double crenulate postmedial line with the

diffused lunulate subterminal line just beyond it.

Hab. Stxuim (Lidderdale), 1 3 type; Curzon, Gampola (Mack-

wood), 1 g,12. Exp. 28 millim.

6234. Eutelia chalybsa.

Penicillaria chalybsa, Huwpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. viii. p. 80, pl. 146. f. 1

(1891).

EKutelia dulcilinea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ti. p. 895 (nec W1k.).

3. Head white; palpi with black patch at base and point at

extremity of 2nd joint; antenne brown; thorax and abdomen

leaden grey; tarsi fuscous, the spurs and tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen with the basal crest rufous, the others black. Fore wing

leaden grey; subbasal line represented by a black and white striga

Fig. 17,—Eutelia chalybsa, $. t.

from costa and rufous spot in and below cell; antemedial line

white defined on inner side by rufous and on outer by black, the

black interrupted below costa and submedian fold, oblique from

costa to discal fold, then inwardly oblique; medial line blackish,

oblique to reniform, then inwardly oblique; reniform rufous with

white annulus, elliptical, the outer side almost straight; postmedial

line indistinctly double, black filled in with white, oblique from just

below costa to vein 6, then minutely dentate at the veins, incurved

below vein 4; postmedial area with triangular red-brown patch

from costa to vein 6 with three white points on costa; subterminal

line white, defined on inner side by a wedge-shaped black patch

HUTELIA. 37

at discal fold, then a slight lunule, then some rufous suffusion, oblique

to vein 6, then slightly waved and incurved below vein 8; cilia

rufous. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, the base and

inner area to beyond middie white; an indistinct postmedial line

with black and white striga at inner margin; subterminal line

represented by a white spot at apex and sinuous line from yein 4 to

tornus; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules ; the underside

white irrorated with black, the costal area and medial part of

terminal area ochreous, the apical area suffused with black, a black

discoidal spot with bar above it from costa, diffused double

crenulate postmedial line, and diffused sinuous subterminal line.

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 § type; Cryton, Nawala-

pitiya (Pole), 1 g, Pundaloya (Green), 1 g. Hap. 28-32 millim,

*6235. Eutelia grabczeusci. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 28.)

Eutelia grabezeuwskii, Ping. Iris, xvi. p. 289, pl. vi. f. 5 (1904).

6. Head and thorax leaden grey; palpi blackish at base, then

whitish tinged with pink and irrorated with black; frons whitish ;

antenne with basal red tuft; tibiee and tarsi blackish ringed with

white ; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with black, the dorsal

crests black, the ventral surface tinged with pink. Fore wing

leaden grey ; a slight waved subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold followed by a round reddish brown patch in and below cell;

antemedial line represented by a black spot on costa, a striga

between discal and submedian tolds and one from the brown patch

to inner margin; orbicular and renitorm with white annuli, the

former minute, round, with red centre, the latter olive-brown ;

a strong black medial shade, angled outwards in cell, then oblique ;

postmedial line double, interrupted, filled in with flesh-colour and

with streaks of the same colour before it except towards costa,

oblique from costa to vein 6, then somewhat dentate, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line slight, white, with an olive

patch with white points on it before it at costa, a triangular black

patch in discal fold with a small dentate mark below it, then a

flesh-coloured band; cilia olive and fuscous. Hind wing grey

suffused with olive-brown, a flesh-coloured subterminal mark on

vein 2 and two blackish strie above tornus; cilia fuscous; the

underside purplish pink irrorated with black, the inner area white,

a black discoidal spot, medial line excuryed at middle, and double

minutely dentate postmedial line.

Hab, Japan, Nikko in Coll. Piingeler. Hap. 32 millim.

6236. Eutelia approximata. (Plate CLXXIYV. fig. 30.)

Eutelia approximata, Wik. Journ. Linn, Soe., Zool. vii. p. 65 (1864) ;

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 87.

Kutelia dulcilinea, Wik. Journ. Linn, Soc., Zool. vii. p. 66 (1864).

Eutelia olivaceiplaga, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 228 (1906).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with rufous; palpi

38 NOGCLUID.

with blackish patch at base; tibie banded with blackish; the tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen with the crests black. Fore

wing grey mixed with rufous, the outer half of medial area rufous ;

antemedial line indistinct, brownish, rather diffused, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique; medial line black,

excurved from costa to reniform, then incurved; reniform rufous

with white annulus, elliptical ; postmedial line double, brownish

filled in with grey, excurved from costa to vein 4, then ineurved ;

postmedial area whiter with triangular red-brown patch from costa

to vein 6, with two white points on the costa; subterminal line

white defined on inner side by red-brown forming a wedge-shaped

patch below diseal fold extending almost to postmedial line and a

band below vein 3, oblique to vein 6, then slightly waved and excurved

at middle; a series of biack points just before termen ; cilia tinged

with fuscous. Hind wing grey suffused with brown; traces of

a brown postmedial line; a lunulate white line defined on each side

by brown from vein 3 to termen at vein 1; a lunulate dark terminal

line; the underside with elliptical black discoidal spot, curved post-

medial line, and sinuous subterminal line from vein 6 to inner

margin.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 5 ; Br. New Goivna,

type T olivaceiplaga in Coll. Bethune-Baker. “ap. 26 millim.

Type and type + dulcilinea in Mus. Oxon.

6237. Eutelia dimidiata. (Plate CLXXIV. fig. 29.)

Eutelia dimidiata, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 66 (1864),

Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey mixed with some rufous ;

palpi with fuscous patch at base ; spurs and tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen with the crests black. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated

with red-brown; antemedial line indistinct and rather diffused,

excurved from costa to submedian fold, then rather diffused, a

slight dark spot beyond it in cell; medial line black, excurved from

costa to reniform and oblique below the cell; reniform chocolate-

brown with white annulus, semi-elliptical, its outer edge straight ;

postmedial line double filled in with grey, excurved from costa to

vein 4, then incurved ; the postmedial area with triangular chocolate-

brown patch defined by white from costa to vein 6, with two white

points on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by

brown, angled inwards at discal fold and defined below it by an

oblique black striga, then waved: a terminal series of small black

spots. Hind wing grey suffused with reddish brown; a waved

whitish line from vein 3 to tornus and terminal series of small black

lunules; the underside grey tinged with rufous and irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal spot with pale striga in centre, indistinct

doubie waved postmedial line and rather diffused sinuous subterminal

line.

Hab. Sprancorr, Kuala Lumpur (Durham), 1 2; Sinearore

(Ridley), 1 6, 1 9; Borwuo, Sarawak (Wallace), type + Q in

Mus. Oxon. Hup.-6 24, 9 26 millim.

ise)

i<e)

EUTELIA,.

6238. Eutelia gerea. (Plate CLXXLYV. fig. 31.)

Eutelia gerea, Ampsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 377 (1905).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown suffused with

grey, the last with the dorsal crests small, dark. Fore wing

brownish grey with some dark irroration; a dark point at base of

cell; antemedial line oblique to subcostal nervure, hardly traceable

except at costa; orbicular represented by a small spot; reniform

well-developed, rounded, rufous defined by blackish; medial line

oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial

line indistinctly double, minutely waved, excurved from below costa

to vein 4, then incurved; a triangular chocolate patch defined by

grey on costa before apex, the subterminal line arising from it and

represented by small rufous dentate marks ; excurved at middle; a

terminal series of small chocolate lunules. Hind wing rufous, the

basal and costal areas paler; the underside rufous, the inner area

whitish, a black discoidal lunule, and curved postmedial and sub-

terminal lines showing through to upperside.

®. Head, thorax, and fore wing grey-white, the last with tho

markings much more distinct, some rufous suffusion between medial

and postmedial lines.

Hab. Mauritius, Curepipe (Tullock), 1 $,1 2 type. Hap. 26

millim.

6239. Eutelia histrio.

Penicillaria histrio, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 386, f. 225 (1891).

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with pale

brown ; palpi black at base; tegule with triangular dorsal blackish

pateh ; pectus blackish in front; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen with slight white segmental lines and the crests black.

Fore wing grey-white mixed with paie brown and sparsely irrorated

with black ; antemedial line with black spot at costa, then indistinct,

whitish, oblique, sinuous; orbicular and reniform blackish with

white annuli, the former small, round, the latter oblique elliptical,

with an oblique black bar to it from costa; postmedial line double,

blackish filled in with white, oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved

and strongly dentate below vein 4; a triangular brown patch on

costal area with some white points on costa before the subterminal

line, which is pale defined by some blackish points, oblique to vein 7,

then waved; a series of black points just before termen; cilia

brown. Hind wing grey suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown,,

a sinuous postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish, sub-

terminal series of slight fuscous spots, a fine terminal black line ; the

underside tinged with rufous except the inner and terminal areas, a

black discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line and subterminal spots

at discal fold and tornus.

@. Fore wing with rufous centres to orbicular and reniform.

Hab. Narat, Durban (Gooch, Leigh), 1 S$, 1 9; Mapacascar.

Eep. 30 millim.

40) NOCTUID.E,

6240. Eutelia melanopis. (Plate CLXXLY. fig. 52.)

Eutelia melanopis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. EL. (7) xvi. p. 850 (1905).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown suffused with grey ; palpi

black at base; tarsi black with whitish rings; abdomen with the

small dorsal crests black, and paired ventral black points on basal

and three media] segments. Fore wing grey tinged and irrorated

with brown; antemedial line indistinct, oblique from costa to sub-

median fold and with small black spot on costa beyond it; a minute

annulus in middle of cell; reniform narrow, black with white

annulus and with obliquo black striga above it from costa ; a medial

line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinct, double

filled in with whitish, with black mark on its outer side at costa,

oblique to vein 6 where it is angled, angled at vein 4, then incurved

to below end of cell; a conical deep chocolate patch with white

points on costa before apex, the subterminal line arising from its

outer side, very indistinct, pale slightly defined on each side by

brown, white at costa, irregularly waved ; a terminal series of black

points; the termen slightly angled at vein +. Hind wing grey-

brown; a fine waved terminal line from apex to submedian fold ;

some dark points on inner margin near tornus and on extremity of

vein 2; the underside grey tinged with rufous and irrorated with

fuscous, a black discoidal spot, minutely waved double postmedial

line, and traces of subterminal line with small black spot at tornus,

Hab, Sterra Leone (Cator), 1 dg trpe. Evp. 24 millim.

6241. Eutelia albiluna. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 1.)

Kutelia albiluna, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 382 (1905).

Q. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown; abdomen

white tinged with fascous except at base where there are some

black seales, the ventral surface whiter with sublateral and two

ventral series of black points. Fore wing whitish irrorated with

fuscous and suffused with fuscous brown on medial area and beyond

the ceil; some brownish suffusion at base of costa; antemedial line

indistinctly double, angled outwards below costa, then oblique;

orbicular a minute white spot defined by black; an oblique medial

line from cell to inner margin; reniform a prominent white lunule ;

postmedial line indistinct, double, oblique from costa to vein 6,

then inwardly oblique, dentate below vein 4; a black-brown patch

below costa towards apex, its outer edge rather dentate and detined

by the whitish subterminal line which is defined by fuscous on inner

side, angled inwards in discal fold, below vein 4 obliquely incurvyed,

strongly defined by black on inner side and with the area beyond it

darker; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing

fuscous brown with some black and white strize on inner margin

near tornus, a black and white subterminal mark on vein 2, and a

finc waved terminal line; the underside whitish tinged with brown

EULELIA, 41

and irrorated with fuscous, a discoidul point, slight waved medial

and postmedial lines, and traces of subterminal line.

Hab. 8. Nicurt1a, Sapele (Sampson), 2 Q type. Hap. 22 millim.

6242. Eutelia menaleas. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 2.)

Penicillaria menaleas, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 141, pl. v. f. 20 (1894).

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white slightly irrorated with

brown ; palpi black at base; metathorax with rufous erest; tibie

with black marks at extremity; fore tarsi blackish ; abdomen with

sublateral and paired ventral series of black points. Fore wing

whitish slightly tinged with reddish brown and irrorated with

fuscous; a black point at base; antemedial and medial black strive

on costa with a very oblique black-brown line from below latter

to inner margin, rather ditlused outwardly; a black point in cell

towards extremity ; reniform with grey centre and whitish annulus

defined at sides by black, somewhat constricted at middle; sub-

terminal line double filled in with whitish, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then inwardly oblique and strongly dentate, a blackish

patch on costa beyond it with some white points on it, the

subterminal line arising from its outer edge, whitish slightly defined

by fuscous on inner side, angled inwards at discal fold, oblique and

waved below vein 4; a series of black points just before termen.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal and inner areas whitish ; some

black points on inner margin towards tornus ; a waved black

terminal line from apex to submedian fold. Underside whitish

tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous; fore wing with

black discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, subterminal series of

spots and almost terminal series of points; hind wing with black

discoidal spot, medial line obsolescent towards costa and excurved

beyond cell, maculate postmedial and subterminal lines and terminal

series of points, the lines obscurely visible on upperside.

Hab. S. Niewrta, Lagos (Strachan), 1 2; Gasoon. Exp. 30

millim.

6243. Eutelia obliquata.

Eutelia obliquata, Wik. Journ. Linn, Soc., Zool. vii. p. 66 (1864) ; Swinh,

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxun. il. p. 86, pl. i. f. 6.

@. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with rufous; palpi

with some black-brown near base of 2nd joint; fore tibiwe and the

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white mixed

with rufous and some fuscous, the ventral surface white suffused

with purplish red except at base and with subventral series of small

blackish spots. Fore wing white tinged with pale purplish pink,

the terminal area slightly iirorated with blackish ; subbasal line

represented by black points on costa and in cell; antemedial line

with black striga from costa and oblique line from subcostal

nervure further from base to inner margin with some pale yellow-

green before it in submedian interspace ; a black point in middle of

A NOCLUID A.

cell; reniform indistinct, pale greenish with rufous striga in centre ;

postmedial line obsolete towards costa, blackish, oblique and dentate

from vein 6 to inner margin ; subterminal line represented by small

obliquely placed blackish spots above and below vein 7 on a greenish

patch, then hardly traceable, waved. Hind wing whitish suffused

with fuscous brown except on basal and inner areas; an indistinct

curved medial line and traces of postmedial line; a terminal series

of slight blackish lunules defined on inner side by whitish; the

underside white suffused with purple-red except on inner area, a

black discoidal spot defined by white, indistinct curved medial line,

curved crenulate postmedial line, and traces of subterminal line.

Hab. Stxcarore (Ridley), 1 9; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace),

type 9 in Mus. Oxon. ap. 34 millim.

6244. Eutelia chlorobasis. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 3.)

Eutelia chlorobasis, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 381 (1905).

9. Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown; palpi black at

base; abdomen grey with slight subdorsal series of fuscous points,

small lateral black spots on 4th segment and some sublateral spots,

the ventral surface suffused with red and with series of white

points. Fore wing pale reddish brown slightly irrorated with

fuscous; the basal area suffused with greenish grey; an oblique

blackish antemedial line defined by white on inner side except

towards costa; a slight medial line from cell to inner margin ;

orbicular and reniform greenish white defined by fuscous, the

former a minute spot, the latter elliptical with grey centre;

postmedial line double filled in with grey, oblique from costa to

vein 6 where it is angled, then minutely waved, incurved below

vein 4; some greenish zrey suffusion beyond it on costa; a black

patch defined on outer side by a white striga on costa before apex,

the slight grey subterminal line arising from its outer edge,

excurved at middle and incurved below vein 3, traversing a patch

of fuscous suffusion on terminal area from vein 5 to inner margin ;

a fine waved black terminal line. Hind wing brown suffused with

fuscous with fine waved dark terminal line. Underside of fore

wing with the terminal area brick-red, with oblique white sub-

apical striga; hind wing suffused with rufous, a black discoidal

point, fine waved medial and postmedial lines, and terminal series

of lunules. ;

Hab. 8. Nrewrra, Sapele (Sampson), 1 2 type, Ilesha( Zumphrey),

1 2. Hap. 22 millim.

6245. Eutelia leucodelta. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 4.)

Eutelia leucodelta, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. S82 (1905).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white; tegule with slight

brown medial line and brownish tips; tibie with slight black

marks; abdomen with the basal crest tipped with rufous, the slight

dorsal crests rufous, the ventral surface white with sublateral and

EUTELIA. 43

two ventral series of black points. Jore wing grey-white, the

basal and costal areas suffused with pale olive-brown and slightly

irrorated with fuscous; antemedial line prominently defined by

white on inner side except towards costa, incurved to costa, then

oblique, with a slightly rufous-tinged band beyond it and black point

at inner margin; reniform a Q-shaped white mark incompletely

defined by black and with olive centre; some rufous suffusion

beyond the cell; postmedial line double, indistinct, oblique from

costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, dentate below vein 4; an

olive patch on costa before the indistinct waved white subterminal

line which has some slight black marks on it between veins 4

and 2, the area beyond it greyer; a terminal series of smali black

lunules. Hind wing brick-red, the base and termen whitish ; some

slight black marks on inner margin towards tornus; a waved black

terminal line, Underside whitish irrorated with rufous; fore wing

with the disk suffused with rufous, the white discoidal lunule with

black centre, a waved black postmedial line excurved from costa to

vein 4, then oblique; hind wing with black discoidal spot, shght

waved medial and double postmedial lines.

Hab. S. Nreuria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 2 type. Hep. 30 millim,

6246. Hutelia metasarca. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 5.)

Eutelia metasarca, Hmpsn. A. M.N. Wi. (7) xvi. p. 879 (1905).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown tinged with grey ;

palpi black at base; abdomen with sublateral and two ventral series

of black points on medial segments. Fore wing grey tinged with

pale rufous; a black point in base of cell ; antemedial line indistinct,

double, slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique; a

minute annulus in middle of cell; reniform C-shaped with brownish

centre and white annulus defined by black; traces of a medial line ;

postmedial line double, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly

oblique, waved ; traces of a pale waved subterminal line, whiter and

with brown shade before it at costa; a terminal series of small

black lunules; the termen slightly angled at vein 4. Hind wing flesh-

red, the basal and inner areas slightly paler; a terminal series of

dark lunules; the underside whitish irrorated with rufous, a black

discoidal spot on a slightly waved medial line and maculate

postmedial line.

Hab. 8. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 3, 3 Q type. wp.

2 millim.

6247. Eutelia leighi. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 6.)

Eutelia leighi, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 428 (1905),

3g. Head, tegule, and front of thorax deep rufous mixed with

white, mesothorax with a grey and fuscous band, the metathorax

pale rufous; pectus whitish with some fiery red in front; the tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen fuscous with some dorsal

ochreous marks on basal segments defining small triangular spots

44 NOCIUID #.

on 2nd and 3rd segments, the crests reddish, the ventral surface

ochreous tinged with red. Fore wing with the costal area olive-

grey to subterminal line, the basal inner area and apical area white,

the rest of wing ochreous tinged with reddish, some rufous irroration

on basal half; subbasal line brown, oblique, from costa to vein 1;

antemedial line represented by a black point on costa and line from

cell to inner margin with red-brown band before it, incurved below

submedian fold; orbicular and reniform with rufous centres and

white annuli defined by some blackish scales except above, the

former elongate and conjoined to the latter; an oblique bar from

middle of costa and oblique red-brown line from lower angle of cell

to inner margin; a black fascia from reniform to postmedial line

with red-brown fascia above it ; postmedial line double and filled in

with white from costa to vein 4, then single, oblique to vein 6,

incurved at discal fold, incurved and dentate below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa and a very oblique fascia from vein

6 to termen at vein 3; subterminal line slight, white, waved from

costa to the oblique fascia, then incurved to tornus and with brown

band on its inner side; a terminal series of slight black lunules

except towards apex; cilia pale reddish, deeper red at the oblique

fascia and tornus. Hind wing white with some dark irroration in

cell and pale red suffusion beyond it, the terminal area fuscous

brown tinged with red; faint dark medial and postmedial lines; a

white subterminal bar between veins 3 and 1; cilia deep red with

a fine white line at base; the underside white slightly irrorated

with black, the terminal area tinged with red, a discoidal spot,

sinuous medial line, and crenulate postmedial line with the rather

diffused subterminal line just beyond it.

Hab. Natat, Durban (Leigh), 1 g type. Hep. 30 millim.

Sect. V. Antennz of male serrate and fasciculate with the cilia moderate.

A. Fore wing with the termen crenulate, oblique below vein 3.

a. Fore wing with fans of scales at middle and end of cell.

a-. Fore wing red-brown mixed with ochreous............ pictatriz.

6’. Fore wing brown mixed with prey ................00008 flavillatriz.

6248. Eutelia pictatrix. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 7.)

EHutelia pictatric, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 212 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep rufous mixed with some pale

pinkish ; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen with subdorsal tufts of

blue-black scales at base and dorsal white patch on 8rd and 4th

segments. Fore wing deep rufous mixed with pale pinkish, the

discal and submedian folds with pale streaks; subbasal line

represented by a slight striga from costa; two double antemedial

lines filled in with pinkish, angled outwards below costa, excuryed

below the cell and bent inwards to inner margin; fans of deep

rufous scales in upper part of ccll at middle and extremity ;

medial line double and oblique from costa to discal fold, then single,

incurved below the cell; postmedial line double filled in with

EUTELIA. 45

pinkish, dentate, oblique to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4,

another indistinctly double line beyond it, oblique and waved to

vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, two white points beyond it on

costa and two white streaks below costa; subterminal line palo

pinkish, minutely waved, excurved at vein 7 and ending at tornus;

the terminal area with some blackish, irrorated with white at

middle; a fine black terminal line; cilia rufous mixed with black

except towards tornus and with a fine pale line at base. Hind

wing whitish, the veins and terminal area suffused with reddish

brown; traces of pale medial and postmedial lines defined by

minute black streaks on the veins and stricz at inner margin; a pale

line from vein 3 to tornus; the termen with minute white points at

the veins; cilia rufous with a whitish line at base; the underside

yellowish white irrorated with black except on inner area, a black

discoidal bar, curved medial line, double minutely waved postmedial

line, and rather diffused waved subterminal line.

Hab. Mapras, Cuddapah (Campbell), 1 2 ; Cryrton, Dickoya

(Green), 1 3, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 9 type. vp. 30-32 millim.

6249. Eutelia favillatrix.

Eutelia favillatrix, Wik. xv. 1778 (1858); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix.

p- 102, pl. 163. f. 15.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some white and black

scales ; tegule fiery red at tips; prothorax fulvous yellow; pectus

and legs mostly white; abdomen red-brown mixed with whitish

and some black, subdorsal tufts of blue-black scales at base and a

dorsal whitish patch, the 4th segment with pure white quadrate

dorsal spot. Fore wing brownish grey mixed with brown and

Fig. 18.—Kutelia favillatrix, S$. }.

white; subbasal line represented by a white striga from costa

defined on outer side by black scales; two indistinctly double

antemedial lines filled in with white, oblique and slightly waved

from costa to below the cell, then inwardly oblique; a fan of rufous

scales at middle of upper part of cell and of crimson scales at upper

angle; medial line indistinctly double, oblique from costa to upper

angle of cell, then excurved and sinuous beyond the cell to vein 4,

then oblique; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique

and somewhat dentate to vein 6, incurved at discal fold, incuryed

and sinuous below vein 4, another whitish line beyond it, oblique to

vein 6, then somewhat inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous,

46 NOCLTUID.E.

interrupted at discal and submedian folds; apical area pale grey-

brown with some white points on costa and slight white streak

below it; subterminal line whitish, arising at vein 7, waved to vein

3, then shghtly sinuous and ending at tornas; terminal area blue-

black irrorated with white except at apex; a black terminal line;

cilia with fine white lines at base and middle. Hind wing whitish,

the veins and terminal area fuscous brown; traces of a whitish

postmedial line; a white line from vein 3 to tornus, and fine

blackish terminal line; cilia white with a red-brown line through

them; the underside creamy white slightly irrorated with blackish,

the terminal area suffused with red-brown, a black discoidal spot,

curved punctiform medial line, double sinuous postmedial line

filled in with white, and diffused sinuous subterminal line.

Hab. Ponsax, Simla (Pilcher), 1 $, Dharmsala (Hocking), 2 2 ;

Sixumm (Moller), 1 2 ; Bompay, 2 9 ; Mapras, Belgaum ( Watson),

13, Nilgiris( Hampson), 1 $; Travancore, Trivandrum ( Mergusson),

13,1 9; Cryton (Templeton), 1 9 type. HEwxp. 22-30 millim.

db. (Eutelia). Fore wing without fans of scales at middle and

end of cell.

a, Abdomen with dorsal white spot on 4th segment.

a2, Tegule rufous.

a3, Hore wing with silvery blue spot on inner margin

at postmedial line.

a‘, Fore wing suffused with red-brown............... adulatriz.

b4, Fore wing suffused with grey-brown ............ blandiatrix.

23, Fore wing without silvery blue spot on inner

margin at postmedial line ....... ieeatiraeeeeeeeoaes amatrix.

GP, Wend TNO TAOS) cooceoncoonasococaeoeqduoaoosshAconoanoss MCSOGONU.

b’. Abdomen without dorsal white spot on 4th segment.

a, Fore wing with oblique dark shade from costa at

postmedial line to termen at vein 3.

a. Fore wing with minute white spot beyond post-

rmneaball Ihre Lovells EIN G) “coocosocoososoccenadconescas66 symphonica,

}°, Kore wing without white spot beyond postmedial

un loellonny sieinmt (ty) Goadonouenbcoodsod cpsdaceaucocasacedou” diapera.

_&*. Fore wing without oblique dark shade from costa at

postmedial line to termen at vein 3.

a3, Fore wing with the costal area not ochreous.

a‘. Fore wing with the subterminal line not defined

by a dentate black mark at discal fold.

a>, Hind wing wholly fuscous brown ............ quadriliturata.

}5, Hind wing with the basal area whitish.

a6, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

excurved below submedian fold.

a7, Fore wing with the antemedial line

evenllivacuiviedonasmeceneses sce sceeemeeseeness adoratria,

b’, Fore wing with the antemedial line

strongly excurved at middle............... discistriga.

}°. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

lnslony SwlOMNGChENT HOC! sscocosseasseneuonneses ochreiplaga.

24, Fore wing with the subtermina! line defined by

a dentate black mark at discal fold.

a>. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with

meddrshisyello waco cessor ece eee flaviluna.

25. Fore wing with the reniforin filled in with

WIhitisht, sce BascerecatecceaGecceut es cetsnece epee: solitaria,

EUTELTA. 47

5, Fore wing with the reniform filled in with

red-brown.

a. Fore wing with antemedial line angled

outwards below costa, then oblique......... nigridentula.

4°, Fore wing with the antemedial line exeurved

from costa to median nervure, then

UCU CO mettaceiar: Wane ecmaecee onsite aecns A neueeees morosa.

L3. Wore wing with the costal area ochreous ...........- ochricostata.

6250. Eutelia adulatrix.

Noctua adulatrix, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 517, 649, 650 (1808); Dup.

Lép. Fr. vi. p. 352, pl. 94. f. 6 & vii. pl. 120. ff. 8, 4; Frr. Neue Beitr.

ae Mill. Icones. ii. p. 260, pl. 78. ff. 7-11; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

pecs:

Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with white; palpi with

black ring near base of third joint; tegule with black line near

base and white line near tips ; pectus white; tibise and tarsi ringed

with white ; abdomen with slight dark subdorsal marks and lateral

spots on basal segments, the 4th and 5th segments with slight black

subdorsal bars and lateral whitespots. Fore wing rufous mixed with

ochreous white ; subbasal line slight, double, white, interrupted in

cell and ending at vein 1, some whitish marks beyond it ; two fine

white antemedial lines, the inner line evenly curved, the outer

excurved in submedian interspace, a broad curved band beyond it;

reniform white, ill-defined, with some brewn in upper and lower

parts, some white above it on costa ; medial line brown, arising from

Fig. 19.—Putelia adulatrix, 8. 2}.

c=)

vein 6 beyond the cell, oblique, waved; postmedial line quadruple,

the inner line with some crimson on it below costa and at middle

and a silvery blue patch at inner margin, oblique from just below

costa to vein 6, incurved at discal fold, incurved and waved below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa and an ochreous white

band from vein 4 to inner margin; an ochreous white apical patch

and oblique striga between discal fold and vein 4; a series of black

striz defined on inner side by white between veins 7 and 2 just

before termen and some blackish at middle of termen; cilia rufous

with a fine white line at base, intersected with blackish at the veins

and with blackish patch at middle. Hind wing white, the terminal

area reddish brown tinged with fuscous; two blackish striz on

inner margin before tornus followed by some black at tornus; an

oblique white bar from vein 3 to tornus and series of blackish stria

slightly defined on inner side by white just before termen; cilia

48 NOCTUIDE.

white with a rufous line through them ; the underside white, a double

black discoidal lunule, medial line, and double postmedial line

excurved to discal fold, then oblique, the latter with rather diffused

waved subterminal line just beyond it.

Hab. §. France, Frey Coll.; Grruany, Zeller and Leech Colls. ;

Avsrria; Huneary, Leech and Frey Colls.; Swirzerranp, Vallais,

Frey Coll.; Spamn; Iratry; Averria, Hamman-es-Salahin ( Walsing-

ham), 1 92; Cawarius, Teneriffe; Grrece; Russia, Crimea ;

Raopesta, Bulawayo, 1 9 ; Oraner RR. Cotony, Bloemfontein

(Eckersley, Wilson), 2 $, 1 9 ; Basurotann, Maseru (Crawshay),

1 9; Armeyta; Asta Minor, Bithynia, Pontus, Taurus; Syria;

W. Turkestan, Fergana. Mvp. 28-36 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Hur. p. 260; Hffm. Raup. p. 180, pl. 34. f. 15.

Yellow-green, blue-green or pink with dark dorsal line, yellow

subdorsal line and yeliow or crimson lateral stripe. Food-plants:

Rhus cotinus, Pistacia; a succession of broods throughout the years

6251. Eutelia blandiatrix. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 8.)

Eurhipia blandiatrix, Boisd. Ind. Meth, p. 122 (1840).

Eutelia inextricata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 147 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 390.

Head and tegule pale rufous, the latter tipped with white and

with some black scales at base; palpi with some black scales at

base; thorax rufous mixed with whitish and some black-tipped

scales, a white line across prothorax; pectus white; legs banded

brown and white, the spurs white with black ring near tips; abdo-

men grey with patches of fiery red and blackish scales at base of

dorsum followed by a white mark and fiery red crests on terminal

segments, lateral brown patches on basal segments and white points

on 5th and 6th segments, and sublateral patches of black, brown,

and fiery red scales. Fore wing brown variegated with grey, the

inner margin pale yellow on terminal half, the veins slightly

streaked with white; subbasal line represented by a white striga

from costa and double striga from cell, a rufous spot defined by

white beyond it below the costa; antemedial line represented by a

diffused white band from costa and treble line from cell followed

by another curved line; orbicular represented by a white spot;

reniform grey with white patch at middle and defined by white

lines at sides, somewhat produced at upper extremity and angled

inwards on median nervure; medial line brown, arising from vein

6 beyond the cell, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, sinuous; post-

medial line treble, the inner line defined by crimson on inner side

between veins 7, 6 and 4, 2 and with metallic blue spot at inner

margin, the outer line defined by white on outer side from costa to

vein 4, oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold,

incurved and sinuous below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line represented by an incurved white line from

costa to termen below vein 6 and oblique bar between discal fold

and vein 4, the apical area and the subterminal area from yein 3

EUTELIA. 49

to tornus yellowish white; a series of black strize defined on inner

side by white just before termen and a blackish patch suffused with

silvery blue at middle of termen; cilia chequered brown and

yellowish white and with dark patch at middle. Hind wing white,

the veins and terminal area brown; a white striga defined on each

side by black on inner margin towards tornus and an oblique white

bar from vein 3 to tornus ; a series of black striz defined on inner

side by white just before termen; cilia white at base, rufous at

tips; the underside white, a black discoidal lunule with white

centre, a curved minutely waved medial line, double minutely

wayed postmedial line with some crimson on its inner side between

veins 6 and 2 and the sinuous subterminal line just beyond it.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 @; N, Cuina, 1 3; W.

Cains, Ta-chien-lu, 1 ¢ ; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G@. Young),

2 3, Simla (Harford, Pilcher), 1 $,2 9, Dharmsdla (Hocking),

23,3 2; Struim (Dudgeon, Moller),5 3,3 2 ; Cexton (Green),

1 9. Hep, 32-38 millim,

6252, Eutelia amatrix.

Lutelia amatrix, Wik. xv. 1778 (1858).

Hurhipia bowkert, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 29 (1874),

Hutelia exquisita, Saalm, Lep. Madag. p. 379, f. 175 (1891).

Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with white;

palpi white with black rings; frons with rufous spots at sides ;

basal joint of antenne with the tuft of scales white ; tegule rufous

with black semicircles near base and some white scales at tips; a

white line across thorax; pectus white; tibia and tarsi banded

black and white; abdomen with dorsal white marks on four basal

segments, Sometimes forming a diffused patch, and lateral spots on

the terminal segments, the ventral surface white. Fore wing pale

olive-grey suffused in parts with red-brown except on terminal

area; subbasal line black defined on outer side by white, minutely

waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line white defined on each

side by black, strongly excurved from below costa to vein 1, a broad

white band beyond it from cell to inner margin; reniform white,

undefined, with brown spots in upper and lower parts; some black

stricee from middle of costa; medial line fine, blackish, excurved

from outer edge of reniform to vein 4, then oblique, waved; two

double black postmedial lines filled in with white and with two

fine blackish lines between them, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then oblique, sinuous, the outer line dentate below costa, with two

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, incurved

from costa to vein 6, then waved, the area beyond it pale olive-grey

with some blackish at middle and tornus; a series of black points

just before termen and a fine terminai line; cilia grey with white line

at base and series of black spots and patch at middle. Hind wing

with the basal half white, the terminal half fuscous; a slight waved

postmedial line; three black striae on inner margin before tornus

with white between them; a white bar from vein 3 to tornus and

Vor, XI, E

50 NOCLUID 2.

a crenulate black terminal line with some white before it except

towards apex; cilia white; the underside white with black irror-

ation on the veins, the costal area tinged with rufous, a double black

discoidal lunule, sinuous medial line, double curved postmedial line

with the rather diffused waved subterminal line just beyond it.

Hab. Soxorra, Adho Dimellus (0.-Grant),1 3,1 925; Br. E.

Arrica, Eh Urru (Betton), 1 3, Kslima’njaro (Jackson), 1 @ ;

Narat, Pt. Shepstone (Aspinall), 1 9, Durban (Bowker, Gooch,

Leigh), 4 38,1 2; Mapagascar. wp. 34-38 millim,

6253. Eutelia mesogona. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 9.)

Eutelia mesogona, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 876 (1905).

@. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with reddish brown; palpi

with the 2nd joint brown at sides, the 3rd ochreous, long and

dilated at extremity ; tegule with dark upper edge; patagia black

at extremity; pectus whitish; legs whitish, brown and black ;

abdomen whitish tinged with brown and with small brown sub-

dorsal spots. Fore wing reddish brown tinged with greenish

fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a slight striga from costa;

antemedial line indistinctly double, slightly waved, oblique from

costa to median nervure, then incurved and with the inner line

strong, black; a medial ochreous band, its outer edge defined by

the double postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is

acutely angled, inwardly oblique below the cell; orbicular repre-

sented by a small ochreous spot on the dark area, the reniform

slightly defined by brown and rather triangular, on the ochreous

area; traces of a waved medial line; a somewhat trilobate

whitish mark between veins 4 and 2 with some ochreous below it,

before the subterminal line, which is whitish and very oblique from

costa to vein 6, then ochreous, waved, excurved to vein 3; some

white points on costa towards apex and a whitish apical patch; a

terminal series of small black Innules with ochreous striee beyond

them. Hind wing brown, the basal and inner areas paler; some

black and whitish striz in submedian fold and on inner margin

towards tornus; a whitish waved line from vein 3 to termen near

tornus; small black lunules defined by whitish on termen from apex

to submedian fold; the underside with the costal half reddish

brown, the inner half whitish, a small black discoidal spot, curved

medial line, and three slight minutely waved lines on terminal area.

Hab. Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 92 type. xp. 36

millim.

6254. Eutelia symphonica. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 10.)

Eutelia symphonica, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 809 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with some fuscous

and grey ; tegule with blackish line near base; tarsi ringed with

white. Fore wing red-brown more or less suffused with grey and

EUTELITA. 5t

fuscous ; subbasal line double, minutely waved, from costa to vein 1,

a faint line beyond it before the two double minutely waved ante-

medial lines; reniform a grey or white patch with brown lunule in

centre; medial line slight, arising at vein 6 well beyond the cell,

oblique, sinuous; two double minutely waved postmedial lines,

often filled in with white especially towards costa, oblique from

costa to vein 6, incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4, a

small quadrate white spot defined by black beyond it at discal fold

and some pale points on costa; subterminal line whitish slightly

defined on each side by black, oblique to vein 7 where it is slightly

angled outwards, then waved, some white suffusion beyond it at

apex and some black above vein 6; a waved black line just before

termen and fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the interspaces of basal half whitish; a whitish striga

defined by black at inner margin towards tornus and traces of a

subterminal line from vein 3 to tornus; a waved black line just

before termen and fine white line at base of cilia; the underside

white tinged with rufous except on inner area and irrorated with

black, two black discoidal strize, traces of a waved medial line and

double postmedial and subterminal lines, a series of black points

before termen.

Hab. Gop Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 §G ; Coneo Forrst

(Wollaston), 1 S,1 93; Br. E. Arrica, Tanga (ollis), 1 9 ;

N.E. Raopzsta, Serenje Distr. (eave), 1 2; Masnonatanpn (Dobbie),

13,3 @; Narax, Durban (Gooch), 29. Hxp. 26-32 millim.

6255. Eutelia diapera. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 11.)

Eutelia diapera, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 210 (1902).

@. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some ercyish ;

tegulz with some whitish scales at tips; metathorax with whitish

patch; pectus whitish ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen brownish

grey, the Ist three segments dorsally red-brown, the 3rd segment

fringed with white scales, the 4th and 5th segments dorsally black-

brown, the 6th with black dorsal crest, subventral black points on

medial segments. Fore wing grey tinged with purplish brown; a

dark brown patch at base of costal area; antemedial line indis-

tinetly double, blackish, erect; orbicular and reniform white

defined by greyish fuscous, the former small, round, the latter

elliptical and with pale brownish centre ; a medial brown striga from

costa and line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line double,

brown, oblique from costa to discal fold, then incurved, again in-

curved below vein 3 and slightly angled outwards at vein 1, a very

oblique brown bar beyond it from discal fold to vein 3 at sub-

terminal line, which is white, obliquely excurved and slightly

dentate from costa to vein 3, then incurved, small dark marks

beyond it below costa and at discal fold before another slightly

waved white line from costa to discal fold; a fine waved dark

terminal line; cilia grey with punctiform white line at base, and

waved white line near tips. Hina wing dark reddish brown, the

52 NOCTUID Az.

basal inner area whitish; cilia white with a brown line through

them; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal

spot, slight medial line excurved beyond the cell, crenulate post-

medial and subterminal lines defined on outer side by white, and

terminal series of slight black lunules.

Hab. Buutikn (Dudgeon), 2 Q type. Exp. 26 millim.

6256. Eutelia quadriliturata. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 12.)

Eutelia quadriliturata, Wik. Proc, N. H. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 352 (1873).

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with reddish and a few

white scales especially on head; pectus white; tibice at extremities,

the spurs and tarsi banded black and white; abdomen grey-brown

with slight dark segmental lines and the crests black, the ventral

surface pale rufous with slight black subventral points. Fore wing

red-brown mixed with fuscous and grey; antemedial and medial

white striae from costa; a slight white discoidal lunule; medial

line indistinct, black, arising at vein 6 just beyond the cell, oblique

below vein 4, and with white band beyond it from above vein 1 to

inner margin; postmedial line indistinct, double, black filled in

with some white scales especially towards costa and inner margin,

oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and slightly

waved, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white,

excurved at vein 7, then waved and with some pale brownish before

it defined on inner side by an oblique black line ; a terminal series

of slight black lunules ; cilia chequered white and fuscous. Hind

wing fuscous brown ; a subterminal white point on vein 2 and two

strie at inner margin; cilia rufous with a fine white line at base ;

the underside whitish suffused with red-brown except on basal and

inner areas and irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, curved

medial line, double waved postmedial line, and terminal series

of points.

Hab. 8. Nraerta, Old Calabar (Cockburn, Sampson, Crompton),

1 3,6 2; Coneo (Marsden), 1 2 type. Hap. 26-30 millin.

6257. Eutelia adoratrix. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 13.)

Eurhipia adoratrix, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 308 (1891) ; Melioransky, Hor, Ent.

Soc. Ross. xxxi. p. 234, pl. 7. f. 7; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 218.

Head brown mixed with grey; tegule rufous, black at base;

prothorax rufous with a white line behind, the rest of thorax

fuscous pectus and legs brown and grey, the tarsi fuscous ringed

with white; abdomen grey and brown, the crests white at base,

rufous at tips. Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown, a subbasal

black striga from costa; antemedial line treble, the outer line

black and distinct, excurved and slightly waved; a whitish streak

in terminal part of ecll ending in two striz representing the edges

of reniform with a dark point between their upper parts; traces of

EUTELIA. 53

a dark medial line arising at vein 6 well beyond the cell, excurved

to vein 4, then oblique ; postmedial line treble, the inner line black

and slightly defined on outer side by white scales, sinuous, oblique

from costa to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, two white points

beyond it on costa and an oblique striga between discal fold and

vein 4; subterminal line white, incurved from costa to vein 6 and

below vein 3; the apical area suffused with white; a terminal

series of small black spots slightly defined by white ; cilia chequered

brown and white. Hind wing with the basal half white, the

terminal half fuscous brown; a white striga at inner margin to-

wards tornus and sinuous line from vein 3 to tornus; a lunulate

blackish terminal line ; cilia white with a brown line through them

and chequered with brown at tips; the underside white tinged

with brown except on inner area and slightly irrorated with black,

the discal area tinged with red, an elliptical black discoidal spot

and diffused rufous postmedial band formed of three lines.

Hab. Russia, Crimea; Asta Minor, Pontus, Amanus Mts., 1 9 ;

Syria; Paresrine, 1 g,1 Q. Hep. 34 millim,

6258. Hutelia discistriga. (Plate CLXXY. fig. 14.)

Eutelia discistriga, Wik, xxxiii. 823 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 896.

Penicillaria petrificata, Wik. Entom. y. p. 131 (1870).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with reddish brown and

some black ; tegulee rufous with black line at base; prothorax with

white line; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen with dorsal red-

brown bands on basal segments and lateral blackish spots, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey mixed with reddish

brown and slightly irrorated with black; subbasal line slight,

double, whitish, from costa to vein 1; two indistinct, double,

slightly waved antemedial lines; a whitish streak in cell to the

reniform, which is whitish and undefined below, grey defined by

black above; medial line blackish, arising at discal fold, oblique

and slightly sinuous; two double postmedial lines, the inner line

filled in with white and defined by black on inner side, the outer

line indistinct, oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved at discal fold,

and below vein 4,some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal.

line white, incurved from costa to vein 6, angled inwards at discal

fold, excurved and waved at middle and ending at tornus; the

apical area greyish ; a series of black and white strisz just before

termen ; cilia intersected with brown and with fine white lines at

base and middle. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area

fuscous brown; some black and white strive at inner margin to-

wards tornus and a white line from vein 3 to tornus; some faint

whitish strize Just before termen ; cilia with fine white lines at base

and middle; the underside grey-white irrorated with brown, a

slight double discoidal lunule, punctiform medial line, double waved

postmedial line, and diffused waved sulterminal line, i

Hab. 8. Nigeria, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 1 3, 1 2, Tlesha

oe NOCLUIDE.

(Humphrey), 1 3 ; Anysstnra, Daladu (Drake-Brockman), 1 3 ;

Br. E. Arnica, Tar u (Betton), 1 9, Takaunga (Thomas), 1 3,

Machakos (Orawshay), 1 3,1 9, Neugia (Cr aushay), Lawl so:

Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 Q ; Ueanpa, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 @ ;

XnopEs1A, Bulawayo (Marshall), 3 8, 3 93; Narat, Durban

(Leigh), 1 9; Mavrrrivs (Manders), 2 9; Snycueties (B.

Fletcher), 1 9 ; Perm (Meade-Waldo), 1 9; Avzrn (Yerbury,

Mathew), 1 3,4 Q,Shaik-Othman (Yerbury), 1 2 ; Sinp, Karachi

(Swinhoe), 1 ¢, Kutch, 1 6; Bomaay,.1 ¢; Manas. Shinaiyetione

(Walhouse), 1 Q type; Crvron, Colombo Gh J. Wallcer), oe

Kep. 30-34 millim.

*6259. Eutelia ochreiplaga. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 15.)

Eutelia ochreiplaga, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool, xiii. p. 231 (1906).

@. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with brown ; palpi

mostly yellow, the 1st joint dark brown; frons dark brown; fore

coxee blackish brown, the fore tibiz and tarsi dark brown ringed

with ochreous; abdomen ochreous mixed with dark brown, the

crests blackish brown. Fore wing pale yellow irrorated and in

parts suffused with red-brown, the inner and terminal areas suffused

with red-brown leaving the apex whitish; subbasal line represented

by a curved dark striga from costa; antemedial line dark, curved,

with blackish bar before it from costa to median nervure; orbicular

and reniform represented by undefined pale yellowish patches;

medial line dark, diffused, angled outwards below costa, then in-

wardly oblique; postmedial line double, the inner line blackish,

the outer diffused, red-brown, slightly bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and again slightly excurved

below submedian fold, some pale striw beyond it from costa; sub-

terminal line defined on inner side by slight brown marks from

discal fold to inner margin, on costal area obscured by the large

apical patch; a terminal series of black striae. Hind wing

yellowish white tinged with brown, the costal and terminal areas

broadly suffused with brown; a brown discoidal spot, slight

curved postmedial line with traces of another line beyond it at

median nervules, and some dark points on terminal half of vein 1 ;

the underside pale yellowish irrorated with brown, a large blackish

dissoidal spot, two slightly waved curved postmedial lines, and a

somewhat maculate subterminal line.

Hab. Br. New Guinna, Aroa R. (Meek), typet 9 in Coll.

Rothschild. wp. 26 millim.

6260. Eutelia flaviluna. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 16.)

Eutelia flaviluna, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 877 (1905).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown and

irrorated with black; pectus and legs blackish, the tarsi ringed

BUTELIA. 55

with white. ore wing reddish brown suffused with grey and ir-

rorated with black; antemedial line double, the outer line strong,

black, oblique from costa to subcostal nervure where it is angled,

then slightly incurved ; orbicular represented by a black streak, the

reniform a prominent ochreous lunule defined by black ; medial line

rather indistinct, oblique from costa to median nervure, then in-

curved; postmedial line double, sinuous, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then inwardly oblique ; subterminal line indistinct, ochreous

defined by somewhat dentate blackish marks on inner side, waved,

angled inwards in discal fold and outwards on vein 3; a fine waved

black terminal line. Hind wing fuscous, the inner area slightly

paler; an ill-defined ochreous line from vein 5 to tornus; the

underside whitish suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous,

a small black discoidal spot defined by whitish, a curved medial line

and diffused subtermival band outwardly defined by whitish on

inner half.

Hab. Stxearorr (Jtidley),1 $ type. wp. 30 millim.

*6261. Eutelia solitaria. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 17.)

Penicillaria solitaria, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 32, pl. 1. f. 23 (1894).

©. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous; antenna

brown; palpi above and legs red-brown; abdomen grey-brown,

dorsally bright rufous at base. Fore wing grey suffused in parts

with rufous and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; traces of a double

sinuous antemedial line; orbicular a small triangular black spot

with oblique diffused chocolate-brown band from it to inner margin ;

reniform whitish defined by black, narrow and constricted at middle,

a slight sinuous line from it to inner margin; postmedial line in-

distinct, double, brown filled in with whitish, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then inwardly oblique and dentate; subterminal line

whitish, defined on inner side by a chocolate-brown patch at costa

and dentate mark at discal fold, slightly angled inwards at discal

fold, incurved below vein 4 and ending at tornus; a slight dark

terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-

brown, the inner area whitish, the terminal area tinged with red;

a faint, slightly waved dark subterminal line; the underside suffused

with red except on inner area, a black discoidal spot defined by white

and traces of minutely waved dark postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Hab. Gasoon, Ogowe R., typet @ in Coll. Holland. Hyp.

26 millim.

6262. Eutelia nigridentula. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 18.)

Eutelia nigridentula, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 381 (1905).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown; palpi whitish, black at

base and on outer side of 3rd joint : tarsi fuscous ringed with white ;

06 NOCTUID.A,

abdomen with dorsal and subdorsal series of slight points, the

ventral surface whitish with paired series of black points. Fore

wing pale or dark reddish brown slightly irrorated with fuscous ; a

whitish striga in cell before the double antemedial line filled in with

rufous and defined by whitish on inner side, angled outwards below

costa, then oblique; orbicular a small black spot; a slight medial

line excurved below costa and obliqne below the cell; reniform

elliptical, chocolate with ochreous annulus defined by black; post-

medial line double filled in with ochreous, oblique from costa to

vein 6 where it is angled, angled inwards in discal fold and out-

wards at vein 4, then oblique, waved; a chocolate patch on costa

before apex defined on outer side by a whitish lunule, below which

is a black dentate mark followed by traces of a series of points ; the

terminal area rather darker with a series of small black lunules on

termen. Hind wing fuscous brown with fine waved terminal dark

line ; the underside greyish suffused with rufous and irrorated with

fuscous, a small black discoidal lunule, indistinct minutely waved

medial and double postmedial lines.

Hab, Simrra Leone (Clements), 1 2 type; 8. Niamria (Dudgeon),

1 6g, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 2, Sapele (Sampson), 2 9. Eap.

22 millim.

*6263. Eutelia morosa. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 19.)

Penicillaria morosa, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 32, pl. 1. f. 22 (1894).

3. Head and thorax red-brown with a greyish tinge; palpi at

base and base of tegule blackish, the latter with some blackish

scales near tips; tarsi black-brown ringed with white; abdomen

reddish brown tinged with grey, dorsal and subdorsal series of

small blackish spots and subventral series of small white spots.

Fore wing reddish brown tinged with grey and irrorated with

black ; subbasal line indistinct, double, blackish, minutely waved,

from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, the outer line strong,

black, excurved from costa to submedian fold, then incurved;

reniform red-brown with paler annulus slightly defined by black ;

medial line blackish, oblique from costa to reniform, inwardly

oblique and sinuous from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; post-

medial line double, black, oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved at

discal fold, oblique below vein 4 and angled inwards at submedian

fold ; subterminal line slight. pale, strongly defined on inner side

by black-brown from costa to vein 4, angled inwards at discal fold,

then minutely waved; a terminal series of slight black lunules.

Hind wing dark reddish brown with a paler patch on termen at

submedian fold with dark mark before it; a terminal series of

blackish strize ; cilia rufous; the underside rufous irrorated with

brown, the inner area whitish, a blackish discoidal spot and minutely

waved medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

Hab. Gasoon, Ogowe R., type t+ od in Coll, Holland. Fry.

30 millim. é we

EUTELIA, : ou;

6264. Eutelia ochricostata. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 20.)

Eutelia ochricostata, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 383 (1905),

@. Head and fore half of thorax rufous, tips of patagia and

hinder part of thorax ochreous white, metathoracie crest rufous ;

palpi blackish at base; abdomen brown tinged with grey and

rufous, the dorsal crests dark, subdorsal series of slight dark seg-

mental strie. Fore wing red-brown, the basal area and costal area

to near apex ochreous tinged with rufous; two oblique black ante-

medial lines from middle of cell to inner margin, towards which

they separate more widely ; a slight oblique medial line from cell

to inner margin ; reniform a Y-shaped ochreous white mark filled

in with rufous ; postmedial line indistinct, double, minutely waved,

almost obsolete on costal area, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line ochreous, distinct from

costa to vein 6 where it is joined by an oblique ochreous streak froin

beyond postmedial line, then represented by slight ochreous and

rufous strize incurved below vein 3; apical area fuscous grey with

black streaks above veins 6, 7; a terminal series of small dark

lunules ; cilia with some ochreous above and below vein 5. Hind

wing brown with some pale and dark striz on vein 2 and inner

margin towards tornus; a pale subterminal line towards tornus ;

a terminal series of dark lunules; the underside suffused with

rufous and irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule, minutely

waved medial and double postmedial line.

Hab, §. Nigerta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 2 type. Exp.

24 millim.

B. Fore wing with the termen almost straight to vein 3, then excised and

sinuous.

a. Abdomen with a dorsal crest on 4th segment lying in a hollow between

ridges of hair, and curved subdorsal pencils of hair on 5th segment

extending round a dorsal opening between 5th and 6th segments.

6265, Eutelia cautabasis.

Eutelia cautabasis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 878 (1909),

6. Head and thorax ferruginous red; patagia with deeper red

patches at shoulders; palpi blackish at base; tarsi fuscous ringed

Fig. 20.—Hutelia cautabasis, $. f.-

with white; abdomen pale rufous with some deeper red on dorsum

and some greyish hair at base, the ventral surface deep rufous.

08 NOCTUID®.

Fore wing with the basal area yellowish with small deep rufous

patch below base of costa and large patch from subcostal nervure

to inner margin, bounded by a red-brown band expanding into a

triangular patch on costa; the rest of wing greenish grey with a

slight rufous tinge ; an indistinct waved rufous medial line excurved

from costa to vein 2; postmedial line faint with dark points on the

veins, bent outwards below costa, then slightly curved; a small

triangular red-brown patch on costa before apex; some brown

sutfusion before termen between veins 4,3; a terminal series of

points. Hind wing reddish brown, the basal and inner areas

yellowish white; an obliquely curved whitish medial line; some

slight dark marks on extremity of vein 2 and at tornus; a fine

waved terminal line; cilia rufous; the underside rufous slightly

irrorated with brown, the inner area whitish, a small discoidal

lunule and faint minutely waved medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Ov CataBar (Crompton), 1 g type. wp. 38 millim.

6. Abdomen with the crests normal and minute.

a’. (Largallodes). Hind tarsi of male with the 1st joint much dilated.

6266. Eutelia subrubens.

Penicillaria subrubens, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 40.

Penicillaria eculatris, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 388, f. 202 (1891).

Penicillaria pyrospila, Mab. Aun. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvii. p. 60 (1893).

Targallodes rufula, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 31 (1&94).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous to deep fiery red; palpi

white in front; basal joint of antennze white ; metathoracic crest

tipped with black; pectus white; legs banded with white, the

Fig. 21.—Hutelia subrubens, G. 3.

spurs white ringed with black; abdomen with the crests black, the

paired anal tufts of male blackish, the ventral surface white tinged

with rufous. Fore wing pale rufous tinged with grey to deep fiery

red with a greyish tinge on costal area towards apex; subbasal line

represented by a slight blackish striga from costa and black point

below cell; antemedial line black and grey, angled outwards below

costa where there is some black and grey beyond it, then oblique,

straight ; two black discoidal points; traces of a medial dark line

arising at vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and waved below

EUTELIA, 59

submedian fold, where there is often a yellowish patch before it

beyond the antemedial line; postmedial line indistinctly double

filled in with grey, oblique to vein 6, then with black points on the

veins, oblique below vein 4, more distinct and waved below sub-

median fold, a similar indistinct line beyond it and some white

points on costa; an indistinct waved subterminal line with slight

yellowish annulus before it below vein 7 and whitish annulus below

vein 6, the former sometimes obsolete and the latter reduced to a

small V-shaped mark ; some white suffusion at apex and a series

of black points just before termen; cilia whitish at tips. Hind

wing ochreous whitish, the veins and inner area irrorated with

black, the terminal area fiery red from apex to vein 2; traces of

medial and postmedial lines on inner area, the latter with black

striga defined on each side by white at inner margin; a series of

black points just before termen from apex to vein 2 and a whitish

striga from vein 2 to termen; cilia with whitish line at base and

white tips; the underside white tinged with red except on inner

area and irrorated with black, a black discoidal point, curved brown

medial line, traces of double postmedial line with minute streaks

on the veins and of a waved subterminal line with brown patch at

discal fold.

Hab. 8. Leonz (Bartlett), 1 $; Gonp Coast, Ashanti, Obuassi

(Bergman), 1 $; 8S. Nicerra, Lagos, Iroko (Dudgeon), 1 9,

Old Calabar (Cockburn), 1 $, Sapele (Sampson), 1 3, Olokemeji

(Dudgeon), 2 9; Care Cotony, Transkei (Miss F, Barrett), 1 3;

Manpagascar. Hxp. 34-38 millim.

b'. Hind tarsi of male with the 1st joint normal.

6267. Eutelia vittalba.

Penicillaria vittalba, Semp. Reise Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 534, pl. 60. f. 9

(1900).

Eutelia furcicauda, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 378 (1905).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen brick-red tinged with grey;

palpi in front to near end of 2nd joint, pectus, the greater part of

Fig. 22,—Hutelia vittalba, S. 1.

legs and ventral surface of abdomen white; the minute dorsal

crests black, the lateral anal tufts long. Fore wing brick-red

60 NOCTULD ai.

suffused with grey ; conjoined yellowish white spots defined by red

and with red centres above and below vein 1 at middle of inner

margin ; a fuscous medial line angled outwards below costa and

ending at the spots on inner margin; minute points at angles of

cell; a faint postmedial line, excurved from costa to vein 4, then

incurved to near the medial spots; costa red towards apex with

some yellow points on it, a slight red streak above vein 7 with two

outwardly oblique yellow strize defined by red from its inner side

to vein 53; subterminal line indistinct, red, sinuous, with two

obliquely placed yellow points on it below costa and ending above

tornus; termen strongly angled at vein 3, then oblique, waved.

Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area brick-red, brownish

at tornus; a yellow point at extremity of vein 2; termen slightly

crenulate, angled at vein 2, then excised; cilia yellowish and red.

Underside of fore wing with the basal parts of costa and inner

margin yellowish, the disk fuscous irrorated with grey, the terminal

area blue-grey, costa red from middle to near apex, some reddish

beyond cell and a deeper red spot beyond postmedial line; hind

wing white with some black irroration at base of costa and lower

angle of cell, a small red discoidal spot, postmedial line defined by

small red spots before and beyond it, terminal area suffused with

red, some black points on termen.

Hab. Stncarvorp (Ridley), 4 g type furcicauda; PHIiprrnes,

Cebu. exp. 30 millim.

Secr. VI. Antenne of male ciliated; fore wing with the termen crenulate,

oblique below vein 3.

A. Hind wing not wholly fuscous brown.

a. Fore wing without oblique black fascia from post-

medial line at discal fold to termen at vein 8 ...... polychorda.

b, Fore wing with oblique black fascia from postmedial

line at discal fold te termen at vein 3 ............0. » suffundens.

B. Hind wing wholly fuscous brown ...........-.:sccececeeeuee purpureonigra.

6268. Eutelia polychorda. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 21.)

Eutelia polychorda, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 308 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with grey and

some fuscous; abdomen with the small dorsal crests black; pectus

and ventral surfaces of abdomen whitish, the latter with double

subventral series of black points; tarsi ringed with white. Fore

wing red-brown mixed with grey and some fuscous; traces of a

double subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; two indistinct

double sinuous antemedial lines; two black discoidal points ; post-

medial line double, minutely waved, slightly excurved from below

costa to vein 4, then incurved, another curved maculate dark line

well beyond it ; subterminal line blackish defined on inner side by

red-brown, minutely dentate ; a crenulate blackish line just before

termen. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and

BUTELIA. 61

terminal area suffused with brown; cilia whitish with a brown line

through them; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, traces

of punctiform brown postmedial and subterminal lines, a series

of black points just before termen.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial areas suffused

with purplish fuscous.

Ab. 2. Fore wing greyer brown, the medial area suffused with

purplish fuscous.

Ab. 3. Fore wing grey mixed with red-brown, the veins streaked

with blackish.

Ab. 4. Fore wing whitish mixed with ochreous brown.

Ab. 5. Fore wing whitish suffused with pale red.

Ab. 6, Similar, but the fore wing with the subbasal, outer ante-

medial, and two postmedial lines defined by fuscous.

Ab. 7. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish red.

Ab. 8. Similar, but the fore wing with the lines defined by

fuscous.

Ab. 9. Similar, but the fore wing with the terminal area darker.

Hab. German EH, Arrica, Usangu (Neave), 1 2; Br. C. Areca,

Karonga Songwe (Grogan), 1 9; MasHonatanp, Salisbury

(Marshall, Dobbie), 2 3,32, Umtali (Marshall), 2 9 ; Bronuana-

LAND, L. N’Gami (Lugard), 1 9 ; Damanatann (Trimen), 2 2

type; Ruoprs1a, Bulawayo (Marshall), 73, 52; Gazarann,

Chirinda Forest (Marshall), 3 ¢, 1 9; Transvaan, Johannes-

burg (Cooke), 1 3 ; Navan, Durban (Leigh), 1 g. Exp. 24-36

millim.

6269. Eutelia suffundens.

Anophia suffundens, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 172 (1864);

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 86.

Hutelia catephiformis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soe. xiv. p. 212 (1902).

Targalla ekeikei, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xtii. p. 227 (1906).

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with

ochreous grey; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen with

dorsal blackish patches near base and extremity. Fore wing

Fig. 23.—Hutelia suffundens S. }.

greyish ochreous suffused with red-brown, the basal area to ante-

medial line and the apical area suffused with fuscous; subbasal line

indistinctly double, minutely waved, from costa to vein 1; two

62 NOCTUIDZ.

touble antemedial lines, the inner very indistinct, the outer slightly

incurved below submedian fold ; orbicular an ochreous point defined

by black; reniform ochreous defined by black, narrow and strongly

constricted at middle; medial line represented by double black

striae from costa and a line arising at upper extremity of

reniform, excurved to vein 5, then strongly incurved; _post-

medial line treble, minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 6

and ineurved below vein 4, another indistinct oblique double line

beyond it from costa to an oblique black fascia from discal fold at

postmedial line to termen below vein 3; some pale points on post-

medial part of costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, dentate,

incurved below costa; a terminal series of slight black lunules ;

cilia intersected with blackish. Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal

half of inner area pure white; a subterminal series of minute white

streaks on the veins and terminal series of points; a fine white line

at base of cilia; the underside white irrorated and suffused with

brown except on inner area, a blackish discoidal lunule, curved

medial and postmedial lines, double minutely waved subterminal

lineand terminal series of lunules.

g. Fore wing with the basal half and inner area suffused with

fuscous. .

Hab. Assam, Nagas, type catephiformis t in Coll. Rothschild ;

Sincapore (fidley), 2 ¢,5 9; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 9;

Br. N. Guines, Ekeikei (Pratt), type tf ekeket in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. vp. 32-36 millim. Type + do in Mus. Oxon.

*8270. Eutelia purpureonigra. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 22.)

Eutelia purpureonigra, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 230 (1906).

@. Head and thorax deep rufous largely mixed with black

scales tipped with white; pectus whitish mixed with brown; tarsi

black ringed with white ; abdomen black-brown with slight leaden

grey dorsal line on 4th segment followed by faint rufous bands, the

ventral surface pale red with black segmental lines, the extremity

dark red-brown. Fore wing with the basal half black-brown

slightly tinged with leaden grey and irrorated with rufous, the

terminal half deep rufous irrorated and suffused with dark brown;

the costa with alternating black and rufous striz; subbasal line

black, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly

double, black, minutely waved, oblique from costa to median nervure,

then somewhat incurved; orbicular an indistinct small black

annulus partly defined by rufous; reniform rufous with its centre

defined by brown, a rather narrow bar; a sinuous black medial line

bounding the dark area; postmedial line double, black filled in with

rufous, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

excurved to vein 4, then slightly incurved ; a double waved curved

line before the subterminal black line, with some pale points

between them on costa and black mark below costa; the subterminal

EULELIA.—CHLUMETIA, 63

line irregularly waved, angled inwards in discal fold and ineurved

below vein 3; a fine black terminal line with minute white points

at the veins ; cilia rufous interse¢ted with black. Hind wing deep

fuscous brown with some reddish and ochreous alternating with

black marks on terminai part of vein 2 and inner margin; a fine

black terminal line with white points at extremities of the veins

and some reddish before it at middle; cilia bright rufous with

black spots between veins 5 and 2; the underside bright rufous

irrorated with black, the basal inner area white. a black discoidal

spot, two curved wived postmedial lines and two sinuous subterminal

lines, the inner indistinct,

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Ekekei (Pratt), type f 2 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hep. 36 millim.

Genus CHLUMETIA.

Type.

Nachaba, Wik. xxvii. 113 (1863), nee W1k. Lep. 1859 ............ transverse.

Chamogioa, \WW5 sxex7o LAO) (WEED) ococascooaoncobos00b0r0o000s00anshor transversa.

Proboseis somewhat small and aborted ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd

joint reaching to vertex of head and broadly sealed in front and behind towards

extremity, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antenne of

male typically with the dorsal half pectinate with very short branches on outer

side only, the apical half ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales

and without crests; tibiz moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal

crests on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments, the anal appendages typically consisting

of flattened plates, in female very broad, fitting into a channelled plate below.

Fore wing triangular, 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 areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

Secr. J. Antenne of male bipectinate with long branches, the apex ciliated.

A. Fore wing with the outer half of medial area suffused with

white.

a. Hind wing with the basal half white, the terminal area

HUIS COMMS aeerg see Cen ee se deen ae aac oo ciee Sela Sesiacienmsamncaaeasenns lichenosa.

>. Hind wing suffused with fuscous to the postmedial line,

Febhertermenewliitevaa.etserens ah. athisacacerhetsenmuneiiet anos cs curyptere.

B. Fore wing with the outer half of medial area not suffused

with white.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique to vein 6,

hem timevenrdllhy MDG WE soococoacdoncaa002900000ea0000000000000 duplicilinee.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line nearly evenly curved.

a‘, Fore wing largely suffused with brown.

a, Fore wing with the basai area concolorous with the

joa\valie) lian gst esa aneanoaned uanoNeAndescasudnnaeseaoachackce hanupsont,

b?, Fore wing with the basal area chocolate-brown and

darker than the medial area........-.......ecececee ees alternans.

b'. Fore wing nearly uniform pale grey ..................08 . cana.

6271. Chlumetia lichenosa. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 23.)

Perciana lichenosa, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 876 (1902).

Q@. Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with black, red-brown,

and white ; peetus grey-white, the tarsi black ringed with white ;

64+ NOCTUID 4%.

abdomen white irrorated with blackish, the crests and extremity

blackish. Fore wing grey suffused with olive fuscous except on

medial area; subbasal line indistinct, blackish, waved, from costa to

inner margin; antemedial line double, black, excurved ; reniform

indistinctly defined ; medial line arising from upper extremity of

reniform, excurved beyond the cell, then oblique, sinuous; post-

medial line indistinctly quadruple, excurved from below costa to

vein 5, then oblique, sinuous; an oblique black bar from the inner-

most line below costa to subterminal line at vein 4 and some white

points on costa ; subterminal line white and minutely waved towards

costa, then grey and excurved at middle ; a lunulate black terminal

line; cilia chequered blackish and grey. Hind wing white, the

terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous black ; cilia chequered

blackish and white; the underside white, the costal area irrorated

with brown, the terminal area irrorated and suffused with brown,

a black discoidal spot, indistinct medial line excurved beyond the

cell, curved crenulate postmedial line, double subterminal line, and

fine black terminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area prominently white except

towards costa.

Hab. Ancoua, Bihé, 1 9; MasHonatann, Salisbury (Marshall),

1 2 type; Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 9. Hap. 28 millim.

6272. Chlumetia euryptera, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 6.)

3g. Head and thorax creamy white mixed with some rufous;

some dark brown scales between antenne; teguie with a dark

brown line near base; antennee with the branches rufous; pectus

and legs deep rufous, the tarsi white; abdomen creamy white mixed

with red-brown, the crests dark, the ventral surface red-brown

with some whitish near base. Fore wing with the costa highlly

arched towards apex; white tinged with blue-grey and suffused

with red-brown especially before the antemedial line except towards

costa and inner margin and on postmedial area except towards

inner margin; antemedial line indistinctly double, red-brown,

excurved, incurved above inner margin ; a curved red-brown medial

line, oblique towards costa and inner margin; reniform a small

brown spot defined by white and with black points at its upper

and lower extremities ; postmedial line double, brown filled in with

white and defined by white on outer side, oblique, sinuous; sub-

terminal line whitish defined on outer side by brown, waved, excurved

below costa, bent inwards at vein 3 and ending at tornus; a waved

dark terminal line. Hind wing white tinged with blue-grey and

suffused with fuscous brown especially before the postmedial line and

with red-brown before the subterminal line, the termen blue-white ;

a black discoidal point defined by white, with traces of a sinuous

whitish line from it to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in

with white, strongly excurved at middle, then incurved and ending at

tornus ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by red-brown

CHLUMETIA. 65

suffusion and some small obscure dark spots, and on outer by some

fuscous, waved; some dark points and striz on termen; cilia

‘tinged with rufous. Underside of both wings suffused with red-

brown and dark brown, the inner areas whitish; fore wing with

blackish antemedial and medial Jines angled outwards in cell, a

small white spot defined by black in middle of cell, a slight black

and white discoidal lunule with diffused black spot beyond it

followed by the rather punctiform postmedial line excurved beyond

the cell, a waved subterminal line excurved below costa, and a

terminal series of slight dark lunules defined on inner side by

whitish ; hind wing with sinuous black discoidal striga defined by

white, minu’ely dentate postmedial line with whitish points on its

outer edge, waved whitish subterminal line, and terminal series of

minute black lunules defined on inner side by white.

Hab. Durcn N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 $ type. Hxp. 22

millim.

6273. ? Chlumetia duplicilinea. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 24.)

Hadena duplicilinea, Wk. xxxiii. 727 (1865).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey.

Fore wing dark brown mixed with greyish; subbasal line repre-

sented by double striz from costa; the antemedial area with a

diffused black shade; antemedial line indistinct, double, oblique

from costa to just below the cell; reniform a white bar with dark

striga in centre; medial line arising at vein 6 beyond the cell,

oblique, sinuous ; postmedial line indistinct, double, oblique from

eosta to discal fold, then inwardly oblique, another line beyond it

defined on outer side by white, oblique from costa to vein 6, then

waved, the white beyond it forming a rounded patch in submedian

interspace, a black spot beyond it above vein 4 and quadrate patch

on costal area with some white points on costa; subterminal line

white, slightly excurved below vein 7; a terminal series of slight

dark lunules. Hind wing dark brown, a faint whitish bar from

vein 3 to termen at submedian fold; a terminal series of dark

striz interrupted by white points at the veins; a fine whitish line

at base of cilia ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal lunule, curved waved medial and postmedial lines, and

double subterminal line.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 9; Bornno, Sarawak (Wallace), type T

*6274. Chlumetia hampsoni. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 25.)

Eutelia hampsoni, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 228 (1906).

Q. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown; palpi with

brown patch at base of 2nd joint; tegul rufous on outeredge; patagia

rufous with whitish upper edge; pectus and legs greyer, the tarsi

VoL. XI. ry

66 NOCLUID ©.

banded withfuscous; abdomen greyish tinged with rufous, the dorsum

irrorated with fuscous except towards extremity, the ventral surface

whitish with black segmental bands. Fore wing whitish suffused

with rufous to postmedial line, the inner margin pale grey ; the base

deeper rufous and bounded by a sinuous dark line bent outwards to

inner margin; antemedial line double, blood-red on costal area,

then waved and widcly separated, filled in with blackish below the

cell; claviform defined by black, extending to cell; orbicular

whitish defined by black except below, elliptical ; reniform defined

by black except above, rather irregular and concave towards base ;

two reddish striee from medial part of costa and a waved reddish

line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; a diffused black-

brown line beyond the cell; postmedial ne black, oblique from

costa to vein 6, shghtly bent inwards below discal fold, angled out-

wards at vein 8, then incurved, the area beyond it white tinged

with yellow to vein 3, the apical area white; subterminal line

black, oblique to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold and excurved

to termen at submedian fold, the area beyond it black below vein 6

and a black patch before it from vein 8 to tornus; a terminal

series of black strize ; cilia black with slight yellowish strie at base.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the termen whitish; traces of a post-

medial line defined by greyish on outer side and with whitish mark

at inner margin; a terminal series of black striz ; cilia white with

series of fuscous marks; the underside bluish white irrorated with

fuscous, a slight discoidal spot, medial shade from costa to discal

fold, waved blue-white postmedial line with fuscous band on inner

side and biack line on outer from costa to discal fold, then a fuscous

band and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab, Br. N. Guinn, Ekeikei (Pratt), type Tt 2 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hwp. 24 millim.

6275. Chlumetia alternans.

Chiumetia alternans, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 147 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. il. p, 876.

3g. Head white mixed with brown; palpi with black rings on

2nd and Sra jomts; tegule brown with blackish annuli; thorax

blackish mixea with brown and grey; pectus and legs brown and

whitish, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown with

obscure triangular whitish dorsal patches except at base, the ventral

surface white suffused with brown at extremity. Fore wing with

ths basal area chocolate-brown, the rest of wing greyish suffused with

red-brown ; a faint waved subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, slightly waved towards costa, traces

vf a line formed by a few black scales beyond it from discal fold

to vein 1; the discal and submedian folds with whitish streaks to

subterminal line; reniform with whitish annulus slightly defined

by black, somewhat constricted at middle; medial line represented

CHLUMETTA, 67

by a waved striga from costa and oblique waved line with a dark

shade beyond it from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post-

medial line double, rather diffused, red-brown, obliquely excurved

and very slightly waved, the outer line slightly defined by white;

terminal area with some dark suffusion, the subterminal line being

represented by white scaling broadly and irregularly diffused from

costa to vein 3; a terminal series of black-brown striz; cilia

chequered whitish and black, Hind wing grey suffused with brown ;

a slight whitish striga below extremity of vein 3; cilia with white

line at base and white tips; the underside white irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal point, indistinct oblique minutely waved

medial and postmedial lines, double subterminal line, and a terminal

series of black points.

Q. Palpi whiter, blackish at base, tegule more rufous; fore wing

with an olive-green tinge except on basal and terminal areas.

Hab. Strain, 1800' (Dwigeon, Moller), 1 8,4 2. Exp. 28-30

millim.

6276. Chlumetia cana, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fie. 5.)

@. Head white, the palpi with some grey, the antenne grey~

brown ; thorax grey mixed with some brown ; abdomen grey-white

with slight dark irreration, the ventral surface white towards base.

Fore wing pale grey with slight dark irroration, the antemedial area

with a pale rufous tinge except at inner margin; a faint dark

medial line, excurved to median nervure, then oblique; reniform

very indistinct, whitish, elliptical, with dark points on its inner and

outer sides above ; postmedial line indistinct, double, curved, some

white points beyond it on costa with blackish streaks between them ;

subterminal line very indistinct, curved, tinged with rufous towards

costa; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white

irrorated with brown; the terminal area tinged with brown; cilia

chequered with blackish to vein 2 and with blackish mark at vein 1;

the underside grey-white sparsely irrorated with black, a black dis-

coidal spot, traces of a sinuous postmedial line, some black points

on termen towards apex and a striga towards tornus.

Hab. Gero. HK, Arrica, Ruaka Valley, Iringa (Neave), 1 9 type.

Eep. 26 millim,

68 NOCLTUID®.

Sxcr, If. Antenne of male with the basal half pectinated with very short

branches on outer side only, the apical half ciliated.

6277. Chlumetia transversa.

Nachaba transversa, Wik. xxvii. 114 (1863); Moore, Lap. Ceyl. iii. p. 67,

pl. 151. f. 3; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 376.

Chiumetia quttiventris, Wik. xxxiv. 1271 (1865).

Ariola corticea, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 89, pl. 6. f. 10 (1880).

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey and

some red-brown; palpi with black band on 2nd joint ; tarsi ringed

with white ; abdomen with the crests black, ventral white spots on

ord, 4th, and 5th segments. Fore wing grey suffused with reddish

brown; subbasal line double, from costa to submedian fold ; reni-

form rather pale and slightly defined by black, elliptical; medial

line minutely waved, double at costa; postmedial line double, the

inner line red-brown, the outer black, minutely dentate below costa

and at middle; subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle and defined on inner side by blackish patches at those

‘points and below vein 3; a terminal series of black strive and a fine

Fig. 25.— Chiumetia transversa, 3. 3.

white line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown; a faint whitish

bar from vein 3 to termen at submedian fold; a fine black terminal

line and white line at base of cia; the underside grey suffused and

irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, rather diffused

waved medial and postmedial lines, double subterminal line, and a

terminal series of black lunules.

Hab. Has. ten.,1 2 type; Punsas (Horne), 2 3, Manpuri,1 ¢,

2¢ ; Bunear, Calcutta, 1 $, Ganjam; Bomsay, Thanna Distr., 1 3;

Cuyton (Vietner), 38 2 type guttwentris; Burma, Rangoon (Scott),

1 9; Prax, Goping (Kunstler), 19 ; Sincapore (fidley), 1 6,5 2;

Batt (Doherty), 1 3,1 9; Cuteses; D’Eyrrecasreavx Is., Fergus-

son Is. (Meck), 1 $. Hxp. 18-22 millim.

Genus PATATA. vee

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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 almost simple; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed,

the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibic

PATAETA, 69

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal ridge of scales on 1st seg-

ment and crest on anal segment, the paired anal tufts small. Fore wing with

the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, 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 fully developed from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing strongly glossed with blue-black ............... carbo.

B. Fore wing grey-brown with hardly a trace of blue-black

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6278. Pateta carbo. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 26.)

Phlegetonia carbo, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 302 (1852).

Head, thorax, and abdomen black tinged with purplish grey, the

palpi in front, frons, and dorsum of tegulee with some reddish brown ;

pectus mostly white with some rufous in front; tarsi ringed with

white; ventral surface of abdomen white, mixed with red-brown.

towards extremity. Fore wing glossy blue-black ; subbasal line in-

distinct, double, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; a single antemedial

line followed by a double line, slightly angled outwards just below

the cell and inwards at vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by

black and with traces of pale annul, the former minute, round, the

latter narrow and somewhat constricted at middle ; a slight sinuous

medial line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial

line double, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold

and incurved below vein 4, another double sinuous line beyond it

incurved below vein 3; traces of a pale minutely waved subterminal

line with black streaks beyond it between veins 6 and 4; a terminal

series of small black lunules. Hind wing pure white, the terminal

area fuscous, its inner edge emitting slight streaks on the veins and

angled inwards at vein 2 on which there are slight white striz

towards termen ; a waved black terminal line and white line at base

of cilia; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas suffused

with brown and irrorated with white, a blackish discoidal spot and

double postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins.

Hab. Br. N. Guivea, Port Moresby, 4 5; Qurenstanp, Kuranda

(Simmonds), 1 3, Brisbane (Turner), 1 3, 2 9, Taylor Range

(Lyell), 1 9, Rockhampton, 1 g¢ ; N. Avsrraria, Port Darwin

(oad, Walla), I @ 5 i Os Ibagmiime Wee do ratikar), lO.

Exp. 36-40 millim.

6279. Pateta conspicienda.

Pateta conspicienda, W\k. xy. 1748 (1858).

Phlegetonia corvina, Snell, 'Vijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 68, pl. 6. f. 1 (1880).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black mixed with some grey ;

palpi whitish in front; pectus white, tinged with rufous in front ;

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen with the dorsal crest black, the

70 NOOTUID 2,

ventral surface white mixed with brown and fuscous towards

extremity. Fore wing fuscous brown mixed with grey and with

a faint bluish gloss; subbasal line indistinctly double, minutely

waved, from costa to vein 1; two dotible minutely waved antemedial

lines; orbicular and reniform with slight whitish annuli defined by

black, the former minute, round, the latter narrow, oblique ; medial

line arising at upper extremity of reniform, at vein 4 bent inwards

to lower edge of reniform, then oblique and sinuous ; postmedial line

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double, slightly bent outwards below costa, then slightly waved,

incurved below vein 4, another double waved line beyond it, incurved

below vein 3; an indistinet waved whitish subterminal line, some-

times with slight black streaks beyond it above and below vein 5;

a terminal series of slight black lunules and fine pale line at base

of cilia. Hind wing hyaline white, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous brown and the veins streaked with fuscous from just beyond

the cell; some white strize on vein 2 towards extremity ; alia white

with a blackish line through them ; the underside with the costal

and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a double postmedial series

of minute black streaks on the veins.

Hab. Ceteses ; QuEEnstand, Brisbane (Z'urner), 1 3, 2 9,

Moreton Bay (Gabbons, Diggles), 2 Q type; N. Avsiranra, Adelaide

R. (J. J. Walker), 1 3, Roebuck Bay (J. J. Walker), 2 2, Port

Darwin (Buckland), 1 3, Alexandria (Stalker), 1 3; W. Ausrrazta,

Sherlock R. (Clements), 5 2, Derby (Lower), 1 9. Hap. 24=

34 millim.

Genus PHLEGETONIA.

Type.

Phiegetonia, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 801 (1852) 0... eee eens Aue Sona

Targalla, W\k. xii. NOOBS ie niencaned mac oncesebecetee wae delatrix.

Cryassa, Wk. xv. 1745 (1858)... eect sees etter eeeeee neces bifascies,

Colpocheilopteryx, Wligrn. Svensk, Akad. Handl. y. 4, p. 60

(MSG) Jes cePooevesboncoeussasspaqusaicocooose FEE SOUR isso serge CRAB GIO operatriz,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth, with tuft of

scales; eyes large, round ; antennz of male typically serrate and fasciculate ;

thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed and without distinct crests ; tibiz

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some ridges of hair at base, but

without crests and with slight paired anal tufts of hair. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen crenulate, oblique or excised below vein 3; 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 the cell less than

half the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 fully developed from above

angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

PHLEGETONIA. “ale

Secr. I, Antennz of male minutely serrate and fasciculate,

A. (Colpocheilopteryx). Fore wing with the termen distinctly

angled at vein 3, then excised and sinuous.

a. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with purplish

pink, the triangular patch on costa before apex purplish

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®, Fore wing with the basal area and the triangular patch

on costa before apex rufous.

a’. Fore wing without white spot before subterminal line

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6230. Phlegetonia operatrix.

Eutelia operctrix, Wigrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 170 (1860).

Hurhipia rosea, Mab. & Vuillot, Noy. Lep. p. 6, pl. 1. f. 4 (1890).

Head and thorax yellow tinged with rufous; tibize with deep

rufous band at extremities, the spurs white ringed with black;

abdomen yellow suffused with red-brown except at base and

extremity. Fore wing yellow tinged with rufous; the base of

costal area suffused with crimson ; antemedial line treble, crimson

and with crimson suffusion between the lines, highly curved; the

veins of terminal area slightly streaked with rufous; medial line

rufous, oblique from costa to vein 6, inwardly oblique and sinuous

below vein 4; postmedial line treble, rufous, the two outer lines

crimson towards costa, sinuous, oblique to vein 6, inwardly oblique

Fig. 27.—Phlegetonia operatriz, S. 1.

below vein 4, a triangular purple patch beyond it on costal area

with two white points on costa; subterminal line rufous, incurved

below costa, slightly angled inwards at discal fold and below vein 4,

then oblique, sinuous, and closely approximated to postmedial line,

the area beyond it pale yellow with some rufous suffusion at middle,

some pale yellow before it from below vein 7 to above 4 emitting a

striga defining the apex of the triangular purple patch; a rufous

terminal line; cilia rufous, the tips deep rufous between veins 6

and 3. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area suffused with

rufous from apex to vein 3; traces of a postmedial line; a fine

rufous terminal line; cilia rufous on apical half, then yellowish,

Hab. Conco; N.E. Raopersta, HK. Loangwa Distr. (A’eave), 1 3;

Care Corony, Caffraria, type + 2 in Mus, Stockhoim. ep, 34

millim.

NOCTUID 4,

6281. Phlegetonia callichroma. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 27.)

Eutelia callichroma, Dist. Entom, xxxiv. p. 284 (1901),

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow ; patagia rufous except

at extremity; abdomen with subdorsal rufous stripes meeting

towards extremity, a quadrate dorsal patch on 3rd segment, the

crests on two subterminal segments black. Fore wing pale yellow ;

the basal area rufous in and below cell; an antemedial band angled

outwards below costa towards which it consists of fuscous irro-

ration, below the cell oblique and rufous with a yellow line on it

from vein 1 to the lobe of inner margin; an indistinct medial line

angled outwards beyond lower angle aif ceil, the area beyond it

suffused with rufous and with black point just beyond it on inner

margin; a fine, slightly sinuous yellow postmedial line traversing

an oblique brown band with pale outer edge from costa to vein 5,

incurved below vein 4; a quadrate chestnut patch with pale points

on it on costa before apex ; a fine yellow subterminal line angled

outwards on vein 6 and nearly to termen on yein 3; some chestnut

suffusion on medial part of termen and three dark terminal lunules

below apex; cilia with dark rufous patches at veins 3, 5, and 6.

Hind wing pale yellow with slightly sinuous hrown subterminal

band and terminal band from apex to vein 2; the underside with

dark discoidal spot and curved medial line.

Hab, Gaeta. (Maloney), 3 im ts Druce ; Dutacoa Bay ;

Transvaal, 1 9, Lydenburg, type t 9 in Coll. Distant. Hp.

28 millim.

6282. Phlegetonia violescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 1.)

Head and tegule rufous, the thorax whitish tinged with rufous ;

palpi white in front-at base; pectus and legs white, the fore and

mid tibie red-brown, the hind tibie blackish, the spurs and mid and

hind tarsi near base with black rings; abdomen palerufous. Fore

wing with the basal half and costal area pale rufous, the rest of

wing golden copper-red; a faint dark subbasal line defined on inner

side by whitish, angled outwards below costa, then oblique to a

blackish point below median nervure near base and with shght

blackish marks beyond it below median nervure and on vein 1; a

fine black medial line defined an outer side by white. angled out-

wards below costa, then oblique and defined on inner side by

violaceous grey and whitish; a narrow grey discoidal lunule defined

by white ; a fine blackish postmedial line slightly defined by white

on inner side, sinuous, oblique to vein 6, below vein 3 strongly in-

curved and again excurved below submedian fold, with violaceous

grey suffusion beyond it except towards costa, an oblique whitish

line beyond it from costa to vein 6 followed by some white points on

costa; a white subterminal line from below costa to below vein 5

with white spot before it at discal fold; a series of black points

before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal

PHLEGETONIA. es

area whitish ; some whitish on termen towards tornus; cilia red-

brown. Underside of fore wing with the costal area irrorated with

brown, some red suffusion below postmedial part of costa and a grey

apical patch, the rest of wing fuscous brown with the inner area

whitish ; hind wing pale grey irrorated with brown, a double dark

discoidal striga and indistinct double sinuous subterminal line except

towards costa.

Hab. Gampia (Maloney), type ¢ in Coll. Druce ; N. Nicer,

Punguma (Anderson), 1 2 type. wp. 30 millim.

B. Fore wing with the termen slightly excurved at vein 6, angled at vein 4,

then oblique.

6283. Phlegetonia holocausta.

Eutelia holocausta, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 379 (1905).

2. Head, thorax, and base of abdomen fiery rufous ; tegule with

blackish patches at base; palpi long; abdomen rufous tinged with

grey, with small lateral chocolate-red spots on 3rd and 4th segments.

Fore wing fiery rufous slightly tinged with grey and irrorated with

fuscous ; traces of an antemedial red line, oblique below the cell;

a fiery red spot in middle of cell; a faint pale discoidal lunule;

Fig. 28.-—Phlegetonia holocausta, Q. 4.

traces of a double postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 6 and

below vein 4; achocolate-red patch on costa before apex outwardly

defined by an oblique white line with some fuscous beyond it ;

traces of a subterminal line excurved at middle, then strongly

incurved, with minute dentate chocolate marks before it above and

below vein 6 and slight rufous marks above and below 2; termen

angled at vein 4, then cblique. Hind wing fiery rufous with small

chocolate-red spots on inner margin towards tornus ; the underside

with chocolate discoidal spot and minutely waved medial, post-

medial, and subterminal lines, obsolescent on costal half.

Hab. 8. Nierta, Sapele (Sampson), 1 2 type. Lwp. 32 millim.

C. (Phiegetonic). Fore wing with the termen oblique and

crenulate below vein 3.

a. Hind wing white with dark terminal band............... catephioides,

b, Hind wing fuscous brown with the basal area whitish.

a, Fore wing with black spot on outer edge of post-

medial line in submedian interspace ............... 1. porphyriota,

74 NOCLUID®.

b'. Fore wing without black spot on outer edge of post-

medial line in submedian interspace.

a>. Fore wing with the reniform narrow bar-shaped. cebee.

b?, Fore wing with the reniform constricted at

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6284. Phlegetonia catephioides.

Phlegetonia catephioides, Guen, Noct. ii. p. 801 (1852).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous or reddish brown more or less

tinged with grey; tegule with black line near base. Fore wing

fuscous or reddish brown tinged with grey, the inner half greyer

except at base and tornus; subbasal line double, blackish, minutely

waved; antemedial line treble, excurved from below costa to vein 1 ;

a whitish streak in terminal part of cell traversing the reniform,

which is slightly defined by grey and with brown spots on its upper

and lower parts; a faint oblique sinuous medial line from beyond

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line treble, oblique

Fig. 29.—Phlegetonia catephioides, 3. 3

and slightly sinuous from costa to vein 6, incurved at discal fold and

below vein 4, an indistinct blackish line beyond it, angled at vein 4,

then incurved ; a blue-grey apical patch and a crenulate black line

just before termen. Hind wing pure white, the terminal area brown

tinged with grey at termen and on cilia; a slight crenulate black

line just before termen ; the underside irrorated with brown except

on inner area, two brown discoidal striz and traces of a medial line

and double postmedial line.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 2; Narat, Durban

(Bowker, Bell-Marley), 3 6,12. Hxp. 38-40 millim.

6285. Phlegetonia porphyriota, n. sp. (Plate CLXXY. fig. 28.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with some reddish

brown ; palpi fuscous at base. Fore wing purplish grey tinged in

parts with fuscous and irrorated with blackish ; antemedial line

whitish, erect, sinuous, with a blackish shade before it above and

below vein 1; a faint pinkish spot in middle of cel) and pinkish

discoidal bar with black points on it at upper and lower angles of

PHLEGETONIA, 75

cell ; postmedial line double, brown filled in with whitish, bent out-

wards below costa, excurved to vein 6, then oblique, a conical black-

brown mark beyond it in submedian interspace ; a triangular black-

brown patch with two white points at costa on costal area before

the subterminal line, which is white and oblique to vein 6 near post-

medial line, then double, brown and incurved to below vein 4 where

it is angled outwards, then indistinct, incurved and waved to tornus,

the area beyond it grey-brown from apex to below vein 4; a

terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia pale rufous with some

black scales towards apex and a blackish patch at middle. Hind

wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, the base paler; a blackish

terminal line defined on inner side by grey; cilia pale rufous; the

underside grey irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule,

waved purplish red medial line, donble crenulate purplish red post-

medial line with black points at the veins, crenulate purplish red

subterminal line, and terminal series of small black lunules.

Hab. 8. Nicer, Lagos (Boag), 1 $ type. Hep. 36 millim.

*6286, Phlegetonia cebew. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 29.)

Eutelia kebee, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 229 (1906), 9.

Eutelia albicomma, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 229 (1906), 3.

@. Head bright rufous mixed with dark brown; antennz black-

brown; thorax very dark red-brown with some rufous at base of

tegule ; pectus and legs rufous and dark brown, the tarsi blackish

ringed with white, the hind legs paler ; abdomen black-brown with

black dorsal spots on basal segments, curved rufous dorsal patch on

4th to 6th segments and some rufous in anal tuft, the ventral

surface rufous with a blackish band near extremity. Fore wing

black-brown slightly mixed with rufous, the terminal area blue-

grey slightly irrerated with brown; subbasal line represented by a

black striga from eesta and sinuous line of ochreous scales to sub-

median fold; two indistinctly double black antemedial lines filled

in with some ochreous scales and the inner line with white at inner

margin, minutely waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold;

orbicular a minute white spot defined by black; reniform a narrow

olive-grey bar defined by black, with white line on its inner edge

and dark points on upper and lower edges; an oblique reddish

yellow medial band from costa to reniform and thence to inner

margin ; three black postmedial lines, the middle one indistinctly

double and filled in with ochreous, very minutely waved, obliquely

excurved from costa to diseal fold, then incurved, the outer line

defined by yellowish on outer side towards costa; a triangular

black-brown patch on postmedial costal area with three whitish

points on costa, the subterminal black line arising from its apex,

defined by ochreous on outer side, waved, angled inwards to post-

medial line at discal fold, ending below vein 41in a spot and followed

by a slight dark shade bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series

of slight blackish strize interrupted by white points at the veins;

76 NOCTUID.™.

cilia fuscous brown with series of slight grey marks. Hind wing

fuscous brown, greyish at base; some black striz on vein 2 and

inner margin towards tornus ; a terminal series of black strise with

white points between them; cilia fuscous brown with slight pale

line at base and some grey towards tornus; the underside bright

rufous slightly irrerated with black, the base and inner area mostly

white, a black discoidal spot, minutely waved curved medial line,

postmedial curved series of minute dentate black marks with white

points on their outer side, and two minutely waved subterminal lines.

g. Fore wing with the antemedial lines more distinctly filled in

with yellowish towards costa; the terminal area concolorous, the

triangular costal patch defined by white and with bluish white mark

on its outer edge, the outer postmedial line slightly defined by white

on outer side and with a large oblique comma-shaped white mark

beyoud it between veins 2 and 1, the small black spot below vein 4

followed by two black points with some white before them; hind

wing with the basal area whiter.

Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type fT Q and type d

albicomma in Coll. Bethune-Baker, Hkeikei. Hap. 30 millim.

6287. Phlegetonia apicifascia. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 30.)

Lutelia apicifuscia, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 894 (1894); Semper, Reise

Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 535, pl. 60. f. 10.

Lutelia dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 229 (1906).

Head brown mixed with greyish; palpi banded with black;

thorax pale purplish rufous, the tegule black at base; tibize banded

with black and whitish, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen

pale rufous, the basal crest brown followed by an ochreous patch on

next two segments defined by brown patches at sides, the ventral

surface with small white spot on 8rd segment. Fore wing red-

brown suffused with purplish grey; a minutely dentate subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold defined on inner side by ochreous

grey ; antemedial line with greyish band on its inner side, yellowish

white, acutely angled outwards below costa, then incurved, dark and

excurved below vein 1, a dark line beyond it from cell to inner

margin, excurved below the cell and incurved at vein 1; orbicular

white defined by black, small, oblique elliptical ; reniform brown

defined by black and with slight incomplete whitish annulus,

figure-of-eight-shaped, a fulvous spot beyond it; a medial black

striga from costa and oblique waved line from just beyond lower

angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double and filled in

with white from costa to vein 5, defined by white on outer side to

vein 6, below vein 5 defined on outer side by brownish grey with a

brownish grey band before it, and produced to slight black and

white streaks on the veins, oblique from costa to vein 4, then in-

wardly oblique and slightly sinuous, two white points beyond it on

costa; an oblique brownish grey streak from costa just before apex,

the veins on it streaked with white, the subterminal line greyish,

arising from the oblique streak at vein 7, excurved at vein 4, then

PHLEGETONTIA. Weal

minutely waved, the area beyond it purplish plum-colour with some

red beyond the oblique streak towards apex and some blackish at

middle ; a terminal series of slight black lunules and white points

at the veins; cilia red-brown, mixed with black on inner half.

Hind wing brown, the interspaces of basal area white, the termen

tinged with purplish ; traces of a postmedial line detined on outer

side by white; two black strie with pink between them at tornus ;

a fine black terminal line with white points at the veins and a pale

subterminal line from vein 3 to tornus; cilia rufous with a whitish

line at base; the underside white suffused with purplish pink except

on imner area and irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot,

minutely waved medial line, double postmedial line, and subterminal

shade at middle and towards tornus. .

Ab. 1. dinava. Fore wing without the fulvous spot beyond the

reniform and with the oblique streak from costa near apex rufous.—

N. Guinea.

Hab, BomBay (Leith), 1 2 type; Cuyton, Gampola (Mackwood),

1 $, W. Haputale (Mackwood), 1 $ ; Srrarrs SerrLements,

Province Wellesley (Jtdley), 1 5 ; Stn@aporE (Lidley), 33, 52;

Pururprines, Luzon ; Br. N.Guryea, Sogeri, 19. Hwp.24-30 millim,

Sect. II. (Zargalla). Antenne of male almost simple and laminate.

A. Fore wing with oblique dark fascia from the angle of

postmedial line to termen at vein 3.

a. Abdomen with dorsal series of fuscous spots on pale

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6. Abdomen without dorsal series of triangular patches... albiceps,

B. Fore wing without oblique dark fascia from the angle of

postmedial line to termen at vein 3.

a. Fore wing without truncate conical dark patch on costa

before apex.

a’, Fore wing with the subterminal line angled inwards

at discal fold.

a, Fore wing with the subterminal line angled in-

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b?, Fore wing with the subterminal line not angled

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61, Fore wing with the subterminal line not angled in-

wards at discal fold.

a*, Fore wing with the reniform bar-shaped ......... scelerata,

b*. Fore wing with the reniform lunulate............... strigula,

6. Fore wing with prominent truncate conical dark patch

on costa before apex.

a’, Fore wing with the inner half of medial area not

suffused with black.

a*, Kore wing with the basal half not darker than the

terminal half, the coloration variegated ......... bifascies,

b?, Fore wing with the basal half more or less darker

than the terminal half, the coloration much more

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b', Fore wing with the inner half of medial area suffused

with black.

a’, Fore wing with the outer half of medial area con-

colorous with the terminal area ..................00 atripars,

v*, Fore wing with the outer part of medial area

white except towards costa, the terminal area

reddish ochreous ........... sadtenuiotecin tebe iuemetannisse vias mediofusca,

NOCTUID 4%,

6288. Phlegetonia albiapicata. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 31.)

Eutelia albiapicata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 444 (1902).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with red-brown and

mixed with fuscous; palpi black at base and extremity; antenns

blackish ; tarsi black ringed with whitish; abdomen with dorsal

series of black spots on pale triangular patches and subdorsal black

points. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown, the area to

antemedial line and on costal area to reniform suffused with fuscous,

the area from reniform to postmedial line pale ochreous, the apex

with some white suffusion; antemedial line double, slightly angled

outwards below costa, excurved to submedian fold, then obliquely

incurved; reniform pale olive-yellow with faint incomplete whitish

annulus, rather constricted at middle, its inner edge straight ; medial

line arising at upper extremity of reniform, excurved to vein 4, angled

inwards at vein 2 and excurved above vein 1 ; two double postmedial

lines with some whitish between them, oblique from costa to discal

fold, then inwardly oblique and sinuous, the inner line with oblique

black bar from vein 7 to discal fold continued beyond the outer line

to termen below vein 4; a faint waved whitish subterminal line,

slightly angled inwards below costa; a fine waved black terminal

line with small spots at the interspaces; cilia rufous slightly

intersected with black. Hind wing fuscous; two black striz with

a whitish striga between them at inner margin towards tornus and

a sinuous whitish bar from vein 3 to termen at vein 1; a waved

black terminal line; cilia rufous with some blackish scales; the

underside whitish irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused

with purplish red, « black diseoidal spot, curved minutely crenulate

medial and postmedial lines, and double subterminal line.

Hab. Narat, Durban (Leigh), 1 9 type. Hxp. 26 millim.

6289. Phlegetonia albiceps. (Plate CLXXYV. fig. 32.)

Eutelia albiceps, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 392 (1894).

Eutelia picticolor, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 528 (1896).

Ptisciana ioda, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (7) iii. p. 114 (1899).

¢. Head and thorax black mixed with some ochreous and rufous ;

palpi ochreous, black at base; pectus and legs mostly ochreous, the

tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen ochreous and rufous with some

black, the ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing suffused with black

and tinged with leaden grey to the reniform and on inner area to outer

antemedial line, the area from reniform to postmedial line ochreous

and the terminal area and inner area beyond antemedial line pale

yellow-green ; two double slightly sinuous antemedial lines, oblique

from costa to just below median nervure, the inuver line filled in

with green below the cell; reniform rufous with pale annulus,

narrow ; medial line slight, arising at upper extremity of reniform

beyond which it is excurved, oblique and sinuous from lower

extremity of reniform to inner margin; postmedial line treble,

PHLEGETLONIA. 79

sinuous, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and

with slight white points on the veins between the double inner

line which has a strong V-shaped black mark on it between veins

7 and 4, the outer line with oblique dark bar from it at discal fold

to termen at vein 3 and slight white points on its outer edge at

veins 4,33 a quadrate black patch on costal area with some white

points on costa before the subterminal line, which is very indistinct,

pale with some white suffusion beyond it below costa, slightly

excurved below vein 7, some black suffusion beyond if at middle; a

terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia black mixed with

greyish. Hind wing fuscous brown; two blackish strie with

whitish striga between them at inner margin towards tornus, and

a faint whitish bar from vein 3 to termen at vein 1; the underside

whitish irrorated with brown and suffused with purplish red on

postmedial costal area, a blackish discoidal spot, curved medial line,

dentate postmedial line, double crenulate subterminal line, and

terminal series of lunules.

Q. Thorax and basal half of fore wing with much less black

suffusion.

Hab. Bompay, Kanara, Karwar, type ft toda in Coll. Davidson ;

Manpras, Nilgiris, 1 9 ; Cryton, Nawalapitiya (Pole), 1 $ type

picticolora; Buraa, Tenasserim Valley (Doherty), type fT 2 in

Coll. Druce; SryeaporE (Audley), 2 9. Hap. 22-24 millim.

6290. Phiegetonia stictoprocta. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 2.)

Eutelia stictoprocta, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 304; id. Moths Ind.

iv. p. 529.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with some

grey; the spurs and tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen with

small ventral white spots on 3rd and terminal segments. Fore

wing brown tinged with purplish grey; antemedial line black,

oblique from costa to discal fold, then inwardly oblique ; reniform

a very narrow and oblique white bar with black centre ; postmedial

line indistinctly double, oblique from costa to vein 6, where it is

rather acutely angled, then inwardly oblique, sinuous and excurved

below submedian fold; some whitish points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinct, whitish, defined on inner side by black

marks from below costa to below vein 4, angled inwards below

costa and at discal and submedian folds and outwards at veins 6

and 4; a terminal series of small blackish lunules slightly defined

by white ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the basal area whitish, some blackish strie at inner margin

towards tornus; a terminal series of blackish strie and fine

pale line at base of cilia; the underside whitish irrorated and

suffused with brown, a large black discoidal spot, indistinct waved

medial and postmedial lines, and sinuous subterminal line with some

whitish beyond it towards tornus.

Hab, Sixarm (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. wp. 30 millim,

80 NOCTUID ®.

6291. Phlegetonia fasciatrix. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 3.)

Eurhipia fasciatriz, Semp. Reise Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 711, pl. 66. f. 20

(May, 1902).

Eutelia moneida, Lower, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvi. p. 659 (May 20th,

1902.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with black and some

greyish ; pectus and legs whitish irrorated with brown. Fore

wing brown suffused with purplish fuscous ; subbasal line indistinct,

from costa to submedian fold; two double widely separated

antemedial lines, oblique and slightly waved from costa to just below

cell, then excurved and slightly angled inwards at vein 1; reniform

a quadrate white spot defined by black; medial iine arising at

upper extremity of reniform, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and

sinuous; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique, slightly excurved below submedian

fold and with greyish points on it at the veins, a double, curved,

minutely waved line filled in with greyish beyond it, the area

beyond it suffused with greyish ochreous except towards costa on

which there are some pale points; subterminal line greyish ochreous,

waved below vein 7 and defined on inner side by black lunules

between veins 7 and 4; a terminal series of smal] black lunules and

minute white points at the veins. Hind wing pale suffused with

fuscous brown especially on terminal area; some black strie at

inner margin and on terminal half of vein 2; a terminal series of

slight black lunules from apex to submedian fold defined on inner

side by whitish; cilia with a fine whitish line at base; the

underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas tinged with

purplish red and irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule,

curved medial line, crenulate postmedial line, double waved

subterminal line, and terminal series of lunules.

Ab. 1. moneida. Fore wing with the reniform brownish ochreous

defined by some white points.

Hab, Puttrrrres, Luzon; Quersenstanp, Townsville (Dodd),

296,19, Mackay,2 9. xp. 22-28 millim.

*6292. Phlegetonia scelerata. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 4.)

Eutelia scelerata, Holl. Nov. Zool. vii. p. 564 (1900).

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey-white,

the last with the crests dark at tips and a blackish band before

anal tuft; palpi with blackish bands at base and extremity of 2nd

joint and just before tip of 3rd joint; mid and hind tarsi blackish

with the extremities white. Fore wing brown mixed with greyish ;

subbasal line double, blackish, waved, from costa to vein 1; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, incurved at vein 1; an indistinct

double sinuous medial line; reniform bar-shaped, with slight white

annulus defined by blackish; postmedial line double, blackish,

excurved from costa to vein 5, then oblique and slightly excurved

PHLEGETONIA, SL

above vein 1; a minutely dentate white subterminal line defined

on inner side by a dark line and a dark patch on costal area with

some whitish points on costa, some slight dark points beyond it

from vein 7 to termen below vein 4 and an oblique yellowish mark

at tornus; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules. Hind wing

brown, whitish towards base; some dark marks along vein 2 and

at tornus; a terminal series of slight dark lunules defined on inner

side by white strize and with white points between them on apical

haif; the underside whitish suffused with red-brown especially on

costal and terminal areas, a dark discoidal spot, slight medial line

excurved at middle, two minutely waved curved postmedial lines,

a faint waved subterminal line, and terminal series of lunules.

Hab, Buru (Doherty), type + 3 in Coll. Holland. Zep.

24 millim.

*6293, Phlegetonia strigula. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 5.)

Hutelia strigula, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 31, pl. 1. f. 21 (1894).

Q. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown; tibiz and

tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish; abdomen grey suffused with

some fuscous and rufous. Fore wing grey irrorated with fuscous

and with some rufous suffusion beyond the reniform; subbasal line

double, blackish, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

double, blackish, minutely waved, angled outwards in submedian

fold; renitform whitish defined by black; medial line blackish,

excurved beyond the reniform, then incurved; postmedial line

double, blackish, excurved from costa to discal foid, then oblique to

submedian fold; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by

blackish, waved, excurved at middle, then incurved; a lunulate

black terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown with traces of

medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines with blackish striz at

inner margin; a black terminal line slightly defined on inner side

by grey and interrupted by white points at the veins; cilia

brownish ochreous ; the underside white suffused with fiery red and

irrorated with brown except on inner area, a black discoidal lunule,

curved medial line, and closely approximated postmedial and sub-

terminal lines.

Hab. Gasoon, Ogowe R., typer Q in Coll. Holland. wp.

30 millim,

6294, Phlegetonia bifascies.

Cryassa bifascies, Wik. xy. 1745 (1858); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 64,

pl. 151. ff. 5,5a@; Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 891.

Hutelia repleta, Wik. xxxiiil. 821 (1865).

Lutelia tampleta, Wik. xxxiii. 822 (1865).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown to red-brown with a few

black scales; palpi whitish, the 2nd joint black and rufous except

in front and at extremity; frons whitish; tibie and tarsi whitish

banded with black; abdomen with the basal segments often

VOL, XI. o

82 NOCTUIDE.

dorsally suffused with greyish fuscous. Fore wing purplish grey

more or less completely suffused with rufous and olive-brown, the

antemedial area less suffused; an indistinct blackish subbasal line

from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, the lines widely

separated, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; orbicular a

white point ; reniform with white annulus, narrow, the upper ex-

tremity produced and acute, often with a black streak between it and

orbicular; medial line arising at upper extremity of reniform,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique and double; postmedial line

indistinctly double, filled in with white at costa, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely dentate, angled outwards at vein 5,

then oblique and with some white points on it, another line beyond

it, excurved to vein 5, then oblique and produced to black and

white streaks on the veins; a quadrate red-brown patch, with some

white points on costa, on costal area before the subterminal line,

which is whitish defined on inner side by an oblique black striga

at middle, oblique to vein 7, then somewhat dentate, angled inwards

at discal and submedian folds and outwards at vein 4; a series of

black points just before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown, some

whitish in the interspaces towards base; some black and whitish

striz: on veins 2 and 1 towards termen and traces of a whitish line

from vein 3 to tornus; cilia red-brown, whitish at base; the

underside whitish suffused with rufous and irrorated with black, a

black discoidal spot, waved medial line, double crenulate postmedial

and subterminal lines, and terminal series of black points.

Hab. Cryton (Templeton, Lewis), 4 6, 69, type, and types

repleta and impleta. Hap. 33-40 millim.

Larva. Green; head paler; warts with a few fine short hairs ;

spiracles brown ; subdorsal and lateral lines slender, pale yellow.

6295. Phlegetonia delatrix.

Penicillaria delatriz, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 804 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 391.

open palliatrix, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 805 (1852).

Targalla infida, Wik. xiii. 1008 (1857); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 63,

pl. 151. ff. 6, 6a.

Penicillaria ludatriz, W\k. xv. 1778 (1858).

Eutelia opposita, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 67 (1864).

Eutelia subocellata, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 67 (1864).

Eutelia plusioides, Wik. xxxiii. 822 (1865).

Lurhipia pretexta, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl 111. f. 24 (1874).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown with a few blackish scales

especially in the thoracic crests; palpi whitish in front; frons

whitish; pectus whitish; tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore

wing purplish grey suffused with brown, the basal half rather

darker ; subbasal line represented by traces of a curved striga from

costa; antemedial line indistinct, double, the lines widely separated,

waved, orbicular represented by a white point; reniform with

black-brown centre and white annulus, very narrow, constricted at

PILLEGETONTA, 83

middle, its inner edge straight; medial line arising at upper

extremity of reniform, excurved to vein 4, then indistinctly double,

oblique, slightly waved; a triangular blackish patch beyond the

reniform before the postmedial line, which is represented by a white

striga from costa, a black line between veins 6 and 4, angled outwards

at vein 5, and a black bar at inner margin, otherwise almost obsolete,

faint traces of another curved waved line beyond it; a quadrate black-

brown patch, with pale points at costa, on costal area before the

subterminal line, which is very indistinct, pale faintly defined on

inner side by brown, oblique to vein 7, then minutely waved and

angled outwards at vein 4; a terminal series of black points; cilia

Fig. 30.—Phlegetonia delatrix, 3. }.

red-brown. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces greyish

towards base; some black striz on veins 2 and 1 towards termen

and a faint whitish line from vein 3 to tornus; cilia red-brown

with a fine pale line at base; the underside grey suffused and

irrorated with red-brown except on inner area, a black discoidal

spot, indistinct curved waved medial line and double crenulate

postmedial and subterminal lines.

Ab. 1. plustoides. Fore wing somewhat greyer with the lines

more prominent.

Ab. 2. palliatrix. Fore wing paler, the lines more prominent

especially the two postmedial lines, the reniform with rufous centre

and without black patch beyond it,

Hab, Puysas, Simla (Harford), 1 $,1 9, Deyra Dhin, 1 9° ;

Sixaim (Moller), 2 S$, 1 9; Assam, Khbasis, 1 9; Bombay

(Swinhoe), 1 9, Canara (Ward), 1 9 ; Manras, Nilgiris, 1 9°,

Coimbatore (Walhouse), 1 3 type plusioides, Palnis (Campbell),

1 g ; Travancorg, Pirmad (Fergusson), 1 2 ; Cryton (Z'empleton),

1 3, 1 @ type ludatria; Burma, Moulmein (Clark), 1 9 type

infida; Stneapore (ftidley, Lewis), 8 3,6 9 ; Bornzo, Sarawak

(Wallace), types T ¢ opposita and subocellata in Mus. Oxon.; Java

(Horsfield), 73,5 2 type, and type pallatriv; Curisraas I.

(Andrewes), 2 2; Duren N. Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 9 ;

QurenstanD, Townsville (Dodd), 1 ¢, Brisbane (Turner), 1 o,

1 @. Exp. 30-38. millim.

Larva. Green, paler at sides, subdorsal line slender, whitish; a

lateral series of small spots.

Pupa in a slight cocoon under leaves and exerement.

84 NOCTUID&.

6296. Phlegetonia atripars, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 6.)

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; palpi with the

2Qnd joint above except towards tip and the base of 3rd joint black ;

tegule with two dark medial lines; metathoracie crest dark at

tips; tarsi black with pale rings; abdomen with dorsal blackish

brown patch on three basal segments and dorsal black spots on 2nd

to 5th segments. Fore wing ochreous mostly suffused with rufous,

the base and basal half of medial area suffused with black ;

subbasal line double, from costa to submedian fold; two double,

curved, waved antemedial lines ; orbicular ochreous white defined by

black, minute, round; reniform large, ochreous with some rufous

in centre and defined by black on inner side; medial line brown,

arising at upper extremity of reniform, excurved to vein 5, then

oblique, sinuous; two double postmedial lines, dentate and produced

to points at the veins, excurved from costa to vein 5, then incurved, a

black streak from the inner to subterminal line above vein 5, the

outer part of outer line not dentate below vein 5; a quadrate

blackish patch with three white points at costa on costal area before

the subterminal line, which is whitish defined on inner side by

slight blackish marks between veins 7 and 4, angled .outwards at

vein 7, then slightly waved and excurved at middle, the area

beyond it blackish at middle and tornus; a fine crenulate black

terminal line ; cilia pale rufous and blackish. Hind wing ochreous

white, the terminal half suffused with reddish brown, traces of

waved whitish postmedial and subterminal lines; some black striz

at inner margin towards tornus; a fine black terminal line inter-

rupted by pale points at the veins; cilia ochreous at base, blackish

at tips; the underside ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated

with black, a black discoidal spot, slightly crenulate medial line

excurved beyond the cell, double crenulate postmedial line with

another waved line just beyond it between veins 6 and 4, and

terminal series of black points.

Hab. Prrax, Goping (Xiinstler), 1 9 ; Java (Horsfield), 1 3

type; Durcn N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 9. Hxp. 44 millim.

*6297. Phlegetonia mediofusca. (Plate CLXXVLI. fig. 7.)

Eutelia mediofusca, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 228 (1906).

3g. Head rufous mixed with white and black; palpi black at

extremity of 1st joint, at base and extremity of 2nd joint, the

extremity of 3rd joint black and white; antennz blackish ; thorax

rufous; pectus and legs rufous mixed with whitish and black ;

abdomen grey mixed with black and some rufous. Fore wing with

the basal costal area blackish with black points on its outer edge

below costa and in and below cell, followed by the indistinct waved

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial area greyish

to the double black antemedial line with oblique white striga at

costa, angled outwards belew costa and above inner margin and

PHLEGETONIA.—THYRIODES, 85

obliquely curved between those points; basal half of medial area

suffused with black, the outer half white, except at costa, met at

vein 6 by an oblique white band from costa before apex; orbicular

a white point defined by black; reniform with blackish centre and

whitish annulus, constricted at middle; a diffused blackish medial

shade; postmedial line double and oblique from costa to vein 6,

filled in with white and defined by white on outer side, then

represented by an obliquely curved series of black points on the veins

slightly angled inwards at submedian fold, a tringular black mark

beyond it on costa with two white points on it; subterminal line

indistinctly double, incurved from costa to discal fold and with

minute black streak on its inner side at vein 6, angled inwards at

vein 5, then waved and ending at tornus; a fine waved terminal

line with black points in the interspaces; cilia red-brown. Hind

wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown especially on the veins

and terminal area ; some blackish strize on vein 2 andon inner margin

towards tornus; a diffused whitish medial band from lower angle

of cell to inner margin and diffused whitish subterminal line from

vein 5 to tornus; a waved black terminal line; cilia rufous with a

white line at base; the underside whitish tinged with purple except

below the cell, a black discoidal spot, diffused, curved, slightly

waved medial line, double postmedial curved series of black points,

traces of subterminal line at costa, middle, and tornus, and waved

terminal line with black points at the interspaces,

Hab, Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type f ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hwp. 28 millim.

Genus THYRIODES.

Type.

Iigirbowes, CwOns INOGts Wil, a Boss (USDA) ” cascnbossnseposasooubens Jlabellum.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to above

vertex of head and fringed with hair in front and behind towards extremity,

the 3rd long and fringed with hair behind towards extremity; frons smooth

with flattened tuft of long scales above; eyes large, round; antennz of male

bipectinate with rather long branches to apex; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; build slender; fore

tibiz fringed with long hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal seements, and

with lateral series of tufts, the paired anal tufts short. Fore wing long and

narrow, the apex somewhat produced and acute, 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 win

with veins 38, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from above angle; 6,

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

(

Sucr. I, Mid tibize of male with a fringe of scales covering a fold containing

x a fringe of scales; antenne of female bipectinate with short branches.

6298. Thyriodes flabellum.

Thyriodes flabellum, Guen. Noct. iil. p. 3865, pl. 23. f. 11 (1852); Druce, Biol.

Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 408.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown mixed with purplish

erey ; autenne with the basal joint white in front; tarsi ringed

86 NOCTUIDAE,

with white. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with dark brown ;

subbasal line slight, blackish, oblique, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line black slightly defined on inner side by

erey, excurved from costa to median nervure, then ineurved to

just above inner margin, then upwards and outwards and down

to inner margin, thus forming a sinus filled with dark brown and

with a triangular dark brown patch beyond it at costa, these

antemedial markings followed by a straight oblique pale grey band ;

reniform defined by dark brown and with straight oblique inner

edge; an oblique dark brown medial shade ; postmedial line dark

brown, oblique slightly sinuous and defined on outer side by white

from costa to vein 6, incurved at discal fold, below vein 3 retracted

to inner side of lower edge of reniform, and sinuous to inner margin,

some dark brown beyond it towards costa and some whitish points

on costa with dark streaks between them; subterminal line

whitish, oblique, sinuous and defined on inner side by brown towards

costa, with a small wedge shaped black spot before it below costa

Fig. 51.—Thyriodes flabellum, $. 1.

and a quadrate spot below vein 7 connected with the postmedial

line, then reduced to minute white streaks on the veins, with a few

black scales at middle and a small black spot at submedian fold ;

a fine waved dark terminal line with a series of minute points in

the interspaces ; cilia grey-brown with a fine pale line at base.

Hind wing brown, the basal area whitish, a slight dark terminal

line; cilia with fine white line at base and whitish tips.

Underside of fore wing grey, the costal area to postmedial line

and the termen irrorated with brown, the postmedial area suffused

with brown, the postmedial line defined on outer side by white,

reduced to spots between veins 8 and 6; hind wing purplish grey

irrorated with brown, the costal area except towards base and

terminal area suffused with brown, a slight white discoidal lunule

defined at sides by brown, postmedial line brown defined on outer

side by white, minutely waved, oblique towards costa and ending

near tornus.

Hab. Muxtco, Teapa, Tabasco (H. H. Smith), 1 3; Guaremata,

San Geronimo (Champion), 1 3. Volean de Atitlan (Champion),

1 3, Godman-Salvin Coll.; Costa Rica; Panama. Hap. 32-34

millim.

THYRIODES. 87

Sucr. II. Mid tibie of male without fold and fringes of scales; antenne of

female ciliated.

*6299,. Thyriodes dissimilis.

Thyriodes flabellum, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 408 (part), nee

Guen.

Marathyssa dissimilis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 149 (1911).

Head and thorax reddish brown, the tips of tegule, upper

edee of patagia and tip of metathoracic crest blackish ; palpi

and sides of frontal tuft dark-brown; pectus grey-brown; fore

coxe black-brown ; legs dark brown with the spurs, the extremities

of tibee and the tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen grey-

brown with the crests blackish at tips and a white ring before

anal tuft. Fore wing grey-brown with slight dark irroration; a

slight sinuous dark subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line black, excurved to below cell, then strongly

incurved and bent outwards and sinuous just above inner margin,

with triangular chocolate-brown patches beyond it from costa and

in the sinus above inner margin; a dark medial shade; reniform

Fig. 32.—Thyriodes dissimilis, $. +.

large and defined by blackish ; postmedial line black, sinuous, very

oblique and defined on outer side by white from costa to vein 6,

below vein 3 bent inwards to lower edge of reniform, then incuryed,

a semi-elliptical patch beyond it on costal area, defined by

black, with dentate black mark on its outer edge and some

whitish points on costa; traces of an oblique waved subterminal

line with blackish points on it above and below vein 5 and at sub-

median fold ; a fine crenulate blackish terminal line. Hind wing

fuscous-brown with the basal area whitish; a whitish and black

strigaabove tornus and fine whitish line at base of cilia. Underside

of fore wing with the postmedial line defined on outer side by small

white spots, the postmedial points on costa white, a white striga

from costa before apex ; hind wing dark brown with the inner area

white, whitish points at end of cell, on middle of costa, and in

discal fold beyond the cell, a slight oblique line towards tornus and

some white on termen near tornus.

Hab. Costa Rica; Panama, Chiriqui (Champion, Ribbé), 23,29,

Godman-Salvin Coll.; Cotompra, Minca (H. H. Smith), 2 3. Hap.

32 millim. Type ft ¢ in Coll. Druce.

88 NOCTUID &.

Genus MARATHYSSA.

Type.

Marathyssa, Wik. xxxiti. 1033 (1865) ......0.eseseeeeneceneen ees basalis.

Marasmalus, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 89 (1872)... basalis.

Schazama, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 108 (1906)... angustipennis.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to yertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd typically moderate ;

frons smooth, with large tuft of scales; eyes large, round ; antenne with tuft

of scales on basal joint, of male typically bipectinate with rather long branches,

the apical part ciliated; build slender; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales, the prothorax with speading crest, the metathorax with paired

crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal erests on

basal and terminal segments, the latter typically large, lateral tufts of

hair aud small paired anal tufts. Fore wing narrow, 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 fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with moderate branches to beyond

middle, the apex ciliated ; abdomen with the crests on terminal segments

large.

A. Palpi with the 3rd joint very long.

6300. Marathyssa harmonica.

Eutelia harmonica, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soe. xi. p. 453, pl. A. f. 4

(1897).

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white mixed with

dark brown; frontal tuft and the tuft on basal joint of antenne

black-brown ; tegule with pair of black spots at middle; tarsi

brown with pale rings; ventral surface of abdomen red-brown.

Fig. 33.—Marathyssa harmonica, 5. }.

Fore wing ochreous white tinged with red-brown; a black patch

on costa before the dentate brown antemedial line; a black

discoidal spot ; medial line oblique from costa to reniform, inwardly

oblique and somewhat dentate from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some oblique

white stric beyond it from costa; subterminal line formed of

slight dentate ochreous marks defined by brown; a fine waved

black terminal line and ochreous line at base of cilia, Hind

wing ochreous white tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused

MARATHYSSA, 89

with brown except in submedian interspace; a slight discoidal

spot, indistinct medial line and postmedial and subterminal black

strie at vein 2 and inner margin; cilia ochreous white at base,

rufous at tips; the underside with large blackish discoidal spot,

the medial and postmedial lines more distinct, a diffused subter-

minal band and terminal series of small black lunules.

®. Fore wing with red-brown band before the antemedial line.

Hab. Sixurm, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 g type; Mavras, Nilgiris,

Coonoor (Lindsay), 1 2.

B, Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate.

a. Hind wing with bright rufous patch on termen and cilia

SUMVCUNG enn maemaser near nccmcues seadesceutane anateecte se cais ance basalis.

b, Hind wing without rufous patch on termen and cilia at

WELD Z conccao0050 rogond oo0Oaag0boRGdoEDOLDODOBadoDBOeMOBOdEagadodeO angustipennis.

6301. Marathyssa basalis.

Marathyssa basalis, Wk. xxxiiii. 1034 (1865).

Marasmalus ventilator, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iy. p. 89 (1872);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 289.

3. Head and thorax white mixed with fiery red and red-brown ;

pectus and legs white, the tibie and tarsi banded with blackish ;

abdomen white mixed with red-brown and black, the basal segments

with white subdorsal streaks and segmental lines. Fore wing white

suffused with red-brown, the costal area to beyond middle and the

submedian fold whiter; subbasal line represented by a white striga

from costa defined on outer side by black and with fiery red and

black spot defined by white beyond it; antemedial line indistinctly

double, blackish filled in with white, interrupted, strongly excurved ;

Fig. 34.—Marathyssa basalis, §. 1.

traces of a curved brown medial line interrupted in cell and sub-

median fold; reniform white with blackish points in upper and

lower extremities, narrow, the upper extremity rather produced ;

postmedial line indistinctly deuble filled in with white, bent

outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6 where it is angled, then

inwardly oblique and sinuous, another whitish line defined on outer

side by some black scales beyond it, forming a triangular spot on

costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line white,

excurved at vein 7 and middle and with some black suffusion

before it, incurved at discal fold ; a terminal series of black striz ;

cilia white with black spots at base from apex to vein 3 and black

90 NOCTUID®.

tips at apex and middle. Hind wing white suffused with reddish

brown; an indistinct interrupted waved white subterminal line

with a fiery red patch beyond it and on base of cilia at vein 2,

then becoming terminal; a white striga at inner margin before

tornus with black striga before it and patch beyond it; a terminal

series of dark strive from apex to vein 2; cilia white with a brown

line through them; the underside white irrorated with brown and

black, a black discoidal spot and diffused medial, postmedial, and

subterminal bands.

Hab. Canada; U.S.A., 2 3g, Grote Coll., Massachusetts, New

York and south to Texas and west to Nebraska, Kansas, and

Colorado; hab. ign. 2 g type. Hap. 36 millim.

6302. Marathyssa angustipennis. (Plate CLX XVI. fig. 8.)

Schazama angustipennis, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 109 (1906).

3. Head grey with some rufous between antenne ; tegule grey

with some rufous at tips; thorax rufous with diffused black bands

at middle and behind; abdomen grey tinged with red-brown.

Fore wing grey-white irrorated with brown, the costal, inner, and

terminal areas suffused with red-brown, leaving thinly scaled

whitish fasciee in and beyond cell and in submedian interspace ;

subbasal line represented by a curved black striga from costa, the

antemedial line by a black point on costa and oblique black bar

from submedian fold to inner margin; asmall black spot defined

by whitish at upper angle of cell; postmedial line double towards

costa, excurved below costa then single and obsolescent, bent

inwards at vein 5 and at lower angle of ceil to origin of vein 2,

then obliguely incurved to inner margin where there is a small

blackish spot, some whitish streaks beyond it between the veins of

costal area. Hind wing white slightly irrorated with pale brown

and with wedge-shaped brownish streaks on terminal area at

discal and submedian folds and tornus; a fine blackish terminal

line ; cilia rufous with a dark line through them from apex to

submedian fold, then whitish; the underside white sparsely irro-

rated with black, a blackish discoidal spot and postmedial series of

minute black streaks on the veins.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parafia,in Coll. D. Jones. Hvp. 32 millim.

Srcr. IT. Antennz of male serrate and fasciculate; abdomen with the crests

on terminal segments slight.

6503. Marathyssa inficita.

Eutelia infictta, Wk. xxxiii. 818 (1865); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 239.

Marasmatus histrio, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iv. p. 297 (1872).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, the frons, ridge of scales

between antenne, tips of tegule and base of patagia fiery red; tarsi

brown ringed with white ; abdomen grey with dorsal brown and

MARATHYSSA. 91

red bands and slight black segmental bars, the ventral surface

fuscous mixed with grey. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with

brown; some rufous suffusion before the antemedial line, which is

black, slightly waved and interrupted from costa to vein 1 and

Fog. 85.—Marathyssa inficita, . 3.

bent inwards to inner margin; the medial area with more or less

prominent whitish streaks except on costal area ; a small triangular

black spot defined by white at upper angle of cell; postmedial

line indistinct, double, blackish filled in with white, interrupted at

discal and submedian folds, bent outwards below costa, then sinuous,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight,

whitish, dentate, defined on inner side by an oblique rufous band

from costa to below vein 7; a terminal black-brown line; cilia

white with two slight brown lines through them and fuscous brown

patches at apex and middle. Hind wing white suffused with

brown especially on terminal area, the submedian fold whiter;

a blackish terminal line; cilia white with a brown line through them

and fuscous patches at middle and tornus; the underside white

irrorated with brown, a large blackish discoidal spot and indistinet

diffused curved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A. (Doubleday, Grote), 5 3,4 2 type, south

to Texas and west to Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado, Lwp.

26-34 millim.

Srcr. IIT. Antenne of male ciliated.

A. Abdomen with dorsal white spot on 4th segment ............ cuneata.

B. Abdomen without dorsal white spot on 4th segment.

a. Fore wing with white patches before and beyond the reni-

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b. Fore wing with ochreous patches before and beyond the

reniform which is well developed .............--...e+-ss+0s cistellatria.

6304. Marathyssa cuneata.

Hutelia cuneata, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 381, f. 179 (1891).

Hutetra cyanolopha, Hiuupsn. A. M,N. H. (7) xvi. p. 884 (19085).

g. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some whitish; tegule

with blackish medial line and dark tips; metathorax with pair of

blue-black spots; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with rufous,

the Ist segment with pair of blue-black spots, the 4th with dorsal

white spot. ore wing rufous suffused with greyish ; the cell from

92 NOCTUID EH,

near base, the area beyond it, and the submedian interspace with

rubbed appearance; subbasal line represented by slight double

strie from costa filled in with grey; antemedial line with two

oblique strive from costa and oblique dark bar to the lobe on inner

Fig. 36.—Marathyssa cuneata, §. }.

margin with white bar beyond it; reniform an ill-defined lunule

with rufous tuft of scales at upper angle of cell; postmedial line

faint, oblique, waved, from costa to vein 6, defined by grey on inner

side; the terminal half of inner area with some grey and blackish

striz: ; some obscure dark points just before termen and a fine ter-

minal line. Hind wing semihyaline whitish, the veins and terminal

area suffused with brown; some dark striae on inner margin towards

tornus and a rufous mark at extremity of vein 2; cilia whitish ;

the underside with two black discoidal points, traces of a curved

medial line and a diffused subterminal band.

@. Fore wing with the rubbed appearance confined to the

extremity of cell.

Hab. Gotp Coast, Aburi (Johnson), 1 $,1 9; Br. EH. Arrica,

Athi-ya-Mawe ( Betton), 1 $ type, Njoro(Cholmley), 2 9; Ucanna,

Entebbe (Minchin), 2 3, 2 9; Masnonatanp, Umtali (Marshall,

Dobbie), 2 5, 3 9; Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 2. Hap.

30-34 millim.

6305. Marathyssa albidisca. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 9.)

Eutelia albidisca, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 885 (1905).

d. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous irrorated with white and

a few black scales; metathoracic crest white and rufous; tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen with subdorsal tufts of white hair at

base and white patch on terminal segment, the crests dark, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing greyish fuscous irrorated with

white, the cell and discal area pure white; a curved black ante-

medial line bent outwards to inner margin; a curved black medial

line interrupted in cell; a discoidal lunule and striga beyond upper

angle of cell; postmedial line represented by a black point on costa,

a black striga from below costa to vein 5 and an indistinctly double

sinuous line from cell to inner margin; subterminal line slight,

white, irregularly dentate, excurved from below costa to vein 6; a

terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white, the ter-

minal area fuscous, broadly so at costa, narrowing to tornus; the

MARATHYSSA.—ANIGR@A. 93

underside with the costal and terminal areas suffused with grey and

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule and ill-defined,

slightly waved medial and postmedial lines interrupted at middle

and on inner area.

Hab. Cave Cotony, Brak Kloof (Mrs. White), 1 g type. Kap.

26 millim.

6306. Marathyssa cistellatrix. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 10.)

Lurhipia cistellatrix, Wilgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 170 (1860).

Aglossa ocularis, Butl. A, M. N.H. (4) xvi. p. 412 (1875).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with grey, the

extremity of metathorax and dorsal crests of abdomen black-brown ;

pectus whitish. Fore wing brown suffused with grey; subbasal

line represented by a slight curved black striga from costa; ante-

medial line shght, black, obliquely curved, expanding into a spot

above inner margin, a slight ochreous white streak in submedian

fold from it to termen; ochreous white patches in and beyond the

cell with the rather diffused black reniform between them; post-

medial line very indistinct and double towards costa, bent outwards

below costa, then black, oblique and dentate to submedian fold,

then extremely oblique ; subterminal line indistinct, diffused, och-

reous white slightly defined on inner side by blackish, dentate,

angled inwards below costa; a waved black terminal line, Hind

wing ochreous white tinged with brown, the terminal area broadly

grey-brown ; traces of a punctiform postmedial line with small

black spot at vein 1; a slightly waved ochreous white line from

vein 6 to termen at submedian fold; a waved black terminal line ;

the underside white, the costal half irrorated with brown, the ter-

minal area suffused with brown, a black discoidal spot, traces of

medial line, rather diffused waved postmedial line, and waved

whitish and rufous subterminal line.

Hab. Navat (Burrows), 1 2 type ocularis; Carr Corony, Caffraria,

type fin Mus. Stockholm. wp. 34 millim.

Genus ANIGRAA. Type

Anigrea, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 159 (1862) ............ rubida.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 8rd long; frons smooth, with

tuft of scales; eyes large, round; antennz of male almost simple; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales aud without crests; tibize moderately

fringed with hair; abdomen long with lateral tufts of scales and paired anal

tuft but without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the

termen even'y 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

areole, which in some individuals disappears entirely; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

94 NOCTUID®.

A. Hind wing with the basal half whitish.

a. Fore wing with whitish patches before and beyond the

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b. Fore wing without whitish patches before and beyond

(HS) TREIDITRORALNN 9a nooesodoqe 000 s00booconsOaSaDEDDOOUDSSONNAORRRNE ochrobasis.

B. Hind wing with pale streaks below the cell ............... mediopunclata.

C. Hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with fuscous.

a. Abdomen not ochreous with the base deep purplish.

a. Fore wing not nearly uniform dark brown.

a2, Kore wing without large dark apical patch.

a, Fore wing with the ground-colour not bluish

white.

a‘, Fore wing with the ground-colour not pale

yellow-green.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

dentate.

a®, Fore wing with dark streak in discal

fold beyond antemedial line, the post-

medial line with faint dentate pale

mark before it between veins 7,6...... mediifascia.

b®. Fore wing without dark streak in discal

fold beyond antemedial line, the post-

medial line with distinct dentate pale

mark before it between veins 7, 6 ...... deleta.

05, Fore wing with the postmedial line

minutely dentate.

a®, Fore wing ochreous tinged with olive... cinetipalpis.

b°, Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-

brown ......... Ave anemescucee smatensbdt nana homochroa.

o4. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale

ellow-QVCCM sverecceeeeseneecceeecneenrnes ences viridata.

03, Fore wing with the ground-colour bluish

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22. Fore wing with large dark apical patch ............ pheopera.

bd}. Fore wing nearly uniform dark brown.

a2, Fore wing with small white spot on inner margin

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b2, Fore wing without white spot on inner margin

before sulotermimalulngewsceessecceeceeaseeaseeeeeeeece rubida.

}. Abdomen ochreous with the base deep purplish ...... purpurascens,

6307. Anigrea albomaculata. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 11.)

Eutelia albomaculata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 393 (1894).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with

fuscous and greyish ; tegule with black annuli; tarsi ringed with

whitish ; abdomen with dorsal whitish bands on Ist two segments.

Fore wing reddish brown tinged with grey; a diffused white fascia

in discal fold from near base to well beyond middle interrupted by

the rather diffused brown reniform spot; a diffused whitish fascia

in submedian fold from base to beyond middle and a pure white

spot on termen; faint traces of a sinuous dark postmedial line in-

curved below vein 4 and traces of a minutely waved greyish sub-

terminal line; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing white,

the terminal area broadly brown; a fine white line at base of cilia ;

ANIGRA. 95

the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, the brown

terminai area interrupted at submedian interspace.

Hab. Sixurm, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 2. Hap. 16 millim. Type +

in Coll. Rothschild.

6308. Anigrza ochrobasis, n. sp. (Plate CLX XVI. fig. 12.)

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey; tegule

with blackish annuli; pectus whitish, the tarsi ringed with whitish ;

abdomen fuscous and grey, white at base, with dorsal series of slight

black bars and curved mark on 5th segment. Fore wing brown

suffused with purplish grey; a subbasal dark point below costa;

antemedial line indistinct, double, dentate, with dark point at

median nervure, oblique towards inner margin ; a diffused blackish

discoidal spot, with dark line from it to inner margin, incurved to

vein I, then very oblique; postmedial line double, oblique from

costa to vein 6, inwardly oblique to vein 2, then incurved to vein 1

and very strongly bent inwards to inner margin near medial line;

an indistinct double subterminal line, minutely waved towards costa,

angled outwards at middle and inwards at discal and submedian

folds, a whitish patch beyond it in submedian interspace; a fine

black terminal line; cilia fuscous brown, whitish towards tornus.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal half creamy white below discal

fold; slight pale subterminal marks between vein 3 and submedian

fold ; cilia with slight white line at base and white tips; the under-

side ochreous white, the costal and terminal areas suffused with

fuscous brown, a dark discoidal bar, traces of curved postmedial

line and some grey on termen towards apex and in submedian

interspace.

Hab, Qurenstann, Townsville (Dodd), 1 3,2 2 type. Exp. 30

millim.

6309. Anigrea mediopunctata. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 13.)

Lophoptera mediopunctata, Pag. Zoologica, xii. Hft. 29, p. 92 (1900).

Hutelia muttia, Swinh, A. M.N. H. (7) viii. p. 130 (1901).

¢. Head and thorax grey-white tinged with ochreous brown, the

metathorax suffused with fuscous; palpi white in front at base;

legs mostly fuscous; abdomen white tinged with brown except at

base and with series of sight curved dorsal lines, the line on 5th

segment black, the ventral surface fuscous with subventral series of

white points on slight streaks. Fore wing grey suffused with

reddish brown; a dark.subbasal point below costa; antemedial line

blackish, obliquely curved, almost obsolete towards costa; a round

blackish discoidal spot with faint oblique line frcm it to inner

margin ; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with greyish,

oblique from below costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and

angled inwards in submedian fold; traces of a pale subterminal

line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at

discal fold; a fine black terminal line and pale line at base of cilia.

96 NOCTUID A.

Hind wing fuseous brown with some ochreous white in interspaces

of basal half below the cell; a fine white line at base of cilia; the

underside ochreous white, the costal and inner areas irrorated with

fuscous, the terminal area fuscous from apex to vein 2, a blackish

discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and traces of sinuous sub-

terminal line from costa to discal fold.

Q. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing much more purple-

brown, the last with blackish patch before the subterminal line

below vein 7.

Hab. Purax, Goping (Aiinstler), 1 3 type muttia; Stnearorn

(Ridley), 1 9; Puto Laur (Doherty), 1 6; Doron N. Guinea,

Kapaur (Doherty), 1 6; New Briain, type fT 9 in Coll. Rothschild.

Hep, 22-26 millim.

6310. Anigre#a mediifascia. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 14.)

Eutelia mediifascia, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 393 (1894).

Hutelia rufula, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 885 (1909).

Head and thorax deep rufous; terminal half of patagia and meso-

thorax greyish ochreous ; pectus ochreous ; legs brown and ochreous,

the tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen ochreous dorsally

suffused with rufous and grey except at base and with slight dark

dorsal marks. Fore wing with the basal half ochreous suffused with

violaceous white; an obliquely curved antemedial rufous band; a

dark spot in middle of cell; an interrupted curved medial lne

forming the inner edge of the rufous terminal half; an obscure

discoidal spot defined by blackish points and some rufous; some

violaceous suffusion before and beyond the postmedial line, which is

double, oblique trom costa to vei 6, then inwardly oblique and

sinuous, a slight dentate pale mark before it below vein 7; sub-

terminal line violaceous grey defined by obscure dark marks before

and beyond it, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle ; a fine black terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia,

which are fuscous. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of

basal half somewhat paler; a fine dark terminal line and pale line

at base of cilia; the underside pale, a discoidal point, curved medial

and double postmedial lines.

Hab. Burma, E. Pegu (Doherty), type ¢ S in Coll. Rothschild ;

Awpamans, 1 9; Perak (Kunstler), 1 2; Sinearorn (Relicy), 4 3,

6 2 type rufula, Hap, 22-24 millim.

6311. Anigrea deleta.

Anuga deleta, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B.M. viii. p. 81, pl. 146. f. 15 (4891); id.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 392.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish mixed with red-brown

and fuscous; palpi dark brown, the basal joint black, a white spot

in front of 2nd joint at base; abdomen whitish at base, with slight

lateral black bars and spot on 5th segment. Fore wing grey

ANIGRZEA. OF

suffused with pale rufous and fuscous brown; subbasal line repre-

sented by double dark strive from costa; antemedial line with

double dark strie from costa, then very indistinct, oblique below

the cell; a small indistinct dark spot at middle of cell and larger

discoidal spot ; an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; some minute dark streaks beyond lower angle of

cell; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards

below costa and with distinct dentate pale mark before it below

vein 7, then oblique and almost straight, some white points beyond

it on costa; subterminal line slight, greyish, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a fine black terminal line and whitish line at base

of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown tinged with greyish; traces of

a pale line from vein 3 to termen at submedian fold; a fine white

line at base of cilia; the underside whitish suffused with brown, a

blackish discoidal lunule, indistinct curved medial line, curved post-

medial line with minute black streaks on the veins, diffused subter-

minal shade and patch of fuscous suffusion at middle of termen.

9. Grey and dark brown with hardly any reddish tinge.

Hab. Sixuim; Maoras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 3, 1 2 type;

Cryton, Dickoya (Green), 1 ¢,1 9, Trincomali (Verbury), 1 9 ;

Singapore (idley), 1 9. Lup. 26-30 millim.

6312. Anigrea cinctipalpis.

Eutelea cinctipalpis, Wik. xxxiii. 820 (1865) ; Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix.

p. 102, pl. 163. f. 16; id. Moths Ind. ii, p. 392.

Aigilia angulata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 146 (1882).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white mixed with olive-

green ; palpi with some black at base of 3rd joint and white in

front ; antenne fuscous; tegule with some black at base; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen with some black at base,

dorsal and subdorsal series of slight black bars and a dorsal brown

patch on 4th segment, the ventral surface brown. Fore wing

ochreous white mixed with olive-green and some fuscous ; subbasal

line represented by slight blackish points on subcostal and median

nervures ; antemedial line very indistinct, bent inwards to median

nervure; a small black spot in middle of cell and diffused black

discoidal spot; an indistinct oblique sinuous line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinct, double, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and with slight black

streaks before it on the veins, incurved at discal fold and below

vein 4, angled outwards at vein 1, some white points beyond it on

costa and fuscous suffusion in discal fold; subterminal line ill-

defined, fuscous, with slight dark streaks before and beyond it

towards costa, incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 3;

a fine blackish terminal line; cilia ochreous white mixed with

fuscous. Hind wing fuscous, the interspaces of basal half ochreous

white; cilia ochreous white at base, fuscous at tips; the underside

ochreous white, the costal area irrorated with brown, the terminal

area suffused with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot and diffused

VOL. XI. H

98 NOCTUID 2.

sinuous medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines, the postmedial

line with short black streaks before it on the veins.

Hab. Sixurm; Buuran (Dudgeon), 13; Assam, Nagas; Manrevr;

TravancorE, Pirméd (Mrs. Imray), 1 3; Cuyion (Templeton), 1 2

type, Haldamulla (Machwood),1 $. Hp, 28-32 millim.

6313. Anigrea homochroa,n. sp. (Plate CLX XVI. fig. 15.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous mixed with fuscous ;

abdomen with slight black subdorsal bars and spot on 5th segment.

Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown and with some dark

irroration, the terminal halves of discal and submedian folds and

the terminal area suffused with brown; traces of double subbasal

strie from costa; antemedial line represented by slight double

striz from costa and black points on the veins; a slight dark spot

at middle of cell and diffused black discoidal spot; traces of a

medial line bent inwards to costa and inner margin; postmedial

line indistinet, double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate and oblique, some white points beyond it on costa; traces

of a waved whitish subterminal line; a fine black terminal line;

cilia whitish and fuscous. Hind wing grey suffused with brown ;

traces of a pale line from vein 3 to termen at submedian fold; a

fine whitish line at base of cilia; the underside with traces of

medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

Hab. Borneo, Sandakan (Creagh), 1 9; Puto Laur (Doherty),

1 $ type; Durcn N. Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 19; New Groner

(Meek), 1 9. Hap, 26-28 millim.,

*6314. Anigrea viridata. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 16.)

Hutelia viridata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 2380 (1906).

Q. Head and tegule pale yellow-green; palpi white mixed with

red-brown at sides; antenne brown; tegule with black patches at

base; thorax red-brown mixed with white; pectus white; legs

whitish tinged with green and mixed with brown, the tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally suffused with red-brown

on basal half and on terminal half with yellow and with subbasal

series of slight black segmental bars. Fore wing pale yellow-green

slightly irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented by a black

striga from costa; a small black mark below median nervure followed

by a grey patch in and below cell before the double black antemedial

line, which is angled outwards below the costa and excurved below

the cell; the medial area ochreous white from middle of cell to inner

margin with some brown irroratior in and beyond the cell and a

rufous tinge beyond lower angle of cell; orbicular and reniform white

defined by brown, the former a small round spot, the latter bar-shaped ;

a medial red-brown line excurved from below costa to vein 4 just

beyond the reniform, then incurved; postmedial line double, red-

brown, the inner line black from vein 3 to inner margin, slightly bent

ANIGR EA, 99

outwards below the costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

alternating white and black streaks beyond it on costa and a red-

brown and whitish patch between vein 3 and submedian fold; a

whitish patch from costa to discal fold before the subterminal line,

which is whitish defined on inner side by a V-shaped black mark

below vein 7, then slightly by blackish to discal fold and by a purplish

red patch between veins 5 and 3 and ending on termen below vein3; a

black terminal line with white points at the extremities of the veins ;

cilia pale brown at base, black at tips. Hind wing with the basal half

whitish with slight brown medial line, the terminal half fuscous

with a purplish tinge and slight white mark befsre termen in sub-

median interspace; a terminal black line with white points at the

veins; cilia red-brown mixed with whitish; the underside white

suffused with purplish red except on inner area, a slight dark dis-

coidal spot, two minutely waved red-brown postmedial lines and

two subterminal lines, a terminal series of slight black lunules.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type fT 2 in Coll, Bethune-

Baker. vp. 30 millim.

*6315. Anigrea deletoides. (Plate CLX XVI. fig. 17.)

Eutelia deletoides, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 230 (1906).

©. Head and thorax grey-white; palpi tinged with rufous;

frons with black bar; antenne black slightly ringed with white ;

tegule tinged with rufous and edged with black on inner side;

tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen grey-white tinged with

brown at sides and on ventral surface, with dorsal series of black

marks except on terminal segments, subdorsal series of slight

V-shaped marks and lateral series of smalispots. Fore wing bluish

white irrorated with fuscous and tinged with rufous except on

terminal area, the costa brighter rufous; subbasal line represented

by black points on costa and subcostal and median nervures; ante-

medial line indistinctly double with black points on the veins,

almost obsolete towards costa; the orbicular represented by a small

fuscous spot, the reniform by a larger spot; an indistinct diffused

medial dark band from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post-

medial line indistinct, double, rather diffused, obsolete towards

costa, then oblique, sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by fuscous suffusion,

minutely dentate towards costa, angled inwards in discal fold and

incurved below vein 3; some small fuscous spots before the fine

black terminal line ; cilia chequered fuscousand white. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half white, a faint bluish

white subterminal band between vein 4 and submedian fold and

some bluish white on termen in submedian interspace ; cilia white

with series of black spots from apex to vein 2; the underside white,

the costal area and terminal area suffused with fuscous tinged with

iron red, a black diseoidal lunule, two minutely waved curved

H 2

100 NOCIUID&.

postmedial lines, a diffused subterminal band and slight white marks

on termen at apex and submedian interspace.

Hab. Br. N. Guinua, Kkeikei (Pratt), type f 2 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker, Aroa R. Lap, 26 millim.

6316. Anigrea phxopera, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 18.)

©. Head and thorax grey-white ; palpi red-brown except towards

tips; antenne red-brown; tegule red-brown except dorsally ;

patagia with some olive-green at base, the tips and metathorax red-

brown ; fore legs red-brown in front ; abdomen red-brown, whitish

at base, subdorsal red-brown spots on 2nd and 3rd segments, the

ventral surface with the lst two segments fiery red, the 2nd tipped

with white. Fore wing violaceous white suffused with red-brown

except at base and on costal area to beyond middle, and with slight

dark brown irroration; a large dark red-brown aypicai patch

extending down to vein 4; subbasal dark brown points in cell and

above vein 1; a red-brown shade on antemedial part of costa;

antemedial line represented by a dark brown point on costa and

waved line from discal fold to inner margin; medial line represented

by a dark point on costa and traces of an oblique line from discal

fold to inner margin; some brown suffusion beyond end of cell ;

postmedial line indistinctly double, curved, the inner line with

dark points on the veins; some white points beyond it on costa on

the apical patch and traces of a dentate whitish line from the patch

to inner margin; subterminal line whitish, curved, very slightly

incurved at discal fold; a terminal series of dark strie. Hind

wing dark red-brown with some whitish at base; a whitish line

from vein 3 to termen at discal fold where the cilia are whitish ;

the underside brownish white irrorated with dark brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown especially towards apex, a dark

subbasal shade from below costa to median nervure, a dark dis-

coidal striga and indistinct curved medial and postmedial lines, a

diffused black-brown band from apical part of costa to vein 5 with

a white subterminal striga on it at costa.

Hab. Boryeo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 9 type. Hap. 28 millim.

6317. Anigrea siccata. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 19.)

Eutelia siccata, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 386 (1905).

@. Head and thorax brown mixed with fuscous; tegule with

black spots; abdomen grey-brown irrorated with fuscous, a dorsal

series of small black spots except on basal segments, small black

subdorsal spots on 1st three segments and some lateral spots. Fore

wing reddish brown tinged with fuscous, the interspaces rather

paler giving a streaky appearance; a diffused blackish subbasal

mark on inner area; the antemedial area rather pale; an obscure

dark discoidal mark; the lines obsolete except double oblique

strie at middle of inner margin representing the postmedial line;

ANIGRAZA. 101

a small white spot on inner margin towards tornus; traces of a

subterminal series of small dark spots; a terminal series of small

black lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal area paler;

a slight pale mark on termen near tornus; the underside with traces

of curved medial and double postmedial lines, the latter with slight

black streaks on median nervures, a terminal series of small black

lunules, the one near tornus with white mark before it.

Hab. Srmrra Leone (Cator), 1 Q type; 8. Nieuria (Sampson),

12. xp. 28 millim.

6318. Anigrea rubida.

Anigrea rubida, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 189 (1862); Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 93, pl. ii. f. 16.

Gadirtha diffundens, Wlk. Journ, Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 161 (1864).

Aigilia obscura, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 146 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i.

p. 392.

Head and thorax dark brown tinged with purplish red ; abdomen

fuscous mixed with purplish red and greyish, the base pale, sub-

dorsal series of slight black bars and subventral series of white

points. Fore wing dark brown tinged with purplish red, the costal

area usually more fuscous, the discal and submedian folds more

grey-brown ; traces of a double waved subbasal line from costa to

Fig. 37.—Anigrea rubida, g. }.

vein 1; an indistinct double waved antemedial line bent inwards to

costa and inner margin, a small tuft of raised scales on it in cell and

another tuft at upper angle above the obscure discoidal spot; traces

of a waved medial line bent inwards to inner margin; an indistinct

double postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved

at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and strongly bent inwards to

inner margin; subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined below

vein 7 by a blackish mark and excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

2 terminal series of black strize and fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing fuscous brown, a fine pale line at base of cilia; the

underside irrorated with greyish aud with diffused whitish fascis

in discal and submedian folds, a dark discoidal lunule and rather

diffused curved medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Srxurm (Moller, Dudgeon), 4 3,2 2 ; Baurkn (Dudgeon),

20; Assam, Nagas; Sineaporp (ftidley), 6 ¢, 5 9; Borneo,

Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 2 type obscura. Hap, 22-34 milli. Typet

3 and type T 9 diffundens in Mus. Oxon.

102 NOCTULD.

6319. Anigrea purpurascens, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 20.)

Q. Head and thorax deep purple-red; palpi irrorated with white

and with white tips; pectus white; legs fuscous and white with

some purplish red on fore tibiae ; abdomen reddish ochreous, the Ist

two segments purplish red and grey. Fore wing deep purple-red

slightly tinged with grey and irrorated with white except on basal

area; antemedial line strongly excurved, ochreous white, defined

on outer side by black-brown from cell to inner margin; the inner

half of medial area suffused with ochreous grey; reniform defined

by ochreous grey, somewhat angled inwards on median nervure, an

irregular fuscous black streak from it to subterminal line where it

forks; postmedial line white and very strongly bent outwards

beluw costa, then ochreous defined on each side by black-brown,

oblique and slightly sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa

and a wedge-shaped crimson-red mark below vein 2; subterminal

line very ill-defined, ochreous, diffused to termen between veins 6

and 4, a small black spot on it below vein 7; a series of black strive

just before termen forming a small spot below vein 3 ; cilia crimson

mixed with fuscous. Hind wing fuscous with a greyish tinge, a

slight red streak in terminal part of submedian fold ; cilia chequered

creamy-white and fuscous; the underside ochreous white suffused

with fuscous, a fuscous discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Gotp Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside), 19 type. Hap. 23 millim.

Genus ANUGA.

Pype.

Anuga, Gaen. Noct. ti. p 807 (1852)...0......:.ceeeeeeenee a6i9000 constricta.

TPiandlae, SIM q S575 WEG CRESS) oe o0cc00c0e80riecon009000090000000008000 multiplicans.

Cheha, NWS, So WSBES CSI) ccoocooconsadootccooszocee0s00 905000000 constricta.

Phumana, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soce., Zool. vii. p. 164 (1864)... constricta.

Spersara, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vil. p. 174 (1864)... constricta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2ud joint typically reaching

to middle of frons and very broadly scaled, the 3rd short with tuft of scales in

front; frons smooth with ridges of scales at middle and above; eyes large,

round; antenne of male typically longer than fore wing and with very short

branches on outer side only from some way beyond base to near middle;

thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without distinct crests; tibie fringed

with long hair; abdomen long with slight dorsal ridges of scales on two basal

segments but without crests, the anal segment long and tubular. Fore wing

long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved, 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 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Srcr. I. Antenne of male of normal length, with very long drooping branches

to beyond middle, the apieal part ciliated; a large tuft of scales from

basal joint.

A, Antenne of female bipectinate with moderate branches to middle; palpi

with the 2nd joint upturned and straight to above vertex of head and

with two ridges of hair in front, the drd Joint long.

ANUGA. 103

6320. Anuga lunulata.

Anuga lunulata, Moore, P. Z.S. 1867, p. 62; Hmpsn. Moths Ind, ii.

p- 390.

@. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous and

mixed with dark brown; palpi with blackish lines at middle and

near tips; palpi at base, pectus and legs fuscous brown; abdomen

brownish grey with slight black dorsal streaks and subdorsal

fascie, the ventral surface fuscous brown. Fore wing ochreous

white tinged with rufous, the inner area and terminal area except

at apex suffused with dark red-brown; subbasal line represented

by slight double dark striz from costa; antemedial line indistinct,

double, dentate, angled inwards at vein 1; orbicular and reniform

defined by black-brown, the former small, round, the latter with

some red-brown in centre; an indistinct diffused brown medial

line, oblique below the cell; postmedial line indistinctly double,

Fig. 38.—Anuga lunulata, Q. }.,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black and

white points on the veins, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line

ochreous white slightly defined on each side by brown from costa

to yein 4, then obsolete and only represented by an ochreous mark

in submedian interspace; a series of small blackish spots just

before termen; cilia chequered dark brown and ochreous. Hind

wing dark reddish brown, the basal area whitish; an indistinct

sinuous dark postmedial line and ochreous bar from vein 3 to

tornus; cilia dark brown mixed with ochreous towards apex ; the

underside whitish irrorated and tinged with brown, a black dis~

coidal lunule, indistinct curved medial and postmedial lines, the

latter with minute black streaks on the veins and a blackish

subterminal band from vein 3 to inner margin.

Hab. W. Cutna, Wa-ssu-kow, 1 2; Sixaim (Sadler, Moller), 59.

Ep, 42-46 millim,

104 NOCLUID A.

B. Antenne of female almost simple; palpi in both sexes somewhat curved

forward and with tufts of scales from base and extremity of 2nd joint

in front, the 3rd joint long in male, shorter and more broadly scaled

in female.

6321. Anuga japonica.

Piada japonica, Leech, P. ZS. 1889, p. 538, pl. 52. f. 6.

Head and thorax blue-grey slightly irrorated with black-brown ;

palpi with black bars on basal joint ; tegule with black line near

base ; pectus in front and fore tarsi at extremities black-brown ;

abdomen blue-grey tinged with brown, a small tuft of black scales

on 4th segment, the ventral surface rufous in male, dark brown

with the anal segment rufous streaked with white in female.

Fore wing blue-grey tinged with red-brown, the inuer area and

terminal area except towards apex suffused with red-brown; sub-

basal line represented by a curved brown striga from costa and

black point in cell ; antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct

and rufous, the outer black, sinuous and slightly angled inwards

at vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by black and with brown

centres, the former round, the latter elliptical with black striga in

centre; traces of a diffused brown medial line, excurved to median

nervure, then incurved; postmedial line double, the inner line

Fig 39.—Anuga japonica, S. }.

black, the outer indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate

and produced to blackish and pale points on the veins, incuryed at

discal fold and below vein 4, some black points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line formed of small rufous spots with an oblique

blackish shade before it from vein 7 to inner margin, the lne

slightly incurved below vein 8; a series of small black spots just

before termen, almost obsolete towards tornus. Hind wing greyish

irrorated and suffused with dark purplish brown, almost wholly

suffused in female; an indistinct curved dark postmedial line; a

slight ochreous white subterminal line from vein 4 to submedian

fold with black spots before it above and below vein 2; a series of

black striz on termen from apex to vein 2; the underside brownish

white irrorated with brown, a black diseoidal lunule, indistinct

curved medial line, postmedial series of black points on the veins,

and diffused subterminal line waved towards tornus.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢ type, Sendai (Leech), 1 9.

Exp. 42-46 millim.

ANUGA, 105

Sect. IT. Antenne of male rather longer than fore wing and with very short

branches on outer side only from well beyond base to near middle, the

apical part ciliated ; palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to middle of frons

and very broadly scaled, the 3rd short with tuft of scales in front; the

hind tarsi with the Ist joint fringed with hair above.

A. Hind wing with more or less developed ochreous patch

on terminal area towards tornus.

a. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous............... Juventa.

b. Fore wing brown suffused with grey............s.sscseeeeee multiplicans.

B. Hind wing without ochreous patch on terminal area

towards tornus.

a. Fore wing dark brown tinged with grey .................- constrict.

6. Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with black ...... jida.

6322, Anuga juventa. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 21.)

Anuga guventa, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 171 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white mixed with red-

brown ; palpi black at extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints ; frons with

black band ; vertex of head with two small black spots; shoulders

with black stripes; patagia with oblique black bars near base ;

legs blackish, the spurs and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

with dorsal black spot at base, the ventral surface rufous. Fore

wing creamy white slightly irrorated with brown, the inuer area

purplish fuscous from before antemedial line to postmedial line

leaving whitish streaks on the veins; a small blackish spot at

base; subbasal line slight, blackish, waved, extending to inner

margin; antemedial line indistinctly double, angled outwards

below costa, then sinuous ; orbicular represented by three blackish

points; reniform red-brown defined at sides by black, and with a

fuscous streak beyond it; traces of a sinuous medial line; post-

medial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below

costa, then slightly waved and with minute white points beyond it

on the veins, incurved below vein 4, a black-brown band beyond

it followed by a white line; subterminal line defined on inner side

by dentate black marks towards costa, a black-brown patch before

and beyond it between veins 5 and 2, then slightly defined on

inner side by blackish, waved; some blackish spots before termen

towards apex and a terminal series of slight black Junules; cilia

intersected with brown towards apex, chequered with brown at

middle. Hind wing dark purple-brown with some ochreous white

at base; a curved whitish postmedia! line almost obsolete on costal

half; a rufous patch on termen from vein 4 to tornus with a white

line before it; cilia rufous, whitish at tips. Underside purple-

brown slightly irrorated with white; fore wing with some rufous on

costa; both wings with ochreous discoidal spot with black striga

in centre; hind wing with the terminal area ochreous and rufous

with brown patch on termen between veins 4 and 2,

ffab. PERAK, Goping (Kiinstler), 1 2 type; Stneapors (Liudley),

146,19. Ep. 40-44 millim.

106 NOCTUID %.

6323. Anuga multiplicans.

Piada multiplicans. Wik. xv. 1747 (1858); Hmpsn, Ill. Het. B.M. viii.

p. 18, pl. 143. f. 7; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 890.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with grey, the

last with ventral white points on basal segments, the extremity

ochreous or grey. Fore wing dark brown more or less strongly

suffused with bluish grey; subbasal line represented by double

dark strive from costa; antemedial line indistinctly double, the

outer line black, waved; a black point in middle of cell; reniform

with brownish centre defined by black, narrow and sometimes

slightly constricted at middle; traces of a diffused brown medial

line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then waved; post-

medial line bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced

to black and white points on the veins, slightly incurved at discal

fold and oblique below vein 4; postmedial area with some white

points on costa and crenulate dark line; subterminal line whitish

with dentate black marks before it on the veins, waved, ochreous

towards tornus; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia

chequered white and black. Hind wing fuscous brown more or

less irrorated with grey on inner half; an indistinct dark post-

medial line with ochreous white strize on its outer edge on inner

half; a minutely waved ochreous white subterminal line from

below costa to tornus, with ochreous patch beyond it from above

vein 2 to tornus; a blackish terminal line fram apex to vein 5;

cilia chequered blackish and white on apical half, ochreous on

inner half; the underside grey irrorated with brown, the tornal

area suffused with brown, a black discoidal lunule, minutely waved

postmedial and subterminal lines defined on outer side by white,

and terminal series of black lunules.

Ab. 1. Hind wing with the patch at tornus whitish and some-

times much reduced. —

Hab. C. Cuina, Fokien, Sam-sah (de la Garde), 1 $ ; Hona-

Kxone (Bowring), 1 5; N. Invia, 1 ¢ 3 Srxaie (Mller), 2 2 ;

Bompay, Kanara (Ward), 2 2 type, Pudda R., 1 9; Manpras,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 2 ; Cryton, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 ¢ ;

Ur. Burma, Katha (Bingham), 1 9 ; Sineapore (fidley), 1 ¢,

1 2 ; Borneo, Sararwak (Shelford), 2 6,19. Hxp. 38-48 millim.

6324, Anuga constricta.

Anuga constricta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 808 (1852) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 090.

Cecila complexa, Wik. xv. 1825 (1858).

Phumana canescens, Wik. Journ, Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 164 (1864).

Spersara glaucopoides, Wk. Journ. Linn. Soz., Zool. vii. p. 175 (1864).

Cremnodes macrocera, Snell. Tijd, y. Ent. xxiii. p. 90, pl. 7. f. 5 (1880).

g. Head and thorax dark red-brown slightly tinged with grey ;

pectus greyer; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface dark

brown. Fore wing dark reddish brown slightly tinged with grey ;

ANUGA. 107

subbasal line represented by indistinct double dark strie from

costa; antemedial line indistinctly double, waved; a black point

in middle of cell; reniform red-brown defined by black, strongly

on inner side, elliptical ; an indistinct diffused sinuous medial line ;

postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and

produced to white points on the veins, incurved below vein 4; a

subterminal series of white points defined by blackish; a terminal

_ series of small blackish lunules ; cilia with a fine pale line at base.

Fig. 40.— Anuga eonstricta, S$. }.

Hind wing fuscous brown with a slight greyish tinge; postmedial

black and white points on veins 5 to 2; a minutely waved

ochreous white line from vein 5 to tornus, defined on inner side

by black strie between veins 5 and 2; a series of black points just

before termen defined on inner side by white scales; the: under-

side grey irrorated with brown, the tornal area suffused with

brown, a large black discoidal spot defined by white, indistinct

medial line, double postmedial line, and rather diffused subterminal

line.

©. Greyer.

Hab. Beneat, Calcutta, 1 9 ; Bompay, 1 5 ; Manras, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 2 g ; Cryton, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 9 ; AnDAMANs,

1 g ; Sincarore (Ridley), 12 ¢, 8 9 ; Sumarra, 1 2 ; Borneo,

Sarawak (Wallace, Shelford), 1 6, 229; Java (Horsfield), 1 2

type; Cetrses, Hep. 30-38 millim.

Larva. Semper, Reisen Phil., Schmett. ti. p. 532, pl. BR. ff. 1, 3.

Green with black dorsal stripe with green dorsal streaks on it on

somites 2-9, the stripe expanding into diamond-shaped patches on

somites 2, 3, 8; stigmata reddish, 4 pairs of prolegs. Food-plant:

Semecarpus, 12.

Pupa in a brown cocoon.

6325. Anuga fida. (Plate CLX XVI. fig. 22.)

Anuga fida, Swinh. A, M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 170 (1902).

9. Head, thorax, and abdomen bluish white mixed with black ;

palpi black with a few white scales; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen with dorsal series of slight black spots and subdorsal

dentate line, the ventral surface blackish with series of small white

spots, Fore wing bluish white, thickly irrorated with black ;

108 NOCTUIDA.

subbasal line black, waved, interrupted, defined on inner side by

white towards costa; antemedial line double, black filled in with

white towards costa, the black on inner side expanding on costa to

subbasal line; a black point in middle of cell; reniform with black

bar in middle and whitish annulus defined by black; medial line

forming a diffused black patch on costa, dentate below the cell;

postmedial line double, black filled in with white towards costa,

bent outwards below costa, then strongly dentate, oblique below

vein 4+, some black suffusion beyond it; postmedial area with some

white points on costa and a strongly dentate black line; sub-

terminal line whitish, defined on inner side by wedge-shaped black

marks and on outer slightly by black, waved ; a series of smal] black

lunules on apical half of termen, the inner half of terminal area

almost wholly black ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing

grey, the inner half suffused with black ; a minutely waved white

postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin with black spots

before and beyond it below vein 2; a waved white subterminal

line from vein 7 to tornus, double between veins 4 and 2; cilia

with series of small white spots at base; the underside white

thickly irrorated with black, the terminal area suffused with black

below vein 5, a black discoidal spot and medial line, postmedial

line black defined on outer side by white, minutely waved, sub-

terminal line white minutely waved, forming a bar at tornus.

Hab. Purax, Goping (Kiinstler), 1 9 type; Bornzo,2 2. Exp.

44-46 millim.

Genus AON.

Type.

Aon, Neum, Ent. News, Philad. iii. p. 258 (1893) ............... nostuiformis.

Proboscis absent; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair, the third porrect; frons

sinooth, with large tuft of hair; eyes large, round ; antennz of male bipectinate

with long branches to apex; prothorax without crests, metathorax with spread-

ing crest ; tibie moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair

at base but without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rectangular,

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 stalked; 5 fully developed

from just above angle of cell ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

6326. Aon noctuiformis.

Aon noctuiformis, Neum. Eut. News, Philad. ii. p. 258 (1893); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 199.

3g. Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous, the thorax with

black bands behind the tegule and at extremity of metathorax ;

pectus and legs with brown mixed, the tarsi blackish ringed with

white; abdomen browish grey irrorated with blackish, the hair at

base brown. Fore wing grey striated with brown and irrorated

with a few large black scales, the cell and discal fold towards

termen white, the terminal area below the cell tinged with rufous,

AON.—PZECTES. 109

the lines absent; a subbasal black striga below the cell; a black

discoidal spot; a more prominent postmedial patch of black irro-

ration between veins 5 and 3. Hind wing white, the margins

Fig. 41.—Aon noctuiformis, $. }.

slightly tinged with brown, a slight blackish discoidal spot; the

underside irrorated with a few brown scales, a black discoidal spot.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1 $. Haxp. 34 millim,

Genus PHCTES.

Type.

egies, Veltion. WOH, JO; ZS CUSB))coscacosnacveaasn000803accoo0000 500400 Picbien

Ingura, Guen, Noct. it. p S09) (NS52)) erases cee cec2e sen seeenecs= lunodes.

Orthoclostera, But]. Trans. Ent. Suc. 1878, p. 70.............2..e00es devincta.

Callingura, Butl. Entom. xxvil. p. 284 (1804)........... eee cristatrix.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to above vertex of head and fringed with hair in front and behind towards

extremity, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large,

round ; antennz of male typically bipectinate with long branches to two-thirds

length, the apical part ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the

prothorax vith spreading crest, the metathorax without crest ; tibiae moderately

fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal ridges of scales on basal segments

and lateral tufts of hair but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved, 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, 4,5 from angle of ceil; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. (Cullingura). Antenne of male bipectinate with long stiff branches

to two-thirds length, the apical third ciliated; fore tibie with tuft of

long hair from femero-tibia] joint. (ola Wev'e)

A. Fore wing with white fascia on median nervure defined

below by the biack antemedial line which terminates at

baASerOMpve lie leee sade caceencoeciescscscscem ae otwseincsatas sete ae cebee.

B. Fore wing with oblique white mark below base of cell,

the antemedial line angled inwards at vein | and out-

wards to inner margin.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line angled inwards

CN SMU I Tie) THERUP 10S, conccopoacapacdoadoscoqugsadadobenaoosere psaliphora.

b. Fore wing with the antemedial line much less acutely

angled inwards on vein Ll.

a’, Fore wing with distinct white band before postmedial

imemmeeeeeeeecnosuasce Pe ETRE nt aS Vantaa RRA MN of Re cristatrix.

b'. Fore wing without white band before postmedial

line.

a?, Fore wing with the costal area to near apex and

the medial area OchreoUs .........ceseseeeesseeen scenes lewcotrigona.

110 NOCTUID&.

b?, Fore wing with the costal and medial areas not

ochreous.

a>, Kore wing blute-rrey .........0..02+ascassessersessceres cyanodes.

b%, Fore wing ochreous and grey mostly suffused

With DROW 2 tocessccuestasssdesemosacesseseeseeaeseseces poliotis.

C. Fore wing without oblique white mark below base of cell,

a. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown ............ costistrigata.

b. Fore wing white irrorated with black.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique below

THe Cel Lisiias cctareumiiianemainatiscinnacmien eileen aecemeecmaastilss pratti.

b', Fore wing with the antemedial line incurved below

thecal eaiateecsaua seca saewonsbenec vencen eee eecmet reas seeceee Sfubrica,

6327. Pectes cebee. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 23.)

Callingura iebee, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 227 (1906).

¢. Head white irrorated with brown; antenne red-brown ;

tegule white with brown medial line and ochreous tips; thorax

dark brown mixed with some grey, the patagia ochreous with white

and black-brown streaks en upper edge; pectus and legs ochreous

white mixed with brown; abdomen ochreous whitish suffused with

brown leaving whitish subdorsal streaks. Fore wing olive-yellow

suffused with brown and irrorated with black, the terminal area

greyer, a creamy white fascia from base to the produced part of

postmedial line, the terminal half of costal area creamy white; an

oblique black streak below the white fascia from median nervure

before middle to base at vein 1; postmedial line double, black,

obsolescent towards costa and filled in with white below the cell,

very oblique from costa to vein 6 near termen, excurved to vein 4,

then very strongly incurved to lower angle of cell and inner margin,

an oblique ochreous band before if from cell to inner margin with

a brown line on it, some white points beyond it on costa; traces of

a curved dark subterminal line crossed by a slight dark streak

below vein 3; a fine blackish line just before termen and a fine

terminal line; cilia whitish with a fine dark line through them.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown especially on terminal area,

the veins brewn; a whitish subterminal shade; the underside

white irrorated with brown, a double postmedial series of black

points on the veins, faint dark subterminal shade and terminal series

of points.

@. Abdomen bluish white with small black dorsal spots on 2nd

and 3rd segments; fore wing darker, the costal area suffused with

brown to apex ; hind wing with the terminal area darker.

Hab. Br. N. Gurnwa, Dinawa (Pratt), 1 g¢, Ekeikei (Pratt), 12,

Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 Q. Hwxp. 32 millim.

6328. Pectes psaliphora, n. sp. (Pilate CLXXVI. fig. 24.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with bluish white,

the tegule with medial red-brown band and bluish white tips ;

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen with the ventral surface

PCTES, sleihl

ochreous and with sublateral series of black points. Fore wing

dark iron-brown suffused in parts with blue-grey especially before

the postmedial line except towards costa and on terminal area ; an

oblique black line from median nervure before middle to vein 1 near

base, then angled outwards to inner margin, a white fascia above it

below the cell; postmedial line double, obsolescent towards costa,

then the outer line black, the inner indistinct, filled in with white

below the cell, very oblique from costa to vein 6 near termen,

excurved to vein 4, then very strongly incurved to just beyond lower

angle of cell and inner margin, a pinkish streak before it below the

costal area and some white points below it on costa; traces of a

waved grey subterminal line with whitish patch on it below vein 3

and ochreous and pinkish patch above vein 1; a slight dark line

just before termen reduced to points towards apex; a fine dark

terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the interspaces of basal area whitish; a diffused whitish

bar from vein 3 to tornus ; a series of dark strice just before termen ;

cilia grey with a dark line through them; the underside whitish

suffused with rufous and irrorated with blackish, an indistinct

double postmedial series of black points on the veins, diffused sub-

terminal band and series of dark points before termen.

Hab. Java, Arjuno (Doherty), 1 9; Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa

(Pratt), 1 3, Mt. Kebea (Prati), 1 ¢ type, Ekeikei (Pratt), 1 9°.

Exp. 32-386 millim.

6329. Peactes cristatrix.

Ingura cristatrix, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 313, pl. 14. f. 10 (1852); Hmmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 889; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 241.

Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with grey-

white; tegule with brown bands at base and near tips; patagia

with oblique dark bar; pectus whitish, the tarsi brown ringed with

white; abdomen ochreous white at base and with blackish dorsal

points on 2nd and 3rd segments, the ventral surface ochreous white

Fig. 42.—Peetes eristatrix, g. }.

streaked with brown. Fore wing bluish grey suffused with brown,

the costal area with slight whitish streaks on the veins, the terminal

area greyer; an oblique black line from median nervure before

middle to vein 1, then erect to inner margin, a wedge-shaped white

patch before it below the ccll; a white band before the postmedial

line from its produccd portion to inner margin, with some pinkish

12 NOCLUID..

on upper edge, a dark point at lower angle of cell and fine line from

lower angle to inner margin ; postmedial line double, black filled in

with whitish, very oblique from costa to vein 7 towards termen,

excurved to vein 5, then very strongly incurved to beyond lower

angle of cell and inner margin, some whitish points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line blackish, obsolescent towards costa, dentate

and defined by whitish on outer side: a fine black terminal line;

cilia blue-grey with a brown line through them. Hind wing white,

the veins and terminal area suffused with brown; some white

suffusion on termen between vein 3 and tornus and a series of dark

striw just before termen slightly defined by white and fine terminal

line; cilia white with a dark line through them ; the underside

white irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, double

postmedial series of slight points on the veins, and diffused sub-

terminal line.

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 2; Anpamans, 2 ¢: Java

(Horsfield), 1 3 type; Br. N. Guinga, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 6;

Frrexpiy Is., Vavao,1 ¢. vp. 30-36 millim,

6330. Pectes leucotrigona. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 25.)

Ingura leucotrigona, Hmpsn. A. M.N.H. (7) xvi. p. 3871 (1905).

®. Head and tegule ochreous tinged with rufous ; thorax rufous

mixed with grey; pectus and legs ochreous tinged with rufous;

abdomen brown suffused with grey, the anal tuft and ventral

surface whitish tinged with rafous. Fore wing ochreous tinged

with rufous ; the base rufous suffused with grey ; a triangular white

subbasal patch between the cell and vein 1 before a diffused rufous

band from cell to inner margin with incurved red-brown line on its

inner edge; a red-brown line from below costa beyond middle, oblique

to near termen below vein 7, below vein 5 strongly incurved, then

obliquely sinuous to inner margin, the area beyond it dark brown

suffused with grey; a series of black strize before termen. Hind

wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal half suffused with

dark brown; a diffused grey subterminal line excurved below costa;

a series of dark points just before termen and striz on termen; the

underside yellowish irrorated with red-brown, a brown discoidal

lunule, an ill-defined medial line, an indistinct waved postmedial

line with brown suffusion between it and the diffused grey sub-

terminal line.

Hab, Borxeo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 9 type. Hap, 38 millim.

6331. Pectes cyanodes. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 26.)

Ingura cyanodes, Turner, Pr. Linn, Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 87 (1902).

@. Palpi grey irrorated with fuscous; head brown; tegule

ochreous with two brown bands and the extremity bluish grey ;

thorax blue-grey mixed with pale brown ; pectus and legs ochreous

and dark brown; abdomen grey mixcd with pale brown, the small

PAOCTES. 113

dorsal crests dark. Fore wing blue-grey; the costal area suffused

with brown; an antemedial black line from cell to inner margin,

angled inwards on vein | and with whitish patch on its inner edge

below the cell; a black point at lower angle of cell; an indistinct

oblique line from vein 5 to inner margin; the postmedial line

double, the inner line indistinct, very oblique from costa to vein 7,

excurved to vein 5, then strongly incurved and oblique to inner

margin, its medial part strong and black and with some brown and

ochreous suffusion on each side of it; an indistinct, diffused, waved

subterminal line; a line just before termen reduced to points

towards apex and a fine terminal line. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown and with the veins blackish; the termen bluish

white expanding into a patch at tornus and with series of black

striz just before and on termen; cilia whitish with some fuscous

spots ; the underside whitish irrorated with fuscous, a black

discoidal spot, an indistinct medial line, two postmedial series of

points, and a sinuous waved subterminal line.

Hab. Quzenstanp, Townsville (Dodd), type f Q in Coll. Turner,

Thursday I. (Zurner), 1 2. Hvp. 34 millim,

6332. Pactes poliotis. (Plate CLX XVI. fig. 27.)

Ingura poliotis, Hmpsn, A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 871 (1905).

3S. Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey and fuscous;

abdomen rufous tinged with grey and irrorated with black, slight

dorsal black marks on the two medial segments, Fore wing with

the basal and costal areas ochreous suffused with rufous and irrorated

with fuscous, the rest of wing grey suffused in parts with rufous ;

a fine strongly incurved antemedial line from submedian fold to

inner margin, with some diffused brown beyond it; postmedial line

indistinct and very oblique from costa to below vein 7, then

prominent, blackish, strongly incurved below vein 5 and oblique

to inner margin, with traces of a dentate line beyond it; a grey

patch on apical part of terminal area; a series of black strix

before termen ; some white points on costa towards apex. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the basal and inner areas rather paler ;

a diffused pale subterminal mark tewards tornus; the underside

grey irrorated with black and suffused with red towards apex,

a discoidal bar, slight sinuous postmedial line, and diffused sub-

terminal band.

@. Fore wing with the incurved postmedial line less distinct,

the dentate line more prominent; an indistinct waved subterminal

line angled inwards in submedian fold.

Hab. Stneavors (Ridley), 2 6,4 2 type. Hap. 26-30 millim.

*6333. Pactes costistrigata. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 28.)

Ingura costistrigata, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 226 (1906).

6. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some ochreous;

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114 NOCLUID 2.

palpi irrorated with black; frons with slight lateral dark bars;

tegula with fuscous lines near base and at middle and dark brown

tips; patagia suffused with blackish ; peetus with white mixed ;

fore legs streaked with black; abdomen fuscous black with some

white and rufous at base. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-

brown, the base obliquely black with a leaden gloss, the costal area

tinged with greyish and slightly irrerated with black, the apex

suffused with bluish white; some pale yellow on outer edge of the

black basal area from cell to inner margin, followed by the faint

rufous antemedial line arising at subcostal nervure and incurved in

submedian interspace ; orbicular represented by a rufous point, the

reniform by a slight rufous lunule; postmedial line double, arising

at vein 7, acutely angled outwards at vein 5, then strongly incurved,

excurved below vein 3 and submedian fold, with a faint line before

it angled outwards below veins 6 and 5, then oblique ; some slight

whitish points on costa towards apex; subterminal line whitish

from costa to vein 7, then yellowish slightly defined by brown on

inner side, below vein 5 excurved at the veins and angled inwards

in the interspaces; a.series of black points before termen except at

apex ; a fine brown terminal line ; ciliadark brown with a fine pale

line at base. Hind wing whitish suffused with dark brown except

on basal and costal areas and inner area to beyond middle, the

terminal area yellowish tinged with rufous and with whitish patch

near tornus; some black striae with rufous between them on inner

margin towards tornus; a punctiform black terminal line; cilia

brown with white line at base and white patch below submedian

fold; the underside white, the costal area and terminal half to

vein 2 tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, a slight

blackish discoidal lunule, waved medial line incurved below vein 5,

waved postmedial line oblique below vein 5, diffused waved

subterminal line, series of black points just before termen, and fine

black terminal line.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type f ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. vp. 34 millim.

6334. Pactes pratti. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 29.)

Ingura pratti, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 226 (1906).

g. Head and thorax white mixed with some red-brown and

irrorated with black; frons with black bar above; tegule with

slight medial brown line; pro- and metathoracic crests tipped with

blackish ; tarsi with blackish bands ; abdomen with the 3rd and 4th

segments and two terminal segments dorsally suffused with brown,

with dorsal series of small black spots and subventral series of

points. Fore wing white irrorated with black, some rufous suffusion

at base of costa, an oblique black bar from base of costa, and blackish

suvbasal mark on vein 1; antemedial line black, double towards

costa, slightly incurved at subcostal nervure and excurved at median

nervure, then oblique, some rufous suffusion beyond it above vein 1 ;

PECLES, 115

a fine Y-shaped black mark on discocellulars ; medial line slight,

oblique from costa to discal fold well beyond the cell, then bent

inwards to lower angle and dentate to inner margin ; postmedial

line double, black, very oblique from costa to vein 5, then strongly

incurved and slightly angled inwards at supmedian fold, some white

points with black streaks between them beyond it on costa; some

rufous suffusion on terminal area between veins 5 and | and a series

of black strize just before termen ; a fine brown terminal line; cilia

brown with a fine white line at base. Hind wing grey suffused

with brown, a diffused white bar from vein 3 to tornus, the inner

margin white irrorated with black and with black postmedial striga

and two towards tornus ; cilia white with a dark line through them ;

the underside white irrorated with brown, the costal area tinged

with rufous and the terminal area with brown, a blackish discoidal

spot, medial line excurved beyond the cell, double postmedial series

of points, diffused subterminal line, and series of small spots before

termen.

Hab. Ba. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), 2 ¢, Mt. Kebea (Pratt),

1g. xp. 34-36 millim.

6335. Pectes fabrica. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 30.)

Anuga fabrica, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 171 (1902).

2. Head, tegule, and patagia grey mixed with some dark brown;

vertex of thorax dark purplish brown with a few grey scales; palpi

tinged with purplish red at sides; pectus ochreous mixed with some

brown ; legs grey irrorated with brown; abdomen grey mixed with

brown, a dorsal series of small black spots. Fore wing white

irrorated with purple-brown, the inner area with purple-brown

patches at base and beyond postmedial line; antemedial line with

two brown strie from costa, almost obsolete to median nervure,

black and incurved below the cell, double at inner margin; two

slight discoidal points on an undefined white patch; medial line

represented by a dark striga from costa, waved from cell to inner

margin; postmedial line double, bent outwards and almost obsolete

below costa, obliquely bent outwards, the outer line being strong

and black to vein 4 towards termen, then bent inwards to just

beyond lower angle of cell, and oblique and slightly waved to inner

margin towards which it is distinct and black; subterminal line

faint, white, defined on inner side by purple-brown and on outer

side also at) apex, incurved and dentate below vein 4; a series of

black points before termen and a fine black terminal line; cilia

purple-brown at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown with some

greyish in cell and on inner area; a dark postmedial striga at inner

margin and two towards tornus; a greyish line from vein 5 to

tornus and a series of blackish points before termen with some grey

beyond them ; a fine black terminal line; cilia grey at base, purple-

brown at tips; the underside white irrorated with brown, a sinuous

black medial line, indistinct double waved postmedial line with

116 NOCTUID.

minute black streaks before it on the veins, diffused subterminal

line and series of black points before termen.

Hab, Prrax, Goping (Kiinstler), 1 2 type. Exp. 38 millim.

Ser, IT, Antenne of male bipectinate with stiff branches dilated at extremity

to two-thirds length, the branches on outer side very short, the apical

part ciliated ; fore tibiee with tuft of long hair from femero-tibial joint. 9 \J/,

6336. Pectes subapicalis.

Abrostola subapicalis, W\k. xii. 883 (1837); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 389.

Ligura recurrens, Wik, xv. 1779 (1858).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey and

fuscous ; palpi irrorated with black at sides; neck with black ring,

tegule with darker lines at middle and sides; pectus whitish ;

abdomen whitish at base and with fine black segmental lines on

basal segments. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous brown

leaving a curved greyish shade from apex to middle of inner margin ;

subbasal line represented by a brown striga from costa and three

minute streaks at base of cell; antemedial line double, black, less

distinct on costal half, slightly angled outwards below costa, ex-

curved to submedian fold, then incurved and the inner line with a

slight streak before it on vein 1, a dark patch beyond it on inner

area; orbicular and reniform indistinct, small, grey, the former

round, the latter with red-brown striga in centre; a slight dark

Fig. 43.—Pectes subapicalis, 3. }.

medial line, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, waved ; post-

medial line double, black, oblique from costa to vein 5 near

postmedial line, where it is acutely angled, then strongly incurved,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

greyish, waved below vein 5; a fine crenulate black line just: before

termen and a fine terminal line, the apex suffused with whitish ;

cilia with a fine waved dark line through them. Hind wing semi-

hyaline whitish, the veins, and terminal area broadly, brown; a

whitish bar from vein 3 to tornus; a slight crenulate dark line just

before termen and a fine terminal line; cilia white with a waved

blackish line through them; the underside white irrorated with

brown especially on terminal area, a small dark discoidal spot. curved ©

postmedial line with series of black points before it, a series of

points just betore termen.

9. Darker: fore wing uniformly suffused with brown, the pale

shade indistinct or obsolete,

PQOTES, iy

Hab. Ponsaz (James), 1 3,1 2, type and type recurrens, Kulu,

Sultanpur (G. Young) 1 3, Simla (Swinhoe), 2 g$, Dharmsila

(Hocking) 33, 59, Kasauli (Barrow), 1 3, Allahabad, 2 9,

Jubbulpur (/. Butler), 2 3,3 2, Manpuri, 2 g, 1 2, Deyra Dhun,

1 2 ; Sucuim (Moller), 1 g ; Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢, 1 2; Beneat,

Calcutta, 1 Q ; Bompay, Karéchi. Hep. 28-34 millim.

Suer. IIT. Antenne of male bipectinate with long drooping branches to two-

thirds length, the apical part ciliated. Now Wiw\d

A. (Orthoclostera). Fore wing of male with the tornus slightly dilated and

lobed.

6337. Peectes devincta.

Abrostola devincta, Wik. xv. 1781 (1858).

Orthoclostera peculiaris, Butl. Vrans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p- 70.

Lngura murina, Druce, Biol, Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 326, pl. 30. f. 8 (1889).

Head and thorax pale rufous tinged with greyish ; tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen rufous tinged with greyish fuscous,

the ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown and with slight

subventral dark streaks and points. Fore wing rufous with some

purplish fuscous at base, on costal area, beyond postmedial line and

on middle of terminal area, an oblique grey-white shade from apex

to middle of inner margin; antemedial line indistinct, double,

waved ; a white point in middle of cell and two rufous discoidal

points ; an oblique dark shade from lower angle of cell to inner

Fig. 44.—Pectes devincta, §. 1.

margin; a slight dark medial line strongly bent outwards to beyond

upper angle of cell, then oblique, minutely dentate and closely ap-

proximated to the postmedial line, which is double, red, bent

outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6 where it is obtusely angled

outwards, then incurved and slightly angled outwards at vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa and slight black streaks above

and below vein 6 ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish, irregularly

waved; a series of black strie just before termen and a fine ter-

minal line; cilia with two fine dark lines through them. Find

wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half whitish, the veins

with dark streaks; a postmedial black striga at inner margin and

two towards tornus; cilia white with series of brown spots; the

underside whitish, the terminal area suffused with brown, a sinnous

dark medial line and double postmedial series of minute streaks on

the veins.

118 NOCTUID 2.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 13,19 ; Guarrmanza, Volean de

Atitlan (Champion),1 g type murina; Panama,Chiriqui (Champion),

1 ©, Godman-Salvin Coll., La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 3 3,1 2 ;

Coromsra, Jiminez, 19; Venuzueta (Dyson), 1g type; Br. Guiana

(Roberts), 1 Q ; Fr. Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni (Le Moult), 1 9;

Braziz, Amazons, Rio Negro (Jrail), 1 $ type peculiaris, Sao

Paulo (D. Jones), 12. Hap. 26-30 millim.

B. Hind wing of male with the upper extremity of cell rather produced,

veins 6, 7 separating widely with a triangular fovea between their

extremities on underside.

6338. Pectes fovifera, n. sp.

3. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; fore tarsi ringed

with white; pectus, mid and hind legs ochreous white; abdomen

brown mixed with grey and with slight whitish dorsal bars, the

ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing red-brown extending

on costa to near apex and on inner margin to before middle, its outer

edge very oblique ; a small subbasal greenish spot below costa and

large patches below the cell and above inner margin; a small grey-

white spot in end of cell and point at upper angle; the terminal

half grey-white suffuscd with brown towards termen and with some

Fig. 45.—Peetes fovifera, §. +.

pale sap-green suffusion on postmedial area below costa and on

inner area; the postmedial area with traces of two double minutely

waved obliquely curved lines; some white points on costa towards

apex ; traces of a slightly waved whitish subterminal line somewhat

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series of black striz just

before termen. Hind wing dark brown, the fovea whitish, the

inner margin greyish with a dark striga at tornus; cilia whitish at

tips towards tornus; the underside greyer with traces of dark line

from lower of cell to inner margin and double sinuous postmedial

line.

©. Fore wing with the pale postmedial area wholly tinged with

green.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler) 1 2; Fr. Gutana,

St. Laurent Maroni (Le Moult), 1 9; type 3 in Coll. Dognin.

Exp. 26 millim.

PACTES. 119

C. (Pectes). Fore and hind wings of male normal.

a. Fore wing with the postimedial line strongly excurved —

_ or angled outwards below costa, then incurved.

@, Fore wing with the postimedial line evenly in-

curved below the angle and not slightly angled

or excurved at vein 4.

a*, Fore wing with prominent dark lunulate patch

on terminal area.

a3, Kure wing with the antemedial line angled

inwards on vein | to near base.

a*, Kore wing with white fascia tinged with

joule loellOW COSI, cooscovesnono00n0000conne00006 oculatrix.

b+, Fore wing without white fascia tinged

with pink IDEIONT CORES Soocceaccoae ssocoscdee . semicircularts.

6°, Fore wing with the antemedial line excuryed ~

and not ‘angled i inwards at vein 1 ............ chrysoplaqa.

c3, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique

and not augled inwards on vein | ............ circulars.

b?. Fore wing without prominent dark lunulate

ee on terminal area.

. Fore wing with the subcostal area pee and

Launblyatingeduwallny Gedy Weeesncsteaeeene-[acheaee curvilinen.

63, Fore wing with the subcost al area con- |

colorous.

a4, Fore wing almost wholly suffused with dark

brown ; “hind wing black-brown ............ flabella.

b+, Fore wing grey slightly suffused with

brown ; hind wing grey suffused with

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b' Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly angled

or excurved at vein 4.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line acutely

angled outwards below costa.

a3, Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused

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b%. Hind wing wholly tinged with brown.

a’. Fore wing with curved white shade from

apex to middle of inner TETAEUIN goonossaaone acutangula,

64. Fore wing without curved white shade

from apex to middle of inner margin... abrostoloides.

b?. Fore wing with the postmedial line less and

more obtusely angled outwards below costa.

a®*, Fore wing with: subapical black spot above

Welly Gisacemrcone dcateae ect: Sheu osiatnisistinne cies Jfuscescens.

63, Fore wing with subapical black streaks above

and below vein 6.

a!, Fore wing without curved pale shade from

apex to middle of inner margin ............ delineata.

b*. Fore wing with more or less distinct curved

pale shade from apex to middle of inner

pete

. Fore wing without oblique dark shade

before the pale shade from cell to inner

margin.

a®. Fore wing without prominent black

marks on antemedial line above inner

margin and on postmedial line below

its angle apousnoasnacodbaDsdocvoebUsHbeuK0 lunodes.

0°, Fore wing with prominent black marks

on antemedial line above inner mar-

gin and on postmedial line below its

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120 NOCLUID A,

b5, Fore wing with oblique dark shade before

the pale shade from cell to inner

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ce, Fore wing with rather diffused curved black

mark beyond postmedial line below its angle

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly angled

outwards at vein 6 and incurved or oblique below

vein 4.

a, Fore wing with the ground-colour brown.

a*, Fore wing not mostly suffused with fuscous.

a*, Fore wing with green bands before the ante-

medial and beyond the postmedial line......

63, Fore wing without green bands.

a‘, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

excurved at submedian fold ...............

b+. Fore wing with the postmedial line ex-

curved at submedian fold ...............006

6?, Fore wing largely suffused with fuscous.

a>, Fore wing without crimson mark at tornus.

a‘. Fore wing without green fascia on middle

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b*, Fore wing with green fascia on middle of

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63, Fore wing with crimson mark at tornus......

61, Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-white.

a, Fore wing with blackish patch beyond the sub-

terminal line at apex.

a®, Fore wing suffused with olive-yellow ........ :

6°. Fore wing pale purplish grey ..................

6, Fore wing with dark mark on subterminal

line before apex.

a>, Fore wing with black streaks above and below

vein 6 beyond the postmedial line ............

63. Fore wing with black streak below vein 6

beyond the postmedial line.

a‘, Fore wing with the medial area and post-

medial costal area white tinged with

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64, Fore wing with the medial area and post-

medial costal area grey tinged with

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e3 Fore wing without black streaks beyond the

postmedial line.

a‘, Fore wing largely suffused with fuscous

LOROWTI _ dasagnccacssocoupohocanuoacosonosocancan09

o*, Fore wing not suffused with fuscous brown

obrotunda.

nubifera.

chlorophora.

pheoplaga.

eumicta.

nyetichroma.

endochlora.

hematosema.

glauca.

polia,

griseifusa.

canofusd.

areusa,

sabulosa.

albescens,

6339. Pectes oculatrix. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 31.)

Ingura oculatrix, Guen. Noct. il. p. 813 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p: 241.

Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and fuscous;

tegule with brown line before tips which are white ; tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown, greyer towards base

and with small dorsal brown spots on three basal segments, the ven-

tral surface whitish with subventral series of small dark brown

spots on medial segments. Fore wing grey suffused with dark iron-

brown, 2 purplish pink fascia below costa; a white patch on basal

PHCLES. 121

area in and below the cell, the median nervure on it streaked with

pink, bounded by the black antemedial line, which arises at discal

fold, oblique below cell and angled inwards at vein 1 almost to

base ; medial line almost obsolete on costal half, angled inwards

below costa and outwards at vein 6, then oblique to lower angle of

cell and double and incurved to inner margin; some minute white

points on apical part of costa; subterminal white streaks on veins

8, 7, 6, and black streaks below veins 7, 6,5, 4; the postmedial line

arising from vein 6 towards termen, double, the inner line black, the

outer brown, very strongly incurved and defined on outer side by

whitish; a faint waved whitish subterminal line from vein 5 to

tornus, angled inwards below vein 3 and with some whitish before it

between veins 4, 3; some white at apex and a black-brown terminal

line except at apex; cilia brown, white towards apex and with a

brown line near base. Hind wing white suffused with brown, the

costal area whiter; a fiery red terminal line; cilia white at tips; the

underside white irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused

with purplish red, a dark discoidal lunule, medial line excurved

beyond the cell, and crenulate postmedial and terminal lines.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., Eastern, Middle, and Central States,

Massachusetts, Beverly (Burg), 1 ¢,3 9, New York (Doubleday),

1 @ type (Packard), 1 g, Evans Center (Grote),2 g,19. Hap.

24-28 millim.

6340. Pectes semicircularis, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVI. fig. 32.)

©. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark reddish brown;

tegulw with some dark brown before tips which are whitish ; pectus

whitish ; abdomen grey suffused with brown, the base whitish with

brown bar, the ventral surface whitish with subventral series of

small brown spots. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with fuscous

brown; a white patch below base of cell, its extremity extending

just into the cell, bounded by the black antemedial line which arises

at median nervure and is angled inwards at vein 1 almost to base,

an olive-green band beyond it extending on inner margin to base;

medial line indistinct, double, oblique, from vein 6 to inner margin ;

postmedial line double, almost obsolete, pinkish and oblique from

costa to vein 6 near termen, then strong black-brown and very

strongly incurved ; subterminal line very indistinct, greyish, defined

on inner side below vein 5 by slight blackish marks, excurved below

costa, incurved and minutely waved below vein 4; a series of black

striee just before termen and a fine terminal line. Hind wing fus-

cous brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside grey suffused

with brown, a dark discoidal bar, minutely waved medial line

excurved beyond the ceil, dentate postmedial line, and terminal

series of lunules.

Hab. Trintpap, Cuparo (Kaye), 2 2 type. Hwp, 20-24 millim.

122 NOCTUIDE.

6341. Pectes chrysoplaga. (Plate CLX XVII. fig. 1.)

Pectes chrysoplaga, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 149 (1911).

Head pure white; palpi red-brown except at tips; antennze

brown; thorax red-brown mixed with some white and blackish ;

pectus and legs white mixed with reddish brown, the tarsi brown

ringed with white; abdomen white mixed with red-brown espe-

cially towards base and extremity aud with black dorsal bar near

base, the ventral surface tinged with red-brown and with shght

black segmental lines. Fore wing grey-white, the costal area

suffused with red-brown, the basal area and postmedial area below

costa tinged with flesh-colour; antemedial line black, arising at

submedian fold and obliquely incurved, a conical golden-green

patch beyond it with some blackish on its outer edge; a small

white spot in middle of cell and a white discoidal spot constricted

at middle and with black points in its upper and lower parts; a

fine oblique blackish line from beyond upper angle of cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line whitish towards costa and excurved below

costa, interrupted at discal fold, then double, black filled in with

greenish, and strongly incurved, a large lunulate brown patch

beyond it from discal fold to inner margin with two slight lines on

it followed by a white mark on vein 2 and greenish patch above

tornus; some white points on costa towards apex; traces of a

double waved subterminal line; a grey-white patch at apex and

series of black points before termen on apical half. Jind wing

fuscous brown with some whitish at base. Underside of fore wing

suffused with fuscous-brown except on inner area and with fiery

red suffusion below postmedial part of costa; hind wing white

irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with fiery red, a

black discoidal point, curved medial line, double punctiform post-

medial line, curved subterminal line, and series of points before

termen.

Hab. Puru, San Domingo (Ockenden), 1g. Hep. 26-380 millim.

Typet ¢, Q in Coll. Druce.

6342. Pectes circularis.

Ingura circularis, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 125 (1850),

3. Head white irrorated with brown; palpi brown except to-

wards extremity of 2nd joint; antenne brown; thorax and abdomen

grey suffused with fuscous brown, pectus whitish, abdomen with

black dorsal band at extremity of Ist segment, the ventral surface

whitish with subventral series of small black spots. Fore wing

purplish grey suffused with dark brown and olive-yellow, the inner

basal area and a diffused fascia below costa to near termen purplish

pink; antemedial line indistinctly double, the outer line strong,

black, oblique, from near base of vein 2 to inner margin; a dark

point at lower angle of cell and faint double incuryed line from it

. PRCTES. 123

to inner margin ; postmedial line black, arising from vein 6 at sub-

terminal line and very strongly incurved; subterminal line very

indistinct, grey, waved, below vein 3 incurved and with white patch

beyond it with some yellow and a slight blackish spot on it; a

series of black strive just before termen. Hind wing black-brown

slightly mixed with grey. Underside of both wings dark brown

mixed with purplish grey; fore wing with cupreous red patches on

postmedial part of costa and at tornus; hind wing with the ter-

minal area suffused with cupreous red, a small blackish discoidal

spot and slight curved medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Br. Gurawa, Demarara (Rodway), 1 3 ; Surinam, Exp.

26 millim.

6343. Pectes curvilinea. (Plate CLXXVIL. fig. 2.)

Pactes curvilinea, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 49 (1911).

©. Head and tegule grey mixed with brown; palpi browner

except in front; sides of frons blackish; thorax dark brown, the

patagia grey at base and with black streak near upper edge; pectus

whitish, the fere tibie dark brown, the tarsi black ringed with

white; abdomen dark brown mixed with grey, the ventral surface

with slight dark streaks. Fore wing grey suffused with brown with

a, paler area slightly tinged with red from base through the cell and

below costa to the apical whitish patch; antemedial line double,

very indistinet and obliquely curved from costa to submedian fold,

then single, black, and angled inwards on vein 1 nearly to base,

with some whitish above the tooth; orbicular and reniform faint,

pale reddish shghtly defined by brown, the former round, the latter

with red-brown line in centre; a very indistinct medial line slightly

angled outwards above vein 1; postmedial line almost obsolete on

costal area, then black, strongly angled outwards at vein 6, then

evenly incurved and double below vein 2, some white points beyend

it on costa and black streaks above and below vein 6; a faint pale

subterminal line arising at discal fold, excurved to vein 3, then

incurved and waved; a fine crenulate black line just before termen

except on apical area; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown, the terminal area dark ; slight double

dark strize on inner margin and a striga below vein 2 near termen ;

the underside white irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused

with brown, a brown discoidal spot, faint medial line excurved

beyond the cell, a whitish curved postmedial line defined on each

side by dark points.

Hab, Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 1 2. Hevp. 32 millim.

6344. Pectes flabella. (Plate CLX XVII. fig. 3.)

Ingura flabella, Grote, Can, Ent. xi. p. 208 (1879); Smith. Cat. Noet.

IN, Am. p. 240.

Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey; neck with black

124 _ NOCTUID.®.

g; tegule with dark line near tips, which are white; thorax

with some dark brown scales; pectus white; tarsi dark brown

ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown tinged wth grey. Fore

wing grey almost wholly suffused with dark brown; subbasal line

represented by a slight striga from costa; antemedial line double,

the outer line prominent, black, angled outwards below costa, then

excurved and acutely angled inwards on vein 1, a whitish patch

before it below the cell; orbicular represented by a pale point, the

reniform by a greyish lunule with dark striga in centre; medial

line slight, bent outwards beyond the cell, then inwards to below

the cell and dentate; postmedial line double, black, slightly bent

outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6 where it is rather obtusely

angled, then evenly incurved, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line greyish, angled inwards at discal fold and below

vein 3 and excurved at middle, crossed by black streaks above and

below vein 6; a greyish patch at apex; a series of black strie just

before termen and a fine terminal line; cilia with a dark line

through them. Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous tinge ;

postmedial and two subterminal dark striz at inner margin with

whitish between them; cilia white slightly chequered with brown ;

the underside red mixed with blackish and some grey and with

indistinct medial, double postmedial, and subterminal blackish lines.

Hab. U.S.A., Kansas, Douglas Co. (Snow), 13,12 type. Lup.

¢ 26, 2 28 millim.

ring:

6545, Pectes pygmea.

Pectes pygmea, Hibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. p. 21, ff. 109-10 (1827) ; Smith,

Cat. Nuct. N. Am, p. 241.

Subrita abrostolella, Wik. xxxv. 1744 (1866); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 240.

Ingura prepilata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 311 (1875).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; frons with dark bar

above; neck with black ring; tarsi brown ringed with white;

abdomen grey suffused with brown, a dorsal series of slight black

bars and lateral spots on medial segments. Fore wing grey suffused

Fiz. 46.—Pectes pygmeat, S$. }.

with brown; a subbasal dark striga from costa; antemedial line

double, black, obsolescent towards costa, angled outwards below

costa, then excurved and acutely angled inwards on vein 1, a whitish

patch before it below the cell; orbicular and reniform white defined

PACTES. 125

by brown, the former minute, round, the latter with brown striga

in centre; medial line slight, dark, bent outwards beyond the cell,

then inwards to below the cell and dentate; postmedial line double,

black, obsolescent towards costa, slightly bent outwards below costa,

oblique to vein 6 where it is rather obtusely angled outwards, then

evenly incurved, some white points beyond it on costa and black

streaks above and below vein 6; subterminal line indistinct, greyish,

irregularly waved, excurved at middle, then incurved ; a series of

small black spots just before termen and a fine terminal line. Hind

wing grey suffused with brown, the inner area whitish towards

base; a dark postmedia! striga at inner margin and two towards

tornus; a blackish terminal line; cilia white with a brownish line

through them ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a brown

discoidal lunule, sinuous medial line, indistinctly double waved -

postmedial line, and diffused waved subterminal line.

Hab. U.S.A. (Doubleday), 1 2 type abrostolella, Mississippi, Texas

(Belfrage), 2 3, 1 Q type prepilata, New Mexico. Kap. 24-28

millim.

Larva. H. Edw. & Elliot, Papilio, iii. p. 135.

Yellowish apple-green, each somite with fifteen to eightcen

irregularly disposed yellow spots, mostly lozenge-shaped, the sub-

dorsal spots somewhat linear; Ist somite with yellow line in

front ; spiracles dull orange on a bright lemon-yellow stigmatal

line. Food-plant, Liquidambar ptyraciflua, Linn.

6346. Pectes declinata. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. +.)

Ingura declinata, Grote, Can. Ent. xi. p. 207 (1879); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 240.

6. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; neck with black

ring; tegule blackish at tips; patagia with some black scales;

pectus whitish; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen grey

dorsally suffused with brown, the lateral tufts and ventral bars on

basal segments blackish. Fore wing grey suffused with purple-

brown, especially on costal area and terminal area except towards

apex; subbasal line represented by a dark striga from costa defined

on outer side by whitish ; antemedial line double, black, obsolescent

towards costa, angled outwards below costa and inwards in cell, then

excurved and angied inwards on vein 1 almost to base, a whitish

patch before it below the cell; orbicular and reniform grey defined

by brown, the former with brown point in centre, small, round, the

latter with brown striga in centre, somewhat angled inwards on

median neryure; a slight black medial line, bent outwards beyond

the cell and angled inwards below the cell and at vein 1; post-

medial line double, black, bent outwards below costa, oblique to

vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards, then incurved and

slightly excurved at vein 4, some white points heyond it on costa and

black streaks above and below vein 6; subterminal line indistinct,

greyish, irregularly waved, incurved below vein 8; the terminal

126 NOCTUID ©.

area suffused with bluish white towards apex and with a scrics of

fine black lunules just before termen; the extremities of veins with

black streaks intersecting the cilia which have a fine whitish line

at base. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown,

the veins beyond the lower angle of cell slightly streaked with

brown; a medial, two postmedial and two subterminal black striz

at inner margin; some dark striz just before termen and a fine

terminal line; cilia white; the underside with the costal and ter-

minal areas irrorated with brown, a dark bar from middle of costa,

double postmedial series of slight points, and series of points just

before termen.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, California, 1 g type. Hp. 32 millim.

6347. Pectes acutangula, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVII. fiz. 5.)

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white; palpi white

in front and with some black at -sides; frons with lateral black

spots; antennze with the basal joint white and white bars on shaft;

neck with black riug ; tegule with brown lines at middle and tips;

patagia with curved black streak; pectus white; tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen red-brown mixed with white, the basal

segment whitish, black segmental lines except on basal segment,

the ventral surface white with subventral series of small black spots

and two red-brown streaks. Fore wing grey suffased with purple-

brown; subbasal line represented by white striz from costa and in

cell; some white at base and a fascia below the cell extending to

the antemedial line, which is double, black filled in with white,

obsolescent towards costa, angled outwards below costa, then ex-

curved and strongly angled inwards at vein 1; medial area suffused

with white except on costal area and just beyond antemedial line ;

orbicular and reniform white defined by brown, the former small,

round, with rufous point in cell, the latter with rufous striga in

centre; medial line bent outwards beyond the cell, then bent in-

wards and dentate; postmedial line double, black filled in with

white, obsolescent towards costa, bent outwards below costa, oblique

to vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards, then incurved and

sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

indistinct, whitish, irregularly dentate, crossed by black streaks

above and below vein 6, the lower extending almost to postmedial

line; the apex white; a black point before termen below apex

followed by a series of lunules slightly defined by white; a tine

brown terminal line; cilia chequered with white towards apex and

with fine white lines at base and near tips. Hind wing brown, the

interspaces of basal half whitish; a brown postmedial striga at

inner margin and two towards tornus; a series of slight brown

strie just before termen; cilia white with brown spots at base;

the underside white, the costal and terminal areas suffused with

brown, a sinuous brown medial line and double postmedial series of

minute streaks on the veins.

Hab. Bananas, Nassau (Bonhote), 2 ¢ type. Hp. 30 millim.

PECTES. Dy

6348. Pectes abrostoloides. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 6.)

Ingura abrostoloides, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 311 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 240.

Edema producta, Wik. v. 1031 (1855).

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey, the vertex of

head whitish; palpi and sides of frons blackish; neck with black

band; tegule with brown lines at middle and tips; patagia with

some black scales at tips; pectus whitish; tarsi black tinged with

white; abdomen brown, whitish at base and with dorsal series of

slight black bars. Fore wing grey, almost entirely suffused with

brown; subbasal line represented by slight double striz from costa ;

antemedial line double, black, obsolescent towards costa, angled out-

wards below costa, then excurved and strongly angled inwards on

vein 1, an ochreous white patch before it below the cell; orbicular

a faint pale round spot; reniform a faint pale lunule with brown

striga in centre; medial line very indistinct, double, bent outwards

below costa to just beyond the cell and dentate below the cell;

postmedial line double, black, obsolescent towards costa, bent out-

wards below costa, oblique to vein 6, then incurved and slightly

angled outwards below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, irregularly dentate, crossed

by an oblique series of three black streaks from termen below apex

to vein 6 at postmedial line; a waved black line just before termen

and fine terminal brown line; cilia intersected with blackish.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half paler; an

oblique blackish postmedial striga and two subterminal strie at

inner margin with some white between them; a fine dark terminal

line; cilia white with brown spots from apex to vein 4; the

underside whitish tinged with brown, a waved medial line, double

minutely crenulate postmedial line, diffused subterminal line, and

terminal series of slight lunules.

2. Fore wing without the whitish patch before antemedial line.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A.,1 5,39, Massachusetts, Illinois, Alabama,

Florida, St. John’s Binff (Doubleday), 4 3, 32 type producta.

Missouri. xp. 28-34 millim.

6349. Pectes fuscescens. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 7.)

Edema fuscescens, W\k. v. 1031 (1855).

Ingura abrostoloides, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 326 (nec Guen.).

Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey, some black scales

at tips of patagia and on metathorax; pectus yellowish white ;

tarsi blackish tinged with white; abdomen reddish brown mixed

with grey, the basal segments whitish with slight black bars

followed by black points, the ventral surface white tinged with

rufous. Fore wing grey, almost entirely suffused with purple-

brown; subbasal line represented by a slight pale striga from costa ;

antemedial line indistinctly double, blackish, angled outwards below

128 NOCTUID@.

costa and slightly angled inwards at vein 1, sometimes with pale

curved mark before it below the cell; orbicular and reniform small

pale marks, the former round with rufous point in centre, the latter

with rufous lunale in centre; medial line indistinct, bent outwards

beyond the cell, then oblique, dentate ; postmedial line double, black,

bent outwards below costa, obliqne to vein 6 where it is obtusely

angled outwards, then incurved and slightly excurved at vein 4,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line greyish,

waved, excurved at middle, then incurved, a black spot beyond it

below vein 7; a series of sight black lunules just before termen and

a fine terminal line; cilia brown intersected with blackish. Hind

wing brown, the interspaces of basal half pale, the median nervare

and veins beyond the cell streaked with blackish; a postmedial dark

striga at inner margin and two towards tornus; cilia white with

brown spots; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a sinnous

brown medial line and double postmedial series of minute streaks on

the veins.

Hab, Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 $, 2 9 ; Honpuras (Miller),

1g, 12 type; Cosra Rica, R. Sucio (Hogers), 1 ¢ ; Panama,

Chiriqui (Champion), 2 3, at sea off Panama (J. J. Walker), 1 3,

Godman-Salvin Coll.; Br. Guiana, Rockstone (Kaye), 1 6, 19 ;

Braztt, Rio Janeiro, 1d ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 29. Hap.

24-32 millim.

6350. Pectes delineata. (Plate CLXXVIL fig. 8.)

Ingura delineata, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 311, pl. 14. f. 9 (1852); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 240.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown; frons

with dark spots at sides and bar above; neck with black ring;

tegulee with brown lines at middle and near tips; patagia with dark

band at middle; tarsi brown with pale rings; abdomen with the

base whitish and with dark scales on dorsum at extremities of the

segments. Fore wing grey suffused with brown; subbasal line

represented by a dark striga from costa; antemedial line double,

black, ohsolescent towards costa, excurved from below costa to vein 1

where it is acutely angled inwards, a curved whitish mark before it

below the cell; two slight dark discoidal points; medial line slight,

dark, bent outwards beyond cell, then inwards to below cell and

dentate; postmedial line double, black, obsolescent towards costa,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 6 where it is

obtusely angled outwards, then incurved and slightly excurved at

vein 4 and submedian fold, some slight whitish points beyond it

on costa; subterminal line indistinct, greyish, irregularly waved,

excurved at middle and angled inwards below vein 2, crossed by

black streaks above and below vein 6; a series of slight black

lunules just before termen and a fine terminal line; cilia intersected

with blackish and with fine whitish line at base. Hind wing brown,

the interspaces of basal area whitish ; two slight dark striz at inner

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margin beyond middle; a fine dark terminal line; cilia white with

a series of brown spots ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,

a brown discoidal lunule, indistinct sinuous medial line, double

postmedial series of points on the veins, and diffused subterminal

band.

Hab, Canana; U.S.A. (Doubleday), 1 3 , Massachusetts, south to

Alabama and west to Illinois and Missouri, Hvp. 34 millim. The

specimen was labelled Adena fuscescens, Wik. type.

Larva. Yellow-green; stigmatal line fine, yellow, continuous ;

eight other interrupted waved yellow lines; head and feet green.

Food-plant, Jasmine.

6351, Pectes lunodes. (Plate CLX XVII. fig. 9.)

Ingura iunodes, Guen Noct. ii. p. 810 (1852); Druce, Biol.-Centr, Aim.,

Het. i. p. 326.

Elema producta, Wik. v. 1031 (1855), var. (3.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; frons blackish at sides

and with dark bar above; neck with black ring; tegule with

brown lines at middle and near tips; patagia with blackish bands ;

pectus whitish, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

grey suffused with brown, whitish at base and with dorsal series of

slight black bars and lateral spots, the ventral surface whitish with

brown subventral and ventral streaks. Fore wing grey suffused

with brown, an obiique white shade from apex to middle of inner

margin; antemedial line double, black, obsolescent towards costa,

angled outwards below costa and inwards on vein 1 to near base, a

whitish patch before it below the cell; two dark discoidal points ;

medial line slight, dark, bent outwards beyond the cell, then inwards

and dentate; postmedial line double, black, obsolescent towards

costa, bent outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 6 where it is

obtusely angled outwards, then incurved and slightly excurved at

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa and black streaks

above and below vein 6; a series of slight black lunules just before

termen, reduced to points on the white apical patch, and a fine

terminal line; cilia intersected with blackish and with white patch

below apex. Hind wing brown, the interspaces of basal half

whitish, the veins with dark streaks, a black postmedial striga at

inner margin and two towards tornus; cilia white with a series of

brown spots; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, a dark

discoidal lunule, sinuous medial line, double postmedial series of

points on the veins, and diffused subterminal line.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida (Schaus), 1 9 ; Honpuras (Dyson), 1 ¢,

19; Banamas, Abaco (Bonhote), 1 2, Andros (Neville Chamberlain),

193 Jamarca (Gosse), 1 9 ; Cusa, 1 g, Tanamo (Schaus), 1 9 ;

Harri (Tweedie), 1 6,42; Sra. Lucta (Cowie), 2 2 ; Grevapa

(H. H. Smith), 3 9 ; Trrytpap, Cuparo, 1 2; Brazim, Organ Mts.,

Tijuca (Wagner), 3 2, Sao Paulo (D. Jones), 1 5 ; Paraguay,

Sapucay (Mester), 1 2... Hwp. 28-34 millim.

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6352. Pectes arcigera. (Plate CLXXVIL. fig. 10.)

Ingura areigera, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 312 (1852).

Kdema nana, Wik. xxxii. 425 (1865).

Inyura murina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 328 (part.).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; frons with dark bar

above; neck with black ring; tegule with some black scales at

tips; patagia with blackish band at base; pectus whitish; tarsi

brown ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with brown and

with dorsal series of black bars, the ventral surface grey streaked

with brown. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with brown, a

curved whitish shade from termen below apex to middle of inner

margin; subbasal line represented by a slight striga from costa ;

antemedial line indistinct, double, and waved from costa to below

the cell, then forming a prominent V-shaped black mark angled

inwards on vein 1 and with a semicircular white mark above it;

orbicular represented by a whitish point, the reniform by two rufous

points; medial line slight, bent outwards beyond the cell, then

inwards to below the cell and dentate; postmedial line double,

almost obsolete towards costa, bent outwards below costa, oblique

to vein 6 where it is obtusely angled outwards, then incurved, with

black band on its inner edge between veins 6 and _ 5, slightly

excurved at vein 4 and prominent and black towards inner margin,

some whitish points beyond it on costa and black streaks above and

below vein 6, the upper one diffused into a wedge-shaped mark at

termen; subterminal line very indistinct, grey, irregularly dentate ;

a series of slight black lunules just before termen except towards

apex; cilia intersected with blackish. Hind wing whitish, the

terminal area suffused with brown, the veins with blackish streaks ;

postmedial and two subterminal black strie at inner margin; cilia

white with brown spets from apex to vein 2; the underside whitish

with indistinct double postmedial series of dark points on the veins,

the terminal area tinged with brown,

Hab. Muxico, Jalapa (Zrwjillo), 1 3, Godman-Salvin Coll.;

Banamas (Bonhote), 1 9 ; Hart (L'weedie), 2 3 type nana; Sr.

Tuomas, Lap. g 28, 9 30 millim.

(353. Pectes obrotunda. (Plate CL.XXVII. fig. 11.)

Ingura obrotunda, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 312 (1852).

Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown ; frons with dark

bar above; patagia with dark medial band; tarsi blackish ringed

with white; abdomen grey suffused with brown, whitish at base,

the ventral surface whitish with subventral blackish streaks. Fore

wing grey suffused with red- brown, leaving an oblique grey shade

from apex to middle of inner margin ; antemcdial line very

indistinct, double, sinuous, slightly angied inwards at vein 1; a

faint pale point in middle of cell and two rufous discoidal points ;

an oblique dark shade from cell to inner margin before the pale

PZECTES. 131

shade; medial line slight, blackish, bent outwards beyond the cell

and angled inwards at veins 2 and 1; postmedial line double,

black, bent outwards below costa, excurved above vein 6, then

incurved and sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa and

slight black streaks on veins 7, 6 and between them; subterminal

line indistinct, greyish, irregularly waved; a scries of black striz

just before termen ; cilia intersected with blackish and with white

spot just below apex. Hind wing brown, the interspaces of basal

half whitish, the veins with dark streaks; postmedial and two

subterminal black strive at inner margin; cilia white with brown

spots from apex to vein 2 and bar at tornus; the underside white

slightly irrorated with brown, the costal and terminal areas tinged

with rufous, a slight sinuous medial line, double postmedial series

of minute streaks on the veins, and terminal series of small

triangular spots.

Hab. Jamarca, Kingston (Cockerell), 1 $6, Runaway Bay

(Walsingham), 1 3 ; Cua, Santiago (Sckaus), 4 5 ; Harr

(Tweedie), 1 § ; Sra. Lucra (Cowie), 5 g, 1 9; Sr. Vincent

(H. H. Smith), 1 3 ; Grenapa (MH. H. Sruth), 1 3 ; Paracuay,

Sapucay (foster), 1 6,19. vp. 24-30 millim. '

6354. Pectes nubifera, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 12.)

Ingura abrostoloides, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i, p. 326 (part., nec

Guen.).

Ingura murina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 326 (part.).

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous and irrorated with

fuscous ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen grey tinged

with rufous, the ventral surface whitish streaked with brown.

Fore wing grey suffused with ferruginous brown, an oblique pale

grey shade from apex to middle of inner margin; antemedial line

indistinct, double, waved ; a faint pale point in middle of cell and

two rufous discoidal points; postmedial line double, bent outwards

below costa, oblique to vein 6 where it is obtusely angled outwards,

incurved and slightly sinuous below vein 4 and with white points

on the veins, some white points beyond it on costa and a curved

black mark below vein 6; subterminal line indistinct, greyish,

waved; a series of black strive just before termen and a fine

terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal

half whitish, the veins with blackish streaks; two blackish strie

at inner margin beyond middle; cilia white, with brown spots

from apex to vein 2; the underside whitish tinged with brown,

a dark discoidal lunule, sinuous medial line, postmedial series of

minute dark streaks on the veins, and diffused subterminal line.

2. Fore wing with yellowish-white patch before the antemedial

line above vein 1.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 g type; Costa Rica, Cande-

laria Mts. (Underwood), 1 5, Sta. Clara Valley (Zurcher), 1 2,

Godman-Salvin Coll. xy. 30 millim,

132 NOCLUID®,

6355. Pectes chlorophora, n. sp. (Plate CLXXYVII. fig. 13.)

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with ochreous and

some dark brown ‘scales; pectus yellowish white; tarsi blackish

ringed with white; abdomen with blackish dorsal spots on medial

segments placed on pale bars, the ventral surface greenish yellow

with subventral black points on Ist and penultimate segments.

Fore wing red-brown; a golden-green patch at base of costa;

antemedial line slight, black towards inner margin, defined on

inner side by a golden green band, angled outwards below costa,

then sinuous; orbicular and reniform with red-brown centres and

ochreous annuli slightly defined by blackish, the former small,

round, the latter narrow and constricted at middle; a waved

medial line from cell to Inner margin, and another waved line

from vein 6 beyond the cell to inner margin; postmedial line

double with a golden green band on its outer edge, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved, a rather darker triangular patch beyond it on costal

area and some whitish points on costa; subterminal line indistinct,

pale, waved, with black streaks beyond it above and below vein 6,

angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 3; a pale

apical patch and a series of blackish strive before termen; cilia

intersected with blackish. Hind wing fuscous brown with some

ochreous white at base of inner area; three black striz on inner

area towards tornus ; a black terminal line; cilia ochreous white

slightly mixed with red-brown ; the underside ochreous white

irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown,

a blackish discoidal Junule, crenulate medial line excurved beyond

the cell, double crenulate postmedial line, and indistinct waved

subterminal line.

Hab. W. Cotomprs, 1 2 type, San Antonio (Pulmer), 2 9°.

Exp. 34 millim.

*6356. Pectes phwoplaga. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 14.)

Peetes pheoplaga, Schaus, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. xiii. p. 43 (1911).

@. Head and tegule black-brown ; thorax reddish brown mixed

with grey; pectus red-brown in front, white behind; fore and

mid legs brown, the tarsi ringed with white; hind legs white

irrorated with brown ; abdomen reddish brown irrorated with

dark brown, some grey-white at base. Fore wing red-brown

mixed with some grey-white ; subbasal line represented by

indistinct double dark striz from costa; antemedial line in-

distinctly double filled in with grey, minutely waved; orbicular

and reniform rufous defined by blackish, the former small, round,

the latter with whitish annulus and narrowing above; medial line

dark, waved, arising at vein 6 beyond the cell and bent inwards

below end of cell; postmedial lne double, filled in with white

beyond the cell, oblique to vein 6 where it is slightly angled, and

incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa,

PACTES. 133

traces of another irregular line, and a fuscous patch on inner area

from vein 2 to tornus ; subterminal line greyish, minutely waved,

oblique and defined on outer side by brown towards costa, angled

inwards at vein 2, then oblique to tornus; a series of dark brown

strie just before termen; cilia with a fine brown line near base.

Hind wing dark brown with some white and red-brown strie on

terminal half of veins 2 and 1; cilia chequered white and dark

brown. Underside of fore wing fuscous, the costal area rufous and

whitish with some white spots towards apex; hind wing white

irrorated with brown, the terminal area fuscous brown except at

apex, a slight black disccidal lunule, minutely waved medial line

excurved beyond the cell, and curved postmedial line with minute

black streaks on the veins.

Hab. Fr. Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni (Schaus), type + ¢ in

U.S. Nat. Mus. Hay. 26 millim.

*6357. Paectes eumicta. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 15.)

Pectes ewmicta, Schaus, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. xiii. p. 44 (1911).

3. Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with some grey and

black; pectus ochreous white; tarsi blackish with pale rings;

abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey. Fore wing olive-brown

mixed with some grey; subbasal reddish ochreous patches below

costa and cell and above inner margin; antemedial line double,

waved ; orbicular and reniform reddish brown with pale annuli

defined by black, the former small, round, the latter narrowing

above and produced to a point at lower extremity ; medial line

blackish, oblique, waved, arising at vein 6 beyond the cell; post-

medial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below

costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 6, then minutely waved,

oblique and sinuous below vein 4, some white points beyond it on

costa and traces of an irregular brown line; subterminal line grey,

incurved below costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then

minutely waved ; a series of black points just before termen; cilia

with a pale line at base. Hind wing dark brown, a pale point on

extremity of vein 2 and some pale striz# on terminal half of vein 1;

cilia chequered ochreous and brown; the underside white irrorated

with brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous, a black

discoidal spot, minutely waved medial line excurved beyond the

cell, double crenulated postmedial line, and traces of subterminal

line.

Hab. Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus), type t ¢ in U.S.

Nat. Mus. Hap. 26 millim.

6358. Pectes nyctichroma. (Plate CLAXVII. fig. 16.)

Ingura nyctichroma, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 370 (1905).

3. Head and thorax dark red-brown irrorated with black ;

{eoulse with diffused black medial line ; patagia with short black

134 NOCLUIDA.

streaks ; prothorax with pair of white points; pectus with some

white hair; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen red-brown with

dorsal and subdorsal series of black points, the 2nd and 3rd

segments with lateral white lines. Fore wing red-brown suffused

with fuscous; a double minutely waved antemedial black line;

orbicular absent; reniform a greyish bar with red-brown line in

centre ; a waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

postmedial line black, shghtly bent outwards below costa, angled

outwards above vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, with traces of

a waved line before it; a slight black streak above middle of

vein 5; traces of a pale subterminal line defined on each side by

brown, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and below vein 3

forming two whitish dentitions; a whitish patch at apex with

short black streak below it; a series of oblique black strize just

before termen; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing dark

reddish brown, the interspaces of inner area pale towards base ;

some black striz on inner margin towards tornus; a fine pale line

at base of cilia; the underside grey irrorated and suffused with

brown, a medial line strongly exeurved at middle, traces of a

double waved postmedial line with series of points on the yeins,

and a diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 3g type. Bap.

30 millim.

#6359. Peectes endcchlora. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 17.)

Pectes endochlora, Schaus, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. xiii. p. 44 (1911).

©. Head and thorax dark brown mixcd with some grey ; pectus

white; legs brown and white, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen fuseous mixed with grey, the extremity with some blood-

red, the sides white towards base, the ventral surface white with

sublateral series of black bars. Fore wing fuscous brown mixed

with purplish grey, some ochreous at base, the medial area with

yellow-green fascia on inner margin; autemedial line double,

minutely waved; orbicular a minute grey spot; reniform repre-

sented by two small blackish spots with grey annuli; medial line

dark, oblique, waved, arising at vein 6 beyond the cell; postmedial

line double filled in with whitish, slightly bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey,

minutely waved ; some whitish suffusion below apex; a series of

dark strie just before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia

pure white at tips; the underside white suffused with bluc-grey,

a minutely waved medial line and double minutely waved post-

medial line.

Hab. Fr. Gutawa, Cayenne (Schaus), type t+ Q im U.S. Nat.

Mus, £ap. 20 millim.

P.ECTES. 135

*6360. Pectes hematosema. (Plate CLXXYII. fig. 18.)

Pectes hematosema, Schaus, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. xiii. p. 43 (1911).

3. Head white slightly irrorated with blackish ; frons with

lateral black bars and spot above ; antennee fuscous, the shaft white

on basal half; thorax red-brown with some white scales, the meta-

thorax with small white patch ; pectus white; legs white irrorated

with brown, the fore tibie brown except at extremity, the tarsi

banded fuscous and white; abdomen white mixed with brown, the

extremity olive-brown, the ventral surface brown irrorated with

white. Fore wing with the basal area olive-brown, the medial

érea fuscous brown, the rest of wing white mixed with olive-brown

on postmedial area and fuscous brown on terminal area, a fuscous

apical patch ; a white subbasal striga from costa; antemedial line

black, defined on inner side by white on costal half, oblique and

minutely waved to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique ;

orbicular a minute white spot ; reniform small, with olive-brown

centre and white annulus, very narrow above; medial line black,

oblique, minutely waved, arising at vein 6 beyond the cell, the

area white from it to postmedial line, which is black defined on

outer side by white, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

oblique, minutely waved ; postmedial area with some white points

on costa and a slight white line, oblique towards costa, then

minutely waved to vein 3; subterminal line white, oblique to

vein 6, then minutely waved, slightly bent inwards at vein 3 and

ending on termen above tornus where there is a bright crimson

spot; a series of black striae just before termen ; cilia pale olive,

dark towards apex. Hind wing with the basal half white, the

veins and inner margin brown, the terminal half fuscous brown

with an oblique white striga at extremity of vein 2 and some black

striz on inner margin; cilia white with brown spots. Underside

of fore wing fuscous, the costal area white irrorated with brown,

the postmedial and subterminal lines white ; hind wing white, the

costal area irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot, obso-

lescent curved minutely waved medial line, obsolescent postmedial

line with minute black streaks on the veins, the terminal area

fuscous with minutely waved white subterminal line.

Hab. Fr. Gurana, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus), type t ¢ in U.S.

Nat. Mus. xp. 26 millim.

6361. Pectes glauca. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 19.)

Ingura glauca, Hmpsn. A. M.N.H. (7) xvi. p. 869 (1909).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with pale olive-yellow and

irrorated with black, the last with subdorsal and subyentral series

of small black spots. Fore wing grey largely suffused with pale

olive-yellow and slightly irrorated with black, more thickly on

medial area; a black spot at base of cell with striga from costa

above it; an antemedial black line angled outwards below costa,

then slightly waved and with traces of an oliye line before it;

436 NOCLUID E.

orbicular and reniform small with olive eccntres and grey annul,

the former round or elongate elliptical, sometimes confluent with

the latter which has its lower extremity produced to a point; a

diflused waved black medial line; postmedial line double, bent

outwards below eosta, then the inner line excurved in the interspaces

aud angled inwards on the veins, then oblique below vein 4, the

outer line reduced to black points and a prominent lunule above

inner margin, followed by an oblique olive band from costa to

vein 4, then incurved and reduced to spots; some black points on

eosta towards apex ; an oblique olive band across apical area from

costa to vein 6; a grey and black apical patch with a pale curved

line on its inner edge and a waved black line on termen; a series

of black points just before termen and more prominent spot at

submedian fold; cilia intersected with black near apex. Hind

wing pale suffused with fuscous on the veins and terminal area

and with olive on inner area, more uniformly fuscous in female.

Underside of fore wing with the costal and terminal areas whitish ;

hind wing whitish with traces of medial line, postmedial series

of black points, diffused waved subterminal line, and wayed

terminal line.

Hab. W. Coromsia, Jiminez, 1 9; VeNnuzurna, Aroa, 1 ¢ type;

Br. Guiana, Potaro R. (Kaye), 1 9. Hap. 28 millim.

6362. Pectes polia, u.sp. (Plate CLAXVIL. fig. 20.)

Ingura griseifusa, Hmpsn. A. M.N.H. (7) xvi. p. 370, 2 (nee ¢).

@. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with blackish and some

brown; frons with black bar; tegule with black band at base;

pectus and legs white tinged with red-brown, the fore and mid

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey tinged with

fuscous except at base and with blackish segmental lines, the

ventral surface whiter with subventral series of black points.

Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous; antemedial line

blackish, sinuous ; orbicular and reniform with brownish centres

and grey annuli faintly defined by blackish, the former small,

round ; a slight cblique medial line from cell to inner margin and

waved line from vein 6 beyond the cell to inner margin; post-

medial line double, blackish, shghtly bent outwards below costa,

then minutely waved, excurved to vein 5, then oblique, some

white points beyond it on costa with rufons between them ; traces

of a double waved subterminal line with blackish spots before it

at diseal fold and above inner margin and some black beyond it at

apex; a series of black points before termen and larger spot at

submedian feld; cilia interseeted with black. Hind wing white,

the veins blackish, the terminal area blackish except towards

tornus ; some blackish striee on inner margin towards tornus ; cilia

white mixed with black-brown; the underside white, the costal

area slightly irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous, a double postmedial series of black points on the veins.

Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 2 type. Kep. 80 millim.

PACTES. UBs7

6363. Pectes griseifusa. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 21.)

Ingura griseifusa, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 870 (1905).

6. Head and thorax grey tinged with rufous and irrorated with

a few black scales; abdomen grey irrorated with black. Fore

wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous and slightly tinged with

brown; a waved black antemedial Hne; orbicular and reniform

moderate, rounded, defined by black, an indistinct waved medial

line ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa and

incurved below vein 4, with another indistinct line beyond it;

short black streaks above middle of veins 5, 6; a dark patch from

costa befcre apex; a crenulate line just before termen. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal and inner areas paler; a

slight pale mark above tornus and some blaek stris on inner

margin near tornus; the underside paler except terminal area,

traces of waved medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

Hab, Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 9, Godman-

Salvin Coll.; Braziz, Rio Janeiro, 1 g type, Organ Mts., Tijuca

(Wagner), 13,19. Hep. 32 millim.

6364. Pectes canofusa.

Ingura canofusa, Ampsn. Trans, Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 249, pl. 17. fig. 16.

Head and thorax white mixed with some red-brown, the tegule

red-brown at tips; palpi red-brown irrorated with blaek; frons

with red-brown bar above and black lateral bars below ; antennz

brown ; neck with black ring; thorax red-brown mixed with grey,

the patagia with some black scales on upper edge; pectus and legs

white and rufous, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

grey-white suffused in parts with reddish brown, dorsal blackish

spots on basal segments and subdorsal series of bars, ventral black

spots on basal segments followed by subventral points. Fore wing

grey-white suffused with red-brown, the medial and apical areas

less suffused; subbasal line represented by double brown strive

from costa and a blackish spot in cell; blackish spots on eosta and

inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double, sinuous;

orbicular white defined by brown and with some pinkish in

centre, small, round; reniform white faintly defined by brown,

with brown striga in middle and black point at lower angle of cell,

a waved line from it to inner margin; postmedial line double,

oblique from costa to vein 6, then minutely waved, ineurved below

vein 4, a slight black streak from it to subterminal line in discal

fold, some white points and brown streaks beyond it on costa;

subterminal line indistinctly double filled in with whitish, the

outer line strong blackish and incurved from costa to vein 6 where

it is angled outwards, then minutely waved; a series of black

striee just before termen and a fine blackish terminal line; cilia

intersected with blackish. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cell and

interspaces of inner area whitish; a postmedial and two sub-

138 NOCLUID ©.

terminal black stri on inner margin; a fine black terminal line

from apex to vein 2; cilia yellowish white iatersected with brown ;

the underside white irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area

tinged with rufous, a blackish discoidal lunule, medial line excurved

beyond the cell, crenulate postmedial line with series of black

points beyond it, rather diffused subterminal line, and terminal

series of small triangular spots.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 9; Sra. Lucia

(lotherham), 1 3; Domrnica (Elliot), 38 9 type; Venuzunta, Aroa,

1 3; 8.E. Perv, 8. Domingo, vp. 28-36 millim,

6365. Pectes areusa. (Plate CLXXVIL. fig. 22.)

Penicillaria areusa, Wk. Trans. Ent. Soe. (3) i. p. 93 (1862).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and some dark

brown ; palpi dark at tips; antenne dark brown, the shaft whitish

towards base ; fore tibixe and tarsi with blackish bands; abdomen

grey suffused with red-brown, darker towards extremity and with

shght dorsal black bars on 2nd and 8rd segments, the ventral

surface whitish with black spots on first three segments and sub-

ventral series of points on medial segments. Fore wing grey

suffused with rufous and with some green on basal, costal, and

inner areas, the medial area greyer; a whitish patch below base

of cell; subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga from

costa; antemedial line straight, double, incurved in cell and at

vein 1, a greenish band before it; orbicular small, round, with

whitish annulus slightly defined by brown; reniform narrow, white

with red-brown line on discocellulars; medial line fine, brown,

excurved round end of cell, then waved; postmedial line double,

bent outwards below costa, incurved and sinuous below vein 4,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale with

a dark patch at costa and whitish patch beyond it below apex,

incurved below costa, incurved and sinuous below vein 3, a small

black spot beyond it above vein 6 and a black streak before it

below vein 6; a series of slight black lunules before termen.

Hind wing fuscous brown, some whitish at base ; the inner margin

whitish with some black stria towards. tornus; a fine waved

dark terminal line; cilia white intersected with brown; the

underside white irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule,

medial line excurved beyond the cell, double punctiform post-

medial line, and whitish subterminal line defined on each side by

fuscous suffusion and by rufous towards apex.

Ab. 1. Abdomen dorsally grey suffused with brown, ventrally

fuscous brown; fore wing with green patches on basal area only ;

the medial area with narrow oblique pale band, the subterminal

line without the small black spot beyond it above vein 6.

Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 6, 19; W.

Cotomsra, Jiminez, 1 ¢; Braz, type t in Mus. Oxon, Bahia

(Oldfield Thomas), 1 9. Exp. 23-32 miltim,

PACTES, 139

6366. Pectes sabulosa. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 23.)

Ingura sabulosa, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 98 (1906).

©. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey and fuscous ;

3rd joint of palpi blackish ; tegule whitish at base; tarsi blackish

ringed with white ; abdomen white irrorated with brown, the

dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing grey-white irrorated and

suffused with fuscous brown, a whitish patch on basal area below

the cell; subbasal line represented by two blackish points on costa

with some white between them ; antemedial line double, waved ;

orbieular and reniform round defined by blackish, the former with

white centre, the latter with white lunule on inner side of centre

and white bar before it; medial line irregularly waved, double

from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, filled in with

white at costa, bent outwards below costa, angled outwards at

vein 6, then minutely waved, ineurved below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa, another line beyond it diffused and

oblique from costa to vein 5 where it is angled outwards, then

minutely waved; an indistinct double minutely waved subterminal

line, filled in with white in places; a crenulate black terminal line

enclosing whitish lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with

brown especially on the veins and terminal area leaving a white

patch on termen towards tornus; the inner margin white towards

tornus with an oblique black postmedial striga and three at tornus ;

some dark points on the veins beyond lower angle of cell; a

terminal series of small dark lunules; cilia white; the underside

whitish, the costal and terminal areas tinged’ with brown, a

diffused brown bar from costa to upper angle of cell, and double

postmedial series of dark points on the veins.

Hab. W. Cotompra, San Antonio (Palmer), 1 2; Braziz, Sao

Paulo in Coll. D. Jones. Exp. 30 millim.

6367. Fectes albescers, n.sp. (Plate CLX XVII. fig. 24.)

Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown; palpi with

black bands on 2nd and 3rd joints; frons with lateral black spots ;

antenna with tuft of black scales on basal joint and black point

behind them ; neck with black ring; the tegule with black bands

at middle and tips; abdomen white slightly irrorated with brown

and with subbasal and subventral series of black points. Fore

wing white irrorated with brown; a subbasal black striga from

costa; antemedial line black defined on outer side by brown,

incuryed in celi and angled inwards at vein 1 to a streak extending

to near base; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, their

centres faintly tinged with olive, the former round, the latter open

above and with some black suffusion beyond it ; medial line

represented by a black striga from costa to reniform and

indistinetly deuble dentate line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; postmedial line double, black, bent outwards below costa,

140 NOCLUIDA,

oblique to vein 6, ineurved below vein 4 and slightly angled

inwards at vein 1, the costa beyond it black with some white

points ; subterminal line represented by a white striga on a black

spot below costa, then defined by shght fuscons marks on inner

side and black streaks on veins 3, 2, 1, excurved at middle; a

series of small black lunules just before termen and fine fuscous

terminal line. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous brown, the median nervure and veins beyond the cell

streaked with black; a black postmedial striga at inner margin and

two towards tornus; a small black spot followed by some white

towards extremity of vein 2; cilia white; the underside white, the

terminal area tinged with brown, a medial black striga from costa,

and double postmedial series of minute black streaks on the veins.

Hab. Honnuras (Dyson), 1 $ type; Coroms1a, Minca (H. H.

Smith), in Coll. Druee. Hap. 30 millim.

Species omitted.

Lutelia procera, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p.383 (1891). Madagascar,

Eutelia vulgaris, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899,

| Oro Hie ORR Nr OCA MEME Mee nS eat mi eh K. Africa.

Eutelia gilvicolor, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899,

(Doh Oe ROcee Otro e Co Oa on Sod & Ee oOo Oo ao Ki. Africa,

Penicillaria solida, Wlk. xxxili. 814 (1865).

Dye Ost, acai eeepc gets Oe erect Ceylcn.

Penicillaria resoluta, Wik. xxxili. 815 (1865).

ype MOSt. 5 scx cat an ys atic 6 sysyeie susan neaciene etter. Ceylon.

Inaura pallida, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv.

105 OO CUINS)) 6 ded ooceooolbooddobossndos de Jamaica.

Ingura elegans, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi.

| OPI AO GRCKS) 0) Wainte eReenioe PM oer arse ade omieerS dra Porto Rico.

Ingura vittata, Méschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi.

De Vly GIS OO) OG. rs Satty cto: seer aeonemnt sake Porto Rico.

Ingura bursere, Dyar, P. Ent. Soc. Wash. iv.

p. 455 (1901), larva, Dyar, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.

OMille [Oe ALL SIeaVS WOOL seacoccaonbe Florida.

STICTOPTERIN a. Hes

Subfamily STICTOPTERIN &.

Proboseis fully developed; palpi upturned or oblique and with

the 2nd joint fringed with hair above towards extremity, the 3rd

joint usually rather long and sometimes dilated at extremity ; frons

smooth with tuft of hair above; eyes large and naked without

bristly cilia from their margins; antenne ciliated, sometimes very

long; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, with or without

slight crests, the patagia sometimes with erectile triangular crest

on upper edge; tibize usually moderately fringed with hair; abdomen

with or without slight crests. Fore wing triangular or narrow and

elongate, sometimes with scale-tooth at tornus; with small tufts of

raised scales in the cell ; vein 1 a weak, not anastomosing with 1 6;

1 c¢ absent; 2 from middle of cell; 3 and 5 from near lower angle;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 1 @ and 16 present;

le absent; 3,4 from lower angle of cell, rarely stalked; 5 fully

developed, from or from just above angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only; frenulum of

female simple.

Larva with all the prolegs present, almost smooth, the warts

with single hairs; the 12th somite slightly humped.

Fig. 47.—Larva of Stictoptera subobliqua. 1.

The subfamily is a development from the Voctwinw, from which

it is distinguished by the single frenulum of the female and the tufts

of raised scales in the cell.

PHYLOGENY OF THE STICTOPTERIN A},

Paralopha.

Odontodes. Stictoptera. Gigantoceras. Nycteota.

Lophoptera. Mgramma. Sadarst. Stenosticta.

Gyrtona,

142 NOCLUID.E.

Key to the Genera.

A. Fore wing with scale-tooth at tornus.

a. Metathorax with large depressed crest ; abdomen

with large crests on four basal segments ...... Pasrarorma, p. 142.

b. Thorax without crests ; abdomen with crests on

sth andl Stel SEEM couascoacnon000ende00bandonser Ovoytopes, p. 143.

BL. Fore wing without seale-tooth at tornus.

a, Patagia with erectile triangular crest on upper

edge; palpi with the 8rd joint dilated at

GRTRETOANKY — coz0000 pos os0en cnn n0dbecnpbodsn0B9aR0000R0¢0R Sricroprera, p. 146.

>, Patagia without crest on upper edge ; palpi with

the 3rd joint not dilated at extremity.

a, Antenne about one and a half times length

OR KORO WANE sompo0ssonosssuopesocoodnsDNEDGRDONeN GiGantoceras, p. 172.

o1, Antennse not longer than fore wing.

GB, MOKO WHAE (HIME WIEYP ooo0cq06sn00n0sbe0000000000 Lornorrmra, p. 175.

b?. Fore wing narrow.

a. Fore wing with the costahighly arched. Saparsa, p, 203.

63, Fore wing with the margins almost

parallel.

a*, Wind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked.

a, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell to middle ............ Nycreota, p. 205.

65, Hind wing with vein 8 anas-

tomosing with the cell near base

Omi fu Jae ses oaceace meet sae stoemeseeseces Stryosticra, p. 203.

b'. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell.

a. Prothorax with sharp ridge-like

(ELRSYS Biencat BE nEEN HE sat ounmHondodasucactoane Nreranuaa, p. 196.

6°. Thorax without crests ...........--.. Gyrrona, p. 207.

Genus PARALOPHA. Type

Puralopha, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xv. p. 204 (1908) ............ rubigened.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennex of female

minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, the metathorax

with large depressed crest; hind tibie fringed with long hair; abdomen with

large dorsal crests on four basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate, the inner margin lobed near

base and 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 wine with the ceil less than half length of wing; veins 3, 4

from angle; 5 from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

*6368. Paralopha rubiginea.

Paralopha rubiginea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool, xv. p. 204 (1908).

@. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some greyish,

the metathoracic crest fuscous; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen reddish brown tinged with grey. J ore wing red-brown

mixed with greyish and ochreous ; a rather darker patch at base of

costa and subbasal patches on costa and inner margin ; antemedial

line indistinct, red-brown defined on inner side by ochreous, curved,

ODONTODES. 143

waved ; a patch of blue-grey suffusion irrorated with black in and

below end of cell ; a black discoidal striga with patches of chocolate-

brown beyond it and above it on costa; postmedial line indistinctly

double filled in with yellowish and defined on outer side by yellowish,

excurved and minutely waved, some white points beyond it on

Fie. 48.—Paralophu rubiginea, 2. }.

costa; subterminal line white with blackish points beyond it below

veins 7, 5, 4, slightly angled outwards below costa, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, then minutely waved ; a series of dark strix

just before termen. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area

suffused with brown narrowing toa point at tornus; cilia with

pale points at base and pale tips; the underside yellowish white

thickly irrorated with pale brown, the terminal area darker with

slight subterminal whitish streaks on the veins and terminal series

of dark points.

Hab. Br. N. Gutnea, Owgarra (Meek), type tT Q in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Lap. 34 millim.

Genus ODONTODES.

Type.

Odontodes, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 50 (1852)... ee cece ec access ecnen eee aleuca.

redroma, W1k. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 353 (1869) ...... aleuca.

Burdria, Wik. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 50 (1869) ......... 0.0.00... aleuca.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2ud joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 8rd rather long; frons smooth, with tuft

of hair above; eyes large, round ; antennse of male minutely ciliated; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiae slightly fringed

with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on Ist and 3rd segments. Fore wing

with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate, the tornus with

scale-tooth ; 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 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only,

A. Hind wing uniform black-brown with a slight bluish gloss. metamelena.

BR. Hind wing with the interspaces paler and somewhat

Seminyalinestoppeyjord smi dclleiespeee-et-eee eee eeeneeereeetene aleuca.

6369. Odontoces metamelena. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 25.)

Odontodes metamelena, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 533 (1905).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey and fuscous;

pectus grey; tarsi black with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous slightly

144+ NOCTUID HE.

mixed with brown and grey, the ventral surface grey irrorated with

fuscous. Fore wing rufous suffused with greenish grey; subbasal

line double, the inner line indistinct, rufous, curved, from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line double, the onter line indistinct,

irregularly waved; orbicular represented by a grey point defined

by black ; a sinuous rufous medial line, oblique from costa to sub-

median fold, then inwardly oblique; reniform well developed, with

rather irregular brown outline; postmedial line double, dentate,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line in-

distinct, pale, irregularly waved, defined by rufous on inner side,

below vein 4 ineurved and with broad rufous band before it

extending to postmedial line; a terminal series of brown lunules ;

a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing deep black-brown with

a slight blue gloss; the underside with the inner area rather paler,

traces of a curved medial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with chocolate-brown suffusion on inner half

of medial area.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with chovolate-brown suffusion above sub-

median fold met just beyond postmedial line by chocolate-brown

suffusion from apex.

Ab. 8. Fore wing with black suffusion on antemedial area and on

terminal area except towards apex.

Ab. 4. Fore wing suffused with fascous black leaving oblique

pale shades at base and from middle of costa and the terminal arca

pale except towards apex.

Hab. Doren New Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 9 type, Fak-fak

(Pratt), 1 $ ; Br. N. Guinua, Ekeikei (Pratt),5 g,5 2. Hep.

48-54 millim.

6370. Odontodes aleuca.

Odontodes aleuca, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 51 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 400.

Birds bolinoides, Wik. xv. 1802 (1858).

Steiria subfasciata, Wk. xxxiii. 922 (1865).

Steiria quadristrigata, W1k. xxxiii, 923 (1865).

Nedroma ferruginea, Wik. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 353 (1869).

Burdria edemoides, Wk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 50 (1869).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with purplish grey ;

palpi in front, pectus, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irro-

rated with brown; tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing

red-brown mixed with purplish grey; subbasal line red-brown,

curved, from cesta to vein 1; antemedial line double, irregularly

waved and somewhat excurved ; orbicular and reniform defined by

brown, the former small, round, touching the antemedial line, the

latter large; medial line excurved and sinuous, double below the

cell, the lines widely separated ; postmedial line double, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4;

subterminal line greyish defined on inner side by slight dentate

red-brown marks, waved, excurved at middle, the area beyond it

with slight dark streaks on the veins and in the interspaces; a

GDONTODES, 145

terminal series of slight brown lunules and fine pale line at base of

cilia. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the interspaces slightly paler

except on terminal area; cilia ochreous white, brown at base

towards apex. Underside of fore wing with whitish patch on disk

enclosing a diffused round brown discoidal patch ; hind wing whitish

tinged with brown, the terminal area brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with white spot between orbicular and

reniform.

Ab. 2. ferruginea. Fore wing with the inner area greyer.

Ab. 3. quadristrigata. Fore wing greyer with a diffused black

fascia below median nervure to near end of cell, a black shade

beyond medial part of postmedial line, and the subterminal line

defined on inner side by blackish.

Fig. 49.—Odontodes aleuca, G. 1.

Ab. 4. Similar but fore wing with the inner area white to post-

medial line, the subterminal line defined on outer side by white

except towards apex.

Ab. 5. Fore wing suffused with fuscous except the terminal area.

. Ab. 6. Fore wing suffused with fuscous except the inner and

terminal areas which are pale reddish brown.

Ab. 7. subfasciata. Similar, but fore wing with the lines on the

brown area defined by whitish.

Ab. 8. Similar, but fore wing with the costal half snffused with

fuscous, the markings of the quadr istrag ata form and the white

spot of ab. 1.

Ab. 9. Fore wing with velvety black suffusion on inner side of

the outer antemedial line.

Ab. 10. edemotdes. Fore wing with whitish suffusion ‘haond the

outer antemedial line and diffused dentate black marks before the

subterminal line.

Ab.-11. Fore wing with the inner antemedial line defined by

white on inner side, the outer on outer side, the postmedial line

filled in with white on inner area, and the subterminal line defined

on outer side by white except towards apex.

_ Ab, 12. Fore wing with the basal area much redder, the medial

area suffused with bluish white except towards costa, some

red-brown beyond postmedial line.

Hab. Coxco (Marsden), 1 S type ferruginea ; Beis Go

Horne),7 3,2 2, type edemoides, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Mena) ales

VOL, XI.

146 NOCTUIDE.

2 © Simla (Swinhoe, Harford), 5 3,6 2, Dalhousie (Marford),3 9 ,

Dharmsaila (Hocking), 7 3,8 2, Allahabad, 1 9, Manpuri, 1 ¢ ;

Srxum (Russell, Sadler, Lidderdale, Moller),9 3,3 2; Assam

(Bagley), 1 3 ; Benear, Calcutta, 1 3, 2 9 : Manras, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 2 3,1 Q ; Cuyton, Kandy (Mackwood), 1 3 ; Burma,

Moulmein (Clerk), 1 3,2 9, types subfasceata and bolinoides, N.

Khyen Hills (Watson), 2 5,3 9, Up. Burma, Kalewa (Watson),

1 3, Salin (Wood), 1 2 ; Anpamans (Stelling), 1 9 ; Nicopars,

Pulo Condul, 1 2 ; Strearorn (Utidley),2 Q. Hep, 34-46 millim,

Genus STICTOPTERA.

Type.

Stictoptera, Guen. Noct. iii. p- 51 (1852) .0..-. eee rest eeee eee eucullioides.

Dandaca, Wk. ix. 49 (1856) 2.2... cece eee cece teeters ver ereens en columba.

Stemia, Wilke xiit, WSS B57) veces. ccseseserneeccrceese seuss nceen sibobliqua.

Afgilia, Wk. xiii. L138 (1857)... . eee ee eee eee eee nec ere eree eens describens.

Manica, Wilk. xiii. W139 1857)... rene eee eree ee eee cecinere ew eene confluens.

Nagara, Wik, xxxiv. 1378 (1865) ........e secret ee rere certs eer reese vitred.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of

head and moderately scaled, the drd long and somewhat dilated at extremity ;

frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male

long, ciliated, with large tuft of scales on inner side of basal joint; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, the patagia with erectile triangular crests

on their upper edge, the prothorax with spreading crest, the metathorax with

small paired crests; pectus clothed with long hair; tibiz moderately fringed

with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on Ist and 3rd segments and large

ventral fan of scales at base. Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex

rounded, the termen obliquely curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from close to

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, 4,5 from angle of cell; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I, (Nagara). Fore wing narrow, the apex much produced in male and

the termen very oblique.

A. Fore wing of male with the apex very much produced

and the termen extremely oblique.

a. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with brown............ fenestra,

b. Fore wing brown slightly tinged with grey ............ vitrea.

B. Fore wing of male with the apex less produced and the

termen less oblique.

a. Fore wing with the medial line erect, sinuous......... clare,

b, Fore wing with the medial line obliquely curved and

defined on outer side by whitish ..................06 heterogramima.

6371. Stictoptera fenestra. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 26.)

Stictoptera fenestra, Guen, Noct. iii. p. 53, pl. 14. f. 12 (1852),

3. Head, tegule, and prothorax rufous mixed with some ochreous,

the 2nd and 3rd joints of palpi with black, the rest of thorax grey

with some fuscous mixed; fore- and mid-legs fuscous, the tarsi

ringed with whitish, the hind legs pale grey; abdomen grey with

the crests black, the ventral surface white. Fore wing pale grey

irrorated with black, a paler somewhat hyaline wedge-shaped patch

STICLOPIERA. 147

between end of cell and submedian fold; subbasal line double,

waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, waved ; medial

line black, slightly angled outwards in cell, then somewhat sinuous,

traces of a similar red-brown line before it and of an incurved dark

line beyond it from cell to inner margin ; reniform with red-brown

centre and slight ochreous annulus defined by blackish; postmedial

line double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then very slightly

waved, inwardly oblique to vein 5, then incurved and angled out-

wards at vein 1; subterminal line dentate, black defined on inner

side by whitish and on outer by slight red-brown spots and a small

whitish spot between veins 3 and 2, traces of another whitish line

beyond it, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and with slight

black streaks beyond it on the veins; a series of black strie just

before termen, placed somewhat in echelon; cilia intersected with

black and chequered with white at tips. Hind wing hyaline, the veins

andarather broad terminal band black ; cilia fuscous and white, the

underside with patch of fuscous suffusion below middle of costa.

Hab. Cusa, Santiago (Schaus), 2 ¢ ; Hrazin, Amazons, Para

(Bates), 1 3, Neu Fribourg,“Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 3. Hap.

44 millim. Ciprtve.)

6372. Stictoptera vitrea.

Stictoptera vitrea, Guen, Noct. iii. p. 53 (1852).

Nagara phryganealis, Wk, xxxiv, 1378 (1865).

Stuctoptera fenestra, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 353 (nec Guen.).

¢. Head and thorax red-brown slightly tinged with grey and

with a darker band behind the tegule ; abdomen fuscous brown,

the ventral surface grey. Fore wing dark red-brown tinged with

grey, a paler somewhat hyaline wedge-shaped patch between end of

cell and submedian fold; subbasal line indistinct, dark, curved,

from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, waved ; elaviform and

orbicular slightly defined ou outer side by ferruginous and greyish ;

Fig. 50.—Stictoptera vitrea, 3. |.

reniform with greyish annulus defined by ferruginous ; medial line

blackish, angled outwards on subcostal nervure, then somewhat

oblique and sinuous ; postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then slightly waved, inwardly oblique to vein 4, then

incurved and angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal line dark,

dentate, defined on outer side by red-brown spots and a small

148 NOCTUID A.

whitish spot between veins 3 and 2, traces of a waved greyish line

beyond it; a series of black strie defined on inner side by grey just

before termen, placed rather in echelon. Hind wing hyaline, the

veins and a rather broad terminal band black; cilia fuscous and

whitish ; the underside with fuscous mark at middle of costal area.

2. Hinder part of thorax grey with black streaks on upper edge

of patagia; abdomen grey, tinged with brown towards extremity

and with black dorsal bar on 3rd segment ; fore wing grey irrorated

with purple-brown, a purple-brcwn patch at base of costa, another

on costal half of medial area and a band beyond postmedial line, the

claviform and orbicular distinctly defined by yellow and black, the

reniform with yellowish annulus.

Hab. W. Coast or America (HAMS. ‘ Herald eg 3 Mextco,

Jalapa (Trujillo), 5 2 ; Cosra Rica (Underwood), 1 3, 1 25

Panama, Chiriqui (Champion),2 9, Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Jamatca

(Gosse), 1 3S type phryganealis, Moneague (Walsingham), 1 3,

1 2; at sea 100 miles N.K. of 8. Guoreta (//.1.S. * Alert’), 192.

Kep. 40-48 millim.

6373. Stictoptera clara.

Noctua clara, Cram. Pap. Exot, iv. p. 133, pl. 358. f. I. (1781).

Stictoptera diaphana, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 53 (1852).

Stictoptera subaurata, Wik. xiii. 1132 (1857).

Stictoptera phraganoides, Wik. xv. 1812 (1858).

Nagara steirialis, W\k. xxxiv. 1879 (1865).

3. Head and thorax dark red-brown with a purplish gloss ; pectus

and hind legs greyish ; abdomen grey-brown, the crests blackish,

the ventral surface grey. Fore wing dark red-brown with a

purplish grey gloss; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ; medial

line blackish, angled outwards below subcostal nervure and at

vein 1; a slight curved red-brown line before it representing the

outer edges of claviform and orbicular; reniform defined at sides by

red-brown; postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below

costa, inwardly oblique to vein 3, then incurved and angled outwards

at vein 1; subterminal line dentate, black defined on outer side by

a series of rufous spots; a series of black-brown striw slightly de-

fined on inner side by grey just before termen, placed somewhat in

echelon. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and a broad terminal band

black-brown.

@. Thorax with grey mixed; fore wing much more variegated

with pale red-brown, the inner area and bands beyond the ante-

and postmedial lines darker, the line defining the claviform and

orbicular black, a whitish spot beyond the subterminal line between

veins 3 and 2.

Ab. 1. phryganoides. Fore wing much greyer..

Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R. (Kaye), 2 3, 3 9, Rockstone

(Kaye), 1 9, Demerara (Rodway), 2 9 ; Braz, Amazons, Para

STIOTOPTERA, 149:

(Bates, Trumlill, Austen), 8 2 type steirialis, Breves (Austen),

IO . liga (Bates), 1 2 type phryganoides, Rio Negro (Trail), 2 9.

Kup, & 34 40 millim. f

6374. Stictoptera heterogramma, n. sp.

(Plate CLX XVII. fig. 27.)

@. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and blackish ;

palpi with blackish rings on 2nd and 3rd joints; pectus and hind

legs grey; abdomen grey with the crests blackish. Fore wing

olive-grey suffused with dark or reddish brown, the terminal area

suffused with red-brown; subbasal line represented by slight double

dark striz from costa; antemedial line double, blackish, waved to

vein 1, then very strongly bent inwards to inner margin; medial

line black defined on outer side by whitish, obliquely curved ; reni-

form with slight whitish annulus defined by brown; postmedial line

double, black filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below

costa, slightly excurved to vein 6, then very slightly waved, some-

what inwardly oblique to vein 3 where it is slightly bent inwards,

then outwardly oblique to inner margin, some purplish suffusion

beyond it followed by a dark shade slightly defined on inner side by

white and bent inwards at veins 6 and 3, a curved white bar from

it below vein 3 to tornus; a slight dark shade slightly defined on

inner side by whitish before termen, bent inwards at vein 6 and

ending on termen at vein 3; a series of blackish stric just before

termen defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing hyaline, the

veins and a broad terminal band black-brown ; cilia chequered with

white at tips; the underside with dark bar from middle of costa.

Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R. (Kaye), 2 2 type, Rockstone (Kaye),

1 2; Fr. Guiana, 8. Laurent Maroni (Le Moult),1 2. Hp. 38-

40 millim.

Sxer. II. (Ayilia). Fore wing narrow, the apex not produced, the costa some-

what concave to beyond niiddle. e

6375. Stictoptera describens.

Aiyilia describens, Wk. xiii. 1189 (1857); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix.

p. 105, pl. 163. f. 11; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 402.

Lophoptera aylinata, Wk. xxxiii, 920 (1865).

Stictoptera anisoptera, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii, p. 88, pl. 6. f. 9 (1880). ©

¢. Head and thorax dark red-brown, the tegule tinged with

black; legs black-brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

fuscous brown mixed with greyish. Fore wing brown suffused with

purple-grey and slightly irrorated with black, the medial area tinged

with blackish; antemedial line double, very strongly angled in-

wards on the veins and outwards in the interspaces ; orbicular

defined by blackish except on inner side, narrow and elongate ;

reniform faintly defined by black points and strie ; medial ie in-

distinct, black, somewhat oblique to vein 2, then inwardly oblique ;

150 NOCTUID A,

postmedial line double, dentate and produced to black points on the

veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line whitish

with slight black streaks before and beyond it below costa, then

defined on inner side by dentate black marks and on outer by

oblique striw, dentate to vein 3, then incurved; a terminal black

Fig. 51.—Stictoptera deseribens, 3. }

Tt:

line interrupted by whitish points at the veins. Hind wing black-

brown, the lower part of cell and the interspaces below and beyond

it hyaline ; cilia with fine white line at base and whitish tips.

Ab. 1. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown to beyond

the medial line.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with crescentie black-brown patch in and below

cell from near base to medial line.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with slightly curved black-brown fascia from

base of median nervure to termen below apex.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with fuscous black subbasal spot on median

nervure, antemedial spot on vein 1, spots before and beyond the

reniform, and a patch at apex.

@. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing greyish ochreous

tinged with brown, the last with a dark band before subterminal

line.

Ab. 5. Thorax and-fore wing suffused with white.

Ab. 6. (wylinata). Patagia and fore wing suffused with black, the

latter with the terminal area pale obliquely from apex to inner

margin beyond middle.

Ab. 7. Patagia and fore wing to beyond medial line ochreous

yellow.

‘Ab. 8. Similar to ab. 2 of ¢.

Ab. 9. Similar to ab. 3 of ¢.

Ab. 10. Similar to ab. 4 of ¢.

ffab. Bomar, Kanara (Ward), 1 Q type «ylinata; TRavancors,

Pirmad (Imray), 1 9; Ceyton (Lempleton), 1 § type, Haldamulla

(Mackwood), 1 g; Sincarors (Lirdley), 10 g, 26 2; Curisrwas I,

(Andrewes), 1 3,1 9; Curepes; Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt),

1,1 9, Mt. Kebca (Pratt), 1 3. Hap. 34-46 millim.

STICTOPTERA,. lal

Secor. IIT. Fore wing narrow, the costa and inner margin subparallel,

A. Hind wing with the outer edge of the hyaline area regular ;

fore wing pale ochreous brown.

a. Fore wing with the medial line oblique from costa to

submedian fold ; reniform absent...........-.00.0sseseeee sees anemia.

h, Fore wing with the medial line oblique from costa to reni- :

form which is defined by black and rather triangular ... o/ivascens.

B. Hind wing with the outer edge of the hyaline area irregular ;

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6376. Stictoptera anemia. (Plate CLX XVII. fig. 28.)

Stictoptera anenéia, Umpsn, A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 536 (1905).

@. Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale brown; frons

white; abdomen grey-white with slight dark dorsal crests, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing ochreous white; a very oblique

wedge-shaped brown mark from costa before middle to submedian

fold with a slight erect line from its extremity to inner margin ;

some slight brownish marks on terminal half of costa; postmedial

line represented by a series of dark striw from vein 7 to inner

margin, excurved between veins 5 and 3, then incurved and with

some greyish suffusion beyond them; subterminal line whitish,

minutely waved, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved

at middle, with small dentate black mark before it and streak

beyond it below costa, and slight blackish marks before it and

fuscous suffusion beyond it from vein 5 to inner margin ; a terminal

series of smal] black lunules defined by white on inner side.

Hind wing pale fuscous, the interspaces of basal half hyaline.

Hab. Soromon Is., 1 9 type. xp. 30 millim.

6377. Stictoptera olivascens. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 29.)

Stictoptera olivascens, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 164 (1882) ; Himpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 403.

9. Head, tegule, and patagial crests red-brown mixed with

blackish and pale olive-brown, the rest of patagia and thorax pale

olive-brown ; tibize and tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen pale

brown, the crest on 3rd segment black. Fore wing pale olive

slightly irrorated with brown, a patch of purple-brown at middle of

costa, the terminal area suffused with purple-brown except towards

apex; subbasal line represented by double dark points on and

below costa, the antemedial line by faint double strie at costa and

inner margin; claviform and orbicular represented by minute tufts

of black scales at their extremities; reniform defined by black,

somewhat triangular; medial line indistinct, dark, oblique from

costa to reniform, then inwardly oblique and sinuous; postmedial

line hardly traceable, double, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then minutely waved and with pale and black points beyond it on

the veins, incurved below vein +; subterminal line whitish with

alae, NOCTUIDE.:

black patch before and beyond it at costa, slightly bent outwards

below vein 7, then very minutely waved; a terminal series of black

strie interrupted by pale points at the veins. Hind wing hyaline,

the veins blackish, the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown

narrowing to tornus; cilia pale brown at base, white at tips.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 3 9 type. Hwxp. 28-34 millim.

6378. Stictoptera eceicel.

Siictoptera ekeikei, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 235 (1906).

$. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with fuscous; palpi

black-brown ; pectus ochreous white; abdomen fuscous, the ventral

surface ochreous white. Fore wing black-brown suffused with

silvery grey and with some reddish brown in parts; subbasal line

represented by traces of two dark striz from costa; traces of a

waved antemedial line; claviform represented by a black point at

extremity, the orbicuiar slightly defined by black on outer side ;

reniform faintly defined by some black points; traces of a blackish

medial line, oblique from costa to discal fold, then erect ; postmedial

Fig. 52.— Stictoptera eceicei, 5. 3.

line hardly traceable, bent outwards below costa and incurved below

vein 4; traces of a whitish subterminal line with a more prominent

spot at tornus; cilia with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing

fuscous black, the interspaces in, below, and beyond the cell hyaline,

the inner area with hyaline streaks above and below vein 1; cilia

with a fine white line at base.

Hab, Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei, type 7 in Coll. B.-Baker, Mt. Kebea

(Pratt), 1 g wp. 36 millim.

Secr. LV. (Stictoptera.) Fore wing broader and more triangular.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial line very strongly

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B, Fore wing with the antemedial line angled outw ards

above inner margin to near the medial line.

a. Fore wing with the torna! area concolorous.

a, Hind wing with the hyaline area not extending to

far beyond the cell, the terminal half dark...... signifera.

o1, Hind wing with the hyaline area extending to far

beyond the cell, the terminal third dark......... subobliqua.

6, Fore wing with the ground-colour red-brown or

black, the apex, tornal area, and a wedge-shaped

patch from inner margin before postmedial line

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STICTOPTERA.

ec, Fore wing with the ground-colour grey or

ochreous, the costa and tornal area from termen

a. Hind wing with the byaline area extending to well

beyond the cell, the terminal third dark.

a‘, Hind wing with the inner edge of the terminal

band curved inwards at vein 2 .......... Supeoaeees

6'. Hind wing with the inner edge of the terminal

band not curved inwards at vein 2.

a”, Fore wing with pale and dark streaks on costal

area and in cell ........ nysbatoe FOC PE aa ACO ee Dan 6

v, Fore wing without pale and dark streaks on

costal area and in cell,

a®. Fore wing with the tornal area darker than

the ground-colour.

a, Fore wing with the ground-colour

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o*. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.

a°, Hore wing with the brown tornal area

expanding into a triangular patch

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b5, Fore wing with the brown tornal area

oblique from termen at vein 4 to

middle of inner margin ........... apvenes

6%, Fore wing with the tornal area not darker

than the ground-colour,

a4, Fore wing with the medial line oblique to

subcostal nervure, then straight and erect.

a, Eyes very large, the frons very narrow

above; fore wing red-brown with

small white spots on terminal half ...

6°, Hyes normal.

a®, Hore wing without yellow patches at

base of costa and on middle of inner

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08. Fore wing with yellow patches at base

of costa and on middle of inner

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b4. Fore wing with the medial line erect,

sinuous.

a. Fore wing with triangular chocolate-

brown patch on base of costa............

6°, Fore wing without chocolate-brown

patch on base of costa,

a’, Fore wing with series of black spots on

outer edge of postmedial line between

veins 5 and 1 ...... pocdsacc90bo sedan oo

v8, Fore wing without black spots on outer

edge of postmedial line ............ 60

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d‘, Fore wing with the medial line oblique to

vein 2, then inwardly oblique and

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e*, Fore wing with the medial line strongly

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MACTOMINUA,

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grisea,

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154 NOCLUIDE.

b, Hind wing with the hyaline area not, extending to

far beyond the cell, the terminal half dark.

a’, Fore wing not green.

a, Fore wing without series of black spots on outer

edge of postmedial line.

a3, Fore wing without subbasal black spot in

submedian fold.

a‘, Fore wing not thickly striated with

brown.

a, Fore wing almost entirely suffused with

black except on terminal area, a black

fascia extending to termen below apex styyia.

6°, Fore wing without black fascia extending

to termen below apex.

a6, Fore wing with whitish spot before

subterminal line in submedian fold. adbipuncta.

06, Fore wing without whitish spot before

subterminal line in submedian fold microthyvis.

bs. Fore wing thickly striated with brown ... mudltistriata.

48, Fore wing with subbasal black spot in sub-

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}2, Fore wing with series of black spots on outer

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6379. Stictoptera trajiciens.

Steiria trajiciens, Wk. xiii. 1187 (1857); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 122,

pl. 158. f. 12; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 402.

Steiria equilinea, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 174 (1864).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black and some grey ;

pectus ochreous white; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface

ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing reddish brown suffused

with purplish grey; subbasal line blackish, from costa to vein 1,

double at costa; antemedial line double, extremely strongly dentate

with very long teeth inwards on the veins and outwards in the

interspaces ; medial line somewhat oblique and straight from costa

to postmedial line at submedian fold, then very slightly waved,

with ridges of raised blackish scales on and just beyond it at end

of cell; postmedial line double, hardly bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate and produced to black points on the veins,

very slightly bent inwards at vein 3, then sinuous, the veins beyond

it with dark streaks slightly defined by grey; subterminal line

whitish, strongly dentate to vein 4, then less dentate, oblique, and

with small white spot at submedian fold; some whitish striz just

before termen from below vein 5 to tornus. Hind wing hyaline

white, the veins, terminal area, and inner margin fuscous brown ;

cilia white with a dark line through them; the underside with

dark bar from middle of costa.

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris, 1 9; Cryton, 1 ¢ type; Srnearork

(Ridley), 3 5,1 2; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), 2 5,1 9 type

equilinea ; Br. N. Gutnewa, Ekeikei (Pratt), 1 3, Mt. Kebea (Pratt),

13,192. HAwp. 34-38 millim,

STICTOPTERA. 155

6380. Stictoptera signifera.

Steiria signifera, WIk. xiii. 1136 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 401.

Gadirtha ferromixta, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 162 (1864);

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus, Oxon. 11. p. 91.

Steiria humeralis, W\k. Journ Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 174 (1864).

Minica nigrilinea, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 176 (1864).

Briarda conturbata, Wik. Proc, Nat. Hist. Soc, Glasg. i. p. 334 (1869) ;

Waterh. Aid, ii. pl. 178. f. 3.

Stictoptera transversa, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xx. p. 30, pl. iii. f. 18 (1877).

Stictoptera pecilosoma, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 276; id. Lep.

Madag. p. 491, ff. 99, 120.

Stictoptera letifica, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 277; id. Lep. Madag.

p. 492, f. 100.

Stictoptera semipartita, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 277: id. Lep.

Madag. p. 492, f. 124.

Stictoptera flavobasalis, Sanlm. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 277.

Steiria subobliqua, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 492, f. 121 (nee W1k.).

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black; palpi

ochreous in front; pectus ochreous ; legs blackish, the tarsi ringed

with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the crests blackish, the ventral

surface ochreous white. Fore wing red-brown suffused with

purplish grey ; subbasal line black, double at costa, waved, ending

at vein 1; antemedial line double, waved, angled outwards above

inner margin to near the medial line; antemedial line double,

waved, excurved below costa and above inner margin; claviform

represented by a slight black mark at extremity, the orbicular by

some yellow and black scales on outer edge; reniform defined by

black and with tuft of black scales in centre; medial line black,

incurved below costa, oblique to submedian fold, then sinuous ;

postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then waved,

incurved below vein 4, some fuscous on its outer edge between

veins 5 and 2; subterminal line indistinct, greyish, waved, with

slight black streaks before and beyond it below costa; a terminal

series of blackish lunules defined on inner side by grey ; cilia with

pale points at the veins. Hind wing with the interspaces of basal

half hyaline, the veins, terminal half, and inner margin fuscous

brown; cilia white at base and tips; the underside with a dark

striga from middle of costa.

Ab. 1. Tips of tegule, the patagia, and a large patch on basal

half of fore wing bright yellow, the patch extending to medial line

at median nervure.

@. Fore wing red-brown to the medial line which is oblique to

just above inner margin, the terminal half greyer.

Ab. 2. mgrilinea. Fore wing with black streak on median

nervure.

Ab. 3. humeralis. Fore wing with the base of costa yellow.

Ab. 4. Similar to ab. 1.

Ab. 5. Thorax and basal half of fore wing to the medial line

yellow.

Ab. 6. Similar, but fore wing with black streak on median

nervure.

156 NOCLUID.E,

Ab. 7. Fore wing with the basal half dark brown tinged with

grey.—Amboina.

sa\l0p (Sh pecilosoma. Similar to the normal male.—Madagascar.

Ab. 9. semipartita. Fore wing with red patch on basal area and

some red beyond postmedial line. — Madagascar.

Ab. 10. letifica, Fore wing red- brown with the outer half of

medial area and the terminal area blue-grey.—Madagascar.

Hab. 8. Nierrta, Yorubaland, Oghomoso (Carter), 1 2, Old

Calabar (Cockburn), 1 9, Sapele (Sampson), 1 9 ; Coneo (Marsden),

1 Q type conturbata; Mapacascan; ANnbamans, 1 2; Singapore

(liidley), 6 3,7 Q; Borneo, Sarawak (We ullace), 23,2 @ type,

Kuching (Shelford), 1 g, 1 9, Paku (Shelford), 1 3; Java;

AmBoina (J, J. Walker), 12. Exp. 80-40 millim,

6351. Stictoptera subobliqua.

Steiria subobliqua, W1k. xiii. 1136 (1857); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 121,

pl. 159. ff. 4a, 46; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 401.

Steiria variabilis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 164 (1882) Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii.

p. 120, pl. 159, £. 5

3. (variabilis.) Head and thorax brown mixed with ochreous

and rufous, the tegule with blackish annul, the patagia with

blackish bars; pectus ochreous; tibizw streaked with blackish;

abdomen brown, the crest on 3rd segment blackish, the ventral

surface reddish ochreous. Fore wing red-brown tinged with

greyish and mixed with some ochreous ; subbasal line represented

by double black striz from costa; antemedial line indistinct,

double, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above

inner margin to near medial line; claviform slightly defined by

blackish at extremity ; orbicular defined by blackish on outer side ;

reniform slightly defined by blackish and with tuft of black scales

in centre; medial line black, slightly sinuous, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line double,

bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to

black points on the veins, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

below vein 43; subterminal line indistinct, greyish, minutely

waved, with black streaks before and beyond it below the costa,

and minute black streaks before it in the interspaces; a series of

slight black lunules just before termen defined on inner side by

white. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, terminal area, and inner

margin black-brown; cilia ochreous white with a slight dark line

through them; the underside with slight dark discoidal striga and

striga “from middle of costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with reddish ochreous patch on antemedial

area from costa to vein ds

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the whole basal half reddish ochreous.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the basal half pale ochreous with a

broad black-brown fascia below the cell.

STICTOPTERA, 157

Q. (subobliqua.) Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown

fore wing pale grey-brown suffused with red-brown towards the

medial line which is oblique to vein 1.

Ab. 4. The type; fore wing with black-brown streak below the

cell to medial line.

Ab. 5. Fore wing with the basal half deeper red-brown with an

ochreous patch on antemedial area from costa to submedian fold.

Ab. 6. Fore wing with the basal half much yellower.

Ab. 7. Similar, but fore wing with black streak below the cell.

Ab. 8. Similar, but fore wing with very strong black fascia

below the cell.

Ab. 9. Fore wing with fuscous black suffusion on basal area

enclosing an ochreous spot below the cell, the fuscous black on

outer edge of postmedial line much stronger and emitting a broad

fascia to termen below apex.

Ab. 10, Similar, but fore wing with the black on basal area

connected on costal area with the black on postmedial and

terminal areas.

. Hab. Stxutra (Atkinson), 1 3S type variabilis; N, Assam,

Dibrugarh (Ward), 2 $ ; Cryton (Vempleton), 1 3, 4 2 type;

Srveapore (Ridley), 7 3,15 2 ; Br. N. Guinea, Babooni (Pratt),

LS. EHaup. 34-48 millim.

Larva. Dusky olive-green; head and anal somites yellowish ;

thoracic somites pinkish; dorsal stripe dusky; a double dusky

lateral stripe filled in with pinkish, or the stripes deep black

defined by white; a stigmatal series of black spots; 4 pairs of

prolegs. Food-plant, Garcinia.

6382. Stictoptera timesia. (Plate CLXXVIL. fig. 30.)

Stictoptera timesia, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (6) xii. p. 218 (1893),

6. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with some ochreous

white, the patagia with whitish upper edge; legs streaked with

brown; abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the ventral surface

yellowish white. ore wing dark chocolate-brown with a patch

of ochreous white on costa before apex, a triangular patch on

inner medial area and the inner half of terminal area ochreous white ;

subbasal line slight, angled outwards below costa and ending at

median nery ure 5 amhemnadiall line indistinct, double, waved, angled

inwards on vein 1, then strongly outwards to near the medial line

above inner margin ; claviform represented by an oblique black

and white striga at its extemity ; orbicular slightly defined by

white and blackish on outer side; reniform incompletely defined by

black and with tuft of black scales on inner side of centre; medial

line usually very indistinct, oblique and slightly sinuous to sub-

median fold, then bent inwards to inner margin; postmedial line

very sindhsteinigt. double, bent outwards below “asta, then dentate,

slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some

fuscous on its outer edge between yeling 4and 2: some brown points

158 NOCTUID-E.

on costa towards apex; subterminal line defined by short brown

streaks before and beyond it below costa and slightly by brown on

the pale inuer half, minutely waved; a series of dark lunules just

before termen defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing

hyaline, the veins, terminal area, and inner margin fuscous brown ;

cilia pale yellow with a dark line through them from apex to vein

2; the underside with dark discoidal striga and striga from middle

of costa.

Ab. 1. Patagia and fore wing with the red-brown replaced by

fuscous black.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with black streak below median nervure,

2. Head and vertex of thorax with much more ochreous white ;

fore wing much redder chocolate-brown, the patch on inner medial

area larger, the medial line oblique to vein 1.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with reddish ochreous patch on antemedial

area from costa to vein 1.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with the chocolate-brown areas replaced by

black.

Hab, Stncavors (Ridley), 2 5,9 2 type. Hep, 34-46 millim,

6383. Stictoptera cucullioides.

Stictoptera cucullioides, Guen. Noct. iil. p. 52 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind,

ui. p. 401.

dg. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some ochreous, the

patagia grey with some rufous on upper edge; pectus ochreous, the

legs tinged with brown, the tarsi with fuscous; abdomen grey

suffused with red-brown, the ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing

grey, the costa red-brown, expanding at apex, the tornal area

obliquely red-brown from inner margin before middle to termen

below vein 5; subbasal line represented by double dark striz from

Fig. 53.—Stictoptera cucullioides, S$. }.

costa; antemedial line double, very indistinct except at costa and

inner margin, waved, angled inwards at vein 1 and outwards to

near medial line above inner margin; claviform represented by an

oblique striga at extremity ; orbicular faintly defined on outer side,

the reniform faintly defined and with tuft of dark scales in centre ;

medial line indistinct, sinuous, oblique to submedian fold, then

inwardly oblique; postmedial line indistinct, double, bent out-

wards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4; snb-

ATICLOPTERA. 159

terminal line ochreous white, minutely waved, almost obsolete on

the grey area, with slight black streaks before and beyond it below

costa and slight black mark before it below vein 3; a terminal

series of slight black Iunules defined on inner side by grey. Hind

wing hyaline, the veins, terminal area, and inner margin fuscous

black, the cilia white with a dark line through them towards apex ;

the underside with dark striga from middle of costa. _

Ab. 1. Fore wing darker with some fuscous suffusion on basal

area,

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the pale area greyish ochreous.

2. Fore wing grey-white, the medial line oblique to vein 1 and

with blackish spot before it below submedian fold.

Ab. 3. Patagia and the pale area of fore wing creamy yellow.

Hub, Cryton (Lindesay), 1 9; Matay Srares, Province

Wellesley; SryeaporE (Ridley, Crowfoot), 9 3, 7 23; Java

(Horsfield), 1 S$ type; Br. N. Gurnea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 ¢.

Exp, 38-46 millim.

6384. Stictoptera vitiensis, n. sp.

Steiria variabilis, Druce, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 223, pl. 13. ff. 3, 4 (nee Moore).

3. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; patagia

black-brown edged with rufous above; tarsi banded ochreous and

black-brown ; abdomen grey-brown with reddish ochreous patch at

base, the ventral surface white. Fore wing black-brown, the

costal area with ochreous and rufous patches at subbasal and

antemedial lines and from middle to near apex, the inner margin

narrowly ochreous and rufous from near base to the terminal area,

which is ochreous and rufous below vein 5; a waved red-brown

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

hardly traceable, sinuous; claviform and orbicular represented by

slight black striz at their extremities; reniform defined by blackish

and with blackish striga in centre, and reddish ochreous spot on

inner edge; medial line hardly traceable, excurved below costa,

straight to submedian fold, then oblique and sinuous; postmedial

line double, red-brown, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

oblique below vein 4; subterminal line defined by two faint

wedge-shaped black marks on inner side below costa, then by

slight spots on inner side and a waved line on outer, more distinct

and red-brown on the pale area; a series of small dark spots just

before termen. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and terminal area

fuscous brown; cilia whitish; the underside with oblique medial

and postmedial brown bars from costa.

Ab. 1. Patagia pale ochreous tinged with rufous; abdomen with

the crest on 3rd segment blackish ; fore wing pale ochreous tinged

with rufous, the costal area towards apex, the inner margin from

middle, and the terminal area below vein 5 red-brown, the markings

almost completely obsolete.

Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing more uniform red-brown,

the last with darker streaks in interspaces of costal area,

160 NOCIUID®.

Ab. 3. Head, thorax, and fore wing purplish grey-brown, the

last with black band beyond antemedial line from costa to vein 1;

more or less distinct fuscous band between antemedial and medial

lines, the reniform blackish, a blackish band beyond the postmedial

line from costa to vein 4.

Ab. 4. Head, thorax, and fore wing reddish brown tinged with

grey, the last with the lines distinct.

Hab. Frr, Suva (Woodford),3 3. Evp.44-48 millim. Type fT

6, ¢ in Coll. Druce.

*6385. Stictoptera striata. (Plate CLXXVII. fig. 31.)

Stictoptera striata, Hmpsn, Moths Ind. ii. p. 402 (1894).

_ 6. Head and thorax red-brown, the patagia pale rufous with a

few black scales near upper edge; palpi with whitish ring at

extremity of 2nd joint; tarsi ringed with whitish; pectus and.

hind legs pale; abdomen reddish brown tinged with grey, the

crests blackish, the ventral surface pale. Fore wing red-brown,

the area just below the cell and beyond lower angle to subterminal

line paler, the veins with dark streaks, the costal area and cell

with slight dark streaks in the interspaces, a pale streak below |

medial part of costa; an oblique black-brown shade from

subterminal line at vein 4 to inner margin before middle; ante-

medial line hardly traceable, sinuous; a blackish point between

bases of veins 4,3; postmedial line hardly traceable, bent outwards

below costa, oblique and waved below vein 4; some slight dark

marks on costa toward apex; subterminal line ochreous white

defined on outer side by dark brown towards costa where it is

somewhat waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, incurved

and minutely waved below vein 3; a series of black-brown strize

just before termen. Hind wing semi-hyaline whitish, the veins

black-brown, the terminal area fuscous brown with a greyish

tinge; cilia white with a brown line through them from apex to

vein 2; the underside with brownish bar from middle of costa and

oblique striga on upper discocellular.

Hab. Stxuim, 7000' (Moller), type fT fg in Coll. Rothschild.

Exp. 50 millim.

6386. Stictoptera ochrota, n. sp. (Plate CLXNXVIL. fig. 32.)

3. Head, tegule, and dorsum of thorax red-brown mixed with

black, the patagia ochreous; pectus ochreous; legs brown, the

tibize fringed with ochreous hair; abdomen fuscous brown, the

crest on 3rd segment blackish, the anal tuft and ventral surface

ochreous. Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged with rufous, the

apical area obliquely red-brown from costa just beyond middle to

termen at vein 6, the tornal area obliquely red-brown from middle

of inner margin to termen below vein 5; an oblique dark shade from

below middle of costa to base of inner margin confluent with an

STICTOPTERA. 161

oblique shade from beyond end of cell; a slight black streak on

costa near base; antemedial line hardly traceable, double, waved ;

medial line hardly traceable except at costa and inner margin,

somewhat oblique to vein 2, then inwardly oblique; postmedial

line double, indistinct except at costa, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subter-

minal line ochreous, waved, with faint black streaks before and

beyond it below costa; some blackish striz just before termen.

Hind wing hyaline, the veins, terminal area, and inner margin

black-brown; cilia with a fine white line at base; the underside

with slight dark spots at angles of cell.

Hab, Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 3 type. Hap. 52 millim.

6387. Stictoptera griseata, n. sp. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 1.)

Stictoptera subobliqua, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ili. p. 121 (¢), pl. 159. £. 4

(nec WIE.).

@. Head and vertex of thorax rufous, the patagia grey-white ;

pectus and legs ochreous tinged with rufous, the tarsi suffused

with fuscous above; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface

yellowish white irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey-white ;

subbasal line represented by double red-brown strie from costa;

antemedial line hardly traceable, double, waved; claviform

represented by some blackish at extremity; orbicular and reniform

very faintly defined; a red-brown spot on middle of costa and

triangular patch on inner area; medial line indistinct, sinuous,

oblique to submedian fold, then erect; postmedial line very

indistinct, double, bent outwards below costa, then slightly waved,

oblique below vein 4; some small red-brown spots on postmedial

part of costa and an apical patch, the terminal area red-brown

from yein 4 to inner margin where it is conjoined to the medial

patch; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish, waved, with

slight black streaks before and beyond it below costa; a series of

slight blackish lunules just before termen defined on inner side by

white ; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind wing hyaline to

_ just beyond middle, the veins, terminal area, and inner margin

fuscous brown ; cilia ochreous white with a brown line through

them.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with strong black streak below median nervure

to origin of vein 2.

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris, 1 9 ; Crynon, 1 9; Jonorn, Batu

Pahat (ftirdiey), 1 2 type; Sincarore (Ridley), 1 9. Lup. 32-

42 millim.

6388. Stictoptera antemarginata.

Stictoptera antemarginata, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges, 1880, p. 278; id. Lep.

Madag. p. 492, f. 126.

3. Head and tegule ochreous mixed with red-brown ; dorsum of

Oli, 20K M

162 NOCTUID A,

thorax red-brown; patagia grey edged with red-brown; pectus

ochreous; legs red-brown; abdomen grey-brown, ventrally yellowish

white. Fore wing pale grey, the costa, inner margin, and terminal

area below vein 4 red-brown mixed with blackish; subbasal and ante-

medial red-brown spots on costa defined by blackish strie ; reniform

red-brown defined by blackish, connected with the costa; traces of

a sinuous medial line; postmedial line very indistinct, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4; an

indistinct lunulate whitish subterminal line with black streak before

and beyond it below costa; a terminal series of slight dark lunules.

Hind wing hyaline, the veins, terminal area, and inner margin fuscous

brown ; cilia white with a dark line through them; the underside

with dark bar from middle of costa.

Hab. Germ. KE, Arrica, Dar-es-Salaam (Neave), 1 ¢ ; Carn

Cotony, Transkei (Miss FP, Barrett), 1 3 ; Mapagascar, Nossi Bei.

Exp. 40 millim.

6389. Stictoptera macromma.

Stictoptera macromma, Snell, Tijd. vy. Ent. xxiii. p. 87, pl. 6. f. 8 (1880).

3. Head and thorax rufous; palpi white in front; tibie and

farsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey tinged with

rufous, the crest on 3rd segment blackish, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing chocolate red-brown to middle of costa and to tornus,

the rest of wing dark purple-brown irrorated with white;

subbasal line represented by double dark striee filled in with white

from eosta; antemedial line with white point at costa, then very

indistinct, dark, angled inwards at vein 1; claviform represented

by a minute dark streak at its extremity ; orbicular with incomplete

white annulus defined by blackish, elongate elliptical ; reniform

defined by blackish, with white bar before it, its annulus broken up

into white points, three short white streaks beyond it; medial line

very indistinct, oblique to subcostal nervure, then erect and almost

straight; postmedial line double filled in with white, broken up

into spots and bars, bent outwards below costa, then somewhat

dentate, incurved below vein 4, and almost obsolete towards inner

margin; some ochreous white points on costa towards apex;

subterminal line represented by a series of white lunules, double

below vein 7; a series of white bars just before termen ; cilia with

a series of white spots. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and terminal

area fuscous brown; cilia white with a dark line through them

from apex to vein 2; the underside with slight dark discoidal spot.

The eyes are very large and the frons extremely narrow above in

male. Snellen’s figure has the white markings of fore wing much

less prominent.

Hab, Cetusis; Br. N. Guryza, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1¢. Exp.

46 millim.

es STICTOPTERA. 163

6390. Stictoptera bisexualis, n. sp. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 2.)

3. Head and tegule deep chocolate-brown ; thorax red-brown

tinged with grey, the patagia with a few black scales ; tarsi fuscous

with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown with dorsal black spot on

2nd segment and bar on 3rd, the anal tuft yellowish at extremity.

Fore wing whitish mostly suffused and irrorated with red-brown ;

subbasal line double, angled outwards below costa and ending at

vein 1; blackish points before it at median nervure and vein 1 ;

antemedial line double, waved, with black points on it at vein 1;

claviform defined by black at extremity; orbicular and reniform

with red-brown centres and whitish annuli defined by brown, the

former elongate elliptical; medial line brown, almost straight,

slightly incurved at subcostal nervure and angled outwards at

submedian fold; postmedial line double, bent outwards below

costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some purplish fuscous

beyond it followed by a pale line; subterminal line whitish, with a

slight dark streak before and beyond it below costa, dentate marks

above and below submedian fold and a pale band before it between

vein 4 and submedian fold, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6,

excurved at middle, then incurved; a terminal series of chocolate-

brown lunules; cilia with pale points at the veins. Hind wing

hyaline, the veins, terminal area, and inner margin fuscous brown ;

cilia whitish with a brown line through them.

Ab. 1. Vertex of head and base of tegule ochreous white; fore

wing red-brown suftused with plum-colour, an ochreous and pale

olive patch on antemedial area from below costa to vein 1.

2. Head and tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen white slightly

mixed with brown and with dorsal series of biack points; fore

wing white irrorated with red-brown and with whiter patch on

terminal area below middle.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with large reddish buff patch on medial area

extending to base on inner area.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), 1 g type, Mt. Kebea

(Pratt), 13,2 2. Hp. 48 millim,

6391. Stictoptera variegata, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVIIL. fig. 3.)

3d. Palpi white in front, black behind; frons black and white;

vertex of head and thorax ochreous white tinged wilh rufous, some

black scales on upper edge of patagia; abdomen white dorsally

tinged with brown, ventrally with rufous. Fore wing white

lirorated with black; a pale rufous patch on basal costal area, the

lumer margin pale rufous on basal half, expanding into a patch to

submedian fold beyond the antemedial line, which is double. black

filled in with white, sinuous, obsolete on inner area; orbicular and

reniform with white annuli defined by black, the former with black

centre, rather elongate elliptical, the latter with pale rufous centre ;

medial line very indistinct, oblique to subcostal nervure, then erect

164 NOCLUID ®.

and almost straight ; postmedial line double, black filled in with

white and defined on outer side by blackish, bent ontwards below

costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line

double, black filled in with white, dentate, with black streaks

beyond it in the interspaces to the terminal series of black lunules.

Hind wing hyaline, the veins and terminal area fuscous, some

white on termen towards tornus; cilia white; the underside with

black discoidal striga, points at lower angle of cell, and black striga

from middle of costa.

Hab. Mauay Srares, Province Wellesley (Distant), Perak (Doherty),

in Coll. Druce ; Borneo, Sarawak (Meade- Waldo), 1 3g type. Lp.

45 milim,

6392. Stictoptera semialba. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 4.)

Minica semialba, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 175 (1864) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 401; Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 91.

Head, tegule, and prothorax red-brown ; thorax white slightly

mixed with brown, the patagia with a few black scales; peectus

ochreous white, the legs grey suffused with rufous; abdomen white

mixed with fuscous brown, the crest on 3rd segment black. Fore

wing white faintly tinged with olive-yellow and irrorated with

brown; a triangular chocolate-brown patch on base of costa, with

the slight subbasal line from it to vein 1, above which there is

sometimes a black spot; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ;

claviform represented by a black point at its extremity, the

orbicular by a white and black bar on its outer edge; medial line

black, sinuous, incurved at the veins; the outer half of medial

area purplish red-brown extending on costal area to apex; reniform

with incomplete white annulus defined by black and slight tuft of

black scales in centre; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards

below costa, then waved and defined on outer side by purplish

fuscous, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line

white slightly defined on each side by brown, with two short black

streaks before aud beyond it below costa and crossed below vein 2

by a black streak on an oblique purple-brown fascia from the

postmedial line, dentate; a series of small rather lunulate black

spots just before termen; cilia brownish with a fine pale line

at base. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and terminal area broadly

fuscous brown; cilia white with a brownish line through them;

the underside with slight discoidal lunule and medial and post-

medial strie from costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the red-brown patch at base of costa

smaller, the outer medial area not suffused with red-brown.

Ab. 2. Similar, but fore wing with the median nervure and

vein 1 to postmedial line streaked with black.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 9 ; SrvearorEe (Rediey), 2 ¢ ; Borneo,

2S, Sarawak (Wallace), type + in Mus. Oxon. Hap. 46-50

millim,

SUICTOPTERA. 165

6393. Stictoptera grisea. (Plate CLXXVIITI. fig. 5.)

Stictoptera grisea, Moore, P. Z.8. 1867, p. 67; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 401.

Head and tegule rufous; palpi streaked with black above;

thorax brown tinged with grey, the patagia with some black

scales; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous. Fore wing grey

suffused in parts with purplish brown and greenish white scales ;

subbasal line very indistinct, double, sinuous, from costa to vein 1,

a rufous patch beyond it on costa with slight black streak below

costa; antemedial line very indistinct, double, sinuous; orbicular

and reniform large, with sight white annuli defined by black, the

former defined on outer side only, round, the latter with some

rufous and a slight tuft of black scales in centre; medial line

black, sinuous, incurved at the veins; postmedial line blackish,

bent outwards below costa, then waved and with series of purplish

fuscous spots beyond it in the interspaces, incurved at discal fold

and below vein 4; subterminal line grey, slightly defined on inner

side by brown and on outer by fuscous, with two slight black

streaks before it below costa and crossed by a short streak in

submedian fold, waved ; a series of rather lunulate black spots just

before termen ; a fine pale lineat base of cilia. Hind wing hyaline,

the veins and terminal area broadly fuscous brown; cilia whitish

with a fuscous line through them; the underside with slight

discoidal lunule and medial and postmedial strive from costa.

Ab. 1. Patagia with white patch ; fore wing with white patch at

base, a broad inverted Y-shaped patch on antemedial area from costa

to vein 1.

Hab. Puxsas, Dalhousie, 1 2 ; Sixuim (Atkinson, Sadler), 3 5

type, Singapore (ftidley), 1 g ; Bornuo, Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 Q.

Exp. 50-52 millim.

6394, Stictoptera melanistis, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVIII. fig. 6.)

g. Head and thorax black-brown; tegule rufous edged with

black-brown above; pectus fuscous and grey; fore and mid tibie

rufous, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen black-brown,

the ventral surface with grey mixed. Fore wing black-brown

glossed with grey, the basal area with large elliptical rufous patch

extending in submedian interspace to the medial line; traces of a

double waved subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

indistinct, double, waved, usually with a black mark beyond it

representing the clayiform; orbicular slightly defined by black on

outer side only, the reniform defined by black and with tuft of

black scales in centre; medial line black, sinuous ; postmedial line

double, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below

vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, dark, minutely dentate, defined

on inner side by rufous suffusion; a terminal series of black

lunules and a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing hyaline,

the veins and terminal area broadly black-brown ; cilia with fine

166 Nocruip sh.

white line at base and whitish tips; the underside with slight

discoidal lunule and blackish bar from middle of costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the rufous patch extending to postmedial

line leaving a blackish patch at middle of costa.

Ab. 2. Fore wing without the rufous patch.

@. Head and tegule ochreous suffused with rufous, the rest of

thorax red-brown; abdomen grey suffused with brown; fore wing

greenish grey suffused in parts with rufous and purplish fuscous and

irrorated with brown.

Ab. 3. Thorax and fore wing ochreous tinged with red-brown.

Hab. Br. N. Gute, Ekeikei (Pratt), 2 5, 2 2 type, Mt. Kebea

(Pratt),2 6,292. Hep. 42-50 millim.

6395. Stictoptera ferrifera. (Plate CLXXVIIL. fig. 7.)

Steiria ferrifera, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 173 (1864) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 401; Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon, ii. p. 91; Semper,

Reisen Phil., Schmett. 1. p. 536, pl. 60. f. 12.

3S. Head and thorax purplish red-brown; pectus ochreous

white; legs red-brown, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-

brown. Fore wing red-brown glossed with purplish grey, the area

just beyond and below end of cell paler; subbasal line indistinct,

double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double,

waved; claviform represented by a black point at its extremity :

orbicular slightly defined by blackish on outer side only ; reniform

defined by blackish and with tuft of blackish scales in centre ;

medial line blackish, almost straight, slightly oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then erect; postmedial line double filled in with

pale red-brown, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved

_ and produced to slight points on the veins, ineurved below vein 4,

a faint whitish line beyond it; subterminal] line indistinct, double,

dark, minutely dentate, filled in with white between veins 4 and 2,

with slight dentate black marks before it below costa and some

white irroration before it below veins 4, 3 and beyond it on inner

half, slightly incurved between veins 3 and 2; a series of dark

striz just before termen. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, terminal

area and inner margin fuscous brown; cilia white with a brown

line through them; the underside with slight dark discoidal

lunule and ‘striga from middle of costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with some greenish yellow on subbasal ie.

before the seaitonaa, before the postmedial line, and on terminal

area below middle.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with broad inverted Y-shaped whitish patch

between subbasal and medial lines not extending below vein 1.

Q. Head and tegule more ochreous ; thorax white mixed with

red-brown; abdomen grey-white tinged with brown; fore wing

white irrorated with brown and suffused in parts with red-brown

aud purple-brown.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with some greenish yellow suffusion on outer

half of medial area and on terminal area below yein 3.

STICLOPTERA. 167

Ab. 4. Fore wing with three black marks on outer edge of

subbasal line, the reniform filled in with black and a small black

spot on vein 2 before subterminal line.

Ab. 5. Similar but fore wing with the inverted V-shaped whitish

patch of ab. 2.

Ab. 6. Fore wing with the antemedial and inner half of medial

areas largely suffused with black.

Hab. Sineavors (Ridley), 8 3,8 2 ; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace),

29; Parrepines, Luzon. vp. 40-46 millim. Type f ¢ in

Mus. Oxon.

6396. Stictoptera atrifera, n. sp. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 8.)

g. Head and thorax rufous, the patagia and patches on meta-

thorax fuscous black ; pectus ochreous ; tarsi brown with pale rings;

abdomen fusccus, the anal tuft and ventral surface ochreous. Fore

wing red-brown largely suffused with fuscous black on basal half,

beyond the postmedial line and on apical area ; a greenish grey patch

at base and an inverted U-shaped white patch between antemedial

and medial lines, the outer area not extending to inner margin ;

subbasal line double, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

indistinct, double, waved; claviform slightly defined by black at

extremity ; orbicular defined by black on outer side; reniform

defined by black and with black striga in centre; medial line black,

somewhat oblique from costa to vein 2, then inwardly oblique and

waved ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved and produced to slight streaks on the veins,

somewhat oblique to vein 4, then incurved, another faint dark line

beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, dark, minutely dentate,

with a minute black streak beyond it below vein 3 and black spot

before it at vein 2; some minute black strive just before termen

towards tornus. Hind wing hyaline, the veins, terminal area and

inner margin fuscous brown ; cilia whitish with a dark line through

them; the underside with slight dark discoidal spot and striga

from middle of costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the U-shaped white patch, the base

and basal half of medial area deep black.

@. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, the patagia

with a few black scales; abdomen ochreous suffused with brown,

the crests black ; fore wing with the ground-colour more ochreous,

the black suffusion on basal half broken up into patches.

Ab. 2. Patagia with white patches ; fore wing greyer and without

black suffusion, an inverted U-shaped white patch on antemedial

area.

Hab. Stnearore (Ridley), 1 g,1 2 type; Br. N. Gouivma, Mt.

Kebea (Pratt), 1 g, Sogeri, 1 9%. Hwp. 42-48 millim.

6397. Stictoptera svinhei. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 9.)

Stictoptera swinhwi, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 199 (1808).

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with purplish fuscous, the

168 NOCLUID A.

tegulee with ochreous and rufous dorsal patch edged with black, the

patagia with some rufous on upper edge; pectus and abdomen grey

mixed with fuscous, the tibise and tarsi banded with black; the

ventral surface of abdomen white except at extremity. Fore wing

very thickly striated with black and brown, the basal half suffused

with purplish brown except at costa; subbasal line indistinct,

sinuous, from costa to vein 1; an indistinct double curved and

waved antemedial line; the claviform represented by a tuft of

rufous scales at extremity; orbicular defined by black on outer side

and with tuft of rufous scales in centre; medial line blackish,

almost evenly curved; reniform defined by black, rather triangular,

with oblique black striga with white spot before it in centre;

postmedial line indistinctly double, dentate, excurved to vein 4,

then oblique; subterminal line whitish, with slight black streak

before and beyond it below costa and small orange spots before it

at discal and submedian folds, slightly excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing hyaline,

the veins, costal and terminal areas, and the inner margin fuscous

brown; cilia with fine white line at base and white tips; the

underside with slight discoidal lunule and medial striga from costa.

@. Fore wing paler without the dark suffusion on basal halt,

the tuft of scales on claviform and orbieular and the spots before

subterminal line bright orange.

flab. Br. N. Guinna, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 $, Dinawa (Pratt),

1 g,1 9, Owgarra (Meck),1 9. Hep. 38-42 millim.

6398. Stictoptera stygia, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVIIL. fig. 10.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous black with a pale grey

band behind the tegule; palpi whitish in front, the 3rd joint

whitish with a dark ring near extremity ; antennz with the tuft of

scales on basal joint whitish at tip; pectus and legs whitish tinged

with brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish; ventral

surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing fuscous black, the costal

edge brownish white, the terminal half of costal area with some

whitish irroration, a grey patch at apex, the terminal area

brownish grey below vein +; subbasal line represented by a curved

black striga from costa; antemedial line hardly traceable, waved ;

claviform represented by an oblique black striga at extremity on

a brownish grey patch below end of cell; orbicular represented by

a tuft of raised white scales, the reniform slightly defined by black and

with tuft of raised white scales on its inner edge; medial line

indistinct, black, somewhat oblique to submedian fold, then sinuous ;

postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, incurved

below vein 4 and slightly excurved at vein 1; subterminal line

white with slight black streaks before and beyond it below costa ;

then defined on inner side by brown spots, minutely waved and

somewhat excurved at middle; a terminal series of small black

spots ; cilia fuscous intersected with brownish. Hind wing fuscous

STICLOPTERA. 169

black, the interspaces hyaline white below and just beyond the cell ;

cilia with a fine white line at base; the underside rather paler.

Hab. Br. N. Guinua, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 g type. Hap.

36 millim,

6399. Stictoptera albipuncta,n. sp. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 11.)

6. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with blackish; abdomen

grey-brown, the crests blackish, the ventral surface brownish

white. Fore wing black-brown irrorated with white, the basal

area, costal area towards apex, and a subterminal patch between

veins 6 and 4 red-brown; antemedial line hardly traceable except

on inner area, waved; claviform and orbicular slightly defined by

black and white scales on outer edge only ; reniform faintly defined

by a few white scales; medial line indistinct, black, somewhat

oblique and very slightly waved; postmedial line double, black

filled in by small white lunules except towards costa, waved,

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line represented by a series of

small white spots with slight black streaks before and beyond them

below costa, obsolescent on the reddish patch below vein 6, then

defined on inner side by black spots with a prominent white spot

before the spot in submedian interspace; a series of black strive

just before termen defined on inner side by slight white lunules;

a series of white points at the extremities of the veins. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the interspaces below and just beyond the cell semi-

hyaline white ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base; the underside

with dark medial and postmedial strize from costa.

Ab. 1. Vertex of head reddish ochreous, pro- and metathorax

with ochreous bars; fore wing not irrorated with white and

without the red-brown on basal area, the white markings replaced

by grey except the white spot before pos{medial line.

¢. Fore wing fuscous black to the medial line which is defined

on outer side by whitish, the white spot before subterminal line

indistinct.

Hab. Ba. N. Gotnea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 ¢ type, Ekeikei

(Pratt), 1 $6,192. Hap. 46 millim.

6400. Stictoptera microthyris, n. sp. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 12.)

¢. Head and tegule black-brown slightly mixed with reddish

ochreous; thorax reddish ochreous with some dark brown sealcs ;

abdomen fuscous with some greyish ochreous at base, the ventral

surface reddish ochreous. Fore wing ochreous suffused with dark

brown, the basal costal area reddish ochreous ; an ochreous fascia in

and below end of cell and a band from beyond upper angle of cell

angled at vein 5, then oblique to inner margin near base and giving off

a diffused reddish ochreous fascia to termen from its angle; ante-

medial line hardly traceable, slightly angled outwards above inner

margin; postmedial line very indistinct, double, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at

170 NOCTUIDZ.

discal fold and oblique below vein 4; a curved subterminal series

of blackish spots with slight pale striz on their outer edges; a

terminal series of minute black lunules defined on inner side

by ochreous. Hind wing fuscous brown, with hyaline streaks

below and just beyond the cell.

Hab. Durcu N. Guinwa, Fak-fak (Pratt), 2 $ type. Eup. 46

millim,

6401. Stictoptera multistriata, n.sp. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 13.)

@. Head, tegule, and shoulders red-brown mixed with black,

the palpi and lower part of frons tinged with grey; thorax grey-

white; tibie and tarsi blackish ringed with grey; abdomen

fuscous, the basal half of dorsum grey-white. Fore wing pale red-

brown thickly striated with black-brown; an oblique blackish

streak from near base of costa to submedian fold; a semicircular

white antemedial mark in cell and oblique band from submedian

fold to inner margin, on which it is connected by a streak with a

white medial spot with another above it in submedian fold ;

reniform defined by black and with slight pale annulus, rather

conical ; postmedial line indistinct, with fuscous black spots on its

outer edge below vein 7 and between veins 5 and 1, slightly

incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4; a faint subter-

minal blackish shade between discal and submedian folds. Hind

wing opalescent hyaline, the veins and terminal area broadly black ;

cilia with white line at base and white tips; the underside with

whitish irroration at middle of costal area.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 2 type. Exp. 32

millim,

6402. Stictoptera repleta. (Plate CLXXVIII. fig. 14.)

Steiria repleta, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 173 (1864) ; Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 91.

Stictoptera richardi, Pag. JB. Nass. Ver. xxxviii. p. 29, pl. ii. f. 7 (1885).

g. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with blackish; pectus

ochreous white; tarsi ringed with whitish ; abdomen grey-brown,

the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing greyish suffused

with brown and with a purplish gloss; a subbasal black striga from

costa defined on each side by grey and a round black spot in

submedian interspace; antemedial line double, waved, angled

outwards above inner margin to near medial line; claviform defined

by brown, with yellowish annulus above and some yellowish

beyond it; orbicular and reniform with grey annuli defined by

black, the former round, connected with the antemedial line;

medial line obliquely ineurved from below costa to submedian fold

where it is angled outwards, then again incurved ; postmedial line

double, bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, oblique to vein 4,

then incurved, another similar less distinct line beyond it; subter-

minal line pinkish grey defined by brown, oblique to vein 6, then

dentate, with black streaks beyond it on veins 4,3; a series of

STICTOPTERA. alu7all

brown striz just before termen. Hind wing hyaline, the veins,

terminal area, and inner margin. black-brown ; cilia with white line

at base and white tips; the underside with the costal area greyish

with a dark bar at middle.

2. Head, thorax, and fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous

white, the last with the black subbasal spot placed on an ochreous

white patch.

Hab. Stnearonze (Ridley), 38 3, 1 93; Bornto, Sarawak

(Wallace), type fin Mus. Oxon.; Nias. Hap. 32-36 millim.

6403. Stictoptera confiuens. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 15.)

Minica confluens, Wik. xiii. 1140 (1857); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 401.

@. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish; tegule

fuscous black; palpi white in front; pectus and legs white tinged

with red-brown; abdomen greyish, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing red-brown mixed with white, the basal half mostly

overlaid with thick fuscous-black scales ; subbasal line represented

by a slight curved black striga from costa ; antemedial line hardly

traceable, double, waved; the claviform represented by a minute

black streak, the orbicular by a black striga on its outer edge;

reniform defined by black and with some black scales in centre, its

inner edge straight ; medial line black, oblique to submedian fold,

then erect; postmedial line black defined on inner side by whitish,

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4,

with a series of fuscous black spots on its outer edge below vein 7

and from vein 5 to inner margin, the costa beyond it with white

points with minute black streaks between them; subterminal

line white, waved, with black streak before and beyond it below

costa, then slightly defined on outer side by blackish ; a terminal

series of small black lunules; a fine white line at base of cilia.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the lower part of cell and the

interspaces below and just veyond it hyaline; cilia white with a

brown line through them; the underside with faint dark striga

from middle of costa.

Ab. 1. Metathorax, patagia, and fore wing greenish grey, the

last with some purple-brown suffusion on basal half of costa and

before the medial line but not overlaid with fuscous black scales.

Hab. 8. Nierxta, Lagos (Strachan), 1 9 ; Haz. 1en., 1 Q type.

Exp. 38 millim,

6404. Stictoptera columba. (Plate CLXXYVIII. fig. 16.)

Dandaca columba, W\k. ix. 149 (1856); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 401.

Stictoptera cucullioides, Semper, Reisen Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 586, pl. 60.

f. 11 (nec Guen.).

3. Head and tegule rufous, the latter with black patches at

base with chocolate-brown patches defined by ochreous above them ;

palpi white in front; thorax blue-green mixed with red-brown ;

172 NOCTUID A.

pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown, the fore and hind

tibia greenish barred with brown, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen fuscous with some green at base of dorsum, the genital

tufts rufous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing blue-green

thickly striated with brown ; subbasal line slight, sinuous, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, un-

usually near base; claviform represented by a minute biack

spot; orbicular rufous defined on outer side by black; reniform

defined by black and with black point in centre; medial line

slightly waved, oblique below submedian fold, the area before it to

subbasal line red-brown except towards inner margin; postmedial

line slight, black, oblique towards costa, then dentate, oblique

below vein 4, with black spots on its outer edge below vein 7 and

between vein 5 and inner margin, the costa beyond it with minute

alternating black and white streaks ; subterminal line represented

by a series of slight black spots on its outer edge, with a red-brown

mark before it at costa, and slight black streak before and beyond

it below costa; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia dark

brown mixed with grey. Hind wing fuscous black, the lower part

of cell and the interspaces below and just beyond it hyaline ; cilia

white with a dark line near base; the underside with slight dark

striga from middle of costa.

°. Brighter blue-green.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal area pale ochreous yellow to near

medial line with some diffused brownish streaks on it near base.

Hab. N. Inpvia (James), 1 @ type; Jonors, Batu Pahat (1tidley),

1 3; Stneapors (Ridley), 4 3, 7 2 ; Bornuo, Kuching (She/ford),

1 2 ; Purtipeines, Cebu. Hap. 32-40 millim.

Genus GIGANTOCERAS. ‘Ter

Gigantoceras, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 519 (1893)............06.5 Go0n00 solstitialis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long; frons

smooth with large tuft of scales above ; eyes large, round ; antenne in both

sexes about one and a half times length of fore wing and ciliated; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with spreading crest; legs

extremely elongate and slender, the outer spurs about half the length of inner ;

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 and 5 from close to angle of

cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Scr. I. Frons very narrow, the eyes approximated in front.

*6405. Gigantoceras geometroptera.

Gigantoceras geometroptera, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 580, pl. 21. f. 8 (1893).

3. Head and thorax greyish tinged with sap-green and brown ; _

frons with black band above ; palpi, lower part of frons, and pectus

brownish ochreous; tibive and tarsi brown, the former whitish at

GIGANTOCERAS. 173

extremities ; abdomen ochreous brown with the genital tufts

whitish. Fore wing greyish suffused with sap-green and brown;

subbasal line indistinctly double with black points on its inner

side, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double with black striz

from costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved; medial line slightly waved, with blackish spot on it above

vein 1; two black discoidal points; postmedial line double, dentate

Fig. 54.—Gigantoceras geometroptera, 3. +

and produced to black points on the veins, excurved from costa to

vein 3, then bent inwards ; subterminal line grey defined on inner

side by black-brown, minutely waved, angled inwards below costa,

at discoidal fold, and vein 2, with short black streaks beyond it on

veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2; a terminal series of smail brown lunules defined

by a waved silvery grey line. Hind wing whitish suffused with

red-brown, an indistinct dark discoidal patch, the terminal area

fuscous brown; cilia whitish ; the underside paler except the

discoidal patch and terminal area.

Hab. Gaxsoon, Ogowe R. (Good), type fd in Coll. Holland. Lap.

38 millim.

Sect. II. Frons normal, the eyes not approximated.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial line curved and waved......... solstitialis,

B. Fore wing with the antemedial line almost straight, not

WENGE. oosbbacseacceoocanos0c50 sor eesodo0gs dounooRoddDsGonddoodsHODSONOOE rectilinen.

6406. Gigantoceras solstitialis.

Gigantoceras solstitialis, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 549, pl. 21. f. 9 (1893).

Stictoptera crinopis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 583 (1905).

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey ; frons deep

black ; tegule ochreous at base bounded by a deep black line, then

greenish grey ; metathorax with sight black crest, pectus whitish ;

legs very long, the tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen with the

slight dorsal crests dark. Fore wing green suffused with brown

and irrorated with black, the basal, inner, postmedial and apical

areas darker, the discal area paler; subbasal line double, oblique,

black, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, curved,

minutely waved ; orbicular rather U-shaped; reniform concave

towards base and with brown central line forming a spot at lower

174 NOCLUID A.

outer side; a black streak on vein 2 from cell to the postmedial line,

which is double, minutely dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then incurved, with a rather dentate black mark beyond it below

costa ; subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being

paler except at apex, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a terminal series of slight dark lunules. Hind wing with

Fig. 55,.— Gigantoceras solstitialis, g. 4.

the interspaces of basal half pale, the veins and terminal half

fuscous; the underside with dark discoidal lunule showing through

to upperside.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with white fascia on inner margin from base to

antemedial line.

Hab. Gorn Coast, Obuassi (Bergmann), 1 Q type erinopis ;

Gasoon, Ogowé R. (Good), type tT d, 2 in Coll. Holland. Lvp.

$ 30, 2 34-36 millim.,

6407. Gigantoceras rectilinea, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVIII. fig. 17.)

Head and thorax pale green mixed with brownish grey; palpi

with some brown; frons with black band above; tegule with black

band at base; patagia except at base and metathorax black-brown ;

pectus whitish ; legs tinged with brown; abdomen brown, the

ventral surface ochreous white with a black line near extremity. .

Fore wing whitish suffused with pale olive-green and irrorated with

silvery and a few black scales; subbasal line black, slightly angled

outwards below costa and ending at vein 1; antemedial line double,

formed of raised black scales, almost straight, some brownish before

it; reniform hardly traceable, elliptical with a bar of raised black

scales in centre; a blackish striga froin middle of costa and diffused

spot on vein 1 ; postmedial line with double dark striew from costa,

then almost obsolete, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved and with black points beyond it on the veins,

strongly angled inwards below vein 3, then oblique to inner margin ;

apical area red-brown defined by an oblique black streak from

costa to vein 6 near termen; a faint crenulate whitish subterminal

line with greenish mark on it below costa, dark mark between

veins 3 and 2 and oblique brown bar before it below vein 2; the

veins of terminal area streaked with black; a terminal series of

blackish lunules slightly defined on inner side by whitish; cilia

brownish white. Hind wing semihyaline whitish with broad

LOPHOPTERA. leis)

fuscous brown terminal band, the inner margin tinged with brown ;

cilia ochreous white; the underside with some brownish suffusion

at middle of costa and striga on upper discocellular.

Hab. Gop Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside) 1 ¢ type; 8. Nienrta,

Tesha (Humphrey), 2 56,1 9. Hep. 32 millim,

Genus LOPHOPTERA.

Type.

Lophoptera, Quen. Noct. iii. p. 54 (1852) ..... eee ceees eee eees sguammigera.

iso, Wl, sexi, BY (UBOB)) bo2n0c000092800090000000000000000000000000 Serrinalis.

Ciasa, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool, vii. p. 165 (1864)......... pustulifera.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons smooth,

with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, rounil ; antennz of male almost simple;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiz moderately

fringed with hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen eventy 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, 5 from angle of cell; 6, 7

form upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the costal area darker than the ground-

colour.

a. Hind wing with the interspaces hyaline-white to beyond

the cell.

a, Fore wing with white fascia below the dark area

from base of costa along median nervure to beyond

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b!, Fore wing with faint whitish tinge below and beyond

OndVoiCell re emense dso ciba: «sie osismeenisaiecs smecieeeeesice nae aleuca.

b. Hind wing with the interspaces indistinctly semihyaline

B. Fore wing with the costal area not darker than the

ground-colour.

a. Fore wing without green markings.

a, Hind wing hyaline-white, the terminal area black ... methyulea,

b'. Hind wing with the interspaces clear hyaline to

beyond the cell, the veins and terminal area dark.

a» Fore wing with the basal half deep rufous with

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b?, Fore wing with the basal half not rufous.

a®, Fore wing without white suffusion on post-

medial costal area.

a*, Hind wing with the hyaline area tinged

Wil Girl Ueki asst eraeescete cr eee eet nee ome ccna abbreviata.

4, Hind wing with the hyaline area not tinged

with blue.

a. Fore wing with the medial line oblique

to submedian fold, then bent inwards to

TATAGIE TOE cooocconbaossnsoSsdncoadanebscncoadd litigiosa.

5, Fore wing with the medial line oblique

to submedian fold, then erect.

a6, Fore wing with the postmedial line

TOMA? GAEL coonccooneanacasoseane0008500¢ hemithyris,

66. Kore wing with the postmedial line

angled outwards kelow costa and

excurved at middle, but not waved...... pheobasis.

176 NOOTULD At.

e, Fore wing with the medial line erect,

excurved below costa and at vein 1.

a6, Fore wing with the antemedial line

excurved.

a’, Fore wing without white striga before

the subterminal line at discal fold... 2lucida.

67, Fore wing with white striga before

the subterminal line at discal fold ... Jeweostriga.

v6, Fore wing with the antemedial line erect,

minutely waved ...........-...-+: po -o00000 uo, MANAG.

d’, Fore wing with the medial line erect,

excurved in and below cell .................. plumbeola,

e, Kore wing with the medial line oblique to

reniform, then erect, the veins of costal

area deaaed by dark araulks Bane Selmar aie denticulata.

b°, Fore wing with white suffusion on postmedial

CostalWaireaeesccreeeeceececeece Bp bencdodoopodon soccsone — GRUNG,

. Hind wing with the interspaces not hyaline.

a2. Fore wing with silvery grey bands.

a. Kore wing with white suffusion on postmedial

Costalliareays scaveascent cee ceuese este tee SesacGie anaes pheoxista.

b°. Fore wing without white suffusion on post-

medial costal area ....... BifososeeonoraaaG conns0ecee .. plumbeifascia.

b*, Fore wing with silvery grey suffusion.

a3, Fore wing with the inner area not brightrufous chalyhsa.

63. Fore wing with the inner area bright rufous... ferrinalis.

ce, Fore wing without silvery grey bands or suffusion.

a’, Fore wing with the lines defined by white ...... stipata,

63, Fore wing with the lines not defined by white.

a‘. Fore wing with the postmed.al line bent

outwards below costaand incurved or oblique

below vein 4.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

angled inwards at discal fold ............... negretina.

b°, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

angled inwards at discal fold.

a®, Fore wing fuscous black, the basal area

grey and strongly contrasting ............ ductwosa.

68, Fore wing with the basal area concolorous.

a’. Fore witig fuseous brown suffused

with grey .......... a gheatcsietoaraie quadrinotata.

b'- Fore wing bright red-brown pustulifera,

b4, Fore wing with the postmedial line highly

dentate, angled inwards at discal fold and

ineurved below vein 4 ........... ehSSuetielssatnae chalybea,

c4, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique

from below costa to inner margin.

a°®, Fore wing with the postmedial line shghtly

angled inwards at discal and submedian

folds.

a®, Fore wing with the antemedial line

double waved | seta aic eee metapheda.

b8. Fore wing with the antemedial line

single, oblique.

a’, Fore wing chocolate-red.

a>, Fore wing with the reniform defined

by brown and with some whitish

points on its inner edge ............ Meect.

6°. Fore wing with the reniform absent. rufa.

bo", Fore wing dark brown tinged with

[DROVVASEAREEIN cooosoccaooocnencagonassoooses — WRUNG.

LOPHOPTERA. 177

&, Bore wing with the postmedial line not

angled inwards at discal and submediin

folds.

a®, Forewing with the antemedial line erect,

WAWEGL Rian anise ites ssutieisetose aceon asitigew hypenistis.

68. Fore wing with the antemedial line

@lolliGiMe, MWS conocpooocasecn008 ooooon0D tripaylita,

6, Fore wing with green markings.

a‘, Kore wing with the inner area pale yellow-green.

a2, Hind wing with hyaline streaks in the inter-

SPACES OF AGRI MAINE. soooeaencaoceso0a00enoensosenn|NGe acuda.

02, Hind wing without hyaline streaks in the inter-

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b*. Fore wing with the antemedial area pale yellow-

SFROGD soooosocovspoosogo0anscoonocH0os0anpsnoocoDD00GHEee 005 glaucobasis,

. Fore wing with oblique bright green band from

base of costa to inner margin, with bar beyond it

from costa and oblique antemedial band from below

eosta to vein 1 .....).... pooaoon .op90n0ne007000000 corss.n.. Chlorograpta,

6408. Lophoptera squammigera

Lophoptera squammigera, Guen, Noct. ili, p. 55 (1852).

Lophoptera vittigera, Wk. xxxili, 920 (1865).

Head and tegule dark red-brown ; thorax violaccous grey mixed

with fuseous; pectus whitish with some rufous in front; legs

blackish, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen blackish with

dorsal series of white points, Fore wing violaceous grey suffused

with dark brown, the costal area black-brown expanding between

ante- and postmedial lines, then oblique to apex, defined below

by a yellowish fascia to postmedial line, its lower edge diffused ;

antemedial line double, waved, from the white fascia to inner

Vie. 56,—-Lophoptera squammigera, S. +.

margin; claviform represented by a tuft of raised black scales at

its extremity, the oribicular by a slight striga from the dark costal

area, the reniform by dark stria from the costal area and points

below ; a sinuous brown medial line from vein 2 to inner margin;

postmedial line double, hardly traceable on the dark costal area,

bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved below vein 4;

two dentate brown subterminal lines defined on inner side by

whitish lunules ; a blackish terminal line interrupted at the veins

by white points; cilia chequered with whitish at tips. Hind wing

black-brown with opalescent hyaline streaks in, below, and beyond

VOL, XI. N

178 NOCTUIDA.

the cell and streak below middle of vein 1; cilia white with some

brown at base.

Hab. Mapras, Cuddapah, Jammalamaduga (Campbell), | 3 ;

Cnyton, Kandy (Jeade- Waldo), 1 9; Ausrraria,1 g type vittigera,

Townsville (Dodd), 1 9. Hap. 36-40 millim.

6409. Lophoptera aleuca, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVIII. fig. 18.)

G. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with some ochreous ;

pectus whitish ; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with grey. Fore

wing violaceous grey suffused with brown, the costal area dark

brown, its lower edge oblique from postmedial line to apex; ante-

medial line double, waved, hardly traceable on the dark costal area ;

medial line dark, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly

oblique; reniform dark brown faintly defined by blackish points,

conjoined to the dark costal area ; postmedial line double, slightly

angled inwards below costa, then strongly bent outwards, then

dentate, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on

costa; two dark dentate subterminal lines defined on inner side by

whitish lunules ; a terminal series of dark striz. Hind wing black-

brown with opalescent hyaline streaks in, below, and beyond the

cell; cilia brown at base, white at tips.

Hab. QUEENSLAND, Moreton Bay (Gibbons), 1 oS type. zp.

38 millim.

6416. Lophoptera costata.

Lophoptera costata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 123, pl. 159. f. 8 (1885);

Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 403.

Head, tegule, and prothorax red-brown mixed with blackish, the

thorax grey pencilled with black; palpi blackish; tegule with

blackish medial line; pectus whitish mixed with brown; legs

brown, the tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen fuscous brown

with dorsal series of whitish and black bars. Fore wing lilacine-

grey pencilled with dark brown, the costal area dark red-brown,

expanding between ante- and postmedial lines, then oblique to apex,

defined below by a yellowish white streak to the postmedial line;

antemedial line double, brown, waved, obsolete on costal half; clavi-

form represented by a slight tuft of blackish scales at its extremity,

the orbicular by a slight projection from the dark costal area;

reniform with its lower part incompletely defined by black-brown ;

media] line brown, sinuous, obsolete on the dark costal area; post-

medial line double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then waved,

incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some pale points bey ond it

on costa; two dark dentate subterminal lines defined on inner side

by whitish ; a terminal series of dark striz defined on inner side by

whitish ; cilia chequered with grey at tips. Hind wing black-

brown, the interspaces in, below, and beyond the cell with semihyaline

streaks; cilia white at tips. Underside of fore wing with pale streaks

LOPHOPTERA. 179

in, below, and beyond end of cell; hind wing with curved dark post-

medial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the whitish streak beyond the costal

area,

Ab. 2. Fore wing with diffused white below the costal area.

Hab. W. Cutna, Kia-ting-fu, 1 ¢ ; Puysas, Kulu, Sultanpur

(G. Young), 1 Q, Simla (Harford), 1 3, Kangra (Dudgeon), 2 3,

Dharmsala (Hocking), 5 3, 2 9 ; Sreurm (Moller}, 1 9 ; Ceyton,

2 $ type; Srnearore (ftrdley),2 g. Lup. 30-42 millim.

6411. Lophoptera methyalea. (Plate CLXXYVIII. fig. 19.)

Stictoptera methyalea, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 8309 (1902).

Head and thorax fuscous black mixed with some brown and

tinged with grey; pectus grey-white; legs whitish suffused

with brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen pale

grey, the crests darker, the ventral surface whiter. Fore wing

grey suffused with fuscous and some brown, the basal area suffused

with black; traces of a double waved subbasal line, from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line double, highly waved; claviform repre-

sented by a tuft of black scales ; medial line blackish, oblique from

costa to submedian fold and bent inwards to inner margin; reni-

form slightly defined by blackish, constricted at middle and

extending to submedien fold; postmedial line double, strongly bent

outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4 to the reniform, a band of blackish suffusion beyond

it except towards costa defined by a sinuous line of raised black

scales, then a reddish brown band ; subterminal line slight, greyish,

somewhat dentate with slight dark streaks beyond it in the inter-

spaces and more prominent streak below costa; a terminal series

of blackish striz. Hind wing hyaline, the costa, inner margin, and

terminal area black, the last with rather irregular inner edge; cilia

brown at base, white at tips.

Hab. Congo, Katanga, Kambove (Veave), 1 2 ; MasHonatanp,

Salisbury (Marshall), 1 $ type. Hap. 30 millim.

*6412. Lophoptera semirufa. (Plate CLXXVIIL. fig. 20.)

Lophopitera semirufa, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. ined.

Head and thorax deep rufous; tarsi dark brown ringed with

white ; abdomen dark brown with grey segmental rings, the crests

on 35rd and 4th segments rufous, the ventral surface white mixed

with brown. Fore wing with the basal area deep rufous, its outer

edge obliquely curved from costa before middle to inner margin at

postmedial line and defined by whitish, the terminal area grey

thickly irrorated with dark brown and with some deep red-brown

suffusion on apical area and from vein 4 to tornus; subbasal line

indistinct, double, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

indistinct, double, oblique to median nervure, then angled inwards

180 NOCTUID©.

on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin; reniform defined by

blackish, constricted at middle; postmedial line double, blackish,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish, dentate ;

a terminal series of black strize defined on inner side by whitish ;

cilia grey with two fine blackish lines towards base, chequered

white and fuscous at tips. Hind wing black-brown, the basal halt

with hyaline streaks in, below, and beyond cell and above and below

vein 1; cilia white at tips; the underside with the basal half grey,

the terminal half fuscous, a dark bar from middle of cell and

indistinct postmedial line excurved below costa.

Hab. Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje (Bates), type tT Sd, Q in Coll.

Druce. Havp. 28 millim.

6413. Lophoptera abbreviata. (Plate CLXXYVIII. fig. 21.)

Lophoptera abbreviata, W1k. xxxili. 921 (1865).

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some fuscous; tarsi

black-brown ringed with whitish ; abdomen fuscous brown slightly

tinged with grey. Fore wing red-brown slightly tinged in parts

with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by two slight striz from

costa; antemedial line indistinct, double, dentate, angled outwards

above inner margin; claviform and orbicular represented by tufts

of blackish scales on their outer edges ; reniform indistinctly defined

and with points of raised scales on its edges ; medial line indistinct,

dark, angled outwards in cell and excurved in submedian inter-

space; postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then minutely dentate and oblique, a band of fuscous suffusion on

its outer side defined by a series of spots formed of raised pale and

black scales, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; subterminal

line indistinct, greyish defined on outer side by fuscous suffusion,

dentate; a terminal series of slight fuscous lunules ; cilia fuscous

chequered with rufous at tips. Hind wing black-brown with

bluish hyaline streaks in lower part of cell, below and beyond the

cell, the streaks above and below vein 6 extending to nearer

termen ; the inner area with three bluish hyaline streaks extending

to well beyond middle; cilia white with some brown at base.

Hab. Br. N. Gurwea, Dinawa (Pratt), 1 g ; Ausrraia, 1 ¢ type.

Exp, 34 millim.

6414. Lophoptera litigiosa.

Anamea litigiosa, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag. p. 93, pl. 16. f. 3 (1833)

Lophopter a cristigera, Guen. Noct..iil. p. 55 liss9).

Stictoptera alutacea, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 112. f. 4 (1874

Lophoptera squamutosa, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 440, f. 147 (1880).

Head and thorax brown tinged with grey; pectus grey; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the crest on

LOPHOPTERA. 181

3rd segment black, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing brown

suffused with grey ; subbasal line double, black, curved, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line double, irregularly dentate ;

claviform and orbicular represented by tufts of raised black scales

at their extremities; reniform rather incompletely defined by

raised black scales; medial line black, oblique and slightly sinuous

to submedian fold, bent inwards to inner margin; postmedial hue

double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved

and filled in by minute whitish lunules, incurved at discal fold and

below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa and a series of

small pale and blackish spots, incurved below vein 4, the two black

spots below costa more distinct; a minutely waved greyish sub-

terminal line with slight black streaks beyond it in the interspaces,

the black streak below costa more prominent; a terminal series of

black striz defined on inner side by whitish ; cilia with two slight

blackish lines through them. Hind wing black-brown, the cell

and interspaces below and beyond it hyaline, the inner area with

hyaline streaks above and below vein 1 to beyond middle; cilia

white at tips; the underside with dark bar from middle of costa

and indistinct postmedial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing darker brown.

Ab. 2. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous, the medial area

paler.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with white points before the tufts of scales

representing the claviform, the orbicular and reniform filled in

with white.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with band of black suffusion beyond the

antemedial line.

Ab. 5. Fore wing rufous to the medial line.

Hab. 8. Luone (Bartlett), 1 g ; Gorn Coasr, Kumasi ( Whiteside),

19; 8. Nieprta, Lagos (Dudgeon), 2 9 ; Br. KH. Arrica, Kb Urru

(Betton), 1 g, Neugia (Crawshay), 2 3 ; Br. C. Arrica, Chiromo

(Weave), 1 6 ; N.H. Ruopnsra, E. Luangwa Distr., Petauke

(Weave), 1 9,19; Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 g ; Naran,

Durban (Leigh), 2 S$ ; Care Cotony, Transkei (Wiss FP. Barrett),

1 2 ; Mapaeascar, Hore a pen EPO: Waldo), 13. Hxp. 24-

30 millim,

6415. Lophoptera hemithyris. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 22.)

Stictoptera hemithyris, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 534 (1995).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with some

grey; pectus mostly grey; abdomen with the dorsal crests dark,

the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing dark reddish brown slightly

tinged with grey, the basal area rather darker, the discal area

paler; a dark elliptical subbasal patch defined by brown from

costa to median nervure; a slightly waved antemedial line with

striga of raised black scales beyond it from subcostal nervure to

submedian fold; a medial line oblique from costa to submedian

182 NOCTUIDZ.

fold; reniform moderate, slightly defined by black; postmedial

line double, minutely waved, formed of striz of raised black scales,

bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein3 ; a similar

single line beyond it defined by ochreous on inner side; a fine pale

subterminal line, dentate at veins 6, 7 and incurved below vein 3;

a terminal series of black strie. Hind wing with the interspaces

of basal half hyaline, the veins and terminal half fuscous; cilia

white at tips; the underside greyer.

Hab. Ponxsas, Manpuri,1 ¢ ; Bomnay, 1 2 ; Mapras, Cuddapah

(Campbell), 1 2 type; Cnytoy, Madulsima (Mackwood), 1 3,

Dilyatalawa (Mackwood),1 9. Hxp. 24-26 millim.

6416. Lophoptera pheobasis. (Plate CLXXVIIL. fig. 23.)

Stictoptera pheobasis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 5384 (1905).

@. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some grey and

black; pectus and femora whitish; tarsi fuscous ringed with

white; abdomen fuscous with slight whitish segmental lines, a

blackish crest on 4th segment, the ventral surface whitish. Fore

wing reddish brown, the basal half suffused with black, its outer

edge obliquely curved; subbasal line represented by two slight

strice from costa; antemedial line indistinct, waved, defined by

whitish on inner side towards inner margin, some striz of raised

black scales beyond it in and below cell; a medial line bounding

the dark area, oblique from costa to submedian fold; reniform

incompletely defined by black; postmedial line double, bent

outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ;

subterminal line strongly dentate, forming a dark mark at costa

and ineurved below vein 4; a minutely waved dark line just before

termen on which there is a series of black strie. Hind wing

fuscous with hyaline streaks in the interspaces in, below, and

beyond the cell and on middle of inner area; the underside with

the inner area whitish.

Hab, Prax, Goping (Kiinstler), 1 9 type. Hap. 32 millim.

6417. Lophoptera illucida. (Plate CLXXVIII. fig. 24.)

Stictoptera illucida, Wk. xxxiii, 918 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 403.

Head and thorax brown tinged with grey; pectus whitish; tarsi

fuscous ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral

surface whitish. Fore wing brown tinged with grey; subbasal

line indistinct, double, curved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial

line double, minutely waved, with slight tufts of black scales on

its outer edge at discal and submedian folds ; medial line oblique

from costa to discal fold, then incurved and angled outwards at

vein 1; reniform with slight whitish annulus defined hy black;

LOPHOPTERA. 183

postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below

vein 4 and oblique to inner margin, some white points beyond it

on costa and a series of black striz defined on inner side by white

scales, incurved below vein 4; traces of a whitish subterminal line,

slightly angled outwards at veins 7,6 and ending on termen at

vein 3, a black streak beyond it below apex; a terminal series of

slight black lunules defined on inner side by white; cilia with two

fine black lines near base, chequered fuscous and brownish at tips.

Hind wing fuscous brown with hyaline streaks in, below, and

beyond the cell; cilia brown at base, white at tips.

Ab. 1. Fore wing mostly suffused with silvery blue.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with black patch on inner area beyond the

antemedial line.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with white spot below the cell beyond the

medial line.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with oblique yellowish band from inner margin

at antemedial line to cell, then bent downwards to submedian fold

at postmedial line.

Ab. 5. Fore wing with the whole inner medial area pale yellow.

Ab. 6. Similar, but fore wing with the inner medial area

orange-red.

Hab. Punsas (Horne), 1 3, 1 2, Manpuri, 2 5,1 9 ; Sixam

(Moller), 1 3 ; Assam, Khasis; Buneat, Pusa (Mason), 1 5,5 2,

Calcutta, 5 9 ; Bombay, Karwar (Bell), 1 g ; Ceyton, Kegalle

(Mackwood), 1 9; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 §, 1 @ type.

Hep. 28-34 millim.

6418. Lophoptera leucostriga. (Plate CLXXVIIL. fig. 25.)

Stictoptera leucostriga, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p 535 (1905).

d. Head and thorax red-brown; pectus whitish; tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown with some whitish at

base, a blackish crest on 4th segment, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing red-brown, sometimes with triangular whitish patch on

medial area from just above median nervure to inner margin;

subbasal line represented by two slight strive from costa; two

antemedial indistinct lines, approximated below cell, then diverging ;

reniform with slight ochreous annulus defined by blackish; post-

medial line double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, below vein 4 recurved to lower edge of reniform,

then excurved again; subterminal line black, its medial part

defined on inner side by a white striga, slightly angled inwards

below costa and incurved below vein 4; some white points on

costa towards apex; a terminal series of black strize defined by

whitish on inner side. Hind wing fuscous, the interspaces of

basal half hyaline; cilia with a fine pale line at base.

2. More fuscous brown; fore wing without the whitish patch on

184 NOCLUID BD.

medial area, the two autemedial lines black on inner half, forming

a somewhat conical mark.

Hab. Forwosa, Takow (Hobson), 1 9 ; Punane (S. S. Mlower),

1 9 ; Perak, Goping (Kistler) ; Sincarore (Ridley), 1 3,1 type.

Kup, 24-28 millim.

6419. Lophoptera huma. (Plate CLXXVIUII. fig. 26.)

Stictoptera huma, Swinh. Fascic. Malay. Zool. i. p. 75 (1903).

®. Head and thorax brown mixed with fuscous black; palpi

rufous ringed with black; pectus reddish ochreous, the tibiz and

tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen fuscous with dorsal series of

black bars on pale triangular patches, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing brown suffused with silvery purple; a yellowish white

patch on antemedial costal area from near base to antemedial line

enclosing a dark spot on costa, the medial area beyond and below

the cell to vein 1 yellowish white; subbasal line represented by a

slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, dark,

minutely waved, filled in with whitish below the yellow patch;

strice formed of raised black scales in and below middle of cell and

above inner margin; a slightly sinuous medial line ; reniform with

white annulus defined by black points; postmedial line double

filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points

beyond it on costa and a sinuous line formed by tufts of raised

black scales defined on inner side by whitish; subterminal line

white, slightly waved, bent inwards at vein 3; a terminal series

of black strive defined on inner side by white; a fine white line at

base of cilia. Hind wing black-brown, the interspaces in, below,

and beyond the cell hyaline, the inner area with hyaline streaks

above and below vein 1 to beyond middle; cilia with a fine white

line at base and white tips.

Hab. Stam, Biserat, 1 2 type; Sineapors (/tidley), 19. Hap. 20—

22 millim.

6420. Lophoptera plumbeola, n.n. (Plate CLXXVIIL. fig. 27.)

Gyrtona chalybea, Butl. P. Z.S. 1883, p. 163; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i.

p. 403 (nee W1k. 1864).

Head and thorax dark purplish brown; pectus greyish; tarsi

slightly ringed with white; abdomen brown tinged with grey, the

ventral surface white irrorated with brown. Fore wing dark

reddish brown with a purplish grey gloss; subbasal line indistinct,

double, curved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

double, waved; claviform and orbicular represented by minute

rufous spots with tufts of raised scales on their outer edges;

reniform defined by tufts of raised black scales and with rufous

spot in centre; medial line dark, excurved in and below cell;

LOPHOPLERA. 185

postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

dentate, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on

costa, and a somewhat dentate dark line defined on inner side by

whitish scales; subterminal line very slight, whitish defined on

outer side by fuscous brown, very slightly angled outwards at

vein 7; the veins of terminal area with slight, dark streaks; a

black terminal line interrupted by white points at the veins; cilia

with some white at tips. Hind wing black-brown, the cell and

interspaces below and beyond it semihyaline; cilia white at tips.

Hab. Punsas, Simla (Swinhoe), 1 g, 1 2 type, Dharmsila

(Hocking), 3 3, 1 93; Sixuim Viper, Yatung (Hobson), 1 2 ;

Sixnim (Moller), 1 ¢, 1 2; Burma, Usipaw (de Micéville), 1 3;

Toungoo (de Nicéville), 1 3; Crtepes (Doherty), 2 $, 2 @.

Hep. 26-32 millim.

6121. Lophoptera denticulata. (Plate CLXXVIIL. fig. 28.)

Stictoptera denticulata, Wk. xxxiii. 919 (1860); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

jd 4k,

®. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous; tarsi

ringed with blackish; abdomen fuscous, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing ochreous white tinged with red-brown; the veins

defined by shght brown streuks; subbasal line represented by two

very oblique brown striz from costa; antemedial line deuble,

brown, angled outwards below costa, then indistinct and highly

dentate; claviform and orbicular represented by minute tufts of

raised scales, the reniform defined by a curved black streak above

and points of raised black scales below; medial line indistinct,

dark, bent outwards below costa to the reniform, then erect and

slightly bent inwards to inner margin; postmedial line double,

hardly traceable except towards costa and inner margin, strongly

bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, some pale

points bey ond it on costa; subterminal line dark, dentate, defined

on inner side by raised whitish scales, with slight dark streaks

beyond it in the interspaces; a terminal series of slight black

lunules. Hing wing hyaline, the veins and terminal area black-

brown ; cilia pale brown at base, white at tips.

Hab. Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 9 type. Hwvp. 34 millim.

6422, Lophoptera xista. (Plate CLXXVIIL fig. 29.)

Gyrtona xista, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xii. p. 264 (1893).

Head and thorax olive-brown, the latter with a leaden gloss;

palpi blackish, ochreous in front; pectus grey, ochreous in front;

legs fuscous and grey, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey,

the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey suffused with silvery

purple, the antemedial area and a medial band from discal fold to

inner margin pale olive; subbasal line slight, blackish, curved,

186 NOCLUID®,

from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, minutely waved ;

claviform and orbicular represented by striz of raised black scales ;

reniform incompletely defined by black and with some brown in

centre, narrow ; medial line blackish, slightly curved and somewhat

oblique; postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved below vein 4, some

white points beyond it on costa, and a very slightly waved blackish

line defined on each side by pale reddish brown; a minutely waved

silvery white subterminal line defined on outer side by blackish ; a

Llack terminal line. Hind wing black-brown, the interspaces of basal

half hyaline ; cilia with fine white line at base and white tips.

Hab. Cuvton, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 3 ; Styearore (Ltidley),

6 3,13 2 type; Bornzo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 9. Hap. 18-28

millim,

6423, Lophoptera pheoxista, n. sp. (Plate CLXXVIII. fig. 30.)

S. Head and tegule dark red-brown ; thorax pale red-brown ;

palpi at base, pectus and legs grey-white, the tibie blackish at

base, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown

with the crest on 3rd segment rufous, the ventral surface whitish.

Fore wing with the base silvery violaceous grey with a dark

subbasal striga from costa; the antemedial area olive-yellow with

a silvery grey streak in cell ; antemedial line dark, waved, followed

by a silvery grey band, then an obliquely curved olive-yellow band

with tufts of red-brown scales on it representing the claviform and

orbicular; the outer half of medial area silvery violaceous grey ;

reniform defined by minute black points, constricted at middle ;

the terminal area red-brown slightly suffused with silvery grey ;

postmedial line blackish, minutely waved, erect, another similar line

beyond it; subterminal line similar but rather more punctiform ;

cilia dark brown with a leaden grey tinge. Hind wing dark

brown; the underside grey tinged with brown, a slight discoidal

striga and postmedial line exeurved below costa and above inner

margin.

Hub. Cuytox, Udagama (Pole), 1 3 type. Hep. 22 millim.

6424. Lophoptera plumbeifascia. (Plate CLXXVIII. fig. 31.)

Gyrtona plumbeifascia, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 405 (1894).

Head and thorax dark reddish brown, the latter tinged with

leaden grey; palpi black, white at base; pectus and legs white,

the fore and mid legs with the base of tibie blackish, the tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey, the crest on third

scement black, the ventral surface white. Fore wing olive-yellow ;

a leaden grey and blackish patch at base from costa to vein 1; a

subbasal black point in submedian fold; a leaden silvery ante-

medial band with the slight double minutely waved black antemedial

line on it and the tufts of raised black scales representing the

LOPHOPTERA, 187

claviform and orbicular on its outer edge; medial line fine,

brownish, very slightly sinuous; reniform represented by four

points of raised black scales at its angles and a point in centre,

some leaden silvery above it on costa and on middle of inner

margin; postmedial line represented by a series of black points

defined on inner side by leaden silvery below vein 5 and on outer

by a leaden silvery band except at costa, then by a fine very

minutely waved brown line with minute black points on it; sub-

terminal line minutely waved, brown with series of black points

on it and slightly defined on inner side by leaden silvery ; a series

of blackish points just before termen. Hind wing brown, the

terminal area tinged with fuscous; the underside whitish tinged

with brown, a faint curved postmedial line.

Hab. S. AnpDAMans, 1 ¢,1 9 type. Hxp. 22 millim.

6425. Lophoptera chalyhbsa.

Gyrtona chalybsa, Hinpsn. Ill, Lep. Het. B.M. viii. p. 86, pl. 146.

f. 24 (1891).

d. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; pectus

whitish ; tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish; abdomen fuscous, the

crest on 3rd segment black, the ventral surface whitish. Fore

wing brown suffused with silvery grey leaving a triangular patch

from medial part of costa to vein 1 browner; subbasal line repre-

sented by two black striz from costa; the antemedial Jine with

two black striz from costa, then slight, single; claviform and

orbicular represented by striz of raised black scales, the reniform

by a small rufous lunule ; medial line dark, curved, slightly waved ;

postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards and obsolescent

below costa, incurved at discal fold, ineurved and slightly waved

below vein 4, another minutely waved blackish line beyond it; a

minutely waved dark subterminal line; a series of small black-

brown spots just before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown; the

underside brownish grey with indistinct sinuous medial and

postmedial lines.

fab. Mavnras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3 type. Hp. 24 millim,

6426. Lophoptera ferrinalis. (Plate CLX XVIII. fig. 32.)

Evia ferrinalis, Wk. xxvii. 89 (1863).

®. Palpi, frons, and antennee black-brown ; vertex of head and

thorax bright rufous; pectus whitish; legs black-brown, the tarsi

ringed with whitish ; abdomen dark brown, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing dark red-brown suffused with silvery purple,

the inner area bright rufous from base of costa to postmedial line,

with white streak above it at middle and leaving a dark patch at

base of inner margin ; subbasal line represented by two indistinct

dark strie from costa; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ;

minute tufts of raised black scales in and below middle of ccll:

188 -NOCLUIDA®.

reniform slightly defined by raised black scales; a slight medial

dark bar from costa; postmedial line double, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, angled inwards at discal

fold, incurved below vein 4 and bent outwards to inner margin,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line blackish,

angled outwards at veins 7, 6, then bent inwards, oblique to vein 3,

then incurved; a terminal series of black striae with a rufous and

yellow triangular mark before it below vein 3 with yellow strive

above and below it; cilia chequered with white at tips. Hind

wing black-brown, the cilia white at tips; the underside with faint

diftused pale postmedial band.

Hab. Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim.

#6497. Lophoptera stipata. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 1.)

Plusia stipata, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 70 (1864); Swinhoe,

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 87, pl. 1. f. 15.

@. Head and thorax grey-white; palpi blackish at sides;

pectus white; legs brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

white dorsally suffused with brown except at base, the crests dark

brown at tips. Fore wing whitish mostly suffused with red-brown

and irrerated in parts with black; a subbasal white spot on costa

crossed hy a red-brown line and with black points before, beyond,

and below it; antemedial line double, blackish filled in with white,

angled outwards below costa, then oblique, with small black spot

before it above vein 1 and some white beyond it from cell to mner

margin ; claviform represented by an oblique black striga of raised

scales at its extremity; orlicular a small round white spot defined

by brown and with raised tuft of black scales beyond it above

median nervure; reniform represented by an oblique black line

with diffused whitish patch beyond it; a medial brown striga

from costa and double sinuous line filled in with white from cell

to inner margin, with tuft of black scales beyond it on vein 1 ;

postmedial line brown defined on inner side by white and on outer

side also at costa, oblique from costa to subcostal neryure, then

stronely bent outwards, oblique to vein 4, then incurved, some

white points beyond it on costa and the veins below costa and

from lower angle of cell to the line streaked with white, a tuft of-

raised black scales beyond it above vein 1 ; subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by red-brown suffusion and sinuous from

costa to vein 4, then obsolete; a terminal series of slight black

lunules defined on inner side by a crenulate white line; cilia rufous.

Hind wing semihyaline suffused with brown, the terminal area

fuscous brown; cilia with whitish lines at base and tips; the

underside white tinged with rufous, the veins and terminal area

brown.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), type tT 9 in Mus. Oxon.

Eep. 30 millim.

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6428. Lophoptera negretina. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 2.)

Stictoptera negretina, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 212 (1902).

@. Head and thorax dark brown tinged with greyish; tegule

with biack medial line; tarsi ringed with grey; abdomen grey

banded with fuscous, the crests blackish, the ventral surface

brownish white. Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with blackish,

the veins streaked with blackish, the basal half of medial area

suffused with black; subbasal line represented by a slight curved

dark striga from costa ; antemedial line double, waved; claviform

and orbicular represented by strive of raised black scales; medial

line black, oblique from costa to submecian fold, then slightly

angled inwards at vein 1 ; reniform incompletely defined by raised

black scales, its lower extremity rather produced, an oblique striga

to it from costa; postmedial line double, obliyue from costa to vein

6, then incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, an oblique line

beyond it from costa to vein 6; subterminal line indistinct, dark,

dentate from costa to vein 3; a terminal series of black strize. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the veins and terminal area rather darker;

cilia with a fine pale line at base ; the underside rather paler, with

indistinct curved medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 9 type. Hp. 32 millim.

6429. Lophoptera luctuosa. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 3.)

Stictoptera luctuosa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 212 (1902).

9. Head and tegule red-brown slightly mixed with grey ; thorax

brownish grey; tibiz banded with fuscous; tarsi fuscous ringed

with white; abdomen grey dorsally suffused with rufous. Tore

wing with the basal area grey suffused with reddish brown and

with the slightly sinuous brown antemedial line near its outer edge ;

a black streak below base of costa; the rest of wing black-brown

with aslight greyish gloss; traces of a sinuous blackish media] line ;

reniform indicated by a few whitish scales on its edges; postmedial

line hardly traceable, double, bent outwards below costa, then

dentate, oblique below vein 4; traces of a double dark dentate sub-

terminal line with two obliquely placed whitish marks on it below

costa and one at submedian fold; a terminal series of black strize

and whitish points at the veins. Hind wing dark red-brown with

a faint purplish gloss; cilia whitish at tips; the underside paler

with indistinct curved medial and postmedial lines.

Hab, Cayton (Mackwood), 1 2 type. Hap. 44 millim,

6430. Lophoptera quadrinotata. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 4.)

Gadirtha quadrinotata, Wk. Journ. Linn, Soe., Zool. vii. p. 162 (1864).

Stictoptera anthyalus, Ampsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 403 (1894); Swinh,

A. M.N. H. (6) xv. p. 8 (1895).

Stictoptera paranthyala, Holl. Noy. Zool. vii. p. 565 (1900).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous mixed with greyish; pectus

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whitish ; tibia and tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen with the

crests blackish, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing fuscous brown

overlaying purplish grey ; subbasal line indistinct, dark, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line blackish defined on each

side by whitish, inwardly oblique, waved; claviform and orbicular

represented by striz of raised black scales; reniform with slight

whitish annulus defined by black points and with some whitish

beyond it ; medial line blackish, excurved in and below cell ; post-

medial line double filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some whitish

points beyond it on costa and a dentate line defined on inner side

by whitish lunules; subterminal line whitish, dentate, defined on

outer side by dark suffusion; a terminal series of black strix

defined on inner side by whitish and with whitish points between

them. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with fine whitish line

at base and ochreous white tips; the underside brownish grey, a

faint discoidal lunule and curved medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Stxuim, 1800’ (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢, 2 2

type anthyalus; StneaporE (fedley), 1 $,1 9 ; Borneo, Sarawak

(Wallace), type fT in Mus. Oxon.; Buru (Doherty), type T paran-

thyala in Coll. Holland. wp. 30-36 millim.

6431. Lophoptera pustulifera. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 5.)

Ciasa pustulifera, Wik. Journ. Linn. Sce., Zool. vii. p. 165 (1864).

Stictoptera cerea, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xix. p. 167 (1897).

Stictoptera brunneipennis, Holl. Nov. Zool. vii. p. 564 (1900).

Head and thorax bright red-brown ; pectus and legs fuscous

brown with some red-brown mixed; abdomen fuscous brown, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing bright red-brown, some black-

brown at base of inner margin; subbasal line indistinct, double,

curved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, double,

waved; claviform and orbicular represented by points of raised

black scales; reniform with brownish centre and slight whitish

annulus defined by blackish ; medial line dark, excurved in and

below cell; postmedial line double, dark, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then dentate and produced to black points on the veins,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved; a faint oblique dark shade from

costa at medial line to tornus; subterminal line pale defined on-

inner side by small black spots with raised whitish scales on their

inner side, minutely waved and somewhat angled outwards at

veins 7,6; a terminal series of slight black lunules defined on

inner side by ochreous; cilia fuscous chequered with ochreous at

tips. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with fine pale line at

base and chequered with whitish at tips.

Hab. Stnearorn (fidley), 2 6,4 9; Borneo, Sarawak, 1 ¢ ;

Burvu (Doherty), type tT brunneipennis in Coll. Holland ; Grroto,

1 @ type cerea; Br. N. Guinea, Sogeri, 1 9. Hep. 32-88 millim.

LOPHOPTERA. 191

*6432. Lophoptera chalyhbea.

Gadirtha chalybea, Wik. Journ, Linn. Soc., Zool. vil. p. 161 (1864);

Swinh,. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 91, pl. iii. f. 9.

Gadirtha polygrapha, Wk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 162 (1864).

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown, the last with the

crest on 2nd segment whitish at base. Fore wing red-brown with

a slight reddish tinge ; a curved subbasal brown striga from costa ;

antemedial line double filled in with reddish ochreous and defined

on inner side by reddish ochreous and short black-brown streaks on

and below costa and on median nervure, curved, minutely waved ;

a black spot at middle of cell; medial line oblique and slightly

sinuous from costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards to inner

margin ; reniform rufous slightly defined by black-brown, its lower

extremity produced ; postmedial line double filled in with rufous,

highly dentate, angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below

vein 4; subterminal line double filled in with rufous, dentate,

strongly bidentate inwards below costa; a terminal series of dark

striz defined by rufous lunules and points at base of cilia. Hind

wing dark red-brown, the cilia white at tips; the underside with

indistinct medial and postmedial lines, the latter defined on outer

side by greyish.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), type t 9 and type T So

polygrapha in Mus. Oxon. Lap. 48 millim.

6433. Lophoptera metaphea. (Plate CLX XIX. fig. 6.)

Gadirtha metaphea, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 163 (1864).

Stictoptera ferruginea, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 535 (1905).

¢. Head and thorax rufous; abdomen rufous tinged with fuscous,

the anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing

rufous ; a faint double subbasal line from costa to submedian fold,

angled inwards below costa; a very indistinct double minutely

waved antemedial line with some dark points on it; a slight discoidal

lunule defined by brown; a faint double minutely waved postmedial

line with some dark points on its outer edge, oblique and slightly

incurved at discal fold and in submedian interspace ; subterminal

line indistinct, ochreous, minutely dentate, defined by slight dark

marks on its inner side below costa and at middle and by a complete

series on outer; a terminal series of dark striz ; cilia ochreous with

dark points at extremity of the veins. Hind wing uniform fuscous

brown ; the underside rather paler with traces of curved postmedial

line and diffused subterminal band.

@. Much darker; fore wing with complete series of dark spots

before subterminal line.

Hab, Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 2 ; Puxo Laur (Doherty),

2 3 type ferruginea; Puitipprines, Taytai (Betton), 1 2. Hap.

30 millim. Type Tf in Mus. Oxon,

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*6434. Lophoptera meeci. (Plate CLXXLIX. fig. 7.)

Stictoptera mecki, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 235 (1906).

3. Head and tegule chocolate-red with a fulvous dorsal stripe ;

thorax fulvous; pectus and legs greyish tinged with brown, the

fore legs chocolate-brown, the tarsi blackish ; abdomen greyish

fuscous, the base with some fulvous, the ventral surface ochreous

white. Fore wing fulvous suffused with chocolate-brown leaving

fulvous bands before the ante- and postmedial lines ; two indistinct

oblique subbasal lines; antemedial line inwardly oblique, diffused

on outer side, with slight white points before it at median neryure

and submedian fold; reniform defined by brown and with sinuous

outline, some whitish points on its inner edge; a sinuous medial

line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line inwardly oblique

and minutely waved, angled inwards at discal fold and incurved at

submedian fold where there is a diffused dark spot beyond it; sub-

terminal line minutely waved, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a fine reddish terminal line; cilia grey-brown. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the cilia greyish at tips; the underside grey-brown,

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Aroa R. (Meek), type tT 3S in Coll.

Rothschild. wp. 40 millim.

*6435. Lophoptera rufa. (Plate CLXXIX. fiz. 8.)

Stictoptera rufa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 285 (1996).

g. Head and thorax dark chocolate-red; tarsi blackish ringed

with grey; abdomen greyish fuscous, ventrally pale grey. Fore

wing deep chocolate-red ; indistinct inwardly oblique antemedial

and medial lines; postmedial and subterminal lines inwardly

oblique, minutely waved. Hind wing fuseous brown with a reddish

tinge, the cilia grey at tips; the underside grey-brown.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Aroa R. (Meek), typet S in Coll.

Rothschild. Zap. 32 millim.

*6436. Lophoptera buruana. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 9.)

Stictoptera buruwana, Holl. Noy. Zool. vii. p. 555 (1900).

Q@. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown tinged with bronze-green ;

legs brown, the tarsi with pale rings; pectus and ventral surface

of abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing dark brown suffused with

bronze-green, a pale silvery green patch at middle of inner area;

subbasal line represented by two blackish stria from costa; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, minutely waved ; medial line blackish,

waved: reniform irregular, defined by blackish and with rufous

mark in centre; postmedial line double, blackish, minutely waved,

incurved at discal and submedian folds; subterminal line silvery

ercen indented by dark streaks on the veins ending in whitish

points; a terminal series of black strize defined on inner side by

grey striz and with whitish points between them on the veins; cilia

LOPHOPLERA. 193

dark brown chequered with grey at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown

with slight semihyaline streaks in and below lower part of cell;

cilia chequered with whitish at tips; the underside brown, paler

at base and with traces of double dark medial line on costal area.

Hab, Boru (Doherty), type rt 2 in Coll. Holland. Hazyp.

30 millim,

6437. Lophoptera hypenistis. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 10.)

Stictoptera hypenistis, Hinpsn. A. M. N. If. (7) xvi. p. 536 (1905).

Head and thorax dull brown; abdomen fuscous, the ventral sur-

face greyish. Fore wing pale reddish brown, slightly irrorated with

fuscous, the terminal area darker; traces of a double, irregularly

waved antemedial line and of two irregularly waved medial lines ;

an indistinet irregular discoidal mark constricted at middle; post-

medial line oblique, double filled in with whitish, the inner line

indistinct, the outer strong and with a series of black points beyond

it on the veins; a slight dark dentate subterminal line; a slightly

waved black terminal line; cilia fusecous with a fine pale line at

base. Hind wing fuscous, the interspaces paler and semihyaline

except on terminal area; cilia with a fine pale line at base; the

underside with traces of curved postmedial line.

Hab. Sixumm (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Burma, Hsipaw (De Nicéville),

1 ¢ type. Hep. 32 millm.,

6438. Lophoptera tripartita. (Plate CLX XIX. fig. 11.)

Gyrtona tripartita, Swinh. A, M, N. I. (7) ix. p. 841902).

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown slightly mixed

with greyish ; palpi at base and pectus in front yellow ;, fore and

mid tibiw banded with yellow, the tarsi ringed with white; ventral

surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing red-brown; subbasal line

indistinct, dark, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line dark.

slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique, defined on each

side by whitish to submedian fold, then on inner side only ; medial

line dark, excurved in and below cell; reniform with slight pale

annulus defined by black; postmedial line dark, strongly bent out-

wards below costa, then oblique, minutely dentate and défined on

outer side by whitish, some white points beyond it on costa, and a

minutely dentate dark line defined on inner side by whitish lunules;

subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by blackish, minutely

dentate; a series of whitish striz just before termen and whitish

points at extremities of the veins. Hind wing black-brown, the

cilia with a fine pale line at base and whitish tips; the underside

greyer, with traces of discoidal lunule and curved medial and post-

medial lines,

Hab. Puvane (Flower), 12; Purax, Goping (Kiinstler), 1 2 type;-

Borneo, Pulo Laut (Deherty), 1 2. Hep, 89-34 millim,

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194 NOCTUID.E,

6439. Lophoptera acuda. (Plate CLX XIX. fig. 12.)

Gyrtona acuda, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) xvii. p. 549 (1906).

@. Head and thorax brown mixed with whitish, some pale blue-

green behind antenne, at tips of tegule, and on metathorax; base

of palpi and throat greenish white ; pectus white ; legs brown, the

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen brown with pale blue-green

segmental bands, the crests darker, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing brown with a slight violaceous tinge, the basal area pale blue-

green slightly irrorated with rufons, the outer edge running

obliquely from costa before antemedial line to middle of vein 1,

then along it to postmedial line; subbasal line represented by two

red-brown striz from costa; antemedial line double, red-brown,

oblique, waved ; minute points of raised black scales at and below

middle of cell; reniform with pale blue-green annulus defined by

points of raised black scales, constricted at middle and with its

lower extremity produced, a streak of greenish suffusion beyond its

upper extremity ; medial line blackish, oblique, sinuous ; post-

medial line double, blackish, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then minutely waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4,

some pale points beyond it on costa; subterminal line very

indistinct, greyish, excurved at middle, some dark brown before it

at middle and a pale greenish bund from vein 4 to inner margin,

the area beyond it with slight dark streaks in the interspaces; a

terminal series of dark brown striz. Hind wing black-brown, the

cell and interspaces below and just beyond it hyaline; cilia whitish

at base and tips; the underside with indistinct medial brown bar

from costa and curved postmedial line.

Hab, W. Sumarra, Padang, 1 2 type. Lap. 28 millim.

6440. Lophoptera viridaria. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 13.)

Stictoptera viridaria, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (7) ix. p. 172 (1902).

3. Head and tegule ochreous ; palpi red-brown at sides; frons

with lateral brown bars; tegule with some white scales and brown

lines at middle and near tips; thorax pale yellow-green with some

black scales on upper edge of patagia; pectus and legs whitish and

brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged

with red-brown and with ventral series of small blackish spots.

Fore wing pale yellow-green; a triangular patch of red-brown

suffusion from costa, where it extends from subbasal to postmedial

line to submedian fold, and a large patch of blackish suffusion from

termen, on which it extends from apex to vein 3, to the reniform ;

subbasal line double, minutely waved, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, waved; claviform a small black spot ;

orbicular grey defined by black, small, round; reniform narrow

with some black and grey on inner edge followed by ochreous

white, then rufous, then white lines, the extremity of median

neryure streaked with white and grey ; postmedial line black,

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strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below

vein 4, some white on its outer side between veins 4 and 2, and

some whitish points beyond it on costa; traces of a minutely waved

subterminal line; a terminal series of slight black lunules; cilia

blackish with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing greyish

suffused with cupreous brown, the apical area rather darker; cilia

whitish with a dark line through them; the underside white, the

costal area tinged with ochreous, the terminal area with brown

except towards apex, a large dark discoidal spot, diffused erenulate

postmedial line except on costal area, and terminal series of black

lunules from apex to vein 2.

Hub, Perak, Goping (Aunsiler), 1 g type. Exp. 28 millim.

6441. Lophoptera glaucobasis. (Plate CLX XIX. fig. 14.)

Gyrtona glaucobasis, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 538 (1905).

@. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with whitish ; frons,

pectus, and legs whitish; the tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen

grey tinged with fuscous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

reddish brown mostly suffused with glistening glaucous grey and

sparsely irrorated with black, the antemedial area pale glaucous

green; antemedial line double with strie of raised black scales oa

its edges, obliquely curved ; reniform very indistinctly defined by

raised black scales on its edges, constricted at middle ; postmedial

line double, defined by striz of raised black scales on its edges,

those on outer side strong, slightly bent outwards below costa and

excurved at middle, with traces of another minutely waved line

beyond it ; subterminal line grey defined by slight blackish marks

on outer side, somewhat dentate and angled outwards at veins 7

and 3, 4; a slight glaucous line before termen ; cilia with a series

ef minute black points. Hind wing uniform fuscous ; the under-

side rather paler with indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab, Puto Laur (Doherty), 1 2 type. Hep. 22 millim.

6412. Lophoptera chlorograpta. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 15.)

Gyitona chlorograpta, Ampsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 538 (1905),

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous and brown; palpi

blackish at sides ; tegula with medial black line: abdomen fuscous,

the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey suffused with brown

and fuscous leaving the costal half of wing except on basal area

paler; an oblique bright green band from base of costa to inner

margin and a subbasal bar from costa to cell; an antemedial green

band from subcostal nervure to vein 1, its edges defined by strie of

raised black scales ; a diffused dark spot on middle of costa and

traces of a fine irregularly waved medial biack line; a fine minutely

waved postmedial line incurved between vein 4 and submedian fold,

with another indistinct waved line beyond it; a minutely dentate

196 NOCLUIDA.

white subterminal line defined by black on outer side and with

blackish patch before it on costa ; a series of small black spots just

before termen. Hind wing uniform fuscous; the underside rather

paler.

Hab, Sixcarvorn (Lidley), 1 9 type. Evp. 22 millim.

Genus NIGRAMMA.

Type.

iNaipammonom, S/W, sSyiils 1A (USGS) cocncon0caonaoonbo000000NN000e00N06 quadratifera,

Cliin@, SX) Wo S38, BBY CUS) ccoosseneoneoqeooocosodopas0n0dexqcuenvonD lapidaria.

Chuduca, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 164 (1864) ... pyraloides.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of bead and slightly fringed above by hair towards extremity,

the 3rd moderate; frons smooth with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with sharp ridge-like

crest; tibie slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing

long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenu-

late; 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, 4,5 from angle of cell; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antenne of male with long cilia.

A, Hind wing of male with a bladder-like vesicle at base of costa with a

ridge of large scales below it on underside.

6443. Nigramma lophophora, n. sp.

3. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with red-brown and

some greyish ; pectus whitish ; legs and abdomen grey-brown, the

latter with the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing dark reddish

brown tinged with grey; antemedial line indistinct, waved, slightly

defined on each side by red-brown ; medial line indistinct, waved ;

a slight tuft of red-brown scales at lower angle of cell ; postmedial

line indistinct, double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4 to below end of cell; sub-

terminal line indistinct, greyish, dentate. Hind wing dark brown,

the interspaces somewhat paler towards base ; a fine greyish line

at base of cilia.

Hab. Travancorr, Pirmdid (Mrs. Imray), 1 g type. Exp.

28 millim.

NIGRAMMA, 197

B. (Niyramma.) Hind wing of male with slight fringe of hair on base of

costa,

¢. Hind wing uniformly suffused with brown ............... quadratifera.

6. Hind wing semibyaline yellowish white, the terminal

neybe Buubiinsed (witli TNROWTI conncascasdebooouspoesopsnoobe seu longipennis.

6444, Nigramma quadratifera.

Nigramma quadratifera, Wik. xxvii. 77 (1863).

Gyrtona dorsalis, Wik. xxvii. Y8 (1863); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ili. p. 125,

pl. 158. ff. 10, 11; Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 406.

Othera includens, W1k. xxxiii. 909 (1865).

Ariola bryophilina, Weld. Reis. Noy. pl. 120. f. 10 (1874).

¢. Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with greyish ;

pectus greyish; tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown with

darker dorsal patches, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing red-

brown tinged with grey; antemedial line indistinct, double, slightly

angled outwards below costa, then oblique; an indistinct curved

medial line; reniform indistinctly defined by blackish and with tuft

of red-brown scales in centre; postmedial line indistinct, double at

costa, bent outwards below costa, strongly incurved below vein 4 to

below end of cell, some alternating blackish and pale spots beyond

Vig. 68.—Mgramma quadratifera, $. 3.

it on costa; subterminal line grey defined on inner side by a dark

brown band with slight black marks before it at discal and sub-

median folds, slightly waved and somewhat angled outwards at

veins 4,3; a terminal series of small black-brown lunules; cilix

grey mixed with dark brown. Hind wing fuscous brown, the inter-

spaces of basal half somewhat paler; cilia brownish at base, whitish

at tips; the underside whitish tinged with brown, the terminal

area suffused with brown, a brown discoidal spot and rather diffused

curved postmedial line. Retinaculum with fringe of large scales.

Ab. 1 (dorsalis). Fore wing with obliquely placed black spots on

median nervure and vein 1 beyond the antemedial Jine,

Ab. 2 (imeludens). Fore wing with the antemedial and medial

lines deep black, approximated below costa and at inner margin and

enclosing a black patch in the cell.

@. Head and thorax with white mixed; fore wing white

irrorated with brown, the markings more distinct.

Ab, 3. The type, corresponding to ab. ncludens 3.

Ab. 4. Corresponding to ab. dorsalis 3, the black spots placed

on a red-brown band narrowing towards costa.

Hab, Cuxton (Lempleton), 3 3, 29, type and types dorsalis and

198 NOCIUID.®@.

includens, Pundaloya, Dickoya (Green), 7 6,15 2. Exp. 30-36

millim.

6445, Nigramma lorigipennis, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 16.)

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black and some

erey; pectus whitish ; abdomen grey with some black scales at

base, the ventral surface tinged with fuscous except at base. Fore

wing red-brown suffused in parts with purple and with some dark

irroration ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ; reniform

faintly defined by blackish ; postmedial line formed by black points,

bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4; an indistinct

dentate whitish subterminal line with dark streaks beyond it in the

interspaces ; a blackish terminal line. Hind wing semihyaline

yellowish white, the terminal half suffused with brown ; cilia white

tinged with brown; the underside with indistinct diffused discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line. Retinaculum normal.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Owgarra (Meek), 1 g type, Hap. 36

millim,

Sucr. IL. (Clina.) Antennx of male minutely ciliated ; hind wing with slight

fringe of hair at base of costa,

A. Fore wing with the inner area not bright rufous.

a. Fore wing without purple-grey suffusion on basal and

inner areas.

a, Fore wing without diffused whitish faseia from base

through the cell to termen.

a”. Fore wing not white tinged with olive,

a’. Fore wing with the medial line sinuous.

a‘, Fore wing dark brown mixed with purplish

grey.

a. Fore wing with more or less distinct green-

ish white patch at middle of vein 1 ...... pyraloides.

6°, Fore wing without greenish white patch at

middle of vein 1.

a®. Fore wing without small dentate black

marks before subterminal linc ............ subfasciata,

v8. Fore wing with smail dentate black

marks before subterminal line............ todara.

b*. Fore wing red-brown or ochreous in tone ... polymorpha.

5°, Fore wing with the medial line straight, erect ;

colour pale clay-brown .........¢:.ceceeseeeeeneeeees lapidaria.

b?. Fore wing white tinged with Olive ............0..005 perlignealis,

b'. Fore wing with diffused whitish fascia from base

through the cell to termen ...... ensegeceiehensecee oss dialeuca.

b. Fore wing with purple-grey suffusion on basal and inner

ENTERS? Borenaduaconrisdods snbodatind dasqdubbecdabdacedoonnbadaaqqdeGs purpurascens,

B. Fore wing with the inner area bright rufous ................. . albicans.

6446, Nigramma pyraloides. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 17.)

Chuduca pyraloides, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 165 (1864);

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 93.

Gyrtona albedentata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 165 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. 1. p. 403.

Lophoptera kheili, Pag. JB. Nass. Ver, xxxyiil. p. 30, pl. 1. f. 5 (1888),

NIGRAMMA, 199

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with purplish grey, the

tegule and dorsum of thorax often with rufous mixed, the tegule

with black medial line; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscons

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing fuscous brown with

a purplish grey gloss; subbasal line indistinct, waved, from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line double, dentate, a rufous point on it in

cell; medial line minutely waved; a more or less distinct diffused

greenish white patch at middle of vein 1; reniform faintly defined

by blackish, usually with rufous point in centre; postmedial line

formed by slight dentate black marks with greyish lunules on their

inner side, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4,

some minute white points beyond it on costa and a dentate blackish

line ; subterminal line white slightly defined on outer side by

blask, minutely dentate; a terminal series of small black spots

defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

interspaces of basal half whitish; cilia with fine white line at base

and whitish tips.

Hab, AsssM, Khasis, 1 g¢, 1 2 type albodentata ; Sincarorr

(Ridley), 11 3, 16 9; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), type tT in

Mus. Oxon. ; Nias. Hp. 26-28 millim.

6447. Nigramma subfasciata. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 18.)

Othora suhfasciata, W1k. xxxiii. 907 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii,

p- 405.

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey, the tegule at

tips and prothorax with a black or rufous patch; pectus whitish ;

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral

surface whitish. Fore wing fuscous brown mixed with grey ;

antemedial line indistinct, sinuous; medial line indistinct, curved ;

reniform faintly defined by fuscous and with tuft of white and

rufous scales in centre; postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards

below costa, incurved at discal fold, angled outwards at vein 4, then

strongly incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa and

blackish spots at discal fold and above and below vein 2; sub-

terminal line whitish defined on outer side by brown, minutely

dentate, excuryed below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of

small black lunules defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half somewhat paler; the

underside with faint discoidal spot and diffused sinuous postmediel

line.

Ha). Curton, 2 2 type; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 ¢,1°¢.

Hep. 32 millim.,

6448. Nigramma todara, n.sp. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 19.)

Head and tegule red-brown; thorax dark brown mixed with

black and grey ; pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing

dark brown suffused with purplish grey and slightly irrorated with

black ; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from cesta to vein | ;

200 NOCTUID%.

antemedial line indistinct, double, excurved below costa, then

oblique, waved ; claviform and orbicular represented by black strix

on their outer edge; reniform slightly defined by black and with

tuft of raised black scales in centre; an indistinct sinuous medial

line; postmedial line, indistinctly double, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate, incurved at discal fold and strongly

below vein 4; a series of small dentate black marks before the

subterminal line, which is grey defined on outer side by brown or

blackish, minutely dentate ; a terminal series of small black

lunules, the one above tornus defined on inner side by white.

Hind wing dark brown, the cilia grey at tips.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with blackish band beyond the antemedial

line.

Ab. 2. Thorax black with the dorsal crest tipped with white ;

fore wing with diffused black streaks on basal area on median

nervure and vein 1.

Hab. Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 3 3, 3 2 type. Hap. 28-

32 millim.

6449. Nigramma polymorpha. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 20.)

Gyrtona polymorpha, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 639 (1905).

3. Head and thorax purplish black-brown with some rufous on

head, tegule, and prothorax ; pectus and hind legs greyish; tarsi

fuscous with pale rings; abdomen fuscous, whitish below. Fore

wing purplish black-brown with traces of waved subbasal, ante-

medial, and medial lines; reniform defined by black; postmedial

line double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; a double minutely waved subterminal

line, slightly exeurved at vein 7 and middle; a terminal series of

small black Iunules. Hind wing fuscous brown, slightly paler at

base ; the underside paler with indistinct curved postmedial hne.

Ab. 1. Fore wing redder brown, the basal area except towards

costa, the medial area except towards costa and inner margin, and

the area between the two subterminal lines grey-white irrorated

with fuscous; a black patch before the antemedial line below cell

and another beyond it in and below cell; reniferm red-brown

largely suffused with black.

@ like the typical male but head, thorax, and fore wing redder

brown.

Ab. 2. Fore wing pale red-brown, the inner half from base to

postmedial line suffused with white.

Ab. 3. Fore wing ochreous brown.

Ab. 4. Fore wing greyish brown with black point on antemedial

line at vein 1 and patch beyond it in and below cell.

Ab. 5. Fore wing with the medial and terminal areas dull

reddish brown, the basal area and the area between the two

postmedial lines except at costa ochreous brown.

Hab. Mavriries, Curepipe (Tulloch), 3 3,4 9 type. Exp. 30-

34 millim.

NIGRAMMA., 201

6450, Nigramma lapidaria.

Clina lapidaria, Wk. xxxi, 257 (1864); Hmpsn. Ul. Het. B.M. viii.

p. 18, pl. 143. f. 20 ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 406,

Clina rufina, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 86, pl. 146. f. 12 (1891).

Clina basalis, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 86, pl. 146. f. 5 (1891).

©. Head and thorax pale ochreous brown, the edges of tegule

and a dorsal fascia red-brown; pectus whitish; tarsi slightly

ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown tinged with fuscous, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing pale ochreous brown slightly

irrorated with red-brown, a red-brown fascia on inner margin from

near base to tornus; traces of a double antemedial line, excurved

below costa, then oblique and slightly angled inwards at vein | ;

Fig. 59.—Nigramma lapidaria, 2. 3.

traces of a straight medial line; reniform very faintly defined by

brown and with dark point in centre; postmedial line very

indistinct, double, bent outwards below costa, below vein 4 incurved

to below end of cell; some minute brown streaks on terminal part

of costa; subterminal line only defined by some brown points on

inner and outer sides and a black spot on inner side in submedian

interspace ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal area somewhat paler ; cilia

whitish at tips.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the lines much more distinct, a brown

mark beyond the antemedial line at median nervure.

Ab. 2 (rufina}. Fore wing with the red-brown fascia expanding

on terminal arca to middle of termen.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the fascia on inner margin black,

Ab. 4. Fore wing without fascia on inner margin.

Ab. 5. Similar but with the head, tegule, and prothorax black.

Ab. 6. Similar to ab. 4 but with the medial line very prominent,

Ab. 7. Similar but with diffused dark medial band.

Ab. 8 (basalis). Similar but with black patch on antemedial area

from below costa to vein 1.

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Lindsay, Cardew, Hampson), 7 9 types

rufina and basalis, Coimbatore (Walhouse), 1 2 type, Palnis

(Campbell), 1 9. Hap. 26-28 millim.

6451. Nigramma perlignealis. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 21.)

Hypochaleia perlignealis, W1k. xxvii. 46 (1863).

@. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with red-brown ;

202 NOCTUID2:.

fore legs brown, the tarsi tinged with white; abdomen white,

dorsally suffused with red-brown, the basal crest blackish. Fore

wing white faintly tinged with olive and slightly irrorated with

red-brown; a red-brown fascia on inner margin from near base,

expanding triangularly on terminal area to vein 5; antemedial line

represented by two slight strive from costa; tufts of raised scales

in and below middle of cell placed on a red-brown band extending

from discal fold to the fascia on inner margin; a tuft of raised

white scales on discocellulars ; postmedial line represented by

a series of slight dark points, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ;

subterminal line white with patches of dark brown before and

beyond it below costa, excurved below vein 7; a terminal series of

blackish strize defined on inner side by white; cilia red-brown.

Hind wing fuscous brown.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 2 9 type. Hap. 24 millim,

6452, Nigramma dialeuca. (Plate CLX XIX. fig. 22.)

Gyrtona dialeuca, Hmypsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 537 (1905),

Q. Head and thorax red-brown with white stripes on sides of

head and tegule and above patagia; palpi whitish at tips; abdomen

pale fuscous, whitish at base, the dorsal crests blackish, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing rufous with whitish fascia from

base of costa through the cell to termen below apex; a white

streak on inner margin from near base to subterminal line towards

which it increases in width; two rather interrupted medial lines,

bent inwards to costa and terminating at vein 1 where they meet;

reniform defined by slight tufts of raised black scales; postmedial

line indistinct, double, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa

and oblique below vein +; subterminal line whitish, excurved at

middle, defined by blackish marks before and beyond it at costa and

middle and a black spot beyond it above tornus ; a terminal series

of blackish strive. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of

basal half semihyaline.

Hab. Borxeo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 2 type. wp. 26 millim.

“6453. Nigramma purpurascens. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 23.)

Sadarsa purpurascens, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 235 (1906).

2. Head and tegule black-brown ; thorax reddish brown mixed

with dark brown, the prothoracic crest black-brown, reddish brown

at tip; pectus rufous in front; legs greyish, the tarsi blackish

ringed with whitish, the fore tibie black at base, rufous at tips;

abdomen greyish fuscous with white dorsal band on 2nd segment

followed by points on the other segments, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing black-brown with a purple-grey gloss on

basal half and inner area, the costal area on terminal half rufous to

median nervure and yein 4; antemedial line rather diffused, black,

NIGRAMMA.—SADARSA. 9203

excurved to median nervure, then oblique, some dark suffusion

beyond it in and below cell and an oblique line from submedian

fold to inner margin; a slight discoidal lunule and tuft of raised

scales at upper angle of cell; postmedial line double, obsolescent

towards costa, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, excurved

at middle and below submedian fold, crossed by a pale streak from

lower angle of cell to beyond the indistinct subterminal line which

is incurved below vein 3; a series of slight dark lunules before

termen; a terminal series of dark striz; cilia grey-brown with a

rufous line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of

basal half semihyaline to just below the cell; cilia whitish with

a brown line through them; the underside grey-brown.

Hab. Br. New Gutnea, Aroa R. (Meck), typer 2 in Coll.

Rothschild. xp. 32 millim,

*6454. Nigramma albicans. (Plate CLX XIX. fig. 24.)

Lophoptera albicans, Pag. Zoologica, xii. Heft 29, p. 92, pl. il. f. 40 (1900),

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous, the

outer half of patagia bright rufous; antenne dark brown; tarsi

banded with blackish; ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore

wing ochreous irrorated with rufous, the inner area below sub-

median fold bright rufous, expanding beyond the cell to termen at

discal fold and leaving some ochreous at base of inner margin ;

antemedial line very indistinct, double, curved, minutely waved,

filled in with white in submedian interspace and with black-brown

spot beyond it on median nervure; reniform faintly defined by

rufous, constricted at middle; postmedial line very indistinct,

double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

oblique below vein 4,some minute dark streaks beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line indistinct, double, minutely waved, some blackish

before and beyond it at costa; a terminal series of small black

lunules defined on inner side by ochreous; cilia ochreous tinged

with rufous. Hind wing fuscous brown with a reddish tinge, the

cilia ochreous tinged with rufous.

Hab. New Brivary, Kinigunang (2ibbé), type f 2 in Coll.

Rothschild. ap. 28 millim.

Genus SADARSA. pe

Sadarso Moone WepaeAbke pa LG4 (leS2) meanest ces nese snenees longipennis,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 38rd long; frons smooth,

with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading

crests ; tibize slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with small dorsal crests on

three basal segments, Fore wing very long and narrow, the costa and inner

margin parallel, the costa highly arched towards apex, the termen very

obliquely curved and hardly crenulate, the inner margin lobed near base;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10

20-4. NOCIUID 1.

anastomosing with 8 to form the areale ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the

cell short ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle; 6, 7 shor tly stalked or from upper angle ;

8 anastoimosing with the cell near base Bae

Secr, I. Fore wing of male with the apex extremely produced, the outer margin

very oblique, of female with the apex less produced.

6455. Sadarsa longipennis.

Sadarsa longipennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 168, pl. 5. f. 14 (1882) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 404.

3. Head, tegule, and prothorax bright rufous, the rest of

thorax purplish brown; pectus greyish ; ‘tarsi fuscous ringed with

white; abdomen grey- brown, the crests black. Fore wing brown

with a purplish grey gloss; subbasal line represented by two dark

Fig. 60.—Sadarsa longipennis, G. 1.

strie from costa; antemedial line indistinet, double, sinuous ;

claviform and orbicular represented by strize of raised black scales,

the reniform by points of raised black scales at its angles; medial

line indistinct, dark, excurved in cell; postmedial line indistinct,

double, ver y stronely bent outwards below costa, then waved,

ineurved at discal fold and very oblique below vein 4; ; subterminal

line indistinct, double, highly dentate, defined on inner side by some

whitish scales; a terminal series of black striz and white points

at the veins. Hind wing semihyaline whitish tinged with brown,

the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; ‘cilia with a fine

whitish line at base and whitish tips.

2. Head and thorax grey-brown.

Hab. Sixuim (Pilcher, Moller), 5 $ ; Assam, Khasis, 1 2.

Exp. & 50, 2 42 milim. es

Sect. II. Fore wing of male with the apex moderately produced, as in famalg

of Sect. I.

6456. Sadarsa tenuis.

Cucullia tenuis, Moore, P.Z.S. 1867, p. 60; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 404.

dg. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some red-brown ;

pectus greyish; legs black-brown; abdomen fuscous brown, the

crests blackish, the ventral surface irrorated with white. Fore

wing black- brown with a silv ery leaden gloss, the terminal area

SADARSA.—NYCTEOLA, 20d

red-brown except towards costa; subbasal line indistinct, double,

angled outwards below costa and at median nervure; antemedial

line double, highly dentate; claviform and orbicular represented

by slight points of raised scales, the reniform defined by slight

Fig. 61.—Sadarsa tenuis, 3.

points of raised scales; an oblique highly dentate medial line from

beyond lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double,

very strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, very

oblique below vein 4; a double highly dentate subterminal line ;

cilia fuscous aad greyish, Hind wing semihyaline whitish, the

veins and terminal area brown; cilia wiih fine whitish line at base

and whitish tips; the underside with indistinct curved postmedial

line.

Hab. Srxuim (Moller), 3 $,1 9. Exp. 42 millim,

Genus NYCTEOLA.

Type.

Nycteola, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 444 (1895) «0.0.0.0... Falsalis.

JUAKTANGT, UGA oy, (CHK, WUENs Velistes [Ds AOS) (USB) seosensobasncoscooneneneene falsalis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes

large, round ; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed with scales and hair

mixed and without distinct crests; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing long and narrow, 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 a minute areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen somewhat excised from below

apex to vein 4; veins 8, 4 stalked : 5 fully developed from ahove angle of cell ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle; frenulum of

female with a tuft of hairs as well as the single bristle,

6457. Nycteola falsalis.

Hypena falsalis, Herr.-Schaff. Deutsch]. Ins. i. pl. 166. f. 1 (1859); id,

Sehmett. Eur. ii. p. 444, Nyct. ff. 4,5; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 279;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362.

Nola dardoinula, Mill, Icones, iii. pp. 172-466, pl. 117. ff. 1, 2 (1869).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with some brown. Fore

wing grey-white tinged with red-brown, especially on costal half to

end of cell; a blackish patch on costa before the antemedial line,

which is white, defined on outer side by black, excurved to below

the cell, then incurved and aboye vein | curving round and forming

a loop running up to lower angle of cell; a curved black medial

206 NOCLUID.™.

line joining the black on the outer edge of the antemedial line;

orbicular a minute rather quadrate white spot defined by brown

before the medial line; an oblique white patch from costa towards

apex with some minute blackish spots on the costa, the postmedial

line arising from it at vein 6, white slightly defined on inner side

by brown and brown streaks, minutely waved, incurved below vein

4, a red-brown shade beyond it, running obliquely to apex towards

YO.

Fig. 62.—Nucteola falsalis, §. 3.

which it is prominent; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing white tinged with reddish brown and with brown terminal

line; the underside with dark brown discoidal spot and mark at

extremity of vein 1.

Hab. S. Francn; Spary; Corstca; Sarprnia; Irany, Naples,

Zeller Coll., Capri (C. S. Browne); Siciry ; Ateerta, Hammam-es-

Salahin ( Walsingham), 1 9; Avsrrra, Croatia, Zeller Coll., Istria ;

Daumatia, Zeller and Fry Colls.; Syria. Hap. 18-22 millim,

Genus STENOSTICTA, nov.

Type, S. grisea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head and moderately fringed with scales in front and

behind, the 8rd short, porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antenne of

male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro-

thorax with small spreading crest; the metathorax with paired crest; tibic

slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with crests on basal segments. Fore wing

narrow, the margins subparallel, 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 strongly stalked ; 5 fully developed

from just above angle of cell; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only,

6458. Stenosticta grisea, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey slightly mixed with fuscous ;

pectus and legs whitish; abdomen with the crests on 2nd and 38rd

Fig. 63.—Stenosticta grisea, S. 3.

segments black. Fore wing grey tinged with fuscous; subbasal

line represented by minute black points below costa and cell; ante-

STENOSTICTA.—GYRIONA. 207

medial line indistinctly double, oblique from costa to submedian

fold, then incurved ; two black discoidal points on a faint figure-of-

eight-shaped grey patch; postmedial line very indistinct, double,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique, below vein 4 incurved to

below end of cell; an indistinct subterminal line excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind

wing semihyaline white, the veins of terminal half brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown; cilia white tinged with

brownish at base.

Hab. Br. KH, Arnica, Athi R., Kitwi (Crawshay), 2 3 type.

Exp. 14 millim.

Genus GYRTONA. ‘

Type.

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Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint typically

extending about the length of head and fringed with hair above and below

towards extremity, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair

above ; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without distinct crests; tibix slightly fringed with

hair, the spurs long; abdomen with small crests on medial segments. Fore

wing long and narrow, the margins parallel, 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, 5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. Fore wing of male with the costa highly arched, neuration much

distorted ; hind wing with the basal part of costa lobed.

6459. Gyrtona arcuata.

Sadarsa arcuata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 454, pl. A. f. 19

(1897), 3.

Gyrtona camptobasis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 454, pl. A,

f. 20 (1897), 2.

Wead and thorax brownish grey mixed with some black ; fore

tibiz and tarsi banded with black; abdomen brownish grey, the

crests black. Fore wing brownish grey slightly irrorated with

fuscous, the base tinged with rufous bounded by a diffused obliquely

Fig. 64.—Gyrtona arcuata, §. }.

eurved black subbasal band; traces of a double waved antemedial

line; claviform represented by a point of raised black scales, the

orbicular by two points; reniform defined by black points; traces

of an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;

DOS NOCTUID 2.

postmedial line formed by double series of slight blackish spots,

very indistinct except on inner area, strongly bent outwards below

costa and incurved below vein 4; two curved subterminal series of

small rather dentate blackish spots defined on inner side by whitish

Iunules ; a terminal series of black stria. Hind wing grey tinged

with brown; cilia with a fine whitish line at base and whitish tips.

Q. Fore wing more variegated with brown and grey, the markings

more distinct.

Hab. Sixuim (Dulaeon), 2 2 type camptobasis; Assam, Khasis,

1 3 type; Puxane (lower), 1 9; Stncaporn (Midley), 6 3,6 9.

Hep. 26-30 millim.

Sxer. If. Fore wing with the costa not arched.

A. Fore wing with ridges of raised scales beyond the antemedial line in and

below cell and beyond the postmedial line on costal half.

a. Palpi with the second joint extending about twice the length of head.

6460. Gyrtona cristipennis.

Gyrtona cristipennis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p 213 (1902).

@. Head and thorax grey-white slightly mixed with fuscous,

the tips of patagia and metathorax ochreous ; fore femora black on

inner side, the fore and mid tibie barred with black on inner side ;

abdomen ochreous with the crests blackish. Fore wing white with

a faint lilacine tinge, the basal area and costal area towards apex

ochreous, the medial costal area suffused with brown; subbasal line

represented by double very oblique black striz from costa, followed

by a silvery white line very oblique to median nervure, then erect

Vig. 65.—Gyrtona cristipennis, Q. 2.

and closely approximated to the silvery white antemedial line, which

is defined on each side by blackish, oblique towards costa, then erect

and slightly bent inwards at median neryure, the raised ridges of

scales beyond it in and below the cell tinged with rufous at tips ;

reniform with white bars at sides defined by black, slightly angled

inwards at median nervure and produced at upper extremity,

medial line blackish, oblique to the reniform, then inwardly oblique

and rather diffused ; postmedial line black, indistinct, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved and almost obsolete

below vein 4, a white point beyond it on costa; subterminal line

white with a small black spot beyond it at apex and black streak

from it to postmedial line below vein 7, oblique towards costa, then

almost straight and erect; the terminal area tinged with brown ;

GYRTONA. 209

a terminal series of black strie defined on inner side by white ; cilia

ochreous. Hind wing semihyaline white tinged with brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown; cilia ochreous at base, white

at tips.

- Hab. Assam, Khisis, 2 2 type. Hvp. 26 millim.

b. Palpi with the 2nd joint extending about the length of head.

6461. Gyrtona lophota.

Gyrtona lophota, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxxiv. p. 343 (1909).

Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with some grey, the

patagia greyer; palpi whitish below at base; pectus and legs

whitish, the tibise and tarsi banded with red-brown; abdomen

red-brown, the crest on 3rd segment black, the ventral surface

yellowish. Fore wing red-brown; the basal area yellowish white

with a brown patch at base of costa with two blackish subbasal

strize on it; antemedial line blackish, treble, sinuous, the ridges of

scales beyond it in and below cell with black tips and black striga

above them from costa; an oblique yellowish-white fascia from

Fig. 66.—Gyrtona lophota, 3. 1.

middle of costa to postmedial line at vein 2; reniform faintly

defined by dark points; traces of an oblique sinuous medial line ;

postmedial line treble, minutely waved, incurved at discal fold and

angled inwards at vein 2; the apical area darker brown, a

minutely waved whitish subterminal line; a series of small red-

brown spots slightly defined by whitish just before termen.

Hind wing with the basal half semihyaline whitish suffused with

brown, the terminal half dark brown; cilia white at tips; the

underside with dark discoidal striga and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Qurmnstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), 2 3, 2 9. Exp. 20-26

millim.

B. Fore wing of male with antemedial fovea above vein 1; hind wing with

the costa strongly lobed before middle.

6462. Gyrtona inclusalis.

Gyrtona inclusalis, W\k, xxvii. 94 (1863).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with whitish ;

pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing whitish

suffused and irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented by a

VOL. XI. P

210 NOCTUID™.

slight black striga from costa; a blackish patch on costa before the

dark antemedial line, which is slightly waved and bent outwards

above inner margin, a black-brown patch beyond it in and below

cell; medial line blackish, slightly curved; reniform faintly defined

by brown and with point of raised black scales in centre ; post-

medial line indistinct, double, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some

Fie. 67.—Gyrtona inclusalis, $. 3.

g ¥y > 3

whitish points beyond it on costa and a dark line excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; subterminal line whitish defined on outer

side by dark brown, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a terminal series of blackish striae. Hind wing uniform fuscous

brown; the underside paler.

Hab. Stncarorn (Ridley), 1 ¢ ; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace),

2 6 type. xp. 22 millim.

C. Hind wing of male with small glandular swelling at base of costa.

a. Fore wing grey suffused with brown .............:000005 semicarbonalis.

b, Fore wing uniform dark brown ...............0e eee eee eee acisalis,

6463. Gyrtona semicarbonalis.

Gyrtona semicarbonalis, Wik. xxvii. 92 (1863).

Gyrtona rotundalis, W1k. xxvii. 93 (1863).

Gyrtona thoracica, Wik. xxvii. 96 (1863); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 104,

pl. 163. f. 19; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 405.

Gyrtona spilalis, Wik. xxvil. 97 (1863).

Gyrtona phycisoides, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 125, pl. 158. f. 8 (1885).

Lophoptera angusta, Pag. Zoologica, xii. Heft 29, p. 92 (1900).

(rotundalis.) Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; pectus

whitish; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the

Fig. 68.—Gyrtona semicartonalis, G. }.

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with

brown and with a silvery purplish gloss ; subbasal line represented

by a slight curved striga from costa; antemedial line indistinctly

double, siightly waved and somewhat oblique, points of raised black

GYRTONA. 211

scales on its outer edge in and below cell ; medial line dark, sinuous :

reniform faintly defined by fuscous and with a point of raised black

scales in centre ; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards

below costa, then minutely waved, incurved at discal fold and below

vein 4; some pale points beyond it on costa and an indistinct curved

minutely dentate line; subterminal line grey slightly defined on

each side by fuscous brown, minutely waved, slightly excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of dark brown striz.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces of basal half semihyaline

whitish ; cilia with fine white line at base and whitish tips; the

underside paler.

Ab. 1. spilalis. Fore wing with black spot on vein 1 beyond the

antemedial line.

Ab. 2. phycisowdes. Fore wing with black spots on vein 1 beyond

the antemedial and medial lines.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with white patch on inner area beyond the

antemedial black spot.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with the white patch on inner area but

without the black spot.

Ab. 5. Fore wing with diffused brown streak on median nervure

and thence to termen.

Ab. 6. The type. Fore wing suffused with black from near base to

middle.

Ab. 7. thoracica, Similar, but head, thorax, abdomen, and the

terminal half of fore wing except towards tornus whitish.

Ifab. Cuyton (Templeton), 2 Q types thoracica and phycisoides,

Maskeliya (Pole), 1 9; Prrax, Goping (Kistler), 1 2 ; Stvearorn

(tedley), 4 3,6 2 ; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 3,5 Q,type

and types rotundalis and spilalis ; New Brrrary, type + 9 angusta in

Coll. Rothschild, Hap, 20-24 millim,

6464. Gyrtona acisalis. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 25.)

‘cphopteryx acisalis, W\k. xxvii. 66 (1863) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 405.

3. Head and thorax dark brown with a purplish tinge, the

tegule and dorsum of thorax sometimes with whitish and rufous

mixed; pectus whitish; the tarsi with pale rings; abdomen grey-

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing dark brown

suffused with purple; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line double, waved; medial line indistinct,

waved; reniform indistinctly defined and with point of raised

rufous and black scales in centre; postmedial line double, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, strongly incurved

below vein 4 to below end of cell, some pale points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line indistinct, double, minutely dentate;

a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing fuscous brown,

the interspaces of basal haif whitish.

Hab. Cuyton (Metner), 3 ¢ type; Sinearore (Ridley), 2 3.

Exp, 22-26 millim.

212 NOCTUID®.

D. Fore and hind wings normal.

a. Antenne of male with long cilia.

a, Fore wing with broad white fascia below costa ... mivetivitta.

b'. Fore wing without white fascia below costa.”

a, Fore wing with the ground-colour brown.

a, Head and tegule bright rufous ................++ Jferriceps,

b*. Head and tegule dark brown ................0000 hylusalis.

b?, Fore wine with the ground-colour grey.

a’, Fore wing without brown band beyond the

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b°, Fore wing with brown band beyond the

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6465. Gyrtona niveivitta. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 26.)

Gyrtona niveivitta, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 158 (1905).

3. Head and thorax dark brown ; pectus whitish; tibize and

tarsi black; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing fuscous brown with

a purplish silvery gloss ; a pure white fascia below costa, its lower

edge rather diffused and irregular, extending to below median

nervure before middle ; subbasal line represented by a dark point

on costa, the antemedial line by double points on costa and double

sinuous line from cell to inner margin; an indistinct curved medial

line interrupted by the white fascia; reniform white defined by

blackish, incompletely above, and with dark striga in centre ;

postmedial line indistinctly double, excurved below costa, slightly

incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points

beyond it on costa and a dark line excurved below costa and at

middle; subterminal line white defined on outer side by blackish,

slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle, the area beyond it

with slight black streaks on the veins; a black terminal line;

cilia intersected with white at apex. Hind wing uniform fuscous

brown with a faint purplish gloss.

Hab. Penance, 1 ¢ ; Borneo, Sarawak, 2 g, Kuching, 1 d type.

Hep. 20-22 millim.

6466. Gyrtona ferriceps, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 27.)

¢. Head and tegule rufous; thorax brown tinged with

purplish grey; pectus whitish; tarsi slightly ringed with white ;

abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface white at base. Fore

wing brown tinged with purplish grey and with slight dark

irroration; subbasal line represented by two minute points on

costa, the antemedial line by a slight diffused dark patch on costa

and spot on vein 1; traces of a double sinuous medial line; a

fuscous discoidal spot tinged with grey; postmedial line very

indistinct, double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate, oblique beiow vein 4, some slight pale points beyond it on

costa; a slight dark subterminal line defined on inner side by

whitish towards inner margin, excurved below vein 7 and -at

middle; a terminal series of small blakcish spots. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the cilia white at tips.

Hab, Burman, Rangoon, 1 ¢ type, Hap. 22 millim.

GYRIONA. 213

6467. Gyrtona hylusalis.

Gyrtona hylusalis, Wk. xxvii. 93 (1868) ; Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M ix.

p. 104, pl. 163. f. 18; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 405.

Gyrtona nigrocinerea, W1k. xxvii. 94 (1863).

Gyrtona dorsifascialis, Wk. xxvii. 95 (1863).

Gyrtona strenualis, W1k. xxvii. 96 (1863).

Gyrtona monilialis, Wk. xxvii. 97 (1868).

Nephopteryx demptella, Wk. xxxv. 1721 (1866).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; pectus whitish ;

abdomen fuscous brown with some grey at base, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing dark red-brown mixed with grey and with

slight silvery irroration ; subbasal line slight, dark, excurved below

costa and ending at vein 1; antemedial line double, filled in with

grey except towards costa, oblique towards costa and slightly

incurved at vein 1, some whitish before it on inner half and some

raised blackish scales on its outer edge in and below cell; medial

line slight, sinuous ; reniform slightly defined by black and with

some raised scales in centre; the outer part of medial area with

Fig. 69.— Gyrtona hylusalis, §. 1.

whitish patch on inner half; postmedial line formed of raised

black scales slightly defined on inner side by whitish, bent

outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa and traces of

a dark line excurved at middle; subterminal line whitish defined

on outer side by dark brown, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of blackish striae. Hind wing

uniform fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips, the underside

aler.

s Hab. Travancore, Pirmdd (Mrs. Imray), 1 § ; Cuyton (Temple-

ton, Nietner), 3 3,5 9, type and types nigrocinerea, strenualis, and

moniliahs ; HAB. IaN., 1 ¢, 1 Q, types dorsifascialis and demptella.

Hep, 20-24 millim.

6468. Gyrtona oxyptera, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 28.)

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with purplish grey ;

abdomen grey-brown, Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated

with fuscous brown; the costal area suffused with brown; two

indistinct dark patches on basal part of costa ; antemedial line very

indistinct, angled outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous ;

orbicular represented by a minute tuft of raised scales; reniform

214 NOCLUID_E.

slightly defined by fuscous and with raised scales on its inner edge ;

medial line dark, excurved below costa, then oblique and minutely

waved ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, bent outwards below costa,

then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa, subterminal

line greyish defined on outer side by fuscous, slightly excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black strive.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside

valer.

Z Ab. 1. Fore wing with the area between the antemedial and

medial lines blackish.

Hab. Stxcavore (Ridley), 3 3,6 2 type. Exp. 24-26 millim.

*6469. Gyrtona erebenna. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 29.)

Gyrtona erebenna, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 731.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with some brown ;

palpi rather darker at sides. Fore wing grey; a subbasal brown

band with waved outer edge; an indistinct antemedial line angled

outwards on median nervure; a slight waved medial line angled

outwards on median nervure and with brownish band beyond it ;

two slight discoidal points ; an indistinct diffused brown postmedial

band, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ;

the terminal area fuscous brown with traces of a dentate grey

subterminal line and waved terminal line enclosing a series of dark

points. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous brown.

Hab. Mavseascar, Baie d’Antongil, type f d in Coll. Mabille.

Evp. 14 millim.

6, Antenne of male minutely ciliated.

a', Fore wing with dentate white subapical mark ......... nama.

i’, Fore wing without dentate white subapical mark.

a*, Hind wing semihyaline white, the terminal area

fuscous brown.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

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63, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from

below costa to inner Margin .........0ceceseeeeees ee ochreographa.

e3, Fore wing with erect postmedial band slightly

excurved at middle .............sscecscsscecesecssesces pheozond.

/?. Hind wing nearly uniform fuscous brown.

«a. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

incurved below costa and excurved at middle... divitalis.

}°, Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards

below costa and incurved or oblique below

vein 4.

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line curved.

a, Fore wing suffused with silvery scales......... plumbisparsa.

4°, Fore wing not suffused with silvery scales... polionota.

b*, Fore wing with the antemedial line slightly

angled outwards below costa, then oblique .... proxiimalis.

c*, Fore wing with the antemedial line very ob-

liquely excurved from costa to just below the

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GYRTONA. 21

6470. Gyrtona nama. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 30.)

Gyrtona nama, Swinh. A. M, N. H. (7) vii. p. 492 (1900).

Head and tegule deep red-brown mixed with ochreous ; patagia

fuscous with a leaden grey gloss; dorsum of thorax white; pectus

whitish; legs fuscous, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen whitish

suffused with brown, a dorsal series of white patches except on

terminal segment, with red-brown streak at base and the crests red-

brown. Fore wing purple-brown with a leaden grey gloss ; subbasal

line represented by slight double dark striz from costa; antemedial

line indistinct, double, waved; claviform and orbicular represented by

slight points of raised dark scales; reniform defined by points of

raised black scales, its annulus represented by a white bar on inner

side, and white spot on outer with points above and below it ; medial

line dark, slightly angled outwards at discal and submedian folds;

postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards and almost obsolete

below costa, then the inner line fine, black, the outer diffused

purplish with a band of raised black scales between veins 7 and 4

exnanding into a spot above, very oblique below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa and a line formed of brown and white

scales from below costa, somewhat lunulate, oblique below vein 4 ;

subterminal line represented by a white V-shaped subapical mark

with some black on its outer edge and a small spot on vein 5; a

black terminal line interrupted by white points at the veins; cilia

blackish chequered with brown at tips. Hind wing semihyaline

whitish, the veins and terminal area fuscous brown; cilia with a

fine whitish line at base and whitish tips; the underside with

indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. Buutkn (Dudyeon), 1 3 ; Assam, Jaintia Hills, 1 9 type.

Exp. 32 millim.

6471. Gyrtona exsicca.

Gyrtona exsicca, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 149, pl. 8. f.5; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 406.

Head and thorax black-brown slightly mixed with greyish ;

pectus and legs whitish, the fore and mid tibie and tarsi blackish ;

abdomen brownish grey, the basal segment blackish, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing fuscous brown tinged with grey;

antemedial line indistinct, angled outwards below costa and above

inner margin and inwards on yein 1; claviform and orbicular

represented by minute points of raised black scales; reniform

defined by minute points of raised black scales ; medial line angled

outwards in cell and above vein 1; postmedial line indistinct, bent

outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4

to below end of cell, then double and with raised scales on the

outer line, some white points beyond it on costa and a punctiform

black line from vein 6 to inner margin, angled inwards at vein 2;

216 NOCTUID”.

subterminal line blackish, punctiform to vein 3, then incurved; a

fine black terminal line. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins,

costal and terminal areas and inner margin suffused with fuscous

brown ; cilia with whitish line at base and white tips.

Hab. Bompay, Ratnagiri (Jayaker), 1 9, 8. Canara (Wise),

1 2 type; Cxrynon, Colombo (Mackwood), 1 g, Kandy (Green,

Mackwood),1 6,39. Hap. 24 millim.

6472. Gyrtona ochreographa, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 31.)

Head, tegule, and base of patagia red-brown, the rest of thorax

bluish black ; palpi and antenne black; pectus and legs ochreous

white, the fore legs blackish in front, the tibie and tarsi ringed

with whitish ; abdomen grey-brown, the crest on 3rd segment black,

the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing fuscous with a purple

gloss and mixed with some grey ; antemedial line double, minutely

waved; claviform and orbicular represented by tufts of raised

black scales with some ochreous before them ; reniform defined by

points of raised black scales; medial line blackish, excurved in and

below cell; postmedial line double filled in with ochreous, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, slightly incurved at

discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on

costa ; two punctiform black subterminal lines defined on inner side

by ochreous points ; a terminal series of black striz. Hind wing

fuscous black, the cell and interspaces below and beyond it hyaline ;

cilia with fine whitish line at base.

Hab. Sinaavore (Ltidley, Wood-Jones), 2 3,12 type. Huy.

24 millim.

6475. Gyrtona pheozona. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 32.)

Gyrtona pheozona, Hinpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 537 (1905).

Head and thorax reddish brown; palpi and frons blackish ;

tegule with rather strong black medial line; tarsi blackish with

pale rings ; abdomen brown tinged with fuscous, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing reddish brown with slight dark irroration ;

a subbasal black spot on costa; a double curved antemedial line

followed by a rather obliquely curved black band with two curved

medial lines beyond it; medial area faintly tinged with fuscous ;

reniform indistinct, rufous with slight dark outline ; antemedial line

double filled in with ochreous, the outer line deep black, erect,

slightly excurved at middle; terminal area slightly tinged with

fuscous ; subterminal line indistinct, greyish defined on outer side

by fuscous, slightly excurved below costa and at middle; a terminal

series uf black points. Hind wing pale, semihyaline, the veins and

terminal area fuscous; the underside with indistinct curved

postmedial line.

Hab. Bompay, N. Canara, Karwar (Bell), 1 ¢ type; Mapras,

Nilgiris, 1Q . Hap. 22 millim.

GYRIONA. 217

6474, Gyrtona divitalis. (Plate CLX.XX. fig. 1.)

Gyrtona divitalis, Wik. xxvii. 91 (1868).

Gyrtona conglobalis, Wik. xxvii. 92 (1863).

Survoca sarawakana, Wik. xxx. 996 (1864).

Gyrtona yucca, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (6) x11, p. 264 (1893).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey; pectus

whitish ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral

surface whitish. Fore wing red-brown with a purplish grey gloss

especially before and beyond the postmedial line on inner halt ;

subbasal line represented by two slight dark striae from costa;

antemedial line double, curved and slightly waved; claviform and

orbicular represented by ridges of raised blackish scales ; reniform

slightly detined by black and with point of raised black scales in

centre ; medial line blackish, curved and slightly sinuous; postmedial

line treble, minutely waved, incurved below costa and excurved at

middle; subterminal line grey defined on outer side by dark brown,

minutely waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of small blackish spots. Hind wing fuscous brown, tho

interspaces of basal half somewhat hyaline; cilia with fine whitish

line at base and whitish tips.

Hab. Andamans, 1 9 ; Surancor, Semangho (Robinson), 1 ¢ ;

Stneapore (firdley), 10 §,15 2 type yucca; Borneo, Sarawak

(Wallace), 3 3,6 9, type and types conglobalis and sarawakana.

Hep. 16-20 millim,

6475. Gyrtona plumbisparsa. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 2.

Gyrtona plumbisparsa, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 538 (1905).

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown ; tarsi with pale

rings; abdomen with the slight dorsal crests black. Fore wing

dark red-brown suffused with leaden silvery scales especially on

inner and terminal areas ; traces of two curved subbasal lines trom

costa to vein 1 ; three indistinct waved antemedial lines with strize

of raised black scales beyond them in and below cell; an indistinct

waved brown medial line; two slight obliquely placed black

discoidal striz; postmedial line double, sinuous, bent outwards

below costa, excurved to vein 4, then retracted to below end of

cell and with traces of a waved brown line beyond it; subterminal

line dark defined by leaden silvery suffusion on inner side and with

dark patch before it on costal area, excurved at vein 7 and middle ;

a series of small dark spots just before termen. Hind wing dark

red-brown, the cilia silvery at tips; the underside paler.

Hab, Sixuim, 1 9 type. Hep. 24 millim.

6476. Gyrtona polionota. (Plate CLX XX. fig. 3.)

Gyrtona polionota, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 0389 (1905).

@. Head and thorax pale red-brown suffused with grey ;

abdomen grey, the ventral surface white. Fore wing red-brown

218 NOCTUID®.

mostly suffused with grey and slightly irrorated with fuscous ;

subbasal line represented by slight black points on the veins;

antemedial line indistinct, double, minutely waved, curved, with

some black points on it; traces of a double medial line; reniform

faintly defined by black points ; postmedial line indistinctly double,

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4, the outer line

somewhat dentate and with some black points on it; subterminal

line represented by a series of black points, angled outwards at

yein 7 and slightly excurved at middle, followed by an indistinct

slightly waved line; a terminal series of small black Junules.

Hind wing fuscous, the interspaces of basal half pale and thinly

sealed.

Hab. Woovtsrk Isp. (Meek), 1 2 type. Exp. 30 millim,

6477, Gyrtona proximalis.

Gyrtona proximalis, Wk. xxvii. 90 (1863).

Gyrlona ferrimissalis, Wik. xxvii. 90 (1863).

Gyrtona costella, Wik. xxvii. 95 (1863).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; abdomen brown

with slight greyish segmental lines ; pectus and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish. lore wing dark brown mixed with grey and

with a slight purplish silvery gloss; subbasal line slight, dark,

curved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinctly double,

filled in with whitish and with whitish suffusion before it except

towards costa, slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique,

minutely waved, the inner line slightly angled inwards at vein 1,

points of raised black scales on its outer edge in and below cell ;

Fig. 70.— Gyrtona proximalis, $. 3.

medial line dark, slightly sinuous; reniform slightly defined by

black and with some raised black scales on its inner edge; post-

medial line indistinct, treble, filled in with whitish towards inner

margin, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly

incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points

beyond it on costa and an indistinct waved dark line; subterminal

line double, dark, minutely dentate, slightly excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a terminal series of black strie. Hind wing

uniform fuscous brown; the underside paler.

Ab. 1. Pore wing without whitish on the antemedial area and

with a dark brown patch beyond the antemedial line from cell to

inner margin.

GYRTONA. 219

Ab. 2. Fore wing without whitish on antemedial area or dark

patch beyond the antemedial line.

Hab. Setaneor, Semangho (fobinson), 1 9; Prax, Goping

(Kiinstler), 1 2 ; Stneaporn, (Ltidley, Wood-Jones), 12 ¢,10 2 ;

Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 4 Q type and types ferrimissalis and

costella, Hap. 20-24 millim.

6478. Gyrtona atribasalis, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 4.)

©. Head and thorax ochreous brown with a black fascia on

vertex of head and tegule; palpi and sides of frons dark brown ;

fore and mid legs dark brown, the tarsi blackish with pale rings ;

abdomen grey-brown with slight blackish dorsal marks, the ventral

surface ochreous white towards base. Fore wing reddish brown

suffused with fuscous; the basal area black-brown except at inner

margin, bounded by the double antemedial line filled in with ochreous,

which is very obliquely excurved from costa to just below the cell,

then oblique to inner margin and slightly excurved at vein 1 and

with a slight pale streak before it in submedian fold; a curved

blackish medial line from subcostal nervure to vein 1 with ridges of

raised black scales on it in cell and before it in submedian inter-

space; reniform represented by a minute black and whitish striga

on its inner side in lower part of cell and three on its outer edge ;

postmedial line hardly traceable, pale, dentate, angled outwards

below costa and at vein 4, then oblique and angled outwards at

vein 1; some slight dark streaks on terminal part of costa and a

slight black streak below vein 8 towards termen ; a pale subterminal

spot above tornus; a terminal series of black strize defined on inner

side by pale strie. Hind wing brown, the interspaces whitish

except towards termen; the underside with traces of a diffused

curved post medial line.

Hab, Sixurm (Moller), 1 9 type. Eup. 30 millim.

Inst of Unrecognized Species.

Stictoptera penicillum, HYerr.-Schiiff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Ver.

Regensb. xxii. p. 185 (1868).—Cuba.

Audea hemihyala, Karsch, Ent. Nachr. xxii. p. 230 (1896):

? Stictoptera.—W. Africa.

NOCTUIDA,

Subfamily SARROTHRIPIN A.

Proboscis almost always fully developed, minute in Z’riorbis and

Iscadia; palpi usually long and upturned or with the 2nd joint

oblique and fringed with hair above, the 3rd usually long and some-

times dilated at extremity, often porrect; frons smooth except in

Poliothripa, Triorbis, and Calathusa ; eyes large, naked, without cilia

from their margins; antenne usually ciliated, often somewhat

laminate and almost simple, rarely pectinated ; head and thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, usually without crests or with

depressed crest on metathorax, sometimes with spreading crests on

pro- and metathorax, in Ochthophora the metathorax with very large

oblique crest; tibise without spines or claws, the fore tibie often

fringed on both sides with long hair; abdomen usually with one or two

crests at base, rarely with a dorsal series of crests. Fore wing usually

rather narrow, the costa arched at base and the margins subparallel,

sometimes more triangular, in @dicraspis with the costa slightly

lobed just beyond middle, the termen usually evenly curved, some-

times oblique or excised towards tornus; vein 1 @ weak and not

anastomosing with 16; 1c absent; 2 from middle of cell; 3 and

5 from near lower angle, in Apothripa veins 3, 4 stalked; 6 from

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

8 to form an areole which is often very long and narrow or both 9

and 10 anastomosing with 7, 8 to form a minute areole, or the areole

obsolete and veins 7, 8,9 or 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, in Sarrothripus

the areole is often absent by vein 7 having become disconnected,

this occurring as a varietal form in many of the species; vein 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 1 a and 16 present, 1 ¢ absent ;

3, 4 from cell or often strongly stalked or coincident ; vein 5 fully

developed, from or from near lower angle of cell, often stalked

with 3; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 usually anastomosing with the cell

to middle, sometimes near base only.

The fore wing of male has a strong bar-shaped retinaculum

usually more or less curled round the frenulum at its tip, and there

are, except in Hligma, slight tufts of scales in middle of cell and on

discocellulars, sometimes also on the ante-, postmedial, and sub-

terminal lines,

Fig. 71.—Larva of Selepa celtis. 4.

The larvee have all the prolegs present and are sparsely covered

with hair; they form a boat-shaped cocoon of silk, often with

angular projection on dorsum in front, sometimes covered with faces.

SARROTHRIPIN ©. 221

The subfamily is a slight development from the Acontiane, from

which it is distinguished by the small tufts of scales on the fore wing,

the two subfamilies being distinguished from the other subfamilies

of Quadrifid Noctuide by the bar-shaped retinaculum in the male,

Key to the Genera.

A. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9,10 stalked. oe

a. Hind wing with vein 4 absent. is

a‘. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked...... (Eranna, p. 224.

b'. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from cell... (Micrornrrpa, p. 226.

>, Hind wing with vein 4 stalked with 3.

a', Fore wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ......... (Avormnrpa, p. 249.

>, Fore wing with veins 3, 4 from cell......... (Nanaauna, p. 251.

B. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 stalked, 10 from

cell.

a. Hind wing with vein 4 absent ............00000 CHesprrormerpa, p. 227.

}. Hind wing with vein 4 stalked with 3 ......... LESMA, p. 369.

C. Fore wing with veins 9 and 10 anastomosing

with 7, 8 to form a minute areole.

a. Hind wing with vein 4 absent ...........-...08 (GaruLLA, p. 227,

), Hind wing with vein 4 present.

a. Palpi with the 2nd joint porrect and broadly

fringed with scales above............... seeee (Gyrroruripa, p. 448.

b'. Palpi upturned. é

a?. Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

SODUMEN Lana ne arte eet eh suas teem (Tarnorierpa, p. 307.

o?, Abdomen without crests ...............+5- —Sricroruripa, p. 450.

PD. Fore wing with vein 9 from 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the areole, 7 sometimes dis-

connected.

a. Hind wing with vein 4 absent, or rarely from

3 just below termen.

@, Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked.

a*, Fore wing with vein 7 from cell, 8,9, 10

stalkecle acnscasmarrineces sme eeenmoanecaacets (Diropnornnipa, p. 239.

62, Fore wing with the areole long, vein 7

RONAN WA® OREO O-aooocnavccascaacndo0dqas000000 —Caracoma, p. 229.

2, Fore wing with the areole moderate,

vein 7 from well beyond it .............., 7EL#£oe6natuiA, p. 370.

b', Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from ce.].

a2, Palpi with the 2nd joint fringed with

hair above towards extremity ............ ASTENISCADIA, p. 376.

22, Palpi with the 2nd joint not fringed

with hair above towards extremity.

a°, Kore wing with vein 7 from cell, 8, 9,

TO stallkedy eee eacsiasseeteaseecowascns Symirima, p. 243.

+3, Fore wing with long areole ............ PARDASENA, p. 245,

6. Hind wing with vein 4 present.

a, Fore wing with the areole long and narrow,

or vein 7 separate.

a2. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked.

«a, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests,

the crests on 4th and 5th segments

TOY NETHER) socoapsnacoonsonabonsbehoeneosed - (Lopnotnrrea, p. 258.

23, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

segments only.

a*, Palpi with the 2nd joint very

broadly rounded, with scales in

front.

NOCTUID 4.

aw. Palpi with the 3rd joint very

Jong and fringed with hair

behind; fore wing with vein

7 from cell, 8, 9, 10 stalked ... (Cunorruriea, p, 259.

)°. Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate

and smoothly scaled ; fore wing

with long areole .....c..0csesese0e (Mytormrrea, p. 260.

b'. Palpi with the 2nd joint mode-

PabelyASCALOG ercemeeeren cere: seoeee \AQUIS, p. 385,

©, Abdomen with basal crest only.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint oblique,

the 3rd porrect and fringed with

INDIE ISO) cas scosq0ooposb.ecaotecodase8O —Sarxotirirus, p. 261.

}4, Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned,

TAAL Ce16 WAS on Geese ao Hhecaonoa ene Nemes (Graura, p. 276.

i2. Hind wing with vein 3 from the cell.

a3, Hind wing with vein 3 from before

angle of cell, 4, 5 from angle or

stalked.

at. Palpi with the 3rd joint long.

a’. Metathorax with very large oblique

ENGINE! GREE concsoasoconnascon0 00 (Ocitrnoriora, p. 368,

45. Metathorax with spreading crest.

a®. Abdomen with basal crest...... CPriscrana, p. 286.

v°, Abdomen without crest ......... —Micriscapia, p. 377.

++. Palpi with the 3rd joint short.

a, Fore wing with vein 7 from cell,

Sao lOEstalikedieeeeceeeeeeeeeeceeeee (Puxoruriea, p. 318.

bs. Fore wing with long narrow

areole.

a’ Fore wing with scale-tooth at

(HOPES ponecegmaacaoooooocbeasedodea (Gryprososa, p. 423.

b°, Fore wing without scale-tooth

ANG WORMS poanaococ00s00 ecoocdbon —Casanprta, p. 350.

3, Hind wine with veins 3, 4 from angle

of cell, 5 from above angle.

a, Abdomen with dorsal series of

crests.

@, Palpi with the 3rd joint very

long and somewhat dilated at

extremity.

e°, Palpi with the 2nd joint fringed

with hair above towards ex-

tremity.

a’. Palpi porrect.

a’, Fore wing with the termen

truncate and very oblique

towards tornus ............ —LornosEMa, p. 332.

23, Fore wing with the termen

evenly curved ........ ... (Protuera, p. 305.

b*, Palpi upturned ............... —Poctanta, p. 334.

4°, Palpi with the 2nd joint not

fringed with hair above to-

wards extremity.

a’, Frons with pointed conical

PFOMINEMCE ........-.0se220ee —PortoTmriPa, p. 333.

db’, Frons smooth ................05 (Cryvroturipa, p. 309,

6, Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate

and not dilated at extremity.

a’. Fore wing with veins 8, 9, 10

stalked, 7 from cell ......... ... (Perrinta, p. 323,

(Car. Ler, Pusat. B. M. yol. xi. PHYLOGENY OF THE SARROTHRIPING. [Vo face p. 222,

Microthripa.

+ Hesperathvipa.

Garella. Dilophothripa. Chioethripa.

Gliaracoma._Symitha, Apothripa: laathnfat

Pardasena. Nanaguna. Lophothripa. Sarrothripus.

Clettharina. Plothea. Tathothripa. Poliothripu. Eleognatha. Aquis.

Lamprothripa, Cryptothripa. Triorbis. Tligma, Lophosema. Pucialia. Ochthophora. Elesma. Steniscadia. Barasa. Lahanda.

| | | | |

| Gryposobia,

| | feat

Giaura. Asinduma. Selepa. Bryothripa. Arachnognatha. Petrinia, Gadirtha, Iseadia. _ Micriscadia. Blenina. Risoba,

Bryophilopsis. |

| Pheothvipa.

| S| = |

Ptisciana. Ochrothripa. Megathripa. Cilicraspis. Casandria, Hits Gabe Macrobarasa, Baileya. Gyrtothripa. Medava. Stiotothri

— — ee fs : d . Medava. Stictothripa.

SARROTHRIPIN”, DOR

46, Fore wing with an areole.

a’, Palpi with the 2nd joint

reaching vertex of head, the

GIRO OWE? scogosanscovonnanoscdoos (Bryornnra, p. 310.

b7, Palpi with the 2nd joint

reaching middle of frons,

(BAG) GIG) OVHD coasocsecasecn bas ‘Bryopninorsis, p. 311.

(b'. Abdomen with dorsal crests on two

' basal segments.

a, Fore tibie fringed with long

hair; hind wing with vein 8

anastomosing with the cell to

middle.

a6, Palpi with the 2nd joint

reaching to well above vertex

of head an@ fringed with hair

behind towards extremity ... (CLerrmarrya, p. 287.

46, Pulpi with the 2nd joint reach-

ing to vertex of head and not

fringed witi: hair behind to-

wards extremity ..... swaisasaae (Lamproruripa, p. 288,

L°, Fore tibiz smoothly sealed ; hind

wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

a’, Fore wing with vein 7 from

the cell, 8, 9, 10 stalked ...... (Mecarurrra, p. 319.

6, Fore wing with long areole.

a’. Fore wing with the costa

highly arched near base, the

costa and inner margin sub-

JORG “Goonsonosancaceasqaseade (Asinpua, p. 292:

b’, Fore wing more triangular,

the costa not highly arched

near base.

a’. Build slender; abdomen

very long especially in

MI Ale yor Narewacurys selene seales (Lananpa, p. 393.

6°, Build stout; abdomen of

normal length ........:,.. (Brentna, p. 401.

c*, Abdomen without crests,

a, Palpiwith the 3rd joint long and

dilated at extremity.

a’, Fore wing with vein 7 from

cell, 8, 9, 10 stalked ............ —Mepava, p. 450.

b°. Fore wing with long areole ... —#scunrapta, p. 878.

45, Palpi with the 3rd joint short.

a. Palpi with the 2nd joint not

fringed with hair behind at

extremity, the 3rd upturned —Barnnya, p. 444.

b°, Palpi with the2nd joint slightly

fringed with hair behind at

extremity, the 3rd porrect ... “Gyrronipes, p. 453.

c3, Hind wing with vein 3 from before

angle of cell, 5 from above angle.

a‘, Proboscis aborted, minute.

Insta see tascaes aomasane thames seer ae (Trrorsis, p. 324.

GP, JERCINS UNO ecbaceoasasddcaorcdaaceT (Exiema, p. 826,

4, Proboscis fully developed; frons

smooth,

a, Palpi porrect and fringed with

Ingnyiie ED) oO) Se) conan aoononceebuBaresneaeoo (Anacnyognarma, p. 821,

NS)

NOCTUIDAE.

5, Palpi upturned, not fringed with

hair above.

a6, Palpi with the 3rd joint long

and somewhat dilated at ex-

GheMiby kessitsevas.sercensevostes (Ocnrorurtra, p. 317.

b°, Palpi with the 3rd joint short.

a’, Abdomen with minute crests

on medial segments ......... (Risona, Db Gee

27, Abdomen with dorsal crest at

baseronllivgierrercestaesses sete (Macrosarasa, p. 442.

Oo". pre wing with the areole short.

. Hind wing with veins 5, 4 strongly

stalked (A. dteraccascesnetoeoucucesnneerets (Barasa, p- 388.

t?, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell or

shorily stalked.

a, Palpi downeuryed and fringed with

Nile ENTE) congdoa shnocdosacgabacdoenocad6. (Srxepa, p. 294.

3. Palpitipturned, the 2nd joint fringed

with hair behind towards extr emity.

a‘, Abdomen with dorsal series of

Cres talenauiacceseeaecoscchronceeeessccan (Gapirta, p. 339.

b*, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base

OnLy asiasechenecescke seseonecescnaetes —Iscanra, p. 362.

ct, Abdomen without crests.

a>, Frons surrounded by a slight

raised ring ; fore wing with the

esta evenly arched ............... (Cauatnusa, p. 379.

i5. Frons smooth; fore wing with

the costa lobed just beyond

mallee: stereos eae (Cprcrasris, p. 820.

Genus ETANNA.

Type.

Etanna, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 118 (1862)............... ees

Andrapha, W\k. xxxy. 1741 (1866) ............e Bit eatciueaciame nee’ basalis,

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and slightly fr inged with hair above towards extr emity i in female,

in male with large tuft of hi air, the 8rd rather long ; frons smooth; eyes large,

round ; antennx of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales and without erests ; tibix slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with

dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 shortly stalked ;

6 from upperangle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 ora cell; male with tuft of long

hair on underside from near base of cell covering a patch of androconia in end

of cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent, coincident with 3;

the aiscocellulars almost obsolete ; 6,7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with

the cell to middle ; male with the costa strongly lobed and fringed with “rough

hair, the apex with a lar ve triangular excision, veins 7, 8 bent upwards to costa.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial and medial area not

white.

a. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with black

except towards inmer Margin ....0.......cecee eee een essen es maccvoodi,

6. Fore wing with black fascia from costa near base along

median nervure to lower angle of cell .......2.....00.65 atrifasciata.

B. Fore wing white from subbasal line to near postmedial

WGK) pobao8sdade060ccon5807a0G0 c4n00e oGoDdodoo8oEncadoBRoBUDOG.NHANG00 basalis,

ETANNA. Dee

6479. Etanna macevoodi.

Dendrothripa mackwoodi, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xiv. p. 211

(1902).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white; the tuft of hair

from upperside of palpi fuscous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with

green; the basal and medial areas grey tinged with fuscous to sub-

median fold; a medial blackish line slightly excurved below costa

and strongly above inner margin, some blackish suffusion beyond it ;

postmedial line black, rather punctiform and defined on outer side

by whitish, oblique towards costa, excurved between veins 7 and 4,

Fig. 72.—Htanna macevoodi, S. 3.

then incurved, a patch of grey and purplish red suffusion beyond it

at middle extending to termen below apex; a fine black terminal

line; cilia whitish, tinged with brown. Hina wing white slightly

tinged with ochreous brown especially on costal and terminal areas,

some slight black irroration in end of cell, underside of fore wing

and costal area of hind wing suffused with purplish pink, the tuft

of hair in cell yellow and the androconia red-brown.

Hab, Cuyton, Colombo (Mackwood), 1 3 type. Hap. 16 millim.

6480. Etanna atrifasciata. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 7.)

Dendrothripa atrifasciata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 528 (1896).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous

brown; palpi with the 35rd joint tinged with fuscous at base. Fore

wing whitish tinged with pale ochreous brown; a black fascia from

costa near base, thence above submedian fold extending into lower

part of cell, and beyond the discocellulars bent upwards to base of

vein 6; postmedial line very indistinct, blackish defined on outer

side by whitish, oblique towards costa, excurved to vein 4, then

incurved. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown.

Hab. Caxton, Nawalapitiya (Pole), 1 2 type. Hvp. 16 millim.

6181. Etanna basalis. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 8.)

Etanna basalis, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 119 (1862).

Andrapha basalis, Wik. xxxv. 1742 (1866).

Q@. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with some brown and white ;

pectus and legs whitish ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing

ochreous suffused in parts with fuscous brown; alarge white patch

VOL. XI. Q

926 NOCTUIDH,

defined by blackish scales extending from near base to beyond the

cell, to costa on antemedial area and down to vein 1; postmedial line

blackish, punctiform, oblique towards costa and excurved between

veins 7 and 4,a patch of reddish brown suffusion beyond its medial

part extending to termen below apex ; some blackish points on costa

towards apex ; a fine black terminal line; cilia tinged with black

and rufous. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged

with brown; a slight brownish line near base of cilia.

Hab. Burma, Rangoon, 19; Bornuo, Sarawak ( Wallace), 12

type Andrapha basalis. Fap.18 millim, Type 7 in Mus. Oxon.

Genus MICROTHRIPA, nov.

Type, MW. beota.

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 female minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibix slightly fringed with hair ; abdo-

men with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from well before angle of cell :

4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7,8, 9,10 stalked ; 11 fromcell. Hind

wing with veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell, 4 absent, coincident with 3; 6,7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

6282, Microthripa beota.

Dendrothripa beota, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 93 (1902).

@. Head and thorax grey-white slightly mixed with fuscous;

palpi tinged with brown; abdomen white tinged with brownish

ochreous; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing

grey-white slightly suffused in parts with fuscous ; subbasal line

black, oblique, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double,

Fig. 75.—Microthripa beota, Q. 3

black, oblique, slightly sinuous ; an oblique black striga from middle

of costa and black discoidal point ; postmedial line black and oblique

towards costa, then very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique and minutely dentate ; subterminal line indistinct, fuscous,

minutely waved; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing

white, the veins and termen tinged with pale brown.

Hab. QurEenstanp, Townsville (Dodd), 19. xp. 14 millim.,

HESPEROTHRIPA. Ok

Genus HESPEROTHRIPA, nov.

Type, H. dicyma.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to above

vertex of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth ; eyes

large, round; antennx of female minutely ciliated: thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdo-

men 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 ; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10,11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell, 4 absent, coincident with 3; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

6433. Hesperothripa dicyma, n. sp.

9. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white slightly tinged with

brown; palpi tinged with fuscous at sides. Fore wing grey slightly

tinged and irrorated with pale brown; a subbasal black striga from

costa ; antemedial line oblique, blackish, sinucus ; a slight blackish

Fig. 74.—Hesperothripa dicyma, Q. 3.

discoidai striga; postmedial line blackish, excurved from below

costa to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line rather diffused,

blackish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series

of black points. Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown.

Hab. Siprra Leone (Clements), 1 2 type. Hap. 20 millim,

Genus GARELLA.

Type.

Garella, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 51 (1864)...... rotundipennis,

Dendrothripa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 527 (1896) ......... rotundipennis.

Proboscis 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 almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales, the metathorax with depressed crest ; tibix slightly fringed with

hair ; abdonien with dorsal crests on two basal 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 and 10 anastomosing with 7 and 8

to form a minute areole; 11 trom cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked,

4 absent, coincident with 3; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomesing with tho

cell to near middle.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly excurved

betweemnvemssayanclitmerca-cecrecceeeecsseteeceeneeceseeeeer rotundipennts.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly excurved :

between veins 6 and 4 ............... sated areas ate eae: aubilosa.

228 NOCTUID ©.

6484. Garella rotundipennis.

Garella rotundipennis, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc., peek vil. p. 52 (1864) ;

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 78, pl. ii. f

Dendrothripa rufipuncta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. il 527 (1896).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with ochreous brown, the

tegule with blackish band near tips; palpi with fuscous spots at

sides of joints; tarsi blackish ringed with white; pectus and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing greyish tinged with

ochreous brown and some fuscous; subbasal line slight, ibkvelkiath,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line blackish, oblique to

median nervure, then almost obsolete, excurved above inner margin ;

medial line black defined on inner side by white and with black

points at the veins, excurved, slightly angled inwards at vein 1;

Fig. 75.—Garella rotuidipennis, $. 5.

a slight rufous discoidal lunule; vein 2 defined by slight black

streaks from the cell to postmedial line, which is black defined on

outer side by white and with black points at the veins, oblique to

vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved at

vein 1, a rufous spot beyond it in submedian interspace ; some black

points on costa towards apex; traces of a pale waved subterminal

line defined on inner side by small black spots ; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal areas

suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with rounded black patch on antemedial costal

area.

Hab. Punsas, Simla, 19, Kangra (Hocking), 1 9 type rufipuncta ;

Cryton, Diyatalawa (Green), 1 9; Burma, Rangoon (Scott), 1 ° ;

Bornro, Sarawak (Wallace), 1°; Qunensrann, Townsville (Dod: 1),

WG Hop. 18-20 millim. Type fin Mus. Oxon.

6485. Garella nubilosa, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 9.)

3. Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with fuscous; abdomen

whitish tinged with brown; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing grey suffused with olive-fuscous and brownish ;

subbasal line slight, blackish, excurved below costa and ending at

submedian fold; antemedial line almost medial, black, oblique to

discal fold, then erect; a black discoidal point; postmedial line

rather diffused, black, oblique to vein 6 and slightly incurved below

vein 4; subterminal line diffused, blackish, somewhat excurvyed

CHARACOMA, 229

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of blackish points.

Hind wing white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 tinged

with brown ; the underside with the costal area white with diffused

brownish spot beyond middle.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Njoro (Cholmley), 1 g type. Evp. 20

millim.

Genus CHARACOMA.

Type.

Characoma, Wk. xxvii. 106 (1863) ............00.e0eeeee aoscn00000e clare

Corticata, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 52 (1864) ... scoparivides.

Paraxia, Moschl. Abh. Seuck. Ges. xvi. p. 120 (1890) ......... miloticu.

Fiypothripa, Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii, p. 333 (1894) ............... curiosa.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately sealed, the 8rd long; frons smvuoth; eyes large, round ;

antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the meta-

thorax with large spreading crest; tibiz moderately fringed with hair;

abdomen typically with dorsal crests on basal segments ouly. Hore wing short

and broad, the costa highly arched near base, the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 trom near angle of cell;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long narrow

arcole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of cell ;

3 and 5 stalked, 4 coincident with 3; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomusing

with the cell to middle.

Sucr. I. (Corticata.) Abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments.

A, Fore wing witn double oblique sinuous antemedial line.

a. Fore wing with large rounded brown apical patch ... curiosa.

6. Kore wing without dark apical patch .........0.......0.0 vullata,

B. Fore wing with the antemedial line single, erect, and

almost medial,

a. Kore wing tinged with rufous and with small blood-red

spot in submedian fold beyond postmedial line ...... scoparioides.

b, Hore wing purp‘ish grey suffused with fuscous brown. wilutica.

6486. Characoma curiosa. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 10.)

Selepa curiosa, Swinh. Trans. Hut. Soc. 1890, p. 235; Himpsn. Moths Ind.

ll, p, d8d.

Head, thorax, aud abdomen brown mixed with grey; tegule with

black line near tips; abdomen with the crests blackish ; palpi with

some black at sides of Ist and 2nd joints; tarsi black ringed with

white. Fore wing grey-white with a violaceous tinge, slightly

suffused in parts with red-brown especially on inner area; ante-

medial line double, blackish, excurved, strongly angled inwards in

submedian fold; an indistinct oblique shghtly sinuous medial line ;

a slight white discoidal lunule defined on outer side by some blackish

scales; postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by white,

the line punctiform except on inner area, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some small

black-brown spots beyond it on costa; subterminal line dark brown,

230 NOCTUID 2.

slight, incurved below costa where there is a dark brown apical

patch beyond it, then minutely dentate; a terminal series of dark

brown points. Hind wing white, the terminal area and cilia tinged

with brown fromapex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area

suffused with fuscous except towards base.

Hab. Burma, Rangoon, 1¢,12type. Hxp. $24, 9 26 millim.

6487. Characoma vallata. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 11.)

Hypothripa vallata, Meyr. Trans, Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 47.

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and red-brown ;

abdomen grey tinged with brown, the crests darker; palpi with

blackish spots at sides of lst and 2nd joints; tarsi brown ringed

with white; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore

wing grey more or less suffused with red-brown and fuscous brown

and with some dark irroration; subbasal line represented by black

striee from costa and cell; antemedial line rather indistinct, blackish,

double, oblique, sinuous; medial line slight, oblique, sinuous; an

oblique red-brown discoidal striga; postmedial line blackish defined

on outer side by white, oblique and sinuous to vein 6, slightly in-

curved at discal fold, then excurved at median nervules and vein 1,

a more or less prominent patch of fuscous suffusion beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line indistinct, diffused, whitish defined on inner

side by fuscous, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing white, the termen suffused with

brown except at tornus.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with black.

Hab. Queenstann, Brisbane (Turner), 3 ¢,1Q9. Hep, 20-24

millim.

6488. Characoma scoparioides.

Corticata scoparioides, Wik. Journ, Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 53 (1864) ;

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon, ii. p. 78, pl. ii. f. 22.

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with grey; fore

tarsi with black rings towards extremity, the mid tibie at base ;

pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing rufous

mixed with grey and irrorated with a few black scales; a black

streak below costa from base to the slight black subbasal line, which

is somewhat angled outwards at median nervure ; antemedial line

almost medial, sinuous, blackish; a slight black discoidal point and

some slight black streaks between lower angle of cell and the post-

medial line, which is oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly angled

inwards at discal fold, excurved at median nervules, then incurved

and again excurved at vein 1, a blood-red spot beyond it in sub-

median fold; a faint dentate blackish subterminal line defined by

grey ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish tinged

with brown especially on the veins and termen.

Hab. Creyton, Colombo (Muckwood), 1 2; Borneo, Sarawak

(Waliace), type f in Mus. Oxon, vp, 16 millim.

CHARACOMA. 231

6489. Characoma nilotica.

Sarrothripa nilotica, Rogenh. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1881, p. 26;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 361.

Paraxia chameleon, Méschl. Abh, Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 121 (1890); Kirby,

Cat. Lep. Het. p. 378.

Cletthara littora, Beth.-Baker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 35, pl. i. f. 2;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 361.

Thalpochares laurea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 497, pl. 95. ff. 26,

27 (1898).

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; palpi with the

drd joint blackish ; fore tarsi blackish ringed with white ; « bdomen

whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated

with fuscous brown; subbasal line indistinct, somewhat sinuous,

more or less distinctly double from costa te submedian fold; ante-

medial line almost medial, slight, sinuous, blackish ; a slight black

Fig. 76.—Characoma nilotica, $. 3.

discoidal point and slight streaks on vein 2 and in submedian fold

before the postmedial line, which is oblique from costa to vein 6,

slightly angled inwards at discal fold, excurved at median nervules,

then incurved and again excurved at vein 1; subterminal line

blackish defined on outer side by grey, somewhat dentate, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing white, the veins and termen suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with black band on inner antemedial line.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with rounded black patch on subbasal costal

area.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with medial black spot in submedian

interspace.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with the basal and inner areas suffused with

brown.

fab, US.A., Texas, 1 9; Mexico (Schaus), 2 $,3 9, Jalapa

(Trujillo), 1 8,6 2, Amula (H. H. Smith), 1 3,2 @ type laurea,

Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Honpuras (Robertson), 1 9; Cosra Rica, Tuis ;

Banamas, Nassau (Sir G. Carter), 4 3,793; Granp Cayman (Nicholl),

19; Cusa,1 ¢, Baracoa (Schaus), 15; Porte Rico, 19; Canaries,

Tenerifie( Walsingham), 1-3 ; Sterra Leone (Ulements),1 2; Gambia,

Bathurst (Carter), 1 3,1 9; 8S. Nieprra, Lagos (Dudgeon), 1 3;

N. Niceria, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 $; Keayrt, Alexandria, type t ¢

littora in Coll. Bethune-Baker; Mapras, Horsleykonda (Campbell),

1 Q ; Ceytoy, Trincomali (Verbury), 19. Hwp. 14-18 millim.

Type T chameleon in Mus. Berlin.

Larva on Tamarix articulata.

232 NOCLUIDD.

Secr. II. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

A. (Characoma.) Palpi of male with the 3rd joint tufted with lung aair.

6490. Characoma albulalis.

Characoma albulalis, W\k. xxvii. 107 (1863).

3g. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale brown; fore

femora and tibise and mid tibie at base blackish ; fore tarsi banded

with blackish ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish.

Fore wing white mixed with pale brown, the basal area to sub-

median fold and the costal area from antemedial to subterminal line

suffused with pale olive-brown; subbasal line black, wavcd, from

costa to submedian fold, with black streaks before it below costa

and in submedian fold ; antemedial line almost medial, black defined

Fig. 77.—Characoma albulalis, 8. }.

on inner side by white, oblique, sinuous, a diffused black patch

between it and postmedial line in submedian interspace; postmedial

line black, oblique and sinuous from costa to vein 6, then erect,

waved, some slight oblique black streaks beyond it below the costa ;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by dentate black marks,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small

triangular black spots, Hind wing white suffused with brown

especially on terminal area; cilia paler ; the underside whitish, the

costal and terminal areas suffused with brown.

Ilab. Bornzo, Sarawak (Wallece), 1 3 type. Exp. 30 millim.

B. Palpi of male with the 3rd joint naked.

a, Fore wing of male with fovea below base of cell.

*6491, Characoma sexilinea.

Hypothripa sexilinea, Beth-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 480 (1909).

S. Head and thorax grey-white irrorated with a few black

scales; palpi with black band at base of drd joint; antenne black

except at base; fore tibie and the tarsi fuscous ringed with

whitish ; abdomen grey, dorsally suffused with fuscous brown.

Fore wing grey-white; a black point at base of costa; an obliquely

curved black subbasal line from costa to vein 1 near base;

antemedial line double,. black, oblique from costa to submedian fold,

then inwardly oblique, the outer line with small black spot at

costa, asmall Y-sheped black mark beyond it below the cell ; a black

CHARACOMA. 233

discoidal striga; an inwardly oblique black striga from middle of

costa with a wedge-shaped fuscous patch beyond it ; postmedial

line double, black, arising from lower edge of the fuscous patch,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a curved black line from it at

submedian fold to inner margin near tornus; subterminal line

Fig. 78.—Characoma sexilinea, $. }.

black, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, incurved at discal

fold and ending below vein 3; an oblique black shade from cilia

below apex, its inner extremity bent downwards; a terminal

series of small black lunules; cilia whitish with fine black lines

near base and tips. Hind wing grey-white suffused with fuscous ;

the underside fuscous, the cell and inner area whiti-h.

Hab. Coneo Freu Srarn, Makala Distr. (Powell-Cotton), type T

3 in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Hap. 22 millim.

b. Hind wing of male with the termen truncate towards tornus which is

lobed and with tufts of long hair, the inner margin short; vein 4

from 38 just before termen in male only.

6492. Characoma metalophota.

Blenina metalophota, Wimpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 526 (1896).

Head and thorax white mixed with rufous and some black scales,

the tegulee with slight dark line near tips; antennee fuscous except

towards base; fore tibia with some black points, the tarsi black

ringed with white, the mid tarsi black at tips; abdomen fuscous

brown, paler at base, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white

tinged in parts with rufous and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal

line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold, a black streak

Fig. 79.—Characoma metalophota, S. }.

before it in cell; antemedial line black, cblique, waved, with

obliyue black streaks above and below vein 2 from it to postmedial

line; reniform indicated by some shght black marks; postmedial

line black, oblique and slightly sinuous from costa to yein 6 where

234 NOCLUID®.

it is angled, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 4,

excurved at yein 1 and more or less approximated to the antemedial

line at inner margin; subterminal line faint, white, defined on

inner side by minute dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a faint oblique blackish shade from apex and a

terminal series of minute triangular black spots; cilia with series

of fuscous spots. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins, costa,

and termen tinged with brown; male with the extremities of

veins 6 and 5 with some yellow hair, the cilia yellowish from

vein 5 to tornus, where the tufts of hair on underside are yellow and

blackish.

flab. Assam, Khasis, 1 $, 1 @ type; Csyzuon, Pattipolla

(Alston), 1 9, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 9 3; Srrates or Matacca

(Weade- Waldo), 1 9 ; Sincavorr ( Wood-Jones, Ridley), 2 g,3 9.

Exp, 30-38 millim,

e. Fore and hind wings of male normal.

a’, Fore wing with postmedial dark patch on costal area.

a”. Fore wing with antemedial dark patch on costal area. distincta.

b?. Fore wing without antemedial dark patch on costal

area.

a’, Fore wing tinged with pale olive-green ............... glaucopasta,

b3. Fore wing not tinged with olive-green.

a‘, Fore wing with the lines very prominently black. mddilinea.

64, Fore wing with the lines much slighter.

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68, Fore wing tinged with purplish red............... ruficirra.

}', Fore wing without postmedial dark patch on costal area.

a, Fore wing with medial biack patch below the cell and

oblique patch from termen below apex ...............665 glaphyra.

22, Fore wing without black patches.

a, Fore wing with more or less distinct medial line.

a‘, Fore wing with the medial line erect to submedian

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4, Fore wing with the medial line curved and slightly

sinuous.

a, Fore wing tinged with olive-green ............... miopnora.

b°, Fore wing not tinged with olive-green.

a®, Fore wing with terminal series of black points cana.

68, Fore wing without terminal series of black

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c’, Fore wing with the medial line absent............... Serrigrisea.

6493. Characoma distincta. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 12.)

Hypothripa distincta, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii, p. 224 (1956).

Sarrothripa costiplagata, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 444 (1910).

@. Head and thorax white mixed with rufous, the patagia with

some black; palpi with black spots on sides of Ist joint, some black

irroration on 2nd joint except at extremity and on 3rd joint;

antenne black except at base; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing white with

patches of rufous especially on ante- and postmedial areas, the

medial area mostly black below the cell, the terminal area grey ;

CHARACOMA. 239d

costal edge black at base with some rufous below it; a subbasal

black point below the cell; a black striga from costa before the

black antemedial line, which has a diffused black patch before it on

costa, oblique, sinuous; postmedial lime black, with black patch

beyond it on costa, interrupted below costa, then minutely waved

and angled inwards in discal fold ; subterminal line black slightly

defined by white on outer side, interrupted below costa, slightly

excurved below vein 7 and at middle, some dentate black marks

beyond it below apex; a terminal series of minute black lunules

slightly defined by white on inner side. Hind wing white, the

terminal half suffused with fuscous ; the underside with the costal

and terminal areas tinged with brown,

Ab. 1. costiplagata. Head, thorax, and fore wing with grey-blue

and olive-green replacing the rufous (which is probably due to

fading) of the typical form.

Hab. Dusca N. Guryes, Fak-fak (Pratt), 19, Arfak Mts.

(Pratt), type fT Q costiplagata in Coll. Bethune-Baker; Br. Nuw

Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type f 2 in Coll. Bethune-Baker, Lvp.

22 millim,

6494. Characoma glaucopasta, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 13.)

Head and thorax white mixed with olive-green, the tips of

patagia black; palpi white irrorated with brown, the 2nd joint

black behind; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white

tinged with brown. Fore wing pale olive-green overlaid with

white scales; a black point at base cf costa; subbasal line black,

slightly angled outwards below costa and at subcostal neryure, then

incurved and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black

defined on inner side by white, oblique, waved to median nervure,

then strongly incurved in submedian interspace; a slight oblique

black diseoidal striga; postmedial line black detined on outer side

by white, angled outwards below costa, excurved at vein 6, angled

inwards at discal fold, excurved at middle and strongly incurved in

submedian interspace where there is a slight black mark before it,

a black patch with two white points on it beyond if on costa;

subterminal line black, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

with slight black streaks beyond it towards apex; a terminal series

of black points; cilia grey intersected with fuscous. Hind wing

whitish tinged with brown, the veins and termen rather darker.

Ab. 1. Thorax and fore wing with less green and more white.—

Perak.

Hab. Sixurua (Moller), 1 5, 4 6 type; Assam, Khasis, 1 9 ;

Perak (Doherty),1 9. Hep. 20-22 millim.,

*6495. Characoma multilinea. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 14.)

Cletthava multilinea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 224 (1906).

@. Head and thorax silvery white slightly irrorated with brown;

236 NOCIUID &.

palpi with black spot at base of 2nd joint; antennze black ; tegulee

with some black scales near tips; patagia with two black points

near tips; fore and mid tibie and the tarsi with some brown ;

abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown, the basal crest white

tipped with black. Fore wing silvery white shghtly suffused and

irrorated in parts with brown; short black streaks near base in

and below cell; subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa,

excurved at median nervure and ending at vein 1, an oblique black

streak beyond it above inner margin; antemedial line black,

excurved at subcostal and median nervures and angled inwards in

submedian fold, oblique black streaks from its curves at subcostal

and median nervures to postmedial line and a short streak on

vein 1; postmedial line black, oblique towards costa and slightly

angled outwards below costa, angled inwards and forming a short

streak at discal fold, then excurved, angled inwards at vein 2 and

submedian fold and again excurved above inner margin, a black

patch with white point on it beyond it on costa; subterminal line

black, slightly angled inwards below costa and at discal and

submedian folds and excurved between those points; a terminal

series of small wedge-shaped black marks with shght blackish

streaks before them towards apex; cilia chequered white aud

blackish. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous especially on

terminal half from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Aroa R. (Meex), type ty 2 in Coll.

Rothschild, ap. 26 millim.

6496. Characoma pheoleuca, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 15.)

o. Head and thorax white mixed with some brown; abdomen

grey-white, the basal crest with some brown mixed, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with fuscous

brown and ochreous, especially on inner area; a sinuous blackish

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

blackish defined on inner side by white, oblique, waved ; a minute

black streak in end of cell; postmedial line black defined on outer

side by white, oblique and waved from costa to vein 6, angled

inwards at discal told, then excurved at median nervules and vein

1, a patch of fuscous suffusion beyond it on costa; subterminal

line blackish, interrupted, defined on inner side by minute dentate

black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; some brownish

suffusion before termen except towards apex; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the terminal

half suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia white tinged with brown.

Hub. Cnyton, Maskeliya (Green), 1 3 type. Hap. 28 millim.

6497. Characoma ruficirra.

Hypothripa ruficirra, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 540 (1905).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, the two former with brown

slightly mixed. Fore wing grcy ; a reddish brown antemedial shade

CHARACOMA. 937

from costa to submedian fold with two lines on it formed of raised

black seales ; an indistinct slightly waved medial line; traces of a

dark discoidal point; postmedial line bent outwards with a

downward curve from costa to vein 6, minutely dentate to vein 4,

Fig. 80.— Characoma ruficirra, $. 3.

then strongly incurved and excurved to inner margin, a rnfous

shade beyond it from costa to vein 6; subterminal line indistinct,

dark, minutely waved, excurved at vein 7 and middle; a rufous

shade at apex; a terminal series of black points ; cilia brownish.

Hind wing brownish grey, the veins and terminal area slightly

darker.

_ Hab, Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 3 type; Stxatm (Meller),

1 9 ; Assam, (Badgley), 2 9, Khasis,2 9. Hap. 22-24 millim.

6498. Characoma glaphyra. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 16.)

Acontia glaphyra, Foll. Pysche, vii. p. 128 (1894).

Q. Head and thorax brownish ochreous; palpi with the 2nd

joint blackish at sides except at tips ; patagia at base and prothorax

blackish ; abdomen greyish dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore

wing grey-white thickly irrcrated with brown ; some black at base ;

antemedial line diffused, black, oblique from costa to vein 1,

connected by a diffused black patch in submedian interspace with

the postmedial line, which is minutely waved, excurved from below

costa to vein 4, then incurved; an oblique black patch from apex

to vein 4 just beyond the postmedial line, diffused on outer side:

traces of a minutely waved subterminal line; a terminal series of

black points ; cilia dark towards apex. Hind wing pale suffused

with brown ; the underside whiter except on costal area.

Hab. Sturra Leone (Clements), 1 9, Gaboon, Kangwé. Exp. 18

millim.

6499. Characoma polia. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 17.)

Hypothripa polia, Hmpsn, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xi. p. 452 (1897).

do. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale brown and

some black; palpi with black spots on Ist and 2nd joints, the tips

black ; antenne black; fore tibie and tarsi banded with black;

abdomen grey suffused with fuscous, the ventral surface whitish.

Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous; antemedial line

double, oblique, sinuous, black and prominent to snbmedian fold,

938 NOCLUID®.

then hardly traceable ; medial line black, erect to subcostal nervure,

then oblique; a slight blackish discoidal spot; postmedial line

black defined on outer side by white, oblique and slightly sinuous to

vein 6 where it is acutely angled, angled inwards at discal fold,

excurved and slightly waved to vein 3, then incurved and again

excurved at vein 1, some fuscous suffusion beyond it on costa and in

submedian interspace; subterminal line blackish, excurved below

vein 7 and incurved at discal fold, then minutely dentate ; a

terminal series of black points; cilia whitish slightly intersected

with brownish. Hind wing white tinged with brown especially on

the veins and terminal area from apex to vein 2; a fine whitish

line at base of cilia; the underside white, the costal area and

terminal area to vein 2 suffused with brown.

Hab, Assim, Khasis, 1 $ type. Hep. 24 millim.

6500. Characoma miophora, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 18.)

g. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark olive-green :

abdomen brown, the basal crest grey-green ; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen ochreous white, the fore legs irrorated with

brown in front and the tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing whitish

tinged with olive-green and thickly irrorated with ftiscous ; ante-

medial line blackish, sinuous; medial line blackish, oblique to

median nervure and angled inwards at vein 1; postmedial line

blackish slightly defined on outer side by whitish, oblique to vein

5, inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous below vein 4; subter-

minal line blackish defined on outer side by whitish, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a fine black terminal line; cilia grey

intersected with blackish. Hind wing white, the veins and

terminal area suffused with fuscous brown; cilia brownish at base,

white at tips; the underside white, the terminal area suffused

with fuscous from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1, Fore wing with white patch at tornus ; hind wing wholly

suffused with fuscous brown.—S. Leone.

Hab. Stprra Leone (Clements), 1 ¢$; Transvaat, White R.

(Cooke), 1 S$ type. wp. 20-22 millim.

6501. Characoma cana. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 19.)

Hypothripa cana, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 383 (1894).

@. Head and thorax white tinged with pale brown ; abdomen

pale brown, white at base; palpi with some black on 2nd joint

behind and base of 8rd joint; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

ahdomen white, the fore legs with some fuscous in front. Fore

wing grey-white irrorated with pale brown; traces of sinuous dark

antemedial and medial lines ; postmedial line indistinct and obliqnely

curved from costa to vein 7, then represented by slight black points ;

a subterminal series of faint minute dark streaks on the veins;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white

CHARACOMA.— DILOPHOTHRIPA. 939

with a faint brownish tinge, the veins of terminal half brown, the

termen with slight brown suffusion ; cilia white with a brownish

line through them from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Burma, KE. Pegu (Doherty), type t 2 in Coll. Rothschild.

Eap, 32 millim,

6502. Characoma deleta. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 20.)

Pardasena deleta, Hmysn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 541 (1905).

3. Head and thorax pale ochreous; abdomen whitish tinged

with ochreous. Fore wing pale ochreous brown ; very indistinct

sinuous antemedial and medial lines; traces of a diffused postmedial

line excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; traces of a sub-

terminal series of dark points; the termen rather darker. Hind

wing semibyaline white, the terminal area tinged with brown.

Hab. Peru, Callao (J. J. Walker), 1 3 type. Hap. 22 millim.

6503. Characoma ferrigrisea. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 21.)

Pardasena ferrigrisea, Hwpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 541 (1905).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with pale iron-brown.

Fore wing grey suffused with iron-brown ; an indistinct subbasal line ~

from costa to submedian fold, excurved below costa, then ineurved ;

antemedial line brown defined by white on inner side, minutely

wayed, oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is obtusely

angled ; a slight discoidal point ; postmedial line brown defined by

white on outer side, minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 6,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line indistinct,

diffused, dark, excurved at vein 7 and middle; a teiminal series

of minute points. Hind wing grey suffused with pale brown, the

basal area slightly paler; cilia grey ; the underside paler.

Hab. Gamera, Bathurst (Carter), 1 g type. Hap. 18 millim.

Genus DILOPHOTHRIPA. ape

Dilophothripa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xi. p. 452 (1896). ehrysorrhea,

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to

above vertex of head, broadly fringed with hair behind, moderately in front,

the 3rd joint moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of hair and tuft above it

between antenne; eyes large, round, antennz of male almost simple; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with depressed crest; tibiz

slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with small dorsal crest at base only.

Fore wing long and narrow, the costa arched near base, the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from before angle of cell ;

4,5 from angle; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked :

Il frem cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked, 4 4 absent ; 6,7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

240 NOCTUID.®.

Secr. I. Abdomen of male with large rather bifid anal tuft; hind wing with a

fold below costa from near base to well beyond middle containing a

large tuft of ochreous and fuscous hair, the costal and subcostal

neryures bent downwards, the termen excised towards tornus which is

somewhat lobed and clothed with thick woolly hair above.

6504. Dilophothripa chrysorrhea.

Dilophothripa chrysorrhea, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xi. p. 452

(1897).

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with greyish; abdomen

pale brown with the anal tuft pinkish; pectus, Jegs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white, the fore tibie and tarsi brown, the latter

ringed with white. Fore wing fuscous brown mixed with soma

erey; an indistinct dentate blackish subbasal line ; antemedial line

blackish slightly defined on outer side by whitish, oblique, minutely

Fig. 81.—Dilophothripa chrysorrhea, $. 3.

dentate towards costa, excurved below the cell; black points in and

below middle of cell and two discoidal points; postmedial line

blackish defined on inner side by white, oblique to vein 6, then

minutely dentate, oblique from vein 4 to vein 1 and bent outwards

above inner margin; a minutely dentate whitish subterminal line

defined on outer side by small blackish spots; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing brown, the hair at tornus of male blackish,

the cilia white at tips; the underside grey.

Hab, Assam, Khésis, 2 ¢, 1 9 type. Hap. 24 millim.

Secr. II. Abdomen of male with large lateral tufts of hair towards extremity ;

hind wing with fold below terminal halt of costa below vein 8

containing a tuft of whitish hair, the termen excised towards tornus

which is slightly lobed and with large lobate tuft of scales.

6505. Dilophothripa lobata.

Dilophothripa lobata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 654 (1907).

¢. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown;

abdomen whitish tinged with brown; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white, the fore tibize and tarsi tinged with

brown and ringed with whitish. Fore wing white suffused with

dark brown, the costal half of antemedial area whiter, with a

wedge-shaped dark brown patch beyond it extending to beyond

middle ; two diffused dark brown oblique subbasal lines from costa

to vein 1; antemedial line slight, brown defined on outer side by

DILOPHOTHRIPA. 241.

white, minutely waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold; two

black discoidal points ; postmedial line whitish, oblique from costa

SS AT eae

Fig. 82.—Dilophothripa lobata, g. 3.

to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4; subterminal line white,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a punctiform black terminal

line faintly defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing brown,

the costal area whitish ; the underside with the inner area white.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type; Srneapore (Ridley), 1 S$. Exp.

20 millim.

Scr. III. Abdomen of male with large lateral anal tufts; hind wing with fold

below costato beyond middle containing a tuft of ochreous hair, the

tornus normal.

A. Fore wing with dark wedge-shaped patch on costal area

beyond the antemedial line defined before and below

by whitish ........... Pe etros (icine jer Gastaed vests Aewsesusnietan Aa alopha.

B. Fore wing without dark patch on costal area defined

Ley GTANBIS ON scoonanqcaoeucEe ooBbacdoBogodEncH dooqsondeauosucuBueHade brachytorna.

6506. Dilophothripa alopha. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 22.)

Dilophothripa alopha, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 654 (1907).

3S. Head and thorax whitish mixed with dark brown; abdomen

white slightly tinged with brown; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white, the fore and mid tibia and tarsi tinged

with brown, the latter ringed with white. Fore wing white

suffused with purplish fuscous; a fuscous brown patch at base

before the oblique curved white subbasal line from costa to vein 1,

a dark patch beyond the line on costa; antemedial line double

filled in with white, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

incurved, a wedge-shaped patch of fuscous brown beyond it on costa

extending to median nervure and to apex ; medial black points below

median nervure and in submedian fold; two black discoidal points ;

postmedial line white slightly defined on outer side by brown,

minutely waved, oblique to vein 6 and incurved below 4; subter-

minal line white defined on each side by brown and with two white

points at costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing white tinged with red-brown.

Hab. Burma, Tenasserim (Doherty), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 20 millim.

MON Xs R

249 NOCTUID &.

6507. Dilophothripa brachytorna.

Dilophothripa brachytorna, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 655

(1907).

Head, and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with grey; pectus,

legs, and abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the lateral anal

tufts purplish, tibize and tarsi browner, the fore tarsi ringed with

white. Fore wing dark brown tinged with grey; subbasal line

whitish, oblique, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

fine, dark, defined on outer side by whitish, obliquely curved ;

obliquely placed medial black points below the cell and in submedian

fold; two black discoidal points; postmedial line whitish, slightly

bent outwards below costa, excurved and minutely waved to vein 2,

Fig. 83.—Dilophothripa brachytorna, S. 3.

then incurved; subterminal line grey defined on each side by

slight’ dark points and with two white points at costa, somewhat

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black

points. Hind wing pale brown, the cilia whitish.

Hab. Bompay, Karwar (7. &. Bell), 8 35, 3 Q type; Borneo,

Sarawak (Wallace), 1 $. Hap. 16-18 millim.

Srot. IV. Abdomen of male with large rather bifid anal tuft; hind wing

normal,

6508. Dilophothripa olivia.

Dilophothripa olivia, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 584 (1905).

6. Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale olive; palpi

at sides and antenne blackish; tegule at tips and outer edge of

patagia brown ; abdomen whitish, Fore wing pale olive; a black

Fig. 84.—Dilophothripa olivia, . %.

patch on costa near base and some fiery red marks on inner area

before the indistinct oblique waved antemedial line; two minute

black points in middle of cell and two on discocellulars, and two more

SYMITHA. 943

prominent obliquely placed points below middle of cell; postmedial

line fuscous defined by white on inner side, very minutely waved,

very oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, a fuscous

patch beyond it on costa with white streak below it curving up to

apex; some white points on costa towards apex; a fuscous mark

beyond the postmedial line in submedian fold; subterminal line

white with fuscous marks on its inner side, excurved below costa

and at middle; a terminal series of black points, Hind wing white

slightly tinged with brown.

Hab, Borneo, Pulo.Laut (Doherty), 1 ¢ type. Hvp. 13 millim.

Genus SYMITHA. Ree

Syjmodaia, MWS, Seq USN, CUSIGD) cencoscostorcooacesboo00escco6cuR[D nolalella.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and slightly fringed with scales in front, the 3rd long and typically

smoothly sealed; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round ;

antennz of male minutely ciliated; prothorax without crest, metathorax with

large spreading crest; fore tibia fringed on both sides with long hair; mid

and hind tibiae smoothly scaled; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

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 from angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell, 4 absent, coincident with 3; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

Sect. I. Palpi with the 3rd joint fringed with hair above towards base.

6509. Symitha indicatana.

Tortrix indicatana, Wk. xxviii. 333 (1863); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. ix.

p. 107, pl. 163. f. 13; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 387,

Head and thorax white mixed with some dark brown, the

tegule almost wholly dark brown, the patagia with two brown bars

towards tips; the fore legs dark brown on inner side; abdomen

whitish tinged with brown dorsally, the basal crest black at tip. Fore

Fig. 85.—Symitha indicatana, S. i.

“wing white irrorated with brown; a brown spot at base of cell ; ante-

medial line double, brown filled in with white, oblique from costa to

vein | and bent inwards to inner margin, an oblique brown band

beyond it from costa to submedian fold with dark spots beyond it

below costa and in cell; medial line double, waved, with a black mark

o44 NOCTUID ©.

on it at vein 1, a wedge-shaped brown patch beyond it on costal

area and patch of brownish suffusion on inner area; a small black

spot on a white mark at end of cell; postmedial line double,

minutely waved, oblique to vein 6 where it is angled, then inwardly

oblique to submedian fold and bent outwards to inner margin ; an

oblique white mark from apical part of costa to the angle of

postmedial line; subterminal line white defined on inner side

by somewhat dentate blackish marks and a Jarger spot in submedian

interspace, bent inwards at discal fold, an indistinct maculate band

beyond it; a terminal series of black strie. Hind wing suffused

with fuscous.

Hab. Assam, Nagas; Curton, Dickoya (Green), 1 ¢,2 9; HAB.

1en,, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 22 millim.

Sec II. Palpi with the 3rd joint smoothly scaled.

6510. Symitha nolalella.

Symitha nolalella, Wik. xxxy. 1731 (1866).

Head and thorax white and dark brown mixed; palpi with

the 2nd joint brown at sides; abdomen white dorsally tinged

with brown. Fore wing white irrorated with brown, a patch

of brown suffusion on medial costal area extending on costa to

beyond postmedial line; subbasal line double, blackish filled in

with white, oblique, waved, from costa to vein 1, slight black

streaks before it below costa and cell; antemedial line double,

filled in with white, oblique, waved, angled outwards above inner -

margin, two slight black streaks beyond it above vein 1; a black

Fig. 86.—Symitha nolalella, 3. 3.

point in cell before the white discoidal bar which is defined on

outer side by brown; postmedial line double filled in with white,

waved, oblique to vein 6 where it is shghtly angled outwards, then

inwardly oblique to submedian fold and bent outwards to inner

margin; subterminal line white, dentate and defined on inner side

by slight dentate black marks and a spot in submedian interspace,

a slight brown shade beyond it; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing white suffused with brown except towards base.

Hab. Bexcat, Calcutta (Grote), 1 g ; Bomsay, N. Kanara,

Karwar (Bell), 1 36, 195; Cxrynon, 1 9; Java (Morsfield), 1 3

type. Exp. 18-20 millim.

PARDASENA. 245

Genus PARDASENA.

Type.

Pardasena, W1lk. xxxv. 1780 (1866) .......0ccccecceceseecececcscscnsses reselioides.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;

antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and with-

out crests ; tibiz slightly 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 and 5 from angle of cell, 4 absent, coincident with 3, rarely given

off just before termen ; 6, 7 from upper augle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

Sxcr. I, Fore wing of male on underside with patch of black androconia in

and below cell; hind wing with black androconia on upper and

under sides of costal area to beyond middle, the tornus eontorted

and with tufts of black hair in the cilia on underside.

6511. Pardasena virgulana.

Sarvothripa virgulana, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxii. p. xvii (1880) ;

Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 369. ;

Giaura nigriscripia, Hmpsn. A, M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 542 (1905).

Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous; abdomen white

dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white irrorated and

suffused with fuscous brown; a black streak on subcostal nervure

to the obliquely curved black subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ;

antemedial line almost medial, black defined on inner side by

white, excurved at subcostal nervure and below the cell, angled

inwards at vein 1, two slight black streaks or a black fascia

Fig. 87.—Pardasena virgulana, S$. $.

between it and postmedial line above submedian fold; postmedial

line black slightly defined on outer side by white, oblique from

costa to vein 6, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved and again slightly excurved at vein 1, the

veins beyond it slightly streaked with black; subterminal line

black, punctiform, excurved below vein 7 and at middle. Hind

wing white, the veins towards termen and the termen from

apex to vein 2 tinged with brown in female.

Hab.. Br. E. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 $6, 1 9, Kikuyu

(Crawshay), 1 Q type nigriscripta, Sabaki Valley (Gregory), 2 Q ;

TransvaaL (Cholmley), 1 9 ; Narat, Durban (Leigh), 2 2 ; Manpa-

GAscaR, type Tf in Coll. Mabille. Hap. 18-24 millim.

246 NOOTUID.&.

Secr. II. Fore and hind wings of male normal.

A. Fore wing with the lines continuous.

a. Fore wing pale olive-green .......1.0sscceeeersseeseesensesees “Verna.

b. Fore wing greenish grey suffused with brown ............ miochroa.

c. Fore wing not tinged with green.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from

Coslaitonvelmtayieneneeee donee resets eee cece ere minorella.

b}, Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards

below costa and incurved below vein 4.

a2, Fore wing with the antemedial line excuryed

IDENT COS) Saocscasqobenaobadnongoaboadgsbecasnecs00s060 reselioides.

b?, Fore wing with the antemedial line not excurved

IDMOW! COREE. connaqscetocsoacconcccacanab90eKo0900050000000 lativia.

B. Fore wing with the lines reduced to series of black points.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line present ............ punctata.

b. Fore wing with the subterminal line absent.

Gm Mhoraxawithyblacksspotsmereaeteeseeeceeeeeeeseae atripuncta.

6!, Thorax without black spots ................scsecessceeses melanosticta.

6512. Pardasena verna. (Plate CLX XX. fig. 23.)

Hypothripa verna, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 211 (1902).

¢. Head and tegule grey-green; palpi and antenne reddish

mixed with black-brown; thorax pale reddish mixed with black-

brown; abdomen pale grey-brown, the dorsal crest whitish ;

pectus and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore

wing pale olive-green irrorated with white especially on costal

half before the postmedial line and on apical area and with

some dark scales on the margins; a round patch on basal

area from costa to submedian fold with ochreous centre shading

into brown at edges; a white antemedial line with dark point

beyond it at costa, oblique to subcostal nervure, then slightly

sinuous and again oblique towards inner margin; postmedial line

white with smali black spots before and beyond it at costa and

some minute points before it at middle, oblique to vein 6, angled

inwards at discal and submedian folds and minutely waved between

those points; subterminal line represented by a black sjot on

costa, interrupted below costa, then black defined on outer side by

white, slightly angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a

terminal series of black points; cilia brownish. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown, a fine pale line at base of cilia; the under-

side white, the costal area tinged with ochreous towards base, a

faint diffused postmedial shade from costa to vein Z and terminal

shade.

Hab, Stxuim, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 3 type; Burma, Karen Hills,

Thandsung (Doherty), 1 g. Exp. 22 millim.

6513. Pardasena miochroa. (Plate CLX XX. fig. 24.)

Hypothripa iniochroa, Hmpsn. A. M. N, H. (7) xvi. p. 540 (1905).

@. Head and thorax greenish grey mostly suffused with reddish

brown ; abdomen greyish fuscous. Fore wing greenish grey

suffused and irrorated with reddish brown especially on basal costal

FARDASENA, 247

area and disk; a double minutely waved subbasal line from costa:

to submedian fold; a double minutely waved blackish antemedial

line from costa to vein 1, then angled outwards above inner margin ;

a whitish discoidal spot with two black points on it; postmedial

line blackish defined by grey on outer side, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate, angled inwards at vein 2; subterminal

line grey defined by fuscous before and beyond it, slightly excurved

at vein 7 and middle; a terminal series of minute black points.

Hind wing uniform fuscous brown; the underside paler except

costal area and terminal area to vein 2.

Hub. Corompia, St. Marta (Bouchard), 1 Q type. Hap. 24

millim.

6514. Pardasena minorella. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 25.)

Pardasena minorelia, W\k. xxxv. 1780 (1866),

2. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown ; pectus,

legs, and abdomen white. Fore wing white tinged with pale

brown; traces of a subbasal dark striga trom costa; antemedial

line almost medial, faint, oblique, sinuous ; postmedial line rather

punctiform and oblique, with a faint dark shade beyond it from

costa to vein 4, then incurved and hardly traceable; subterminal

line dark, punctiform, angled inwards at discal and submedian

folds; a slight dark shade before termen below apex; a terminal

series of blackish points. Hind wing white, the terminal area

tinged with pale brown from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Siprxa Luone (Morgan), 1 Q type in bad condition. Hap.

24 millim.

6515. Pardasena reselioides.

Acontia reseliotdes, Wik. xv. 1760 (1858).

Pardasena acronyctella, Wik. xxxv. 1730 (1866).

Blenina brunnescens, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 548 (1905).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous; abdomen

grey-white tinged with brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of,

abdomen white, the fore legs irrorated with brown in front and the

Fig. 88.—Pardasena reselicides, 3. $.

tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated

with fuscous; subbasal line blackish, curved, from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line blackish, obliquely excurved and

punctiform from below costa to inner margin ; a blackish discoidal

248 NOCFUID 4.

point and some blackish irroration in, beyond, and below end of

cell; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa, then puncti-

form, incurved below vein 4; submedian line rather diffused,

dentate, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a ter-

minal series of small black spots. Hind wing white tinged with

brown especially on the veins and terminal area.

Hab. Sterna Leont (Morgan, Foweroft), 3 2 type and type

acronyctella; Br. K. Arrica, Takaunga (Thomas), 1 Q ; Br. C.

Arrica, L. N yassa (de Jersey), 1 g type brunnescens. Hxp. 22-30

millim.

6516. Pardasena lativia, n. sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 26.)

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi blackish at

sides; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen pale reddish

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey-white irrorated

with brown, the antemedial area whiter ; a black point in cell near

base; subbasal line black, minutely dentate and inwardly oblique ;

antemedial line slight, double, black filled in with white, oblique,

sinuous ; postmedial line very indistinct, double, dark filled in with

whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6, then sinuous ; subterminal

line blackish, excurved below costa and at middle; a punctiform

black terminal line. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ;

a dark terminal line.

Hab. Goud Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 3 Q type. Hap. 24-26

millim.

6517. Pardasena punctata. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 26.)

Pardasena punctata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr, Mus, ii. p. 444 (1902).

@. Head and thorax brownish white; palpi with some black

on 2nd and 3rd joints above; back of head with pair of black

spots; tegule with slight dorsal blackish spot, patagia with slight

blackish spots) metathorax with slight paired tufts of black hair ;

abdomen white suffused with pale iow the dorsal crest black at

tip. Fore wing white faintly tinged with pale brown and irrorated

with fuscous; a black point at base of costa; a subbasal black

striga from costa and point in cell; antemedial line represented by

a small black spot on vein 1 and a few scales at middle of cell,

on vein 2 and inner margin; a slight discoidal point; a post-

medial series of small black spots, very obliquely excurved from

costa to vein 4, then oblique, some black irroration beyond it on

costa; a rather diffused black subterminal line, excurved below

vein 7 and middle; a terminal series of minute black points.

Hind wing brownish white with diffused fuscous on veins 6 to 2

and on termen from apex to vein 2.

Hab, Natat, Durban (Leigh), 1 9 type. xp. 20 millim.

PARDASENA.— APOTHRIPA, ~ 249

6518. Pardasena atripuncta, n.sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 27.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with grey, the

palpi and frons yellowish white ; antennee blackish; back of head,

tegule, base of patagia, and metathorax with pairs of black spots ;

abdomen with the small basal crest black at tips, ventral surface

white. Fore wing pale grey clouded with pale brown, the medial

area paler except at costa; a black point at base of costa and subbasal

points below costa and cell; au antemedial series of four black

points ; medial black points below costa and in submedian fold; a

discoidal point and postmedial point above inner margin; a ter-

minal series of rather triangular black points. Hind wing grey

suffused with brown ; the underside grey-white.

Hab, Nata, Durban (Leigh), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 20 millim.

6519. Pardasena melanosticta, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 28.)

do. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish grey, antenne

black ; metathorax with minute paired tufts of black scales ;

abdomen with the dorsal crest black at tips. Fore wing pale

brownish grey ; small subbasal black spots below costa and cell;

an antemedial series of five small black spots, very oblique from

costa to submedian fold where it is angled outwards to near post-

medial line ; a postmedial series of slight black points and small

spots at discal fold and vein 1, oblique from costa to discal fold.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; the underside with an

ochreous tinge on costal area to beyond middle.

Hab. Br. E. Arnica, Teita (Jackson), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 16

millim.

Genus APOTHRIPA. dtp

Apothripa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 653 (1907) ... iphida,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, slender, the 2nd joint

reaching to middle of frons, the drd moderate; frons smooth with ridge of

scales above between antennz ; eyes large, round; antenne of male minutely

ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibia

smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3, 4 stalked ;

5 from just above angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked; 5 fully developed

ssomuenele of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with cell to

middle,

A. Fore wing with bifid white spot at middle of terminal area.

a. Fore wing with triangular white patch on middle of inner

TRARTTSIY. « gaadenboobpecageodenesoHan pan eronassdadebadcoacaoctecodonaen albonotata.

b. Fore wing with white fascia ou middle of inner margin... binotata,

B. Fore wing without bifid white spot at middle of terminal area iphida.,

250 NOCTUID&.

6520. Apothripa albonotata. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 29.)

Clettharra albonotata, Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 884 (1894).

Head and thorax white mixed with brown and some fuscous, the

metathorax pure white; abdomen fuscous brown, white at base;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tarsi

and base of mid tarsi blackish. Fore wing grey suffused with pale

olive-brown, the veins beyond the cell streaked with black; a tuft of

black scales below base of costa; subbasal line black, curved,

slightly defined on outer side by white; antemedial line double,

white, the outer line slightly excurved at subcostal nervure, some

pink between and beyond the lines in and below the cell, and a minute

tuft of yellow scales in cell; reniform small, with yellow and

rufous centre defined by black; a triangular white patch at middle

of inner margin, its apex extending to vein 2; postmedial line fine,

dark, slichtly defined on outer side by white, oblique from costa to

vein 6 then nearly erect, a conical black patch beyond it on costa

defined by white extending to apex and with two black points on

the costa; the terminal part of inner area more or less prominently

chestnut-red ; subterminal line shght, white, somewhat excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, a small bifid white spot beyond it

between veins 4, 3; a terminal series of slight dark points; cilia

grey-brown towards apex, white below middle and chestnut-red

towards tornus. Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal area

suffused with brown; cilia brownish at base, white at tips; the

underside white, the costal and terminal areas suffused with brown.

Hab. Stxnim (Pilcher, Moller), 2 3,3 9; Burma, Tenasserim

(Doherty), type T g in Coll. Druce. Hap. 22 millim.

6521. Apothripa binotata, n. sp. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 30.)

g. Head and thorax white mixed with purplish red; palpi

brown; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibize and tarsi

brown ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally suffused with

rufous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous, the inner

half suffused with purplish red, a black-brown streak along median

nervyure and vein 4 from base to termen, a white fascia on medial

part of inner margin; a small tuft of black scales at base of

cell; a curved blackish subbasal line from costa to vein 1;

antemedial line almost obsolete on costal half, whitish with ‘

few black scales on its outer edge and excurved below costa, on

inner half deep red and oblique; postmedial line very indistinct,

whitish defined on inner side by some dark scales at middle and

towards inner margin, oblique to vein 6, incurved below vein 4

to below end of cell and again excurved above inner margin, a

conical patch of blackish suffusion beyond it on costal area with

two white points on the costa; subterminal line very indistinct,

whitish, minutely waved, with two small quadrate white spots

beyond it above and below vein 3 ; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

grey and brown with a white patch at the lower white spot.

APOTHRIPA. 251

Hind wing whitish, the veins and terminal half suffused with

brown ; cilia ochreous white; the underside white, the costal and

terminal areas: tinged with brown. Meh

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Hwp. 22 millim.

6522. Apothripa iphida.

Clettharra iphida, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 490 (1901).

¢. Head and thorax white, the palpi, vertex of head, and tegule

tinged with red-brown, the patagia red with some blackish scales

on upper edge; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing purplish

red-brown with ill-defined whitish fascia on costal area and inner

margin and some pinkish above vein 1 to postmedial line; a sub-

basal white striga from costa and some fuscous scales on inner

margin ; antemedial line indistinct, dark defined on inner side by

Fig. 89.—Apothripaiphida, 3. }.

whitish towards inner margin, oblique to middle of cell, then erect

and slightly incurved at vein 1; an indistinct blackish discoidal

striga ; postmedial line indistinct, dark, defined by whitish towards

costa and inner margin, very oblique below costa, excurved to vein

3 and strongly angled inwards above vein 1; some small blackish

spots on costa towards apex; traces of a subterminal line defined

by a few whitish scales, oblique below costa; cilia intersected

with whitish. Hind wing white, the terminal half slightly tinged

with brown except towards tomnus.

Hab. Assam, Jaintia Hills, 1 ¢ type. Lwp. 24 millim.

Genus NANAGUNA.

Type.

iNomagina, \Wk, soxyitl, SH) CUES) con csaosoononnesesoaopcesaanon0a900006 breviuscula.

Chauniinenra, Ws, xoxmiit, NOM (USED) coccossdoseoonssosesssasc00s0no0s0r breviuscula.

Dumatha, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 195 (1864)...... herbida.

Bagistana, Wik. xxxiit. JO93 (W865) | .........0..ceeceseescee eee ceeees breviuscula.

Tamusida, W\k. xxxv. 1732 (1866) ........... gga canainceaen sesioremay vittalis.

Lhrypticodes, ‘Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxiii. p. 17 (1899). breviuscula.

Proboseis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to

middle of frons and slenderly scaled, the 3rd long and slightly dilated at

extremity ; frons smooth with tuft of hair above between antennx ; eyes large,

round ; antennee of male laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales, the tegule produced to a slight dorsal ridge, the meta-

thorax with depressed crest; fore and mid tibiz moderately fringed with hair,

the hind tibia 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 froin near angle of cell; 6 from upperangle ; 7, 8,9, 10 stalked;

252 NOCIUID”.

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 fully developed from

lower angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

to middle.

Secr. I. (Nanaguna.) Antenne of male with ridge of hair on shaft above towards

base ; the fore tibize and tarsal joints tufted with hair ; abdomen with lateral

tufts of long hair from near base and extremity ; hind wing with the costa

strongly lobed and fringed with hair, a large tuft of hair below the costa

on upperside and a tuft of long hair in upper part of cell,

6523. Nanaguna breviuscula.

Nanaguna breviuscula, Wik. xxvii. 85 (1863).

Clettharra valida, Wk. xxvii. 101 (1863); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix.

p- 108, pl. 163. f. 12; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 384.

Bagistana rudis, Wk, xxxiii. 1093 (1865).

Thrypticodes xyloglypta, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. (2) iv. p. 1073 (1890) ;

Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 916.

Symitha nigridisca, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 87, pl. 146, f. 11

(1891).

Clettharra floceifera, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 386 (1894).

g. Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale brown; abdomen

white dorsally tinged with ochreous and with grey at extremity,

the anal segment deep black ventrally. Fore wing whitish tinged

with ochreous and irrorated with red-brown, a dark brown patch

on inner area from postmedial line to termen; an oblique blackish

Fig. 90.—Nanaguna breviuscula, $. 4+

1°

subbasal band from costa to submedian fold defined on outer side

by whitish; antemedial line whitish defined on outer side by

blackish, angled outwards below costa and at submedian fold;

a faint blackish discoidal point; postmedial line whitish defined on

inner side by minute black streaks on veins 6 to 2, very oblique

from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; some

black points on costa towards apex and faint traces of a minutely

dentate whitish subterminal line; the terminal area with a faint

greenish tinge except towards tornus; cilia red and dark brown

towards tornus. Hind wing white, the termen tinged with brown

except towards tornus, the tuft of hair below costa purplish red,

the tuft in cell pale fuscous.

@. Abdomen with the anal segment not black below.

_ Ab. 1. Fore wing more variegated with white and brown, the

inner medial area white irrorated with black.

Ab. 2. Fore wing more uniform ochreous suffused with brown,

and without the dark patch on terminal part of inner area.

NANAGUNA,> 953

Ab. 3. Fore wing with dark streaks in discal fold and above

vein 2.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with prominent black discoidal spot.

Ab. 5. Fore wing with black patch on middle of costa.

Ab. 6 (nigridisca). Fore wing with black patch except on inner

area from near base to postmedial line and thence in discal fold to

termen.

Ab. 7. Fore wing wholly suffused with black except inner area.

Ab. 8. Fore wing with broad brown fascia on inner margin from

base to the terminal patch.

Hab. Punsas, Kangra (Hocking), 1 3; Srxurm (Dudgeon, Pilcher,

Moller), 6 6,4 2; Buneat, Calcutta, 2 ¢,1 9; Manras, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 1 2 type nigridisca; Cryton, Puttalam (Pole), 2 3,

1 92, Pundaloya (Green), 1 9; Bornzo, Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 3,

1 Q type and type valida; Durcn N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt),

1 ¢; Lovisrapes, St. Aignan (Meek), 1 9; QueEnstanp, Brisbane

(Turner), 1 6, 2 9; N.S. Watrs (Raynor), 1 3. Hap. 22-26

millim. Type f rudis in Mus. Oxon., type t floccifera in Coll.

Rothschild,

Suct. II. Antenne, fore legs, and abdomen of male normal.

A. Hind wing of male with the costa fringed with long hair to beyond

middle, —

6524. Nanaguna brunnea.

Nanaguna brunnea, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 583 (1905).

3. Head and thorax pale reddish brown more or less tinged

with fuscous; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing pale

reddish brown slightly irrorated with black, the inner area to post-

medial line and sometimes the inner half of terminal area whitish ;

the costal area near base and at middle, the cell and area just below

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Fig. 91.—Nanaguna brunnea, $. }

it sometimes suffused with black; subbasal line represented by an

inwardly oblique striga from costa and a very oblique streak from

cell to antemedial line at vein 1, obscured in the black-suffused

specimens ; antemedial line almost medial, strongly angled outwards

on subcostal nervure and in submedian fold and inwards in cell and

on vein 1; traces of adiscoidal annulus; postmedial line with series

of black points on it and defined by whitish on outer side, very

oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and incurved

below vein 2 where there is some brownish or fuscous beyond it ;

some slight fuscous and whitish points on costa towards apex ;

254 NOCTUID &.

traces of a waved grey subterminal line with two obliquely placed

fuscous points beyond it at vein 2 and sometimes a point on it in

submedian fold; a terminal series of black points; cilia ochreous

with series of brownish or fuscous spots. Hind wing whitish

uniformly suffused with pale reddish brown the underside whitish,

the costal area tinged with brown.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 g type; Puro Laur (Doherty), 1 3.

Exp. 26 millim.

B. (Tamusida.) Hind wing of male normal.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly produced at

vein 6.

a‘, Fore wing with whitish fascia from costa near base to

termen below apex.

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. Fore wing without whitish fascia from costa near base

to termen,

a Fore wing with lech subbasal patch on costa ... « basaiis.

Fore wing without blackish subbasal patch on costa clopea.

b. Fors wing with the postmedial line not produced at

Eee 6,

= Moe wing not suffused with olive-green.

. Fore wing without rufous pateh « on basal esta area variegata.

i, Fore wing with rufous patch on basal.costal area.

a3, Fore wing with the postmedial and subterminal

albisecta.

vittalis.

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6%. Fore wing with the postmedial and subterminal

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. Fore wing suffused with olive-green ..............ceeses eens herbida,

6525. Nanaguna albisecta. (Plate CLXXX., fig. 31.)

Nanaguna albisecta, Hmpsn. A. M,N. H. (7) xvi. p. 583 (1905).

@. Head and thorax whitish slightly tinged with brown,;

tegule at tips, sight marks on patagia, and a patch on mesothorax

black; fore tibie and tarsi banded with fuscous. Fore wing pale

olive-grey slightly irrorated with black; some rufous suffusion

below the cell near base and below middle of terminal area;

a diffused white fascia from costa near base through the cell and

thence to apex, defined below by a black streak ending in a black

spot at lower angle of cell; a medial black line, oblique and puncti-

form from costa to the white fascia, waved below the cell; a rather

punctiform black postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side,

very oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, some

blackish points beyond it on costa and slight streaks from vein 6 to

submedian fold; a small wedge-shaped white spot on middle of

termen; a terminal series of black points; cilia pale with some

dark spots towards apex and a black patch above tornus. Hind

wing whitish tinged with brown especially on the veins and

terminal area.

NANAGUNA. 255

Hab. Assam, Khasis; Cryton, Kandy (Machwood), 1 9, Putta-

lam (Pole), 1 Q type; SamBawa (Doherty), 1 2. Hep. 20 millim.

6526. Nanaguna vittalis. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 32.)

Tamusida vittalis, Wik. xxxv. 1733 (1866).

@. Head and thorax white mixed wlth red-brown ; pectus

white; abdomen white dorsally suffused with red-brown. Fore

wing white, the costal area obliquely suffused with pale olive from

before middle to termen at vein 6, defined below by a white fascia,

then suffused with red-brown and purplish red to vein 1, the inner

margin whitish with a quadrate black-brown patch at middle;

a very oblique blackish striga from costa near base; blackish

streaks along median nervure and vein 4 to termen and in base of

submedian fold; a very indistinct whitish antemedial line defined

on each side by some slight dark points, oblique from costa to sub-

costal nervure, incurv ed j in cell and at vein 1; postmedial line very

indistinct, whitish, very oblique from middle of costa to vein 6 and

incurved below vein 4; traces of a minutely dentate whitish sub-

terminal line faintly detined on inner side by brown, excurved

below costa, a white spot beyond it between veins 4, 3; some dark

points on costa towards apex; cilia red-brown at discal and sub-

median folds and with slight dark line through them. Hind wing

white, the veins and terminal area suffused with purple-brown ;

cilia white, brownish at base; the underside white, the costal and

terminal areas tinged with brown.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 9 type. Exp. 28 millim.

| 6527, Nanaguna meee

Clettharra basalis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 105, pl. 158. f. 7 (1885) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 384,

do. Head and thorax whitish suffused with brown; fore and

mid tarsi dark brown; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with

brown. Fore wing grey faintly tinged with olive and tinged with

purplish on antemedial and medial areas; a blackish patch on

subbasal costal area, defined at sides by biack lines; medial line

“a cy

Fig. 92,—Nanaguna basalis, 6. 3

whitish defined on outer side by black scales, excurved below costa

and in submedian fold; aslight black discoidal point and a blackish

patch on inner medial area; postmedial line white defined on inner

side by black points, very oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved

256 NOCTUIDAE.

below vein 4, some blackish suffusion beyond it at middle of

terminal area and a small triangular spot just before termen

between veins 4,3; some blackish points on terminal part of costa ;

traces of a waved whitish subterminal line; a terminal series of

rather triangular black points ; cilia chequered with blackish on

apical half and at submedian fold. Hind wing whitish, the veins

and terminal half suffused with brown; cilia brownish at base,

white at tips.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the antemedial and medial areas suffused

with blackish.

Hab. Assam, Niigas (Doherty), 1 $; Cryton, Colombo (Mack-

wood), 3 $ type, Kandy (Mackwood),1 3. Hap. 22 millim.

6528. Nanaguna clopea. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 1.)

Dendrothripa elopea, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 92 (1902).

@. Head and thorax grey slightly mixed with brown; abdomen

grey tinged with brown. Fore wing grey partly suffused with

brown and irrorated with fuscous ; traces of a curved subbasal line;

the antemedial line black, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

bent inwards to vein 1 where it terminates ; two rather indistinct

waved medial lines; the postmedial line black, very obliquely

downcurved from costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then oblique

to submedian fold where it is obtusely angled, and with traces of a

line beyond it; a sinuous subterminal line, obsolescent on costal

half, strong and diffused on inner half. Hind wing pale tinged

with brown especially towards termen.

Hab. QurenstanD, Brisbane, 1 9, type | Q in Coll. Turner

Exp, 22 millim.

6529. Nanaguna variegata.. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 2.)

Clettharra variegata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 384 (1894),

Head and thorax grey, the vertex of head, tegule, and prothorax

suffused with black; palpi with the lst and 2nd joints red-brown ;

pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibiz and tarsi suffused

with brown; abdomen brown with white segmental lines, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing pale red-brown, the area just

beyond the ante- and postmedial lines and on inner half before the

postmedial line suffused with fuscous grey with some pale pinkish

beyond it; a small tuft of grey scales below base of cell ; antemedial

line black, oblique, from costa to submedian fold, followed by

fuscous grey suffusion, then an oblique whitish band ; medial line

indistinctly double, oblique, slightly angled inwards in cell; an

oblique black striga on ‘upper discocellular ; postmedial line black

slightly defined on outer side by whitish before the fuscous grey

suffusion, minutely waved and slightly angled outwards at veins

4 and 1, the fuscous suffusion followed by a whitish band, then

some pinkish and a black point on costa; a terminal series of

NANAGUNA. 257

minute black points. Hind wing semihyaline white tinged with

brown, the veins darker; the underside white, a faint brownish

subterminal band from costa to vein 2.

Hab. Stxuim (Dudgeon, Pilcher, Moller), 1 3, 2 9; Buaurin

(Dudgeon), 1 5; Cryton, Gampola (Mackwood), 1g. Hxp, 20-

22 millim. Type f in Coll. Rothschild.

6530. Nanaguya erastioides. (Plate CXCI. fig. 30.)

Etanna. erastioides, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 119 (1862) ; Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. i. p. 182, & i1. p. 79.

Erastria verecunda, Pag. Zuologica, xii, Hft. 29, p. 79 (1900).

2. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown; palpi

rufous at sides; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibie and

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally tinged

with brown leaving white segmental lines. Fore wing whito

irrorated with pale brown; a conical rufous subbasal patch from

costa to vein 1 with the oblique black subbasal line near its outer

edge; antemedial line indistinct, double, brownish, angled outwards

below costa and at median nervure, then slightly bent inwards, then

oblique, some orange scales on it in and below cell; an orange

discoidal point, a rufous patch above it on costa; postmedial line

minutely dentate, slightly angled outwards at vein 4; subterminal

line brown defined on outer side by white, minutely dentate,

incurved from costa to vein 4 and with the area beyond it suffused

with red-brown ; a terminal series of minute triangular black

points ; cilia tinged with red-brown. Hind wing white, the

veins and terminal area suffused with red-brown; cilia tinged

with red-brown.

Hab, Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 9; Bismarck ARCHIPELAGO,

type T verecunda in Coll. Rothschild. Hap. 18 millim.

*6531. Nanaguna florida.

Htanna florida, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 119 (1862); Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. i. p. 182, pl. iv. f. 15, & ii. p. 79.

3S. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the

last with white segmental lines; pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen white, the fore and mid tibie and the tarsi banded with

brown. Fore wing white tinged with brown; the basal area

strongly suffused with rufous and with a large tuft of raised scales

below base of cell, bounded by the double oblique antemedial line,

the inner line rather diffused, black, the outer line slight, brownish ;

a double oblique medial line with diffused brown patch on it in sub-

median interspace ; the outer half of medial areca suffused with

rufous, more strongly towards costa, a black point just beyond the

medial line on costa; postmedial line double, with dark point on the

inner lineand dark patch beyond the outer line at costa and a blackish

bar on the inner line beyond the cell, slightly excurved at veins 6,

4, and 1 and incurved in submedian fold; terminal area suffused

with rufous, broadly at costa, narrowing to a point at submedian

VOL. XI. : 3

958 NOCTUID &.

fold and with traces of a pale subterminal line on it excurved below

vein 6; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white tinged

with rufous, more strongly on terminal area from apex to vein 3 5.

cilia whitish: the underside ochreous white with narrow brownish

subterminal band from costa to vein 2.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), type t S in Mus. Oxon.

Exp. 22 millim.

#6532. Nanaguna herbida.

Dumatha herbida, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 195 (1864) ; Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 78, pl. ii. f. 21.

©. Head and thorax white suffused with olive-green and brown ;

abdomen brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

white, the fore tibize and the tarsi banded with brown. Fore wing

whitish suffused with olive-green and some brown ; some brown at

base of inner margin; antemedial line rather diffused, brown,

slightly excurved from costa to submedian fold, then more strongly

excuryed ; a white bar from middle of costa and slight marks in and

below the cell defined on outer side by brown points ; some brown

suffusion beyond lower angle of cell; postmedial line double, the

inner line slight and oblique from costa to vein 4, then somewhat

incurved, minutely waved and defined on outer side by white, the

outer line defined on outer side by white, slightly angled outwards

at vein 6, excurved at middle and below submedian fold, some

brown suffusion before and beyond the lines from discal fold to

inner margin, some white points beyond them on costa; a sub-

terminal series of small black spots, slightly incurved at discal fold

and excurved to termen above tornus, with white points on the

outer side of the spots towards costa and white suffusion below

discal fold. Hind wing red-brown. Underside of fore wing

fuscous brown, the terminal area pale rufous, extending on costal

area to near middle; hind wing whitish tinged with brown and

with traces of a subterminal series of dark points.

Hab. Bornro, Sarawak (Wallace), type + 2 in Mus. Oxon.

Eep. 24 millim.

Genus LOPHOTHRIPA.

Lophothripa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 528 (1896)

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, thé 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 38rd long; frons smooth, with tuft of hair

above; eyes large, round ; antennze of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with large spreading crest; tibix

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crests

on 4th and 5th segments very large. Fore wing with the costa strongly arched

near hbase, 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 forma long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ;

5 fully developed from just above angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

§ anastomosing with the cell near base only.

LOPHOTHRIPA.—CHLOETHRIPA, 259

6533. Lophothripa vitea.

Selepa vitea, Swinh. P.Z.S. 1885, p. 460, pl. 27. f. 17; Hmpsn. Ill. Het.

B. M. ix. p. 108, pl. 163. f. 24 ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 385.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some white; abdomen

whitish irrorated with brown, the crests darker; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore and mid tibie barred

with black, the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing grey-

brown suffused with fuscous black to the postmedial line ; subbasal

line black, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black,

oblique, with ridge of raised scales on it from costa to submedian

fold ; medial line formed by a ridge of raised scales, slightly ex-

curved ; a discoidal bar of raised scales ; postmedial line formed of

raised dark scales slightly defined on outer side by white, excurved

Fig. 93.—Lophothripa vitea, 3. 3.

beyond the cell and slightly angled inwards at discal fold, oblique

towards inner margin, with patches of fuscous black suffusion

beyond it at costa and middle ; subterminal line black slightly

defined on outer side by whitish, excurved and minutely waved; a

terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing brown, whitish at

base ; cilia with a fine white line at base and whitish tips; the

underside white suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with whitish suffusion beyond the antemedial

line and on postmedial area.

Hab, Breneat, Caleutta, 1 2 ; Bombay (Swinhoe), 1 3,2 2 type,

Khandialla; Mapras, Nilgiris, 1 ¢ ; Cnyton (Alston), 1 2 , Colombo

(Green), 2 9, Puttlam (Pole), 1 ¢ ;. Burma, Rangoon, 1 g,2 9;

QueEensLanD, Townsville (Dodd), 1 6,2 9. Ewp. 20-26 millim.

Genus CHLOETHRIPA, nov.

Type, C. chlorana.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and broadly rounded with scales in front, the Srd long, thickly scaled

and fringed with hair behind; frons smooth; eyes large, round ; antenne of

male almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests; tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

segments. Fore wing with the costa arched near base, the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 trom 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 fully developed from angle of cell; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle,

260 NOCTUID&.

6534. Chloethripa chlorana.

Sarrothripa chlorana, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 528 (1896).

Head and thorax dark sap-green with a few whitish scales, the

patagia blackish at tips; antennse brown; abdomen fuscous brown,

the crests with white mixed; pectus, femora, and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish, the tibize and tarsi brown, the spurs and tarsi

ringed with white. Fore wing sap-green irrorated with white ; a

diffused black and chocolate-brown shade from base in and below

cell to middle of termen, extending to costa beyond the antemedial

line, some brown suffusion on apical part of costa and termen ;

antemedial line slight, white, very oblique to above vein 1, then re-

curved to inner margin; small black spots at middle of cell and on

Fig. 94.— Chlocthripa chlorana, 3. 3

discocellulars ; postmedial line fine, white, very oblique and slightly

sinuous from costa before middle to vein 6, strongly incurved below

vein 3, and angled outwards at vein 2; subterminal line white,

slight, curved and minutely dentate to discal fold, then stronger,

angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved and ending on termen at

submedian fold; the inner area tinged with rufous towards tornus,

the cilia fuscous chequered with white at tips, bright rufous towards

tornus. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips.

Hab. Stxuim, 1800’ (Dudgeon), 1 3 type; Assam, Khasis, 1 2.

Exp, 24 millim.

Genus MNIOTHRIPA, nov.

Type, WM. lichenigera.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and very broadly rounded with scales in front, the 3rd moderate; frons

smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male almost

simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with

depressed crest; fore tibia broadly fringed on both sides with scales, the mid

and hind tibize moderately scaled; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments.

Fore wing with the costa strongly arched near base, 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 long areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 fully developed

from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to

near middle.

MNIOTHRIPA.—SARROTHRIPUS, 261

6535. Mniothripa lichenigera.

Giaura lichenigera, Hmpsn, A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 543 (1905).

Head and thorax greenish grey more or less mixed with reddish

brown and black ; palpi reddish brown at sides barred with black ;

fore tibis reddish brown in front barred with black; abdomen

grey dorsally tinged with fuscous brown. Fore wing grey more

or less tinged with green and irrorated with fuscous, sometimes

mostly suffused with red-brown; a diffused black fascia in sub-

median interspace, sometimes confined to medial area, ending at post-

medial line or downcurved at extremity and reaching tornus, another

streak above inner margin from near base to postmedial line some-

times present ; a subbasal line of raised black scales, oblique from

costa to cell where it is angled and ending at submedian fold; a

very oblique sinuous autemedial line retracted to costa; a round.

Fig. 95.—Mniothripa lichenigera, 3. 3.

tuft of raised scales in end of cell; postmedial line formed of raised

black scales, sinuous, very oblique from costa to vein 4, below vein

3 retracted to lower angle of cell, then rather oblique and defined

by white on outer side to inner margin, sometimes with a black

patch at costa; subterminal line whitish with diffused fuscous on

inner side, excurved at yein 7 and at middle, bent inwards at vein

3, then oblique to near tornus; a terminal series of black points

sometimes with a fuscous band before them from below apex to

vein 3. Hind wing fuscous brown with a reddish tinge, the inter-

spaces pale except on terminal area.

Ab. 1. Fore wing suffused with deep green except on medial

costal area and without the black fascia.

Ab. 2. Fore wing deep silvery purple-grey without any green

tinge and without the black fascia.

Hab. Srmrra Leone (Clements), 1 3 ; 8. Nra@urta, Olokemeji

(Dudgeon), 1 3 ; Sixuim, 1 Q ; Sincapore (Ridley, Wood-Jones),

4 $,3 9 type. Hap. 18-20 millim.

Genus SARROTHRIPUS.

Typo.

Sarrothripus, Curtis, Brit. Tut. i. expl. pl. 29 (1824) .............. renan

Ania, valtilom, WOR jo GD (WZ) codocoanscooosposconn0b0ns0000nn0000000 revayand,

Srobpnia, Wik, se3e76 W743} (MSGO)...coccscoono90go00n0aHeocneqcoboseeHnonAG revayand.

Icasma, Turner, P. Linn. Soc, N.S. W. xxvii. p. 90 (1902) ...... minuta.

INg@ugoliat, 18M Weyatis WHEClcoccdonoecen.09 ozcd05U00 boabandnopoocnroosacoooe revayant.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi with the 2nd joint oblique, the 2rd down-

curved, extending about twice the length of head and fringed with long hair

262 NOCTUIDAE.

above and below; frons smooth; a large ridge of hair from between antenne ;

eyes large, round; antennee of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with large spreading

crest ; fore tibixe fringed on both sides with long hair; abdomen with dorsal

crest at base only. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa highly arched near

base and the margins subparallel, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved

and not crenulate; vein 3 from before angle of cell, 5 from above angle; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long narrow aerole, or

vein 7 often separate; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked almost

to termen; 5 fully developed from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with tlie cell to middle.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent inwards in sub-

median interspace.

a. Fore wing with the reniform eliptical and defined by

LEG ga aseercade cecencoraanneonte spnpetcguansdsouaac.SocgpEsan ose malachitis.

6. Fore wing with the renifurm small, round, and not

defined by black.

a‘. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale yellow-green virescens.

b', Fore wing with the ground-colour not yellow-green.

a®. Fore wing with the ground-colour ochreous grey. musculana.

6?, Fore wing with the ground-colour not ochreous

(REY - sonnossantiooonoogpaconabanconndbodsaeseosuOOSC0b000N00 revayand.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and minutely

dentate from vein 4 to submedian fold,

a. Fore wing with small black spot in submedian fold

before subterminal line.

a', Fore wing with small black spot on antemedial line

above vein 1.

a*. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from

below costa to vein 4 .......66...... eaesemeesenaen coreana,

4°, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled out-

wards at vein 6 and inwards at discalfold ...... parvella.

b!, Fore wing without small black spot on antemedial

line above vein 1.

a*, Fore wing wholly suffused with red-brown.

a’. Fore wing with the antemcdial line touching

the postmedial line in submedian fold ........ . symmicta.

6%, Fore wing with the antemedial line well sepa-

rated from the postmedial line in submedian

fold.

«4, Fore wing without black streaks in the inter-

spaces from subbasal to subterminal line ... éndica.

i4, Fore wing with black streaks in the interspaces

from subbasal to subterminal line ............ strigivenata.

b*, Fore wing grey slightly tinged with brown. .

a®. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled in-

wards at discal fold.

a‘, Fore wing with the postmedia] line minutely

dentate from below costa to vein 4.

a>. Fore wing with small black spot beyond the

postmedial line at discal fold ..,............ cand.

8. Fore wing without black spot beyond the

postmedial line at diseal fold ............... grisea,

54, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

dentate from below costa to vein 4............ SiNWOSE.

63, Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled

inwards at discal fold.

a‘, Fore wing not tinged with green ............... minute,

4*. Fore wing tinged with QTCEN.. 0. ce eseeeeeer revere exophila,

SARROTHRIPUS. 263

b. Fore wing without small black spot in submedian fold

before subterminal line.

a’. Fore wing without oblique dark area from middle

of costa to inner margin towards tornus.

a*, Fore wing not tinged with yellow-green.

a’, Kore wing not silvery white.

a‘, Fore wing with triangular dark patch at

middle of costal area.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

angled outwards at vein 6.

a. Fore wing without purplish red discoidal

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26, Fore wing with purplish red discoidal

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b°. Fore wing with the pustmedial line augled

outwards at vein 6 ........2...0+0+0s seesee mesoplaga.

5. Fore wiug without triangular dark patch at

middle of costal area.

@. Fore wing with the postmedial line distinctly

Weviedsbel OWsVelMe La meeesecsiereseee ce iecciets erystallites.

b°. Fore wing with the postmedial line hardly

Wwaveduhelowarye ine teeseeesseseessseeeeeeecerice poliophea.

b*. Fore wing with the ground-colour silvery white aroa.

b*, Fore wing tinged with yellow-green ............... avola,

b'. Fore wing with oblique dark area from middle of

costa to inner margin towards tornus ...... ........ cebeu.

C. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved trom below

costa to vein 4, then incurved ............... sssecssessosees . beopis.

D. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below costa,

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6536, Sarrothripus malachitis, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 3.)

@. Head and thorax white mixed with pale blue-green and

blackish ; antennee brown except at base; tarsi ringed with black ;

abdomen white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing with the

costal area white suffused in parts with blue-green, from apex

obliquely to vein 1, at antemedial line, and thence to base, the rest

of wing brownish grey thickly irrorated with fuscous and with some

white and blue-green on terminal area between veins 4 and 2; sub-

basal line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line black, incurved in cell and at vein 1 and strongly angled out-

wards at submedian fold ; orbicular and reniform defined by black,

the former small, round, the latter elliptical; medial line black, bent

outwards from below costa to the reniform, oblique and sinuous

below the cell ; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa,

bent inwards in submedian interspace, then outwards again ; sub-

terminal line black, minutely dentate, the veins beyond it streaked

with black. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins towards

termen and the termen to vein 2 brown; the underside wholly

white.

Hab. Br. i. Arrica, Muani (Betton), 1 2 type. Hap, 24 millim.

264 NOCLUID A.

6537. Sarrothripus virescens.

Plotheia virescens, Hmpsn, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 210, pl. B,

f, 25 (1902).

Head and thorax yellow-green mixed with white and some

fuseous ; tegule and patagia with blackish lines before the tips

which are white ; palpi, pectus, and legs white irrorated with

fuscous ; abdomen brownish grey, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing white suffused with yellow-green; subbasal line blackish,

somewhat dentate, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then in-

wardly oblique; black spots in and below the cell before the double

blackish antemedial line, which is excurved to median nervure, then

waved, the outer line angled outwards above inner margin ; reniform

small, round, its centre formed of raised deep red scales and with

traces of a whitish annulus with some black scales before it ; post-

medial line indistinctly double, minutely waved, excurved to vein 4,

then ineurved, and again excurved above inner margin, a black patch

followed by small spots beyond it on costa; subterminal line

whitish defined on inner side by black, excurved below costa and

at middle and ineurved at discal and submedian folds; a terminal

series of black points; cilia whitish at base, brown at tips. Hind

wing whitish tinged with grey-brown ; the underside whiter with

fuscous subterminal shade from costa to vein 2.

Hub. Sixuia (Pilcher), 1 $,1 2 type. vp. 24 millim.

*6538. Sarrothripus musculana. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 4.)

Sarrothripa musculana, Eirsch. Fedtsch. Reise, p. 31, pl. 2. f. 27 (1874) ;

Staud. Cat, Lep, pal. p. 361.

Q. Head and thorax ochreous grey with some brown scales ;

pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown; abdomen grey-white

dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous grey irrorated with

fuscous ; two slight oblique dark subbasal lines from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line indistinctly double, oblique to median

nervure, then incurved and angled outwards at vein 1; postmedial

line indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, angled inwards

at discal fold, oblique below vein 4 and bent inwards in submedian

interspace, then bent outwards above inner margin ; an oblique

diffused dark streak from apex to vein 7, then a waved subterminal

line angled outwards at vein 4; a terminal series of minute black

points. Hind wing white suffused with pale brown.

Ab, 1. Fore wing with the lines more distinct and filled in with

white, the antemedial area whiter, the medial area suffused with

brown and with triangular fuscous shade from costa.

Hab. W. Turxrsran, Sarawschan, Alexander Mts., in Coll,

Pingeler, wp, 26 millim,

SARROTHRIPUS. 265

6529. Sarrothripus revayana.

Tortrixe revayana, Scop. Annus Nat. Hist. v. p. 116 (1772); Dup. Lép. Fr.

ix. p. 46, pl. 237. f.6; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 369; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 361 ; Dyar, N. Am. Lep. p. 248.

Pyralis duplana, Fabr. Gen. Ins. p. 293 (1777).

Pyralis ilicana, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 283 (1781).

Pallium fasciatum, Retz. Gen. & Spec. Ins. p. 52 (1783).

Pyralis riuvagana, Faby. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 233 (1787).

Yortrix ramosana, Hibn. Vogel u. Schmett. pl. 75 (1793); id. Hur.

Schmett., Tort. f. 10 (1796); Curt. Brit. Ent. i, expl. pl. 29 (1824); Dup.

Lép. Fr., ’ Suppl. iv. p. 119, pl. 60. f. 5.

Tortrix dilutana, Hin. Hur. Schmett., Tort. f. 6 1796); Dup. Lép. Fr.

ix. p. 48, pl. 937. £.7.

Tortrix undulana, Hiubn. Eur. Schmett., Tort. £. 7 (1796).

Tortrix degenerana, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Tort. f. 8 (1796).

Tortriz punctana, Hibn. Kur. Schmett., Tort. f. 9 (1796); Dup. Lép. Fr.

ix. p. 48, pl. 237. f. 8.

Sarrothripus stoninus, Curt. Brit. Ent. ed. ii. i. expl. pl. 29. p, 2 (1829).

Sarrothripa russiana, Dup. Cat. Meth. p. 284 (1844).

Tortrix frigidana, Wik. xxviii. 323 (1863).

Tortrix scriptana, Wk. xxviii. 324 (1863).

Tortri« favillana, Wik. xxviii. 384 (1863),

Subrita bilineatella, W1k. xxxv. 1744 (1866),

Subrita latifasciella, Wik. xxxv. 1746 (1866).

Subrita metaspilella, W\k. xxxv. 1746 (1866).

Sarrothripa columbiana, H. Edw. Proc. Cal. Acad. v. p. 184 (1874); Kirby,

Cat. Lep. Het. p. 370.

Sarothripus lintnerana, Speyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxxvi. p. 170 (1875);

Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 370.

Sarrothripa glaucana, Laimper, Ent. Tidskr. vi. p. 31 (1885).

Sarrothripa fusculana, Schmid, Corr.-blatt. Zoo]. Min. Regensb. xxxix. p. 75

(1886).

Nycteola cinereana, Neum, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. i. p. 117 (1893).

Sarrothripa siculana, Fuchs, Jahrb. Nass. Ver, Nat. lii. p, 128 (1899),

Sarrothripa asiatica, Krul. Rev. Russ. Ent. iv. p. 91 (1904).

Plotheia diplographa, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 582 (1905),

Head and thorax grey-brown ; palpi white below towards base ;

pectus and abdomen whitish slightly tinged with brown. Fore

wing grey-brown; an indistinct double irregularly waved subbasal

line oblique from costa to submedian fold ; a double sinuous ante-

medial line, bent outwards to inner margin ; a small round rufous

Fig. 96.—Sarrothripus revayana, 3. 4.

discoidal spot ; postmedial line double, waved, excurved from below

costa to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards to inner margin ;

an indistinct whitish subterminal line defined on inner side by small

blackish spots, incurved at discal fold ; a punctiform black terminal

line. Hind wing grey suffused with pale reddish brown ; the

underside whitish, the costa and termen tinged with brown.

266 NOCIUID A.

Ab. 1 ilicana. Fore wing with distinct black spots before the

antemedial and subterminal lines and on discoceliulars.

Ab. 2. ramosana., Fore wing with trifid black fascia on median

nervure.

Ab. 3. fusculana. Fore wing with ferruginous medial spot and

basal black streak.

Ab. 4. dilutana. Fore wing grey, the medial area red-brown,

sometimes with a dark costal patch.

Ab. 5. glaucana. Fore wing grey-green with triangular fuscous

costal patch.

Ab. 6. degenerana. Fore wing variegated with whitish or

green.

Ab. 7. russiana. Fore wing green with bifid brown fascia on.

median nervure.

Hab, Canava, Hudson’s Bay, St. Martins Falls (Barnston), 1 3,

1 @ type frigidana, Renfrew Co. (Grote), 1 ¢, Br. Columbia,

Pentecton (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 ¢ ; U.S.A., Massachusetts (Sheppard),

1 @ type seriptana, New York (Grote), 3 6, 2 9, N. Carolina

(Morrison), 1 5, 2 9, Californa (Walsingham), 2 9, 8. Monica

(O. Sacken), 1 9, Arizona, Pinal Mts. (Awnzé), 1 2 ; Bnirain ;

France, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls. ;

Avsrria, Frey Coll.; Hungary; Swirzerztanp, Frey Coll.; Spain ;

Corstca (Walsinyham); Ivaty; Sictny, typet ¢ siculana in Coll.

Pingeler ; Ateuria, Philippeville (Walsingham), 4 3 ; ScANDINAVIA;

Finztanp; Russia, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Asta Minor; Syria; W.

Sippria, Altai; E. Turkestan, Thian Shin; KE. Srperia, Dahuria,

Amurland; Jaray, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 g,1 2, Yokohama (Pryer),

293; Kasyumir (Pilcher), 1 9 ; Punsas, Simla, 1 g, Kangra

(Hocking), 1 3, 323; Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3 type

diplographa ; HAB.16GN., 1 $,2 © types savillana, latifasciella, and

metaspilella, Kap. 20-28 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 835; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 236, pl. 251. f. 3.

Green ; dorsal line darker; head reddish brown. Food-plants :

Quercus, Salix caprea, Populus, Quercus ilex. 5-6.

Klos, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, lvii. (Sect. Lep.) p. 173 (1907),

states that degenerana feeding only on Salix is a different species

from revayana feeding only on Oak, but in Britain where degenerana

is not found revayana feeds on both Oak and Sallow and it is

in. posible to separate the varieties of the imago.

6540. Sarrothripus coreana. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 5.)

Sarrothriza coreana, Leech, Trans. Ent. Scc.:1900, p. 518.

@. Head and thorax silvery grey tinged with brown, the palpi

and base of tegule browner ; pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish

tinged with brown, the fore tibie and tarsi brown ringed with

white. Fore wing silvery grey tinged with brown, a triangular

patch of dark brown suffusion from costa, where it extends from the

antemedial to beyond the postmedial line, to median neryure; two

S\RROTHRIPUS. 207

whitish subbasal lines from costa to submedian fold with a slight

black streak between them below costa ; antemedial line whitish,

oblique, sinuous, double to median ueryure and joined at inner

margin by the more erect sinuous blackish medial line defined on

inner side by white; a small white discoidal lunule; postmedial

line blackish defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved

and bent outwards above inner margin; subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by brown and with an oblique white bar

before it from costa, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at

middle; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing whitish suffused

with brown.

Hab, Corea, Gensan (/to), 1 @ type. vp. 20 milllm.

6541. Sarrothripus parvella. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 6.)

Subrita parvella, Wik. xxxv. 1747 (1866).

Q. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown ; abdomen

grey tinged with pale brown; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen whitish. Fore wing grey tinged with pale red-brown ;

antemedial line indistinctly double, minutely waved, oblique to sub-

median fold and angled inwards at vein 1 ; medial line double,

angled inwards at subcostal and median nervures and outwards in

cell and above inner margin, a black spot on it at vein 1; post-

medial line double, minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 6 and

inwards at discal fold, oblique from vein 4 to submedian fold, then

bent outwards to inner margin ; subterminal line defined on inner

side by dentate black marks from costa to discal fold, then by black

spots; a fine terminal line with series of black points on it. Hind

wing grey suffused with pale brown.

Had, Sincarore (Wood-Jones), 1 2 ; Java (Horsfield), 2 2 type.

Exp. 20 millim.

*6542. Sarrothripus symmicta. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 7.)

Sarrothripa symmicta, Turner, Pr, Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 92 (1902).

$. Head and thorax pale brown mixed with grey; abdomen

grey. Fore wing pale brown suffused with grey and irrorated with

fuscous; a black bar from costa at base; the subbasal line indistinct,

double, minutely waved and angled outwards below costa, with

obscure blackish band beyond it from subcostal nervure to vein 1 ;

an indistinct double irregularly dentate autemedial line oblique from

costa to submedian fold where it touches the postmedial line, which

is double, waved, excurved below costa, oblique to submedian fold,

then bent outwards to inner margin ; a subterminal series of small

dentate black marks and a terminal series of black points. Hind:

wing fuscous brown.

Hab. Quexrnstanp, Brisbane, type t ¢ in Coll. Turner, Hep. 24

miillim,

268 NOCTUID®,

6543. Sarrothripus indica.

Sarrothripa indica, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 106. f. 19 (1874); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 888.

Cletthara pallescens, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 108, pl. 163. f. 25

(1893); id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 381.

Head and thorax white tinged with rufous; abdomen white

dorsally tinged with pale brown; pectus and hind legs white. Fore

wing white suffused with pale rufous and ferruginous ; subbasal

line double, waved, from costa to inner margin; antemedial line

double, waved, oblique from costa to middle of cell, then erect ;

postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards above

inner margin; subterminal line white, minutely dentate, defined on

inner side by minute dentate black marks on costal haif and spots

on inner half; a fine terminal black line with series of black points

on it. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. Thorax with some blackish; fore wing with the subbasal

line placed on a fuscous band.

Hab. Cryton (Green), 2 2 type pallescens, Ohyia (Green), 1 Q,

Colombo (Mackwood), 1 2, Kudaoya (Mackwood), 1 2, Maskeliya

(Alston), 1 9 ; StncarorE (Jiidley), 2 9 ; QuurNstanD, Brisbane

(Turner, Lower), 2 6,1 2. Hep, 22-24 millim.

6544, Sarrothripus strigivenata. (Plate CLXXXL fig. 8.)

Giaura strigivenata, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 542 (1905).

9. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with brown ;

paipi at sides and fore tibiz in front dark brewn. Fore wing

whitish irrorated and suffused with reddish brown; a diffused dark

brown subbasal band from costa to submedian fold; a diffused

blackish streak above median nervure and another in terminal part

of cell in discal fold; diffused blackish streaks above vein 1 from

before middle and on the veins beyond end of cell to the sub-

terminal series of somewhat dentate small dark marks and more

prominent rounded spot in submedian fold; traces of a double

waved oblique antemedial line and of a similar postmedial line

bent outwards below costa, oblique from vein 4 to submedian fold,

and bent outwards above inner margin; a terminal series of slight

points. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown.

Hab. New Sourn Waters (Raynor), 1 Q type. Kap. 26 miilim.

6545. Sarrothripus cana, n.sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 29.)

2. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with some brown ; palpi

with the 2nd joint blackish behind towards base; antennee fuscous;

abdomen grey-white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing grey-

white irrorated with brown ; a small subbasal black spot below

costa ; an indistinct, curved and slightly waved antemedial line

S\RROTHRIPUS. 269

with a black point beyond it in the cell; an indistinct medial line,

double towards costa and inner margin, incurved below costa,

angled outwards in cell, then angled inwards on median nervyure to

near the antemedial line, and oblique and sinuous to inner margin;

two dark discoidal points ; postmedial line indistinct, double,

minutely dentate, excurved below costa, at middle, and above inner

margin and incurved at discal and submedian folds, two small black

spots beyond it on costa and spots at discal and submedian folds ;

subterminal line indistinct, dark, minutely waved, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; some brown before termen below apex ; a

punctiform black terminal line. Hind wing white, the costal area

and terminal area to vein 2 tinged with brown; a fine brown

terminal line.

Hab. Doron N. Guryea, Mimika R. (Wollaston), 1 Q type.

Exp. 26 millim.

6546. Sarrothripus grisea.

Selepa grisea, Ampsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 87, pl. 146. f. 13 (1891) ; id.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 381.

Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; abdomen whitish

dorsally suffused with brown; pectus, hind legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen white. Fore wing white irrorated with brown ; sub-

basal line double, blackish, waved, extending to inner margin and

with a small dentate black mark before it in cell ; antemedial line

double, waved, incurved in submedian interspace ; a triangular

blackish shade on medial costal area and some ferruginous red

scales on extremity of median nervure and discocellulars ; post-

medial line double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique to submedian fold and

again bent outwards above inner margin, often with some rufous

scales on its inner side at middle; subterminal line white, minutely

dentate, defined on inner side by dentate black marks on costal half

and spots on inner half, sometimes with some rufous before and

beyond it below apex; a fine black terminal line with series of

black points on it. Hind wing grey suffused with fuscous brown

especially on terminal area.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with triangular blackish patch from middle of

costa.

Hab. Sixam (Pilcher), 1 6, 2 9; Assam (Badgley), 1 9 ;

Manras, Nilgiris (Lindsay, Cardew), 1 3, 1 @ type, Palnis

(Campbell), 1 g ; Ceyion, Maskeliya (Alston), 1 g. Hap. 24-30

millim.

6547. Sarrothripus sinuosa. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 9.)

Symitha sinuosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 289 (1888); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 387.

Head and tegule dark brown with some grey scales; thorax grey

with some brown scales; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

270 NOCTUID®.

grey tinged with brown, the dorsal crest black. Fore wing grey

suffused and irrorated with pale brown; a double dentate ante-

medial line angled outwards at subcostal and median nervures and

vein 1 and inwards in cell; a patch of dark brown suffusion on medial

part of costa; an indistinct double medial line, oblique to lower

angle of cell, then bent inwards and somewhat dentate below sub-

median fold; postmedial line black, double and sinuous from costa

to vein 6, then single, dentate, oblique to submedian fold and bent

outwards to inner margin; subterminal line whitish, dentate,

defined on each side by brown suffusion towards costa and with

black spots before it below veins 4, 3, 2, the last larger ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ;

the underside whiter.

Hab. Punxsas, Kangra (Hocking), 1 6, 2 9 ; Sreum; Assim,

Nagas. Hep. 26 millim.

6548. Sarrothripus minuta. (Plate CLX XXI. fig. 10.)

Icasma minutum, Turner, P. Linn, Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 91 (1902).

Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous; tegule with black

medial line; patagia with black medial line and tips; metathorax

edged with black; pectus and legs white, the fore and hind legs

with brown mixed. Fore wing grey mixed with brown; a sub-

basal black striga from costa and streak on base of subcostal

nervure to the double minutely waved antemedial line; a black

spot in middle of cell and some black below the cell before the double

sinuous medial line; a black discoidal striga; postmedial line

indistinctly double, excurved from below costa to vein 5, then

incurved and again excurved above inner margin; subterminal

line whitish defined on inner side by dentate black marks and a

black spot at submedian fold, excurved below vein 7 and at middle;

a terminal series of black points. Hind wing grey suffused with

brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing whiter with prominent black spots on median

nervure before and beyond the antemedial line.

Hab. QuzENstanp, Brisbane (Turner), 1 9 ; N. 8S. Wares

(Raynor), 1 3,2 9. Hap. 18 millim:

6549. Sarrothripus exophila. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 11.)

Sarotricha exophila, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. (2) ii. p. 925 (1888);

Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 370.

@. Head and thorax white mixed with pale green and brown;

tegule and patagia with blackish lines at middle; pectus and legs

white, the fore and hind tibizee with brown mixed, the tarsi fuscous

ringed with white ; abdomen pale brown, the basal crest white and

black, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white mixed with

green and some brown; subbasal line black, from costa to median

nervure; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, sinuous ; medial line

black, oblique, sinuous; a slight black discoidal striga ; postmedial

SARROTHRIPUS. all

line black defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below

costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved

and again excurved above inner margin; subterminal line white

defined on inner side by blackish, minutely dentate, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind

wing reddish brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside

whitish tinged with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with oblique black streak from base of costa to

medial line at submedian fold.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the base and medial costal area suffused

with blackish.

Hab. Qurnnsuanp, Cedar Bay (Meek), 1 2, Brisbane (Turner),

29. Hep. 18 millim.

*6550. Sarrothripus brunneicosta. (Plate CLXXXT. fig. 12.)

Sarrothripa brunneicosta, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 225 (1906).

@. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown ; abdomen

white dorsally suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing thickly

irrorated and suffused with black-brown, the disk and an oblique

diffused fascia from apex whiter; subbasal line double filled in

with white, oblique, dentate, from costa to submedian fold, with

brown bands before and beyond it; antemedial line double filled in

with white, oblique, waved; a white discoidal bar with slight

wedged-shaped black mark before it and striga beyond it; post-

medial line double filled in with white, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then minutely dentate, oblique below vein 4 and angled

outwards above inner margin; subterminal line black defined by

white on inner side, strongly dentate; a terminal series of small

triangular black spots defined by white on inner side; cilia white

mixed with brown. Hind wing white tinged with brown especially

on terminal half from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Br. New Guinna, Aroa R, (Meek), type f 2 in Coll. Roths-

child. Hep. 24 millim.

6551. Sarrothripus mauritia.

Sarrothripa mauritia, de Joan, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1906, p. 174, pl. 9. £. 6.

@. Head and thorax white mixed with some black and brown,

the type with the tegule black at tips and with some purplish red

before the tips ; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibie

irrorated with blackish, the fore tarsi banded with black, the mid

tarsi with the last four segments black; abdomen fuscous, the

basal crest white with black tip, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing white suffused and irrorated with purplish grey, the medial

area with triangular blackish patch on costa extending to beyond

postmedial line at costa; antemedial line double, waved, angled

outwards below costa, obsolescent towards inner margin; medial

line double, wayed, black, bent outwards to inner margin; a small

212: NOCTUID &,

purplish red discoidal spot, defined on inner side by a slight white

Junule; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then

waved, incurved below vein 4 and slightly bent outwards above inner

margin, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line

white defined on inner side by fuscous and by a black peint at costa,

waved, incurved at discal and submedian folds; the terminal area

suffused with brown towards apex; a punctiform black terminal

line; cilia chequered with brown at base. Hind wing fuscous brown,

the cilia white at tips; the underside with the inner area whiter

and some white at apex.

Hab. Mauritius, 1 9. Hep. 22 milliim. Type tT 9 in Coll. de

Joannis.

6552. Sarrothripus mesoplaga. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 13.)

Sarrothripa mesoplaga, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 584 (1905).

©. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous; fore tarsi

fuscous with white rings; abdomen grevish fuscous, ventrally

whitish. Fore wing rather silvery white; a fuscous subbasal band

‘defined by waved black lines from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line oblique from costa to median nervure and angled out-

wards on subcostal and medisn nervures, then incurved; a double

waved medial line; a fuscous patch on costa from the inner medial

to beyond the postmedial line extending to median nervure; a

white discoidal elliptical spot defined by black; a double waved

postmedial line bent outwards below costa, angled outwards at

vein 6 and incurved below vein 4; a dentate subterminal line, bent

inwards between veins 6 and 4+; some fuscous suffusion on inner

and terminal areas except at apex; a terminal punctiform line.

lind wing pale fuscous.

Hab. Stneavore (ftidley), 1 2 type. Hwp. 22 millim.

6553. Sarrothripus crystallites. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 14.)

Sarrothripa crystallites, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc, 1902, p. 48.

Sarrothripus polycyma Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 7 (1908).

g. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous; palpi white in

front and with black mark on Ist joint behind; tegule with black

band near tips; meso- and metathorax with black bands ; abdomen

grey suffused with brown; pectus, hind legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen white. Fore wing pale purplish grey irrorated with pale

brown; an antemedial black striga from costa with minute streak

beyond it in cell; antemedial line double, waved, angled outwards

at median nervure; a double somewhat oblique waved medial line ;

traces of a dark discoidal point ; postmedial line double, slightly bent

outwards below costa and angled at vein 6, ineurved below vein 4 and

bent outwards at vein 1, the inner line minutely waved, some small

black spots beyond it on costa; subterminal line grey defined on

each side by some fuscous suffusion, minutely waved, excuryed

SARROTHRIPUS. ie

below vein 7 and at middle; a punctiform black terminal line.

Hind wing white, the terminal half suffused with brown from

costa to submedian fold.

Hab. Quusysianp, Brisbane (Turner), 43. Lap, 22-24 millim.

6554. Sarrothripus poliophea.

Symitha nolalella, Hmpsn. Ul. Het. B.M. ix. p. 107, pl. 163. f. 6; id.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 888 (nec WIk.).

Sarrothripa poliophea, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, xviii. p. 655

(1907).

‘Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown; tarsi brown ringed

with white; abdomen brown, ventrally white. Fore wing white

thickly irrorated with brown and faintly tinged with yellow on

costal area; subbasal line double, excurved at median nervure and

ending at vein 1, a brown band on its outer edge produced above

and below median nervure to the double oblique sinuous ante-

medial line excurved in cell; an ill-defined white discoidal lunule ;

postmedial line double filled in with white, slightly bent outwards

below costa and excurved at vein 6, incurved below vein 4, the

inner line minutely waved, some small blackish spots beyond it on

costa ; subterminal line whitish defined on each side by brown

suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a punctiform black

terminal line ; cilia yellowish white chequered with pale brown at

base. Hind wing brown, the basal and inner areas white.

Hab. Assam (Badgley), 2 9 ; Ceyton, Dickoya (Green), 2 g,

1 2 type. Hep. 24 millim.

6555. Sarrothripus aroa. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 15.)

Sarrothripa arow, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 224 (1906).

Head and thorax silvery white variegated with fuscous; palpi

black above and at extremity of 2nd joint; tegule with blackish

patches, the patagia with black bands at middle and tips, the meta-

thoracic crest tipped with black ; pectus and legs white suffused in

parts with brown, the fore femora and tibie blackish on inner side ;

abdomen silvery fuscous, the extremity blackish, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing silvery white; a black striga from costa near

base followed by a point in cell; some fuscous suffusion on base of

inner margin ; the antemedial area with three very irregularly waved

black lines, the two outer lines conjoined to a patch on costa; an

oblique striga across end of cell conjoined by some black suffusion

to the antemedial line and followed by a discoidal striga and short

streak from upper angle of cell to postmedial line; some black

suffusion on inner area before and beyond the postmedial line, which

is double with black patch at costa, slightly bent outwards below

costa, angled outwards above vein 6, then irregularly waved and

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line excurved at vein 6 and

angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, followed by a minutely

waved fuscous subterminal line bent outwards to apex and ending at

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274 NOCTUID A.

vein 1; a terminal series of small triangular black spots; cilia

chequered white and pale fuscous. Hind wing white tinged with

fuscous, the terminal area darker from apex to vein 2; the under-

side with ill-defined white streak below middle of costa and white

patch at apex with blackish mark before it.

Hab. Doron N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 9 ; Br. N. Guinna,

Aroa R. (Meek), type fT go in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Hxp. 26

millim,

*6556. Sarrothripus avola. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 16.)

Sarrothripa avola, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 225 (1906).

3S. Head and thorax white tinged with yellow-green and irrorated

with some black scales; palpi with black bands on the joints and

the 2nd joint biack above towards base; frons with black bar;

basal joint of antenne black at tip, the shaft blackish except at

base; tegule with medial black band; patagia with black mark at

base, oblique medial barand edged with black at tips; prothorax with

black band; pectus tinged with brown ; fore legs black above, the

tarsi black except at base; abdomen suffused with fuscous brown.

Fore wing white tinged with yellow-green and irrorated with dark

brown except on basal and costal areas; subbasal points on costa

and above vein | and a streak in cell to the double minutely dentate

black antemedial line, which is oblique from costa to median nervure,

then inwardly oblique, two black points beyond it on vein 1; a

double irregularly waved medial black line with small black marks

beyond it below costa and at angles of cell; a double dentate

postmedial line, bent outwards below costa, oblique from vein 4 to

submedian fold, then angled outwards; a subterminal white line

slightly defined by black on inner side, forking at apex, angled

inwards below costa, then minutely waved and excurved slightly

at middle; a termimal series of small triangular black spots; cilia

whitish and fuscous with a blackish line through them. Hind wing

white, the terminal area fuscous brown, broad at costa, narrowing

to a point at submedian fold. Underside of fore wing fuscous with

small white spots on terminal half of costa; hind wing white,

with the costal area and terminal area to submedian fold fuscous

with slight whitish bar just before apex.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Avola (Pratt), type tT 3 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker, vp. 28 millim.

*6557. Sarrothripus cebea. (Plate CLXXXLI. fig. 17.)

Sarrothripa kebea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 225 (1906).

3S. Head and thorax white variegated with black-brown ; palpi

with black bands on Ist and 2nd joints and some black on 3rd joint ;

antenne with the Ist joint black on outer side and the shaft black ;

tegule reddish brown at base and with black medial band; patagia

with black patches ; tibize and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen pale

SARROTHRIPUS. 27)

brown with the dorsal crests black. Fore wing grey-white

mostly suffused with black-brown ; a pure white streak above base

of inner margin; an oblique white subbasal band from costa to

just below cell, then bent inwards as a narrow oblique streak to the

basal streak, followed by a broad oblique white band from costa to

below cell, its inner edge angled inwards below costa, in and below

cell, and with small black spots on it below costa, in cell, and on its

lower edge, and with a trilobate mark below these bands above inner

margin followed by a small spot on vein 1; a white point at lower

angle of cell; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with

greyish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then with oblique sinuous

white band on it to vein 4, then oblique and minutely waved to

inner margin, a white point beyond it on costa, followed by an

oblique white bar from costa to the postmedial band at vein 7; an

oblique white bar from apex, forking at apex and with its lower

extremity bent outwards; a small subterminal white spot in discal

fold with the waved whitish subterminal line arising from it and

slightly defined on inner side by fuscous; a grey-white patch on

terminal area from discal fold to tornus extending to the postmedial

line at submedian fold, then to the subterminal line only ; a ter-

minal series of black points; cilia chequered white and black,

wholly black at apex. Hind wing white, the terminal area fuscous

brown, broad at costa, narrowing to a point at submedian fold.

Underside of fore wing fuscous with small white spots on terminal

half of costa; hind wing white, the costal and terminal area to

submedian fold fuscous with whitish bar just before apex.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type f ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. Hwp. 34 millim.

*6558. Sarrothripus beopis. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 18.)

Sarrothripa beopis, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxx. p. 121 (1906).

6. Head and thorax grey mixed with black ; abdomen ochreous,

dorsally tinged with fuscous especially towards extremity. Fore

wing grey suffused with fuseous; an indistinct curved antemedial

line; postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on inner side,

incurved below vein 4; subterminal line defined by whitish on

inner side, incurved below vein 4; a terminal series of dark

points. Hind wind ochreous, the terminal half fuscous.

Hab. Qurenstand, Thursday I., type t+ ¢ in Coll. Turner. Evp.

14 millim,

#6559. Sarrothripus abstrusa. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 19.)

Sarrothripa abstrusa, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxxiv. p. 844 (1909).

@. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, the tegule at

middle and outer edge of patagia with slight black marks ;

pectus and mid and hind legs whitish ; abdomen grey suffused with

brown. Fore wing grey suffused with brown and some black, the

276 NOCTUIDD.

inner area and terminal area, except towards apex, rather greyer ;

subbasal line represented by a blackish bar from costa and br own

patch below the cell; a round blackish patch in and below cell

before the antemedial line, which is double, strongly excurved from

helow costa and with ridge of raised scales on the outer line below

the cell; double oblique blackish striee from middle of costa; a

tuft of raised scales at lower angle of cell; postmedial costal area

suffused with black; postmedial line faiane' double, filled in

with grey, excurved below costa, then oblique ; a subterminal series

of small black spots with larger spot in submedian fold; a fine

black terminal line with black points in the interspaces. Hind

wing erey suffused with fuscous ; cilia whitish tinged with ochrecus

brown; the underside paler, the costal area tinged with ochreous

brown.

Hab. Qurmxstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), type + 2 in Coll. Turner.

Joka o, 22 wwuilbyan.

Genus GIAURA.

Type.

Chrcniran, Willis sexi, 4164 (CURBS) cosasscocdsnaavnt gooossc0ns00G0n000008 repletana.

Cra, WANs Ses aby WA) (MSGS) coassascace ceocensboancsoqadees Soesecs tortricoides,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 5rd long, frons smooth ; eyes large,

round ; antenns of male minutely ciliated, thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales, the metathorax with depressed crest ; tibize smoothly scaled; abdomen

with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the costa strongly arched near

base, 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 long areole; 11 from cell, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly

stalked ; 5 fully developed from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the ceil to middle.

Scr. I. (Giaura). Hind wing of male with the tornal area contorted and with

fringes of hair on upper and undersides.

6560. Giaura repletana.

Giaura repletana, Wik. xxvili. 434 (1865).

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white ; pectus, legs,

and abdomen white. Fore wing grey-white tinged and irrorated

Fig. 97.--Giaura repletana, 8. 3.

with pale brown; a red-brown patch on basal costal area; sub-

basal line slight, black, bent inwards in cell to base; antemedial

line slight, blackish, incurved below subcostal neryure ; medial.

GIAURA. 277

line slight, black, waved, connected by a streak in submedian fold

with the postmedial line, which is very oblique and slightly sinuous

from costa to vein 6, then minutely dentate and angled inwards in

submedian fold, an oblique brown shade beyond it from costa, some

red at middle and a brown patch on inner area; subterminal line

indistinct, brown, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle;

a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing white, the ter-

minal area suffused with brown from costa to vein 2; the underside

with the brown extending on costal area to before middle, the

fringe of hair in terminal part of submedian fold brownish, a

small tuft of blackish hair just above tornus.

Hab, ignotus, 1 3 type. Herp. 24 millim.

Secr. If. (Orosa). Hind wing of male normal.

A. Fore wing with triangular dark pateh at middle of inner

margin and dark apical area.

a. Fore wing tinged with pink .................. povvoavoson900008e niveidisca,

b. Fore wing not tinged with pink............... abdcacdedsranuaene niphea,

B. Fore wing without triangular dark patch at middle of inner

margin.

a. Fore wing silvery white.

a. Kore wing without oblique dark shade from middle

Oit GOS, cscocccsosssse0con06s00q000d00 Sosoas0sonsoas00a00000000 pura,

bl, Fore wing with oblique dark shade from middle of costa. ouyarra.

6. Fore wing not silvery white.

a‘, Fore wing white.

a2. Fore wing without dark patches on costal area.

a. Kore wing with rufous discoidal spot............... apicalis.

6, Fore wing without rufous discoidal spot.

a‘, Fore wing with the hasal half white tinged with

olive, the terminal half brown...........2.00....-. lichenosa.

64, Fore wing uniformly white irrorated with

PUSCDUSY, cSestesles eiciseut scheeceing = auisietis suas catereunes .-. leucotis.

6. Fore wing with dark patches on costal area.

a, Kore wing with dark antemedial band from costa

to submedian fold and wedge-shaped dark

patch on costa before middle ....................- ... niphostola.

b°. Fore wing with dark subbasal, medial, and post-

medial patches on costa,

a'. Fore wing with rufous scales on the outer post-

medial line except towards costa .............+ leucophea.

64, Kore wing without rufous scales on the outer

JOOS MNEGIENL INT cooooonenccdopcs0bnncedosHaG50000 waeee) MUUNOMN.

+1, Fore wing grey slightly tinged with brown....... ....... sceptica.

c!, Fore wing strongly sutfused with brown,

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly incurved

below vein 4.

a’, Kore wing with the postmedial line punctiform... tortricoides.

63, Fore wing with the postmedial line not puncti-

form.

a‘, Fore wing with subbasal black spots on and

below costa and above vein 1 ...................6. punctata,

bt. Fore wing without subbasal black spots ......... venalis.

b2, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique below

vein 4.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line punctiform... nigrescens.

63, Fore wing with the postmedial line not punctiform robusta.

278 Nocrvuip.s.

6561. Giaura niveidisca. (Plate CLXXXL. fig, 20.)

Argyrothripa niveidisca, Hmpso. Moths Ind. ii. p. 382 (1894).

Clettharra triangularis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 386 (1894).

3S. Head fuscous; thorax white faintly tinged with pink, the

metathoracie crest tinged with green, some brown scales sometimes

on prothorax; fore and mid tibiz and tarsi brown ringed with

white; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown, the basal crest

blackish. Fore wing white faintly tinged with pink, the base and

costal edge tinged with pale yellow-green, a triangular fuscous

black patch on middle of inner margin; postmedial line double

filled in with pale green, oblique from middle of costa to vein 3

near termen, then erect, the area beyond it fuscous black to discal

fold, then white suffused with pale green ; subterminal line hardly

traceable, white, with two black lunules before it at middle; a

punctiform black terminal line. Hind wing white, the terminal

area suffused with brown.

Hab. Buurkn (Dudyeon), 4 $ ; Assam, Dunsiri Valley (Doherty),

type ft triangularis in Coll. Rothschild; Burma, Tenasserim

(Doherty), type T in Coll. Druce. ap. 20 millim.

6562. Giaura niphea. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 21.)

Ptisciana niphea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 527 (1896).

Head and thorax pure white with some black-brown scales ;

palpi with some brown at sides; antennae fuscous except towards

base ; fore tibize and tarsi black-brown ringed with white, the hind

tibize brown below, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

white dorsally tinged with brown leaving white segmental lines.

Fore wing pure white; a curved black subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold and blackish patch on inner margin; a rounded

black patch on costa and streaks in and below cell before the ante-

medial line, which is black with some olive-green scales, oblique,

excurved in and below the cell and angled inwards on median

neryure and vein 1, traversing a triangular blackish patch on

middle of inner margin ; postmedial line slight, double, olive-green,

oblique and somewhat sinuous from costa to vein 2, then erect and

slightly angled inwards in submedian fold, the area beyond it

fuscous black from costa to discal fold ; subterminal line represented

by a series of rather elongate black spots, somewhat dentate and

defined on inner side by white on the black area, the mark above

tornus oblique ; a punctiform black terminal line; cilia white and

black, wholly black towards apex. Hind wing white, the terminal

area suffused with brown.

Hab. Cryton, Peradeniya (Green), 1 3, Madulsima (Vaughan),

1 g, Puttalam (Pole), 1 Q type, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 @.

Exp. 20 millim.

GIAURA. Q7

*6563. Giaura pura, (Plate CLXXXL. fig. 22.)

Barasa pura, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 222 (1906).

@. Head and thorax pure white; antenne black except at base;

prothorax with a black spot; fore tarsi black ringed with white,

the mid and hind tarsi blackish at extremity; abdomen white

dorsally tinged with reddish brown. Fore wing silvery white; a

subbasal patch of rufous suffusion from costa to submedian fold

with a few black scales on it and defined on outer side by an oblique

black line; aslight black medial line, oblique from costa to: sub-

costal nervure, interrupted in cell, then sinuous and bent outwards

to inner margin; pestmedial line black, very oblique from costa to

vein 6, excurved and obsolescent to vein 3, then incurved, and

slightly excurved below vein 1; a diffused rufous patch irrorated

with black, from apex to postmedial line at vein 6; the terminal

area slightly irrorated with black and with some black points on

costa towards apex; subterminal line blackish with a rufous spot

at inner margin, minutely waved, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and angled inwards at submedian fold; some black points

just before termen on the rufous patch below apex and a terminal

series of minute points; cilia white with a series of brown spots.

Hind wing semihyaline-white, the terminal half of costal area, the

veins of terminal area and termen to submedian fold brown ; cilia

white with a series of brown spots towards apex ; the underside with

the costal area irrorated with brown and suffused with brown at

middle, the terminal area suffused with brown from below apex to

vein 2.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type. fT 2 in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Ekeikei. vp. 32 millim.

6564, Giaura ougarra. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 23.)

Blenina owgarra, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 222 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax white irrorated with red-brown and

dark brown, the tips of tegule mostly red; fore tarsi brown ringed

with white; abdomen brown with segmental white bands, the basal

crest white tipped with black, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing silvery white irrorated with fuscous; a fuscous and reddish

patch on basal costal area; traces of a medial line, oblique from

costa to discal fold, then sinuous, an oblique fuscous band on costal

area between it and the postmedial line, which is represented by a

series of black points, oblique from costa to vein 4, then incurved,

some red suffusion from it te subterminal line between veins 6 and 4

and on terminal area from apex to vein 2; some black points on

postmetial part of costa ; subterminal line blackish, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal fold; a terminal

series of black points ; cilia chequered white aud brown. Hind

wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown, broadly at

280 NOCTUID 4.

costa, narrowing toa point at submedian fold; cilia brownish at

base from apex to vein 3; the underside with brown patch on

middle of costal area.

Hab. Br. N. Guinna, Owgarra (Meek), 1 3. Hevp. 30 millim.

Type T in Coll, Bethune-Baker.

*6565. Giaura apicalis. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 24.)

Cletthara apicalis, Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 386 (1894).

3g. Head and thorax white mixed with pale red-brown ; palpi

with some black at base of 2nd and 3rd joints; abdomen white

dorsally tinged with rafous. Fore wing white irrorated with brown

especially on terminal half and with a rufous tinge beyond the cell ; a

short oblique blackish streak from base of costa forking in discal and

submedian folds and with some dark suffusion beyond it on costa ;

antemedial line almost medial, indistinct, double, sinuous, with

blackish point on its outer edge at median nervure ; a faint rufous

discoidal spot; postmedial line indistinct, white defined on inner

side by black points and small spot at vein 2, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then minutely dentate ; two small black spots on postmedial

part of costa; subterminal line indistinct, blackish, somewhat

excuryed at middle; an oblique diffused black patch from apex; a

terminal series of small black spots; cilia white with series of

brownish spots. Hind wing white, the veins brownish, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous brown narrowing to a point at

vein 1; cilia white with a brownish line except towards tornus.

Hab. Burma, E. Pegu (Doherty), type T S in Coll. Rothschild.

Exp. 28 millim.

6566. Giaura lichenosa. (Plate CLXXXI. fig, 25.)

Ptisciana lichenosa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 527 (1893).

6. Head and thorax white ; palpi black-brown at sides ; antennze

fuscous except at base; fore and mid tibie and tarsi banded with

brown; abdomen white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing

with the basal half white mixed with pale olive; a pale olive patch

on base of costa defined by black and extending to submedian

fold, the white area bounded by the indistinctly double black

medial line, which is oblique to lower angle of cell and slightly

excurved below costa, erect and sinuous below the cell; the

terminal half pale red-brown mixed with some white; some black

suffusion beyond lower angle of cell; postmedial line indistinctly

double filled in with whitish, oblique from below costa to vein 6,

then erect and sinuous; subterminal line black, excurved below vein 7

and at middle, a white patch beyond it at apex and slight patch at

tornus; a punctiform black terminal line; cilia pale brown mixed

with whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal

GIAURA. 2381

area suffused with brown ; the underside white, the costal area and

veins irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown

from apex to submedian fold.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 24 millim.

6567. Giaura leucotis. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 26.)

Blenina leucotis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 548 (1905).

@. Head and thorax white slightly irrorated with fuscous ;

palpi blackish above; fore tarsi banded with black; abdomen

white. Fore wing glistening white, rather sparsely irrorated with

fuscous; a minute black streak in base of cell; subbasal line

angled outwards in cell, then oblique to submedian fold; ante-

medial line double, the inner line indistinct, strongly waved ;

medial area clouded with black towards costa and from cell to inner

margin and with a diffused black mark with two points beyond it

in submedian interspace; postmedial line angled inwards below

costa, oblique to vein 6, then indistinct and minutely dentate to

vein 3 where it is bent inwards, then waved to inner margin, a

blackish shade beyond it on costal area followed by two small

spots; a diffused fuscous subterminal line angled inwards in discal

and submedian folds and excurved at middle; termen clouded with

fuscous, a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white, the

terminal area tinged with fuscous from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Br. KE. Arrica, Uganda Ry., Mile 478 (Betton), 1 Q type.

Exp. 30 millim.

6568. Giaura niphostola, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 27.)

6. Head and thorax white, the palpi and tegule with some

brown scales; abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing

white sparsely irrorated with brown scales ; a blackish point below

base of costa and subbasal points below costa and in cell; an

oblique antemedial brown band from costa to submedian fold;

traces of a sinuous brown medial line, crossed by a slight streak on

vein 1 and with wedge-shaped patch of brown suffusion beyond it

on costal area; a small black discoidal spot produced to a short

streak in discal fold ; postmedial line double, angled inwards below

costa and outwards at vein 6, then oblique and dentate; sub-

terminal line indistinct, dark, somewhat maculate, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; the terminal area suffused with brown, with

shght dark streaks in the interspaces and an oblique brown shade

from just below apex to the postmedial line. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown.

Hab. Br. N, Guinna, Milne Bay (Meek), 1 g type. Hp. 24

millim.

282 NOCLUID™%,

6569. Giaura leucophea. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 28,

Giaura leucophea, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 541 (1905).

Head and thorax white and dark brown; palpi with the 2nd and

3rd joints black except at extremities ; anteunee dark; tibie and

tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen whitish tinged with fuscous.

Fore wing white slightly irrorated with dark brown ; a black point

at base of costa; a brown patch on costal area with two obliquely

placed black points on it before the oblique slightly sinuous black

antemedial line with a small black spot beyond it above vein 1; a

rather indistinctly double, waved, somewhat oblique medial line

with a blackish patch beyond it on costa and in end of cell, another

patch beyond lower angle of cell before the rather indistinetly

double postmedial line, which is bent outwards below costa, then

sinuous and with rufous scales on the outer line, a black patch

beyond it on costa; subterminal line angled inwards below costa

and at discal fold, excurved at vein 7, shghtly dentate at veins 4,

3 and with black spot on it at submedian fold; a _ blackish

patch at apex and band just before termen to vein 5; a terminal

series of black points; cilia white intersected with fuscous.

Hind wing pale wholly suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Bornno, Kuching, 1 g¢,1 2 type. Hap. 20 millim.

6570. Giaura minor. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 29.)

Blenina minor, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 525 (1896).

@. Head and thorax white; frons with blackish bar above;

meso- and metathorax with ill-defined blackish and rufous bands ;

palpi black-brown, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white ;

tibiz and tarsi banded with black-brown ; abdomen white tinged

with brown, the basal crest tipped with blackish. Fore wing

white slightly suffused in parts with pale olive ochreous ; a fuscous

subbasal patch on costa defined at sides by black bars ; antemedial

line almost medial, black, oblique, waved; a diffused oblique

fuscous band beyond it from costa to postmedial line at vein 1 ; two

black discoidal points; postmedial line black, bent outwards below

costa, then erect, waved, a blackish patch beyond it on costal area

with a white point on it, followed by a black point ; subterminal

line blackish, obsolete above vein 7, excuryed at vein 6 and middle ;

terminal area largely suffused with blackish especially towards apex

where it is obliquely cut off; a punctiform black terminal line;

cilia fuscous mixed with white. Hind wing whitish suffused with

brown; the underside whiter, the costal and terminal areas suffused

with brown.

Hab. Curton, Udagama (Mackwood),1 2 type. Mvp. 28 millim.

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GIAURA,

6571. Giaura sceptica.

Symitha sceptica, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 461, pl. 27. f. 6; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. i. p. 385.

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown; palpi with black spots

at base of joints; tegule sometimes with blackish band before tips,

the mesothorax sometimes with pair of blackish spots; pectus and

legs white, the fore and mid tibiee and tarsi with brown mixed,

the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally suffused with

brown. Fore wing grey-white irrorated and suffused with pale

brown; a black point at base; a curved series of three subbasal

points below costa and in and below cell; a blackish medial line

angled inwards below costa, at median nervure and vein 1, and

outwards in cell and submedian fold ; black points on discocellulars

and just below angle of cell; postmedial line whitish defined by

slight black points on inner and outer sides and by some fuscous

suffusion on outer, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled inwards at

discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and excurved above inner

margin ; a waved blackish subterminal line, excurved below vein 7

and at middle and incurved at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal

series of black points. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the

veins and terminal area suffused with brown; cilia white slightly

tinged with brown at base; the underside white, the termen

suffused with brown from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Ponsas, Almorah (Boys), 1 ¢, 1 9; Buuran (Dudgeon),

1 $; Bomsay (Swinhoe), 1 ¢ type, N. Kanara, Karwar (7. LR.

Bell), 1 $,1 Q ; Cayton, Peradenyia (Green), 1 $,2 9; Burma,

EK. Pegu; Anpamans, Hap. 20-22 millim.

6572. Giaura tortricoides.

Orosa tortricoides, Wlk. xxxiv. 1223 (1865); Hmpsn. Ill, Het. B.M. ix.

p. 102, pl. 163. f. 23; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 385.

Sarrothripa curvilinea, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxii. p. 93, pl. 10. ff. 9a, d

(1879) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 369.

Head, thorax, and abdomen brown; tarsi fuscous with pale

rings ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing

Fig. 98.—Giawra tortricoides, 3. }.

brown with slight dark irroration ; a curved black antemedial line

from costa to submedian fold, slightly defined on outer side by

284 NOCTUID M.

greyish; medial line black slightly defined on inner side by

greyish, somewhat punctiform, excurved below costa and cell;

postmedial line black, punctiform, oblique and somewhat sinuous

from costa to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved above inner

margin, usually with a black mark before it above submedian

fold; an indistinct crenulate blackish subterminal line, bent

inwards between veins 6 and 5 and incurved at submedian fold ;

a terminal series of slight black strie, Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown; the underside white tinged and irrorated

with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with black suffusion on basal costal area and in

submedian interspace to postmedial line where it is joined by an

oblique shade from apex.

Ab. 2. Fore wing whitish except basal and medial costal areas

and a triangular patch on terminal area extending on termen from

apex to vein 2.—Borneo.

Hab. Caxton, 1 Q type, Colombo (Green), 1 fg, Puttalam

(Pole), 1.2; Borneo, Sarawak (Walluce), 1 9. Hap. 20-24

millim.

6575. Giaura punctata.

Sarotricha punctata, Lucas, P. Linn, Soc. N. 8S. W. (2) iv. p. 1075

(Apr. 15th, 1890); Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 370.

Symitha punctata, Swinh, ‘Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 236, pl.7. f. 15 (June,

1890) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 386.

Head and thorax greyish brown slightly mixed with fuscous, the

tezule, patagia, and mesothorax with paired black spots ; palpi with

black spot on Ist joint, the 2nd and 38rd joints black at base ;

abdomen brown with slight pale and fuscous bands towards base ;

pectus, femora, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore

wing grey-brown irrorated with fuscous; obliquely placed subbasal

black spots on and below costa and above vein 1; a sinuous

blackish medial line slightly angled inwards on median nervure,

with fuscous suffusion between it and the postmedial line on

costal half; postmedial line indistinctly double, blackish filled in

with grey, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4,

its angle below costa connected by a blackish bar with costa, some

fuscous suffusion beyond it at middle and towards inner margin; a

subterminal series of small black spots, the spot above and below

vein 6 somewhat dentate, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ;

a terminal series of rather triangular black points; an oblique

black shade from apex. Hind wing pale brown, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous ; the underside brownish white, the terminal

area suffused with fuscous.

Hab, Sixurm (Dudgeon, Pilcher), 5 §,1 9; Buurdn (Dudgeon),

1 S$; Assam, Nagas (Doherty), | $; Burma, Rangoon, 1 Q type

Symitha punctata, Tenasserim; QuEENSLAND, type fT in Coll. Lucas.

Exp, 22-24 millim.

GIAURA. 285

*6574. Giaura venalis. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 30.)

Dendrothripa venalis, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool, xiii. p. 226 (1906).

6. Head and tegule white, the latter with brown spots at

sides; palpi brown at base and tips; antenne black except at

base ; thorax white mixed with brown especially on patagia and

metathorax; abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing

brown mixed with white and irrorated with black, the medial area

white from beyond lower angle of cell to inner margin; black

points below base of costa and cell; two widely separated subbasal

sinuous black lines from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

black defined by white on inner side, oblique, sinuous ; postmedial

line blackish slightly defined on outer side by white, very oblique

and sinuous from costa to vein 4, then strongly incurved and oblique

to inner margin; subterminal line white defined on innery side by

brown and with slight white suffusion before it towards costa,

excuryved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal

and submedian folds; a fine terminal black line. Hind wing

whitish tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused

with brown.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type + ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. Hvp. 22 millim.

*6575. Giaura nigrescens. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 31.)

Barasa nigrescens, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool, xiii. p. 222 (1906).

©. Head and thorax grey mixed with black ; palpi whitish in

front and at base of 3rd joint; antenne black except basal joint ;

abdomen grey dorsally suffused with fuscous, the basal crest white

tipped with black, the ventral surface irrorated with black towards

extremity. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and suffused with

black especially on basal area ; antemedial line rather diffused, black

defined on outer side by whitish, erect, minutely waved; a black

medial line, oblique from costa to discal fold, then minutely waved,

an elliptical black spot beyond it in end of cell; postmedial line

formed by double series of black points and with rather diffused

spots on costa, oblique from below costa to vein 6 and below vein 4;

subterminal line indistinct, pale, defined on inner side by fuscous,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a diffused blackish apical

patch and terminal series of black striz. Hind wing white, the

terminal area suffused with fuscous brown from apex to submedian

fold when it narrows to a point; cilia brown with a white line at

base, wholly white towards tornus; the underside with the costal

area suffused and irrorated with fusgous.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type + @ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. Hap. 34 millim.

286 NOCTUID ©.

6576, Giaura robusta. (Plate CLXXXI. fig. 32.)

Selepa robusta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 288 (1888) ; Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii,

p. 381.

Q. Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown ; fore tibize and

tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused

with brown, the basal crest blackish. Fore wing whitish tinged

with pale brown and suffused in parts with blackish especially on

apical area; subbasal line black, curved inwards to base at sub-

costal nervure ; a-slight black streak below base of cell; antemedial

line rather diffused, blackish, indistinct except towards costa,

angled outwards at subcostal nervure, then waved; a diffused

blackish medial line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line

double, black filled in with whitish, obliquely excurved from costa

to vein 4, then slightly ineurved, some black suffusion heyond it

on costal area with a pale point on costa; subterminal line black

defined on inner side by white suffusion and with white suffusion

beyond it on inner half, minutely dentate; a faint dark shade

just before termen and a punctiform terminal line. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown especially on terminal area from apex

to vein 2; the underside white, the terminal area tinged with

brown from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Sixutm; Assam, Khasis, 1 2. Hep. 26-30 millim.

Genus PTISCIANA.

Type,

Piégenama,, VN sees, DIP GUAGD) — cocccoskccasoncoscqso secaes00000000 semintved.

Argyrothripa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. it. p. 380 (1894)..............- semintved.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd very long; frons smooth, with tuft

of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male with fascicles of

Jong cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with

flattened crest, the metathorax with large spreading crest; fore tibize fringed

on both sides with long hair, the mid and hind tibiz moderately fringed with

hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the costa

arched near base, 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 long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle or stalked ; 6, 7 from upper

angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

6577. Ptisciana seminivea.

Ptisciana seminivea, Wik. xxxii. 912 (1865).

Symitha lilacina, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 289 (1888) ; Hmpsn, Moths Ind. ii.

p. 380.

Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi white in front ; tips of tegulx

and the patagia white; pectus and legs white mixed with red-

brown; abdomen white dorsally suffused with brown, the basal

crest white at tip. Fore wing silvery white slightly irrorated with

red-brown; a small tuft of white scales at base of median neryure ;

PTISCIANA,—CLELTHARINA. ‘ O87

antemedial line indistinctly double, brownish, oblique to subcostal

nervure and bent outwards below the cell, a small tuft of white

scales on its outer edge in the cell and another on discocellulars ;

postmedial line brownish, strongly bent outwards from below costa

<S Ss hy

KS i

Fig. 99.—Ptisciana seminivea, S. }

to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold, outwards at veins 4, 3,

then bent inwards and dentate to inner margin, some brown

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white slightly defined

on inner side by brown and with brown point at costa, minutely

waved, somewhat angled inwards at discal and submedian folds.

Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown. Underside of both

wings red-brown, the costa of fore wing white with some dark

points towards apex.

Hab. Stxuim; Travancorn, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 2 9; Crrton,

Pundaloya (Green), 1 g, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 3, Galboda

(Muckwood), 1 G3; Bornno, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 3 type.

Exp. 30-34 millim.

Genus CLETTHARINA. Tyne

Clettharina, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 379 (1894) 0.0... eee ee : ae

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to well

above vertex of head and fringed with scales in front and behind towards

extremity, the 8rd joint short, oblique; frons smooth; eyes large, round;

antenne of male laminate; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and

without crests; fore tibiz fringed at sides with long hair, the mid and hind

tibizs slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal

segments. Hore wing with the costa strongly arched near base, the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 fromnear

angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a

long narrow areole; 11 from cell, a medial ridge of raised scales across end

of cell and submedian interspace. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle

of cell; 5 from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell to beyond middle; a large patch of whitish androconia on upperside

between lower angle of cell and tornus,

*6578. Clettharina nitens,

Clettharina nitens, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 379 (1894).

$. Head, thorax, and abdomen silvery grey tinged with red-

brown. Fore wing silvery grey tinged with brown, the cell and

submedian interspace with a metallic golden gloss to the medial

288 NOCIUID ®.

ridge of blackish scales, the postmedial area with a golden gloss

between veins 6 and 1; antemedial line indistinctly double,

blackish, strongly excurved; reniform defined by black, its outer

edge produced to a point; traces of a sinuous medial line; post-

medial line blackish, obliquely curved outwards from costa to

Fig. 100.—Clettharina nitens, g. 4},

vein 6, exenrved to vein 4, then bent inwards and dentate; sub-

terminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner side by blackish

points, dentate at veins 7,6; a terminal series of black strie.

Hind wing silvery grey, the patch of androconia on terminal area

between lower angle of cell and tornus chalky white; the under-

side silvery grey with the inner area white.

Hab. Burma, EK. Pegu (Doherty), type? $ in Coll. Rothschild.

Exp. 30 millim.,

Genus LAMPROTHRIPA, nov.

Type, L. scotia.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately sealed, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of

hair above ; eves large, round ; antenne of male alinost simple; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with depressed crest; fore tibize

fringed on both sides with long hair, the mid and hind tibiae moderately

fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments. Fore

wing with the costa highly arched near base, 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 long areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed

from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

Scr. I. Fore wing of male with small hyaline fovea at upper angle of cell.

*6579. Lamprothripa lactaria.

Nola lactaria, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. xxxvili. p. 211 (1892); Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 360.

Asinduma korbi, Ping. Iris, xxi. p. 302, pl. iv. f. 29 (1908).

¢. Head and thorax pure white with diffused olive-fuscous

patches on pro- and metathorax ; palpi and frons black-brown ;

antenne brown except at base; legs brown, the tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen white tinged with brown leaving white segmental

bands. Fore wing silvery white on costa to before middle, the

LAMPROTHRIPA. 289

costal edge fuscous, on inner margin to well beyond middle, the

area beyond the cell tinged with fuscous to postmedial line, the

terminal area red-brown; a tuft of silver scales in base of cell

followed by two oblique striz, the 1st inwardly oblique, the 2nd

outwardly oblique ; tufts of black and silver scales at upper and lower

angles of cell ; postmedial line fuscous with tufts of silvery scales on

it, strongly bent outwards below costa, rather oblique to vein 4, in-

wardly oblique to vein 2 and outwardly oblique to inner margin, two

Fig. 101—Lamprothripa lactaria, 8. }.

slight dark spots beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale slightly

defined on inner side by fuscous, obliquely incurved to vein 6,

then dentate and angled inwards below vein 3; a rufous terminal

line; cilia rufous and fuscous with a fine whitish line at base.

Hind wing pure white with faint diffused brown subterminal

shade, the apical area suffused with brown; a slight brown

terminal line; cilia tinged with brown at tips; the underside

white, the costal and apical areas tinged and irrorated with brown,

a slight discoidal point.

Hab. K. Stperta, Ussuri, Kasakewitsch (Korb), type t korbi in

Coll. Pingeler. vp. 30 millim.

Scr. II. Fore wing of male without fovea at upper angle of cell.

A. Fore wing with the inner area creamy white to the post-

medial line.

a. Fore wing with the white area extending at base to costa orbifera.

6. Fore wing with the white area not extending at base to

DIOS THC TITAPWIRS 40 c0cceccaspodacacdudncsdonoboeHcoonuands hampsont.

B. Fore wing with the inner area not creamy white.

a. Fore wing grey-white suffused with brown.................. arcuosa.

(, NOES Grae lee THIOL 600 c0cosdosocagonooduaoon:aeonqonnObede scotia.

6580. Lamprothripa orbifera. (Plate CLK XXII. fig. 1.)

Argyrothripa orbifera, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 380 (1894).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with yellow;

fore tibiz fringed with fuscous hair, the tarsi fuscous. Fore wing

with the basal area and inner area to postmedial line white slightly

tinged in parts with yellow, the outer edge of the basal area

obliquely curved, the rest of wing cuprous red suffused with

violaceous grey; antemedial line slight, dark, oblique, from costa

to submedian fold and slightly bent outwards to inner margin ;

Vou, XI. U

290 NOCTUID®.

a large white patch tinged with yellow in and beyond end of cell

and extending to costa; the reniform defined by black, round,

with tuft of white scales in centre; a small patch of blackish

suffusion beyond lower angle of cell; postmedial line blackish

defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below costa, then

somewhat oblique and sinuous to vein 4, then strongly incurved ;

subterminal line silvery white, angled inwards below costa and at

discal and submedian folds and excurved below vein 7 and at

middle, some white suffusion beyond it towards apex and a

yellowish white patch with some black above and below it in

submedian interspace. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown.

Hab. Sixuim, 2000' (Pilcher), 1 9; Burmwa, EK. Pegu, 5000’

(Doherty), type fT d in Coll. Rothschild. Hrp. g 24, 2 26 millim.

*6581. Lamprothripa hampsoni. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 2.)

Tarache hampsoni, Wileman, Trans. Ent. Soc 1911, p. 233.

3S. Head fuscous brown mixed with white; thorax yellowish

white with slight dark streaks on patagia; abdomen ochreous

white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing brown mixed

with some grey-white and suffused with gold and silver, the

terminal area with cupreous red; the inner area yellowish white

to postmedial line, at base extending to cell, on medial area to

vein 1; traces of an oblique waved antemedial line except on

inner area; oblique medial black strie of raised scales in cell

and submedian interspace; orbicular absent; remiform round,

yellowish white slightly defined by black and with fuscous centre,

some yellowish suffusion before it in cell and white suffusion

above it on costal area extending to just beyond the postmedial

line, which is slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and outwardly oblique

to inner margin; subterminal line slight, grey-white, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and with grey irroration beyond

it at apex and tornus; termen narrowly grey with series of

slight black striz on it; cilia with very slight grey line through

them. Hind wing uniform greyish brown ; the underside whitish

tinged with brown especially on costal and terminal areas.

Hab. Japan, Tu-shima, type fin Coll. Wileman. Exp. 24 millim.

*6582. Lamprothripa arcucsa. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 3.)

Sarrothripa arcuosa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zoo], xiii. p. 225 (1906).

Q@. Head and thorax whitish suffused with grey and brown ;

teguie white at base; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey

suffused with fuscous, the ventral surface grey. Fore wing grey-

white irrorated and in parts suffused with brown ; a very obliquely

excuryed blackish line slightly defined by white on inner side

LAMPROTHRIPA. 291

from base of costa to inner margin before middle, slightly waved

in cell and with broad band of black-brown suffusion beyond it;

small black spots in end of cell and on discocellulars; post-

medial line double, brownish filled in with whitish from costa

to vein 2, then single and defined by pure white on outer side,

oblique from costa to vein 7, then minutely waved, incurved

below vein 4, angled outwards at vein 2 and inwards below it,

and bent outwards to inner margin, a patch of black suffusion

beyond it between veins 5 and 3 extending to subterminal line,

and a dark streak in submedian fold; subterminal line waved

towards costa, angled outwards at vein 7, with slight black streaks

above and below vein 6, then represented by slight dark spots in

the interspaces ; a diffused brown terminal line; cilia grey-brown

with slight white points at base. Hind wing fuscous brown,

the costal area whitish to beyond middle; the underside grey-

brown with slight whitish streaks on terminal area from apex to

vein 4.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type t 2 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Exp. 28 millim,

6523. Lamprothripa scotia.

Ptisciana scotia, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 211 (1902).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous slightly tinged

with whitish; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen paler.

Fore wing bright rufous mixed with some whitish and with a

purplish gloss in parts; a slight dark streak in submedian fold

to the antemedial line, which is double, acutely angled outwards

at subcostal nervure and in submedian fold, angled inwards at

vein 1 and outwards above inner margin; small tufts of raised

black scales in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; postmedial

Fig. 102.—Lamprothripa scotia, §. 3.

line defined on outer side by whitish and on inner side also

towards costa, elightly sinuous, very oblique from costa to vein 6,

then inwardly oblique, the veins beyond it with slight dark streaks,

more prominent towards costa where there is some whitish between

them ; subterminal line whitish with slight dark streaks hefore it

below costa and at middle, slightly angled inwards below costa

and bidentate at middle, then oblique; a fine red-brown terminal

292 NOCTUID A,

line and whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing reddish brown

with a fine whitish line at base of cilia.

@. Patagia purplish black on outer edge; fore wing with

purplish black suffusion irrorated with silvery scales from base

to postmedial line except at costa and from the angle of the

postmedial line to apex.

Hab. Srxaim, 1800’ (Dudgeon), 1 2 type, Srncarorn (Ridley),

26. vp. 34 millim.

Genus ASINDUMA. dice

Asinduma, Wik. Tourn. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 167 (1864) ... exscripta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate; frons

smooth with tuft of hair above; 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

with dorsal crests on two basal segments. Fore wing with the costa arched

near base, 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 a long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,7

from upper angle; 8 anastomesing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the chocolate-brown on terminal area not

extending to costa before the reniform.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line highly dentate ...... exscripta.

b. Fore wing with the subterminal line minutely dentate olivana.

B. Fore wing with the chocolate-brown on terminal area ex-

tending to costa before the reniform .............2.sses00000s elcota.

6584, Asinduma exscripta.

Asinduma exscripta, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 167 (1864) ;

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 78, pl. ii. f. 15.

3. Head red-brown irrorated with white; thorax olive-green ;

pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated with red-brown, the

tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface

Fig. 103.— Asinduma exscripta, S. }

Tt:

brownish white. Fore wing olive-green with a silvery gloss;

indistinet oblique waved subbasal and antemedial lines, the former

ending at submedian fold; a slight discoidal lunule defined on

ASINDUMA. 293

outer side by silvery white; postmedial line olive-green, bent

outwards and almost obsolete below costa, then red-brown and

slightly incurved to submedian fold, then olive-green and dentate,

some purplish fuscous before it beyond the cell, the whole area

beyond it chocolate-brown except at costa and inner margin with

the very highly dentate silvery grey subterminal line on it; a

fine silvery grey line just before termen ; cilia red-brown tinged

with grey. Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous gloss, the

inner area greyer. Underside of fore wing dark brown with

some whitish suffusion and white points on costa towards apex;

hind wing grey-brown.

Hab. Perax, Kinta Valley (Ridley), 1 ¢; Bornro, Sarawak

(Wallace), type t in Mus. Oxon. wp. 26 millim.

6585. Asinduma oclivana. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 4.)

Argyrothripa olivana, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (6) xvii. p. 862 (1896).

3. Head red-brown irrorated with white; thorax olive-green ;

pestus white; legs brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

brown, the ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing olive-

green with a silvery gloss; subbasal line olive-green, double, waved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line olive-green, double

towards costa, oblique, waved; a narrow discoidal olive-green

lunule slightly defincd on outer side by silvery white; postmedial

line olive-green, almost obsolete and bent outwards below costa,

then red-brown and slightly incurved to submedian fold, then

olive-green and dentate, some purplish fuscous suffusion before it

beyond the cell and a large lunulate red-brown and_ purplish

fuscous patch beyond it before the dentate silvery greyish sub-

terminal line, which has a black point at costa and slight black

marks beyond it below apex and at submedian fold; a deep red-

brown terminal line; cilia tinged with red-brown and with a

brown line through them. Hind wing fuscous brown; a fine

greyish line at base of cilia. Underside of both wings fuscous

brown; fore wing with the terminal half of costa brownish white

with some dark points on costa; hind wing with some brownish

white on costa towards apex.

flab, Assam, Khasis, 3 ¢ type. Exp. 30 millim.

6586. Asinduma elwota,n. sp. (Plate CLXXXIL fig. 5.)

@. Head red-brown mixed with grey-white; thorax olive-

yellow mixed with some leaden grey ; pectus white; legs white mixed

with brown; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing olive-yellow, the

terminal area suffused with red-brown except towards tornus; the

base of costal and inner areas leaden grey ; subbasal line represented

by a slight olive striga from costa; antemedial line olive, oblique,

defined on inner side by leaden grey from costa to median neryure and

994 NOCTUID ©.

on outer by the medial area being leaden grey from costa to submedian

fold; an olive-yellow discoidal lunule with two slight black points

on it; postmedial line indistinct, dark defined on outer side by

olive-yellow, bent outwards below costa, then erect, an oblique olive

patch beyond it on costal area; an indistinct minutely dentate

silvery grey subterminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown.

Hab. Travancore, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 1 9 type. Exp. 28

millim.

Genus SELEPA. ype

Sclopa, Moore,» Lep Hails Comp 353)(1858)) secant eee celtis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi downcurved, extending about the length of

head and fringed with hair above and below; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennx of male almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests; fore tibixe fringed on both sides with long hair, the

tarsal joints with slight tufts of scales, the mid and hind tibie slightly fringed

with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal 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 with

8 to form a short areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from

close to angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to

middle.

Secr. I. Hind wing of male on underside with large patch of blackish andro-

conia in submedian interspace from near base to near termen,

followed by a small patch of rough hairy rufous scales on termen.

6587. Selepa stigmatophora.

Plotheia stigmatophora, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 805; id. Moths

Ind. iy. p. 524.

3. Head and thorax fuscous brown tinged with grey; abdo-

men pale grey-brown; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen

whitish. Fore wing cupreous brown tinged wlth grey; a curved

Fig. 104.—Selepa stigimatophora, 3. 3

sinuous brown antemedial line; a point of raised scales in middle

of cell and small discoidal tuft; postmedial line double, obliquely

excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and minutely waved

below submedian fold, a faint waved subterminal line and traces

of a terminal series of dark points. Hind wing white tinged with

SELEPA. 295

brown, the cilia white, brownish at base ; the underside white with

some brown irroration on costal area.

Hab, Sixkuim (Dudgeon), 1 g type. Hap. 22 millim.

Sect. Il. Hind wing of male normal.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate from below

costa to vein 4,

a. Fore wing with white patch on middle of costa............ niyralba.

b, Fore wing witheut white patch on middle of costa.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line defined on each

sides by Awhile ye staseser asaseneaasine ee veseciw.tenscie cea c leucograpte,

b’. Fore wing with the postmedial line not defined by

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B. Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate below veins 6,

Uo I A am oe IRD pated doe) Seat Md tt OU etetis OER Bb yt rufescens.

C. Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate at veins 4,3. ferrofusa.

D. Fore wing with the postmedial line not dentate.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly oblique from

below costa to vein 4.

a’, Kore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards

at vein I.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line crossed by fine

black streaks above and below vein % ............... celtis.

b*, Fore wing with the postmedial line not crossed by

fine black streaks above and below vein 2.

a’, Fore wing suffused with red-brown ; hind wing

WIHILG ies assent seer ete keee eatmee neonate. eel as e@nescens.

6°, Fore wing not tinged with red-brown ; hind wing

REV oresapeunsietsccas tana ecisanonnaecuctisde cane nc munavings plumbeata.

b', Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled out-

wards at vein 1.

a*, Fore wing with wedge-shaped blue-grey patch on

costal area beyond postimedial line .................. transvalica,

6?, Fore wing without wedge-shaped blue-grey patch

on costal area beyond postimedial line.

a’. Fore wing grey, the medial area suffused with

brown ..... sdabocdsoqpomaengasas na sbnsodeaspponcoutonseD rhythmopis.

63, Fore wing grey tinged with fuscous brown ...... gered.

ce, Kore wing wholly suffused with red-brown ...... cumasia,

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from below

costa to vein 4.

a’, Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold from

base to postmedial line.

a’, Fore wing with black streak in discal fold from

eanelelle OF Gall 1h OPA, ococonacooo9asonec0e000G0800005 rabdota,

b?. Fore wing without black streak in discal fold.

a>. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent out-

WAITS lDEllONy COMB cosccccaococscoosncs000003000800000 discigera,

6%. Fore wing with the postmedial line very oblique

TRON OOS WO WENN (,ccocscoonssponoapc00ccenn5098000 leucogonta.

b'. Fore wing without black streak in submedian fold.

a*. Fore wing suffused with red-brown and leaden grey.

a*. Fore wing with tufts of raised scales on the ante-

anil joOStmaMe Thiel IWS oo caocansacococanoacosnseocacene ceirculella.

6°, Fore wivg without tufts of raised scales on the

ante- and postmedial lines......................2.0.+ molybdea.

02, Fore wing grey slightly tinged with brown.

a3, Kore wing without broad fuscous medial shade. docitis.

68. Fore wing with broad fuscous medial shade...... nephelozona,

296 NOCTUID&.

6588. Selepa nigralba. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 6.)

Plotheia nigralba, Himpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 805; id. Moths Ind.

iv. p. 925.

Head and thorax black-brown; palpi whitish below ; abdomen

erey-brown. Fore wing black-brown ; antemedial line indistinct,

blackish, faintly defined on inner side by whitish, slightly bent out-

wards between subcostal nervure and vein 1; a white point in

middle of cell and a discoidal striga of raised black scales; a large

white patch on middle of costa intersected by the blackish post-

medial line which arises at middle of costa, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then slightly defined by white on outer side, angled

inwards at vein 7 and discal fold and outwards at vein 6, below

vein 3 bent inwards to below end of cell, then again excurved ; a

diffused oblique white pateh from apex intersected by the slight

dark subterminal line, which is minutely dentate towards costa and

somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series of white

strie just before termen. Hind wing blackish brown, the cilia

with a fine whitish line at base and whitish tips.

Hab. Buurkn (Dudgeon), 1 2 type; StneaporE (/tidley), 1 3,

1@. Hap, 22-26 millim.

6589. Selepa leuccgrapta, n. sp. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 7.)

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown; palpi white

below ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white.

Fore wing whitish suffused with leaden grey and some brown ;

antemedial line formed by black scales slightly defined on inner

side by whitish, oblique from costa to above vein 1; a point of

raised black scales at middle of cell and discoidal striga ; post-

medial line indistinetly double, filled in with white and defined on

outer side by white except towards costa, obliquely bent outwards

below costa, then the outer line minutely dentate to vein 3, then

incurved; an oblique white shade from apical part of costa to the

postmedial line ; subterminal line defined on inner side by brown

suffusion and by points of raised black scales towards inner margin,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series of minute white

striz just before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown, the ala with

fine white line at base and white tips.

Hab. 8. Niemria, Lagos (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Hap. 22 millim.

6590. Selepa violescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 8.)

$. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; palpi below and

pectus whitish ; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown.

Fore wing violaceous whitish suffused with red-brown ; antemedial

line indistinet, dark defined on inner side by whitish, oblique to

submedian fold and angled outwards above vein 1; postmedial line

fine, dark defined on each side by grey- white, arising at middle of

SELEPA. 297

costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved,

oblique below vein +; faint traces of a curved subterminal line; a

terminal series of brown points defined by greyish. Hind wing

whitish tinged with red-brown.

Hab. Gamsra, Bathurst (Sir G. Carter), 1 S type. Hap. 22

millim.

6591. Selepa rufescens, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 9.)

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with pale

purplish red-brown ; palpi below, pectus, hind legs and ventral

surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous white

suffused with red-brown and tinged with purplish grey, the veins

with slight dark streaks, the medial and postmedial costal areas

whiter ; antemedial line red-brown defined on inner side by

ochreous white with leaden grey before it, acutely angled outwards

below costa, in submedian fold, and above inner margin ; a point

of raised black scales at middle of cell and a discoidal striga, a red-

brown streak between them; postmedial line double, red-brown,

arising at costa from just beyond antsmedial line, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then excurved to vein 4, the outer line being

dentate below veins 6, 5, 4, then incurved, defined on outer side by

yellowish white followed by leaden grey ; subterminal line indis-

tinct, whitish with slight blackish dentate marks before it below

veins 7, 6, 4, a curved black streak from vein 4 to postmedial line

below vein 3 and two slight streaks between submedian fold and

vein 1; a brown terminal line and fine whitish line at base of cilia.

Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal half suffused with brown ;

cilia with yellowish line at base and whitish tips.

Hab. Navat, Durban (Bell-Marley), 1 2 type. Hvp. 30 millim.

6592. Selepa ferrofusa. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 10.)

Plotheia ferrofusa, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 581 (1905).

3. Head and thorax pale grey, the sides of palpi, head and

thorax more or less deeply tinged with ferruginous ; fore legs

tinged with ferruginous in front; abdomen pale grey slightly tinged

with brown on dorsum. Fore wing pale grey, the basal inner area,

medial area except at inner margin, postmedial area at middle, and

terminal area except at apex and tornus suffused with bright ferru-

ginous ; a small fuscous spot below costa near base and subbasal

spots below costa and in cell; a double slightly waved antemedial

line, strongly excurved from costa to submedian fold, then angled

inwards on vein 1; a small tuft of whitish scales in middle of cell

and small black discoidal tuft ; postmedial line double, arising near

antemedial line, very strongly bent outwards below costa, oblique

to veins 4, 3, where it is minutely dentate, then bent inwards to

vein 2 and erect to inner margin; subterminal line whitish defined

298 NOCLTUID A,

by dark brown on inner side, minutely waved, excurved below

costa and at middle; a fine blackish terminal line slightly defined

by grey on inner side. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen

narrowly reddish brown.

Hab. Mavras, Belgaum (Watson), 1 3 ; Cnyton, Colombo (Green),

i abype: Exp. 20 ‘nillim.

6593. Selepa celtis.

Selepa celtis, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 353, pl. 16. ff. 8, 8a (1858); id. Lep.

Ceyl. iii. p. 103, pl. 158. f. 5; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p- 370.

Subrita curvifer dla, Wik. xxxy. 1745 (1866).

Head and thorax pale grey-brown; fore tarsi ringed with black-

ish ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing grey suffused

with red- brown, an oblique purplish fuscous shade from postmedial

part of inner margin where it extends from antemedial line to

tornus ; cmkemadtalt line indistinct, curved, a ridge of black scales

beyond it from subcostal nervure to vein 1; a ial tuft of black

scales at middle of cell and discoidal bar-shaped tuft ; postmedial

line double, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, then in-

curved, below submedian fold waved and with two tufts of raised

Fig. 105.— selepa eeltis, S. #.

scales on it, crossed by fine black streaks above and below vein 2;

subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by fuscous brown

except towards costa, minutely waved, incurved below vein 3 and

with tuft of raised scales on it above tornus; a fine black terminal

line. Hind wing whitish, the terminal area tinged with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with diffused black patch in, below, and beyond

lower end of cell.

Hab. N. Invia (Hearsey), 2 2 type; Punsas, Almorah (Boys),

1 @ type curviferella, Manpuri, 1 9 ; Assam, Nagas; Brnea

(Russell), 1 2, Caleutta,3 ¢,1 9; BomBay Cee) 2 2, Mhow

(Swinhoe), 2 2 ; Mapas, Nileiris (Hampson), 1 2 ; Carton, 2 9 ;

PHILIPPINES, Luzon ; Java (Hor sfield), 1 §, 2 2 ; QUEENSLAND,

‘Townsville (Dodd), L 2. Exp. 20-24 millim.

Larva, Semper, Reise Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 529, pl. Q, ff. 12-14.

Yellow; head black; dorsal black patches on dth, 10th, and 11th

somites; a lateral reddish line with series of black spots ; hairs

long and sparse ; forms a cocoon covered with feces.

SELEPA. 299

6594. Selepa enescens. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 11.)

Selepa enescens, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 288 (1888); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 370.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with fuscous brown;

palpi at base, pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore

wing purplish grey suffused with fuscous and in parts with red-

brown; antemedial line formed by raised blackish scales, oblique

from costa to submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1; a tuft

of raised blackish scales at middle of cell and a curved discoidal

striga; postmedial line blackish, arising at middle of costa, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then nearly straight and erect to vein 3,

angled inwards below vein 2 and outwards at submedian fold and

vein 1; subterminal line greyish defined on inner side by brown,

almost obsolete towards costa, then waved, bent inwards at yein 2

and with three tufts of raised scales on it towards tornus. Hind

wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown.

Hab. Stxurmt; Buurdn (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Manras, Nilgiris, 1 2 ;

Cryton (Green), 1 S, 1 2 ; Br. N. Guinea, Port Moresby, 1 9.

Exp. 24-30 millim.

6595. Selepa plumbeata, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 12.)

Head and thorax purplish grey tinged with brown; abdomen

pale grey; palpi below, pectus, mid and hind legs and ventral

surface of abdomen white. Fore wing purplish grey slightly tinged

with brown and with a leaden gloss; antemedial line blackish,

slightly bent outwards from subcostal nervure to above vein 1; a

faint elliptical discoidal annulus with ridge of raised blackish scales

in centre; postmedial line double, the inner line indistinct, bent

outwards below costa, then excurved to vein 3 with a slight curve

inwards at discal fold, below vein 3 angled inwards to below end

of cell, then minutely dentate ; subterminal line faintly defined by

dark brown on inner side and slightly dentate, bent inwards at vein

2 and with tuft of dark scales above tornus; a terminal series of

black strie. Hind wing pale grey, somewhat darker towards

termen ; cilia whitish at tips.

Hab, Cuyton, Kegale (Alston), 1 ¢ type; Ur. Burma, Kinyua

(Bingham), 1 3,19. Exp. 20 millim.

6596. Selepa transvalica, n. sp. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 13.)

2. Head, tegule, and patagia pale brownish mixed with some

black ; thorax grey suffused with blackish; pectus and abdomen

ochreous white, the last dorsally tinged with brown, the crest on

2nd segment blackish. ore wing with the costal half grey-white

clouded with fuscous, the inner half ochreous suffused with red-

brown; some black on inner margin towards base; antemedial line

formed of raised black and brown scales, somewhat oblique to sub-

costal nervure, then erect; an oblique blackish shade from costa

just beyond postmedial line to antemedial line at median nervure ;

300 NOCTUIDZ.

a point of raised black seales defined by white at middle of cell and

a black discoidal lunule on a round red-brown spot defined by

greyish ; postmedial line double, black-brown, the inner line arising

from costa near the antemedial line, bent outwards below costa,

then somewhat oblique to vein 3, then incurved ; subterminal line

defined on inner side by a slight brown shade, excurved below vein

7 and at middle, a deep red-brown patch beyond it at submedian

fold; a terminal series of blackish strie ; cilia with blackish patch -

towards tornus. Hind wing sewihyaline white, the veins towards

termen and the termen fuscous brown.

¢. Fore wing with the costal and inner areas lilacine grey with

some black irroration and streaks, the area from below costa to sub-

median fold red-brown witb a whitish patch at middle of terminal

area, a strong black streak in submedian fold and slighter streaks

on veins 7,6, 2; the lines and stigmata hardly traceable; hind wing

white with a fine dark terminal line.

Hab, Transvaan, White R. (Cooke), 1 3, 1 2 type. Eup. 28

millim.

6597. Selepa rhythmopis. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 14.)

Plotheia rhythmopis, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 91 (1902).

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown; pectus and abdomen

whitish. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with brown and irrorated

with fuscous ; antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, the

cuter strong, black, excurved from subcostal nervure to submedian

fold; the whole medial area suffused with brown, the costal area

remaining grey with a black spot on it to near the postmedial line;

claviform obscure, black ; orbicular and reniform represented by

tufts of black scales ; the postmedial line double, the inner line in-

distinct and strongly bent outwards below costa, the outer strong,

black, sinuous, excurved from costa to vein 3, then incurved.

Hind wing semihyaline whitish tinged with brown especially on

the veins and towards termen.

Hab. Quzrnstanp, Townsville (Dodd), 1 9, Brisbane, type fT in

Coll. Turner. Hap. 26 millim.

6598. Selepa gerea. (Plate CLXXXIT. fig. 15.)

Sarotricha demiota, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 464 (Q); Kirby, Cat.

Lep. Het. p. 370.

Plotheia gerea, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 582 (1905).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey slightly tinged with fuscous ;

tegule with fine oblique dark streaks, patagia with black upper

edge and fine oblique streak across tips. Fore wing grey slightly

suffused with fuscous brown and finely irrorated with black ;

obliquely placed subbasal fuscous points in and below cell; an in-

distinct double antemedial line, slightly angled inwards on median

nervure and oblique below submedian fold; a small black discoidal

bar; postmedial line rather indistinct, double, oblique from costa

SELEPA. 301

to vein 3 where it is bent inwards to near angle of cell, then oblique

and slightly waved to inner margin; an indistinct diffused brown

subterminal line, excurved below costa and at middle; a terminal

series of slight dark striae. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown

especially on terminal area.

Hab. New Gutnes, Port Moresby (Kowald), 3, @ in Coll.

Meyrick; Qusrnstanp, Townsville (Dodd), 2 3 type. Hap. 24

millim.

6599. Selepa cumasia, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 16.)

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish, the meta-

thorax with some blackish scales; abdomen grey tinged with brown;

pectus and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing

purplish grey suffused with red-brown ; antemedial line double, the

inner line purplish, the outer red-brown, excurved below costa and

submedian fold; small tufts of black scales at middle of cell and

on discocellulars, the former with whitish point on its inner side ;

postmedial line double, the inner line brown, the outer silvery

purplish, excurved from costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal

fold, excurved between veins 5 and 3, then incurved ; subterminal

line whitish defined on inner side by brown, excurved below vein 7

and at middle and slightly angled inwards at vein 2; a black

terminal line and fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing

pale brown, the cilia with a fine whitish line at base; the under-

side greyish.

Hab. Gorn Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 2 $ type; 8. Nicerra,

Itu (Farquhar), 1 3. Hap. 24 millim.

6600. Selepa rabdota.

Clettharra rabdota, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B.M. viti. p. 88, pl. 146. f. 4 (1891) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 3871.

@. Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown and mixed

with dark brown; palpi white below; abdomen whitish tinged

with brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with red-brown and in

parts slightly suffused with dark brown; a black streak in sub-

median fold to postmedial line; a minute black streak in cell near

base and some blackish scales on inner margin; traces of a pale

oblique antemedial line; a black streak in discal fold from middle

of cell to termen, an oblique streak from upper angle to apex,

streaks on veins 6 and 5 and bases of veins 4, 3, 2; postmedial line

indistinct, bent outwards below costa, excuryed to vein 4, then

more distinct, blackish slightly defined on outer side by whitish, and

incurved ; a blackish patch in terminal part of submedian inter-

space and a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white, the termen slightly tinged with ochreous brown, a

terminal series of minute black points,

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 9 type; Crytzoy,

Ukuwella (Mackwood),1 9. Hp. 24-28 millim.

302 NOCTUID A,

6601. Selepa discigera.

Gadirtha discigera, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 163 (1864); Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 76, pl. 2. f. 14.

Selepa strigifera, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 103, pl. 158. ff. 3, 3.@ (1885) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 370.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with red-brown, the

tegule and upper edge of patagia with dark brown stripes ; palpi

below, pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

grey-white. Fore wing greyish suffused with brown and glossed

with purple, the veins with slight dark streaks, the submedian fold

pale with a black streak on it; antemedial line indistinct, oblique

and slightly sinuous to vein 1, then bent inwards; an oblique dis-

coidal bar of raised scales ; postmedial line double, the inner line

indistinct, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 3,

then bent inwards, sinuous with tufts of raised scales on 1t to inner

margin, crossed just above vein 2 by a blackish streak ; subterminal

line defined on inner side by dark brown, oblique towards costa,

then crenulate. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, or wholly

suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with diffused black patch in and beyond lower

angle of cell to postmedial line.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with diffused black beyond antemedial line

towards costa, and thence through upper part of cell to postmedial

line.

Ab. 3. Head, thorax, and fore wing pale grey-brown.

Hab. Stxuim (Moller), 1 9; Bompay, Kanara, Karwar (7. R. Bell),

13,193 Cuyton (Lindesay), 1 2, Pundaloya (Green), 2 5,2 2

type strigifera; Lr. Burma, Thayetmyo ( Watson), 1 2 ; SINGAPORE

(Ridley), 1 $ ; Borwxno, Sarawak (Wallace), type t in Mus. Oxon ;

LovtstapEs, St. Aignan (Meek), 2 2 ; QuxEENs~AND, Townsville

(Dodd),i 3. Exp. 22-28 millim.

Larva. Brownish ochreous with a dorsal series of slender erect

black hairs which are very long and with spatulate ends at an-

terior and posterior extremities, lateral hairs white ; a subdorsal

black-spotted green band from 5th to 10th somites; dorsal black

spots on 2nd to 5th and 11th semites.

6602. Selepa leucogonia. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 17.)

Plotheia leucogonia, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 581 (1905).

@. Head and thorax grey slightly tinged with red-bron ;

patagia with brown line near tips; abdomen grey, the crests dark at

tips. Fore wing with the basal and inner areas grey slightly tinged

with red-brown, the rest of wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the

grey area defined by a black-brown line from costa to submedian

fold in which it forms a streak to postmedial line, emitting a slight

striga from its lower edge before middle; a slight oblique red-brown

discoidal bar; postmedial line indistinctly double, very oblique from

SELEPA. 303

costa to vein 6, then excurved, slightly angled inwards in discal fold,

at vein 2 retracted to near cell, slightly angled outwards at sub-

median fold and excurved to inner margin; subterminal line

represented by some diffused rufous, excurved at vein 7 and middle;

a small triangular white mark from termen to postmedial line at

vein 2; a tuft of dark scales above tornus; a terminal series of

black stria2; cilia rufous. Hind wing white, the terminal area

slightly tinged with brown; the underside with the costal area

slightly tinged with red-brown.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and abdomen browner ; fore wing with the

triangular white mark rather larger; hind wing wholly suffused

with dark brown.

Ab. 2, Fore wing without triangular white mark; hind wing

whitish suffused with pale brown.

Hab. Sterna Lrone (Clements), 1 9 ; Gamera, Bathurst

(Sur G. Carter), 1 9 ; Br. KE. Arnica, Teita (Jackson), 1 Q type.

Exp. 16-20 millim.

6603. Selepa circulella. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 18.)

Subrita circulella, Wik. xxxv. 1747 (1866).

Sarotricha demiota, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, pp. 300, 464 (4).

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi at base,

pectus and abdomen whitish, the last with the crests blackish.

Fore wing purplish grey mixed with some red-brown and whitish

and with patches of white on costal area at middle and apex; some

blackish scales on inner margin towards base; an oblique ante-

medial ridge of raised brown and blackish scales from costa to vein

1; a point of raised black scales in middle of cell and discoidal

striga on a brown discoidal spot; a blackish streak on base of

vein 3; postmedial line double, arising from costa near antemedial

line, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 3, then

bent inwards and wayed to inner margin, crossed by slight black

streaks above and below vein 2 and with tufts of raised scales on it

above and below vein 1; subterminal line obselete towards costa,

then defined on inner side by black suffusion, waved, and with small

white mark beyond it at vein 2; a maculate blackish terminal line

slightly defined on inner side py whitish. Hind wing whitish

tinged with brown especially on terminal area.

6. Hind wing with tuft of blackish hair at middle of cilia of

inner margin.

Hab. Creteses, Makian (Wallace), 1 9 type; New Guinna

(Sayer), typet o demiota in Coll. Meyrick. Hap. 28 millim,

6604. Selepa molybdea, n.sp. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 19.)

Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey tinged with brown;

palpi below, pectus, mid and hind legs and ventral surface of ab-

domen whitish. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown and

304 NOCTUID.E.

glossed with purple-grey, the medial area rather browner; ante-

medial line black-brown, slightly bent outwards from subcostal

nervure to vein 1; a whitish point defined by black and small black

discoidal tuft; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa,

excurved to vein 3, then incurved and minutely waved; sub-

terminal line indistinct, red-brown, oblique towards costa, then

curved; a fine black terminal line. Hind wing whitish suffused

with brown, the cilia whiter.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with diffused black spot in middle of cell and

discoidal patch.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with triangular white patch on medial part of

costa, a white discoidal annulus and wedge-shaped white patch on

apical part of costal area, an oblique black streak beyond upper

angle of cell.

Hab. Stxeavore (Ridley), 3 3, 2 2 type. Hxp. 18-20 millim.

6605. Selepa docilis. (Plate CLXXXIL. fig. 20.)

Selepa docilis, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 619; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 870.

Plotheia canofusa, Hmpsn. A. M. N. EL. (7) xvi. p. 580 (1905),

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey slightly tinged with brown;

palpi below, pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore

wing grey faintly tinged with brown and irrorated with a few black

scales; a very indistinct double waved brownish antemedial line,

angled inwards at vein 1; a minute black point in middle of cell

and two minute discoidal points; postmedial line blackish faintly

defined on each side by whitish, excurved from below costa to

vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line very indistinct, brownish,

oblique towards costa and slightly incurved at submedian fold.

Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen slightly tinged with

brown.

Ab. 1. The type: fore wing with some ill-defined small black

spots on basal area and before and beyond antemedial line and

slight black streaks on terminal area before and beyond subterminal

line.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with diffused black patches below and beyond

end of cell.—Ceylon.

Hab. N. Niewria, Minna (Macfie), 1 9, Zungeru (Macfie), 2 9,

Borgu, Yelwa L. (Migeod), 1 3S ; Soupan, Port Soudan (Mrs.

Waterfield), 2 9 3 Navaz, Durban (Quekett), 1 9 ; Carn Conony,

Annshaw (Miss Ff’. Barrett), 1 9 type canofusa; Punsas, Manpuri,

1 2, Moghal Serai (Betton), 1 9 ; Sryp, Karachi (Swnhoe), 3 3,

3 9 type; Bompay, 1 ¢, Kutch, 1 9 ; Cxryton, Hambantota

(Pole), 4 2. Hap. 22-26 millim.

6606. Selepa nephelozona. (Plate CLXXXIT. fig. 21.)

Plotheia nephelozona, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 580 (1905).

@. Head and thorax grey tinged with pale red-brown; abdomen

whitish. Fore wing grey tinged with pale red-brown and slightly

PLOTHEIA. 305

irrorated with black ; a broad diffused irregular medial fuscous band

expanding on costa towards apex and on inner margin towards

base, with a very small elongate tuft of raised scales on it in middle

of cell; two minute black discoidal points; faint traces of a sub-

terminal line; a very slight brown shade on apical part of terminal

area; a terminal series of minute black points. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white; the termen slightly tinged with brown towards

apex and with some slight points at middle; the underside with the

costal area slightly tinged with brown.

Hab. Br. K. Arrica, Kikuyu, Nairobi plains (Crawshay), 1 2

type. xp. 30 millim.

Genus PLOTHETA.

Type.

Jeyorogia, Vili, sett; TOS QUST) sccoscc9se0s00000a000002020 000008020000 decrescens.

IDG aRia, SN S55 ICANT) (AUSIS)) | Geascecadonsso8gs000e 554920600000 00 G00 decrescens.

Galleriomorpha, Feld. Wien. Bnt. Mon. vi. p. 37, note (1862). decrescens.

Othora, Wk. xxxiii. 902 (1865) ..... ncaeeeeanee AR etcae eens decrescens.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely upturned to

above vertex of head and fringed with long scales behind towards extremity,

the 8rd long and porrect ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large,

round ; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales

and without crests; fore femora and tibiz fringed with long hair, the tarsal

joints with tufts of scales, the mid and hind tibiz moderately fringed with

hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed

from above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to

middle.

6607. Piotheia decrescens,

Gadirtha decrescens, Wk. xiii. 1104 (1857); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 369.

Plotheia frontalis, Wik. xii. 1109 (1857); Hmapsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix.

p. 106, pl. 164. ff. 1-32.

Fgelesta rudivitta, Wik. xv. 1748 (1858).

Galleriomorpha lichenoides, Nietner, Coffee Tree and its enemies p. 13

(1861); Feld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vi. p. 38 (1862).

Gadirtha spurcata, W1k. xxxiii. 896 (1865),

Gadirtha guttulosa, W\k. xxxiii. 897 (1865).

Othora velata, W\k. xxxiii. 902 (1865).

Othora albotecta. W\k. xxxiii. 903 (1865).

Othora cinerascens, W1k. xxxili. 903 (1865).

Othora canescens, W\k, xxxii1. 904 (1868).

Othora onusta, Wik. xxxili. 905 (1865).

Othoru subglauca, Wk. xxxiil. 905 (1865).

Othora signata, Wk. xxxiii. 906 (1865).

Othora plagiata, Wk. xxxiii. 907 (1865).

Othora aibivitta, Wik. xxxiii. 908 (1865).

Othora lata, W\k. xxxiii. 909 (1865),

Othora concisa, Wik. xxxiii. 910 (1865).

Othora basifascia, W\k. xxxiii. 911 (1865).

Othora imprimens, W1k. xxxiii. 911 (1865).

Plotheia lativitta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i. p. 106, pl. 157. f. 11 (1885).

Plotheia griseovirens, Moore. Lep. Ceyl, iii. p. 108, pl. 158. f. 2 (1885),

Head and thorax olive-grevish, pale reddish brown mixed with

black, or blackish; palpi black at sides towards base; abdomen

VOL. XI. x

306: NOCTUIDAE.

ereyish suffused with fuscous, a dorsal series of triangular greyish

patches defined at sides by black, the crests black at tips; pectus

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the legs with blackish

mixed. Fore wing olive-greyish, pale red-brown irrorated with

black, or blackish ; a slight black streak below base of cell; sub-

basal line represented by a curved black striga from costa; ante-

medial line double, slightly angled outwards below costa, then

somewhat oblique and waved; medial line slightly angled outwards

below costa, then indistinct, oblique, sinuous ; reniform large,

irregularly rounded, defined by black and with tuft of blackish hair

in centre; postmedial line double and oblique from costa to discal

fold, then single, somewhat inwardly oblique, strongly incurved in

submedian interspace and bent outwards at vein 1; subterminal

line slight, whitish defined on inner side by blackish, minutely

Fig. 106.—Plotheia decrescens, 3. }.

waved, angled inwards at discal feld, the interspaces beyond it

streaked with black from apex to discal fold and towards tornus; a

terminal series of slight blackish lunules. Hind wing pacers

brown, the cilia whitish at tips and with blackish patch at tornus ;

the underside greyish suffused with fuscous brown.

Ab. 1. signata. Fore wing with blackish suffusion on basal,

apical, and tornal areas.

Ab. 2. guttulosa. Fore wing with series of small black spots on

the antemedial and postmedial lines and before the subterminal line.

Ab. 8. spurcata. Fore wing with black medial patch from costa

to median neryure.

Ab. 4. Fore wing suffused with leaden grey, except basal, apical,

and tornal areas.

Ab. 5. lativitta. Similar but fore wing with the suffusion fuscous

black.

Ab. 6. imprimens. Fore wing with the inner area suffused with

black with whitish patches at middle and tornus and white streak

on medial part of inner margin.

Ab. 7. Fore wing with pure white apical patch.

Ab. 8. Fore wing with the inner area pure white to postmedial

line and with white apical patch.

Ab. 9. Similar but with series of small black spots on the veins.

Ab. 10. lichenoides. Fore wing with oblique ochreous antemedial

bands suffused with rufous.

Ab. 11. Similar but with the band whitish.

PLOTHEIA.—TATHOTHRIPA. 307

Ab. 12. concisa. Similar but with oblique black line on outer side

of the whitish band.

Ab. 13. Fore wing grey with the inner area red-brown.

Ab. 14. Fore wing with the antemedial and postmedial lines

defined by white and with white streaks on veins 7, 6, base of vein

3, and on vein 1.

Ab. 15. Similar but the fore wing fuscous black except the base,

inner margin and tornal half of terminal area.

Ab. 16. Similar but fore wing wholly suffused with black except

a brownish ochreous band before the antemedial line.

Ab. 17. Fore wing with the whole medial area whitish tinged

with brown.

Ab. 18. griseovirens. Fore wing olive-greyish with some whitish

suffusion on medial area.

Ab. 19. Similar but fore wing with patches of white on basal

area, medial area below costa and in reniform, at and below apex

and at extremity of submedian fold.

Ab. 20. albivitla. Fore wing with diffused downcurved white

fascia from below costa near base to postmedial line at discal fold.

Ab. 21. Fore wing with broad white medial band, its inner edge

oblique, its outer curved and emitting a fascia to middle of tornus.

Ab. 22. albotecta. Fore wing white, the base, costal area to:

middle, and apical area red-brown.

Ab. 23. rudivitta. Fore wing with black antemedial band and

fascia from it through the cell to near termen.

Ab. 24. Fore wing with oblique blackish band from costa at

antemedial line to inner margin towards tornus with streak from

it at lower angle of cell to termen at discal fold.

Ab. 25. lata. Fore wing with brown streaks in discal fold on

terminal area, on bases of veins 3, 2 and a streak on base of vein 1,

at middle bent upwards to submedian fold and ending at post-

medial line.

Ab. 26. Similar but with the streaks black.

Ab. 27. Fore wing with rufous fascia below median nervure and

from lower angle of cell to termen.

Hab, Cryton (Lindesay), 18 3,19 2, type and types plugiata,

signata, subglauca, velata, onusta, guttulosa, imprimis, frontalis,

canescens, basifascia, cimerascens, spurcata, concisa, griseovirens,

albivitta, albotecta, rudivitta, lativitta, lata, Pundaloya (G'reen),

20 6, 21 @, Dickoya (Green), 1 9, Kandy (Mackwood), 1 6,

W. Haputale (Mackwood), 1 $, Trincomali (Verbury), 4 ¢, 2 9.

rp. 24-36 millim.

Larva. Food-plant, Coffee (Nietner).

Genus TATHOTHRIPA, nov.

Type, 7. contivua.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and slenderly scaled, the 38rd long; frons smooth; eyes large, round;

antenne of male almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and

without crests; tibiz slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on

308 NOCTUID A.

three basal segments, very long in male. Fore wing with the costa highly arched

near base, 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 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

6608. Tathothripa continua.

Ariola continua, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 196 (1862) ; Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 76, pl. ii. f. 11.

Ariola includens, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 197 (1862).

Aviola deflera, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 197 (1262); Swinh. Cat.

Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 76, pl. ii. f. 20.

Bryophila leucorhiza, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 100. f. 12 (1874).

Head and thorax pure white; palpi brown; antenne and a bar

between their bases brown; pectus and legs suffused with brown ;

abdomen ochreous white, the crests pure white. Fore wing fuscons

brown with a greyish tinge, the inner area pure white from base

of costa to termen at vein 3, its upper edge with a triangular inden-

tation at middle, then slightly sinuous; small black spots at middle

of cell and on discocellulars; postmedial line indistinct, blackish,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, obsolete

on the white area, traces of another diffused dentate line beyond

Fig. 107.—Tadothripa continua, gS.

it ; subterminal line represented by a series of small dentate black

spots, slightly angled outwards below vein 7 and obsolete on the

white area; a terminal series of minute black points and fine pale

line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown with a fine whitish

line at base of cilia; the underside pale grey, the costal area and

termina! area to vein 3 suffused and irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1, 2. deflewa. Fore wing without white on terminal half of

inner area, the outer edge of the white obliquly curved from base

of costa to middle of inner margin.

Ab. 2, 9. Similar but fore wing with the white on basal half of

inner area enclosing a large elliptical black patch.

Ab. 3, ¢. includens. Similar to ab. 2 but fore wing with curved

white streak from the outer edge of the white area at vein 1 to

tornus emitting a tooth at middle to vein 3 and a streak to termen

at veln 3.

Hab. Punane (Flower), 1 6, 1 9; Singapore (Ridley, Wood-

Jones). 16 3, 6 9 ; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace, Meade- Waldo),

5 6, 6 2, Kuching (Shelford), 1 6, 12. Hap. 26-28 millim.

Type t and types ¢ ancludens and defleva in Mus, Oxon.

CRYPLOTHRIPA. 309

Genus CRYPTOTHRIPA, nov.

Type, C. occulta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 3rd very long and somewhat dilated

at extremity ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round;

antennee of male with fascicles of long cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales, the metathorax with large depressed crest; fore tibiz broadly

fringed with hair on both sides, the mid and hind tibie moderately fringed

with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of 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 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle

of cell; 5 fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with black streak beyond postmedial line in

Submedvanifoldieas nse sense cecsnemeese ese actereetsc cea: occulta.

B. Fore wing without black streak beyond postmedial line

Hel SUMO MMVEC NENT, WONG none oongeenonoocciacodoond--sodaeceobantoosodcer polyhymnia, -

6609. Cryptothripa occulta.

Selepa occulta, Swinh, P.Z.S8. 1885, p. 461, pl. 27. f. 11; Hipsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 381.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; palpi with the 2nd

joint whitish with black streak at sides; pectus whitish ; abdomen

grey mixed with fuscous brown, the crests blackish. Fore wing

reddish brown mixed with whitish and irrorated wlth a few black

scales ; an oblique black streak from base of costa along vein 1;

antemedial line very indistinct, waved ; a tuft of blackish scales in

Fig. 108.—Cryptothripa occulta, 3. }.

middle of cell; reniform slightly defined by brown, round and with

tuft of blackish scales in centre; postmedial line brown, oblique

from costa to vein 6, inwardly oblique below vein 2, with a black

streak from it to termen in submedian fold, dentate and defined on

outer side by white at vein 1, a white patch irrorated with brown

beyond it on costal area, extending to apex and dentate at vein 6;

a faint minutely waved whitish subterminal line with black streaks

beyond it on the veins; a fine black terminal line and whitish line

at base of cilia. Hind wing grey suffused with brown, the terminal

area fuscous brown, with a patch of blackish scales at tornus, cilia

brownish white except at tornus; the underside paler, a dark

discoidal lunule and diffused curved postmedial line.

310 NOCTUIDZ.

Hab. Bomsay, 1 3, Poona (Swinhoe), 1 2 type; Mapras, Belgaum

(Watson), 1 3, Gooty (Campbell), 1 ¢; Cayton (Mackwood), 1 2.

Exp. 30 millim.

6610. Cryptothripa polyhymnia. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 22.)

Plotheia polyhymnia, Hmpsn. Ann- 8. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 311 (1902).

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; fore and mid tibiz

and tarsi banded with black; abdomen with the dorsal crest black.

Fore wing grey-brown suffused with reddish brown and with some

dark irroration; a minute black streak above base of vein | and

a diffused black fascia above median nervure and from end of cell

above discal fold to subterminal line where it is met by an oblique

fascia from apex ; an indistinct waved antemedial line; an annulus

in middle of cell and larger discoidal annulus defined by brown and

with tufts of brown scales in centre; postmedial line indistinct,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, excurved to vein

4, then oblique; the oblique fascia from apex defined by whitish

suffusion above; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, waved,

incurved below vein 3, the interspaces beyond it with slight black

streaks. Hind wing whitish suffused with brownish ochreous.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the black fascia reduced to a patch on

median nervure before end of cell.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the black fascia absent.

Hab. Navat, Durban (Leigh), 3 Q type; Caru CoLony, Annshaw

(Miss F. Barrett),1 9. Hep, 34-36 millim.

Genus BRYOTHRIPA, nov.

Type, B. miophea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth, with tuft

of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male almost simple; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with depressed crest ; tibiz

smoothly scaled; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. 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 a long areole; 11 from cell. Hiud wing with veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell; 5 fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

6611. Bryothripa miophza, n. sp.

Head and thorax sap-green mixed with black; abdomen grey

suffused with fuscous, the crests black; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen ochreous white with a few dark scales. Fore

wing sap-green irrorated with black ; an oblique black fascia from

base of costa to inner margin at vein 1 where it is connected with

a diffused fascia above inner margin extending to subterminal line ;

a subbasal black striga from costa; antemedial line blackish,

BRYOTHRIPA.—BRYOPHILOPSIS. dll

oblique, sinuous; a black point at middle of cell and slight

discoidal lunule with point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line

indistinctly double, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved

to vein 4, then bent inwards to below end of cell and oblique to

inner margin, some black and whitish points beyond it on costa ;

Fig. 109.—Bryothripa miophea, S. }.

subterminal line black defined on outer side by whitish, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of

slight blackish points; cilia blackish with a fine pale line at base.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with a fine pale line at base ;

the underside grey suffused with brownish, the terminal area

fuscous from apex to submedian fold.

Ab. 1. Thorax with more black ; fore wing largely suffused with

purplish tlack, a small black discoidal spot ; hind wing more red-

brown.—Transvaal.

Hab. S. Niewrta, Lagos (Dudgeon), 1 $ type; Dertacoa Bay

(Mrs. Monteiro), in Coll, Druce; Transvaat, White R. (Cooke),

13,19. Hep, 24 millim.

Genus BRYOPHILOPSIS. Type

Bryophilopsis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 861 (1894)...............00 griseata.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, very slender, the 2nd joint

hardly reaching to m.ddle of frons, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennz of male with fascicles of long cilia; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales, the mesothorax with slight paired crests, the metathorax

with spreading crest; tibize smoothly scaled; abdomen with dorsal crests on

basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rather produced, 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 fourm the rather long areole;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed

from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomusing with the cell to

near middle.

Secr. I. Fore and mid femora of male with tufts of long hair from base, the

furmer greatly dilated.

6612, Bryophilopsis orientalis, n. sp.

g. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; pectus and legs

white tinged with ochreous; abdomen brown with slight segmental

lines; the ventral surface white. Fore wing white mixed with

brown, the terminal area darker from costa tu vein 3, the medial

area with a black streak on a red-brown fascia in submedian fold ;

312 NOCLUIDA.

subbasal line black, double at costa and ending at submedian fold ;

antemedial line black, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

erect and obsolescent; reniform with its centre yellowish defined

by brown and a white annulus obscured by a brown mark above ;

postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with white, bent

Fig. 110.—Bryophitopsis orientalis, 3.

outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line

white, indistinct on costal half, slightly angled outwards at vein 7

and inwards at discal fold, a black mark beyond it between veins

4,3; a dark terminal line defined on inner side by white, faintly

towards apex. Hind wing brown, whitish towards base, the cilia

pale.

Hab. Curisrmas I. (Andrews), 1 3 type. wp. 22 millim.

Sxcr. II. Fore and mid femora of male normal.

A. Fore wing with straight dark streak on medial area at

submedian fold.

a. Fore wing with slight black streaks beyond the subter-

minal line.

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line not defined on

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B. Fore wing with downcurred dark mark on medial area at

submedian fold.

a. Fore wing with the basal area not white.

a‘, Fore wing without rounded black-brown patch

beyond the postmedial line.

a?, Fore wing with white suffusion on antemedial

area.

a®, Kore wing without black streak on vein 2 on

terminal area.

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6613. Bryophilopsis griseata.

Bryophilopsis griseata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 361 (1894).

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and mixed with

fuscous ; pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish tinged with brown, the

last with the dorsal crest browner. Fore wing grey suffused with

brown and irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area slightly

browner, the medial area blackish, except beyond the cell, to the

submedian fold in which there is a black streak ; traces of a double

blackish subbasal line, angled outwards at median nervure and

Fig. 111.—Lryophilopsis griseata, S. 4.

ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black, oblique, sinuous ;

reniform reddish with whitish annulus, its centre defined by brown ;

postmedial line indistinctly double, blackish filled in with white,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique, sinuous ; subterminal line

black, defined on outer side by white towards costa and inner

margin, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; the terminal area

with black streaks in the interspaces below veins 3, 2; a dark

terminal line, Hind wing whitish suffused with brown especially

on terminal area, the cilia whiter at tips; the underside whitish,

the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without black suffusion on medial area.

Hab. Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 9 , Simla (Harford),

14,49 type. Hap. 28-30 millim.

6614. Bryophilopsis reederi.

Bryophila rederi, Stndf. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 665, pl. 15. f. 4 (1892); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 167,

6. Head and thorax grey mixed with black; palpi white in

front ; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with

fuscous, the crests black and white. Fore wing grey irrorated and

suffused with brown ; asmall subbasal wedge-shaped blackish mark

below costa; antemedial line black defined by white on inner side

and with some brown suffusion beyond its costal half, oblique,

slightly angled outwards in submedian fold where there is a black

streak from it to postmedial line; reniform defined by fuscous ;

postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with whitish, angled

inwards below costa, then bent outwards, incurved between veins

6 and 4 and below vein 3; subterminal line indistinct, dark, with

two slight white points on it below apex and one above tornus,

3bl4 NOCTUIDH.

incurved at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of slight

black points; cilia with whitish line at base. Hind wing semi-

hyaline whitish, the veins, costal area, and termen tinged with

brown ; the underside with the costal area sparsely irrorated with

brown.

Exp. Armenta; Syria, Mardin ; Mesoporamia, 1 g. Hep.

24 millim.

6615. Bryophilopsis lunifera, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 23.)

2. Head and thorax white tinged with reddish brown and

slightly irrorated with dark brown; abdomen whitish tinged with

brown, the crests with dark brown mixed. Fore wing white

suffused with red-brown, an obliqne white shade from costa towards

apex to lower angle of cell, the terminal area deep red-brown towards

apex, the medial area with black-brown lunulate patch from

subcostal nervure at middle of cell to postmedial line beyond lower

angle of cell, extending to submedian fold; antemedial line very

indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then erect;

reniform with diffused white annulus, its centre defined by red-

brown; postmedial line white, oblique from below costa to vein 6,

then inwardly oblique and sinuous; subterminal line black from

the white shade below costa to discal fold, then hardly traceable ;

a terminal series of black points defined on inner side by white,

very slightly on apical half. Hind wing white, the veins, costal and

terminal areas tinged with brown.

Hub. 8. Nigerta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 Q type. ap.

20 millim.

6616. Bryophilopsis nesta. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 24.)

Asinduma nesta, Bainbrigge-FKletcher, Trans. Linn. Soc., Zool. xiil. p. 273,

pl. 17. f. 1 (1910).

36. Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown; palpi blackish

at sides; frons with lateral black points; fore and mid tarsi fus-

cous ringed with white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown.

Fore wing white tinged with pale brown, the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with fuscous; a minute black streak below base of

cell; subbasal line represented by small black spots on costa and in

cell; antemediai line black defined on inner side by white and oblique

to submedian fold, then white and incurved; the medial area with

slight downecurved black streak in submedian fold; reniform

with its centre defined by blackish, faintly on outer side and with

white annulus on inner side only, rounded; postmedial line double,

black filled in with white to submedian fold, then white only,

angled outwards below costa, then oblique and shghtly sinuous;

the costal area prominently white towards apex; subterminal line

slight, white defined on inner side by rather diffused black, excurved

below vein 7 and angled outwards below vein 4, the area beyond it

blackish towards apex; a fine black terminal line slightly defined

BRYOPHILOPSIS. old

on inner side by white. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins,

costal area towards apex, and termen brown.

Hab. Srycuentes Is., Cerf I. (B.-Pleteher), 1 § type. xp.

22 millin.

*6617. Bryophilopsis hamula.

Erastria hamula, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. (2) vii. p. 53, pl. iv. f. 14 (1872).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white tinged with brown ;

antenne fuscous; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white.

Fore wing white tinged with purplish grey and irrorated with

brown, especially on costal area to beyond middle ; a subbasal black

point in cell; antemedial line defined on inner side by white, black

and oblique from costa to submedian fold, then indistinct and angled

outwards above inner margin, a black streak beyond it on extremity

of median nervure and downcurved streak from it to postmedial

line in submedian fold; renifurm with undefined white annulus

and its centre defined by brownish, round, somewhat angled

inwards at middle on inner side; postmedial line brown

defined on outer side by white, bent cutwards below costa, then

oblique, sinuous; an oblique white shade from apex to postmedial

line defined below by brown suffusion; subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by black except at costa, angled outwards

below vein 7 and at middle; a blackish patch on terminal area

below middle and whitish patch at tornus; a terminal series

of black points; cilia whitish mixed with brown. Hind wing white

tinged with brown, a fine brown terminal line; the underside white,

the costal area irrorated with brown except towards base.

Hab, Lr. Guinea (Waerden), type T 3S in Coll. Snellen. vp.

22 miilim,

6618. Bryophilopsis tarachoides. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 25.)

Bryophilopsis tarachoides, Mab, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 729.

3. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown; palpi

blackish at sides; antenne blackish; abdomen white dorsally

suffused with brown. Fore wing grey irorated with brown and

blackish, some white suffusion on costal half of antemedial area and

obliquely from costa towards apex to the reniform; a subbasal

black point on costa; antemedial line strong, black, oblique and

slightly sinuous to submedian fold, where it is curved outwards to

the postmedial line; reniform with white annulus, its centre

white tinged with ochreous and defined by brown, elliptical; post-

medial line white slightly defined on outer side by black, bent

outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and oblique below

vein 3; some diffused black below the oblique white shade from

costa towards apex; subterminal line indistinct, dark, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, a black streak beyond it on vein 2; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing semibyaline white, the

316 NOOTUIDE.

termen slightly tinged with brown; the underside with the apex

slightly irrorated with black.

Hab, N. Nieerra, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 9 ; Br. BH. Arrrca, Kilima-

n'jaro, 1 do ; Mapacascar, type fin Coll. Mabille. Hp, 24 millim.

6619. Bryophilopsis curvifera, n. sp. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 26.)

@. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown ; palpi, pectus, and

legs white slightly tinged with brown; abdomen grey, the dorsal

crests fuscous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey

irrorated with fuscous, some ochreous suffusion below end of cell

and obliquely from costa towards apex to the reniform ; antemedial

line ebsolete towards costa and inner margin, black, oblique and

sinuous from subcostal nervure to submedian fold, where it is

curved outwards to the postmedial line; reniform pale ochreous,

its centre defined by brown, elliptical; postmedial line double,

blackish filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa,

then oblique, sinuous; some dark brown suffusion from apex below

the oblique ochreous shade; subterminal line whitish slightly

defined on inner side by blackish, angled outwards below veins 7

and 4, slight black streaks heyond it on veins 8, 7, 6, +, 3, 2; the

terminal area pale tinged with brown; a fine blackish terminal line.

Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen tinged with brown; the

underside with the apex slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. 8. Nieeria, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Eup. 22

millim,

6620. Bryophilopsis cometes, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 27.)

6. Head and thorax grey slightly irrorated with black;

antenne blackish; pectus and legs whitish, the latter suffused with

brown; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown, the crests

with black mixed. Fore wing greenish grey slightly irrorated with

black, the area beyond the antemedial line suffused with brown and

ochreous from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line white

defined on outer side by black from costa to submedian fold where

the black is curved outwards to the postmedial line, slightly angled

outwards below costa and excurved above inner margin, the area

beyond it brown to submedian fold shading into ocureous below

end of cell and obliquely to costa at apex; reniform ochreous, its

centre defined by brown, elliptical ; postmedial line slight, whitish,

slightly angled outwards below costa, then incurved to reniform

and excurved below vein 4, a rounded patch of black-brown

suffusion beyond it between veins 8 and 3; an indistinct blackish

subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series of

black points just before termen from apex to vein 4, then a black

line detined on inner side by whitish to submedian fold; cilia with

series of black striz at middle. Hind wing semihyaline whitish

tinged with brown; the underside ochreous white with some

blackish irroration on apical half of costa,

BRYOPHILOPSIS.— OCHROTHRIPA. oul

@. Fore wing with the curved lunulate mark beyond the

antemedial line and the patch beyond the postmedial line black-brown

shading to brown at termen and forming a comet-shaped patch.

Hab. Goun Coast, Sekondi (Hamlyn), 1 3 type, Ashanti (Dudgeon),

12. xp. 22 millim.

6621. Bryophilopsis melanoleuca, n.sp. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 28.)

Head and thorax creamy white, the tegule suffused with

blackish towards tips, the metathorax with some blackish scales

before the crest; palpi and frons at sides black; antenne black

except basal joint; fore tibia and the tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen brown, tlie basal segment and ventral surface white.

Fore wing creamy white; a black point at base; subbasal line

indistinct, with black spot on costa, sinuous, ending at submedian

fold, and with small black spot beyond it in cell; antemedial line

black, oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian fold, incurved at

vein 1, a quadrate patch of black suffusion beyond it from costa to

above median nervure; the inner medial area suffused with black,

brown and grey, its upper edge curved; reniform with its centre

defined by black, hoop-shaped, open beiow ; postmedial line black

defined on outer side by white, bent outwards and almost obsolete

below costa, then oblique and minutely waved, the area beyond it

purple-grey except at costa with some red-brown suffusion beyond

the subterminal line at discal and submedian folds; subterminal

line white defined on inner side by black except at costa and towards

inner margin, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, some black

beyond it at apex and middle; a series of black points defined on

inner side by white just before termen from apex to vein 2 and a

black striga above tornus; cilia with some white at middle. Hind

wing semihyaline white, the veins tinged with brown, the termen

and cilia except at base tinged with brown to submedian fold; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Goup Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 3 type; S. Nieerza,

Olokemeji (Dudyeon), 2 3, Sapele (Sampson), 1 @, Llesha

(lumphrey), 1 3. Hap. 24 millim.

Genus OCHROTHRIPA, nov.

Type, O. leptochroma.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to just

above vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd very long and somewhat

dilated at extremity ; frons smooth with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;

antennes cf female minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with depressed crest ; fore

tibiz broadly fringed with hair on both sides, the mid and hind tibie

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 froin

10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long narrow areole; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 fully developed from above

angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

318 NOCTUIDA.

6622. Ochrothripa leptochroma.

Crioa leptochroma, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 96 (1902).

@. Head and thorax white mixed with some pale red-brown and

fuscous ; palpi blackish at sides towards base; tibize banded with

fuscous; abdomen pale yellow. Fore wing white tinged in parts

with pale red-brown and irrorated with brown, the veins of

terminal half with sight dark streaks; antemedial line indistinct,

brown, strongly excurved below median nervure; a point of raised

dark scales in middle of cell and discoidal tuft with curved line

before it forming part of a discoidal annulus; medial line very

indistinct, strongly excurved round end of cell; postmedial line

indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

waved, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique, the costal edge

Fig. 112.—Ochrothripa leptochroma, Q. 1.

beyond it brown with some white points on it; subterminal line

indistinct, white, waved, defined on inner side by a series of rufous

spots. Hind wing pale yellow with terminal brown band, broad at

costa, narrowing to tornus, with white and brown points just

before it at vein 1; cilia yellowish.

Hab. Qurenstand, Brisbane (Lucas), 1 9, Gympie (Turner),

19. E£vp.30millim. Type f 2 in Coll. Turner.

Genus PHHOTHRIPA, nov.

Type, P. morena.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of

head and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd short,

blunt; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male almost simple;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; fore tibise

fringed with long hair on outer side, the mid and hind tibise smoothly scaled ;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the costa highly

arched towards base, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from above angle; 6 from

below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10 very strongly stalked ; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with vein 3 from angle of cell; 4, 5 shortly stalked; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 9 anastomosing with the cell to middle,

6623. Pheothripa morena.

Sarrothripa morena, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 490 (1901).

Head and thorax fuscous brown tinged with grey, thorax

varying to whitish or ochreous brown ; palpi white, the 2nd joint

PH HOTHRIPA.—MEGATHRIPA. 319

black behind except at extremity, the 3rd blackish ; abdomen grey

tinged with brown ; pectus, mid and hind Jegs, and ventral surface

of abdomen white. Fore wing purplish fuscous, darker towards

base, a diffused white patch at middle of inner area; faint traces of

Fig. 1138.—Pheothripa morena, S. }.

a curved antemedial line; a point of raised dark scales at middle of

cell and two points at discocellulars; postmedial line formed of

minute white strive with minute brown marks before them at vein

6 and discal fold, bent outwards below costa and very oblique from

discal fold to the patch at middle of inner area; a subterminal

series of blackish points, oblique towards costa and below vein 4;

u terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing brown.

Hab. Prrax, Goping (Aiinstler), 1 9; Borneo, Sarawak, 1 9

type, Kuching (Shelford), 2 g, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 g. Exp.

24-28 millim.,

Genus MEGATHRIPA, nov.

Type, M. rufimedia.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of

female ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax

without crest, the metathorax with divided crest; tibiz slightly 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 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 just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

6624, Megathripa rufimedia

Sarvothripa rufimedia, Hmpsn. Ann. 8, Afr. Mus. iii. p. 429 (1905).

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with black; palpi white in

front; pectus white; legs ochreous white with some black and

brown irroration, the fore tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

brown with ochreous white rings, the basal crest grey and black,

the ventral surface white slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing

grey thickly irrorated with brown and black ; subbasal line double,

blackish, angled outwards below costa, then oblique; antemedial

line double, blackish, oblique to median neryure where it is angled

outwards, again angled outwards in submedian fold and excurved

320 NOCTUID &.

above inner margin; an elliptical discoidal spot defined by rufous,

its centre also faintly defined by rufous, placed on a large oblique

elliptical pale rufous patch which extends to submedian fold ;

postmedial line double, blackish, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then sinuous, angled inwards at vein 2 and outwards at

submedian fold; subterminal line black, oblique towards costa,

Fig. 114.—Megathripa rufinedia, 9. }.

angled outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle. Hind

wing white, the veins towards termen, apical area and termen

suffused with brown; cilia white, brown at base from apex to

vein 2.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the rufous discal patch, the discoidal

annulus defined by blackish ; hind wing with the terminal area more

strongly suffused with brown. -

Hab. MozampBiqur, Shilouvane (Junod), 1 Q@ ; Raopmsra, Bula-

wayo (Hyles), 1 9 type. Hxp. 30-36 millim.

Genus @DICRASPIS, nov.

Type, G. subfervida.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to vertex of head and with large tuft of scales behind at extremity, the 3rd

moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of scales; eyes large, round; antenne of

female almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro-

thorax with hump-shaped crest, the metathorax with depressed crest; tibiz

slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the costa

slightly lobed just beyond middle; the apex rectangular, the termen evenly

curved and crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a short areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from well

above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

6625, Gdicraspis subfervida, n. sp.

©. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with black; pectus,

mid femora, hind leg, and abdomen ocheous tinged with rufous

and slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing purple-grey irrorated

with black and tinged in parts with brown; a black streak below

base of cell; a slight blackish subbasal spet on costa; antemedial

line indistinetly double, with black spot on the inner line at costa,

slightly excurved to median nervure and strongly incurved at

vein 1; an oblique white discoidal bar; postmedial line arising at

middle of costa, almost obsolete and downcurved below the costa

(EDICKASPIS.—ARACHNOGNATHA, 321

where it is very strongly bent outwards, then distinct and black,

very slightly incurved at discal fold, below vein 3 curving inwards

to origin of vein 2, then erect, the costa beyond it blackish with

white points; subterminal line whitish slightly defined on inner

side by black and brown, minutely dentate towards costa and

excurved at middle, a slight oblique black streak beyond it from

Fig. 115.—Qdicraspis subfervida, 2. 3.

apex and dark shade at middle; a fine black terminal line. Hind

wing reddish ochreous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ;

the underside reddish ochreous, the costal area slightly irrorated

with brown except towards base, a brown discoidal spot, waved

postmedial line oblique below discal fold, and diffused blackish

apical patch.

Hab. Br. BK, Arrica, Taveta (Rogers), 3 9 type. Exp. 22-24

millim.

Genus ARACHNOGNATHA. Toes

Arachnognatha, Hmpsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 378 (1894) ......... meterythra.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, the 2nd joint curved, extending

about twice length of head and fringed with hair above and below, the 3rd

rather long; frons smooth with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennz

of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;

fore tibie fringed at sides with hair, the mid and hind tibize smoothly scaled ;

abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments. Fore wing with the costa

highly arched towards base, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long narrow areole, 7 from well

before end of areole, 8 from the areole. Hind wing with the cell short; veins3

and 5 from near lower angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell to middle.

meterythra,

metascotia.

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*6626. Arachnognatha meterythra. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 29.)

Arachnognatha meterythra, Ampsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 373 (1894). _

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with red-brown,

the ventral surface paler. Fore wing pale olive-green slightly tinged

in parts with rufous; antemedial line hardly traceable, curved; a

black point in middle of cell; medial line very indistinct, double,

curved; postinedia]l line very indistinct, oblique and whitish from

VOL. XI. Y

322 NOCTUID&.

costa to vein 6, then hardly traceable, waved, some short red

streaks beyond at on costa and a streak on yein 9; traces of a

rather punctiform reddish subterminal line ; cilia red. Hind wing

purplish pink, tinged with brownish towards base ; a black spot at

tornus defined above by a whitish lunule; cilia male pink; the

underside with diffused dark postmedial line excurved below costa,

then oblique.

Hab. Burma, FE. Pegu (Doherty), type fT Q in Coll. Rothschild.

Exp. 36 millim.

6627. Arachnognatha metascotia.

Arachnognatha metascotia, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 451

(1897).

Head and thorax greyish brown; tegulse and patagia olive-green,

the latter edged with brown above; pectus and legs whitish tinged

with brown, the fore tibie greenish; abdomen whitish tinged with

brown especially towards extremity, the crests brown. Fore wing

olive-green, the basal and inner areas with some brown suffusion

and irroration except at tornus; a waved dark line close to base

from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinctly double, brown,

waved, curved, with dark spot at inner margin, an elongate dentate

loop beyond it on vein 1; a poiut of raised dark scales in middle of

cell; reniform defined by brown and with some brown in centre,

round ; an oblique brownish medial shade from costa to reniform ;

Fig. 116.—Arachnognatha metascotia, 3. +

postmedial line whitish to discal fold and oblique to vein 6, below

vein 5 brown, dentate, and inwardly oblique with whitish striga at

Inner margin, some minute brown streaks and whitish irroration

beyond it on costa and a streak below vein 8; subterminal line formed

of dentate brown marks defined slightly on outer side by whitish,

somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series

of blackish points; cilia brown. Hind wing greyish brown, the

inner margin suffused with blackish towards tornus and with white

postmedial bar; the underside brownish ochreous with diffused

sinuous brown medial line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the markings redder brown; hind wing

with a faint reddish tinge, the mark at tornus chocolate-brown.

—Ningapore.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢,1 2 type; Sryeaporn (Ridley), 1 g.

Exp. 34-38 millim.

PETRINIA. 323

Genus PETRINIA. Type

ype.

Petrinia, Wik. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 347 (1869) ...... lignosa.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; eyes

large, round ; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibiz nearly smoothly scaled ; ab-

domen with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

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

of ceil; 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 well above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

6628. Petrinia lignosa.

Petrinia lignosa, Wik. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 348 (1869).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous largely mixed

with black-brown, the tegule with black line near tips, the patagia

with oblique black bars near tips, the tarsi ringed with whitish.

Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous and irrorated with black

on basal half, the costa and apical area black-brown mixed with

some grey; an oblique dark shade from subcostal nervure before

middle to inner margin near base, defined above by a curved

grey streak with fine black streak above it, its outer edge angled

inwards in cell and on vein 1; aslight black streak below costa

from this antemedial shade to beyond middle where it is curved

round and becomes the faint minutely dentate postmedial line,

slightly angled inwards at discal and submedian folds and double

Fig. 117.—Petrinia lignosa, 3. },

filled in with whitish on inner area; a blackish line from costa

beyond middle slightly detined by whitish on outer side and on

inner side also below costa and at lower extremity, excurved below

apex to near termen and ending on postmedial line at submedian

fold; aslight whitish subterminal line defined on inner side by

black-brown, angled inwards below costa, then excurved to near

termen; a slight punctiform dark terminal line; cilia dark brown

with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing dark cupreous brown

with a greyish tinge; cilia whitish mixed with brown ; the under-

side whitish tinged with brown and slightly irrorated with black, a

dark discoidal lunule with striga above it from costa, sinuous post-

medial line bent ovitwards below costa, and terminal series of points.

Wit

324 NOCTUIDA.

Q. Fore wing rather paler; hind wing with indistinct minutely

waved postmedial and subterminal lines defined on outer side by

whitish,

Hab. Gov Coasr, Obuassi (Bergman), 19, Kumasi ( Whiteside),

1 3 ; Conco (Marsden), 1 3 type. Exp. g 32-86, 2 38 millim.

Genus TRIORBIS. Type

Triorbis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 8366 (1894) «0.2... eee eee scene annulata.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to above

vertex of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 3rd long and acuminate ; frons

with vertical ridge clothed with hair; eyes large, round; antenne of male

laminate and almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the

pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibia and Ist joint of hind tarsi

above of male fringed with long hair; abdomen with dorsal series of 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 upper angle; 9 from 10 anas-

tomosing with 8 to form a long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3

from before angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

A. Fore wing with metallic golden fascia below the cell......... aureovitta.

B. Fore wing without metallic golden fascia below the cell ... annulata.

6629. Triorbis aureovitta.

Triorbis aureovitta, Hinpsn. J. Bomb. Soe. Nat. Hist. xiv. p. 209, pl. B.f.16

(1902).

3S. Head and thorax bright red-brown mixed with some

ochreous; palpi darker at sides; abdomen pale brown, the crests

ochreous and brown, the anal tuft pinkish, the ventral surface

yellowish white. Fore wing bright red-brown suffused with purp-

lish pink and with ochreous in parts; a metallic golden fascia from

base of costa below the cell to vein 2; antemedial line brown

slightly defined on inner side by whitish, strongly angled outwards

below costa, bent inwards in cell, angled outwards below the cell

to postmedial line, then very oblique and sinuous to above inner

margin where it is bent outwards to the postmedial line at vein 1 ;

orbicular and reniform with tufts of brown scales in centres and

whitish annuli defined by brown, small, round, the latter with its

outer edge open and confluent with a tooth from postmedial line,

which is brown defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards

below costa, strongly dentate outwards at vein 6 and inwards at

discal fold to the reniform and at submedian fold to the antemedial

line, strongly angled inwards at vein 1, and outwards above inner

margin, then bent inwards to inner margin before middle; the

postmedial area with some dark streaks from below costa to discal

fold; subterminal line ochreous white, bent outwards below costa,

sllg¢htly excurved at middle, angled inwards at submedian fold to

the postmedial line ; a slightly sinuous dark line defined on inner

TRIORBIS. 325

side by ochreous white just before termen, bent inwards to costa,

and a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing red-brown, the cell and

costal area pale, the postmedial area with more or less ochreous on

inner half ; a chocolate-brown spot on inner margin at vein 1; the

underside pale ochreous with brown discoidal lunule and diffused

subterminal band.

Q. Thorax and abdomen darker, the latter with the sides of

basal segments yellowish; fore wing darker with the medial part of

costal area and cell suffused with fuscous, the fascia below the cell

streaked with ochreous and blackish to base; hind wing dark

brown.

Hab. Assam, Margharita; Penane (Machkwood), 1 3 type; S.

Borneo, 1 ¢; W. Java, Tjampea, 1 ¢; Borv. vp. 44-56 millim.

6630. Triorbis annulata.

Hypereschra annulata, Swivh. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1890, p. 189, pl. 6. f. 15 ;

Huwpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 366.

@. Head and thorax pale grey-brown with some darker brown

in metathoracic crest; tarsi blackish brown towards tips; abdomen

pale ochreous brown with the crests darker brown. Fore wing grey

suffused with red-brown and purple; a slight chocolate-brown

streak on base of subcostal nervure; a downcurved chocolate-brown

streak in submedian interspace defined above by white; antemedial

line dark brown defined on inner side by whitish, excurved below

costa and very strongly in submedian interspace, then very oblique

to inner margin; orbicular and reniform with grey centres and

brown annuli defined by whitish, large, round, almost confluent, the

Fig. 118.—Triorbis annulata, Q. 3.

latter sometimes with a little pinkish in centre; postmedial line

brown slightly defined by whitish below costa, angled outwards

below costa, then incurved, excurved beyond the reniform and

incurved in submedian interspace almost to the antemedial line, a

brownish annulus with some pink in centre beyond it between veins

5 and 3, arid blackish streaks in the interspaces from below costa to

discal fold and in submedian fold; subterminal line whitish slightly

defined on inner side by dark brown, excurved, slightly angled

inwards at discal and submedian folds; a brown line slightly defined

on inner side by whitish just before termen and a fine terminal

326 NOCIUID &.

line. Hind wing ochreous suffused with dark reddish brown ; cilia

ochreous white with a brown line through them; the under-

side ochreous white irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot,

indistinct curved postmedial line from costa to vein 2 and diffused

subterminal line.

Hab. Burma, Thyetmyo, 2 9 type. Hvp. 38 millim.

Genus ELIGMA.

Type.

Eligma, Hubn. Verz. p. 164 (1827) irre. --:-.ceenc-eeeecncseereoreas sense Narcissus.

Panglima, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. 1. p. 297 (1859) ...... NATCISSUS.

Surina, Wik. Proc..N. H. Soc. Glasgow, i. p. 833 (1869) ......... hypsoides.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to well

above vertex of head, the 3rd as long as the 2nd, slender, dilated at extremity ;

frons smooth, with ridge of scales above ; eyes large, round ; antennz of male

typically somewhat laminate and almost simple, the basal joint with tuft of

hair in front; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests ;

fore femora fringed with long hair, the tibize fringed on both sides with long

hair, the mid and hind tibiz slightly fringed wita hair; abdomen with small

crests on two basal segments. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa highly

arched near base, then wlmost straight, the apex somewhat produced and acute,

the termen nearly straight to vein 3, then oblique, not crenulate ; veiusdand 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8

to form a long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen somewhat

excised at discal fold; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell; 6,7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to well beyond middle.

Sect. I. (Surina.) Antenne of male with fascicles of long cilia.

A. Fore wing blue-black with broad yeilow antemedial band

and lunulate patch beyond the cell................2..seeeeee letepicta.

B. Fore wing violaceous brown with curved yellow and

white fascia below the darker costal area.

a. Hind wing with white apical patch.

a’. Fore wing with the black line from near lower angle

of cell to inner margin double ..... ..............000. duplicata.

61, Fore wing with the black line from near lower angle

of cell to inner margin single .............-2-2-seecesees hypsoides.

6, Ifind wing without white apical patch ..................008 malagassica.

6631. Eligma letepicta.

Eligma letepicta, Oberth. Et. Ent. xvii. p. 82, pl. 1. f. 6 (1893).

Head and thorax blue-black ; pectus and legs orange; fore legs

blue-black, the mid tibiz banded orange and black, the tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen orange, the crests at base black, the

two following segments with small dorsal and lateral black spots,

the anal tuft black above. Fore wing blue-black ; a broad obliquely

curved sulphur-yeilow band from. just below costa to inner margin

before middle, its outer edge somewhat sinuous; a large lunulate

yellow patch beyond the cell from below costa to vein3. Hind wing

srange with blue-black terminal band, extending to middle of costa

and narrowing to a point at tornus, its inner edge oblique to vein 4,

then sinuous ; cilia white at tips towards apex. Underside of fore

ELIGMA, 327-

wing with the yellow extending to base; hind wing with white

apical patch,

Fig. 119.—Eligma letepicta, 3. t.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Usambara, 19, Kilima’njaro (Rogers), 5 ¢,

12. wp, 68-82 millim.

6632. Eligma duplicata. (Plate CLX XXIII. fig. 4.)

Lligma duplicata, Auriy. Ent. Tidskr. xiii. p. 191, f. 1 5 (1892).

Panglima gloriosa, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 568, pl. 20. f. 1 (1893), nec Butl.

Head and thorax brownish grey; palpi black with some white

irroration, on 2nd joint forming a patch at side, the tips of joints

white ; frons with black band; antenne fuscous with pair of black

spots at their base; tegulee with pair of dorsal black spots and spots

at sides ; patagia with spots at middle and tips; meso- and meta-

thorax with pairs of spots; pectus and legs yellow, the fore and

mid tibize grey, the former with two black spots, the latter with one

spot, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen orange-yellow,

the basal crests black, the two following segments with small dorsal

and lateral black spots, the anal tuft black at tips. Fore wing with

the costal areaslate-brown, at middle extending to median nervure,

narrowing to points at base and apex and angled at lower angle of

cell and vein 5, defined below by sulphur-yellow from base to near

apex, produced to short streaks beyond lower angle of cell and with

a white fascia below it, the rest of wing violaceous brown; three

small black spots at base followed by a curved series of three spots ;

an antemedial black bar above submedian fold and oblique line

from the fold to inner margin; postmedial line represented by an

oblique series of black striz in the interspaces between veins 7

and 3 peyond the yellow, then by a double black line filled in with

328 NOCIUID&.

bluish white, retracted to lower angle of cell, then sinuous to inner

margin, some violaceous white suffusion with small brown spots on

it beyond the postmedial line from costa to submedian fold ; a sub-

terminal series of pairs of obliquely-placed biack spots in the inter-

spaces from below costa to vein 2, then single spots. Hind wing

orange-yellow; a black terminal band, broad at costa and narrowing

to a point at vein 1, its inner edge evenly curved; a white apical

patch. Underside of fore wing with the basal half orange-yellow,

the costa and terminal half black tinged with violaceous grey, a

short white streak in discal fold beyond the cell.

Hab. Camsuroons, 2 2, Bibundi; Ueanpa (Scott-Elliot), 1 9 ;

Br. C. Arrica, Nyasa (Sharpe), 1 3. Hap. 70-80 millim.

Larva. Auriy. Ark. f. Zool. ii. 4, p. 38. f. 29 (1904).

Bright yellow with black bands at middle of segments, the

thoracic somites with the bands confined to dorsal area and with

black spots above the legs; head black; the warts with long

blackish hair.

Pupa bright brown in a thick tough downy cocoon.

6633. Eligma hypsoides. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 5.)

Surina hypsoides, W\k. Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasgow, i. p. 833 (1869); Kirby,

Cat. Lep. Het. pp. 383, 917.

Panglima gloriosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 825 ; Auriy. Ent. Tidskr.

xil, p. 228, pl. 1. f. 2. A gg

9. Head and thorax grey-brown with a purplish tinge; palpi

black, the Ist joint with white ring at extremity, the znd with

white irroration and point at tips, the 3rd with white streak and

tip; lower part of frons with black spot; black spots at base of

antenne ; tegule with pair of dorsal spots near base and spots on

outer edge; the patagia with black spots at middle and extremities ;

the mesothorax with pair of black spots and the metathorax with

small lateral tufts of black hair and edged with black behind; pectus

orange-yellow ; fore legs grey, the tibia with two black spots, the

tarsi with black bands at base and near extremity, the mid and

hind tibie grey streaked with yellow, the mid tibie with black spot,

the tarsi grey-brown; abdomen orange-yellow, the basal crest

grey-brown and the 2nd black, the following segments with small

dorsal and lateral black spots. Fore wing with the costal area

slate-brown extending at middle to median nervure and narrowing

to points at base and apex, defined below by sulphur-yellow to

below apex, angled at lower angle of cel] and produced to short

streaks on the veins beyond the cell, with a violaceous white fascia

below it on median area, the rest of wing violaceous brown ; three

black points at base followed by a curved series of three points; an

oblique black streak from costa defining the upper edge of the base of

the yellow fascia; a waved subbasal black line from median nervure

to inner margin and a waved line from near extremity of median

nervure to inner margin; two obliquely placed black points beyond

lower angle of cell; some violaceous white reticulated marks beyond

the yellow fascia and before and bey ond an oblique line extending from

ELIGMA. 329

below apex to submedian fold ; the veins of terminal area streaked

with violaceous ; the interspaces of terminal area with subterminal

pairs of obliquely placed black points from below apex to submedian

fold, the lowest pair not placed obliquely. Hind wing orange-

yellow with blue-black terminal band, broad at costa and narrowing

to a point at vein 1, its inner edge evenly curved, a white patch on it

at apex; cilia white at tips from the apical patch to vein]. Under-

side of fore wing orange-yellow to middle, its outer edge excurved

and sinuous, the costal edge and rest of wing black-brown suffused

with blue.

Hab. 8S. Niewria, Old Calabar (Rutherford), 1 2 ; Cameroons ;

Congo; Angora, Cabinda (Monteiro), 1 Q type gloriosa. Hap.

76 millim.

Lurva <Auriv. Ark. f. Zool. ii. 4, p. 36 (1904).

Uniform bright yellow, almost sulphur-yellow ; upperside of head

dark ; warts small with very long whitish hairs; prolcgs all present.

Pupa bright brown in a thick tough downy cocoon.

*6634, Eligma malagassica. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 25.)

Eligma malagassica, Ruths, Nov. Zool. iii. p. 57 (1896).

@. Head and thorax grey-white tinged with brown; palpi black,

the 2nd joint irrorated with white, the 3rd streaked with white;

basal joint of antennz and base of shaft ringed with black; tegule,

pro- and metathorax with paired black spots ; fore tibia with three

black spots, the mid tibiz with one spot; pectus and hind legs

orange; tarsi grey, black at base; abdomen orange with dorsal and

lateral series of small black spots. Fore wing violaceous white ;

the costal area olive-brown from near base to near apex, defined by

sulphur-yellow below except towards apex, extending at middle to

discal fold and with its lower and outer edges dentate; the inner and

terminal areas suffused with purplish brown, extending to the cell

except at middle; five black points at base; subbasal black striee below

costa and cell and a small spot in cell; a waved antemedial black line

from cell to inner margin; a medial whitish line from submedian

fold to above inner margin, angled inwards at vein 1; postmedial

Tine black, arising at discal fold, interrupted, curved downwards

and retracted to lower angle of cell below which it is double for a

short distance, then erect and sinuous ; a waved whitish subterminal

line from below costa to above inner margin, with small brown spots

before it at middle, double from vein 2 to Bubmedian fold; a dentate

black line slightly defined on inner side by white before termen from

below costa to vein 1. Hind wing orange; a terminal brown band

tinged with purplish, broad at costa and narrowing to a point at

vein 2 where it terminates. Underside of fore wing orange, the

costal edge and terminal area brown with a purplish tinge, the

brown area ending at vein 1 and with irregular inner edge,

Hab. IMAGO, eae type T 2 in Coll. Rothschild.

Exp. 60 millim.

330 NOCLULD 2.

Srcr. II. (eligma). Antenne of male almost simple.

A. Hind wing yellow with b)ue-black terminal band ......... narcissus.

B. Hind wing wholly black-brown ............:scsecsecesenecnce ees orthoxantha.

6635. Eligma narcissus.

Bombyx narcissus, Cram, Pap. Exot. 1. pl. 73. ff. E, F (1775); Himpsn.

Moths Ind. ii, p. 43; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 383.

Eligma indica, Roths. Nov. Zool. iii. p. 57 (1896).

Eligma javanica, Roths. Noy. Zool. iii. p. 58 (1896).

Eligma philippinensis, Roths. Noy. Zool. iii. p. 58 (1896).

Head and thorax grey-brown with a faint purplish tinge; palpi

with black streak at sides and patch at tips; lower part of frons

with black spot; a pair of spots at base of antenne; tegule with

pair of dorsal spots near base and spots at sides; patagia with spots

near base and at tips; mesothorax with a pair of spots, the meta-

thorax with two pairs; pectus and legs yellow, the fore legs grey-

brown above, the tibize with two pairs of black spots, the tarsi with

black bands at base and near tips, the mid and hind tibie with

black spots, the tarsi brown tinged with grey ; abdomen yellow, the

basal crests grey-brown tipped with black, the other segments with

Fig. 120.—Eligma narcissus, g. }.

dorsal and lateral series of black spots. Fore wing with the costal

area dark slate-brown with an olive tinge, at middle extending to

discal fold and narrowing to points at base and apex, a curved

while fascia below this area, its upper edge slightly angled before

middle and at lower angle of cell and its lower edge somewhat

diffused, the rest of wing grey-brown with a purplish tinge; three

black points at base with a curved series of three points beyond it ;

an oblique black streak from costa on the upper edge of the white

fascia; an antemedial black point in cell, two below it defined by

‘white and a point above inner margin; a black line from median

ELIGMA. 331

nervure near extremity of cell, angled inwards in submedian fold

and incurved below vein 1; beyond the cell the white fascia is

produced to slight streaks on the veins with reticulate white marks

beyond it before aud beyond an oblique white line from vein 6 to

submedian fold; a curved subterminal series of black points and

strie from below apex to vein 1. Hind wing yellow; a black

terminal band suffused with metallic blue and with white streaks

on the veins, broad towards costa on which it extends to near base

and narrowing to a point at submedian fold, its inner edge incurved

at vein 2; the cilia brown at base and white at tips from apex to

submedian fold. Underside of fore wing black sutfused with blue,

the veins and costa streaked with white, a white discoidal spot, a

yellow patch at base with irregular outer edge ; hind wing with the

veins on the dark costal and terminal areas prominently streaked

with white.

Ab. 1. indica. Fore wing with the blue gloss and white streaks

on underside slight or almost absent.—Peninsular India.

Ab. 2. gavanica. Hind wing with the terminal band broader, its

inner edge evenly curved; abdomen with the dorsal spots very

small.—-Java.

Ab. 3. philippinensis. Similar ; fore wing with the portion of the

medial line in cell reduced to a point, the subterminal spots larger ;

hind tibia without black spot.—Philippines.

Hab, Cuntr. Cuina, Wei-hai-wei (1. B. Fletcher), 1 g , Foo-chow

(de la Touche), 1 3, Ichang (Mrs Pratt), 1 $ ; W. Cuina, Chang-

yang, 19, Omei-shan, 1 ¢, 1 9, Washan (Pratt), 1 g, Chia-kou-ho

(Pratt), 1 $, Moupin (Kricheldorf), 2 9 ; Gansam; Bompay,

Ratnagiri (Jayaker), 13; Mapras, 1 3, 3 9, Calicut (Mllows-

Wilson), 1 3 , Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 g,1 9; Travancors, Trivandrum

(ergusson), 19; Penang, 19; Puriippinus, Mindoro; Java. Hap.

62-54 millim,

*6636. Eligma orthoxantha. (Plate CLAXXIII. fig. 26.)

Eligma orthoxantha, Lower, Tr. R. Soe. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 27 (1908).

Q@. Head and thorax drab; palpi with the 2nd joint yellow with

black point at extremity, the 3rd joint white with black point at

base and band near extremity; vertex of head, tegule on inner and

outer sides, patagia and meso- and metathorax with paired black

points ; pectus aud legs orange, the tibiz with black points; ab-

domen orange with dorsal and lateral series of small black spots.

Fore wing drab with five small black spots in a semicircle at base ;

antemedial small black spots on costa, below cell and above inner

margin and with black spots beyond them in and below cell,

tollowed by a white band with dentate outer edge from costa to

median nervure with a dentate line from it to vein 1 ; a series of

small black spots from middle of costa, almost parallel to costa to

well beyond middle on vein 7, oblique to vein 4, then bent inwards

to near origin of vein 2, then as an interrupted line angled outwards

332 NOCLUIDE.

in submedian fold, then incurved; reniform defined by white; an

oblique white fascia from apex to a double chain-like white sub-

terminal line incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of small

black and white lunules. Hind wing black-brown, the cilia whitish

at tips. Underside of fore wing black, greyish towards termen and

with orange patch at base.

Hab, QuEENnsuanD, Makay, type fT Q@ in Coll. Lower. Ewp. 58

millim.

Genus LOPHOSEMA, nov.

Type, L. purpurascens,

Proboscis slight, not functional; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint

reaching to vertex of head and fringed with hair above towards extremity, the

3rd long and dilated at extremity; frons with tuft of hair above; eyes large,

round; antennee of male laminate, minutely serrate and ciliated; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the meta-

thorax with depressed crest ; fore and hind tibiz broadly fringed on each side

with hair, the hind tibis slightly fringed; abdomen with dorsal crests on

basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen nearly straight

to vein 4, then very oblique to tornus; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long narrow

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from close to angle

of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

6637. Lophosema purpurascens.

Lophosema purpurascens, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 204 (1910).

¢. Head and thorax purplish grey, the vertex of head with

black streak, the tegule with black streak at middle and purplish

red outer edge, the patagia edged above with purplish red; pectus in

front and legs ochreous, the fore and nud tibiz with some purplish

grey and streaked with black; abdomen fuscous brown, the crests

greyish and red-brown, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore

Fig. 121.—Lophosema purpurascens, S. 4+

wing purplish red streaked with black; a fine black streak on base

of subcostal nervure; a fine black streak defined by greyish in

submedian fold ; orbicular and reniform with ochreous centres with

tufts of red-brown scales in them and red-brown annuli defined by

grey, round, the latter produced to a point on outer side; a wedge-

shaped grey mark on middle of inner margin; postmedial line

LOPHOSEMA.—POLIOTHRIPA. 333

dark brown defined on each side by greyish towards costa and on

outer side towards inner margin, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then acutely bidentate to discal fold, excurved to vein 3, then

bent inwards to below end of cell and acutely bidentate above inner

margin; subterminal line ochreous white, curved, minutely dentate

with slight blackish streaks before it extending to postmedial line

below veins 8 and 6 and above 1 and with slight dark streaks beyond

it; a fine black terminal line defined on inner side by a fine ochreous

line; cilia red-brown mixed with ochreous. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown, the interspaces semihyaline except towards

termen ; some blackish bars with whitish between them on inner

margin at tornus; cilia ochreous white at base and whitish at tips;

the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas suffused with

brown.

Hab. Cosa Rica, Tuis (Schaus), 1g; Fr. Guiana, St. Laurent

Maroni. Mxp. 44 millim. Type tin U.S. Nat. Mus.

Genus POLIOTHRIPA, nov.

Type, P. ameria,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long and dilated at extremity ; frons

with pointed conical prominence; eyes large, round; antennz of female

ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiz

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 a long areole; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from above angle ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the ceil near base only.

6638. Poliothripa ameria.

Polia ameria, Druce, P.Z. 8. 1890, p. 515; id. Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii.

p. 487, pl. 94. f. 17.

Q. Head and tegule whitish mixed with biown, the latter fus-

cous at tips; 2nd joint of palpi and sides of frons brown ; thorax

white with some brown and black scales; pectus and legs tinged

with ochreous brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdo-

men whitish dorsally mixed with brown. Fore wing whitish

mixed with fuscous black; subbasal line double, sinuous, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line double, sinuous, angled out-

wards below vein 1, then oblique to inner margin, the outer line

forming a wedge-shaped blackish patch at costa; claviform and

orbicular absent ; reniform an oblique blackish lunule with obscure

whitish annulus; medial line indistinct, waved, bent outwards in

cell; postmedial line black, oblique from costa to vein 4 where it

is acutely angled, then bent inwards to lower edge of reniform and

again slightly outwards above inner margin, some black points

beyond it on costa; subterminal line blackish, angled outwards

B34 NOCTUID®.

below veins 7 and 5, then waved, a blackish shade from it to termen

below vein 4; acrenulate blackish line just before termen ; cilia

chequered brownish and white. Hind wing white, the veins of

Fig. 122.—Poliothripa ameria, 2. 1.

terminal half and terminal area suffused with brown; a crenulate

dark terminal line ; cilia chequered brown and whitish; the under-

side white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 4 Suey

irrorated with brown.

Hab. GuatemMata, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion), 1 2 type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. Hup. 54 millim.

Genus PUCIALIA.

Type.

Pucialia, Wik. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 25 (1869) ............068 Jurcifera,

Libunea, Wik. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 35 (1869) ............... argenteu.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to well

above vertex of head and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the

3rd long and dilated at extremity; frons smooth with ridge of hair above ;

eyes large, round; antennez of female minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with

hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax with loose spreading crests ;

fore tibiz fringed with long hair on both sides, the mid and hind tibie mode-

rately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with

the apex rectangular, 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 forma longareole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from

angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell to middle only.

A. Hind wing semihyaline whitish.

a. Fore wing with strong oblique black fascize from base

of costa and from costa before middle to postmedial

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6, Fore wing without oblique black fasciee from costa to

postmedial line.

a’. Fore wing with more or less branching black fascia

below the cell.

a?, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly ex-

curved to vein 4, then slightly incurved ......... fureifera.

b?. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and

minutely dentate to vein 4, then strongly angled

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‘1, Fore wing without black fascia below the cell.

a>, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

below vein 4.

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b°, Fore wing with the postmedial line straight and

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B. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area

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C. Hind wing brown with some pale and dark strive on vein 1

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6639. Pucialia argentea. (Plate CLXXXIIL. fig. Tl.)

Libunca argentea, Wik. Char. Undeser. Het. p. 35 (1869).

Q@ . Head and thorax grey-white irrorated with a few brown scales;

palpi with the 2nd joint chocolate-brown above; frons and shoulders

chocolate-brown ; tarsi banded with chocolate-brown. Fore wing

grey-white thickly striated with chocolate-brown; a black-brown

fascia from base of costa to postmedial line below the cell and

another from costa before middle to postmedial line at discal fold,

where it is met by a diffused oblique chocolate-brown fascia from

apex; some brown suffusion on costal area towards apex; a slight.

subbasal dark streak with some green scales on it below costa and

some green scales on lower edge of the submedian fascia; an

antemedial black-brown point on vein 1; postmedial line chocolate-

brown, very oblique from costa to vein 6, then waved, incurved

below vein 4,some green scales before it at discal fold and a streak

beyond it below vein 3; the middle of inner margin tinged with

green ; subterminal line whitish, very oblique from costa to vein 6

near termen, then waved, angled inwards at vein 7; a series of

chocolate-brown. and whitish strize below apical part of costa and

just before termen. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown.

Hab, Honpuras, Limas (Brockholes), 1Q type. Exp. 48 millim.

6640. Pucialia furcifera.

Pucialia furcifera, W\k. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 25 (1869).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with purplish brown;

palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides except towards extremity,

the 3rd blackish towards extremity ; the ridge of hair above frons

black below; tegule with black medial line; tarsi blackish above.

Fore wing grey mixed with purple-brown ; a sinuous black streak

from base of costa to below origin of vein 2, forking above at median

nervure and below towards extremity ; an oblique antemedial brown

bar from costa and some bluish yellow on inner margin; a dark

point in middle of cell and slight discoidal lunule with some bluish

yellow and dark scales between them ; postmedial line black-brown,

indistinctly double beyond the cell, obliquely curved from costa to

336 NOCLUID A.

vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, dentate, angled in-

wards below vein 3 where there is a short bluish streak before it, a

black streak beyond it below costa; a series of black and white

Fig. 123.—Pucialia furcifera, Q. 3.

striz just before termen. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins,

costal and terminal areas suffused with brown.

Hab. Honvuras, Limas (Brockholes), 1 2 type; Costa Rica, Tuis,

Juan Vinas; Br. Gurana, Potaro R. (Aaye), 19; Fr. Guiana, St.

Laurent Maroni (le Moult), 1 9, Cayenne,1 9. Herp. 40 millim.

6641. Pucialia mariva. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 2.)

Heterocampa mariva, Dogn. Le Nat. (2) v. p. 109 (1891); Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 564.

Gadirtha cristata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 79 (1901).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with fuscous

brown; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides, white in front;

tegule with black medial line; fore tarsi black at tips; mid tarsi

black above. Fore wing grey-white suffused with fuscous brown ;

a black streak from base of costa below the cell to origin of vein 2,

forking slightly at median nervure, with some white above it and

greenish yellow scales below it; antemedial line represented by an

oblique black shade from costa with streak beyond it on subcostal

nervure and small spots in ceil and on vein 1; a short black streak

defined by white in middle of cell followed by some greenish yellow

and black scales; a yellow streak below middle of costa and

another on inner margin, both irrorated with black; postmedial

line black, oblique, and minutely dentate from costa to below vein 3,

then retracted to near origin of vein 2, angled outwards below vein

2 and excurved above inner margin, yellow and black streaks

beyond it above and below vein 6 and below vein 3; subterminal

line white with some yellow before it towards costa, excurved and

dentate to below vein 3, then angled inwards, a black streak beyond

it below apex ; a series of small black spots just before termen and

two larger marks with some yellow on them on termen above

tornus. Hind wing white, the veins, costal and terminal areas

brown ; cilia white at tips.

3g. Fore wing with some white suffusion below the cell before

and beyond the postmedial line.

PUCIALIA. 337

Hab, Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 1 $; W. Cotompra, San

Antonia (Palmer), 1 9; Venezueta, 1 9; Perv, La Oroya, R.

Inambari (Ockenden), 1 3. Hep. 62 millim. Type f in Coll.

Dognin,

*6642, Pucialia chlorographa. (Plate CLRXXIII. fig. 3.)

Pucialia chlorographa, Dogn. Mém, Ent. Soc. Belg. xviii. p. 153 (1910).

3. Head and thorax pale brown mixed with dark brown and

whitish; palpi with the 2nd joint black above; pectus and legs

brownish white, the fore and mid tibiz with dark brown mixed,

the tarsi banded with black; abdomen pale brown, the ventral

surface whitish. Fore wing brownish white suffused in parts with

brown and irrorated with dark brown; a silvery biue-green streak

on inner margin except at base, a slight streak below base of ceil.

a spot in end of ccll and an oblique streak on base of vein 2; an

oblique black streak from base of costa to median nervure; traces

of a waved antemedial line; a small yellowish annulus with black

centre in middle of cell and smal! black spots below middle of cell

and above vein 1; postmedial line black, oblique to vein 6, then

dentate, exeurved to vein 4, then bent inwards to below end of cell:

a slight whitish subterminal line, angled outwards below costa and

at vein 6, then waved, with black streaks before and beyond it below

costa and at discal fold; a series of slight white lunules with black

marks on their outer side just before termen and a slight subapieal

black streak ; a terminal series of black strie. Hind wing semi-=

hyaline white tinged with brown especially on the veins; the

terminal area suffused with brown, narrowing to tornus; cilia

white; the underside with the costal area suffused with brown.

Hab. Fr. Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni, type +d im Coll. Dognin.

Exp. 44 millim.

6643. Pucialia pohiopepla. (Plate CLX XXIII. fig. 6.)

Iscadia poliopepla, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 579 (4905).

©. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; palpi with

the 2nd joint white in front, black at sides except at tips; vertex

of head blackish ; tegule with black medial line; abdomen grey,

the dorsal crests blackish at tips. Fore wing grey irrorated with

black and suffused with brown except on basal and terminal areas,

the basal area whiter ; an obliquely curved dark antemedial line; a

diffused dark line forming the inner edge of the brownish area; a

black point in end of eell and two black diseoidal points on a faint

whitish bar; postmedial line obliquely excurved from costa to vein 4,

then strongly incurved and sinuous, angled inwards just below sub-

median fold, followed by another minutely dentate hne bent inwards

below vein 3; subterminal line white, very irregular, oblique at

costa, angled inwards below vein 7 and at discal fold, interrupted

and bent inwards to the 2nd postmedial line at vein 2, where it

VOL, XI. Z

308

NOCTUID ¥.

forms a whitish mark irrorated with black, then oblique and

sinuous tio tornus, some short black streaks beyond it towards apex ;

a series of prominent black points just before termen forming two

strire above tornus. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal areas

slightly tinged with brown; the underside with brown patch on

costa before apex.

Hab. Braztt, Rio Janeiro (H. Wilson), 1 2 type. Exp. 44

millim,

6644. Pucialia rectilinea. (Plate CLX XXIII. fig. 7.)

Pucialia rectilinea, Dogn. Mém, Soe. Ent. Belg. xviii. p. 153 (1910).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with greyish; pectus and

mid and hind legs brownish white ; abdomen greyish suffused with

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey-white almost,

entirely suffused with dark purplish brown and slightly irrorated

with black; an oblique straight black antemedial line defined on

inner side by whitish; an oblique black striga at upper angle of

ecll and point at lower on slight whitish marks; postmedial line

double, filled in with whitish and defined on inner side by whitish, the

inner line prominent and black, shghtly excurved below costa, then

straight and erect, a dark shade beyond it defined on outer side by

white suffusion, obliquely incurved below vein 4; a series of strong

black striz before termen defined on inner side by white; a fine

black terminal line. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown

especially towards termen, the veins of terminal area streaked with

brown.

Tlab. Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus), 1 ¢, St. Laurent

Maroni, type tQ in Coll. Dognin. wp. 44 millim.

*6645. Pucialia purissima. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 15.)

Iscadia purissima, Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxxviii. p. 252 (1911).

©. Head and thorax white irrorated with a few black scales ;

tegulee brownish; abdomen grey, the basa] crest brown and white.

Fore wing white with strie of raised scales; the basal costal area

blackish; a patch of yellow-green scales below median nervure

before the antemedial line, which is black, inwardly oblique to sub-

median fold where it is angled inwards, then double filled in with

green and bent inwards to inner margin, a semicircular black mark

beyond it on inner area; orbicular a black point; reniform in-

completely defined by black, elliptical ; postmedial line black, strong

and oblique to vein 6, below vein 4 slightly incurved, and at vein 3

angled inwards towards lower angle of cell, then obliquely excurved,

-a series of green and yellow patches beyond it in the interspaces

defined on outer side by a waved grey line; a strong black streak

on vein 6 from termen to the postmedial line with a slight waved

streak above it; subterminal line indistinct, white defined on outer

side by brown suffusion; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia

intersected with black at the veins. Hind wing whitish suffused

PUCIALIA.—GADIRTHA. 339

with brown, the veins and terminal area darker; a dark striga

defined on outer side by white from inner margin above tornus, the

termen irrorated with grey; cilia whitish intersected by fuscous at

the veins.

Hab. Muxtco, Vera Cruz, Misantla (Miller), HEvp. 70 millim.

This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type

in U.S. Nat. Mus.

6646. Pucialia similis. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 22.)

Gadirtha similis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 79 (1961).

3. Head and thorax grey-white, the head and tegule with dark

brown mixed, the thorax with a few black scales ; pectus, legs, and

abdomen greyish suffused with dark brown. Fore wing ochreous

whitish irrorated and in parts suffused with brown, the terminal half

slightly darker; a wedge-shaped black-brown patch on costa with

a slight golden-green spot on it and a streak below median nervure

defined above by golden green; antemedial line black, double

towards costa and inner margin, sinuous, very obliquely bent

inwards to inner margin and with some golden green between the

lines; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former

round with faint annulus in centre, the latter elliptical; a faint:

line from middle of costa, oblique to the reniform, double and waved

from cell to inner margin, with a patch of golden-ereen scales on

it in submedian interspace; medial line indistinct, double, highly

dentate, from beyond upper angle of cell to inner margin; post-

medial line black, obliquely excurved from costa to vein 4, bent

inwards at vein 3 and excurved above vein 1, a black streak beyond

it at discal fold to near termen and some elongate black and golden-

green marks above and below vein 7 and from vein 3 to inner

margin; subterminal line indistinct, double, dentate, crossed by

black streaks above veins 6 and 4; a fine sinuous black line before

termen with fuscous streaks beyond it on the veins. Hind wing

brown with a slight purplish tinge; some pale and blackish strive

on vein | towards termen and a slight mark at extremity of vein 2;

the underside irrorated with ochreous, the terminal area darker, a

faint discoidal bar and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Costa Rrea, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 1 ¢; Venezusta, Merida

(Briceno), type 7 ¢ in Coll. Druce. Lap. 66 millim.

Genus GADIRTHA.

Type.

Gadantiog, Ns sali, WNO2Z (USD) ceocoesooconnoaeboeeoasoceoconoood i inexacta.

Scolopocneme, Feld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vi. p. 37 (1862) ......... inexacta,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to above

vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd long and dilated at extremity ;

frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male

with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the meta-

340 NOCTUIDE.

thorax with slight crest ; fore tibie very broadly fringed on each side with

hair, the mid and hind tibie moderately fringed, the fore and mid tarsi

with slight tufts of scales at the joints; abdomen with dorsal series of hairy

crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen typically evenly

curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from close to 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 fully developed from just

above angle; 6, 7 from wpper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to

middle.

Snucr. I. Antenne of male with fascicles of extremely long cilia.

6647. Gadirtha trichocera, n. sp.

6. Head and thorax brownish ochreous with some black scales ;

abdomen brownish grey mixed with fuscous and with dorsal series

of slight triangular marks defined by blaek strie. Fore wing

brownish ochreous irrorated with black and suffused in parts with

blue-green ; subbasal line represented by slight oblique double

black strize from costa; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved ;

a tuft of black scales in middle of cell; reniform round, defined by

black and with tuft of black scales in centre; a slight oblique

minutely waved medial line from costa to discal fold, a round black

spot beyond lower angle of cell, an oblique elliptical spot on base of

vein 2 and a round spot above vein 1 just beyond the antemedial

line ; postmedial line black, double and oblique from costa to discal

fold, then single, inwardly oblique, dentate, and angled inwards at

Fig. 124.— Gadirtha trichocera, 8. 1}.

submedian fold, the veins beyond it streaked with blaek on apical

area; subterminal line white, incurved and with some white suffusion

beyond it from costa to vein 6, then indistinct, minutely waved

and with slight black streaks beyond it on the veins; a fine waved

black terminal line. Hind wing white, the terminal area broadly

suffused with fuscous with traces oi the postmedial line on its

inner edge and double black bar filled in with white at inner

margin; cilia white tinged with brown at base; the underside

with the costal area tinged with brown, a slight discoidal

lunule,

9. Head and thorax tinged with green; fore wing with the

basal costal area suffused with green; the antemedial area from

GADIRTHA, 341

just above median nervure and the medial area suffused with white,

black spots on inner margin before the antemedial and beyond the

postmedial lines, and without medial black spots.

Hab. Durcnw N. Guryea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 $ type, Fak-fak

(Pratt), 1 2. Ewp. 3 38, 2 40 millim.

Secor, IT. Antennz of male with fascicles of moderate cilia.

A. Fore wing with the costa not truncate towards apex, the termen

evenly curved.

a. Kore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards to

termenvat subnredianstoldigmeneerereeeeeceteer et eee renee eres pulchra,

6. Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled outwards to

termen at submedian fold.

a, Fore wing with greenish grey patch on postmedial area

below COS bas 1 cracmusesnamacseryema mas eenmeehe saat cane tenuen glaucograpta.

6', Fore wing without greenish grey patch on postmedial

area below costa.

a*, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly dentate

below discal fold.

a, Fore wing with oblique dentate black streak from

apex to postmedial line at discal fold ............... exacta.

63, Fore wing without oblique dentate black streak

(DROLEM EYOINS eAgsrononanoucbungoouaesusanounanndodanendenooaanso turneri.

o°. Fore wing with the postmedial line not strongly

dentate below discal fold.

a>. Hind wing without postmedial line.

a‘, Fore wing with the costal area white beyond

tirerantemecialMlinemerere rere rteeerreeeee cece cetera costipallens,

bo‘. Fore wing with the costal area not white beyond

the antemedial line.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line not bent

inwards below vein 4 to lower edge of

reniform.

a®, Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous, the

costal half beyond antemedial line red-

[DROID coosasnoacosoanco SaaddnoppucbodndonoapaLCHeaRecG candezei.

b®, Fore wing brown and grey.

a’. Fore wing with the outer edge of

reniform angled outwards at middle ...... inexacta.

b7, Fore wing with the reniform constricted

ENA JATIN) © pecensapeiconasadadadosardcodoncaecdean cerussata,

b>, Fore wing with the postmedial line bent

inwards below vein 4 to lower edge of

TCANIKOTEAN sgocoabaocoaos opponodcnbapnoDocbutancaobspeo aroa.

63, Hind wing with postmedial line .............-...<0..«-- hades.

6648. Gadirtha pulchra. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 23.)

Gadirtha pulchra, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc, 1886, p. 412 ; Semper, Reise Phil.,

Schmett. ii. p. 528, pl. Ix. f. 7.

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white slightly tinged with

brown ; palpi with the 2nd joint blackish at sides; vertex of head

with black line; tegule with black medial line; tips of tegule

and metathorax with some black scales ; fore tibiz and tarsi ringed

with black, the mid tibie ringed with black and the tarsi black

842 NOCTUID &.

above; abdomen with the crests blackish at tips and with black

line before anal tuft. Fore wing white tinged with brown and

striated with fuscous ; antemedial line double, the inner line black

and slightly curved, the outer line faint and sinuous; orbicular

faint, pinkish, with some raised scales in centre; reniform with

brownish centre with ridge of raised scales in it and slight whitish

annulus defined by black ; postmedial line strongly bent outwards

and hardly traceable below costa, then double and filled in with:

white, almost obliterated by an oblique black line from costa to

termen at submedian fold, bent inwards at vein 3 to below end of

ecll, then somewhat oblique to inner margin and with short black

streak beyond it at vein 1, some slight black marks beyond it on

costa and an oblique wedge-shaped black mark below costa;

subterminal line very indistinct, white, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of slight black lunules. Hind wing

white, the veins of terminal half and the terminal area suffused

with fuscous brown narrowing to a point at vein 1; cilia white;

the underside with diffused brownish patch at middle of costal

areca.

Ab. 1. Thorax and costal half of medial area of fore wing

suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Travancore, Pirmdd (Imray), 1 9; Cryron, Puttalam

(Pole), 2 9 ; Puiriprryes, Luzon; Quernstann, Rockhampton, 1 @

type, Brisbane (Yurner),2 9. Hap. 46-54 millim.

6649. Gadirtha glaucograpta, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 24.)

6. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish and

dark brown, the tegule and base of patagia tinged with green, palpi

with the 2nd joint black at sides; pectus and legs ochreous, the

fore and mid tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen ochreous dorsally

suffused with brown, the crests with some dark brown mixed.

Fore wing ochreous tinged with pink, suffused with brown and

irrorated with black; antemedial line black towards costa, thin

white, angled outwards below costa, then oblique and minutely

waved to submedian fold, and strongly excurved above inner

margin, a moss-green patch before it on costal area and some green

suffusion beyond it on inner- area running obliquely from below

submedian fold to tornus; a black streak in submedian fold from

just beyond antemedial line to termen; a tuft of raised scales in

middle of cell; reniform defined by blackish, rounded but produced

to shght points at sides, a ridge of raised scales in centre; post-

medial line indistinctly double, blackish, oblique from costa to vein

6, then dentate and inwardly oblique to inner margin, a patch of

white tinged above with greenish grey beyond it below costa and

some whitish points on costa; subterminal line pale defined on

inner side by brown, waved, excurved at veins 7, 6; a brown

terminal line with a fine white line before it. Hind wing ochreous

suffused with fuscous brown especially towards termen; two

GADIRTHA. 343:

oblique black bars at inner margin towards tornus, the outer

detined by white on outer side; cilia with some blackish striz at

base and some black at tips towards tornus: the underside

ochreous with small dark discoidal spot and diffused curved rather

maculate postmedial and subterminal lines.

®. Fore wing with some white on middle of inner margin ;

hing wing with more white towards tornus.

Ab, 1. Fore wing with the patches before and beyond ante-

medial line and bey ond the postmedial line leaden grey.

Hab. Stmmrra Luone (Bartlett), 1 2; Gorp Coast, Kumasi

(Whiteside), 1 3,1 9 type. Kup, 42- 46 millim.

6650. Gadirtha exacta. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 27.)

Gadirtha exacta, Semper, Reise Phil., Schmmett. ii. p. 527, pl. lx. f. 6 (1900),

Gadirtha sara, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 489 (1901).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous ; palpi ochreous

white with some black at side of 2nd joint and towards extremity

of 3rd joint ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen greyish

ochreous suffused with brown, the crests blackish at tips. Fore

wing ochreous tinged with rufous, variegated with red-brown

and irrorated with black; tine blackish streaks above subcostal

neryure and vein 1 from base to the antemedial line, which is

indistinctly double, waved, angled inwards below the cell and on

vein 1 and outwards above inner margin almost to the postmedial

line; a tuft of black scales in middle of cell; reniform defined by

blackish, rounded with its outer edge produced to a point in discal

fold, its centre with some red-brown sutfusion and tuft of scales;

postmedial line double towards costa, oblique to discal fold, then

waved, bent inwards in submedian fold and angled outwards at

vein 1, the veins beyond it streaked with black, the costa with

slight white points with black streaks between them; an oblique

dentate black streak from apex to the postmedial line at discal fold,

angled inwards below vein 7 and outwards at vein 6, some white

sutfusion above it; a faint sue subterminal line defined on inner

side by red-brown suffusion, incurved below vein 2; a fine waved

blackish terminal line. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal

area broadly fuscous with a slight curved dark postmedial line just

before its inner edge with a black bar on it at inner margin and

some red-brown scales on extremity of vein 1; cilia reddish

ochreous; the underside with blackish discoidal spot showing

through to upperside.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with black-brown suffusion in, below, and

beyond lower end of cell to postmedial line.

Ab. 2. Patagia tinged with olive-green; fore wing much more

-uniform brown faintly tinged with olive-green.

Hab, Puitiprines, Cebu; Taravr Is.(Doherty), 1 g type sara ;

Durcu N. Gurnna, Fak-fak (Pratt), 2 6 ; Br. N. Guinea, Port

Moresby, 1 9 , Ekeikei (Pratt), 1 ¢, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 33,2 2.

Exp. 86-46 millim,

b44 NOCTUID®.

*6651. Gadirtha turneri. (Plate CLXXXILI. fig. 28.)

Ochthophora turneri, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool, xiii. p. 220 (1906).

©. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; palpi pale

groy with black stripe at side of 2nd joint, the extremity of 3rd

joint black ; tegule with black medial line, the tips dark brown ;

metathoracic crest mostly dark brown; fore tarsi black; abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown, the

antemedial area suffused with black especially towards costa;

antemedial line fine, black, dentate, angled inwards on median

nervure and vein 1 and oytwards in submedian fold; orbicular

a small tuft of rufous scales defined by whitish; reniform fuscous

with whitish annulus defined by black, its inner edge angled inwards

in discal fold and its outer outwards to postmedial line, a small tuft

of rufous scales defined by whitish in centre; postmediat line fine,

double filled in with whitish, the outer line indistinct, bent outwards

below costa, incurved at vein 6, then strongly dentate and bent

inwards below vein 3; subterminal line pale, diffused, waved,

almost obsolete towards costa, then defined on inner side by small

dentate brown marks; a terminal series of black stria; cilia pale

rufous. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown especially on

terminal area; the underside with the costal and terminal areas

tinged with brown,

Hab, Br, New Guinea, Baboon (Pratt), type + ¢ in Cull.

Bethune-Baker, Hep. 40 millim.

*§652, Gadirtha costipallens, (Plate CLX XXIII, fig. 8.)

Gadirtha costipallens, Beth,-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 220 (1906).

©. Head and thorax white tinged with red-brown, the tegule

and patagia pale grey-green, the latter above and the metathorax

behind edged with brown; abdomen white tinged with brown.

Fore wing pale red-brown mixed with pale grey-green, the costal

area white slightly irrorated with brown from antemedial line to

apex ; a black streak below the cell from base to below origin of

vein 2; subbasal line black defined by whitish on outer side, acutely

angled outwards below costa and ending at subcostal nervure, a

diffused black patch beyond it below costa; antemedial line

indistinct, double, angled inwards below costa and obsolete below

the cell; orbicular represented by a black point; reniform defined

by black, its outer edge produced to a point and with a slight ridge

of raised scales in middle with some rufous beyond it; diffused

wedged-shaped black streaks beyond upper and lower angles of

cell; postmedial line obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 7,

excurved to vein 6, incurved at vein 5, then again excurved and

angled outwards in submedian fold, then strongly incurved ; a faint

dentate subterminal line with an oblique blackish streak to it

GADIRTHA. 345

from termen below apex. Ilind wing greyish tinged with fuscous

brown, the costal and terminal areas suffused with fuscous; a

blackish point at lower angle of cell; the termen with some whitish

suffusion ; cilia whitish mixed with brown; the underside whitish,

the costal and terminal areas suffused with brown, a slight diffused

discoidal lunule.

Hab. Br. New Gurnus, Ekeikei (Pratt), type fT Q@ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, vp. 44 millim.

6653. Gadirtha candezei,

Gadirtha candezei, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het, ii, p. 508, pl. 96, f. 17

(1898).

2, Head grey with some ochreous on vertex and basal joint of

antenne ; palpi ochreous white, the 2nd joint black at sides towards

base and with the fringes of hair above grey, some grey towards

extremity of 3rd joint ; thorax ochreous irrorated with black, the

patagia grey ; fore and mid legs grey, the fore tibiz with some

ochreous, pectus and hind legs white, the tarsi ringed with black ;

abdomen grey, whitish at base and with the large crests on basal

segments rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey suffused

with fuscous, the costal area red-brown irrorated with black from

the antemedial line, where it extends to below the cell, narrowing

to termen below apex; the costa with blackish strie and points,

the medial part of inner margin with blackish and ochreous strie ;

antemedial iine indistinct, inwardly oblique, minutely waved ;

small tufts of raised scales at middle of cell and on discocellulars ;

postmedial line very indistinct, hardly traceable on costal area, bent

outwards below cesta, oblique and dentate beluw vein 4;

subterminal line pale with patches of red-brown before and

beyond it at middle and beyond it at tornus, waved, excurved

at middle and bent inwards at vein 2; a terminal series of

slight dark lunules. Hind wing semihyaline white slightly tinged

with ochreous, the veins and costal and terminal areas suffused

with fuscous brown; cilia white, brownish at base; the underside

white, the costal and terminal areas suffused with brown.

Hab. Guaremata ; Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 19, Exp,

08 miilim,

6654, Gadirtha inexacta.

Gadirtha inexacta, W1k. xii. 1102 (1857); Hmpsn, Moths Ind. ii. p, 367,

Gadirtha impingens, W1k. xiii. 1103 (1857).

Scolopocneme bufonia, Feld. Wien. Ent, Mon. vi. p. 388 (1862).

Checupa tinctoides, Snell. Tijd. y. Ent. xx. p, 71, pl. v. f. 6 (1877),

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi with the 2nd

joint dark brown at sides except at extremity; fore tibia and

tarsi with series of small black-brown spots in front; abdomen

346 NOCLUID DL,

whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing white suffused and striated

with rufous and purple-brown, the inner area with more white;

a dark brown patch on costa at the antemedial line, which is black,

sinuous, bent inwards to inner margin and giving off at median

nervure an oblique black line formed of raised scales to middle of

inner margin ; orbicular and renitorm round with tufts of red-brown

scales in centres, the former faintly defined by brown, the latter

defined by black; postmedial line very indistinctly double, bent

Fig. 125.—Gadirtha inexacta, 3. }.

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, at vein 2 bent inwards

to lower edge of reniform and angled outwards at vein 1, a fuscous

patch beyond if on costa; subterminal line indistinct, whitish,

waved; a terminal series of small black spots and short streak in

extremity of submedian fold. Hind wing whitish suffused with

red-brown especially on terminal area; cilia ochreous white; the

underside white slightly tinged with brown, a small discoidal spot,

diffused subterminal shade, and lunulate terminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more uniform greyish; hind wing uniform

fuscous brown.—China, Formosa.

Ab. 2, Similar, but fore wing suffused with purple-brown, the

tornal area grey-white from middle of termen to middle of inner

margin.—Sikhim, Assam, Singapore.

Ab. 3. Similar, but hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous brown narrowing to a point at tornus.—

N. Guinea.

_ Hab, Centr. Curya, Chusan Is. (J. J. Walker), 1 9°, Hongkong

(Bowring, Betton), 22, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 19; W. Cuina, Chance

yang (Pratt), 1 2; Formosa (Hodson), 3 2 ; Siknim (Moller),

a Oe Wie Cacao, I 23 SIN, Ibn (anus), 1 2 =

Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 ¢,1 2 type and type impingens ;

Singapore (ftidley, Wood-Jones), 2 8, 2 2 ; Borneo, Sarawak

(Wallace), 2 2; Br. N. Guixea, Dinawa (Pratt), 2 9, Mafalu

(Pratt), 1.2, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 2, Baboon (frat), Io:

Eep. 48-88 millim. ;

GADIRTHA. - 347

#6655. Gadirtha cerussata.

Scolopocneme cerussata, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 100. f. 11 (1874).

@. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish, the

patagia purplish grey; palpi with the 2nd joint whitish in front ;

pectus and legs grey, the fore tibize red-brown and whitish in front,

the tarsi bauded with brown; abdomen red-brown, Fore wing

purplish. grey mixed with whitish, the costal area red-brown

slightly irrorated with black from near base to apex, extending

at middle to submedian fold, the terminal area with red-brown

patches in the interspaces; antemedial line black, oblique and

slightly augled outwards on subcostal nervure from costa to

median wervure, then indistinct, whitish and bent inwards to

inner margin; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black and

with tufts of raised black scales in centres, the former round, the

latter constricted at middle; postmedial line arising at middle of

costa, indistinct and strongly bent outwards below costa, then

double, black and incurved at discal fold, below vein 5 purplish

grey defined on outer side by white, oblique and waved; some

black suffusion from subterminal line below costa to the reniform ;

subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by leaden fuscous

except towards costa, waved; a terminal series of brown points,

Hind wing fuscous brown tinged with grey; cilia grey tinged with

brown; the underside grey suffused with reddish brown especially

on terminal area.

Hab, 2, type fT Q in Coll. Rothschild. Hap, 40 millim. The

locality is given as ‘‘ Asia” but the type is labelled “ Guane.”

*6656. Gadirtha aroa. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 16.)

Gadirtha aroa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 199 (1908).

®. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey; the tarsi

fuscous with pale rings; abdomen greyish tinged with red-brown,

the crests darker. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with

red-brown, the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ;

subbasal line blackish, oblique, sinuous, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, blackish, oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then inwardly oblique and angled outwards on

vein 1, a grey patch beyond it in cell and another beyond lower

angle of cell; reniform dark-brown, ill-defined, its lower extremity

produced ; medial line shght, dark, from costa to reniform, slightly

angled outwards below costa; postmedial line double, the outer

line very indistinct, obliquely excurved and minutely waved from

costa to vein 4, then curved downwards and bent inwards to lower

edge of reniform, and dentate to inner margin; subterminal line

very indistinct, dark, dentate; a crenulate black terminal line with

dark streaks beyond it on the cilia. Hind wing yellowish suffused

with red-brown, the costal and terminal areas darker; cilia

348 NOCLIUID #.

yellowish white; the underside pale yellow, the terminal area

suffused with brown.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Aroa R., type tT 2 in Coll, Bethune-Baker.

Exp. 50 millim.

*§657. Gadirtha hades. (Plate CLX XXIII. fig. 15.)

Gadirtha hades, Lower, Tr, R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 86 (1903).

@. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with pale ochreous;

tarsi banded black and pale ochreous ; pectus and abdomen brownish

grey. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with fnscous; the

antemedial line somewhat dentate, oblique from costa to submedian

fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 and with a broad oblique pale

band beyond it extending on inner margin to subterminal line; an

indistinct discoidal spot; postmedial line indistinct, oblique from

costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 2 and strongly dentate inwards

in submedian fold and on vein 1; traces of a subterminal line,

more distinct and dentate towards costa, where it is crossed by

two slight black streaks; a fine crenulate terminal line. Hind

wing ochreous tinged with brown; a slight discoidal lunule; an

indistinct postmedial line angled outwards below vein 2; the

terminal area fuscous with ochreous patch on termen below middle ;

cilia ochreous with series of brownish spots. Underside ochreous

with discoidal lunules, the postmedial line distinct and somewhat

maculate on hind wing; a broad fuscous band beyond it and a

terminal series of points.

Hab. QuEEnstanp, Mackay, type tf 2 in Coll. Lower. Exp. 38

millim.

B. Fore wing with the costa slightly truncate towards apex, the termen

excurved at middle and oblique towards tornus.

a. Fore wing olive-green.

a', Fore wing with the postmedial line double............... CUprescens.

6‘, Fore wing with the postmedial line single ............... elongata.

, INO) WINS TOW AREEM — spacanaaoacecococnnaonganaaboncdenss000000000 poliochroa,

6658. Gadirtha cuprescens, n. sp.

¢. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown; tegule

green at base, red-brown at tips; patagia green mixed with red-

brown, the metathoracic crest tipped with dark brown; abdomen

grey suffused with brown, the crests dark at tips; palpi black at

sides towards base and white in front; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen white, the fore and mid tibize greenish, the

tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing olive-green largely

suffused with cupreous red-brown, the apical area with some

red-brown suffusion; antemedial line very indistinct, double,

waved; a small tuft of black scales in middle of cell and large

discoidal annulus defined by red-brown and with small tuft of

scales in centre; medial line indistinct, brown, waved, excurved

GADIRTHA. 349

round end of cell; postmedial line double, minutely waved,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line faint, whitish,

minutely waved, defined on inner side by cupreous brown spots

except towards costa; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked

with black; a terminal series of small brown lunules; cilia brown.

Fig. 126.—Gadirtha cuprescens, . }.

Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia paler with a blackish mark

towards tornus; the underside brownish white, the costal and

terminal areas suffused with fuscous, an indistinct dark discoidal

spot.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with antemedial patch of black suffusion from

costa to below cell, a wedge-shaped mark below costa beyond the

postmedial line and spot at discal fold.

Hub. N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 2 $ type. Exp. 40 milhm.

6659. Gadirtha elongata. (Plate CLX XXIII. fig. 21.)

Plotheia elongata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb, Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 451 (1897).

@. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown; tegule and

patagia olive-green, the former tipped with ochreous and brown ;

abdomen greyish ochreous suffused with brown; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen ochreous, the fore tibie fringed with

green hair on outer side. Fore wing olive-green irrorated with

some white and pale rufous; subbasal line represented by a brown

striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved; a

tuft of rufous scales in middle of cel! and a large discoidal anntlus

slightly defined by rufous and with tuft of rufous scales in centre ;

a blackish striga from middle of costa; postmedial line black and

oblique from costa to vein 7, then minutely waved, oblique below

vein 4 and with tufts of scales on it above and below vein 1, an

oblique black streak beyond it below costa and some small black

spots on costa towards apex; subterminal line slight, white,

curved, with rufous spots on its inner side except towards costa ;

a fine waved terminal red-brown line; cilia ochreous mixed with

fuscous. Hind wing fuscous; the cilia pale reddish brown; the

underside whitish tinged with brown, the costal and terminal areas

suffused with brown.

flab. Assam, Khasis, 1 2 type. Hap. 46 millim.

300) NOCLUID™.

6660. Gadirtha poliochroa, n. sp. (Plate CLXX XIII. fig. 9.)

2. Head and thorax grey, the tegule and patagia with patches

of purple-brown; fore tibize with brown spots, the tarsi banded

with brown; abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused with brown, the

crests black at tips. Fore wing grey-white mostly suffused with

purple-brown leaving the inner area and an apical patch grey-

white; two subbasal dark strive from costa; antemedial line

indistinct, double, minutely waved, an angled white mark before

it from costa and a blackish spot defined by whitish in the cell ;

a bar-shaped tuft of raised scales in middle of cell: a large, round

discoidal annulus defined by brown and with tuft of brown scales

in centre; postmedial line brown, bent outwards below costa, and

below vein 2 with a series of three steps to inner margin near

antemedial line, the steps marked by bars of raised scales ;

subterminal line whitish, dentate, with tufts of raised rufous

scales on its inner side except towards costa; a terminal series

of rufous lunules formed of raised scales. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown, the terminal area darker; cilia brownish

white; the underside whitish with the costal and terminal areas

suffused with brown.

Ab. 1. Thorax with hardly a trace of purple-brown; fore wing

grey-white with a patch of purple-brown suffusion on antemedial

costal area.

Hab. Quernstanp, Brisbane (Turner), 2 Q type. Exp. 80-40

millim.

Genus CASANDRIA.

Type.

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Miter, WM oss WOPAAL (CUSGHE)) coscodeoavacobbocoapesescoonabaceeeedas abseuzalis.

Tussa, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 127 (1888)..........2- 020.2. 0s0e abseuzalis.

Leianophera, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 186 (1900)... ¢ransfossa.

Colleomena, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 145 (1900) ...... elota.

Pleurasympieza, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 146 (1900) abseuzalis.

Neostictoptera, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) v. p. 519 (1900) ...... nigropuncta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and slightly fringed with hair above towards extremity, the

8rd short, porrect; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male

typically ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests; fore tibie fringed with long hair, the mid tibiz moderately fringed

with hair, the hind tibie smoothly scaled; abdomen with slight crests on

medial segments, slight lateral tufts of scales and the anal tuft large in male.

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; @ from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long narrow areole ;

11 from cell; the retinaculum a corneous bar curled round the frenulum.

Hind wing with vein 3 from just before angle of cell; 4,5 from angle or

shortly stalked; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to

middle.

CASANDRIA: 351

Sect. I, Antenne of male bipectinate with long branches, the apex ciliated,

a large tuft of hair from basal joint.

6661. Casandria ferrocana.

Laphyama ferrocana, W\k. xi. 720 (1857).

Laphygia nigriscripta, Wk. xxxii. 649 (1865). :

Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with some. pinkish ;

palpi with some black and pink scales at side of 2nd joint; tegulie

with dark medial line; abdomen with lateral series of black points,

sublateral bars at base and three ventral streaks. Fore wing white

more or less suffused with pinkish except on costal area; an obliquely

curved subbasal black striga from below costa to vein 1, followed

by another oblique black striga ; antemedial line black, dentate at

discal and submedian folds and vein 1, with slight pinkish marks

before it at costa and submedian fold; reniform with pinkish spot

in centre and defined hy black, its inner edge produced to a point

Fig. 127.—Casandria ferrocana, S.

in discal fold; a black striga from middle of costa and some points

on terminal half; postmedial lme black with a diffused pinkish

line beyond it, arising below costa, dentate below discal fold and

produced inwards to a long tooth in submedian fold, a curved black

mark beyond it from costa ; 2 diffused dentate pinkish subterminal

shade; a series of black points just before termen. Hind wing

semihyaline white tinged with brown especially on the veins and

terminal area.

Hab. Jamatca (Gosse; Kaye), 1 $, 2 2 type, Runaway Bay

(Walsingham), 1 2; Cusa, Santiago (Schaus), 1:9 ; “Hartt

(Tweedie), 1 2 type mgriscripta. Hap. 26-30 millim.

Sxcr. II, Antenne of male ciliated, a large tuft of hair from basal joint.

A. (Neostictoptera). Fore wing of male with tuft of long flocculent hair

below the cell on underside; hind wing with the apex truncate, a large

patch of flocculent hair on upperside below costa beyond the cell, the

inner area greatly dilated and the tornus lobed. * ;

6662. Casandria nigropuncta.

Neostictoptera nigropuncta, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) v. p. 519 (1900).

Head and thorax white mixed with purplish pink; palpi with

the 2nd joint black at sides; antenne with the tuft from basal

joint with black mixed; tegule with strong black line near base:

fore and mid tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen white mixed

with black and pinkish, some black scales in the lateral tufts, the

ventral surface yellowish with sublateral and ventral black streaks

302 NOCTUID®.

on basal segments. Fore wing ochreous white slightly irrorated

with black; slight subbasal black points below costa and cell and

on vein 1; the basal area with three irregular diffused pink lines;

antemedial line black, minutely dentate to just below the cell, then

incurved ; reniform with pink spot in centre and elliptical black

annulus; postmedial line black, strongly bent outwards below

costa, then oblique, dentate and strongly angled inwards in submedian

fold, some black points beyond it on costa and two diffused dentate

Fig. 128.—Casandria nigropuncta, 3. }-

pink lines except towards costa; the terminal area suffused with

pink and more strongly irrorated with black; a series of small

black spots just before termen. Hind wing semihyaline white,

the termen suffused with brown, the inner margin clothed with

brown hair; the underside with the costal area brownish, the

patches of flocculent hair on underside of fore wing and upperside

of hind wing black.

@. Hind wing with more fuscous suffusion on terminal area ;

the extremity of abdomen broad and suffused with fuscous.

Hab, Cosra Rica, Juan Vinas; Coromsra, Minca (H. H. Smith),

typet ¢,Q in Coll. Druce ; Venzzuera, Merida (Briceno); Brazrn,

Organ Mts., Tijuca (Wagner), 1 $§. Exp. 36 millim,

B. Fore wing of male without tuft of hair on underside; hind wing with

the apex truncate, the upperside with thick longitudinal ridges of scales

below costa and vein 7 and above vein 5, the inner area dilated but the

tornus not lobed.

6663, Casandria melanographa, n. sp.

&. Head and thorax ochreous, the tips of tufts on basal joint of

antenne, the tips of tegule, the upper edge of patagia and a band

near their base black; palpi with the 2nd joint black above; fore

tibiz on inner side and the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

blackish with some ochreous at base and reddish towards extremity,

the ventral surface ochreous with some black scales and three short

black streaks at base and on anal tuft. Fore wing brownish white

tinged with brick-red except on terminal half of costal area; a

diffused waved subbasal black line from costa to vein 1 near base;

antemedial line black, oblique, slightly angled outwards below

costa, the medial line just beyond it, black and irregularly

dentate; reniform defined by black, large, round with its inner

CASANDRIA. 303

edge slightly indented, a small black spot in it at lower angle of

cell, too rather diffused black annuli beyond it with slightly

dentate outer edges; postmedial line black, touching upper edge

of reniform, strongly bent outwards below costa, slightly dentate

at veius 4, 3, then bent inwards to lower edge of reniform, then

closely approximated to medial line and slightly angled inwards

at submedian fold, some small black spots beyond it on costa ;

Fig. 129.—Casandria melanographa, 3. }.

subterminal line black, dentate below costa and at veins 7, 6,

then minutely waved, excurved at middle, and bent inwards at

vein 2 to below end of cell; a series of small wedge-shaped black

spots just before termen; cilia chequered fuscous and whitish.

Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen, inner margin and cilia,

tinged with fuscous, the ridges of scales ochreous; the underside

with the costal half suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R, (Kaye),1 3 type. Hap. 32 millim.

C. Wings of male without tufts of hair or ridges of scales.

a. Hind wing of male with the tornus slightly lobed, veins 4, 5 shortly

stalked, the discocellulars almost obsolete.

6664. Casandria amplipennis, n. sp.

Head and thorax white mixed with brown and reddish ochreous ;

palpi with the 2nd joint black above ; tegule with black band near

base ; fore and mid tibiz and tarsi banded with black; abdomen

ochreous mixed with black, the base white with some blackish at

Fig. 130.— Casanaria amplipennis, 3. }.

sides, a lateral series of black points, the ventral surface white

mixed with rufous, three short black streaks at base and two on

anal tuft. Fore wing white irrorated with brown and with some

ink suffusion on antemedial and terminal areas; subbasal line

slight, black, dentate, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line black,

strongly angled outwards in cell and slightly in submedian fold,

VOL. XI. 2A

354 NOCTUID®.

then angled inwards and oblique to inner margin; reniform white

defined by black and with pink spot in centre, round; medial line

represented by a black striga from costa and slight oblique dentate

line from beyond lower angle of cell to inner margin at antemedial

line; postmedial line black, strongly bent outwards below costa,

then oblique, dentate, strongly angled inwards above vein 1 and

outwards on it; some small black spots beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line indistinct, reddish, obsolete towards costa, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle and incurved at vein 2; a series of

small black spots just before termen. Hind wing semihyaline

white, the costa and termen tinged with brown especially im

female.

Hab. Brazin, Si0 Paulo (D. Jones), 1 3,1 2 type, Rio Janeiro

Exp, 36-38 millim.

b. Hind wing of male with the tornus not lobed; veins

4, 5 from cell.

a’, Fore wing tinged with green ; hind wing semihyaline

with the terminal area suffused with fuscous,

a*. Fore wing without subterminal series of black

FINOWS nocacsoobadodossboodesc006000, casbnobox00scH05000000%0 olivaris.

6°, Fore wing with subterminal series of black spots. chlorotica.

b'. Fore wing purplish fuscous and pale red; hind

wingawhollhyetUscouspecerecestattsseecresercee eee esa purpurascens,

*6665. Casandria olivaris. (Plate CLXXXITI. fig. 10.)

Casandria olivaris, Dyar, ined.

@. Head whitish mixed with olive-green; palpi black above

towards base and with the 3rd joint blackish; antenne blackish ;

thorax olive-green mixed with brown, the tegule with black line

near base; pectus and legs whitish suffused with ochreous brown,

the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen white tinged with

ochreous, dorsally suffused with brown except at base. Fore wing

olive-green, the inner half except on basal area and the terminal

area except at apex irrorated with brown ; a sinuous black subbasal

line from costa to submecian fold; antemedial line fine, black,

dentate and inwardly oblique ; reniform defined by black, produced

to points on inner and outer sides and with black spot in centre ;

postmedial line black, strongly bent outwards and almost obsolete

below costa, then dentate, at vein 3 bent inwards to lower angle

of cell, bent outwards above vein 1, then again inwards, a pro-

minent oblique black bar beyond it from costa ; an indistinct waved

whitish subterminal line defined on inner side by slight dentate

black marks ; the termen with series of black points from apex to

vein 4, Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins and

terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia white tinged with brown;

the underside white tinged with brown especially on costal and

terminal areas.

Hab. Mexico, Misantla, type t 9 in U.S. Nat. Mus. Zap. 32

millim.

CASANDRIA. 309

6666. Casandria chlorotica.

Casandria chlorotica, Schaus, A. M.N. H. (8) vi. p. 205 (1910).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with pale red and olive-green ;

palpi with the 2nd joint black above; tegule with black lines near

base and at tips; fore and mid tibie with black points, the tarsi

banded with black. Fore wing whitish tinged with pale red and

olive-green and irrorated slightly with black ; the base of subcostal

nervure streaked with black; subbasal line black, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black, strongly excurved

in cell, then waved; reniform defined by black, very large and

rounded ; a faint oblique shade from middle of costa and a diffused

oblique waved line from vein 6 beyond the cell to middle of inner

margin; postmedial line black, touching the reniform and strongly

bent outwards below costa, then dentate, very oblique below vein 4

to inner margin near the medial and antemedial lines, a faint red

Fig, 131.—Casandria chlorotica, 3. t.

band beyond it, and some small black spots on costa; subterminal

line whitish, minutely waved, defined on inner side by somewhat

dentate black marks and spot at submedian fold, and on outer side

by small blackish spots; a terminal series of small black spots.

Hind wing semihyaline whitish, the veins and terminal area

suffused with fuscous brown; cilia ochreous white.

Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 2 3; Conomsia, Rio Derg

in Coll. Druce. Eup. ¢ 36, 9 49 millim. Typet ¢, 2 mUS.

Nat. Mus.

*6667. Casandria purpurascens. (Plate CLX XXIII. fig. 17.)

Casandria purpurascens, Schaus, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. xiii. p. 42 (1911).

@. Head brown mixed with ochreous; palpi brown behind,

whitish in front; thorax dark brown mixed with grey-white, the

tegule with whitish patch at base; pectus and legs ochreous and

brown, the fore and mid tarsi dark brown ringed with ochreous ;

abdomen brown mixed with grey, the anal tuft with some ochreous.

Fore wing reddish ochreous irrorated with purplish red and suffused

with purplish fuscous and grey except on basal area and inner half of

postmedial area; a slight waved red subbasal line from costa to vein

1; antemedial line dark slightly defined on inner side by ochreous,

waved ; reniform reddish ochreous defined by dark brown and with

242

356 NOCTUID.

slight brown and whitish mark in centre, produced to a point on inner

side; postmedial line double, purplish red filled in with ochreous,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then waved, oblique below

discal fold, an ochreous point beyond it on costa; subterminal

line ochreous and oblique towards costa, then grey and waved;

the apical area with ochreous streaks on veins 8 and 7 and black

streaks in the interspaces and below them, the streak below vein 8

extending to the postmedial line. Hind wing dark brown; the

cilia white at tips; the underside uniform greyish brown.

Hab. Costa Rica, Sixola R. (Schaus), type f Q in U.S. Nat.

Mus. wp. 36 millim.

Sect. III. Antenne of male ciliated, without tuft of hair from basal joint.

A. Fore wing with subterminal series of small black spots and

larger spot in submedian interspace.

a. Hind wing semihyaline, the veins of terminal area and

the term en fuscous'q givis.sncsesectesseccseceo scree eecenee esas abseuzals.

b. Hind wing uniformly suffused with fuscous brown

309800 arcuata,

B. Fore wing without subterminal series of black spots.

a. Hind wing with the terminal area suffused with fuscous.

a‘, Fore wing not tinged with crimson.

a2, Fore wing suffused with dark cupreous brown ; hind

wing of male uniform fuscous brown .............. metaphea,

b?, Fore wing pale yellowish brown ; hind wing of male

semihyaline.

a®, Fore wing broad, the reniform moderate, ellipti-

Call 5 cae; dows phason uciebe cle eees meet neoete cee sees chirica.

6%, Fore wing narrow, the reniform very large and

produced to points in front and behind............ steniplera.

c?, Fore wing grey suffused with purple-brown ......... area.

01, Fore wing with the antemedial, postmedial, and

terminal areas tinged with crimson.................0e0eee+ hematopis.

6, Hind wing with fine terminal black line or series of minute

streaks.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique to sub-

median fold where it is bent inwards.

a*, Fore wing suffused with brown and with white

shade beyond postmedial line ..................eeceeee filifera.

67, Fore wing white slightly irrorated with black ...... stroca.

b1, Fore wing with the antemedial line erect, slightly

excurved below costa and incurved below submedian

fol AGRA ES Se ecenaae rete ORCC n ona CEC aCOnLM ORR Oncor elota.

ce’, Fore wing with the antemedial line erect to sub- :

median fold, then oblique and waved....................- leucopis.

6668. Casandria abseuzalis.

Motya abseuzalis, Wk. xix. 1022 (1859).

Lussa nigroguttata, Grote, Can. Ent. xv. p. 127 (1883) ; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 167.

Pleurasympieza smithii, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 147, f. 18 (1890).

Stictoptera tumidicosta, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 249, pl. 17. f. 5.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with pale rufous;

palpi with the 2nd joint black above; tegule with black medial

line and some black at tips; patagia with black medial bars; fore

CASANDRIA. 307

and mid tibize with black spot, the tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen with dorsal black lines on 3rd and 4th segments, a double

black spot towards extremity and some black at side of anal tuft,

the ventral surface with sublateral series of oblique black striae.

Fore wing white suffused with pale reddish ochreous; subbasal

line black, oblique, dentate, from costa to submedian fold;

Fig. 182.—Casandriu abseuzalis, S. }.

antemedial line slight, black, oblique, dentate, small black spots

beyond it in and below cell; a small black discoidal spot with

white centre; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa,

then dentate, at vein 3 bent inwards to below end of cell; a sub-

terminal series of small black spots with larger spot at subredian

fold; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline

white, the veins towards termen and the termen fuscous black ;

cilia white.

Fore wing of male with the costa very slightly excised towards

base and arched beyond middle; veins 2, 3 from a point towards

end of cell.

Hab. U.S.A., Florida, 1 ¢ ; Banamas, Nassau (Sir G. Carter),

1 Sg ; Cusa, Tanamo (Schaus), 2 $,1 2, Santiago (Schaus), 1 Q ;

Porro Rico; Grenana (H. H. Smith), 1 5,1 2 type tumidicosta ;

Brazit, 1 2, Bahia, 19, Rio Janeiro, type fin Mus. Oxon. Eup,

30 millim.

6669. Casandria arcuata. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 18.)

Casandria arcuata, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 205 (1910).

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with pale rufous and brown;

palpi with the 2nd joint blackish at sides; abdomen ferruginous

towards extremity, grey-brown towards base, the male with small

paired black spots on penultimate segment above and below. Fore

wing pale brown with a faint olive tinge and brown suffusion;

traces of a waved dark antemedial line; a blackish discoidal bar ;

a faint oblique dark striga from middle of costa and waved line

from vein 6 beyond the cell, very oblique below vein 4; postmedial

line indistinct, dark, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved

at vein 6 and oblique below vein 4; a subterminal series of faint

dark spots and a terminal series of points. Hind wing greyish

uniformly suffused with fuscous brown.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing paler, the last with more

prominent blackish subterminal spot in submedian fold,

358 NOCLUIDA.

Fore wing of male with the costa strongly excised towards base

and arched beyond middle ; fore tibiz dilated.

Hab. Costa Rica, Avangarez (Schaus), 1 3g, Guapiles (Schaus),

typet d, 2 in U.S. Nat. Mus. Lxp. 28 millim.

6670. Casandria metaphea, n. sp. (Plate CLX XXIII. fig. 11.)

3S. Head and thorax whitish mixed with rufous; palpi with

some black at base of 2nd joint; patagia with black medial bar ;

fore tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally

suffused with rufous and with blackish towards extremity, the

ventral surface whiter with paired series of black points. J ore

wing white suffused and irrorated with cupreous brown, the costal

area whiter; subbasal line black, inwardly oblique, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly double, the outer line

black, oblique to submedian fold, then incurved; traces of an

oblique waved medial line; reniform with cupreous brown centre

and whitish annulus defined by black, round, an indistinct dark

figure-of-eight shaped mark beyond it ; postmedial line indistinctly

double, the inner lne black, strongly bent outwards below costa,

where it is acutely angled, slightly dentate at veins 4, 3, then

bent inwards to below extremity of reniform and oblique and

dentate to inner margin, some black points beyond it ou costa;

subterminal line indistinct, whitish slightly defined on inner side

by fuscous, dentate, angled inwards at discal fold and incurved

below vein 2; a black terminal line. Hind wing uniform fuscous

brown with a cupreous g gloss ; cilia white at tips.

@. Hind wing hy silona. the veins and terminal area suffused

with fuscous.

Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 1 2, Tuis (Shas), 1 3 ;

Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler), 1 3 type. Hxp. 34 millim.

6671. Casandria chirica. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 12.)

Casandria chirica, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 108 (1906).

Iscadia aperta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 474 (part.).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white suffused with rufous ;

patagia with blackish bar at middle; fore and mid tarsi black

ringed with white; ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated

with fuscous and with sublateral series of black points. Fore

wing white suffused with golden brown, the costal area whiter ;

subbasal line black, inwardly oblique, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line black, oblique to submedian fold and incurved just

below it; an indistinct waved medial line; reniform with brown

centre and white annulus defined by black, round, an indistinct

dark somewhat figure-of-eight-shaped mark beyond it; postmedial

line black, strongly bent outwards eelow costa where it is acutely

angled, slightly dentate at veins 4,3 then bent inwards to below

CASANDRIA. 309

the reniform and oblique and dentate to inner margin ; an indistinct

dark dentate subterminal line slightly defined on outer side by

whitish ; a black terminal line. Hind wing semihyaline white, the

veins, termen, and inner margin suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia

white ; the underside with the costal area fuscous brown.

Hab. Mextco, Jalapa (Schaus), type + S$ in U.S. Nat. Mus. ;

Costa Rica, Sta. Ciara Valley (Zurcher), 1 2. Hwvp. 32-34 millim.

*6672. Casandria steniptera. (Plate CLX XXIII. fig. 13.)

Casandria steniptera, Schaus, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. xiii. p. 42 (1911).

3§. Head, thorax, andabdomen brown mixed with grey ; the anal

tuft with some black. Fore wing long and narrow; pale brown

mixed with grey; an indistinct brown subbasal line from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, dark, very oblique, waved;

reniform very large, faintly defined by brown, its inner and outer

sides produced to slight points, a slight dark mark in centre;

a slight minutely waved dark postmedial line from costa to vein 3 ;

subterminal line grey defined on inner side by a somewhat dentate

fuscous shade, bent inwards below vein 3; a terminal scries of

minute dark spots slightly defined on inner side by whitish.

Hind wing white tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused

with brown; cilia whitish; the underside whitish, the costal and

terminal areas suffused with brown.

Hab. Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus), type f ¢ in U.S.

Nat. Mus. wp. 22 millim.

*6673. Casandria area. (Plate CLXXXIII. fig. 14.)

Casandria area, Schaus, A. M.N. Hi. (8) viii. p. 211 (1911).

Q@. Head, thorax, and abdomen purple-brown mixed with grey-

white; palpi in front and coxe whitish. Fore wing grey-white

suffused with purple-brown; traces of a subbasal line angled

outwards below costa and with minute dark spot below it on

vein 1; traces of a curved antemedial line with diffused whitish

patch beyond it in and below the cell with a small black spot on

it in submedian fold; a round white discoidal spot and traces of a

waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; a red-brown

annulus beyond the cell, its outer edge forming part of the faint

postmedial line, which is excurved below costa, then oblique; some

white points on costa towards apex; a faint whitish subterminal

line, excurved and minutely dentate at middle, then bent inwards at

vein 2. Hind wing fuscous brown with a greyish tinge.

Hab. Costa Rica, Sixola R. (Schaus), type fT 2 in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Exp. 24 millim.

6674. Casandria hematopis, n. sp. (Plate CLXX XIII. fig. 19.)

@. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous black;

‘tegule ochreous white with some pale rufous scales; pectus

360 NOCLUID®.

ochreous white ; abdomen grey-white mixed with fuscous, the base

of dorsum ochreous and rufous and the segments with reddish

ochreous dorsal lines. Fore wing grey-white mixed with fuscous,

the basal half of sabmedian interspace tinged with pale crimson,

short crimson streaks beyond the postmedial and subterminal lines ;

subbasal line slight, black, minutely dentate at subcostal and median

nervures, then oblique to vein 1 near base ; antemedial line almost

obsolete on costal half, oblique from submedian fold to inner

margin ; reniform with crimson centre and whitish annulus defined

by black, round; postmedial line blackish, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then somewhat dentate, very oblique below vein 4 to

inner margin close to antemedial line, some smal]l blackish spots

beyond it on costa; subterminal line defined on inner side by

fuscous suffusion except towards costa, somewhat angled inwards

below vein 3 and in submedian fold; a terminal series of

slight blackish spots. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins,

area beyond the cell, termen and inner margin tinged with fuscous

brown; cilia white; the underside with the costa tinged with

brown.

¢. Hind wing rather darker.

Hab. San Satvanor, ¢ in Coll. Dognin; Argentina, Tucuman,

1 2 type. vp. 30 millim.

6675. Casandria filifera. (Plate CLX XXIII. fig. 20.)

Laphygma filifera, Wik. xi, 719 (1857).

Laphygma inflexa, Morr. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 65; Simith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 168.

g. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey; palpi with the

2nd joint black above; tegule with rufous and black lines at base

and middle; patagia with black bars at middle; tarsi blackish

ringed with white; abdomen with some fuscous on ventral surface

and sublateral black points on penultimate segment. Fore wing

grey-white tinged with brown, the subterminal area nearly pure

white; subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa, then

oblique and sinuous to vein 1 near base; antemedial line black,

oblique from below costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards and

slightly excurved at vein 1; an indistinct waved medial line;

postmedial line black, strongly bent outwards below costa where it

is acutely angled, slightly dentate at veins 4, 3, then bent inwards

to below the reniform and oblique and waved to inner margin;

subterminal line only defined by a faint shade on its inner side,

inci tved below vein 3; a fine black terminal line. Hind wing

uniform semihyaline white.

@, Abdomen with slight segmental black lines on dorsum and

on two terminal segments on ventral surface ; fore wing with the

sutybasal and antemedial lines rufous at costa, and hind wing with

minute black streaks on the extremities of veins and slight terminal

brown line.

CASANDRIA. 361

Hab. U.S.A., Florida, type} imfleca in Agric. Coll., Michigan ;

Baunamas, Andros (Bonhote), | 6, 4 2; Harir (Tweedie), 1 J type.

Exp. 3 32, 2 36 millim.

*6676. Casandria stroca. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 30.)

Iscadia stroca, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 104 (1906).

Head and thorax white with some brown and black scales, palpi

black at sides; tegule with black line at base and black tips at

middle; tarsi brownish; abdomen white slightly tinged with

brown. Fore wing silvery white sparsely irrorated with black, the

costal edge black towards base; a slight black streak in cell near

base with waved line from it toinner margin ; subbasal line double,

angled outwards below costa, then oblique waved; antemedial line

double, excurved from below costa to submedian fold where it is

bent inwards, then oblique to inner margin; orbicular absent;

reniform round, defined by black and with slight brown centre;

medial line slightly angled inwards below costa, then excurved,

minutely waved and somewhat diffused ; postmedial line strongly

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 6, then oblique and

angled outwards on veins 4, 3, then retracted to below angle of cell

and waved to inner margin; an indistinct rather diffused brownish

subterminal line, excurved below vein 7, then waved, bent inwards

at vein 2; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish

tinged with pale brown; the underside with the costal area suffused

with brown.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana in Coll. D. Jones. Zap. 38 millim.

6677. Casandria elota. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 31.)

Collomena elota, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 145, f. 17 (1890).

Q@. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with rufous; palpi

with some black at base of 2nd joint ; tegule with rufous lines at

base and middle; patagia with rufous bars at middle; mid tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen with sublateral series of

black points. Fore wing white suffused and irrorated with brick-

red; subbasal line blackish, oblique from below costa to vein 1 near

base; antemedial line black, very slightly excurved below costa

and incurved below submedian fold; reniform defined by black and

with red spot in centre, round; postmedial line black, strongly

bent outwards below costa where it is acutely angled, slightly

dentate at veins 4, 3, then bent inwards to below the reniform and

oblique and dentate to inner margin, the tooth in submedian fold

extending to near the antemedial line; subterminal line defined on

inner side by a maculate brown shade, incurved in submedian

interspace; a black terminal line. Hind wing semihyaline white

with minute fuscous streaks on the extremities of the veins.

Hab. Porro Rico; Sra. Lucia (Cowie), 2 9. Hap. 32 millim.

362 NOCTUID A.

6673. Casandria leucopis. (Plate CLX XXII. fig. 32.)

Casandria leucupis, Schaus, A. M.N. H. (8) vi. p. 205 (1910).

2. Head and thorax white mixed with some blood-red; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous mixed with red

and blackish. Fore wing white mixed with pale red and fuscous ;

antemedial line black, nearly straight and erect to submedian fold,

then oblique and waved; reniform white with black annulus and

a few brown scales in centre, round; postmedial line black on a

pale red band, acutely angled outwards below costa, oblique and

somewhat dentate below vein 4, a similar faint line before it ;

subterminal line diffused, white with a dentate blackish shade

before it, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and ending at tornus ;

a terminal black line. Hind wing semibyaline white, the costa

towards apex and the extremities of the veins blackish ; a terminal

black line.

Hab. Costa Rica, Guapiles (Schaus), 1 2 cotype, Avangarez

Mines (Schaus), type fT 2 in U.S. Nat. Mus. vp. 26 millim.

Genus ISCADIA.

Type.

Tscadiai Nv Meese 24K USO recmeres poses eer eta ence ee eee ee seeer nee aperta.

Enealypta, Moschl, Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 147 (1890)............... aperta.

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of

head and fringed with hair above towards estremity, the 3rd very long, oblique

and somewhat dilated at extremity; frons smooth with ridge of hair above ;

eyes large, round ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax

without crest. the metathorax with spreading crest ; fore tibiz fringed on both

sides with very lone hair, the mid and hind tibie moderately fringed with

hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing long and narrow,

the margins subparallel, the apex rectangular, the termen oblique 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 a short very broad areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from just before angle of cell; 4, 5 from

angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

Sect. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches, the apical part

serrate.

A. Fore wing with the basal area not grey and contrasting.

@o JORG GAN IDAC=OROWM socooncedsooss0 00 evan ocoqsaDodo0NsC0D00" nigra.

b, Fore wing grey suffused with purple-brown ............... aperta.

B. Fore wing with the basal area and inner area to postmedial

limeyeneysandicontrastinowaeeerrere tee eereene ence acne eee ducinfieldia.

6679. Iscadia nigra. (Plate CLX XXIV. fig. 1.)

Iscadia nigra, Schaus, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 103 (1906).

®. Head and thorax black-brown tinged with leaden grey ; palpi

below, pectus and legs white mixed with brown; abdomen white

tinged with brown. Fore wing black-brown suffused with leaden

grey; antemedial line double, black, oblique and slightly excurved

ISCADIA. 363

to vein 1, then bent outwards to inner margin; orbicular and

reniform slightly defined by blackish, the former round and with

rufous scales in centre, the latter elliptical and with tuft of black

scales in centre; four small dark spots on medial part of costa and

a faint oblique dentate medial line from cell to inner margin;

postmedial line black, bent. outwards below costa, dentate to vein 3,

then bent inwards and upwards round the reniform and minutely

dentate from cell to inner margin; some dark points on terminal

part of costa; subterminal line grey defined on inner side by

blackish, waved, angled inwards below costa and slightly excurved

below vein 7 and at middle, the veins beyond it with slight black

streaks; a fine black terminal line. Hind wing semihyaline white,

the veins towards termen and the termen more or less tinged with

brown ; cilia with some Lrown mixed ; the underside with the costal

area tinged with brown.

Hab, Arcentina, Tucuman (Dinelly), 12. Exp. 32-34 millim.

Type'T in U.S. Nat. Mus.

6680. Iscadia aperta.

Iscadia aperta, Wlk. xi. 725 (1857); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii.

p. 474, pl. 9. f. 8,

Hucalypta schildet, Moschl. Abh. Senck, Ges. xvi. p. 148, f. 23 (1890).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi with the 2nd

joint black at sides, the 3rd with black ring near tip; tegule with

black streaks at dorsum and middle; fore and hind tarsi black

ringed with whitish; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with

fuscous brown. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with purple-

brown, the base and patches on middle of costa and inner margin

paler ; antemedial line double, black, the inner line purple-brown

except towards costa, oblique and slightly excurved to vein 1, then

Fig. 133.—Jscadia aperta, 2. 1}.

bent outwards to inner margin, minutely dentate at submedian

fold ; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by whitish and with

tufts of brown scales in centres, the former round, the latter

elliptical; four small brown spots on middle of costa and a medial

line from cell to inner margin angled inwards at vein 1; post-

medial line black, double at costa, bent outwards below costa,

dentate to just below vein 3, then bent inwards and upwards round

the reniform, obliyue and sinuous from cell to inner margin; some

small dark spots on costa towards apex ; subterminal line whitish,

364 NOCIUIDE.

wayed, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, the veins beyond it

with slight dark streaks; a terminal black-brown line. Hind wing

semihyaline white, the veins brownish towards termen, the termen

and cilia at base brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with black suffusion on medial area below

costa and in upper part of cell.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Zrujillo), 1 9 ; GuarEmata (Lodriquez),

1 @ ; Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Underwood), 1 2, Godman-

Salvin Coll. ; Harri (7weedie), 1 2 type; Porro Rico; Trinipap,

Cuparo; Vrenezunta, Merida; Br. Guiana, Bartica; Brazin, Castro

Parana; 8.E. Perv, San Domingo, Hp. 44-45 millim.

The single male, in Coll. Druce, has no bar-shaped retinaculum,

? broken off,

*6681. Iscadia ducinfieldia. (Plate CLXXXLV. fig. 2.)

Iscadia duckinfieldia, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 104 (1906).

2. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi with the

2nd joint white in front; tegule with subbasal and medial brown

lines; thorax with subdorsal brown streaks ; tarsi blackish ;

abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish irrorated

with fuscous, the medial area suffused with brown from costa to

discal fold, beyond the reniform not extending below vein 6;

antemedial line double, obliquely curved, minutely waved and

with another irregularly waved oblique line beyond it; the medial

area with some minute indistinct brown annuli on costa ; orbicular

represented by a tuft of blackish scales, the reniform by a

blackish lunule; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct,

obliquely incurved from costa to vein 7, minutely dentate to below

vein 3 where it is retracted, then curved upwards above and

round inner side of reniform and oblique to inner margin, angled

outwards in submedian fold and above inner margin, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line double filled in with

whitish, minutely dentate, excurved, oblique towards tornus; a

fine black terminal line; cilia whitish with series of brownish spots.

Hind wing white, the veins, costa and termen tinged with brown ;

cilia white tinged with brown at apex.

Hab. Brazit, Castro Parana, type fin U.S. Nat. Mus. Zap.

40 milim. This may be an aberration of J. aperta. i

Sect. II. Antennus of male with fasciculate cilia.

A. Fore wing with the inner area whitish with irregular upper

EU oS ee toaaneee spnnsmann sane cotodoneaa qnoononBsaess adabacacdeoshancasonces variegata.

B. Fore wiug with the inner area not whitish ..................... producta.

6682. Iscadia variegata.

Iscadia variegata, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 179 (1910).

¢. Head and thorax grey-white mixcd with fuscous, the tips of

tegule and prothorax purplish; palpi towards base of Znd joint

ISCADIA. 365

and tip of 8rd black; frons with black bar above; tegule with

black medial line; fore and mid tarsi black above ; abdomen grey

dorsally suffused with purplish brown except at extremity, the

basal crest black at tip. Fore wing white irrorated with brown,

the medial area to median nervure and the postmedial and terminal

areas to vein 3 suffused with purplish brown; some grecnish

yellow in base of submedian fold and on inner margin beyond the

autemedial line, which is blackish, oblique, waved; a medial

triangular black mark from median nervure to vein 1; a black

Fig, 134.—Iscudia variegata, S$. 1}.

point on a faint pale spot in middle of cell with some blackish

suffusion beyond it and two black points on a slight pale discoidal

mark ; postmedial line black, indistinctly double, minutely waved,

oblique from costa to vein 4, then incurved; a black streak

beyond it below vein 3 extending to rear termen or merging

into a greenish yellow streak; subterminal line rather diffused,

white, dentate, angled inwards below vein 7 and at discal and

submedian folds; a series of black and white striz just before

termen and a short black streak in extremity of submedian fold ;

cilia brown intersected by whitish. Hind wing semihyaline white,

the veins, costal area and termen tinged with brown.

Hab. Trrxtpav, Cuparo (Klages), type t in Coll. Druce; Costa

trea, Tuis (Schaus), 1 $, Sitio; Cotompra, Don Amo (7. H. Smith),

1 $3; Fr. Gotana, St. Laurent Maroni, 1 ¢; 8.H. Perv, San

Domingo (Ockenden). Huwp. 38 millim. Type f in Coll. Druce.

6683. Iscadia producta. (Plate CLX XXIV. fig. 3.)

Stimplicia producta, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xliy. p. 4388 (1900).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey, darker in front ;

palpi whitish in front; pectus and legs whitish irrorated with

brown ; abdomen pale reddish brown, the ventral surface whitish.

Fore wing with the base grey tinged with red-brown, the rest of

wing red-brown tinged in parts with grey; antemedial line indis-

tinetly double, curved, minutely waved; points of raised black

scales in middle of cell and on discocellulars in centres of faint

annnli; postmedial line dark brown defined on each side by pale

reddish on costal half and whitish on inner half, dentate, strongly

bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4; some pale

points on costa towards apex and an oblique pale reddish streak

366 NOCTUID 3.

from apex to the postmedial line at vein 6; subterminal line

whitish defined on inner side by brown, minutely dentate, oblique

below vein 3; a terminal series of small white lunules. Hind

wing pale red-brown, the basal half whitish in male, the cilia

whitish at tips; the underside whitish tinged with red-brown on

costal area and terminal half.

Hab. Costa Rrea, Juan Vinas; Trrytpap, 1 9 , Cuparo; Cotompta,

Rio Tamana, El Tigre, Popayan, type f ¢ in Coll. Dognin. Luaxp.

38-44 millim.

Secr. IIT, Antenne of male simple and laminate.

A. Fore wing with the medial costal area black-brown ......... bucleyt.

B. Fore wing with the medial costa area not black-brown.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly incurved at

roliicverl (3 20) (6 Utrera Ua onc anaaaonenr Moe conde’ seed speaEecagadeounteca diopis.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly incurved at

rabtsyerrly (0) Uke ae anetingeneaeanera:ndaue nae doncae corpora secceonoadoseae pheoptera.

*6684. Iscadia bucleyi. (Plate CLX XXIV. fig. 4.)

Iscadia buckleyi, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 178 (1910).

d. Head black with some brown mixed, the palpi reddish

brown in front, thorax whitish mixed with red-brown and black ;

abdomen reddish brown, the basal crest with some black ; pectus

and ventral surface of abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing

ochreous suffused with red-brown and purplish and with slight

black irroration, the medial costal area black-brown tinged with

grey ; antemedial line black, minutely waved, excurved ; ridges of

raised black scales at middle and end of cell; postmedial line

double, the outer line indistinct, waved, strongly bent outwards

below costa and oblique below vein 4, blackish spots on the outer

line at discal and submedian folds; some short black streaks on

terminal part of costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, dentate,

defined on inner side by small dentate black marks and a larger

mark above vein 7; a terminal series of rather X-shaped brown

spots. Hind wing reddish brown ; the cilia pale at tips.

Hab. Ecuavor, Sarayacu (Buckley), type + ¢ in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 52 millim.

6685. Iscadia diopis.

Iscadia aperta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 474 (part.).

Iscadia diopis, Hmpsn, A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p, 579 (1905).

Head and thorax clothed with fuseous, red-brown and grey

scales; palpi with the 2nd joint white in front, black at sides

except at tips; pectus and legs grey-brown; abdomen fuscous

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey irrorated with

black and suffused in parts with dark red-brown; some rufous

suffusion at base followed by dark red-brown except towards costa ;

ISCADIA. 367

antemedial line indistinctly double, waved, strongly excurved below

the cell, followed by some dark red-brown suffusion ; orbicular and

reniform round brownish ocelli defined by fuscous and with spots

of raised black scales in centres; an indistinct irregular medial line,

angled outwards below costa ; postmedial line double, the outer

Fig. 185.—JIscadia diop's, 2. 3

1°

line less distinct, irregularly waved, strongly bent outwards below

costa, angled inwards at discal fold and bent inwards at vein 2 to

below end of cell, some dark brown suffusion beyond it at discal

fold and on inner area; subterminal line grey defined on inner

side by slight dentate dark marks and on outer by dark brown

suffusion, minutely dentate, angled outwards at vein 7 and

excurved at middle; a series of small black marks just before

termen connected by short streaks with a terminal series of small

lunules. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia greyish at tips.

Hab, Costa Rica, Sta. Clara Valley, 1200' (Zurcher), 19 type;

Trryipad, Cuparo. Hap. 50 millim.

*6686. Iscadia pheoptera. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 5.)

Iscadia pheoptera, Dogn. Mém. Soe. Ent. Belg. xviii. p. 152 (1910).

3. Head and thorax dark reddish brown; palpi white in front

and black at sides on basal half; tegulee with dark band near tips ;

the patagia with dark bands; fore legs brown, the pectus and mid

and hind legs brownish white; abdomen brown, the ventral surface

ochreous. Fore wing dark reddish brown; antemedial line indis-

tinctly double, curved, minutely waved, a band of dark suffusion

beyond it more prominent towards costa ; black points at middle of

cell and on discocellullars with traces of pale annuli round them ;

postmedial line black, indistinctly double and minutely waved,

very strongly bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4;

some obscure dark marks on terminal half of costa; subterminal

line formed by slight dentate black marks; a terminal series of

small rather quadrate black spots. Hind wing uniform dark brown ;

the underside rather greyer.

Hab, Fr. Guiana, St. Jean Maroni (Schaus); Braz, Amazons,

Pebas, type f ¢ in Coll. Dognin. Exp. 40 millim.

368 NOCTUID®.

Genus OCHTHOPHORA. Tos

ype.

Ochthophora, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 89 (1902). sericina.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

to just above vertex of head and slightly fringed with hair above towards

extremity, the 3rd long, porroct, and somewhat dilated at extremity; frons

smooth with ridge of hair above; eyes large, round; antennz of male some-

what laminate and ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the

prothorax without crest, the metathorax with very large oblique flattened crest ;

fore tibie fringed on both sides with long hair, the mid and hind tibix

smoothly sealed ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with

the costa highly arched near base, the apex rounded, the termen oblique

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 a large long areole ; 11

from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from just before angle of cell; 4, 5 shortly

stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

6687. Ochthophora sericina.

Ochthophora sericina, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvii. p. 90 (1902).

Head and thorax’ pale brown mixed with grey ; abdomen pale

brown, white below. Fore wing silky grey suffused with brown

except on costal and base of inner areas; basal black points in and

below cell; a waved grey subbasal line from costa to median neryure

and two before the fine oblique irregularly waved black antemedial

line; traces of a waved medial line; the orbicular and reniform

represented by tufts of brown scales with grey annuli; a fine

waved and dentate black postmedial line, very oblique from costa to

Fig. 186.— Ochthophora sericina, Q. 3.

vein 7, at vein 2 retracted to upper angle of cell, passing round inner

side of reniform, then running obliquely outwards to vein 2 and

angled inwards in submedian fold ; an indistinct irregularly waved

subterminal line. Hind wing semihyaline white, the costa and

termen suffused with brown, on latter narrowing to a point at

vein 2,

Hab, QuEENstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), 1 9, Brisbane, type tf ¢ in

Coll. Turner. Ewp. 38 millim.

ELESMA. 369

Genus ELESMA. 1.

ype.

Laisa, Nis, bso COIS) (ISI). ssoccqospaq.dnnca0ad5sdndIbo0geds0009 5005 subglauca.

Amaloptera, Turner, Trans. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 6 (1903) . subglauca.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd

short with slight tuft of hair in front; frons smooth with large tuft of hair

above ; eyes large, round; antennze of male ciliated; thorax “clothed almost

entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with

spreading crests ; tibie slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen without crests.

Fore wing long and narrow, the apex “rectangular, the termen evenly curved

and not erenulate ; vein 3 from before angle of cell : 5 from above angle ; 6

from upper angle : 7, 8, 9 on a long stalk ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 fully “developed from just above angle of cell ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

6688. Elesma subglauca.

Elesma subglauca, Wk. xxxii. 608 (1865).

Metaptila philomela, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxv. p. 31 (1900),

Amaloptila triorbis, Turner, Trans. Roy. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 6 (1903).

Head and tegule whitish irrorated with fuscous; thorax grey

irrorated with black; abdomen whitish. Fore wing grey finely

irrorated with black ; ‘the antemedial line black, very “oblique from

costa to submedian fold, then incurved and angled outwards above

inner margin ; orbicular small, round, defined by black; black-

edged lunules on median and subcostal nervures before end of cell

Fig. 1387.—Hlesma subglauca, 9. 4.

and on discocellulars, with raised brown scales in centres; post-

medial line fine, waved, bent outwards below costa, oblique to

vein 4, then strongly incurved and minutely dentate ; subterminal

line greyish defined on inner side by black, dentate, angled outwards

at vein 7, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3, the interspaces

beyond it with black streaks. Hind wing white, the terminal area

tinged with fuscous to vein 2.

Hab. N. 8S. Wares (Damel), 1 2 type, Newcastle, type Td

triorbis in Coll. Turner, Hap. 34 millim. ;

VOL. XI. 2B

370 NOCTUID®.

Genus ELHOGNATHA. Type

Eleognatha, Hmpsu. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 577 (1905) ......... 0 argyrités.

Proboscis absent; palpi up turned, slender,the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of

head and with tuft of hair on inner side at extremity, the 3rd long and some-

what dilated at extremity; frons smooth, rounded; eyes large ; antenne of

male laminate and ciliated ; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the

pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; fore tibie fringed with Jong hair

on outer side; abdomen with dorsal crest at base and slight subdorsal tufts of

hair, Fore wing elongate, the inner margin strongly arched, the apex rounded

and the termen obliquely curved; vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ;

83 and 5 from close to angle of cell; 6 from upper angle or from areole which

is rather long and formed by 9 from 10 anastomosing with 7, 8; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 5 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing

with the cell to near extremity.

Secr. I. Fore wing of male with large elliptical patch of androconia below

middle of cell; hind wing with the costa highly arched, with a fringe of

long hair below its basal half on upperside and a patch of hyaline mem-

brane extending to just below and beyond the cell, the apex produced and

acute.

A. Fore wing without broad silvery white fascia through the

cell from base to postmedial line ............seeeeeeeeee sence ee pheostrota,

B. Fore wing with broad silvery white fascia through the cell

Homebase toy postMedialebin ese pecs sseeceeeyeaeseeeesesees et argyroleuca,

6689. Eleognatha pheostrota.

Eleognatha pheostrota, Hmpsn. A, M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 578 (1905).

Head and thorax clothed with silvery white, reddish brown and

black scales; palpi with the 2nd joint blackish at sides; pectus and

legs grey, the fore and mid tarsi fuscous above; abdomen grey,

dorsally suffused with reddish brown. Fore wing silvery grey

irrorated with black and suffused with dark brown except on

Fig. 188.—Eleognatha pheostrota, 3. }.

terminal area; a very indistinct antemedial series of dark spots ;

a black point in middle of cell and another on discocellulars ; post-

medial line bent outwards below costa, then somewhat dentate,

incurved between veins 5 and 3, then retracted to the cell, bent

outwards between veins 2 and 1, then retracted to before middle

of wing and bent outwards again to inner margin; subterminal line

ELDOGNATHA, Biya

fuscous defined by white on inner side, minutely waved, angled

outwards at veins 7, 6, retracted at vein 3 and ending at tornus;

a terminal series of prominent black spots. Hind wing dark

reddish brown ; cilia whitish at tips.

Hab. Costa Rica; Panama, Cana Mines (Tylecote), 1 2 type.

Exp. 36 millim.

6690. Eleognatha argyroleuca, n. sp. (Plate CLX XXIV. fig. 6.)

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with black-brown ; abdomen

grey suffused with brown; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen

white. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with brown in parts

especially below the cell and irrorated with black, the terminal

area irrorated with white; a broad silvery white fascia from base

of costa extending through the cell and just below it to postmedial

line, the submedian interspace tinged with sap-green to post-

medial line ; a minute black point in middle of cell; postmedial

line black, bent outwards below costa and between veins 6 and 5,

at vein 3 angled inwards to origin of vein 2, then outwards just

above vein 1 and inwards above inner margin to middle; sub-

terminal line white slightly defined on inner side by black, oblique

towards costa, bent inwards at vein 3 and ending at tornus; a

terminal series of black strize defined on inner side by white. Hind

wing grey suffused with purple-brown; cilia white at tips; the

underside whitish, the costa and termen tinged with brown.

Hub. Fr. Gutana, Nouveau Chantier (Ze Moult), 1 2 type.

Exp. 32 millim.

Scr. IT. Fore wing of male with fringe of short hair from subcostal nervure

on underside, the cell almost entirely filled by a large patch of andro-

conia; hind wing with fringe of long hair below basal half of costa on

upperside, the termen strongly excised between veins 6 and 3..

*6691. Eleognatha troctopera.

Eleognatha troctopera, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 203 (1910).

3. Head and thorax chocolate-brown mixed with white; palpi

with the 2nd joint blackish at sides; pectus and legs white with

Fig. 139.—Eleognatha troctopera, 3. 4.

some brown; abdomen white dorsally suffused with purplish brown.

Fore wing chocolate-brown suffused with metallic silver, a large

232

oie NOCTUID™.

patch on medial costal area extending to discal fold and smaller

patches beyond the postmedial and subterminal lines and on termen

above tornus without silver suffusion ; some white on basal costal

area ; an indistinct oblique white antemedial line with slight dark

marks on its inner side; a faint whitish point in middle of cell;

reniform a small white lunule with brownish centre; postmedial

line blackish slightly defined on each side by whitish, bent outwards

below costa, then waved, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly

oblique to middle of inner margin, a white point beyond it on

costa and a blackish streak below costa; subterminal line white,

minutely waved towards costa, excurved at middle, angled inwards

at discal fold and vein 2, then erect to tornus ; a terminal series of

black-brown spots. Hind wing brown, the costal area whitish ;

cilia white at tips; the underside grey-white, the costal area tinged

with brown.

Hab. Costa Rica, Carillo (Schaus), type t ¢ in U.S. Nat. Mns.

Exp. 40 millim.

Secr. IIT. Hind wing of male with fringe of long hair below costa on

upperside.

A. Fore wing suffused with brilliant silver; hind wing brownish argentea.

B. Fore wing silvery grey; hind wing white.....................:0008 nitescens.

6692. Eleognatha argentea.

Eleognatha argentea, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 204 (1910).

Head and thorax white mixed with some chocolate-brown and

blackish ; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides; fore tarsi ringed

with black, the mid tarsi with some brown at base of Ist joint,

the other joints black above; abdomen white dorsally tinged

with grey, the basal crest brown at tip. Fore wing white

slightly irrorated with brown and suffused with brilliant silver

Fig. 140.—Eleognatha argentea, . 1.

{o postmedial line except on costal area; patches of chocolate-

brown suffusion on costal area at middle and from postmedial

line to apex; a small round black spot of raised scales with

white annulus at middle of cell; a slight oblique white discoidal

lunule with striga of raised brown scales in its upper part;

postmedial line chocolate-brown, strongly bent outwards below

ELHOGNATHA. 3/0

costa, oblique and dentate below vein 5, bent inwards at

vein | and ending at middle of inner margin, two black-brown spots

beyond it on costa and two streaks below costa; subterminal line

white faintly defined on each side by brown, waved, bent outwards

at vein 7 and inwards at vein 2, then oblique to tornus, a terminal

series of black-brown striez. Hind wing pale grey-brown, the cilia

white ; the underside brownish white.

Hfab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus)y, 1 $,1 2. Hup. 48-54

millim. Type tin U.S. Nat. Mus.

*6693. Eleognatha nitescens. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 7.)

Aleognatha nitescens, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 179 (1910).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with white; palpi with the

2nd joint black at sides; tegule with black tips; abdomen white

dorsally tinged with brown, the basal crest blackish. Fore wing

silvery grey irrorated with red-brown, the basal area white ; ante-

medial line indistinct, brown, waved; tufts of raised brown scales

on white spots at middle of cell and on discocellulars ; postmedial

line brown defined on outer side by whitish except towards inner

margin, bent outwards and almost obsolete below costa, dentate and

very oblique below vein 4 to inner margin before middle, some

short blackish streaks beyond it on costa and two streaks below

costa; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by brown,

dentate, angled inwards at discal fold and bent inwards below

vein 3, the veins beyond it streaked with black towards apex; a

terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing semihyaline white,

the veins and terminal area to vein 3 tinged with brown especially

in female.

Hab, S.E. Purv, 8. Domingo (Ockenden), Oconeque (Ockenden),

192. vp. 40-44 millim. Type tin Coll, Druce.

Sect. LV. Wings of male normal.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour silvery white ......... argyritis.

B. Fore wing suffused with brown,

a, Hind wing whitish tinged with brown.

w, Fore wing with patch of metallic green at base of

TONE? WATE ooconcpncannonoa0n0ns>AoonsacoPesaneoeogonaReo7

61, Fore wing without metallic green patch at base of

TNA AHEM, GoaoococogccnonoosbondoN ud0K00bso0Kd00080q0008 melanosticta.

6, Hind wing deep chocolate-brown ............:..seeseeeee ves cacaonis.

purpurascens,

6694, Eleoznatha argyritis. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 8.)

Eleognatha argyritis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 577 (1905).

@. Head and thorax silvery white; palpi with the 2nd joint

dark brown at sides; tips of tegule and patagia dark brown; fore

tibiz and tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen white dorsally

374 NOCTUIDE.

tinged with brown. Fore wing silvery white ; some black points

at base; silvery blue streaks in base of submedian fold and above

base of inner margin, black at extremities; a waved black subbasal

line from costa to just above inner margin ; a large rufous patch

on middle of costa, defined on inner side by the antemedial line,

which is angled outwards on subcostal nervure and ends at sub-

median fold; medial black strize from cell and vein 1 ; a quadrate

black spot in middle of cell and obliquely curved discoidal

bar, with two slight oblique marks beyond it; postmedial line

irregularly waved, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly

oblique to vein 2, retracted to cell then excurved and angled inwards

in submedian fold, a brown patch beyond it from costa to vein 6,

constricted at middle and with oblique bar from its lower edge ;

subterminal line rather slight and punctiform, angled outwards at

vein 7 and inwards below veins 7 and 3, some brown beyond it at

apex and an oblique streak from it to termen above tornus; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing pale fuscous.

Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas; Panama, Cana Minor (Tylecote),

1 2 type. Hap. 30 millim.

*6695. Eleognatha purpurascens. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 9.)

Eleognatha purpurascens, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 180 (1910).

g. Head and tegule ochreous brown mixed with black,

thorax ochreous brown mixed with purplish grey; palpi in

front and pectus white, the mid tarsi black above; abdomen

white dorsally tinged with grey, the basal crest brown. Fore wing

silvery purplish grey ; a metallic green patch at base of imner area

defined by whitish ; a tuft of red-brown scales ringed with whitish

at middle of cell and a minute discoidal tuft; postmedial line

bent outwards and almost obsolete below costa, then black with a

patch of rufous and white beyond it and-some white before it and

incurved to vein 6, then indistinct, irregularly dentate, and very

oblique to inner margin before middle, towards which it has some

slight rufous suffusion beyond it, some short black streaks beyond

it on-costa and.three streaks below costa ; subterminal line formed

of small whitish lunules with slight dentate black marks before

them below veins 7, 6, bent inwards below vein 3 and ending at

tornus ; a terminal series of small black spots defined on inner side

by whitish. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and terminal

area slightly tinged with brown.

Hab. 8.K. Perv, La Oroya (Ockenden), type t ¢ in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 34 millim.

6696. Eleognatha melanosticta.

Eleognatha melanosticta, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 179 (1910).

Head and thorax white mixed with chocolate-brown ; palpi with

the 2nd joint chocolate-brown at sides ; fore and mid tarsi blackish

ringed with white ; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown,

ELEOGNATHA. 310

the basal crest with black mixed. Fore wing white irrorated and

suffused with chocolate-brown, the basal area rather whiter ; ante-

medial line indistinctly double, blackish, curved, waved ; orbicular

a round whitish spot with point of raised black scales in centre ; the

reniform represented by two obliquely placed points of raised black

scales ; postmedial line red-brown, bent outwards below costa, then

Fig. 141.—Hleognatha melanosticta, S$. }.

minutely waved, oblique to vein 4, then very oblique inwardly to

vein 1 before middle and bent outwards to inner margin ; post-

medial line whitish defined on inner side by brown, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at discal fold and bent inwards

below vein 8, then oblique to tornus; a terminal series of small

black spots. Hind wing semihyaline whitish tinged with brown

especially in female, the cilia whiter.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area below the cell suffused

with fuscous and bluish green, a white point with black annulus

defined by white except below above submedian fold.

Ab. 2. Similar but with black medial point with white annulus

above submedian fold.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the basal area, the outer edge of ante-

medial line to submedian fold and a fascia below the cell extending,

to postmedial line variegated with yellowish white and slightly

tinged with green. :

Ab. 4. Thorax with some bright yellow at tips of patagia and

extremity of metathorax; fore wing with yellow and greenish

streak above vein 1, the antemedial line with some greenish and

yellow on each side to median nervure, then an obliquely curved

yellow fascia to postmedial line at vein 1.

flab. Costa Rica, La Florida, Sixola R.(Schaus), 1 9; Cotomsta,

Popayan; Fr. Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni; Perv, La Oroya

(Ockenden), 8. Domingo (Ockenden),1¢. Hvp. 34 millim, Type T

in Coll. Druce.

*6697. Eleognatha cacaonis. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 10.)

Eleognatha cacaonis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 180 (1910).

@. Head and thorax chocolate-brown mixed with grey ; palpi

with the 2nd joint dark brown at sides; abdomen purplish grey-

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing whitish almost

entirely suffused and irrorated: with chocolate-brown, the basal

376 NOCTUIDZ.

costal area, a medial patch below the cell and the terminal area

rather whiter ; antemedial line blackish defined on outer side by

whitish except towards inner margin, oblique to median nervure,

then inwardly oblique and somewhat dentate; small black spots

below middle of cell, in middle of cell, and two obliquely placed

on the discocellulars; a slight dark bar across the cell before

extremity ; postmedial line dark, bent outwards and almost obsolete

below costa, then waved, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique

to middle of inner margin and met at vein 1 by an oblique

dentate black line from median nervure defined on inner side by

white, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

whitish, dentate and defined on inner side by dentate brown marks,

slightly bent inwards below vein 3 ; a terminal series of small black

spots. Hind wing dark chocolate-brown, _

Hab. Trintpap, Cuparo (Birch), type t Q in Coll. Druce.

Evp. 36 millim.

Genus STENISCADIA, nov.

Type, S. poliophea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely upturned,

reaching to far above vertex of head and fringed with hair above towards

extremity, the 3rd long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth, with

ridge of hair above; eyes large, round; antennzy of female almost simple;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the

metathorax with slight depressed crest ; tibiz moderately fringed with hair ;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing long and narrow, the

margins subparallel, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and not

crenulate ; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from well above angle; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long very narrow

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell, 4

absent, coincident with 3; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell to middle.

6698. Steniscadia poliophza, n. sp.

@. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey-white, the tegule red-

brown edged with whitish; palpi whitish at base and at base of 38rd

Joint ; pectus and legs whitish, the fore tibize and tarsi brown above ;

Fig. 142.—Steniscadia poliophea, 9. 3.

abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish except towards

extremity. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with black-brown

and tinged with rufous in submedian interspace ; traces of a double

waved subbasal line, a diffused black patch from costa to median

nervure before the antemedial line, which is double, black filled in

MICRISCADIA. OM Uf

with whitish, waved, incurved in submedian interspace ; a black

discoidal bar; postmedial line black defined on outer side by whitish,

minutely deutate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved

and bent outwards to inner margin, a dark patch beyond it on

costal area; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner

side by dark brown, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing grey-brown.

Hab, Kovapor, Paramba (losenberg), 1 9 type. Exp. 30 millim.

Genus MICRISCADIA, nov.

Type, Mf. metachryseis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, the 2nd joint extending about the

length of head and slenderly sealed, the 3rd long and somewhat dilated at

extremity; frons rounded: antenne of female minutely ciliated; thorax

clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests; fore tibize fringed with

long hair, the mid tibiz slightly fringed with hair, the hind tibiz smoothly

scaled ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from just

above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long

narrow areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ;

4,5 from angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

6699, Micriscadia metachryseis, n. sp.

9. Head and thorax whitish mixed with ochreous brown and

some blackish; tegulee with diffused blackish medial band; abdomen

whitish tinged with ochreous, the medial segments suffused with

blackish, lateral series of black points, the ventral surface ochreous

white. ore wing grey suffused with brick-red and irrorated with

blackish ; subbasal line represented by double black points below

costa and at vein 1; a blackish shade on antemedial area except

towards costa; antemedial line blackish, waved; reniform very

large, elliptical, defined by black and with whitish spot irrorated

Fig. 148.—Mieriscadia metachryseis, 9. 4,

with black in centre; postmedial line black, strongly bent outwards

below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then strongly

incurved ; some short blackish streaks on terminal part of costa;

subterminal line whitish irrorated with black and with small black

spots on its outer edge except at discal fold, excurved from vein 7

to vein 3, then incurved. Hind wing golden yellow with broad

terminal black band narrowing to a point at vein 1; cilia brown,

whitish at tips and yellow towards tornus.

Hab. Br. Guiana, Demerara (Lodway), 1 2, Rockstone (Kaye),

1 9 type, Hap. 26-28 millim.

378 NOCTUID As.

Genus ASCHRADIA, nov.

Type, 4’. mammida,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely upturned and

reaching about to vertex of head, moderately fringed with hair in front, the

3rd long, porrect, and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth, with tuft

of hair; eyes large, round; antenne of male with fascicles of long cilia;

thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the prothorax without crest, the

metathorax wijh slight spreading crest; fore coxze, femora and tibie fringed

with long hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from before

angle of cell, 5 from just above angle; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form a long narrow areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell, 5 from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell to near iwiddle.

6700. Aéschradia mammida.

Apamea mammida, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aim., Het. ii. p. 477, pl. 93. f. 20

(1898).

Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous mixed with ochreous ; tarsi

fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing fuscous brown irrorated

with grey ; a small whitish patch at’ base of costa; subbasal line

double, blackish filled in with whitish, waved, from costa to vein 1 ;

antemedial line double, blackish filled in with whitish, minutely

waved, slightly angled outwards in submedian fold; a black point

in middle of cell and small double discoidal lunule with rufous

marks before them ; postmedial line blackish, defined on each side

by ochreous white at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa,

Fig. 144.—Aschradia mammida, 3. 3.

then defined on outer side by rufous, minutely dentate, strongly

incurved below vein 4, some ochreous white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line represented by a minutely waved series of

faint ochreous white marks with slight black streaks before them in

the interspaces ; a series of black points just before termen with

slight ochreous white marks before them. Hind wing semihyaline

white, the veins and terminal area brown; cilia white tinged with

ochreous at base ; the underside with the costal area suffused with

brown.

Hab. Guaremata, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion), 1 ¢,1 2 type,

Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Cosra Rica, San José, Juan Vinas. Lxp. 30

millim. a

CALATHUSA. 379

Genus CALATHUSA.

Type.

Clajardparsa., ‘ANS, sav, WO) (CEES) coocogononcasascoancadooq00va00c060008 basicunea,

Soren, Ville Soret, (IO) (UEKI) scococesaadeocodobsnoodeocdnsooadso0daHed .... basicuned.

Hasbanda, Wik. xxxiv. L267 (865)! ccc.cceccssceosnsrseseecaceseccsrses basicunea.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd moderate :

frons smooth, surrounded by a slight raised ring and with tuft of scales above

between autenne ; eyes large, round; antennz of male with long bristles and

cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely ‘with scales, the pro- and metathorax with

spreading crests ; tibix slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen without crests,

long and slender. 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 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a rather short and broad

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked or from Co

5 near ly fully developed from above angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle;

anastomosing with the cell to middle; the bar -like retinaculum curled ae

the frenulum and covered by a fringe of hair.

A. Hind wing pale red.

a. Hind wing with the terminal area broadly black@ieeeere hypotherma.

b, Hind wing with the terminal area suffused with brown

ROTH QPOs HO WOM 2 soosocoseossanspcvesconeasasoaocoessodo00 ischnodes.

B. Hind wing tinged with yellow.

a. Fore wing with tuft of scales in a black annulus below

thexorbyieul ar teemcesenscencesecsescwemestenieicuiscnecdecdauastes octogesima.

6. Fore wing without tuft of scales and annulus below

the orbicular,

a, Fore wing with dentate blackish marks before

subterminal line.

a*, Fore wing with obliquely placed black spots in

aval OslONsy lens? Git Gell Gonoscadsosnsacabounoodsobsoconee abebea.

b?, Fore wing without black spots in and below base

Oh 2 us so ccmaactenconemencanoercccnaacntascdoraccostaccnas subflavida,

b'. Fore wing without dentate blackish marks before

subterminal line ... ..........-..00- aerautemcien en satlaterane stenophylla.

C. Hind wing not tinged with yellow.

a. Fore wing with the veins not streaked with black,

a‘. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique.

a. Kore wing with the antemedial line incurved in

Bulb media asin bers Palco meat eer ecEreeser -eeeee ne eters basicunea,

2, Fore wing with the antemedial line not incurved

in’ submedian interspace ........-..-s-s0s-seecceeecess dispila,

b'. Fore wing with the antemedial line erect.

a, Kore wing with the postmedial line well separated

from the reniform.

a>. Kore wing whitish tinged with olive-green or

LOTRON AOI area Pe Sarree on ec aio nn MM Stns a enc mere a mesospila.

. Fore wing grey suffused with brown ............ metaubleta.

we ae wing with the postmedial line touching

upper and lower extremities of the reniform ... eremna.

b, Fore wing with the veins streaked with black ............ delosticha,

*6701. Calathusa hypotherma. (Plate CLX XXIV. fig. 11.)

Corula hypotherma, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8S. Austr. xxvii. p. 40 (1903).

Q@. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; abdomen reddish,

ochreous below. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and with

380 NOCLUIDA.

slight blackish irroration; the costal area suffused with fuscous

from near base to subterminal line; a large fuscous patch on inner

area from near base to middle; an oblique almost straight black

antemedial line; reniform small, indistinctly defined by brown;

postmedial line black, minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa,

incurved at discal fold and more strongly below vein 4, some grey

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line greyish, excurved at

middle, defined by fuscous suffusion on inner side and by a brown

line on outer; a series of dark points before termen. Hind wing

pale red with the terminal area black, narrowing to a point at

tornus ; cilia red; the underside pale tinged with red.

Hab. Qurnnstann, Mackay, typet @ in Coll. Lower. wp.

30 millim.

6702. Calathusa ischnodes. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 12.)

Oorula ischnodes, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr. xxvii. p. 10 (1903).

®@. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with fuscous ; pectus

and hind legs brownish white; abdomen ochreous white tinged

with brown. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with brown, the

veins and discal and submedian folds streaked with black; traces

of a pale curved antemedial band defined at sides by faint blackish

lines; a whitish postmedial line faintly defined on inner and outer

sides by dark lines, excurved below costa and at middle, incurved

at discal fold and below vein 4; traces of a rather diffused dark

subterminal line; a series of slight dark striz just before termen

and a fine terminal line. Hind wing pale purplish red, the costal

area whitish, the apical point of terminal area tinged with brown :

cilia whitish; the underside whitish with blackish terminal band

from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Qurunstand, Duaringa (Barnard), 2 9; N. 8. Watzs,

Waverley (Lyell), 1 9. Hep. 28-32 millim.

6703. Calathusa octogesima. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 13.)

Corula octogesima, Turner, Pr, Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii p. 97 (1902).

@. Dark brown mixed with grey-white; pectus and legs white,

the latter irrorated with brown; abdomen yellow dorsally tinged

with brown on terminal half, the ventralsurface white. Fore wing

dark brown mixed with some grey-white and slightly irrorated with

black ; a subbasal black line from costa to submedian fold, slightly

excurved below costa; antemedial line black, slightly angled out-

wards below costa, then somewhat excurved; orbicular confluent

with a stigma below the cell forming a figure-of-eight shaped mark,

the reniform elliptical, all defined by black and with tufts of

blackish scales in centres ; postmedial line black, oblique from costa

to vein 6 and slightly incurved below vein 4; subterminal line

white defined on inner side by black forming two spots below costa

and with white suffusion before it, excurved below vein 7 and at

CALATHUSA. 3581

middle; a black line before termen and a terminal line. Hind

wing yellow irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with

brown from apex to submedian fold; the underside white, the

terminal area suffused with blackish from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Quennstanpd, Brisbane (Turner), 1 9. Exp. 34 millim.

6704. Calathusa abebea. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 14.)

Corula abebea, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 101 (1902).

do. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with ochreous, the

prothoracic crest with some blackish. Fore wing white tinged with

ochreous brown, the basal area irrorated with a few black scales,

the inner half of medial area irrorated with fuscous; a small black

spot at base of submedian fold and subbasal] spot in cell ; antemedial

line blackish, oblique, angled outwards at subcostal nervure, sub-

median fold, and vein 1; a tuft of raised scales at middie of cell and

a small blackish discoidal lunule with tuft of raised scales in centre ;

an oblique dark striga from middle of costa to reniform and in-

curved waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin, con-

nected by slight streaks on veins 3, 2 with the indistinct dark

postmedial line, which is excurved below costa and at middle, then

incurved; subterminal line defined on inner side by small dentate

black marks and at submedian interspace by a double mark, and on

outer side by olive-brown, oblique to discal fold and excurved at

middle; a series of black points just before termen. Hind wing

ochreous white irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown except

towards base, the terminal area darker from apex to vein 2; the

underside ochreous white, the terminal area black from apex to

vein 3.

Hab, QuuEnstand, Brisbane (Turner), 1 2. Exp. 38 millim.

6705. Calathusa subflavida, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 15.)

@. Head and thorax brown mixed with white; abdomen white

suffused with purplish pink; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen white. Jore wing white mixed with brown and a few

black scales ; traces of a blackish subbasal line, angled outwards

below costa and ending at vein 1 ; an indistinct blackish antemedial

line slightly angled outwards at subcostal and median nervures

and excurved above inner margin; tufts of raised white scales

tipped with brown at middle of cell and on discocellulars ; traces

of a medial dark shade, bent outwards below costa, then sinuous ;

an indistinct dark postmedial line, excurved below costa and at

middle, slightly incurved at discal fold and incurved below vein 4;

subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by aseries of dentate

blackish marks and on outer by a dark line, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a series of blackish striz just beforetermen. Hind

wing pale yellow, the terminal area suffused with blackish from

382 NOCTUID ©.

apex to vein 2; the underside white, the terminal area black from

apex to vein 3.

Hab. Qurrnstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), 1 9 type. Exp. 30 millim.

*6706. Calathusa stenophylla. (Plate CLXXXLV. fig. 16.)

Corula stenophylla, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8S. W. xxvii. p. 100 (1902).

o. Head and thorax grey; palpi, antenne, a patch on tegule, and

metathoracic crest black ; abdomen grey dorsally slightly tinged with

brown. Tore wing grey; the subbasal line blackish, curved, from

costa to vein 1, followed by a black-suffused band before the ante-

medial slightly waved line; a black-suffused medial band with the

slight tufts of black scales representing the orbicular and reniform on

it and bounded by the fine black postmedial line, excurved between

sabcostal nervure and vein 3; costa brownish towards apex with

three black spots on it; a double irregularly waved subterminal

line,theinner line strong, black with some black suffusion on its inner

edge; a series of black striz before termen and a fine black terminal

line. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous; the terminal area

fuscous narrowing to a point at tornus; the underside pure white

with terminal black band from costa to vein 2.

Hab. QurenstandD, Brisbane, type t ¢ in Coll. Turner. vp.

24 millim.

6707. Calathusa basicunea.

Calathusa basicunea, W1k. xv. 1645 (1858).

Sina tenera, Wik. xxxti. 610 (1865).

Hisbanda acronyctoides, Wik. xxxiv. 1268 (1865).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown, some blackish

at tips of tegule and in pro- and metathoracic crests ; the palpi and

legs irrorated with purplish red, the tarsi ringed with black;

abdomen white suffused with purplish red. Fore wing grey-white

mixed with pale brown and irrorated with black; a very short

Fig. 145.—Calathusa basicunea, $. 1.

black streak at base of median nervure and an oblique subbasal

black striga from costa; antemedial line black, oblique, incurved in

submedian interspace, an olive-brown shade beyond it from costa to

median nervure; tufts of raised scales tipped with blackish at middle

of cell and on discocellulars ; an oblique blackish bar from middle

of costa and a slight streak on vein 2 before the double postmedial

CALATHUSA. 383

line, which is excurved below costa and at middle, then incurved,

some black points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white

defined on inner side by small dentate black marks and double mark

at submedian fold, and on outer side by some black scales, oblique

and somewhat dentate to discal fold and excurved at middle; a

series of small black spots just before termen ; a fine waved terminal

black line. Hind wing ochreous whitish, the terminal area suffused

with fuscous brown; an indistinct postmedial line from vein 5 to

inner margin : cilia tinged with purplish pink; the underside white,

the costal area irrorated with purplish pink, the terminal area black

from apex to yein 3.

Hab. Qurenstanp, Moreton Bay (Damel, Diggles),2 3,1 Q type

tenera; N.S. Watus, Sydney (Lambert, Raynor), 3 g type and

type acronyctoides. Hvp. 34 millim.

*6708. Calathusa dispila. (Plate CLXXXLYV. fig. 17.)

Corula dispiia, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 98 (1902).

¢. Head and thorax grey mixed with pale brown; abdomen

grey dorsally tinged with pale brown. Fore wing grey irrorated

with black and suffused in parts with pale brown ; a black subbasal

line angled on subcostal nervure, then oblique; the antemedial line

black, oblique, slightly waved, with traces of a brown line on its

inner side; orbicular and reniform prominently outlined in black

and with slight tufts of scales on them, the former upright elliptical

with a black striga on costa aboveit; a waved line from lower angle

of cell to inner margin; the postmedial line black, bent outwards

below costa, angled outwards at veins 6 and 4, then strongly in-

curved ; two irregularly dentate subterminal lines incurved below

vein 3; a series of black strie before termen and a fine terminal

line. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown especially towards

termen ; the underside white with fuscous terminal band narrowing

to a point at tornus.

Hab. Qurnnstanp, Brisbane, typer ¢ in Coll. Turner. Zyp.

28 millim.

6709, Calathusa mesospila. (Plate CLXXXLIV. fig. 18.)

Corula mesospila, Turner, Pr. Linn, Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 99 (1902).

Head and thorax grey-white, the dorsum of thorax irrorated with

black ; palpi with black marks at sides of 2nd and 3rd joints; fore

and hind tibiz each with two black spots, the tarsi ringed with

blackish and white; abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore

wing whitish suffused with olive-green or brown and more or less

strongly irrorated with black; subbasal line oblique, black, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black, slightly angled

outwards at subcostal nervure and excurved below the cell ; orbicular

and reniform defined by black scales and with tufis of black and

white scales in centres, the former round; traces of a dark medial

3884 NOCTUID ©.

line, bent outwards to the reniform and incurved below lower angle

of cell; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa, slightly

incurved at discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some black points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white defined on each side by

black spots or nearly continuous lines, somewhat dentate and angled

outwards below vein 7 and at middle; a series of black strie just

before termen ; a fine terminal black line; cilia chequered fuscous

and whitish. Hind wing whitish more or less strongly suffused

with brown, the apical part of terminal area darker; a slight dark

discoidal spot; cilia whitish at base, brown at tips; the underside

white, the terminal area blackish from apex to vein 2, a blackish

discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line.

Hab. QueEenstannD, Brisbane (Turner), 1 6,1 9; N.S. Warns,

Sydney (Raynor),2 ¢,2 9. Exp. 24-26 millim.

6710. Calathusa metableta. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 19.)

Corula metableta, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8S. W. xxvii. p. 98 (1902).

g. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; the patagia

at base with some black; abdomen white, tinged with ochreous to-

wards extremity. Fore wing grey suffused with brown and slightly

irrorated with black ; subbasal line slight, black, excurved below

costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black, oblicue,

slightly sinuous ; orbicular and reniform small, defined by blackish,

the former round; a slight blackish medial shade, oblique from

costa to lower angle of cell; postmedial line black, slightly defined

on outer side by whitish, oblique from costa to below vein 7,

slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4; a faint

maculate whitish subterminal line slightly defined on each side by

brown and somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a fine

black line just before termen and fine terminal line; cilia inter-

sected with blackish. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, the

terminal area somewhat darker; the underside white, the veins

tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with black except at

tornus.

Hab. Quernstand, Moreton Bay (Diggles),1 $. Exp. 32 millim.

*6711, Calathusa eremna. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 20.)

Corula eremna, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxvii. p. 100 (1902).

¢g. Head and thorax dark grey irrorated with black; abdomen

brownish, the ventral surface white. Fore wing dark grey tinged

with brown and strongly irrorated with black; a curved black

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; the antemedial line

oblique, black, slightly sinuous; traces of a medial line; the

orbicular and reniform outlined in black and with tufts of scales

on them; the postmedial line black, strongly bent outwards below

costa and at vein 4 strongly incurved, with an indistinct line on

its outer edge; the subterminal line double, wayed, acutely angled

CALATHUSA.—AQUIS, 385

inwards in discal and submedian fold, where it is connected with

the postmedial line by a tuft of black scales and whitish streak

on vein 2; a black line before termen and a fine line on termen.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the termen with fuscous;

the underside white with fuscous terminal band from costa to

vein 2,

Hab, QunEnstand, Kuranda, typet ¢ in Coll. Turner. Zap,

24 millim.,

*6712. Calathusa delosticha, (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 21.)

Corula delosticha, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxviii. p. 215 (1904).

36. Head, tegule, and fore coxe rufous; thorax grey with slight

brown streaks ; abdomen fuscous grey. Fore wing grey ; the veins,

cell, and submedian fold strongly streaked with black ; some blackish

irroration on costal and inner areas; antemedial line represented

by an oblique black striga from costa to middle of cell; a double

waved postmedial line of raised black scales, slightly incurved at

discal and submedian folds, filled in with rufous and with a slight

waved black line beyond it; three black points on costa towards

apex. Hind wing brownish grey with broad fuscousterminal band

except towards tornus, diffused on inner side; cilia grey-white.

Underside of fore wing fuscous, the costa grey-white with four

black points on it towards apex.

Hab. Qurenstanp, Eumundi, type f g in Coll. Turner. Lup.

26 millim.

Larva on Casuarina.

Genus AQUIS. Type

PAG ista Wilke, SVE LGO2) (USDS)) Mansascesseceidawerscneteaenvserscteeecss veredisquama.

Bantana, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 52 (1864) ... albida.

Dimirica, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 56 (1864) ... viridisguama.

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 typically with long fasciculate cilia; thorax

clothed. almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crests, the meta-

thorax with depressed crest; tibise moderately fringed with hair; abdomen

with dorsal crests on basal 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 with 8 to form a long

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked; 5 fully

developed from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base cnly.

Sect. I, (Aquis.) Antenne of male with long fasciculate cilia.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards below

costa and incurved below vein 4................eceeseeeeeeees viridisquama,

B, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from costa

LOW VENA: Sh ty eee MaRee rc a chitc ana oatenida Aiatecaae aaah devss aquisoides,

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386 NOCTUIDA,

6713. Aquis viridisquama.

Aquis viridisquama, W\k. xv. 1652 (1858).

Dimirica nubifera, Wik. Journ. Linn, Soc., Zool. vii. p. 56 (1864).

Aquis albosparsa, W\k. xxxii. 611 (1865).

Head and thorax white mixed with dark red-brown; tegulze

with white lines at middle and tips; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen brown with some white at base. Fore wing dark red-

brown irrorated with raised white scales and with patches of white

especially on basal area and postmedial costal area; antemedial

line ill-defined, brown, waved, from below costa to inner margin, a

white band on its inner side; tufts of raised scales at middle of

Fig. 146.—Aquis viridisquama, S. }.

cell and upper angle; postmedial line brown, traversing the white

patch on costal area, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved

below vein 7, incurved and minutely waved below vein 4; some

white points on costa towards apex; subterminal line brown

defined on outer side by slight white spots, angled outwards below

vein 7, then slightly waved; cilia intersected with white. Hind

wing dark red-brown.

Hab. Srtancor, Semangho (Robinson), 1 $ ; Strearore (Ridley),

2 3; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 4 & type and type nubifera,

Kuching (Shelford), 1 3 ; Java (Horsfield), 1 9 type albosparsa,

Ewp. 26-34 millim.

6714. Aquis aquisoides. (Plate CLX XXIV. fig. 22.)

Nanaguna aquisoides, Swinh. A. M.N.H. (7) xv. p. 156 (1905).

Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown; tegule brown

at base, white at tips; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

brown with faint pale segmental lines. Fore wing fuscous brown

irrorated with raised silvery scales, the basal area from costa to

vein 1 and the postmedial area from costa to discal fold brownish

white ; subbasal line represented by a brownish striga from costa;

antemedial line brown, sinuous, from cell to inner margin; seme

dark points on medial part of costa; tufts of raised scales at

middle and upper angle of cell; traces of a medial line from lower

angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line dark brown, oblique

from costa to vein 4, then inwardly oblique and sinuous; some

small brown spots on apical part of costa; subterminal line brown

defined on outer side by small white spots, dentate at veins 7, 6,

excuryed at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian

~ AQUIS. 387

folds ; cilia with slight whitish spots at base. Hind wing brown,

with a whitish tinge in male; the underside whitish suffused with

brown.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 2 3,1 9 type. Hxp. 30 millim.

Sect. II. (Bantana.) Antenne of male almost simple.

A. Fore wing with large white patch on medial and _post-

medial areas except towards Costa ...........ceceeeececneeeee ees albida.

B. Fore wing without white patch on medial and postmedial

ANOS) cas sacpieeisilsshejsesieiiad e ose sieoosneas isda eublsoiarmntenees eSlanstectnereiecs orbicularis,

#6715. Aquis albida. (Plate CLXXXIYV. fig. 23.)|

Bantana albida, Wik. Journ, Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 52 (1864); Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 82; pl. ii. f. 12.

6. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some white, the vertex

of head whitish; tegule with the posterior half whitish with a

brownish line near tips; tibie and tarsi ringed with white;

abdomen red-brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with red-brown

leaving an antemedial whitish patch on costa and a patch on

medial area from the antemedial line to just beyond the post-

medial line except towards costa; traces of a curved dark subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinctly

double filled in with whitish, waved, oblique from costa to sub-

median fold, a patch of dark suffusion beyond it in and below cell

with a small dark lunule on it representing the orbicular; medial

line outwardly oblique from discal fold to inner margin ; post-

medial line with blackish spot at costa, slightly bent outwards

below costa, oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 4, then incurved,

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 series of pale striz at base of costa. Hind

wing reddish brown ; the underside paler.

Hab. Borxno, Sarawak ( Wallace), type $ in Mus. Oxon. Evp.

28 millim,

6716, Aquis orbicularis-

Diomea orbicularis, Wk. xv. 1804 (1858); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 875,

Labanda griseinigra, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii, p. 874 (1894).

Labanda crenata, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 221 (1906).

Blenina babooni, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii, p. 223 (1906).

Head and thorax fuscous black mixed with grey ; pectus and legs

ochreous white, the tibie and tarsi banded with black; abdomen

fuscous brown mixed with grey, the crests blackish, the ventral

surface grey. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous and irrorated

with black; an indistinct black subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line oblique, blackish, sinuous, defined

on outer side by some golden scales; a small black discoidal spot

with some golden scales on its outer side; postmedial line

5 202

385 NOCTUIDR.

indistinct, blackish, minutely dentate, excurved from costa to

vein 4, then slightly incurved, defined on inner side by some

golden scales; subteriainal line grey defined on inner side by

Fig. 147.—Aquis orbicularis, $. }.

some golden scales, minutely dentate, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle ; a terminal series of minute black points. Hind wing

fuscous brown with a fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside

greyer.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with black mark in submedian fold before

antemedial line,

Ab. 2. Fore wing with basal half grey-white and without golden

scales.

Ab. 3. Similar but fore wing with black patch at base of costa.

Ab. 4. Similar to ab. 2 but fore wing with black streak in

submedian fold before the antemedial line, and spot beyond it.

Ab. 5. baboont. Similar to ab. 2 but fore wing with the grey

produced on inner area to tornus.

Ab. 6. crenulata. Fore wing with both basal and terminal areas

grey, a black band on outer medial area.

Ab. 7. Similar but fore wing with black patch at base of costa.

Ab. 8. Fore wing grey with black patch at base of costa and

fascia below the cell from base to termen.

Ab. 9. The type. Fore wing deep purple irrorated with fulvous

yellow especially on antemedial area, the postmedial and terminal

areas white irrorated with fulvous yellow except towards costa.

Hab. Sixuim (Pilcher, Dudgeon, Moller), 8 3, 14 2 ; Cynon,

(Templeton), 1 3 type, Wattegama (Green), 1 5 ; Stncarorn(itidley,

Wood-Jones), 1 $,2 Q ; Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 9 : Durcu

N. Gute, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 $; Br. N. Guryna, types Tf crenulata

and baboont in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Hap. 22-28 millim. Type

griseinigra F im Coll. Rothschild.

Genus BARASA.

Type

Barasa, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 192 (1862)...... acronyctoides,

Ceparcha, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 476 ..........05... cymatistis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth, with ridge

of scales above; eyes large, round; antennz of male with fascicles of long

cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest,

the metathorax with depressed crest; tibiee moderately fringed with bair ;

abdomen with dorsal crests on three basal segments. Fore wing with the apex

_ BARASA, 3389

Founded, 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 short and typically broad areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 fully developed from well above angle; 6, 7 from upper

angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

Secr. I. Fore wing of male with antemedial tuft of long hair from vein 1 on

underside; vein f from end of areole which is short and broad.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below

LCT Ser aie enReSe ane no tarsinne a sadenadadanapesoncy Luedosamacensomanae acronyctoides,

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved and

minutely dentate from below costa to inner margin,

a. Fore wing with blackish patch at middle of costa ...... cymatistis.

6. Fore wing without blackish patch at middle of costa... griseola.

6717. Barasa acronyctoides.

Barasa acronyctoides, Wik. Journ, Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 192 (1862);

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 377.

Sarrothripa caradrinoides, Sneil. Tijd. v. Ent. xxii. p. 94, pl. 10. ff. 10,

a-d (1879).

Barasa cana, Hmpsn., Ul. Het. B.M. ix. p. 107, pl. 1638. f. 5 (1893).

Head and thorax white slightly mixed with brown, the tegule

with diffused brown medial band; palpi brown at sides ; antenne

brown except towards base; legs mostly brown, the tarsi hlack-

brown ringed with white; abdomen white suffused with brown

Fig. 148.—Barasa acronyctoides, S. °.

towards extremity, the crests with brown mixed. Fore wing

white tinged in parts with brown and irrorated with a few brown

scales ; subbasal line represented by brown spots on costa and in

cell; antemedial line brown with small spot at costa, then slight

and sinuous, oblique to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique;

tufts of brown scales at middle and upper angle of cell, the latter

with spot above it on costa; a waved line from lower angle of ceil

to inner margin; postmedial line with spot at costa, angled

outwards below costa, then sinuous, oblique to vein 5, then

inwardly oblique, some small dark spots beyond it on costa;

subterminal line dark, punctiform towards costa, then dentate,

bent outwards below vein 7; a terminal series of black points

and series of small dark spots at base of cilia. Hind wing white,

the veins and terminal area tinged with brown. Underside of fore

wing of male with the tuft of hair blackish at tips.

390 NOCLUIDE,

Hab, “N.E. Buncau” (Grote), 1 9; Bompay, Kanara, Karwar

(7. R, Bell), 1 2; Mavras, Wynid (Cardew), 1 g 3; Cryton

(Green, Butt), 3 3 type cana; Puxane (lower), 1 3 ; Sinearore

(Ridley), 5 $, 1 Q ; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), 4 3, 3 9 ;

Crtrses. Hep, 26-34 millim. Type? in Mus, Oxon.

6718. Barasa cymatistis. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 24.)

Ceparcha cymaiistis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1889, p. 476.

Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous; palpi black-brown

except at tips; frons black-brown; antenne fuscous; tegule

black, white at tips; legs mostly brown, the tarsi black-brown

ringed with white; abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore

wing white tinged and irrorated with brown; a subbasal dark

point on costa; antemedial line with dark point at costa, then

almost obsolete and very oblique to submedian fold where it is

acutely angled, then incurved; slight tufts of blackish scales at

middle and upper angle of cell and a diffused black-brown patch

on middle of costa; postmedial line with black striga from costa,

then very indistinct and oblique to vein 6 where it is angled, then

inwardly oblique and punctiform, some blackish points beyond it

on costa; subtermlnal line rather diffused, brown, very oblique

from costa to vein 6 and somewhat excurved at middle ; a terminal

series of slight dark points and a series at base of cilia which are

brownish. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged

with brown; the underside with the costal area suffused with

brown.

Hab. New Guinea, type t 2 in Coll. Meyrick; QuernsLanp,

Mackay, 1 ¢. H#xp. 32 millim.

*6719,. Barasa griseola. (Plate CLXXXIV, fig. 25.)

Barasa griseola, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 221 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax white mixed with red-brown, the tips of

tegule and the prothorax pure white; palpi rufous except at tips;

tarsi black-brown ringed with white ; abdomen white tinged with

ochreous, the crests and anal tuft with brown mixed. Tore wing

with the basal half and inner area white slightly mixed with brown

and black scales, the terminal half pale red-brown mixed with

white except before postmedial line where it is tinged with

ochreous; costal edge brown; subbasal line represented by a

black point below costa; antemedial line hardly traceable, angled

outwards in submedian fold, then incurved and excurved at vein 1;

a minute black lunule in end of cell and a black point beyond its

upper angle with a brown mark above it on costa; postmedial

line brown, incurved below costa, then excurved and very minutely

dentate; subterminal line diffused, brown, oblique towards costa,

strongly excurved below vein 7 and slightly at middle, Hind wing

BARASA. 391

white, the apical area suffused with red-brown ; cilia red-brown to

vein 2, then white; the underside with the apical area and termen

to vein 2 tinged with brown.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), type t ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Mt. Kebea. vp. 32 millim.

Sucr. II. Fore wing of male without tuft of hair on underside; vein 7 from

beyond the areole which is narrower.

A. Fore wing without dark patch at base of costal area.

a. Fore wing with the subterminal line slight and excurved

below vein 7.

a‘. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly incurved

below vein 4 and excurved above inner margin ... alopha.

6’. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved from

WENN 4) WO MAMET THETARWN jeoocenocccncc00c0nsonsqcHHoG00n000 costalis.

b. Fore wing with the subterminal line strong and not

excunye dabel ows VelmWirreeseaeerr eee reeescrenleeecell meee: tetragramina,

B. Fore wing with dark patch at base of costal area ......... busigerella.

6720. Barasa alopha.

Barasa alopha, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 525 (1896).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with brown; palpi

blackish at sides; tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing

white tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with black; a

slight blackish streak in base of cell; antemedial line blackish,

curved, waved, interrupted; tufts of raised whitish scales at

middle and upper angle of cell; postmedial line blackish slightly

Fig. 149.—Barasa alopha, G. 1.

defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below costa, ex-

curved and minutely waved to vein 4, then strongly incurved and

again strongly excurved at vein 1; subterminal line defined on

inner side by blackish suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, the veins beyond

it streaked with black. Hind wing semihyaline white, the apex

tinged with brown ; a fine terminal brown line.

2. Much whiter and with hardly a trace of the brown tinge.

Hab. Bompay, Thanna Distr., Wangni (Swinhoe), 1 ¢ type;

Ceyson, Putlam (Pole), 19. Hp. 24-26 millim.

392 NOCLUIDE,

6721. Barasa costalis. (Plate CLAXXLIY. fig. 26.)

Barasa costalis, Hmpsn, Trans. Ent, Soc, 1895, p. 805; id. Moths Ind. iv.

p. 525,

Head and thorax white slightly mixed with fuscous; palpi with

the 2nd joint black at sides except towards extremity; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally tinged with

fuscous leaving white segmental lines. Fore wing chalky-white

slightly irrorated with fuscous, some black points on basal half of

costa; a diffused fuscous subbasal line from costa to vein 1;

antemedial line fuscous, erect, minutely waved; a slight patch of

fuscous suffusion at middle of cell and a patch on costa above end

of cell; postmedial line fuscous with black point at costa, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below

vein 4, some black points beyond it on costa; subterminal line

fuscous, minutely dentate, angled outwards below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of small white spots defined by fuscous.

Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with fuscous ;

the underside with the costal area suffused with brown.

Hub. Srxuim, 3 in Mus. Calcutta ; Buurdn (Dudgeon), 1 2 type.

Exp. 30 millim. »

6722. Barasa tetragramma. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 27.)

Barasa tetragramma, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 549 (1905); Rebel,

Denk. math.-nat. Wissens. Ixxxy. p. 13, pl. 18. f. 13 (1910).

©. Head and thorax white slightly irrorated with fuscous ; palpi

with black mark at side of 2nd joint; fore tibie blackish on inner

side, the tarsi blackish at extremity ; abdomen white tinged with

grey above, the basal crest blackish at tip. Fore wing grey-white

irrorated with fuscous, the medial and terminal areas slightly

tinged with brown; a slight black streak in base of cell; a strong

obliquely curved black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

a highly waved medial line with traces of another line before it;

a slight diffused rufous discoidal mark; postmedial line bent

outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4,

angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal line strong, black, not

quite reaching costa on which there is a black point, met below

eosta by an oblique shade from apex, slightly excurved at middle ;

a terminal series of minute black streaks. Hird wing white, the

apical area tinged with brown down to vein 2; the underside with

the costal area tinged with brown.

Hab. Fist, 1 @ type; Samoa, Malifa, Hap. 28 millim.

6723. Barasa basigerella. (Plate CLXXXLIYV. fig. 28.)

Subrita basigerella, Wik. xxxv. 1748 (1866),

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with brown ; fore

tarsi blackish ringed with white, base of mid tarsi blackish. Fore

LABANDA. 393

wing grey suffused and irrorated with brown ; a dark brown patch

on basal costal area defined by the curved blackish subbasal line ;

antemedial line blackish, rather oblique, sinuous; a slight discoidal

striga; postmedial line blackish, oblique from below middle of

costa to vein 4, then incurved, a dark patch beyond it on costa ; sub-

terminal line whitish defined on inner side by blackish, minutely

waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards

at discal fold; a terminal series of black points, Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown, the cilia pale at tips.

Hab, Frorres (Wallace), 1 2 type; Br. N. Guinua, Exp. 20

millim,

Genus LABANDA.

Type.

Labanda, Wk. xvii. 284 (1859) ........cececececccecsesecsceceneeceens herbealis.

Bariana, W1k. xxxii, 603 (1865) ............0ceceeeeeeecnceeeeeeencees submuscosa,

Lazauda, Wik. xxxii, GOL (1865) ............ceccecensecncsccessncscsees Sasciata.

GCgrocisoa, \Wiliie 2seravins S13) (AietG3))) “Aocoooqsssonosnqodsocqeadosasbcone0e semipars.

Probescis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long and somewhat dilated at

extremity ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with depressed crest ; build

slender ; tibize smoothly scaled; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal

segments, very long and slender in male, Fore wing with the apex rounded,

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

cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully

developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only,

AN, lalinnel sitar OMG gonqnaseobecossnocacdas. one reotoctssaecoees huntei,

B. Hind wing fuscous brown.

a. Hind wing with yellow terminal band from apex to

NIGIING ae naroboconoegonobaandebsnnoscedancandtndadnasaeseesnodeesace ceylusalis.

b. Hind wing without yellow terminal band.

a', Fore wing with more or less green.

a”. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

filled in with white except towards costa ......... chloromela,

6?, Fore wing without white on ante- and postmedial

lines.

a’, Hind wing on underside without white post-

medial band.

a+, Fore wing bright blue-green ................00.+ viridalis,

64, Fore wing dull yellow-green.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line bent

outwards below costa.

a®, Fore wing with the subbasal line ex-

curved below costa .......0.0.cececeeeee ees Jasciata.

b°. Fore wing with the subbasal line straight.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line

angled outwarc's below costa ......... saturalis,

bi, Fore wing with the antemedial line

not angled outwards below costa ... achine.

b°, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique

from costa to Vein 6 .............cesee sesso eee dentilinea,

63 Hind wing on underside with white postmedial

band.

a4, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

dentatesbelow COstal sr.ciisssuctteenenrcesesnn sees herbealis,

394 NOCLUID®.

4, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

strongly dentate below costa ...............0.. swbmuscosa.

i’. Fore wing brown and grey without any green.

a2, Hind wing with slight whitish marks on termen

HOLA DSRS WO WM 24 coonnncooaconendoonnconanssosuc0s00: semipars.

2°, Hind wing without whitish marks on termen ...... wmbrosa,

*6724. Labanda huntei. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 29.)

Labanda huntei, Warr. Nov. Zool. x. p. 125 (1908).

Labanda viridescens, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 220 (1906).

@. Head and thorax olive-green mixed with red-brown; palpi

rufous at base, brown in front and at tips; pectus and legs rufous,

the latter tinged with brown; abdomen orange-red, the crests and

extremity brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing olive-

green suffused and irrorated with brown; an ill-defined oblique

waved subbasal green band from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

green, rather diffused towards costa, angled inwards on median

nervure and strongly excurved below submedian fold; a dark

discoidal spot ; postmedial line black-brown defined on outer side

by green, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below

vein 3 and angled outwards at vein |; a diffused dentate dark band

from postmedial part of costa to tornus; an oblique blackish band

from costa near apex to termen at vein 6 and an oblique dentate

band from vein 6 to termen at vein 3; cilia brown with a fine

green line at base. Hind wing orange-red, the apex and a fine

terminal line red-brown ; cilia red-brown ; the underside with the

apical area and termen black-brown.

Hab. Br. N. Guinua (Le Hunte), type tT Q in Coll. Rothschild,

Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type + Q viridescens in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

Exp. 36 millim.

6725. Labanda ceylusalis.

Lahanda ceylusalis, Wik, xix. 919 (1859) ; Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii.

1 2h Plott 1h Ie

Head and thorax green mixed with dark brown; tegule brown

at tips; palpi and antenn pale red-brown; pectus and legs whitish

tinged with red-brown ; abdomen brown, the crests blackish, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing pale green thickly irrorated

and in parts suffused with dark brown, the terminal area without

dark irroration ; a blackish subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial

line white with a narrow black band on its inner side and fine line

on outer, slightly incurved in cell and excurved below it; a short

diffused blackish fascia beyond the cell; postmedial line white,

oblique and defined on inner side by a fine dark line from costa to

vein 6, then slight and dark, curved inwards below vein 4 to lower

angle of cell, then dentate ; subterminal line represented by a

diffused black patch from costa to vein 6, then by dentate black

marks between veins 6 and 3 and a rather diffused bar to tornus ;

LABANDA.- 39d

a black-brown terminal line; cilia brown with a fine ochreous line

at base. Hind wing brown, the terminal area yellow from apex to

vein 2 where it narrows to a point, its inner edge somewhat irregular,

with slight brown striz on termen; cilia “yellow to submedian

fold.

Hab. Stxearorn (Ridley), 1 9; Bornzo, Sarawak (Bartlett), 1 3,

Kuching (Shelford), 1 $. Eup. 5 36, 2 44 millim. Type f in

Mus. Oxon.

6726. Labanda chloromela.

Diomea chloromela, Wik. xv. 1804 (1858) ; Hmpsn. i. Het. B.M. ix. p. 133,

pl. 168. f. 5; id. Moths Ind. i. p. 579.

©. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with some grey ; palpi

ringed with white; tegule with green medial band and white tips ;

patagia with green patches ; pectus and legs pale brown, the tibiee

and tarsi dark brown ringed with white; abdomen brown, the

crests blackish, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing yellow-green,

the antemedial area to submedian fold, the greater part of medial

area, the postmedial costal area and the terminal area suffused with

black-brown ; two black points on costal area near base; subbasal

line black defined on inner side by white, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, black filled in with white, excurved

below costa and bent outwards below submedian fold, a small black

spot on its outer edge in cell and a small discoidal spot; postmedial

line double, black filled in with white, obliquely incurved from

costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved and

minutely waved below vein 4, two white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line white, excurved below costa, then crenulate: cilia

dark brown with a fine white line at base. Hind wing dark brown ;

the underside greyer with a faint dark postmedial shade from costa

to lower angle of cell.

Hab, Certon (Templeton), 1 Q type. Eup. 26 millim.

6727. Labanda viridalis. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 30.)

Labanda viridalis, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (7) xv.-p. 156 (1908).

Head and thorax blue-green mixed with some brown; pectus

and legs white, the tibie and tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the crests black. Fore wing

blue-green irrorated with white, the basal area suffused with black ;

subbasal line black defined on each side by blue-green and white,

angled outwards above inner margin; antemedial line black,

oblique, slightly waved; a narrow black discoidal lunule and some

black suffusion at middle of costa ; postmedial line black with white

points before and beyond it at costa, minutely waved, oblique to

vein 5, then incurved and excurved at vein 1, some black suffusion

beyond it on costal area with two white points on the costa;

396 NOCTUIDZ,

subterminal line white defined on inner side by somewhat dentate

black marks with more prominent marks above vein 6 and above

and below vein 5,oblique from costa to termen at vein 6, then slightly

waved, angled inwards at discal fold and vein 2; a terminal

series of black strive; cilia chequered blackish and green. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside

greyer.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢, 2 9 type; Srrarrvs SerrLemMEnTs,

Dinding I. (Ridley), 1 Q. Hep. 26-34 millim.

6728. Labanda fasciata.

Labanda fasciata, Wik. xxxii. 605 (1865); Hmpsn. Ill, Het. B.M. ix.

p. 132, pl. 167, f. 14; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 374.

Diomea muscosa, W\k. xxxiii. 898 (1865).

Head and thorax pale green mixed with black ; frons whitish ;

palpi whitish and fuscous; pectus and legs whitish, the tibiz

and tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen fuscous brown, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-brown thickly irrorated

with black; subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line black, oblique, waved ; a black point in middle

of cell and small spot at lower angle; a more or less distinct

incurved dark shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin;

postmedial line black, with small blackish spot at costa, bent out-

wards below costa, then waved, incurved at discal fold ; subterminal

line rather diffused, black, dentate, angled outwards below vein 7

and at middle; a terminal series of small triangular blackish spots ;

some slight whitish striae at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous

brown with slight whitish striz at base of cilia; the underside

rather greyer brown.

Ab. 1. The type. Fore wing with broad diffused black band on

medial area. ;

Ab, 2. Fore wing with more or less white suffusion on medial

area,

Hab. Mavris, Nilgiris (Lindsay, Hampson), 2 3, 5 Q@;

Cryiton (Lindesay), 3 3,3 9, Kandy (Green), 1 6, 1 2, Nara-

gam (Yerbury), 1 3, 1 9, Haldamulla (VYerbury), 1 9, Habarane

(Yerbury), 1 29; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk),1 2 type. Eup. 34-42

millim,

Cocoon. Formed of yellow silk, elliptical with an elliptical opening

ii dorsal surface shewing the red-brown pupa.

6729. Labanda saturalis. (Plate CLXXXIV. fig. 31.)

Labanda saturalis, Wik. xxxiv. 1251 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

37h

p: °).

Bocana viridalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 88.

Head and thorax brown mixed with bright green, palpi brown,

the 2nd joint whitish in front and behind; frons white at sides

LABANDA. 397

and below ; antennze brown with the basal joint white in front ;

tegule green, black at base and brown at tips; pectus and legs

white, the tibie and tarsi banded with brown; abdomen grey-

brown, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing bright

yellow-green thickly irrorated with black-brown; some brown

at base of inner margin; a black striga from costa near base ;

subbasal line double, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line indistinct, double, waved; a small black discoidal lunule;

postmedial line rather indistinct, bent outwards at vein 6, then

waved, bent inwards in submedian interspace ; some whitish points

on costa towards apex; a diffused waved black subterminal line,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and incurved at discal fold

and below vein 3; a black terminal line; cilia brown with a fine

whitish line at base. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia with a

fine whitish line at base and whitish tips; the underside grey-

brown.

Hab. “Inpia,” 1 ¢g type; Srxutmm (Russell), 1 g, 1 @ type

viridalis; Assam, Khasis, 1 $, 1 2; Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson),

1 g; Travancorz, Pirmad (/mray), 1 5,1 2; Burma, E. Pegu ;

Boryeo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 9; Curam (Schultz), 1 9. Exp.

28-36 millim.

6730. Labanda achine.

Bocana achine, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 120.f. 18 (1874); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 375.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; palpi purplish fuscous,

white in front and the 2nd joint white behind; frons white at sides

and with green stripe at middle; tegule with purplish bands at

base and middle and green band between them; pectus and legs

white, the fore and mid tibie and tarsi banded with purple;

abdomen brown, the veutral surface ochreous white. Fore wing

green thickly irrorated with brown, the outer part of medial area

and the terminal area browner; subbasal line dark defined on

each side by green, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line dark defined on each side by green, very slightly excurved below

costa, excurved and waved below submedian fold; a black discoidal

spot; postmelial line dark defined on outer side by green, oblique

from below costa to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved

below vein 4 and excurved at vein 1; subterminal line rather

diffused, green defined on inner side by dark brown, angled

inwards at discal fold, waved at veins 4, 3, then slightly bent

inwards and oblique to tornus; cilia brown with a fine whitish

line at base. . Hind wing dark brown with a fine whitish line at

base of cilia ; the underside greyer.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with dark suffusion on postmedial area.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with some white suffusion beyond antemedial

line.

Hab, Cuyton (Lindesay), 1 9, Dickoya (Green), 3 g, 3 2.

Exp. 30-36 millim.

398 NOCTUIDT.

6731. Labanda dentilinea. (Plate CLAXXIYV. fig. 32.)

Moca dentitinea, Wk. xxvii. 103 (1863).

Cryptolechia attenuatalis, Wik. xxx. 1036 (1864),

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; palpi pale brown ;

lower part of frons white; pectus and legs whitish, the tibiwe and

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the crests

blackish, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing green thickly

irrorated and suffused with brown; subbasal line double filled in

with green, slightly angled outwards below costa and ending at

submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with green,

strongly dentate; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by

green, oblique from costa to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold,

then dentate, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line fine, green, oblique from costa to vein 6, forming a spot at

discal fold, then waved; the termen dark brown; cilia brown

with a fine white line at base. Hind wing brown with a fine white

line at base of cilia. Underside whitish, tinged with brown; fore

wing with black terminal line defined on inner side by a narrow

white band angled inwards at discal fold; hind wing with white

spots on apical part of termen.

Hub. Bornno, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 2, 1 Q@ type and type

attenuctalis, Kuching (Shelford), 1 g, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 ¢.

Exp. 16 millim.

6732. Labanda herbealis.

Labanda herbealis, Wik. xvii. 284 (1859) ; Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 133,

pl. 168. f. 9; id. Moths Ind. 11. p. 375.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; palpi brown; lower

part of frons white; pectus and legs white, the fore tibize and

tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the crests

blackish, the ventral surface white towards base. Fore wing

Fig. 150.—Lahanda herhealis, S. 3.

yellow-green irrorated and in parts suffused with brown; subbasal

line brown defined on each side by grey, on outer side the green

extending to vein 1, dentate; antemedial line double filled in

with green, dentate, strongly angled outwards on subcostal nervure ;

postmedial line double filled in with green, bent outwards below

LABANDA. 399

costa, then dentate, angled inwards above and below discal fold,

some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight,

white defined on inner side by dentate brown marks, minutely

dentate, incurved at discal fold ; termen dark brown ; cilia whitish

with a black-brown line through them. Hind wing dark greyish

brown with a fine whitish line at base of cilia; the underside

white with brown postmedial band and broad terminal band from

costa to submedian fold.

Hab, Cryton (Templeton), 2 3 type, Maskelyia (Pole), 1 ¢,

Dickoya (Green), 1 9. Hap. 26 millim.

6733. Labanda submuscosa.

Bariana submuscosa, W1k. xxxii. 604 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 375.

Labanda graminalis, Hmpsn. tll. Het. B.M. ix. p. 133, pl. 167, f. 23

(1893).

do. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; palpi brown with

some white at base and at extremity of 2nd and base of 3rd joint ;

lower part of frons white; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid

tibize and tarsi with blackish bars above; abdomen white, dorsally

suffused with brown, the crests blackish. Fore wing yellow-green

thickly irrorated with black-brown ; subbasal line blackish defined

on outer side by green, slightly angled outwards below costa and

ending at submedian fold; antemedial line double filled in with

green, oblique, slightly angled outwards below costa, then waved ;

a black discoidal point; postmedial line defined on outer side by

green, oblique from below costa to vein 6 where it is angled out-

wards, angled inwards at discal fold, below vein 4 slightly sinuous

and angled inwards at vein J, some white points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line defined by dark suffusion on inner side,

incurved below costa and at discal fold, excurved below vein 7,

excurved and waved at middle; a fine black terminal line and

white line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown, the cilia with

fine white line at base and white tips; the underside white, a

brown postmedial band from costa to submedian fold, the terminal

area suffused with brown and with slight white marks on termen

towards apex.

Q. Tegule with green band near base; fore wing with the

postmedial line bidentate at vein 6.

Hab, Ceyton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 3 type graminalis; Java

(Horsfield), 1 9 type. Hap. $ 20, 2 28 millim.

6734, Labanda semipars.

Bryophila semipars, Wik. xv. 1647 (1858); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix,

p. 133, pl. 168. f. 3; id, Moths Ind. ii. p. 375,

Bocana pamphosalis, Wik. xix. 887 (1859).

Gerbatha laticincta, Wlk. xxxiii. 913 (1865).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey; palpi brown,

400 NOCTUID A.

white above towards base; tegule black with whitish medial band ;

pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibiew and tarsi with black

bars above; abdomen grey suffused with brown, the crests black,

the ventral surface white. Fore wing brownish grey, thickly

irrorated with black-brown, the medial area paler; subbasal line

black defined on outer side by whitish, bent inwards at subcostal

nervure and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black

defined on inner side by whitish, erect, minutely waved; an oblique

black striga on upper discocellular; postmedial line black defined

on outer side by whitish, oblique to vein 7, then erect and minutely

waved; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by fuscous

suftusion, oblique from costa to termen at vein 6, angled inwards

at diseal fold and outwards to termen at veins 4, 3, then waved;

a fine terminal black line ; cilia fuscous intersected by pale streaks.

Hind wing grey-brown, the termen with slight whitish marks and

a fine dark terminal line from apex to vein 2; the cilia with

whitish streaks and whitish tips; the underside paler.

Ab. 1. pamphosalis. Fore wing with the medial area whiter.

Hab. Punsas, Jubbulpore (F. Butler), 1 9; Assam, Shillong

(Parish), 1 2; Bombay, 3 3,4 9, Kanara, Karwar (7. R. Bell),

136,19; Mapras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 3, Nilgiris (Hampson),

13,3 92; Ceyton (Templeton), type and types pamphosalis and

laticincta. Hap. 24-34 millim.

Cocoon with long horn-like projection set with spines above from

upper surface of dorsum in front, and shorter anal projection ;

yellow with brown subdorsal stripes, the projection brown.

6735. Labanda umbrosa, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 1.)

@. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey; pectus and

legs ochreous whitish, the tibiae and fore tarsi banded with

blackish; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous brown, the crests

black with a metallic gloss, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wine

grey thickly irrorated and suffused with black-brown, the medial

area with a slight olive-ochreous tinge, subbasal line represented

by double fuscous striz from costa; antemedial line indistinctly

double filled in with whitish and defined on inner side by black-

brown suffusion, erect and almost straight; an oblique black striga

on upper discocellular and a diffused dark shade from costa above

end of cell and from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; post-

medial line blackish, oblique from costa to vein 6, then minutely

waved, slightly bent inwards at vein 3; subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by somewhat dentate blackish marks and at

discal fold by a black streak extending to near postmedial line,

obliquely incurved from costa to near termen at vein 6 below which

it is angled iuwards, excurved and waved at middle and ending at

tornus; a blackish terminal line and fine whitish line at base of

cilia, which are blackish. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with

BLENINA. 401

a punctiform white line at base; the underside much greyer and

with faint traces of a medial line.

Hab. Burma, Toungoo (de Nicéville), 2 2 type. Exp. 30-32

millim.

Genus BLENINA.

Type.

Jextomina, WE, Satis WANE CIB) cococcccsces0e00920000e0000000000000 donans.

/iiwoeriag, \WMis secant, BY) CQUEBD) cocoopsse0aangca000000 900000000 chrysochlora.

Amelia, Moore, Lep: Atk. p. 1581882) io... ce-eaceaseee ounce angulipennis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of

head and rather slenderly sealed, the 3rd moderate, typically somewhat dilated

towards extremity; frons smooth with slight ridge of hair above; eyes large,

round ; antenne of male typically minutely ciliated; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with depressed

crest ; tibize moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on two

basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen typically 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: a long arevle; 11 fiom

cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from just before angle of cell; 3, 4 from angle ;

5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

Sner. I, (Aliocrea.) Palpi of male with the 2nd joint excised in front towards

extremity which is produced above to a small shield covering part of

the 5rd joint; fore wing with the termen oblique and crenulate

from yein 4 to tornus; hind wing with the termen excurved at veins

3, 2.

A. Hind wing orange with incomplete subterminal black

gkiiaG (tec oo ,coscob cbse cogusan aden tna dare bsepuaude caracencs saaancs chrysochlora.

B. Hind wing black-brown with incomplete orange post-

nny CU cal Moa Uhr erersanraeya as eoterscreen ac anliaet carne says Sessions sea chlorophita.

6736. Blenina chrysochlora.

Eliocrea chrysochlora, Wik. xxxili. 935 (1865).

Head and thorax bright green, the patagia with slight black bars

and greyish tips; palpi ochreous white at base and black above;

pectus and legs ochreous white, the fore and mid tibize with some

green aboye, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen bright orange,

the crests greenish and brown, the anal tuft ochreous white. Fore

wing bright green more or less irrorated with white and typically

with black irroration on medial area and basal inner area; a small

curved black mark at base; some black points on basal part of

costa; subbasal line blackish, incurved and slightly waved from

below costa to inner margin, a slight oblique green line beyond it ;

antemedial line almost mediai, double, oblique, sinuous; a black

discoidal striga ; postmedial line double, obliquely excurved and

minutely dentate from costa to vein 4, then incurved, and again

angled outwards at vein 1; subterminal line blackish, waved,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at sub-

median fold; a terminal series of minute black points with some’

VoL. Xi. 2D

402 Nocrvip a.

whitish between them; cilia whitish at tips towards apex, tinged

with brown and with "slight waved black line at middle. Hind

wing bright orange; a black apical patch with subterminal band

from it to vein 2, or more or less strongly continued to submedian

Fig. 151—Blenina chrysochlora, §. +

T°

fold ; some green scales on termen at the lobe, where the cilia are

white. Underside of fore wing orange with large fuscous discoidal

patch connected with the costa by a bar and broad terminal band

from just below costa to submedian fold ; hind wing with traces

of a postmedial line from costa to vein 2.

Hab, Ceram (Wallace), 1 2 type; Durca N. Guivesa, Kapaur

(Doherty), 2 3,19; Br. N. Guinua, Mt. Kebea (1’rait), 2 ¢, Ekeikei

(Pratt), 33,19. Hp. 44-50 millim.

6727. Blenina chlorophila. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 2.)

Blenina chlorophila, Hinpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 546 (19085).

Head and thorax bright green slightly irrorated with white;

tegule and patagia with blackish tips; pectus and legs yellowish,

Pore tibise green in front, the tarsi black ringed with white: abdo-

men valllom- -brown dorsally tinged with fuscous, the cr ests green

and black, the ventral surface yellow, blackish at extremity. “Pore

wing whitish almost entirely suffused with bright green, the base

of inner area tinged with rufous; subbasal line eolinae waved, from

costa to submedian fold, with an indistinct green line beyond it from

subcostal nervure to submedian fold ; a double medial line, incurved

in cell and submedian interspace, excurved at median nervure and

to inner margin; a slight black discoidal bar; postmedial line

double, obliquely excurved and minutely dentate from costa to

vein 4, then single, strongly incurved in submedian interspace, then

oblique to inner margin and slightly angled outwards on yein 1, a

slight line beyond it from vein 5 to 3, where it is bent inwards, then

forming a green band with blackish spot on 1t in submedian fold ;

subterminal line black, minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved at middle, bent inwards at vein 3 and oblique to near tornus;

a slight black shade at apex and oblique shade from subterminal

BLUNINA. 403

line to middle of termen; a terminal series of black points with

white strie between them; cilia white and green, brownish

towards apex, with series of black points on them. Hind wing

black-brown, the terminal area darker; an orange postmedial band

from vein 6 to 1, incurved below vein 4, obsolescent towards vein 1,

and emitting a slight streak towards base in submedian fold; cilia

orange, black at apex, and tipped with brown and white above

middle. Underside orange; fore wing with oblique black medial

band dilated at middle, the terminal area black with sinuous inner

edge; hind wing with black medial line from costa to below vein 2,

and black terminal band narrowing to a point near tornus.

Hab. Cuyton, Hakgala (Green), 1 9; Sryearorn (Radley), 2 g

type. Hwp. 46 millim.

Secr. IT, Palpi of male with the 2nd joint excised at extremity and slightly

produced above, the 3rd long and with some ribbed scales at sides ;

fore wing with the termen evenly curved, hind wing with it slightly

excurved at veins 3, 2.

6733. Blenina lichenosa.

Blenina lichenosa, Moore, P. Z. 8.1877, p. 607, pl. 60. f.2; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. 11. p. 378.

Blenina variegata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 157 (1882).

Head and thorax olive-green mixed with white and dark brown ;

palpi at base flesh-coloured; pectus and legs flesh-coloured, the

tibie streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen

dark red-brown, the ventral surface yellowish. Fore wing dark

green mixed with dark brown and some white; an oblique black

striga from base of costa; antemedial line indistinct, oblique,

sinuous; a black point in middle of cell and discoidal bar; medial

Fig. 152.—Blenina lichenosa, G. 1-

line black, oblique, sinuous; postmedial line black, oblique and

dentate from costa to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved at

yein 1, a black patch between it and medial line above vein 1 often

present; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by small

black-brown spots and a dentate mark at submedian fold, angled

outwards below vein 7 and excurved at middle. Hind wing black-

brown; a sinuous orange postmedial band trom below vein 6 to

2p 2

404 NOCLUIDA,

vein 1; cilia orange, brown towards apex, and mixed with brown

to vein 2, Underside of fore wing brown with some pale yellowish

on inner area to beyond middle and on costa beyond the diffused

black postmedial band ; hind wing orange with curved black-brown

postmedial band from costa to submedian fold, and terminal band.

Ab. 1. Fore wing nearly uniformly suffused with dark prown and

with hardly any green.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the basal and inner areas greener, the

rest of wing suffused with black-brown.

Ab. 3. variegata. Fore wing largely suffused with white, often

with oblique black fascia from upper angle of cell to termen at

submedian fold.

Ab. 4. Fore wing much greyer; hind wing with the postmedial

band narrow and pale.—Straits Settlements, Borneo.

Hab. Sixuim (Atkinson, Moller), 2 3 type varieguta; Assam,

Nagas; Anpamans (Ztogers), 1 $, 3 Q type; Purax, Kinta Valley

(Ridley), 1 $,1 2; Sinearorn (Ridley), 1 9 ; Bornzo, Sadong

(Shelford), 1 3; Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 5 ¢,49, Mt.

Kebea (Pratt), 1 $. Exp. 36-44 millim.

Srcr. III. Palpi of male with the base of 2nd joint dilated and hollowed out

on outer side into a ear-shaped vesicle of white membrane.

A. Hind wing with broad orange postmedial band from vein 6

1) ALONE] TMOG MEVFEAIT onnaseadooocboascdcova0AoSdcndeconsaaqeac6ne auriculata.

B. Hind wing with slight curved orange postmedial bar

[Detreara {eins G) BING) PF soceaooqcoanooccqs oop acHscoonadcaosSonoaNece matachitis.

6739. Blenina auriculata, n. sp.

6. Head and thorax bright sap-green mixed with black-brown

on dorsum of thorax ; palpi white at base ; pectus and legs creamy

white, the fore and mid tibiz with some green and fuscous, the

tarsi banded with brown ; abdomen orange-brown, the crests and

extremity darker, the ventral surface yellow. Fore wing bright

sap-green irrorated with black and some white ; an oblique blackish

striga from base of costa ; subbasal line indistinct, bent inwards and

waved from subcostal nervure to submedian fold in which there is

a slight black streak ; antemedial line very indistinct, angled out-

wards below costa, then sinuous; a black discoidal striga with

BLENINA. 405

t riga above it from costa; postmedial line indistinct, with blackish

mark at costa, minutely dentate, somewhat oblique to vein 4, then

incurved, the costal edge beyond it white with a black point on it;

subterminal line black, minutely crenulate, angled outwards below

vein 7, and excurved at middle, some black on terminal area at apex,

middle, and above tornus ; a terminal series of minute green lunules ;

cilia brownish with series of small black spots at base and some:

white at tips at middle. Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal,

costal and inner areas suffused with brown; a broad black terminal

band leaving some orange on termen except at apex, its inner edge

slightly waved ; cilia orange, blackish at apex and with some white

at middle. Underside of fore wing yellow with large diffused dis-

coidal brown patch connected by a bar with costa, and broad

terminal band; hind wing yellow with medial blackish bar from

costa, slight spot at lower angle of cell, and terminal band.

flab. Duron N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1g; Br. N. GUINEA,

Lkeikei (Pratt), 13 type. Hvp. 26 millim.

6740. Blenina malachitis. (Plate CLXXXY. fig. 3.)

Blenina malachitis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 546 (1905).

Head and thorax bright sap-green, the latter with slight dark

irroration ; palpi above and antenne black, pectus and legs yellowish,

fore tibia green in front, the tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen reddish brown, the terminal half in male with lateral

fringes of hair curved over dorsum, the ventral surface whitish,

blackish at extremity. Fore wing whitish almost entirely suffused

with emerald-green, with more or less blackish suffusion on medial

and postmedial areas, and sometimes some rufous suffusion beyond

the cell; an obliquely curved, slightly waved black subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold, with an indistinct dark bar beyond

it from cell to submedian fold; a more or less distinct double

antemedial line, angled outwards below costa and cell and at vein 1;

a slight black discoidal bar with whitish point before it ; post-

medial line slightly bent outwards below costa, minutely dentate to

vein 3, then strongly incurved and oblique to inner margin, with

another less distinct line beyond it from costa to vein 3; sub-

terminal line black, green at middle, very minutely dentate, angled

outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle, bent inwards at vein 2,

and oblique to near tornus; a blackish patch at apex and below

vein 6; the tips of the veins with slight black streaks with whitish

stris between them; cilia whitish tinged with green and with

brown towards apex, with series of black points on them. Hind

wing black-brown, darker towards termen; a more or less developed

curved yellowish postmedial bar between veins 5 and 2, emitting

a streak towards base below the cell; cilia yellow, blackish at

apex and with some dark points at middle. Underside of fore

wing dull yellowish with blackish medial band, diffused except at

406 NOCTUIDAE.

costa, terminal area blackish with diffused inner edge; hind wing

yellowish white with traces of curved medial line and broad terminal

black band from apex to submedian fold.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the area beyond the medial line suffused

with black and irrorated with whitish from costa to vein 3.

Hab. Stneavorn (Lidley, Priihstorfer, Wood-Jones), 23,2 9 type.

Eep. 40 millim,

Secr. LV. Palpi of male abnormal.

A. (Amrella.) Fore wing with the termen excised below apex

and exeurved at middle, then oblique and crenulate to

tornus; hind wing with the termen excurved at veins

3 and 2.

a, Hind wing with more or less distinct pale postmedial

band.

a. Hind wing with the basal half ochreous slightly

tinged with brown.

a2, Fore wing white suffused with pale green ......... meet.

U?, Fore wing bright green mixed with brownish

WIDTEOL ccd@eaetuse se cece maceac meememee ea cnacassiemeemacone ae angulipennis,

‘1, Hind wing with the basal half strongly suffused

with fuscous brown.

a*. Fore wing with more or less developed patches of

sw Li biSlass ssi) crastacboomeemeseunseetisceseteeesbin ae cne Senex.

PREC, Sacensmees ce Saee MEMO DIss eae eer ee Cncn eres Jumosa.

4, Hind wing fuscous without trace of pale postimedial

Lord Wisi nanarceccpenas sos baob auto AnaGHondeonnescaboppbosbosdbsaonde metanyclea,

*6741. Blenina meget.

Dandaca meget, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. pe 20 plier Ones):

Head and thorax pale green mixed with white; tegule with

blackish medial] line; pectus, legs, and abdomen brownish ochreous.

Fore wing pale g green mixed with white and slightly irrorated with

fuscous; subbasal line slight, blackish, excurved below costa and

ending at vein 1, where there is a small black spot beyond it with

black streak from it to near subterminal line; a slight obliquely

curyed blackish antemedial line; postmedial line slight, oblique

and sinuous to vein 4, then bent inwards and bidentate and again

bent outwards to inner margin, some black points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line white slightly defined on inner side by blackish,

more strongly on inner area, angled outwards below vein 7, ex-

curved at middle and incurved in submedian interspace where there

is a short black streak before it. Hind wing brownish ochreous

with terminal black band, broad at costa, narrowing to a point at

tornus ; cilia ochreous. Underside of both wings brownish ochreous

with black medial line diffused on disk of fore wing, sinuous on

hind wing, and broad terminal band narrowing to tornus.

Hab. C. Cina, Kony-Tchéou. Exp. 40 millim, This species is

unknown to me.

BLENINA. 407

6742. Blenina angulipennis.

Amrella angulipennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 158, pl. y. f. 6 (1882); Himpsn,

Moths Ind. ii. p. 879.

S$. Head and thorax bright green mixed with pale brown; palpi

brownish white at base ; pectus and legs brownish white, the fore

and mid tibize with some green in front, the tarsi with fuscous

bands ; abdomen ochreous brown with the crests green, the ventral

surface brownish white. Fore wing bright green irrorated with

brownish white; traces of a waved subbasal line with some

brownish white beyond it at middle; traces of an oblique sinuous

brownish antemedial line; a blackish spot in middle of cell; post-

medial line very indistinct and bent outwards below costa, then

slight, blackish with small brownish spots on its outer edge, dentate,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and again bent outwards above

Fig. 154.—Blenina angulipennis, 3. 4.

inner margin, some black points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line double, the inner line with tufts of pale brownish scales, the

outer faint, brownish, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a terminal series of slight white marks ; cilia pale brownish with a

dark line through them, Hind wing pale brownish ochreous, tinged

with fuscous to the faint sinuous postmedial line; a broad black

subterminal band. Underside brownish ochreous with black

medial band from costa to submedian fold, expanding on disk of

fore wing and sinuous on hind wing, a broad black terminal band

expanding below costa of fore wing and narrowing to tornus of

both wings.

Hab. Stxuim; Assam, Khasis,1¢. vp. 50 millim,

6743. Blenina senex.

Dandaca senex, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 82 (1878); id. Ill. Het. B.M. iis.

p» 138, pl. 44. f. 6.

Head and thorax grey-green mixed with white and purplish

fuscous; tegule with slight dark medial line; palpi with black

spots on the joints; pectus and legs white and brown, the fore and

mid tibie with some green in front; abdomen whitish suffused with

brown. Fore wing grey-green mixed with white and more or less

408 NOCTUID®.

suffused with purple-grey ; subbasal line slight, black, excurved

below costa, then sinuous to vein 1,sometimes with a small black spot

beyond it above vein 1 ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, sinuous ;

two discoidal points of raised dark scales ; postmedial line shght,

blackish defined on outer side by whitish, oblique from below costa

to vein 6, then dentate, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then bent

inwards, and again oblique from submedian fold to inner margin,

some minute black streaks beyond it on costa; subterminal lne

formed of white scales defined on inner side by blackish, distinct

below vein 3, minutely waved, angled outwards below vein 7 and

excurved at middle, incurved in submedian interspace, when there

is a short black streak before it; a fine waved terminal line; cilia

white and brown. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with fuscous

brown, the terminal area fuscous black; an oblique sinuous dark

line defined on outer side by ochreous white from costa beyond

middle to above tornus ; some black points at extremities of median

nervules; cilia ochreous white with dark line through them from

apex to vein 2. Underside of both wings ochreous white irrorated

with brown, a sinuous medial line diffused on disk of fore wing, and

blackish terminal band.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with black streak above vein 1 from base to

subterminal line.

Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 5 g, 4 2 type, Tokio

(Maries), 1 9 ; Corna, Gensan (ito), 1 g; C. Carina, Shanghai

(Pryer), 13. Exp. 42-48 millim.

6744. Blenina fumosa. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 4.)

Blenina fumosa, Swinh, A.M. N.H. (7) xv. p. 157 (1903).

©. Head and thorax dark sap-green mixed with fuscous brown;

pectus and legs brownish white, the fore tibize with some green

in front, the tarsi ringed with fuscous; abdomen fuscous brown.

Fore wing dark sap-green mixed with purplish grey-brown, the

medial area with oblique blackish shade; aslight blackish subbasal

line, excurved below costa and ending at vein 1; an oblique sinuous

medial line ; two slight discoidal points of raised scales ; postmedial

line faintly defined on outer side by pale brown, bent outwards

below costa, then waved, oblique to vein 4, then bent inwards;

subterminal line blackish defined on outer side hy whitish scales,

minutely waved, excuryed below vein 7 and at middle, bent

inwards at vein 2, with slight black streaks before and beyond

it insubmedian fold; a slight waved dark terminal line. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the terminal area black, an oblique sinuous

ochreous brown line from costa beyond middle to above tornus ;

some black points at extremities of median nervules; cilia brownish

ochreous with a blackish line through them. Underside of both

wings with the basal half ochreous suffused with brown, the ter-

minal half black-brown, a brownish ochreous postmedial band,

obliquely curved on fore wing, sinuous on hind wing.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 2 type. Hwp. 46 savin.

co) ene

BLENINA, 409

6745. Blenina metanyctea. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 5.)

Blenina metanyctea, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 543 (1905).

3. Head and thorax white and green mixed with some fuscous ;

tegule black at outer edge and with black line near tips; pectus and

legs yellowish tinged with brown ; fore tibiz and tarsi banded with

black; abdomen yellow dorsally suffused with brown, the crests at

base whitish tipped with black. Jore wing white largely suffused

with bright green; a diffused irregular olive-green and reddish

brown band from middle of costa to tornus; a black line elose to

base angled in cell and with a black striga beyond it above inner

margin; a waved, rather inwardly oblique antemedial line from

costa to above inner margin; an indistinct waved medial line;

reniform white irrorated with green, its lower part defined on inner

side by a curved black line and slightly by black on outer side, its

upper part very indistinctly and irregularly defined by green, with

a black striga from costa above it; postmedial line indistinct,

minutely dentate, strongly incurved in submedian UO NSPACS a

minutely dentate subterminal line bent inwards at vein 2, then

oblique to near tornus; a dark patch at apex and a terminal series

of white spots except towards tornus interrupted by the black ter-

minations of the veins ; cilia yellowish with a series of brown spots

and points at tips to vein 3. Hind wing dark brown, the inner

margin yellowish; cilia yellowish with series of ibroxain spots to

vein 2; the arndilonsiale yellow, the inner area tinged with brown,

an irregular band from costa to lower angle of ‘cell and a eon

iblleveieln band just before termen from costa to submedian fold,

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the diffused green and brown band from

middle of costa to tornus but with some black suffusion on middle

of costa, and oblique black marks between postmedial line at vein

4 and tornus.

Hab. Duron New Gurnra, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 3 type, Fak-fak

(Pratt), 1 g. Hxp. 42 millim,

B. (Blenina.) Fore wing with the termen evenly crural

che wing with the termen sli ghtly excised below vein 2

. Antenne of male with long fasciculate cilia.

oa Hind wing with indistinct postmedial line with pale

ee beyond it.

. Hind wing with the basal area ochreous suffused

WAI OTOWAI. aacjeasesteeeaseeessmacen sacteenre near eee quinaria.

b2, Hind wing with the basal area whitish suffused

Chit] OWCNW ele Rares cs aBUnO ORD Soe annsobanbaboadzoreccosecces obliquinaria.

i, ee wing without postmedial line.

Hind wing almost uniform fuscous brown.

ee Fore wing with the basal half green, the ter-

TpaNAL [RENLE ROWAN ccoondocencodcnacoocoonDoco0Nnd oo0ce

6®, Fore wing with the ground-colour whitish.

a*, Fore wing largely suffused with green and

with irregular black markings on medial

and terminal areas ........... dddocsvotaaon0aD000 smaragdina.

chloromelana,

410 NOCLUID %.

b*. Fore wing without irregular black markings

on medial and terminal areas.

wv. Fore wing mostly suffused with black-

brown.

a’. Fore wing with the white band on

outer edge of postmedial line obsolete

loon KEN! Goonopasestonsgac0seandonbe005000 Nigruns.

+®. Fore wing with the white band on outer

edge of postmedial line entire............ varians.

i°, Fore wing not suffused with black-brown.

a®, Fore wing with the antemedial line not

oblique and approximated to the post-

medial line at inner margin.

a’, Fore wing with distinct white band

beyond the postmediai line ............ solomonis.

o7, Fore wing without distinct white band

beyond the postimedial line.

a’, Fore wing strongly irrorated with

brown and slightly with green ... méota.

08. Fore wing strongly irrorated with

green and without any brown...... lichenopa.

66, Fore wing with the antemedial line very

oblique and approximated to the post-

medial line at inner margin ............ diagona.

02, Hind wing semihyaline white, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous brown .......... sodncaanceeabe squamifera.

6746. Blenina quinaria.

Blenina quinaria, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 158, pl. v. f. 5 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. it. p. 3879.

Head and base of tegule white mixed with green, the tips of

tegule and thorax white mixed with brown, the metathoracic

crest with some green; palpi blackish above; frons with lateral

black bars; antenne blackish ; pectus and legs white, the tibize with

Fig. 155.—Blenina guinaria, Sg. 1.

some green and brown scales, the tarsi ringed with black; abdomen

ochreous brown, the crests with some green and blackish scales,

the ventral surface white, tinged with ochreous except at base.

Fore wing white mostly suffused with rufous and blackish scales,

leaving a quadrate patch on costal half of postmedial area and the

terminal area whiter, the basal area except inner margin, the costal

area to medial line, and a band beyond medial line with sap-green

suffusion, some green beyond apical part of subterminal line;

subbasal line represented by black strize from costa and cell; ante-

BLENINA. 411

medial line hardly traceable, waved ; medial line oblique, waved ;

a black discoidal bar with oblique fascia from it to subterminal

line at submedian fold; postmedial line very indistinet, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, oblique to vein 4,

then incurved, some black points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line black, crenulate, angled outwards below vein 7 and inwards at

discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of black points ;

cilia white and brown with a slight waved dark line through

them. Hind wing ochreous white tingcd with brown, the terminal

area fuscous, narrowing to tornus; an indistinet oblique diffused

brown postmedial line; cilia ochreous white, brown at apex and

with series of black points at base to vein 2. Underside of both

wings ochreous white ; fore wing with black-brown discoidal patch

on an oblique medial line, and broad terminal band narrowing to

tornus ; hind wing with oblique black-brown line from middle of

costa to above tornus, and terminal band narrowing below vein 2.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with less green beyond the medial line, the

postmedial whitish patch not quadrate, extending to the junction of

the oblique fascia and subterminal line.

Ab, 2. Fore wing much whiter with slight brown irroration but

without any dark suffusion.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with black patch on middle of inner margin.

Hab. W. Curina, Omei-shan, 1 3; Stxuim (Dudgeon, Pilcher,

Moller), 17 3,9 9; Assam, Khasis, 1] g¢. Hap. 34-44 millim.

Cocoon: tough, formed of bright yellow silk with an angular

anterior projection above.

6747. Blenina obliquinaria, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 6.)

$. Head and thorax white mixed with olive-green, the tegule

with black band near tips, the patagia with three slight black

bands ; palpi with black spots on Ist and 3rd joints the 2nd joint

black above ; tarsi handed with black ; abdomen fuscous brown,

whitish at base, the crests white with some brown scales, the

ventral surface whitish at base, blackish at extremity. Fore wing

white irrorated with green and rufous scales, the terminal area

suffused with violaceous blackish and olive, the costa with series

of black points; subbasal line indistinct, sinuous, from costa to

vein 1 ; antemedial line almost medial, indistinct, oblique, waved ;

a slight black discoidal lunule with oblique black streak from below

it to subterminal line at submedian fold; postmedial line black

and bent outwards below costa, then indistinct, waved, slightly

incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards

at vein 1, an indistinct, oblique, minutely waved line beyond it;

subterminal line black defined on outer side by whitish and with

some faint blackish spots before it at middle, angled inwards at

discal fold and vein 2; a fine black terminal line; cilia white

mixed with rufous and fuscous and with crenulate black line at

middle. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the terminal area

broadly fuscous black, narrowing to tornus, leaving some whitish

412 NOOTUID A.

and black points on medial part of termen; cilia white tinged with

brown, fuscous towards apex and tornus. Underside of both wines

whitish, a medial black band diffused on disk of fore wing, the

terminal area broadly black.

Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 2 $ type. Erp. 34

millim.

6748. Blenina chloromelana. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 7.)

Acontia chloromelana, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) x. p. 89 (1890).

Lliocrea chloroptila, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 68 (1894).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with greenish grey;

palpi with the 2nd joint black above; pectus and legs whitish

tinged with rufous; abdomen greenish grey suffused with rufous,

the ventral area whitish. Fore wing red-brown suffused with

blackish, the basal half pale green irrorated with white leaving the

costal edge and base of inner margin rufous, sometimes with

blackish patch on inner margin before the medial line; a dentate

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; an oblique sinuous

medial line; two obliquely placed black discoidal points with

paler patch beyond them; postmedial line irregularly dentate,

oblique from costa to vein 4, angled inwards on vein 2, then

excurved to inner margin, some white and green suffusion beyond

it on costal area; a dark subterminal line, strongly angled outwards

at vein 7, excurved and minutely dentate at middle, bent inwards

at vein 2, then oblique to near ternus, some white beyond it

between vein 4+ and submedian fold ; cilia brown intersected with

orange on apical half, whitish towards tornus. Hind wing fuscous

brown with a reddish tinge; cilia yellow intersected with brown

from below apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown,

the inner area whitish, some grey on costa from middle to near

apex, traces of a line from costa to lower angle of cell; hind wing

whitish suffused with reddish brown leaving the costal area paler,

a diffused medial line from costa to submedian fold, a blackish

terminal band from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Sterra Leone (Bartlett), 1 9; 8. Niaerta, Old Calabar

(Crompton), 1 3,19, Tlesha (Humphrey), 19; Gaxoon, Ogove R.,

type f chloroptila in Coll. Holland. Hap. 42 millim. Type ft in

Coll. Mabille.

*6749. Blenina smaragdina. (Plate CLXXXY. fig. 8.)

Blenina smaragdina, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 223 (1906).

3d. Head and thorax white mixed with yellow-green ; palpi

with the basal half black, the 3rd joint with black bands at base

and tips; frons with lateral black spots; antenne black; tegule

black at tips, the patagia black on outer edge and at tips, the meta-

thoracic crests with some black; pectus and legs white, the tibiz

and tarsi with black bands; abdomen white suffused with brown,

the crests black. Fore wing yellow-greev, the terminal area

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BLENINA. . 413

mostly white, some white at base of inner margin ; a small quad-

rate subbasal black spot on costa defined by white, a point in cell

and wedge-shaped black patch below the cell with white patch

beyond it before the antemedial line, which is black defined by

white on inner side, oblique, angled inwards below costa and bent

outwards above inner margin, a black fascia from it to postmedial

line above vein 1, defined by white above; a trilobate black

discoidal spot defined by white; postmedial line black defined by

white on outer side, forming a wedge-shaped spot on costa, bent

outwards below costa, then rather maculate and incurved at discal

fold, incurved and stronger below vein 2 and outwardly oblique

to inner margin, a black point beyond it on costa; subterminal

line represented by a black spot on costa, then some points, a

lunule at vein 5 and irregular spot at tornus, with a green band

beyond it interrupted below middle; a quadrate terminal black

patch at apex, semicircular patch at discal fold and spot above

vein 2; cilia chequered black green and white. Hind wing

whitish suffused with fuscous brown; cilia slightly intersected

with white; the underside whitish, the costal half and terminal

area suffused with brown.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Babooni (Pratt), type fT in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hwp. 40 millim.

*6750. Blenina nigrans. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 9.)

Blenina nigrans, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 222 (1906).

3. Head and thorax black-brown with some white scales mixed,

the frons much whiter with a blackish bar above ; palpi white with

black patches at base of joints, the 2nd joint black behind; pectus

and legs white mixed with some brown, the tarsi banded with

black ; abdomen grey suffused with brown, the crests blackish, the

ventral surface whitish. Fore wing black-brown, irrorated with

white, a diffused whitish patch on costal half of postmedial area,

the terminal area whitish ; subbasal line represented by black spots

below costa and cell; an ill-defined diffused slightly sinuous ante-

medial line; medial line minutely waved, double below the cell and

slightly angled inwards at vein 1; two black discoidal points;

postmedial line defined by white on outer side from costa to vein 4,

double at costa, sinuous, oblique to vein 4, then incuryved, a black

point beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish defined on inner

side by black, minutely waved, angled outwards at vein 7,

excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a diffused black

apical spot; a terminal series of white spots separated by minute

black streaks on the veins ; cilia white and brown with a series of

blackish spots at base. Hind wing deep glossy fuscous, cilia

chequered. white and fuscous at middle; the underside whitish

suffused and irrorated with brown, the terminal half fuscous, an

oblique fuscous postmedial line.

Hab. Br. N. Guinwa, Dinawa (Pratt), type 7 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. ep. 36 millim.

414 NOCIUID-E.

6751. Blenina varians. (Plate CLAXXYV. fig. 10.)

Blenina varians, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 223 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax white mixed with sap-green, the patagia

at middle and vertex of thorax with some rufous, the tegule with

dark band near tips, the prothorax with black bar, or the thorax

black mixed with white; palpi with black spots on the joints;

pectus white; tarsi banded with black; abdomen fuscous, the

crests green and black, the ventral surface white tinged with

brown. Fore wing white largely mixed with sap-green and black-

brown, the basal half of medial area mostly rufous; a black spot

at base of costa; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to sub-

median fold in which there is a short black streak beyond it;

antemedial line almost medial, black defined on inner side by

whitish, oblique, waved, angled inwards at vein 1; postmedial

line black with a white band on its outer edge, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then somewhat dentate, oblique to vein 4,

then incurved, some black points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line white defined on inner side by a maculate black band, angled

outwards below vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to

tornus; a fine black terminal line; cilia chequered white and

green. Hind wing fuscous black, the cilia with some white at

middle; the underside with some whitish to beyond the indistinct

diffused curved postmedial line.

@. Fore wing with more white and less green and rufous, the

postmedial line more strongly dentate.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 4 6, Ekeikei (Pratt),

1 Q. Hep. 36 millim. Type f in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

6752. Blenina solomonis. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 11.)

Blenina solomovis, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 151 (1905).

3S. Head and thorax white mixed with olive-grecn and some

blackish; tegule with blackish band near tips; patagia with

blackish bars ; palpi with black spots on the joints ; tibiz and tarsi

banded with black; abdomen fuscous, white at base, the crests

with some olive scales, the ventral surface brownish, white at base.

Fore wing white irrorated with sap-green and brownish, especially

on basal area, outer half of medial area, and terminal area; subbasal

line represented by blackish stric from costa and cell; antemedial line

hardly traceable, oblique, sinuous; medial line blackish defined on

inner side by white, oblique, waved; a black discoidal point ; post-

medial line blackish defined on outer side by white, slightly bent out-

wards below costa, then somewhat dentate, bent inwards below vein

3; subterminal line white defined on inner side by a maculate black

line and with some black spots beyond it towards costa, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

with some white ; the underside with the basal and inner areas

greyish.

Hab. Ba. N. Gutnea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 2 $; Sotomon Is., 1 ¢

type. Hep. 34-38 millim,

BLENINA. 415

6753. Blenina miota. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 12.)

Blenina miota, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 547 (1905).

3. Head and thorax pale green mixed with fuscous ; pectus and

lees whitish, the fore tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen

whitish suffused with fuseous. Fore wing pale green irrorated with

fuscous, the area from middle of costa and beyond the cell suffused

with fuscous down to vein 5; an indistinct subbasal black striga

from costa; antemedial line represented by a black striga from

costa and point below median nervure; an oblique fuscous striga

from middle of costa, two black discoidal points ; postmedial line

double, bent outwards below costa, minutely dentate to vein 3, then

the inner line obsolete, the outer line erect to inner margin; sub-

terminal line formed of small fuscous spots, strongly excurved from

vein 5 to 2, where it is bent inwards, then oblique to tornus; a series

of minute fuscous spots just before termen on which there is a series

of black strie. Hind wing brown with a slight reddish tinge ;

cilia whitish; the underside whitish with traces of a curved post-

medial line and a broad fuscous terminal band.

@. Fore wing with blackish patch in submedian interspace

before postmedial line.

Hab. Sterns Lrone, Pt. Lokko (Penny, Dudgeon), 13,12 type.

Exp. & 28, 9 32 millim.

6754. Blenina lichenopa.

Ceparcha lichenopa, Meyr. Trans. int. Soc. 1897, p. 3874

Blenina calena, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 81, pl. i. f. 10 (1900).

Bryophila exquisita, Lucas, Pr. Roy. Soc. Queensl. xy. p. 150 (1900).

¢. Head and thorax white mixed with green and a few black

scales, the thorax with three slight black bands ; palpi with black

spots at base of joints; fore and mid tibie and the tarsi with black

spots above ; abdomen fuscous brown, the crests with white, green,

and black scales, the ventral surface white tinged with brown.

Fore wing white mixed with sap-green and some rufous scales ;

an oblique black striga from base of costa; subbasal line black,

inwardly oblique, waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

oblique, sinuous; postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by

white, the black almost obsolete, except at costa, slightly bent

outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some

black points beyond it on costa; the postmedial area with more

green except towards costa; subterminal line black, angled outwards

below vein 7, excurved and minutely waved at middle; a blackish

apical patch and minute streaks on the extremities of the veins;

cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing black-brown, the

cilia with some white at middle; the underside white irrorated

with brown on costal half, the terminal area looney fuscous,

narrowing to a point at tornus.

On TEeatl thorax, and fore wing with pale yellow-green mixed ;

hind wing with the basal and inner areas whitish, the underside

pure white except terminal area.

416 NOCTUID®.

Hab. Qurenstand, Townsville (Dodd), 2 6, 19, Brisbane

(Turner), 19. Exp. 30-36 millim.

6755. Blenina diagona, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 13.)

@. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with fuscous, the

tegule with black line near tips which are mostly blackish; palpi

tinged with brown at base, the 2nd and 3rd joints black at sides ;

pectus and legs tinged with brown, the tibia with some black,

the tarsi ringed with black; abdomen white, dorsally tinged

with brown, the basal erest fiery red. Fore wing white tinged with

greenish grey ; the basal area greenish except at inner margin with

some black scales on its outer edge; antemedial line black, very

oblique to inner margin near postmedial line, slightly incurved above

vein 1, a greenish patch beyond it from costa to discal fold with

some blackish striae on it and fuscous scales on its edges and

small tufts of raised black scales in and at end of cell, some fuscous

suffusion on inner area; two blackish postmedial points on costa

with some greenish below them, the sinuous postmedial black line

arising at vein 7 and nearly erect ; a sinuous fuscous subterminal

line, excurved below vein 5 and with blackish spot on it at sub-

median fold, some red-brown suffusion beyond it; a black terminal

line; cilia brownish white with a series of blackish spots. Hind

wing whitish suffused with brown, the cilia whiter except towards

apex; the underside white tinged with ochreous brown, the costal

area irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. S. Nieerta, Llesha (Humphrey), 19 type. Hap. 36 millim.

6756. Blenina squamifera.

Lophoptera squamifera, Wilgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 171 (4860).

Acronycta lichenosa, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 100. f. 9 (1874).

Diphthera autumnalis, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 222 (1898).

Head and thorax white mixed with green ; tegule with black

band near tips; thorax with three slight black bands; palpi with

black spots at base of joints; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen

white tinged with brown and with slight pale segmental lines, the

crests white mixed with green and black. Fore wing white mixed

with blue-green and some black ; an oblique black striga from base

of costa; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to vein 1 above

which there isa small black spot beyond it ; antemedial line oblique,

wave; a small tuft of black scales towards end of cell and two

discoidal tufts; postmedial line black defined on onter side by

white, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, slightly meurved

at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, a deeper green line beyond it,

some black points on costa and a short black streak in submedian

fold ; subterminal line black, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved

at middle and dentate at veins 4, 3; a black patch at apex and

spot below vein 7 ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing

semihyaline white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown

narrowing to a point at vein 1.

BLENINA. ALT

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the medial and postmedial areas suffused

with fuscous.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with fuscous mixed throughout and with black

patch in submedian interspace beyond antemedial line.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 6; Bacuuananann,

L. N’gami (Lugard), 1 gd; Transvaat (CAolmley}, 3 9, Waterberg

(Zutrzencka), 1 2; Navat, Stanger (Delvin), 1 2, Estcourt (Huteh-

wnson), 1 2, Durban (Marley, Dalton), 3 9; Carn Cotony, Annshaw

(Miss F. Barrett), 1 g. Hp. 30-32 milim.

b. Antenne of male minutely ciliated.

a’. Hind wing orange.

a?, Hind wing with the basal area not suffused with

brown.

a. Hind wing without brown streaks on inner

area.

a4, Hind wing with the costal area not suffused

with brown.

a5, Fore wing short and broad, with a bright

green band beyond the postimedial line... ephestoides.

b°, Fore wing longer and narrower, without

green band beyond the postmedial line.

a’. Tecule with green scales inixed on basal

half,

ai. Fore wing without dark shade in discal

fold from postmedial line to termen. donans.

6’. Fore wing with faint dark shade in

discal fold from postmedial line to

(ROIEMTAEIN “Aoseuabdonoenascouodecdusee acl eae triphenopsis.

46. Tegule without green scales mixed ...... metachrysa.

(4, Hind wing with the costal area suffused with |

Won OWA aF Seisiatoson ain siarer eistiars ctereisalsieistelays/eiscrer elseseriereoar quadripuncta,

63, Hind wing with brown streaks on inner area... amabilis.

i2, Hind wing with the basal area suffused with

WoO WN sya eise anc acemmcticcnbeeos we crepiemucenireamseseice acciptens.

}1, Hind wing fulvous brown, the apical area suffused

aWWAMal OEE) eine poonesenssoqodnad asada sossanarosnAcacusaccrenee viridata.

e. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown ......... pulon.

6757. Blenina ephesioides. (Plate CLXXXY. fig. 14.)

Blenina ephesioides, Pag. Jahrb. Nass. Ver. xxxix. p. 156, pl. x. f. 4 (1886).

Blenina brachyptera, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 544 (1905).

@. Head and tegule green; palpi banded with black; tegule

edged with dark brown; thorax reddish brown; pectus yellowish ;

legs yellowish and brown, the fore and mid tibie with green

patches; abdomen red-brown, the ventral surface yellowish except

towards extremity. Fore wing short and broad, the apex and

termen rounded; reddish brown; basal area suffused with green

except towards inner margin; a double diffused black subbasal line

from costa {o vein 1 with some whitish on its outer edge;

antemedial line black defined by green on inner side, oblique from

costa to median neryure, then excurved and angled inwards on

VOL. XI. 25

418 NOCTUID®.

vein 1, with slight green streaks on subcostal and median nervures

from it to postmedial line; aslight discoidal dark point; postmedial

line black defined by green on outer side, obliquely excurved and

minutely waved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and with some

white beyond the green near inner margin; a slight minutely

waved green sabterminal line, slightly excurved below vein 7,

oblique and whitish from vein 2 to tornus; termen suffused with

fuscous. Hind wing orange-yellow with terminal black-brown

band, wide at costa, narrowing to vein 2 and expanding towards

tornus, some yellowish points on termen between veins 5 and 3;

cilia with a fine yellowish line at base except towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing fuscous, yellow at base.

Hab. Aru Is.; New Guinea, Humboldt Bay (Doherty), 12 type

brachyptera. Hap. 32 millim.

6758. Blenina donans.

Blenina donans, Wik. xiii. 1215 (1857); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 129,

pl. 160. f. 2; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 377.

Amphipyra laportei, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 140. f. 28 (1874).

Blenina grisea, Moore, P.Z.8. 1877, p. 607, pl. 60. f. 1.

Llenina pannosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 157, pl. 5. f. 4 (1882).

Head and thorax white mixed with pale brown, the vertex of

head, base of tegule and shoulders with some green; palpi with

some black at base of srd joint in front; abdomen orange-

yellow, the crests white mixed with brown, the anal tuft

whitish, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing white

mixed with pale red-brown, the costal area slightly tinged

Fig. 156.—Blenina donans, g. }.

with green; a curved dark striga at base of costal area ; subbasal

line indistinct, dark, excurved below costa, then waved and ending

at submedian fold; a black point in middle of cell; medial line

indistinct, blackish, sinuons; a slight black discoidal striga with

streak beyond it in discal fold to postmedial line, which is bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved at discal

foid and below vein 4, angled outwards at vein 1 ; subterminal line

brown defined on outer side by whitish, minutely dentate, angled

outwards below vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia with a series

BLENINA. 419

of blackish points at base. Hind wing orange-yellow, the terminal

area fuscous black, narrowing to a point at tornus; cilia brown

towards apex, white at middle and yellow towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing yellow, the inner area whitish, the terminal

half fuscous.

Ab 1. grisea. Fore wing with quadrate black spot above vein 1

between medial and postmedial lines.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with oblique black streak from discoidal striga

to termen at submedian fold.

Ab. 3. Similar but fore wing suffused with violaceous grey to the

oblique streak except at costa.

Ab. 4. pannosa. Fore wing greener with some olive-brown before

postmedial line on costal area, the terminal half of inner area olive-

brown.

Hab. Buneat, Calcutta; Travancore, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 1 3,

Trevandrum (Fergusson), 1 3 ; Ceyion (Templeton, Lindesay), 3 9

type, Kandy (Green), 1 9 ; Anpvamans, 1 ¢ type grisea; Java

(Horsfield), 1 9; Ampotna. Hap. 38-44 millim.

6759. Blenina triphenopsis. (Plate CLXNXXY. fig. 15.)

Blenina triphenopsis, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 545 (1905).

3. Head and thorax greenish grey mixed with black, palpi

with black points at base of third joint; tips of tegule and upper

edge of patagia sometimes black; tarsi banded with fuscous ;

abdomen orange-yellow, tinged with brown at extremity, the crests

at base greenish grey. Fore wing with the termen slightly oblique

towards tornus; greenish white irrorated with brown and black,

with more or less prominent black suffusion between medial and

postmedial lines from costa to lower angle of cell and sometimes

with diffused black fascia on inner margin from near base to

subterminal line; traces of a waved line close to base from costa to

submedian fold; an irregularly waved antemedial line bent out-

wards below costa, then oblique, ending at vein 1; medial line

minutely waved, oblique from costa to median nervure; a black

point sometimes present in cell; a slight white discoidal lunule

with slight black streaks from its lower extremity to the postmedial

line, which is minutely dentate, oblique from costa to vein 7,

angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved, with traces of a minutely

dentate line beyond it from costa to vein 4; a minutely dentate

subterminal line, angled outwards at vein 6, excurved at middle

and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, where there are

blackish patches beyond it; cilia white, brownish towards apex,

with a fine waved line through them. Hind wing orange-yellow

with black terminal band, broad at apex, narrowing to a point

before tornus ; cilia orange, tinged with fuscous at apex and at the

angle at vein 2. Underside orange ; fore wing with the terminal

half blackish except on inner area, a black striga from costa above

490 NOCTUID.

end of cell with yellow spot beyond it; hind wiug with black

striga from costa above end of cell, and terminal band as above.

Hab. Stngavorn (Ridley, Wood-Jones), 3 $, 12 type; New

Guinea (Mathew), 1 3. Hap, 42-45 millim.

6760. Blenina metachrysa. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 16.)

Blenina metachrysa, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 89 (1902).

3. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; tegule with

slight dark medial line; pectus and legs ochreous white, the tarsi

banded with fuscous; abdomen orange-yellow, the crests and

extremity white and brown, the ventral surface yellowish white

except at extremity. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with

brown ; subbasal line represented by a curved dark striga from

costa; an elongate antemedial black patch on inner margin;

antemedial line slight, oblique, sinuous; a small black discoidal

spot; pestmedial line slight, bent outwards below costa, angled

inwards at discal fold, incurved and waved below vein 4, a wedge-

shaped black patch from it to termen in submedian interspace and

slight dark marks on costa; subterminal line dark, punctiform,

angled slightly outwards helow vein 7 and excurved at middle;

cilia brown and white. Hind wing orange-yellow ; a fuscous black

terminal band, broad at costa and narrowing to a point at vein 1 ;

cilia brown towards apex, white at middle and yellow towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing yellow to middle of costa and tornus, the

apical area brown with sinuous inner edge; hind wing with the

costal area whitish with brown postmedial point on it.

©. Head, thorax, abdominal crests, and fore wing with black

mixed, the last without antemedial black patch on inner margin or

patch beyond postmedial line, two slight black streaks from lower

part of discoidal spot to beyond postmedial line.

Hab, Quprnstanp, Rockhampton, 1 ¢, Townsville (Dodd), 1 9.

Exp. 38 millim.

*6761. Blenina quadripuncta. (Plate CLX XXV. fig. 17.)

Blenina quadripuncta, Hmpsn. Ann. 8, Afr. Mus. ii. p. 310 (1902). -

©. Head and thorax white tinged with green and irrorated with

brown; mid femora and hind legs pale yellow; abdomen yellow,

dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing white, the basal and costal

areas Irrorated with green and black, the antemedial area with

brown scales; a waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold; an interrupted waved antemedial line, strongly bent outwards

to inner margin; a small black tuft in middle of cell and three on

discocellulars; four blackish strize on medial part of costa; the

terminal area dark brown, with some brown irroration before it

and traces of a waved white subterminal line; a terminal series of

dark points; cilia with some white below middle. Hind wing

yellow, the costal area tinged with brown; a brown terminal band

BLENINA, 421

with sinuous inner edge; cilia yellow except at apex. Underside

yellow; fore wing suffused with brown except basal, costal, and

inner areas; hind wing with brown terminal band.

Hab. Mozampraur, Delagoa Bay, type t 2 in Coll. Druce. xp.

38 millim,

6762. Blenina amabilis. (Plate CLXXXY. fig. 18.)

Labanda amabilis, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 47 (1903).

@. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with green; palpi

ochreous and brown; pectus and legs ochreous, the latter with some

brown patches above; abdomen fulvous, the extremity brown, the

ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing grass-green thickly irrorated

with black; dentate subbasal and antemedial black lines with

diffused black between them; a small black discoidal spot; an

irregularly dentate postmedial«line bent outwards between veins 6

and 4 and angled outwards at vein 1; a narrow waved subterminal

band, angled inwards and interrupted at discal fold, bent inwards

and interrupted at vein 3, then oblique to tornus; a fine terminal

line slightly dentate at the veins; cilia black. Hind wing orange-

fulvous; some diffused fuscous on basal half of inner area; a

diffused fuscous terminal band widest towards apex ; cilia blackish.

Hab, Qunrnstanp, Mackay, type t 2 in Coll. Lower. yp,

38 millim,

6763. Blenina accipiens.

Blenina accipiens, Wik. xiii. 1215 (1857); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iti. p. 129,

pl. 160. f. 3; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 378,

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown, the palpi, vertex

of head, base of tegule and shoulders with some green ; pectus

white; tarsi banded with black; abdomen yellow suffused with

red-brown, the crests grey and brown, the ventral surface ochreous

white. Fore wing white irrorated with brown, the costal area

with some green; an oblique blackish striga from base of costa ;

subbasal line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold; a

black point in middle of cell; an oblique sinuous medial line; a

black discoidal striga; postmedial line indistinct, obliquely bent

outwards below costa, slightly angled inwards at discal fold,

incurved below vein 4 and excurved at vein 1; subterminal line

black-brown, maculate, defined on outer side by white, angled

outwards below vein 7 and inwards at discal fold, excurved at

middie; a terminal series of slight black points; cilia brown and

white with a dark line through them. Hind wing brown with

rather diffused sinuous postmedial band from vein 7 to inner

margin; some slight yellow lunules on medial part of termen ; cilia

yellow, brown towards apex. Underside yellow; fore wing with

diffused brown band from middle of costa to below end of cell

499 NOCTUIDAE,

where it is conjoined to the broad terminal brown area; hind wing

with curved medial band from costa to below the cell and terminal

band.

Ab. 1 Fore wing with the area between antemedial and medial

lines suffused with white, also the inner area to postmedial line,

an oblique black bar from the discoidal striga to vein 2.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the area between the antemedial and

medial lines suffused with white with a broad black shade

beyond it.

Hab. “° N. Innis,” 1 9's BomBay, (Witham), 1 OCurron

(Templeton, Lindesuy, Bury), 1 3, 4 2, Trincomali (Meace-

Waldo), 1 9; ? Ausrratia (Hunter), 1 g, 3 Q type. Hap. 34-

40 millim.

*6764. Blenina viridata. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 19.)

Bienina viridata, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 228 (1906).

Head and thorax brown mixed with green and white; pectus

and legs white, the fore and mid tibize with green and blackish

markings, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen tulvous brown with

the crests green and black, the ventral surface white at base. Fore

wing with the basal area sap-green mixed with white, the rest of

wing pale brownish irrorated with black and with diffused blackish

and green bands on medial and postmedial areas; subbasal line

represented by black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line

black, oblique, sinuous, double towards inner margin; a slight

blackish discoidal striga ; postmedial line black defined on outer

side by pale brownish, waved, slightly excurved from below costa

to vein 4; a lunulate black subterminal line defined on outer side

by white marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent

outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black points defined on

inner side by a slight white line towards tornus, and a series of

small blackish spots on the cilia. Hind wing fulvous brown, the

apical area broadly suffused with black narrowing to a point at

submedian fold; cilia whitish at tips.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Aroa R., Ekeikei (Pratt), type T ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Mt. Kebea, Avp. 34 millim.

6765. Blenina puloa. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 20.)

Blenina puloa, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (7) viii. p. 150 (1901)

Head and thorax grass-green mixed with white; palpi white

irrorated and ringed with fuscous; pectus and legs white, the tibiz

irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen

whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing white suffused and

irrorated with grass-green; a series of small blackish spots on

costa; an oblique sinuous blackish medial line with diffused fascia

from it to postmedial line above vein 1 ; postmedial line indistinctly

double, green, the inner line blackish towards costa and below

BLENINA.—GRYPOSOBA. 423

vein 2, bent outwards below costa, then slightly waved, incurved at

discal fold and below vein 4 and bent outwards to inner margin ;

subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by green and with

blackish spot at tornus, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

terminal series of black points; cilia white with a series of brown

spots. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown, the cilia

with fine white line at base and whitish tips; the underside

brownish white, the terminal area fuscous from apex to submedian

fold.

Hab. Puitrppines, Luzon, 1 $ type; Puro Laur (Doherty),

1 2; Taraur (Doherty), 1 g. Hxp. 24-30 millim.

Genus GRYPOSOBA, nov.

Type, G. catagrapha.

Proboscis rather small; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to vertex of head and rather broadly scaled in front and behind, the 3rd

short; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round; antenne of

male ciliated, the basal joint with tuft of hair in front; thorax clothed with

scales and hair mixed, the prothorax with crest, the metathorax with very long

crest projecting backwards; fore tibize fringed with hair on outer side, the mid

tibiz moderately frmged with hair, the hind tibiz smoothly scaled; abdomen

with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

termen excised above tornus where there is a scale-tooth, not crenulate ; veins

3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form a long narrow areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3

from just before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

6766. Gryposoba catagrapha.

-Cymatophoropsis catagrapha, Turner, Trans. Roy. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii.

p- 7 (1903).

Thyatira dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xi. p. 381, pl. v. f. 43 (1994).

3. Head and thorax dark brown; tegule and patagia edged by

a few white scales; pectus and femora white ; abdomen ochreous

white, the dorsal crests dark brown. Fore wing red-brown with

pale yellow patch at base emitting a streak on median nervure and

Fig. 157.—Gryposoba catagrapha, 3. +.

a forked streak below the cell; traces of an antemedial line oblique

from costa to median nervure where it is acutely angled, then

inwardly oblique; a point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line

oblique and indistinct from costa to vein 6. then double, dentate on

veins 6 and 5, then obliquely incurved and expanding into a

triangular patch on inner margin; a large pale yellow patch on

AD4 NOCTUIDE.

costal area extending from just before postmedial line to apex ;

traces of a dentate subterminal line and a prominent striga above

tornus ; cilia intersected by fine yellow streaks and with a yellow

patch above tornus. Hind wing white, the terminal area broadly

fuscous from costa to vein 2; cilia pale yellow.

Hab. Durex N. Guineas, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 ¢; Br. N. Guinea,

Dinawa (Pratt), type 7 3S dinawa, in Coll. Bethune-Baker ;

QuEENSLAND, Cairns, type fT ¢ in Coll. Turner, Kuranda (Dodd), 3 3 .-

Kep. 32 millim.

Genus RISOBA.

Type.

TRUSOLCA, NiTOYONRe), 1B, 746 So MSI jos BS. soonoccacconsanpavcadacocooosne: TEPUgNaNs.

Jeera, Moxoyre., NOS, ANOS joe EE (ISISP) scocasgaavbeacecnocosanonac variegata.

Lycoselene, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xv. p. 87 (1888) ......... lunata.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd inoderate, porrect ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round ; antenne as long as fore wing, in male with fascicles of long

cilia to three-fourths length; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed; the

prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibie fringed

with rather long hair; abdomen Jong in male, with minute dorsal crests on

medial segments, the anal tuft forked. 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 a

long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from just before angle of

cell; 5 fully developed !rom just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anas-

tomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with rufous apical patch.

a. Fore wing green, the orbicuiar a small rufous spot......... spherophora.

b. Fore wing grey, the orbiculara dark point ...............665 repugnans.

B. Fore wing without rufous apical patch.

a. Fore wing yellow with grey patches defined by brown on

terminal] area above and below middle ..................... flavipennis.

b. Fore wing without grey patches defined by brown on

terminal area.

GPL, Noyes) Ways? ONE VOWION cogeadsosvocoaacsnosooseaseoconoanoa00C vitellina.

b'. Fore wing with the ground-colour olive-green.

a, Fore wing with oblique dark streak from apex ...... variegata.

b?, Kore wing with lunulate dark spot on terminal area

[DEIOWY EWES cosccoodendoapascccooosaocs0;anesvas9000us000000008 glauca.

c!, Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-green.

a*. Fore wing with the postmedial line double, black

rele i AMA WAMIMIE) Aoooenonscocqcq0nsoensHnoocHoKaDHoCRds Jucunda.

b?. Kore wing with the postmedial line single, black

aefined on inner side by white..................0..eeeeee diphtheroides.

d*, Fore wing with the ground-colour bright yellow-green. chlora.

e', Fore wing white suffused in parts with yellow-green.

saa. é

a, Fore wing with the basal and apical areas suffused

withibrichthyelllow-exeen erate teesseeetece ase eeee eee viridata.

67. Fore wing with the basal and sometimes the apical

area tinged with pale yellow-green..................... delicata.

J'. Fore wing whitish or grey suffused with brown.

a. Fore wing with white fascia on costal area ......... pratti.

b?. Fore wing without white fascia on costal area.

a. Fore wing with diffused white fascia below costa. dunata.

RISOBA. 425

63. Fore wing without white fascia below costa.

a‘, Kore wing with white fascia above median

TOL VUIRGH) aster etiecanee taeee cele tonne cs iau oaetienine diversipenms.

b+, Fore wing without white fzscia above median

nervure. Uv

a, Fore wing with series of black striz defined

on inner side by white lunules just before

termen.,

a, Kore wing with the oblique brown patch

from apex extending to postmedial line... basalis.

U8. Fore wing with the dark patch from apex

not extending beyond subterminal line.

a’. Fore wing with slight white streak on

middle of inner margin.

a’. Kore wing with dentate black mark on

terminal area between veins 7 and 6. cebea.

08, Kore wing with black streaks on veins

7, 6 on terminal aren..............2.66+- . olivens.

v7, Fore wing without white streak on middle

of inner margin.

a’, Fore wing olive-grey tinged in parts

Si7ills 6) SHOWS ne nsohesdannndbennséconoo0ebnNG literata.

U8. Fore wing whitish or grey suffused

with brown.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial costal

area tinged with green ............... avola.

0°. Fore wing with the postmedial

costal area not tinged with green.

a, Fore wing with the orbicular

Do sembie seenete acer ecen cease ne: prominens.

6, Fore wing with the orbicular a

black point.

a, Kore wing with the postmedial

and terminal areas evenly

suffused with reddish brown... grisea.

ou, Fore wing with the postmedial

and terminal areas more varie-

gated with brown and whitish. obstructa.

6°, Fore wing with series of black points just

before termen.

a®. Fore wing with double antemedial line... diplogramma.

+°. Fore wing without antemedial line ......... sticticruspis.

*6767. Risoba sphzerophora. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 21.)

Risoba spherophora, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 472.

Thyatira ekeikei, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xi. p. 382, pl. iv. f. 31 (1904).

@. Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with

rufous ; tegule fuscous at base and tips; fore legs and mid tibie

and tarsi in front suffused with fuscous; abdomen white, tinged

with ochreous and irrorated with brown on terminal half, the 2nd

and 3rd segments fuscous at sides. Fore wing very pale yellow-

green irrorated with black, the base yellowish white tinged with

rufous and edged by an obliquely curved black line; traces of an

oblique minutely dentate black antemedial line from costa to

median nervure; orbicular a small rufous spot ; reniform irregularly

rounded, ochreous white tinged with rufous and defined by black ;

426 NOCLUID.Z.

a semicircular white patch tinged with rufous and defined by

black on middle of inner margin; a lunulate postmedial patch from

costa to discal fold, white defined by black on inner side, pale rufous

at middle and deep rufous defined by white on outer side, followed

by a quadrate greenish ochreous apical patch, the black postmedial

line arising from it, crenulate, oblique below vein 4, with quadrate

rufous patch beyond it at tornus; a terminal series of black points

from the apical to the tornal patch ; cilia greenish mixed with rufous.

Hind wing ochreous, the terminal area fuscous except at apex, leaving

some dentate ochreous marks on termen from vein 2 to tornus; a

fine waved brown terminal line slightly defined by whitish on inner

side; cilia pale rufous slightly mixed with brown; the underside

ochreous, the costal area irrorated with brown, a small blackish

discoidal spot, a broad fuscous subterminal band leaving some

ochreous on termen expanding into a rounded patch at apex and

not quite reaching tornus.

Hab. Br. N. Guryna, Mt. Obree, Ekeikei (Pratt), type t Q eketker

in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Hap. 42 millim.

6768. Risoba repugnans.

Thyatira repugnans, Wik. ix. 9 (1856) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl.1i1. p. 1, pl. 144.

f. 1; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 398.

©. Head and thorax white mixed with some ochreous brown ;

antennee brown; abdomen white, the 3rd and 4th segments with

subdorsal fuscous brown patches, the terminal segments tinged with

ochreous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing greenish grey

thickly irrorated with red-brown ; a white basal patch slightly

tinged with rufous and defined by an obliquely curved dark line

with some red-brown suffusion beyond it; a red-brown point in

middle of cell; a round white discoidal spot defined by brown and

with rufous suffusion in centre; postmedial line dark, incurved and

defining the inner edge of the apical patch from just below costa to

discal fold, then obsolescent, oblique and minutely dentate to vein 1,

then defining the inner edge of a white and rufous spot on inner

margin; a larger apical rufous patch with whitish inner edge

extending to the postmedial line and to discal fold; subterminal

line whitish, incurved from costa to discal fold, then excurved and

waved, a rufous patch beyond it at tornus; a terminal series of

small dark brown lunules slightly defined on inner side by whitish.

Hind wing whitish, the inner area tinged with brown, the terminal

area broadly brown; a terminal series of brown striz slightly

defined on inner side by whitish; cilia whitish; the underside

whitish, the costal area irrcrated with brown, a brown discoidal

spot, a broad subterminal band of brown suffusion and terminal

series of small lunules.

Hab. Punsaw (James), 1 2 type; Bomsay, Ratnagiri (Jayaker),

1 2; Maoras, Nilgiris, 1 9 , Coimbatore ( Walhouse), 1 9 ; Cryton

(Templeton), 1 9, W. Haputale (Mackwood), 1 2 ; Puitippines,

Luzon, Mindoro, Cebu. vp. 36-40 millim.

RISOBA. 497

6769. Risoba flavipennis. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 22.)

Risoba flavipennis, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 804; id. Moths Ind

Iv. p. 529.

©. Head white, the palpi and frons thickly irrorated with brown,

the antennze brown; thorax bright yellow with a few dark scales,

the upper edge of patagia white, the metathorax mostly white ;

pectus and legs white tinged with brown ; abdomen white, the base

of dorsum and ventral surface tinged with yellow. Fore wing

orange-yellow irrorated with a few black scales; the costa whitish

with the costal edge dark; the base whitish ; a diffused whitish

subbasal line bent inwards below the cell to the white at base; a

point of raised blackish scales at middle of cell and two at the

angles; a white medial line excurved from costa to vein 4 beyond

the cell, then bent inwards to before origin of.vein 2 and erect to

inner Margin; postmedial line white with slight black points on its

inner edge, excurved from costa to submedian fold, then oblique ;

grey-white patches thickly irrorated with dark-brown and edged

with dark-brown on termen between veins 7 and 4 and 2 and 1;

a series of black points just before termen; cilia whitish with

blackish tips. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area

suffused with brown from just below apex to vein 1; a series of

blackish points just before termen; the underside yellowish white,

the costal area with slight dark irroration, a series of small black

lunules just before termen from apex to vein 2.

Palpi with the 3rd joint rather long and upturned; fore wing

with the areole short with vein 7 from beyond it.

Hab. Buutdn (Dudgeon), 1 Q type. Lvp. 40 millim.

6770. Risoba vitellina.

Pitrasa vitellina, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 94, pl. 4. f. 3 (1882) ; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 399.

Q. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; pectus yellowish

white; abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing olive-yellow,

the costa white irrorated with brown; a whitish patch at base of

inner margin edged above by a dark streak ; a subbasal dark point

in cell; an antemedial series of dark points on the costa and veins;

the median nervure and veins just beyond angle of cell whitish with

a slight dark streak at lower angle of cell; a dark discoidal point

and two slight striz from medial part of costa; an oblique postmedial

series of blackish and white points on the veins; an oblique dark

streak from apex, a subterminal mark above vein 6 and line between

veins 5 and 2; the termen suffused with brown and grey with a

series of black striz defined on inner side by white just before

termen ; a fine black terminal line; cilia brown with fine white lines

at base and near tips. Hind wingsemihyaline white ; a slight brown

discoidal lunule; the terminal area suffused with brown from just

below apex to vein 2 ; the underside with brown discoidal lunule, the

costal and terminai areas irrorated with brown, a diffused brown

subterminal band.

Hab, Sixum (Lidderdale), 2 9. Exp. 42 millim.

4283 NOCTUIDM.

6771. Risoba variegaia.

Pitrasa variegata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 94, pl. 4. f. 2 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 399.

3. Head and thorax dark-brown mixed with grey-white; pectus

ochreous yellow ; abdomen grey-white mixed with brown, the

three segments before the anal segment rufous above and below,

the ventral surface white at base. J*ore wing olive-green, the

costa brown mixed with white; the base of inner area whitish

defined above by an oblique black streak with diffused brown streak

beyond it above vein 1; reniform slightly defined by dark brown

and with brown spot in centre; two slight brown striz from medial

part of costa; postmedial line dark brown, reduced to points

towards costa, oblique, incurved beyond lower angle of cell and

Fig. 158.—Itsoba variegatu, 3. }-

again slightly excurved at vein 1; an oblique sinuous brown streak

from apex to vein 6 followed by some brown suffusion on outer

edge of the postmedial line to vein 2, and a slight subterminal

series of white points on the veins; a series of black strie just

before termen defined on inner side by white and with some white

irroration beyond them towards apex, a fine dark terminal line and

white line at base of cilia, which are brown tinged with grey.

Hind wing semihyaline white, the inner area tinged with brown,

the terminal area brown; a small brown discoidal spot; the

underside with blackish discoidal lunule, the costal area slightly

irrorated with brown, a rather diffused brown subterminal band.

Hab. Sucuim (Pilcher), 1 g. Hxp. 38 millim.

6772. Risoba glauca, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 23.)

@. Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale olive-green and

brown; pectus and legs ochreous; abdomen white tinged with

greenish and brown; subdorsal series of slight blackish marks

meeting on dorsum at base, the ventral surface ochreous suffused

with brown towards extremity. Fore wing whitish tinged with

pale olive-green, irrorated and in parts suffused with brown; an

oblique white fascia from base of costa to inner margin at vein L,

crossed by the sinuous black subbasal line which is bent inwards

RISOBA. 429

to base at vein 1; antemedial line blackish, oblique, dentate;

orbicular represented by a small blackish spot; the reniform with

its centre defined by blackish and its lower part filled in with

brown, with slight pale annulus defined by a few dark scales; an

indistinct sinuous medial line, oblique from costa to just below the

cell; postmedial line defined on each side by whitish, with oblique

dark striga from costa, strongly bent outwards and obsolescent below

costa, then oblique and represented by a series of minute dentate

blackish marks on the veins, the area bevond it suffused with dark

brown between veins 6 and 1 and with minute black streaks on the

costa ; subterminal line white defined on inner side by black-brown,

dentate, slightly angled outwards at vein 6 and excurved at middle ;

a series of blackish strize defined on inner side by white just before

termen with a black-brown spot before the striga above vein 6;

cilia chequered brown and whitish. Hind wing ochreous white

tinged with brown, the terminal area broadly suffused with brown ;

a terminal series of small dark spots defined by a slight waved

whitish line; cilia chequered brown and whitish; the underside

with dark discoidal spot and broad diffused subterminal band.

Hab. Bornuo, 1 2 type. Hep. 40 millim.

6773. Risoba jucunda. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 24.)

Diphthera jucunda, Wk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 178 (1862) ; Swinh.

Cat. Mus, Oxon. ii. p. 50, pl. i. f. 4.

Q. Head and thorax white mixed with greenish blue; palpi

with slight black marks on 1st and 2nd joints; frons and vertex of

head with black bars; antenne ringed with black; tegule edged

with black, the patagia with oblique black bars at middle and tips,

the metathorax with black mixed; pectus and legs ochreous white

and brown, the fore coxse with grey hair, the mid tibie suffused

with black ; abdomen white tinged with ochreous at base, dorsally

suffused with brown and black except the anal segments and with

slight black segmenta] lines, the ventral surface suffused with

blackish. Fore wing greenish blue with white irroration and

suffusion in parts; a white patch at base defined by black and with

the sinuous black subbasal line just beyond it from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line black defined on inner side by

white, dentate, angled outwards in submedian fold; a small black

spot at middle of cell, connected by a slight streak with the

antemedial line and touching the medial black line, which is sinuous

from costa to lower edge of reniform, which is white with black spot

» in centre from the lower edge of which arises a convoluted black line

defining the reniform ; from the upper edge of reniform arises a black

line angled outwards beyond upper angle of cell, then minutely

dentate, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and joining the

postmedial line at inner margin ; postmedial line black defined on

each side by white, strongly angled outwards below costa, dentate

below vein 5 and incurved below vein 4, the costa beyond it with

430 NOCTUID &,

alternating black and white streaks; subterminal line white defined

on inner side by black, dentate, incurved below costa, angled outwards

at vein 7 and excurved at middle, an oblique black mark beyond it

from termen just below apex ; a series of black striee defined on inner

side by white just before termen ; cilia chequered black and white.

Hind wing pale ochreous, the cell, costal area and terminal area

broadly suffused with fuscous; slight sinuous medial and post-

medial series of dark points on the veins and traces of a subterminal

line with ochreous marks on its outer edge below vein 2 and at

vein 1; a terminal series of small black spots defined by a slight

waved white line; cilia chequered black and white; the underside

with blackish discoidal spot, diffused medial line excurved beyond

the cell, and some greenish blue on costa beyond middle.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace), type tT in Mus. Oxon., Sandakan

(Pryer), 1 2. Hep. 38 millim.,

6774. Risoba diphtheroides. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 25.)

Risoba diphtheroides, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 453 (1897).

3. Head and thorax pale blue-green with a few brown scales ;

palpi mostly black towards extremity and with some white in front

at base; frons with lateral black spots; antenne blackish ; pectus

and legs ochreous mixed with fuscous, the fore tarsi black ringed

with white; abdomen whitish, the $rd to 6th segments suffused

with brown, the anal segment pale blue-green, the ventral surface

ochreous irrorated with black. Fore wing pale blue-green suffused

in parts with white and pale brown; the basal area tinged with

brown and irrorated with black, witha wedge-shaped silvery white

mark below the cell; subbasal line slight, black, from costa to

median nervure; antemedial line black, slightly waved towards:

costa and strongly excurved below the cell ; medial area mostly pale

brown from costa to submedian fold; orbicular with slight white

annulus and brown point in centre ; reniform defined by black and

with black points in centre, elliptical; a black striga from middle

of costa; postmedial line black, with oblique bar from costa to

reniform, bent outwards below costa, then defined on inner side by

white, waved, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly below

vein 4, the costa beyond it with white points with black streaks

between them ; subterminal line strong, black defined on inner side

by white suffusion, angled inwards at discal fold, excurved and

slightly waved at middle, incurved below vein 3 and again excurved

at vein 1, some brown suffusion beyond it and an oblique black patch

below apex ; a terminal series of black strize with white marks before

them; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish almost

entirely suffused with fuscous; a fine black terminal line; cilia with

slight white spots ; the underside brownish white, the terminal area

broadly suffused with black, a small black discoidal lunule and

postmedial bar from costa.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Exp. 30 millim.

RISOBA. 431

6775. Risoba chlora, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 26.)

9. Head and thorax yellow-green, the latter with a few black

scales, the patagia with a black spot near outer edge; pectus and

legs ochreous, the fore legs with the tibie green, the tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen green with slight fuscous subbasal

streaks on basal segments and dorsal and subdorsal points on

terminal segments, the ventral surface ochreous white suffused with

black towards extremity. Fore wing yellow-green; a brown

subbasal patch on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, sinuous,

with brown patch at costa and diffused fascia from it to medial line

in submedian fold; medial line indistinct, blackish, oblique from

costa to below the cell; reniform rather diffused, brown slightly

defined by black; postmedial line indistinctly double, oblique,

minutely dentate, the area between it and subterminal line purplish

brown between veins 6 and 1; subterminal line white defined on

inner side by dark-brown, irregularly waved; a series of black

strie defined on inner side by white just before termen, with a

brown spot before them below vein 7; cilia grey and blackish.

Hind wing pale ochreous, the terminal area broadly fuscous; a

slight waved white line just before termen; cilia ochreous; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal

spot, broad diffused subterminal band and terminal series of lunules

defined on inner side by a waved white line.

Hab. Stncavore (fidley), 1 2 type. LHxp. 40 millim.

6776. Risoba viridata. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 27.)

Risoba viridata, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 283 (1906).

3. Head pale apple-green ; palpi red-brown mixed with white,

the 2nd joint with oblique dark streak above at middle; lower part

of frons white; a small blackish spot between antennz which are

brown except at base; tegule red-brown mixed with grey, a black

line at base followed by a green band; thorax red-brown with

apple-green patches on patagia and mesothorax and some black

aes on edges of former; pectus and legs whitish mixed with red-

brown, the tibiz with green patches, the tarsi brown ringed with

white ; abdomen white mixed with red-brown except on terminal

segments which are suffused with pale green, the ventral surface

white at base, dark brown towards extremity before which there is

a green band. Fore wing white irrorated with brown and suffused

with bright apple-green in parts, especially on basal area, from end

of cell to apex and on inner area beyond postmedial line, a diffused

oblique white band beyond the antemedial line; subbasal line

represented by a black striga from costa bent inwards at lower

extremity ; some blackish marks before the dentate black antemedial

line, which is angled outwards below cell; claviform and orbicular.

absent ; reniform pale green slightly defined by blackish, oblique

elliptical ; traces of a waved medial line, brown on costal area, then

432 NOCTUID.®.

green and ending on vein 1 ; postmedial line blackish, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then oblique and minutely dentate, incurved

in submedian interspace, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line brown, minutely dentate, incurved below costa,

excuryed at middle, then oblique; a series of black striz just before

termen, slightly defined by white on inner side. Hind wing white

with broad fuscous brown terminal band; a fine white line just before

termen from apex to submedian fold; cilia white mixed with some

brown; the underside with the costal area tinged with brown, a

black discoidal spot and broad black terminal band leaving a pale

green lunulate line on termen.

Hab. Durcu N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 2 3 ; Br. New Gornaa,

Dinawa (Pratt), type + 3 in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Hap. 36-40

millim.

6777. Risoba delicata. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 28.)

Risoba delicata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 235 (1906).

6. Head and thorax white mixed with some pale yellow-green

and brown ; palpi brown at sides; tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen white mixed with brown, the basa] and some of the medial

segments with slight black segmental lines, the ventral surface

suffused with brown towards extremity. Fore wing white irrorated

with brown and suffused in parts with pale yellow-green ; a subbasal

black striga from costa; antemedial line slight, dark defined on

inner side by white, minutely waved, angled outwards just below

the cell; orbicular a small green spot with very ill-defined white

annulus; reniform with green centre and white annulus partly

defined by black, elliptical; an indistinet sinuous medial line, dark

brown towards costa, then green; postmedial line slight, dark, bent

outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to black

points on the veins, incurved below vein +; subterminal line white

defined on inner side by black-brown, strongly from below costa to

discal fold and from vein 2 to inner margin, slightly at middle,

dentate below veins 9 and 7, excurved and minutely dentate at

middle, an oblique black-brown mark beyond it from apex ; a series

of black strize defined on inner side by white lunules just before

termen; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing white, the

veins tinged with brown, the terminal area brown ; aseries of slight

white lunules just before termen; cilia white and blackish; the

underside with black discoidal spot.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with oblique brown shade from costa near base

to inner margin beyond the antemedial line.

Hab. Durcn N. Guinra, Fak-fak (Pratt), 2 ¢ ; Br. N. Guinna,

Dinawa (Pratt), 5 3, Avola (Pratt), 1 §, Mt. Kebea (Pratt),

2 ¢. Ewp. 34 millim. Type ft in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

‘ RISOBA. 433

6778. Risoba pratti. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 29.)

Risoba pratti, Beth-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 235 (1906).

d. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white, the tegule

and patagia at base tinged with green; mid tibie dark-brown

towards base, the tarsi brownish ringed with white ; abdomen white

mixed with brown, the dorsum suffused with rufous towards base,

the crests on terminal segments blackish, the ventral surface rufous

mixed with blackish. Fore wing violaceous grey irrorated and

suffused with red-brown, the basal half of costa tinged with

yellow-green, the costal edge brown; an oblique rufous patch from

base of cell to inner margin, its outer edge white defined by an

irregularly waved black line; antemedial line very indistinct, pale,

oblique from costa to below cell where it is angled outwards with a

black point at extremity of the tooth, then incurved to the basal

patch ; a black-brown point in middle of cell ; reniform small, defined

by black-brown and with some white on its outer edge, its upper

extremity acute; some yellow-green at middle of inner margin ;

postmedial line strongly angled outwards below costa, then oblique

and defined on each side by white, the line fine and double with the

outer line greenish to vein 5, the costa beyond it with short dark

streaks; the white beyond the postmedial line defined by dark

brown on outer side from costa to discal fold, minutely dentate and

defined on outer side by white towards costa; an oblique dark

brown fascia from apex to postmedial line at discal fold traversed

by fine white streaks on the veins, with its outer edge dentate at vein

7 and with white suffusion below it ; aslight waved dark subterminal

line from vein 5 to inner margin, strongly excurved in submedian

interspace; a series of black-brown striew defined on inner side by

white and emitting short streaks to termen on costal half just before

termen ; cilia intersected with white towards apex. Hind wing white

tinged with brown, the costal area from middle and the terminal area

broadly brown; a dark discoidal spot ; a slight waved whitish line

just before termen; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with brown.

Hab. Br. N. Goutnna, Dinawa (Pratt), 6 g. Exp. 40 millim.:

Type Tf in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

6779. Risoba lunata. (Plate CLXXXY. fig. 30.)

Lycoselene lunata, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xv. p. 88, f. 19 (1888).

Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown mixed with white ;

pectus whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing dark-brown with a

slight olive tinge mixed with white; a diffused white fascia along

subcostal nervure, the outer part of medial area suffused with white

to vein 3, some white at middle of inner margin; an oblique

white patch at base from costa to vein 1; antemedial line .slight,

black, oblique towards costa, angled outwards in and below cell and

inwards on median nervure and vein 1; reniform defined by

blackish and produced to points on inner and outer sides; veins 7,

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434 NOCTUID®.

6, 5 streaked with blackish to the postmedial line, which is black,

strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, dentate ;

subterminal line black-brown defined on outer side by white,

indistinct on inner half. minutely dentate below costa, incurved and

strong between vein 8 and discal fold, then dentate, incurved below

vein 3 and again excurved above inner margin; an oblique black

fascia from apex to subtermiual line with some white suffasion

below it and black streaks on veins 7,6; a series of black striz

defined on inner side by slight white lunules just before termen ; a

fine black terminal line; cilia brown chequered with white on

apical half and with fine white line at base. Hind wing white

tinged with brown, the terminal area broadly fuscous brown ; cilia

white tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area suffused

with brown, a small dark discoidal lunule.

Hab. 8. Nigeria, Lagos, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 1 3,1 2, Ebute

Meta (Boag), 2 3, 6 92, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 g, Sapele

(Sampson), 1 $, Oshogbo (Sampson), 1 @, Ilesha (Humphrey),

1 3g. Hep. 32-36 millim.

6780. Risoba diversipennis. (Plate CLXXXYV. fig. 31.)

Heliothis diversipennis, Wik. xv. 1750 (1858); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 399.

Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown and some

black; palpi with the Ist joint black above; frons with lateral

black bars; tegule with brown dorsal patch and brown tips; mid

tibize streaked with black, the tarsi brown ringed with white;

abdomen white tinged with brown, the ventral surface irrorated

with brown. Fore wing violaceous grey suffused with red-brown

and slightly irrorated with black; a white streak along median

nervure, diffused above; a white patch from base of cell to inner

margin before middle slightly irrorated with brown and defined

on outer side by a slight black line; a brown point in middle of

cell; reniform reddish brown slightly defined by blackish and with

blackish point in centre, minute, elliptical; postmedial line strongly

angled outwards below costa, then indistinctly double, oblique,

reduced to points between veins 4 and 1, angled outwards and

filled in with white above inner margin, some white points with

minute black streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal

line white slightly defined on inner side by brown, incurved below

costa, angled outwards below vein, 7 and oblique below vein 4; an

oblique brown and blackish shade from apex and black streaks on

veins 7, 6 with white lunulate spots above them; a series of biack

strie defined by a crenulate white line just before termen. Hind

wing white slightly tinged with brown, the terminal area fuscous

brown, broad at costa, narrowing to tornus, a brown discoidal spot

and postmedial points on veins 5 to 2; cilia whitish tinged with

brown; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Punsas (James), 1 $,1 2 type; Burma, Moulmein

(Clerk), 1 9; Srrairs Serruements, Perak, Goping (Aiinstler),

1 9, Singapore (fidley), 6 $,7 2 ; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace),

24,19. Exp. 32-36 millim.

RISOBA. 435

6781. Risoba basalis. (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 32.)

Risoba, hasalis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 91 (1882); Hmpsu. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 399.

Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous and mixed with

red-brown and some black scales; mid tibie streaked with blackish ;

abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing whitish suffused

with red-brown and slightly irrorated with black scales, the medial

costal area and the middle of terminal area whiter ; a white patch

from base of costa to inner margin before middle with slight black

streak on it below the cell and some rufous suffusion on inner area, its

outer edge defined by a black line ; antemedial line blackish, oblique

and minutely waved to submedian fold, then incurved to the basal

patch ; reniform defined by brown and with brown centre, round ; an

oblique dark shade from beyond upper angle of cell through the reni-

form to inner margin; postmedial line indistinctly double, angled

inwards below costa, then outwards, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly

oblique and dentate, filled in with white at inner margin ; an oblique

red-brown shade from apex to postmedial line, a black streak on vein

6 and streaks on veins 7 and | on terminal area; some alternating

black and white striz on postmedial part of costa; subterminal line

whitish defined on inner side by slight dentate blackish marks at

middle, incurved below costa and bent inwards at vein 2; a series

of black strize defined on inner side by slight white lunules just

before termen. Hind wing white tinged with red-brown, the

terminal area broadly fuscous brown, a brownish discoidal spot ;

cilia whitish tinged with red-brown; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with brown. .

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the costa and inner margins tinged with

green.

Hab. Honexone (J. J. Walker), 1 3 ; Assam, Khiasis, 2 3,

2 92 type; Travancore, Pirmid (Mrs. Imray), 1 ¢ ; Cryton,

1 ¢ ; Singapore (Ridley), 1 2. Hxvp. 34-38 millim.

6782. Risoba cebea. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 1.)

Risoba kebea, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 233 (1906).

@. Head and thorax white mixed with some pale yellow-green,

brown and black; mid tibize streaked with black, the tarsi brown

ringed with white; abdomen white slightly tinged with brown, the

anal tuft faintly tinged with green. Fore wing white suffused

with brown, purplish fuscous and pale yellow-green ; a white patch

from base of costa to inner margin before middle, its outer edge

sinuous, a slight dark mark on it below the cell and some greenish

above inner margin; antemedial line slight, blackish, oblique and

dentate to submedian fold, then bent inwards to the basal patch, a

slight brownish spot at middle of cell; the reniform faintly defined,

pointed above, some white suffusion beyond it; a slight dark striga

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436 NOCTUID®.

from middle of costa; postmedial line strongly bent outwards below

costa, then indistinctly double, oblique and minutely dentate below

vein 4, defined on outer side by white towards inner margin, some

white points with blackish streaks between them beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line black-brown defined on outer side by white,

minutely dentate below costa, bent inwards and strong between

veins 8 and 5,its outer edge produced to a tooth below vein 6, bent

inwards at vein 2, then oblique to inner margin; an oblique dentate

black mark from termen just below apex with some white below

it ; a series of black stria defined on inner side by white lunules

just before termen; cilia with a waved blackish line at middle.

J1ind wing white, the veins and inner area faintly tinged with

brown, the terminal area broadly fuscous brown with a slight

waved white line just before termen; cilia white slightly mixed

with brown; the underside with the costal area irrorated with

brown, a black discoidal spot.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Owgarra (Meek), 1 9, Dinawa (Pratt),

1 9, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type T in Coll. Bethune-Baker. xp. 44

millim.

6783. Risoba olivens. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 2.)

Risoba olivens, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 234 (1906).

3. Head red-brown ; palpi with some grey at base and tips;

lower part of frons whitish ; tegule grey irrorated with red-brown,

with red-brown line at base and slight black tips; thorax white

mixed with red-brown and blackish; pectus white tinged with

brown; legs red-brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

red-brown mixed with greyish, with paired dorsal black bars on Ist

two segments and black crest on 4th segment, the ventral surface

with some white at base and on anal tuft. Fore wing red-brown

tinged with olive ; the basal area white to the very oblique minutely

waved subbasal line from costa to inner margin with diffused red-

brown patch on it on inner area, and followed by a white streak on

inner margin extending to postmedial line; antemedial line very

indistinct and oblique, minutely waved ; claviform and orbicular

absent ; reniform small, round, with red-brown centre and whitish

annulus defined by blackish; a slight dark striga from middle of

costa ; postmedial line dark brown slightly defined by whitish on

outer side, acutely angled inwards below costa, then strongly bent

outwards, then minutely dentate and incurved below vein 4; some

white suffusion on costal area from end of cell to subterminal line

with slight blackish streaks on costa; the subterminal line dark

brown with black-brown lunule on it below costa met by a diffused

oblique brown fascia from apex with white patch below it and

blackish streaks on the veins, the line minutely dentate, angled

outwards below vein 7 and at vein 4, then oblique; a series of black

stricee just before termen defined by white lunules on inner side;

cilia with some white at base on apical half and waved brown

RISOBA. 437

medial line. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the veins brown,

the terminal area broadly brown; cilia brown with pale line at base ;

the underside with the costal area suffused with brown and with

some white marks towards apex, a dark discoidal lunule and oblique

postmedial line from costa to vein 7.

Hab. Br. N. Guinua, Dinawa (Pratt), 3 $, Mt. Kebea (Pratt),

1 3, Aroa R. Hep. 36 millim. Type tT ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker.

6784. Risoba literata. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 3.)

Risoha literata, Moore, P.Z.S8. 1881, p. 329; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 399.

Heliothis albistriata, Pag. Jahrb. Nass. Ver. f. Nat. xli. p. 132 (1888) ;

id. Zoologica, xii. hft. 29, p. 71, pl. i. f. 20.

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with greyish ; the tegule

with dark brown patches, the patagia with white outer edge ;

pectus and legs yellowish white, the fore and mid tibiz brown in

front, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white with

subdorsal brown patches on 2nd to 4th segments, the three following

segments rufous, the anal segment white with V-shaped dorsal

brown mark and lateral streaks, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing olive-grey suffused and irrorated in parts with rufous; a

white patch at base with very oblique outer edge and slight rufous

marks on it below the cell and above inner margin ; faint traces of

an oblique dentate rufous antemedial line from costa to vein 1; a

dark brown point in middle of cell and rufous discoidal spot with

faint pale annulus; a narrow white postmedial band, strongly

angled outwards and slight below costa, then oblique, straight, con-

nected by a white fascia on inner margin with the basal patch,

some oblique white strize beyond it from costa; subterminal line

whitish, defined on inner side by dark brown, reduced to small

dentate marks at middle, excurved from below vein 7, a patch of

red-brown suffusion beyond it below apex; a terminal series of

minute dark lunules defined by a slight waved whitish line. Hind

wing yellowish white with some red-brown suffusion on basal area,

the terminal area broadly fuscous brown ; a terminal series of slight

dark spots defined by a whitish line; cilia yellowish white; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a brown dis-

coidal Junule.

Hab, Manras, Nilgiris, 1 ¢ type; Cxyton,’Puttalam (Pole), 1 3;

Ampoina; New Brirain. Hep, 36-38 millim.

6785. Risoba avola. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 4.)

Risoba avola, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 234 (1906).

3. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with white; mid

tibie black-brown except at extremity, the tarsi brown ringed with

438 NOCLUID A.

white; abdomen white suffused with rufous and with fuscous sub-

dorsal patches ou 2nd to 5th segments, the ventral surface dark

brown towards extremity. Fore wing violaceous grey suffused

with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown, some yellow-green

suffusion on costal area beyond middle and on terminal area above

middle and tornus; an oblique white patch with its outer edge

defined by a waved black line from base of costa to inner margin

before middle, a green patch near its extremity above inner

margin ; antemedial line blackish, dentate and oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then incurved to the basal patch; a slight dark

medial line, oblique to below the cell and slightly waved towards

costa; reniform greenish defined by dark brown and with dark

point in-centre, pointed above; postmedial line strongly angled

outwards and defined above by white below costa, then oblique,

minutely dentate and with white band on its inner side; a

small dark spot on costa before the subterminal line, which is

dark brown defined on outer side by white, minutely dentate

below costa, excurved beiow vein 7, angled inwards at discal

fold, excurved and minutely dentate at middle and incurved in sub-

median interspace; a black-brown patch at apex with its outer

edge dentate at veins 8 and 7 with white suffusion below it and a

dark streak on vein 6; a series of small black lunules defined on

inner side by white just before termen ; cilia white and brown with

a series of small black lunules at middle. Hind wing white tinged

with ochreous, the terminal area fuscous, narrowing to a point at

tornus and with its inner edge emitting short black streaks on the

veins; a fine waved white line just before termen ; cilia ochreous

white tinged with brown and with fuscous points towards apex ;

the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown and with

black discoidal spot.

©. Thorax with more white; fore wing with the postmedial line

more strongly dentate on inner half, the white before it confined to

a patch beyond the cell.

Hab. Br. N. Guinua, Dinawa (Pratt), 2 ¢, Mt. Kebea (Pratt),

1 $,12. ep. 32-40 millim. Type 7 in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

6786. Risoba prominens.

Risoba prominens, Moore, P.Z. 8. 1881, p. 329; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 399.

ean vialis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 91, pl. 4. f. 1 (1881).

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some white ; palpi

and frons greyish brown; tegule greyish brown irrorated with a

few red-brown scales and with dark tips ; patagia with white outer

edge; pectus whitish tinged with cupreous; fore and mid tibiz

black-brown, the tarsi brownish slightly ringed with white ; abdo-

men whitish irrorated with brown and tinged with rufous at base ;

subdorsal fuscous patches on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments with an

oblique while streak below them; the yentral surface ochreous

RISOBA. 439

white at base, black-brown towards extremity. Fore wing iron

brown tinged with grey, with some sap-green suffusion on medial

and postmedial areas and patches of white suffusion on costal area

before postmedial line and on terminal area below apex; a silvery

white patch from base of costa to inner margin before middle

with some blackish and green on it above inner margin ; antemedial

line dark, oblique and dentate to submedian fold, then incurved to

the basal patch ; reniform white defined by brown and with dark

point in centre, elliptical; postmedial line acutely angled outwards

below costa, then oblique, minutely dentate and defined on inucr

side by a white band; subterminal line black-brown defined on

outer side by white, minutely dentate below costa, strong and

incurved between veins 3 and 5, its outer edge emitting a tooth

below vein 6, then excurved, dentate, incurved in submedian inter-

space, some sap-green beyond it between veins 8 and 5 and black

streaks on veins 7, 6, some green also below vein 2; the apex

brown ; some black strize defined on inner side by white lunules

just before termen with slight dark streaks between them on the

extremities of the veins; cilia chequered white and black-brown

towards apex. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the veins

brown ; the terminal area broadly fuscous brown; cilia with a fine

whitish line at base; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with brown, an oblique striga from costa beyond middle, a black

discoidal lunule.

@. Fore wing with white suffusion on outer part of medial area

from costa to vein 2, but no white band before the postmedial line

which is more strongly dentate and angled inwards in submedian

fold.

Al. 1. Vertex of head, thorax and base of abdomen white

slightly tinged with rufous.

Ab. 2. Fore wing tinged with rufous instead of green and with

rufous marks beyond the subterminal line.

Hab. Loocuoo Is. (Pryer), 1 9; N. Catna,1 2; W.Cutna, Chang-

Yang (Pratt), 1 9; Srxuim (Moller), 1 9; Assam (Badgley), 4 3,

1 2, Khasis, 1 9; Burwa, N. Khyen Hills, Lotha Range ( Watson),

1 2; Srrarrs Serriements, Malacca, 1 ¢ type; Srnearore (Ltidley),

1$,42. Hep. 32-36 millim.

6787. Risoba grisea. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 5.)

Risoba grisea, Beth. Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 234 (1906).

3. Headand thorax red-brown, the tegule grey, red-brown at base

and tips, the patagia with whitish outer edge; pectus and legs

whitish tinged with rufous, the mid tibiz with dark streak, the

tarsi dark brown; abdomen grey suffused with red-brown. Fore

wing grey suffused with red-brown and slightly irrorated with

black ; a white basal patch tinged with rufous except at outer edge

which is defined by a minutely waved black line from base of costa

440 NOCTUID®.

to inner margin before middle; a slight oblique subbasal black

striga from costa; antemedial line indistinet, blackish, oblique and

dentate to submedian fold, then bent inwards to the basal patch ; a

black point in middle of cell; reniform defined by black and with

black point in centre, rounded; postmedial line strongly bent out-

wards below costa, then oblique, minutely dentate, defined on inner

side by a white band and slightly incurved between veins 4 and 1,

some white beyond it on costa; subterminal line blackish slightly

defined on outer side by white, minutely dentate below costa,

strong and oblique between veins 8 and 5 with a tooth on its outer

edge below vein 6, then excurved and minutely dentate and incurved

in submedian interspace ; an oblique black bar from apex and black

streaks on veins 7, 6; a series of black striz defined on inner side

by slight white lunules just before termen ; cilia with a series of

small blackish spots. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and

inner area tinged with rufous, the terminal area broadly fuscous ;

cilia whitish tinged with rufous; the underside with the costal

area tinged with brown.

©. Fore wing with some white suffusion beyond the cell but

without white band before the postmedial line, which is angled

outwards at vein | and inwards above inner margin.

Hab. Br. N. Guinua, Ekeikei (Pratt), 2 6,3 2. Exp. 26-30

millim.

6788. Risoba obstructa.

Risoba obstructa, Moore, P.Z.S8. 1881, p. 328; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 2,

pl. 144. ff. 2, 2¢, 6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 11. p. 398.

¢. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey and irrorated with

black ; palpi whitish in front ; frons with lateral black bars; tegule

black at tips; prothorax with black bar; pectus and legs whitish

tinged with brown, the hind tibize with black streak, the tarsi brown

ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with red-brown and

with black dorsal bar on 2nd segment. J ore wing whitish suffused

with brown and irrorated with black; a white patch from base of

costa to inner margin before middle defined by a slightly waved

black line and tinged with red-brown at extremity; a slight

oblique subbasal black striga from costa ; antemedial line slight,

blackish, oblique and waved to submedian fold, then bent inwards

to the basal patch; a black point in middle of cell; reniform

defined by black and wich black point in centre, round ; postmedial

line strongly angled cutwards below costa, then double, defined on

inner side by white suffusion extending into the cell and by a white

band towards inner margin, incurved below vein 4, some white

points beyond it on costa, subterminal line dark brown defined on

outer side by white, bent inwards and strong between veins 8 and

5, its outer edge produced to a tooth below vein 6, bent inwards at

vein 2; an oblique brown patch from apex and black streaks on

“

RISOBA. 44]

veins 7, 6; a series of black strive defined on inner side by slight

white lunules just before termen ; cilia with a waved blackish line

at middle. Hind wing white, the terminal area broadly fuscous

brown ; cilia whitish tinged with brown; the underside with the

costal area irrorated with brown.

@. Fore wing without the white band before postmedial line

on inner area, the line dentate above inner margin.

Hab. Br. E. Avrica, Samburu (Betton), 1 9; Punsas (Strachey),

1 2; Assam (Badgley), 1 9; Cunrrat Provinces, Raipur, 1 3;

Mapras; Horsleykonda (Campbell), 1 9; Cryton, 1 g,1 9 type;

Puitreprnes, Luzon, San Fernando (McGregor), 1 9; Java (LHors-

field), 1 9. Exp. 26-36 millim.

Larva. Semper, Reisen Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 535, pl. R. ff. 8, 9, 10.

Purplish brown, paler at sides; dorsal and lateral white-speckled

lines, a sublateral series of whitish streaks; stigmata black; 11th

somite with dorsal hump. Food-plants: Quisqualis and Sterculia.

Cocoon. Greyish.

6789. Risoba diplogramma, n. sp. (Plate CLAXXVI. fig. 6.)

¢. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey-white, the

head browner; tegule edged with dark brown; abdomen grey-

white tinged with fuscous, the base white, the two following seg-

ments with shght dorsal black bars, the crests black, the ventral

surface blackish except at base. Fore wing whitish suffused with

brown, the medial area whiter, broadly towards costa, a whitish

patch tinged with brown and defined on outer side by a black line

from base of costa to inner margin before middle; antemedial line

double, black, slightly angled outwards below costa and strongly in

submedian fold, then incurved to the basal patch; a black point in

middle of cell; reniform defined by blackish, round; postmedial

line slight, blackish, bent outwards below costa, incurved and

dentate below vein 4, some white points with black streaks

between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line blackish,

minutely dentate below costa, incurved between veins 8 and 6

where it is met by an oblique black fascia from apex, then very

indistinct, slightly waved and angled inwards at submedian fold,

black streaks beyond it on veins 7, 6, and 1; a series of black

points just before termen defined on inner side by slight white

lunules ; cilia chequered white and fuscous, brownish towards

tornus. Hind wing semihyaline white, the terminal area suffused

with fuscous brown ; cilia whitish tinged with brown; the under-

side with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Tana R. (Crawshay), 1 6; BucnuanaLanp,

N’Gami (Lugard),2 g type. Hep. 28-30 millim.

449 NOCTUID®.

6790, Risoba sticticraspis, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 7.)

Q. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; frons with black

bar; pectus and legs white tinged with brown, the fore legs

blackish with the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen white tinged

with brown, the dorsal crests black. Fore wing grey suffused with

red-brown, a patch of white suffusion from costa beyond middle to

beyond lower angle of cell, the veins with slight blackish streaks; a

white patch from base of costa to inner margin before middle, its

outer edge defined by a black line, and with white fascia from it on

inner margin to just beyond the postmedial line; an antemedial

black striga at inner margin ; a black point in middle of cell, the

reniform slightly defined by blackish on inner side only ; a medial

black striga at inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct, bent out-

wards below costa, minutely dentate below vein 6, incurved below

vein 4 and with black striga at inner margin; subterminal line

strong, black, incurved, with its outer edge minutely dentate and

defined by white from costa to vein 6, then very indistinct,

minutely dentate and angled inwards in submedian fold ; an oblique

black shade from apex and a terminal series of black points; cilia

chequered whitish and black on apical half, brownish towards

tornus. Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown, the terminal

area suffused with brown; cilia white tinged with brown; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Vaveta (Rogers), 3 2 type. xp. 26

millim.

Genus MACROBARASA, nov.

Type, M. xantholopha.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and broadly scaled in front, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth,

with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round; antennee of male with fascicles of

long cilia, the basal joint and vertex of head between antennez with tufts of

hair ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the prothorax without crest,

the metathorax with spreading crest; fore tibiz fringed on both sides with

long hair, the mid and hind tibiz moderately fringed, the fore and mid tarsi

with slight tufts of hair on the joints; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only

and with lateral tufts of hair on basal segments. Fore wing with the costa

nearly straight, the apex rectangular, the termen strongly excurved, crenulate ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anas-

tomosing with 8 to form a long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3

from before angle of cell; 5 from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the ceil near base only.

A. Fore wing with oblique dark band beyond the antemedial

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B. Fore wing without oblique dark band beyond the ante-

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MACROBARASA. 443

6791. Macrobarasa xantholopha.

Blenina xantholopha, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 526 (1896).

3. Head and thorax white mixed with red-brown; palpi with

the 2nd joint black above; tegule with black line near base,

dorsally edged with black and with black point at middle; patagia

with black point at middle ; metathorax with small tuft of pale

yellow scales; mid tarsi black except at base; abdomen white

mixed with fuscous brown, paier at base and extremity, the ventral

surface ochreous. Fore wing whitish suffused in parts with red-

brown, the base, disk and middle of terminal area paler, the veins

with slight dark streaks; subbasal line slight, interrupted, waved,

from costa to submedian fold where there is a minute tuft of yellow

scales on it ; antemedial line black, with two slight dentitions below

costa, then waved and with black band on its outer edge from cell

Fig. 159.—Macrobarasa xantholopha, $. }.

to inner margin where it extends to the medial line; orbicular

minute, round, defined by black and filled in with yellow ; reniform

rather narrow, defined by black, its upper part filled in with rufous,

its lower by pale yellow ; medial line black, slightly angled inwards

below costa, then oblique to lower angle of cell, angled inwards to

before origin of vein 2 and with three dentitions above inner margin;

postmedial line double, the inner line black, the outer rufous,

strongly bent outwards and produced to a slight point below costa,

then excurved, dentate at veins 4,3, then incurved and angled

outwards at vein 1; subterminal line black with some white

suffusion before and beyond it towards costa where it is minutely

dentate, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, and with black

streaks beyond it on the veins; a fine waved dark terminal line.

Hind wing whitish tinged with rufous, the veins brown, the

terminal area fuscous black, broadly at costa, narrowing to tornus;

cilia ochreous white with some fuscous mixed; the underside

whitish, the terminal area suffused with fuscous, a black discoidal

lunule and diffused curved postmedial line from costa to vein 2.

Hab, Assam, Khasis (Badgley), 2 3 type. Hp. 38 millim.

444 NOCTUID.E,

*6792. Macrobarasa xanthosticta. (Plate CLXX XVI. fig. 8.)

Argyrothripa xanthosticta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 381 (1894).

3. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; palpi with the

Ist and 2nd joints at sides and sides of frons black; vertex of

head with black streak ; tegule with black medial line and slight

streaks at dorsum and middle; pectus and legs white; abdomen

white irrorated with brown and dorsally tinged with rufous. Fore

wing white thickly irrorated with brown; subbasal line black,

waved, from costa to vein 1, a yellow point beyond it at submedian

fold; the antemedial area with brown shade; antemedial line black,

oblique, slightly angled outwards below costa and inwards at sub-

median fold; medial line black, oblique from costa to lower angle

of cell, then retracted and sinuous ; reniform defined by black and

filled in with lemon-yellow on basal part, a faint figure-of-eight

shaped brown-edged mark beyond it between veins 7 and 3; post-

medial line black, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and

sinuous, another faint brown line beyond it; subterminal line

rather diffused, black, somewhat dentate and interrupted, defined

on each side by white at costa, angled inwards at discal fold and

at submedian fold to near postmedial line; a terminal series of

slight blackish lunules; cilia white chequered with brownish.

Hind wing white faintly tinged with ochreous, the terminal area

broadly fuscous brown ; cilia white chequered with brownish; the

underside with small blackish discoidal spot.

Hab. Stxuim (Moller), type t $ in Coll. Rothschild. wp. 36

millim.

Genus BAILEYA. a

Leptina, Guen. Noct. i. p. 14 (1852), nec. Mieg. Dipt. (1830)... dormitans.

Baileya, Grote, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. xiv. p. 123 (1895) ...... dormitans.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about

to middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd joint short ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antenne of male with long fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed

with scales and hair mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ;

fore tibix fringed with long hair on outer side, the mid and hind tibiz

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen 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 a rather long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

from angle of cel]; 5 fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with oblique white patch at base.

a. Kore wing with white discoidal lunule defined on outer

side by an oblique black patch, the postmedial line

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6. Fore wing without prominent white postmedial line.

a\, Fore wing with the reniform round with black point

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B. Fore wing without oblique white patch at base.

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b!. Fore wing without oblique black line defining a basal

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6793. Baileya doubledayi. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 9.)

Lepiina doubledayi, Guen. Noct.i. p. 15 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p- 30.

@. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white; shoulders

white; abdomen brown, whitish at base. Fore wing white tinged

with lilacine grey and irrorated with brown; a basal white patch

enclosing some brown suffusion on base of inner margin, its outer

edge obliquely curved from base of costa to inner margin before

middle, some red-brown suffusion beyond it; a slight white discoidal

lunule with oblique black-brown patch on its outer edge; post-

medial line white, bent outwards below costa, obliquely curved to

lower angle of cell, then oblique to inner margin ; postmedial area

suffused with reddish brown; subterminal line white defined on

inner side by black-brown except at middle, with a triangular

black-brown patch on itsinner side below submedian fold and small

spot above inner margin, angled inwards at discal fold and vein 2,

the area beyond it suffused with brown except below apex ; a brown

terminal line except towards tornus; cilia pale brown, whitish

towards apex. Hind wing white slightly suffused with reddish

brown, the cilia white; the underside with brown discoidal spot

and traces of diffused postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. U.S.A., Maine, Massachusetts, 1 9, New York (Double-

day), 1 9 type, Pennsylvania. wp. 28-32 millim.

6794. Baileya ophthalmica. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 10.)

Leptina ophthalmica, Guen. Noct. i. p. 15, pl. 3. f. 6 (1852); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 30.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white irrorated with black-brown ;

palpi at tips and frons brown; fore and mid legs brown, the tarsi

slightly ringed with white. Fore wing brown irrorated with black ;

an obliyue white patch defined on outer side by black from base

of costa to inner margin before middle, sometimes with some brown

suffusion on it; traces ofa dark antemedial line, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then bent inwards to the basal patch; a large

patch of white suffusion from costa beyond middle to just below

lower angle of cell, extending on costa to just beyond the post-

medial line, the reniform placed on it, round, defined by brown and

with black point in centre ; postmedial line with oblique diffused

brown bar from costa, strongly bent outwards and almost obsolete

446 NOCLIUID®.

below costa, rather oblique and very slightly waved to vein 4, then

bent inwards to below end of cell, bent outwards at vein 1 and

defined on each side by white at inner margin ; subterminal line

white defined on inner side by black-brown and with oblique black-

brown streaks beyond it above and below vein 7, incurved from

costa to vein 5 below which it is angled inwards, then minutely

waved, excurved at middle and incurved below vein 2 ; the terminal

area suffused with white towards apex ; a terminal series of small

black lunules defined on inner side by white. Hind wing white

irrorated with brown, the terminal area slightly suffused with

brown; a terminal series of brown strive; the underside white

slightly irrorated with brown, a small brown discoidal spot, post-

medial line with minute dark streaks on the veins, incuryed below

vein 3, and faint subterminal shade.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York (Doubleday), 2 3,2 9

type, Evans Center (Grote), 2 9, Wisconsin, 1 9. Kap. 30-34

millim. Probably an aberration of B. dormitans.

6795. Baileya australis. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 11.)

Leptina australis, Grote, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 152 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 30.

@. Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with white; tegule

tipped with black; tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen

white suffused with brown. Fore wing grey-brown slightly

irrorated with black; an oblique white patch from base of costa

to inner margin before middle with some brown suffusion on it

at inner margin, its outer edge defined by black; an indistinct

dark antemedial line, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

bent inwards to the white patch; traces of a waved medial shade ;

reniform indistinctly defined by black, elliptical ; a patch of white

suffusion from costa beyond middle to just below the cell ; postmedial

line dark slightly defined on outer side by white, strongly bent

outwards below costa, at vein 4 bent inwards to below end of cell,

then oblique to inner margin; subterminal line white defined on

inner side by black and with black streaks beyond it above and

below vein 8, oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly angled inwards

at discal fold, excurved at middle and angled inwards at sub-

median fold; the terminal area with more or less white suffusion

towards apex; a terminal series of black striz defined on inner

side by white. Hind wing white suffused and irrorated with

brown, the inner area whiter except towards termen, a terminal

series of dark strive ; the underside white, the costal and terminal

areas irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule and diffused

curved postmedial and subterminal lines,

Hab. U.S.A., Alabama, 1 9, Texas, 1 2 type, Kerrville, 1 9.

Exp. 28 millim.

BAILEYA. BAF

6796. Baileya dormitans.

Leptina dormitans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 15 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p- 30.

Leptina latebricola, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 57 (1863).

Head and thorax grey-brown with some black scales, the tegule

slightly tipped with black; pectus, legs, and abdomen white mixed

with brown, the fore tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing

brown, the medial area and apex tinged with lilacine grey; an

oblique patch from base of costa to inner margin before middle

defined on outer side by black and also sometimes slightly by

white; traces of a dark antemedial line, oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then bent inwards to the basal patch; a black

discoidal point and traces of a dark annulus representing the reni-

form ; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by grey, strongly

Fig. 160.—Baileya dormitans, 3. }.

bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, at vein 4 bent

inwards to below end of cell and again bent outwards at vein 1 ;

subterminal line white defined on inner side by black-brown, faintly

at middle, and with oblique black-brown streaks beyond it above

and below vein 7, incurved from costa to vein 5 below which it is

angled inwards, excurved and waved at middle, bent inwards and

dentate below vein 2; a terminal series of dark striw slightly

defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing whitish almost

entirely suffused with brown, a fine brown terminal line ; the under-

side white irrorated with brown, a slight dark discoidal lunule and

diffused postmedial and subterminal shades with dark streaks on

the veins.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., Maine, New York, 2 g,1 9, Trenton

Falls (Doubledax'), 2 3 type, Evans Center (Grote), 2 3, Rhode I.,

New Jersey, Wisconsin. xp. 32-36 millim.

*6797. Baileya levitans. (Plate CLXXXVL. fig. 12.)

Leptina levitans, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiv. p. 9 (1906).

Q@. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; tarsi brown

ringed with white ; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown,

ventrally irrorated with brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown, th

448 NOCTUIDE.

antemedial area suffused with fuscous, the area before the post-

medial line suffused with white, broadly to median nervure, then

narrowly, the costal area suffused with fuscous towards apex, the

apical half of terminal area slightly suffused with white; subbasal

line indistinct, curved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line double, oblique and minutely waved from costa to submedian

fold, then incurved; claviform and orbicular absent; reniform

small, elliptical, white defined by brown and with black spot in

centre; a diffused oblique medial line, stronger at costa; post-

medial line sharply angled outwards below costa, oblique from

vein 4 to submedian fold, then excurved, with a diffused maculate

dark line beyond it ; subterminal line formed by a series of diffused

rather dentate dark marks, oblique towards costa, excurved at

middle and incurved in submedian fold ; a terminal series of slight

brown lunules; cilia with slight pale lines at base and middle.

Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with brown, a brown terminal

line; cilia ochreous whitish ; the underside white, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal lunule,

indistinct diffused postmedial line and subterminal series of spots.

Hab. Canapa, Ontario; U.S.A., New Hampshire. EHuzp. 36

millim. Figured from a drawing from specimen in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Genus GYRTOTHRIPA, noy.

Type. G. pusilla.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint porrect, extending about

the leneth of head and broadly fringed with scales above, the 3rd obliquely

upturned, short; frons smooth, with large tuft of hair; eyes large, round;

antenne of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed entirely with scales and

without crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair ; pectus of male with lateral

fringe of very large scales; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments.

Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenu-

late; vein 3 from well before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from

upper angle; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 7, 8 to form a minute areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 fully developed from

angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near

middle.

A. Hind wing with the interspaces semiliyaline .................. pusilla.

B. Hind wing with the interspaces not semihyaline ............ microdonta.

67938. Gyrtothripa pusilla.

Gyrtona pusilla, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 289 (1888); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 1.

p- 405.

Head and thorax grey tinged with olive-brown; palpi redder

brown; pectus white; fore and hind legs suffused with dark

brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white: abdomen grey tinged

GYRTOTHRIPA. 449

with brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey suffused

with pale olive-brown, the costa and termen tinged with purple -

brown; the lines olive; antemedial line indistinct, double, curved;

medial line indistinct, double, very slightly sinuous, with a leaden-

grey band before it between subcostal nervure and vein | ; a minute

blackish discoidal point; postmedial line indistinct, double,

Fig. 161.— Gyrtothripa pusilla, 3. 3.

obliquely curved downwards from costa to vein 6, then minutely

waved, somewhat oblique and with some leaden grey beyond it

followed by another line; subterminal line whitish defined on each

side by olive, minutely waved; a fine red-brown terminal line.

Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen brown; cilia

whitish at tips.

Hab. Gown Coast, Accra (Sir G'. Carter), 2 3, 4 2; Punsaz,

Simla, 1 9; Srxarm (Dudgeon), 1 9; Assam, Nagas; Beneat,

Calcutta (Atkinson), 1 2 type, Ganjam; Cryton, Trincomali (Green),

1 2; Anpamans, 1 9; Singapore (/idley), 2 9; QuEENSLAND,

Townsville (Dodd), 1 3,192. Hap. 16-22 millim.

6799. Gyrtothripa microdonta, n. sp.

(Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 13.)

2. Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown, the tegule

dark brown at tips; abdomen white faintly tinged with brown, the

basal crest with brown tip; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen white; a brown spot at base of cell; antemedial line

double, brown, oblique from costa to submedian fold, angled

inwards at vein 1 and outwards above inner margin, an oblique

brown band beyond it from costa to submedian fold; medial line

double, dentate to discal fold, then oblique to submedian fold where

it terminates ; a black discoidal point on a slight whitish mark ;

postmedial line double, dentate, oblique to vein 6, angled inwards

at discal fold and oblique below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of

small dentate blackish marks, the marks above and below discal

fold further from termen; a terminal series of blackish points.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown.

Hab. Stncarorn (firdicy), 1 9 type; Java (Horsfield), 1 9°.

Exp. 18 millim.,

VOL. XI. 26

450 NOCTUID®.

Genus MEDAVA. Tee

Uifaalens, Nis, Sait TNS} (OUSEB) osecansosasa0e0 kan soenaa%e a0sco790>702 diminuens,

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd short, porrect ;

frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales and without crests; fore tibiz fringed with long

hair on outer side, the mid and hind tibiz moderately fringed with hair ;

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 below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9, LO stalked; 11 from cell.

Ilind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

6800. Medava diminuens.

Medava diminuens, Wk. xxvii. 118 (1868).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with dark brown.

Fore wing grey irrorated with brown, the antemedial area suffused

with dark brown widening to costa, the extreme base white;

subbasal line represented by blackish strize from costa and cell;

antemedial line indistinct, double, waved; a dark point on middle

of costa, slight discoidal point and faint oblique shade from cell to

inner margin; postmedial line indistinct and defined on outer

Fig. 162.—Medava diminuens, 3. 3.

side by whitish, with dark point at costa, somewhat oblique to

vein 6, incurved at discal fold, then dentate and at vein 3 recurved

to lower angle of cell; subterminal line indistinct, whitish,

minutely dentate, with dark patch on its inner side at costa and

point on outer; a terminal series of small brown spots defined on

inner side by white lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with

brown; cilia whitish.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, Kga (Bates),1 g type. Exp. 22 millim.

Genus STICTOTHRIPA, nov.

Type, S. grisella.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd typically long and porrect ;

frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antenne of female ciliated; thorax clothed

chiefly with scales, the metathorax with depressed crest; fore femora and

tibix fringed with long hair, the mid and hind tibiae moderately fringed with

STICTOTHRIPA. 451

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; 9 and

10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long areole, 7 from end of areole; 11 from

cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell; 5 fully developed from

just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle ; 8 typically anastomosing with the

cell to near middle.

Secr. I. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and porrect; hind wing with vein 8

anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

6801. Stictothripa grisella.

Thalpochares griselia, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxx. p. 162 (1904).

Q. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; pectus, legs, and

abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white tinged

with red-brown except on terminal area and irrorated with a few

black scales, the costal edges brownish on basal half; antemedial

line blackish and inwardly oblique from costa to middle of cell,

double below the cell and slightly angled inwards on vein 1] ;

orbicular represented by a black point, the reniform by a faint

Fig. 163.—Stictothripa grisella, 2. 1.

whitish bar with whitish patch above it on costa defined on outer

side by an oblique brown shade crossing the postmedial line, which

is black slightly angled inwards below costa, then represented by

a series of small black spots and a lunule in submedian interspace,

excuryved to vein 38, then incurvyed; subterminal line indistinct,

red-brown, slightly incurved at discal fold and crossed by two short

black streaks above tornus; a series of black points just before

termen from apex to the streaks above tornus. Hind wing greyish

suffused with brown. Underside of both wings suffused with red-

brown.

Hab. VennzuE~aA, Aroa, 1 9. Hap. 20 millim. Typet 9 in

U.S. Nat. Mus.

Secr. II. Palpi with the 3rd joint short and upturned, antenne of male

minutely serrate and fasciculate; hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing without yellow suffusion beyond the cell ............ albescens.

B, Fore wing with the yellow suffusion beyond the cell ............ delaia.

452 NOCTUID&.

*6802. Stictothripa albescens.

Stictothripa albescens, Dogn. Het. Nouv. Am. Sud, iii. p. 17 (1911).

¢. Head white, the palpi brown; thorax and abdomen white

mixed with brown, the latter with slight brown segmental lines ;

femora brown; tarsi black-brown ringed with white; anal tuft

black-brown below. Fore wing white, the basal half and costal

and inner areas irrorated with brown; slight dark subbasal spots

on costa, in and below the cell; antemedial line blackish, sinuous ;

a blackish discoidal spot with slight spot above it on costa; an

indistinct oblique sinuous brown line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin and oblique blackish fascia from lower angle of cell

to subterminal line at submedian fold; postmedial line slight, black,

sinuous to vein 4, then oblique to vein 2 and acutely angled

inwards on vein 1 to the medial line ; subterminal line fuscous,

incurved below costa and at vein 5, incurved and sinuous below

vein 3, and below vein 2 oblique and black to tornus ; the terminal

Fig. 164.—Stictothripa albescens, 3. 1,

area with some brownish suffusion from apex to vein 5 and a spot

below vein 4; a terminal series of slight brown striz; cilia with

series of small brown spots. Hind wing white, the veins and

inner area suffused with brown; a fine brown terminal line; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight

blackish discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line excurved below

costa and streaks on the extremities of the veins.

Hab. Fr. Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni, type g in Coll. Dognin.

Exp. 34 millim.

+6803, ?Stictothripa delaia. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 14.)

Stictothripa delaiu, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 213 (1911).

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen white irrorated with brown ;

tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing white irrorated with

pale brown and tinged in parts with olive-yellow ; a slight subbasal

red-brown mark above vein 1; antemedial line blackish defined on

inner side by white, sinuous; a narrow black-brown discoidal

lunule with an oblique bar above it from costa and an oblique black

streak from lower angle of cell to just beyond subterminal line

above vein 2; postmedial line black, oblique and sinuous to just

STICTOTHRIPA.—GYRTONIDES. 453

above vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold, excurved at middle,

below vein 3 bent inwards, and angled inwards on vein 1, a faint

olive line beyond it; two small blackish spots on postmedial part

of costa ; subterminal line blackish, slightly angled outwards below

costa and more strongly at veins 6, 4, 3, angled inwards at vein 2,

then with strong black shade defined on inner side by brown and

ending at tornus ; a faint yellowish line before termen; a terminal

series of brown striz and a spot between veins 4, 3; cilia yellowish

at base, white at tips, with dark line at middle, and series

of black points at tips. Hind wing white, the inner and

terminal areas tinged with brown, a narrow black discoidal bar ;

traces of postmedial and subterminal dark points on the veins and

oblique bars from vein 2 to inner margin; a terminal series of

dark points; cilia with a dark line at middle; the underside with

the costal area irrorated with brown ; the postmedial line crenulate

to vein 2 and excurved below costa, the termen with dark patch to

vein 5, subterminal spots on median nervules and oblique black bar

at tornus.

Fore wing with vein 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a

moderate areole.

Hab. Costa Rica, Sixola R. (Schaus), type fT d in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Hap, 42 millim.

Genus GYRTONIDES, nov.

Type, G. albifascia,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd short,

porrect ; frons smooth with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of

male with long cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests; fore tibize fringed on both sides with long hair, the mid and hind tibiz

moderately fringed with hair; 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 anele of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anas-

tomosing with 8 to form a long narrow areole; 11 fromcell, Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7

from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

6804. Gyrtonides albifascia, n. sp.

3. Head and tegule rufous mixed with brown and grey, thorax

brown mixed with grey; pectus and hind legs white; abdomen

Fig. 165.—Gyrtonides aibifascia, 3. t+.

brown, white at base and sides, the anal tuft rufous with dorsal

black streak defined by white, the ventral surface pale rufous

454 NOCTUIDZ.

with pair of minute black streaks on anal segment. Fore wing

grey-brown, the costal edge black with rufous streak below it and

white fascia below that; some black scales on inner margin near

base, followed by a white point then a small black spot; an indis-

tinct brown discoidal annulus with striga in centre; postmedial

line indistinct, brown, excurved below costa, bent inwards at vein 3

to lower angle of cell, then minutely waved, some white points

beyond it on costa ; subterminal line slight, dark defined on outer

side by white points, oblique to vein 6; a terminal series of

blackish points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and

terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia whitish at tips.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, Ega (Bates), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 24 millim.

Last of unrecognised Species.

Asia tawan, Pag. Jahrb. Nass. Ver. xxxix. p. 127

@iSi7o)-s Karby.1Catwlvep. tale typ eran| Omer reer. Aru.

Casandria emittens, Wik, xi. 606 (1857); type lost. Jamaica.

Cremnopalpus inquirendus, Strand, Archiv f. Naturg.

(SRB Onslow) (CLUSION) Wins se ne aaa aan sole codse Zambesi.

Gadirtha rectifera, Wik. xxxiil. 897 (1865); type

ILS Reav RrIBEA (ONS ala aa ante N Mier EMT ati An 6 ae te Ceylon.

Letanophera transfossa, Moéschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi.

py [SOc 6 (S90) eee celtic see le cela kiece © Porto Rico.

Symitha fasciosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 289 (1888) ;

Jelonygsias MoMA JUNC Wt, (0s BON so cadaacqencorene Sikhim,

. ACONTIAN 4. 459

Subfamily ACONTIAN 4.

Proboscis almost always fully developed, rarely aborted and non-

functional ; palpi usually long and upturned, the 3rd joint sometimes

very long and dilated at extremity, sometimes oblique or porrect and

fringed with hair above, in Yopadesa downcurved and rostriform ;

frons almost always smooth, in Leucophanera with a pointed

prominence ; eyes large, round, naked and without cilia from their

margins; antenne usually ciliated, often somewhat laminate and

almost simple, rarely pectinated ; head and thorax usually clothed

almost entirely with scales, sometimes clothed with hair only,

usually without crests or with small crests on pro- and metathorax,

sometimes with ridge-like dorsal crest; tibize: without spines or

claws, in Carea and Careades the males of most of the species have

the hind tibiee very sbort with the spurs more or less aborted, the

Ist joint of tarsus very long, dilated and fringed with hair ; abdomen

usually with one or two crests at base, rarely with a dorsal series

of crests or without crests. Fore wing usually broad and triangular,

the termen curved or straight, often with the termen angled or

excurved at middle and excised below apex or towards tornus,

the inner margin sometimes with scale-teeth at middle or tornus ;

vein 1 weak and not anastomosing with 16; 1¢ absent; 2 from

middle of cell; 3 and 5 from near lower angle, or 3 from well

before angle; 6 trom or from below upper angle, rarely from the

areole; 9 usually from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole

which is often long and narrow, or both 9 and 10 anastomosing

with 7, 8 to form a minute areole, or the areole obsolete and veins

7, 8, 9 or 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, or 8, 9, 10 stalked and vein 7 from

the cell; vein 11 from the cell. Hind wing with the termen

usually evenly curved, sometimes excurved at middle and excised

towards tornus; veins 1a and 1 6 present, 1 ¢ absent; 3, 4 from

angle of cell or stalked; 5 fully developed, usually from or from

just above angle of cell, rarely stalked with 3, 4 or from near middle

of discocellulars, veins 3, 4 sometimes coincident; 6, 7 from upper

angle of cell or shortly stalked ; 8 usually anastomosing with the

cell near base only, but often to middle.

The fore wing of male has a strong bar-shaped retinaculum, but

in Earias, Tyana, Hylophila bicolorana, Ariolica triangulifera,

Cerala, Topadesa and Gabala this has become aborted and is re-

placed by a tuft of hair from below median nervure; the wing is

smoothly scaled except in Cerala, which has slight tufts of raised

scales at middle and end of cell.

The Larvee have all the prolegs present and are sparsely clothed

with hair and form a boat-shaped cocoon of silk with an angular

projection in front on dorsum spun on a twig, except in Acontia,

Leocyma, and probably Armactica, in which the larye are semilooping

456 NOCTUID A.

with the Ist {wo pairs of prolegs aborted and form a cocoon

underground, and these genera might perhaps be placed in the

Fig. 166.—Larva and cocoon of Hylophila prasinana. }.

Evastriane, which would then take the name Acontiane and this

subfamily the name Hariasine.

Key to the Genera.

A. Fore wing without an areole.

a. Fore wing with veins 8, 9 absent in male, §

shortly stalked with 7 in female .:............. NEAXESTIS, p. 638.

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

absent, hind wing with veins 3, 4 coincident. Camprozana, p. 575.

c. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked.

a, Fore wing with the termen angled at

vein 4.

a?, Abdomen with dorsal crests on three

basal isegmentsteeecpancsesecseece semereecees . Trocosriaa, p. 616.

o?. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base

(iullby ) Ganacee senaensouabaascoaduadeosneonndacsas Cuternrornora, p. 535.

v1, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.

a2, Hind wing with vein 4 absent ............ Tyana, p. 492.

02, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly

Stalkedt jetieeswct swe cawscecnntccaecnsaere Microzapa, p. 580.

c°, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 fr om cell or

slightly stalked.

a’, Fore wing with the apex produced

and acute, the termen almost

straight aise eetrensosusinasesem earn eae Hyxoruinopes, p. 510.

v3, Fore wing with the apex hardly

produced, the termen curved ......... CuLororiaca, p. 596.

d. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 stalked, 10 7

from cell.

a, Frons with pointed prominence with

corneous plate below it .................068 Levucopuanera, p. 481.

61. Frons without prominence.

a, Hind wing with veins 3, 5 stalked, 4

FDIS “Saanonoandadséeccooosonoanoseonadeoseds Harias, p. 496.

o?, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly

stalked or from angle of cell, 5 from

the cell.

a. Fore wing with lobe at middle of

inner margin and scale-tooth at

COLIUST mera haerasinete dace menace mlacaaeeen ParAxestis, p. 641.

63, Fore wing without lobe and scale-tooth

on inner margin ...... nosabdascabeageb0e Paruyiopmta, p. 514.

IGE:

Chlethr,

Carea. J

(Can, Ler. Puan, B. M. vol. xi.

PHYLOGENY OF THE ACONTIANZE.

Camptozada.

dla. Ptyonota.

Tyana. Hylophilodes. Beara, Bessara,

Farias. Hylophila. Parhylophila. Moaceda, Maurilia. Gelastocera. Orthocraspis. Tympanistes. Acachmena. Acripia.

Ohloriola. Chlorozada. Plusiocalpe. Neawestis.

Gahala. Ariola. Paracrama. Goniocalpe. Hypodeva. Metaptua. Nertohriga. Trogobriga. Neonegeta. Paraxestis.

Siglophora. Topadesa, Chandica. Pseudelydna. Sphingiforma, Chloroplaga. Vestermannia, Plagiograpta. Metaleptina. Goniowestis. Microxestis.

Hyposcola. Titulcia, Aiteta. Clilethrophora. Careades. Lohocraspis. Areyophora. Pierogonia. Acontia.

Cacyparis. Sinna, Cossedia. Leucophanera. Ariolica. Cerala, Lophocrama. Carea. Paracarea. Churia, Tortriciforma. Negeta. Odontestis, Macrochihonia, Setoctena, Leocyna.

To face p. 456.)

Armactica,

, i 7

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v) é , :

ACONTIAN 4.

e, Fore wing with veins 8, 9, 10 stalked, or 9

absent, 7 from cell.

a', Fore wing with the termen strongly angled

at vein 6 and excurved at middle .........

b', Fore wing with the termen angled at

vein 4.

a?, Abdomen with forked anal tuft; hind

wing with vein 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only .................----

52, Abdomen without forked anal tuft;

hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell to beyond middle .........

c), Fore wing with the termen excised below

apex and excurved at middle ...............

d'. Kore wing with the termen evenly curved.

@. Fore wing with scale-tooth at middle of

inner margin.

a®, Abdomen with basal crest ; palpi with

the 3rd joint long.

a‘, Hind wing with veins 5, 4 strongly

stalked! 25.5.2... sca enescaonamacaklase

b', Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell.

&, Abdomen without crests; palpi with

(HO GyRC! OMA NGI — conoodsonossc0n0n0e

v2, Fore wing without scale-tooth on inner

margin.

a’. Abdomen with large crests on four

basal segments; fore wing with the

inner margin highly arched .........

0’, Abdomen with small crests on two

basal segments; fore wing with the

inner margin not highly arched.

at, Fore wing with vein 9 absent;

hind wing with veins 3 and 5

stalked, absent <...-+.-sscssecseee-<

b'. Fore wing with vein 9 present;

hind wing with vein 4 present.

a°. Hind wing with vein 5 from near

lower angle of cell.

a®, Hind wing with the termen

excised towards tornus.

@, Palpi with the 2nd joint

reaching far above vertex of

head, the 8rd with tuft of

hair towards extremity ......

v7, Palpi with the 2nd joint not

reaching far above vertex

of head, the 8rd without

tuft of hair towards ex-

bremiltyjocosceseeecesesescceeess

v6. Hind wing with the termen

not excised towards tornus ...

6°, Hind wing with vein 5 from

middle of discocellulars

c3, Abdomen without crests.

a, Palpi with the 3rd joint long and

dilated at extremity ...............00

b4, Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate

and not dilated at extremity ......

Jf. Fore wing with veius 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked.

a‘, Palpi obliquely upturned

b', Palpi upturned, curved

TonrrTrRicirorma, p. 594.

Gontoca.rE, p. 597.

Lozocrasris, p. 636.

Erizapa, p. 577.

Puaaiocrarra, p. 615,

NEoneEGETA, p. 617.

Microxestis, p. 642.

Nertopriea, p. 614.

Tiruncrs, p. 482.

GaABALA, p. 469.

Sicuoryora, p. 472.

Cutorozapa, p. 517.

Artouica, p. 485.

Hyroscora, p. 460.

Hyuoruia, p. dll.

AcontrA, p. 653.

Leocyma, p. 661.

458 NOCTUID A.

B. Fore wing with an areole,

a. Fore wing with veins 9 and 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the areole.

a, Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest ;

hind wing with scale-fan at tornus ......

. Thorax without dorsal ridge-like crest ;

hind wing without scale-fan at tornus.

a. Fore wing with scale-tooth at tornus ...

o*, Fore wing without seale-tooth at tornus.

a’. Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

segments.

a4, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

to vertex of head, the 3rd long

64, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching

to middle of frons, the 98rd

short in male, moderate in

females geccehecunce cnacsearaseiman sist

63. Abdomen with large fan-shaped basal

GHOBG “sooqoccc0ecno0cnnopbogD09Ns¢00000008000

c®, Abdomen with minute basal crest.

at, Fore wing with the areole minute ;

hind wing with vein 5 from angle

Os ACtellllaayaan cenasvasddndcosanonacdocsceds

v4, Fore wing with the areole long;

hind wing with vein 5 from above

eyavalle @it Gall sopsoponccanons000800 tsps

d3, Abdomen without crests.

a‘, Build slender ; thorax clothed with

hair and scales mixed ...............

é4, Build stout; thorax clothed with

lnaimionlys «Seater se seeccsciecseerce

6. Fore wing with vein 9 from 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form the areole.

a‘. Hind wing with vein 5 stalked with 3,4...

6', Hind wing with vein 5 from just above

an gle of cell.

. Fore wing with scale-tooth at middle of

inner margin.

a’, Kore wing with the termen angled at

TOI 4b cpancoossoooooncoasob00a0000G0000000000

63, Fore wing with the termen evenly

curved.

a‘, Fore wing with scale-tooth at

tornus; hind wing with vein 8

anastomosing with the cell near

base OMY 1... -seeeeeeeeeee eee eeeeeeees

b4, Fore wing without scale-tooth at

tornus; hind wing with vein 8

anastomosing with the cell to

Toehyorael MANCICME sosccosesaassoqnesc00000

2?. Fore wing without scale-tooth at middle

of inner margin.

a’, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

segments.

a‘, Fore wing with scale-tooth at

GO TAINS a relererestelsetstatelelotelatetetetel-tatciefetinist-io(ei=

b’, Fore wing without scale-tooth at

tornus.

a, Prothorax with triangular ridge-

like crest; fore wing with the

termen excised below apex and

excurved at middle ............6 :

Merarrya, p. 601.

Piusiocatrr, p. 598.

Meracertina, p. 620.

Cniortora, p. 515.

Pryonora, p. 579.

Brana, p. 581.

GELASTOCERA, p. 588.

Sryna, p. 465.

TYMPANISTES, p. 587.

Cuanpica, p. 478.

Gontoxustis, p. 637.

OponTESTIS, p. 652

Arcyopuora, p. 642.

HyvropEva, p. 599.

MacrocirnoniA, p. 685,

ACONTIAN &. 459

05, Prothorax with small spreading

EEE _jonqobuacesodseeuoonoHDEcosheu bod VESTERMANNIA, p. 603,

c5, Prothorax without crest.

a®, Metathorax with large ridge-

IhIRS GRO pooosseccc0s000s00900000 AcACHMENA, p. 589.

65, Metathorax with slight

spreading crest ............0.606 PsEUDELYDNA, p. 022.

ce’, Metathorax without crest.

a". Fore wing with the areole long.

a°, Fore wing long and narrow,

vein 6 from the areole...... AITRTA, p. 526.

6°. Fore wing triangular, vein 6

from the cell.

a. Palpi with the 3rd joint

long and somewhat dilated

at extremity .....-......2.006 Mavritia, p. 570.

6°. Palpi with the 3rd joint

short or moderate and not

dilated at extremity.

a, Fore wing with the apex

rounded ; hind wing with

veins 3, 4 stalked.

a, Palpi with the 3rd joint

TTNOCTLD sononoacncacoaneooe VizaGa, p. 567.

ob, Palpi with the 3rd joint

SHOLUME uacskcwe se aaeaaetae Macepa, p. 568.

b19, Kore wing with the apex

somewhat produced and

acute; hind wing with

veins 3, 4 rarely stalked.

w@!, Hind wing with veins 3,

4and 6,7 approximated

for a short distance ... CARBADES, p. 536.

b, Hind wing with veins 3,

4 and 6, 7 not approxi-

mated, 3, 4 = rarely

stalllkediisechnospencecenaase: Carga, p. 542.

v7. Fore wing with the areole

short.

a8, Palpi downcurved and rostri-

tO TANI a Sees) sera sn stelte sepststoias Topapesa, p. 476.

68. Palpi upturned ............... Nucerra, p. 624.

6°, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only.

a‘, Fore wing with the termen excised

beiow apex and above tornus and

excurved at middie) .......-...02----+ Acripia, p. 590.

o4, Kore wing with the termen not ex-

cised below apex and above tornus.

a. Hind wing with the termen pro-

duced to a Jobe at middle ...... CossEpiA, p. 479.

6°, Hind wing with the termen evenly

curved.

a6, Tibiee fringed with long hair ;

fore wing with the termen

OROMUPVEG! |” oeecooabonese agenmdanats Bessara, p. 585.

66, Tibize smoothly scaled.

a’. Fore wing with the termen

straight; palpi not tufted

with long hair behind ...... Ortuocrasris, p. 586,

460 NOCTUID.&.

v7. Fore wing with the termen

evenly curved.

a8. Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint

fringed with hair above and

[B@IO corseondeddesac sansiineslee Anroua, p. 516.

v8, Palpi upturned.

a, Palpi of male without tuft

of hair behind, the 3rd

joint very long............... Paracrama, p. 520.

6°, Palpi of male tufted with

long hair behind, the 3rd

joimt moderate) 5-0-6... LormocramA, p. 521.

©, Abdomen without crests.

a', Fore wing with the inner margin

ln ameNECl cocooscssoascocq0H0000¢ PreroGonia, p. 646.

»). Fore wing with the inner margin

not highly arched.

a. Thorax with slight ridge-like

crest ; fore wing with the areole

long, vein 6 from it ............... SPHINGIFORMA, p. 024.

6°, Thorax without crest; fore wing

with vein 6 from cell.

a®, Fore wing with theareole long. Cuunrta, p. 593.

66. Fore wing with the areole short.

a’, Palpi with the 3rd joint very

long and dilated at ex-

(REI, aooacsenncosboocbeoo9000 PaRacaREA, p. 566.

07, Palpi with the 3rd joint

moderate and not dilated ... Srrocrmna, p. 600.

cl, Hind wing with vein 5 from below middle

of discocellulars.

a. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to

well above vertex of head, the 8rd

about twice the length of 2nd and

dilated at extremity ...........-.-..--+eeeee Cacyranis, p. 461.

v2, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to

vertex of head; the 3rd moderate.

a®, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked,

8 anastomosing with the cell to

nali{o (oll earned ae aaHcnodoce nodernadaceoons CrrRALA, p. 489.

o8, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell,

8 anastomosing with the cell near

basevonly iu. atectesasssneedensaaeeesscce' ARMACTICA, p. 663.

Genus HYPOSCOTA, nov.

Type, 7. leita.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd about twice the length of 2nd and some-

what dilated at extremity ; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male

with fascicles of very long cilia; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed,

the metathorax with depressed crest ; fore and mid tibiz slightly fringed with

hair ; abdomen without crests ; male with lateral tults of long hair froin before

and behind the stigmata. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen

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

6 from just below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked, 9 from just

before apex; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 fully

developed from above angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only; male with the termen excised from apex to

vein 4 where it is produced to a point, then almost straight to tornus, a patch

of black androconia below lower angle of cell on underside, female with the

termen evenly curved.

HYPOSCOTA,—CACYPARIS. 461

63805. Hyposcota leta.

Ballatha leta, Wik. xxxiv. 1215 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 127;

Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 284.

Tortrix fimbriana, Wik. Char. Lep. Het. p. 101 (1869).

g. Head and thorax purple-brown mixed with olive-grey ;

palpi grey, yellow behind ; antennz brown, orange at base and with

orange bar between them; tegule with metallic blue-black spots

defined by orange; metathorax with the crest blackish; pectus

and legs white, the tibiee and tarsi yellow in front, the latter ringed

with white, the fore tibis with greenish grey band; abdomen

orange, the extremity black. Fore wing pale purple-red mixed with

grey-white, the apical area blue-grey suffused with yellow; small

blackish spots at middle of cell and on discocellulars; antemedial

line fuscous, oblique, and hardly traceable from costa to cell, more

Fig. 167.—Hyposcota leta, S. }t.

distinct, inwardly oblique and defined on inner side by whitish below

the cell; postmedial line very indistinct fuscous and oblique from

costa to vein 5, more distinct, inwardly oblique and defined on outer

side by whitish followed by a fuscous shade from vein 3 to inner

margin; cilia blue-grey at base, yellow at tips to vein 2, then white.

Hind wing golden yellow, the cilia black at the produced part of

termen between veins 4 and 2. Underside of fore wing black, the

costal area yellow tinged with fuscous, the apical area yellow, slight

yellow streaks in terminal part of submedian fold and on vein 1 ;

hind wing with the patch of androconia black.

@. Hind wing wholly golden yellow.

Hab. Assam, Khasis,1 ¢,2 9 type; Borma, Moulmein (Clerk),

192. Hep. 24 millim.

Genus CACYPARIS.

Type.

Chonpoms, WN, een, WOT) (USE) cccossosscasnGoo0dqoueoacosn0D00beC insolitata.

alllania, Wilk, sxenty, U2N4E CUSGD) ccosssosodondocenae2000000209000000 insolitata,

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to above

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd about twice length of 2nd,

slender, dilated at extremity; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of

male with long cilia; thorax clothed with scales and with some hair and

without crests; build slender; fore and mid tibie slightly fringed with hair ;

abdomen without crests, elongate. Fore wing broad, the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and not crenulate, a rounded boss of scales at middle of

inner margin ; 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; 5 fully developed from below middle

of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

462 - NOCTUID 2.

A. Fore wing with curved white band from middle of costa

to termen below middle.

a. Hind wing wholly orange-yellow ............cseteeeeeeee eee hilaria.

6. Hind wing pale yellow with brown suffusion on termen

from below apex to Vein 4 .........cssccersssserecernreress elegans,

B. Fore wing without curved white band from middle of

costu to termen.

@ lalhingl Wine WOOK? SAO? seoccosascecqoonn9049000008000000800 ceira.

6. Hind wing of male with brown patch on termen from

loelony AIDE WO TEMAS — cooceoaonsabo50no00n8ns00n00G00000000C melanolitha.

ce. Hind wing in both sexes with brown suffusion on inner

area extending on terminal area to vein 6 and leaving

some yellow on termen towards tornus ...........-..006+ insolitata.

d. Hind wing in male wholly suffused with brown, in

female yellow with brown patch on termen from

DOMOW, DOE HO WEIN Ze conosassoa0eo00200n0: 60000000000000000 cyclops.

e. Hind wing of female wholly brown ..............-..ss00+ tenuipalpts.

*6806. Cacyparis hilaria.

Phalena hilaria, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 26, pl. 118. f. F (1779).

Head and thorax grey-brown sutfused with silvery scales ; pectus,

legs, and abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing grey irrorated with

dark brown; a rather narrow curved white band from middle of

costa to termen below middle, defined above and below by olive

suffusion ; subapical ocellus black with yellow annulus. Hind wing

orange-yellow. Underside orange-yellow ; fore wing with a curved

subapical fuscous brown band.

Hab. ? Ampotna. Hwp. 40 millim. This species is unknown to

me, the locality given by Cramer is Surinam.

6807. Cacyparis elegans. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 16.)

Ballatha elegans, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xix. p. 439 (1887); Kirby, Cat.

Lep. Het. p. 284.

@. Head and thorax grey-brown suffused with silvery scales, the

tegule pale olive; palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen yellow. Fore

wing grey-white thickly irrorated with dark brown, the costal area

pale olive-brown, the grey extending almost to costa on postmedial

area ; some silvery scales on basal area ; a pale olive patch at middle

of inner margin with some silvery scales before and beyond it and

a boss of blue-black scales on the margin; a broad downcurved

creamy white fascia from middle of inner margin to termen where

it extends from discal fold to tornus, a silvery striga on its inner

edge from costa and a small discoidal silvery spot on its outer edge

with another above it below the costa; a subapical yellow ocellus

with black centre with a yellow streak on it, its inner edge defined

by silver ; cilia olive-brown suffused with silver. Hind wing yellow ;

a brown shade just before termen from below costa to vein 4.

Underside of fore wing yellow with a broad fuscous brown post-

medial band from below costa to vein 3.

Hab. Souomon Is., Alu (Woodford), 1 9 type. Hwp. 44 millim.

CACYPARIS. 463

6808. Cacyparis ceira. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 17.)

Cacyparis ceira, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 18 (1901).

¢. Head and thorax olive-brown irrorated with silvery scales ;

palpi yellow in front; pectus, legs, and abdomen yellow. Fore

wing olive-brown suffused with grey and thickly irrorated with dark

brown except on costal area, the grey extending to costa on post-

medial area; the basal area irrorated with silver except towards

costa; an oblique antemedial line of raised silvery scales from costa

to median nervure; a boss of raised blue-black scales at middle of

inner margin, defined by yellowish, with some silver scales before it

and a curved band of silver scales beyond it from submedian fold

to inner margin; a silvery discoidal spot with a spot beyond it in

discal fold and another above it below costa; a subapical yellow

ocellus with black centre, its lower part bisected by a yellow streak,

an oblique line of silver scales before it from costa; a terminal

series of small triangular silver spots; cilia silvery. Hind wing

wholly yellow. Underside of fore wing yellow with a fuscous

brown patch from below costa beyond middle to submedian fold

near termen where it ends in a point.

Hab. Gitoto, 1 2 type. Hap. 40 millim.

6809. Cacyparis melanolitha. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 18.)

Cacyparis melanolitha, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8S. W. xxxiy. p. 344

(1909).

3. Head and thorax red-brown irrorated with silvery scales,

the metathorax with fuscous patch ; palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen

orange-yellow. Fore wing with the basal area red-brown to costa

before middle and to middle of inner margin, sparsely irrorated

with silvery scales and with its outer edge defined by some silvery

scales ; a boss of blue-black scales at middle of inner margin; the

rest of wing pale red-brown suffused with grey and irrorated with

dark brown except at middle and apical part of costal area and on

terminal area from discal fold to tornus; an oblique silvery striga

from costa beyond middle, a spot at upper angle of cell, and a spot

in discal fold beyond the cell; an elliptical yellow subapical ocellus

with black centre bisected by a yellow streak; cilia suffused with

silver. Hind wing orange-yellow; a fuscous black patch on

terminal area from just below apex to vein 4. Underside orange-

yellow; fore wing with oblique fuscous black subterminal patch

from below costa to vein 3.

Hab. Queenstand, Kuranda (Dodd), 2 3. Exp. 30-34 millim,

6810. Cacyparis insolitata.

Cacyparis insolitata, Wk. xxvi. 1572 (1862) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 441,

pl. 198. ff. 5,5a@; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 126; Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 284.

Ballatha atrotumens, Wik. xxxiv. 1215 (1865).

Head and thorax brown irrorated with silvery scales; palpi

with the lst and 2nd joints yellow ; pectus and legs yellow, the

464 NOCTUID &.

fore femora above and the base of fore and mid tibize brown;

abdomen yellow. Fore wing ochreous brown, the medial area

except towards costa and inner margin, the postmedial area to

below discal fold, and the terminal area near discal fold and to-

wards inner margin grey irrorated with dark scales; the base and

antemedial area except towards costa irrorated with silvery scales ;

antemedial line formed of raised silvery scales, ill-defined and

interrupted ; a rounded boss of blue-black scales at middle of inner

margin, on a yellowish patch ; an oblique striga of raised silvery

scales from costa above end of cell and a striga on upper discocellular ;

postmedial line formed by raised silvery scales, very oblique from

costa to vein 6, then diffused and more or less interrupted from discal

fold nearer the cell to inner margin; an elliptical subapical yellow

Fig. 168.—Cacyparis insolitata, G. 1},

ocellus with black centre bisected by a yellow streak just beyond

the angle of the postmedial line; cilia brown suffused with silvery

scales. Hind wing yellow, the inner area suffused with brown,

extending on terminal area up to vein 6 where it becomes blackish

and leaving more or less yellow on termen between vein 3 and

tornus. Underside yellow; fore wing with broad diffused fuscous

brown subterminal band from below costa to below vein 3; hind

wing with slight fuscous subterminal streak in discal fold.

Hab. “Invta,” 1 2 type; Manras, Nilgris (Hampson), 1 ¢ ;

Cryton (Lindesay, Yerbury), 1 3, 7 Q type atrotumens. Exp.

32-42 millim.

6811. Cacyparis cyclops. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 19.)

Cacyparis cyclops, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 604 (1905).

$. Head and thorax olive-brown mostly suffused with brilliant

silver; palpi and legs yellowish; abdomen reddish brown, the

extremity and ventral surface yellow. Fore wing grey thickly

irrorated and striated with fuscous, the costal area to middle and at

apex and the middle of inner margin olive-brown; brilliant silver

irroration from base of costa along inner margin to middle where

there is a boss of black scales suffused with silver with a silver point

beyond it; an oblique silver line from costa before middle to median

nervure; a silver striga from middle of costa and boss of silver

scales in upper angle of cell; a round blue-black subapical ocellus

defined by a yellow annulus and with minute yellow streak in

centre, some silver before the ocellus ; the termen pale yellow-brown

CACYPARTS.—SINNA. A465

with a maculate silver line on termen and a small fuscous patch

above tornus. Hind wing pale brown suffused with fuscous, the

costal area ochreous to near apex. Underside ochreous ; fore wing

with broad subterminal band of fuscous suffusion not reaching costa

or inner margin.

@. Abdomen and hind wing ochreous yellow, the latter with

some fuscous suffusion on basal inner area and a large subapical

patch.

Hah, Sotomon Is., Guadaleanar I. (Meek), 13,12 type, Isabel I.

(Meek),1 3,1 Q, Rendover I. (Meek), 1 3. Hep. 40 millim.

*6812. Cacyparis tenuipalpis.

Epizeuxis tenuipalpis, Snell. Tijd. v. Wnt. xxiii. p. 130 (1880), and xxiv.

p- 68, pl. 7. f.1; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 284.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen yellowish. Fore wing with the basal half

reddish brown with some yellow suffusion below costa, in cell, and

at base of inner margin; some silvery blue suffusion on basal half

of inner area and a rounded boss of blue-black scales at middle of

inner margin ; the terminal half of wing ochreous brown, with some

silvery blue scales on the outer edge of the dark area towards costa

and an inverted V-shaped postmedial mark from below costa to

discal fold; an elliptical yellow ocellus with black centre bisected

by a yellow streak below apex. Hind wing dark brown. Under-

side of fore wing whitish suffused with brown, a diffused dark shade

beyond the cell from below costa to vein 2, its outer edge curved

and the veins on it pale; hind wing whitish, the costal area yellow.

Hab. Curnses, Lokka, Bankala, S in Coll. Druce. wp. 40

miliim.

Genus SINNA. aT,

Sapna, Wuyi, SECs, 7s Gt CUSOD)) cocnacosoosccagncscoanssGcde00 80005005 calospila.

Teinopyga, Feld. Reis. Noy. p. 9 (1874), non deser. ............... extrema.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd long; frons smooth;

eyes large, round; anteun of male ciliated; build slender; thorax clothed

with hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibize smoothly scaled ; abdomen

without crests, long. 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 fromcell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from above angle;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the markings crimson.

a. Fore wing suffused with black except at base and apex... atrifusa.

b. Fore wing not suffused with black. :

w, Fore wing with the bands black towards costa, a

postmedial black streak on vein 3 .......cc..:.ssseeeeeeee floralis,

b!, Fore wing with the bands not black towards costa and

without black streak on vein 3.

a2, Hind wing of male white «............ce.eeree. coocosen ca CAEP.

b2, Hind wing of male yellow .........secssssereesceeeeenes calospila.

B. Fore wing with the markings yellow ....06...cecsessseeee eens crtrema.

VOL. XI. OD) iat

466 NOCTUID.®.

6813. Sinna atrifusa. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 20.)

Sinna atrifusa, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 602 (1905).

3g. Head and thorax while; antenne brown; tegule and

shoulders with small fuscous spots with some crimson scales on

them; abdomen white dorsally suffused with fuscous except at base

leaving whitish segmental lines and dorsal streak. Fore wing black-

brown; an oblique white fascia from base of costa along inner

margin to before middle; the costal edge white expanding into a

slight patch just before middle; an almost obsolete oblique crimson

fascia from below costa near base and thence above vein | to near

termen joined by traces of medial, postmedial, and subterminal

crimson bands ; an apical yellowish white patch bounded on inner

side by an obliquely curved black band from just below costa to

near termen; the termen narrowly yellowish white to submedian

fold. Hind wing pale ochreous yellow, the costal area whiter.

Underside pale ochreous yellow, the fore wing tinged with fuscous

except on apical area.

Hab. Java, Arjuno, 3000’ (Doherty), 1 g type. Hap. 40

millim.

6814. Sinna floralis. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 21.)

Sinna floralis, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 602 (1905).

Yead and thorax bright yellow ; 3rd joint of palpi and antenne

blackish ; brilliant crimson stripes on back of head and tegule, on

dorsum of thorax and obliquely from base of fore wing across patagia

to metathorax ; pectus, legs, and abdomen white, the last with broad

black-brown band on ventral surface of penultimate segment, the

extremity blackish. Fore wing whitish suffused with yellow, the

apical area from costa beyond middle to above tornus deep golden

yellow ; three quadrate black spots on basal half of costa with

brilliant crimson bands arising from them, oblique and not reaching

inner margin but bifurcating and uniting to form reticulations in

and below cell enclosing three irregular patches of the ground

colour and a point at lower angle of cell; an oblique black fascia

on medial part of vein 3; a black spot at apex and a curved series

of three spots from costa before apex to termen above middle; a

black bar on termen at tornus. Hind wing nearly pure white.

Underside white; fore wing with oblique blackish bar frem middle

of costa expanding into an elliptical discoidal patch, the spots on

terminal area as above.

Hab. Prnane (S. S. Flower), 1 gS type. Hap. 40 millim.

Subsp. 1. Sinna dohertyi, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 129 9 (nee 3).

@. Thorax white with hardly any yellow tinge ; fore wing white

with hardly any yellow to beyond the crimson markings and with

the black markings on apical area placed on a white patch, the

black on costal part of the crimson bands much reduced.

Assam, Digboi (Brunt), in Coll. Rothschild, Margharita.

SINNA. AG7

6815. Sinna dohertyi.

Sinna dohertyi, Hlwes, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 400, pl. 33. f. 5; Himpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 129; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 283.

@. Head and thorax white; palpi with brown mark at base of

2nd joint behind and brown tips; antennz brownish except towards

base ; tegulz, patagia, and prothorax with yellow patches, the dor-

sum of thorax with V-shaped yellow mark; fore femora above and

mid femora at extremity black, the fore tibia with streak on inner

side and the extremities of tarsi black; abdomen white with sub-

dorsal fuscous marks on terminal segments. Fore wing white, the

area from near base to beyond the cell and down to submedian fold

deep crimson with white spots and patches on it edged with fuscous,

the crimson turning to yellowish at costa and a triangular yellow

patch with a white spot on if on inner medial area; a minute black

point at base of costa and the costal edge blackish on basal area;

a white subbasal bar from costa and spot above vein 1, followed by

an antemedial patch in and below the ceil; an oblique medial patch

from costa, small spot on median nervure and spot on the inner

medial area; two small discoidal spots, two small spots beyond the

angles of cell, and a larger spot below extremity of cell; an oblique

white bar from costa beyond the crimson area to vein 7, a small

spot on vein 6 and a comma-shaped mark below the discal fold, its

tail running inwards on vein 2 to near the spot below end of cell,

these markings followed by a yellow band oblique from costa to

discal fold near termen, then subterminal to submedian fold where

the yellow terminates; the apical area and termen white with a

curved black band on apical area from costa to discal fold near

termen ; a black spot at apex and four rather bar-shaped spots on

termen between discal fold and tornus; cilia tinged with fuscous

at apex and tornus. Hind wing white. Underside of fore wing

with the crimson replaced by fuscous in parts.

@. Fore wing with the markings at middle of inner area crimson,

the subapical band divided into two spots, thorax marked with

crimson.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 2 ¢, Naga Hills, type t in Coll. Rothschild.

Exp. 34-38 millim,

6816. Sinna calospila.

Sinna calospila, Wik. xxxii. 642 (1865); Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 283.

Teinopyga hemacta, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxviii. p. 1, pl. 1. f. 1 (1885).

g. Head and thorax white; antennz brownish; pink streaks

above the eyes; teguli, patagia, and prothorax with pink patches,

the dorsum of thorax with V-shaped brownish mark tinged with

pink; legs tinged with ochreous ; abdomen ochreous with subdorsal

brownish patches. Fore wing yellow, the base and the spots

between the pink markings whitish; an oblique pink band from

just below costa near base to vein 1 before middle, defined by black

to just below the cell, its extremity confluent in submedian fold

2H2

468 NOCTUID®.

with the pink patch on medial area which extends from subcostal

nervure to submedian fold and before the postmedial band to just

above inner margin, a yellow patch on it at middle of cell confluent

with the costal yellow area and a spot below the cell, two small

Fig. 169.— Sinna calospila, 3. f.-

discoidal spots, two spots beyond the cell and one below its extremity ;

a whitish postmedial band, oblique from costa to discal fold and at

vein 2 running inwards to the spot below end of cell, defined on

outer side by an oblique pink band from below costa to discal fold

and a band from above vein 3 to below submedian fold; a curved

black bar on apical area from costa to below vein 7 near termen,

a large spot at apex, a bar on termen below discal fold and another

above tornus. Hind wing ochreous yellow. Underside of both

wings ochreous yellow.

9. Hind wing and underside white.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white markings defined by rather

diffused black on the pink area.

Hab. Sumarra, Deli; Java (Horsficld), 2 3 type, Mega-Mendoeng,

Tosari (Cockayne), 1 9. Hap. 40 millim.

6817. Sinna extrema.

Deiopeia extrema, Wik. ii. 578 (1854); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362;

Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 283.

Teinopyga reticularis, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 106. f. 18 (1874).

Sinna Hee Butl. Trans. Ent Soc. 1881, p.8; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het.

p. 283.

sina lara, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 8; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het.

p. 283.

Ohne ornatissima, Alph. Rom. Mém. ix. p. 131, pl. 9. f. 9 (1897).

Sinna unicolor, Wileman, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1011, p. 257, pl. 31. f. 25.

Head and thorax white; palpi brownish at tips; antenne

brownish except towards base; tegule, patagia, pro- and metathorax

with orange patches; fore femora tinged with brown above;

abdomen white, sometimes with fuscous subbasal patches on terminal

segments. Fore wing orange; a white fascia from base of costa

to inner margin before middle, with sinuous upper edge ; a subbasal

white spot on costa and spot further from base in and below the

cell; an oblique antemedial white bar from costa, spot on median

nervure, and patch on inner area somewhat hooked on inner side

above; two discoidal spots, spots beyond upper and lower angles of

cell and a spot below lower angle; an oblique wedge-shaped post-

SINNA.—GABALA, 469

medial patch from costa, point on vein 6, curved mark between

discal fold and vein 2 with its lower extremity more or less forked,

and a conical spot on inner margin confluent with the white on=.

termen ; a large apical white patch and narrow terminal band with

waved inner edge, subterminal black spots on costa and below vein

7, the latter oblique, and a terminal series of five spots, the spot at

apex larger and the spot above tornus bar-shaped, Hind wing

white or faintly tinged with brown.

Ab. 1. fentoni. Fore wing pale yellow, the white markings much

more extensive, the yellow reduced to narrow meandering bands,

the postmedial markings forming an entire band, the black marks

on terminal area reduced.

Ab. 2. clara. Fore wing with the yellow still paler and more

reduced, the terminal] area quite or almost entirely white, the black

entirely or partially absent.

Ab. 3. unicolora. Thorax and fore wing entirely white.

Hab. H. Srperra, Ussuri, 1 ¢ ; Japan, Yesso (Pryer), 1 6,

Hakodaté (Leech), 1 &, 3 9, Tokio (Fenton), 2 3,1 9, types

fentont and clara, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 3, 3 9; C. Cura,

Shanghai (fortune), 3 Q type, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 9 ; W. Cura,

Chang-yang (Pratt),1 3,1 2, Omei-shan, 29, Washan(Pratt),1 3,

Wa-ssu-kow, 1 9, Moupin (Aricheldorf), 1 9. Hap. 82-40

millim.

Genus GABALA. Tan

Calan, WN, soso WAR) (CUSIBD)) “seccoocosssoasodqonndocnonossoonbbae polyspilalis,

Proboscis rather small; palpi obliquely upturned, the 3rd joint reaching to

far above vertex of head and with tuft of hair above at extremity, the 3rd very

long with tuft of hair near extremity; frons smooth, with ridge of scales above;

eyes large, round; antenne of male almost simple; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales, the metathorax with hump-like crest; tibia smoothly

sealed ; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments; the male with

lateral fans of large scales covering the stigmata. Fore wing with the costa

highly arched, the apex somewhat produced and acute, 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

the termen almost straight to vein 2, then excised to tornus; veins 3 and 4

shortly stalked; 5 fully developed from above angle; 6,7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell to middle; retinaculum of male a tuft of hair

from below median neryure.

Secr. I. Abdomen of male with the lateral fans of scales large; hind wing

with the termen very strongly excised below vein 2; male with fringes

of long hair below the cell and vein 2 and on inner area on upperside.

A. Fore wing with large triangular antemedial white patch ... margarita.

B. Fore wing with numerous small white spots on basal area. polyspilalis.

*6818. Gabala margarita. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 22.)

Gabala margarita, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xv. p. 198 (1908).

@. Head and tegule yellow mixed with crimson, the palpi red-

brown with the Ist joint yellow and white, the tegule with silvery

470 NOCTUID2.

white spots; thorax red-brown mixed with crimson and yellow;

pectus and legs white, the fore tibie yellow; abdomen white, the

basal crest yellow and crimson. Fore wing with the costal area

yellow, the basal area yellow suffused with crimson and with a

purple-brown fascia below costa and a large diamond-shaped ante-

medial silvery white patch extending from subcostal nervure to

inner margin, bounded on outer side by a crimson line with an

oblique yellow line beyond it from the costal area to median ,

nervure; medial area purple-brown emitting angles to just below

costa beyond the antemedial and before the postmedial line; an

oblique silvery white postmedial spot defined by crimson below the

costa, the punctiform black postmedial line arising from its lower

edge towards which it is indistinctly double, slightly incurved at

discal fold and bent inwards below vein 4; subterminal line

blackish, straight, not extending to costa, a small silvery white

wedge-shaped mark defined by crimson before it below the costa, a

small spot below vein 6 and a faint oblique yellowish mark in sub-

median interspace; the termen and cilia yellow. Hind wing with

the basal half white, the terminal half yellow faintly tinged with

crimson. Underside of fore wing yellowish white with the ante-

medial white patch showing through.

Hab. Br. N. Guinna, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type f 2 in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. Hep. 32 millim.

6819. Gabala polyspilalis.

Gabala polyspilalis, Wik. xxxiv. 1221 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 136.

6. Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with blood-red, the

vertex of head, tegule at middle and sides and patagia with silvery

white patches defined by red; palpi white at base; pectus and legs

white, the fore and mid tibie with red streaks at base, the fore

tarsi slightly ringed with red; abdomen ochreous yellow, the crests

Fig. 170.— Gabala polyspilulis, g. }

1°

red, the ventral surface white. Fore wing red-brown striated

with whitish, the terminal area below vein 3 redder; the basal

area with numerous small silvery white spots defined by red and

targer subbasal spots below costa and cell and antemedial spots

below costa, in and below cell and above inner margin; a small

silvery white spot defined by red below middle of costa; the

GABALA. 471

extremity of median nervure, discocellulars and bases of veins 8,

4 pale flesh-colour; the postmedial area with slight pale V-shaped

marks between veins 7 and 3 with some black irroration beyond

them, and an oblique elliptical silvery white spot defined by red

below costa with two small spots and one below them beyond it

followed by a subapical spot, with small V-shaped mark below it;

subterminal white points between veins 5 and 2 with a tine dentate

line before them ; cilia yellow intersected with red-brown at discal

fold and red-brown at tornus. Hind wing yellow, the termen red-

brown from apex to vein 2; the underside pale yellow.

Ab. 1. Hind wing entirely suffused with red-brown above.—

Nilgiris.

©. Hind wing with the basal and costal areas whitish and with

more rufous suffusion on terminal area.

Hab. “Inpia” (Mrs. Hanvlton), 1 6, 1 Q type; Siemiu

(Dudgeon), 1 2; Bompay (Leith, Jackson), 3 S$, Khandala

(Swinhoe), | 2; Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 g. Hep. 26

millim.

Sucr. II, Abdomen of male with the lateral fans of scales much smaller with

a tuft of long hair from below them ; hind wing with the termen

much less excised below vein 2 and without fringes of hair on

upper side.

6820. Gabala argentata.

Gabala argentata, Butl. Il. Het. B.M. i. p. 56, pl. 39. f. 3 (1878).

Head and thorax bright rufous, the vertex of head with silvery

white patch defined by blood-red, the tegulee at dorsum and sides,

the patagia, the pro- and mesothorax with paired silvery white

spots defined by blood-red; palpi white towards base; pectus and

legs white, the fore and mid tibie tinged with rufous; abdomen

white dorsally slightly tinged with rufous, the crests rufous.

Fig. 171.—Gabala argentata, 3. }.

Fore wing bright rufous ; the basal area with numerous silvery white

spots defined by blood-red, with larger subbasal spots below costa

and cell and antemedial spots on and below costa, in and below cell

and above inner margin, the spot below the cell produced above to

an angled mark before the spot in cell; a pale striga on disco-

cellulars; traces of a double dark postmedial waved line, arising at

472 NOCTUID.E.

vein 6, incurved at discal fold, below vein 4 ineurved to lower

angle of cell; the postmedial area with some minute black spots in

the interspaces between veins 6 and 3 and three slight pale spots

on inner area; two obliquely-placed silvery white spots defined by

blood-red below postmedial part of costa with a point before the

lower spot, followed by some reticulate white and red markings,

then a subapical spot; three white subterminal points between

veins 5 and 2 with a dentate line before them, defined by red; a

dark terminal line; cilia rufous, brownish towards tornus. Hind

wing white tinged with yellow beyond the cell, the termen slightly

tinged with rufous from apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing

white.

Ab. 1. Ground-colour of thorax and fore wing suffused with

fuscous brown.

Ab. 2. Thorax and fore wing with the spots suffused with

rufous.

Ab. 3. Thorax and fore wing with the spots pale yellow, the

latter with the costa towards apex and the cilia reddish yellow.

Hab. Jaean, Nagasaki (Leech), 1 5,1 9, Fushiki (Leech), 2 9,

Satsuma (Leech), | 9, Tokio (fenton), 1 9, Yokohama (Jonas,

Pryer), 1 3, 6 @ type; Corsa, Gensan (Ito), 1 3, 2 9; Hone-

xone (J. J. Walker), 1 9; Punsas, Dharmsala (Hockiny), 1 2;

Assam (Badgley), 1 $; Burma, Hsipaw (Watson), 1 2. Hap. 26—

30 millim.

Genus SIGLOPHORA. mine

Siglophora, Butl. P. ZS. 1892, p. 128 .2.......20.--seeenerenceeverece rene bella,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head, the 8rd long; trons smooth, with ridge of scales above; eyes large,

round; antenne of male somewhat laminate and almost simple; thorax

clothed with scales and hair, the metathorax with depressed crest; fore and

mid tibiz moderately fringed with hair, the hind tibiz smoothly scaled, the

spurs very long; abdomen with small crests on two basal 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 below upper angle; 7 from

angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked from before angle; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the

termen excurved at middle and truncate towards tornus; veins 3 and 4

strongly stalked ; 5 from angle except in the male of S. bel/a; 6,7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

Sect. I. Vertex of head with a ridge of metallic scales between antenne.

A. Fore wing of male with large glandular swelling at middle of costa on

underside with tufts of curled hair round it on upperside, the neuration

at upper angle of cell distorted.

6821. Siglophora ferreilutea.

Siglophora ferretlutea, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 296; id. Moths

Ina. iv. p. 502, 2.

Siglophora ferruginea, Leech, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 206, 3.

g. Head yellow with a ridge of red scales with metallic tips

between antenne; palpi yellow and red; frons white; tegule

SIGLOPHORA. 473.

yellow with blood-red points; thorax yellow mixed with blood-red ;

pectus and legs white, the fore tibie tinged with red-brown ;

abdomen ochrecus, the basal crest yellow and blood-red, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing bright yellow; a point at base and

waved subbasal blood-red line from costa to vein 1; an antemedial

band with waved edges, filled in with blood-red suffusion ; a conical

patch at middle of inner margin with yellow spot on it; an oblique

diffused band from middle of costa to lower angle of cell where it

becomes confluent with the red of terminal area, its outer edge

waved; the terminal area red suffused with fuscous, its inner edge

curved from termen below apex to inner margin at postmedial line

leaving the costal area yellow; postmedial line red, oblique and

dentate from costa to vein 6, angled inwards et discal fold and

outwards at vein 4, then strongly incurved, slightly defined on

inner side by yellow on the red area, a similar 1ed line beyond it ;

subterminal line yellow defined by red, minutely dentate, excurved

at middle and angled inwards at discal and sulbmedian folds; the

veins of terminal area slightly streaked with red. Hind wing with

the base and costal area white, the rest of wing yellow, the

terminal area suffused with rufous from yein 6 to tornus; cilia

rufous except at apex. Underside white; fore wing with the

costa towards base and the terminal area suffused with rufous, the

latter narrowing to apex.

©. Fore wing without the oblique band from middle of costa to

lower angle of cell, the medial line, discoidal line, and postmedial

line separate and dentate on costal half, the postmedial line

sinuous below vein 4 and the line beyond it defined by yellow

on the dark area.

Hab. Javan, Kiushiu, 1 ¢ type ferruginea; Srxuim (Dudgeon),

1 9 type. Hxp., 5 24. 2 30 millim.

B. Fore wing of male normal; hind wing with the termen strongly excised

at discal fold and excurved at middle, with a concave patch of ribbed

androconia on the lobe on underside, the lower angle of cell much

produced and vein 5 from near middle of discocellulars,

a. Fore wing with the terminal area rufous except towards

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6. Fore wing with the terminal area yellow irrorated with

brown except towards COSta ..........ssseseereeees J002000000 cymographa.

6822. Siglophora bella.

Siglophora bella, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1892, p. 124, pl. 6. f. 2.

3. Head yellow with ridge of metallic red scales between

474 NOCIUIDE.

antennee which are tinged with rufous; palpi white at base and

suffused with brown at tips; frons white; thorax yellow with

rufous markings; pectus and legs white, the fore tibize banded

brown and yellow, the tarsi yellow with the tips brown, the mid

tibiz brown on inner side; abdomen yellow banded with red, the

anal tuft purple-brown, the ventral surface white. ore wing

with the basal half and costal area to apex bright yellow, the rest

of wing rufous suffused with fuscous ; a rufous fascia with sinuous

upper edge on base of inner margin; a waved chocolate-brown

subbasal line from costa to the fascia; an antemedial chocolate-

brown annulus on costa, three conjoined annuli in and below cell

and two on inner area, a waved line beyond them from costa to

median nervure; the dark terminal half defined on inner side by

Fig. 173.—Siglophora bella, . }.

a minutely waved chocolate-brown medial line, the dark area

extending beyond it to just below costa and enclosing a minute

yellow spot; postmedial line chocolate-brown on the costal area,

blackish on the dark area,* oblique and dentate to vein 6, then

inwardly oblique, a similar dentate line beyond it; subterminal

line slight, yellow defined on inner side by black, dentate. Hind

wing with the basal area semihyaline white shading to yellow, the

inner margin rufous, the terminal two-thirds of wing purplish

fuscous defined on inner side by rufous; the cilia rufous.

@. Abdomen ferruginous with the basal crests yellow; fore

wing with the terminal area ferruginous with hardly any fuscous

suffusion, the subterminal yellow line distinct with black spots on

its inner side except towards costa.

Hab. Borneo, 1 ¢, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 2 type. Hap. 24

millim.

6823. Siglophora cymographa,n. sp. (PlateCLXXXYVI. fig. 23.)

@. Head and tegule yellow, a ridge of metallic brown scales

between antenne; palpi white, yellowish at tips; frons white ;

thorax yellow mixed with brown ; pectus and legs white, the tibice

with brown mixed; abdomen dark brown, the basal crests yellow,

the ventral surface white. Fore wing yellow; a fine subbasal

waved dark brown line from costa to vein 1; a double dentate

antemedial line enclosing minute annuli below costa and in cell;

small rufous anpuli above and below middle of vein 1; an irregu-

larly dentate brown medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle

SIGLOPHORA. 479

of cell, with a broad band of brown irroration between it and the

similar postmedial line; the terminal area suffused with reddish

brown from vein 6 to tornus; subterminal line brown, defined on

inner side by yellow on the dark area, crenulate, incurved at sub-

median fold. Hind wing with the basal area semihyaline white

with a yellowish tinge at lower angle of cell; the inner area and

terminal half purple-brown. Underside of fore wing with the basal

half white with antemedial brown spot on costa, the terminal half

purple-brown with a white patch an apical part of costal area ;

hind wing with the basal half white, the terminal half purple-

brown.

Hab. Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 2 type. Lvp. 20 millim.

Sect. II. Vertex of head without ridge of metallic scales between antenne.

A. Hind wing of male with hyaline fovea below base of costa covered by a

membranous flap on underside.

6824. Siglophora sanguinolenta.

Chionomera sanguinolenta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 285 (1888); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 185; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 284.

Head and thorax bright yellow, the back of head, tegule, patagia

at base and tips, the pro- and metathorax with crimson spots ; palpi

with the 2nd joint crimson, white in front, the 3rd yellow with

crimson and black mark at base in front; antenne tinged with

crimson above; pectus and legs white, the fore femora black and

Fig. 174.—Siglophora sanguinolenta, 8. }.

crimson above, the tibia banded yellow and black and crimson, the

tarsi yellow with the extremity black; abdomen white, dorsally

suffused with brown, dark in male, the basal crests yellow, crimson

and black. Fore wing with the basal half and costal area to apex

bright yellow, the rest of wing greyish irrorated with black,

especially in male; a crimson point at base of cell and some

crimson and white on base of inner margin ; an antemedial crimson

annulus on costa and double waved line filled in with blackish

from it to inner margin; a waved crimson medial line from below

costa to median nervure, with points before and beyond it below

costa and two conjoined annuli on inner area; the dark terminal

area with waved edges defined by crimson; some crimson points on

476. NOCLUID®,

the yellow costal area representing the lines; two minute yellowish

postmedial points beyond the cell with a waved crimson and blackish

line beyond them between veins 6 and 3; subterminal line dentate,

crimson defined on inner side by blackish and with some yellow

points on it above middle, incurved in submedian interspace.

Hind wing with the basal half and costa white, the terminal half

fuscous brown, the cilia purplish pink. Underside of fore wing

with the basal half and costal area to apex white, the rest of wing

brown with some white marks before middle of termen ; hind wing

wholly white.

Hab. W. Catna, Omei-shan, 1 9; Socnim (Moller), 1 ¢, 1 2

type; Assam, Khasis,1 $,1 9. Hep. 24 millim.

B. yoee wing of male without fovea; palpi with tuft of hair on 2nd joint

above.

6325. Siglophora hematica.

Siglophora hematica, Hmpsn, A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 603 (1905).

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow suffused with red, the

base of abdomen yellow with dorsal red crest. Fore wing yellow

Fig. 175.—WSiglophora hematica, 3. }.-

suffused with red, especially on terminal half, leaving yellow ante-

and postmedial semicircular patches on costa and small medial

and apical spots; traces of an obliquely incurved antemedial line

and of waved medial and postmedial lines; a slight brownish

discoidal spot; termen narrowly greyish fuscous from apex to

vein 8. Hind wing with the basal half yellow, the apical half red.

Underside with the red areas deeper fiery red.

Hab. Borneo, Pulo Laut (Doherty), 1 $ type. Mvp. 22 millim.

Genus TOPADESA. “Type

Topadesa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 280 (S82). <eaccun ean eee ieee sanguined.

Proboscis aborted, minute; palpi rostriform, projecting about four times

length of head, the 2nd joint curving upwards, then forward and downwards,

moderately fringed with hair above and below, the 3rd rather long ; frons

smooth, with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated ;

thorax clothed with hair and scales and without crests; tibie smoothly scaled ;

abdomen with minute dorsal crests on two basal segments, the male with

large corneous lobed valves from below the lateral stigmata covering the base

TOPADESA. 477

of ventral surface. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen

excurved at middle and excised towards apex and tornus, 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 areole; 11 frem cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

stalked ; 5 fully developed from well above angle of cell; 6,7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only; the retinaculum of male

formed by a tuft of hair from below median nervure.

A. Fore wing with the outer edge of the dark area forming

a hook at middle of terminal area ..................eeeee eee flammans.

B. Fore wing with the outer edge of the dark area excurved

Ate TCalke Oi TeMMNHAll LIKED, cacocosnenss9on00s000an000sa50D08008 sanguinea,

6826. Topadesa flammans, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 24.)

Topadesa sanguinea, 2, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 157 (1905).

3. Head, tegule, and patagia brown, the tegule and patagia

slightly edged with crimson; thorax crimson; palpi scarlet and

yellow below, the sides of frons with some scarlet; pectus and legs

white, the tibize and tarsi yellow, the fore tibie and tarsi tinged

with scarlet on inner side; abdomen white dorsally tinged with

brown and crimson. Fore wing brilliant scarlet slightly irrorated

with yellow, the costal area, base and extremity of cell and terminal

area suffused with purple; the costal edge scarlet with a small

yellow patch at base defined by scarlet below, and some yellow

towards apex also defined by scarlet below, the termen yellow

defined on inner side by scarlet and interrupted by a dark tooth at

middle; a brown antemedial line excurved below costa, then

oblique and minutely waved; a small white discoidal spot defined

on inner side by black; a brown postmedial line bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous; the inner edge of

the dark terminal area defined by the slight dark subterminal line

which is excurved below vein 7, at middle, and to tornus, and

incurved at discal and submedian folds; cilia yellow intersected

with scarlet at apex. Hind wing yellow, the apex slightly tinged

with scarlet.

@. Abdomen dorsally greyish fuscous ; fore wing suffused with

purplish leaden grey leaving the margins scarlet and yellow, the

discal spot small and scarlet.

Ab. 1. g¢. Fore wing with the inner margin black. the costal,

medial and subterminal areas largely suffused with black.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 $,1 9 type. vp. 24 millim,

6827. Topadesa sanguinea.

Topadesa sanguinea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 280 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind, ii. p. 187.

g. Head and thorax brown mixed with some grey; palpi

scarlet below with some yellow at base; metathorax with small

lateral tufts of crimson hair; pectus and femora white, the tibix

Lins) NOCLUID.©.

and tarsi yellow; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brownish

and crimson. Fore wing scarlet, the costal area, cell, middle of

inner area and the terminal area suffused with brown and irrorated

with grey, the veins slightly streaked with brown ; the costal edge

scarlet with a small yellow patch at base defined by scarlet below

and with some yellow towards apex defined by scarlet below;

Fig. 176.— Topadesa sanguinea, 3. }.

the termen yellow defined on inner side by scarlet; traces of a

brown antemedial line excurved below costa, then oblique ; a round

white discoidal spot; traces of a brown postmedial line, bent out-

wards below costa, then oblique; cilia yellow intersected with

scarlet at apex. Hind wing pale yellow.

Hab, Stxuim (Lidderdale), 1 3. Exp. 30 millim,

Genus CHANDICA. Type

Chandica, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 286 (1888).............-.+0.+20000 quadripennis,

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head, slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth with ridge of hair

above; eves large, round; antennz of male somewhat laminate and almost

simple ; thorax clothed with hair and seales mixed and with slight ridge-like

crest; mid tibie fringed on both sides with long hair, the fore and mid tibie

smoothly scaled; abdomen with small dorsal crest on basal segment. Fore

wing with the costa arched near base and somewhat excised at middle; 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 minute areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen

excised from apex to vein 3, produced to a lobe at middle, then slightly excised

to tornus, the inner area long ; veins 3, 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle of

cell; 8 anastomising wlth the cell near base only ; the upperside with fringes

of hair below the cell and on inner area, the underside with the costal arca

clothed with long rough scales.

6828. Chandica quadripennis.

Chandica quadripennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 286 (1888); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 127; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 285.

3. Head and tegule bright yellow; palpi with the 2nd joint

crimson behind; frons fuscous with crimson bar above; antennee

tinged with crimson, brownish towards tips; a spot at back of

head and the base of tegule crimson; thorax flesh-red with some

fuscous at base of patagia and on dorsum; pectus and legs white,

CHANDICA.—COSSEDIA. 479

the fore and mid tibie yellow with black marks at extremities,

the fore tibiae with crimson and brown mark at base ; abdomen

white dorsally suffused with flesh-red, the anal tuft brownish.

Fore wing flesh-red; the costa with conjoined series of bright

yellow spots defined below by purplish fuscous, the termen with

yellow band defined on inner side by purplish fuscous, interrupted

at discal fold and the yellow angled inwards at vein 5 then narrow-

ing to a point at submedian fold ; antemedial line whitish, oblique

and slightly sinuous, arising from the costal fascia; postmedial

Tig. 177. —Chandica quadripennis, 3. +.

line with oblique wedge-shaped blackish ‘mark from the costal

fascia to vein 6, then whitish, oblique and dentate to submedian

fold and bent outwards to inner margin; a terminal series of dark

brown points from below apex to below vein 4; cilia yellow with

slight brown mark at dorsal fold and some red at tornus. Hind

wing whitish suffused with ochreous, the terminal area rufous with

some grey at middle.

Hab. Stxatmu; Bornno, 1d cotype. Hep. 28 millim.

Genus COSSEDIA. Mee

Cossgiiia, Wilk, ssexiiv. W277 QUNGS)) coodaoconsaaccdeonccnconcdocescn5as5 erateinalis,

Proboscis aborted, small; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd short, porrect; frons smooth

with slight ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antenna: of male somewhat

laminate and ciliated ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed and without

crests ; tibice slightly fringed with hair, the inner spurs long; abdomen with

dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the costa arched near base and

slightly excised at middle, the apex somewhat produced, the termen evenly

curved and not crenulate; veins 8 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomising with 8 to form a minute areole, 7 from

far beyond the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen almost

straight from apex to vein 4 where it is produced to a lobe, then excised to

tornus; veins 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 fully developed from just above angle

of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

Sxcr. I. Hind wing of malo with a hyaline groove of ribbed membrane in sub-

median interspace and ridges of hair below the cell and on inner area,

6829. Cossedia hyriodes, n. sp.

3. Head and thorax deep purplish red; palpi yellow in front;

pectus and legs yellow, the fore femora and tibie above and base

480 NOCTUID3.

of hind tibize red; abdomen red mixed with brown, the basal crest

yellow, some yellow in anal tuft, the ventral surface brown,

whitish at base and extremity. Fore wing purplish red-brown; a

small yellow subbasal spot on costa with slight pale curved line

from it to median nervure; a small triangular yellow spot at

middle of costa, some black points at lower angle of cell, small

spots below the angle and in submedian fold and yellow striga at

inner margin; an oblique triangular yellow postmedial spot on

costa conjoined to the medial spot, with oblique yellow striga below it,

then a faint pale waved line, excurved to vein 3, then incurved and

Fig. 178.—Cossedia hyriodes, S. 3.

with some yellow striz on it; a yellow patch on apical part of

costa and two subapical points on a blackish patch; the termen

and cilia yellow from below apex to vein 4, expanding into a

rounded patch below vein 6 with a black point on termen and

some points on the cilia; an oblique yellow subterminal striga in

submedian interspace. Hind wing purplish red, the base and

inner area whitish suffused with brown ; a vellowish patch beyond

lower angle of cell; cilia yellow, red at middle of lobe and pale

towards tornus.

Hab, Putitprinus, Palawan, Porto Princessa (Doherty), 1 3 type.

Exp. 16 millim,

Sect. II. Hind wing of male without hyaline groove in submedian interspace

or ridges of hair below the cell and on inner area.

A. Wings purplish with the terminal area yellow ; hind wing

with the termen moderately lobed at veins 3, 4 ............ semiflava.

B. Fore wing red with triangular yellow patch on terminal

area below discal fold; hind wing whitish, the terminal

area red, the termen strongly lobed at veins 3, 4............ eratetnalis.

6830. Cossedia semiflava. (Plate CLXXXVL. fig. 25.)

5 Chandica semiflava, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 603 (1905).

Q. Head whitish mostly suffused with crimson ; palpi in front,

base of frons, and basal joint of antenne in front white; antenne

reddish; tegule white edged with rufous and fuscous; patagia

rufous and fuscous; thorax whitish; pectus, legs, and abdomen

white; fore tibize crimson in front, abdomen dorsally brownish

tinged with crimson except at base. Fore wing purplish red-

COSSEDIA.—LBUCOPHANERA, 481

brown to beyond middle shading into blackish, its outer edge

oblique from costa to vein 6; terminal area pale bright yellow

with some crimson suffusion on edge of dark area from apex to

angle of dark area and as a very ill-defined ‘line from this angle to

termen above tornus ; a terminal series of minute crimson points.

Hind wing with the basal half whitish tinged with purplish

fuscous, the terminal area pale yellow with a faint crimson tinge

on edge of basal area and on termen at apex and middle; the

.termen moderately lobed at veins 3, 4.

Hab. Bornuo, 1 2 type. xp. 20 millim.

*6831. Cossedia erateinalis.

Cossedia erateinalis, Wik. xxxiv. 1277 (1865); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus.

Oxon. ii. p. 590.

3g. Head red mixed with yellow; palpi yellow, reddish at tips ;

tegule yellow, red at base; thorax red; pectus and legs white,

the mid tibiee yellow; abdomen white, the terminal half dorsally

suffused with red. Fore wing brownish red; the costa yellow; a

subbasal yellow striga from costa; a straight yellow medial line

expanding into a triangular mark at costa; a slight yellow post-

medial line expanding into a small triangular yellow mark at costa,

Fig. 179.—Cossedia erateinalis, §. 1.

oblique and minutely waved from discal to submedian folds, then

bent outwards to inner margin near tornus ; a yellow spot on costa

betore apex ; a wedge-shaped yellow patch on termen below discal

fold; cilia yellow tinged with red except at apex and middle.

Hind wing white, the inner area tinged with ochreous, the terminal

area suffused with brownish red; cilia yellowish white; the

‘termen strongly lobed at veins 3, 4.-

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace),type + 3 in Mus. Oxon. Eup.

24 millim.

Genus LEUCOPHANERA, nov.

Type, L. argyrozona.

Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint reaching

about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd

moderate; frons with pointed prominence with triangular corneous plate

below it and small plate below the frons; antennw of female somewhat

VOL. XI. Dit

482 NOCTUID A.

laminate and almost simple; 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; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11

from cell, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed

from angle of cell; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing ‘with the cell near

base only.

*6832. Leucophanera argyrozona.

Leucophanera argyrozona, de Joan, Bull. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1911, p. 117.

@. Head and thorax silvery white; palpi except at extremity

-of 2nd joint and base of 3rd brown; antenne brown; legs brown,

the tibiz and tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen white tinged with

brown. Fore wing silvery white ; small triangular cupreous brown

subbasal and antemedial spots on "costa suffused with metallic silver

and defined by black on outer side; an antemedial black point

above vein 1; an erect medial cupreous brown band suffused with

Fig. 180.—Leucophenera argyrozona, 2. 3.

metallic silver and defined by slightly sinuous black lines, a black

discoidal striga on it; a subterminal series of irregular dentate

black marks with a cupreous brown band suffused with metallic

silver beyond them leaving the termen white with a series of small

black spots. Hind wing ‘white very faintly tinged with brown and

with a terminal series Of blackish striz; the ‘underside with the

basal costal area irrorated with brown, A blackish discoidal spot,

waved postmedial and subterminal lines, and terminal series of

small black lunules.

Hab. Ue. Gurnea, Oudoula (Siguir:), type f Q in Coll. Joannis.

EKep. 18 millim.

Genus TITULCIA. iT pe

TMiggafedes, NNN Sestbx, SIMO (CUSSED) ooo ccoosconacccoaoeceanace9000000 Gagose00¢ extmia.

Proboscis rather small; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint oblique, extending

about twice the length of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd very long and

slender, and acuminate at tip, with ring of hair near extremity ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round ; antennze of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales and without crests ; fore and mid tibiee slightly fringed with hair ;

abdomen with small crests on two basal segments. Fore wing with the apex

somewhat produced and acute, 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 and 10 stalked to near apex, 9 absent; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

TITULCIA. 483

A. Hind wing wholly white.

a. Fore wing with two subterminal silvery spots below the

SIOEYONGEIL FORKED Socvogcanboccsadoseosndondboudsoasonbbagectead argyroplaga.

b. Fore wing without subterminal spots below the subapical

patch.

a‘. Kore wing with the medial band narrowing to below

costa, the inner edge of the subapical patch angled

LAW ATS: 2 )oc wceictin tap eereeeh een cern ese meece mace ast Gaames nt is eximia.

b'. Fore wing with the medial band broad and oblique

above, the inner edge of the subapical patch not

angledtinwards spas eeseeseosaetscnt oes set a eect aueocachatons confictella.

B. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with rufous rufimargo.

C. Hind wing rufous, the costal area white .............essenee meterythra.

6833. Titulcia argyroplaga, n.sp. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 26.)

$. Head ochreous mixed with blood-red; palpi ochreous, the

2nd joint suffused with brown, the 3rd ringed with brown; thorax

silvery white with some ochreous and red at base of tegule and

patagia ; pectus, legs, and abdomen white, the fore femora brown

above, the fore and mid tibiz and tarsi tinged with yellow, the

crest on 2nd segment of abdomen tipped with blood-red. Fore

wing with the basal area, costal area, and termen yellow suffused

and irrorated with rufous, the whole medial area except towards

costa suffused with fuscous brown; a triangular silyery-white patch

edged with blackish on basal area from below costa to inner

margin; a small semi-elliptical medial silvery white patch below

costa; a wedge-shaped silvery white subterminal patch from

below costa to below vein 5 where it is conjoined to a small

triangular spot on vein 4 which is conjoined to a large triangular

spot extending to submedian fold, the fuscous extending as slight

spots to beyond these silvery markings; cilia black at base and

with rufous tips on apical half, yellow on inner half. Hind wing

pure white with fine brown terminal line towards apex. Under-

side of fore wing white with oblique serics of fuscous spots from

below middle of costa to below vein 6, the spots above veins 6 and

7 larger.

@. Fore wing with large conical silvery-white medial patch from

below costa to inner margin, the subcostal spot of male forming its

upper part, the uppermost subterminal patch broader and the

lowermost reduced to a small separate triangular spot on vein 3.

Hab. Burma, Maymyo (Barrow), 1 3 type, Hsipaw (Watson),

19. Eap. 22 millim.

6834, Titulcia eximia.

Titulcia eximia, Wik. xxix. 811 (1864),

6. Head orange-yellow; palpi irrorated with black, the 3rd

joint ringed with black; thorax silvery white; pectus, legs, and

abdomen white, the fore tibize and tarsi yellow irrorated with

blackish, the crest on 2nd segment of abdomen yellow. Fore wing

yellow tinged with rufous and irrorated with black; a triangular

272

484 NOCTUIDAE.

silvery-white patch edged with black on basal area from below

costa to inner margin, a similar medial conical patch suffused

with black from just below costa to inner margin, its outer edge

slightly dentate below costa; a silyery white subterminal patch

defined by rather diffused black from below costa to vein 4, its

inner edge angled inwards in discal fold and its outer minutely

waved, an oblique black striga above its inner angle from costa,

Fig. 181.—Titulcia eximia, S$. }

some black points just before termen between it and tornus; cilia

with some black at base on apical half. Hind wing pure white

with a series of black points at base of cilia. Underside of fore

wing white with a blackish spot beyond upper angle of cell.

2. Fore wing with the medial patch silvery white edged with

black.

Hah. Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 3,1 Q type; Puro Laur

(Doherty), 1 3. Hep. 20 millim.

6835. Titulcia confictella. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 27.)

Titulcia confietella, W\k, xxix. 811 (1864).

Chionomera queusta, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (6) xi. p. 259 (1893).

Head orange tinged with rufous; thorax silvery white with

some orange at base of tegule; pectus, legs, and abdomen white,

the fore tibie and tarsi orange tinged with rufous; the crest on

2nd segment of abdomen orange. Fore wing orange tinged with

rufous; a triangular silvery white patch slightly edged with

blackish on basal area from below costa to inner margin, a similar

patch with minntely waved edges from below costa at middle to

inner margin, its outer edge strongly excurved to near termen at

vein 5, then oblique; a small subterminal silvery white patch from

below costa to vein 6, its outer edge sinuous. Hind wing and

underside of fore wing pure white.

Hab. Srratts SETTLEMENTS, Johore, 1 2 type queusta ; SINGAPORE

(Ridley), 1 $; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 2 type. Hap.

22 millim.

6836. Titulcia rufimargo, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVLI. fig. 28.)

3. Head yellow with some white between antenne, which are

blackish at tips; thorax silvery white, the tegule yellow at base ;

fore tibize yellow with fuscous spots at base and middle, the tarsi

TITULCIA.—ARIOLICA. 485

yellow ringed with white, the fore tarsi with some blackish

towards extremity; abdomen white dorsally tinged with ochreous,

the basal crest white, the 2nd rufous, a slight blackish mark on

anal segment. Fore wing yellow irrorated and striated with

black-brown ; a triangular silvery white patch at base from below

costa to inner margin, its edges sinuous and defined by rather

diffused black, its apex produced to a point; a conical silvery white

medial patch from below costa to inner margin, its apical part

obliquely bent inwards, its edges sinuous and defined by diffused

black ; a quadrate silvery white subapical patch extending down

to vein 4, its upper extremity produced to a point below apex, an

oblique white striga above its inner extremity, the patch defined

by black and with some black-brown suffusion before and below it,

the area before and beyond it tinged with rufous; cilia black at

base and chequered black and white at tips from apex to vein 3,

then yellow. Hind wing white, the terminal half suffused with

rufous; cilia white, tinged with rufous at base towards apex. The

underside ochreous white; fore wing with oblique black-brown

bar above upper angle of cell connected with a patch beyond the

angle; hind wing with minute orange spot centred with blackish

beyond upper angle of cell.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak, Matang, 1 ¢ type. Hp. 20 millim.

6837. Titulcia meterythra. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 29.)

Titulcia meterythra, Wmpsn. A.M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 603 (1905).

@. Head and thorax dull yellow irrorated with fuscous, the

vertex of head, collar and patagia marked with white; abdomen

rufous. Fore wing with the basal area, costa, and termen

greenish yellow irrorated with fuscous; two subbasal white

points ; an irregular antemedial white band; a broad postmedial

fuscous-brown band with sinuous edges, narrowing to costa and

followed by a white band not reaching costa. Hind wing rufous,

the costal area white.

Hab. Borneo, Pulo Laut (Doherty), 1 9 type. Hvp. 20 millim.

Genus ARICLICA.

Type.

Ariolica, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vil. p. 53 (18@64)............ lineolata.

Chionomera, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 18 ............... csi superba.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to

about vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed with scales and

hair mixed and without crests; tibize smoothly scaled ; abdomen with minute

crests on two basal segments. Hore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

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 cell or stalked; 5 from middle of

discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked; 8 typically anastomosing with. the -cell

near base only, « - et

486 NOCLUID A.

Secr. I. Retinaculum of male a tuft of hair from below median nervure; hind

wing with the costa lobed near base, vein 8 anastomosing with the

cell to beyond middle.

6838. Ariolica triangulifera.

Chioncmera triangulifera, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 285 (1888); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. 11. p. 129; Kirby, Cat. Lep, Het. p. 284.

3. Head blood-red mixed with fuscous, a white bar above frons,

the basal joint of antenne white behind; palpi white at base;

thorax silvery white, the tegula red and fuscous at base, a large

yellow patch on meso- and metathorax edged with red and black ;

pectus and legs white, the fore tibie and tarsi blood-red and

fuscous ringed with white; abdomen pale ochreous. Tore wing

yellow suffused with green scales; a silvery white patch at base

from below costa to inner margin, defined by black and crimson ;

the costa brown with crimson and black scales below it to near

middle where the crimson and black scales define a small white

Fig. 182.—Ariolica triangulifera, . 1.

spot below costa; a crimson point at upper angle of cell; the

terminal area purple suffused with black and turning to crimson

near the white and black marks on termen, this area oblique

from apex to vein 7 where it is produced to a slight point towards

costa and with an oblique crimson striga beyond it, then the area

defined on inner side by blackish and shghtly angled inwards in

submedian fold ; three white spots defined by black before apical

part of termen, then a triangular white patch extending from vein

5 to 2 with a small spot below it; cilia pale rufous with some

black and crimson scales. Hind wing white, the inner and terminal

areas faintly tinged with brown. Underside of fore wing white,

the costal edge and terminal area brown.

Hab, Assam, Khiasis,2 ¢. Hxp. 30 millim. Type tin Mus.

Berlin.

Sscr. IJ, Retinaculum of male bar-shaped, from subcostal nervure; hind

wing with the costa not lobed at base, vein 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing greenish yellow with fine white lines ............ .. lineolata.

B. Fore wing with silvery white band and patches.

a, Fore wing with yellow markings strongly tinged with green puichella.

ARIOLICA. 487

b. Fore wing with orange markings not tinged with green.

a'. Fore wing with the black line on outer edge of the

medial band irregular.

a*, Fore wing with the outer edge of the subapical white

patch not strongly indented ..............sesseneeseree ees chinensis.

6?, Fore wing with the outer edge of the subapical white

patch strongly indented: \))iis...cccceccccseeecarcsonerss superba,

', Fore wing with the black line on outer edge of the medial

bandvalimostrevenlyrcunvedprnrnectess-cereeeeeesesecee trees argentea.

*6839. Ariolica lineolata. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 30.)

Ariolica lineolata, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 53 (1864).

3. Head, tegule, and patagia greenish yellow ; antenne white;

dorsum of thorax white; pectus and legs white; abdomen white

dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore wing greenish yellow; a

fine obliquely curved white subbasal line from costa to vein 1; a

fine slightly simuous white antemedial line; reniform small, finely

defined by white; postmedial line fine, white, acutely angled

inwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; some

white points on costa towards apex. Hind wing white, the inner

and terminal areas and cilia suffused with ochreous; the underside

wholly white except the cilia.

Hab. Bornuo, Sarawak ( Wallace), type T ¢ in Mus. Oxon. Exp.

28 millim.

6840, Ariolica pulchella.

Chionomera pulchella, Elwes, P. Z. 8. 1890, p. 387, pl. 32. f. 15; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 180; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 284.

Head yellow, white behind ; thorax white ; the metathorax with

yellow patch ; antenne ringed black and white ; tibize yellow above,

the tarsi streaked with black; abdomen white, the crests at base

Fig, 183.-—Arvolica pulchella, $. }.

yellow. Fore wing white; a greenish yellow fascia on costa from base

to the broad greenish yellow antemedial band with its edges sinuous

and defined by black as also the lower edge of the fascia; the apical

area yellow from middle of costa near the antemedial band to tornus,

its inner edge sinuous and defined by black, a postmedial spot on it

just below costa and a lunulate spot before termen from below vein

3 to submedian fold, both defined by black on inner side; an oblique

488 NGOLUID A.

quadrate white patch from just below apical part of costa to vein 4,

its edges sinuous and defined by black; cilia chequered blackish

and ereenish yellow from apex to vein 2, Hind wing pure white.

Underside of fore wing white with triangular greenish yellow patch

below postmedial part “of costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the white spots below costa and before

termen. o Khiete

Hab. Srxuim (Moller, Dudgeon), 2 5,2 9 ; Assam, Khasis, 2 3 ;

Burma, HE. Pegu. Lwp. 24-80 millim. Type f in Coll. Rothschild.

6841. Ariolica chinensis. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 31.)

Ariolica chinensis, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) x. p. 49 (1902).

Head, thorax, and abdomen white ; palpi brownish towards tips ;

antennee ringed with fuscous; tibize and tarsi tinged with brownish.

Fore wing pure white, the costal edge blackish ; an orange spot at

base of costa conjoined by a fascia to an orange antemedial band

with sinuous edges slightly defined by black; the apical area orange

from costa beyond widdle to inner margin just before tornus, its

inner edge sinuous and defined by black; a postmedial white spot

on it just below costa and another lunulate spot betore termen from

below vein 3 to submedian fold, both defined on inner side by black ;

an oblique quadrate white patch with irregular edges from just

below apical part of costa to above vein 4, its edges defined by

black except towards apex ; cilia orange at base, blackish at tips.

Hind wing pure white. Underside of fore wing white with

triangular yellow patch below postmedial part of costa.

Hab. W. Cutna, Omeishan, 2 3, 3 2 type, Kia-ting-fu, 1 3,

JQ. ep. 26-32 millim,

6842. Ariolica superba.

Tyana superba, Moore, P. Z.S. 1867, p. 668, pl. 33. f. 15; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii, p, 129; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 284.

Head orange; palpi white, the 2nd and 3rd joints ochreous brown

towards extremities; antennz ringed white and brown; thorax

white, the shoulders with orange streaks; fore and mid tibie

brownish ochreous in front, the fore tarsi ochreous ringed with

white ; abdomen white. Fore wing silvery white ; the costa orange

to the postmedial band, the costal edge blatk ; a small subbasal

black spot below costa ; a slightly sinuous antemedial orange band,

somewhat bent inwards towards costa and defined on outer side by

black, connected on costa by a fascia with an oblique orange band

from costa beyond middle to termen above tornus, expanding

triangularly at costa and termen and enclosing white spots just

below costa and on termen, its inner edge sinuous and defined by

black, strongly beyond the ‘angles of cell, its outer edge slightly

defined by black at the narrow part: a triangular orange patch on

ARIOLICA.—CERALA. 489

termen at discal fold; cilia black towards apex, then orange with

blackish spots. “Hind wing pure white. Underside of fore wing

white with some fuscous beyond upper angle of cell.

Hab. Stxaim; Buaurdn; Assam, Khasis, 135,19 type. Lap.

32 millim.

6843, Ariolica argentea. (Plate CLXXXVI. fig. 32.)

Chionomera argentea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 18; Kirby, Cat. Lep.

_ Het. p. 284.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white; palpi, frons, antenn,

and legs tinged with ochreous. Fore wing silvery white; a subbasal

orange spot on costa; an antemedial orange band, expanding at

costa and slightly defined on outer edge by black; aslightly curved

orange band from costa beyond middle to tornus, expanding into

a large triangular patch at costa on which it encloses a white spot,

the band edged with black; an orange terminal band from apex to

submedian fold, defined on inner side by black; cilia tinged with

yellow except towards tornus. Hind wing silvery while.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the markings almost obsolete and only

faintly traceable.

Hab. Javan, Nikko (Maries, Lewis, lio), 1 35, 22 , Tokio ( Fenton),

1 g,1 9, Yokohama (Pryer, Manley, Bristowe), 4 3,5 2 type.

Exp. 28-32 millim.

Genus CERALA.

Type.

ixgpralla, MOORS, 12, A'S WEIS, js BLY) casoroecceeconoooan0b0nn000000 punetilineata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth with

tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antenne of male ciliated, a ridge of scales

between their bases ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the prothorax

‘without crest, the metathorax with spreading crest; tibiz smoothly scaled ;

abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex rect-

angular, the termen slightly excised at discal fold and at tornus, not crenulate ;

vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 9 and 10 anas-

tomosing with 8 to form a moderate areole; 6 from the areole; 11 from cell ;

small tufts of raised scales at middle of cell and on discocellulars. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 fully developed from below middle of. disco-

cellulars ; 6,7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle; the upper

and undersides in male clothed with androconia except the costal and terminal

areas; the retinaculum of male formed by a tuft of hair from below median

neryure,

A. Fore wing with the pustmedial and subterminal lines not

closely approximated, the former bent outwards above

inner margin.

a. Fore wing wholly suffused with olive-green and without

dark shade before subterminal line ....... ener are punctilineata,

b. Fore wing grey slightly tinged with olive-green on

inner half aud with purplish shade before subterminal

Ia uargocenmandaannnadsncntacane taaecrosavenencen sidacentabietasiowss grisea,

490 NOCTUID #.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial and subterminal lines

closely approximated, the former not bent outwards

above inner margin.

a. Fore wing grey tinged with olive-green, the medial

area suffused with purplish red from below costa to

Giscallstold) caves cosscsonsiensseaceneeassmacesGeneteeeceeanee decipiens.

b. Fore wing suffused with purple from costa to submedian

fold, the inner area suffused with green.................. multipunctata.

6844. Cerala punctilineata.

Kerala punetilineata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 380; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 62.

3. Head and thorax olive-green with a few rufous and blackish

scales ; pectus grey; tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen ochreous

white. Fore wing olive-green, the basal area irrorated with purplish

red, the medial area with series of blackish points on whitish

streaks and with purplish red suffusion from below costa to discal

fold and oblique streak below vein 2; antemedial line indistinctly

double, dark, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly

oblique; the small tufts of scales at middle of cell and on disco-

cellulars whitish ; postmedial line blackish brown, excurved below

Fig. 184.—Cerala punctilineata, 3. }.

costa, oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian fold and bent

outwards above inner margin; subterminal line grey defined on

outer side by small dentate black marks from below costa to

vein 3, then by a black line; a slight whitish line just before

termen with slight dark green marks before it ; cilia with a dark

line near base. Hind wing ochreons white, the patch of androconia

rufous, the costal and terminal areas tinged with pale purplish.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing greener without the purplish red

tints.

Hab. Stxuim (Lidderdale, Moller), 5 3,39 type; Assam, Nagas ;

Puro Lavr (Doherty), 1 9. Hap. 36-44 millim.

6845. Cerala grisea, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 1.)

Head and thorax grey mixed with some black; pectus and legs

brownish grey, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

brownish white. Fore wing grey tinged with olive-green on inner

halt to just beyond postmedial line and with purplish on costal and

postmedial areas; antemedial line indistinctly double, black, rather

CERALA. 491

diffused, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then inwardly

oblique ; the tufts of scales at middle and end of cell white, the

latter with some black beyond it; an oblique black streak below

base of vein 2; postmedial line black, slightly excurved below costa,

oblique and very minutely waved to submedian fold and bent

outwards above inner margin; subterminal line black, oblique,

dentate, defining the outer edge of the purplish shade, obsolescent

on costal area; a series of diffused blackish spots before termen or

the terminal area whitish almost without markings. Hind wing

whitish, the patch of androconia pale rufous, the apical area tinged

with purplish, in female the whole terminal area tinged with fuscous.

Hab. Sixuim Tiser, Yatung (Hobson), 25, 22 type. Kap.

42-44 millim.

6846. Cerala decipiens.

Cyana decipiens, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 852 (1879); Kirby, Cat.

Lep. Het. p. 300. A

Leptina macroptera, Oberth, Kt. Ent. v. p. 68, pl. 7. f. 2 (1880); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 373.

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with some purplish red; palpi

purplish red; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing grey- white tinged

with olive-green, the medial area from below costa to discal fold

suffused with purplish red, on terminal area the costal area suffused

with purplish, the medial area with series of brown points on costa

and on the veins of inner half; antemedial line blackish, excurved

from costa to submedian fold, then incurved; an oblique black

discoidal lunule; postmedial line excurved and obsolescent from

costa to discal fold, then black, minutely waved, incurved below

vein 2, closely approximated to a dentate black subterminal line

from vein 6 to inner margin; cilia purplish red and while. Hind

wing whitish tinged with brown; the terminal area suffused with

brown from apex to discal fold.

Hab. Moneorta; HE. Siserta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Yoko-

hama (Pryer), 1 9 type; W. Cuina. Hep. 40 millim.

6847. Cerala multipunctata.

Kerala multipunctata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 93, pl. iv. f.4 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 62.

Kerala dorsoviridis, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 297 (1897).

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown; palpi red-brown,

whitish in front; shoulders red-brown; abdomen brownish white.

Fore wing grey suffused with purplish, the area below submedian

fold with olive-green, the medial area with series of brown points

on costa and on the veins which are streaked with whitish; a slight

blackish subbasal line, somewhat angled outwards below costa and

ending at submedian fold in which there is a slight black streak

beyond it; antemedial line indistinctly double, blackish, slightly

angled outwards in submedian fold; a slight tuft of green scales at

middle of cell and black discoidal bar ; postmedial line indistinctly

492 NOCTUID 2.

double, blackish filled in with tufts of raised green scales, arising

below the costa and incurved below vein 3, closely approximated to

the double maculate waved black subterminal line which has some

whitish before it towards inner margin; cilia with a series of black

points at tips. Hind wing whitish, the patch of androconia rufous ;

a terminal brownish band from apex to vein 3, in female extending

to submedian fold.

Hab. ?Srxurm; Assam, Khisis, 1 g, 1 Q type dorsoviridis.

Exp. & 36, 2 40 millim.

Genus TYANA. ane

MyeiDGr, Nils, So8e7, WTS (HELED).conosscansvarnaaseoyoscarnaosconace .. callichlora,

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and slenderly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smovth ; eyes large, round ;

antennz of male almost simple, the basal joint large; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests ; tibia smoothly scaled ; abdomen with

small dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing broad, the costa highly arched, the

apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen typically evenly curved and not

crenulate; veins 3and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from well below upper

angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 from beyond 7; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with vein 4 absent; 5 fully developed, from angle of cell or shortly stalked

with 3; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

Retinaculum of male a tuft of hair from below median nervure.

Sucr. I. Hind wing of male with large fold on inner area containing a mass

of flocculent hair. -

A. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved.

a. Fore wing with pale strix, of female with terminal red

band.

a. Kore wing of female with the termina] red band ex-

panding into large patches at discal and submedian

0) Kc elie Stein ae an AA Has ang Ria anc ceneninseconmnaccinenase callichlora,

61, Fore wing of female with the terminal red band hardly

expanding at discal and submedian folds ............... tenuimargo.

b. Fore wing without pale striz or terminal red band ...... monosticta.

6848. Tyana callichlora.

Tyana callichlora, Wik, xxxv. 1776 (1886); Butl. Tl. Het. BM. vi. p. 14,

pi. 105. ff. 2,3; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 180; Kirby, Gat. Lep. Het.

p. 283.

¢. Head silvery white, the palpi with red bands on 2nd and 3rd

Fig. 185.— Ty ana callichlora, Given:

joints, antennze reddish with a red band between their bases; tegulx

silvery white, red at base; patagia silvery white, red at shoulders

TYANA. 493

and tips; thorax pale yellow-green, the metathorax with white

patches edged with red; pectus and legs white, the fore legs and

mid tibee suffused with red; abdomen white dorsally tinged with

brown. Fore wing yellow-green with numerous fine pale striz,

the costal edge reddish; a small oblique white patch.at base, its

outer edge defined by red and excurved below costa and above

inner margin; a more or less developed red spot usually present at

origin of vein 2; a narrow red terminal band with series of white

spots and striz on it; cilia red at base, white at tips. Hind wing

white slightly tinged with brown except the costal and terminal

areas.

@. Fore wing striated with yellow; a smail antemedial red spot

below costa, the spot at origin of vein 2 well developed; some yellow

before the terminal red band which expands widely at discal and

submedian folds, the white markings on it reduced to points and

obsolete towards tornus. Hind wing pure white.

Hab. Stxuia (Atkinson, Russell, Lidderdale, Moller), 4 5,8 2

type. Exp. 34-42 millim.

6849. Tyana tenuimargo. (Plate CLAXXYVII. figs. 25,39.)

Tyana tenuimargo, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) vili. p. 150 (1911).

3. Head and tegule white; palpi crimson except at base;

antenne brown, crimson towards base and a bar between their bases

crimson; patagia white irrorated with crimson; dorsum of thorax

green, the metathorax with lateral white patches edged with

crimson ; pectus and legs white, the fore tibize and tarsi crimson ;

abdomen white dorsally suffused with brown, the basal crest crimson.

Fore wing yellow-green with numerous faint pale striz, the costal

edge white tinged with crimson; a white spot edged with crimson

at base; a crimson point at origin of vein 2; the termen crimson

with some white points and striew on it; Glia whitish. Hind wing

white suffused with pale brown except on costal and terminal areas,

Underside of fore wing greenish white ; hind wing white.

@. Abdomen white; fore wing with the pale strize prominent,

‘an antemedial red spot on costa, the spot at origin of vein 2 small

to large and extending from well above median nervure to vein 1,

the terminal red band expanding very slightly at discal and

submedian folds ; hind wing pure white.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢,192. Hap. 30-36 millim. Type t

3, @ in Coll. Druce. '

6850. Tyana monosticta, n.sp. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 4.)

Tyana acypera, Hmpsn. A. M. N.H. (7) xvi. p. 601 (1905), 9 nec ¢.

2. Head, tegulee, and base of patagia yellow; palpi white suffused

with pink towards tips; frons pink; antenne brownish, pink

‘towards base; thorax yellow-green; pectus and legs white, some

pink below shoulders, the fore legs suffused with pink; abdomen

494 NOCLUID&.

white. Fore wing yellow-green; the costal edge white with some

yellow below it towards base, the inner margin yellow; a reddish

discoidal spot usually with white centre; cilia white with some

pink at apex. Hind wing pure white.

Hab. W. Cutna, Pu-tsu-fong, 22 type. vp. 38 millim.

B. Fore wing of male with the apex strongly produced and acute, the

termen almost straight.

6851. Tyana falcata.

Hylophila faleata, Wik. xxxv. 1772 (1866); Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi. p. 16,

pl. 105. f. 9; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 131; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 283.

Tyana pustulifera, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1899, p. 203 (nee W1k.).

Tyana acypera, Ampsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 601 (1905), S.

Tyana literata, Wileman, Entom. 1910, p. 345.

Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi white, suffused with pink

towards tips; frons white with pink bar above; antenne brown,

ringed with pink and white towards base; pectus and legs white,

some pink below the shoulders, the fore tibie and tarsi and the

extremities of mid femora suffused with pink; abdomen white.

Fore wing yellow-green; the costal edge brown and white ; brown

Fig. 186.—Tyana falcata, S. }.

spots at angles of cell and sometimes a point at origin of vein 2

with another below it in submedian fold; the termen and cilia

yellowish. Hind wing white.

Ab. 1. Back of head and base of tegule with some yellow; fore

wing with the costa yellowish white.

Ab. 2. literata. Fore wing with sinuous brown discoidal bar.—

Formosa.

Hab. W. Cutna, Omei-shan, 1 ¢ type acypera; Formosa,

Daitozan, 8,500’, type + 2 literata in Coll. Wileman; Sixarm

(Atkinson, Russell, Lidderdale, Moller), 33, 6 2 type. Evp.

32-36 millim.

Secor. II. Hind wing of male with tuft of long red hair on inner margin on

underside; fore wing with the termen straight.

6852. Tyana pustulifera.

Earias pustulifera, Wik. xxxv. 1773 (1866); Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi. p. 16,

pl. 105. f.7; Elmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 131; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 285.

Tyana flatoides, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 285 (1887); Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het.

p- 283.

TYANA, 495

3. Head yellow with red lines at middle and above frons and

band on vertex of head; palpi white, red towards extremity ;

antenne red with white patch on basal joint; tegule and base of

patagia white edged with red, the rest of thorax yellow-green ;

pectus, legs, and abdomen white, the fore tibie red. Fore wing

Fig. 187.—Tyana pustulifera, G. +

yellow-green, the costal edge brownish white towards apex; a

white spot edged with red at base of costa and subbasal brown

striga on inner margin; cilia pale yellow, brown at apex. Hind

wing pure white; the underside with the tuft of hair on inner

margin red.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with brown spot below lower angle of cell, the

cilia crimson at apex.—Khasis.

Ab. 2. flctordes. Fore wing with a reddish brown patch striated

with whitish from lower angle of cell to inner margin, constricted

at submedian fold and sometimes with a smail white spot edged

with brown above it at lower angle of cell.

@. Fore wing with a yellow spot defined by red at lower angle

of cel], sometimes with a brown point below it.—Sikhim.

Hab. Nevat (Hardwicke), 1 g type; Sixnim (Dudgeon), 1 ¢;

Assam, Khasis (Badgley), 1 6,1 9. Hap. 38-46 millim.

Sect. IIf. Hind wing of male normal; fore wing with the termen almost

straight.

6853. Tyana chloroleuca.

Tyana chloroleuca, W\k. xxxv. 1777 (1866) ; Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi. p. 15,

pl. 105. ff. 5,6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 131; Kirby, Cat. Lep, Het.

p. 283,

Tyana speculatriz, Butl, A.M. N. H. (5) vi. p. 64 (1880) ; Kirby, Oat. Lep.

Het. p. 283.

Tyana lancina, Butl. A. M.N.H. (5) vi. p. 65 (1880); Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 283.

Head, tegule, and patagia yellow; palpi white, tinged with red

at extremity ; antenne brownish, the basal joint yellow tinged

with red; shoulders with reddish streaks ; dorsum of thorax green ;

pectus, legs, and abdomen white, the fore and mid tibia tinged with

red. Fore wing yellow-green, the costal edge brownish; a small

yellow spot with some crimson on it at base; a slight yellow sub-

496 NOCIUID®.

basal spot, with crimson striga on it at inner margin; small

obliquely placed red-brown spots on lower discocellular, and in and

below lower end of cell; cilia white, crimson at apex and brownish

at tornus. Hind wing pure white.

Fig. 188.—Tyana chloroleuca, 3. 4.

Ab. 1. luncina. Fore wing without the brown spots at lower end

of cell.

Ab. 2. speculatriv. Fore wing with white spots defined by

brown on lower discocellular and below the cell with a brown spot

between them.

Hab. Stxarmt (Atkinson, Russell, Lidderdale, Moller, Pilcher),

73,10 Q, type and type speculatrix ; Buurdn (Lidderdale), 1 @

type lancina, Lup. 34-88 millim.

Genus EARIAS.

: Type,

JG TESS JEL, MLCT, De B38)5) CUSVAT))) sonoca casocoo.0opcHocSsHcR0cbGnI0C chlorana.

Aygonisia, WWMM, seit, BE) (WSBT) coopoocccnocds soso coonee7onccongcoc0c0" Fabia.

Digha, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 197 (1862) ......... annuliferd.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and typically moderately scaled, the 8rd typically short,

oblique; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennz

of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed and

without crests; tibie typically smoothly scaled ; abdomen with minute crests

on two basal segments. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the

termen obliquely curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from well before angle

of cell; 4,5 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10,11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle; retinaculum of male formed by

a tuft of hair from below median nervure.

Sror. I. Palpi broadly scaled and with tuft of hair at extremity of 2nd joint

behind ; anid femora of male much dilated and the tibie fringed

with long hair on each side.

A. Fore wing with traces of ante- and postmedial lines with

series of dark points on them ................eseceeceeeceeeees novoguineana.

B. Fore wing without ante- and postmedial lines.

a. Fore wing of male with the reniform oblique elliptical,

red-brown with whitish centre ...........-..ceeeeeeeeeees rufopunctata.

b, Fore wing of male with the reniform bar-shaped and

constricted at middle, dark brown with scarlet :

(GEISIGRO cone oonouanpoqucnod doaobodsHuHoTS coaabononasoddedoDONUCt uniplaga.

EBARIAS. 497

6854. Earias novoguineana. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 5.)

Karias novoguineana, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 219 (1906).

Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpiand sides of frons scarlet ;

anteunee brown, the basal joint scarlet; shoulders with scarlet

stripes; fore legs brown above, mid legs with the femoro-tibial

joint brown with a little scarlet beyond it, the tarsi brown ; abdo-

men white, the anal tuft yellow. Fore wing yellow tinged with

orange ; obliquely placed brown antemedial points in and below cell

and above inner margin; a round brown discoidal spot; a faint

brownish post medial line,excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique,

with brown points on it below costa, at discal and submedian folds,

and above inner margin. Hind wing semihyaline yellowish white.

Ilab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pritt), 1 3, 2 9 , Babooni (Pratt),

1 2, Avola (Pratt), 1 ¢,Mt. Kebea (Pratt),1 6. Hp. 3+ millim.

Type f in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

6855. Earias rufopunctata. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 6.)

EKarias rufopunctata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 219 (1906).

3. Head and thorax pale yellow; palpi scarlet with brown

patch at side of 2nd joint, the extremity pale yellow; antennee

brown, the basal joint scarlet; fore legs brown above, the bind legs

with the femoro-tibial joint brown and scarlet, the tarsi brown;

abdomen white. Fore wing pale yellow, the costal edge tinged

with scarlet on basal half; an oblique elliptical red-brown discoidal

spot with whitish centre. Hind wing semihyaline white, the

termen and cilia faintly tinged with yellow; the underside with

the costal area tinged with yellow.

2. Fore wing without the discoidal spot.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 23,19. Hyp. 28

millim.

6856. Harias uniplaga.

Karias uniplaga, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 219 (1906).

dg. Head and thorax pale yellow, the palpi dark brown with

Fig. 189.—Harias uniplaga, S. 4.

some scarlet in front andat extremity of 2nd joint behind, the tuft

of hair on 2nd joint and the extremity of 3rd joint pale yellow;

VoL. XI. 2k

498 NOCTUID &.

antenne brown, the basal joint scarlet; shoulders with scarlet

stripes ; fore legs brown above, the mid legs with some brown at

femoro- tibial joint and scarlet streak on the tibia above, the tarsi

brown slightly ringed with white; abdomen yellowish white.

Fore wing pale yellow; the base of costa brown; a brown discoidal

bar, produced above and below on both inner and outer sides like a

capital I and with a similarly formed scarlet discoidal striga on it.

Hind wing semihyaline yellowish white.

Q. Fore wing without the bar-shaped mark at end of cell.

Hab. Br. N. Guryua, Milne Bay (Meek), 2 3, Babooni (Pratt),

1G, Mt. Kebea ((eratt), 3g), 1 On sip, 30) mullim iyspest am

Coll. Bethune- Baker.

Sect. II, Palpi and mid legs of male normal.

A. ae wing with more or less distinct. transverse lines.

Be wig yellow with hardly any green tinge.

. Fore wing with the cilia tipped with brown.

a°, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

angled inwards at discal fold ....0..:ccec0e0cs0- citrina.

?. Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled

TAN IRGIS) EAS GUISE WONG! cascoaccccccasonocsscosconued luteolaria,

b'. Fore wing with the cilia not tipped with brown... flavida.

b, Fore wing green or strongly tinged with green.

a', Fore wing with the cilia dark brown; hind wing

suffused with {DUNG 0) eo unaaaneenactoncnaneoasadcopsnpceane ogovana.

6, Fore wing with the cilia tipped with brown; hind

WHOS SemaNlan AIAG WAMMHE GoccocsasuesncaopasccHncaanece biplaga.

c'. Fore ‘wing with the cilia not tipped with brown.

a*, Fore wing with the costal and inner areas

broadly awiite: secre scecescurerr ecco ee huegeli.

62, Fore wing with the costal and inner areas not

white.

a*, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa, then oblique.

a*, Fore wing with three transverse lines...... insulana.

b*. Fore wing with two transverse lines ...... vernana.

63, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique

thr oughout.

at, Fore wing with three transverse lines;

hind wing white, the termen tinged with

LOGO halen Reet nen on nBredase auc imaeadheceraa dace parallela,

64, Fore wing with two transverse lines ; hind ;

HONS? OIG) POMIONT Sascuccavsseesqpancoaesactoone subviridis.

B. Fore wing without transverse lines.

a. Fore wing with brown terminal band.

a, Fore wing with the terminal band broad; hind

wing suffused with brown ........ ........ceeseeee es latimargo.

61, Fore wing with the terminal band narrow; hind

wing semihyaline WINITE he sasatenc bes chen Sactmeme oeeeee cupreoviridis.

b. Fore wing without brown terminal band,

ai, Fore wing olive-green suffused with reddish ; hind

wing tinged Wibod ceils cg. hoe ete Mera glaucescens.

. Fore. wing green with more or less developed

patch of pink suffusion on disk; hind wing

tinged with brown ....... Suadouboaodsudonuoasboodneons rosetfera,

BARIAS. ~499

el, Fore wing green without pink or red suffusion ;

hind wing semihyaline white.

a’, Fore wing with the cilia tipped with brown ... pudicana.

&. Fore wing with the cilia not tipped with brown.

@. Fore wing with the costal and inner areas

loroyallyy WABI), 5 cannqnoopaeqocboospadescaasendeda 65 fabia.

b°, Fore wing with the costal and inner areas

not broadly white.

a’. Fore wing on underside white, the terminal

area tinged with green.

a. Fore wing irrorated with white ......... syriacana.

b°. Fore wing not irrorated with white...... chlorana.

b?, Fore wing on underside white tinged with

brown to termen.

a. Fore wing with the cilia orange-yellow

Pip me hs ciated oct bGaHd ode suagae Suc HOnAbmau neni chlorophyllana.

6°. Kore wing with the cilia white at tips... smaragdina.

d', Fore wing pale greenish yellow ..................065 ochrophytla.

6857. Earias citrina. (Plate CLXXXVIL fig. 7.)

Earias citrina, Saalm. Lep. Madag. i. p. 178 (1884); Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het.

p: 282.

arias crocea, Mab. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 727.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi rufous

mixed with white; antenne brown; pectus and legs white, the

fore tibiz and the tarsi suffused with rufous and ringed with white ;

abdomen white dorsally tinged with ochreous, the crests at base

yellow, the 2nd tipped with rufous. Fore wing ochreous tinged

with rufous; a faint oblique brownish antemedial line, excurved

below costa and cell and above inner margin, with small brown

spots on it below costa, in cell and in submedian fold; a small

round brown discoidal spot; postmedial hue slight, brownish with

a series of brown points on it, excurved below costa, slightly in-

curved at discal fold and incurved below vein 4; a slight brownish

subterminal line with series of brown points on it, excurved helow

costa and at middle and incuryed at discal fold and below vein 3 ;

cilia brown except at base. Hind wing semihyaline white, the

termen and cilia towards apex tinged with reddish ochreous.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing orange-yellow.

Ab. 2. Similar but fore wing with the markings nearly obsolete.

Ab. 3. Head, thorax, and fore wing pale yellow, the last tinged

with green except on basal and costal areas, the markings slight,

greenish.

Hab. Soxotra, Jena-agahan (0.-Grant), 1 $, Adho Dimellus

(0.-Grant), 1 3; Br. KE. Arnica, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 9, Nairobi

(Crawshay), 1 3, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 3g, Mscarpment

(Doherty), 1 g: Mozampraun, Beira (Sheppard), 1 2; Narat,1 2;

Mapacascar; Comoro Is. Hep. 24 millim.

ORK?

500 NOCTUID.

6858. Earias luteolaria.

Earias luteolaria, Wmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 46, pl. 139. f. 16 (1891) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 134.

Head and thorax bright yellow; palpi white, red-brown towards

tips ; frons with some red-brown at sides ; antennz brown ; pectus

and legs white, the fore femora and tibize above and the tarsi purple-

brown irrorated with white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with

yellow, the basal crests yellow. ore wing bright yellow ; traces

of an antemedial line, excurved below costa and cell and above

inner margin and incurved in eell and above vein 1; traces of a

postmedial line, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved;

traces of a subterminal line, exeurved below costa and at middle

and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; cilia yellow shading

to rufous, the tips dark brown mixed with whitish. Hind wing

semihy aline white, the termen and cilia tinged with yellow.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing orange-yellow, the last with

series of brown ‘points on the lines.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the terminal area suffused with pink

except towards apex.

Hab. Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3, 1 Q type; Crynon,

Pundaloya (Green), 1 9, Matale (Pole), 1 2 ; New CarEponra

(Mathew), 1 2 ; QuEenstanp, Brisbane (Turner), 1 Q. Hap. 22-

26 millim.

6859. Farias flavida.

Earias flavida, Feld, Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, xltii. p. 34 (1861) ; Kirby,

Cat. Lep. Het. p. 289,

Digha uninotata, Wik. Journ, Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 198 (1862) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 134.

Earias annulifera, Wik. xxxv. 1774 (1866); Himpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix.

p- 87, pl. 157. f. 18; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 918.

Earias 2 enna ia, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 490, pl. 208. f. 10 (1887).

Head and thorax yellow; palpi white, purple-brown towards

tips; antenne brown; pectus and legs white, the fore femora and

tibie above, the femoro-tibial joint of hind legs and the tarsi purple-

brown irrorated with white, the mid and hind tibie tinged with

yellow; abdomen white dorsally tinged with yellow, the basal

crests yellow. Fore wing canary-yellow, the terminal area tinged

with green; traces of an oblique sinuous antemedial line with

brown points on it in and below cell and some green beyond it

above vein 1; a small chocolate-brown discoidal annulus; an in-

distinct greenish postmedial line, oblique from costa to discal fold,

then inwardly oblique. Hind wing semihyaline white.

Ab. 1. sulphuraria. Fore wing with the lines hardly traceable,

the discoidal annulus absent.

Hab. Manras, Belgaum ( Watson), 2 9, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 3,

: = SPRAY ANEORE, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 2 9; Cayton (Lindesay),

2 © type sulphur aria; Sumatra, Plains of Alloc, 1 2; Bornxo,

° ; Kuching (Shelford), 1 2; Java (Horsfield), 1 3, type annuli-

fera; Ambotna. Evp, 20-24 millim, ‘Type T uninotata in Mus. Oxon.

EARIAS. 501

6860. Earias ogovana. (Plate CLXXXVIL. fig. 8.)

Eavias ogovana, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 398 (1893).

@. Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi brown and white;

antenne brown; pectus and legs white, the fore tibie and tarsi

dark brown, the latter ringed with white; abdomen dark brown,

the ventral surface white except towards extremity. Fore wing

yellow-green ; a medial dark green line, oblique from costa to

median nervure, then erect ; postmedial line dark green, excurved

from costa to submedian fold; the costal edge towards apex and

the cilia dark purple-brown. Hind wing whitish wholly suffused

with purple-brown, the cilia paler with a brown line through them.

Underside of fore wing whitish suffused with purple-brown; hind

wing whitish, the costal area and terminal area to vein 3 irrorated

with brown.

Hab. Gown Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 9; 8. Nraurra, Olo-

kemeji( Dudgeon), 1 9 ; Ilesha (Humphrey), 1 9 ; GaBoon, Ogové R.,

type fT in Coll. Holland, Zap. 28 millim.

6861. Earias biplaga.

Earias biplaga, W\k. xxxv. 1775 (1866) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 282.

Earias fusciciliana, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xv. p. 36 (1872); Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 28?.

Earias maculana, Snell, Tijd. vy. Ent. xv. p. 56 (1872); Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 282.

Earias plaga, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 108. f. 20 (1874).

Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi brown mixed with white ;

antennee brown; pectus and legs white, the fore tibiae and tarsi

and the extremities of mid and hind tarsi chocolate-brown irrorated

with white; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brownish. Fore

wing yellow-green; traces of medial and postmedial waved lines,

oblique and green from costa to discal fold, then dark brown filled

in with brown irrorated with dark brown and with the indistinct

dark discoidal spot on its inner edge; traces of a green subterminal

line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia with the tips

chocolate-brown irrorated with grey. Hind wing semihyaline

white, the termen and cilia suffused with purplish brown from apex

to vein 2. Underside of fore wing and costal area of hind wing

yellowish, the costal areas slightly irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with series of dark points on the lines, the dark

discoidal spot prominent, the area between medial and postmedial

lines not filled in with brown on inner half.

Ab. 2. fusciciliona. Fore wing without brown discoidal spot or

postmedial brown area.

Hab. Sierra Leone (Morgan), 1 Q type; S. NicErra, Lagos,

Ebute Meta (Boag), 1 2, Calabar (Simpson), 1 9, Aro (Simpson),

1 9; N. Nicerra, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 9, Borgu, Yelwa Lake

(Migeod), 1 3.; Lr. Guinns; Br. HE. Arica, Taveta (Rogers), 22,

Nairobi (Crawshay), 1 9, Eb Urru (Betton), 1 2 ; Br. C. Arrrea,

502 NOCTrUIDA,

Mlanji Boma (Neave), 1 9, Ruo Valley (Neave),1 $; Mozameravn,

Beira (de Jersey), 1 9; Naat, 1 9, Kimbolton (Hutchinson), 1 3,

1, Durban (Gooch), 1 2; Caps. Cotrony (Sir A. Smith), 1 9;

Mavririvs (Manders), 1 9. Hwxp. 18-26 millim.

6862. Earias hnegeli. (Plate CLXXXVIL. fig. 9.)

Earias huegeli, Rogenh. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xx. p. 872 (1870) ;

Kirby, Cat. Lep. “Het. p. 282.

Head, tegule, and patagia white; thorax yellow-green with

white dorsal streak; fore legs tinged with brown on inner side;

abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing white; a

yellow-green fascia from base between diseal and submedian folds to

end of cell, then with its lower edge somewhat oblique and diffused

to termen below vein 6; medial line represented by an oblique

greenish striga on costal area or spot below costa and oblique striga

on inner area or spots above and below vein 1; postmedial line

green, maculate, oblique from costa to discal fold, then inwardly

oblique ; subterminal line green, maculate, oblique from costa to

vein 7; the termen and cilia at base green between veins 6 and 2.

Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen tinged with brown from

apex to vein 2, Underside of fore wing white tinged with brown.

Ab. 1. Thorax and fore wing with the green ‘Teplaced by dull

rufous ; fore wing with the costal area slightly tinged with rufous,

the inner area strongly suffused with rufous and almost concolorous

with the fascia.

Ab. 2. Fore wing white tinged with rufous, the fascia almost

obsolete.

Hah. Qupenstanp, Warwick (Zurner), 1 ¢, Moreton Bay

(Diggles), 1 9; N. Ausrratira, Port Darwin (Buch Gah), IL Qe

N.S. Wates, Sydney (Raynor), i 3,19, Broken Hill ee Ny bes

Frst (Mathew), 2 6,1 9; Taurrt, "Tauteia (Necholl), 1 29; GriBERr

Is., Apia ve lu Garde), 1 9 ; Maraussas, Faton-Hiva I. (J. J.

Walker), 1 Q. Hxp. 18-28 millim.

6863. Earias insulana.

Tortrixe insulana, Boisd. Faun. Madag. p. 121, pl. 16. f.9 (1833); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ti. p. 183; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 281; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 862.

Earias smaragdinana, Zell. K. Vet.-Akad. Hand1. 1852, p. 79.

arias siliquana, Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 448, Nyct. ff. 1-3

(1853).

Farias frondosana, Wik. xxvii. 204 (1863); Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi. p. 14,

Toll, 1kOS), tt, Th

Acontia xanthophila, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 50 (1863). .

Eorias simillima, Wik. xxxy. 1775 (1866); Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 282.

Earias chlorion, Rmbr. Cat. Lep. 8S. And. ii. pl. 15. f. 6 (1866).

Farias gossypii, Frauenf. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xvii. p. 791 (1867).

Earias anthophilana, Snell. Tijd. y. Ent. xxii. p. 96, pl. 8. f. 1 (1879);

Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 282.

Earias tristrigosa, Butl, P. Z.8. 1881, p. 614 ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 282.

Earias dorsivitta, Staud, Iris, x. p. 165 (1897).

EARIAS. 503

Head and thorax yellow-green mixed with some white; palpi

white irrorated with red-brown except at base; frons white;

antennee red-brown; pectus and legs white, the fore tibie and

tarsi irrorated with red-brown ; abdomen white, dorsally slightly

tinged with brown, the crests at base green. Fore wing yellow-

green slightly irrorated with white, the costal edge white to near

apex ; a faint medial green line from below costa to median neryure,

then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line indistinct, green, oblique

from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique; an indistinct rather

diffused green subterminal line, oblique from costa to vein 7.

Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen tinged with brown from

apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing white, tinged with brown

except on inner area.

Ab. 1. anthophilana. Fore wing ochreous with the lines purplish

green and distinct, a dark discoidal point.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the costa and inner margin ochreous

irrorated with purplish, the cilia purplish at tips.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the area between the medial and post-

medial lines filled in with purplish from vein 6 to inner margin.

Ab. 4. Similar but the band rufous, the cilia tinged with rufous

at tips.

Ab. 5. dorsivitta, Fore wing with grey medial stripe.—Syria.

Hab. Spatn, Iberia; Stctny; Canarres, Crete; N. Niceria,

Zungeru (Macfie), 1 S$, 6 9 ; Heyer, Cairo, Zeller Coll. (Sichen-

berger), 3 3,7 2, Gizeh (Flower), 1 6, 1 9 ; Apyssrnta, Atbara

(Gerrard), 1 3 ; Soxorra, Adko Dimellus (0.-Grant), 1 6; Br. E.

Arrica, Taveta (Rogers), 1 3, 2 2, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 3,

Gwelil (Betton), 1 2; Br. C. Arrica, Likoma (de Jersey), 1 5,19;

Masuonatand, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 g ; Mozametausr, Beira,

Zambite (Sheppard), 1 3 ; Lorengo Mareguss, Delagoa Bay (Ken-

rich), 1 9 ; Transvaat, Piet Retief (Morley), 1 2, Warmbad

(Janse), 2 9, Pretoria (Janse), 1 ¢, Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 9;

Nava, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 g¢ ; Ornaner R. Cotony, Bloemfon-

tein (Hckersley), 1 3; Basvrotanp, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 3, Masite

(Crawshay), 1 2; Carr Cotony (Sir A. Sinith, Drége), 3 3, Annshaw

(Mss Ff, Barrett), 1 3; Mavritivs, 1 $3; Rep Sea (Meade- Waldo),

19; Cyprus (Miss Bate), 1 2 ; Syria (Lederer), 1 S ; Formosa

(Hobson), 19; Punsas (Hearsey, Horne), 3 9 , Almorah (Boys), 1 9

type frondosana, Kulu (Hocking), 1 2 , Campbellpur (Yerbury), 33,

Wuzeerabad (Hearsey), 1 ¢, Allahabad, 2 ¢, Moghal Sarai (Betton),

1 ¢; Brvvcuisran, Hubb R., 2 $ type tristrigosa; Stnp, Karachi

(Swinhoe), 3 3, 1 9 ; Manras, Coimbatore (Walhouse), 1 S ;

Cuyton (Pole), 1 6,1 9; Burwa, Myingyan (Watson), 1 $,1 9;

Prnane (itidley), 1 3 ; Sram, 1 ¢S type similluma; Boxrnzo,

Sarawak ( Wallace), type T xanthophila in Mus. Oxon.; Puitipprnss,

Manilla (Banks), 1 g ; Cutenes. Hvp. 16-28 millim.

Larva. Hoffm, Raup. p. 288.

Food-plants: Ceratonia siliqua and Gossypium herbaccum ; very

destructive to the cotton-plant.

504 Nocruipm#.

6864. Earias vernana.

Tortrix vernana, Hiibn. Vogel u. Schmett. pl. 8 (1793); id. Eur. Schmett.,

Mort. f 161; Dup, Lép. Br: ix. p. 42, pl. 237. £5; Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 281; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362.

Head and thorax white, the latter, except the tegule, slightly

tinged with yellow-green; pectus and legs white, the tarsi brownish

ringed with white; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with fuscous.

Fore wing white irrorated with yellow-green, the terminal area

suffused with green, the costal area whiter; a medial green line

arising below costa and incurved in cell; postmedial line arising

below costa, oblique to vein 6, then somewhat inwardly oblique ;

cilia green at base, white at tips. Hind wing white, the termen

and base of cilia tinged with green from apex to vein 2. Underside

of fore wing white, the disk suffused with brown, the terminal area

and cilia tinged with green.

Ab. 1. Thorax and wings tinged with blue-green.

Hab. Germany, Zeller, Frey & Leech Colls., Pomerania, Siberia ;

Avsrria, Galicia; Huneary, Leech Coll.; Iraty, Piedmont. Herp.

24 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 98; Hffm. Raup. p. 39.

Food-plant: Populus alba. 7-9.

Cocoon. Boat-shaped with a slight dorsal ridge in front.

6865. Earias parallela. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 10.)

Earias parallela, Lucas, Pr. R. Soe. Queensl. xiii. p. 73 (1898).

Earias chlorodes, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1902, p. 44.

Head and thorax yellowish white slightly tinged with green ;

pectus and legs white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown.

Fore wing yellowish white slightly tinged with green except on

costal area, the termen and cilia more strongly tinged with green ;

rather diffused oblique medial, postmedial and subterminal green

lines from below costa to inner margin. Hind wing semihyaline

white, the termen tinged with brown; cilia white. Underside of

fore wing white, tinged with brown excapt on inner area.

Hab. Qvrenstand, Duaringa; N. Avsrrania, Alexandria

(Stalker), 1 g ; W. Ausrratta, Sherlock R. (Clements), 2 3,1 9°,

Derby, 1 $, 2 9, Carnarvon; Vicrorta, Melbourne. Aup. 20-24

millim. Type f in Coll. Lucas.

#6866, Earias subviridis. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 11.)

Earias subviridis, Lucas, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. xiii. p. 72 (1898).

Earias limonia, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 44.

$. Head and thorax white, the latter tinged with very pale

green ; palpi and tarsi tinged with reddish brown; abdomen white

dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore wing silky white with a

bluish green tinge rather deeper towards termen; fine oblique

BARIAS. ‘505

slightly darker medial and postmedial lines, the former bent out-

wards to inner margin, Hina wing ochreous white, the costal area

tinged with bluish green. Underside uniform ochreous white.

Hab, Qusurnstanp, Brisbane in Coll. Turner; N.S. Watzes,

Richmond R. Lap. 28 millim.

6867. Harias latimargo, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXYVII. fig. 12.)

Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi chocolate-brown, whitish

at base; pectus whitish; legs chocolate-brown, the tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen whitish suffused with brown except at base.

Fore wing yellow-green, the costal edge pale pinkish; a small

lunulate chocolate-brown discoidal spot; a broad terminal chocolate-

brown band, its inner edge slightly angled inwards at discal fold

and incurved below vein 3. Hind wing white tinged with brown

especially on terminal area. Underside of tore wing white tinged

with brown especially on costal and terminal areas.

Hab, Curisimas I., Flying Fish Cove (Andrews), 1 3, 4 2 type.

Hep. 18 millim.

6868. Earias cupeoviridis.

Xauthoptera cupreoviridis, Wik. Trans. Ent. Soe. (3) i. p. 92 (1862).

Earias chromataria, Wk. xxvii. 2U4 (1863); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 490,

pl. 208. f.5; Hmpsy. Moths Ind. i. p. 183; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het.

p. 282.

Eurias fulvidana, Wilgrn, Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 143 (1863); Kirby, Cat.

Lep. Het. p. 282.

Earias fervida, W\k. xxxv. 1774 (1866).

Earias limbana, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxii. p. 97, pl. 8. f. 2 (1879).

Head white ; palpi with chocolate-brown mixed; sides of frons

brown; antenne brown ringed with white; thorax yellow-green,

the shoulders and front of prothorax yellow; pectus and legs white,

the fore legs chocolate-brown irrorated with white in front, the

mid tibie suffused with red, the tarsi brown ringed with white;

abdomen white. Fore wing yellow-green, the costul area suffused

with crimson to middle, expanding into a patch in end of cell with

a slight medial line on it angled outwards below costa and ending

at discal fold and a small red-brown or red discoidal spot; the

termen red-brown expanding into triangular patches at discal and

submedian folds and inner margin, with patches of reddish yellow

before it at apex, middle, and above inner margin ; cilia red-brown.

Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen towards apex slightly

tinged with ochreous. Underside of fore wing and costal area of

hind wing white tinged with ochreous.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without crimson on costal area, the medial line

replaced by a point in cell.

Hab. Sierra Leone (Foxcroft), 1 3, 1 9; N. Nieerta, Zungeru

(Macfie), 1 $,1 9, Borgu, Yelwa Lake (Migeod), 1 9 ; Br. E.

Arrica, Nairobi (Crawshay), 1 2 ; Ucanpa, Gondokoro (Reynes-

Cole), 2 2; Rauoprsia, Bulawayo (Lyles), 1 9 ; TRansvaat,

506 NOCTUID A.

Pretoria (Janse),2$,2 9; Narat, Howich (Cregoe), 1 9, Tugela ht.,

Bonds Drift (Reynolds), 1 3 , Kimbolton (/utchinson), 1 9, Durban

(Gooch), 1 6,1 2; Javan, Tokio (Fenton), 1 9, Yokohama (Jonas,

Pryer), 33,19; Conwa, Gensan (Leech), 1 g ; C. Cuina, Chusan

Is. (J. J. Walker), 1 9, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 g,1 9 ; Punsaz

(James), 1 2, Almorah (Boys), 1 9, Kulu (Hocking), 1 3, 2 2 ;

Bomzay, 3 3 ; Cryton, Colombo (Metner, Mackwood), 4 3,2 9

type chromataria; AnpAmans (ltogers), 1 3, 2 2 ; Pataway, Pto.

Princesa (Doherty), 1 3,2 9 ; Java (Horsfield, Muller), 4 g, 1 2

type fervida ; Sua ( Wallace}, 1. Hep. 18-22 millim. Type fT

in Mus. Oxon., and type T fulviduna in Mus. Stockholm.

6869. Earias glaucescens. (Plate CLXXXYVII. fig. 13.)

Paraxestis glaucescens, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 585 (1905).

@. Head and thorax olive-grey with a slight reddish tinge; palpi,

tibie, and tarsi rufous; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous.

Fore wing olive-green suffused with reddish and with a silky gloss ;

very faint traces of slightly curved ante- and postmedial rufous

lines ; termen and cilia deeper red. Hind wing ochreous tinged

with red especially on terminal area.

Hab. 8. Nicert1a, Old Calabar (Crempton), 1 Q type. Hap. 22

millim.

6870. Earias roseifera. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 14.)

Earias roseifera, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1881, p. 18; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het.

de Bo,

arias erubescens, Staud. Rom. Mém. iii. p. 175 (1887); Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 282; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362.

Head and thorax yelow-green ; palpi dark brown irrorated with

white; antenne dark brown ringed with white; pectus and legs

white and brown mixed ; abdomen whitish suffused with fuscous

brown. Fore wing yellow-green with a more or less developed

patch of pink suffusion in and round end of cell; cilia dark reddish

brown. Hind wing whitish more or less strongly tinged with

brown. Underside of both wings tinged with brown except at

apex.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with small brown discoidal spot.

Ab, 2. Fore wing without any pink suffusion.

Ab. 3. Fore wing suffused with pink from aear base to towards

termen except on inner area.

Hab, HK. Srperta, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwaké, 1 9, Gifu (Pryer),

13, 2 9, Tokio (Fenton), 2 § type, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 9 ;

C. Curva, Kiukiang (Pryer), 1 9 ; W. Curna, Chang-yang (Pratt),

1 2, Omei-shan, 1 9 ; Assam, Khasis, 1 9. Hwp. 20-24 millim.

EARIAS. 507

6871. Earias pudicana.

Farias pudicana, Staud. Rom. Mém. in. p. 174, pl. 8. f. 10 (1887); Kirby,

Cat. Lep. Het. p. 281; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362.

Earias pupillana, Staud. Rom. Mém. ui. p. 176 (1887); Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 282; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 662.

Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi brown irrorated with

white ; pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated with brown;

abdomen white. Fore wing yellow-green, the costal edge white,

pink towards base; cilia red-brown, white at tips. Hind wing

semihyaline white. Underside of fore wing whitish.

Ab. 1. pupillana. Fore wing with round brown discoidal spot.

Hab. Ki. Siperta, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté (Andrews), 1 9,

Tsuruga (Leech), 1 9, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 9 ; C. Cuina, Shanghai

(Fortune, J. J. Walker), 3 2, Kiukiang (Pryer), 1 g, Mingpoo

(Leech), 1 2 ; W. Cutna, Moupin (Aricheldorf), 1 3; Punsas,

Kulu (Hocking), 1 9, Kangra (Dudgeon), 2 9. Kap. 20-24

millim.

Cocoon. Silken, elliptical with a shght dorsal ridge in front.

6872, Earias fabia.

Noctua fabia, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 355. f. H (1782); Hinpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 188; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 282.

Tinea vitella, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 2, p. 298 (1794).

Aphusia speiplena, Wik. xii. 770 (1857); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 490,

al. 208. f. 6.

Mens partita, Wik. xxxiit. 799 (1865).

Head, tegule, and patagia white, the tegule and patagia tinged

with flesh-colour; thorax yellow-green with white dorsal stripe ;

pectus and legs white, the fore tibiz and tarsi tinged with brown ;

abdomen white, dorsally slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing

white tinged with flesh-colour, a yellow-green fascia from base

between discal and submedian folds to end of cell, then with its

lower edge somewhat oblique and diffused to termen below vein 6;

cilia rufous at base between veins 6 and 3. Hind wing semihyaline

white, the termen tinged with brownish ochreous from apex to

vein 2, Underside of fore wing white tinged with brown.

Ab. 1. speiplena. Tegule and patagia not tinged with flesh-

colour, the latter slightly tinged with green ; fore wing not tinged

with flesh-colour, the green fascia widening to termen between

veins 6 and 2 and with the cilia beyond it green, a short green

streak on inner margin before middle, the terminal area slightly

tinged with green towards apex and tornus.

Hab. Punsas, Wuzeerabad (Hearsey), 3 $, 1 2 type speiplena,

Allahabad, 1 g, Cawnpore (Betton), 1 ¢ ; Bomsay, 2 g, 3 9,

Bandra (Jayaker), 1 3 ; Mavras, Gooty (Campbell), 1 3, Coim-

batore ( Walhouse), 1 3 ; Cuyton (Green), 1 3 ; Burma, Myingyan

(Watson), 1 9 ; Anpamans (Rogers), 1 g ; Java (Horsfield), 1 3

type partita ; Frist (Mutthew), 2 3. Exp, 22-28 millim.

508 NOCTUID A.

*6873. Earias syriacana. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 15.)

Earias syriacana, Bartel, Iris, xvi. p. 215 (1903).

@. Head and teguli white, the latter tinged with green at tips;

autenne ringed with brown; thorax white suffused with yellow-

green; pectus and legs white; abdomen white dorsally suffused

with fuscous except at base. Fore wing yellow-green thickly

irrorated with white, the costa white; cilia green, white at tips.

Hind wing white. Underside of both wings white tinged with

green except at costa of fore wing.

Hab. Syria, Beirut, type f 2 in Coll. Piingeler. Lvp. 22 millim.

6874. Earias chlorana.

Tortrix chlorana, Linn. Faun. Saec, p. 343 (1761); Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Tortr. f. 160; Dup. Lép. Fr. 1x. p. 88, pl. 237. f. 4; Steph. Ill. Brit.

Enut., Haust. iv. p. 68; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 281; Staud. Cat. Lep

pal. p. 362.

Phulena viride, Retz. Gen. Spec. Ins. p. 52 (1783).

Larias flavimargo, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1908, p. 46, & Ann. Soe.

Ent. Kr. 1908, pl. 15. f. 7.

arias henixantha, de Joan. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1908, p. 752, pl. 15. f. 8.

Head and tegule white, the tips of tegule and thorax yellow-

green; palpi and antenne tinged with brown; pectus and legs

white, the fore and mid tibiz and tarsi tinged with brown ;

Vig. 190.—EHarias chlorana, g. }.

abdomen white dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing yellow-

green, the costal area white to beyond middle, the costal edge

brownish towards base. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen

very slightly tinged with green from apex to vein 2. Underside of

fore wing white, the terminal half tinged with green,

Ab. 1. flavimargo. Fore wing with the cilia reddish yellow at

base, brown at middie and white at tips.—Britany.

Ab. 2. hemtxantha. Fore wing with the terminal area broadly

suffused with orange-yellow except at costa.

Hab. Brrrain ; France, Sand Coll., Britany (de Joanmis), Napoul

(Walsingham); Germany, Zeller, Frey & Leech Colls.; Avsrrra ;

Houneary ; Swirzertanp, Valais, Frey Coll.; Ivaty, Capri (C. Z.

Browne); Wvssta, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Ast4s Minor, Pontus ;

Stserta. Hep. 20-24 millim.

EARIAS. 509

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p.35; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 181, pl. 64. f. 4.

Whitish sometimes tinged with pink, narrow dorsal, broad sub-

dorsal, lateral and spiracular pale red-brown lines, the subdorsal

line darker on somites 2-5 and front of 6 and 12; subspiracular

line white; pairs of rather pointed tubercles on somites 3, 4, 6, and

12; head pale green marked with black.

Food-plant: Salix viminalis; 7,8; pupating among leaves spun

together.

6875. Earias chlorophylana. (Plate CLXXXVIL. fig. 16.)

Earias chlorophyllana, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 249 (1891); Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 913; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 302.

Earias turana, Gr. Ann. Mus. Pétersb. iv. p. 461 (1899).

3. Head and thorax yellow-green ; palpi white with some brown

towaids tips; frons white; antennee brown ringed with white;

pectus and legs white, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

white dorsally faintly tinged with brown. Fore wing yellow-green,

the costal area yellowish white ; cilia orange-yellow at tips. Hind

wing semihyaline white, the termen shghtly tinged with rufous

from apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing white tinged with

brown except on costal and inner areas, the cilia green at base,

yellowish at tips.

Hab, Syria, Antioch, Mardin, 1 6; Kuurpistan; W. Turxesran,

Turcomania. Hep. 20 millim.

6876. Earias smaragdina. (Plate CLXX XVII. fig. 17.)

Earias smaragdina, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 888; Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 282.

Head, tegule, and prothorax greenish yellow, the rest of thorax

yellow-green ; palpi and frons white tinged with rufous; antenne

brown; pectus and legs white slightly tinged with rufous, the fore

tibiee and tarsi brown, the latter rmged with white; abdomen white,

dorsally shghtly tinged with brown. Fore wing yellow-green, the

costa white, the costal area yellowish towards base; cilia white at

tips. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen faintly tinged

with brown from apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing white

tinged with brown, the cilia greenish.

Heb. QuEnNstann (Waller), 1 9, Peak Downs, 1 @ type,

Brisbane (Turner), 3 g,1 92 ; N.S. Watus (Arnold), 2 2. Hap.

18-22 millim.

6877. Earias ochrophylla. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 18.)

Earias ochrophylia, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 108 (1902).

Head and thorax white, the latter, except the tegule, slightly

tinged with greenish yellow ; pectus, legs, and abdomen white, the

last slightly tinged with brown on dorsum. Fore wing very pale

greenish yellow, tke costal area white. Hind wing semihyaline

510 NOCTUID ©.

white tinged with brown except on costal area; cilia white.

Underside of fore wing pale brown.

Hab. W. Austrattia, Derby (Lower), 2 9; N.S. Wates (Arnold),

1 $, Broken Hill (Zower),1 92. Hep. 20 millim.

Genus HYLOPHILODES, nov.

Type, H. orientalis.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head, slender, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of

male almost simple; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests; tibiae

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with slight hairy crests on two basal

segments only, the male with large lateral scale-fans at base. Fore wing with

the apex produced and acute, the termen almost straight 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 cell in male,

shortly stalked in female; 5 fully developed from angle; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the subterminal line strongly angled

outwards below vein 7 and at middle .................. orientalis,

B. Fore wing with the subterminal line very indistinct

and exeurved below vein 7 and at middle............... rubromarginata.

6878. Hylophilodes orientalis.

Halias orientalis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 132 (1894).

¢. Head and thorax olive-green shading into white on meta-

thorax, the dorsum of thorax with slight rufous streak; palpi,

frons, and antenne rufous; pectus and legs white, the latter

suffused with rufous; abdomen white, dorsally suffused with yellow

at base, Fore wing white suffused with pale yellow-green, the

Fig. 191.—Hylophilodes orientalis, 8. 1.

costal edge pale rufous; antemedial line yellow, defned on inner

side by green and on outer by white, straight; a slight green

discoidal lunule ; postmedial line yellow, defined on inner side by

white and on outer by green, straight, very oblique from costa near

apex to middle of inner margin; a slight green subtermina! line

strongly angled inwards at vein 6 and below 3 and outwards above

veins 6 and 3 and to tornus; cilia deep crimson; the hair on inner

margin yellow from antemedial line to tornus. Hind wing white

with a faint green tinge except on costal area, the inner area

clothed with yellow hair; the underside pure white with series of

blackish points on the cilia from apex to vein 3.

HYLOPHILODES.—HYLOPHIDA. | 511

9. Abdomen without yellow at base; fore wing with the cilia

yellow ; hind wing uniform pure white.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 6, 1 9, Naga Hills (Doherty), type tT 2

in Coll. Rothschild. Hep. 38 millim.

*6879. Hylophilodes rubromarginata.

(Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 19.)

Hylophila rubromarginata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 219 (1906).

@. Head and tegule pale olive green; 3rd joint of palpi and

antennee rufous; thorax white faintly tinged with green and with

some brown in front; fore femora and tibiz fiery red on inner side,

the tarsi fiery red; abdomen white. Fore wing white tinged with

yellow-green, the costal edge fiery red; a fine inwardly oblique

green antemedial line from costa to inner margin; a very oblique

postmedial yellow line defined by green on outer side from costa

towards apex to middle of inner margin; a faint green subterminal

line excuryed below vein 7 and at middle; cilia fiery red. Hind

wing white faintly tinged with green.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type t+ Q in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Aroa R. Eep. 36 millim.

Genus HYLOPHILA.

Type.

Jsitoploaler, Witton, EZ, > BIG (USL) coo. cacosccncnnsc000 00acooaKe prasinanta.

Aalias, Treit. Schmett. Hur. vii. p. 227 (1829)... ...............08 prasinand,

Chloephora, Steph. Syst. Cat. Brit. Ins. pt. 2, p. 168 (1829) ... prasinana.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head, slender and fringed with long sparse hair in front, the 8rd

joint long; frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antenne of male almost simple ;

thorax clothed with hair only and without crests; tibiz moderately fringed

with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and

acute, the termen 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 shortly stalked or from angle of cell;

5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

Srcr. I. Retinaculum of male a tuft of hair from below median nervure.

6880. Hylophila bicolorana.

Tortrix prasina, Poda, Mus. Gree. p. 93, pl. 2. f.10 F. (1761), nec prasinana,

Linn.

Phalena bicolorana, Fuessl. Verz. p. 41 (1775); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p- 862; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 280.

Pyralis prasinana, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 645 (1775), nec Linn,

Tortrix quercana, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 125 (1776) ; Hibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Tort. p. 159; Dup. Lép. Fr. ix. p. 32, pl. 287. f.1; Curt. Brit. Ent.

xii. p. 575; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iv. p. 67.

Head and thorax bright yellow-green ; palpi pink, white on

inner side; lower part of frons white with two pink points;

512 : NOCTUID A.

antenne pink; tegule white at base; pectus, legs, and abdomen

white, the fore tibie slightly tinged with white. Fore wing bright

yellow-green slightly irrorated with white, the costal edge white,

the inner margin narrowly white; antemedial line fine, white,

very oblique from below costa above end of cell to inner margin ;

Fig. 192.—Hylophila bicolorana, $. }.

postmedial line fine, white, very oblique from costa towards apex to

inner margin; cilia white. Hind wing pure semihyaline white.

Hab. Brrrary; Francr, Sand OColl.; Denmark; Gurmany,

Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Ausrria ; Huneary; SwitzerLanp ;

Spain; Itaty; Turkey; Swepen; Russra; Armenia; Asta Minor;

Syria, Leech Coll. vp. 38-50 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 86; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 179, pl. 64. f. 6.

Smooth, green, the 3rd segment with prominent dorsal hump

tipped with yellow; a yellow subdorsal line on thoracic somites,

the abdominal somites with oblique yellow lateral bars; spiracular

line pale yellow or whitish, raised and very prominent on 2nd and

3rd somites ; head and legs dull whitish. Food-plant: Oak. 9-6.

Cocoon. Silky, boat-shaped, ribbed.

Sscr. II. Retinaculum of male bar-shaped from subcostal nervure.

A. Fore wing with subterminal line.

a. Fore wing with broad oblique postmedial pink band ;

Joubavel Tone janie Hiay THRMMIIE: Gonsenocmooonandossecnaboososseq000e000 craef{ti.

6. Fore wing without pink postmedial band; hind wing

Wolllowy min MABE soavscosooms voc cenonopoovqscooR.oasoaccqcosob00dIK" prasinana.

B. Fore wing without subterminal line; hind wing semi-

hyaline white 1a male ooo. see... essen eceec2 em serene en eem onc seenne sylpha.

6881. Hylophila craeffti.

(Plate CLXXXVII. figs. 20 g, 21 9.)

Hylophila kraefti, Graser, Berl. Ent. Zeit. xxxil. p. 110 (1888); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362.

Hylophila magnifica, Leech, Entom. xxiii. p. 83 (1899); Kirby, Cat. Lep.

Het. p. 280.

3. Head and thorax pale olive-green, the tips of patagia and

subdorsal stripes on thorax pink; palpi and antenne pink, the

latter with the basal joint white in front; pectus whitish ; legs

suffused with pink; abdomen dorsally pink, ventrally brownish

white. Fore wing olive-green, the terminal area paler; the costal

HYLOPHILA. Hs

and inner areas pink, broadly except at base and towards termen;

a broad oblique postmedial pink band followed by some olive-green

before the oblique white subterminal line which arises from apex ;

termen and cilia pink. Hind wing pink, the interspaces pale;

cilia white at tips; the underside with the costal area and cell

whitish to middle.

@. Head and thorax yellow-green mixed with some white ;

abdomen ochreous with white segmental lines. Tore wing yellow

tinged with green, the costa white faintly tinged with pink, the

antemedial line cn outer side and the postmedial line on inner side

defined by green; cilia white slightly chequered with pink. Hind

wing white, the veins and inner area tinged with ochreous.

Hab. Ki. Stperta, Amurland, Khabarovka, type f 5, 2 in Coll.

Greser; W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 S$ type magnifica.

Hep. 34 millim.

6882. Hylophila prasinana.

Tortrix prasinana, Jinn, Baun. Suecica, p. 342 (1761); Hibn. Enr.

Schmett., Tort. f. 158; Dup. Lép. Fr. ix. p. 35, pl. 237. ff. 2,3; Mill.

Icones, iii. pl. 116. ff. 1,2; Mobius, Iris, xviii. pl. ii. if. 2, 3; Kirby, Cat.

Lep. Het. p. 279; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362.

Pyralis fagana, Faby. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 276 (4781).

Phalena viridis-lineuta, Retz. Gen. Spec. Ins. p. 45 (1783).

Pyralis sylvana, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. (2) p. 244 (1794).

Hylophila mittierci, Capr. C. B. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxvii. p. xcix (1883).

3. Head and thorax yellow-green, the upper edge of patagia

and dorsum of thorax with white streaks; palpi and antenne pink;

pectus white, green in front; legs pink, white towards base;

abdomen white dorsally suffused with yellow. Fore wing yellow-

green, the costal edge pink, diffused on to costal area towards apex,

the inner area suffused with pink except towards base; antemedial

line green slightly defined on inner side by white, very oblique

from subcostal nervure near end of cell to vein 1; postmedial line

Fig. 193.—Hylophila prasinana, G. +.

green, defined on outer side by white, very oblique from below

costa towards apex to middle of inner margin; subterminal line

white, oblique, slightly bent outwards to apex; cilia pink with a

white line at base. Hind wing yellow; cilia pale pink, white at

tips from apex to vein 2.

@. Abdomen white, tinged with brown at base. Fore wing

with the costal edge white, the inner margin yellow except towards

WOlie, SO 21

514 NOCTUID®.

base, the ante- and postmedial lines strongly defined by silvery

white. Hind wing pure white.

Ab. 1. 6. Fore wing without pink on costal area towards apex,

the inner margin yellow.

Ab. 2. o. Fore wing with the postmedial line pink.

Ab. 3. 2. Almost wholly white.

Hab. Brrvain; France, Sand Coll.; Guruany, Zeller, Frey, &

Leech Colls.; Ausrrra; Hungary; Switzertann; Ivacy; Russra,

Sarepta; W. Srperta; E. Srperta, Amurland; Japan, Oiwake,

1 9, Chinzenji (Lewis), 1 9, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 3. Huxp.

34-46 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 86; Barrett, Lep. Brit. ii. p. 176, pl. 64. f. 5.

Pale green irrorated with yellow; subdorsal line yellow; 2nd

somite red in front. Food-plants: Oak, Beech, Hazel, ete. 7-9.

The imago makes a stridulatory noise when flying.

6883. Hylophila sylpha.

Hylophila sylpha, Butl, Tl. Het. B.M. iii. p. 10, pl. 48. f. 10 (1879) ;

Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 280; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362.

Head and thorax pale yellow-green, shading to white on meta-

thorax; palpi white tinged with ochreous; antenne ochreous ;

pectus and legs white, the femora tinged with green, the fore tibic

and tarsi ochreous; abdomen white. Fore wing pale yellow-green

irrorated with white, the costa and inner margin except towards

base ochreous tinged with pink; antemedial line white, defined on

outer side by green, very oblique from below costa beyond the cell

to vein 1 near base; postmedial line white, defined on inner side

by green, very oblique from costa near apex to inner margin beyond

middle; the termen and cilia white tinged with pink. Hind wing

pure semihyaline white.

Hab. Japan, Tokio (Fenton), 29, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer),

23,39 type. Hap. 40-44 millim.

Genus PARHYLOPHILA, nov.

Type, P. celsiana.

Probos¢is fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed

and without crests; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with large

crest on basal segment. Fore wing with the termen excised below apex and

excurved at middle ; 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 from angle

of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

*6884. Parhylophila celsiana.

Chloephora celsiana, Staud. Rom. Mém. i. p. 177, pl. 10. f. 1 (1887);

id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362.

Head and tegule white ; palpi brown at sides; antenn brown ;

PARHYLOPHILA.—CHLORIOLA, 515

thorax emerald green, the outer edge of patagia white, the meta-

thorax white with two green spots ; “pectus and legs white suffused

with brown; abdomen white suffused with ome except at base.

Fore wing emerald green, the costal edge white suffused with

brown; an oblique white patch on basal inner area; postmedial

Fig. 194.—Parhylophila celsiana, S. 1.

line white, defined on inner side by black below vein 3 and

expanding on outer side into a triangular white patch with its

outer part thickly irrorated with black, excurved from costa to

vein d, then incurved; cilia dark brown, ‘white at tips. Hind wing

white suffused with brown; cilia white with a brown line near

base. Underside of both wings white suffused with brown.

Hab. Ki. Stpnrra, Amurland, Raddé.(Korb) in Coll. Piingeler.

Luo. 3 28, 2 34 millim.

Genus CHLORIOLA, noy.

Type, C. gratisstma.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and broadly rounded with scales in front, the 3rd short, oblique and

moderately scaled in male, longer in female; frons smooth, with ridge of hair

above ; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair

and scales mixed and without crests; tibiz: smoothly scaled ; abdomen with

dorsal crests on two basal segments, Jong in male. 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 and 10 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the long aeRO Ws Bp eole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7

from upper angle ; Dialiistomouine with the cell near base only.

6885. Chloriola gratissima.

_ Nolascna gratissima, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vil. p. 75 (1864) ;

Swinh. Cat, Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 590.

Head, tegule, and front of thorax yellow-green, the rest of

thorax blue-green; palpi orange with blackish band on 2nd joint

and the 3rd joint blackish; frons orange; antennze brown, the

shaft silvery-white towards base and with white bar between

their bases; pectus white, the fore legs orange, the mid and hind

tibie and tarsi tinged with yellow; abdomen sap-green, some

yellow at sides, the “ventral surface white towards base, yellow

towards extremity. Fore wing blue-green with a whitish gloss,

the costal edge fulvous ; antemedial line fine, whitish denned on

outer side by fulyous, slightly incurved below costa and excurved

272

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516 NOCTUID H.

below the cell; postmedial line'just beyond the cell, whitish defined

on inner side by fulvous, oblique, slightly incurved at discal fold

and below vein 4; some white striz on costa towards apex;

a rounded fulvous apical patch defined by white and with slight

black streaks on it; a terminal series of black points defined by

white; cilia fulyous at tips. Hind wing sap-green, the apical area

Fig. 195.—Chloriola gratissima, $. 1.

and cilia fulvous red; terminal black points slightly defined by

white on veins 6 to 2. Underside of both wings yellow suffused

with red, the inner area whitish.

Hab, Sincarore (itidley), 1 3,19; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace),

19. Hap. 24-26 millim.

Genus ARIOLA.

Type.

Palpolr, \i/ Nicest. fateh OKSt!7)) gguopenddaobobocedodeqncadocasonanosoocsuddde celisigna.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, the 2nd joint projecting about

the length of head and broadly fringed with hair above and below towards

extremity, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round ; antenne of male

alinost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;

fore and mid 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 a long areole; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 fully developed from just above angle of cell ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

6886. Ariola celisigna.

Ariola colisigna, Wik. xii. 769 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 368.

Ariola ransonneti, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 108. f. 1 (1874).

Head and thorax sap-green, the palpi in front, tips of tegule,

and the thorax tinged with rufous; pectus and legs whitish, the

fore tibiz and tarsi chocolate-brown ringed with white; abdomen

grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish, the basal crest tipped with

white. Fore wing with the costal area deep sap-green, the inner

area paler and yellower green; a silvery white fascia diffused below

from base of costa to middle of submedian fold, then oblique to

apex; a purple fascia defined above by white on base of inner

margin; a minutely waved whitish subterminal line, excurved to

vein 2, then incurved, the area beyond it purple with slight dark

ARIOLA.—CHLOROZADA. 517/

marks beyond the line except towards costa and a streak in sub-

median fold; a fine dark terminal line slightly defined on inner

side by white; cilia purple at base, brown at tips. Hind wing

Fig. 196.—Ariola celisigna, 3. }.

fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish,

the costal and terminal areas suffused with fuscous brown.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 6; Cryton (Lhwaites), 2 3, 1 @ type,

Colombo (Nietner), 19, Kandy (Green), 1 2, Madulsima (B.

Fletcher), 1 9; Burma, Rangoon (Scott), 1 $; Stncarore (Shelford,

Ridley), 1 3, 1 9; Bornzo, Sarawak (Wallace), 2 9; Puutip-

pines; Puro Laur (Doherty), 1 9; Batt (Doherty, 1 $, 1 9;

Lovisi1apes, 5h. Aignan (Meck), 2 9. Evp. 18-30 millim.

Genus CHLOROZADA, nov.

Type, C. verna.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd about twice as long as the 2nd;

frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennee of male ciliated; thorax clothed

with scales and hair mixed and without crests ; tibia slightly fringed with hair;

abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments only. 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 from angle; 8, 9, 10

stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully

developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cel] near base only.

A. Hind wing flesh-red.

a. Fore wing with dentate white subterminal line ............ pyrites.

>. Fore wing with indistinct green subterminal line excurved

balou ven 7 aime) ais TANGENT coccodnoconspncop09consbeo0D0D000000 prasina.

B. Hind wing pale ochreous yellow.

a. Hind wing with the inner and terminal areas not suffused

vale OH oy CON aL ne ctr UAE ata erin Ai ene avr REG ... metaleueca,

6, Hind wing with the inner and terminal areas suffused

RW IlH M,C ROM MOUs ABE eAEABnNG Se so adore SnToBAEnaceantocacauoroncetaccad verna.

(Op delihaydl <ypihaler looney “Coneoasdonaocedadadeboducdoqoossenos cabo besboshaccs endophea.

6887. Chlorozada pyrites, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 22.)

Q. Head and thorax blue-green ; palpi and frons brown mixed

with white; antenne brown ringed with white towards base ;

pectus and legs white, the tibize with brown mixed, the tarsi banded

with brown; abdomen flesh-red, the basal crest green, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing blue-green, the costal edge fuscous;

antemedial line white, defined on outer side by black towards costa,

518 NOCTUID®.

oblique, waved, incurved in cell and submedian fold; postmedial

line white defined on inner side by black towards costa, slightly

excurved below costa and strongly beyond upper and lower angles

ef cell, then incurved and waved; some white points on costa

towards apex; subterminal line white, somewhat maculate towards

costa, dentate below discal fold and ending at tornus; a series of

black points on termen from apex to discal fold; cilia fuscous,

whitish towards tornus. Hind wing flesh-red; cilia whitish at

tips. Underside of fore wing brownish red, the inner area whitish,

some white points on costa towards apex ; hind wing white faintly

tinged with red.

Hab. Goup Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 Q type. vp. 28 millim.

6888. Chlorozada prasina, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVIL. fig. 23.)

@. Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi and frons red-brown

irrorated with white ; antenne brown, ringed with white at base ;

pectus and legs white, the tibise and tarsi irrorated with red-brown ;

abdomen flesh-red, the ventral surface white. Fore wing yellow-

grecn, the costal edge brownish; an oblique subbasal black striga

from costa and some brown at base of inner margin; antemedial

line black defined on inner side by white, incurved in cell and

slightly bent inwards to costa and uiner margin; postmedial line

biack defined on outer side by white, sinuous, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then nearly erect ; some white points on costa towards apex ;

faint traces of a dark subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle and ending at tornus; cilia tinged with brown at tips.

Hind wing flesh-red, the inner area suffused with brown, the cilia

rather yellower. Underside of fore wing purple-red, the costa

brownish, the inner area ochreous; hind wing ochreous with the

termen tinged with purple.

Hab. Goto Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 9 type. Lwp.

28 milim.

6889. Chlorozada metaleuca.

Carea metaleuca, Ampsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 598 (1905), ©.

Erizada esmeralda, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 415, pl. xxxvi. f. 16, ¢.

¢. Head and thorax pale emerald green; pectus and legs white;

abdomen brownish ochreous, ventrally whitish. Fore wing pale

emerald green; a subbasal black point on costa; antemedial line

fine, white defined on outer side by a black striga from costa,

slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique; a minute black

discoidal point; postmedial line fine, white, defined on inner side

by a black striga from costa, slightly bent outwards below costa,

then somewhat excurved and incurved below vein 4; the costa

towards apex rufous with slight dark marks on it; traces of a

minutely dentate dark subterminal line; cilia blackish at base,

rufous at tips. Hind wing ochreous yellow with a diffused dark

CHLOROZADA. 519

streak below extremity of vein 2; cilia white at tips except at

apex ; the underside with the apex tinged with rufous.

©. Head, thorax, and fore wing rufous,

Ab. 1. Q. Fore wing with white spots defined by black on

ante- and postmedial lines in submedian interspaces.

Ab. 2. 92. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with

purplish fuscous.

Ab. 3. Q. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas olive-

green, the medial area suffused with purplish fuscous.

Hab. Br. C. Arrica, Chiromo (de Jersey), 1 2 type; N. Ruopesta,

Loangwa Distr. (Neave), 1 $ type esmeralda; Lorenco Marauss,

Delagoa Bay (fs. Monteiro) in Coll. Druce. Hap, 20-22 millim.

6890. Chlorozada verna.

Erizada verna, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 318 (1902).

3. Head and thorax pale blue-green; palpi and frons dark

brown mixed with red; antenne brown ringed with white towards

base; pectus and legs white, the tibie and tarsi irrorated with

brown; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with fuscous, leaving pale

segmental lines, the extremity tinged with rufous. Fore wing

pale blue-green, the costal edge brown, the costal and terminal

areas slightly irrorated with black; a subbasal black point on

costa; antemedial line black defined on inner side by white, slightly

Fig. 197.—Chlorozada verna, $. }-

curved and oblique; a black discoidal point; postmedial line black

defined on outer side by white, sinuous, oblique to vein 6, then

almost erect; a slightly waved blackish subterminal line, slightly

angled outwards below vein 7 and inwards at discal fold, ending at

tornus and with white points before and beyond it on costa; cilia

red mixed with purplish fuscous. Hind wing pale ochreous, the

inner and terminal areas suffused with brown. Underside pale

ochreous, the costal and terminal areas of fore wing and the

terminal area of hind wing tinged with purplish brown.

Hab. Masnonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 3 type. Hap.

20 millim,

6891. Chlorozada endophea, n. sp. (Plate CXCTI. fig. 27.)

g. Head and thorax pale sap-green; abdomen brown; pectus

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown

520 NOCTUID A.

Fore wing pale sap-green ; antemedial line white defined on outer

side by brown, slightly sinuous; the medial area with a brown

patch on inner margin; a slight dark discoidal point; postmedial

line white defined on inner side by brown, excurved below costa

and at middle and slightly incurved at discal fold; a subterminal

series of black-brown points; cilia dark brown at base, rufous at

tips. Hind wing brown; cilia whitish at tips; the underside

whitish tinged with brown.

Hab. Gord Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 ¢ type. Exp.

22 millim.

Genus PARACRAMA. Type

Paracrama, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 54 (1884) .......06......005 dulcissima.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd very long; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed

and without crests; tibise moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal

crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly

curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 snd 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 38, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just

above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

6892. Paracrama dulcissima.

Nolasena dulcissima, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool, vil. p. 76 (1864) ; Moore,

Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 55, pl. 150. f. 11; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 184;

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii, p. 589; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 281.

Paracrama rectoemarginata, Hmpsn, Il. Het. B,M. viii. p. 46, pl. 139.

f, 7 (1891); Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het, p. 281.

Head and thorax bright yellow-green; palpi and frons chocolate-

brown mixed with purplish and white; antenne brown; pectus

and legs white, the fore femora dark brown above, the fore and

mid tibie brown and white mixed, the tarsi ringed with cupreous

Fig, 198.—Paracrama dulcissima, §. 3.

red; abdomen white dorsally suffused with purplish pink. Fore

wing bright yeliow-green; the costal edge purple-brown; some

purplish red at base of inner margin; antemedial line fine, white,

oblique to median nervure; postmedial line fine, white, oblique

from costa to vein 7, then erect, some short white streaks beyond

it on costa; a terminal purple-brown band with some whitish on it

towards apex, very narrow except towards apex and below vein 2

PARACRAMA,—LOPHOCRAMA. 521

where it expands. Hind wing white tinged with yellow, the

terminal area suffused with pink ; cilia pink at base, white at tips.

Underside of fore wing white with the costal half and terminal

area suffused with pink; hind wing white faintly tinged with

pink.

Ab. 1. rectomarginata. Fore wing with the terminal band

expanding into a small quadrate patch at apex, then very narrow

with its inner edge minutely waved.

Ab. 2. Fore wing tinged with golden yellow, the lines yellow

except at costa, the terminal band broader.—Queensland.

Ab. 3. Hind wing of male wholly fiery red on upper and under-

sides.—N. Guinea.

Hab. Punsas (James), 1 9; Assam, Naga Hills; Manpras,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 5 Q type rectomarginata; Cryton, 2 go, 2 9;

Awnpamans, 1 9; Bornzo, Sarawak (Wallace), 2 5,29; Durcu

N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 $; Br. N. Guinza, Kkeikei (Pratt),

1g, 22, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 9; Queenstanp, Townsville

(Dodd), 1 6. Exp. 26-30 millim.

Genus LOPHOCRAMA, nov.

Type, ZL. auritincta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the Ist joint long, the 2nd

reaching to above vertex of head, the 3rd long, the 2nd and 8rd joints tufted

with long hair behind ; frons smooth, with pointed tuft of hair; eyes large,

round; antennew of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales and without crests; tibize smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest

at base only. 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 a long areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed

from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

ENG UOIRS WAU BARSEIN Coensadcnansadeocaedooase nb ssnonbe0 KS badesanoudae phenicochlora.

B. Fore wing rufous with a greenish golden gloss ......... auritineta,

6893. Lophocrama phenicochlora, n. sp.

(Plate CLXX XVII. fig. 24.)

3. Head and thorax bright yellow-green; palpi brown mixed

with white; antenne brown; pectus and legs white, the fore

femora brown above, the tibize irrorated with brown and the tarsi

banded with red; abdomen purple-red, the crest at base green, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing bright yellow-green, the costal

edge yellow; a subbasal black point on costa; antemedial line with

black point at costa, then indistinct, green, sinuous; postmedial

line just beyond the cell, indistinct, green, sinuous, oblique to vein

4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa towards

apex placed on a small red patch; subterminal line represented by

a faint dark shade on its inner side; cilia brownish at tips. Hind

wing purple-red. Underside of fore wing purple-red, the base and

522 NOCTUID ®.

inner area whitish; hind wing flesh-colour, the terminal area

purple-red.

©. Hind wing with the basal half white.

Ab. 1. ¢. Hind wing white, the termen and the inner area

slightly suffused with purple-red; underside of fore wing white

with red suftusion below costa and on apical half of terminal area.

Ab. 2. 6. Fore wing with the medial area purplish grey

suffused and irrorated with purplish fuscous.

Ab. 3. 2. Fore wing with the medial area whiter with less

purplish fuscous suffusion.

Hab. Gambia (Moloney) in Coll. Druce; Gorn Coast, N. Ashanti

(Dudgeon), 1 2; S. Nieerta, Lagos (Boag), 1 $, Olokemeji

(Dudgeon), 1 3 type; Naat, Durban (Quekett), 1 9. Eup.

30-32 millim.

6894. Lophocrama auritincta.

Carea auritincta, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 597 (1905).

3. Head and thorax rufous with a silky gloss; palpi in front,

pectus and legs white ; fore and hind tibize partly rufous, the tarsi

rufous ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing rufous with a greenish golden gloss especiaily

Fig. 199.—Lophocrama auritincta, . }.

towards costa; the costa with antemedial and medial black and

white points, towards apex with dark brown streaks interrupted by

three white points. Hind wing fiery orange-red; cilia white at

tips. Underside of fore wing orange-red, the inner area and costal

area to beyond middle suffused with white ; hind wing white tinged

with red.

Hab. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 3 type. up.

26 millim.

Genus PSEUDELYDNA. Type

Pseudelydna, Umpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 420 (1894) ............... rufoflava.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large,

round ; antennz of male with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed with hair and

hair-like scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with slight crest ;

fore and mid tibie moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests

on basal segments and clothed with rough hair, in male very long. Fore

wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen typically evenly curved

and slightly crenulate; veins 38 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

PSEUDELYDNA. 523

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or stalked; 5 fully developed

from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

Sucr. I. Hind tibiae of male very short, the medial spurs absent, the Ist joint

of tarsus very long and dilated, fringed with long hair on outer side ;

fore wing with the termen excised below apex.

6895. Pseudelydna xanthia.

Carca xanthia, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soc. Nat. Hist. xiv. p. 213 (1902).

Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi white in front, red at

sides ; antenne brown; metathoracic crest crimson; pectus and

legs white, the fore and mid tibiz and tarsi red; abdomen orange,

the crests brown, the ventral surface white at base. Fore wing

orange-yellow, irrorated with a few black scales; a black point

in base of cell and slight brown marks in middle of cell and on

discocellulars; a black streak on inner margin before middle ;

traces of a punctiform postmedial line, excurved below costa and at

Fig. 200.—Pseudelydna xanthia, So. +.

middle and incurved at discal and submedian folds; an oblique

white mark from apex defined by blackish and mere or less irro-

rated with blackish and an oblique blackish striga at tornus; cilia

rufous, blackish at tips. Hind wing orange-yellow, the terminal

area tinged with rufous and the cilia rufous from apex to vein 2;

the underside with the costal half irrorated with black, a deep

rufous triangular patch on terminal area from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and basal half of fore wing suffused with

rufous.

Hub. Stxumm, 1800’ (Dudgeon), 1 3,1 2 type; Srnearors

(itidley), 1 $,1 9. Hap, 38-40 millim.

Sucr. II. Hind tibie of male of normal length, the femora of male with tufts

of black hair, the tibia and tarsal joints fringed with long hair in

both sexes,

6896. Pseudelydua rufofiava.

Xanthia rufoflava, Wik. x. 467 (1856); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 420,

Elydna diurna, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 412, pl. 43. f. 10.

Head and thorax bright yellow, the dorsum of thorax tinged

with rufous; palpi and a bar across frons rufous; pectus white, the

524 NOCTUID.

tibiae and tarsi rufous; abdomen rufous with the ventral surface

white. Fore wing bright yellow, the terminal area rufous, the

costal edge tinged with rufous; antemedial line pale greenish,

oblique, slightly sinuous; an elliptical discoidal spot with flesh-

coloured centre and rufous annulus; postmedial line pale greenish,

excurved below costa, then rather oblique; the rufous terminal

area defined on inner side by the dark somewhat punctiform sub-

terminal line, angled outwards below vein 7 and inwards at discal

Fig. 201.— Pseudelydna rufoflava, 3.

and submedian folds, bent outwards to tornus ; the veins of terminal

area with slight dark streaks; a fine dark terminal line: cilia with

some dark scales at tips. Hind wing fiery red, the interspaces

somewhat semihyaline to beyond middle; cilia whitish at tips.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing apple-green.

Ab. 2. diurna. Head, thorax, and fore wing rufous.

Hab. Punsas, Almorah (Boys), 1 g, 1 @ type; Bonsay,

Kanara (Wise), 1 @ type diurna; Mapras, Belgaum (7. 2. Bell),

26,22. Hep. 38-40 millim.

Genus SPHINGIFORMA. i

ype.

Sphingiforma, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiit. p. 241 (1906) ............. pratti.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to just

above vertex of head, the 3rd long and somewhat dilated at extremity; frons

smooth ; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed with

hair and hair-like scales and with slight ridge-like crest; fore and mid tibize

slightly fringed with hair, the hind tibiz, spurs and first two joints of tarsus

fringed with very long hair on both sides; abdomen very long, clothed with

rough hair and without crests, with lateral fringes of hair curved over on

ventral surface, the claspers very long and tufted with hair. Fore wing very

long and narrow; the costa arched near base, the apex rounded, the termen

very obliquely curved and not crenulate, the inner margin lobed at middle;

veins 8and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from the areole which is formed by

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen

excised before tornus which is lobed; the discocellulars strongly incurved and

the angles of cell very much produced ; veins 8, 4, 5 from lower angle and 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

LS)

SPHINGIFORMA,

*6897. Sphingiforma pratti.

Sphingiforma pratti, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xili. p. 241 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax black-brown with a greyish tinge; pectus

whitish tinged with brown; legs brown mixed with white, the

fore tibia and tarsi striped with white in front, the hind tibie

streaked with white above at base, the hair on hind legs white

tinged with brown; abdomen black-brown with a greyish tinge,

the extremity and lateral fringes of hair white, the anal tuft

rufous, the ventral surface white tinged with ochreous. Tore

wing grey-white, the basal half suffused with fuscous brown, the

apical half irrorated with brown, the costal edge white ; antemedial

line very indistinct, double, very oblique from costa to submedian

Fig. 202.—Sphingiforma pratti, $. 3,

fold, then erect and slightly angled inwards on vein 1; a black

discoidal point; a very indistinct, rather diffused dark medial line,

very oblique from costa to vein 1 and bent inwards to inner

margin ; an oblique quadrate fuscous patch on costa beyond middle

with the very faint minutely waved postmedial erect line rising

from it ; a very indistinct subterminal line with black points on the

veins, angled outwards at vein 6 and ending at tornus; cilia

whitish at base with dark line at middle, and red tips whitish

towards apex. Hind wing fuscous black, the cilia whitish at tips.

Underside of fore wing fuscous brown with the apical area

greyish.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Prati), typer oS in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Ekeikei, Hap. 58 millim.

526 NOCLUID ¥.

Genus AITETA.

Type.

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Chavlacha, Wis, seal, G39) (USD) cosoooopo0eo von noonconopaooagce. musculina.

Phang, Wis, ssa, SG) (USC) coooane onan sco cseoobopocosso0%0e damnipennis,

Thyrsoscelis, Meyr. ‘Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 478 ............ iridias.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antennze of male with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed

with hair and hair-like scales and without crests; mid and hind tibiz of male

fringed with long hair, also the Ist joint of hind tarsus and the inner spurs;

abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, in male very long with lateral

fringes of downturned hair. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded,

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

of cell; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long areole ; 6 from the areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 fully developed from

angle of cell or in male sometimes shortly stalked, with 3,4; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Hind wing with more or less orange-red.

a. Fore wing black-brown beyond an oblique line ‘from

middle of costa to inner margin before middle ...... gamina.

b. Fore wing with the apical area black-brown from

middle of costa to termen above tornus................5. veluta.

ce. Fore wing with triangular black-brown postmedial

PabClhvOM COSA: ok ctaclse wonton sisnsecancetener ss ecemoemniese escalerai,

d. Fore wing without black-brown.

a‘. Hind wing wholly orange-red.

a2. Kore wing with the postmedial line oblique from

costa beyond middle to termen at vein 2 ..,...... paralella,

22, Fore wing withthe postmedial line incurved below

vein 4 to inner margin before tornus ............ meterythra.

}1. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area

tinged withered jc acen quscccneeceswe veces desea seert thermistis.

B. Hind wing uniform orange-yellow ..............sseeeeee eee ee costiplaga.

C. Hind wing without red or yellow.

a. Fore wing with oblique dark brown conical patch from

middle of costa to submedian fold defined by whitish

lines.

a, Fore wing with the dark patch rounded below, its _

Ouberxedcepinclentedieaceete ates sereeeeeeeeeee nee ceernce hampsoni.

b', Fore wing with the dark patch pointed below, its

ouberjedserexcunvedine-asteeneaerceseeeceer es po06a60" oa6c trigoniphora.

b. Fore wing without dark conical patch.

aw, Fore wing with the ante-and postmedial lines and a

streak in submedian fold pure white ...............-4- script.

}1, Fore wing without white lines and streak.

a?, Fore wing with the lines defined by whitish

suffusion ; underside of both wings with the

costal areas fulvous yellow ..............s0seeeeeee ees subflava.

b?, Fore wing with the lines not defined by whitish

suffusion; underside of both wings with the

costal areas not yellow.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and

straight from costa to vein 3 towards termen.

a‘, Fore wing with the costal edge white.

@, Fore wing purplish grey-brown ............ albicosta.

b°. Fore wing rufous suffused with purplish... ¢édias.

4, Fore wing with the costal edge not white ... edaina.

AITETA.

3, Fore wing with the postmedial line obliquely

excurved from costa to Vein 3 ...............seeeee musculina.

e3, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

from costa to vein 4, then slightly incurved ... apriforivis.

d3, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa and incurved at discal fold and

bellowaveintwerenccteceestecescrseseaetsatecesert sees damnipennis.

e’, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa, then straight and erect ............ truncata.

6898. Aiteta gamma. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 25.)

Carea gamma, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 598 (1905).

3. Head, tegule, and patagia greyish brown, the tegule with

deep chocolate medial patch ; thorax leaden grey; pectus pale;

coxee fiery red, the tufts of hair on hind tibie fuscous ; abdomen

greyish on dorsum, reddish at sides and below, the crests at base

black, the extremity blackish. Fore wing greyish brown to an

oblique line from middle of costa to inner margin before middle,

the basal costal area suffused with reddish brown; the terminal

half black-brown ; a black point defined by a slight pale annulus

in end of cell; a slight silvery gamma-shaped mark on discocellulars

with black point between its arms, its tail extending obliquely

beyond lower angle of cell; an indistinct black postmedial line

odlique from costa to vein 4, then bent inwards to vein 2 and

outwards towards tornus, a diffused blackish fascia from it to

termen above vein 5. Hind wing yellow suffused with fiery red

especially towards apex. Underside of fore wing fiery red.

Hab, 8. NicErt1a, Sapele (Sampson), 1 g¢ type Hp. 32 millim.

6899. Aiteta veluta, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVIL. fig. 26.)

Q@. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with violaceous grey ;

pectus and legs red-brown; abdomen orange-red dorsally tinged

with brown, ventrally red-brown. Fore wing violaceous grey

tinged with brown and with slight blackish irroration, the basal

costal area darker; an oblique blackish antemedial line; a velvety

black-brown area, its inner edge obliquely curved from middle of

costa to termen above tornus, leaving the apical area of the ground-

colour, a blue-grey patch on it above end of cell connected with a

discoidal striga ; a maculate black-brown subterminal line, oblique

from costa to vein 6, then slightly incurved and ending on termen

at vein 3; the termen black-brown at apex; cilia dark brown at

apex and beyond the dark area. Hind wing orange-red. Under-

side of fore wing crimson-red; hind wing orange-red with the

apical area crimson-red,

Hab. 8. Nieerta, Lagos, Ebute Meta (Boag), | 2 type. Exp.

28 millim.

528 NOCTUID-E.

6900. Aiteta escalerai. (Plate CLXXXYVII. fig. 27.)

Aiteta escalerai, Kheil, Mem. Soc. Espan. i. p. 494 (1909).

@. Head violaceous grey-brown, the antennae with the outer

side of basal joint white ; thorax deep sap-green ; pectus and legs

violaceous brown, the fore coxe fiery red; abdomen violaceous grey

with whitish segmental lines, dorsally with some fulvous red hair

and the basal crest grey, ventrally red. fore wing violaceous grey

suffused with chocolate-brown especially between lower angle of

cell and tornus; the basal inner area deep sap-green ; an indistinct

curved minutely waved dark antemedial line; a black-brown patch

on costa beyond middle with an indistinct oblique line from it to

inner margin ; a slight punctiform dark subterminal line, oblique

to vein 6, then incurved and ending on termen at vein 3; the

apical part of termen and cilia black-brown. Hind wing yellow

tinged with red. Underside of fore wing pale red; hind wing

yellow, the apical area tinged with red.

Hab. 8. Nicgzria, Lagos, Ebute Meta (Boag), 1 9 ; Spanise

Guinea, Biafra, Cabo de San Juan. Hep. 28 millim.

6901. Aiteta paralella, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVIL. fig. 28.)

2. Head and thorax chocolate-red ; pectus and legs with some

whitish ; abdomen pinkish red. Fore wing pinkish grey irrorated

with dark brown, the apical area ochreous tinged with reddish

brown, broad at costa and narrowing to a point at vein 3; an oblique

pale antemedial line with some chocolate-brown suffusion beyond it ;

an oblique pale line from costa beyond middle to termen at vein 2,

some chocolate-brown suffusion before it, widening at middle and

some beyond it wider at costa and with rather dentate outer edge ;

an indistinct maculate brown subterminal line, inecurved below

costa and at vein 5 and ending on termen at vein 3; a terminal

series of brown striae. Hind wing orange-red. Underside orange-

red, the apical area of fore wing paler.

Hab. Goud Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 2 type. Hap.

30 millim,

6902. Aiteta meterythra. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 29.)

Aiteta meterythra, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 598 (1905).

g. Head and therax deep rufous; fore tibiew and tarsi and mid

and hind tibiz streaked with rufous, the fringe of very long hair

on hind tibiz tinged with fuscous; abdomen orange-red, the base

and extremity of dorsum tinged with brown. Fore wing deep

rufous slightly suffused with grey except on medial area and with

slight dark irroration; antemedial line defined by grey on inner

side, outwardly oblique, almost straight; a slight blackish point in

cell towards extremily and blackish discoidal bar ; postmedial line

defined by greyish on outer side with some deeper rufous suffusion

SITETAS 529

on each side of it, slightly oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved

below vein 4; subterminal line fine, blaekish, slightly waved,

angled outwards at vein 7,excurved at middle and ending on termen

above tornus. Hind wing and underside of both wings fiery red.

Q. Thorax and abdomen sometimes dorsally tinged with grey;

fore wing with the ground-colour deep rufous or more or less

entirely suffused with grey.

Hab. 8. Nienrta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 3 9, Sapele

(Sampson), 1 3, 2 @ type, Baro (Simpson), 1 9. Evp. 3 30,

9 26-28 millim.

69C3. Aiteta thermistis.

Carea thermistis, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 416, pl. xxxvi. f. 17.

6. Head, thorax.and abdomen rufous mixed with some fuscous.

Fore wing pale rufous suffused with some brown en basal costal

area, beyond the antemedial line on inner area, and between the

postraedial and subterminal lines; antemedial line indistinct,

brownish, minutely waved, bent outwards below the cell; a black

point in end of cell and whitish discoidal lunule defined on inner

side by black ; postmedial line rather diffused, brown, oblique from

costa to vein 4, angled inwards just above submedian fold and bent

outwards to inner margin, a rather oblique diffused dark streak from

it to termen below apex; a rather indistinct brown subterminal

line, excurved at vein 7 and middle and ending on termen above

tornus ; a brown apical patch; cilia with some brownish spots.

Hind wing yellowish white tinged with rufous, the termen fiery

red; cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish, the marginal areas

suffused with fiery red.

Hab. N.K. Ruopesta, Luangwa R. (Neave), 1 g type. LHvp.

32 millim,

6904. Aiteta costiplaga. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 30.)

Aiteta costiplaga, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H, (7) xvi. p. 593 (1905).

2. Head and thorax rufous; palpi with the extremity of 2nd

and 3rd joints white; frons with white patch below; vertex of

head and thorax with whitish patches ; abdomen pa'e rutous. Fore

wing pale brownish rufous slightly tinged with grey; antemedial

line indistinct, outwardly oblique, arising from a slight olive tri-

angular patch on costa ; postmedial line indistinct, inwardly oblique,

arising from apex of a triangular olive patch on costa; traces of a

sinuous punctiform subterminal line; cilia grey at base, with

brown line through them and whitish tips. Hind wing and under-

side of both wings orange-yellow.

Hab. 8. Nienria, Gnitsha, 1 @ type. Hap. 30 millim.

VOL. XI. 2M

530 NOCTUID .

6905. Aiteta hampsoni. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 31.)

Capotena hampsoni, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xv. p. 199 (1908).

Head and thorax fuscous brown; pectus whitish tinged with

rufous, the legs suffused with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with

white; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface

rufous, Fore wing grey suffused with dark brown, the costal half

whitish tinged with ochreous brown on basal area and before the

subterminal line ; a large dark olive-brown conical patch edged by

white lines from middle of costa to submedian fold, its inner edge

oblique, its outer excised between veins 7 and 4, small dark

discoidal spot on it; subterminal line brown, somewhat diffused,

oblique to vein 6, and incurved at discal fold. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the eilia whitish at tips. Underside of both wings dark

brown with the eostal area rufous.

Hab. Durca N. Gunna, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 2 ; Br. N. Guinea,

Ekeikei (Pratt), 2 g. Exp. 40 millim.

6906. Aiteta trigoniphora. (Plate CLXXXVII. fig. 32.)

Capotena trigoniphora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe, xi. p, 45

(1897).

Capotena spatulata, Schultze, Phil. Journ. Gen. Sci. ii. p. 865, pl. 1. f. 5

(1907).

$. Head and thorax dark chocolate-brown; pectus and legs

whitish tinged with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white ;

abdomen fuscous, the extremity and ventral surface whitish tinged

with rufous. Fore wing grey suffused with brown; a large tri-

angular deep olive-brown patch edged by white lines from middle

of costa to submedian fold, its inner edge oblique, its outer excurved

below costa and slightly incurved below vein 5; an indistinct brown

subterminal line, oblique to vein 6 and incurved at discal fold; a

fine brown terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the cilia with a whitish line at base; the

underside with the costal area grey-brown.

Hab, Assam, Khésis, 1 ¢ type; Puitirrrnes, Manilla. Lap.

38 millim.

6907. Aiteta scripta.

Arbasera scripta, W\k, xxxii. 689 (1865) ; Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii.

10s D8), He Tite tie IU.

Capotena albotessellata, Bet.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 241 (1906).

Head and tegule dark chocolate-brown ; palpi white in front at

base ; antennee with the basal joint white in front ; tegule with a

slight dorsal white mark at tips; thorax red-brown with white

band behind; pectus and legs white, the latter striped with rufous ;

abdomen greyish brown, the ventrai surface white tinged with

rufous except at base. Fore wing red-brown with very faint

ochreous irroration, the inner area darker; the costal edge white ;

AITETA. 531

an oblique white streak from base of costa in submedian fold to

beyond antemedial line, which is white and very oblique; a small

dark discoidal spot; postmedial line white and very oblique from

costa to vein 3 towards termen, then curved inwards to a white

patch at tornus; traces of a minutely waved dark subterminal line,

slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia white towards

apex, then brown with a white line at base. Hind wing dark

greyish brown, the cilia white at tips. Underside of fore wing

rufous with the disk brown; hind wing brown with the costal

area rufous.

Hab. Arv Is. (Wallace), type f in Mus. Oxon.; Dozca N.

Goutnea, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley (Pratt), 1 ¢, 19; Br.N.

Guinna, Dinawa (Pratt), type + 2 albotessellata in Coll. Bethune-

Baker, Babooni. Hwp. 44 millim.

6908. Aiteta subflava. (Plate CLXXXVILI. fig. 1.)

Capotena suhflava, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zoul. xiii. p, 240 (1906).

Head and thorax black-brown, the outer half of patagia grey,

the prothorax with slight tuft of ochreous white hair, the meta-

thorax edged with white; pectus white; legs white mixed with

brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen black-brown with

slight grey segmental lines, the anal tuft and ventral surface white.

Fore wing violacecus grey suffused with brown, the terminal half

with slight brown striz ; the basal area with some diffused white

along median nervure; an oblique diffused dark brown line from

costa before middle to middle of inner margin, defined on outer side

by diffused white except on inner area; asimilar brown shade from

middle of costa to vein 2, a similar shade from costa to below vein

4, then bent downwards to inner margin as a slight subterminal

line, and a similar shade from costa towards apex to vein 6, the

last not defined on outer side by white suffusion. Hind wing

fuscous black with some whitish just beyond the cell and beyond

lower angle; the costal area white to end of cell, then reddish

brown ; cilia white. Underside of fore wing fuscous black, the

costal area fulvous yellow, the terminal area pale reddish brown;

hind wiag with the costal area fulvous yellow and with more

white beyond and below the cell.

Hab. Doren N. Guinea, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley (Pratt), 1 9° ;

Br. N. Guanzga, Dinawa (Pratt), 1 $, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 9.

Eevp. 52 millim. ‘l'ype in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

6909. Aiteta albicosta. (Plate CLXXXYIII. fig. 2.

Capotena albicesta, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool, xiii. p. 240 (1906).

Head and thorax dark violaceous brown; anteunee with the basal

joint white on outer side; pectus white ; legs white irrorated with

brown ; abdomen greyish fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface

white tinged with pinkish. Fore wing violaceous brown with

slight dark irroration, the costal edge white; an oblique dark line

2M 2

532 NOCTUID A.

slightly defined on inner side by ww hitish from costa before middle to

middle of inner margin; a slight dark discoidal striga ; a dark line

defined on outer side by white, oblique from costa “to. vein 3, then

curved round to inner margin before tornus; a curved series of

small dark subapical spots 20m costa to below vein 7 and sub-

terminal spots below veins 5 and 4, cilia whitish towards apex.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brow n, the submedian interspace

whiter except towards termen; cilia white at tips. Underside

of fore wing with the costal area pale rufous.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 ¢, Ekeikei (Pratt),

29. Exp. 42-44 millim. Type in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

6910. Aiteta iridias. (Plate CLXXXVIIL. fig. 3.)

Thyrsoscelis iridias, Meyr, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 473.

2, Head and thorax chocolate red-brown with a purplish tinge ;

antennz with the outer side of basal joint white; some white

scales below tegule ; pectns and legs white, the latter irrorated with

red-brown, the “tarsi red-brown ringed with white ; abdomen greyish

fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface white. Fore wing rufous

tinged with purplish especially on inner and terminal areas; the

costal edge whitish ; antemedial line chocolate-brown. defined on

inner side by whitish, oblique from costa to middle of inner margin ;

a slight dark discoidal bar ; postmedial line chocolate-brown defined

on outer side by whitish and with some purplish suffusion beyond

it, oblique from costa to vein 3 near termen, then subterminal; a

curved maculate subapical dark line from costa to below vein 7 and

a small subterminal spot below vein 5. Hind wing grey suffused

with fuscous brown; cilia pale brown at base, white at tips.

Underside of fore wing fuscous with the costal and terminal

_areas bright rufous ; hind wing white, the costal area bright rufous,

the terminal area suffused with brown.

_ Hab. Durce N. Guinra, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley (Pratt), 1 9 ;

Br. N, Guryea, Mt. Obru.. Lap. 40 millim.

6911. Aiteta elaina. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 4.)

Capotena elaina, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 492 (1901).

&. Head and thorax bright rufous; antenne with the basal

joint white at sides; pectus white; hind femora and tibie

white: abdomen fuscous black, the anal tuft pinkish rufous, the

ventral surface white tinged with pinkish. Fore wing bright

rufous irrorated with fuscous, the inner area slightly tinged with

fuscous except towards base ; an oblique dark brown line from costa

before middle to middle of inner margin; a slight dark discoidal

striga and shade beyond lower angle of cell; an oblique line from

costa beyond middle to below vein 3, then bent inwards to inner

margin as a subterminal line; a curved dark shade from costa

towards apex to vein 7 and slight subterminal spots below veins 7

AITETA. 533°

and 5. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; cilia white at

tips. Underside with the costal and terminal areas of fore wing

and the costal area of hind wing pinkish rufous. .

@. Abdomen with the anal tuft and ventral surface white ;

hind wing white, the veins brown, the terminal area tinged with

brown from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Albert Edward Range (Rohn), 1 3, Sogeri,

1 ¢ ; Qurensnanp, 1 5,2 9 type. Hap. ¢ 48, Q 46 millim.

6912. Aiteta musculina. 5

Aiteta musculina, W1k. ix. 131 (1856). 7 |

Chaladra cucullioides, Wk. xxxii. 640 (1865); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus.

Oxon. ii. p..98, pl. ii. f. 2.

Head and tegule olive-fuscous ; thorax violaceous brown mixed

with grey; palpi at base and pectus white; legs white irrorated

with brown ; abdomen fuscous, the crests and extremity violaceous

brown, the ventral surface white tinged with purplish. Fore wing

violaceous grey suffused with brown and irrorated with dark brown ;

a slight oblique dark line from costa before middle to middle of

inner margin; a black discoidal point; postmedial line with

Fig. 203.—Aiteta musculina, 3. 3

slight dark shade at costa, obliquely curved to vein 3, then inwardly

oblique to inner margin near tornus; slight obliquely placed sub-

apical dark spots below veins 9, 8, 7 and a subterminal spot below

vein 5. Hind wing whitish suffused with dark brown; cilia white’

at tips. Underside of fore wing fuscous with the costal and apical

areas violaceous grey; hind wing white with fuscous suffusion

beyond the cell and on termen towards tornus.

Hab. Burma, Rangoon (Watson), 1 ¢ ; Sinearore (Lidley),

2 6 ; Puiviepines (Cuming), 1 2 type; CEram, type + cucullioides

in Mus. Oxon. wp. 40-46 millim.

6913. Aiteta apriformis. (Plate CLX XXVIII. fig. 5.)

Capotena apriformis, W1k. xi. 715 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 419. ;

Head and thorax red-brown irrorated with fuscous; antenne

534 NOCTUIDAE,

with the basal joint white on outer side ; pectus white; legs white

suffused with red-brown ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface

white, tinged with pinkish towards extremity. Tore wing red-

brown irrorated with black; an oblique blackish line from costa

before middle to middle of inner margin ; a blackish discoidal point;

postmedial line blackish, obliquely excurved from costa to vein 4,

then slightly incurved; subterminal line blackish, punctiform,

oblique from below costa to below vein 7 and angled inwards at

discal fold; cilia grey-brown at base, ochreous at tips. Hind wing

white tinged with brown, the veins brown; cilia white; the

underside creamy white, the costal area slightly irrorated with

rufous.

Hab. Bompay, Mhow (Forsayeth), 1 g, Kanara (Ward), | 9

type; Cnyton, 2 ¢. Hyp. 40 millim.

Cocoon. Yellowish with thorn-like knobs and a long oblique tuft

of dark hair anteriorly on dorsum.

6914. Aiteta damnipennis.

Phanaca damnipennis, Wik. xxxiii. 857 (1865) ; Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M.

ix. p. 101, pl. 159. f. 7; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 419.

Head and thorax dark fuscous brown, the metathorax with

redder patch; pectus and legs white, the tibiz irrorated with

red-brown, the tarsi red-brown ringed with white; abdomen

fuscous brown with a greyish tinge, the erests tipped with grey,

the ventral surface white tinged with pinkish. Fvre wing

chocolate-brown suffused with purplish grey and with slight dark

irroration ; the costal edge whitish ; antemedial line dark, oblique,

sinuous ; a blackish discoidal point; postmedial line dark, oblique

from below costa to vein 6, ineurved at discal fold and below

vein 4, excurved above inner margin; an oblique subapical series

of three slight dark spots from below eosta to below vein 7 and

a subterminal spot below vein 5. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

costal area grey to end of cell; cilia whitish at tips; the under-

side uniform dark brown.

Hab. Travancors, Pirmid (Jmray), 1 3S, 2 93; Cryton

(Templeton), 1 2 type, Nawalapittia (Green), 1 9. Kap. 30-

32 millim.

6915. Aiteta truncata.

Brada truncata, Wik. xv. 1666 (1858); Moore. Lep. Ceyl. ii. p.118,

pl. 122. f. 2,a,6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 419.

Head and thorax chocolate red-brown ; antennee with the basal

joint white at sides; pectus white; legs red-brown ; abdomen

fuscous brown, the crests and anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface

white tinged with rufous. Fore wing chocolate red-brown with

dark irroration, the costal edge pale; antemedial line whitish

defined on outer side by dark brown, oblique, straight, from costa

to middle of inner margin ; a small blackish discoidal spot ; post-

AITETA.—CLETHROPHORA. 535

medial line whitish defined on inner side by dark brown, excurved

below costa, then straight and erect; subterminal line dark and

somewhat maculate, oblique to below vein 7, incurved at discal

fold and excurved at middle; cilia chequered dark brown and

rufous. Hind wing fuscous brown; cilia brown at base, whitish

at tips; the underside whitish tinged with brown, the terminal

area suffused with brown.

Hab. Stxuim (Moller), 3 $ ; Bompay (Swinhoe), 1 2 ; Mavras,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 $,1 Q ; Travancorz, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray),

1 2 ; Ceyton (Templeton), 2 g type. Hwxp. 36-42 millim.

Larva, Head small ; thoracic somites much swollen; anal somites

with two small pointed dorsal tubercles; reddish brown, the

thoracic somites more olive-brown ; a pale dorsal line with lunulate

black edges ending in a band on anal somite, the thoracic somites

with dorsal black spots and streaks; a pale lateral line edged with

blackish.

Cocoon. Pale reddish brown or yellowish, with some thorn-like

knobs and an anterior dorsal hump.

Genus CLETHROPHORA. Type

Clethrophora, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 416 (1894) ...........0... distincta,

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd long and oblique; frons smooth with

pointed tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennz of male minutely

ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests; tibie slightly

fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with

the apex produced and acute, the termen excised below apex, angled at vein 4,

then oblique and slightly dentate at vein 2; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

of cell; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9,10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with yeins 8, 4 from angle of cell or very shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed

from or from just ahove angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

6916. Clethrophora distincta.

Gonitis distincta, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 506, pl. 52. f. 7; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 416.

Gonitis viridam, Heyl. O. R. Ent. Soc, Belg. 1890, p. xxx.

Head and thorax bright green; antenne brown; palpi, pectus,

Fig. 204,—-Clethrophora distincta, 3. }.

and legs pale reddish and grey; abdomen brown, ventrally pale

536 NOCLUIDA.

crimson. Fore wing bright green, the costal edge whitish ; a black

or reddish discoidal point ; a slight obliquely curved whitish post-

medial line from costa towards apex to inuer margin, defined on

outer side by a faint dark shade ; traees of a dark subterminal line

excurved at middle; cilia greyish brown. Hind wing fiery red, the

cilia pale brown. Underside of both wings pale red, the apical

area of fore wing suffused with black, of hind wing irrorated

with black.

Hab, Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 3 g,3 2 type; Conus, Gensan

(Leech), 1 & 3 Suxuim (Moller), 1 3 ; Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ ; Srrarrs

Syiti ements, Perak, Larut Hills (lewer), 1 g ; Java. Harp. 44—-

50 millim,

Genus CAREADES. Type

Careades, Beth-Baker, Noy. Zool, xii. p. 248 (1906)...0......2++0- sanguinea.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about

to vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short ;

frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antenne of male minutely ciliated ; thorax

clothed with hair only and without crests; fore tibiee typically moderately

fringed with hair, the mid tibia of male and spurs fringed with very long hair

on both sides, the Ist joint of tarsus fringed with long hair on outer side, the

hind tibiz very short and without spurs, the Ist joint of tarsus immensely long

and fringed with long hair on both sides, the other joints very short ; abdomen

long, clothed with rough hair and with slight crests on basal segments. Fore

wing with the costa arched near base and towards apex and excised at middle,

the apex produced and acute, the termen typically slightly excised below apex

and strongly excurved at middle, the inner margin lobed near lase; veins 6 and

5 from near angle of cell; 6 from the areole which is long, furmed by vein 9

from 10 anastomosing with 8; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen

strongly excised below vein 2 and lobed at tornus, the inner area with tuft of

long hair on underside; veins 3,4 from angle of cell and approximated for

some distance; 5 from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle and approxi-

mated for some distance; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Szcr. I. Fore wing with the termen strongly excised below apex; fore tibix of

male fringed with long hair.

*6917. Careades falcataria.

Careades faleataria, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 244 (1906).

do. Head and thorax deep crimson-red mixed with black-brown ;

palpi crimson at sides, yellow in front; frons with lateral white

lines; tegulee with slight white line at base; pectus and legs

orange suffused with crimson-red, the fore tibiz blackish in front,

the tarsi with brown mixed; abdomen brownish grey with some

chocolate-red on penultimate segments and dorsal line of silvery

scales on terminal segments, the ventral surface orange-red at base,

dark grey at extremity with crimson lateral stripes, the anal tuft

yellowish white at tip. Fore wing with the basal half very dark

chocolate-brown with silvery suffusion on costal area, the costal

edge red, the inner margin whitish at base then crimson-red. Ante-

medial line indistinct, dark brown, curved and slightly waved; a

double dark brown line filled in with silver from middle of costa to

tornus, obliquely excurved below costa and towards tornus, closely

CAREADES. 537

followed by a slight diffused dark obliquely imeurved line; faint

traces of a brownish subterminal line incurved below costa and

excurved at middle; cilia dark chocolate-brown from apex to

vein 4. Hind wing bright yellow suffused with fiery red on apical

Fig. 205.—Careades falcataria, 3. t.

area, the inner area tinged with red and with some brownish hair

in submedian fold. Underside of both wings yellow with the costal

half suffused with fiery red. ;

Hab. Br. N. Guinna, Ekeikei (Pratt), type f g in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hap. 46 millim,

Sect. Il. Fore wing with the termen slightly excised below apex ; fore tibia of

male moderately fringed with hair.

A. Fore wing with the apical half suffused with olive-green ... eceicez.

B. Fore wing with the basal half suffused with sap-green ...... hemichlora.

C. Fore wing without green suffusion.

a. Hind wing with the apical area chocolate-red to vein 2... huntev.

Cerindewang mnitonme black= browne seseeeeeeatacdssse cece ctee: plagioscia,

*6918. Careades eceicei. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 24.)

Careades ekeiket, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 244 (1906).

3d. ead, tegule, and front of thorax black-brown, the rest of

thorax pale grey ; palpi white at base in front; pectus and legs

white, the fore femora crimson-red on inner side, the tarsi suffused

with crimson-red ; abdomen grey with the lateral area olive-grey

on basal half, the sides on terminal half and extremity blackish,

the anal tuft red above ochreous below, the ventral surface blackish

with some red at base. Fore wing pale grey, with slight dark

irroration, the apical half tinged with olive-grey, the costal edge

tinged with rufous; antemedial line slight, brown with darker

striga from costa, then oblique, waved; a deep olive band defined

on outer side by black and then by white from middle of costa to

tornus ; a diffused whitish subterminal band ending at tornus, the

area beyond it rather darker olive-grey. Hind wing fuscous black

sy) NOCTUID..

io)

with a greyish tinge, the inner margin fringed with rufous hair at

base, and white hair towards tornus. Underside of fore wing fuscous

with the apical half of costa white; hind wing fuscous, the basal

and inner areas suffused with crimson red, the apical area slightly

irrorated with black.

®. Fore wing with the band nearly erect with bronze-green

suffusion beyond it.

Hab, Br. N. Guryea, Ekeikei (Pratt), type fT ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Hap. 44 millim.

*6919. Careades hemichlora. (Plate CXCI. fig. 28.)

Careades hemichtora, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1911, p. 309.

3. Head and thorax chocolate-brown suffused with sap-green ;

pectus ochreous white; legs ochreous white suffused with rufous ;

abdomen fuscous tinged with grey, the ventral surface rufous. Fore

wing with the basal half deep sap-green, the costal edge reddish

with some purple-grey below it, the green area defined by an

oblique purple-grey line from costa before middle to tornus; the

rest of wing purple-grey with some rufous beyond the oblique line

and some greenish on terminal area from below apex to below

middle; slight fuscous postmedial spots below veins 8 and 6, Hind

wing fuscous brown ; the cilia whitish, tinged with rufous towards

apex. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown, the costa red towards

base, whitish towards apex, some red on terminal area below apex ;

hind wing red with the submedian interspace fuscous brown.

Hab. Burv, type fT ¢ in Coll. de Joannis. Exp. 50 millim.

*6920. Careades huntei. (Plate CLXXXVIILI. fig. 25.)

Thyrsosceles huntei, Warr. Nov. Zool. x. p. 123 (1908).

Careades sanguinea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 243 (1906).

3. Head and thorax deep chocolate-red; palpi black-brown,

yellow at base and on inner side; pectus and legs yellow tinged

with rufous ; abdomen fuscous brown slightly tinged with grey, the

ventral surface rufous except at extremity. Fore wing brown-

pink with a slight greyish gloss and sparsely irrorated with black,

the inner area and the terminal area from below apex to vein 2

suffused with chocolate-red, the veins with slight dark streaks, the

costal edge rufous; antemedial line brown, erect to subcostal

neryure, excurved to vein 1, then curved inwards to inner margin ;

an oblique band red-brown on inner side, black-brown on outer

from middle of costa to tornus; a slight brown subterminal line

slightly angled outwards below veins 9, 7, 4 and ending on termen

above tornus; cilia dark brown. Hind wing dark brown, the apical

area chocolate-red to vein 2. Underside of fore wing fiery red with

some white suffusion on terminal half of costa; hind wing fiery

red, the apical area slightly irrorated with brown.

2. Fore wing with the band somewhat inwardly oblique; hind

wing wholly brown.

CAREADES, 539

Hab. Br. N. Guinea (Le Hunte), type tf 3 in Coll. Rothschild,

Ekeikei (Pratt), type T g sanguinea in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Lvp.

g 48, 2 43 millim.

6921. Careades plagioscia.

Carea plagioscia, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 7 (1908).

3S. Head and thorax deep red-brown; pectus and legs orange ;

abdomen black-brown, the ventral surface orange except at ex-

tremity. Fore wing dark red-brown suffused with greyish except

at base, on inner area, on costa beyond the postmedial line and on

termen below apex ; traces of an oblique waved antemedial line; a

double line from middle of costa to tornus ; traces of a subterminal

punctiform line. Hind wing black-brown, underside of fore wing

Fig, 206.— Careades plagioscia, $. 4.

dark brown, the costal and apical areas fiery red; hind wing

fiery red.

Q. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique below the cell,

the postmedial line arising from costa well beyond middle, slightiy

excurved below costa then incurved.

Hab. Durca N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 ¢, Arfak Mts.,

Ninay Valley (Pratt), 2 9, Snow Mts., Octakwa R. (Meek), 13,

1 9; QuvzEnstanp, Geraldton, Johnstone R., type tf ¢ in Coll.

Turner. wp. 40 millim.

Secr, IIL. Fore wirg with the costa hardly excised at middle, the termen evenly

curved,

A. Hind wing red, the inner area fuscous.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from middle of

costa to tornus.

a, Fore wing crimson-red slightly irrorated with brown ... obliqua.

}1, Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown .............2..0.06 subrubra.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique from costa to

Vein Or tihem erect vaca cese dal. v sec ces seu mae seecawen cae mue emotes fulva.

B. Hind wing fuscous brown .............0.cs.seccercessssoereereossnvees rubricosa,

*6022. Careades obliqua. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 26.)

Careades obliqua, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool, xiii. p. 245 (1906).

S. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with crimson; palpi,

pectus, and legs crimson-red ; abdomen greyish fuscous, whitish at

540 NOCTUID AS.

base and slightly tinged with red at extremity, the anal tuft and

ventral surface crimson-red tinged with brown at extremity. Fore

wing crimson-red with slight black irroration, the costal edge

redder, the inner area somewhat deeper red, the costal area with

slight silvery suffusion to beyond middle; a faint curved rufous

antemedial line slightly defined by silvery suffusion on inner side, a

slight dark point in middle of cell; a rufous line shghtly defined

by silver on outer side from middle of costa to tornus; a rather

diffused maculate blackish subterminal line ending on termen above

tornus ; cilia deep red-brown. Hind wing bright orange-red, the

inner area fuscous. Underside of both wings crimson-red with

some black irroration on apical areas; hind wing with the inner

area whitish with the tuft of hair deep red.

2. Darker ; fore wing with the postmedial line not oblique and

slightly waved.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type t g in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. Hap. 44 millim,

*6923. Careades subrubra.

Careades subrubra, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 245 (1906).

3. Head, tegule, and patagia reddish chocolate-brown, the vertex

of thorax crimson-red ; palpi crimson-red behind, whitish at base

in front; pectus and legs whitish suffused with crimson-red, the

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown mixed with

greyish and slightly tinged with red towards extremity, the ventral

surface suffused with crimson-red and with brown at extremity.

Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown deepest on basal area and

Fig. 207.—Careades subrubra, $. }.

on termen from below apex to vein 2 and slightly irrorated with

black, the costal edge white towards base, the base of inner margin

white; an oblique slightly curved brown antemedial line; black

points in end of cell and on discocellulars ; a brown line defined on

inner side by diffused red-brown from middle of costa to tornus; a

diffused whitish subterminal band with slightly waved inner edge

with some fuscous on it towards costa, ending on termen above

tornus; cilia chocolate-brown. Hind wing deep fiery red, the

inner area fuscous fringed with ochreous hair at base and white

hair towards tornus. Underside of fore wing orange-red, the apical

area brownish with white suffusion on costa. Hind wing orange-

CAREADES. 541

red, the apical area slightly irrorated with black, the inner area

whitish with the tuft of hair deep red.

Q. Redder; fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

double, the latter less oblique with orange-red before and beyond it

at costa.

Hab. Br. N. Gunes, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type + ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Dinawa. wp. 42 millim.

*6924. Careades fulva. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 27.)

Careades fulva, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 244 (1906).

3. Head and thorax reddish olive-brown, the prothorax with

white scales below tegule, the dorsum of thorax ochreous yellow;

palpi crimson behind and with some white scales towards tips ;

lower part of frons white ; antennee with the basal joint white on

outer side; pectus and legs pale red, the fore and mid femora at

extremities and tibie at base white, the fore tibie and tarsi red-

brown in front irrorated with white ; abdomen brown suffused with

silvery grey and with red at extremity, the ventral surface deep

crimson, black-brown at extremity, the genital tufts yellowish

white. Fore wing olive-brown tinged with red, the costa slightly

irrorated with silver; minute blackish spots in cell towards ex-

tremity and on discocellulars ; postmedial line indistinct, dark,

slightly defined by silver on outer side, and very oblique from costa

to vein 6, then more prominent and defined by silvery white, erect

and ending near tornus; a diffused subterminal band of silvery

white expanding inwardly on costal area and ending on termen just

above tornus; cilia red. Hind wing bright orange-red, the inner

area clothed with silvery grey hair. Underside of both wings red ;

fore wing with some white at base of costa and at apex ; hind wing

with brown suffnsion on apical area, the inner area whitish.

@. Pinker; fore wing with slight dark antemedial line, the

postmedial line evenly curved to vein 2 then angled outwards and

oblique to inner margin ; hind wing paler.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type tT 3S in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Ekeikcl. Ewp. 3 50, 2 45 millim.

6925. Careades rubricosa. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 28.)

Careades rubricosa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 2£5 (1906).

Q. Head and thorax deep crimson; palpi white in front and

brown at tips; pectus and legs pure white, the tibie slightly

irrorated with brown and the tarsi tinged with crimson ; abdomen

black-brown slightly mixed with grey, the anal tuft and ventral

surface crimson-red, the latter with white mixed at base. Fore

wing deep crimson suffused with silvery purple except an oblique

band from base of costa to inner margin, before postmedial line and

on terminal area from below apex to vein 2 and with slight black

irroration ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique from costa to

542 NOCLUID&.

median nervure, then more erect ; black points in end of cell and

on discocellulars ; postmedial line double, blackish filled in with

silvery purple, the outer line indistinct, slightly exeurved below

costa, then more erect; cilia purple mixed with blackish. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the cilia fiery red, pale towards tornus. Under-

side of fore wing fiery red tinged with purple on costal area, the

inner half brown except on terminal erea, the apex with slight

whitish suffusion; hind wing fiery red, the inner half whitish

except at termen.

g. Fore wing more chocolate-brown and less red, the postmedial

line oblique from middle of costa to tornus.

Hab. Dutcu N. Gurnea, Snow Mts., Octakwa R. (Meek), 1 S,

2 0; Br. N. Guevea, Ekeikei (Pratt), type t Q in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. Ewp. 44 millim.

Genus CAREA.

Type.

Canea Silk: 274s RDB) aasceeenccshorte es ccareec ee eme comeseninceeeeter varipes.

Wadvcapida, NWN 3% ETS. (ED) coc0s 6S.500 cooooosbegceSecopecq0s0000900000 subtilis.

Didigua, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 181 (1862) ......... seticornis.

Chora, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 188 (1862) ............ repandens.

Ranaja, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 121 (1882) -.2...-........ cosee ess oereee Fasciata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd minute, porrect, frons smooth ;

eyes large, round ; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair only

and without crests; mid and hind tibie fringed with long hair; the hind tibiz

of male typically very short with minute terminal spur on outer side only, the

Ist joint of tarsus very long, strongly dilated and fringed with long hair on

inner side; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments. Fore wing

with the apex somewhat produced, the termen not crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long areole;

6 from the areole or from angle of cell; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins

3, 4 from angle of cell, rarely stalked; 5 fully developed from or from just

above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

Sect. I. Fore wing with the termen excised below apex, excurved at middle

and excised below vein 4.

A. (Dabarita.) Hind tibix of male with minute terminal spur on inner side

only.

6926. Carea subtilis.

Dabarita subtilis, Wik. x. 479 (1858); Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 76,

pl. @. f. 5 (1880); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 117, pi. 123. ff. 3, 38@; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 422.

Head and thorax flesh-pink; palpi brownish, the Ist joint

white in front; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibie and

tarsi rufous in front, the fore tarsi blackish towards extremity ;

abdomen white dorsally suffused with flesh-pink, the crests brownish.

Fore wing flesh-pink suffused with violaceous white and sparsely

irrorated with black; antemedial line brown, very indistinctly

double, oblique, from costa to middle of inner margin; a black

discoidal point; postmedial line double, brown, ineurved, from costa

towards apex to tornus, a faint red-brown shade before it narrow-

ing to a point at submedian fold; cilia dark brown at tips. Hind

CAREA. 543

wing semihyaline white, the termen slightly tinged with pink from

apex to vein 2, more strongly in female; the underside with the

costal area and terminal area to vein 2 slightly tinged with pink

and irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the shade before the postmedial line

much stronger.

Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing much whiter; hind wing

without any pink on termen on upperside.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the inner area suffused with dark brown,

the lines almost obsolete.

Ab. 4. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with chocolate-

brown.

Fig. 208.—Carea subtilis, $. 3.

Hab. Ponsas (Horne), 3 3, 1 Q type, Almorah (Boys), 1°,

Masuri, 135, 1 9, Manpuri, 1 3 ; N.E. Benes, 2 g ; Bompay,

Mhow (forsayeth), 1 g, 2 Q, Kanara (Ward), 1 9 ; Cryton;

Anpamans ; Java (Horsfield),7 3, 4 2; Curuses, Hap. 30-46

millim.

Larva, Forsayeth, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884. p. 408, pl. 14. ff. 4, 4a.

Thoracic somites very much swollen and green; abdominal

somites pale red-brown with white, reddish, and brown lateral lines,

a dorsal tubercle on anal somite.

B, Hind tibiee of male with two pairs of spurs, the inner spurs very long.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular, rerniform, and a patch

below the cell green defined ty ochreous ...............60 chlorostigma,

b. Fore wing without green markings and with numerous

strie and! ridgesvot scales)... ..2s--- ase -scves-seeescee ese: anne.

6927. Carea chlorostigma.

Carea chlorostigma, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 101, pl. 159. f. 12

(1895) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 422.

@. Head and base of tegule yellow mixed with fiery red;

antenns brown; tegule with medial sap-green band and grey-

brown tips; thorax purplish grey tinged with red-brown; pectus

and femora white, the tibize and tarsi yellow mixed with fiery red ;

abdomen grey tinged with brown, the crest on 2nd segment and the

anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing violaceous

grey tinged with red-brown and sparsely irrorated with black, the

costal edge rufous; antemedial line very indistinct, red-brown,

slightly excurved at median nervure ; claviform a round sap-green

spot defined by white in submedian interspace; orbieular and reni-

form sap-green defined by white, the former round, the latter

544 NOCLUID A.

somewhat constricted at middle; postmedial line red-brown,

obliquely bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal

fold and strongly below vein 3; some chocolate-brown gsuffusion

beyond it on costa; cilia chocolate-brown. Hind wing white tinged

with fiery red especially on terminal area. Underside of both

wings suffused with fiery red; hind wing with the costal area and

terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the claviform larger, more elliptical and

extending to below vein 1.—Sikhim, Borneo.

The Sikhim specimen has veins 3, 4 of hind wing strongly

stalked.

Hab. Stxkunt (Dudgeon), 1 9; Travancorr, Trevandrum (Fer-

gusson), 1 2 ; Cuyton, Kelani Valley (Butt), 1 2 type; Bornzo,

Kuching (Shelford), 1 9. Hep. 28-36 millim.

Cocoon. Pale rufous with thorn-like excrescences.

6928. Carea anne.

Carea anne, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1904, p. 140.

3S. Head and thorax rufous with a purplish tinge, the upper

part of frons, vertex of head, and dorsal streak on tegule chocolate-

brown ; the fore legs and mid tibia and tarsi above red-brown, the

hind tarsi red-brown ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, a

dorsal streak and the extremity purplish red, the ventral surface

white at base, red-brown towards extremity. Fore wing pale red-

brown tinged with greyish purple and with very numerous slight

blackish striz and ridges of scales, more prominent at base and on

costal area to end of cell; a subbasal black point in cell and a

discoidal point; a faint dark shade below and beyond end of cell;

Fig. 209.—Carea anne, 3. }-

suliterminal line represented by some rather diffused silvery white

strie from vein 5 to tornus; a fine blackish terminal line; cilia and

cilia of inner margin bright rufous. Hind wing pale grey-brown

suffused with purple-pink from lower angle of cell to termen from

apex to submedian fold; cilia pink at base, whitish at tips. Under-

side of fore wing purplish red, the costal area irrerated and striated

with white, the apical area greyish, the terminal area purple with

black strie from vein 7 to 2; hind wing with the costal half purple

with dark strie except at base, the inner half white with some

purple striw in submedian fold.

CAREA. 545

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing pale ochreous brown; hind

wing with hardly a trace of purple suffusion.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing brick-red, the last with an

indistinct dark antemedial shade from costa to median nervure and

a shade further from base in submedian interspace, the shade below

end of cell darker, an obscure diffused dark postmedial line ex-

curved below costa and at middle and incurved at discal and

submedian folds.

Ab, 2. Fore wing more prominently striated with black ; hind

wing dark brown.

Hab. Sincaporn (Ridley, Meade-Waldo), 2 3, 2 9; Boryno,

Kuching (Shelford), 2 3,2 2 type. xp. 34-40 millim.

Sxcr. II. Fore wing with the termen excised below apex and excurved at

middle, but not excised below vein 4.

A. Hind wing red, the inner area brown ............00:0 000 diplogramma.

18, 1elonel Wale IMSCOME IDEOWE con onosodesabebend cco gebenqNnDODS holophea.

6929. Carea diplogramma. (Plate CLXXXVIIL. fig. 6.)

Carea diplogramma, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 594 (1905).

@. Head and tegule dark red-brown; frons greyish at base;

thorax rufous; pectus and legs pale; abdomen dorsally fuscous,

ventrally rufous. Fore wing rufous, the costal and inner areas

slightly tinged with brown; an indistinct oblique antemedial line,

slightly angled outwards at median nervure; a slight discoidal striga ;

a double line from costa near apex to tornus. Hind wing fiery

red, the inner area fuscous brown. Underside pale fiery red; fore

wing with the costal area greyish ; hind wing with the inner area

whitish, traces of a dark subterminal line except towards tornus.

Hab, Straits Serrtements, Johore (/tdley), 1 2 type. vp.

40 millim.

6930. Carea holophea.

Carea holophea, Umpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi, p. 595 (1905).

@. Head and tegule black-brown; palpi rufous, greyish in

front; frons at base and basal joint of antennee in front whitish :

Fig. 210.—Carea holophea, 2. },

thorax rufous more or less tinged with grey; pectus and legs

greyish, the fore legs dark in front; abdomen fuscous, ventrally

rufous. Fore wing rufous more or less suffused with grey; an

VOL. XI. 2N

546 NOCTUIDE.

indistinct dark subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; a pale

green subbasal patch on inner margin; antemedial line fine, black,

obliquely excurved from subcostal nervure to inner margin; a large

triangular patch of blackish suffusion on costa before the double

oblique black postmedial line, extending to below lower angle of

cell; aslight fuscous tinge on termen below apex. Hind wing

fuscous brown with a slight rufous tinge; termen and cilia rufeus.

Underside fiery red, the costal area tinged with grey towards apex ;

hind wing with the inner half whitish. -

Hab. Srratts Serrtuments, Johore (ftidley), 1 2, Perak Hills

(Ridley), 1 2 type. Hep. 34 millim.

Sucr. IIT. (Carea.) Fore wing with the costa slightly excised beyond middle,

the termen excuryved at middle but not excised below apex and vein 4.

Hind tibia of male with minute terminal spur on outer side only.

A. Hind wing orange-yellow ............ a ncheue sea vemoc een eeateneee flava.

B. Hind wing orange-red.

a, Hind wing with the inner area not fuscous brown

ps0a90000 Vvaripes.

b. Hind wing with the inner area fuscous brown.

a', Fore wing without ante- and postmedial black-brown

(DAWG OES OL COSTA soccosscas0a0onsseondoson50c00000NeQ0se0000 tumida.

b1, Fore wing with ante- and postmedial black-brown

JORIEGNES) CI CORED ogconoqvcsnanqooaedonscoeovensonossooosaqs 000 costiplaga.

Ce Hindevwanefascous)biOvmpeancetcurceacee eee seater ace tere repandens.

*6931. Carea flava. (Plate CLXXXYVIII. fig. 7.)

Carea flava, Beth.-Baker, Nov, Zool, xiii, p, 242 (1906),

@. Head and thorax flesh-red; palpi deep red-brown at sides ;

antenne brown; pectus and legs pure white, the front of pectus,

fore legs in front and tarsi brown; abdomen brick-red, the anal

tuft greyish black, the ventral surface flesh-pink, white at base.

Fore wing flesh-pink suffused with crimson-red to beyond middle ;

subbasal line represented by a slight oblique dark striga from costa ;

antemedial line very oblique and ending at submedian fold, blackish

towards costa, then obsolescent ; a diffused greyish streak in sub-

median fold on medial area; black points in end of cell and on

discocellulars and a bifid black mark beyond lower angle of cell ;

postmedial line double, blackish filled in with some white, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique and very slightly incurved,

a slight diffused fuscous streak before it below vein 7 and some

fuscous and white above its angle on costa; a very faint diffused

dark subterminal line with slight fuscous marks on it towards

costa, somewhat excurved at middle; cilia red, fuscous towards

tornus. Hind wing orange-yellow, whitish at base; cilia red from

apex to vein 2, then white. Underside of fore wing orange-yellow,

the costal and terminal areas suffused with red, a diffused white

streak on postmedial part of costa; hind wing white, the costal

area tinged with red, the area from cell to termen orange-red

irrorated with brown.

Hab. Br. New Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type f 2 in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Hivp. 48 millim.

CAREA, 547

6932. Carea varipes.

Carea varipes, Wik. x. 475 (1856); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 116, pl. 123.

ff. 1, 1a; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 423.

Chora curvifera, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 188 (1862).

Dabarita rhodophila, W1k. xxxiii. 718 (1865).

Head and thorax brick-red, the head and teguie rather paler ;

palpi chocolate-red, pale in front; antennee with the basal joint

white at sides ; pectus and legs pure white, the fore legs in front

and the mid and hind tibie and tarsi above chocolate-red; abdomen

chocolate-red, pale red at sides and below. Fore wing bright red

with a slight silvery grey gloss especially beyond the postmedial

line and very slight black irroration ; black points in cell towards

extremity and on discocellulars; a double incurved blackish line

Fie 211.—Carea varipes, G. }.

from costa towards apex to tornus, a faint brownish shade before

it on costal area; cilia bright rufous, blackish and white at

tornus. Hind wing orange-red; the underside tinged with

purplish and irrorated with fuscous, the inner area white.

Ab. 1. curvifera. Fore wing with a patch of black suffusion at

lower angle of cell,

Ab. 2. rhodophila. Fore wing with the postmedial line more

prominent and with olive suffusion before it on costa.

Ab. 3. Head and thorax grey-brown; abdomen purplish grey,

blackish at extremity ; fore wing purplish grey tinged in parts with

olive.

Hab. Honexone (T. B. Fletcher), 1 3; Assam (Badgley) 1 9;

Cryton, 2 9 ; Prnane (Itidley), 1 9; Stncarore (Ridley), 5 9;

Borneo, 1 9; Java (Horsfield), 1 5,1 9 type rhodophila. Exp.

42-46 millim.

Larva. Thoracic somites very much dilated, an elongate conical

tubercle on 11th somite; colour purplish or greenish olive-brown, a

purplish white stripe from 3rd to 11th somites; head small, red,

Cocoon. Compact, oval with a conical dorsal projection in front.

6933. Carea tumida. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 30.)

Carea tumida, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 594 (1905).

Head and thorax deep rufous; palpi blackish ; frons whitish at

base with blackish bars above and between antenne; tegule with

2N 2

548 NOCTUID®,

black line near base; fore legs blackish in front; pectus whitish;

abdomen rufous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing bright

rufous suffused with silky grey on inner area, as a wedge-shaped

patch from basal half of costa to near tornus, and from postmedial

line to near termen; subbasal line represented by an oblique black

striga from costa; an indistinct, oblique, slightly curved ante-

medial line; postmedial line double, black, from costa beyond

middle to tornus; an indistinct subterminal] line, somewhat oblique

and maculate from costa to vein 6 and obscurely angled inwards at

vein 5. Hind wing fiery red, the inner area fuscous brown.

Underside fiery red; fore wing with the apical area suffused with

grey ; hind wing tinged with grey.

Hab. PEwane (S. as Flower), 1 2; Srycaporn (dley), 1 3;

Borneo, Sadong (Shelford), 1 g,1 9 type. Hvp, 48 millim.

6934. Carea costiplaga. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 8.)

Carea costiplaga, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (6) xii. p. 262 (1893); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind, ii. p. 424.

Head and thorax red-brown tinged with purplish grey; pectus

whitish; abdomen fuscous brown, the extremity greyish, the ventral

surface fiery red. Fore wing purple-grey slightly irrorated with

blackish ; a subbasal black striga from costa; a conical antemedial

black-brown patch on costa with oblique line fromit to middle of inner

margin, sometimes with faint green suffusion beyond it below the

cell; a black discoidal point; a large truncate conical black-brown

patch on postmedial area from costa to discal fold with an obliquely

curved line from its inner edge to inner margin; the subterminal

line represented by a faint dark shade below the patch ; cilia dark

brown from apex to vein 2. Hind wing purplish red, the inner

area grey suffused with brown; the underside paler, the apical

area slightly irrorated with brown, the inner area grey.

Hab. Assam, Sibsagar, 3 9 type; AnpaAmans, 1 ¢ ; Borwnzo,

Sandakan (Pryer), 1 ¢. Hap, 36 miilim.

6935. Carea repandens.

Chora repandens, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 188 (1862).

Cosmia sundana, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 110. f. 38 (1872),

Q. Head and thorax deep chocolate-red ; palpi white in front ;

pectus and legs white, the fore femora rufous above, the fore tibiz

and the tarsi irrorated with rufous; abdomen purplish grey-brown,

the ventral surface white tinged with rufous. Fore wing chocolate-

red suffused with silvery purple except on basal area, before the

postmedial line and on termen; the costal edge whitish at base ;

antemedial line oblique, slightly waved, bent inwards to inner

margin; a black discoidal point; postmedial line double filled in

with silvery purple, oblique and ending at tornus; traces of a

punctiform dark subterminal line defined on outer side by whitish,

angled outwards at vein 7 and middle. Hind wing fuscous brown,

CAREA. 549

the cilia rufous. Underside of fore wing brown with the costal

and terminal areas red, the costal area with slight dark irroration ;

hind wing irrorated with black, the inner area brownish white.

Ab. 1. sundana. Head and thorax black-brown; abdomen fuscous;

fore wing with the ground-colour purplish black-brown.

Hab. Stratrs Serrrements, Perak, Larut Hills (Flower), 1 9 ;

Sryeapore (Ridley), 1 9; Borneo, 1 2, Sarawak ( Wallace), type T

in Mus. Oxon., Busan (Moir), 1 9; Ampoina; CereBes, Makian.

Kep. 36-44 millim.

Secr. IV. Fore wing with the costa evenly curyed.

A. (Ranaja.) Hind tibix of male very short with terminal

spur on outer side ouly, the first joint of tarsus very

long, dilated and fringed with hair on inner side.

a. Fore w ing with the postmedial line oblique and almost

straight throughout.

a. Hind wing red or reddish.

a>, Hind wing with the inner area not suffused with

brown.

a. Fore wing without dark suffusion beyond the

ante- and postmedial lines.

a4, Hind wing with the basal area whitish.

a>, Fore wing chestnut-red without purplish

Sulu stOnisnnagenccaseseatae etcc act cese eee unipunctata.

b°, Fore wing chocolate-red suffused with

TPIRIA DIG) sadrogsadsaadamnosnaccaaseodsocossauscoousnse purpured.

64, Hind wing with the basal area not whitish. d¢viata.

6°. Fore wing with dark suffusion beyond the ante-

ancl jOOetinnes hel) IME ccosccoesoncodacoonboonercaneHhe tarica.

b?, Hind wing with the inner area suffused with

brown

a°, Fore wing with some olive-green suffusion.

a. Hind wing whitish slightly tinged with red... dione.

o4, Hind wing strongly suffused with red ......... nitida.

b*. Fore wing without olive-green suffusion.

a‘, Yore wing crimson-red ‘suffused with purplish

ENO Y penne eacteciitemsiseaiicisteeieritsmaonaplscatas aa parallelaria.

bf, es wing rufous not suffused with purple... obvia.

b!, Hind wing uniform fuscous brown.

a?, Fore wing with the lines strong, the antemedial

HE VOIR? DVNCW ccossooccacoodeonoac0v0cnsnq0gcc00a000¢ mathilda.

b2, Fore wing with the lines fine, the antemedial line

much less CIMNG|WE scoasascosecnos asdocssoons00000000..060 pryeri.

d. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below

costa and incurved below vein 4.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line not incurved

at discal fold.

a2, Hind wing with the inner area not suffused with

brown.

a®, Fore wing with numerous slight silvery striz

and oblique shade from apex to middle of

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&, Fore wing without silvery strize or oblique shade

from apex to inner margin.

a4. Fore wing with the antemedial line angled

inwards in cell and submedian fold ......... rubrifusa.

4, Fore wing with the antemedial line obliquely

@MOWWATEG! conpoaq0c000006 aiiouasveahwannonrasaimeatnt devia,

500 NOCLUIDE.

62, Hind wing with the inner area suffused with

IDFOWR coconaocnon0nca0nbnonsosDDSHONSEROGUODODHOOONDDOSCON moa.

1, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved at

discal fold.

a*, Hind wing red or tinged with red.

a*, Hind wing with the inner area not suffused

with brown.

a‘. Fore wing with oblique shade from costa

towards apex to middle of inner margin ...... diagona.

64, Fore wing without oblique shade from costa

towards apex to inner Margin.............e.ee00 obsolescens.

63, Hind wing with the inner area suffused with

brown.

a‘, Kore wing with the costal edge white.

a’, Hind wing whitish faintly tinged with red. pallida.

65, Hind wing fiery red.

a®, Kore wing not tinged with purple ...... leucocraspis.

06, Fore wing tinged with purple ............ endophea.

4, Fore wing with the costal edge not white.

a. Fore wing not strongly suffused with

purple and without white shade beyond

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%%, Fore wing strongly suffused with purple

and with white shade beyond the ante-

medial lanes. .se dig teenies ooteene om aul ewe ocyra.

+2, Hind wing wholly brown.

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63. Hind wing fuscous brown .........6..s.seeeeecee eee Jasciata.

c*, Hind wing white.

a°®. Hind wing with the apical area tinged with red.

«a. Fore wing rufous, the subterminal line not

defined by bluish white spots ................65 albirufa.

b+, Fore wing chocolate-red, the subterminal

line defined by bluish white spots ............ rovinsont,

6°. Hind wing with the apical area not tinged with

red.

a4, Wind wing with the inner area suffused with

DrOWAy j jorchstacisnaes aoe iw stisacistuk esbiemonceeeronece albopurpurea.

+4, Hind wing with the inner area not suffused

Wablaybrowialeeeeeeey eeeeeees basis seen cluseines eases albipicta.

6936. Carea unipunctata. (Plate CLXXXVIIL. fig. 9.)

Carea unipunctata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 242 (1906).

Head and thorax deep chestnut-red ; pectus and legs white, the

fore femora and tibize on inner side and the mid tibia on outer side

streaked with red, the tuft on inner side of hind leg brown, the

tarsi with dark bands; abdomen pale red with deep red crests and

dorsal ridge ana white point on lst segment, the ventral surface

white at base. Fore wing deep chestnut-red very slightly irrorated

with black scales ; a slight outwardly oblique sinuous medial line

blackish tewards inner margin; a blackish discoidal point ; traces

of an outwardly oblique sinuous postmedial line; cilia dark red

except towards tornus. Hind wing pale red, the basal and inner

areas whitish tinged with red; the underside with the costal half

red, the inner half white.

CAREA, 551

Hab. Durca N. Guinea, Arfak Mts. Ninay Valley (Pratt), 1 3,

1 9; Br. N. Guines, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type + ¢S in Coll.

Bethune-Baker; Qununstanp, Kuranda (Dodd), 12. Hp. 40

millim,

6937. Carea purpurea.

Carea purpurea, Hmpsn. Ill, Het. B.M. viii. p. 59, pl. 141. f. 9 (1891),

nec f. 4; id. Moths Ind. il. p. 423.

Head and thorax deep chocolate-red ; palpi dark brown, white in

front ; antennee with the basal joint white at outer side; pectus

and legs white, the fore and mid tibiz suffused with dark brown,

the tarsi dark brown ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown,

the anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface white suffused with fiery

red towards extremity. Fore wing deep chocolate-red with a silvery

purple gloss and slightly irrorated with black, the costal edge

redder; antemedial line slight, blackish, oblique from costa

to middle of inner margin; a black discoidal point; postmedial

line indistinct, blackish, very oblique to vein 6, then oblique to

inner margin near tornus ; subterminal line only represented by

the terminal area being faintly paler; cilia blackish at tips. Hind

wing white, the terminal half suffused with fiery red; the underside

with the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 suffused with fiery

red and irrorated with brown.

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 5,1 2 type; Travancore,

Pirmdd (dmray), 1 $. Hep. 28-36 millim,

6938. Carea biviata. (Plate CLXXXVIIL. fig. 10.)

Carea biviata, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 595 (1905).

3. Head and thorax fiery red mixed with some yellow; fore

tibize and tarsi tinged with fuscous; pectus and mid and hind legs

whitish; abdomen grey tinged with rufous, the anal tuft blackish.

Fore wing fiery red sparsely irrorated with black; the base of

inner area yellowish, the apical area tinged with grey; an oblique

straight dark line from costa before middle to middle of inner

margin; an oblique line from costa beyond middle to tornus,

slightly excurved below costa, the inner margin dark except towards

base. Hind wing pale fiery red; the underside whitish with the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown.

Q@. Fore wing with the ground-colour nearly uniform fiery red ;

the lines slightly more diffused, the postmedial line hardly excurved

below costa; a dark discoidal point.

Ab. 1. 2. Similar to the male.

Hab. Punane (S. 8S. Flower, Ridley), 1 3, 19 type; Prax,

Larut Hills (S. S. lower), 1 2 ; Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer), in-

Coll. Druce. up. 3 32, 2 40 millim.

5a2 NOCLUIDE.

6939. Carea tarica. (Plate CLXX XVIII. fig. 11.)

Carea tarika, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 492 (1901).

¢. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with red-brown and

dark brown; abdomen fiery red, dorsally suffused with brown.

Fore wing greyish suffused with purple and with slight dark irro-

ration, the terminal area pale; antemedial line dark brown, diffused

ou outer side, oblique and slightly incurved; a small dark spot in

end of cell and small discoidal lunule ; postmedial line dark, very

oblique to vein 6, then oblique to tornus,a patch of dark brown

suffusion beyond it on costal area, extending to the slight dark

subterminal line which is angled inwards at discal fold and outwards

at veins 4,3; cilia dark brown. Hind wing yellow tinged with red.

Underside of both wings yellow suffused with red; fore wing with

some whitish suffusion on costa towards apex; hind wing with

some purplish irroration on terminal area from apex to vein 3.

Ab. 1. Hind wing and underside redder.—N. Guinea.

Hab. Gtrono, 1 3 type; Durcu N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt),

13g. Exp. 36 millim.

6940. Carea dione. (Plate CLXXXVIIL. fig. 12.)

Carea dione, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 159 (1905).

Vertex of head, teguJe, and patagia olive-brown; palpi, frons,

and dorsum of thorax pale purplish brown ; pectus and legs white,

the latter suffused with brown. Fore wing pale purplish brown

with some olive suffusion on basal area, obliquely from costa beyond

middle to tornus, and on apical area, the costal edge whitish ; ante-

medial line dark, oblique, straight; postmedial line very indistinct

except on inner area, oblique and almost straight ; traces of a

diffused subterminal line, angled outwards below vein 7 and

excurved at middle ; cilia red-brown, towards tornus with a white

line at base and white tips. Hind wing white tinged with brick-

red, the inner area with brown; the underside white, the costal

area slightly irrorated with rufous.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢,1 9 type. Hap. g 38, 2 40 millim.

6941. Carea nitida. (Plate CLXA XVIII. fig. 13.)

Carea nitida, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 423 (1894).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with red-brown; antenne

with the basal joint white on outer side; pectus and legs white

mixed with purplish red, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

grey-brown, the anal tuft red, the ventral surface white mixed

with red. Fore wing purple-grey largely suffused with olive-brown,

the costal edge white with some red-brown below it, some red at

base of inner margin ; antemedial line dark brown slightly defined

on inner side by whitish, oblique, from costa to middle of inner

CAREA. 553

margin; postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by

whitish, oblique and slightly curved; subterminal line dark brown,

oblique to below vein 7, angled inwards at discal fold, excurved

and waved at middle, a whitish patch beyond it from vein 7 to

below vein 3; cilia dark brown at base, red at tips. Hind wing

brick-red, the inner area suffused with brown; cilia red, white at

tips; the underside white tinged and irrorated with red, some

purplish irroration on costa towards apex.

Hab. Srxuim (Pilcher), 1 9 ; Assam (Badgley), 1 2 ; Sumatra

(1. O. Forbes), 1 6. Ewp. 40 millim. Type f in Coll. Rothschild.

*6942. Carea parallelaria. (Plate CLAXXVIII. fig. 14.)

Carea parallelaria, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 242 (1906).

6. Head and thorax deep crimson-red; fore tibiae and tarsi

pure white in front; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous, the

extremity and ventral surface crimson. Fore wing deep crimson-red

suffused with a purplish grey gloss except the postmedial area; fine

oblique red ante- and postmedial straight lines. Hind wing pale

orange-red, the inner area grey-brown. Underside of both wings

pale red with the inner area whitish.

Hab. Br. N. Guinna, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type + ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Ekeikei. vp. 36 millim.

6943. Carea obvia, n. sp. (Plate CLAXXVILII. fig. 15.)

3. Head and thorax rufous, lower part of frons white ; antennz

with the basal joint white on outer side; pectus white; fore tibiwe

ringed with white and white on onter side, the tarsi ringed with

white; abdomen pale grey-brown, the extremity pale red, the

ventral surface pale red, white at base. Fore wing rufous with a

slight silky grey gloss and irrorated with a few dark scales; ante-

medial line red-brown, oblique, straight, from costa to middle of

inner margin ; a black discoidal point; postmedial line red-brown,

oblique, slightly sinuous ; traces of a subterminal slightly incurved

dark line; cilia blackish at base, except towards tornus. Hind wing

flesh-red, the basal area white, the inner area white suffused with

brown; the underside white, the costal area and terminal area to

vein 3 red irrorated with brown.

lab. Putiipeinss, Baquio (Betton), 1 ¢ type. Lap. 32 millim.

6944. Carea mathilda, (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 16.)

Carea mathilda, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc, 1904, p. 141.

3. Head and thorax pale red-brown; pectus and legs whitish,

the fore legs and tarsi suffused with reddish brown; abdomen grey-

brown, the anal tuft pale reddish brown, the ventral surface white

tinged with red-brown towards extremity. ore wing pale red-

54 NOCLUID®.

brown sparsely irrorated with black; the inner margin dark brown

except towards base; a very oblique dark brown slightly curved

line from costa before middle to inner margin well beyond middle ;

a black discoidal point; an oblique dark brown line from costa

beyond middle to tornus; cilia dark brown. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the cilia rufous. Underside of fore wing brown with the

costal and terminal areas rufous, the costa] area irrorated with dark

brown; hind wing rufous irrorated with dark brown, the inner

area grey-brown.

Hab, Borneo, Malang (Shelford), 1 3 type. Hep. 40 miliim,

*6945. Carea pryeri. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 17.)

Carea pryeri, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 150 (1911).

3d. Head and thorax pale chocolate-brown; pectus and legs with

some whitish; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface rufous,

whitish towards base. Fore wing pale chocolate-brown with a

silvery grey gloss especially on medial and terminal areas and

slight blackish irroration ; oblique straight chocolate-brown ante-

and postmedial lines, the former ending at middle of inner margin,

the latter at tornus; traces of a dark subterminal line towards

costa ; cilia dark chocolate-brown at base, rufous at tips and with

some white at apex and above tornus, Hind wing brown with

a faint reddish tinge. Underside of both wings pale red-brown

with slight dark irroration ; fore wing with some fuscous suffusion

in and beyond end of cell; hind wing with the inner area grey-

brown.

Hab. N. Borneo (Pryer), type + 3 in Coll. Druce. Exp. 42

millim.

6946. Carea pratti. (Plate CLAXXVIII. fig. 18.)

Carea pratti, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 243 (1906).

Head and thorax whitish more or less strcngly tinged with rufous,

the vertex of head and tegule more olive-brown ; palpi rufous, dark

brown in front; fore coxe rufous, the tibize and tarsi chocolate-

brown, the mid and hind tarsi dark brown mixed with grey ;

abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing pale pinkish red or whitish

tinged with pinkish red and with numerous slight silvery strie,

the costal edge red-brown ; a black discoidal point; a diffused very

oblique red-brown line from apex to middle of inner margin and

with traces of a slightly incurved postmedial line from it at vein 6

to inner margin ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing fiery red, the basal

area whitish; the underside with the costal area irrorated with a

few brown scales, the inner area whitish.

Hab. Durcn N. Guinea, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley (Pratt), 1 3;

Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt),3 ¢,1 2. Hp. 44-46 millim.

CAREA. 555

6947. Carea rubrifusa. (Plate CLAXXVIIL. fig. 19.)

Carea rubrifusa, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 597 (1905).

3. Head and thorax bright rufous; pectus, legs, and abdomen

whitish brown. Fore wing whitish brown tinged with rufous, the

basal area except at base of inner margin suffused with bright

rufous to the antemedial line, which is oblique, angled outwards

below costa and at median nervure and inwards in cell and sub-

median fold; a minute discoidal point; postmedial line rufous,

obliquely incurved from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely angled

outwards, then incurved, some rufous suffusion beyond it; an

indistinct, somewhat diffused subterminal line incuryed at discal

fold; some rufous suffusion on termen from apex to vein 2. Hind

wing whitish suffused with pale red. Underside whitish tinged

with red,

Hab. Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 g type. vp. 40 millim.

6948. Carea devia, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 20.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; palpi brownish at

sides, white in front; pectus and legs white tinged with rufous, the

tibize and tarsi irrorated with brown, the tarsi ringed with white;

ventral surface of abdomen whitish at base. Fore wing brick-red

sparsely irrorated with black; antemedial line brown, oblique,

slightly excurved ; a small black discoidal spot; postmedial line

brown, excurved below costa, then oblique and slightly incurved ;

cilia with blackish mixed except towards costa. Hind wing white

suffused with pinkish red except towards base; the underside

white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 suffused with

orange-red and irrorated with brown.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 3 type. Hap. 36 millim.

6949. Carea moira. (Plate CLAXXYVIII. fig. 21.)

Carea moira, Swinh. A. M. N. 1. (G6) xii. p. 262 (1893).

Carea fuscomarginata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 424 (1894).

Head and thorax rufous; pectus white; legs rufous and white,

the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen pale grey-brown, the ventral

surface rufous, white at base. Fore wing rufous with a slight

silvery gloss and irrorated with black, the costal edge redder ; ante-

medial line slight, oblique, sinuous; a black discoidal point ;

postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 3, then incurved ; traces

of a diffused dark subterminal line, slightly angled outwards below

vein 7 and excurved at middle; cilia dark brown at base, white at

tips. Hind wing flesh-red, the basal area white, the inner area

white suffused with brown; cilia white at tips; the underside

white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 3 red irrorated

with brown,

5906 NOCIUID 2.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 9 ; Burma, Mergui (Doherty), type t 3

fuscomarginata in Coll. Druce; Srraivs Serremenrs, Penang

(Ridley), 1 @, Selangor, 1 g type, Perak, Singapore (Ltidley),

6 ¢,2 92; Bornuzo, bidi (Shelford), 1 3, Matang (Shelford), 1 3,

Sandakan (Pryer), 2 9. wp. 36-40 millim,

6950. Carea diagona, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXVIIL. fig. 22.)

suffused with rufous. Fore wing rufous sparsely irrorated with

black; an oblique diffused brown shade from costa towards apex

to middle of inner margin; traces of an oblique slightly sinuous

antemedial line; postmedial line very indistinct, slightly excurved

below costa and at middle ; a subterminal series of small black spots,

defined on outer side by white towards costa and almost obsolete

towards inner margin, slightly excurved below vein 7. Hind wing

white, the terminal half tinged with pinkish red; the underside

white, the costal and terminal areas faintly tinged with pinkish

and with brown irroration on terminal area.

3. Head, thorax, and fore wing rather yellower.

Hab. Buurkn (Dudgeon), 1 Q type; Perak (Doherty), g in

Coll. Druce. vp. 36 millim.

6951. Carea obsolescens. (Plate CLX XXVIII. fig. 23.)

Carea obsolescens, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1884 p. 356; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 423.

Head and thorax bright rufous; antenne with the basal joint

white on outer side; pectus and legs whitish suffused with pinkish,

the fore legs rufous; abdomen pale pinkish dorsally tinged with

grey-brown except at extremity. Fore wing bright rufous with a

silky gloss; antemedial line oblique, straight, from costa to middle

of inner margin; postmedial line oblique, excurved below costa

and at middle and incurved at discal fold; a subterminal series of

faint dark spots, slightly excurved below vein 7; cilia fuscous at

base. Hind wing white, the terminal half more or less strongly

tinged with fiery red; the underside whitish, the costal area and

terminal area more or less strongly tinged with fiery red.

Hab. Bompay, 1 ¢ type, Mahableshwar; Maovras, Nilgiris

(Lindsay), 1 @ ; Cxyton, Pundaloya (Green), 1 g. Exp. 40-

42 millim.

6952. Carea pallida. (Plate CLXXXVIII. fig. 29.)

Carea pallida, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 596 (1905).

@. Head and thorax pale red-brown; abdomen pale brown ;

pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing pale

red-brown, finely and thickly irrorated with dark brown; the

costal edge pure white ; an indistinct oblique antemedial line, very

CAREA. 557

slightly excurved below costa and incurved in submedian inter-

space; a black discoidal point; postmedial line rather indistinct,

slightly excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards at

discal fold and incurved below vein 4; traces of a subterminal line

excurved at vein 7 and middle; cilia whitish. Hind wing white

faintly tinged with red and the inner area with fuscous ; the under-

side white faintly tinged with red.

Hab. Burma, N. Shan States (Bingham), 1 Q type. Hap.

38 millim.

6953. Carea leucocraspis. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 1.)

Carea leucocraspis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 596 (1905).

3. Head and thorax bright rufous; fore tibiz and tarsi white

in front; mid tibiae white at base; abdomen pale fuscous brown.

Fore wing bright rufous, the costal edge pure white; a very

indistinct antemedial line oblique from ecsta to submedian fold; a

very faint postmedial line excurved below costa and at middle ;

traces of a sinuous subterminal line. Hind wing fiery red, the

inner area pale fuscous brown; the underside fiery red with the

basal and inner areas whitish.

Hab. Cuyton, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 g ; Borneo, Sandakan

(Pryer), 1 3 type. Exp. 34-42 millim.

6954. Carea endophea. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 2.)

Carea endophea, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 596 (1905).

Head and thorax deep chocolate-red ; fore tibixe and tarsi pure

white in front ; mid and hind tibiz mostly white, the tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft white, the ventral

surface fiery red. Fore wing deep chocolate-red tinged with

purple ; the costal edge pure white, the medial and terminal areas

with a more or less prominent greyish gloss; two indistinct, rather

diffused antemedial lines, very slightly excurved below costa and

incurved in submedian interspace; a black discoidal point sur-

rounded by a grey annulus; an indistinct, somewhat diffused post-

medial Jine slightly angled outwards below costa and at middle

with a still less distinct diffused red line beyond it, slightly

excurved from costa to middle, then incurved; an indistinct dark

somewhat dentate subterminal line with series of white points on

its outer edge, slightly excurved at vein 7 and middle. Hind wing

fiery red, the inner area to cell and vein 2 fuscous brown. Under-

side of both wings fiery red, the apices tinged with chocolate, the

inner area of hind wing greyish.

Hab. Stxutm (Ff. Moller), 2 3, 1 9 ; Travancorz, Pirmdd

(Imray), 4 $ type; Perak (Doherty), in Coll. Druce. Hap. 44

millim,

558 NOCLUID®.

6955. Carea internifusca, n. sp.

Carea purpurea, Umpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 59, pl. 141. f. 4 (nec f. 9).

Head and thorax deep chocolate-red; palpi fiery red at base;

antenne with the basal joint white on outer side; pectus and legs

white suffused with fiery red; abdomen fuscous brown; the

ventral surface fiery red. Fore wing deep chocolate-red tinged

with violaceous grey and thickly irrorated with dark brown, the

costal edge red; antemedial line brown, oblique, straight, from

costa to middle of inner margin; a black discoidal point ; post-

medial line dark, oblique, excurved below costa and at middle and

incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; a somewhat sinuous

subterminal series of slight dark spots; cilia blackish at base, the

tips red to vein 2, then white. Hind wing flesh-red, the basal

area white, the inner area white suffused with brown; the under-

side white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 3 flesh-red

irrorated with brown.

Hab. Assam, Khisis, 1 ¢ type; Mapras, Nilgiris (//ampson),

2 9 type purpurea, Q. Hxp, 3 34, 2 44 millim,

6956, Carea ocyra. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 3.)

Carea ocyra, Swinh. A. M,N. H. (6) xii. p. 262 (1893).

Q@. Head and thorax deep chocolate-red ; palpi white in front

at base; antenne with the basal joint white on outer side; pectus

and legs white, the latter irrorated with red-brown; abdomen

greyish fuscous with white segmental lines, the anal tuft reddish,

the ventral surface white tinged with red towards extremity. Fore

wing deep chocolate-red mostly suffused with purple-grey ; ante-

medial line indistinct, dark defined on outer side by white suffusion,

oblique and straight from costa to middle of inner margin ; post-

medial line hardly traceable, excurved below costa and at middle

and ineurved at discal fold and below vein 3; subterminal line

indistinct, dark defined on outer side by white suffusion, slightly

excurved below vein 7 and very slightly waved at veins 4, 3.

Hind wing brick-red, the costal area whitish to beyond middle,

the inner area whitish suffused with brown ; the underside white,

the terminal area suffused with purplish brown from costa to

vein 2.

Hab. Stxcavors (2dley), 2 9 type. Exp. 36 millim,

6957. Carea metaphea, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 4.)

3. Head and thorax bright red-brown; palpi, pectus, and legs

whitish tinged with red-brown; abdomen red-brown tinged with

grey, the anal tuft white, the ventral surface rufous, whitish at

base. Fore wing red-brown suffused in parts with greyish brown,

the costal edge white; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique

and slightly sinuous; a blackish discoidal point ; postmedial line

CAREA, 559

indistinct, dark, oblique, excurved below costa and at middle and

incurved at discal fold; an indistinct dark subterminal line,

excurved below vein 7 and at veins 4, 3; a fine whitish line at

base of cilia. Hind wing red-brown, the inner area greyish brown ;

a fine whitish line at base of cilia; the underside pale red, the

costal area and terminal area to vein 3 irrorated with brown.

Hab. Bornuo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 g type. Hap. 40 millim.

6958. Carea fasciata.

Ranaja fasciata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 121, pl. iv. f. 18 (1&82); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. i. p. 424.

$6. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with olive; antenne

with the basal joint white on outer side; pectus and legs white,

the fore legs brown in front, the tarsi brown ringed with white;

abdomen greyish fuscous, the anal tuft and ventral surface white.

Fore wing pale purplish brown suffused in parts with olive, the

costal edge pale; antemedial line olive-brown, oblique, straight ;

postmedial line olive-brown, indistinctly double, oblique, excurved

Fig. 212.—Carea fasciata, 3. }.

below costa and at middle and incurved at discal and submedian

folds; subterminal line olive-brown, angled outwards below vein 7

and excurved at middle. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

whitish tinged with brown; the underside white, the costal area

and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Stxuim; Assam, Khasis,1 ¢. vp. 38 millim.

6959. Carea albirufa. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 5.)

Carea albirufa, Hinpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 5380 (1896).

Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi with the Ist joint white

in front ; antenne with the basal joint white on outer side ; pectus

and legs white, the tibiz irrorated with rufous, the tarsi rufous

ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally suffused with grey-

brown and with pale red at extremity above and below. Fore

wing bright rufous slightly irrorated with black ; antemedial line

very indistinct, dark, oblique from costa to middle of inner margin

and slightly sinuous; a black discoidal point; postmedial line

indistinct, excurved below costa and at middle and incurved at

discal fold and below vein 3; an indistinct dark subterminal line,

560 NOCTUID®.

excurved below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing pure white, the

termen and cilia tinged with crimson-red from apex to vein 3.

Hab, Cryion, Puttalam (Pole), 1 g type, 9 in Coll. Mackwood.

Exp. 32 millim.,

6960. Carea robinsoni. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 6.)

Carea robinsont, Swinh. in Annan. & Robins. Fascic. Malay., Zool. i. p. 75

(1903).

®. Head and thorax chocolate red-brown ; palpi white at base ;

antenne with the basal joint white on outer side; pectus and legs

white, the fore femora chocolate-brown above, the tibiz and tarsi

banded with brown; abdomen dorsally suffused with grey-brown

and red-brown, leaving slight white segmental lines, the anal tuft

and ventral surface white. Fore wing chocolate red-brown ; ante-

medial line indistinct, brown with some white scales on it, waved ;

some white scales on discocellulars ; postmedial line brown with

some white scales on it, excurved below costa and at middle and

incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; subterminal line brown

with a patch of white suffusion irrorated with brown before it from

below costa to vein 5 and with white spots on outer side and an

oblique mark from apex, then defined on each side by small white

spots, minutely waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

incurved at discal fold; cilia with a series of white points at base,

the tips white on inner half. Hind wing pure white, the apex

suffused with red, the extremities of the veins with slight red

streaks to vein 2; cilia with a red line through them from apex to

vein 3; the underside with the costal area irrorated with red.

Hab. Srratrs Serriements, Selangor, Semangho (obinson),

6961. Carea albopurpurea. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 7.)

Carea albopurpurea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 424 (1894); Swinh.

A. M.N. EH. (6) xv. p. 9 (1895).

Head, tegule, and front of thorax red-brown; antenne with the

basal joint white on outer side ; thorax white slightly mixed with

brown ; the fore legs and mid tibie in front red-brown, the tarsi red-

brown ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft and

ventral surface white. Fore wing white irrorated with red-brown,

the costal area and inner area from antemedial line to tornus tinged

with purplish grey, the costal edge rufous; subbasal line repre-

sented by double brown strie from costa; antemedial line red-

brown, oblique, sinuous; a slight red-brown discoidal lunule with

oblique striga above it from costa, the area just beyond the cell

tinged with yellow and the veins with brown streaks; postmedial

line double, red-brown filled in with white, slightly excurved below

costa and strongly at middle, incurved at discal fold and below vein

3; a red-brown subterminal line, punctiform except towards costa

and tornus and slightly angled outwards below vein 7 and at

CAREA. 561

middle; cilia red-brown at base and yellow at tips from apex to

vein 4, then white, Hind wing white, the inner area suffused

with brown; the underside wholly white.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. vp. 30 millim.

6962. Carea albipicta. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 8.)

Carea albipicta, Hmpsn, A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 599 (1905).

Q. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with purplish red ; palpi

rnfous ; pectus and legs whitish, tarsi rufous ringed with white ;

abdomen white. Fore wing white, the costal, inner, and terminal

areas suffused with purple-grey and irrorated with rufous; some

rufous suffusion at base of costa; the medial and postmedial areas

except towards costa and inner margin striated with bright

ferruginous ; an ill-defined waved antemedial line, diffused towards

costa and somewhat inwardly oblique ; a ferruginous discoidal bar ;

a somewhat oblique sinuous white postmedial band, incurved in

submedian interspace; a dark brown subterminal line excurved at

vein 7 and middle; a dark brown terminal line expanding into

small spots in the interspaces; cilia ferruginous. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white. Underside of fore wing white with the costal area

suffused with grey and red-brown.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked.

flab, Fis1,1 2 type. vp. 32 millim.

B. Hind tibisz of male with thick fringe of long hair on outer side except at

base ; the tibiee, spurs, and tarsi normal,

*6965, Carea viridipennis.

Carea viridipennis, Druce, A. M.N. H. (8) viii. p. 150 (1911).

3. Head and tegule sap-green, the thorax sap-green mixed

with whitish ; palpi rufous; pectus and legs pale rufous, the mid

tibiz brown above towards base; abdomen pale brown, the basal

~ erest white, the ventral surface white tinged with rufous. Fore

Fig. 213.—Carea viridipennis, §. 3.

g Uy: 5) 1

wing whitish variegated with sap-green ; a brown patch at base of

inner margin; a waved whitish subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold; a somewhat dentate dark antemedial line expanding

into a patch towards costa; a black point in end of cell and slight

VOL. XI, 20

562 NOCLUID A.

discoidal bar ; a dark brown postmedial line defined on outer side

by whitish, excurved beyond the angles of cell and incurved at

discal fold, angled outwards in submedian fold; a somewhat

maculate dark brown subterminal line, excurved below vein 7;

cilia chequered reddish brown and whitish. Hind wing blood-red;

the inner area tinged with brown; cilia brownish towards apex.

Underside of both wings deep blood-red ; fore wing with brown

postmedial bar from costa and some brown on costa towards apex ;

hind wing with the inner area whitish.

Hab, Borneo, Labuan (Pryer), type t $ in Coll. Druce. Lap.

34 millim.

C. (Didigua.) Hind tibiz of male normal.

a, Fore wing with green markings.

a‘, Hind wing purplish red, the inner area suffused with

brown.

a*. Fore wing with oblique green band from middle

Of COStaatO FORMS) Hae scenes ecto ecneeee . viridifascia.

b°, Fore wing with green fascia from costa at ante-

medial line to postmedial line at vein 2, and some

green below postmedial part of costa and near

Siuloteeraninnell IME Gosoosocnnobodeca0bs0B000 vosbabodsAosads effusa.

é'. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown................55 viridipicta,

b. Fore wing without green markings.

a. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.

a’, Fore wing with the medial area not chocolate-brown — se¢icornis.

62. Fore wing with the medial area chocolate-brown ... smesocausta.

01, Fore wing with the ground-colour red-brown,

a?, Fore wing with series of small white spots at base

of cilia and white tips towards tornus............... vextlla.

6°, Fore wing without white markings on the cilia...... nexilla.

6964. Carea viridifascia. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 9.)

Erizada viridifascia, Swinh, A. M.N. H. (7) ix. p. 172 (1902).

whitish ; antenne brown; tips of tegule and thorax purple-grey

with a few brown scales, the metathorax with green patch ;

pectus grey ; legs purple-grey irrorated with brown, the tarsi brown

with pale rings; abdomen grey-brown, the crests green, the ventral

surface sibtiiath irrorated with brown. Fore wing ponile- -grey

irrorated with a few black scales; a yellow-green patch on base of

costal area with the slight waved deeper green subbasal line on it

from costa to submedian fold; an oblique green band with whitish

middle from middle of costa to tornus,.its edges waved to the sub-

median fold, its inner edge with waved blackish line just hefore it

from cell to inner margin, its outer edge slightly defined by

blackish; three black points with whitish between them on apical

part of eccsta; an oblique green subterminal bar from costa to a

minute black streak on vein 7, then a series of slight whitish spots

with faint dentate green marks before them on veins 6 to 23; a

terminal series of black points and a striga above tornus. Hind

wing pale purplish red, the costal area towards apex and the inter-

spaces of terminal area suffused with grey-brown, the inner area

brown ; the underside whitish, the area beyond the cell suffused

with red, the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. Srrarts SerrpemeNTs, Perak, Goping (Aiinstler), 1 Q ty pe.

Evp. 30 millim.

6965. Carea effusa. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 10.)

B’enina effusa, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 490 (1901).

2. Head and thorax pale pinkish brown, the vertex of head

with some green scales; abdomen fuscous brown, the extremity

and ventral surface pale pinkish brown. Fore wing pale flesh-

colour irrorated with a few black scales, the inner area tinged with

pinkish except towards base; some yellow-green on basal costal

area; a fuscous antemedial mark on costa with an oblique green

fascia from it to median nervure and thence along vein 2 to the

subterminal line; a small black discoidal spot with fuscous mark

above it on costa; a slight fuscous postmedial mark on costa and

indistinct line from vein 6, angled inwards to lower angle of cell,

then excurved and slightly waved; a green patch below postmedial

part of costa; a subterminal series of shght blackish spots with

whitish points on their outer edges defined on each side by some

green sutfusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of blackish points. Hind wing purplish red, the inner area

whitish suffused with brown; the underside pale flesh-colour, the

eostal area irrorated with black, slight blackish subterminal spots

from costa to vein 5.

dab. Borneo, Lewas (Everett), 1 Q type. Hep. 28 millim.

6966. Carea viridipicta. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 11.)

Churia viridipicta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iy. p. 530 (1896).

Head and thorax brownish grey, the vertex of head, tegula

except at tips and front of thorax suffused with sap-green ; pectus

whitish ; abdomen grey tinged with brown, the ventral surface

white irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey tinged with brown

and sparsely irrorated with black; a yellow-green fascia on basal

part of costa; antemedial line green, waved, somewhat oblique;

the medial inner area suffused with green ; a black discoidal striga ;

postmedial line pale slightly defined on each side by black from

discal fold to inner margin and with yellow-green suffusion before

and beyond it from costa to vein 6 and between veins 5 and 3,

excurved below costa and incurved at discal fold, then sinuous; a

patch of green suffusion on costal area towards apex connected

with the green suffusion beyond the postmedial line; a subterminal

series of black points slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;

a terminal series of black points; cilia whitish with some fuscous

on termen and cilia at tornus. Hind wing whitish suffused with

brown, the cilia with white line at base; the underside white, the

202

564 NOCTUIDA.

costal half sparsely irrorated with black, a blackish discoidal lunule

and faint subterminal spots from costa to vein 5.

Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢,1 2 type. Hwp. 5 30, 2 32 millim.

6967. Carea seticornis.

Nonagria seticornis, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 180 (1862);

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 99, pl. iii. f. 21.

Didigua purpureoscripta, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 181 (1862).

Churia lilacina, Hamps. Moths Ind. i. p. 418 (1894).

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown; pectus white ;

abdomen grey tinged with brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface

white. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and sparsely irrorated

with black scales ; a black point in cell near base; antemedial line

red-brown, waved, almost obsolete below submedian fold; a slight

dark discoidal striga ; postmedial line red-brown, minutely waved,

excurved below costa and at middle and incurved at discal fold and

below vein 3; subterminal line represented by a series of small

black lunules, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and incurved at

discal fold and below vein 3; a terminal series of minute black

Fig. 2i4.—Carea seticornis, S$. }.

spots ; cilia whitish tinged with brown. Hind wing fuscous brown,

the cilia whitish tinged with brown; the underside white, the

costal area and termiual area to vein 3 slightly tinged and irrorated

with red-brown, slight dark subterminal spots from costa to vein 4

sometimes present.

Ab. 1. purpureoscripta. Fore wing with black point in middle

of cell and slight discoidal lunule with a round rufous spot

beyond it.

Hab. Stxnim (Moller), type tT 2 lilacina in Coll. Rothschild ;

Srne@apore (Lizdley),2 5,2 2 ; Bornzo, 1 9, Sarawak ( Wallace),

1 2, Kuching (Shelford), 1 3, 2 9, Sadong (Shelford), 1 ¢,

Padzu (Shelford), 1 Q. Hap, 28-32 millim. Type and type fT

purpureoscripta in Mus. Oxon.

6968. Carea mesocausta. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 12.)

Carea mesocausta, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 598 (1905).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey; pectus and base of legs

white; tarsi red-brown ringed with white; abdomen with a little

fiery red on terminal segment, the anal tuft white at tip, the

ventral surface whitish tinged with red towards extremity. Fore

CAREA. 569

wing grey sparsely irrorated with black, the medial area strongly

suffused with red-brown with some large black-pencilled scales

below the cell; an oblique antemedial line, excurved in cell end

incurved in submedian interspace ; an oblique black discoidal bar

defined by grey on outer side; an oblique postmedial line ending

at tornus, excurved below costa and at middle; a subterminal

punctiform fuscous line ending on termen above tornus, angled

outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of

black points; cilia white intersected by pale brownish. Hind wing

fuscous brown; the underside whitish suffused with fuscous.

Hab, Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 ¢ type. Hp. 28 millim.

6969. Carea vexilla. (Plate CLXXXIX, fig. 13.)

Dinumma vexilla, Swinh. A, M. N. H. (6) xii. p. 263 (1893).

Head and thorax red-brown, the vertex of head and tegule

except at tips pale grey mixed with fuscous; pectus white; legs

white mixed with rufous, the tarsi ringed with white; abdo-

men white dorsally suffused with red-brown. Fore wing red-

brown; subbasal line indistinct, dark, rather diffused, with a pale

grey patch irrorated with fuscous before it, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line dark, rather diffused, somewhat

oblique and sinuous, with a white point at costa; a medial pale

grey band with waved edges from costa to above vein Il,

irrorated with brown scales and with the slight dark discoidal

lunule on it; postmedial line rather diffused, dark, with a white

point at costa and some whitish scales on it, angled outwards below

costa and excurved at middle, incurved at discal fold and below

vein 3, subterminal line rather diffused, dark, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3,

a whitish bar on it at costa and three white spots on its

outer edge above inner margin, a series of small dark spots beyond

it defined on outer side by white except towards costa and

connected with the black terminal line by dark streaks in the

interspaces; cilia with series of small white spots at base and

white tips towards tornus. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia

red except towards tornus; the underside white, the costal half

irrorated with red and the terminal area suffused with red from

apex to vein 3.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the grey medial band,

Hab, Stncavore (Ridley), 15 g,5 2 type; Borneo, Limbang,

1 ¢. exp. 30-32 millim,

6970, Carea nexilla, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXIX, fig. 14.)

Dinummea veaxilla, var., Swinh. A. M.N, H. (6) xii. p. 263 (1893).

@, Head and thorax bright red-brown; antenne with the basal

joint white on outer side; pectus brownish white ; abdomen grey-

brown, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing bright red-brown

slightly irrorated with blackish; antemedial line dark, oblique and

566 NOCOTUID EH.

sinuous from costa to middle of inner margin; a black discoidal

point ; postmedial line blackish, oblique to vein 4, excurved below

costa and at middle and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3;

subterminal line dark, rather diffused, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle and incurved at discal fold ; cilia with a fine whitish line

at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the apical area tinged with

red ; the underside pale red, the inner area whitish, the costal area

and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. Stncarore, 1 2 type; Borngo, Sandakan (Pryer), 2 2.

Evp. 32 millim.

Genus PARACAREA. F

Type.

Paracarea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 245 (1906) ............ rubigined.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and slenderly scaled, the 3rd very long, oblique, and dilated

af extremity; frons smooth; eyes large, round; anteune of female ciliated ;

thorax clothed with hair only and without crests; tibiz fringed with long

hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base but 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 from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only.

*6971. Paracarea rubiginea.

Paracarea rubiginea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii, p. 246 (1906).

pectus white except in front; legs whitish suffused with red, the

tarsi irrorated with white; abdomen whitish suffused with red,

the ventral surface fiery red. Fore wing bright chestnut-red with

a slight silvery gloss except before the postmedial line towards costa

and with slight dark irroration, the base of inner margin white;

antemedial line indistinct, rufous, very oblique, arising from below

costa; black points in end of cell and on discocellulars; postmedial

Fig. 215.—Paracarea rubiginea, 2. 1.

line indistinct, rufous, oblique from costa to vein 7, excurved to

vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards to tornus; a faint dark

subterminal line, excurved from below vein 7. Hind wing white,

the terminal area broadly tinged with pink except towards tornus ;

cilia tinged with pink from apex to vein 2. Underside of fore

VIZAGA. 567

wing pale red, the inner area white, the costal area and terminal

area to vein 2 irrorated with brown; hind wing with the costal

half pale red irrorated with brown, the inner half white.

Hab. Br. N. Guryus, Dinawa (Pratt), type fT Q in Coll. Bethune-

Baker, Mt. Kebea. Hap. 42 millim.

Genus VIZAGA.

Type.

Vizaga, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) vii. p. 491 (1901) ............00000 cyaned.

Parelydna, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 241 (1906) ............ mirabilis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antenne of male minutely ciliated; thorax clothed with scales

and hair mixed and without crests; tibix slightly fringed with hair; abdomen

with dorsal crests on two basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from well before angle of

eell; 4,5 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8

to form a rather long areole ; 11 from cell; male with two depressed grooves

in end of cell which is rounded at extremity. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

stalked ; 5 fully developed from above angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only,

A. Fore wing with the terminal area not suffused with red and

with) white’streaks im! the imtezspaces).qs.se.d--cseese---ecesseaseee cyanea.

B. Fore wing with the terminal area suffused with red and

without white streaks in the interspaces ...... spugedoes HoOdeC008 mirabilis.

6972. Vizaga cyanea.

Ophiusa cyanea, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiv. p. 129, pl. 14. f. 2 (1881).

Head white; palpi blue-black with some white scales, the 1st

joint white above and below, the extremity of 2nd joint white ;

antenne black; thorax fulvous yellow; pectus and legs white, the

tibiee and tarsi blue ringed with white; abdomen cobalt-blue

(fading to pale blood-red) with white segmental lines, the anal tuft

ochreous. Fore wing fulvous yellow to beyond middle with a

Fig. 216.—Vizaga cyanea, S. }.

greenish tinge on inner area and towards its outer edge which is

straight and erect, followed by a white band; the terminal area

cobalt-blue with white streaks in the interspaces; cilia white with

a few blue scales towards tornus. Hind wing cobalt-blue; a slight

white discoidal lunule; cilia white mixed with blue. Underside of

fore wing blue, the inner area white, the white postmedial band

568 NOCTUID A‘.

obsolescent except towards costa and inner margin, the streaks on

terminal area slight; hind wing with the veins streaked with

white, a diffused white fascia through the cell to a diffused dentate

white postmedial band extending from costa to below submedian

fold.

Hab, Puttrprrnes, Luzon; SamBawa, 1 ¢,192. Hap. $ 30,

2 32 millim.

6973. Vizaga mirabilis. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 15.)

Parelydna mirabilis, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 242 (1906).

Head white with some fuscous on vertex; palpi bluish fuscous

and white; antenn fuscous; thorax fulvous yellow; pectus and

legs white, the fore femora bluish fuscous above, the tibize and tarsi

bluish fuscous ringed with white; mid and hind legs with the tibize

irrorated with blue, the tarsi ringed with blue; abdomen cobalt-

blue (fading to pale red), the anal tuft and ventral surface white

irrorated with blue. Fore wing fulvous yellow to beyond middle

with a greenish tinge except on costal area, the inner margin blue;

a rather narrow and somewhat oblique white band from costa

beyond middle to inner margin near tornus, its outer edge slightly

produced at costa, defined on outer side by olive-green, the rest of

terminal area cupreous red, blue below submedian fold ; cilia white

mixed with blue, wholly blue towards tornus. Hind wing cobalt-

blue ; cilia white mixed with blue. Underside of fore wing blue,

the inner area white, the costa fuscous with some white scales

towards base and beyond middle and on apieal part of termen ;

hind wing with white irroration on base of costal area, in cell and

submedian fold, an apical white patch narrowing to a point at

vein 2 and with dentate inner edge.

Hab. Br. N. Guinua, Ekeikei (Pratt), 5 ¢, 5 9, Mt. Kebea

(Pratt), 2 2. Exp. 6 30, 2 34-88 millim.

Genus MACEDA. Pens

WGeHo, Wis, Savi, NEKO) CUEING) cospagoococosnsbancpodgnaecnbo0eaD000 odz mansuet.

CaldubamNillcexyepl Silay (S58) meseeeeeeete ee eseeen ce eee renee eeees eee mansuet a,

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and smoothly scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antenne of male strongly ciliated; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibia slightly fringed with hair;

abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments. Fore wing short and

broad, 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 rather long areole; 11 from cell; male with scaleless groove

in upper part of extremity of cell on upperside, on underside filling the whole

end of cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 fully developed from just

above angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

MACEDA. 569

6974. Maceda mansueta.

Maceda mansueta, Wik. xiii. 1141 (1857); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iil. p. 82,

pl. 154. ff. 4, 5; Hn:psn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 327.

Calduba obtenta, W\k. xv. 1815 (1858).

Maceda discalis, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 176 (1864).

Maceda rufescens, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 232 (1906).

Head and thorax red-brown with a slight greyish tinge; palpi

whitish at base; pectus and legs white, the tibie and tarsi brown

ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown with slight white

segmental lines, the ventral surface and anal tuft of male white.

Fore wing red-brown with a faint purplish tinge; antemedial line

brown, rather indistinct, oblique; a black discoidal point, in the

male forming a slight streak beyond the fovea; postmedial line

brown slightiy defined on outer side by grey, oblique from costa to

vein 6, then dentate, bent inwards below vein 3 and outwards

below submedian fold; subterminal line represented by a series of

slight somewhat dentate blackish spots, somewhat excurved below

vein 7 and ending on termen above tornus; a slight fuscous

terminal shade from below apex to vein 2; a fine whitish line at

Fig. 217.—Maceda mansueta, 3. +.

base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown, the terminal area blackish

from vein 6 to submedian fold, a white patch heyond lower angle

of cell with the veins on it brown; the termen and cilia white

between veins 3 and1; the underside white, the terminal area

fuscous brown narrowing to tornus and with the termen and cilia

white between veins 3 and 1, sometimes with a slight black

discoidal striga.

Ab. 1. discalis. Fore wing with a pale patch on discal “area

defined by purplish fuscous beyond the antemedial and before the

postmedial line and above submedian fold.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the medial area purplish fuscous to the

submedian fold.

Ab. 3. rufescens. Fore wing with the whole medial area purplish

fuscous and also the postmedial area below discal fold.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with the terminal area also purplish fuscous

except towards apex.

Ab, 5, Head, thorax, and fore wing greyer brown.

570 NOCLTUID &.

Hab, Cnyton (Templeton), 5 3,4 Q type obtenta, Kandy (Meade-

Waldo), 1 6,19; Anpamans, 1 6,1 9; Nicosars (Rogers), 2 6;

Srraits Serrtemunrs, Perak, Larut Hills (flower), 1 g; Borneo,

Sarawak (Wallace), 1 g,2 2 type; Puro Laur (Doherty), 1 3;

Cetzepes, Makian; Br. N. Guinua, Dinawa (Pratt), 2 ¢, 2 9,

Kkeikei (Pratt), 4 ¢,4 9; Quernstanp, Cape York (Azggins). 1 9,

brisbane (Zurner), 1 $,1-2. Hap. 26-88 millim.

Genus MAURILIA.

Maurilia, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxiiil. p. 298 Type.

CLBBA)*) Wajnassateectrnctaacuitd tenia st temmmeeeeee ee cence eee tne ennoater . arcuata.

Proboseis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 8rd long and somewhat dilated

at extremity; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennx of male minutely

ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibiz

slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments.

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; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long arecle; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 more or less strongly stalked; 5 fully developed from just above

angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Srcr. I. Fore wing of male with an elongate curved-over yalye of scales on

underside above base of subcostal nervure with a similar valve below it

on and below subcostal nervure with a hook on its lower edge forming

the retinaculum.

6975. Maurilia saturata.

Arcola saturata, Wik. xxxiii. 774 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 135.

Paracrama olivacea, Hmpsn. Il. Het. BLM. ix. p. 87, pl. 157. f. 17 (1893).

3. Head flesh-pink, the palpi with some black above and as

a ring near extremity ; thorax olive-green suffused with silvery

white; pectus and legs white, the fore femora brown above, the

tibiae and tarsi tinged with pink; abdomen fuscous brown, the

extremity red, the ventral surface white towards base, red towards

extremity. Fore wing blue-green suffused with silvery white ;

the costal edge pale red; antemedial line fine, white, sinuous, in-

curved below median nervure, some pale red before it on costal

area and a broad green band beyond it not suffused with white, its

outer edge excurved at median nervure and vein 1; postmedial line

fine, white, excurved below costa, at middle and towards inner

margin, with green patches before it on costal area, at; middle and

on inner area, a white point beyond it on costa; a green patch on

costal area before apex with two minute black streaks on its outer

edge; a terminal series of black points slightly defined on inner

side by white; cilia flesh-pink at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown,

MAURILIA. yl

the terminal area and cilia red from apex to vein 2 with some

biack points on termen. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown,

Fig. 218.—Maurilia saturata, g. }.

the costal and terminal areas red, the inner area white; hind wing

white, the costal and terminal areas suffused with red.

Q. Thorax and fore wing more olive-green, the latter without

red on costal area before the antemedial line.

Hab. Cnyton (Green, Mackwood), 1 3, 1 @ type olivacea,

Maskeliya (MJackwood), 1 3, Gampola (Mackwood), 1 9. Kap.

6 22, 2 28 millim.

Srcr. IJ. Retinaculum of male normal.

A, Fore wing with the ante- and postimedial lines defined by

TOUS) “Gono danasens vossacndenacanescesossanboadeedoasscoquaad teen cobodaes albirivula.

B, Fore wing with the ante- and postiedial lines not defined

by white.

a. Hind wing fuscous brown, not semibyaline................. heterochroa.

6. Hind wing more or less semilyaline.

a’, Fore wing with the double postmedial line ending on

inner margin close to tornus.

a*. Hind wing more or less suffused with brown.

a, Hind wing nearly uniformly fuscous brown, the

interspaces of basal area faintly semihyaline...... pheda.

6°. Hind wing with the interspaces semihyaline

GORD OI WerAaTININE!| EVEEH, scoodapeaneanssdeebosdasone005 tconica.

é?. Hind wing semibyaline white, the termen tinged

with ochreous Or EULOUS .......0.-2..:.ceseeeoececeeeeoes arcuata.

', Fore wing with the double postmedial line ending on

inner margin well before tornus .............0.sceeeeeeeees tocephala.

6976. Maurilia albirivula. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 16.)

Maurilia albirivula, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 599 (1905).

2. Head and thorax pale rufous; 2nd joint of palpi and tegule

slightly tipped with white ; pectus and legs whitish; abdomen

fuscous brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing pale rufous,

the medial area dark reddish brown, extending below vein 6 to

just beyond the postmedial line and below vein 4 to termen; a small

patch of brown suffusion in cell before the antemedial line, which

is white defined by brown on outer side, oblique, waved, more

strongly incurved in submedian interspace ; postmedial line white

defined on each side by brown, slightly wayed, oblique from costa

ay NOCTUID @.

to vein 4; some whitish points on costa towards apex; a sub-

terminal series of small obscure fuscous spots except towards costa,

excuryed below vein 4 to near termen; some brown suffusion on

terminal area below apex with slightly darker streaks on the veins.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia ochreous white. Underside of

fore wing fuscous brown, the inner area and hind wing whitish.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and abdominal crests sap-green ; fore wing

with the basal and apical areas sap-green, the medial area and

inner half of terminal area pale rufous.

Hab, Niewrta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 2 type, Llesha

(Humphrey), 1 9. Exp. 30 millim.

6977. Maurilia heterochroa. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 17.)

Maurilia heterochroa, Hwypsn. A. M. N, H. (7) xvi. p. €00 (1905).

Head, thorax, and fore wing varying from bright rufous to

greyish rufous or greyish fuscous; palpi irrorated with white ;

frons with white patch; pectus and base of legs white; tibize and

tarsi white mixed with rufous; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft

rufous, the ventral surface white tinged with rufous towards ex-

tremity. Fore wing with double waved, very oblique antemedial

line; black points in end of cell and on discocellulars; a double,

somewhat waved postmedial line, oblique from costa to vein 6,

slightly angled inwards in discal fold, then excurved, and incurved

in submedian interspace; a slight somewhat sinuous fuscous shade

from apex to antemedial line below the cell; a subterminal

punctiform black line shghtly excurved at vein 7 and incurved at

discal fold; the termen rather darker from just below apex to

vein 2. Hind wing fuscous brown to deep fuscous ; cilia greyish

at tips. Underside of fore wing fuscous black, the costal and

terminal areas red with some whitish on costa towards apex,

inner area whitish; hind wing red, the basal and inner areas

grey-white.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the inner area from near base to sub-

terminal line and extending to upper angle of cell suffused with

dark red-brown.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with this area deep ferruginous red with a

large darker ferruginous somewhat triangular patch on it beyond

the cell.

Ab. 3. Fore wing greyish fuscous.

Ab, 4. Fore wing greyish fuscous with a similar dark fuscous

patch on inner areca.

Ab. 5. Fore wing greyish fuscous with diffused black wedge-

shaped patch beyond the cell.

Hab. 8. Nicerra, Lagos (Dudgeon), 1 g , Old Calabar (Rutherford,

Crompton), 4 3, 2 2 type, Sapele (Sampson), 2 3. Lap. 36-

40 millim,

(Si

MAURILIA,

6978. Maurilia phea. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 15.)

Maurilia phea, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 600 (1905).

Olive-fuscous; head, thorax, and fore wing sometimes tinged

with dull rufous; pectus and base of legs and abdomen whitish.

Fore wing with two dark, oblique, waved ante- and postmedial

lines, the latter somewhat excurved below costa and at middle and

ending near tornus; a slight oblique dark discoidal bar; a sub-

terminal series of small fuscous spots, somewhat oblique from costa

to vein 6, slightly ineurved at discal fold and excurved at middle.

Hind wing and underside uniform fuscous brown, the interspaces

of basal area faintly semihyaline.

Hab. Sivrra Leone (Bartlett), 1 9; S. Nieerra, Old Calabar

oo Kingsley, Sampson, Crompton), 4 3 type, Olokemeji (Dudgeon),

1 3, Hesha (Humphrey), 1 2. Exp. 30-40 millim.

6979. Maurilia iconica.

Anomis tconica, WIk. xiii. 992 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 152,

pl. 167. f. 8; id. Moths Ind. it. p. 417.

Briarda cervina, W\k. xxxv. 1968 (1868).

Anomis instabilis, Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vii. p. 72. pl. 181. f. 3 (1889).

Head and thorax rufous; palpi at base, pectus and legs white,

the fore femora above and the tibiz suffused with brown, the tarsi

brown ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing rufous irrorated with brown; two

rather diffused oblique sinuous fuscous antemedial lines; a slight

discoidal lunule; two rather diffused fuscous, oblique, postmedial

lines, excuryed below vein 7 and at middle and incurved at discal

fold and submedian interspace; subterminal line fuscous with

small black spots on it on costal half, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle, incurved at discal fold and bent outwards to tornus.

Hind wing semihyaline whitish suffused with brown, especially on

inner and terminal areas; the underside whitish, the costal area

and terminal area to vein 3 tinged and irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. amstabilis. Head, thorax, and fore wing greyer brown,

the last with the costal half suffused with rufous to the postmedial

line, a prominent black discoidal lunule.

Ab. 2 cervina. Head, thorax, and fore wing grey-brown without

rufous suffusion.

Ab. 3. Head, thorax, and fore wing dark glossy reddish brown ;

hind wing almost uniform fuscous brown.

Ab. 4. Similar but fore wing with the inner half suffused with

blackish from the outer antemedial to the outer postmedial line.

Hab. C. Cura, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9; Punsas, Simla (Harford),

1 2, Dharmsala (Hocking), 7 3 type instabilis, Jubbulpur, 2 2 ;

Nepaut (Hardwick), 1 2 type cervina; Stxum (Moller), 7 3,32;

Assam, Khasis; Bombay, Ratnagiri (Jayaker), 1 9, Khandala;

Mapras, Horsleykondah (Campbell), 1 3, Nilgiris (Hampson),

3 6; Travancore, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 2 9; Ceyton (Templeton),

574 NOCLUID A.

1 2 type, Maskeliya (de Mowbray),1 ¢,1 9; Borma, Rangoon,

N. Khyen Hills (Watson), 4 $, 3 Q; Styeaavore (Ridley), 2 3,

1 9; Br. N. Guinna, Ekeikei (Pratt), 4 6; Quenvstanp, Towns-

ville (Dodd), 1 3. Hxp. 30-40 millim.

6980. Maurilia arcuata.

Xanthodes arcuata, W\k. xii. 779 (1857).

Maurilia lubina, Moschl. Verh. z.-b. Wien. xxxiiil. p. 298, pl. xvi. f. 15

(1884).

Head and thorax pale reddish ochreous; palpi at base, pectus

and legs white, the fore and mid tibie pale rufous, the tarsi rufous

ringed with white; abdomen pale grey-brown, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing reddish ochreous; two indistinct, oblique,

sinuous brownish antemedial lines; a slight discoidal lunule; two

indistinct oblique postmedial lines, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; subterminal

line represented by a series of small black spots on costal half,

then by a brown line ending at tornus, slightly excurved below

vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins,

inner and terminal areas tinged with reddish ochreous.

Fig. 219.—Maurilia arcuata, 3. 1.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing pale ochreous.

Ab. 2. Similar but fore wing with the lines and discoidal lunule

distinct, a subbasal line present, the subterminal line entire, a

patch of brown on termen at discal fold.

Ab. 3. Head, thorax, and fore wing bright rufous irrorated with

fuscous, the last with the lines and discoidal lunule distinct.

Ab. 4. Similar but fore wing with some fuscous suffusion on

inner area towards tornus and on terminal area at discal fold.

Ab. 5. Similar but fore wing with the inner area suffused with

fuscous from the inner antemedial to the outer postmedial line.

fab, 8. Nieprta, Lagos, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 3 ¢; N. Nigeria,

Minna (Macfie), 1 9; Coneo (Richardson), 1 2 type; ABYSSINIA,

Athara (Gerrard), 1 9; Br. KE. Arrica, Nattolia (Betton), 1 ¢,

Eb Urru (Betton), 1 9, Kikuyu (Crawshay), 1 2, Machakos

(Crawshay), 1 9; Ucanna, Ketoma (Doggett), 1 ¢; Br. C. Arrica,

Lr. Shiré R. (Weave), | g; Masnonatann, Salisbury (Marshall),

1 9; Trawsvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 9; Navat, Malvern (Jiillar),

1 @, Durban (Barker, Marley, Leigh), 2 6, 4 9; Carr Corowy,

Grahamstown, 1 g¢,1 9, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 g. Exp.

26-38 millim.

MAURILIA.—CAMPTOZADA.

6981. Maurilia iocephala. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 19.)

Maurilia tocephala, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii, p. 9+ (1902).

Head and thorax red-brown; tarsi ringed with white; pectus

and abdomen white, the latter dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore

wing red-brown slightly irrorated with fuscous, the terminai area

suffused with grey; an indistinct waved fuscous subbasal line;

two oblique waved antemedial lines; an obscure discoidal bar; a

waved postmedial line bent outwards round end of cell, with traces

of a line beyond it ; a sinuous subterminal series of points and a

terminal series. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins brownish,

the termen suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Qupunstannd, Townsville (Dodd), 2 g$. Hxp, 22-26 millim.

type 7 9-in Coll. Turner.

Genus CAMPTOZADA. nov.

Type, C. mirabilis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi typically obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint

reaching to vertex of head, fringed with hair behind and in front at extremity,

the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male almost

simple; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests, the

tegule produced to a dorsal ridge; tibize slightly fringed with hair; abdomen

with dorsal crest on base only. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute,

the termen excised below apex and typically exeurved at middle; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of celt; 6 from upper angle; 7, € and 10 stalked, 9 absent,

7 from beyond 10; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 5, 4 coincident; 5

fully developed from angle of cell; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

Srcr. I. Palpi oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with hair behind and in front at

extremity; fore wing with the termen not hooked at vein 3.

6982. Camptozada mirabilis.

Tinosoma mirabile, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 237; Hinpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 426.

Head and thorax whitish mixed with red-brown; pectus whitish;

tarsi rufous ringed with whitish; abdomen rufous, the ventral

Fig. 220.—Camptozada mirabilis, $. }.

surface whitish. Fore wing rufous mixed with some whitish

especially cn inner area from base to postmedial line, and slightly

576 NOCTUID®,

irrorated with blackish scales; a rather oblique waved whitish

antemedial line; slight blackish points in end of cell and on

discocellulars; traces of a brownish medial line, excurved round

end of cell, then oblique and minutely waved; an indistinct

slightly waved whitish postmedial line, excurved below costa and

incurved at submedian fold, often with some black suffusion beyond

it on inner area; a subterminal series of black points defined on

outer side by whitish; cilia chequered with whitish at tips. Hind

wing red, the apical and inner areas suffused with brown; cilia

whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing red, the inner area

whitish; hind wing whitish irrorated with red, a red-brown

discoidal spot and indistinct subterminal series of red points.

Hlab. Bomnay, Kanara, Karwar (Bell, Davidson), 2 3,1 92;

Crrton, Kegalla (Mackwood), 1 9; Burma, Rangoon (Scott), 1 2

type; Barz (Doherty), 19; SumsBawa (Doherty), 1 9. zp.

20 millim.

Sect. II. Palpi with the 2nd joint upturned and smoothly scaled; fore wing

with the termen hooked at vein 3.

6983. Camptozada bilinea.

Cletthara bilinec, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 237; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 426.

Head and thorax brown tinged with grey; tegule dark olive-

grcen, whitish at base; tarsi blackish ringed with white: abdomen

fuscous brown, the extremity whitish, the ventral surface red.

Fore wing purplish grey tinged with brown and irrorated with a

few black scales, the basal and medial costal areas and the terminal

area from apex to vein 3 olive-green; antemedial line whitish

defined on outer side by blackish, slightly excurved below costa

Fig. 221.—Camptozada bilinea, S. }.

and incurved in submedian interspace; an obscure blackish dis-

coidal spot; postmedial line white slightly defined on outer side by

blackish, slightly incurved below costa, then almost straight and

somewhat outwardly oblique; a subterminal series of black points

slightly incurved below costa; a dark line at base of cilia. Hind

wing orange-red, the apical and inner areas suffused with brown ;

an indistinct dark discoidal lunule and subterminal series of small

spots; cilia pale chequered with brown at tips from apex to vein Z.

Underside of fore wing orange-red, the costa brown, the inner area

ERIZADA, SWET

whitish ; hind wing whitish, the costal half suffused with red and

irrorated with brown, a slight dark discoidal lunule, indistinct

sinuous postmedial line from costa to vein 2, and subterminal series

of black points.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 6; Burma, Rangeon (Scott), 1 ¢ type,

KE. Pegu, Tenasserim; Baxr (Doherty), 435,19. Hp. 22-26

millim,

Genus ERIZADA.

Type.

ipvaarla, NM SoSaithe, HOB CUSED) 5occ00 wooocnasoseenooeasonecns900de9o00 semifervens.

Imloiznnog,, Vik, soma, TUG) (USED) neoacsaocansncsoboacoossoncnen60000 semi fervens.

Tinosoma, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 426 (1894) .............00065 semifervens.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head, smoothly scaled and with slight tuft of hair behind at extremity, the

3rd moderate, oblique; frons smooth; eyes large, round; autenne of male

typically bipectinate with long branches to beyond middle, the apical part

ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the prothorax with

spreading crest; tibize smoothly scaled; abdomen very long especially in male

and with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the costa highly arched,

the termen slightly excised below apex and excurved at middle, the inner

margin highly arched; 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, 5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Antennz of male bipectinate with long branches to beyond middle,

the apical part ciliated.

6984. Erizada semifervens.

Gadirtha semifervens, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., 200s vil. p. 165 (1864).

Erizada lichenaria, W1k. xxxii. 507 (1865).

Rhizana metarhoda, Wik. xxxiii. 720 (1865).

Tinosoma hyperythrum, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 426 (1894).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red, the head, tegule, and

prothorax suffused with green; pectus and ventral surface of

abdomen white. Fore wing pale red, the inner medial area with

slight purplish and fuscous suffusion; the basal costal area and the

Fig. 222.—Erizada semifervens, 3. }.

apical area suffused with green; traces of a curved dark subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line dark, oblique,

waved; a black point in middle of cell; postmedial line dark,

VOL. XI, 22

578 NOCTUIDAE.

oblique from costa to vein 6, then indistinct, waved, incurved

below vein 4; subterminal line blackish, slightly waved below

apex, angled inwards at discal fold to the postmedial line, then

outwards to termen at vein 4, then very indistinct and sinuous; a

terminal series of black points; cilia white at tips except at apex

and cilia. Hind wing purplish red.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the spot in middle of cell larger and a

prominent black discoidal spot.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with black patch at middle of inner margin.

Hab. Buuran (Dui geon), 19; Assam, Naga Hills (Doherty),

type tT db hyperythrum in Coll. Rothschild ; TRavancorn, Pirmdd

(Mrs. Imray), 1 9, Ashamboo Hills (Fergusson), 1 3; Anp aMANS),

SINGAPORE (Ridley), 4 $,7 2; Bornno, Sarawak ( Wallace), type t

in Mus. Oxon., Kuching (Shelford), 1 3; Java (Horsfield), 1 o,

1 9 types lichenaria and metarhoda ; Batt (Doherty), 2 g. Exp.

26-30 millim.

Sxcr. IT. Antenne of male with very long cilia.

6985. Erizada subrubra.

Beara subrubra, Pag. Zoologica, xii. hft. 29, p. 94, pl. i. f. 85 (1200).

Head and thorax greyish irrorated with brown ; abdomen brown;

pectus, ventral surface of abdomen, and anal tuft whitish. Fore

wing greyish irrorated with brown; traces of an oblique sinuous

brown antemedial line; two obliquely placed blackish discoidal

points; traces of a waved brown postmedial line, bent outwards

beyond the cell, then inwards below the cell and again excurved

above inner margin; a subterminal series of brown points, excurved

below yein 7 and incurved at discal fold; cilia white at tips.

Fig. 223.—LHrizada subrubra, S. }.

Hind wing red, the inner area suffused with brown; cilia brown

at base, white at tips; the underside whitish, the terminal area

suffused with red except towards apex.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines distinct,

the area between them strongly irrorated with brown.

Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 2, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 3;

Puio Laur (Dohert ty), 1 $3; Br. N. Guinza, Milne Bay (Meer), 2 5;

Bismarck Arc. Lup. 24-98 millim, -

BRIZADA.—-PTYONOTA. 219

Sucr. III. Antenne of male almost simple.

6986. Erizada rufa.

Erizada rufa, Hmpsu. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 586 (1905).

3g. Head and thorax red-brown ; pectus and legs whitish, fore

tibia rufous, the tarsi banded with rufous; abdomen whitish,

dorsally tinged with red except at base. Fore wing rufous, the

basal costal area brown: a brown patch on costa from middle to

near apex with a very oblique diffused rufous band from it to inner

—xX

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Fico, 224.—Hrizada rufa, $. 4}.

margin; cilia deep rnfous at base, whitish at tips. Hind wing

pale red, the basal and costal areas slightly paler. Underside of

fore wing suffused with fiery red except marginal areas.

Hab, Sutra (Wallace), 1 3 type. Hep. 22 millim,

Genus PTYONOTA. Type

Ptyonota, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 424 (1894)... ee. formosa.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, lhe 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 8rd moderate ; frons smooth; eyes

large, round ; antennz of female almost simple; thorax clothed with scales

and hair mixed and without crests; tibixe smoothly scaled; abdomen with

large fan-shaped basal crest. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute,

the termen strongly excised below apex and slightly excurved at middle and

vein 2; 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 strongly stalked; 5 fully developed from angle of cel! and closely

approximated to 3, 4 for some distance; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anas-

tomosing with the cell near base only.

6987. Ptyonota formosa.

Ptyonota formosa, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 425 (1894).

@. Head and tegule dark brown; thorax white mixed with

purplish red; abdomen purplish red, the basal crest silvery white,

the anal tuft white. Fore wing purplish red suffused with white

except on inner half of antemedial area and the outer half of medial

area; a brown subbasal band from costa to median nervure ; ante-

medial line brown, sinuous, double and defined by white below the

cell; a rufous point in end of cell and small discoidal lunule

defined by rufous; an incurved line from lower angle of cell to

inner margin; postmedial line indistinctly double filled in with

2P2

580 NOCLUID A.

white, excurved below vein 7, incuryed at discal fold, excurved and

minutely waved at middle, incurved at submedian fold and again

excurved at vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, excurvyed below

vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing whitish suffused with red; the

Fig. 225,—Ptyonota formosa, 2. }.

underside white with a purplish tinge, a patch of rufous suffusion

on costal area before middle and a terminal series of points.

Hab. Burma, Tenasserim Valley (Doherty), type t Q in Coll.

Druce ; Singapore (ftidley), 1 Q. Ep. 34 millim.

Genus MICROZADA, nov.

Type, M. anemica.

Proboscis fully developed; paipi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes large,

round ; antennz of male bipectinate with long branches to two-thirds length,

the apical part ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without

crests; 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; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ;

10 from beyond 7, or abnormally 9, 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long

narrow areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked; 5

fully developed from angle of cell; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

6988. Microzada anzmica, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pinkish white, the head, tegulie,

and patagia tinged with sap-green; antenne with the branches

brown ; abdomen with the basal crest tipped with black. Fore

Fig. 226.—Microzada anemica, 3. 3.

wing white tinged with purplish pink and suffused with sap-green

except on terminal area; a slight dark antemedial line somewhat

angled outwards on median nervure; a black point in middle of

cell and small black discoidal lunule ; an indistinct postmedial line,

MICROZADA,.-—BEARA. 581

defined on outer side by whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6, in-

curved at discal fold, oblique and waved below vein 4 ; an indistinct

waved, whitish subterminal line with slight black spots on its outer

edge, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of

black points. Hind wing white slightly suffused with purplish red

except on inner area; a terminal series of black points from apex

to vein 3. Underside of fore wing suffused with purplish red

except on inner area and termen.

The specimen from 8. Nigeria has veins 9 and 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form a long narrow areole.

Hab. Goup Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 2 3 type; 8. Niezrra

(Sampson), 1 S$. Hvp. 18 millim.

Genus BEARA. Ta

/sgcmpa, NWS: S885 UO BY OUSED))" | scosoosooscvecdencsosncodsondoadses dichromella.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about:

to middle of frons, moderately scaled and slightly fringed with hair behind at

extremity, the 3rd moderate, somewhat porrect; eyes large, round; frons

smooth; antennx of male typically bipectinate with moderate branches to two-

thirds length, the apical part ciliated; thorax clothed with scales and hair

mixed, the prothorax with spreading crest; tibiz slightly fringed with hair;

abdomen with small basal crest only. Fore wing with the costa highly arched

near base, the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen somewhat

excised below apex, excurved at middle and oblique towards tornus; veins 3

and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 and 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form a minute areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4

shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sxcr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with mederate branches to two-thirds

length, the apical part ciliated ; pectus without scale-fans.

A. Hind wing with the apical area suffused with red ......... dichromella.

B, Hind wing with the apical area suffused with purplish

ISIRON Sa is AA au ane ida acasonOCemoceco nConc or Cone notre tee nubiferella.

6989. Beara dichromella.

Beara dichromella, W\k. xxxv. 1703 (1866); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 115,

pl. 123. ff. 2, 2a; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p, 428.

Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey; pectus and legs

Fig. 227.—Beara dichromella, 3. }.

white, the fore and mid tibie and tarsi suffused with brown;

abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown, the basal crest blackish.

582 NOCLUIDE.

Fore wing purplish red-brown tinged with grey and irrorated with

black; an indistinct curved subbasal line; antemedial line

indistinct, blackish, diffused, bent outwards at median nervure; a

small blackish discoidal spot; postmedial line blackish, bent out-

wards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and strongly

below vein 4, then oblique to inner margin; a subterminal series

of blackish points, excuryed below vein 7 and ending on termen at

submedian fold; a terminal series of black points from apex to

vein 2; cilia purplish red. Hind wing white, the terminal area

and cilia suffused with red from apex to vein 2; a terminal series

of black points from apex to vein 3; the underside with the costal

area irrorated with red.

Hab. Buurky (Dudgeon), 1 3,1 2 ; Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson),

1 3,4 Q, Coimbatore ( Walhouse), 1 9 ; Tranvancorr, Pirmad

(Mrs. Imray), 1 & ; Ceyrox, Kandy (Yerbury), 4 9. yop. 22—

30 millim.

6990. Beara nubiferella. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 20.)

Beara nubiferelia, Wik. xxxv. 1704 (1866).

Head and thorax brown suffused with purplish grey ; pectus and

legs white, the fore and mid tibize and tarsi suffused with brown ;

abdomen white, dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing brown

suffused with silvery purplish grey and slightly irrorated with

black; a brown patch at base of costa; an indistinct dark ante-

medial line, somewhat excurved at middle; postmedial line

indistinct, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal

fold and strongly below vein 4, a triangular dark shade beyond

it on costal area; a slight minutely waved dark subterminal line,

angled inwards at discal feld and ending on termen at submedian

fold; a terminal series of dark points from apex to vein 2; cilia

purplish, pale at tips. Hind wing white, the terminal area and

cilia suffused with purplish brown jrom apex to vein 2 and with

terminal dark points from apex to vein 3; the underside with the

costal area irrorated with red.

Hab. Axpamans, Port Blair, 1 9; Prrax, Goping (Aznstler),

1 2; Java (Horsfield), 1 Q type, Arjuno (Doherty), 1 $. Exp.

24-28 millim.

Srcr. Ii. Antenne of male minutely ciliated; pectus with large lateral fans of

scales and hair mixed.

6991. Beara papuana, n. sp.

3S. Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey mixed with dark

brown ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing

purplish grey, the costal area from middle to near apex pinkish, the

apical area suffused with dark brown ; antemedial line slight, dark,

defined on inner side by white from costa to vein 2, an oblique

pinkish bar beyond it across the cell and another pinkish bar on

BEARA.—GELASTOCERA, 583

discocellulars with some dark suffusion between them; postmedial

line slight, double, dark filled in with pinkish, angled outwards

below costa, incurved to vein 4, then somewhat oblique and

minutely waved; a fine pale subterminal line, angled inwards at

28.—Beara papuana, G. 3.

discal fold, then excurved and minutely waved ; a fine black terminal

line and white line at base of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins

brown, the apical area suffused with brown; the underside with

the costal area tinged with brown.

Hab. Dotcn N, Guiyea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 3g type. Ewp,

20 millim.

Genus GELASTOCERA. T

; ype.

Gelastocera, Butl. A.M.N. H. (4) xx. p. 476 (1877) ........... saris se

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head, moderately scaled and slightly fringed with hair behind at

extremity, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above;

eyes large, round; antenne of male bipectinate with long branches to two-

thirds length, the apical part ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales

inixed and without crests; tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with

slight basal crest only. 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 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the

rather long areole; 11 from cell, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ;

5 fully developed from just above angle of cell ; 6,7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

A, Fore wing with the postmedial area suffused with

fuscous ; bind wing wholly suffused with brown......... exusta.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial area not suffused with

fuscous ; hind wing yellowish white.

a. Fore wing deep purplish chestnut ...................4. moc castaned.

b, Fore wing ochreous suffused with purplish crimson ... ochroleucana.

6992. Gelastocera exusta.

Gelastocera exusta, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xx. p. 476 (1877); id. Ill, Het.

B.M. ii. p. 18, pl. 24. f. 2; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 613.

Microleon rubicundula, Wileman, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1911, p. 349, pl. xxx. f.14,

Head and thorax red-brown; palpi at base, pectus and legs

whitish suffused with brown, the tarsi banded with brown; abdomen

grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing red-brown

with a slight ochreous tinge, the terminal half. tinged with purple

584 NOCLUID.E.

and the postmedial area suffused with fuscous ; indistinct curved

dark subbasal and antemedial lines; a faint dark discoidal annulus

and incurved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; post-

medial line indistinct, dark, excurved below costa, incurved at

discal fold and below vein 4; a punctiform blackish subterminal

Fiz. 229.—Gelastocera exusia, 3. }-

line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia purple-red. Hind

wing whitish suffused with fuscous brown, the termen and cilia

tinged with purple-red except towards tornus ; the underside whiter,

the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 tinged with purplish.

Hab, Javan, Hakodaté, 1 3 type, Yokohama (Andrewes), 1 3,

29. Evp, 28-34 millim. Type ft. ¢ rubscundula in Coll.

Wileman.

6993. Gelastocera castanea.

Beara castanea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p.71, pl. 3. f. 9 (1879); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 427.

Head and thorax deep purplish chestnut ; antenne dark brown ;

pectus and legs whitish, the tibize and tarsi suffused with purple,

the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft

purplish, the ventral surface white. Fore wing deep purplish

chestnut with a silvery gloss; traces of a diffused curved blackish

subbasal line and oblique slightly waved antemedial line; an

indistinct blackish discoidal lunule; postmedial line indistinct,

blackish, excurved below costa and incurvyed below vein 4; a

punctiform blackish subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing yellowish

white; the termen and cilia tinged with purple from apex to vein 2

and with terminal series of dark strie; the underside with the

costal area irrorated with red, the terminal area suffused with red

from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Sixurm (Atkinson, Moller), 6 6,39. Hep. 34-40 millim.

6994. Gelastocera ochroleucana.

Earias ochroleucana, Staud. Rom. Mém. iii. p. 176, pl. 8. f. 11 (1887); id.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 362; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. pp. 282, 613.

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; antenne

brown; pectus and legs white tinged with brown, the tarsi ringed

with brown; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown. Fore

wing ochreous tinged with rufous, the terminal half suffused with

GELASTOCERA.—BESSARA. 585

purplish crimson; a slight curved brownish subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line brownish, excurved below

costa and bent outwards at median nervure; a brownish point in

middle of cell and ill-defined fuscous discoidal lunule; postmedial

line indistinct, dark, excurved below costa, incurved at discal fold

and below vein 4; an indistinct punctiform blackish subterminal

line, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing

ochreous white, the terminal area faintly tinged with brown and

with traces cf purplish on termen from apex to vein 2; the under-

side with the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with

purplish red.

Hab. Ki, Srperta, Amurland, Ussuri; Corsa, Gensan (Leech),

G52 Qs eg ns SY mullite

Genus BESSARA. ape

Bessara, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 180 (1862).... quadratipennis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short, porrect; eyes large, round ;

antennz of male with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed with rough hair and

scales mixed and without distinct crests; tibie fringed with long hair;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing short and broad, the costa

nearly-straight, the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly

curved, nearly erect 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 fully developed

from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

6995. Bessara quadratipennis.

Bessavra quadratipennis, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 181 (1862) ;

Swinh, Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. il. p. 98, pl. iii. f. 17.

6. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with greyish; pectus

whitish ; abdomen grey suffused with reddish brown, the ventral

surface whitish. Fore wing grey suffused and thickly irrorated

with red-brown; traces of an oblique waved antemedial line; a

blackish discoidal point; postmedial line indistinct, oblique to vein

6, then waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; a faint

waved whitish subterminal line defined on inner side by small

dentate brown marks; cilia whitish intersected with brown at the

586 NOCIUID™.

veins. Hind wing pale reddish brown; the underside whitish

tinged and irrorated with rufous.

Hab. Borxuo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 go. Hxp.34millim. Type t

in Mus. Oxon.

Genus ORTHOCRASPIS, nov.

Type, O. rectimarginata.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate and thickly scaled ;

frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male

minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without

crests; tibiae smoothly scaled, the inner spurs very long ; abdomen with dorsal

crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen

quite straight and erect, the inner margin arched near base, then straight;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to forma long areole; 11 from cell, Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,

7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Hind wing whitish, the inner area suffused with

IDE OWAL ‘sauerctale giclee apertot saliek gaeine casa ee Laclcctsenela tle tnseueene ania rectimarginatd.

B. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown .............0000 acypera.

6996. Orthocraspis rectimarginata.

Carea rectimarginata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 530 (1896).

3. Head and thorax pale grey-brown with a few black scales ;

palpi black mixed with white; frons black-brown; the back of

head, tegule and dorsum of thorax with paired black-brown

streaks ; pectus and Jegs white, the latter slightly tinged with

brown, the fore tarsi blackish at extremity ; abdomen white dorsally

tinged with brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown sparsely irrorated

with large black scales, the inner margin with rufous streak; a black

Fig. 231.—Orthocraspis rectimarginata, . }.

discoidal point; cilia white, red-brown at tips except towards

tornus. Hind wing white, the inner area suffused with brown; a

slight blackish discoidal point; the termen slightly irrorated with

brown and with black subterminal point in discal fold. Underside

of fore wing with diffused fuscous subcostal fascia to beyond middle,

a terminal series of brown striz; hind wing sparsely irrorated with

large black scales except on inner area, the costal area tinged with

pale brown, a black discoidal spot and subterminal spot in discal

fold.

ORTHOCRASPIS, —TYMPANISTES. 587

Hab. Burin, 2500' (Dudgeon), 1 $ type; AnpDAmans (Logers),

1 3S. Hep. 30-34 millim.

6997. Orthocraspis acypera. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 21.)

Carea acypera, Hmpsn. A. M.N. i, (7) xvi. p. 593 (1905).

3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown; palpi with the 3rd

joint blackish ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish.

Fore wing pale grey-brown sparsely irrorated and striated with

raised black scales; a slightly more prominent black discoidal

point; cilia white at base, brown at tips except towards tornus.

Hind wing greyish brown with blackish discoidal point; cilia

whitish ; the underside brownish white irrorated and striated with

raised black scales, the black discoidal spot prominent.

Hab. Bart (Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp. 30 millim.

Genus TYMPANISTES. Tne

yma RUSIAS, Moores), 12 V4, tS STO 10s 44S scoctecvoccs0p.ccbago00auncon0nce pallida.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes

large, round ; antennze of male almost simple; thorax clothed entirely with

hair and without crests ; tibie moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with

some rough hair at base, but without crests; the male with very large lateral

fans of scales at base covering a large ventral orifice. Fore wing with 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 and 10 anastomosing

with 8 to form a rather small areole; 11 trom cell... Hind wing with veins 3, 4

stalked ; 5 fully developed from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anas-

tomosing with the cell near base only.

AN, alinocl Sonne arlaollliky AWE TREC! pcoconenocndeoosoonbEdeconasooRo00005E. testaced.

b. Hind wing semihyaline white, the inner area tinged with

red.

a. Fore wing pale ochreous with small discoidal annulus... rubidorsalis.

b. Fore wing ochreous yellow with a brown discoidal point jflavescens.

C. Hind wing wholly semihyaline white .............0..0.-sceeeees pallida.

6998. Tympanistes testacea.

Tympanistes testacea, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 49, pl. 6. f. 2; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 421.

@. Head and base of tegule pale yellow-green; antenne

brownish; thorax pale rufous with some green hair behind the

tegule ; fore and mid tibiw and tarsi tinged with green, the tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen dull crimson-red, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with red and with

numerous brown striz; the base and costa suffused with pale

yellow-green ; some dark suffusion on inner margin near base; an

indistinct diffused dark antemedial line excurved from costa to

588 NOCTUID®.

median nervure, then incurved ; a small black discoidal spot; post-

medial line placed just beyond the cell, rather diffused, dark,

slightly incurved below vein 3; subterminal line represented by a

series of slight blackish somewhat dentate marks, incuryed at

middle and below vein 3; a terminal series of small black spots.

Hind wing pale red; the underside whitish tinged with red, the

costal area and terminal area to vein 2 striated with brown, a

slight discoidal lunule.

Hab. Sixurm, 3 9 type. Eup. 40-44 millim.

6999. Tympanistes rubidorsalis.

Tympanistes rubidorsalis, Moore, P. Z. 8.1888, p. 409; Butl. 11. Het. B.M.

vil. p. 02, pl. 126. f.5; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 421.

3. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey-white ; palpi white,

the 2nd joint black behind; pectus and legs white, the tibie and

tarsi tinged with ochreous brown; abdomen white dorsally suffused

with crimson-red. Fore wing pale ochreous slightly irrorated with

brown ; a small white discoidal spot defined by black ; traces of a

dark postmedial line, oblique from costa to vein 7, slightly incurved

at discal fold and below vein 3, excurved above inner margin; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the

inner area faintly tinged with reddish.

fab. Pounsas, Dharmsala (Hocking), 4 $ type. Hwp. 50 millim.

7000. Tympanistes flavescens. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 22.)

Tympanistes flavescens, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 158 (1905).

¢. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown; abdomen

whitish dorsally suffused with crimson. Fore wing ochreous yellow

irrorated with reddish brown; a subbasal brown point on median

nervure and slight antemedial spot below costa; a rather diffused

brown line from middle of costa, bent inwards below costa and

angled outwards at median nervure, then sinuous and almost

obsolete towards inner margin; a brown discoidal point; post-

medial line brown, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and bent outwards at vein 1,

traces of another waved line beyond it with a diffused brown

spot on costa; subterminal line formed of dentate brown marks,

angled inwards below vein 8 and above and below vein 5, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points from

apex to submedian fold. Hind wing semihyaline white, the inner

area tinged with crimson; a terminal series of slight brown points

in the interspaces from apex to vein 2; the underside white, the

costa slightly tinged with brown, three black points on termen

between apex and discal fold.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. vp. 40 millim,

TYMPANISTES—ACACHMENA, 589

7001, Tympanistes pallida.

Tympanistes pallida, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 49, pl. 6. f. 1; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 421.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with greyish ; pectus white ;

legs ochreous ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with ochreous brown.

Fore wing white tinged and irrorated with ochreous brown; an

indistinct sinuous brownish antemedial line; a brown point in end

of cell and slight discoidal spot ; postmedial line brownish, oblique

to vein 6, then slightly waved, incurved at discal fold and below

Fig. 232.—Tympamstes pallida, $. +

vein 4; a somewhat maculate brownish subterminal line excurved

below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of brown points.

Hind wing semihyaline white with a terminal series of slight

brown points in the interspaces from apex to vein 2.

Hab, Srxuim (Lidderdale, Moller), 5 3,3 2 type. Hvp. 44-52

millim,

Genus ACACHMENA.

Type.

Acachmena, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxxii. p. 62 (1908) ... e@nocrossa.

Probcscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, short; the 2nd joint broadly

angled with scales in front, the 8rd short; frons smooth; antenne of female

ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with scales, the metathorax with ridge-like

crest; tibize smoothly sealed; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal

segments. Fore wing with the apex acute, the termen obliquely curved ; 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 just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

*7002. Acachmena cenocrossa.

Acachmena enocrossa, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr, xxxii. p. 62 (1908).

@. Head and thorax whitish tinged with red ; antenne slightly

ringed with black ; metathoracic crest tipped with deep red ; pectus

white; abdomen white slightly irrorated with fuscous, the crests

red. Fore wing brownish white tinged with red and irrorated with

fuscous, the costal edge red, the inner margin reddish ; traces of a

590 NOCTUID ©.

curved antemedial line, of a waved medial line excurved below

costa, and of a postmedial line excurved below costa and at middle ;

Fig. 233.—Acachmena enocrossa, 2. }.

traces of a subterminal series of dark points; cilia deep blood-red.

Hind wing whitish tinged with brown.

Hab, QurEnstand, Kuranda (Dodd), type + @ in Coll. Turner.

Exp. 20 millim.,

Genus ACRIPIA.

Type.

Algrypde, \iiflis Soma 8) (WEAGS)) secosooodadono0cerodcenndonosannocabaocecs sulolivacea.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of

hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with

hair and scales mixed, the tegule produced to a slight dorsal ridge, the pro-

thorax with triangular ridge-like crest; tibie slightly fringed with hair;

abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing short and broad, the costa

highly arched near base, the apex produced and acute, 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 a long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of

cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anas-

tomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the apical area not tinged with green.

a. Thorax and base and medial area of fore wing dark red-

brownenottledmwiltilamngulOUs|eeseeeeeeeeece cece ee eee eeee areca scapularis.

6. Thorax and base and medial area of fore wing brownish-

ARON fie godt cane ancn mubup aecducdareadnobhoseae qaceod oon sobeddasooase7 subolivacea.

B. Fore wing with the apical area tinged with green.

@, WMeexwlles MONG OUS WEE! aooooscaancoassosdanoucosUoasescdonaog0Gce5aK6 .. leprosa.

6. Degule fuscous edged with white... 000.2... i... sees chloropera.

C. Fore wing uniform olive-green ............ceeeeee eee ee ec ee ee eens semiviridis,

*7003. Acripia scapularis.

Plastenis scapularis, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 111. f. 10 (1874).

@. Head grey mixed with brown; thorax rufous mixed with

red-brown; palpi white at base; pectus white; legs whitish

mixed with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish mixed with red-brown.

Fore wing brownish grey slightly irrorated and striated with

brown ; a red-brown patch at base from costa to vein 1; the

medial area suffused with rufous and with numerous striz of black-

brown scales, its inner edge angled outwards at subcostal and

ACRIPIA. 591

median nervures and incurved in cell and above vein 1, its outer

edge oblique towards costa and excurved beyond the angles of cell

and above inner margin. Hind wing reddish brown, the costal

area and cilia white; the underside whitish tinged with rufous

except on inner area and with numerous lines formed of black-

brown strie, a black-brown discoidal spot.

Hab. Carr Cotony, Knysna (Zrimen), type tT Q in Coll. Roth-

schild. Hep. 38 millim.

7004. Acripia subolivacea.

Acripia subolivacea, W\k. xxvii. 9 (1863).

Plastenis marginea, Feld, Reis. Nov. pl. 111. f. 8 (1874).

Head and base of tegule brown, the rest of thorax and abdomen

white mixed with brown. Fore wing white tinged with brown

and irrorated and striated with dark brown; a round black discoidal

spot with white point in centre; traces of a double punctiform

Fig. 234.—Acripia subulivacea, S. }.

black line oblique from costa beyond middle to near termen at vein

4, then erect; some subapical black points. Hind wing whitish

suffused and irrorated with brown, a faint dark discoidal point ;

the underside with very prominent black-brown striz.

Hab. Carn Conony (Sir A. Snuth), 1 3g, 1 2 type. Lup.

32 millim,

7005, Acripia leprosa.

Plastenis leprosa, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 111. f. 9 (1874).

@. Head brown mixed with white, the vertex green, the palpi

white at base; tegule, base of patagia, and prothorax fulvous red,

the rest of thorax purplish brown, the crest tipped with black ;

pectus and legs white irrorated with brown, the tarsi brown ringed

with white; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing brownish grey

suffused in parts with purplish fuscous and sparsely irrorated and

striated with black; the basal area fulvous red from costa to vein

1, with a black point at base; a diffused dark antemedial line,

oblique from costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique; a

small grey-brown spot in middle of cell and larger discoidal spot

with white points in centre; a slight greenish tinge beyond and

below end of cell; postmedial line rather diffused, brown, oblique

592 NOCTUID A,

towards costa, angled outwards beyond the angles of cell and

excurved above inner margin; an indistinct diffused brownish

subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and ending

at tornus; the apical area suffused with yellow-green, with some

brown below it. Hind wing pale reddish brown with a diffused

dark subterminal shade; the underside white, the costal and

terminal areas tinged with rufous, numerous lines formed of dark

brown striz, a dark brown discoidal bar.

Hab, Transvaat, Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 2 ; Cape Conony,

Cape Town, type fT Q in Coll. Rothschild. Lwp. 34 millim.

7006. Acripia chloropera. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 23.)

Acripia chloropera, Hmpsn. Ann, 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 313 (1902).

2. Head and tegule grey mixed with fuscous, the latter edged

with white; thorax deep chocolate-brown ; pectus and legs grey-

white, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen fuscous with white

segmental lines, the ventral surface whitish, the anal tuft ochreous.

Fore wing deep chocolate-brown with a purplish tinge and numerous

slight dark striz ; a black point in middle of cell and elliptical dis-

coidal spot with slight whitish streak in centre, placed on a grey

band from just below middle of costa, forking at median nervure, the

inner arm running to inner margin before the middle and the outer

to near tornus ; the apical part of costal area pale green with some

obliquely placed subapical black points on it; a fine dark terminal

line. Hind wing reddish brown, the cilia whitish tinged with

brown; underside brownish white, the costa of fore wing and the

hind wing with prominent black striz and small discoidal spots.

Hab. Carr Cotony, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 Q type.

Exp. 32 millim.

7007. Acripia semiviridis. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 24.)

Acripia semiviridis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 445 (1902).

do. Head and thorax olive-green ; palpi grey tinged with brown;

pectus and legs grey, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen

fuscous with slight grey segmental lines, the ventral surface grey

suffused with brown. Fore wing olive-green with numerous slight

pale striz; a faint oblique postmedial shade from costa to vein 6;

a subterminal series of slight black points excurved below vein 7

and at middle. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia grey at tips.

Underside grey, the disk of fore wing suffused with fuscous brown,

the costal area of fore wing and the hind wing with prominent

black strize.

Hab. Transvaat, Belfast (Cooke), 1 3g ; Naat, Durban (Leigh),

1 $ type. Hep. 26-30 millim.

CHURIA. 593

Genus CHURIA. Tse

Olnnrtien, Wiloemn, 12574, S\, NES, 7) BIE) cassosodonnadaueaontosnaosonaqben nigrisigna.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long; fronssmooth; eyes large,

round; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales

and without crests; tibize slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests.

Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not

crenulate; veins 3 and 4 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from

10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with

veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines present ...... ocellata.

B. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines absent.

Go HOR] WANG BREALAROWAD seoooabsvcncbeoconecnoaaqdebn0n0bonEH000000" maculata.

b. Fore wing pale brownish ochreous .......0......c0cceeeeeeeu sees Nigrisigna.

7008. Churia ocellata.

Anomis ocellata, But. 111. Wet. B.M. vii. p. 72, pl. 131. f. 4(1889) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 418.

Head and thorax grey-brown with a reddish tinge; palpi at

base, pectus and legs whitish, the fore femora fuscous above, the

fore and mid tibie tinged with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed

with white ; abdomen grey tinged with brown, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing grey-brown with a reddish tinge and irrorated

and striated with black ; a small antemedial blackish spot on costa

with traces of a waved line from it to inner margin; a blackish

Fig. 235.—Churia ocellata, S. }.

discoidai spot; a small blackish postmedial spot on costa with the

faint postmedial line arising from it, oblique to vein 6, incurved at

discal fold and below vein 4, excurved at vein 1; traces of a

punctiform subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; the underside whitish,

the costal area and terminal area to vein 3 irrorated with brown.

Hab. Pounsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 4 ¢, Dalhousie,

1 Sg, 1 9, Simla (Harford), 1 go, 1 2, Kasauli, 1 9, Murree

(Harford), 1 2, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 3 5, 4 9 type; Assan,

Nagas. Hwp. 28-34 millim.

VOL. XI. 2a

594 NOCTUIDE.

7009. Churia maculata.

Churia maculata, Moore, P. Z.S. 1881, p. 860; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 50,

pl. 150. f. 7; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 418.

Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; palpi fuscous brown, whitish

at base and in front; pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown ;

abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing pale

grey-brown with faint brown striz on costal area; a small round

black discoidal spot ; a subterminal black point below vein 7 and

traces of other points below veins 4 and 2. Hind wing pale

ochreous brown, the cilia ochreous white; the underside ochreous

white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 slightly irrorated

with fuscous.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the costal half prominently irrorated

with black; small black spots with white centres at middle of cell

and on discocellulars.

Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3,2 2, Palnis (Campbell),

1 9; Cernon. Lvp. 28-30 millim.

*7010. Churia nigrisigna.

Churia nigrisigna, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 3860, pl. 37. f. 13; Hmpsn,

Moths Ind. ii. p. 418.

Churia ochracea, Moore, P. Z.8. 1881, p. 360.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish ochreous. Fore wing

pale brownish ochreous with a small black discoidal spot; cilia

ochreous white. Hind wing pale brownish ochreous, the cilia

ochreous white; the underside paler.

Ab. 1. ochracea. Paler and more ochreous; fore wing without

black discoidal spot.

Hab. Benes, Calcutta, type fT in Mus. Berlin. xp. 26 millim.

Genus TORTRICIFORMA. Tepe

Tortriciforma, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 425 (1894)............ vbideuntotae

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and sparsely fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd long and oblique;

frons smooth, with very large tuft of hair above; eyes large, round ; -antennz

of male almost simple; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without

crests; mid tibie fringed with long hair in front, the fore and hind tibie

slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the costa

strongly excised beyond middle, the apex produced to a hook, the termen

excised below apex, produced to a hook at vein 6 and excurved at middle;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8, 9, 10

stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen excurved at middle, the

tornus strongly excised in male, the inner margin forming a pointed lobe

fringed with long hair and with small tuft of hair ina fold on underside ;

veins 3, 4stalked; 5 fully developed from just above angle of cell; 6, 7 shortly

stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. .

A. Fore wing with the terminal area tinged with green ...... chloroplagu.

B. Fore wing with the terminal area not tinged with green . vridipuncta.

TORTRICIFORMA. 595

7011, Tortriciforma chloroplaga. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 25.)

Tortriciforma chloroplaga, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 587 (1905).

Q. Head and thorax grey-white; palpi, pectus, legs and abdomen

ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white, the base

and terminal area tinged with green, the costa faintly tinged with

rufous; a small fiery red streak on base of inner margin; an

irregularly elliptical dark sap-green subbasal patch from costa to

median nervure, its lower part diffused, with some reddish brown

on subcostal nervure; a black discoidal point; a faint diffused

brownish medial line from vein 2 to inner margin; an oblique

sap-ereen streak from costa just beyond middle to vein 7 with

traces of a sinuous postmedial line arising from it, some rufous on

costa beyond it with some grey below it before the subterminal

line which is represented by a series of small obscure blackish

marks strongly angled outwards at vein 7 and middle; a whitish

subapical spot. Hind wing yellow, the inner area tinged with

fiery red; a red discoidal point; a diffused red subterminal line

and narrow terminal band. Underside of fore wing tinged with

fiery red ; hind wing with some red irroration on costal area, a red

discoidal lunule, sinuous red postmedial and subterminal lines from

costa to vein 5, some grey on termen.

Hab. Persx, Larut Hills (S. S. Flower), 1 2 type. Exp. 24

millim.

7012. Tortriciforma viridipuncta.

Tortriciforma viridipuncta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 425 (1894).

$. Head and thorax purple-grey, the tegule deep sap-green ;

palpi brownish ; the tarsi brownish ringed with white; abdomen

grey-white with fulvous yellow segmental lines on ventral surface.

Fore wing purple-grey, the inner area deeper purple except towards

‘base; asap-green antemedial band edged by white and on outer

side also by black, oblique, sinuous, from costa to vein 1, constricted

Fig. 236.—Tortriciforma viridipuncta, 3. }.

at submedian fold; a black discoidal point; an oblique postmedial

green lunule defined by whitish and on inner side also by black,

followed by a green line incurved below vein 4; an indistinct

waved dark subterminal line, with a whitish patch on its outer

side below costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle;. some

2Q2

596 NOCTUIDAE.

blackish at base of cilia. Hind wing white; a slight rufous

discoidal striga; cilia rufous from apex to vein 2 on the extremity

of which the rufous forms a slight streak. Underside of fore wing

tinged with cupreous red except the inner area, the costal area

irrorated with red to beyond middle, the apical parts of costal and

terminal areas suffused with greenish grey and with a white

subapical spot above vein 7; hind wing with the costal area and

the terminal area to vein 3 tinged with yellow and irrorated with

red, a red discoidal bar and sinuous postmedial and subterminal

lines from costa to vein 3.

@. Fore wing tinged with orange-red except on costal area ;

hind wing tinged with orange-red, deeper on apical area, the inner

area pale purplish grey.

Hab. Sixurm, type tT 2 in Coll, Rothschild ; Assam, Khisis,1 g,

19. Kap. & 22, 9 28 millim.

Genus CHLOROPLAGA, nov.

Type, C. nyginta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to

middle of frons and slenderly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth ; eyes large,

round; antenne of male almost simple; thorax clothed with hair and scales

mixed and without crests; tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with

dorsal crest at base only, the male with large lateral fans of scales covering a

very large ventral orifice. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and

acute, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate, the inner margin lobed ;

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 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

7013. Chloroplaga nygmia.

Acontia nygmia, Swinh, A. M. N, H. (6) xii. p. 217 (1893).

3. Head and thorax pale red-brown tinged with grey, the

vertex of head with some green; palpi with some green at side of

2nd joint; pectus whitish; legs grey-brown, the fore coxe red, the

tibie and tarsi at base suffused with green in front; abdomen

Fig. 237.—Chloroplaga nygmia, 3. }.

blood-red. Fore wing silvery grey tinged with red and in parts

with green and irrorated with black; some blood-red at base of

inner margin; small obliquely placed sap-green subbasal spots

below costa and in the cell; a sap-green antemedial patch on costa

CHLOROPLAGA.—GONIOCALPE. 597

conjoined to a lunulate medial patch in and below the cell, shghtly

detined by whitish, and with the slight excurved antemedial line

from its inner edge to inner margin; a postmedial green spot on

costa with the faint postmedial line arising from it, excurved at

discal and submedian folds and incurved beyond lower angle of cell

and at vein 1; asmall subterminal green spot below costa with the

slight dentate dark subterminal line arising from it, excurved

below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused

with blood-red, the costal area whitish to beyond middle, the

terminal area deep blood-red ; a slight discoidal point; two deep

blood-red postmedial lines from below costa to submedian fold, the

outer incurved at discal fold and excurved beyond lower angle of

cell; cilia grey-brown; the underside greyish ochreous, the costal

area except at base and the terminal area to vein 3 irrorated with

blood-red, a small discoidal spot.

@. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing much paler; hind

wing yellow slightly tinged in parts with blood-red, the postmedial

lines much more prominent.

Hab, Srraits Serrtements, Perak, Larut Hills (Flower), 1 9°,

Johore (Ridley), 1 2, Singapore (idley), 3 3,3 2 type; Borneo,

1 2, Kuching (Shelford), 1 9. vp. 34 millim.

Genus GONIOCALPH, nov.

Type, G. sericealis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth, with tuft of hair

above; eyes large, round; antenn of female almost simple; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales and with sharp dorsal ridge-like crest; tibiz

smoothly scaled; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments and

forked anal tuft. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen

excised to vein 4 where it is strongly angled, then somewhat 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 above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

7014. Goniocalpe sericealis.

Erizada sericealis, Hmpsn. Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 3818 (1902).

9. Head and thorax grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated

Fig. 238.—Goniocalpe sericealis, 2. }.

with a few large black scales; pectus whitish; abdomen whitish

irrorated with a few black scales, the crests tipped with brown.

598 NOCLUID #.

Fore wing silvery with golden reflections, the surface being striated,

irrorated with a few black scales; antemedial line double filled in

with whitish, oblique, sinuous; reniform small, oblique elliptical,

slightly defined by whitish and black scales; postmedial line

double filled in with whitish, excurved from costa to vein 4 and

incurved in submedian fold; a subterminal series of small black

spots, angled outwards below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing

very pale yellow; cilia white at tips. Underside of both wings

yellowish white.

Hab. Navan, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 2, Durban (Leigh), 2 9

type. Hap. 24 millim.

Genus PLUSIOCALPE. Type

Plusiocalpe, Holle sesy che, vity p. 29) (S94) cnavasndadreeeeee ie ie-se-me pallidus

Proboscis 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; antenn of male with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales and without crests; fore and hind tibix slightly

fringed with hair, the mid tibie fringed with long hair; abdomen with dorsal

crests on basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate, the tornus with scale-tooth, the inner margin

with lobe before middle; 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 fully developed from just

above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

Secr. I. Hind wing of male with thick fringe of long hair on inner area

above.

7015. Plusiocalpe sericina.

Metaptya sericina, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 730.

3. Head and tegule ochreous white; thorax white faintly

tinged with purplish brown and irrorated with a few brown scales ;

pectus and legs ochreous white ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally

suffused with fuscous brown except at base and extremity. Tore

Fig. 239.—Plusiocalpe sericina, §. +

wing silky ochreous white tinged with brown and sparsely irrorated

with black scales; the ante- and postmedial lines represented by

white strize at inner margin, the former with a streak of white

PLUSLOCALPE.—HYPODEVA, 599

scaling before it; the scale-tooth at tornus tipped with dark

brown. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with brown, the fringe

of thick hair on inner margin dark brown ; cilia whiter at tips,

Hab. Mavacascar (Saalmiilier), 1 S$. Lep. 32 millim,

Secr. II, Hind wing of male without fringe of long hair on inner area.

7016. Plusiocalpe pallida.

Plusiocalpe pallida, Moll, Psyche, vii. p. 29, pl. 1. f. 1 (1894).

Head and tegule pale rufous, the latter tipped with white ;

palpi browner at sides; thorax white faintly tinged with brown

and irrorated with a few brown scales; pectus and legs ochreous

tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused

with brown, Fore wing silky white tinged with brown and

sparsely irrorated with brown scales ; an indistinct oblique sinuous

brown antemedial line strongly excurved below the cell; post-

medial line brown, oblique to vein 6, inwardly oblique from vein 5

Fig. 240.—Plusiocalpe pallida, 3. }.

to submedian fold near the antemedial line, then excurved above

and below vein 1 on which it is angled inwards; an indistinct

brownish subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds. Hind wing

ochreous white suffused with brown especially on terminal area ;

cilia with a pale line at base. Underside of fore wing brown,

the costa ochreous white on terminal half; hind wing ochreous

white.

Hab, 8. Niaerra, Old Calabar (Ltutherford, Crompton), 2 3,1 2,

Sapele (Sampson), 1 3; N. Nigerra, Dekina (Macfie), 1 6; Gaxoon,

Ogové It., 1 9 co-type; Uaanpa, Entebbe (Minchin), 1g. Hap.

30 millim.

Genus HYPODEVA. Type

FLU pOd ed PLLO PE SYICHE) Vile Dri 20) | (LSOs) i rpasnascderaaibhnnsane sien, barbata.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth ; eyes large,

yound ; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed,

the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests, the patagia clothed with rough

curled-upwards spatulate scales; pectus clothed with lone hair, the tibiee

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal

600 NOCTUIDZ,

sesments, the crest on 2nd segment large. Fore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved and not crenulate, the tornus with scale-tooth, the

inner margin lobed before middle; 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 fully developed from

just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near

base only.

A. Fore wing with the reniform defined by whitish and with

palespatchebeyonGl Miia emer areas tenet ace seen ecasee steerer barbata,

B. Fore wing with the reniform absent and without pale

jor Inayromnal WKS Gell, scodrnccdsosdsoo0cna0a0ancoa0n000000000000004 nocturna.

7017. Hypodeva barbata.

Hypodeva barbata, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 27, pl. J. f. 2 (1894).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with red-brown and grey ;

pectus reddish ochreous; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous

brown, the crests reddish brown, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing yellowish suffused with olive-green ; a broad purple band

trom discal fold to inner margin, diffused to base below the cell,

before the antemedial white line which is represented by an

oblique striga from costa and oblique sinuous line from discal fold

to Inner margin; reniform a narrow bar, greyish defined by white

and with black point in upper part, a white patch above it on costa

Fig. 241.—HAypodeva barbata, S. }.

and some black streaks on the veins beyond it below costa; post-

medial line chocolate-brown, acutely angled outwards below costa,

then oblique, sinuous, the area beyond it purple with the costa

chocolate-brown with some white strie on it; postmedial area

with olive-yellow patches defined by red-brown and with the veins

crossing them dark, at vein 6, on veins 4, 3, and at inner margin,

the last almost entirely suffused with red-brown; traces of a

sinuous white subterminal line and of a minutely waved line just

before the terminal series of slight brown strive; cilia grey mixed

with brown and with fine white line at base. Hind wing dark

brown, the cilia white, brownish at base; the underside greyish

suffused with brown, a dark discoidal lunule and yellowish white

postmedial patch from costa to vein 5 with the veins on it dark.

Hab. 8. Niaerta, Lagos (Boag), 1 ¢, Sapele (Sampson), 1 g,

Hesha (Dudgeon, Humfrey), 2 9; Gasoon. Hap. 34 millim,

HYPODEVA.— METAPTYA, 601

7018. Hypodeva nocturna. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 26.)

Westermannia nocturna, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 591 (1905).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale greyish brown. Fore wing

pale reddish brown suffused with greyish and irrorated with a few

dark scales ; an oblique brown striga from middle of costa; ashght

curved discoidal bar; an oblique brown streak from costa beyond

middle to vein 6 with a greyer patch beyond it; traces of a

subterminal line excurved below costa and at middle. Hind

wing uniform rather pale red-brown; the underside greyer, tinged

with fuscous from lower angle of cell to termen.

Hab. Nicerta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 $ type. wp. 38

millim.

Genus METAPTYA.

Type.

Metaptya, Himpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 522 (1896)................0006 sericea.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales, the metathorax with dorsal ridge-like crest; tibix slightly fringed

with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, the crest on 2nd

segment large. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen

somewhat excised below apex and excurved at middle; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; Gand 10 anastomosing with 8 to form

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5

fully developed from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the celi near base only; the tornus with a large fan of scales,

Secr. I. Fore wing with the termen angled at veins 7 and 4 and excised

between those points.

7019. Metaptya lucida,

Metaptya lucida, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 587 (1905).

3d. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey; palpi white in

front: tarsi with fuscous bands. Fore wing ochreous brown

>) to}

Fig. 242.—Metaptya lucida, 3. }.

suffused with glistening grey and irrorated with a few black

scales; a fine obliquely curved whitish antemedial line; a slight

602 NOCLUID&.

black point at upper angle of cell; a fine whitish postmedial line

excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; some slight black

streaks on costa towards apex; subterminal line represented by

some black scales, a small spot below costa and rather bifid spot

between veins 5 and 3; cilia blackish at the angle at vein 4.

Hind wing ochreous brown suffused with glistening grey; a slight

black and white striga on inner margin above tornus. Underside

fuscous brown, the inner area of fore wing and hind wing except

terminal area whitish, both wings with rather diffused, shghtly

sinuous postmedial line and dark point at upper angle of cell.

Hab. Bau, Low Country (Doherty), 1 3 type. xp. 26 millim,

Sucr. II. Fore wing with the termen slightly excised below apex and excurved

at middle.

A. Fore wing with oblique blackish bar on antemedial line

above inner margin ...... danse sdeconobododsHoSastionsedsaqdasbesend sericed.

B. Fore wing with blackish patch on antemedial line at inner

DAN GUM Weeciserteseisidetcrast doemuceetanc areorateoonencecor stares cisseee eri: endoplaga.

7020. Metaptya sericea.

Metaptya sericea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 523 (1896).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown, the head and

thorax irrorated with a few black scales and the crest tipped with

black ; palpi blackish behind. Fore wing pale grey-brown slightly

irrorated with black; antemedial line whitish defined on outer side

by fuseous and more prominently by black towards inner margin,

strongly excurved; two slight blackish discoidal points; post-

medial line whitish defined on inner side by fuscous, excurved

Fig. 243.—Metaptya sericea, S. 3.

from costa to vein 4, then oblique; some white points on costa

towards apex ; a slight whitish subterminal line defined on inner

side by fuscous suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle.

Hind wing grey-brown with some blackish scales on inner area

towards tornus and in the scale-fan at tornus; the underside

whitish tinged with brown.

Hab. Cuyton, Putlam (Pole), 1 g type, Dambool (Machkwood),

1 $,19.. Hep. 22-28 millim.

METAPTYA,—VESTERMANNIA. 603

7021. Metaptya endoplaga. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 27.)

Metaptya endoplaga, Ampsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 655 (1907).

3. Head white tinged with brown, the palpi blackish behind ;

thorax and abdomen pale grey-brown, the crests tipped with black ;

fore and mid tibiz banded with blackish. Fore wing pale grey-

brown with a slight reddish tinge; traces of a curved antemedial

line with conical black patch on it at inner margin ; postmedial

line whitish defined on inner side by brown, excurved from costa

to vein 4, then oblique; some whitish points with slight black

streaks between them on cesta towards apex; a subterminal series

of small somewhat dentate blackish marks, excurved below vein 7

and at middle. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; traces

of a dark postmedial line with blackish mark on it at inner

margin; some black scaling in the fan at toruus; the underside

whitish tinged with brown.

Hab. Mavras, Bellary, Ramandrug (Campbell), 1 $ type. Eup.

2° millim.

Genus VESTERMANNIA. 1,

ype.

esornaninniar lslilons WGA (Os LO (IGA) sagoastosacoocansaspescand soe superba.

Jhonsoaas, (Caveral, INO i, [D> Stel!) CUE) scccoonssedonne0s5c000cubp0006006 superba.

Calymera, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 104 (1882) ............:.cecceeeeeeen eens picta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2ud joint reaching to about

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long or moderate; frons

smooth; eves large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed with

scales and hair mixed; the pro- and metathorax with small spreading crests ;

tibiz slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments.

Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;

the inner margin somewhat lobed before middle; veins 38 and 5 from near

angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the

areole ; abnormally with 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell, rarely stalked; 5 fully developed from

just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

A. Fore wing without transverse lines.

a. Fore wing uniform silvery white ...............cecseeseeeee argentata,

6. Fore wing whitish suffused with brown and with dark

neva losllony GOsttall GIBB, con ccoanso9sn00000000000000R0000¢000 longiplaga,

_B. Fore wing with transverse lines.

a. Fore wing without fiery red patch on postmedial area

below costa.

a, Fore wing without chocolate-brown cornucopia-

shaped patch on terminal area.

a’, Fore wing without chocolate-brown postmedial

patch from costa to submedian fold.

a*, Fore wing with silvery white patch on basal

half from costa to vein 1 conjoined beyond the

cell to a postmedial band........... ......ceeseeee argyroplaga,

b°. Fore wing without silvery white basal patch

conjoined to a postmedial band.

a‘, Fore wing with the whole cell silvery white concha.

GO+4 NOCTUID#®.

b*, Fore wing with more or less brown in cell.

w, Fore wing with more or less violaceous

white suffusion.

a®, Fore wing without triangular white

patch on ecsta beyond the postmedial

line.

a’. Hind wing pure white with terminal

fuscous brown band ................060++ gloriosa,

b7, Hind wing more or less tinged with

brown.

a*. Fore wing with dark patches defined

by white in and below end of cell.

a’. Kore wing with the white mark-

ings distinct and without a

uniform silvery gloss............+++ superba.

v°. Fore wing with a uniform silvery

gloss except on inner basal area,

the white markings indistinct... argentea.

bv’. Fore wing with diffused oblique

dark band from discal fold in end

of cell to inner margin............... triangularis,

<8, Fore wing without medial dark

patches or band.

a’. Fore wing with the orbicular

present and defined by white... cuprea.

6°, Fore wing with the orbicular

BI OSEME coccasscc0dxs0n6000b0000000046000 agrapha.

6°. Fore wing with triangular white patch

on costa beyond postmedial line.

a’, Fore wing with white spot on outer

edge of postmedial line at vein 2... anchorita.

bo’, Fore wing without white spot on outer

edge of postmedial line at vein2 ... goodi.

v5, Fore wing without violaceous white suffusion.

a®, Fore wing with oblique elliptical discoidal

spot with pale annulus...............0000s0e0e ar@ogramim«.

6’, Kore wing without discoidal spot............ convergens.

b2, Fore wing witn chocolate-brown postmedial patch

from costa to submedian fold .................02000++ ediplaga.

i}, Fore wing with chocolate-brown cornucopia-

shaped patch on terminal area.

a2, Fore wing with the lower extremity of the cornu-

copia-shaped patch ending on vein 1........ ...... celisigna.

b?, Fore wing with the lower extremity of the cornu-

copia-shaped patch extending to inner margin... cornucopia.

b, Fore wing with fiery-red patch on postmedial area

PHONOGY COMB 5c0000000c0000000000.5.0 ge 0bea4noddccHncas0saa9000000 picta,

7022. Vestermannia argentata. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 28.)

Westermannia argentata, Butl. Trans, Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 396.

Head and thorax pure white; fore femora above and tibie at

sides brownish; abdomen white dorsally slightly tinged with

“prown. Fore wing uniform silvery white. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white tinged with brown especially on the veins and

terminal area. Underside of fore wing suffused with brown, the

costa, brownish white.

Hab. Quernstann, Peak Downs, 1 d¢ type; N. Ausrratia, Port

Darwin (Buckland), 1 9. Hep. 36 millim,

VESTERMANNIA. 605

7023. Vestermannia longiplaga. (Flate CLXXXIX., fig. 29.)

Westermannia longiplaga, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 218 (1906).

3. Head and thorax whitish ; palpi black behind ; thorax above

and vertex of head with paired fuscous brown spots ; tegule fuscous

brown at tips; prothorax with large fuscous brown patch;

pectus and legs white, the tarsi brownish ringed with white;

abdomen whitish suffused with fuscous brown, the ventral

surface pure white to near extremity. Fore wing whitish tinged

with cupreous brown and irrorated with brown, the costal area

white with a diffused fuscous brown fascia below it curving

upwards to apex; an oblique series of whitish marks from costa

just before apex, very indislinct except on inner area; a sub-

terminal series of slight white spots irrorated with black. Hind

wing white tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused

with brown; the underside white, the terminal area suffused with

brown.

Hab. Dorcu N. Gurxta, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 3 ; Br. N. Guryna,

Dinawa (Pratt), type f ¢ in Coll. Bethune-Baker. vp. 50 millim.

7024. Vestermannia argyroplaga. (Plate CLAXXIX, fig. 30.)

Westermannia argyroplaga, Umpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 589 (1905).

Head and tegule white, palpi above and antenne rufous, the

tegule with some rufous scales at edges; thorax white suffused

with rufous ; pectus and legs pale rufous; abdomen white tinged

with rufous. Fore wing pale rufous with some darker rufous

irroration ; a large oblique quadrate silvery white patch extending

on costa from base to near middle, and down to vein 1, below

the end of cell confluent with a broad curved silvery white band

from costa beyond middle extending down to submedian fold and

emitting a short spur inwards below costa, its outer edge slightly

indented at discal fold; traces of a dark rufous subterminal line,

incuryed at submedian fold ; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing

white. Underside of fore wing whitish suffused with fuscous except

inner and terminal areas.

Hab. Ucanvs, Marengi (Christy), 1 3 type, Gondokoro (W. Z.

Sclater), 1 Q. Hap. 28 millim.

7025. Vestermannia concha. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 31.)

Westermannia concha, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1886, p. 396.

Head silvery white; the frons with faint fuscous bar above;

antenne brown except towards buse; thorax rufous; pectus and

legs white with a faint brownish tinge, the fore femora and tibie

brown on inner side ; abdomen brownish, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing silvery white to the postmedial line, irrorated with

brown towards costa and the area below vein 1 purplish grey; a

606 NOCTUID®.

conical chocolate-brown patch at middle of submedian interspace

with purplish grey beyond it, before the very indistinct oblique dark

postmedial line; the terminal area chocolate-brown with some

greyish suffusion towards termen and traces of a curved dark

subterminal line; cilia pale brownish. Hind wing white tinged

with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with dark brown from

apex to submedian fold ; cilia pale brownish, white at tips.

Hab. Quennstanp, Peak Downs, 1 ¢ type, Townsville (Dod),

1g,1 2. Exp. 24-26 millim.

7026. Vestermannia gloriosa, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 32.)

Head white ; palpi black behind, the extremity of 2nd joint and

the 3rd joint irrorated with black; frons with black bars above

and between antenne, which are brownish except at base; thorax

white tinged with rufous and with some fuscous at tips of tegule

and on pro- and metathorax; pectus and legs white, the latter

irrorated with fuscous, the fore femora and tibiae fuscous on inner

side; abdomen white tinged with fuscous dorsally and at extremity,

the crests pale rufous, the crest on 3rd segment blackish. Fore

wing cupreous brown with a purplish tinge, suffused with silvery

white to the postmedial line, the area below vein 1 pale rufous

slightly irrorated with black to the postmedial line; a large elliptical

patch of the ground-colour defined by white in and beyond end of

cell, bisected by a fine oblique white discoidal line and only separated

from a similar but more rounded patch below the cell by a white

streak on median nervure; postmedial line white, oblique from

costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 5, then inwardly oblique, angled

outwards at submedian fold, then incurved, some purplish white

suffusion beyond it from costa to vein 4 with slight triangular

marks defined by white on its outer edge from below costa to vein

5; the submedian fold and vein 1 slightly streaked with white

from the postmedial line to the faint curved subterminal line; a

terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure white, the veins

towards termen slightly streaked with brown; a cupreous brown

terminal band narrowing below vein 2; cilia white at tips.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Babooni (Pratt), 1 3, Ekeikei (Pratt),

4 $,1 @ type. Hap. 42-46 millim.

7027. Vestermannia superba.

Westermannia superba, Hiibn. Ziitr. Ex. Schmett. p. 23. ff. 328, 324 (1823) ;

Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 80, pl. 154. ff. 1, la; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 309.

Plusiodes westermannii, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 886 (1852).

Head pure white ; palpi black behind ; antennz brownish except

towards base; thorax creamy white; fore femora and tibive brown

on inner side, the tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen white,

dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing purplish white with the

area below vein 1 creamy white to the postmedial line, the terminal

VESTERMANNIA. 607

area red-brown ; a conical red-brown patch in end of cell defined

by white and separated by a white discoidal line from a semicircular

spot beyond the cell, and by a streak on median nervure from a

conical patch below the cell, a black point on the lower edge of the

spot beyond the cell; postmedial line fine, white, oblique from

costa to vein 6, inwardly oblique from vein 5 to 2 below which it

is angled outwards, then incurved, slight purplish white suffusion

beyond it from costa to vein 5; a very indistinct whitish sub-

terminal line defined on outer side by slight blackish marks at

middle, incurved below costa, then minutely waved and angled

Fig. 244,—Vestermannia superba, 3. 3.

inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series of blackish points.

Hind wing semihyaline white tinged with brown, the veins and

terminal area suffused with brown; the underside brownish white

with terminal brown band from vein 7 to submedian fold.

Hab. “Invta,’ 1 g,1 Q ; Srxurm (Fotheringham),1 2; Bownay,

Kanara, 1 ¢; Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 9; Travancorn,

Pirmad (Imray), 1 2 ; Ceyton (Lindesay), 1 3,1 9; ANDAMANs,

1 Q; Stneapors (Itidley), 1 9; Bornno, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 3;

Java. Hap. 34-40 millim,

Larva. Pale olive-green thickly spotted with yellow; a yellow

dorsal line; sides of head with small red streaks. Food-plant:

Terminalia.

7028. Vestermannia argentea.

Westermannia argentea, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 80, pl. 146. f. 19

(1891) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 359.

Head purple-white, the palpi black behind and brownish at

extremity of 2nd joint; frons with blackish lateral bars; abdomen

blackish except towards base; tegule and patagia creamy white,

the former with diffused red-brown band; dorsum of thorax

fuscous brown, the metathorax white; pectus and legs white, the

fore femora above and tibiz on inner side fuscous; abdomen white

dorsally suffused with fuscous brown. Tore wing brilliant silvery

brown, faintly suffused with purplish white to the postmedial line

leaving a large elliptical patch of the ground-colour faintly defined

by white in and beyond end of cell and only separated from an

oblique patch on inner area by a slight white streak on median

nervure ; the area below vein | pure white to the postmedial line,

which is slight, white, oblique from costa to yein 5, then inwardly

608 NOCTUID.L.

oblique. Hind wing semihyaline white tinged with brown

especially on the veins and terminal area; the underside white

with terminal brown band between veins 7 and 2.

Hab. Bompay, Kanara, Karwar (7. R. Bell), 1 o; Mapras,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 2 type; Travancorn, Pirmad (Imray),

4 9; Nicopars (ogers), 1 9; Singapore (Ltidley), 1 3, 2 2.

Exp. 42-46 millim.

7029. Vestermannia triangularis. (Plate CXC. fig. 1.)

Westermannia triangularis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 605; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 359.

Head and thorax white, the tegule and prothorax suffused with

rufous and with dark patches at tips of tegule and base of patagia ;

palpi black behind and at tips; frons with blackish bar above;

antennee blackish except at base; pectus and legs brownish white,

the fore femora and tibie brown on inner side, the tarsi brown

ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing silvery white with a faint olive tinge to the

postmedial line; some fuscous suffusion in and below the cell from

base to an oblique fuscous brown medial band from cell to inner

margin; the terminal area chocolate-brown with the faint dark

postmedial line detined on inner side by fuscous brown on its inner

edge, excurved from costa to vein 3, then incurved; traces of a

subterminal line defined on outer side by purple-white irroration,

incurved below costa, at discal fold and below vein 3; a terminal

series of purple-white striz; cilia fuscous brown. Hind wing

whitish suffused with fuscous brown especially towards termen ;

cilia white at tips; the underside white except the terminal area

from costa to submedian fold, a slight dark discoidal lunule.

Hab. Sixum (Moller), 1 9; Assam; Travancorn, Pirmad

(Imray), 2 3,2 2; Anpamans, 1 2 type. Hap. 34-40 millim.

7030. Vestermannia cuprea. (DPlate CXC. fig. 2.)

Westermannia cuprea, Hinpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 588 (1908).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with

brown; palpi blackish at sides. Fore wing golden cupreous, the

inner area white slightly tinged with brown from base of costa to

inner margin near tornus which is greyish; the costal area, the

cell before antemedial line, and the area beyond the cell to post-

medial line down to vein 2 suffused with blue-grey; the veins

slightly streaked with white, more prominently on postmedial area

from costa to vein 6; an oblique loop-shaped subbasal mark defined

by a fine white line from subcostal nervure to the inner white

area; antemedial line fine, white, inwardly oblique and incurved

from below costa to the white area ; orbicular and reniform finely

defined by white, the former somewhat elongate elliptical, the latter

with its lower part defined by grey, with white point on its inner

VESTERMANNTA. 609

lower edge and small elliptical spot on its outer; postmedial line

white, oblique from costa to vein 7 where it is acutely angled

outwards, then incurved to vein 3 where it is less acutely angled

and again incurved to inner margin; a subterminal series of small

black spots with fine oblique slightly waved white line on their

outer edge from costa to vein 7; the white streaks on veins 7, 6

meeting at termen in an acute angle in the interspace. Hind wing

pale brown.

Hab. Gotv Coast, Ashanti, Obuassi (Bergmann), 1 3 type;

Boonso (Dudgeon), 1 &@. Kap. 32 millim.

7031. Vestermannia agrapha. (Plate CXC. fig. 3.)

Westermannia agrapha, Umpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 589 (1905).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; palpi in front

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing

pale rufous ; a fine white streak from base of costa along vein 1 to

tornus, emitting a slight streak along median nervure to the slight

very oblique white antemedial line, the angle between these lines

tinged with grey; a rather triangular cupreous discoidal spot

defined by a fine whitish annulus ; postmedial line indistinct, fine,

whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6 and below vein 4 bent

inwards to below end of cell, then erect to inner margin ; terminal

area suffused with golden cupreous; a white subterminal point on

costa. Hind wing pale rufous, the underside whitish.

Hab. Simrra Leone (Fowcroft), 1 9 type. Hvp. 26 millim.

7032. Vestermannia anchorita. (Plate CXC. fig. 4.)

Westermannia anchorita, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 566, pl. 21. f. 3 (1893).

Westermannia leucogonia, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 589 (1905).

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing pale

rufous with slight dark irroration ; an oblique white subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold with a small round rufous spot defined

by a fine white annulus beyond it in cell ; the area to antemedial line

suffused with grey-white from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line white, extremely oblique from costa to median nervure near

lower angle of cell, then incurved to vein 1 where it meets the

postmedial line and terminates; a pear-shaped rufous discoidal

spot defined by a fine white annulus, some grey suffusion beyond

upper and lower angles of cell, the veins from lower angle streaked

with white; postmedial line white, very oblique from costa to

vein 7, oblique below vein 3 to vein 1 where it terminates curving

round to join the antemedial line, a triangular white patch beyond

it from costa to vein 7, then slightly defined by grey on outer side

and below vein 3 by white; a somewhat irregular subterminal

series of slight blackish spots; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing pale rufous, the costal area paler ; the underside whitish

with slight brown discoidal spot.

VOL. XI. 28

610 NOCTUID.

The type of leucogonia has the areole of fore wing reduced and

vein 8 anastomosing with 7,8; hind wing with veins 4, 4 stalked.

Hab. 8. Nreerta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 2 type leucogonia ;

Gazoon, Ogové R., type fT in Coll. Holland. xp. 3U millim,

7033. Vestermannia goodi. (Plate CXC. fig. 5.)

Westermannia goodi, Holl. ined.

9. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; pectus, hind legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the tarsi brown ringed

with white. Fore wing deep chocolate-brown, the inner and

terminal areas red-brown, the chocolate basal area suffused with

bluish white; a white striga from costa near base; a round

chocolate subbasal spot in cell defined by bluish white ; antemedial

line slight, bluish white, oblique from costa to just below the cell

and ending at submedian fold where it curves round and joins the

postmedial line; a large round chocolate discoidal spot slightly

defined by bluish white; a triangular postmedial white patch on

costa with the white postmedial line defined on outer side by bluish

fuscous arising from it, obliquely curved and joining the antemedial

line in submedian fold ; a slight maculate sinuous dark subterminal

line with series of white points on its inner edge; a fine pale line

at base of cilia. Hind wing dark reddish brown with a fine pale

line at base of cilia; the underside greyish suffused with brown.

Hab. 8. Nieprta (Farquhar), 1 9; Gasoon, Bule Country (Good),

type f 2 in Coll. Holland. wp. 36 millim.

7034. Vestermannia arzogramma. (Plate CXC. fig. 6.)

Westermannia areogramma, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 590 (1905).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with rufous.

Fore wing pale rufous irrorated with darker rufous; an indistinct

double oblique line from costa before middle to inner margin beyond

middle ; an indistinct, rather large, oblique elleptical discoidal spot

defined by a slight pale annulus, with some slight dark suffusion

beyond its lower extremity; an indistinct double postmedial line

excurved from costa to vein 3, then bent inwards to below end of

cell, and almost meeting the antemedial line at inner margin; a

slight pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white faintly tinged

with rufous. Underside of fore wing whitish slightly tinged with

rufous.

Hab. Br. C. Avrica, Chiromo (de Jersey), 1 Q type. Exp.

26 millim.

7035. Vestermannia convergens. (Plate CXC. fig. 7.)

West ermannia convergens, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 815 (1902).

g. Head and thorax rufous mixed with greyish and with a few

dark scales ; palpi grey mixed with rufous ; pectus and legs whitish

VESTERMANNIA. 611

tinged with rufous, the fore tibie tinged with fuscous; abdomen

brownish white irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing chocolate-brown

tinged with grey and sparsely irrorated with black; an oblique

whitish line from costa near base to middle of inner margin ;

postmedial line whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved to

vein 4+, then oblique to inner margin close to the antemedial line,

a yellowish white patch tinged with rufous beyond it on costa

extending to apex. Hind wing white tinged with yellow.

Q. Fore wing with the area before the antemedial lne much

paler ; hind wing suffused with fuscous, the cilia yellowish white

Hab, CavE Cotony, Annshaw (Miss Ff. Barrett), 1 g,1 Q type.

Exp. 3 30, 2 32 millim.

7036. Vestermannia cediplaga.

Westermannia ediplaga, Umpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 415, pl. xxxvi. f. 27.

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous grey irrorated with

brown ; palpi with the 2nd joint fuscous at sides; fore tibize and

the tarsi fuscous, the latter with slight pale rings. Fore wing

ochreous grey irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused

with rufous except at tornus, the costal edge pale; a large

chocolate-brown patch tinged with violaceous grey from costa

beyond middle to submedian fold where it ends in a point, its inner

edge incurved, it outer strongly excurved and bounded by the fine

dark postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on outer side,

angled inwards just above submedian fold and excurved to inner

margin near tornus; traces of a punctiform dark subterminal line

excurved below vein 7; cilia dark brown, white at tips. Hind

wing pale suffused with reddish brown, the cilia brown with

yellowish line at base and whitish tips; the underside yellowish

irrorated with brown, a curved postmedial line.

Hab. N.K. Ruopusta, Luangwa Rk (Neave), 1 9 type. Eup.

36 millim.

7037. Vestermannia celisigna. (Plate CXC. fig. 8.)

Westermannia celisigna, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 303; id. Moths

Ind. iv. p. 522.

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and irrorated with a

few black scales; fore tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen

erey tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white tinged with

brown and sparsely irrorated with black; a large chocolate-brown

patch from termen, on which it extends from apex to submedian

fold, to vein 1 just beyend middle, suffused with grey on costal area ;

a discoidal bar dark above, pale rufous at middle and defined by

white, constricted at middle, some blue-grey suffusion beyond it

and sometimes a small white spot below it; a fine white postmedial

line, angled outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold

and not extending below the dark patch; a rather diffused dark

2R2

612 NOCTUID &,

subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and

incurved at discal fold and below vein 3; a series of black points

just before termen and more prominent spot at submedian fold ;

cilia chocolate-brown beyond the patch. Hind wing whitish tinged

with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; cilia

white with a brownish line through them; the underside white,

the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the discoidal bar almost obsolete.—

Louisiades.

Hab. Stxuim (Pilcher), 1 3g ; Baurkn (Dudgeon), 1 2 type;

Ceyton, Haldamulla (Mackwood), 1 9; Lovtstapus, St. Aignan

(Meek), 1 3. Hp. 30-32 millim.

7038. Vestermannia cornucopia.

Ingura cornucopia, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 61, pl. 141. f. 12 (1891);

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 359.

Head and thorax grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with

a few black scales; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen grey

suffused with brown. Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown and

sparsely irrorated with black ; a large chocolate-brown patch edged

with whitish from termen, on which it extends from apex to

submedian fold, to middle of inner margin; the extremity of

median nervure and bases of veins 4, 3 on the patch streaked with

blue-grey ; a narrow discoidal bar edged with whitish and with

blue-grey suffusion beyond it, sometimes with a small fiery-red or

whitish spot below it; a fine postmedial white line across the

patch, incurved to vein 4, then excurved ; a subterminal series of

faint minute blackish spots, incurved below vein 3; a series of

minute black points just before termen; cilia chocolate-red beyond

the patch. Hind wing brown, the interspaces of basal half some-

times whitish in male; the underside whitish tinged with brown,

the terminal area suffused with brown between veins 7 and 2.

Hab. Mavras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 92 type; Travancore,

Pirmad (dmray), 1 3d, 2 2; Durcu N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Prait),

1g. vp. 28-34 millim.

7039. Vestermannia picta.

Calymera picta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 104, pl. iv. f. 7 (1882) ; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 357.

9. Head fuscous black ; palpi whitish in front, brown behind and

at tips; antenne brown; thorax brownish white irrorated with

black, the tegule and prothorax with large fuscous black patches ;

pectus and legs white tinged with brown; abdomen grey-brown,

the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing whitish tinged with brown

and irrorated with purplish fuscous; antemedial line indistinct,

dark, oblique towards costa, then minutely waved, a rounded patch

beyond it on inner area, black-brown on inner side, fiery red on

VESTERMANNIA.—PLAGIOGRAPTA, 613

outer and with a slight red line from its upper edge to subcostal

nervure ; the medial area suffused with purple and with a fiery-red

fascia just below costa and a more wedge-shaped fascia below

vein 7; postmedial line represented from costa to vein 3 by the

obliquely excurved black-brown onter edge of this medial area, the

line then double and minutely waved; a triangular white patch

beyond the postmedial line from costa to vein 5; a subterminal

series of black-brown spots defined by white; the termen brown

except towards tornus ; cilia pale brown with a fine white line at

base. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia brownish white. Under-

side of fore wing fuscous brown, the costal and terminal areas dull

blood-red ; hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous beyond the

cell, the terminal area with blood-red from apex to vein 3.

Hab. Stkuim; Assam, Khasis,1 9. Hep. 36 millim.

Genus PLAGIOGRAPTA.

Plagiograpta, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 657 Type.

(GUQO IT, Vedios gasiae elaeeeteoret nee rnstaeciaiteisie sajetela ip slomisiciaiviels ole's neta ciermainciciaete macrodonta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd very long; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antenne of male almost simple; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests, the tegule forming a raised hood; tibie slightly

fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only, long, especially in

male. Fore wing narrow and elongate, the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and not crenulate, the inner margin with lobe and slight scale-tooth

before middle; 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

strongly stalked; 5 fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

7040. Plagiograpta macrodonta.

Plagiograpta macrodonta, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 657

(1907).

Head and tegule white, the latter with dorsal brown streak 5

palpi on outer side and antenne brown; thorax grey-brown; pectus

whitish, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown. Lore

Fig. 245.—Plagiograpta macrodonta, $. %.

wing grey-brown; a white fascia through the cell from base to the

subterminal line just below apex, broad and edged by dark brown

towards base, then forming a narrow streak; a white streak from

614 NOCLUID A.

inner margin near base curving upwards to the fascia, then down-

wards to tornus, an oblique white medial line from it to inner

margin; an oblique white-defined tooth from the fascia just beyond

the cell to the subterminal line at vein 3, its outer edge connected

by an oblique white streak with the costa at middle; subterminal

line white, straight to vein 3, then angled inwards to the curved

streak; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks; a fine

white terminal line. Hind wing greyish brown.

Hab. Bompay, Kanara, Malmani (7. R&R. Bell), 1 g, 1 Q type,

Karwar (Bell), 23,19. ap. 26 millim.

The larva forms a boat-shaped cocoon.

Genus NERTOBRIGA.

Type.

Nertobriga, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 75 (1864) ......... siguata.

Doranaga, Moore, ep. Ceyl. i. p. 553 887) .....2.2.-.-.c.-- sees signata.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd rather long; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests; tibize slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with large

crests on four basal segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate, the inner margin highly arched; 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

ceveloped from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line distinct and oblique

from below apex to middle of inner margin.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from apex,

belowswlichiitisiexcunved\ i e.csccede-ceeseeenee es aecerercens signata.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards at

vein 6) then| slightly waved! 2.11... sss -cesesecscce decane soliera.

B, Fore wing with the postmedial line hardly traceable and

excurved,

a. Fore wing with oblique postmedial dark shade from

(GOV. Cou eatononoce deaarpeaqogtadtnanduanpacacng: oconbobasddancbotasse stramined.

b. Fore wing without postmedial dark shade from costa ... abbreviata.

7041. Nertobriga signata.

Ariolica signata, W\k. Journ. Linn, Soc., Zool. vii. p. 54 (1864).

Nertobriga reversa, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 75 (1864).

Ariolica leucospila, Wik. xxxili. 788 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 862. j

Doranaga apicalis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. il. p. 503, pl. 214. f. 7 (1887).

Head and thorax red-brown with a slight purplish-grey tinge ;

palpi in front and frons whitish ; pectus and legs whitish tinged

with brown; the fore tarsi fuscous ringed with white; abdomen

pale brown, the crests darker at tips, the ventral surface whitish.

Fore wing red-brown tiaged with purplish grey; antemedial line

dark, slightly angled outwards below costa, then sinuous; a black

point at upper angle of cell and white point at lower angle; a pure

white conical patch defined by black on costa just before apex;

NERTOBRIGA. 615

postmedial line dark, arising from apex, excurved below apex, then

oblique; subterminal line formed of black scales, more or less com-

plete, arising from postmedial line at vein 6, waved, excurved at

middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous

brown, the cilia brownish white; the underside greyish, the ter-

minal area more or less suffused with fuscous, a diffused curved

postmedial line sometimes present.

Fig. 245.—Nertobriga signata, $. 4,

Ab. 1. Fore wing with some white on each side of subterminal

line.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the discal area suffused with purplish

black.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the white patch on costa suffused with

fuscous brown.

Hab. N.K. Inpta (Grote), 1g ; Cytron (Mackwood),1 5,29,

type apicalis; Srncarore (fidley), 2 3, 29; Borneo, Sarawak

( Wallace), 1 3, Bidi (Shelford), 1g, Sandakan (Pryer), 13,125

Putrippines, Basilan (Doherty), 1 9 ; Durem N. Guinea, Kapaur

(Doherty), 2 3 ; Br. N. Gornza, Milne Bay (Meek), 24 ; D’Enrre-

casTEaAux Is., Fergusson Is. (Meek), 2 5 ; Queenstanp, Kuranda

(Dodd), 12. Hep. 24-28 millim. Type + and types fT reversa and

leucospila in Mus. Oxon.

7042. Nertobriga soliera. (Plate CXC. fig. 9.)

Doranaga soliera, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xv. p. 7 (1895); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind, iv. p. 523.

Head blackish with some white scales; thorax ochreous white

tinged with rufous, especially the tegule; pectus, legs, and abdomen

white suffused with brown, the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore

wing deep rufous, the basal area except at costa ochreous white

tinged with rufous; antemedial points formed of black scales in

cell, two in submedian fold, and one below vein 1; a black point

at upper angle of cell and white point with some black scales round

it at lower angle; postmedial line white and oblique from costa to

vein 6, then indistinct, rufous, minutely waved and oblique to

middle of inner margin, some white irroration beyond it at apex;

subterminal line only defined by more or less white suffusion before

and beyond it. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with brown,

especially on terminal area; cilia ochreous; the uuderside ochreous

616 NOCLUIDA.

white slightly irrorated with brown, a diffused curved postmedial

band and traces of subterminal band.

Hab. Sixuim (Moller), 3 9 ; Assam, Khasis, 2 g type. Eup.

6 24, 2 28 millim.

7043. Nertobriga straminea.

Doranaga straminea, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 92, pl. 147. f. 17

(1891); id. Moths Ind. 11. p. 362.

@. Head blackish; palpi pale brownish in front; thorax and

abdomen pale brownish ochreous ; fore tarsi fuscous with pale rings.

Fore wing pale brownish ochreous; an oblique dark shade from

costa beyond middle to vein 6, with pale patch beyond it; the ter-

minal area tinged with fuscous. Hind wing ochreous white suffused

with brown, except on costal area; cilia ochreous white ; the under-

side pale brownish ochreous.

Hab. Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 9 type. Hap. 24 millim.

*7044, Nertobriga abbreviata. (Plate CXC. fig. 10.)

Leucania abbreviata, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 180 (1862) ;

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. il. p. 74.

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with

rufous. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with rufous; traces of

a curved rufous antemedial line; reniform represented by faint

rufous bars at sides; postmedial line indistinct, rufous, from costa

to discal fold, excurved below costa; subterminal line represented

by a series of shght fuscous marks from discal fold to inner margin ;

cilia fuscous at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with brownish

rufous ; cilia whitish ; the underside white tinged with brown.

Hab. Bornzo, Sarawak (Wallace), typet og im Mus. Oxon.

Exp. 24 millim.

Genus TROGOBRIGA, nov.

Type, 7. albifera. :

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes

large, round; antenne of female ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales and without crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with

dorsal crests on three basal segments. Fore wing with the apex produced and

acute, the termen excised below apex and angled outwards at vein 3, then

oblique, a small seale-tooth at 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 fully developed from just above angle;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

7045. Trogobriga albifera, n. sp.

°. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown; pectus and

ventral surface of abdomen white; anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing

fuscous brown; a slight dentate black subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line black, wayed to median nervure,

TROGOBRIGA.—-NEONEGETA. 617

then strongly angled inwards below the cell and outwards at sub-

median fold, then bent inwards to inner margin; a small postmedial

semicircular black mark on costa with some white scales in it; post-

medial line black, arising at vein 6, strongly angled inwards at

Fig. 247.—Trogobriga albifera, 2. 1.

discal fold and outwards at vein 4, then oblique and angled inwards

in submedian fold and outwards above inner margin; a white patch

tinged with brown and defined by blackish on costa towards apex,

with two minute black streaks on costa and its edges indented

below costa; traces of a dark subterminal line defined on outer side

by whitish from vein 3 to inner margin, angled inwards at sub-

median fold. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia greyish; the

underside grey irrorated and suffused with brown, a slight discoidal

spot and curved postmedial line.

Hab. Ueanna, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 9 type. Hwvp. 24 millim.

Genus NEONEGETA, nov.

Type, IV. trigonica.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd long; frous smooth ; eyes large, round ;

antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and

without crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crests

on two basal segments, long in male. Fore wing with the apex rectangular,

the termen evenly curved and not crenulate, the inner margin with slight lobe

and scale-tooth before middle; 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 yeins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,

7 trom upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only,

A. Fore wing with the basal area pale yellow defined by an

obliquely curved silvery line, the terminal area dark

chocolatesbrowit qasasssencstisorncue tesla: cescaereeseectaecnacnnce xanthobasis.

B. Fore wing with the basal area and a postmedial band

creamy white, the medial and terminal areas black-brown.

a. Fore wing with the medial black band erect and rather

dilatedtatymaiddlenscar-cussscsanceca are osecreecnosec hacen sees atriflava.

b, Fore wing with the medial black band oblique and

wedge-shaped.

a, Hind wing of male whitish, the terminal area suffused

sulin BIRO AN \Cadeooqsebeacdoas cobcroIoADaqGusdonaneacncecesess zelia,

b1 Hind wing uniform fuscous brown.................00s00s006 purpurea.

e. Fore wing with black-brown triangular patch from

antemedial part of costa to middle of inner margin

defined by violaceous white suffusion before and beyond

Ibias sesaene samctsas sodas oc as wa arian Mea Me neat Saale ae nicusenrea te eat trigonica.

D. Fore wing uniform pale violaceous grey-brown ............... pollusea.

618 NOCLUID®.

7046. Neonegeta xanthobasis. (Plate CXC. fig. 11.)

Ariola xanthobasis, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 601 (1909).

S. Head and thorax pale yellow; palpi, tegule, except at

middle, and metathorax tinged with rufous; pectus whitish, legs

mostly dark brown; abdomen fuscous brown, ochreous at base, the

claspers large, white at sides, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

with the basal area pale yellow bounded by acurved, rather diffused

brilliant silver line from costa before middle to middle of inner

margin, the costa tinged with rufous ; the rest of wing uniform very

deep chocolate-brown. Hind wing uniform fuscous brown; the

underside pale, the costal and terminal areas broadly suffused with

fuscous, leaving a diffused whitish patch on costal area before

apex.

@. Pectus and legs more ochreous; hind wing with a slight

rufous tinge.

Hab. 8. Nierrta, Akassa (Lugard), 1 g type, Sapele (Sampson),

19. wp. 24 millim.

7047. Neonegeta atriflava,n.sp. (Plate CXC. fig. 12.)

¢@. Head and thorax ochreous white ; palpi and antennse, except

basal joint, fuscous; tegule and a patch on metathorax greenish

black; fore tibize and tarsi fuscous, the mid and hind tibie tinged

with fuscous at base; abdomen fuscous with the basal crest and

ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing white tinged with

ochreous yellow; a triangular greenish-black patch at base of costa

and some fuscous on inner margin near base; a broad greenish-

black medial band, its inner edge incurved at middle, its outer edge

slightly excurved; a broad terminal black-brown band with a

purple gloss, its inner edge incurved and narrowing to tornus ;

cilia with a cupreous tinge towards tornus. Hind wing ochreous

white suffused with fuscous, the costal area and postmedial

area to submedian fold not suffused; cilia whitish at tips; the

underside ochreous white with a brownish mark below middle of

costa, the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2.

flab. Gotp Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 3 type. Exp.

24 millim.

*7048. Neonegeta zelia. (Plate CXC. fig. 13.)

Acontia zelia, Druce, P. Z. 8. 1887, p. 686 ; Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 144, pl. 1.

Mo PAs

3. Head and thorax white; palpi ochreous; antennz brown ;

tegule yellow-brown with a silvery gloss ; legs tinged with brown 5

abdomen white tinged with ochreous except at base. Fore wing

NEONEGETA. 619

white ; a wedge-shaped brown band with a cupreous gloss from

costa to middle of inner margin, its inner edge curved and extending

to base of costa, its outer edge oblique ; a terminal brown band with

a cupreous gloss, broad at costa, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

curved. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the terminal area

suffused with brown except towards tornus; the underside white,

the termen tinged with brown from apex to vein 4.

®. Hind wing entirely suffused with brown.

Hab. Gambia (Sir Gt. Carter), type f ¢ in Coll. Druce. Eup.

20 millim,

7049. Neonegeta purpurea, n. sp. (Plate CXC. fig. 14.)

Head yellowish white; palpi, lower part of frons, and antenne

brown; thorax yellowish white, the tegule and metathorax brown

with a leaden-grey gloss; fore and mid tibie and tarsi tinged with

brown ; abdomen brown with the crests, slight segmental lines, and

the ventral surface yellowish white. Fore wing black-brown with

a brilliant purple gloss; the basal area yellowish white obliquely

from base of costa to inner margin before middle; a yellowish

white postmedial band expanding somewhat at costa and inner

margin. Hind wing brown with a cupreous gloss; cilia whitish at

tips. Underside of fore wing black-brown with postmedial ochreous

mark on costa; hind wing brown with diffused ochreous white

postmedial band from apical part of costa to lower angle of cell.

Hab. Gorn Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 2 ; 8. Niewrra, Hesha

(Humfrey), 1 3,4 2 type. Hxp, 24 millim.

7050. Neonegeta trigonica.

Westermannia trigonica, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 590 (1965).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown; palpi greyish in

front, blackish at sides; pectus and legs greyish; abdomen greyish

at’ base, the ventral surface greyish with dark patch at middle.

Fig. 248.— Neonegeta trigonica, 3. }-

Fore wing with the basal area whitish tinged with brown; a large

triangular golden bronze patch extending on costa from near base

to beyond middie, its apex at middle of inner margin, defined by

620 NOCTUID 2.

white lines, the area beyond it white shading into golden bronze

on terminal area; an indistinct, rather maculate subterminal line,

unusually remote from termen, angled outwards at vein 7 and

inwards in discal and submedian folds and excurved at middle.

Hind wing pale golden bronze. Underside of fore wing pale golden

bronze with the inner area whitish.

®. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial areas much

browner.

Hab. 8. Niewrta, Lagos (Boag), 1 5, Old Calabar (Crompton),

1 ¢ type, Akassa (Lugurd), 1 $, Sapele (Sampson),2 9. Lap.

28 millim.

7051. Neonegeta pollusca.

Leocyma pollusca, Schaus, Lep. Sierra Leone, p. 35, pl. 2. f. 12 (1898).

®. Head white tinged with brown; thorax and abdomen

whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing pale violaceous grey-

brown; a fine straight oblique dark antemedial line; a black

point at upper angle of cell and minute white spot at lower angle ;

postmedial line fine, dark, erect to vein 6, then oblique; a sub-

terminal series of small obscure blackish spots ; a fine white line at

base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown; a fine white line at base

of cilia; the underside whitish tinged with brown.

Hab. Srerra Leone; Goxp Coast, Ajinah (Dudgeon), 1 2. Lup.

24 millim.

| Genus METALEPTINA. ites

Metaleptina, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 550 (1898) .............ee ee eee ee nigribasis.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd long; frons

smooth with ridge of scales above; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated ;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests, the patagia

typically with thick fringe of scales at extremity; tibia of male with thick

fringe of hair, the hind tibiz greatly dilated and with large tuft of long hair on

inner side ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, long in male. Fure

wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenuiate ; vein

3 from before angle of cell; 5 from just above angle; 6 from upper angle ;

9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with vein 3 from close to angle of cell; 4,5 from angle; 6,7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. The patagia with thick fringe of scales at extremity; tibiz of male

with thick fringe of hair, the hind tibie greatly dilated and with large

tuft of long hair on inner side.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely dentate ...... microcyma.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not dentate.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from costa

before apex and slightly incurved below vein 4 ......... albibasis.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from apex,

oblique and straight.

MBETALEPTINA. 621

a‘. Fore wing two small discoidal spots with white centres,

the postmedial line not defined on outer side by

OGINTEOWS cononcc9rs00000006 ecoosebcsendcon9nKcG00N" Sb0b0udoD00NN0E obliterata.

1, Fore wing with black point at upper angle of cell, the

postmedial line defined on outer side by ochreous... nigribasis.

cl. Fore wing with dark points at upper and lower angles

of cell, the postmedial line defined on outer side by

WASHED) socqcnoannonodcadadonodaoneqaq9ODDDcs bosasD0a90aGee0G0a00000 albilinea.

7052. Metaleptina microcyma, (Plate CXC. fig. 15.)

Urbona microcyma, Hmpsn. A.M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 588 (1905).

3g. Head and thorax grey-white largely suffused with rufous

or dark brown; palpi with the 2nd joint blackish above; tarsi

banded with fuscous; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing

whitish tinged with rufous and more or less thickly irrorated with

fuscous ; a black point in middle of cell and two discoidal points or

small spots; an oblique minutely dentate brown line from costa

near apex to middle of inner margin, sometimes slightly defined by

white on outer side. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; the

underside whiter, sometimes with traces of postmedial line on

costal half.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing much darker red-brown ;

abdomen fuscous ; fore wing with the discoidal points conjoined

into a lunule.

Hab. S. Nicurta, Akassa (Lugard), 1 $ type, Sapele (Sampson),

5 3,3 Q@, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 9. Lap. 28-32 millim.

7053. Metaleptina albibasis. (Plate CXC. fig. 16.)

Metaleptina albibasis, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 551, pl. 21. f. 12 (1893).

Westermannia selenitis, Hmpsn. A. M.N.H. (7) xvi. p. 592 (1905).

g. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous ;

palpi blackish above; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with

fuscous. Fore wing pale rufous sparsely irrorated with black ;

traces of an oblique, slightly sinuous antemedial line; a small

blackish spot in middie of cell and crescentic discoidal spot; post-

medial line arising from costa towards apex, fuscous defined

by whitish on outer side, slightly excurved from costa to vein 4,

then slightly incurved ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind

wing whitish uniformly tinged with pale brown; the underside

rather whiter.

Hab. Gorv Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 3; 8. Nreurta, Sapele

(Sampson), 1 3 type selenitis ; GaBoon, Ogové R., type + in Coll.

Holland. xp. 30 millim.

7054. Metaleptina obliterata. (Plate CXC. fig. 17.)

Metaleptina obliterata, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 551, pl. 21. f. 13 (1893).

g. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey-white ;

pectus and legs white tinged with brown ; abdomen ochreous white

622 NOCTUID®.

dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous white suffused

with red-brown and irrorated with a few blackish scales ; a white

patch with brown scales mixed at base of inner margin, defined by

an obliquely curved dark line; a white point defined by brown in

middle of cell and two small white discoidal spots defined by

brown ; an oblique straight dark brown line from apex to middle

of inner margin; cilia brown with a fine white line at base. Hind

wing ochreous white tinged with brown; the underside white.

Hab. Goxp Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 $; Gazoon, Ogove k.,

type f in Coll. Holland. ep. 32 millim.

7055. Metaleptina nigribasis.

Metaleptina nigribasis, Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 551, pl. 21. f. 11 (1893).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some grey; pectus

and legs creamy white, the mid tibiee tinged with brown; abdomen

dark reddish brown mixed with some grey, the basal crest blackish,

the ventral surface white. Fore wing pale red-brown slightly

Fig. 249.— Metaleptina nigribasis, 3d. 2.

irrorated with black; an oblique black-brown fascia on base of

inner margin; a minute black point at upper angle of cell; an

oblique rufous line from apex to inner margin just beyond middle.

Hind wing uniform fuscous brown ; the underside creamy white, a

diffused curved brown postmedial line, the termen tinged with

brown except at apex and tornus.

Hab. S. Nieprta, Lesha (Humfrey), 1 5; Conco, Kangwe

(Good), type t d in Coll. Holland. Aap. 30 millim.

7056. Metaleptina albilinea, n. sp. (Plate CXC. fig. 18.)

Q@. Head white; palpi suffused with brown at sides; antenne

brownish; thorax brown mixed with white; pectus white; legs

white suffused with brown; abdomen white, dorsally suffused with

brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with brown and irrorated with

fuscous, the costal edge white; a fuscous point in middle of cell

and points at upper and lower angles; postmedial line brown

defined on outer side by white, oblique and straight from apex to

inner margin beyond middle; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; a fine pale line at: base of

cilia; the underside whitish tinged with brown, a diffused brown

postmedial shade, obtusely angled at vein 5, then oblique.

Hab. 8. Niewrta, esha (Humfrey), 1 2 type. Hap. 34 millim.

METALEPTINA. 623

Srct. II. The patagia and legs normal.

A. Fore wing with two small white discoidal spots.

a. Fore wing dark purple-brown, the postmedial line oblique

to vein 6, then excurved to vein 4 ..............-..20e-00e0es dileuca.

6. Fore wing red-brown, the postmedial line obliquely ex-

curved from costa to velny4 0.0... .5....ccseeecswreererct= ene geminastra,

B. Fore wing with two black discoidal points with a few white

GNSS) Cia TAA so acosooquaboosqesaagonco0ed!deodoaqc008004d000000000 digramma.

7057. Metaleptina dileuca, n. sp. (Plate CXC. fig. 19.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown tinged with purplish

grey, the pectus and legs greyer. Fore wing dark purple-brown,

suffused with silvery blue-grey to postmedial line; antemedial line

pale grey defined on outer side by black, oblique and slightly

curved ; a minute white spot at upper angle of cell and larger spot at

lower angle; postmedial line pale grey defined on inner side

by black, oblique to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then inwardly

oblique; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing dark brown

with a fine white line at base of cilia; the underside grey thickly

irrorated with brown.

Hab. 8. Nicerta, Lagos (Boag), 1 9 type. Exp. 26 millim.

7058. Metaleptina geminastra. (Plate CXC. fig. 20.)

Westermannia geminastra, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 592 (1905).

abdomen fuscous hrown. Fore wing reddish brown with a

cupreous gloss; an oblique slightly sinuous brown antemedial line

defined by whitish on inner side; two pure white discoidal spots,

the lower rather larger and placed on a diffused paler rufous

patch ; postmedial line brown defined by whitish on outer side,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved; a fine pale line at

base of cilia. Hind wing pale with a reddish gloss; a fine pale

line at base of cilia; the underside whitish tinged with reddish

brown.

Hab. 8. Nieerta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 9 type. Kup. 24

millim,

7059. Metaleptina digramma.

Westermannia digramma, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 592 (1905).

g. Head and thorax pale red-brown ; abdomen greyish brown

Fig. 250.—Metaleptina digramma, 8. }.

the dorsal crests and anal tuft dark at tips, the genital tufts

624 NOCTUID ©.

whitish. Fore wing pale rufous ; an oblique, straight, dark brown

antemedial line; two black discoidal points with a few white scales

on them; postmedial line slightly excurved from costa to vein 6,

then oblique; a slight pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing brown

with a silky gloss; the underside whitish slightly irrorated with

brown.

Hab. Nicerta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 ¢ type. Exp. 28

millim.

Genus NEGETA.

Type.

Negeta, Wilke sxcxivey 10d) (Heb S62) eenese-eeen ee eeeree=e sseeneer eee

Urbona, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 183 (Nov.

IRSTS 2) i prepsoee coSoseadaueben cata susbancodticn abotbesnosabuensascedasanddc sublineata.

Nagasena, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 151 (1882)............ Wrnoeupacdseon sublineata.

Periplusia, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 80 (1894) ........................ nubilicosta.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to

vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth with ridge of

scales above; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibize moderately fringed with

hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments, long in male.

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 upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to furm the areole;

11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4,5 from angle ;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line absent, leaden grey

TD) WN HED WOUORT conocsesceqcossoane;50Rc03s anso0se60900000C molybdotd.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line present.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from the

costa well before apex.

ai, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial jines oblique

and almost meeting at inner margin ...............e.-ees approximans,

b'. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards or

excurved below costa.

a2. Fore wing with wedge-shaped chocolate-brown

patch from middle of costa and semicircular patch

On Costa towards APEX .....-..secereere cs ecerec sere eceees stalactitis.

b2. Fore wing without chocolate-brown patches on costa.

a>, Fore wing grey-brown or reddish brown.

a‘, Fore wing with two small white discoidal spots. cinerascens.

64, Fore wing without white discoidal spots.

a>, Fore wing with diffused dark fascia below

ROENA GHRED con cocceaccdonaacobodcb00009 ancoasoseces nubilicosta.

b3, Fore wing without dark fascia below costal

area.

a’, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

lines not closely approximated ............ pheopepla,

b°, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

lines closely approximated except below

costa, the area between them pale......... ochreoplaqa.

v3, Fore wing with the ground-colour white or

whitish.

at, Fore wing without dark streak through the cell.

a’, Fore wing without olive-yellow or green on

TGC DOB; cogancoooseessosossococccoconosH00ea0~ mesoleucd.

bs. Fore wing with olive-yellow medial line.

a®, Fore wing with the basal inner area white. Zuminosa,

NEGETA. 625

}6, Fore wing with the basal inner area

suffused with purple-grey ................ .. albigrisea,

c, Kore wing with almost the whole medial

area suffused with olive-green.

a°. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal

ATeay browse dcnweseepedceaekeisteesesecunees ruficeps.

6°, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown ... purpurascens.

4, Fore wing with dark streak through the cell to

Hn@ ROS aAeElIAMl IMM conrocodunsoosoe0007 oovaec0000C chlorocrota.

b. Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from or from

close to apex.

a. Hind wing suffused with brown.

a. Kore wing with the postmedial line minutely

Genta en 2 remiss seacaaencidianat cessenndgnecasseeausseges contrariata.

67, Fore wiug with the postmedial line not dentate...... sublineata.

‘1. Hind wing not suffused with brown.

a®. Fore wing with the postmedial line not waved ...... lacteata.

2, Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely waved. nivea.

7060. Negeta molybdota, n. sp. (Plate CXC. fig: 21.)

Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi suffused with brown at

sides ; antenne brown; pectus and legs ochreous white, the fore tibice

and tarsi suffused with brown; abdomen ochreous white dorsally

suffused with brown, the crests orange-yellow. Fore wing silvery

purple, the costal edge yellow; an oblique yellow fascia on basal

half of inner margin; two small yellow discoidal spots defined by

olive. Hind wing glossy greyish fuscous; the underside ochreous

white with some brownish on termen from below apex to vein 2.

Hab. Gory Coast, Kumasi (IWhiteside), 1 g, 1 Q type. Hp.

24 millim,

7061. Negeta approximans, n. sp. (Plate CXC. fig. 22.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing glossy

grey-brown, the medial area redder brown ; antemedial line white

defined on outer side by blackish, oblique and almost straight :

minute blackish points at angles of cell; postmedial line white

very slightly defined on inner side by blackish, rather oblique

and almost straight to inner margin near the antemedial line;

a subterminal series of faint blackish marks, somewhat dentate

below vein 7 and at middle; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish tinged with brown; the

underside brownish white slightly irrorated with brown.

Hab. S. Nierrta, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Hap. 32

millim,

7062. Negeta stalactitis. (Plate CXC. fig. 23.)

Westermannia stalactitis, Hmpsn. A.M. N. H, (7) xvi. p. 591 (1905).

Q. Head and thorax greyish brown; palpi whitish in front;

abdomen fuscous brown. Tore wing pale reddish brown with a

VOL. XI. ZS

626 NOCTUID®.

cupreous tinge, the basal area glossed with grey; a somewhat

oblique slightly sinuous antemedial line with a minute dark

wedge-shaped mark from costa before it; a wedge-shaped chocolate

patch from middle of costa to vein 1, its edges defined by whitish

lines and waved, its point bent outwards and acute; three white

discvidal points, the lowest rather larger; a sinuous postmedial

line, oblique from costa to vein 6, excurved at median nervules,

then incurved ; a somewhat semicircular chocolate patch on costa

towards apex, with two pale points on costa, its edge defined by a pale

line, slightly indented on inner side and angled outwards on outer ;

a subterminal series of minute black and white spots, the spot

below costa slightly larger; cilia with a fine pale line at base.

Hind wing fuscous brown with a reddish gloss; the underside

whitish suffused and irrorated with brown down to median

nervure and vein 2, an indistinct curved postmedial line.

Hab. 8. Nieurta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 2 Q type. Hvxp.

28 millim.

7063. Negeta cinerascens. (Plate CXC. fig. 24.)

Periplusia cinerascens, Holl. Psyche, vii. pp. 80, 143, pl. 1. f. 5 (1894).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; palpi in front and

pectus ochreous whitish, the legs suffused with brown; abdomen

with the ventral surface ochreous whitish. Fore wing chocolate-

brown suffused with purplish grey and irrorated with greenish

white scales; an indistinct dark sinuous antemedial line; two

white discoidal points ; postmedial line dark, oblique from costa to

vein 6 and inwardly oblique below vein 4; an indistinct maculate

dark subterminal line, incurved at discal fold and with greenish

white suffusion before and beyond it from vein 4 to inner margin ;

cilia white at tips below apex, at middle and above tornus. Hind

wing dark brown; cilia whitish at tips; the underside greyer.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with more distinct subterminal dark spots

with patches of greenish white scales on their outer edges; cilia

with no white at tips.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with hardly a trace of greenish white on outer

side of the subterminal spots.

Hab. 8. Niamria, Old Calabar (Crompton), 2 ¢, Akassa (Lugard),

1 2; Gasoon, Ogové R., 1 ¢ co-type. vp. 32-34 millim.

7064. Negeta nubilicosta. (Plate CXC. fig. 25.)

Periplusia nubilicosta, Holl. Psyche, vii. pp. 80, 143, pl. 1. fig. 4 (1894).

Head and tegule grey suffused with brown, the latter white at

tips; thorax grey tinged with brown and irrorated with a few

brown scales; pectus and legs grey suffused with brown ; abdomen

brown. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and sparsely irrorated

with brown scales; a diffused blackish fascia from costa before

NEGETA, 627

middle below the costa to apex; an indistinct brown postmedial

line, oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and sinuous ;

faint traces of a brownish subterminal line excurved below vein 7

and at middle. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia whitish at tips ;

the underside greyish suffused with brown especially on terminal

area.

Hab, Goin Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 9 ; S. Nraerta, Sapele

(Sampson), 1 $3; Gasoon, Ogové R., 1 ¢ co-type. Hwp. 32-36

millim,

7065. Negeta phxopepla. (Plate CXC. fig. 26.)

Westermannia pheopepla, Hmpsn. A. M.N. H. (7) xvi. p. 591 (1905).

Q. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown; pectus and

ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing pale fuscous

brown, the costal area except on medial area paler with an

ochreous tinge and slight dark irroration ; antemedial line indistinct,

dark, very slightly incurved; an obscure dark discoidal bar; post-

medial line indistinct, dark, diffused, oblique from costa to vein 6,

then inwardly oblique, a faint dark spot beyond it at vein 4.

Hind wing fuscous brown with a faint reddish gloss. Underside

pale grey; fore wing suffused with fuscous except the marginal

areas.

Hab, 8. Niexrta, Sapele (Sampson), 1 9 type. Lap. 28 millim.

*7066. Negeta ochreoplaga. (Plate CXC. fig. 27.)

Westermannia ochreoplaga, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 430 (1909).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, the last with the

basal crest pale rufous; pectus, legs, and ventrai surface cf

abdomen greyish. Fore wing red-brown; a slight obliquely curved

almost medial blackish line defined on outer side by silvery grey ;

postmedial line black defined on inner side by silvery grey except

beyond the cell, strongly excurved from below costa to vein 4, then

bent inwards to lower angle of cell and oblique to inner margin;

an olive-ochreous patch between the two lines on costal area with

a small oblique black discoidal spot on it, and a slight grey streak

in submedian fold; some pale points on postmedial part of costa;

subterminal line pale brown with patches of black before it below

vein 7 and at middle where it is excurved, then strongly incurved

and defined on outer side by black on inner area; a terminal series

of slight dark striz defined on inner side by pale brown; a fine

pale line at base of cilia, Hind wing fuscous brown with a fine

pale line at base of cilia; the underside greyish suffused with

fuscous brown except on costal and inner areas.

Hab, Conco Free State, Makala Distr. (Powell-Cotton), type t 3

in Coll. Rethune-Baker. wp. 22 millim.

628 NOCLUID®M.

7067. Negeta mesoleuca. (Plate CXC. fig. 28.)

Turache mesoleuca, Holl. Psyche, vii. pp. 128, 144, pl. 5. f. 27 (1894).

3d. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with rufous; fore

legs suffused with fuscous. Fore wing white suffused with pale

rufous; the costal area suffused with fuscous to beyond middle ;

faint traces of a dark spot in base of cell and of a waved ante-

medial line ; terminal area deep red-brown, its inner edge incurved

from costa before apex to middle of inner margin, a black patch on

middle of terminal area with some irregular white markings above

and below it; two black and silvery discoidal points with a slight

oblique white striga from costa towards them; a very slightly

waved black line defined by silver on outer side, excurved from

below costa beyond middle to vein 3 where it emits a spur to the

discoidal points, then oblique to inner margin; a slight black striga

just before termen below apex; cilia white with some fuscous

points at base. Hind wing white tinged with brown.

Q. Head and tegule brown; thorax and ground-colour of fore

wing pure white; hind wing brown, the cilia white tinged with

brown at base; the underside whitish.

Hab. Strrra Leone (Clements), 1 5,1 2 ; Gory Coast, Kumasi

(Whiteside), 1 3; S. Nierrta, Lagos (Dudgeon), 2 2, Llesha

(Humfrey), 3 2 ; GaBoon, Ogové Valley, 1 5 co-type. Hap. 16-

22 millim.

7068. Negeta luminosa. (Plate CXC. fig. 29.)

Acontia luminosa, Wik. xv. 1759 (1858).

Thalpochares parectata, Wilgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 148 (1863).

Micra lacteola, Mab. C.R. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1880, p. xix.

Head and thorax pure white; palpi, frons, antenne and fore

legs tinged with brown; abdomen white faintly tinged with

brown, leaving slight white dorsal segmental lines. Fore wing

pure white, the costa and terminal area suffused with purplish

grey; pale olive spots defined by silvery white at middle of costa

and on discocellulars and a band from lower angle of cell to inner

margin ; some white striz on postmedial part of costa ; postmedial

line silvery white, arising from below costa towards apex, slightly

waved and defined on inner side by olive and blackish spots to

vein 3, then bent inwards to the medial band; subterminal Jine

slight, white, waved, the veins beyond it with slight white streaks

defining a series of grey spots just before the white termen ; a fine

brown terminal line; cilia white. Hind wing white, the terminal

area tinged with brown from apex to vein 2, in female the whole

terminal area tinged with brown; cilia white. Underside of fore

wing suffused with grey-brown.

Hab. 8. NieErta, Old Calabar (Sampson), 19 , Ilesha (/Zumfrey),

19g; N. Nicer, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 $, Minna (Macfie), 1 3S,

Borgu, Yelwa Lake (Migeod), 1 3 ; Coneo (Curror), 1 ¢ type;

NEGETA. 629

Apyssinta, Atbara (Gerrard), 1 $6; Br. E. Arrica, Taveta

(Liogers), 2 2, Kiberas (Betton), 1 g, Tana R. (Crawshay), 1 @ ;

Br, C. Arrica, Rukuru R. (Weave), 13; N. Ruopesta, Up. Luangwa

Ki. (Neave), 19; Buowvanatann, L. N’Gami, type parectata in Mus.

Stockholm; Marapeterann; ransvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 9 ;

Mapacascar, type T lactcola in Coll. Mabille. Zxp. 18-22 millim.

7069. Negeta albigrisea.

Westermannia albigrisea, Hmpsn. P. Z.8. 1910, p. 415, pl. xxxvi. f. 26.

Head white tinged with olive-yellow; thorax white, the fore

legs brownish in front; abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore

wing with the basal area white tinged with violaceous grey, the

terminal half violaceous grey, the costal edge rufous; a rather

diffused and somewhat inwardly oblique pale olive-yellow medial

line with large quadrate silvery white patch beyond it from just

below costa to vein 3, defined on outer side by a series of black

striz with some silvery scales on their outer side before the post-

medial line, which is indistinct, somewhat excurved below costa and

at middle, then bent inwards to near the medial line; traces of a

maculate rufous subterminal line, somewhat angled outwards at

vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of grey strie

slightly defined on inner side by white. Hind wing white suffused

with brown especially on terminal area; cilia white; the underside

white.

Hab. N.E. Ruoprsta, Chambezi Valley (Neave), 1 $,1 @ tyre,

S. Bangweola, EH. Luangwa Distr. Hp. 24 millim.

7070. Negeta ruficeps. (Plate CXC. fig. 30.)

Westermannia ruficeps, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 446 (1902).

6. Head red-brown ; thorax white, the tegule tinged with brown;

pectus white; legs white tinged with ochreous; abdomen white

dorsally suffused with brown leaving white segmental lines. Fore

wing creamy white, the costa suffused with pale olive; two minute

black discoidal points, an olive band from before them at discal

fold to inner margin and some olive suffusion beyond the cell;

postmedial line formed by minute dentate black marks slightly

defined on outer side by whitish, excurved below costa, oblique to

vein 4, then incurved; the terminal area thickly irrorated with

red-brown ; traces of a brown subterminal line, minutely waved to

vein 4, then incurved and with chocolate-brown suffusion beyond

it from below costa to vein 2 and above inner margin; a fine

red-brown terminal line. Hind wing semihyaline ochreous white,

the veins of terminal area and the termen tinged with brown.

fab. Navat, Durban (Leigh), 1 g type. Hep. 24 millim.

630 NOCTUID®.

7071. Negeta purpurascens, n. sp. (Plate CXC. fig. 31.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with brown, the

peetus and ventral surface of abdomen whiter. Fore wing white,

the basal half tinged with brown and the costal area suffused with

red-brown; an oblique black striga from middle of costa; two

black discoidal points; an olive patch on costa above end of cell, an

oblique band from discal fold in end of cell to inner margin, and

some suffusion beyond the cell ; postmedial line slight, black, faintly

defined on outer side by whitish, excurved below costa, then oblique

and minutely dentate to vein 4, then incurved; the terminal area

irrorated and suffused with red-brown; some oblique white stric

from costa ; subterminal line black faintly defined on inner side by

whitish, formed of minute dentate marks to vein 4, then incurved,

chocolate-brown patches beyond it below vein 7, at middle and

above inner margin; a fine red-brown terminal line defined on

inner side by white. Hind wing semihyaline greyish suffused with

brown; cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish, the terminal

area suffused with brown from costa to vein 2.

Hab. Gotp Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 2 ¢ type. Exp. 20

millim.

7072. Negeta chlorocrota. (Plate CXC. fig. 32.)

Rhesena chlorocrota, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 677 (1907).

Head and thorax white tinged with olive-yellow and irrorated

with a few black scales; palpi with blackish mixed; frons with

blackish bar above; pectus and legs brownish white, the fore legs

blackish in front; abdomen brownish white. Fore wing creamy

white very slightly irrorated with black; a black streak from base

of costa through the cell to the postmedial line, with some purplish

grey suffusion below it, and also above it beyond the cell, bisecting

the reniform which is elliptical and incompletely defined by black ;

an olive-green fascia in upper part of cell before the reniform and

another from beyond the reniform to just beyond the postmedial

line; a black antemedial point on vein | and traces of an oblique

olive-green and greyish medial line from cell to inner margin ; post-

medial line slight, double, with minute black streaks and white

atric: on the inner line and some olive-green suffusion before it from

vein 4 to inner margin, excurved from costa to vein 4, then very

oblique to submedian fold and erect to inner margin, some purplish

grey suffusion beyond it except towards costa; subterminal line

olive-green below costa, then black, slightly ineurved at discal fold

and angled outwards at vein 4, oblique to vein 2, and again slightly

excurved ; the terminal area white irrorated with brown and with

some olive-green suffusion at apex; a terminal series of black strie ;

cilia with a slight dark line at middle and series of black points

at tips. Hind wing ochreous white, the veins and terminal area

suffused with brown, more uniformly suffused in female; a series

of black strie just before termen ; cilia ochreous white ; the under-

NEGETA. 631

side ochreous white with some black irroration on costal area and

a series of small black spots just before termen, in female with a

curved postmedial line and some black irroration on terminal area.

Hab. Bompay, Kanara, Karwar (7. 2. Bell), 1 @ type; Ceyton,

Kandy (Green), 1g. Hep. 30 millim,

7073. Negeta contrariata.

Negeta contrariata, Wk. xxiv. 1105 (1862).

Hypena dentilinealis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 613, pl. 60. f.7; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 360.

Head and thorax white faintly tinged with brown except in

front, and irrorated with a few brown scales; palpi brown except

at base in front; frons with brown band above; pectus, legs, and

abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore wing white slightly tinged

with brown and sparsely irrorated with red-brown scales ; a small

brown spot at upper angle of cell; postmedial line brown, arising

from apex, oblique and crenulate to vein 2, then very oblique to

submedian fold and erect to middle of inner margin; a subterminal

Fig. 251.— Negeta contrariata, S$. }.

series of slight blackish points, somewhat excurved at middle and

incurved below vein 2. Hind wing brown, the base and costal

area whiter; a pure white line at base of cilia; the underside white

tinged with brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing whiter with hardly any brown tinge and

irrorated with dark brown; hind wing white to beyond middle.—

N. Guinea.

Hab, AnvAMans (Rogers), 4 5 type dentilinealis; BornEo, Sarawak

(Wallace), 1 2, Sandakan (Pryer), 2 ¢ ; Duron N.Guinna, Fak-fak

(Pratt),1 2. Exp. 36-38 millim. Type f in Mus. Oxon.

7074. Negeta sublineata.

Urbona sublineata, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi, p. 184 (1862) ; Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 73, pl. ii. f. 19.

Acontia leucophea, W\ik. Journ. Linn, Soc., Zool. vii. p. 49 (1864).

Nagasena albescens, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 152 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

11, p. 360.

Head and thorax pale brown with a purplish tinge, the vertex of

head and base of tegule pure white; palpi white in front; pectus

and legs white tinged with brown; abdomen brown, ventrally

whitish. Fore wing white tinged and irrorated with brown, the

632 NOCTUIDA.

inner area with a purplish tinge; a brown point at upper angle of

cell; a very obliquely curved red-brown line from apex to inner

margin before middle: a very indistinct subterminal brown line,

oblique and waved to vein 3, then incurved and forming a wedge-

shaped patch on inner area; a terminal series of black points.

Hind wing ochreous white suffused with brown, the costal area

whiter; the underside brownish white, with indistinct diffused

curved brown postmedial line in male.

Hab. Srxuim (Atkinson), 1 3 type albescens; Buurin (Dudyeon),

19; Assam, Margherita; Borma, Rangoon, 1? ; Bornro, Sarawak

( Wallace), type f and type t lewcophea in Mus. Oxon, Lap. J 30,

7075. Negeta lacteata.

Urbana lacteata, Hmpsn. P. Z.8. 1910, p. 414, pl. xxxvi. f. 21.

Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white, the palpi tinged with

rufous behind, the antenne tinged with fuscous. Fore wing creamy

white irrorated with a few black-brown scales; a black discoidal

point; postmedial line brown, arising very near apex, angled out-

wards below apex, then verv oblique and slightly sinuous to middle

of inner margin, some dark points on it towards apex; a slight

oblique minutely waved brownish subterminal line somewhat ex-

curved at middle; a terminal series of black strive; cilia finely

pencilled with brown. Hind wing ochreous white.

Hab. N.K. Raopesta, N. Luangwa, Mt. Ulungu (Neave), 1 g type,

Luangwa R., Lusangazi (Neave), 1 ¢. Hwvp. 26 millim.

7076. Negeta nivea. (Plate CXCI. fig. 1.)

Westermannia nivea, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 815 (1902).

6. Head and thorax pure white; palpi, antenne, and legs tinged

with ochreous ; abdomen white slightly tinged with ochreous. Fore

wing silvery white; the costal edge ochreous; traces of minute

brownish antemedial spots below the cell and above inner margin ;

a very indistinct maculate yellow medial line slightly bent out-

wards below the costa, then oblique; traces of a brownish spot at

lower angle of cell; an indistinct oblique waved brownish post-

medial line; an indistinct maculate yellow subterminal line, slightly

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of brownish

striz ; Cilia slightly irrorated with brown. Hind wing white, the

terminal area faintly tinged with brown.

Hab. Br. C. Arrica, Mlanji Boma (Weave), 1 g ; Massonaranp,

Salisbury (Marshall), 4 g type. EHwp. 26-80 millim.

Genus ODONTESTIS, nov.

Type, O. prosticta.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately sealed, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of

ODONTESTIS. 633

hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male moderately ciliated; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibize fringed with long

hair; abdomen with crests on two basal segments. Fore wing with the apex

somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenu-

late, the inner margin with lobe and scale-tooth at middle and scale-tooth at

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 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from

upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Srcr. I. Hind tibise of male greatly dilated and fringed with long hair; hind

wing on underside with fringe of scales in lower extremity of

cell.

A, Fore wing with deuble-humped dark patch on middle of

GOLD soonscdoncneneq0000 codonoc000sd000ss00N0DboD9DOsbaa bd ADbOoOODONOG cyphonota,

B. Tore wing with triangular dark patch on middle of costa... prosticta.

7077. Odontestis cyphonota, n.sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 2.)

3. Head and thorax grey, the head and tegule tinged with

fuscous; fore legs and mid tibiz tinged with fuscous, the fringe of

hair on hind tibie ochreous tipped with brown; abdomen ochreous

grey, the crests at base of dorsum brownish. J ore wing grey

faintly tinged with brown and slightly irrorated with dark scales ;

a purplish fuscous patch at middle of costa edged with black-brown,

its lower edge somewhat excised and forming a double hump; a

black point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line brownish, almost

obsolete toward costa, below which it is excurved, then oblique and

somewhat diffused; traces of a diffused subterminal line, excurved

at middle, then incurved. Hind wing greyish suffused with fuscovs

brown; cilia with a fine pale line at base.

Hab. Gotpv Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 g type. Exp. 26

millim.

7078. Odontestis prosticta.

Plusiocalpe prosticta, Holl. Psyche, vii. pp. 29, 143, pl. 1. f. 5 (1894).

Head and thorax grey; palpi and fore legs in front tinged with

fuscous; abdomen grey tinged with brown. Fore wing grey faintly

Fig. 252.— Odontestis prosticta, S. 4+.

clouded with brown and with slight dark irroration; the costal edge

blackish at base; a triangular grey-black patch at middle of costa

63-4 NOCTUID®.

and a point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line brown, excurved

and obsolescent below costa, then oblique. Hind wing grey suffused

with brown, especially in female.

Hab. Gouv Coast, Ashanti (Dudgeon), 1 9 ; S. Nieerta, Oloke-

meji (Dudgeon), 12 ; N.Nicaerta, Lokoja (Dudgeon), 1 3 ; Gaxzoon,

Ogové R., 1 2 co-type. Hp. 24-30 millim.

Sect. II. Hind tibia of male not dilated ; hind wing without fringe of scales

in cell.

A. Hind femora of male fringed with long hair below, the tibize with very

large tufts of fuscous and ochreous hair on inner side.

7079. Odontestis striata, n. sp.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with reddish brown ;

palpi, antenne, and fore legs tinged with fuscous, the tarsi fuscous

with pale rings. Fore wing grey tinged with reddish brown and

Fig. 253.— Odontestis striata, 3.

T°

striated with black; no lines or markings, except a slight oblique

fuscous shade beyond lower angle of cell. Hind wing grey suffused

with reddish brown; the underside grey-white tinged with brown

and striated with fuscous.

Hab. Br. C. Arrica, Karonga (Neave), 1 ¢ ; N.E. Ruopesra,

Luangwa R., Lusangazi (Neave), 1 2 type. Hwp. 34 millim.

B. Hind femora of male not fringed with hair below, the tibiz with slight

tufts of hair on inner side.

a. Fore wing with conical dark patch on middle of costa... fuscicona.

b. Fore wing without dark patch on middle of costa......... mesonephele.

7080. Odontestis fuscicona.

Arcyophora fuscicona, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 413, pl. xxxvi. f. 11.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; palpi black, white

at tips; lower part of frons black with white spot; antennz tinged

with fuscous ; pectus and legs greyer, the fore legs fuscous in front,

the mid and hind tibia and tarsi irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing

greyish suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated with fuscous; a

conical black-brown patch on middle of costa; a minute blackish

point at lower angle of cell; a diffused fuscous subterminal shade,

ODONTESTIS.—MACROCHTHONIA. 635

angled outwards below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing silky

ochreous suffused with reddish brown; cilia whitish at tips; the

underside whitish irrorated with brown.

Fig.254.— Odontestis fuscicona, S. }.

2. Head, thorax, and fore wing much greyer and with hardly

any rufous tinge.

Hab. N.K. Ruopesia, KE. Luangwa Distr. (Neave), 1 9, Petauke

(Neave), 1 3, Lusangazi (Neave), 1¢,2 92; Porrvevesr E. Arrica,

Chinde (Neave), 1 g type. Hep. 26 millim.

*7081. Odontestis mesonephele. (Plate CXCL. fig. 3.)

Arcyothora mesonephele, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 481 (1909).

Q. Head and thorax whitish suffused with rufous, the tips of

tegule and base of patagia white; abdomen dorsally brown,

ventrally whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing whitish slightly

irrorated with red-brown, the medial area and the terminal area

except at apex red-brown ; antemedial line slight, brown, inwardly

oblique and minutely waved ; a large patch of bluish white irroration

in, beyond, and below end of cell ; an oblique waved brown line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line brown, very

oblique from costa to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and angled

outwards at vein 2 and to inner margin; subterminal line repre-

sented by two slight brown marks towards costa and a minutely

waved brown line from vein 6 to inner margin; cilia red-brown

except at apex. Hind wing fuscous brown, the costal area whitish ;

the underside brownish white.

Hab, Congo Free Stare, Makala Distr. (Powell-Cotton), type + 2

in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Hap, 24 millim,

Genus MACROCHTHONIA.

ype.

Maerochthonia, But]. Trans. Ent. Sec. 1881, p. 599 ......eececeneeeee fervens,

Eccopteroma, Staud, Rom. Mém. vi. p. 506 (1892) .......seseessceeeeee Servens.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 38rd moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of

hair above; eyes large, round; antennz of male bipectinate with rather long

branches to two-thirds length, the apex ciliated ; of female ciliated; thorax

clothed with scales and hair mixed, the prothorax with triangular ridge-like

crest ; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen long, with dorsal crests

on two basal segments. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and

636 NOCTUID A,

acute, the termen excised below apex; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed

from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell

near base only.

7082. Macrochthonia fervens.

Macrochthonia fervens, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 599.

Calymnia falcata, Gres. Berl. Ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 257 (1889), 9 ; Staud.

Rom. Mém. vi. p. 506, pl. 7. f. 10; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 203.

Calymnia pyrausta, Gres. Berl, Ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 258 (1889), J.

Head and thorax red-brown; pectus whitish; legs brown, the

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen whitish suffused with brown.

Fore wing red-brown with a slight purplish tinge and some dark

irroration ; subbasal line brown, obliquely curved, from costa to

vein 1; antemedial line brown, oblique from costa to median

nervure where it is acutely bent outwards and met by a faint

oblique shade from costa, then again oblique; a slight dark

discoidal striga; postmedial line brown, angled outwards below

Fig. 255.— Macrochthonia fervens, G. 1.

costa, then oblique to inner margin near the antemedial line ; the

inner margin with a brown streak on it from the antemedial line to

tornus ; a subterminal series of small brown spots, angled inwards

at discal fold and ending on termen at submedian fold; a terminal

series of dark points. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown

especially in female, the costal area paler; the underside whitish

tinged with brown.

Hab. KH. Stperia, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 3,

3 92, Tokio (Fenton), 1 3 type; C. Cuina, Kiukiang (Pryer), 1 3.

Exp. 34-40 millim.

Genus LOBOCRASPIS. Type

Lobocraspis, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 293 ....c0ceree griserfusa.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd minute; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antenne ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the

prothorax with slight ridge-like crest; tibiz slightly fringed with hair and

with the spurs rather long in female, the mid and hind tibiz in male without

spurs and with immense tufts of long hair, the proximal joints of tarsi fringed

with hair; abdomen with crests on two basal segments. Fore wing long and

narrow, the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen oblique below

LOBOCRASPIS.—GONIOXESTIS. 637

vein 4, the inner margin strongly lobed before middle; vein 3 from well

before angle of cell; 5 from above angle; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from

angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 frora

near angle of cell; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to

beyond middle.

7083. Lobocraspis griseifusa.

Lobocraspis griscifusa, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 293; id. Moths

Ind. iv. p. 494.

Head, thorax, and abdomen above grey mixed with brown;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous. Fore wing

tawny ochreous irrorated with dark scales, the area below the cell

and vein 4 suffused with grey-brown except the lobe on inner

margin; two subterminal dark points below apex. Hind wing

Fig. 256.—Lobocraspis griseifusa, Q. }.

fuscous, the termen yellow from apex to vein 2. Underside

ochreous ; fore wing with diffused fuscous on disk leaving ochreous

orbicular and reniform spots,

Hab. Burma, Yaw, Tenasserim, Dawnat Range (De Nicéville),

1 Q type. Hp. 42 millim,

Genus GONIOXESTIS, nov.

Type, G. zanderi.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of

scales; eyes large, round ; antenne of female ciliated ; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibiz smoothly scaled; abdomen with

dorsal crests on two basal segments. Fore wing with the apex produced and

acute, the termen somewhat excised to vein 4 where it is angled, then oblique

and sinuous, the inner margin with large lobe and scale-tooth at middle, then

excised to tornus where there is a scale-tooth ; 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 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to beyond middle.

7084. Gonioxestis zanderi.

Arcyophora zanderi, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 111. f. 15 (1874).

@. Frons, vertex of head, and tegule black-brown edged with

white; palpi grey, blackish at tips; thorax grey tinged with

blackish in front; tarsi ringed with white; abdomen white, the

638 NOCLUID E.

ventral surface with some dark scales. Fore wing grey tinged

with brown and thickly striated with brown, the veins slightly

paler ; antemedial line pale purplish pink defined on outer side by

Fig. 257.— Goniowestis zanderi, 2. +.

brown, very oblique inwardly ; postmedial line pale purplish pink

defined on inner side by brown, oblique from costa to vein 7 where

it is acutely angled, then inwardly oblique; an oblique blackish

streak from apex. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins of

terminal half and the terminal area to below vein 2 tinged with

brown; a brown terminal line.

Hab. Ue. Guinea, Dioudougon, 1 9 ; Anysstnta. Hvp. 46 millim.

Genus NEAXESTIS. ers

Neaxestis, Hmpsn. Aun. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 8316 (1902) ......... acutangula.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to

middle of frons and slenderly scaled, the 8rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyes

large, round; antennz of male with long cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales and without crests; tibia moderately fringed with hair, the mid

and hind tibiz with slight tuft of hair at extremity ; abdomen with slight crest

at base only. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen

evenly curved, the inner margin with lobe before middle and slight scale-tooth

at tornus; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8, 9 absent in male, 8 shortly stalked with 7 in female; 10, 11 from

cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed from angle

of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards to

below apex.

a. Fore wing with the costal area white, the lines fuscous

detinedMoyawilniteniecmscssnecsce senescence reece griseata,

}. Fore wing with the costal edge white, the lines fine and

white ............. poDdoddoDe0sG0gc00OnONNOBIDD dodoDoBsveDNRERCORODE acutangula.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled outwards to

below apex.

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6. Fore wing ochreous.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique below

Ry). coabeasnodosoddi0 dese bod dod scdnssRoohonpaGAnDAnde Sea0doaud mesogonia.

b’, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below

vein 6.

a?, Fore wing with blackish discoidal point ............... irrorata.

b?, Fore wing without blackish discoidal point ......... piperita.

NEAXESTIS. 639

7085. Neaxestis griseata. (Plate CXCI. fig. 4.)

Neaxestis griseata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 316 (1902).

¢. Head and thorax white, the tegule pinkish at tips, the

thorax dorsally suffused with rufous; abdomen white dorsally

tinged with brown. Fore wing rufous irrorated with brown, the

costa white to near apex ; antemedial line brown defined on outer

side by white, obliquely curved; a slight brown discoidal bar ;

postmedial line brown defined on outer side by a white band,

angled outwards below apex to termen, then very oblique and

defined on outer side by the brown subterminal line which has

some whitish on its outer edge; cilia with whitish mixed. Hind

wing semihyaline white, the termen yellowish.

Hab. MasHonatanp, Umtali (Marshall), 1 S type. vp.

30 millim.

7086. Neaxestis acutangula.

Neaxestis acutangula, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 316 (1902).

Head and thorax ochreous white suffused with rufous, the head

paler; palpi whitish tinged with brown above; pectus and legs

whitish, the fore legs tinged with brown ; abdomen whitish dorsally

tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with

rufous and irrorated with some dark scales, the costal edge whitish

Fig. 258.—Neaxestis acutangula, S. }.

except towards base; a yellowish streak in submedian fold; ante-

medial line whitish, acutely angled outwards on median nervure,

then oblique; a black point at lower angle of cell; postmedial line

whitish, very acutely angled outwards to below apex, then very

oblique ; cilia rufous. Hind wing semihyaline whitish, the termen

and cilia tinged with ochreous brown.

Hab. Transvaat, Pretoria(Janse), 1 2 ; Carn Cotony, Annshaw

(Miss F. Barrett), 1 g,1 2 type. Hap. 3 26, 9 30 millim.

7087. Neaxestis rhoda. (Plate CXCI. fig. 5.)

Neaxestis rhoda, Hmpsn, Ann. S. Afr. Mus, iii. p. 429 (1905).

Head and thorax rufous tinged with crimson; pectus and legs

white, the tibia and tarsi suffused with rufous and crimson;

abdomen white dorsally suffused with ochreous and brown leaving

640 NOCTUIDAE.

slight white segmental lines. Fore wing yellow suffused with

rufous and tinged with crimson especially on terminal area; an

obliquely curved dark antemedial line from costa just before middle

to inner margin; a dark discoidal point usually present; post-

medial line dark, oblique from costa to below vein 7, then inwardly

oblique and slightly incurved; traces of a subterminal series of

minute dark spots, excurved below costa. Hind wing semihyaline

white, the termen and cilia yellow.

Hab, Reaopxsta, Bulawayo (Eyles), 2 3,2 2 type; Transvaan,

Johannesburg (Cooke), 1 $, Warmbad (Janse), 1 2. Exp. 24-

millim.

7088. Neaxestis mesogonia. (Plate CXCI. fig. 6.)

Paraxestis mesogonia, Umpsn. A. M. N, H. (7) xvi. p. 585 (1905).

g. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; pectus and

legs whitish ; abdomen ochreous, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing ochreous, the basal and costal areas to postmedial line

irrorated with brown, the medial area except towards costa and

the terminal area suffused with rufous; a brown antemedial line

obtusely angled in cell, then oblique and slightly sinuous ; a brown

postmedial line angled at vein 6, then oblique; traces of a sub-

terminal line towards costa and an ill-defined spot on inner

margin; cilia rufous mixed with brown. Hind wing semihyaline

yellowish white with a slight rufous tinge towards termen.

2. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with dark brown,

the terminal area tinged with brown; hind wing more ochreous,

the termen brownish.

Hab. Gampta (Moloney), in Coll. Druce; Asyssrnra, Atbara R.

(Gerrard),2 3,1 92 type. Hep. gf 24, 9 26 millim.

7089. Neaxestis irrorata.

Paraxestis irrorata, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 413, pl. xxxvi. f. 10.

g. Head and thorax whitish ochreous tinged with rufous and

irrorated with fuscous; antenne tinged with rufous; abdomen

ochreous dorsally suffused with rufous. Fore wing whitish ochreous

slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with black; antemedial

line very indistinct, angled outwards on median nervure; a black

discoidal point; postmedial line very indistinct and oblique from

costa to vein 6, then pale rufous, strongly incurved below vein 5;

a faint diffused rather maculate subterminal blackish shade,

excurved below costa; cilia blackish at tips. Hind wing yellowish

white with slight rufous terminal line except towards tornus; the

underside with the costal area white.

Hab. N.E. Ruopesta, Luangwa R. (Neave), 1 g type. Eup.

26 millim.

NEAXESTIS.—PARAXESTIS, 641

7090. Neaxestis piperita. (Plate CXCI. fig. 7.)

Arcyophora piperita, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 585 (1905).

@. Head ochreous; thorax ochreous suffused with brown;

pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish. Fore wing ochreous thickly

irrorated with brown, the terminal half tinged with rufous and the

terminal area very minutely striated with brown; an indistinct

antemedial line slightly excurved below costa, then oblique; an

indistinct postmedial line excurved from below costa to vein 5, then

slightly incurved ; faint traces of a subterminal line. Hind wing

semihyaline white, the termen tinged with ochreous.

Hab. N. NicErta, Borgu, Yelwa Lake (Migeod), 1 2 type.

Exp. 22 millim.

Genus PARAXESTIS. Type

Paraxestis, Hmpsn. Ann, 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 317 (1902) ............ rufescens.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennz of male with long cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales and without crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair, the mid and

hind tibize with slight tufts of hair at extremity ; abdomen with slight crest at

base only. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen evenly

curved ; the inner margin with lobe at middle and slight scale-tooth at tornus ;

vein 3 from before angle of call; 4; 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9

stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully

developed from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell to near middle.

7091. Paraxestis rufescens.

Paraxestis rufescens, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 317 (1902).

g. Head and thorax brownish ochreous tinged with pink ;

pectus white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with ochreous. Fore

wing brownish ochreous irrorated with a few dark scales, the costa

slightly tinged with pink; antemedial line brown, excurved from

Fig. 259.—Paraxestis rufescens, 3. }.

costa to median nervure, then incurved; postmedial line brown,

oblique from costa to vein 5, then inwardly oblique, below vein 2

incurved and giving off a curved line to inner margin near

tornus. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and termen tinged

with ochreous.

Hab. Natat, Durban (Bowker), 1 3 type. Exp. 26 millim.

VOL. XI. oun

642 NOCTUID A.

Genus MICROXESTIS, nov.

Type, M. vutzedorffi.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to vertex of head, the 2nd joint

moderately sealed, the 31d short ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennze

of male ciliated; head and thorax smoothly clothed with scales and without

crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair on outer side; abdomen smoothly

sealed. Fore wing with lobe and scale-tooth on middle of inner margin, then

excised, the termen evenly curved; 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 stalked ; 5 fully developed from above angle of cell ;

6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.

*7092. Microxestis vutzdorffi.

Euxestis wutzdorffi, Ping. Iris, xix. p. 223, pl. vil. fig. 5 (1907).

3. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; pectus, legs,

and abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous suffused with

rufous; the antemedial line represented by a faint oblique pale

shade ; a faint rufous medial shade, oblique below the cell ; a minute

black discoidal point ; postmedial line very indistinct, fine, rufous,

bent outwards below costa, angled inwards at discal fold and

Fig. 260.—Microwestis vutzdorffi, $. 4.

ineurved below vein 4, some small] whitish spots beyond it on costa ;

a small whitish subapical spot with black point on its outer edge.

Hind wing white, the terminal area faintly tinged with rufous ;

cilia white; the underside white with the costal area faintly

tinged with rufous.

Hab. Patxestixn, Jordan, type t in Coll. Gotschmann. Lyp.

16 millim.

Genus ARCYOPHORA.

Type.

Arcyophora, Quen. Noct. ii. p. 878 (1852).........cssecceeeneceerens longivahats

Euzestis, Led. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. vi. p. 88 (1869) ............ dentula,

Pseudocalpe, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 566 (1894) ............... dentula.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyes large,

round; antennx of male typically with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests ; tibize slightly fringed with hair;

abdomen with small dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex

somewhat produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved, the inner margin

with lobe and scale-tooth at middle; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6

from below upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole;

11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6,7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to beyond middle.

ARCYOPHORA. 643

Secr. I. Antenne of male with long bristles and cilia; fore wing on underside

with fan of scales at upper angle of cell, which is short, veins 6, 7 some-

what approximated and forming ridges with a narrow groove between

them for half their length.

7093. Arcyophora bothrophora.

Arcyophora bothrophora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 655

(1907).

Head and thorax olive-brown suffused with purplish fuscous ;

pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous white, the fore legs tinged with

fuscous, the tarsi with whitish rings. Fore wing olive-brown

suffused with purplish fuscous ; antemedial line whitish defined on

outer side by blackish, oblique from middle of costa to inner

margin; a slight blackish discoidal spot; postmedial line whitish

Fig. 261.—<Arcyophora bothrophora, 3. }.

defined on inner side by blackish, excurved below costa, then

oblique and sinuous; a subterminal series of small black spots,

somewhat excurved below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing white

suffused with ochreous brown.

Hab. Puxsas, Cawnpur (Betton), 1 9; Cryton, Uva (Alston),

1 ¢$ type, Haldamulla (Mackwood),1 ¢. Hap. 22 millim.

Scr. II. Antenne of male with fasciculate cilia; fore wing normal.

A. Fore wing with the angle of postmedial line met by an

oblique dark streak from apex.

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line bent inwards to base

Alb YENI IL sscacscnsoacnaqcancoascdc qo nob psDs000cdoDanOSBHODRSOGoNSAO0E carmola.

6. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique to inner

TDENAETNY, “oanenosoaddesocesdcddoosnoesond Iaseeceetecueshoucemndeaaeates longivalvis.

B. Fore wing without oblique streak from apex.

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique to costa ...... icterica.

b, Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved below costa.

a‘, Fore wing with the medial area concolorous ............ dentula,

b', Fore wing with the medial area suffused with red-

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7094, Arcyophora carniola, n. sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 8.)

@. Head and thorax white tinged with pale brown ; abdomen

ochreous white. Fore wing white tinged with pale ochreous

brown, the inner area with a violaceous tinge; antemedial line

pale fuscous defined on inner side by white, oblique from costa te

27 2

644 NOCTUID A.

vein 1, then bent inwards to base; a minute brown spot at upper

angle of cell; postmedial line pale fuscous, oblique from costa to

vein 6 where it is met by an oblique streak from apex, then

oblique to middle of inner margin and defined on outer side by

white; traces of a brownish subterminal line, excurved below

vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal

area more strongly tinged with ochreous.

Hab. Ruopesta, Zambesi, Victoria Falls (Longstaf’), 1 9 type.

Evp. 26 millim.

7095. Arcyophora longivalvis.

Arcyophora longivalvis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 379, pl. 12. f. 9 (1852).

Chloephora lohidorsis, Zell. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1863, p. 139, pl. ii. f.2; Kirby,

Cat. Lep. Het. p. 280.

Calpe apicalis, W1k. xxxiii. 848 (1865).

¢. Head and thorax bright rufous sometimes tinged with grey-

brown ; palpi white tinged with brown; pectus and legs white,

the fore and mid tibie and the tarsi tinged with brown; abdomen

white tinged with ochreous, the basal crest rufous. Fore wing

bright rufous sometimes tinged with yellowish or brown and with

numerous more or less prominent pale striae, the median neryure

and vein 1 to postmedial line with pale streaks; antemedial line

pale yellowish slightly defined on outer side by brown, oblique

Fig. 262.—Arcyophora longivalvis, §. }.

and slightly curved from middle of costa to inner margin before

middle; postmedial line pale yellowish slightly defined on inner

side by brown, oblique from costa to below vein 7 where it is

acutely angled, then inwardly oblique; an oblique black streak

from apex and sometimes some points beyond the postmedial line

below veins 5, 4, 3, 2. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins of

terminal half and the termen ochreous.

@. Fore wing usually much more ochreous and with the striz

dark, the lines more prominently defined by dark brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with small dark spots with white centres

beyond the postmedial line below veins 5, 4.

Hab. Becuvanatann, L. N’Gami (Lugard), 2 ¢,4 9; Ruoprsia,

Bulawayo (Marshall), 1 ¢; Transvaat, Warmbad (Janse), 1 9;

Narat, Durban (Gueinzius, Leigh), 1 3,2 2 type apicalis; ADEN

(Mathew), 1 9. Exp, 34-48 millim. Zeller’s type is said to be

from Venezuela.

ARCYOPHORA. 645

7096. Arcyophora icterica.

Dabarita icterica, Swinh, P.Z.8. 1886, p. 439, pl. 40. f.8; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 566.

Calpe bifasciata, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 61, pl. 141. f. 11 (1891).

Head and thorax ochreous rufous mixed with some fuscous ;

pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous yellow. Fore wing ochreous

tinged with purplish rufous and striated with fuscous; antemedial

line yellow, oblique, from below middle of costa to inner margin

before middle; traces of two black discoidal points; postmedial

line yellow, oblique from costa to below vein 7 where it is acutely

angled, then inwardly oblique and somewhat sinuous; small

subterminal fuscous black spots below veins 7, 6, 5, 4. Hind

wing semihyaline white tinged with ochreous especially at termen.

Hab. Punsas (Horne), 1 2, Simla (Harford), 1 3, Jubbulpore

(fF. Butler), 1 3, 2 2, Cawnpore (Betton), 1 9; Bompay, Mhow

(Swinhoe), 1 2 type; Manvras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3,1 @ type

bifasciata. Hap, 30-34 millim.,

7097. Arcyophora dentula.

Huxestis dentula, Led. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. vi. p. 89, pl. 5. f. 8 (1869) ;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 234.

Bankia angulifera, Moore, P.Z.8. 1881, p. 873; Hmpsn, Moths Ind. ii

p. 566.

Anthophila innubila, Swinh. P.Z.S. 1886, p. 447.

Head and thorax ochreous white faintly tinged with rufous ;

pectus, legs, and abdomen white, the last dorsally tinged with

grey. Fore wing ochreous faintly tinged with rufous, the inner

and terminal areas with a slight violaceous tinge; antemedial line

pale yellowish, obliquely curved, from below middle of costa to

inner margin; postmedial line pale yellowish slightly defined on

inner side by brown, oblique from costa to below vein 7, then

inwardly oblique and very slightly sinuous; a subterminal series

of minute brownish spots, excurved below costa and incurved at

submedian fold. Hind wing semihyaline white tinged with greyish

brown ; cilia ochreous at base.

Ab. 1. angulifera. Head, thorax, and fore wing somewhat

browner and less ochreous.

Hab. Syria, Mardin; Prrs1a, Mesopotamia, 1 ¢, 19; W. Tur-

Kestan, 8. Ferghana; Punsas, 1 9 type angulifera, Cambellpur

(Yerbury), 1 9; Bompay, Mhow (Swinhoe), 1 Q type imnubila.

Exp. 22-26 millim.

7098. Arcyophora stali. (Plate CXCI. fig. 9.)

Setoctena stalzi, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 144 (1863) ; Kirby, Cat.

Lep. Het. p. 280.

Head yellow, the palpi white irrorated with brown; thorax grey,

the tegule tinged with yellow; pectus and legs white, the fore

646 NOCLUIDE.

legs irrorated with brown; abdomen white dorsally suffused with

brown. Fore wing yellow suffused in parts with red-brown

especially on medial area and sparsely irrorated with black, the

inner half of ante- and postmedial areas greyish ; antemedial line

indistinct, brownish, obliquely excurved ; postmedial line brownish,

oblique from costa to vein 6, obliquely incurved below vein 4; an

indistinct brownish subterminal line with slight white and black

marks on its outer edge, excurved below vein 7 and at middle.

Hind wing semihyaline, whitish, the veins of terminal area and

the termen tinged with yellow-brown.

Hab, Becuvanatann, L. N’Gami (f. Lugard),1 g,1 9. Hep.

3g 24, 29 28 milim. Type fin Mus. Stockholm.

Genus PTEROGONIA. te

Type.

Pierogonia, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 152...............64. episcopalis.

Craspedugonia, Huspsn. Ill. Het. BLM, ix. p. 117 (1893) ...... nudes.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the 38rd long and moderately scaled; frons

smooth with large pointed tuft of hair; eyes large, round ; antennz of male

ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and with slight ridge-lke

dorsal crest; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough

hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex slightly produced

and acute; the termen typically slightly crenulate to vein 3, then obliquely

curved, the inner margin highly arched; the cell broad at extremity; veins 3

and 5 from near angle of cell; the discocellulars straight ; vein 6 from angle

of cell; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with veins 3,4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from just

above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to towards

extremity.

Scr. I. (Craspedagonia.) Fore wing with the termen strongly excised below

apex, slightly angled at vein 6 and obtusely at vein 3, the cilia crenulate.

7099. Pterogonia nubes.

Craspedagonia nubes, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 117, pl. 166. f. 3

(1893); id. Moths Ind. i. p. 363.

9°. Head dark brown mixed with grey; thorax with the dorsum

dark brown mixed with grey, the sides dull reddish brown; pectus

Fig. 263,—Pierogonia nubes, Q. }.

and legs white mixed with some brown, the fore legs brown, the

tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing dull reddish brown, the medial part of

PTEROGONIA. 647

postmedial area and the terminal area suffused with leaden fuscous

and with numerous slight pale striz; antemedial line brown,

waved; the terminal half of costa with some brown points; an

oblique series of slight whitish spots from apex to vein 6. Hind

wing fuscous brown; cilia white at tips; the underside white, the

terminal area suffused with brown.

Hab, Cayton, Kelani Valley (Bui), 1 9 type. Hxp. 38 millim.

Sucr. II. Fore wing with the termen strongly excised from apex to yein 3

where it is acutely angled.

7100. Pterogonia aurigutta.

Thalatta aurigutta, Wk. xv. 1793 (1858); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon,

li. p. 74, pl. il. f. 7.

Pterognia irrorata, Dudgeon, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvi. p. 402

(1905).

@. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous and slightly

irrorated with black; palpi and frons blackish; abdomen whitish

tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with

rufous and with very numerous rufous striz; subbasal line slight,

white, from costa to median nervure; antemedial line white

defined on outer side by brown, very oblique to middle of inner

margin; reniform a metallic golden lunule slightly defined by

brown and with black points at upper and lower extremities ;

Fig. 264.—Pterogonia wuriguita, 2. 4+.

postmedial line white defined on outer side by brown, strongly

incurved from below costa to below vein 4 where it is angled

outwards, then again incurved; subterminal black points below

veins 5, 4, 3; cilia dark brown at tips. Hind wing brownish

white, the terminal area broadly fuscous; cilia ochreous white.

Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous except the inner and

terminal areas, a white discoidal lunule; hind wing dirty white

with a broad blackish subterminal band.

g. Fore wing more ferruginous; antemedial line oblique to

below origin of vein 2, then waved; black spots at the angles of

cell, the gold lunule absent.

Hab. Srxumm Buourky; Stam, Muok-Lek (/rihstorfer), 1 9;

SuyeaPore (Wallace), type f in Mus. Oxon. Exp, 44 millim,

648 NOCLUID&.

Secr. III. Fore wing with the termen hardly excised below apex and obliquely

curved below vein 3.

A. (Pterogonia.) Fore wing of male with vein 1 highly sinuous towards

termen, the median nervure strongly curved upwards, then bent

downwards to lower angle of cell, the neuration distorted near angles

of cell; claspers very large and flattened.

7101. Pterogonia episcopalis.

Pterogonia episcopalis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 152; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 363.

3S. Head and thorax violaceous grey irrorated with a few brown

scales, the vertex of head and tegule with slight brown streak ;

fore tibize ferruginous, the tarsi black-brown ringed with white ;

abdomen pale brown with slight whitish segmental lines, the

claspers fringed with rufous hair, the ventral surface whitish

except towards extremity. Fore wing violaceous whitish irrorated

Fig. 265.—Pterogonia episcopalis, §. 3.

with a few black-brown scales, the antemedial costal area tinged

with rufous, the area to beyond the cell except below vein 1 with

numerous striz which are rufous on costal area, blackish along

median nervure and in and beyond end of cell; a white subbasal

line defined on outer side by rufous from costa to submedian fold;

antemedial line indistinct, whitish, defined on outer side by blackish

to vein 1, oblique to below vein 1, then erect, angled outwards

below costa and at median nervure and inwards at submedian fold ;

a conical silvery patch at end of cell defined by rufous, and with

small silver spots defined by rufous beyond its extremity at angles

of cell and a small black spot below lower angle of cell; slight

rufous marks above and below base of vein 7; postmedial line

indistinct, whitish defined on outer side by slight rufous spots from

vein 6 to 1, somewhat oblique to vein 7 and incurved at discal fold

and in submedian interspace; a subterminal series of small black

spots except towards apex and tornus with faint silvery marks

before them ; cilia dark brown at tips, Hind wing whitish tinged

with brown, the terminal area broadly fuscous, narrowing to

tornus; cilia white except towards apex and tornus. Underside

PTEROGONIA. 649

of fore wing fuscous except inner area and termen which are

white, a white discoidal lunule; hind wing white with subterminal

fuscous band from apex to termen at vein 1.

@. Fore wing more uniformly tinged with rufous, the antemedial

line oblique throughout and sinuous below submedian foid, the

small spots at angles of cell conjoined to the silver patch.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the discoidal patch round and not defined

by rufous.—Nagas.

fab. Assam, Nagas; Manpras, Nilgiris (Lindsay), 1 2 type;

Travancore, Pirmdd (Imray), 1 3g; Stneapore (fidley), 1 33

Bornuo, 1 9; Br. N. Gurvea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 5 $, Mafalu

(Pratt),1 $. Hep. 46-54 millim.

B. Fore wing of male with the neuration normal; claspers

normal,

a. Fore wing pale flesh colour ....0.......scscessscececeeeeeeseers striatura.

b, Fore wing red-brown tinged with olive .............s.s0s00. nerissa.

7102. Pterogonia striatura.

Doranaga striatura, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 553, pl. 214. f. 11 (1887) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 363.

3g. Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown and irrorated

with a few black scales; palpi except in front and frontal tuft

blackish ; fore legs suffused with brown; abdomen brownish white

with slight white segmental lines, Fore wing white tinged with

flesh colour and with numerous pale rufous strie, the costal edge

brown ; subbasal line white defined on outer side by brown, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line white defined on outer side by

dark brown, oblique, incurved in submedian interspace, a short

Fig. 266.—Plerogonia striatura, 3. t-

dark streak from it on base of vein 2; small black spots at the

angles of cell; postmedial line white slightly defined on outer side

by dark brown, incuryed to vein 5, excurved at middle and incurved

in submedian interspace ; a series of small subterminal black spots

between vein 5 and submedian fold. Hind wing white tinged with

brown, the terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous; cilia

ochreous white. Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous

except the inner and terminal areas which are white, a white

650 NOCTUID A,

discoidal spot; hind wing white with diffused brownish subterminal

shade.

Hab. Cryton, Matale, 1 ¢ type, Pundaloya (Green), 1 g. Exp.

38 millim,

7103. Pterogonia nerissa. (Plate CXCI. fig. 10.)

Pterogonia nerissa, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (7) ix. p. 83 (1902).

3S. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey, the outer

part of tegule and patagia reddish brown; pectus and legs whitish

mixed with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

grey-brown, ventrally whitish except towards extremity. Fore

wing red-brown with an olive tinge irrorated with a few black

scales, which on inner area are whitish tipped with black, numerous

slight silvery grey striz more prominent at costa where there are

brown striz between them; traces of a curved minutely waved

dark antemedial line; small blackish spots at the angles of cell;

an oblique silvery white streak from apex to vein 5 with brown

striz on it; slight subterminal black spots above vein 6 and

between veins 5 and 1; some silvery white marks striated with

brown on termen from apex to vein 5; cilia dark red-brown at

tips. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia white at tips from apex to

vein 2; the underside with the costal area whitish to beyond

middle, the inner area greyish.

Hab. Straits SerrteMents, Perak, 1 ¢ type; Bornro, Matang

(Shelford), 1 $. Hap. 40 millim.

Genus SETOCTENA.

Type.

Setoctena, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 144 (1863) ........... ledereri.

Mikouenetasia,, 1iwll; 125 775 tS WSIS, > SHB Soocococodagnn1 105 socoo00o0000c0C dives.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle

of frons and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antenne of male with fusciculate cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely

with scales and without crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair; abdomen

without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa nearly straight, the

apex somewhat produced, the termen obliquely curved; 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 and 5 from nearangle

of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to beyond

middle.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from apex.

a. Fore wing striated with fuscous..............066 stole sta caaeis dives.

b. Fore wing not striated with fuscous ............:ecceceereeeees trigramma.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line acutely angled outwards

below vein 7 where it is met by an oblique dark streak

from apex.

a. Fore wing rufous with numerous pale striz..............0665 patricula.

b. Fore wing yellowish streaked with rufous............ceeeeeeee endoglauca.

D. Fore wing with medial band defined by the slight waved

dark ante- and postmedial limes ...........:ccscsesseeecueeeeeees polla.

(op)

SETOCTENA,

7104. Setoctena dives. (Plate CXCI. fig. 11.)

Metaculasta dives, But]. P. Z. 8. 1898, p. 444.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with grey. Fore

wing greyish with fuscous strive, the costal area except towards

apex golden ochreous, extending to submedian fold towards base,

the terminal area golden ochreous except towards apex; an

obliquely curved silvery streak from discal fold in cell towards its

extremity to submedian fold near base, with faint pale line from it

to inner margin angled outwards below vein 1; the extremity of

median nervure and bases of veins 5, 4, 3 with slight ochreous

white streaks ; an obliquely curved silvery white streak from apex

to submedian fold below end of cell, continued as a pale line to

inner margin before middle; an indistinct oblique dark subterminal

line from vein 5 to inner margin. Hind wing white, the termen

slightly tinged with ochreous.

type. xp. 34+ millim.

7105. Setoctena trigramma, n.sp. (Plate CXCL. fig. 12.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown; the

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing

pale ochreous sparsely irrorated with blackish, the costal edge

whitish; the costal area tinged with rufous to the whitish ante-

medial line, which is very oblique from ihe cell near upper angle to

vein 1 near base, then angled outwards above inner margin; a

slight black point at upper angle of cell; a very obliquely curved

whitish line from apex to inner margin before middle, the area

between the two lines tinged with fuscous on inner half; an

obliquely curved fuscous subterminal line arising from apex with

the white line; cilia fuscous, whitish at tips. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white, the inner area and termen tinged with brown; cilia

yellowish at base.

Hab, Raspurana, Mt. Abu (Nurse), 1 S type. vp. 38 millim.

7106. Setoctena patricula.

Maurilia patricula, Hmpsn. Ann. 8, Afr. Mus. ii. p. 314 (1902).

Head and thorax grey irrorated with brown; abdomen grey

irrorated with brown and tinged with ochreous at sides and

extremity. ore wing rufous tinged with grey, irrorated with a

few black scales and thickly striated with whitish, the costal area

suffused with rufous to the antemedial line, which is whitish defined

on outer side by brown, very obliquely curved from middle of costa

to inner margin; two slight black discoidal strie ; postmedial line

whitish, oblique from costa to below vein 7, where it is acutely

angled and met by an oblique black streak from apex, then very

652 NOCTUIDA,

oblique and defined on outer side by brown; traces of an oblique

subterminal series of black spots from the oblique streak to inner

margin. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen tinged with

brown, the cilia yellowish.

Fig. 267.—Setoctena patricula, G. }.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing pale rufous without the grey

and brown shades.

Hab. Asysstnta, Atbara R. (Gerrard), 1 3,1 9; MasHonaLanp,

Salisbury (Marshall), 1 ¢ type; Transvaan (Pead), 1 g. Eup.

38-46 millim.

7107. Setoctena endoglauca.

Metaculasta endoglauca, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 414, pl. xxxvi. f. 20.

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with white; abdomen ochreous

white dorsally tinged with rufous. Fore wing yellowish white, the

costal area suffused with rufous to beyond middle, the inner area,

and the terminal area slightly, suffused with grey; the subcostal

nervure defined by slight rufous streaks on basal half; a rufous

streak below base of cell; a very oblique rufous striga from costa

before middle to upper angle of cell, and a slight oblique yellowish

line from lower angle of cell to inner margin near base ; postmedial

line rufous and very oblique from costa to vein 6 below apex,

where it is met by an oblique fuscous streak from apex, then

oblique and somewhat dentate to inner margin before middle; the

costal area towards apex with some dark irroration and the veins

defined by slight dark streaks; a faint obliquely curved dark

subterminal shade arising below apex; cilia brownish. Hind wing

ochreous white, the termen tinged with brown.

Hab. N.E. Ruovesta, Chinsali Distr. (Weave), 1 3 type. Lup.

24 millim.

*7108. Setoctena ledereri. (Plate CXCI. fig. 13.)

Setoctena lederert, Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 144 (1863); Kirby,

Cat. Lep. Het. p. 280.

3. Head and thorax grey; abdomen ochreous white. Fore

wing grey, the medial area with a brownish tinge; antemedial line

brown, obliquely curved, from costa just before middle to inner

SETOCTENA.—ACONTIA, 653

margin ; postmedial line brown, oblique from costa to below vein 7

and inwardly oblique below vein 5. Hind wing semihyaline

ochreous white, the terminal area tinged with rufous ; cilia yellowish

at base.

Hab, Germ. W. Arrica, Swakop R., type tT ¢ in Mus. Stock-

holm, Hap. 28 millim.

*7109. ? Setoctena polla.

Leocyma polla, Schaus. Lep. 8. Leone, p. 35, pl. ii. f. 11 (1903).

Head and tegule yellow; thorax and abdomen white faintly

tinged with brown. Fore wing silvery white, the termen slightly

tinged with brown; a somewhat darker medial band defined by

shghtly waved dark lines and somewhat oblique from costa to

discal fold where it is angled outwards; a dark subterminal shade,

somewhat expanding at costa, excurved below vein 7 and at middle

and incurved at discal and submedian folds. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white tinged with brown especially towards termen.

Hab. Stmrra Leonn, type in Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. vp.

24 millim. This species is unknown to me.

Genus ACONTIA.

Acontia, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 91 (1816), non descr. Treit. ye.

Senne, 1 17 (GB) jOs WB CIEPAD) cnodoacsesonsacsca00ogac.qe950ne0000000 malve.

Aanthodes, Guen. Noct. il. p. 209 (1852) ...........sseseeseoeseeee BBGEOS malve.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, rather slenderly

scaled, in male typically clothed with downturned hair in front, the 2nd joint

reaching to vertex of head, the 38rd moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of hair

above; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly

with scales and without crests ; tibiee fringed with long hair in male ; abdomen

with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

typically evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle

of cell; 6 from upper angle: 7, 8 stalked; 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,

Sxcr. I. Fore wing of male with the termen somewhat excised below vein 4,

the palpi clothed with downturned hair in front.

A. Fore wing of male with a fringe of long upturned hair on

vein | from base to middle on underside.

a. Hind wing orange-yellow.

ai, Fore wing with the antemedial line present............... emboloscia.

61. Fore wing with the antemedial line absent ............... aroa.

6; Hind! wing ochreous yellow <2...0:..0+..-¢..+..soaccsssessensens .. transversa.

7110. Acontia emboloscia. (Plate CXCI. fig. 14.)

Acontia emboloscia, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8S. W. xxvii. p. 94 (1902).

g. Head and thorax pale yellow; palpi and frons at sides

fiery red; thorax with dorsal and lateral fiery red streaks; fore

654 NOCTUID A,

and mid tibie fringed with fiery red hair; abdomen yellow, tinged

with orange-red at base of dorsum. Fore wing yellow irrorated

with a very few black scales; the costal edge red-brown ; a wedge-

shaped red-brown patch from base of median nervure expanding

triangularly to termen below apex and above tornus, the veins on

it somewhat darker ; antemedial line red-brown, oblique from costa

to lower angle of ccll where it is acutely angled, then inwardly

oblique and ending at vein 1; a point at upper angle of cell;

postmedial line red-brown, oblique from costa to discal fold where

it is acutely angled, then inwardly oblique to middle of inner

margin, indistinct on the brown patch; subterminal line obliquely

bent outwards below apex, interrupted by the brown patch and

oblique and sinuous below it; cilia greyish brown. Hind wing

yellow tinged with orange, some brownish on termen between

veins 6 and 2; cilia grey-brown from apex to vein 2.

@. Abdomen and hind wing reddish orange.

Hab. N. Avstratta (Bovill), 1 3g ; QuEsnstanp, Townsville

(Dodd), 2 9. ep. $ 50, 2 40 millim.

*7111. Acontia aroa. (Plate CXCI. fig. 15.)

Acontia avroa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 210 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax bright yellow, the latter with dorsal fiery

red fascia with brown streak through middle; palpi and sides of

frons fiery red; antenne brownish except at base; shoulders and

fore and mid tibie bright rufous; abdomen fulvous yellow, the

basal crest fiery red, the ventral surface white. Fore wing bright

yellow with bright rufous wedge-shaped fascia from base to termen

on which it expands from below apex to above tornus ; a fiery red

streak on inner margin except towards base; a faint oblique dark

line from vein 4 near termen to submedian fold beyond middle;

cilia fuscous. Hind wing orange-yellow, the termen tinged with

brown at middle; cilia brown with a fine yellow line at base.

Hab. Br. New Gurnea, Aroa R., type f ¢S in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. vp. 44 millim.

7112. Acontia transversa.

Xanthodes transversa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 211, pl. 10. f, 5 2852); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 323.

Xanthodes migrator, W\k. xii. 779 (1857).

Acontia flava, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 42, pl. 149. ff. 2, 2.@ (nee Fabr.).

Trileuca deniéalis, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 123 (1891) ; Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 182.

Head and thorax yellow; palpi and frons at sides red-brown ;

vertex of thorax with a rufous streak, the patagia with a few

blackish scales; tibie fringed with rufous hair; abdomen yellow

tinged with rufous. Fore wing yellow irrorated with a few black-

ACONTIA. 655

brown scales; a triangular red-brown patch from lower angle of

cell to termen just below apex and above tornus, sometimes

extending along median nervure as a wedge-shaped fascia to

base ; antemedial line rufous, oblique from costa to median nervure

where it is acutely angled to near lower angle of cell, then

inwardly oblique; a rufous striga on upper discocellular; post-

medial line red-brown, oblique from costa to discal fold where it is

acutely angled, then inwardly oblique; subterminal line red-brown,

angled outwards at vein 7, then obliquely incurved. Hind wing

ochreous yellow, the termen and cilia brownish between veins 6

and 2; the underside with the costal area sparsely irrorated with

blackish scales and sometimes with a blackish postmedial bar from

costa to discal fold.

Fig. 268.—Acontia transversa, S. j-

Hab. Javan, Hakone (Leech), 1 2; Loocnoo Is. (Pryer), 1 3;

Cuntr. Cnina, Fokien, Sam-sah (de la Garde), 1 9, Shanghai, 1 9,

Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 6, 1 9; W. Cuina, Omei-Shin, 1 C;

Formosa (Hobson), 1 9; Punsaz, Kulu, Sultanpur (G@. Young), 1 ¢,

Almorah (Boys), 1 9, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 1 3, 1 9; Assam,

Sylhet, 1 ¢; Bompay, Kanara, 1 ¢; Manpras, Nilgiris (Hampson),

1 &,1 9; Travancore, Pirmdd (Mrs. Imray), 1 9; Cryton, 1 9;

Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 9; Anpamans, 1 @; Nicopars

(Rogers), 1 3, 1 2; StneaporE (Ridley), 1 §,1 9; Puzo Laur

(Doherty), 2 2; Purtipprnus, Tay-tai (Belton), 1 2; Java (fors-

field), 3 3,3 2 type; D’Enrrexcasreavx Is., Fergusson I. (Meek),

1g, 19; New Brrratw, Duke of York I. (Mathew), 1 9;

Sotomons, Alu (Woodford), 1 9; New Hesripes (Mathew), 1 9;

N. Ausrrazia, Port Darwin (Buckland), 1 ¢; QuuENstann (Lyell),

1 g, Moreton Bay (Diggles), | ¢, 1 2 type migrator. Exp.

34-48 millim. |

The type of dentalis probably came from the Philippines, not

Texas.

Larva. Pale green with a few very fine hairs ; subdorsal, lateral,

and sublateral series of white spots, the subdorsal series with an

intervening yellow spot on each somite; 1st two pairs of prolegs

absent. Pupa. Pale pinkish red.

656 NOCTUIDA.

B. Fore wing of male without fringe of hair on vein t on underside.

a. Fore wing of male with the termen strongly excised above vein 2.

7113. Acontia amata.

Xanthodes amata, Wik. xxxiii. 778 (1865).

Xanthodes adunca, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 108. f. 39 (1874).

Head and tegule white, the rest of thorax very pale yellow;

palpi at tips and sides of frons bright rufous; pectus white, the

fore and mid tibiz rufous ; abdomen white with pale rufous dorsal

segmental lines. Fore wing very pale yellow ; small rufous medial

and postmedial spots below the costa; a terminal olive-green line

except at apex; cilia olive-brown mixed with leaden grey. Hind

wing semihyaline white, the termen ochreous except towards

: : 5

Fig. 269.—Acontia amata, S. }-

tornus; the cilia tinged with grey-brown from apex to vein 2; the

underside with the apical area irrorated with a few black scales.

Hab. QuEENsLAND, Cape York (Higgins), 1 3, Brisbane (Turner),

1 9; N. Ausrratra (Bovill), 1 g¢, Port Darwin (Buckland), 1 9°,

Alexandria (Stalker), 1 $; W. Ausreatia (Diggles), 1 3 type.

Exp. 38-48 millim.

6, Fore wing of male with the termen not excised above vein 2.

@ Hind wing uniform orange-yellow ........cccscesseseeeeeeeeeeee intersepta.

b', Hind wing with the basal area white ................2:ce0eeeees congenita.

7114. Acontia intersepta.

Xanthodes intersepta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 212 (1852); Moore, Lep, Ceyl. iii.

p. 42, pl. 149. f. 3; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 323.

Xanthodes duplicata, W\k. xxxiii. 778 (1865).

Xanthodes diffusa, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 53, pl. 4. f. 8 (1880).

Acontia imitata, Moore, Lep. Cey]l. iii. p. 42, pl. 149. f. 4 (1884).

Head and tegule white tinged with yellow; thorax yellow;

palpi except at base and frons red-brown; fore tibiw rufous ;

pectus white; abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing yellow irrorated

with a few black scales: a wedge-shaped rufous patch from median

nervure before middle to termen on which it extends from apex to

vein 3; antemedial rufous points on subcostal nervure and vein 1 ;

a point at upper angle of cell; postmedial line represented by a

ACONTTIA, 657

striga below costa and point on vein 1, the subterminal line by an

oblique striga below costa and striga from lower edge of the patch

connected with termen by a streak below vein 3; an oblique black

striga just below apex ; the termen rufous ; cilia grey-brown with a

shght waved dark line through them. Hind wing orange; the

cilia grey-brown from apex to vein 2; the underside with a few

black scales on apical area.

Fig. 270.—Acontia intersepta, 3. 1.

Ab. 1. imitata. Fore wing with the wedge-shaped patch reduced

to an oblique fascia from termen below apex to median nervure at

origin of vein 2, the other markings often more or less reduced.

Hab. Formosa, 1 9; Punsas (James), 1 9, Kangra (Hocking),

1 3g; Beneat, Calcutta, 1 9; Ceyton, 1 2 type imitata; Burma,

Moulmein (Clerk), 2 9; AnpDamans, 5 9; Nicopars, 1 6; Sram,

type T duplicata in Mus. Oxon. ; Putrtiprrnes, Luzon, San Fernando

(McGregor), 1 9; Java (Horsfield), 1 9; Curesns, Hwp. 34-50

millim.

7115. Acontia congenita, n. sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 16.)

Head and base of tegulee white, the rest of thorax yellow; palpi

except at base and in front rufous; pectus white; fore and mid

tibie rufous; abdomen reddish ochreous, the base and ventral

surface white, slight dorsal rufous segmental lines. Fore wing

yellow irrorated with a few black scales ; a broad diffused oblique

rufous fascia from termen below apex to median nervure at origin

of vein 2; traces of rufous antemedial points on subcostal nervure

and vein 1; a point at upper angle of cell and postmedial points

below costa and in submedian fold; a subterminal point below

costa ; the termen rufous; cilia grey-brown with a slight waved

dark line through them. Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal area

semihyaline white; cilia brown at middle; the underside white,

the costal area and termen to vein 2 suffused with orange-yellow,

the costal area irrorated with a few black scales.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the markings almost obsolete.

Hab. N. Avsrratia, Alexandria (Stalker), 1 3, 1 @ type;

Qurrnstand, Cooktown (Lyell), 1 3; Fist, Mango I. (Matthew),

1 3o. Hap. 42-46 millim.

VOL, XI. Za

658 NOCTUID H.

Secr. II. Fore wing of male with the termen evenly curved.

A. Palpi of male clothed with downturned hair in front.

7116. Acontia malvez.

Noctua malve, Esp. Schmetit. iv. 2. p. 63, pl. 195. f. 4 (1796); Hiibn. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 358 ; Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 533, pl. 45. f.2; Frr.

Neue Beitr. pl. 149. f. 4; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 221;

Mill. Icones, ii. pl. 84. ff. 3-7; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 822; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 224.

Xanthodes stramen, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 210 (1852).

Xanthia imparata, W1k. x. 467 (1856).

Aanthodes impellens, Wk. xv. 1752 (1858).

Aanthodes inefficiens, Wk. xv. 1752 (1858).

3. Head white; thorax pale yellow; palpi, frons, antenne,

fore and mid tibiz and tarsi tinged with brown; abdomen white

dorsally tinged with ochreous except at base and with rufous dorsal

segmental lines. Fore wing yellow irrorated with a few black

scales; a brown point at base of costa; an oblique waved rufous

antemedial line, excurved below costa and forming a small brown

spet on costa; reniform small, oblique elliptical, rufous with slight

whitish centre ; postmedial line rufous, forming a small brown spot

at costa, excurved beyond the cell, then incurved and slightly

sinuous and excurved at vein 1; subterminal line slight, exeurved

below costa, then rather diffused and bent outwards to tornus ; two

Fig. 271.—Acontia malve, Gg. 1.

blackish points before termen at veins 4, 3; the termen and cilia

red-brown with some blackish and grey between vein 4 and

submedian fold. Hind wing semihyaline white, the termen and

cilia tinged with ochreous from apex to vein 2; the underside with

the costal area sparsely irrorated with black scales.

2. Fore wing with the reniform absent, a wedge-shaped patch

of rufous suffusion from end of cell to termen on which it extends

from apex to tornus; hind wing with the termen more suffused

with yellow.

Hab. Spain, Catalonia, Frey Coll., Castille, Zeller and Leech

Colls.; Centr. Irany; Srorry, Leech Coll.; Aterria ; Datmarta ;

Socotra, Hadibu Plain (0.-Grant),1 3; Br. HE. Arrica, Taveta

(Rogers), 1 S$, 1 9; Narat, 1 9; Comoro Is., Gloriosa (Meade-

Waldo), 1 3; Formosa, Takow (Hobson), 1 9; Punsaz (Hearsey),

1 S$, 1 @ types tnefficiens and impellens, Kulu, Sultanpur

(G. Young), 1 9, Simla (Harford), 1 2, Almorah (Boys), 1 3 type

ACONTTA. 659

imparata, Jubbulpur, 1 2; Bousay, Kutch, 2 ¢, Bombay, 3 g,

5 2, Poonah (Swinhoe), 1 9, Canara (Ward), 1 g, Mapras,1 d,

Belgaum ( Watson), 1 9; Cryton, Hambantota (Pole), 1 ¢; Burma,

Myingyan (Watson),1 S$. Hap. 24-38 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 263; Hffm. Raup, p. 140, pl. 36. f. 5.

Whitish with lateral yellow spots; head yellow. Food-plants :

Malva moschata and Lavatera olbia.

B. Palpi of male not clothed with downturned hair in front.

a. Fore wing with dark fascia on median nervure forking at

lowervanglevoticelll, aig cacasesecccsec ieee ee ec eesa acest cc ens gephyrias.

6. Fore wing with rufous streak in basal half of submediaa fold dinarodes.

c. Fore wing without streak on basal area ..........0..2.2000 graellst.

*7117. Acontia gephyrias. (Plate CXCI. fig. 17.)

Acontia gephyrias, Meyr. Ent. Mo. Mag. xxxviii. p. 175 (1902).

3. Head and tegule white, the thorax ochreous yellow; sides

of palpi and frons rufous; pectus and base of legs white; abdomen

white, dorsally tinged with brown towards base, the terminal

segments with slight rufous bands. Fore wing pale lemon-yellow ;

a dark brown fascia suffused with white scales from base along

median nervure and above vein 4 to near termen, emitting a short

fork below at lower angle of cell, and with three short streaks above

its extremity from termen becoming short towards apex ; the costal

edge rufous towards base; a slight rufous postmedial spot below

costa and some rufous suffusion above the fascia in end of cell; a

small black spot just below apex; cilia dark brown mixed with

grey and with a fine dark line at middle. Hind wing semihyaline

white; a very slight terminal brown line except towards tornus, the

cilia faintly tinged with brown at apex; the underside with the costal

area slightly tinged with yellow and irrorated with a few brown

scales towards apex.

Hab. Apvun (Muir), type + ¢ in Mus. Cambridge. wp. 38

millim,

7118. Acontia dinarodes, n. sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 18.)

@. Head and thorax pale ochreous yeilow; palpi, frons, and

fore and mid tibie more rufous; abdomen pale ochreous with

rufous dorsal segmental bands. Fore wing yellow irrorated with

a few black scales ; a rufous streak in basal half of submedian fold;

a diffused rufous streak in discal fold from just before end of cell to

the rufous suffusion on termen; a black point at lower angle of

cell and a slight subterminal point below costa; cilia rufous. Hind

wing semihyaline white suffused with ochreous yellow except

towards base; the underside with the costal area and terminal area

to vein 2 tinged with ochreous and sparsely irrorated with blackish

scales,

Hab. Br. EK. Arnica, Nairobi (Crawshay), 1 9 type. Hap.

36 millim.

Qu2

660 NOCTUID 2.

7119. Acontia graellsi.

Acontia graelisii, Feisth. Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. vi. p. 300, pl. 12. f. 3 (1887) ;

Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 535, pl. 45. f.3; Mill. Icones. pl. 59. ff. 6, 7 ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 324; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 224.

Xanthodes innocens, Wik. xv. 1752 (1858).

Xanthodes funbriata, Wik. xxxiii. 777 (1865).

Head and base of tegule white, the rest of thorax yellow; palpi

at tips, frons, and antennz except at base red-brown; pectus

white ; fore and mid tibie red-brown ; abdomen white with slight

rufous dorsal segmental lines. Fore wing yellow irrorated with a

few black scales; the costal edge rufous towards base; a more or

less developed oblique diffused rufous fascia from termen below

apex to median nervure at origin of vein 2; more or less prominent

rufous antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal rufous points below

the costa and a point at upper angle of cell ; a red-brown terminal

line; cilia grey-brown with a darker line through them. Hind

wing semihyaline white, the terminal area and cilia more or less

suffused with brownish ochreous from apex to vein 2; the under-

side with the costal area tinged with brownish ochreous, the apical

area irrorated with a few black scales.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with hardly a trace of the rufous markings.

Hab. 8. Francu; Sparn, Catalonia, Zeller Coll., Castile, Frey and

Leeck Colls., Andalusia, Leech Coll.; Srerra Lronze (Foxcroft,

Morgan),1 3,12 type fimbriata ; Gotp Coasr, Kumasi ( Whiteside),

13; N.Niceria, Minna (Macfie), 1 9, Borgu, Yelwa Lake (Mrgeod),

1 ¢g; Axsyssinta, Atbara (Gerrard), 1 $; Br. HK. Arrica, Nairobi

(Crawshay), 1 3; Br. C. Arrica, Nyasa (Johnston), 1 g; Masuona-

LanpD, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 g, 1 9; Natat, Howich (Cregoe),

1 @, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 3, 1 2, Durban (Gooch), 1 3;

Orance R. Cotony, Bloemfontein (Eckersley), 1 $3; Mauritius;

Aven (Yerbury), 1 ¢,2 9; C. Cutna, Ichang (Jérs. Pratt), 1 9;

PungaB (Mrs. Hamilton, Hearsey), 2 3, 1 Q type «nocens,

Campbellpur (Yerbury), 1 2, Manpuri, 1 @; Sinp, 1 ¢: Bomsay,

Kutch, 1 ¢; Burma, Myingyan (Watson), 1 ¢. Hup. 34-42

millim.

Larva, Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 263; Hiffm. Raup. p. 140.

Long and cylindrical; pale yellowish green dotted with black,

reddish on dorsum. Food-plant : Lavatera olbia.

272.—Acontia graclisi, . }.

LEOCYMA. 661

Genus LEOCYMA.

Type.

Leocyma, Guen. Noct. it. p. 212 (1852) ...........seceseeceenee eee eee appollinis.

Thiganusa, Wk. xxxill. 979 (1869) ........ cece ee cee terete nee e eens appollinis.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, curved, the 2nd joint reaching

to vertex of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth, with

ridge of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax

clothed with scales and hair mixed and without crests; fore tibise of male

typically with largely developed tufts of hair, the mid and hind tibice

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base, but

without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved,

not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 7, 8 shortly stalked; 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.

Sucr. I. Fore tibize of male with greatly developed tufts of hair.

A, Hind wing with the termen not suffused with brown

(OWAIRGIS QING cogaecoscadacacasvaqasenhoosonnnscosDdanoDAsH0I300008 appollinis.

B. Hind wing with the termen suffused with brown from

YORE 1H) TEM A sccanstacnoocoaseso0000sdoaedsonsosocagooDCDeeDE000 vates.

7120. Leocyma appollinis.

Leocyma appollinis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 212 (1852).

Thiganusa euproctisoides, W1k. xxxiii. 979 (1865).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow, the last with

traces of rufous dorsal segmental lines ; palpi at sides, frons and a

patch behind the eyes black; fore and mid tibiz and tarsi, the

Fig. 273.—Leocyma appollinis, $. }-

spurs of hind tibie and the tarsi blackish. Fore wing yellow, a

small antemedial black spot in submedian fold and a small discoidal

spot. Hind wing orange-yellow.

@. Fore wing without the antemedial black spot.

Hab. Navat, Durban (Gueinzius, Burrows, Gooch, Leigh), + 3,

Larva. Yellowish white with fine interrupted crimson dorsal

and subdorsal lines and lateral series of striz, the 1st somite with

dorsal black bar, the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th, and 11th somites

with double brown bars enclosing a small crimson spot on the

subdorsal line; a lateral series of oblique crimson bars; warts

662 NOCTUID&.

black with single hairs; head spotted and barred with brown ; Ist

two pairs of prolegs absent. ‘The young larva has the dorsal bars

obsolete except on Ist somite where it is double, and the black

warts more prominent.

*7121. Leocyma vates.

Leocyma vates, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 329, f. 109 (1890).

Q@. Pale yellow; palpi with the 2nd joint at sides and frons

dark brown; tibie and tarsi grey-brown. Fore wing with small

black discoidal spot. Hind wing with the termen suffused with

fuscous from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Mapaeascar, Nossi-Bé. wp. 38 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

Srcr. IL. Fore tibiz of male moderately fringed with hair.

A. Fore wing with round brown spot below middle of cell,

the postmedial line angled outwards at vein 6............... discophora.

B. Fore wing without round brown spot below middle of cell,

the terminal area brown with incurved inner edge......... camilla.

7122. Leocyma discophora, n. sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 19.)

6. Head and thorax yellow; palpi, frons, antenne, pectus and

legs whitish tinged with brown; abdomen ochreous with slight

rufous dorsal segmental lines. Fore wing yellow irrorated with a

few black scales, a conical patch of rufous suffusion from beyond

end of cell to termen on which it extends from apex to tornus ;

antemedial line slight, red-brown, oblique from costa to median

nervure, then incurved and with round purple-brown patch beyond

it in submedian interspace ; postmedial line red-brown, oblique to

below vein 6, then obliquely incurved ; subterminal line red-brown,

oblique to below vein 7, then inwardly oblique and bent outwards

to tornus ; a dark brown line just before termen; cilia dark red-

brown. Hind wing pale semihyaline yellow, the termen and cilia

tinged with rufous from apex to submedian fold, the cilia dark

red-brown at middle; the underside with the costal area except

towards base and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with blackish

scales.

Hab. Goup Coast, Accra, 1 ¢ type; Transvaat, Johannesburg

(Cooke), 1 g§; Amirnanres, Eagle I. (B.-Fletcher), 1 3. Hxp.

30-34 millim.

7123. Leocyma camilla.

NXanthodes camilla, Druce, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 686.

6. Head and thorax yellow; palpi, frons, antenna, pectus and

legs brownish white; abdomen brownish white with slight rufous

dorsal segmental lines. Fore wing lemon-yellow ; the costal edge

LEOCYMA.—ARMACTICA, 663

brown towards base; the terminal area reddish brown tinged with

purplish fuscous, defined on inner side by a nearly evenly incurved

darker line; an indistinct diffused blackish subterminal line,

excurved below vein 7 and at middle and bent outwards to

tornus. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area broadly

Fig. 274.—Leocyma camilla, S.

suffused with brown, narrowing to tornus; cilia brown with a fine

pale line at base, yellowish towards tornus. Underside of fore

wing brown with the inner area whitish; hind wing yellowish

white with some brown suffusion on termen except towards

tornus.

@. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown on upperside.

Hab. W. Arnica (Dudgeon), 1 3; 5. Luonz, Free Town (Austen),

1 9, Port Lokko (Penny), 1 2; Gotp Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrelt),

13; S. Nierrra, Sapele (Sampson), 1 g, Asaba (Crosse), 1 ¢;

Cameroons (Rutherford), 1 2. Exp. 36-38 millim.

Genus ARMACTICA. fibre

ATMaACIICH, NVNce XXXII GOS USO) h ewarereseee elses elles seer columbina.

Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about

vertex of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round ; antennz of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost

eutirely 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; 1i

from ceil. 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 small blue-centred ocelli on terminal area.

a. Fore wing without white on inner medial area.

a‘, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to well

beyond the small discoidal ocellus; hind wing with

the terminal band narrow ...............cesceeseceeeeeees columbina.

5‘. Fore wing with the postmedial line touching or

almost touching the small discoidal ocellus; hind

wing with the terminal band broader .................. andreusi.

}. Fore wing with the inner medial area white irrorated

WiUCIA NG WIN geil Sy aciyrssaciuelsscancisn sels soudtiee s Sewers sutton cu ae endoleuca,

B. Fore wing without blue- centred ocelli on terminal area .... conchidia,-

66 NOCTUID a.

7124. Armactica columbina.

Armactica columbina, W1k. xxxili. 808 (1865).

Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with greyish; pectus

yellowish white; tibize and tarsi suffused with brown, the tarsi

with whitish rings; abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface

white except at extremity. Fore wing leaden-grey irrorated with

large brown scales to the postmedial line, the terminal area

suffused with red-brown ; antemedial line brown, excuryed below

costa and slightly incurved below the cell; a small round or

Fig. 275.—Armactica columbina, 3. +

elliptical black discoidal spot with two silvery blue points on it ;

postmedial line brown, excurved from costa to vein 4, then

incurved ; subterminal line white defined on inner side by red-

brown, expanding into a triangular mark at costa, excurved to

vein 5, then incurved ; a series of small black spots with silvery

blue centres from below costa to above vein ¥ just before termen ;

cilia brown with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing yellow;

a rather diffused brown band just before termen; the cilia with

patches of brown at apex and middle.

Hab. QunENstand, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 ¢ type, Brisbane

(Turner), 1 3,2 2; N. Avsrratia, Port Darwin (Buckland), 1 9 ;

W. Australia, Sherlock R. (Clements), 3 g, 12. Exp. 30-40

millim.

7125. Armactica andreusi. n. sp (Plate CXCI. fig. 21.)

Head and thorax fuscons brown mixed with grey: pectus

whitish ; tibize and tarsi suffused with brown, the tarsi ringed with

whitish ; abdomen orange-yellow, some brown at extremity of

anal tuft, the ventral surface whitish except towards extremity.

Fore wing leaden-grey irrorated with large brown scales to the

postmedial line, the termen tinged with red-brown; an ill-defined

curved dark antemedial line; a small black discoidal spot with

silvery-blue centre, touching or almost touching the rather diffused

dark postmedial line which is excurved from costa to vein 4, then

incurved; subterminal line slight. defined on outer side by a

wedge-shaped white patch from costa and by some white from

below vein 4 to inner margin, excurved to vein 5, then incurved :

black spots with silvery-blue centres just before termen below

veins 8, 4,3; cilia brown, Hind wing yellow, the terminal area

ARMACTICA, 665

suffused with brown; cilia yellow with a brown line through them

from apex to submedian fold; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with brown.

Hab. Carisruas I. (Andrews), 2 o, 6 2 type. Exp. 30-32

millim.

7126. Armactica endoleuca, n. sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 20.)

white; tibis and tarsi suffused with fuscous brown, the tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen yellowish white irrorated with brown

and with slight orange segmental lines, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing purplish grey, the costal half suffused and irrorated

with fuscous black to the postmedial line, the inner half white

with a few fuscous scales on it ; postmedial line blackish, strongly

excurved from costa to submedian fold, then incurved; a small

round black discoidal spot with silvery blue point on it ; postmedial

line black, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incuryed ; sub-

terminal line slight with wedge-shaped white patch on its outer

side from costa and white patch from below vein 4 to inner

margin; a series of small black spots with silvery blue centres

just before termen from below costa to below vein 3; cilia white

at tips towards tornus. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal

area suffused with fuscous brown; cilia yellowish white with a

brown line through them from apex to vein 2; the underside with

the costal area irrorated with brown.

Hab. W. Austratta, Sherlock R. (Clements), 1 2 type. up.

24 millim.

7127. Armactica conchidia. (Plate CXCI. figs. 22 ¢, 23 9.)

Acontia conchidia, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 402, 3.

Westermannia ocellata, Lucas, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. (2) viii. p. 145

(1894), @.

Caradrina pelialoma, Lower, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. (2) xxv. p. 32

(1900), @.

3g. Head and thorax pure white; palpi except in front towards

base, frons, and antenne except at base fuscous brown; legs

suffused with fuscous brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

white dorsally tinged with rufous and with sublateral series of

blackish spots. Fore wing pure white; small triangular blackish

subbasal and antemedial spots on costa; a black point in middle of

cell; reniform slightly defined by black, narrow, a slightly waved

and obliquely curved blackish line from its inner edge to inner

margin, the area between the reniform and medial line and the

postmedial line brown tinged with grey and with patches of black

suffusion ; postmedial line with small triangular black spot at costa,

then interrupted, oblique to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then

strongly incurved and sinuous; terminal area suffused with brown,

the subterminal line white, excuryed below costa and diffused at

666 NOCIUIDE.

costa and towards tornus; a terminal series of small black spots

with white strie beyond them at base of cilia, which are brown

with a dark line through them. Hind wing semihyaline ochreous

white, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown; cilia

ochreous white with some brownish spots towards apex; the

underside with the costal area irrorated with brown.

9. Head, thorax, and fore wing strongly irrorated with brown,

the last with the point in cell and reniform absent, the dark area

before the postmedial line reduced to a conical patch from vein 2

to inner margin.

Hab. Qurenstanp, Peak Down, 1 ¢ type, Brisbane (Turner),

3 2; W. Ausrratia, Sherlock R. (Clements), 2 5, 4 9. Eup.

26-32 millim. ‘Type t ocellata in Coll. Lucas.

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA, 667

ADDENDA anp CORRIGENDA.

6237 a. Eutelia poliochroa, n. sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 24.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with some brown ;

palpi blackish at base; antenne blackish; tibiae and spurs with

black bands; abdomen with lateral blackish marks on 38rd and 4th

segments and subventral black points on medial segments. Fore

wing white slightly tinged and irrorated with brown; a curved

white subbasal line from costa to submedian fold with brown patch

beyond it on costa; antemedial line brownish, excurved in cell ;

orbicular a small round white spot; reniform a D-shaped white

mark with some brownish in centre; medial line brown, oblique

from costa to reniform, then inwardly oblique and sinuous; post-

medial line double, brown filled in with white, oblique from costa

to vein 6, then incurved, oblique and dentate below vein 4; a

brown patch on postmedial part of costa with some white points on

the costa; subterminal line white defined on each side by brown,

sinuous towards costa, then waved, angled inwards at discal fold

and with oblique brown mark on its inner side; a series of black

points just before termen ; cilia brown. Hind wing white suffused

with brown; a rather diffused brown medial line; postmedial line

double, brown filled in with whitish, oblique and minutely waved

from below costa to inner margin near tornus; an irregularly

waved white subterminal line; a series of black points just before

termen; cilia brown. Underside of both wings with some red

suffusion on discal areas ; fore wing with strong black postmedial

line, oblique towards costa on which there is a white and black

patch beyond it, and inwardly oblique below vein 4; hind wing

with two black discoidal striae, rather diffused curved medial line,

and double waved black postmedial line.

Hab, Gotp Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 2 type. Exp. 26

millim.

*6240 a. Eutelia adoxodes. (Plate CXCI. fig. 32.)

Eutelia adoxodes, Beth.-Baker, A.M.N.H. (8) viii. p. 526 (1911).

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown; palpi dark brown

with the extremity of 2nd joint whitish ; tarsi dark brown ringed

with white. Fore wing grey-brown slightly irrorated with dark

brown ; traces of a sinuous dark antemedial line; reniform indis-

tinct, small, whitish irrorated with brown; an obscure blackish

line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line very

indistinct, dark, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and dentate ;

a conical blackish patch with two white points on costa on costal

area before the very indistinct waved greyish subterminal line, a

small dark spot on it below vein 4; a terminal series of minute

668 NOCLULD.E.

black lunules. Hind wing grey-brown with two faint whitish

bars on tornal area; a waved dark terminal line; cilia reddish

brown, whitish at base; the underside whitish irrorated and

suffused with brown, two postmedial and a subterminal series of

black points on the veins ; the terminal line expanding into small

spots in the interspaces.

Hab. N. Aneota, N’Dalla Tando (Ansorge), type T Q in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. xp. 32 millim.

6242 a. Eutelia glaucocycla, n.sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 25.)

Q. Head and thorax grey, the latter with a brown dorsal stripe;

palpi black at base; antenne black; legs black-brown, the tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen brown, a dorsal stripe defined at

side by grey-green, the ventral surface black-brown, grey at base.

Fore wing with the basal and costal areas grey-white tinged with

green and with slight dark irroration, the rest of wing suffused

with purplish fuscous; a sight oblique brown subbasal striga

from costa; a small antemedial black spot on costa and double

oblique black line filled in with brown from discal fold to inner

margin; orbicular and reniform with pale green centres and white

annuli defined by black, the former small, round, the latter ellip-

tical; postmedial line double, black filled in with whitish, oblique

to vein 6, then incurved to vein 4, then strongly dentate and

inwardly oblique to submedian fold, some slight white and dark

streaks beyond it on costa; subterminal lne creamy white defined

on inner side by shght dentate white marks, forming a diffused

patch below costa, angled inwards at discal fold and ending at

tornus; a terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind wing

with the basal half whitish tinged with fuscous, the terminal half

purplish fuscous ; a whitish subterminal line from vein 4 to tornus;

cilia whitish chequered with red-brown; the underside whitish

irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule, minutely dentate

postmedial line, double, rather diffused waved subterminal line, and

terminal series of minute black lunules.

Hab. Ruopusta, Victoria Falls, 1 2 type. Eup. 24 millim.

*6247 a. Eutelia malanga. (Plate CXCI. fig. 33.)

Eutelia malanga, Beth.-Baker, A. M.N. H. (8) vill. p. 526 (1911).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with brown and

some blackish; palpi white at tips; antenne brown. Fore wing

whitish suffused with brown, the postmedial area from vein 5 to

inner margin and the terminal area white; reniform with white

annulus, small, an oblique diffused black fascia from its inner edge

to inner margin near base, and a curved fascia from its outer edge

to termen at vein 3, somewhat broader towards termen ; traces of

two medial lines on inner area; the white postmedial area pro-

duced to the subterminal line between veins 4, 3; some whitish

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 669

points on costa towards apex ; subterminal line defining the inner

edge of the white terminal area, waved, incurved below vein 3;

a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing whitish

suffused with brown; a dark terminal line and white line at base

of cilia; the underside whiter with a blackish discoidal spot and

traces of a waved subterminal line.

Hab. Portuavrse W. Arrica, Malanga, type t ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. Hp. 28 millim.

6351. Pactes lunodes insert (syn.)

Ingura bursere, Dyar, Pr. Ent. Soc. Wash. iv. p. 455 (1901) ; id. N. Am.

Lep. p. 203.

Larva. Dyar, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxiii. p. 271.

Translucent green with rather numerous yellow dots; a sub-

dorsal line from somite 3 to anal plate; a stigmatal line from

somite 2 to 12; spiracles reddish; tubercles small, the sete pale ;

cervical shield with six tubercles, the two anterior ones black ;

tubercle iv on somites 7 to 10 placed below the spiracles in line

with tubercle v on somite 11, and below the spiracle on somite 12 ;

the shields not cornified ; head soft green, the ocelli black, five in

a semicircle and one below and behind the antenne, the third

largest. Food-plant: Bursera qummifera.

*6406 a. Gigantoceras adoxodes. (Plate CXCI. fig. 34.)

Gigantoceras adoxodes, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. HL. (8) viii. p. 527 (1911).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with brown;

tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing whitish suffused with

red-brown and irrorated with black; an indistinct curved black

subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinctly

double, blackish, curved and slightly waved; two black discoidal

points with a dark patch above them on costa; postmedial line

very indistinctly double and irregularly waved, produced to black

and white points on veins 4, 3, then oblique; a patch of dark

suffusion on apical part of costal area, extending to vein 6; sub-

terminal line indistinct, dark and waved on costal area, then

almost obsolete to vein 4, then whitish defined on inner side by

brown, the veins beyond it with dark streaks; a terminal series

of dark lunules defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing

whitish suffused with brown, the terminal area grey-brown; cilia

brownish white; the underside with obscure dark discoidal spot.

Hab. N. Ancota, N’Dalla Tando (Ansorye), typet 2 in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. Hap, 34 millim.

6412. Lophoptera semirufa.

Lophoptera semirufa, Druce, A. M. N. H, (8) viii. p. 719 (1911).

670 NOCTUID.®.

6484 a. Garella nephelota, n.sp. (Plate CXCI. fig. 31.)

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with fuscous; abdomen brown ;

palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore

wing grey irrorated and slightly suffused with fuscous ; basal black

points below costa and cell followed by a curved subbasal striga

from costa; antemedial line bent outwards below costa, then

oblique, sinuous, and with black points on its outer edge on the

veins ; a minute black discoidal lunule; postmedial line with black

points on the veins excurved round end of cell, followed by a slight

fuscous shade; subterminal line black, excurved below vein 7 and

at middle; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish

tinged with brown, the termen suffused with brown from apex to

vein 2; the underside whiter.

Hab. N. Nigerta, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 3 type. vp. 22 millim.

Os 206. Genus GIAURA insert (syn.) Ay Ne

Lophotogonia, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H, (8) viii. p. 527 (1911)... bostrycodes.

*6560 a. Giaura bostrycodes. (Plate CXC. fig. 33.)

Lophotoqonia bostrycodes, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 528 (1911).

3g. Head and thorax white; palpi with the 2nd joint black behind,

the 8rd black except at tip; antennz with black spot on basal

joint, the shaft black towards base; patagia tipped with black ;

pectus and legs tinged with brown, the fore legs black in front, the

tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen whitish tinged with

brown, the basal crest tipped with black. Fore wing silvery white

irrorated with brown, the postmedial and terminal areas suffused

with brown except an irregular patch on costal area; the costal

edge black towards base; obliquely placed black points at base of

costa and in cell; subbasal line black, angled outwards below

costa, then oblique to submedian fold; antemedial line almost

medial, black, waved, double at inner margin; a slight black point

at lower anglevof cell; postmedial line black defined on outer side

by white, oblique and sinuous to vein 6, with slight streak inwards

at discal fold, incurved and waved below vein 4, a blackish patch

beyond it on costa; subterminal line black, slightly defined on

outer side by white on the darker area, oblique and sinuous towards

costa, incurved at discal fold, a black point beyond it on costa;

minute black streaks on the extremities of the veins. Hind wing

white, the apical area suffused with brown; the tufts of hair at

tornus black; the underside with some blackish at base of costa.

Hab. Porrueursr W. Arrica, Gunnal, type f ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Raker. xp. 22 millim.

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 671

6579. Lamprothripa lactaria insert (syn.)

Dialithoptera stellata, Wileman, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1911, p. 193, pl. 30.

fig. 26.

Japan, Hondo, type t ¢ stellata in Coll. Wileman.

*6596a. Selepa ianthina. (Plate CXC. fig. 34.)

Plotheia ianthina, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 527 (1911).

dg. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with brown;

palpi and fore legs darker brown. Fore wing reddish brown tinged

with grey on costal half; antemedial line indistinct, double,

blackish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then somewhat

oblique ; a black point in middle of cell and small black discoidal

spot ; postmedial line very indistinctly double, blackish, excurved

below costa and incurved below vein 4, a patch of blue-grey

suffusion beyond it on costal area; traces of a dark subterminal

line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of

black strie faintly defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing

semihyaline white, the apex slightly tinged with brown.

Hab. Porrueurse W. Arrica, Gunnal, type t ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. wp. 22 millim.

6621. Bryophilopsis melanoleuca insert

Tarache anomoiota, Beth.-Baker, A.M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 525 (1911); which

has priority.

Tarache variegata, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 525 (1911).

Ab. 1. variegata. Fore wing with the basal and costal areas

more suffused with brown.

Porrucurse W. Arrica, Gunnal, type + 2 in Coll. Bethune-

Baker, Malanga, type t Q varegata in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

6698 a. Steniscadia pelyodonta. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 33.)

Steniscadia polyodonta, Schaus, ined.

@. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with grey; palpi

blackish, the 3rd joint whitish except at tip; pectus and legs

whitish, the fore legs black in front ; abdomen grey suffused with

brown, the basal crest black at tip, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing grey suffused with brown and slightly irrorated with

blackish ; subbasal line black, oblique, minutely dentate, from

costa to submedian fold, a black striga beyond it from costa; ante-

medial line double, blackish, curved, slightly angled outwards

below costa, then waved, filled in with whitish towards inner

margin ; two black discoidal points ; postmedial line black slightly

defined on outer side by whitish, somewhat bent outwards below

costa, then strongly dentate, some blackish before it at inner

672 NOCTUID®.

margin and beyond it on costa; subterminal line double, brown

filled in with whitish, minutely waved; a rather punctiform black

terminal line. Hind wing fuscous; the cilia whitish at tips.

Hab. Costa Rica, Sixola R. (Schaus), type + Q in U.S. Nat.

Mus., Guapiles (Schaus), 19. vp. 20 millim.

*7018 a. Hypodeva superba. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 34.)

Acontia superba, Druce, A. M.N. H. (8) viii. p. 148 (1911).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep chocolate-brown glossed

with golden bronze; pectus, legs, and abdomen paler red-brown ;

genital tuft ochreous and red-brown. Fore wing deep chocolate-

brown suffused with brilliant golden bronze and without markings.

Hind wing black-brown suffused with brilliant metallic purple

especially on terminal half. Underside of both wings silvery grey-

brown ; fore wing with the disk suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Coneo Freer Sratz, Up. Kasai Distr. (Landbeck), type T 3

in Coll. Druce. vp. 36 millim.

SPECIES OMITTED.

Arcyophora clathrimacula, Strand, Archiv f. Naturg. boty, ll,

Do SSO CIQOD) cosscbcdoncvsssge000 Zambesi.

3 piperitella, Strand, Archiv f. Naturg. lxxv. 1, p. 380

(QOD So cock acosccecosnngecages Zambesi.

Brada curvilinea, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 553, pl. 9. f. 12 (1892).

? Acronyctine gen. Hlydna ........ Amurland.

Hylophila buddhe, Alph. Rom. Mém, ix. p. 132, pl. 1x. f. 8 (1897).

2 COMMA “g50dc0bcodesooopsnsd 60 China.

Pterogonia excisa, Pag. Jahrb. Nass. Ver. li. p. 196 (1898). Sumba.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

[Synonyms are printed in ‘fadics. |

abbreviata (Leucania),

616.

abbreviata (Lophoptera),

180.

abbreviata (Nertobriga),

616.

abeboea (Calathusa), 381.

abebea (Corula), 381.

ablatrix (Eutelia), 25.

ablatrix (Penicillaria),

25.

abrostolella (Subrita),

124.

abrostoloides (Ingura),

127, 131.

abrostoloides (Pzctes),

abscondens (Kutelia), 22.

abscondens (Penicillaria),

22.

abseuzalis (Casandria),

356.

abseuzalis (Motya), 356.

abstrusa (Sarrothripa),

275.

abstrusa (Sarrothripus),

279.

Acachmena, 589.

accipiens (Blenina), 421.

achine (Bocana), 397.

achine (Labanda), 397.

acisalis (Gyrtona), 211.

acisalis (Nephoptery2),

211.

Acontia, 653.

Acontiane, 455,

Acripia, 590.

acronyctella (Pardasena),

247.

acronyctoides

389.

VoL. XI,

(Barasa),

acronyctoides (Hisbanda),

382.

acuda (Gyrtona), 194.

acuda (Lophoptera), 194.

acutangula (Neaxestis),

639.

acutangula (Pectes), 126.

acypera (Curea), 587.

acypera (Orthocraspis),

587.

acypera( Tyana), 493,494.

adoratrix (Hurhipia), 52.

adoratrix (Hutelia), 52.

adoxodes (Kutelia), 667.

adoxodes (Gigantoceras),

669.

adulatrix (Eutelia), 47.

adulatrix (Noctua), 47.

adunea (Xanthodes), 656.

Aigilia, 146.

zenescens (Selepa), 299.

equilinea (Steiria), 154.

Adschradia, 378.

agrapha (Vestermannia),

609.

agrapha (Westermannia),

609

Aiteta, 526.

albescens (Magasena), 631.

albescens (Peectes), 139.

albescens (Stictothripa),

452.

albiapicata (Hutelia), 78.

albiapicata (Phlegetonia),

albibasis (Metaleptina),

621.

albicans (Lophoptera),

203.

albicans (Nigramma),

203.

albiceps (Eutelia), 78.

albiceps (Phlegetonia),

albicomma (Hutelia), 75.

albicosta (Aiteta), 531.

albicosta (Capotena), 531.

albida (Aquis), 387.

albida (Bantana), 387.

albidisca (Hutelia), 92.

albidisea (Marathyssa),

albifascia (Gyrtonides),

453.

albifera (Trogobriga),

616.

albigrisea (Negeta), 629.

albigrisea (Westerman-

nia), 629.

albilinea (Metaleptina),

albiluna (Eutelia), 40.

albipicta (Carea), 561.

albipuncta (Stictoptera),

albirivula (Maurilia),

571.

albirufa (Carea), 559.

albisecta (Hutelia), 26.

albisecta (Nanaguna),

254,

albistriata (Heliothis),

437

albivitta (Othora), 305.

albodentata (Gyrtona),

198.

albomaculata (Anigraa),

adbomaculata (Hutelia),

94.

albonotata (Apothripa),

250.

674

albonotata (Clettharra),

250.

albopurpurea (Carea),

560.

albosparsa (Aquis), 386.

albotecta ( Othora), 305.

albotessellata (Capotena),

530.

albulalis (Characoma),

232.

aleuca (Lophoptera),

178.

aleuca (Odontodes), 144.

alopha (Barasa), 391.

alopha (Dilophothripa),

241.

Alotsa, 15.

alternans (Chlumetia), 66.

alutacea (Stéctoptera),

80.

amabilis (Blenina), 421.

amahbilis (Labanda), 421.

Amaloptera, 369.

amata (Acontia), 656.

amata (Xanthodes), 656.

amatrix (Hutelia), 49.

ameria (Polia), 333.

ameria (Poliothripa),

333.

amplipennis (Casandria),

353

Amrella, 401,

anemia (Stictoptera),

151.

anzmica (Microzada),

578.

anchorita

nia), 609.

anchorita (Westerman-

nia), 609.

Andrapha, 224,

andreusi (Armactica),

665.

angulata (Aigilia), 97.

angulifera (Bankia), 645.

angulipennis (Amrella),

407.

angulipennis (Blenina),

407.

(Vesterman-

angusta (Lophoptera),

210.

angustipennis (Mara-

thyssa), 90.

angustipennis (Scha-

zama), 90.

Anigrea, 93.

anisoptera (Stictoptera),

149.

anne (Carea), 544.

annulata (Hypereschra),

325.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

annulata (Triorbis), 325.

annulitera (Earias), 500.

anomotota (Tarache), 671.

antemarginata (Sticto-

ptera), 161.

anthophilana (arias),

502.

anthyalus (Stictoptera),

Anuga, 102.

Aon, 108.

aperta (Iscadia),

363, 366.

Aphusia, 496.

apicalis ( Calpe), 644.

apicalis (Cletthara), 280.

apicalis (Doranaga), 614.

apicalis (Giaura), 280.

apicifascia (Hutelia), 76.

apicifascia (Phlegetonia),

308,

Apothripa, 249.

appollinis (Leocyma),

661.

approximans (Negeta),

620.

approximata (Eutelia),

apriformis (Aiteta), 593.

apriformis (Capotena),

533.

Aquis, 385.

aquisoides (Aquis), 586.

aquisoides (Nanaguna),

386.

Arachnognatha, 321.

area (Casandria), 359.

areogramma (Vesterman-

nia), 610.

areéogramma (Westerman-

nia), 610.

arcigera (Ingura) 130.

arcigera (Pzectes), 130.

arcuata (Casandria), 397.

arcuata (Gyrtona), 207.

arcuata (Maurilia), 574.

arcuata (Sadarsa), 207.

arcuata (Xanthodes), 574.

arcuosa (Lamprothripa),

290.

arcuosa (Sarrothripa),

290.

Arcyophora, 642.

areusa (Pactes), 138.

areusa (Penicillaria), 138.

argentata (Gabala), 471.

argentata (Vesterman-

nia), 604.

argentata (Westerman-

mia), 604.

argentea (Ariolica), 489.

argentea (Chionomera),

489.

a (Eleognatha),

argentea (Libunca), 335.

argentea (Pucialia), 335.

argentea (Vestermannia),

607

argentea ( Westermannia),

607.

argyritis (Hlzognatha),

)

v .

argyroleuca (Hleeogna-

tha), 371.

argyroplaga (Titulcia),

483.

argyroplaga (Vesterman-

nia), 605.

argyroplaga (Wester-

mannia), G5.

Argyrothripa, 286.

argyrozona (Leucophan-

era), 482.

Ariola, 516.

Ariolica, 485.

Armactica, 663.

aroa (Acontia), 654.

aroa (Gadirtha), 347.

aroa (Sarrothripa), 273.

aroa (Sarrothripus), 273.

asiatica (Sarrothripa),

265.

Asinduma, 292.

Atacira, 15.

atribasalis (Gyrtona),

219.

atrifasciata (Dendro-

thripa), 225.

atrifasciata (Htanna),

225.

atrifera (Stictoptera).

167

atriflava (Neonegeta), 618.

atrifusa (Sinna), 466.

atripars (Phlegetonia),

atripuncta (Pardasena),

249.

atrotumens (Ballatha),

463.

attenuatalis (Cryptole-

chia), 398.

auratrix (Butelia), 27.

auratriz (Penicillaria),

27.

aureiplaga (Bombotelia),

aureiplaga ( Tibiocil-

laria), 9.

aureovitta (Triorbis),

99)

auriculata (Blenina),

404

aurigutta (Pterogonia),

647.

aurigutta (Thalatta),

647.

auritincta (Carea), 522.

auritineta (Lophocrama),

oZzZ.

australis (Baileya), 446.

australis (Leptina), 446.

autumnalis (Diphthera),

416.

avola (Risoba), 437.

avola (Sarrothripa), 274.

avola (Sarrothripus), 274.

Axia, 261.

baboont ( Blenina), 387.

Bagistana, 251.

Baileya, 444.

Ballatha, 461.

Bantana, 385.

Barasa, 388.

barbata (Hypodeva), 600.

Bariana, 393.

basalis (Andrapha), 225.

hasalis (Clettharra), 225.

basalis (Clina), 201.

basalis (Htanna), 225.

basaiis (Marathyssa), 89.

basalis (Nanaguna), 255.

basalis (Risobia), 435.

basicunea (Calathusa),

382.

basifascia (Othora), 305.

basigerella (Barasa), 392.

basigerella (Subrita), 392.

Beara, 581.

bella (Siglophora), 473.

‘Bessara, 585.

bicolorana (Hylophila),

511.

hicolorana (Phalena),511.

bifasciata ( Calpe), 645.

bifascies (Cryassa), 81.

bifascies (Phlegetonia),

bilinea (Camptozada),

576.

bilinea (Cletthara), 576.

bitineatella (Subrita), 265.

binotata (Apothripa),

250.

biplaga (Harias), 501.

bisexualis (Stictoptera),

168.

biviata (Carea), 551.

blandiatria ' (Hurhipia),

48.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

blandiatrix (Hutelia), 48.

blandula (Eurhipia), 24.

blandula (Hutelia), 24.

Blenina, 401.

beopis (Sarrothripa), 275.

beeopis (Sarrothripus),

275.

bweota (Dendrothripa),

226.

boeota (Microthripa), 226.

bolinoides (Briarda), 144.

Bombotelia, 6.

bostrycodes (Giaura),

670.

bostrycodes _ (Lophoto-

gonia), 670.

bothrophora (Arcyo-

phora), 643.

bowkert (Hurhipia), 49.

brachyptera (Blenina),

417.

brachytorna (Dilopho-

thripa), 242.

Brada, 526.

breviuscula (Nanaguna),

252.

bryophilina (Ariola), 197.

Bryophilopsis, 311.

Bryothripa, 310.

brunnea (Nanaguna),

253.

brunneicosta

thripa), 271.

brunneicosta (Sarro-

thripus), 271.

brunneipennis (Sticto-

ptera), 190.

brunnescens

247.

buckleyi (Iscadia), 366.

bucleyi (Iscadia), 366.

(Sarro-

(Blenina),

buddhe (Hylophila), 672.

bufonia (Scolopoeneme),

345.

Burdria, 148.

burseree (Ingura), 140,

669.

buruana (Lophoptera),

192.

buruana

192.

(Stictoptera),

cacaonis (Elzognatha),

375.

Cacy paris, 461.

Cecila, 102.

Calathusa, 379.

Calduba, 568.

calena (Blenina), 415.

callichlora (Lyana), 492.

675

callichroma (Eutelia), 72.

callichroma (Phlege-

tonia), 72.

Callingura, 109.

calospila (Sinna), 467.

Calymera, 603.

camilla (Leocyma), 662.

camilla (Xanthodes), 662.

camptobasis (Gyrtona),

207.

Camptozada, 575.

cana (Barasa), 389.

cana (Characoma), 238.

cana (Chlumetia), 67.

cana (Hypothripa), 238.

cana (Sarrothripus), 268.

candezei (Gadirtha), 345.

canescens ( Othora), 305.

canescens (Phumana),

106.

canofusa (Ingura), 137.

canofusa (Pxctes), 137.

canofusa (Plotheia), 304.

Capotena, 526.

caradrinoides

thripa), 389.

carbo (Patzta), 69.

carbo (Phlegetonia), 69.

Carea, 542.

Careades, 536.

earniola (Arcyophora),

643.

Casandria, 350.

castanea (Beara), 584.

castanea (Gelastocera),

584.

catagrapha.( Cymatopho-

ropsis), 423.

catagrapha (Gryposoba),

423.

(Sarro-

catephiformis (Eutclia),

61.

catephioides (Phlege-

tonia), 74.

caustiplaga (Hutelia), 24.

cautabasis (Hutelia), 57.

cebea (Risoba), 435.

cebea (Sarrothripus), 274.

cebeze (Pzectes), 110.

cebez (Phlegetonia), 75.

ceira (Cacyparis), 463.

celsiana _(Chloephora),

514.

celsiana (Parhylophila),

514.

celtis (Selepa), 298.

Ceparcha, 388.

Cerala, 489.

cerea (Stictoptera), 190.

cerussata (Gadirtha),

347.

2) 8

676

cerussata (Seolopocneme),

347.

cervind (Briarda), 573.

ceylusalis (Labanda), 594,

Chaladra, 526.

chalybea (Gadirtha), 191.

chalybea (Gyrtona), 184.

chalybea (Lophoptera),

LOT.

chalybsa (Eutelia), 36.

chalybsa (Gyrtona), 187.

chalybsa (Lophoptera),

187.

chala ybsa (Penicillaria),

36.

chameleon (Paraxia),

Chandica, 478.

Characoma, 229.

chinensis (Ariolica), 488.

Chionomera, 485.

chirica (Casandria), 358.

Chloephora, 511.

Chloethripa, 259.

chlora (Risoba), 431.

chlorana (Chloethripa),

260.

chlorana (Earias), 508.

chlorana (Sarrothripa),

260.

chlorana ( Tortrix), 508.

Chloriola, 515.

chlorion (Harias), 502.

chlorobasis (Hutelia),

42.

chlorocrota (Negeta),

chlorocrota (Rhesena),

630.

chlorodes (Earias), 504.

chlorographa (Pucialia),

307

chlorograpta (Gyrtona),

195.

chlorograpta

ptera), 195.

chloroleuca (Tyana), 495.

chloromela (Diomea), 399.

chloromela (Labanda),

395.

chloromelana (Acontia),

412.

chloromelana (Blenina),

412.

chloropera {Acripia), 592.

chlorophila (Blenina),

402.

chlorophora

132.

pao ophyllana (Ear ias),

09.

(Lopho-

(Pzectes),

ALPHABETICAL INDDX.

Chloroplaga, 596.

chloroplaga (‘Lortrici-

forma), 595.

chloroptila (Hliocrea),

412.

chlorostigma (Carea),

543.

chlorotica (Casandria),

355.

Chlorozada, 517.

Chlumetia, 63.

Chora, 542.

chromataria

505.

chrysochlora (Blenina),

(Earias),

chry ~ysochlora (Eliocrea),

401.

ac (Peectes),

eee (Dilopho-

thripa), 240.

chrysotermina (Hutelia),

Chaduca, 196.

Churia, 593.

Ciasa, 175.

cinctipalpis (Anigrea),

97.

cinctipalpis (Hutelea), 97.

cinerascens (Negeta), 626.

cinerascens (Othora), 305.

cinerascens (Periplusia),

cinereana (Nycteola), 265.

circularis (Ingura), 122

circularis (Peectes), 122

circulella (Selepa), 503.

circulella (Subrita), 303.

cistellatrix (Hurhipia),

cistellatrix (Marathyssa),

citrina (Earias), 499.

clara (Noctua), 148.

clara (Sinna), 468.

clara (Stictoptera), 148.

clathrimaculata (Arcyo-

phora), 672.

Clethrophora, 535.

Clettharina, 287.

Clettharra, 251.

Clina, 196.

clopea (Dendrothripa),

256.

clopzea (Nanaguna), 256.

celisigna (Ariola), 516.

ceelisigna(Vestermannia),

611.

celisigna ( Wester-

mannia), 611.

Collomena, 850,

Colpocheiloptery yx, 10.

columba (Dandaca), \71.

columba (Stictoptera),

171.

columbiana (Sarrothripa),

columbina (Armactica),

664.

cometes (Bryophilopsis),

316.

complexa (Cocila), 106.

concha (Vestermannia),

605.

concha (Westermannia),

605.

conchidia (Acontia), 655.

conchidia (Armactica),

665.

concisa (Othora), 305.

confictella (Titulcia), 484.

confluens (Minica), 171.

confluens (Stictoptera),

Welle

congenita (Acontia), 657.

conglobalis (Gyrtona),

217.

conspicienda (Patzeta),

69.

constricta (Anuga), 106.

continua (Ariola), 308.

continua (Tathothripa),

308.

contrariata (Negeta), 631,

conturbata (Briarda),

155.

convergens _ (Vester-

mannia), 610.

convergens ( Wester-

mannia), 610.

coreana (Sarrothripa),

266.

coreana (Sarrothripus),

266.

cornucopia (Ingura), 612.

cornucopia _(Vester-

mannia), 612, -

Corticata, 229.

corticea (Ariola), 68.

corvina (Phlegetonia), 69.

Cossedia, 479.

costalis (Barasa), 392.

costata (Lophoptera),

costella (Gyrtona), 218.

costipallens (Gadirtha),

344,

costiplaga (Aiteta), 529.

costiplaga (Carea), 548,

costiplagata (Sarro-

thripa), 234.

costistrigata (Ingura),

118.

costistrigata (Pectes),

oO.

ceraeffti (Hylophila), 512.

Craspedagonia, 646.

crenulata (Labanda), 387.

crinopis (Stictoptera),

cristata (Gadirtha), 336.

cristatrixa (Ingura), 111.

cristatrix (Pzectes), 111.

eristigera (Lophoptera),

180.

ceristipennis (Gyrtona),

208.

crocea (Harvas), 499.

Cryassa, 70.

Cryptothripa, 309.

crystallites (Sarros

thripa), 272.

crystallites | (Sarro-

thripus), 272.

cucullioides (Chaladra),

533.

cucullioides (Stictoptera),

158, 171.

cumasia (Selepa), 301.

cuneata (Hutelia), 91.

cuneata (Marathyssa),

91.

cuprea (Entelia), 26.

cuprea (Penicillaria), 26.

cuprea (Vestermannia),

608.

cuprea (Westermannia),

cupreoviridis (Harias),

cupreoviridis (AXantho-

ptera), d05.

cuprescens (Gadirtha),

348.

curiosa

229.

curiosa (Selepa), 229.

curvifera(Bryophilopsis),

316.

curvifera (Chora), 547.

curviferella (Subrita),

298.

curvilinea (Brada), 672.

curvilinea (Peectes), 125.

curvilinea (Sarrothripa),

283.

cyanea (Ophiusa), 567.

eyanea (Vizaga), 567.

cyanodes (Ingura), 112.

cyanodes (Pzectes), 112.

cyanolopha (Hutelia), 91.

cyclops (Caeyparis), 464.

(Characoma),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

cymatistis (Barasa), 390.

cymatistis (Ceparcha),

cymographa (Siglo-

phora), 474.

cyphoneta (Odontestis),

633,

Dabarita, 542.

damnipéunis (Aiteta),

o34.

damnipennis (Phanaca),

534.

Dandaca, 146.

dardoinula (Nola), 205.

decipiens (Cerala), 491.

decipiens (Cyana), 491.

declhinata (Ingura), 125.

declinata (Peectes), 125.

decrescens (Gadirtha),

305.

decrescens (Plotheia),

305.

deflexa (Ariola), 308.

degenerana (Tortrix),

265.

delaia (Stictothripa),

452.

delatria (Penicillaria), 82.

delatrix (Phlegetonia),

deleta (Anigrza), 96.

deleta (Anuga), 96.

deleta (Characoma), 239.

deleta (Pardasena), 239.

deletoides (Anigrxa), 99.

deletoides (Hutelia), 99.

delicata (Risoba), 432.

delineata (Ingura), 128.

delineata (Pzectes), 128.

delosticha (Calathusa),

385.

delosticha (Corula), 355,

demiota (Sarotricha),

300, 303.

demptella (Nephopteryx),

218.

Dendrothripa, 227.

dentalis (Trileuca), 654.

denticulata (Lopho-

ptera), 185.

denticulata (Stictoptera),

185.

dentifera (Hutelia), 23.

dentilinea (Labanda),

398.

dentilinea (Moca), 398.

dentilinealis (Hypena),

dentula (Areyophora),

645.

677

dentula (Euxestis), 645.

describens ( Atgilia), 149.

describens (Stictoptera),

149.

devia (Carea), 555.

devincta (Abrostola), 117.

devincta (Pzectes), 117.

diagona (Blenina), 416,

diagona (Carea), 556.

dialeuca (Gyrtona), 202.

dialeuca (Nigramma),

202.

diapera (Eutelia), 51.

diaphana (Stictoptera),

148.

dichromella

581.

dicyma (Hesperothripa),

997

(Beara),

Didigua, 542.

diffundens (Gadirtha),

101

diffusa (Xanthodes), 656.

Digha, 496.

digramma (Metaleptina),

623.

digramma (Westermar-

nia), 623.

dileuca (Metaleptina),

623.

Dilophothripa, 239.

dilutana (Tortrix), 265.

dimidiata (Eutelia), 38.

diminuens (Medayva),

450.

Dimirica, 385

dinarodes (Acontia), 659.

dinava (Bombotelia), 10.

dinavaensis (Bombo-

telia), 9.

dinawa (Eutelia), 76.

dinawa (Penicillaria), 10.

dinawa (Thyatira), 425.

dinawaensis (Tibiocilla-

rid), 9.

dione (Carea), 552.

diopis (Iscadia), 366.

diphtheroides (Risoba),

430.

diplogramma

545.

diplogramma (Risoba),

(Carea),

diplographa (Hutelia), 19.

diplographa (Plotheia),

265.

discalis (Maceda), 569.

discigera (Gadirtha),

302.

discigera (Selepa), 802.

discistriga (Hutelia), 53.

678

discophora (Leocyma),

dispila (Calathusa), 383.

dispila ( Corula), 383.

dissimilis (Murathyssa),

87,

dissimilis (Thyriodes),

87.

distincta (Characoma),

234

distineta (Clethrophora),

535.

distincta (Gonitis), 535.

distincta (Hypothripa),

234.

distorta (Hutelia), 16.

distracta (Hutelia) 28.

diurna (Hlydna), 523.

diversipennis (Heliothis),

434.

diversipennis (Risoba),

434.

dives (Metaculasta), 651.

dives (Setoctena) 651.

divitalis (Gyrtona),

217.

docilis (Selepa), 304.

dohertyi (Sinna), 467.

donans (Blenina), 418.

Doranaga, 614.

dormitans (Baileya),

447.

dormitans (Leptina),

447.

dorsalis (Gyrtona), 197.

dorsifascialis (Gyrtona),

213.

dorsipuncita

telia), 18.

dorsivitia (Harias), 502.

(Bombo-

dorsoviridis (Kerala),

491.

doubledayi (Baileya),

445.

doubledayt (Leptina),

445,

ducinfieldia (Iscadia),

364

duckinfieldia (Iscadia),

364.

dulcilinea (Hutelia), 36,

dulcissima (Nolasena),

(>)

dulcissima (Paracrama),

520.

Dumatha, 251.

duplana (Pyralis), 265.

duplicata (Kligma), 327.

duplicata (Xanthodes),

656.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

duplicilinea (Chlumetia),

duplicilinea (Hadena),

65.

Farias, 496.

Eccopteroma, 635.

eceicei (Careades), 537.

eceicei (Stictoptera), 152.

edemoides (Burdria), 144.

effusa (Blenina), 563.

effusa (Carea), 563.

Egelesta, 305.

eheiket (Careades), 537.

eheiket (Stictoptera), 162.

eheiker (Targalla), 61.

ekeiket ( Thyatira), 425.

Eleognatha, 370.

eleota (Asinduma), 293.

elaina (Aiteta), 532.

elaina ( Capotena), 532.

Hleate, 15.

elegans (Ballatha), 462.

elegans (Cacyparis), 462.

elegans (Ingura), 140.

Elesma, 369.

Eligma, 326.

Hliocrea, 401.

elongata (Gadirtha), 549.

elongata (Plotheia), 349.

elota (Casandria). 361.

elota (Collomena), 361.

emboloscia (Acontia),

653.

emittens (Casandria),

454,

Encalypta, 362.

endochlora (Pectes),

134.

endoglauca (Metacu-

lasta), 652.

endoglauca (Setoctena),

652.

endoleuca (Armactica),

664.

endophea (Carea), 557.

endophzea (Chlorozada),

519.

endoplaga (Metaptya),

603.

ephesioides

417.

episcopalis (Pterogonia),

648.

erastioides

257.

erastioides (Nanaguna),

257.

erateinalis

481.

(Blenina),

(Htanna),

(Cossedia),

erebenna (Gyrtona), 214.

eremna (Calathusa), 884.

eremna (Corula), 384.

Erizada, 577.

erubescens (Harias), 506.

escalerai (Aiteta), 528.

esmeralda (Erizada),

518.

Etanna, 224.

euiicta (Pectes), 153.

euproctisoides (Thiga-

nusa), 661.

Eurhipia, 15.

euryptera (Chlumetia),

Eutelia, 15.

Hutelianz, 1.

Huxestis, 642.

Huta, 175.

exacta (Gadirtha), 343.

excisa (Pterogonia), 672.

excitans {Penicillaria),

ol.

exiinia (Titulcia), 483.

exophila (Sarotricha),

270.

exophila (Sarrothripus),

270.

exquisita (Bryophila),

415.

exquisita (Hutelia), 49.

exscripta (Asinduma),

292)

exsicca (Gyrtona), 215.

extrema (Deiopeia), 468.

extrema (Sinna), 468. |

exusta (Gelastucera),

083.

fabia (Farias), 507.

fabia (Noctua), 507.

fabrica (Anuga), 115.

fabrica (Peectes), 115.

Jagana (Pyralis), 513.

falcata (Calymnia), 636.

Jfalcata (Hylophila), 494.

falcata (‘Tyana), 494.

falcataria (Careades),

536.

falsalis (Hypena), 205.

falsalis (Nycteola), 205.

fasciata (Carea), 559.

fasciata (Labanda), 396.

JSasciata (Ranaja), 559.

Jasciatrix (Hurhipia), 80.

fasciatrix (Phlegetonia),

fasciatum (Pallium), 265.

fasciosa (Symitha), 454.

favillana (Tortrix), 265.

favillatrix (Hutelia), 45.

fenestra (Stictoptera),

146, 147.

Sentoni (Sinna), 468.

ferreilutea (Siglophora),

472.

ferriceps (Gyrtona), 212.

ferridorsata (Eutelia), 18.

Serrifera (Steiria), 166.

ferrifera (Stictoptera),

166.

ferrigrisea (Characoma),

239.

Serrigrisea (Pardasena),

239.

ferrimissalis (Gyrtona),

218.

Serrinalis (Hvia), 187.

ferrinalis (Lophoptera),

187.

ferrocana (Casandria),

351,

ferrocana (Laphygma),

351.

Serrofusa (Plotheia), 297.

ferrofusa (Selepa), 297.

Serromiata (Gadirtha),

15d.

ferruginea

144.

Sferruginea (Siglophora),

472

(Nedroma),

ferrugined (Stictoptera),

191.

fervens (Macrochthonia),

636.

Servida (Earias), 505.

fida (Anuga), 107.

filifera (Casandria), 360.

jilifera (Laphygma), 369.

jimbriana (Tortria), 461.

jimoriata (Xanthodes),

660.

flabella (Ingura), 123.

tlabella (Psectes), 123.

flabellum (Thyriodes),

85, 86.

flammans (Topadesa),

Ale

flatoides (Tyana), 494.

flava (Acontia), 654.

flava (Carea), 546.

flavescens (‘Tynspanistes),

588.

flavida (Harias), 500.

flaviluna (Eutelia), 54.

flavimargo (Karias), 508.

flavipennis (Risoba), 427.

flavobasalis (Stictoptera),

N55:

floccifera (Clettharra),

252.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

floralis (Sinna), 466.

florida (Htanna), 257.

florida (Nanaguna), 257.

formosa (Ptyonota),

577.

fovifera (Pectes), 118.

Srigidana (Tortrix), 265.

Srondosana (Earias), 502.

Srontalis (Plotheia), 305.

fulva (Careades), 541.

Sulvidana (Hartas), 505.

tulvipicta (Hutelia), 20.

fumosa (Blenina), 408.

furcata (Hutelia), 28.

JSurcata (Penicillaria),

28.

furcicouda (Hutelia), 59.

furcifera (Puecialia), 335.

Suscescens (Edema), 127.

fuscescens (Peectes), 127.

Jusciciliana (Harias),

501.

fuscicona (Areyophora),

fuscicona (Odontestis),

634.

fuscomarginata (Carea),

555.

Jusculana (Sarrothripa),

265.

Gabala, 469.

gabriela (Hutelia), 31.

gabriela (Penicillaria),

Gadirtha, 359.

Galleriomorpha, 305.

gamma (Aiteta), 527.

gamma (Carea), 527.

Garella, 227.

Gelastocera, 583.

gemetroptera (Giganto-

ceras), 172.

geminastra (Metalep-

tina), 623.

geminastra (Wester-

mannia), 623.

gephyrias (Acontia),

659.

gerea (Hutelia), 39.

gerea (Plotheia), 300.

gerza (Selepa), 300.

Gerbatha, 393.

geyert (Eurhipia), 32.

geyeri (Eutelia), 32.

Giaura, 276, 670.

Gigantoceras, 172.

gilvicolor (Hutelia),

140

glaphyra (Acontia), 237.

679

glaphyra (Characoma),

237.

glauca (Ingura), 135.

glauca (Pzectes), 135.

glauca (Risoba), 428.

glaucana (Sarrothripa),

265.

glaucescens (arias),

506.

glaucescens (Paraxestis),

506.

glaucobasis (Gyrtona),

195.

glaucobasis(Lophoptera),

195.

glaucocycla (Hutelia),

668.

glaucograpta (Gadirtha),

342.

glaucopasta (Characoma),

235.

glaucopoides (Spersara),

106.

gloriosa (Panglima), 3217,

328.

gloriosa (Vestermannia),

Goniocalpe, 597.

Gonioxestis, 637.

goodi (Vestermannia),

610.

goodi (Westermannia),

610

gossypii (Kartas), 502.

grabezeusci (Eutelia), 37.

eee (Hutelia),

37.

graellsi (Acontia), 660.

graellsii ( Acontia), 660.

graminalis (Labanda),

399.

gratissima (Chloriola),

5105.

gratissima (Nolasena),

515.

grisea (Blenina), 418.

grisea (Cerala), 490.

grisea (Risoba), 459.

grisea (Sarrothripus),

269.

grisea (Selepa), 269.

grisea (Stenosticta), 206.

erisea (Stictoptera), 165.

griseata (Bryophilopsis),

313.

griseata (Neaxestis),

639.

griseata (Stictoptera),

161

griseifusa (Ingura), 186,

137.

6380

griseifusa (Lobocraspis),

Ot.

griseifusa (Peectes), 137.

grisemigra (Labanda),

387.

grisella(Stictothripa),451.

grisella (Thalpochares),

451.

eriseola (Barasa), 390.

griseovirens (Plotheia),

305.

Gryposoba, 423.

guttiventris (Chlumetia),

68.

guttulosa( Gadirtha), 305.

Gyrtona, 207.

Gyrtonides, 453.

Gyrtothripa, 448.

hades (Gadirtha), 348..

hemacta (Leinopyga),

467.

hematica (Siglophora),

476.

hematopis (Casandria),

359

hamatosema (Peectes),

155

Falias, 511.

hampsoni (Aiteta), 530.

hampsoni ( Capotena), 530.

hampsoni (Chlumetia),

hampsont (Hutelia), 65.

hampsoni (Lampro-

thripa), 290.

hampsont (Tarache), 290.

hamula (Bryophilopsis),

315.

hamula (Erastria), 315.

harmonica (Hutelia), 88.

harmonica (Marathyssa),

88.

hemichlora (Careades),

538.

hemibyala (Audea), 219.

hemithyris (Lophoptera),

18]

hemithyris (Stictoptera),

181.

hemixantha (Earias), 508.

herbealis (Labanda), 398.

herbida (Dumatha), 258.

herbida (Nanaguna), 258.

Hesperothripa, 227.

heterochroa (Maurilia),

5W2.

heterogramma

ptera), 149.

hilaria (Cacyparis), 462.

(Sticto-

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

hilaria (Phalena), 462.

Hishanda, 379.

histrio (Hutelia), 39.

histrio (Marasmalus), 90.

histrio (Penicillaria), 39.

holocausta (Hutelia), 73.

holocausta (Phlegetonia),

73.

holophzea (Carea), 545.

homochroa (Anigrza),

huegeli (Harias), 502.

huma (Lophoptera), 184.

hwma (Stietoptera), 154.

humeralis (Steiria), 153.

huntei (Careades), 538.

huntei (Labanda), 394.

huntei (Thrysosceles), £38.

Hylophila, 511.

Hylophilodes, 510.

hylusalis (Gyrtona), 213.

hypenistis (Lophoptera),

193.

hypenistis (Stictoptera),

193.

hyperythrum (Tinosoma),

577.

Hypodeva, 599.

Hyposcota, 460.

hypotherma (Calathusa),

379.

hypotherma (Corula), 379.

Hypothripa, 229.

hypsoides (Hligma), 328.

hypsoides (Surina), 328.

hyriodes (Cossedia), 479.

tanthina (Plotheia), 671.

ianthina (Selepa), 671.

Icasma, 261.

iconica (Anomis), 573.

iconica (Maurilia), 573.

icterica (Arcyophora),

645.

icterica (Labarita), 645.

ilicana (Pyralis), 265.

illucida (Lophoptera),

182.

tllucida ( Stictoptera), 182.

imitata (Acontia), 656.

imparata (Xanthia), 658.

impellens (Xanthodes),

658.

impingens (Gadirtha),

345.

impleta (Hutelia), 81,

imprimens (Othora), 305.

includens (Ariola), 308.

tncludens ( Othora), 197.

inclusalis (Gyrtona), 209.

indica (Kligma), 380.

indica (Sarrothripa), 208.

indica (Sarrothripus),

268.

indicatana (Symitha),

243.

indicatana ( Tortrix). 248,

inefficiens (Xanthodes),

658.

inexacta (Gadirtha), 345.

inextricata (Hutelia), 43.

injicita (Hutelia), 90.

inficita (Marathyssa), 90.

infida (Targalla), 82.

infleca (Laphygma), 360.

Ingura, 109.

imnocens (Xanthodes),

660.

mnubila (Anthophila),

645.

inquirendus

palpus), 454.

insolitata (Cacyparis),

463.

instabilis (Anomis), 573.

instructa(Hutelia), 31.

insulana (Earias), 502.

insulana ( Tortrix), 502.

internifusca (Carea), 558.

intersepta (Acontia), 656.

(Cremno-

intersepta (Xanthodes),

656.

iocephala (Maurilia),

575.

toda (Ptisciana), '78.

iphida (Apothripa), 251.

iphida (Clettharra), 251.

iridias (Aiteta), 532.

widias (Thyrsoscelis),

532.

irrorata (Neaxestis), 640.

wrrorata (Paraxestis),

640.

irrorata (Fterogonia),

647.

Iscadia, 362.

ischnodes (Calathusa),

380. =

ischnodes (Corula), 380.

japonica (Anuga), 104.

japonica (Piada), 104.

javanica (Hligma), 330.

jocosatrix (Bombotelia),

jososatria (Penicillaria),

j ucunda (Diphthera), 429.

jucunda (Risoba), 429.

juventa (Anuga), 105.

kebea (Risoba), 435,

kebea (Sarrothripa), 274.

kebee (Callingura), 110.

_ kebee (Hutelia), 75.

Kerala, 489.

kheili (Lophoptera), 198.

korbi (Asinduma), 288.

kraeffti (Hylophila), 512.

Labanda, 393.

lactaria (Lamprothripa),

288, 671.

lactaria (Nola), 288. .

lacteata (Negeta), 632.

lacteata (Urbana), 632.

lacteola (Micra), 628.

leta (Ballatha), 461.

lweta (Hyposcota), 461.

leetepicta (Hlgma), 326.

letifica (Stictoptera), 155.

Lamprothripa, 288.

lancina (Tyana), 495.

lapidaria (Clina), 201.

lapidaria (Nigramina),

201.

laportet (Amphipyra),

418.

lata ( Othora), 805.

latebricola (Leptina), 447.

laticincta (Gerbatha),

399.

latifasciella (Subrita),

265.

latimargo (Harias), 505.

latiyia (Pardasena), 248.

lativitta (Plotheia), 300.

laurea (Thalpochares),

231.

Lazanda, 393.

ledereri (Setoctena), 652.

Leianophera, 350.

leighi (Eutelia), 43.

Leocyma, 661.

leprosa (Acripia), 591.

leprosa (Plastenis), 591.

Leptina, 444.

leptochroma (Crioa), 318.

leptochroma (Ochro-

thripa), 318.

leucoeraspis (Carea),

507.

leucodelta (Eutelia), 42.

leucogonia (Plotheia),

302.

leucogonia (Selepa),

302.

leucogonia (Wester-

mannia), 609.

leucographa (Hutelia),

18.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX

leucograpta (Selepa),

296.

leucophea (Acontia), 631.

leucophea (Giaura),

282.

Leucophanera, 481.

leucopis (Casandria),

362.

leucorhiza (Bryophila),

308.

leucospila (Artolica),

614.

leucostriga (Lophoptera),

183.

leucostriga (Stictoptera),

183.

leucotis (Blenina), 281.

leucotis (Giaura), 281.

leucotrigona (Ingura),

112

leucotrigona (Peectes),

11:

levitans (Baileya), 447.

levitans (Leptina), 447.

Libunea, 384.

lichenaria (KHrizada),

577.

lichenigera (Giaura),

lichenigera (Mniothripa),

261.

lichenoides (Gallerio-

morpha), 30d.

lichenopa (Blenina),

415.

lichenopa (Ceparcha),

415.

lichenosa (Acronycta),

416.

lichenosa (Blenina), 403.

lichenosa (Chlumetia),

63.

lichenosa (Giaura), 280.

lichenosa (Perciana), 63.

lichenosa (Piisciana),

280.

lignosa (Petrinia), 323.

lilacina (Churia), 564.

lilacina (Symitha), 286.

limbana (Earias), 500.

limonia (Harias), 504.

lineatrix (Bombotelia),

14,

lineatrix (Penicillaria),

14.

lineolata (Ariolica), 487.

lintnerana (Sarothripus),

265.

literata (Risoba), 437.

literata (Tyana), 494.

litigiosa (Apamea), 180.

681

litigiosa (Lophoptera),

180.

littora (Cletthara), 231.

lobata (Dilophothripa),

240.

lobidorsis (Choephora),

644.

Lobocraspis, 636.

longipennis (Nigramma),

198.

longipennis (Sadarsa),

204.

longiplaga (Vester-

mannia), 605.

longiplaga (Wester-

mannia), 605.

longivalvis (Arcyophora),

644.

Lophoerama, 521.

lophophora (Nigramma),

196.

Lophoptera, 175.

Lophosema, 332.

lophota (Gyrtona), 209.

Lophothripa, 258.

Lophotogonia, 670.

lubina (Maurilia), 574.

lucida (Metaptya),

601.

luctuosa (Lophoptera),

189

luctuosa ( Stictoptera),

189.

ludatrix (Penicitlaria),

82.

luminosa (Acontia), 628.

luminosa (Negeta), 628.

lunata (Lycosclene),

433.

lunata (Risoba), 433,

lunifera (Bryophilopsis),

314.

lunodes (Ingura), 129.

lunodes (Psectes), 129,

140, 669.

lunulata (Anuga), 103.

Lussa, 350.

luteolaria (Earias), 500.

Lycoselene, 424.

maccyoodi (Ktanna),

225.

Maceda, 568.

mackwoodi (Dendro

thripa), 225.

Macrobarasa, 442.

macrocera (Cremnodes),

Macrochthonia, 635.

macrodonta (Plagio-

grapta), Glo.

682

macromma (Stictoptera),

162.

macroptera (Leptina),

91.

maculana (Harias), 501.

maculata (Bombotelia),

maculata (Churia), 594.

maculata (Penicillaria),

U5 NS

magnifica (Hylophila),

512

malachitis (Blenina),

405.

malachitis (Sarro-

thripus), 263.

malagassica (Hligma),

malanga (Eutelia), 668.

malvze (Acontia), 658.

malve (Noctua), 658.

mammida (Aischradia),

378.

mammida (Apamea),

mansueta (Maceda),

569.

Marasmalus, 88.

Marathyssa, 88.

margarita (Gabala), 469.

margined (Plastents),

591.

mariva (Heterocanypa),

336.

mariva (Pucialia), 336.

mathilda (Carea), 553.

Maurilia, 570.

mauritia (Sarrothripa),

271.

mauritia (Sarrothripus),

271.

Medava, 450.

mediifascia (Anigrea),

mediifascia (Hutelia), 96.

mediofusca (Hutelia), 84.

mediofusea (Phlege-

tonia), 84.

mediopunctata (Ani-

greea), 95.

mediopunctata (Lopho-

ptera), 95.

meeci (Bombotelia), 10.

seco (Lophoptera),

meek (Penicillaria), 10.

meekt (Stictoptera), 192.

Megathripa, 319.

megei (Blenina), 406.

meget (Dandaca), 406.

melanephra (Eutelia), 35.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

melanistis (Stictoptera),

165

jc enter ip ne (Casan-

dria), 352.

melanoleuca (Bryophi-

lopsis), 317, 671.

melanolitha (Cacyparis),

melanopis (Kutelia), 40.

melanosticta (Elzo-

enatha), 374.

melanosticta (Parda-

sena), 249.

menaleas (Eutelia), 41.

menaleas (Penicillaria),

mesocausta (Carea),

mesogona (Wutelia), 50.

mesogonia (Neaxestis),

640.

mesogonia (Paraxestis),

640.

mesoleuca

628.

mesoleuca ( Tarache),

(Negeta),

mesonephele

thora), 635.

mesonephele (Odontes-

tis), 635.

mos lege (Sarrothripa),

OT)

ala.

(Areyo-

mesoplaga (Sarrothri-

pus), 272.

mesospila (Calathusa),

383.

mesospila (Corula), 383.

metableta (Calathusa),

384.

metableta (Corula), 384.

metachrysa (Blenina),

metachryseis (Micris-

cadia), 377.

Metaculasta, 650.

Metaleptina, 620.

metaleuca (Carea), 518.

metaleuca (Chlorozada),

518.

metalophota (Blenina),

a9«

metalophota (Chara-

coma), 233.

metamelena(Odontodes),

145.

metanyctea (Blenina),

409.

metaphea (Carea), 558.

metaphza (Casandria),

308.

metaphea (Gadirtha),

191.

metaphza (Lophoptera),

191.

Metaptya, 601.

metarhoda (Rhizanda),

O77.

metasarca (Eutelia), 43.

metascotia (Arachno-

gnatha), 322.

metaspilella (Subrita),

265.

meterythra (Aiteta),

528.

meterythra (Arachno-

gnatha), 321.

meterythra (Titulcia),

485.

methyalea (Lophoptera),

179.

methyalea (Stictoptera),

179.

Micriseadia, 377.

microcyma (Metalep-

tina), 621.

mucrocyma (Urbona),

621.

microdonta (Gyrto-

thripa), 449.

Microthripa, 226.

microthyris (Stictoptera),

169.

Microxestis. 642.

Microzada., 578.

migrator (Xanthodes),

654.

millieret

518.

Minica, 146.

minor (Blenina), 282.

minor (Giaura), 282.

minorella (Pardasena),

247.

minuta (Sarrothripus),

270.

minutum (Icasma), 270.

TS De (Hypothripa),

246.

(Hylophita),

mioehroa (Pardasena),

246.

miophza (Bryothripa),

310.

miophora (Characoma),

238.

miota (Blenina), 415.

mirabile (Tinosoma),

575.

mirabilis (Camptozada),

579.

mirabilis (Parelydna),

568.

mirabilis (Vizaga), 568.

Mniothripa, 260.

moira (Carea), 555.

molybdea (Selepa), 303.

molybdota (Negeta),

625.

moneida (Hutelia), 80.

monilialis (Gyrtona),

213.

monosticta (Tyana),

493

morena (Pheothripa),

318.

morena (Sarrothripa),

318.

morosa (Hutelia), 56.

morosa (Penicillaria),

56.

Motya, 350.

multilinea (Characoma),

235.

multilinea (Cletthara),

mu!tiplicans (Anuga),

106.

multiplicans

106.

multipunctata (Cerala),

49}

(Piada),

multipunctata (Kerala),

491.

nultistriata

ptera), 170.

murina (Ingura), 117,

150, 131.

muscosa (Diomea), 396.

musculana (Sarro-

thripa), 264.

musculana (Sarro-

thripus), 264.

musculina (Aiteta),

083.

muttia (Hutelia), 95.

(Sticto-

Nachaba, 63.

Nagara, 146.

Nagesena, 624.

nama (Gyrtona), 215.

nana (Edema), 130.

Nanaguna, 251.

narcissus (Bombyx),

330

narcissus (Hligma), 330.

natterert (Penicillaria),

27, 28

Neaxestis, 638.

Nedroma, 143.

Negeta, 624.

negretina (Lophoptera),

189.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

negretina (Stictopiera),

189

Neonegeta, 617.

Neostictoptera, 350,

nephelota (Garella),

670.

nephelozona (Plotheic),

nephelozona (Selepa),

304.

nerissa (Pterogonia),

50.

Nertobriga, 614.

nesta (Asinduma), 314.

nesta (Bryophilopsis),

314.

nexilla (Carea), 565

nigra (Iscadia), 362.

nigralba (Plotheia), 296.

nigralba (Selepa), 296.

Nigramma, 196.

nigrans (Blenina), 413.

nigrescens (Barasa),

285.

nigrescens (Giaura),

nigribasis (Metaleptina),

622.

nigridentula (Hutelia),

a5.

cng idisca (Symitha),

252.

nigrilinea (Minica), 155.

nigr iscripta (Giaura),

245,

nigriscripta (Laphygma),

351.

nigrisigna (Churia), 594.

nigrocinerea (Gyrtona),

213.

nigrogutitata (Lussa),

306

nigropuncta (Casandria),

vol.

nigropuncta (Neosticto-

ptera), 351.

nilotica (Characoma),

231.

nilotica (Sarrothripa),

231.

niphea (Giaura), 278.

niphea (Plisciana), 278

niphostola (Choma),

281.

nitens (Clettharina},

287.

nitescens (Ale@ognatha),

373.

nitescens (Hleognatha),

378.

nitida (Carea), 552,

683

nivea (Negeta), 632.

nivea (Westermannia),

632.

niveidisca (Argyrothripa),

278.

niveidisca (Giaura), 278.

niveivitta (Gyrtona),

212.

Noctuide, 1.

noctuifermis (Aon), 108.

nocturna (Hypodeva),

601.

nocturna (Westermannia),

601.

nolanella (Symitha), 244,

273. ;

novoguineana (Harias),

nubes (Oraspedagonia),

46.

nubes (Pterogonia), 646.

nubifera (Dimirica), 386

nubifera (Peectes), 131.

nubiferella (Beara), 582.

nubilicosta (Negeta),

626.

nubilicosta (Periplusia),

626,

nubilosa (Garella), 228.

nugatrix (Bombotelia),

nugatrix (Penicillaria),

Nycteola, 205, 261.

nyctichroma (Ingura),

133.

nyctichroma (Pzctes),

nygmia (Acontia), 596.

nygmia (Chloroplaga),

596.

obliqua (Careades), 539.

obliquata (Eutelia), 41.

obliquinaria (Blenina),

obliterata (Metaleptina),

621.

obrotunda (Ingura), 1380.

obrotunda (Peectes), 130,

obscura (Afgilia), 101.

obsolescens (Carea), 556.

obstructa (Risoba), 441).

obtenta (Calduba), 569.

obvia (Carea), 553.

occulta (Cryptothripa),

309.

occulta (Selepa), 309.

ocellata (Anomis), 593.

ocellata (Churia), 593.

ocellata (Westermannia),

665.

684

ochracea (Churia), 594.

ochreiplaga (Eutelia), 54.

ochreographa (Gyrtona),

216.

ochricostata (Hutelia),

57.

ochrobasis (Anigraea), 95.

ochroleucana (arias),

584.

ochroleucana

cera), 584.

ochrophylla (arias),

509.

ochroplaga (Negeta), 627.

ochroplaga (Westerman-

nia), 627.

ochrota (Stictoptera), 160.

Ochrothripa, 317.

Ochthophora, 368.

octogesima (Calathusa),

380.

octogesima (Corula), 580.

ocuiaris ( Aglossa), 90.

oculatris (Penicillaria),

(Gelasto-

oculatrix (Ingura), 120.

oculatrix (Pctes), 120.

ocyra (Carea), 558.

Odontestis, 632.

Odontodes, 143.

(idiecraspis, 320.

cediplaga(Vestermannia),

611.

aediplaga(Westermannia),

611.

cenocrossa (Acachmena),

589.

ogovana (Harias), 501.

olivacea (Paracrama),

570.

olivaceiplaga (Hutelia), 37.

olivana (Argyrothripa),

293.

olivana (Asinduma), 293.

olivaris (Casandria), 354.

olivascens (Stietoptera),

ISI.

olivens (Risoba), 436.

olivia (Dilophothripa),

242.

onusta (Othora), 305.

operatria (Hutelia), 71.

operatrix (Phiegetonia),

71.

ophthalmica (Baileya),

445.

ophthalmica (Leptina),

445.

opposita (Hutelia), 82.

orbicularis (Aquis), 587.

orbicularis (Diomea), 387.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

orbifera (Argyrothripa),

289.

orbifera (Lamprothripa),

289.

orientalis

psis), 311.

orientalis (Halias), 510.

orientalis (Hylophilodes),

510.

(Bryophilo-

ornatissima (Sinna), 468.

Orosa, 276.

Orthoclostera, 109.

Orthocraspis, 586.

orthoxantha (Hligma),

331.

Othora, 305.

ougarra (Giaura), 279.

owgarra (Blenina), 279.

oxylopha (Bombotelia),

15.

oxylopha (Hutelia), 15.

oxyptera (Gyrtona), 213.

Pacidara, 3.

Peectes, 109.

pallescens

268.

“a

(Cletthara),

paliiatrix (Penicillaria),

82.

pallida (Carea), 556.

pallida (Ingura), 140.

pallida (Plusiocalpe), 599.

pallida (Lympanistes),

589.

pamphosalis

399.

Panglima, 326.

pannosa (Blenina), 418.

papuana (Beara), 582.

Paracarea, 566.

Paracrama, 520.

parallela (Aiteta), 528.

parallela (Harias), 504.

parallelaria (Carea), 553.

Paralopha, 142.

paranthyala (Stictoptera),

189.

(Bocana),

Paraxestis, 641.

Paraxia, 229.

Pardasena, 245.

parectata (Thalpochares),

628.

Parelydna, 567.

Parhylophila, 514.

partita (Micra), 507.

parvella (Sarrothripus),

267.

parvella (Subrita), 267.

Pateta, 68.

patricula (Maurilia), 651.

patricula (Setoctena),

51.

peculiaris (Orthoclostera),

Wiley

peltaloma (Caradrina),

665.

Penicillaria, 15.

penicillum (Stictoptera),

219.

Periplusia, 624.

perlignealis( Hypochalcia),

201.

perlignealis (Nigramma),

201

petrificata (Penicillaria),

Petrinia, 323.

pheea (Maurilia), 573.

pheobasis (Lophoptera),

182.

pheobasis (Stictoptera),

pheoleuca (Characoma),

236.

pheopepla (Negeta), 627.

pheopepla (Westerman-

nia), 627.

pheopera (Anigreea),

100

phxoplaga (Pzctes),

32.

pheoptera (Iscadia), 367.

pheeostrota (Hleognatha),

370.

Pheothripa, 318.

pheoxista (Lophoptera),

186.

pheozona (Gyrtona),

216.

Phalga, 15.

Phanaca, 526.

philippinensis (Eligma),

330.

philomela (Metaptila),

369.

Phlegetonia, 70.

pheenicochlora (Lopho-

erama), 521.

phraganoides( Stictoptera),

148

phryganealis (Nagara),

147.

Phumana, 102.

phycisoides (Gyrtona),

210.

Piada, 102.

picta (Calymerz), 612.

picta (Vestermannia),

612.

pictatrix (Hutelia), 44.

picticolor (Hutelia), 78.

piperita (Areyophora),

641.

piperita (Neaxestis), 641.

piperitella (Arcyophora),

672.

Pitrasa, 424.

plaga (Harias), 501.

plagiata \ Othora), 305.

Plagiograpta, 613.

plagioscia (Carea), 539.

plagioscia (Careades),

539.

Pleurasympieza, 350.

Plotheia, 305.

plumbea (Bombotelia),

14.

plumbea (Penicillaria),

plumbeata (Selepa), 299.

plumbeifascia (Gyrtona),

186.

plumbeifascia

ptera), 186.

plumbeola (Lophoptera),

184.

(Lopho-

plumbisparsa (Gyrtona),

217.

Plusiocalpe, 598.

Plusiodes, 603.

plusioides (Hleale), 21.

plusioides (Eutelia), 21,

82.

pecilosoma (Stictoptera),

155.

polia (Characoma), 237.

polia (Hypothripa), 237.

polia (Pectes), 156.

poliochroa (Eutelia), 667.

poliochroa (Gadirtha),

300.

polionota (Gyrtona), 217.

poliopepla (Iscadia), 337.

poliopepla (Pucialia),

poliophea (Sarrothripa),

273.

poliophxa (Sarrothri-

pus), 273.

poliophzea (Steniscadia),

376.

Poliothripa, 333.

poliotis (Ingura), 113.

poliotis (Pzectes), 118.

polla (Leocyma), 653.

polla (Setoetena), 653.

pollusca (Leocyma), 620.

pollusca (Neonegeta),

620.

polychorda (Hutelia), 60.

polycyma (Sarrothripus),

272.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

polygrapha (Gadirtha),

191.

polyhymnia (Crypto-

thripa), 310.

polyhymnia (Plotheia),

310.

polymorpha (Gyrtona),

200.

polymorpha (Nigramma),

200.

polyodonta (Steniscadia),

671

polyspilalis (Gabala),

470.

porphyriota (Phlegeto-

nia), 74.

prepilata Ingura), 124.

pretexta (Hurhipia), 82.

prasina (Chlorozada),

518.

prasina (Tortrix), 511.

prasinana (Hylophila),

513.

prasinana (Pyralis), 511.

prasinana ( Tortria), 5138.

pratti (Corea), 554.

pratti (Ingura), 114.

pratti (Peectes), 114.

pratti (Risoba), 433.

pratti (Sphingiforma),

525

pratti (Targalla), 19.

pratti (Tibiocillaria), 5.

procera (Hutelia), 140.

producta (Hdema), 127,

129.

producta (Iscadia), 365.

producta (Simplicia), 365.

prominens (Risoba), 438.

prosticta (Odontestis),

633.

prosticta (Plusiocalpe),

633.

proximalis (Gyrtona),

218

pryeri (Carea), 554.

psaliphora (Peectes}, 110.

Pseudelydna, 522.

Pseudocalpe, 642.

Pterogonia, 646,

Ptisciana, 286.

Ptyonota, 579.

Pucialia, 334.

pudicana (Harias), 507.

pulchella (Ariolica), 487.

pulchella (Chionomera),

487.

pulcherrima (Hutelia),25,

pulcherrimus (Ripogenus),

pulchra (Gadirtha), 341.

685

puloa (Blenina), 422.

punctana (Tortrix), 265,

punctata (Giaura), 28+.

punctata (Pardasena),

248.

punctata (Sarotricha),

284.

punctata

284

a“ °

(Symitha),

punctilineata (Cerala),

490.

punetilineata (Kerala),

pupillana (Earias), 507.

pura (Barasa), 279.

pura (Giaura), 279.

purissima (Iscadia), 338.

purissima (Pucialia)

338.

purpurascens (Anigreea),

102.

purpurascens (Casan-

dria), 355.

purpurascens

enatha), 374.

purpurascens (Lopho-

sema), 332.

purpurascens (Negeta),

630.

(Hleo-

purpurascens (Nigram-

ma), 202.

purpurascens (Sadarsa),

202.

purpurea (Carea), 551,

558.

purpurea (Neonegeta),

619.

purpureonigra (Hutelia),

62.

purpureoscripta (Didi-

gua), 564.

pusilla (Gyrtona), 448.

pusilla (Gyrtothripa),

448,

pustulifera (Ciasa), 190.

pustulifera (Harias), 494.

pustulifera (Lophoptera),

190

pustulifera (Tyana), 494.

pygmeea (Peectes), 124.

pyraloides (Chaduca),

198.

pyraloides (Nigramma),

198.

pyrastis (Eutelia), 28.

pyrausta (Calymnia),

636.

pyzites (Chlorozada),

517.

pyrospila

(Penicil-

laria), 58.

686

quadratifera (Ni

ma), 197.

quadratipennis (Bessara),

585.

quadriliturata (Eutelia),

gram-

quadrinotata (Gadirtha),

189.

quadrinotata

ptera), 189.

quadripennis(Chandica),

478.

quadripuncta (Blenina)

420.

quadristrigata (Stetria),

144.

(Lopho-

guercana (Tortrix), 511.

queusta (Chionomera),

484.

quinaria (Blenina), 410.

rabdota

301.

rabdota (Selepa), 301.

ramosana (Tortrix), 265.

Ranaja, 542.

ransonnett (Ariola), 516.

rectifera (Gadirtha), 454.

rectilinea (Gigantoceras),

174.

rectilinea (Pucialia),

338.

rectimarginata

586.

rectimarginata

craspis), 86.

rectomarginata

erama), 520.

recurrens (Ingura), 116.

repandens (Carea), 548.

repandens (Chora), 548.

repleta (Hutelia), 81.

repleta (Steiria), 170.

ree (Stictoptera),

170.

(Clettharra),

(Carea),

(Ortho-

(Para-

repletana (Giaura), 276

repugnans (Risoba), 426.

repugnans (Thyatira),

426

resoluta (Penicillaria),

140.

reticularis (Teinopyga),

468.

revayana (Sarrothripus),

265.

revayana ( Tortrix), 265.

reversa (Nertobriga), 614.

Rhizana, 577.

rhoda (Neaxestis), 639.

rhodophila (Dabarita),

547.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

rhythmopis (Selepa),

300.

richardi (Stictoptera),

170.

Ripogenus, 15.

Risoba, 424.

rivagana (Pyralis), 265.

rivata (Eutelia), 34.

robinsoni (Carea), 560.

robusta (Giaura), 286.

robusta (Selepa), 286.

redert (Bryophila), 313.

reederi (Bryophilopsis),

. 313.

reselioides

247.

reeselioides (Pardasena),

247.

rosea (Hurhipia), 71.

roseifera (Harias), 506.

rotundalis (Gyrtona),

210.

rotundipennis (Garella),

928

adie Oe

rubicundula (Microleon),

(Acontia),

rubida (Anigrzea), 101.

rubidorsalis (Lympan-

istes), 588.

rubiginea (Paracarea),

566.

rubiginea (Paralopha),

142.

rubicosa

541.

rubrifusa (Carea), 555.

rubromarginata (Hylo-~

phila), 511.

rubromarginata (Hylo-

philodes), 511.

rudis (Bagistana), 252.

rudivitta (Kgelesta), 305.

rufa (Erizada), 579.

rufa (Lophoptera), 192.

rufa (Stictoptera), 192.

rufatrie (Penicillaria),

(Careades),

rufescens (Maceda), 569.

rufescens (Paraxestis),

641.

rufescens

297.

ruficeps (Neveta), 629.

(Selepa),

ruficeps (Westerman-

nia), 62(C

ruficirra haracoma),

236.

ruficirra (Hypothripa),

236.

rufimargo (Titulcia),

rufimedia (Megathripa),

319 4

rufimedia (Sarrothripa),

319.

rufina (Clina), 201.

rufipuncta (Dendro-

thripa), 228

rufoflava (Pecndelpdam

523.

rufoflava (Xanthia), 523.

rufopunctata (Harias),

497.

rufula (Hutelia), 96.

rufula (Targallodes), 58.

russiana (Sarrothripa),

265

sabulosa (Ingura), 139.

sabulosa (Peectes), 139.

Sadarsa, 203.

sanguinea (Careades),

sanguinea (Topodesa),

477.

sanguinolenta ( Chiono-

mera), 475.

sanguinolenta (Siglo-

phora), 475.

sara (Gadirtha), 343.

sarawakana (Savoca),

217.

Sarrothripine, 220.

Sarrothripus, 261.

saturalis (Labanda), 396.

saturata (Areolu), 570.

saturata (Maurilia), 570

Savoca, 207.

scapularis (Aeripia), 590.

scapularis (Plastenis),

590.

scelerata (Eutelia), 80.

seelerata (Phlegetonia),

sceptica (Giaura), 283.

sceptica (Symitha), 283.

Schazama, 88.

schildei (Eucalypta), 365.

Scolopocneme, 339.

seoparioides (Chara-

coma), 230.

scoparioides (Corticata),

scotia (Lamprothripa),

291.

scotia (Ptisctana), 291.

seripta (Aiteta), 530.

seripta (Arbasera), 530.

scriptana ( Tortrix), 265.

selenitis ( Westermannia),

621.

Selepa, 294.

semialba (Minica), 164.

semialba (Stictoptera),

164.

semicarbonalis(Gyrtona),

210.

semicircularis (Peectes),

121.

semifervens (Erizada),

577.

semifervens (Gadirtha),

d77.

semiflava (Chandica),

semiflava (Cossedia),

480.

seminivea (Ptisciana),

286.

semipars (Bryophila),

399.

semipars (Labanda), 399.

semipartita (Stictoptera),

155.

semirufa (Lophoptera),

179, 669.

semiviridis (Acripia),

592.

senex (Blenina), 407.

senex (Dandaca), 407.

sericea (Metaptya), 602.

sericealis (Hrizada), 597.

sericealis (Goniocalpe),

597.

sericina (Metaptya), 598.

sericina (Ochthophora),

368.

sericina (Plusiocalpe),

598.

seticornis (Carea), 564.

seticornis (Nonagria),

564.

Setoctena, 650.

sexilinea (Characoma),

232.

sexilinea (Hypothripa),

siccata (Angra), 100.

siccata (Hutelia), 100.

siculana (Sarrothripa),

265.

Siglophora, 472.

signata (Ariolica), 614.

signata (Nertobriga),

614.

signata (Othora), 305.

signifera (Steiria), 155.

signifera (Stictoptera),

155.

Stlacida, 15.

siliquana (EHarias), 502.

similis (Gadirtha), 339.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

similis (Pucialia), 339.

simillima (Harias), 502.

simplex (Bombotelia), 12.

simplex (Hutelia), 12.

Sina, 379.

Sinna, 465.

sinuosa (Hutelia), 17.

sinuosa (Phalga), 17.

sinuosa (Sarrothripus),

269.

sinuosa (Symitha), 269.

smaragdina (Blenina),

smaragdina (Harias),

509.

smaragdinana (Harias).

JUS.

smithii (Pleurasympieza),

356.

snelleni (Hutelia), 29.

snellent (Ingura), 29.

solida (Penicillaria), 140.

soliera (Doranaga), 615.

soliera (Nertobriga), 615.

solitaria (Hutelia), 55.

solitaria (Penicillaria),

55.

solomonis (Blenina), 414.

solstitialis (Giganto-

ceras), 173.

spatulata (Capotena),

530

speculatrix (Tyana), 495.

speiplena (Aphusia), 507.

Spersara, 102.

spherophora (Risoba),

425.

Sphingiforma, 524.

spilalis (Gyrtona), 210.

spurcata (Gadirtha),

305.

squamifera (Blenina),

416

squamifera (Lophoptera),

416.

squammigera (Lopho-

ptera), 177.

squamulosa (Lophoptera),

180.

stalactitis (Negeta), 625.

stalactitis (Westerman-

nia), 625.

stali (Arcyophora), 645.

stalit (Setoctena), 645,

Steiria, 146.

steirialis (Nagara), 148.

stellata (Dialithoptera),

671.

steniptera (Casandria),

59.

Steniscadia, 376.

687

stenophylla (Calathusa),

382.

stenophylla (Corula), 382.

Stenosticta, 206.

sticticraspis (Rischa),

stictoprocta (Hutelia), 79.

stictoprocta (Phlege-

tonia), 79.

Stictoptera, 146.

Stictopterinz, 141.

Stictothripa, 450.

stigmatophora (Plotheia),

294.

stigmatophora (Selepa),

294.

stipata (Lophoptera),

188

stipata (Plusia), 188.

stoninus (Sarrothripus),

265.

stramen (Xanthodes),

658.

straminea (Doranaga),

16.

straminea (Nertobriga),

616.

strenualis (Gyrtona),

213

sina, (Odontestis), 634.

striata (Stictoptera),

160.

striatura (Doranaga),

649.

striatura (Pterogonia),

649.

strigifera (Selepa), 302.

strigivenata ( Giaura)

strigivenata (Sarroth-

ripus), 268.

strigula (Hutelia), 81.

strigula (Phlegetonia ),

81.

stroca (Casandria), 361.

stroca (Iscadia), 361.

stygia (Stictoptera), 168.

subapicalis (Abrostola),

116.

subapicalis (Psectes),

subaurata (Stictoptera),

148.

subfasciata (Nigramma),

199

subfasciata ( Othora), 199.

subfasciata (Steiria), 144.

subfervida ((idicraspis),

320.

subflava (Aiteta), 531,

subflava (Capotena), 531,

688

subflavida

381.

subglauca (Hlesma), 369,

subglauca (Othora), 305.

sublineata (Negeta), 631.

sublineata (Urbona), 631.

submuscosa (Bariana),

399.

submuscosa (Labanda),

(Calathusa),

subobliqua (Steiria), 155,

156.

subobliqua (Stictoptera),

156, 161.

subocellata (Hutelia), 82.

subolivacea (Acripia),

591.

Subrita, 261.

subrubens (Eutelia), 58.

subrubens (Penicillaria),

58.

subrubra (Beara), 578.

subrubra (Careades),

540.

subrubra (Erizada), 578.

subtilis (Carea), 542.

subtilis (Dabarita), 542.

subviridis (Harias), 504.

suffundens (Anophia),

61.

suffundens (Hutelia), 61.

sulphuraria (Harias),

sundana (Cosmia), 548.

superba (Acontia), 672.

superba (Ariolica), 488.

superba (Hypodeva),

672.

superba (Tyana), 488.

superba (Vestermannia),

606.

superba (Westermannia),

606.

Surina, 326.

svinhei (Stictoptera),

167.

swinhet (Stictoptera),

167.

sylpha (Hylophila), 514.

sylvana (Pyralis), 513.

Symitha, 243.

symmicta (Sarrothripa),

267.

symmicta (Sarrothripus),

symphonica

(Eutelia),

syriacana (Harias), 508.

Tamusida, 251.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

tarachoides

lopsis), 315.

Targalla, 70.

Targallodes, 15.

tarica (Carea), 552.

tarika (Carea), 552.

Tathothripa, 307.

tawan (Axia), 454.

Teinopyga, 465.

tenera (Sina), 382.

tenuimargo (Tyana),

493.

tenuipalpis (Cacyparis),

465.

(Bryophi-

tenuipalpis (Hpizeuxris),

465.

tenuis (Cucullia), 204.

tenuis (Sadarsa), 204.

testacea (T'ympanistes),

587.

tetragramma (Barasa),

392.

thermistis (Aiteta), 529.

thermistis (Carea), 529.

Thiganusa, 661.

thoracica (Gyrtona), 210.

Thrypticodes, 251.

Thyriodes, 85.

Thyrsoscelis, 526.

Tibiocillaria, 5.

timesia (Stictoptera),

157.

tinctoides (Checupa), 345.

Tinosoma, 577.

Tituleia, 482.

todara (Nigramma), 199.

Topadesa, 476.

Tortriciforma, 594.

tortricoides (Giaura),

283.

tortricoides (Orosa), 283.

trajiciens (Steiria), 154.

trajiciens (Stictoptera),

transfossa (Leiano-

phera), 454.

transvalica (Selepa), 299.

transyersa (Acontia),

654.

transversa Chlumetia),

68.

transversa (Nachaba),

transversa (Stictoptera),

155.

tVANSVvErsa

654.

triangularis (Clettharra),

triangularis _ (Vester-

mannia), 608.

(Xanthodes),

triangularis ( Wester-

manna), 608.

triangulifera (Ariolica),

486

triangulifera ( Chiono-

mera), 486.

trichocera (Gadirtha),

340.

trigonica (Neonegeta),

619.

trigonica(Westermannia),

619.

trigoniphora

530.

trigoniphora (Cupotena),

530.

trigramma (Setoctena),

651.

Triorbis, 324.

triorbis (Amaloptila),

369.

tripartita (Hutelia), 19.

tripartita (Gyrtona),

1 «

(Aiteta),

tripartita (Ingura), 19.

tripartita (Lophoptera),

193.

triphznopsis (Blenina),

419.

tristrigosa (Harias), 502.

troctopera (Hlzognatha),

371.

Trogobriga, 616.

truncata (Aiteta), 534.

truncata (Brada), 534.

tumida (Carea), 547.

tumidicosta (Stictoptera),

356.

turana (arias), 509.

turneri (Gadirtha), 344.

turnert (Ochthophora),

344.

Tyana, 492.

Typanistes, 587.

umbrosa (Labanda),

400.

undulana (Tortrix),

265,

unicolor (Sinna), 468.

uninotata (Digha), 500.

uniplaga (Harias), 497.

unipunctata (Carea),

550.

Urbona, 624.

valida ( Clettharra), 252.

vallata (Characoma),

230.

vallata (Hypothripa),

230.

variabilis (Steiria), 146,

159)

varians (Blenina), 414.

variegata (Llenina), 403.

variegata (Clettharra),

256.

variegata (Iscadia), 364.

variegata (Nanaguna),

s) 6

variegata (Pitrasa), 428.

variegata (Risoba), 428.

variegata (Stictoptera),

163.

variegata (Tarache), 671.

varipes (Carea), 547.

yates (Leocyma), 662.

velata ( Othora), 305.

veluta (Aiteta), 527.

venalis (Dendrothripa),

280.

venalis (Giaura), 285.

ventilator (Marasmalus),

86.

venustissima (Pacidara),

verecunda

257.

verna (Chlorozada), 519.

verna (Hrizada), 519.

verna (Hypothripa), 2:46.

verna (Pardasena), 246.

vernana (Harias), 504.

vernana (Tortria), 504.

Vestermannia, 603.

vexilla (Carea), 565.

verilla (Dinumma), 56d.

vialis (Risoba), 438.

violescens (Phlegetonia),

(Erastria),

ade

violescens (Selepa), 296.

virescens (Plotheia), 264.

virescens (Sarrothripus),

264.

virgulana

245,

viryulana (Sarrothripa),

245,

(Pardasena),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

viridalis (Bocana), 396.

viridalis (Labanda), 595.

viridam (Gonitis), 535.

viridaria (Lophoptera),

194.

viridaria (Stictoptera),

194.

viridata (Anigrea), 98.

viridata (Blenina), 422.

viridata (Hutelia), 98.

viridata (Risoba), 451,

viride (Phalena), 508.

viridescens (Labanda),

391.

viridifascia (Carea), 562.

viridifascia (Hrizada),

562.

viridinota (Hutelia), 17.

viridipennis (Carea),

561.

viridipicta (Carea), 563.

viridipicta (Churia),

63.

viridipuncta (‘Tortrici-

forma), 599.

viridis-lineata(Phalena),

513

viridisquama (Aquis),

386.

vitea (Lophothripa),

259.

vitea (Selepa), 259.

vitella (Tinea), 507.

vitellina (Pitrasa), 427.

vitellina (Risoba), 427.

vitiensis (Stictoptera),

159.

vitrea (Stictoptera), 147.

vittalba (EKutelia), 59.

vittalba (Penicillaria),

59.

vittalis (Nanaguna),

255.

vittalis (Tamusida) 255.

vittata (Ingura), 140.

vittigera (Lophoptera),

177.

Vizaga, 567.

689

vulgaris (Hutelia), 140.

vutzdorffi (Microxestis),

642.

Westermannia, 603.

westermannit ( Plusiodes),

606.

wuitzdorffi

642.

(Huxestis),

canthia (Carea), 525.

xanthia (Pseudelydna),

523.

scanthobasis (Ariola), 618.

xanthobasis (Neonegeta),

618.

AXanthodes, 653.

cantholopha (Blenina),

xantholopha (Macro-

barasa), 443.

canthophila (Acontia),

502.

xanthosticta (Argyro-

thripa), 444.

xanthosticta (Macroba-

rasa), 444.

zista (Gyrtona), 185.

xista (Lophoptera), 185.

aylinata (Lophoptera),

149.

xyloylypta — (Thrypti-

codes), 252.

yucca (Gyrtona), 217.

zanderi (Arcyophora),

637

zanderi (Gonioxestis),

637.

Zebecha, 205.

zelia (Acontia), 618.

zelia (Neonegeta, 618,

Zobia, 15.

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Vols. II.-V.] 1910, 4to. 10. 10s.

- Vertebrata. [A.—Mammalia (Seal-Hm- 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.Se., F.R.S.

‘Crustacea, I[X.---Isopoda(pp.77:10pls) ., T.V. Hodgson, F.L.S.

Nemertinea (pp. 15: 1 pl.,.16 text- ,, Prof. L. Joubin.

figures)

Ceelentera. V. etuse (pp. 62: 7 oF esate) Laward T. Browne.

Lichenes (pp. 11: 1 pl.)... Dr. O. V. Darbishire.

A Monograph of ne Teena (indie Ocean) : Physical

Features. and Geology by C. W. Andrews, B.A., B.Sc.,

F.G.S., with descriptions of the Fauna and Flora by

numerous contributors. Pp. xv.,337: 22 plates (7 coloured),

re map, and 27 illustrations in text. [WithIndex.] 1900,

vo. Ii.

First Report on Heonomic 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 Lankester, LL.D., F.R.S.]

Pp. xxxiv., 192. 18 Woodcuts. 1908, Roy. 8vo. 6s.

Second Ronen on Keonomic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,

M.A., &, Pp. x., 197. 29 Illustrations. 1904, Roy. 8vo.

6s. Bie

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, homes) and Teuitediting Bats in

the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E.

Gray, HRS: een Pp: vi Sie Woodents. 1870,

8vo, 4s.

Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate

Mammalia in the British Museum. ‘By John Edward

Gray, F.R.S., &e. Pp. vii, 398. 47 Woodeuts. 1869,

S8vo. 6s. 6d. Sein

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 4)

Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum. By

~ John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c. 2nd EKdition. Pp. vii.,

402. 101 Woodeuts. 1866, 8vo. 8s.

: Supplement. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c.,

Pp. vi., 103. 11 Woodecuts. 1871, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia (Pecora, Linnzus) in the

British Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &e.

Pp. viii., 102. 4 Plates. 1872, 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Monograph of the Okapi. By Sir E. Ray Lankester, K.C.B.,

M.A., D.Sce., F.R.S., &¢. Atlas. Compiled with the

assistance of W. G. Ridewood, D.Sc. 48 Plates, with

xxii. pp. of Explanations, &c. 1910, 4to. Li. 5s.

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.

eae Reg is and Alphabetical Indexes.} 1888,

8vo. 1, 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 Timeliidz (Babbling Thrushes).

By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xvi.,698. Woodcuts and

15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1883, 8vo. I/. 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 Hang

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 Perching

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. 17. 2s.

Vol. XI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Fringilliformes: Part II., containing the families

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued.

Cerebide, Tanagride, 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. 11.

Vol. XII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Frringilliformes: 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

Rirds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Sturniformes, containing the families Artamide,

Scurnide, Ploceide,and Alaudide. Also the families

Atrichiide and Menuride. By R. Bowdler Sharpe.

Pp. xvi., 701. Woodcuts and 15 coloured Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890,

Svo. Ii. 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, Cotingidee, Phytotomide, Philepittide,

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. Id. 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.

Woodcuts and 20 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, 8vo. Ii.

Vol. XVI. Catalogue of the Picarie in the Collection of

the British Museum. OUpupe and T'rochili, by Osbert

Salvin. OCoracie, of the families Cypselide, Capri-

mulgide, Podargide, and Steatornithide, by Ernst

Hartert. Pp. xvi., 703. Woodcuts and 14 coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ]

1892, 8vo. I. 16s.

Vol. XVII. Catalogue of the Picariz in the Collection

of the British Museum. Coracie (contin.) and

Halcyones, with the families Leptosomatide, Coraciide,

Meropide, Alcedinidew, Momotide, Totide and Coliide,

by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Bucerotes and Trogones, by

W. R. Ogilvie Grant. Pp. xi., 522. Woodcuts and 17

coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1892, 8vo. 10. 10s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). T

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. 14. 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,

S8vo. 1. ds.

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,

dvo. 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. 17. 10s.

Vol. XXIT. Catalogue of the Game Birds (Péerocleies,

Galline, Opisthocomt, Hemipodit) in the Collection of

the British Museum. By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.

Pp. xvi., 985. & coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 11. 6s.

Vol. XXIII. Catalogue of the Fulicariz (Rallide and

Heliornithide) and Alectorides (Aramid, Hurypy-

gide, Mesitide, Rhinochetide, Gruide, Psophiide,

and Otididz) in the Collection of the British Museum.

By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 353. 9 coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ]

1894, 8vo. 17.

Vol. XXIV. Catalogue of the Limicole in the Collection

of the British Museum. By R. Bowdler Sharpe.

Pp. xii., 794. Woodeutsand 7 coloured Plates. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo.

1. 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. 17. 1s.

bs) LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued.

Vol. XXVI. Catalogue of the Plataleze, Herodiones,

Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcz, 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. 12. 5s.

Vol. XXVII. Catalogue of the Chenomorphe (Pala-

medese, Phoenicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi, and Ratite

in the Collection of the British Museum. By T.

Salvadori. Pp. xv., 636. 19 coloured Plates. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo.

17. 12s.

A Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds. [Nomen-

clator Avium tum Fossilium tum Viventium.] By R.

Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. :—

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. 17.

List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the

British Museum. By George Robert Gray :—

Part III., Sections II].and IV. Capitonidz and Picide.

Pp. 137. [With Index.] 1868, 12mo. 1s. 6d.

Part IV. Columbe. Pp. 73. [With Index.] 1856,

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., &e. Pp. 72. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 8vo. 1s. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 9

Catalogue of the Collection of Birds’ Eggs 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. ]

1901, 8vo. 12. 10s.

Vol. II. Carinatez (Charadriiformes—Strigiformes). By

Eugene W. Oates. Pp. xx., 400. 15 Coloured Plates.

[ With Systematic arid Alphabetical Indexes.] 1902,

8vo. 17. 10s.

Vol. III. 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. 1. 5s.

Vol. ITV. Carinatz (Passeriformes continued). By

Eugene W. Oates, assisted by Capt. Savile G. Reid.

Pp. xviii., 352. 14 Coloured Plates. [With Syste-

matic and Alnhabetical Indexes.] 1905, 8vo. 1/. 10s.

REPTILES.

Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbzenians

in the Collection of the British "Museum. By Dr. J. E.

Gray, F.R.S., &e. 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., &c.:—

Appendix. Pp. 28. 1872, 4to. 2s. 6d.

PartII. HEmydosaurians, Rhynchocephalia, and Amphis-

benians. Pp. vi, 41. 25 Woodcuts. 1872, 4to.

ds. 6d.

Hand-List of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the

British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.

5p. iv., 124. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1873,

vo. 4s.

Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and

Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History).

New Edition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. x., 311.

73 Woodcuts and 6 Plates. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1889, 8vo. 15s.

21852 B

10 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural His-

tory). Second Edition. By George Albert Boulenger :—

Vol. II. Iguanide, Xenosauride, Zonuride, Anguide,

Anniellide, Helodermatide, Varanide, Xantusiidz,

Teiide, Amphisbenide. Pp. xiii, 497. 24 Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885,

svo. li.

Vol. III. Lacertidz, Gerrhosauride, Scincide, Anelytro-

pide, Dibamide, Chameleontide. Pp. xii, 575. 40

Plates. [With a Systematic Index and an Alphabetical

Index to the three volumes.] 1887, 8vo. 11. 6s.

Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural

History). By George Albert Boulenger, F.R.S., &¢, :—

Vol. 1., containing the families Typhlopide, Glauconiide,

Boidz, Ilysiidee, Uropeltidee, Xenopeltide, and Colu-

bride aglyphe (part). Pp. xiii., 448: 26 Woodcuts

and 28 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 1. 1s.

Vol. Il., containing the conclusion of the Colubridee

aglyphe. Pp. xi., 382: 25 Woodcuis and 20 Plates.

[ With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1894,

svo. 17s. 6d.

Vol. III., containing the Colubride (Opisthoglyphe and

Proteroglyphe), ‘Amblycephalide, and Viperide.

Pp. xiv., 727: 37 Woodecuts and 25 Plates. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index to the 3

volumes.] 1896, 8vo. 1/. 6s.

Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Dr. Albert Giinther. Pp. xvi., 281.

[With Geographic, Systematic, and Alphabetical 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.

Oatalogue 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). 11

Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum—continued.

Percide, and Serranide (part), By George Albert

Boulenger, F.R.S. Pp. xix.,394. Woodcuts 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., &c. Pp. iv., 80.

4 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856, 12mo. 2s.

Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the

British Museum (Natural History). By G. A. Boulenger,

F.R.S. :-—

Vol. I. Pp. xi. 373: 270 text-figures. [With Syste-

matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1909, imp. 8vo.

Ij. 12s. 6d.

Vol. Il. Pp. xii., 529: 382 text-figures. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1911, imp.

3vo. 20. 5s.

MOLLUSCA.

Guide to the Systematic Distribution of Mollusca in the

British Museum. Part I. By John Edward Gray, Ph.D.,

F.R.S., &c. Pp. xii., 230. 121 Woodcuts. 1857, 8vo. 5s.

Catalogue of Pulmonata, or Air Breathing Mollusca, in the

Collection of the British Museum. Part I. By Dr. Louis

Pfeiffer. Pp. iv., 192. Woodcuis. 1855, 12mo. 2s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Auriculide, Proserpinide, and Truncatellida

in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. Louis

Pfeiffer. Pp.iv., 150. Woodcuts. 1857, 12mo. 1s. 9d.

List of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum.

By John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.8., &e. :—

Part Il. Olivide. Pp.41. 1865, 12mo. Is.

Catalogue of the Conchiferx, or Bivalve Shells, in the

Collection of the British Museum. By M. Deshayes :—

Part I. Veneridse, Cyprinide, Glauconomide, and

Petricolade. Pp. iv., 216. 1853, 12mo. 3s.

Part II. Petricoladz (concluded); Corbiculadez. Pp.

217-292. [With an Alphabetical Index to the two

parts.] 1854, 12mo. 6d.

12 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

BRACHIOPODA.

Catalogue of Brachiopoda Ancylopoda or Lamp Shells in the

Collection of the British Museum. [Jsswed us “‘ Catalogue

of the Mollusca, Part IV.”] Pp. iv., 128. 25 Woodcuts.

[ With an Alphabetical Index.] 1853, 12mo. 3s.

POLYZOA.

Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa in the Collection of the British

Museum. Part III. Cyclostamata. By George Busk,

F.R.S. Pp. viii., 39. 38 plates. [With a Systematic

Index]. 1875, 8vo. 5s.

CRUSTACHA.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in

the Collection of the British Museum. By C. Spence Bate,

F.R.S., &. Pp. iv., 399. 58 Plates. [With an Alpha-

betical Index.] 1862, 8vo. 1U. 5s.

ARACHNIDA.

Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon

the Collection made by Hugene W. Oates and preserved in

the British Museum. By T. Thorell. Pp. xxxvi., 406.

[With Systematic List and Alphabetical Index.] 1895.

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, 11. By Adam White, Pp. 237.

6 Plates. 1855, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Coleoptera in the

Collection of the British Museum. Pari 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.8. 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

Collection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon

Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. 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.L.S.

Physapodes and (édipodes. Part J. Pp. xii. 301.

Frontispiece and 9 Plates. 1860, 8vo. 7s.

Catalogue of Hispidze in the Collection of the British

Museum. By Joseph 8. Baly, M.H.S.,&c. Part I. Pp.x.,

172. 9 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1858,

8vo. 6s.

Hymenopiterous Insects.

Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Frederick Smith. 12mo. :—

Part IT. 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, Larridew,and Crabronide. Pp. 207-

497. 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856,

6s.

Part V. Vespide. Pp.147. 6Plates. [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. I,

Tenthredinidse and Siricide. By W. F. Kirby.

Pp. xxviii., 450. 16 Coloured Plates. [With Systemaite

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1882, 8vo. 1d. 18s.

Dipterous Insects.

A Monograph of the Culicide, 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

Investigation 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. 17. Is.

Vol. IV. Pp. xix., 639: 16 plates and 297 text-figures.

[With Index.] 1907, 8vo. 10. 12s. 6d.

Vol. V. Pp. xv., 646: 6 plates and 261 text-figures.

[ With Index.] 1910, 8vo. 11. 5s.

Handbook of the Tsetse-Flies [Genus Glossina]. By Ernest

Edward Austen. With 10 coloured plates and 24 text-

figures, by A. J. Engel Terzi, and 1 map. Pp. x., 110.

[With Index.] 1911, roy. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

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.

li. 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.] 1898,

dvo. 15s.

— Atlas of 17 Coloured Plates, 8vo. 15s.

Vol. II. Catalogue of the Arctiade (Noline, Litho-

siane) in the Collection of the British Museum.

Pp. xx., 589: 411 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1900, 8vo. 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.), 8vo. 16s.

Vol. IV. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Agrotine]. Pp.

xx., 689: 125 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 15s.

Atlas of 23 Coloured Plates (lv.-Ixxvii.), 8vo. 16s.

Vol. V. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Hadenine]. Pp.

xvi., 6384: 172 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1905, 8vo. 15s.

— Atlas of 18 Coloured Plates (Ixxviii.—xcev.), 8vo. 15s.

™~

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Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phaleense—continued.

Vol. VI. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Cuculliane]. Pp.

xiv., 532: 172 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1906, 8vo. 15s.

——Atlas of 12 Coloured Plates (xevi—cvii.), 8vo. 10s.

Vol. VII. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Acronyctine ].

Pp. xv., 709: 184 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1908, 8vo. 17s.

—-Atlas of 15 Coloured Plates (cviii—cxxii.), Svo. 13s.

Vol. VIII. Catalogue of the Noctuids [Acronyctine, IT. ].

Pp. xiv., 583: 162 woodcuts. [With Table of the

Phylogeny of the Acronyctine, and Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.} 1909, 8vo. 15s.

Atlas of 14 Coloured Plates (cxxiii-cxxxvi.), Syvo.

12s.

Vol. IX. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Acronyctine, III.]

Pp. xv., 552: 247 woodcuts. [With Table of the

Phylogeny of the Acronyctine, and Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1910, 8vo. 15s.

——Ailas of 11 Coloured Plates (cxxxvii—cxlvii.), 8vo.

12s.

Vol. X. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Hrastriane].

Pp. xix., 829: 214 woodcuts. [With Table of the

Phylogeny of the Erastriane, and Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1910, 8vo. 10.

— Atlas of 26 Coloured Plates (cxlviii-celxxiii.). 1911,

Svo. 1.

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. 22. 10s.

Part VI. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xv., 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, 4to. 27.

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.] 1893,

4to. 21, 2s.

16 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

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.H.S. Pp. vi., 228. 2 Coloured

Plates. With a Portrait and Biographical Memoir of Mr.

Leech. 1902, 4to. 17.

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 XXV. -———— Pp. 1281-1477. 1862. 3s.

Part XXVI. —————— _ Pp. 1478-1796. [With an

Alphabetical Index to Parts XX—XXVI.] 1862.

As. 6d.

Part XXVIII. Tortricites and Tineites. Pp. 287-561.

1863. 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 XXXIII.—_—_-— 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. 1858,12mo. 6d.

Orthopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of the

British Museum. Part I. Phasmidze. By John Obadiah

Westwood, F.L.S., &&. Pp. 195. 48 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 4to. 31.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattarie in the Collection of

the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &c.

ae 239. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1868, 8vo.

ds. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), 17

Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermapitera Saltatoria in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Francis Walker,

F.L.S., &¢. :—

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, 8vo. 4s.

Part IV. Acridide (continued). Pp. 605-809. [With

an Alphabetical Index.] 1870, 8vo. 6s.

Part V. Tettigide.—Supplement to the Catalogue of

Blattarize.—Supplement tothe Catalogue of Dermaptera

Saltatoria (with remarks on the Geographical Distri-

bution of Dermaptera). Pp. 811-850; 43; 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, Blattidse, 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. Ili. Orthoptera Saltatoria, Part II. (Locustide

vel Acridiidz.) 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,

F.L.S., &. 8vo. :—

Part VI. Pp.210. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 5s.

Part Vil. Pp. 213. [With Alphabetical Index.] 1873. 6s,

Homopterous Insects.

A Synonymic Catalogue of Homoptera. Part I. Cicadide.

By W. L. Distant. Pp. 207. [Index.] 1906, 8vo. 5s.

18 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

VERMES.

Catalogue of the Species of Entozoa, or Intestinal Worms,

contained in the Collection of the British Museum. By

Dr. Baird. Pp. iv., 132. 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 Pennatulariidx in the Collection of

the British Museum. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv.,

40. 2 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. 1s. 6d.

Catalogue of Lithophytes or Stony Corals in the Collection

of the British Museum. By J. H. Gray, F.R.S., &c.

Pp. iv., 51. 14 Woodeuts. 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. 17. 4s.

Vol. II. The Genus Turbinaria; the Genus Astreopora.

By Henry M. Bernard, M.A. Cantab., F.L.S., F.Z.S.

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., &c. 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. j

Vol. V. The Family Poritide. II.—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

Explanation of the Plates.] 1905, 4to. 10. 15s.

‘Vol. VI. The Family Poritide. IIl.—The Genus Porites.

Part I1I1.—Porites of the Atlantic and West Indies, with

the Huropean Fossil Forms. The Genus Goniopora,

a supplement to Vol.IV. By Henry M. Bernard, M.A.

Pp. vi., 173. 16 Collotype and 1 Lithographic Plates.

[With Index of Generic and Specific Names, and

Explanation of the Plates.] 1906, 4to. 1/.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 19:

BRITISH ANIMALS.

Catalogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British

Museum. By George Robert Gray, F.L.8., F.Z.8., &c.

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. Andrenide

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

Vespidee in the Collection of the British Museum. By

Frederick Smith, V.P.E.S. Pp. 236. 6 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1858, 12mo. 6s.

Catalogue of British Hymenoptera of the Family Chalcidide..

By Claude Morley, F.Z.8., F.E.S. 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. Il. 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., Ed., Lu.D., Marischal Coll., Aber-

deen, &c. 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.

Woodcuts 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 Edition.

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

Dr. J. E. Gray. Pp, iv., 167. 1851. 3s. 6d.

Part VIII. Fish. By Adam White. Pp. xxiii, 164.

(With Index and List of Donors.) 1851. 3s. 6d.

20 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection

of the British Museum—continued.

Part XI. Anoplura, or Parasitic Insects. By H. Denny.

Pp stv. jols loz pis.

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

White. Pp. iv.,16. 1853. 6d.-

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.

“ Hndeavour.” 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.

1900, fol. 17. 5s.

Part II.—142 Plates (pls. 101-243), with 41 pages of

descriptive text (pp. 85-75). 1901, fol. 17. 15s.

Part Il].—77 Plates (pls. 244-318, 45a, and 122), with

26 pages of descriptive text, including Index to the

whole work (pp. 77-102),and 3maps. 1905, fol. 10. 5s.

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.] Pp.

xxvi., 336. [With Portrait of Dr. Welwitsch.

Introduction, Bibliography, and Index of Genera. ]

1896, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part II. Combretaceze to Rubiacese. Pp. 337-510.

[ With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 4s.

Part III. Dipsacese to Scrophulariacee. Pp. 511-

784. [With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 5s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 21

Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich

Welwitsch in 1853-61—continued.

Vol. I.—continued.

Part IV. Lentibulariacez to Ceratophyllez. 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 Il. Cryptogamia. Pp. 261-566. [With Table

of Errata, and General Index to the whole work. |

1901, 8vo. 6s.

Vascular Cryptogams ... By William Carruthers, F'.R.S.

Mosses Ree ... ,, Antony Gepp, M.A., F.L.S.

Hepatics . », £. Stephani.

. , Hthel S. Barton.

Marine Algz oe

~ 4 W.. West, Ae and G. S,

Freshwater Algee ...

West, B.A.

Diatomacez ee ... 5, Thomas Comber, ELS.

Lichenes . 5 4H. A. Wainio.

Fungi 5 bc ..- , Annie Lorrain Smith.

Mycetozoa ... Arthur Lister, F.R.S.

Flora of Jamaica, containing ace penn of the Flowering

Plants known. from the Island. By William Fawcett,

B.Sc., F.L.S., etc., and A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc., E.R.S.,

F.L.S., ete. Vol.I. Orchidacee. Pp. xx., 150: 32 Plates.

[With Index of Genera and Species.] 1910, 8vo.

10s. 6d.

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 :—

Part II. By Annie Lorrain Smith, F.L.S. Pp. [viii.,]

409: 59 Plates. [With List of Plates, Glossary, and

Index.|] 1911, 8vo. 1/.

A Monograph of the Mycetozoa: a Descriptive Catalogue

of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum.

By Arthur Lister, F.R.S., F.L.S:. Second Hdition,

revised by Gulielma Lister, F.L.S. Pp. 304. 201 Plates

(120 coloured). 56 Woodcuts. [With Indexes, Biblio-

graphy, Glossary, etc.] 1911, 8vo. 10. 10s.

List of British Diatomacez in the Collection of the British

Museum. By the Rev. W. Smith, F.L.S., &c. Pp. iv., 55.

1859, 12mo. 1s.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

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 Woodcuis. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, Svo. 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. ds.

Part V. Containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders

Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata,

and Supplement. Pp. xxxv., 345. 85 Woodcuis.

[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.

75 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical

Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.| 1891,

8vo. 10s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British

Museum (Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A.,

E.G.S. :—

Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia,

Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Pro-

terosauria. Pp. xxviii., 309. 69 Woodeuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888, Svo. 7s. 6d.

Part Il. 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. éd.

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.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 23

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British

Museum—continued.

Pp. xxiii, 295. 66 Woodcuis. [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

C. W. Andrews, D.Sc., F.R.S. Pp. xxiii., 205: 94 Text-

figures, 11 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes, List of Illustrations, Explanations of Plates, &c. |

TOTO Atos Leos;

Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural

History). By Arthur Smith Woodward, LLD., F.R.S.,

F.G.S., &¢. -—

Part I. Containing the Hlasmobranchii. Pp. xlvii.,

474. 13 Woodecuts and 17 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. |

1889, 8vo. 17. 1s.

Part II. Containing the Hlasmobranchii (Acanthodii),

Holocephali, Ichthyodorulites, Ostracodermi, Dipnoi,

and Teleostomi (Crossopterygii and Chondrostean

Actinopterygii). Pp. xliv., 567. 58 Woodcuits and

16 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic

Index of Generaand Species.| 1891, Svo. 17. 1s.

Part Ill. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi

of the Orders Chondrostei (concluded), Protospondylh,

Aetheospondyli, and Isospondyli Gn part). Pp. xlii.,

544. 45 Woodcuts and 18 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. ]

1895, 8vo. 17. 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. li. Is.

A descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the

Faytm, Hgypt. 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 Hdwards Collection of British Oligocene

and Hocene Mollusca in the British Museum (Natural

24 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

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, F.G.S8., &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, Endoceratide,

Actinoceratide, | Gomphoceratide, Ascoceratide,

Poterioceratidee, Cyrtoceratidse, 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.S. Pp. xxviii., 407. 86 Wood-

cuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical

Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms. }

1891, 8vo. 15s.

Part 11I. Containing the Bactritide, and part of the

Suborder Ammonoidea. By Arthur H. Foord, Ph.D.,

F.G.S., and George Charles Crick, A.R.S.M., F.G.S.

Pp. xxxiii., 303. 146 Woodcuts. [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.S. 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., 155. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1877, 8vo. 5s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of

Geology, British Museum (Natural History) :—

The Jurassic Bryozoa. By J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.G.S.,.

F.Z.S8. 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). 29

Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the British Museum—cont.

The Cretaceous Bryozoa. By J. W. Gregory, D.Sc.,

F.R.S., &c. :—

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.,

F.L.S. (of Eton College). Bp. xv.,322. 20 Plates. [With

Preface by Dr. H. Woodwar‘, Table of Contents, General

Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c.] 1886, 4to. 1/. 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. vili., 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. Part II. 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 of

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 HE. A.

Newell Arber, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. Pp. Ixxiv., 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, 8-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,

F.R.S.] lustrated by 81 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.S.] 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). 21

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.] 19U9, 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 Pilates,

and 7 Illustrations in text. [With Index.] 1910, 4to.

2s. 6d.

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).

_ [By W. P. Pycraft.] Pp. iv., 122. .26, Text-Figures,

1 Plan. [With Index.] 1910, Svo. 1s.

Guide to the exhibited series of Insects in the Department

of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). By C. 0.

Waterhonse. Second Edition. Pp. 65: 62 text- and full-

page Illustrations. [With Table of Contents and Index. ]

1909, 8vo. 1s.

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, 8vo. 1s.

Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries (Mollusca, Polyzoa,

Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms).

Department of Zoolog gy, Br itish Museum (Natural History).

Fifth HEdition. Pp. iv., 183. 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. 1s.

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. S. Woodward,

LL.D., F.R.S.] Pp. xvi. 100. 6 Plates, 88 Text-Figures.

[ With List of Ulustrations, Table of Stratified Rocks, and

Index.] 1309, 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, LU.D., F.R.S.] Pp. xviii., 110. 8 Plates

and 116 Text-Figures. [With Table of Contents, Lists of

ae eee Geological Time-Scale, and Index.] 1910,

vo. 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.] Second

Hdition. Pp. x., 183. 7 Plates and 96 Text-Figures.

[With List of Illustrations, Geological Time-scale, and

Index.] 1911, &vo. 1s.

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

Woodceuts. Index. 1909, 8vo. 3d.

A Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum

(Natural History). Eleventh Edition. Pp. 32. Plan.

1911, 8vo. 1d.

The Student’s Index to the Collection of Minerals, British

Museum (Natural History). Twenty-fourth Edition.

Pp. 36. With a Plan of the Mineral Gallery. 1911,

8vo. 2d.

* The plates may be had separately in one sheet mounted on linen and

varnished. Price Is., or 1s. 2d. post free.

Cee nae ee ea Ee ee

- 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, Svo. 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 Hi tone 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 Linnzus: a collection of Portraits,

Manuscripts, Specimens, and Books exhibited to com-

memorate the Bicentenary of his Birth. [By A. B.

Rendle, M.A., D:Sc.] 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.Se.] Pp. vi., 50. 2 Plates. 1910, 8vo. 6d.

No. 5.—Guide to the Exhibition of Animals, Plants, and

Minerals: mentioned in the Bible, Pp. vii. 74. 7 Text-

figures. 1911, 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. ls. 6d.

Instructions for Collectors :—

No. 1.—Mammals. Fourth Edition, Pp. 9. Text illust.

1911, 8vo. 3d. miiG.

No. 2.—Birds. Fourth Edition. Pp. 10. 5 figures in text.

1908, 8vo. 3d.

No. 3.—Reptiles, Batrachinians, and Fishes. [Third

Hdition.] Pp. 12. 1903, &vo. 4d,

No. 4.—Insects, Fifth Edition. Pp. 11. Text illust.

1911, 8vo, 3d,

30 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, &C. (NATURAL HISTORY).

No. 5.—Diptera (Two-winged Flies). Third Hdition.

Pp. 16. Text illust. 1908, 8vo. 3d.

No. 6.—Mosquitoes (Culicide). [Third Edition.] Pp. 5.

1 Plate, 1 figure in text. 1904, 8vo. 3d.

No. 7.—Blood-sucking Flies, Ticks, &c. By E. E. Austen.

Third Edition. Pp. 24: 13 figures in text. 1907, 8vo. 3d.

No. 8.—Spiders, Centipedes, &c. Second Edition, Pp. 4.

1906, 8vo. 3d.

No. 9.—Soft-bodied and other Invertebrate Animals; Shells

of Molluses. Third Edition. Pp.18. 1909, 8vo. 3d.

No. 10.—Plants. Fourth Edition. Pp. 10: 3 figures in text.

1909, 8vo. 3d.

No. 11.—Fossils and Minerals. Third Edition. Pp. 8.

1906, 8vo. 3d.

British Museum (Natural History),

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