PREFACE.

===6

THe subject of Vol. XII. of the ‘Catalogue of Moths’ is the

classification of part of the Noctuid subfamily Catocaline. The

remaining portion of the subfamily, together with the small sub-

families Momine and Phytomatrine, will appear in Vol. XIIL., in

which the “Key to the Genera” and the “ Phylogeny of the

Catocaline” will be reprinted.

The Catocaline are represented in the present volume by

63 genera and 643 species, and are characterized as follows :—

Vein 5 of the hind wing is fully developed and arises from close to

the lower angle of the cell; the eyes are smooth and not overhung

by “cilia”; the mid tibize are always spined, and the fore and hind

tibiee may also be similarly armed.

The subfamily is a modification of the great Quadrifid section

of the Noctuide, many.of its most divergent types having close

parallels in the very large subfamily octuinw, which will be

classified immediately after the Phytometrine; it is fairly evenly

distributed in the temperate and tropical Zones, but has few Arctic

or Alpine forms.

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

v1 PREFACE.

specimens, and in other ways. He has sustained a great loss by the

death of Prof. J. B. Smith, of New Jersey, U.S.A., who had been so

liberal in connexion with the earlier volumes of the Catalogue in

the gift and loan of specimens of North-American Noctuide, on

which he was the recognised authority.

The coloured drawings which have been made for the author 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 to be published in connexion with this volume are

numbers CXCIJ.-CCXX1.

SIDNEY F. HARMER,

Keeper of Zoology.

British Museum (Natural History),

December 20th, 1912.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Fam. NOCTUIDA8 (continued)

Subfam. CaTocaLInN”z

Kuparthenos, Grote ..........

7128.

moO OINS (GzGI.)) seoccc

Catabapta, Hulst........ ae

7129.

7130.

7131.

7132.

7133.

7134,

7135.

7136.

CBM.

7138.

7139.

7140.

7141.

7142.

7148,

7144,

7145.

7146.

7147.

7148.

7149,

7150.

7151,

7152,

7153.

7154.

7155.

7156.

7157.

71658.

7159.

sappho (Streck.) ......

qyucbiih (REO) Sconce

orba (Kusnezov) ......

residua (Grote) ......

anegusi (Grote) ........

insolabilis (Giwen.) ..

obscura (Streck.) ......

agrippina (Streck.) ...

lacrymosa (G'wen.) ....

Gejecta (Stneck:)) ne...

vidua (Smith § Abbot) .

viduata (Guwen.) ......

TOURGID, (CHRO) 66000006

wll onliis) (CHUA) 5 5006000

robinsoni (Grote) ......

badia (Grote § Rob.) .

innubens (Gwen.)......

muliercula (Guen.) ..

paleogama (Guen.) ....

coolebs\ (Grote) nas see:

antinympha (Hiibn.) ..

denussa (Ehrman) .

consors (Smith § Abbot)

serena (W. H. Edw.) ..

nebulosa (W. H, Edw.) .

jolene (GARDE) 5 a000000

dionyza (H. Edw.) .

subnata (Grote) ......

habilisn(Groce\eaea aa

neogama (Smuth § Abbot)

euphemia (Beutenm.) ..

Page

NiloraTNOMND, JERI. ooo vn conscan 42

CU, mone Corny) ooec00 43

7AGI. -sponsa (Zinn)... ..... 44

(NODS dilectan(GEabrs)\ meen 45

GAGs), Chita (WHRe.)) seecacec AT

7164, mesopotamica (Kusnezov) 48

7165. aholibah (Strech.) .... 48

7166._amatrix (Hiibn.) ...... 49

7167. calphurnia (HZ. Edw.) .. 51

7168. scorturum (Leech) .... 51

7169. abamita (Brem. § Gray) 52

7708 delilah (Streck.)) 055 .. 53

7171. chelidonia (Grote) .... 54

7172. neonympha (Zsp.) .... 55

Wis. trederiei (Grote) ..4.. . 56

CNAs tlllesies (YUE) 66500006 56

TGS, loelllley (CMe) ob 500 08000 57

@atccalawSchnank aware 58

7176. tristis, W. H. Edw..... 64

Telia Be. 64

TRS, Tellico, WAR os5s 8 e6n 65

CUTS) aieasciion (SO»)) ooo 00 04 & 66

TSO), Cane, Gi, sdoo60000¢ 68

MUsienconyjunctan(Hsps\ee wae. : 69

7182. concumbens, Wik. .... 70

7183. optata, Godart........ 7

7184. sultana, Bang-Haas .. 72

7185. leechi, Hmpsn......... 73

TAUSIS, FORCE, (UBM) 50000006 a

Wulsiiwelectay (Bonkh=)\ha en. 75

7188. sponsalis, Wik......... 76

7189, promissa (Zsp.) ...... Ce

7190. electra, Bang-Haas.... 78

TALON, junmeta, Staud. .....<.. 79

7192. timur, Bang-Haas .... 80

7195.

7194,

7195,

lupina, Herr.-Schiiff. .. 81

desiderata, Stawd. .... 82

optima, Staud......... 883

vill

Catoeala (con.).

7196.

TNO

7198.

7199,

7200.

7201.

7202.

7208.

7204.

7205.

7206.

7207.

7208.

7209.

7210.

7211.

7212.

7213.

7214.

7215.

7216.

7217.

7218.

7219.

7230.

7221,

7222.

7223.

7224,

7225.

7226.

1227,

7228.

7229:

7280.

7231,

7232.

7233.

7234.

7235.

7236.

7237.

7238.

7239.

7240,

7241,

7242.

7243,

7244,

7245.

7246,

7247.

7248.

7249.

7250.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX,

amabilis, Bang-Huas .. 84 |

IMME (VLU) savages 84

szechuena, Himpsn..... 86

COncibianm) cae mee 86

marmorata, W. H. Edw. 87

WED, JOOP, sa 49 00 000 88

DONA, GUE oa saccdne. 89

californica, WV. H. Edw. 90

faustina, Steck. ...... 91

Iuciana, Steck: . 52. . 92

electilis, Wik. ........ 93

clicgaie, (ZESP,) stoossce 94

oberthuri (Awst.) ...... 95

francisca, A, Edw. .... 96

CNUMWISEY JEU S a5 6 p20 00 Bi

(OUI, JHOIKE 5 oo 000 ence 98

aR, VUES oe coo 99

semirelicta, Grote 100

nevadensis, Beutenm. .. 101

adultera, Men. ........ 102

hermiay Heed ee 102

erotiana, Bailey ...... 103

briseis, W. H. Edw. 104

beaniana, Grote ...... 105

augusta, H. Edw. 106

MESCE (GRD) 4 ona000 107

repudiata, Staud....... 108

eSsican see eedcus hiner 109

stretehu (Bena. see 109

hippolyta, Streck....... 110

MAEMIOCIA, NU, caccec 111

OCMC, JBBso soc 00845 “112

afehana, Swinh. ...... 112

fuscinupta, Hmpsn..... 118

ricotta, VUE 2 \s005860 114

puerpera, (Grorna) .... 115

aspasia, Streck. ...... 116

llesloia, CIPOM occpocce 117

pune, V/s cascasc. 118

babayaga, Streck. 119

remissa, Staud......... 120

WH, (COMBI) oo co000008 120

lane, JWR, oo isc a's0 ob 122

Conosammayn Ciera sie. 123

XAOTIS BD 2UCC Meee er 124

deuteronympha, Staud.. 124

proxeneta, Alph....... 125

ObscenaseAl pits ee ener 126

nympheeoides, Her7.-

GOGH 200086 jones 127

Oniphale; ws ticle 128

agitatrix, Gres. ...... 128

clintoni (Grote) ...... 129

gracilis, W. H. Edw... 18

armandi, Ponj......... 13

DONC, SHEE, ooancooe 152

Page |

. nymphagoga (Lsy.)....

5 MVNA oh Ao near

SCOCUMCSI STOIC s eae

. tapestrina, Moore......

. conversa (L’sp.)

. contemnenda, Staud, ..

. hymeneea (Schiff)

5 ANNA, CPOE oooc0cee. 5

. abbreviatella, Grote

. vhitneyi (Dodge)

7261. nuptialis, W7k.

bo tS 9 bo

eee eee

Or OV Or Sr Or Or

SOONG & He

SINT AT

CO)

STINT ST

Oh bob

Od Or Cn Or

IBjoNesey, Jee & banon ok ce de

7262.

7263.

7264.

7265.

7266.

7267.

7268.

7269.

7270.

ale

C22,

T2TP.

(2G.

TUS,

7276.

G2UE.

7278.

7279.

7280.

7281.

7282.

7283.

7284,

7285.

7286.

7287.

7288.

7289.

7290.

7291.

7292.

7293.

7294.

7295.

7296.

7297,

7298.

7299.

7300.

7301.

7302.

7303.

7304.

7305.

miranda (H. Edw.) ....

dissimilis ( Brem.)

sancta (Butl.)

acteea (£¢eid.)

nivea (Buti.)

circe (Stieck.)

coccinata (Grrote)......

ophelia (H. Edw.) ....

violenta (H. Edw.) ....

herodias (Streck:.)

ultronia (Hiibn.)

verilliana (Grote)......

verneri (Biederman)

intacta (Leech)........

ella (Lutl.)

nelenay(@22) eae eeeee

minuta (W. H. Edw.)..

olivia (17. Edw.)

strecceri (Staud.)......

jonasi ( Bui.)

preenax ( Wk.)

hetera (Staud.)

crateegi (Saunders) ....

pretiosa (Lint. )

preeclara (Grote & Rob.)

dulciola (Grote)

erynea (Cram.)....

alabamee (Grote)

titania (Dodye)

puella (Leech)

andromache (H, Edw.)..

flavescens (mpsn.)

butleri (Leech)

eminens (Staud.)

mIriicay Cb zeils)s sean -

largetaui (Oberth.) ....

ee eee eee

eels) Js elie) \e\le

CO OF 0-C0. 6

eee eens

ee ee ee

eceeree

006.0 096

eee oe eee

ee eeee

separans (Leech)

davidi (Oberta.)

rutha (Wileman)......

inconstans (Butl.)

dotata ( Wik.)

nubila (Butl.)

rausini, Lnpsr.

see eee

@eereeee

desdemona (H. Edw.) .. -

165

tT OV Or

SYSTHMATIC INDEX. 1x

Page , _ Page

7306. persimilis (Warr) ..,. 185 7356. daona (Druce)........ 934

7307. micronympha (Guen.).. 186 7357. pallida (Schaus) ...... 235

7308. connexa (Butl.) ...... 187 7358. atomosa (Schaus) .... 236

7309. nympheea (Hsp.)...... ISS |) LSeCR, Je0h0 5 ao don esonoouee 236

7310. duplicata (Butl.)...... 189 7359. ludicra (Hiibn.) ...... 237

7all. diversa (Geyer) =... .. 190 | 7360. maxima (Brem.)...... 238

7312. disjuncta (Geyer) .... 191 | Metatacha, Hmpsn........... 288

7313. eutychea (Treit.)...... 192 7361. excavata (Beth.-Baker). 239

W3l4, distorta (Butl.) ...... HOSmChelecalawwe apse eee ae 240

7315. similis (W. H. Edw.).. 194 7562. trefoliata (Butl.) ...... 240

7316. amasia (Smith § Machosns VWUCN mean sete csc se Lak 241

ANDO) oooe ISS) 7363. acronyctoides, Wik. .. 241

7317. connubialis (Guen.) .. 196 | Lophotidia, Aimpsn. ........ 249

7318. tripheenoides (Oberth.) . 197 7364. trisema, Hmpsn....... 243

7319. vallantini (Oberth.).... 198 | Hypotacha, Mmpsn........... 948

7320. columbina (Leech) .... 199 7365, nigristria (Himpsn.).... 244

732). xarippe (Butl.). 0.4... 200 7366. retracta (Hmpsn.) .... 244

7322, invasa (Leech) ........ 201 CS(6 maclecnses (ULWEs) 525060 MLS

7323. fulminea (Scop.) ...... 202 7368. ochribasalis (Hmpsn.) . 246

7324. estimabilis (Staud.) .. 203 | Crypsotidia, NV. C. Roths. .... 246

AUG GHE, JEW se han Geilo eo be 204 7569. mesosema, Hmpsn..... 247

7325. elonympha (fHiibn.).... 204 7370. voolastoni (NV. C. Roths.) 248

Andreusia (Grote) .......... 206 7371. conifera, Hmpsn....... 249

7326. messalina (Guen.) .... 206 | Acanthodica, Schaus ........ 249

(Clarmisoe, J2W10104 oon ooe o coe F 207 7372. splendens (Druce) .... 250

Corio RCO) (GEM) ooo neo 6 207 7373. penicilla (Feld.) ...... 251

ANION liso gas bs eae 209 Cae, CHG, WOGMa oon oc000cd 252

7328. endophzea, Hmpsn..... 210 Cel®, Wnees, JOVUGS cooonnco 204

7329. hypostigmata, Hmpsn. . 211 7376. grandis, Schaus. ...... 258

7330. bipunctata, Wik....... 211 7377. emittens (IWlk.) ...... 254

7331. agrotidea (Mab.)...... 212 (eile, Ghewcen (COO) 5460015 « 255

7332. melaleuca, Wik. ...... 213 7379, lienaris, Schaus ...... 255

7333. fatilega (Feld.) ...... 213 7380, fosteri, Himpsn. ...... 256

7334, stenopheea, Hmpsn..... 214 7381. xylinoides, Schaus .... 257

7335. tegulata, Hmpsn....... 215 (382. chiripa, Dogn......:.. 258

7330, tumeralis, Hmpen...., 216 | Cocytodes, Guen............. 258

7337. melanoplaga, Hmpsn. .. 217 7383. caerulea, Guen......... 259

7338. fumata (Wligrn.). .... 218 (tee, seni (VEU) 50050686 261

7339. irioleuca (Meyr.)...... 219 | Paragarista, Beth.-Baker...... 262

7340. subligata, Dist. ...... 220 7381. albostriata, Beth.-Laker 262

Ulothrichopus, Wilgrn. ...... 220 | Callophisma, Hmpsn......... 263

7341. macula (Hmpsn.) .... 221 7386. flavicornis, Himpsn..... 265

7342, rama (Moore) ........ DOP) | Mernoollis, JOU ooochoooanse 264

7343. dinava (Beth.-Baker) .. 224 7387. vaillantina (Stoll) .... 265

7344, catocala (Feld.) ...... 224 7388. dohertyi, Roths. ...... 266

7345. ochreipennis (Butl.) .. 226 | Heemabasis, Hmpsn. ........ 266

7346, trisa (Swinh.) ........ 227 7389, calodesma (Roths.) .... 267

7347. leucopasta, Hmpsn...... 228 | Agonista, Feld............... 267

7348. glaucescens, Hmpsn. .. 228 (90> ochritera (Held). 3.4... 268

7349. primulina (Hampsn.) .. 229 7391, plateni (Pag.) ........ 268

7350. pheeoleuca, Hmpsn..... 280 7392. endoleuca (Gué.) .... 269

Gaol stertzi\ (Pung) asec. 230 7393. hypoleuca (Guen.) .... 270

7352. mesoleuca (Wik.) .... 281 7394. reducens (Wik.) ...... 271

7303. tinctipennis (Hmpsn.).. 232 7395. ciliata (Moore)........ 272,

7304, pheopera, Hmpsn..... 232 | Nyctipao, Hiibn. ............ 273

7355, variegata (Hmpsn.).... 233 7396. purpurata (Druce) .... 278

Herminiocala, Himpsn......... 234 7397. hieroglyphica, Drury .. 275

x SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Nyctipao (con.). Page Page

7398. strigipennis (Moore) .. 276 7449, ossigera (Guen.) ...... 339

7399, caprimulous (Fabr.) .. 277 7450. spermatophora, Hmpsn. 33

7400. orion, Hmpsn......... 279 7451. unistrigata (Guen.).... 336

7401. sumatrensis, Ammpsn. .. 280 7452. contractipennis, de Joan. 337

7402. nyctaculis, Snell...,,.. 281 7453. africana (Kirby) ...... 339

7403. serosa (Swinh.)........ 282 7454, carneotincta, Hmpsn... 340

7404. macfarlanei (Butl.) .... 282 7455. meridionalis, Hmpsn.., 340

7405. javanensis, Hmpsn..... 283 7456. burmanica, Hmpsn. .. 342

7406. valceri (Butl.) ........ 289 7457. allardi (Oberth.) ...... 545

7407. macrops (Zinn.) ...... 284 | Calliodes, Guen. ...........-. bd4

7408. atavistis, Hmpsn. .... 286 7458, appollina, Gwen. ...... 344

THOR), Crow, (GAL) a scnocoe 287 7459, pretiosissima, Holl..... 545

7410. albicincta (Koll.)...... 288 | Speiredonia, Hidn........... 346

KA pulosaeMecelian meee. 289 7460. glaucescens (Butl.).... 846

7412. glaucopis, Wik. ...... 291 7461. griseisigna, Hmpsn. .. 848

7413. crepuscularis (Zinn.) .. 292 7462, japonica (Guen.) ...... 390

7414. clavifera, Hmpsn. .... 294 7463. retorta (Zinn.)........ 301

7415. dentifascia, Wik....... 295 7464. recessa (Wik.)........ 353

7416. variegata, Buti. ...... 296 7465. revolvens(W/k.)...... 398

7417. bismarcia, Hmpsn. .... 297 7466. suffumosa (Guen.) .... S54

7418. leucoteenia, Gwen. .... 298 7467. sumbana (Swinh.) .... 856

7419. gemmans, Guen....... 299 7468. voluta (Feld.) ..... ecmOne

7420, jaintiana, Swenh....... 500 7469. remota (Feld.)........ 307

7421. superba, Swink. ...... 300 7470. calaoensis (Swinh.).... 358

WTO NU, UO 566000080008 800 7471. indenta (Hmpsn.) .... 859

7422. rectifasciata (Wén.).... 301 7472. triloba (Guen.) ...... 360

OvligrammeawBotsd . ae seer 302 (ATS. omact hay (Bits) ee eee 361

7423. latona (Cram.) ...... 303 | Cometaster, Hmpsn. ........ 362

7424, magnus (Geen.) ...... 305 7474. pyrula (Hppfr.) ...... 362

TLD, Chogoless, ECs 6 s500508 BOG if IDtommnens VIE ooccossocddeo 364

7426. simplex, Grinberg .... 806 7475. castalia (Fabr.) ...... 364

7427. fluctuosa (Drury) .... 807 7476. xanthopyega (Turner) .. 365

7428, limacina (Gwen.)...... 308 7477. spectabilis, Wik....... 366

7429. amblyops, Mab. ...... 309 7478, memorabilis, Wik. .... 867

7430. disturbans (Wik.) .... 310 7479. orbigera (Guen.)...... 368

(ASMER\OR SOUSA ster raers 311 7480. rubropicta (Butl.) ..,. 370

Hexamitoptera, Pag. ........ 312 7481. lanipes (Butl.)........ 371

ABR, Vernal (Cas) cache 2's 6 312 | Niguza, Wik. a a eee 372

Entomogramma, Guen. ...... 513 7482, anisogramma, Lower .. 372

CESS Worth, GHGs ooo506 0086 314 7483. eucesta (Twner)...... 372

(434. pardus, Guen........- 515 7484. spiramioides, Wik. .... 374

WEDS, seman, GHA, <so0500+ 317 7485. oculita, Swinh. ...... 375

7436. mediocris, Wik. ...... 318 | Amphoraceras, Beth.-Baker .. 376

Enmonodia, Wik.. poeue wie) 7486. rothschildi, Beth.-Baker 376

7437. megalesia ( Mab. ), sayenavees C0) (Cte), JEL Bs oo co obo be - 377

7438. occidentalis, Hinpsn. .. 322 7487. curvilinea, Hmpsn..... 378

7459. capensis (Herr.- Schiff.) 323 7488, rufirena, Zmpsn....... 378

7440. malgassica (Mab.) .... 324 7489. carnicolor (Hmpsn.) .. 379

7441. plumbefusa, Honpsn. .. 325 7490. pallida (Hmpsn.) .... 380

7442. pulverulenta, Hmpsn... 325 7491. brevipecten, Hmpsn. .. 381

7443. endoxantha, Hmpsn. .. 3826 | Acanthonyx, Hmpsn. ........ 382

7444. rufescens (Kirby) .... 3827 7492. marginalis (Wdk.) .... 382

7445. vespertilio (Faér.) .... 328 7493. pretorize (Dist.) ...... 383

7446. pudens (Wk). 3.0... - oi) |) talons, Crore cos accagadeoce 384

7447. lactipex, Hmpsn....... 392 7494, clathrum, Gules ee 384

7448. feniseca (Guen.) ...... 333 7495, hansali ( (Feld, Wat. oe 385

SYSTEMATIC INDEX. x1

Page Page

Oporophylla, Hmpsn. ........ 386 (oN. hitwensis! (Pag). )- 4... 429

7496. ustulata (Westw.) ...,. 886 | 7542. rectilinea (Snell.)...... 429

Xylophylla, Hmpsn, ........ 387 | 7543. pelor (Mad.).......... 431

7497. punctifascia (Leech) .. 3888 | 7544. tirhaca (Cram.) ...... 431

[Plog UlOtlas, JXOUSTL 6 6a6o000000c 389 | 7545. cenricci (Beth.-Baker) . 4383

7498. eyndhovi (Voll.) ...... 889 | 7546. arfaci (Beth.-Baker) .. 434

7499. staudingeri, Semp. .... 390 | 7547. tongaensis, Hmpsn..... 434

7500. imperialis, Druce...... 392 7548. indiscriminata (Ampsn.) 435

Gol meyricer (Olfey 2... « 392 | 7549. disjungens (Wik.) .... 435

7502. papuana, Hmpsn. .... 3893 | 7550. discriminans (Wik.) .. 436

7503. conspicillator (Cram.).. 398 7551. pygospila (Snell.) .... 437

7504. verhuelli, Voll. ...... 395 | 7552. sublutea (Leth.-Baker), 437

7505, floralis, Buti, ........ 395 7059. intacta, Hmpsn. ...... 437

7506, enganensis, Swinh. .... 395 7554, dimaris (Guen.) ...... 438

7507. cerasifera, Butl ...... 397 7555, umbrilinea (Ampsn.) .. 439

7508. consobrina, Westw. .. 397 | 7556. tettensis (Hopff.) .... 439

7509. maligera, Butl. ...... 398 7557. mejanesi (Guen.)...... 440

7010. roseigera, Butl. ...... 399 7558. alticola, Hmpsn....... 440

Lobophyllodes, Hmpsn. ...... 400 | 7559. olista (Swinh.)........ 44]

7511. miniata (Grund.)...... 400 7560. indistincta (Moore).... 441

Miniophyllodes, de Joan. .... 401 7561. triphzenoides (Wilk.) .. 442

7512. aurora, de Joan. ...... 401 7562. verecunda (Holl.) .... 443

Whametles, CUGs scosocoeveoor 402 7563. selenaris (Gwen.)...... 443

7513. pheosoma, Hmpsn. .. 403 | 7564. dilecta (Wik.)........ 444

7514. maculifera, Hmpsn. .. 404 7565. finifascia (Wik.)...... 444

Collomdiscolors Gieis s emnt. 405 7566. violascens (Hmpsn.) .. 445

Dermaleipa, Saaim. .......... 406 7567. tumidilinea (JV/k.).... 446

COLE, WuA@® GOA.) oo r6 0% 0c 406 7568. recurvata, Hmpsn. .... 446

7517. microrhea (Fabr.) .... 408 | 7569. hopei (Borsd.) ,....... 447

7518. orbifera (Wik.) ...... 409 CSCO, sella, (CQ) sovasooc 447

7519. metaxantha, Hinpsn. .. 410 7571. melaconisia (Hmpsn.).. 448

7520. rubricata (Holl.) ...... 410 7572. trapezium (Guen.) .... 448

7521. minians (Mad.) ...... 411 7573. circumferens (Wik.) .. 449

7022, arcifera, Hmpsn....... 411 7574. cancellata (Saalm.) .... 449

7523, parallelipipeda (Gwen.). 412 | 7575. conspicienda (Wik.) .. 451

7524, metapheea, Hmpsn..... A413 | 7576. reducta (Mab.) ...... 452

Masons, iG wen rb iano. 413 7577. fumida, Hmpsn. ...... 452

7525, honesta (Htibn.) ...... A4l4. | 7578. producta (Zoll.)...... 453

726, regia (Lucas) ........ 415 7579. xylochroa, Druce...... 454

7527. miniacea, Feld. ...... 416 | 7580. gonoptera (mpsn.) .. 455

“o28> submira (Wik)... 417 7581, tumiditermina (Hanpsn.) 455

76529, rubida (Wik.) ......°. A417 (iSyo-Pa Chia al @ 2 0)//® anne 456

(o30y dotata (abi) 2... + a. - 418 7583. despecta (Holl.) ...... 457

iioeler inversay( VIE») ree 419 | 7584, nocturnia (Hmpsn.) .. 458

7532, lacteicincta (HZmpsn.).. 419 | Hypanua, Hmpsn. .......... 459

7533. occidens, Hmpsn. .... 420 | 7585. dinava (Beth.-Baker) .. 459

fas4, certior (W1K.) ....>... 420 TESS, xeyllisna, ((DIs)) “GS eodo545 460

Emimcla, Elastin) eee ae 421 | Heliophisma, Hmpsn......... 461

7535. conflua, Hmpsn. ...... 41 7587. catocalina (fHoll.)...... 462

7536. orthogona, HES eesti 422 7588. zanzibarica, Hmpsn. .. 462

Minucia, Viccreneanan A 2 423 7589. croceipennis (Wik.).... 463

7537. viscotti (J2VEG.)) 90008 423 | 7590. euryplaga, Hmpsn..... 464

7538. lunaris (Schiff) ...... 424 VOD, Chiest (Veo) Soocaor . 465

JINTAO, LAU RO wa ae ER 425 7592. xanthoptera (Hmpsn.) . 465

7539. parcemacula (Lucas) .. 426 | Pterocyclophora, Hmpsn. .... 466

7540, coronata (Fabr.) ...... 427 | 7593. ridleyi, Hmpsn. ...... 466

Xil SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Pterceyclophora (con.).

Hood, hunter, Wai «ose ss:

7595. hampsoni, Semp.......

7596. pictimargo, [Zmpsn.

Prionoptera, Herr.-Schiff. .... 4

7597. serraoides, Dogn. ..

7598. serra, Heri.-Schiiff:

7599. socorrensis, Dogn., ....

7600. eexonia (Druce) ......

ARGN a RI Miie ms Sean ola aos oe

7601. versicolora, Wik.......

7602. sypnoides (Butl.) ....

7603. complicata (Butl.) ....

7604, chionopera (Druce)...

7605. variegata (Zfmpsn.) ....

7606. sinifera Hmpsn. ......

7607. limula (Méschl.) ......

Catephiodes, Beth.-Baker ....

7608. meeci (Beth.-Baker) ..

Brche1a, Wik. iecike nine

7609. cebea (Beth-Baker) ..

7610. multilinea, Sewinh. ....

7611. diversipennis, W/k.

7612. eceicei (Beth.-Baker) ..

7613. pulchrivena ( W7k.)

7614. cyllaria (Cram.) ......

7615, quadriplaga (WW7k.) .

COUGS clues (Vee) scoccact

7617. dipterygia, Himpsn.

7618. styx, Beth.-Baker

CONUS), WMO, JSC ooo

7620. subsignata (Wik) .

NOME, JEM, Soo acbo nob bane

7621. pectinicornis (Peth.-

I HUMAP a Ors colder ake

7622. nubifera, Moore .:....

7623, eusciasta, Zmpsn. ....

AG2AllustiracaiQlicwmeanener

7625, dasybasis, Hmpsn. ....

7626. mormoides, W7k.

7627. preestans (Gwen.) ....

7628. poliopasta, Hanpsn.

(OS), Tevalninel, JAG, 555 5 oo

7630. intercisa, Wik. ......

7631. chrysopera, Druce ....

7632. dejeani (Boisd.) ......

Uo, Cue, (Hal)! Go, n8eo 6

7634, balteata, de Joan. ...

7630, catocaloides, Guen. ..

TCHS, Clow JEP, coo aac

CS. lena (SHH). s4000056

7688. leucopera, Druce

7689, retrorsa, Hmpsn. ....

UBD, CGO, WALES so aceasoon

7641, indicakilis, Wik. ....

7642, mezentia (Stoll) ......

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468

Page

7643. stumpfhi (Saalm.) 3 OLY

7644, imperairix (Saalm.) .. 518

7645. mabilli (Saalm.) BOLO

7646. orthogramma (JMad.) .. 519

7647. leucopasa ( Wk.) . 620

(G48. simplex smyUicn eer ee 520

G49 Servan CHGG):)) Mare tieme iets 521

7650. mercatoria (Fabr.) .... 522

7651. seychellarum, Holl..... 523

7652. externesignata (Saalm.), 524

7653. umbrigera, Mad. . 624

7654, trapezoides (Giuen.) ., 525

USS TN IFO, oa bans 525

7656, indeterminata ( Wk.).. 526

MOOT, Neorisn (Geren) Meets ete 527

7658. finita (Guen.) ........ 527

7659. albicilia( Wik.) ...... 528

7660, diplographa, Hmpsn. .. 529

7661. sordida( Wik.) ...... 529

7662. thermopera, Hmpsn. 53

7663. pheeobasis, Hmpsn..... 53

7664. albifimbria, (Wdk.) .... 58

7665, xanthodera (Holl.) .... 531

7666. lienardi (Boisd.) ...... 532

KES, GaweWln, CVEs soneesos 58+

7668. cedipodina, Mab. ...... 585

* 7669. melicerta (Drury) .... 536

7670. ablunaris (Guen.) 38

OphismanGvenke aeeaeeeee 539

7671. pallescens ( W7k.) 539

7672. albitermia (Hmpsn.) .. 540

7675, cuprizonea,Hmpsn..... 541

7674. gravata, Guen......... 542

7675. pallens (Lucas) ...... 043

7676. teterrima, Hmpsn. .... 548

(677. basigutta, Held: ...... 544

7678. tropicalis, Gwen. ...... 544

TSG) WREBIM, IBIAS oo +a oo 6 545

7680. tecta, Schatts .......: 546

“68, nobilis;ySevazs aaeeae « 546

7682. fulvipuncta, Schaus.... 547

7683. pyrosticha, Druce 548

Plasmaticus, Beth -Baker .... 548

7684, angulata, Beth.-Baker.. 549

JOHN AMO, JENIN, “occa 55050 580

7685. harmonica (ZZmpsn.) .. 550

Banal eliasea0h7eeeer eee 551

7686. orodes (Cram.)........ 5d]

7687. redunca (Swinrh.)...... 5d2

HOSS mmanetican CHelds) meweerwe 557

7689. serratilinea(Beth.-Baker) 558

G00 a priseal (Wh ereaeae 558

7691. illibata (Fabr.) ...... 009

7692. rigidistria (Gwen.) .... 560

(695. latizona (B21) ee « 560

7694.

7695.

7696.

7697.

7698.

7699,

7700,

7701,

7702.

7705.

7704,

7705,

7706.

7707.

7708.

7709.

7710.

ideals

7718.

7714,

7715.

7716.

elie

AAS,

7719.

7720.

721,

17122,

7728.

7724,

7720.

7026,

Melee

7728.

7729.

7730.

7731.

7782,

infractifinis (Lucas)

roulera (Swerh.) ..

frontina (Donovan)

propyrrha (JV/k.)..

feneratrix (Gwen.)

onelia (Giuen.) ....

lageos (Given) ....

umbrosa (Wik.) ..

circumsignata (wer

palpalis (Wik.) ..

trogosema, Hmpsr.

renalis (Hmpsn.)

proxima (Hmpsn.)

pudica (Moéschi.)

dentilinea (Beth.-B

subacuta (Beth.-Baker) .

SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Xill

= see

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eo ee

oe ee

Ceca

see

US) eae

Page

561

O61

525

562

563

564

560

565

. 567

, RY

uker

568

569

AneviCne, JOPRCDs » 600600 570

joviana (Stoll) ........ 571

solomonensis, Hmpsn. . 572

maturescens (Wik.) ., 573

amygdalis (Moore) .... 57¢

humilis (Hol/.) ...... 574

insignifica (Beth.-Baker) 574

absentimacula (Gwen.) . 675

lilacea (Beth.-Baker) . 575

duplexa (Moore) . 576

maturata ( Wk.) 5 OS

acuta (Moore) ...... 577

conjunctura (Wik.) .. 578

curvata (Leech) ...... 578

arcuata (Moore) ...... 579

interpensa (Given.) .... 580

alboemeta ( W7k.) 5 Dell

expediens ( W/k.) . 581

purpurata (Kaye) . 582

axiniphora, Hmpsn. .. 582

copidiphora, Himpsn. .. 585

leucogramma, Hmpsn. . 584 |

hercodes (Meyr.) .... 585 |

7733.

7784.

7739.

7736.

7737.

7738.

7739.

7740.

(741,

7742.

7745.

774A,

7745.

7746.

(747.

7748,

7749,

7750.

7761,

7752.

7793.

7754,

7758,

7756.

7757.

7758.

dad <4

77099

7760.

7762.

7763.

7764,

7765,

7766.

7767,

7768,

7769,

HATO),

Pago

fulvotania (Guen.) .. 585

POMS (COI.)) co5a550 586

conficiens (Wilk.) .... 586

seme (WUE) coopcess 587

stuposa (fabr.) ...... 588

constricta (Butl.) .... 589

dicoela (Tuner) ...... 589

Grannenin @ core) ieee 090

vitiensis (Butl.) ...... 591

rogenhotferi (Bohatsch) . 592

latifascia (Warr.) .... 594

arctoteenia (Guen.) .... 594

properata (Wik.) .... 595

properans (IWdk.) .... 596

elles, (SECs) sone o6 596

hicanora (Turner) .... 598

erectata (Hmpsn.) .... 599

consobrina (Giuen.) .. 599

smomilis (Gs) soases 600

macrorhyncha, Himpsn.' 600

porphyrescens (Hmpsz.) 601

monogona (Lower) .... 601

smithi (Gwen.) ...... 602

derogans (Wik.) ...... 602

mesonephele (Hmpsn.) . 603

goniophora (Hmpsn.) . 603

triplocyma, Hmpsn. .. €03

angularis (Boisd.) .... G05

mandschuriana (Stawd.) €05

abnegans(WiIK.) ...... 606

prorasigna, Hmpsn. .. 607

simillima (Guen.) .... 607

multilineata (Ho//.) .. 608

palumbiodes (Hmpsn.) . 609

palumba (Guen.) .... 609

obscura (Brem. § Grey) 610

Gullens (Got) Soecoccs 611

lDNSIRENS JEMOn Goce o6 611

CATALOGUE

LEPIDOPTERA PHALANA

Family NOCTUIDAE.

Subfamily CATOCALIN &.

Proboscis fully developed, except in Chelecala; palpi usually

upturned, rarely porrect or oblique, in Crypsotidia the 2nd joint

fringed with hair above, the 3rd joint often long, sometimes dilated

at extremity or acuminate; frons usually smooth, often with a

tuft of hair above, in Lophotidia with a transverse ridge bare of

scales, and with a corneous plate below it; eyes almost always

large, naked, and without bristly cilia from their margins, in

Euclidimera, Leucomelas, and Gonospileia the eyes are rather small

and elliptical; antenne usually ‘ciliated, sometimes with bristles,

or serrate, pectinate or laminate, rarely with dilations at base or

middle of shaft; thorax usually clothed with seales and hair

mixed, often with hair and hair-like scales, or hair only, usually

without crests, but the pro- and metathorax sometimes crested ;

the mid tibie always spined, the fore and hind tibiz often spined,

the fore tibize sometimes with claws at extremity; the tibize often

fringed with long hair, or with greatly developed tufts of hair

especially in the males, which often have the mid tibix dilated

with a fold containing a tuft of hair or ridge of scales, the mid

femora sometimes similarly dilated; the spurs and tarsi sometimes

fringed with hair, abdomen often with dorsal crests, but usually

without crests and often with ridges of rough hair on _ basal

seements, sometimes entirely clothed with woolly hair, rarely

dorsally flattened, Fore wing usually triangular, sometimes rather

long and narrow, or with the apex produced or falcate, the termen

VOL, XII. B

2 NOCTUID#.

usually evenly curved, often crenulate, rarely produced to points,

or angled, the inner margin sometimes highly lobed; vein 1a

weak, not anastomosing with 16; le absent; veins 3 and 5

usually from near angle of cell, but 3 sometimes from well before

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

form the areole; 11 from cell; in Cyligramma 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10,

11 from cell much attenuated and approximated to the costa. Hind

wing with the termen usually evenly curved, rarely angled, in

Pterocyclophora produced to points and a short tail; veins 1a and

16 present ; 1 ¢ absent; the cell usually about half the length of

wing, but often about one-third length of wing, in Anisoneura

about one-fourth, and in Agonista and Nyctipao about one-fifth of

wing; veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell, 5 fully developed trom or

from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base, then diverging, in Acanthodelta and

Doryodes approximated to the cell to middle; in the males of some

species of Nyctipao veins 3 or 4 run to the functional apex of the

hind wing whilst veins 4 or 5 to 8 are aborted in a lobe at base of

costa containing a glandular patch of scales, the lobe being the

reduced costal half of the wing; the wings in the males are some-

times more or less entirely clothed by patches of androconia or

woolly hair above or below, the hind wing below sometimes with

ridges of hair on the veins, or a fold and fringe of hair on inner

area.

’ The spines of the hind tibia are not a very constant character,

and too great reliance should not be placed on it, besides which

the spines are often difficult to see especially in the males with

hairy tibize and are easily broken off.

The Catocaline form a well-characterised and natural subfamily,

but many of its most divergent forms such as Phyllodes, Cocytodes,

Sypnoides, Eccrita, Attatha, Ophisma, Leucanitis, Hypogrammodes,

and Pericyma have extremely closely allied forms in the WNoctuine,

and it seems probable either that the various genera are derived

Fig. 1—WLarva of Catocala fraxini, }.

from different parts of the Noctuine or that spiny tibie are an

ancestral character in the Noctuide, and the Noctuine are derived

from various branches of the Catocaline ; in either case they would

have to be united as one very large subfamily, or divided into sub-

families or other characters.

In the Phytometrine (Plusianc) some of the genera have the tibie

yllodes. Loboph|

Miniodes. Derma

Lagoptera. Eu

Fypanua.

Parall el td.

canthonyx.

yptis. Plecopterodes.

Vo face p. 2 |

Gonodontodes. Focillidia.

Cerocala.

Cocytodes.

Cal,

aragarista.

pyydrophila.

Gnamptonyx.

Leucanitis. Scodionyx. Hypoglaucitis.

Clytie. Perieyma.

Tay Kubolina.

(Car, Lap. Pua. B. M, vol. xii. PHYLOGENY OF THE CATOCALINA,

Oporophyla. Xylophylla.

Hexamitoptera, Entomogramna, Bhyllades. Lobophyllodes. Miniophyllodes.

Agonista. Enmonodia, Calliodes. Miniodes. Dermaleipa. _Minucia. Pteroeyclophora, Prionopiera. Tolna. Catephiodes,

Nyetipao. Speiredonia, Lagoptera. Ewminueta. Anua, Heliophisma, Feycheia.

Metopta. Cyligramma. Cometaster. Hypania. Achea. Ophisma, Plasmatious. Huphiusa,

Catahapta. Attatha. Acanthodelia. Chalciope.

Buparthenos. Mormonia. Parallelia, Collusa. Grammodes. isigna. Parachaloiope. Cenurgia. Remigiodes.

Catocala. Amphoraceras. Ctenusa. Acanthonyx. Leuconelas, Euclidimera. Mocis. Doryodes.

Ephesia. Allotria, Andre Homa. Euclidisena. Gonospileia. Megistoclisma. Hypatra. Phur

Yo fuce p. 2]

Nynbis. Celiptera, Calyptis. Plecopierades. Gonodontodes. Fvcillidia,

Chelecala. Ramphia, Safidia. Cvrocala,

5 ap 5 |

Herminiocala. Tuckosu. Lophotidia., Cocytodes. Saphia. Fencanitis. Scodionyx, Hypoglaucitis.

* - . 7 - Ay ! . T,

Audea, Kecrita. Metatacha. Hypotacha, _‘Paragarista. _Callophisma. Tgybolis. Ziule. Sypnoides. Tolnaodes. Anisoneura. Anydraphila, Gnamptonyx. Clylie. Perioyma.

| |

Acanthodica, _ Hemabasis. Argurostrotis. Cutina, Cymosafia. Huypogrammodes. Cortyta. Hubolina.

Corisce. Ulothrichopus.

Matigramna.

CATOCALINA. an

spined, but these can be separated from the Catocaline by having

the eyes overhung by bristly cilia, which appears to be a character

of greater systematic importance than the spines on the tibie.

The Larve are semiloopers, with the Ist two pairs of abdominal

prolegs more or less aborted, the warts with single hairs, the 10th

somite usually with a pair of dorsal prominences. ‘he abortion

of the anterior pairs of abdominal prolegs is undoubtedly an

acquired character, and negatives the subfamily, being regarded as

entirely ancestral, as many of the Noctuine and the Hypenine

have larve with all the prolegs fully developed.

Key to the Genera.

A. Hind tibiz spined.

a. Fore tibiz spined.

a‘. Hind wing with the cell about one-fifth

length of wing.

a2, Wings with the termen non-crenulate ... AgonrsTa, p. 267.

62, Wings with the termen highly crenulate... Nycrreao, p. 273.

1. Hind wing with the cell about one-third

length of wing.

a2, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

ESAT SVINLESH pongandoanady saeconudeoddes qresaaccdatc Caranarra, p. 11.

b?. Abdomen without dorsal crests.

a®, Abdomen dorsally clothed with woolly

hair at base.

a4, Palpi with the 3rd_ joint thickly

scaled, somewhat dilated at ex-

tremity and very long.

a5. Fore wing with the apex produced

WOE) FANON cossodzoenosonaasnosasceo9% XYLornyLa, p. 387.

45, Fore wing with the apex not pro-

Glaveedl “cosasscososcossteesoonobuesHnoecD MinrornyLuopes, p. 401.

b'. Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate

and dilated by a tuft of scales at

extremity.

a. Kore wing with the inner margin

strongly lobed before middle ... Losoruyitonrs, p. 400.

65, Hore wing with the inner margin

Mo tslObed sneer cccm ewe ewe chee) eee oes Puytioprs, p. 389.

c4, Palpi_ with the 38rd joint naked,

moderate and not dilated at ex-

(REHM 5000. condcscocqcscdanv9oHo50dKe «... Mrnroprs, p. 402.

d'. Palpi with the 3rd joint minute.

a. Abdomen dorsally flattened and

entirely clothed with woolly hair. Cocyropus, p. 258.

6°, Abdomen not dorsally flattened and

clothed with woolly hair at base

ill cosocosaocoascaonocoasaoconooncaeae OrorornyLia, p. 386.

v3, Abdomen not dorsally clothed with

woolly hair at base.

a‘, Palpi with the 3rd joint long.

a, Fore tibie fringed with long hair

on outer side; fore wing with

the termen evenly curved.

a’, Fore wing with the costa highly

arched towards apex which is

TOL: JOVROUEERC! Goocooenecnso0os8e057 Mertoprta, p. 300.

05, Bore wing with the costa highly

arched towards apex which is

produced and acute ............ ENPOMOGRANMSS, p. 313,

NOCTUILD 45.

c6, Fore wing with the costa slightly

arched towards apex which is

produced and acute.

a’, Hind wine with the termen

strongly angled at vein 4 ... Hexamiroprrerra, p. 312.

b’. Hind wing with the termen

evenly curved .............e... HnMonopiA, p. 319.

bs, Fore tibiz smoothly scaled.

a®, Fore wing with the fermen

nearly straight; veins 7, 8, 9

stalked, 10, 11 from cell, and

much attenuated ......... peadaated CyiicramMa, p. 302.

46, Fore wing with the termen evenly

curved ; the areole present.

a’, Palpi with the 2nd joint

reaching to above vertex of

head, the 3rd dilated at ex-

(REAM fogonsccn0000 Godosoob00000K0 CERocALA, p.

87. Palpi with the 2nd joint ‘not

reaching above vertex of

head, the 8rd not dilated at

extremity.

a8, Thorax clothed with scales

eal Inuinp TRONsEl oo5 convooos Cauuiopss, p. 344.

68, Thorax clothed with hair

inlA? ce eoondasaubaogsuoodadone: Srrrreponi, p. 346.

Or re with the 3rd joint short. _

. Thorax clothed with hair and scales

S900. (e0 use ae ccna a aee MER ABEIRC .»-... COMETASTER, p. 362.

6°. Thorax clothed with hair only ...... Donuca, p. 364.

cl, Hind wing with the cell half the length of

wing.

a®, Frons with transverse ridge not clothed

with scales, and corneous plate below it. Lopmoripia, p. 242.

ae ocr smooth.

. Hind wing with vein 8 approximated to

the cell to middle ...... asmnidanee ewe seen ACANTHODELTA, p. .

28, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomusing

with the cell near base, then approxi-

mated to it to middle.......:.... eee DOR YODHS): :

c, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base, then diverg-

ing.

a*, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. SAFIDIA, p.

b*, Abdomen with crests on two basal

segments ....... ER DM OrBatecrcceroaTesS PrionopTera, p. 471.

ct, Abdomen without crests.

a. Tibiz fringed with long hair.

a®. Fore wing short and broad, the

costa highly arched towards

PY ol 2s eancnae ade nenodesaaasune sooneccns «= NNW, Ds BI

}8, Fore wing longer and narrower,

the apex more produced, the

costa not highly arched towards

EN Nie) rnbdonassaddacsenoobsaRosogondadon Aupna, p. 209.

65, Tibiz smoothly sealed.

a’, Kyes small and elliptical; fore

wing short and broad............ Evciipnera, p.

b§, Eyes large and round; fore wing

longer and narrower, the apex

more produced ......... songeoson ~~ ONORUINEIC fo

CATOCALIN Ai.

6. Fore tibix not spined.

a, Hind tibize spined above the medial spurs.

@, Hind wing with the termen produced

H® Gh theyll iy youn 4b 5 cocadeaoncemacenecases PrrrocycLornora, p. 466.

&*. Hind wing with the termen produced

to a slight lobe at vein 4 ............... Orunusa, p. 377.

«*, Hind wing with the termen evenly

curved.

a, Wore tibive with long curved claw on

outer side at extremity ............. .. ACANTITONYX, p. 382

4, Pore tibiae without claw at extremity.

a‘, Abdomen with dorsal series of

CVESUS! | cspesomatsmenatecmaresee vosmenees SYpNOIDRS, p.

. Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal

segments.

a, Palpi with the 38rd joint

moderate; pro- and meso-

thorax with erests ...... vasereene Mornonia, p. 42.

4®. Palpi with the 3rd joint long;

pro- and mesotherax without

CRESS Use eeasne aeneceoe: papoanHonce Touma, p. 475.

ce. Palpi with the 3rd joint minute;

pro- and metathorax with

crests; hind tibixs of male

with the medial spurs absent . Acantnopica, p. 249.

e*, Abdomen with basal crest only.

«a. Krens with pointed conical

JPIROMDWINEMED socoooonsnonnccanacca6s REMIGIODEs, p. 2

«8, Pro- and metathorax with

small crests; fore wing with

scale-teeth at middle of inner

margin and tornus........ .... Oarerrropus, p. 481.

6°, Thorax without erests; fore-

wing without seale-teeth at

middle of inner margin and

POPMUS shapers eas ieee eceer one Excnesa, p. 482,

ad’, Abdomen without, dorsal crests.

«°, Abdemen dorsally clothed with

woolly hair at base.

a, Thorax with dorsal cidge-like

GHESUM A saixcouumatacianaemestic sna Mryucta, p. 423.

8°. Thorax without rid ge-like crest,

a, Abdomen dor sally flattened.

a. Frons with large tuft ef

hair above; palpi with

the Srd joint porrect ... Herintocata, p. 234.

U8, Frons with slight taft of

hair above; palpi with

the 8rd joint upturned Dermaxurra, p. 406.

6". Abdomen not dorsally flat-

tened.

a®, Fore wing with the apex

somewhat produced and

fal enbey sear sideististec eas Hnztorimisma, p. 461.

68, Fore wing with the apex

not produced and faleate.

a. Frons with tuft of hair

above.

a’, Fore wing long and

Narrow ............ ANUA, p. 425.

0) NOCLUIDA,

410, Kore wing short and

broad’ ton seneenene

6%, Frons without tuft of

hair above ; fore wing

short and broad ......

4°, Abdomen dorsally smoothly

scaled.

e®. Abdomen dorsally flattened ...

i, Abdomen notdorsally flattened.

a’, Thorax clothed with hair

and scales.

a®. Fore wing with the apex

produced and acute;

eyes large, round.

a. Hind wing with the

cell about one-third

length of wing.

a’, Frons with tuft cf

hair above.

aw, Fore wing with the

termen oblique

and hardly ex-

GUVEE! sccoonsaecse

ob". Fore wing with the

termen wore

erect and strong-

ly excurved......

}°, Frons without tuft

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b°”, Hind wing with the cell

about half the length

Of WANE Ss ecescaseneeseee

b°, Fore wing short and

broad.

a. Kyes small, elliptical ...

6°, Eyes large, round.

a'°, Kore wing with the

termen crenulate.

6°, Fore wing with the

termen not crenu-

Nate cedanaseissaeesese

67, Thorax clothed with hair

and hair-like scales; fore

wing with the apex pro-

duced and acute ............

ce’, Thorax clothed with hair

only ; fore wing with the

apex not produced and

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b'. Hind tibiz spined hetween the medial and

terminal spurs only.

a*, Palpi with the third joint dilated into a

rounded knob at extremity.

a>, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

63. Abdomen with dorsal crests on two

basallisepmlentsherereerress rece seeeeerer

&?, Palpi with the 3rd joint not dilated at

extremity.

a>, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

63, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base

only.

GoNnoponrovEs, p.

Aci, p. 496.

Eccrira, p. 286.

CUALCIOPE, p. .

Nymais, p.

Puvurys, p. :

Mocs, p.

LEUCOMELAS, p. :

HyroGuavucitis, p.

PLuecorrerovus, p.

GRAMMODES, p. c

Cryin, p. C

Ramruia, p.

AMPIIORACERAS, p. 376.

EvPArtTHENOS, p. 9.

CATOCALIN 4,

a‘, Thorax with ridge-like dorsal crest

4+, Metathorax with paired crests ......

c®, Abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair

on basal segments.

a‘. Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest.

6*. Prothorax with spreading crest ;

fore tibize with claw ........ Basse

ce‘, Thorax without crests.

a, Kore wing with the apex pro-

Glmeeal amd AOU coooocasenecoeoa00

b°. Fore wing with the apex not pro-

duced and acute.

a®, Fore wing broad and triangular

0°. Fore wing longer and narrower.

a”, Palpi with the 2nd joint

reaching to vertex of head,

the 8rd long; hind wing

with the cell about one-

third length of wing ......

6”, Palpi with the 2nd joint

reaching to middle of

frons, the 3rd moderate ;

hind wing with the cell

about half length of wing.

d>, Abdomen dorsally smoothly scaled.

a‘, Metathorax with crest.

a, Frons with large tuft of hair;

palpi with the 3rd joint long...

}°. Frons without tuft of hair; palpi

with the 3rd joint moderate...

b*. Metathorax with crest.

a, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect.

a°, Frons with large flattened tuft

of hair above; fore wing

long and narrow .............+

6°. Frons with small tuft of hair ;

fore wing triangular .........

6°, Palpi with the 8rd joint up-

turned.

a, Fore wing with the apex some-

what produced and acute.

a”, Palpi with the 3rd joint long

and acuminate; fore wing

with the termen excised

below apex and excurved

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v7. Palpi with the 3rd joint

moderate, blunt ; fore wing

with the termen evenly

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b®. Fore wing with the apex

rounded.

a’, Eyes small and elliptical ...

b7, Eyes large, round ............

B. Hind tibix not spined.

a. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests.

a}, Thorax clothed with hair and scales, the

prothorax with spreading crests.

a*, Patagia broadly dilated with scales at

extremity ; abdomen with very large

basal crest.

Cruierera, p. 5

AYTTATIA, p.

Huminucta, p. 421.

CuELecana, p. 240.

Lagorrera, p. 413,

CaTocata, p. 08.

Hyranua, p. 409.

Tacuosa, p. 241.

Hupouns, p.

ANYDROPIILA, p.

Hyvoracua, p. 248.

Hururusa, p, 530.

Foct.urpi, p.

CUNEISIGNA, Pp. .

GONOSPILE!IA, p.

AnpreEUSIA, p. 206.

b> f

NOCLTUID-4.

a3, Abdomen with the crests on medial

segments large and somewhat bifid.

b3, Abdomen with the crests on medial

segments small..............cseeeeeeenees

v?, Patagia not dilated with scales at ex-

tremity. t

a3, Abdomen with the crests on medial

segments large......+-:.eseeeseeeneees es

23, Abdomen with the crests on medial

segments small .........-s00e00 conse

b'. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like

scales.

a?. Metathorax with spreading crest .......--

62, Metathorax without crest ..........6608ee 0

d. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.

a}, Frons with tuft of hair above; palpi with

the 3rd joint long ......... cece eeeeeeeeteees

b'. Frons without tuft of hair above; palpi

with the 3rd joint moderate .............-.

c. Abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair on basal

segments.

al. Kore tibiz with curved claw at extremity.

v1, Fore tibiee without claw at extremity.

a?, Fore wing with the apex somewhat pro-

duced and acute.

a’, Fore wing long and narrow, the costa

not highly arched towards apex, the

termen obliquely curved.

a4, Prothorax with crest, metathorax

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b4, Prothorax without crest, imeta-

thorax with spreading crest ......

b?. Fore wing short and broad, the costa

highly arched towards apex.

a‘, Fore wing with the apex strongly

produced and falcate ...............

64, Fore wing with the apex slightly

produced and not falcate.

a, Fore wing with the termen

excurved at vein 5 ...............

6°, Fore wing with the termen not

excurved at vein 9 ...............

b?, Fore wing with the apex not produced.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to

above vertex of head, the 3rd long.

a’, Palpi with the 3rd joint dilated at

Crd deOUsWZ ycancacdndnocoqvoconsacenagods

64, Palpi with the 3rd joint not dilated

at extremity.

«@, Therax clothed with scales and

hair mixed,

a®, Hind wing with the cell about

one-fourth length of wing...

66, Hind wing with the cell about

one-half length of wing ......

65, Thorax clothed with hair only ...

6°, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to

vertex of head, the 3rd long .........

ce’, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to

middle of frons, the 8rd moderate.

a’, Hind wing with the termen excised

between veinsGand2 ............

SAFIA, p.

ZALL, p. °

PericymMs,p. .

Autorrta, p. 204.

TOLNAODES, p. 0

CALYPIIS, p.

CaLLopuisma, p. 263.

CouzBusa, p. .

Scopionyx, p.

Uxoruricuorus, p. 220.

HypoGRsMMODES, p.

Ovuisms, p. 539.

PuasmAticus, p. 548.

PARALLELIA, p. 551.

Paragarisra, p. 262.

ANISONEURA, p. :

Hypmrra, p. :

Waypouis, p. 264.

HaMazasis,p. 266.

Merartacua, p. 288.

EUPARTHENOS. 9

é*, Hind wing with the termen not

excised between veins 6 and 2... Hpuusta, p. 148.

d. Abdomen dorsally smoothly scaled and with-

out crests.

a, Fore tibize with claw at extremity.

a”. Metathorax with spreading crest ......... Lervcaniris, p.

6. Metathorax without crest .................. GNAMPTONYX, p.

O), Fore tibize without claw at extremity.

ae, aes with the drd joint porrect.

. Palpi with the drd joint long, slender,

and somewhat dilated at eon emity. Mneisrocuisma, p.

4°, Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate,

thickly scaled, and not dilated at

extremity.

a’, Palpi with the 2nd joint bent

forward at extremity and fringed

above and below with hair......... Cryrsoripr, p. 246.

+, Palpi with the 2nd joint not bent

forward at extremity or fringed

above by Iaeuaitee Saar acme ostclstecren cers Corryta, p- A

07, Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned.

a, FKrons with tuft of hair above.

a*, Hind wing with the cell about one-

third length of wing.

w, Palpi with the 5rd jomt long and

acuminate.

a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reach-

ing to above vertex of head. PasRAcCHALcIOry, p. a

v8, Palpi with the 2nd joint not

reaching to above vertex of

nead eesaevia mstseatanseomeaeee ce Hoya, p. 384.

, Palpi with the 5rd joint moderate

AMGODEMSC a sas. emaceeeoeeceee renee HucuipiseMa, p. .

64, Hind wing with the cell about half

the length of wing ............... ... ARGYROSTROTIS, p. 0

6°. Frons without tuft of hair above.

a’, Fore wing with the apex produced

TKO UEKSION ie) aencosntonon stood cb Esaneneese Curina, p.

64, Fore wing with the apex not pro-

duced and acute,

a, Metathorax with depressed crest.

a®, Fore wing with the termen

angled at veins Gand 4, then

ODI GMO Raacr ee aneinenttinasetenin. CyMOSAFIA, p.

6, Fore wing with the termen

evenly OWA! Sonos ocaceo0s008 MatiGRAMMA, p.

65, Metathorax without crest ......... Conrtscs, p. 207.

Genus EUPARTHENOS.

Type.

Parnes, LEthlon., WORZ Do ZG) (S27), WEG 7 BIS soooscgsovess0renonn0000 nubilis.

Huparthenos, Grote, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. xi. p. 801 ce 76)... nubilis.

Catocalirrhus, Andrews, Gin, Thali 15% Jos AD CUSTD)) dcccosoncoucesencese nubilis.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd joint moderate ; frons smooth,

with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated ; thorax

clothed with hair- like seales, the pro- meso- and metathorax with spreading

erests, large on mesothorax; tibiae: moderately fringed with hair, the mid tibiz

of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair, the mid tibia

spined, the hind tibie spined between the medial and terminal spurs only ;

10 NOCTUID %.

abdomen with large dorsal crests except on terminal segments. Fore wing

with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and

5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with

8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell nearly half the

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.

7128. Euparthenos nubilis.

Parthenos nubilis, Hibn. Sammi. Ex. Schmett. ii. Lep. iv. Noct. iii. (1816);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 380.

Parthenos apache, Poling, Can. Ent. xxxiii. p. 129 (1901).

Catocala fasciata, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. xxiii. p. 150 (1907).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey; tegule and pro-

thoracic crest with dark lines defined by white at tips; patagia

with white lines at middle and tips; tarsi dark brown ringed with

whitish ; abdomen rufous, the crests tipped with grey, the ventral

surface whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing brownish grey

suffused with fuscous brown; subbasal line double, blackish,

dentate, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line double, blackish

Fig. 2.—Kuparthenos nubilis, G. }.

filled in with whitish, oblique, sinuous, angled inwards at vein 1,

excurved above inner margin along which it is bent inwards and

then forming a hoop-shaped mark enclosing a brown spot on the

margin; a black point in middle of cell; reniform obscurely

defined by blackish, a narrow oblique lunule often with its lower

point much dilated ; postmedial line very indistinctly double, filled

in with white towards costa, oblique and sinuous to vein 4, below

EUPARLHENOS——CATABAPTA. 11

vein 3 bent upwards to inner side of reniform and subcostal

nervure where it is filled in with white, then oblique and sinuous

to inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal

line whitish defined ou each side slightly by rufous and blackish,

with a short black streak before it below vein 8 and longer streak

below 7, angled inwards below vein 8, then slightly sinuous to

below vein 4, angled inwards at vein 2 and ending at tornus; a

crenulate black terminal line; cilia with fine black line near base

and pale rufous tips. Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal and

inner areas suffused with red-brown; a narrow oblique black

discoidal lunule ; a narrow black medial band, oblique to vein 4,

and expanding into spots at discal fold and beyond lower angle of

cell, then incurved and ending at tornus; a black postmedial

band expanding at costa, excurved to vein 4, angled inwards at

vein 2 and oblique to termen near tornus; a black terminal

band with black streaks before it on veins 6 to 3, its outer edge

crenulate leaving small orange terminal spots in the interspaces ;

cilia pale yellow with a blackish line near base. Underside of

fore wing orange-yellow, the costa irrorated with red-brown, the

basal half of inner area fuscous, a small black spot in middle

of cell, a black postmedial band incurved beyond the cell, then

oblique to inner margin near tornus, a white postmedial mark

on costa followed by white points, terminal area brownish streaked

with black, broad at costa, the termen white towards apex with

a series of black points before it; hind wing orange ‘striated

with red-brown, an obligue black discoidal lunule, postmedial

narrow band, oblique to vein 4, then incurved and excurved

above inner margin, an indistinct sinuous orange subterminal line.

Ab. 1. fasciata. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with

whitish.

Ab. 2. apache. Hind wing with the terminal band reduced to

black scales on the veins.—W. States.

Hab. Canava, U.S.A., East of Rocky Mts., 5 9, Massa-

chusetts, Beverley, 2 3S, New York, Evans Center (Grote)

1 ¢,3 9, New Jersey, 2 @, Colorado. Hap. 70-82 millim,

Larva. Dark brown. Food-plant: Robinia pseudacacia.

Genus CATABAPTA. Type

Catabapta, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. vii. p. 49 (1884).. antinympha.

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

middle of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate and moderately

scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round ; antennx

of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and

metathorax with slight spreading crests, the mesothorax with small paired

crests ; tibi moderately fringed with hair and all the tibie spined ; the mid

tibize of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft oflong hair; abdomen with

dorsal ridges of hair and hairy crests on three basal segments. Fore wing

triangular, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and

5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper apgle; 9 from 10 anastomosing

12 NOCTUID#,

with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-

third length of wing; veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed

from just above angle of cell; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only

A, Hind wing black-brown.

a. Fore wing with the ground-colour white, the reniform

prominent, red-brown defined by black............ sete 1. sappho.

Fore wing with the ground-colour grey or brown.

a, Hind wing with the cilia dark except at apex.

a. Fore wing pale brownish grey, the lines fine.

a’. Wings on underside white at base ......... sonco00n8806 Judith.

+8. Wings on underside not white at base.......... spuuedot orba.

v2, Fore wing darker, the lines stronger.

a3, Kore wing with the inner area not suffused with

black.

a‘, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly ex-

@umyecl elon? WEIN IL coogoscsscnaedennseoncgoHcouEsoacose residua.

v4, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

excurved below vein 1 )..22..0.0....c.cs-0-s asboduacdon angst.

3. Kore wing with the inner area suffused with black.. ¢solabilis.

o'. Hind wing with the cilia white, chequered with brown at

yeins 6 to 2

a2, Bore wing grey uniformly suffused with dark brown.

a. Kore wing without red-brown band beyond the

postmedial line, the subterminal line diffused ...... obscura.

63, Fore wing with red-brown band beyond the post-

medial line, the subterminal line not diffused ...... agrippind.

02, Fore wing grey variegated with brown and black.

a, Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey.

at, Kore wing without curved black shade from costa

beyond middle to termen below apex.

a. Kore wing without oblique white shade from

costa beyond the antemedial line to median

TNGIRAUIECS) » GaosasendananbodopadsansoduoqsodoaacdoSbcadobe ... lacrymosa.

b°, Fore wing with oblique white shade from costa

beyond the antemedial line to median nervure dejecta.

64, Fore wing with curved black shade from costa

beyond middle to termen helow apex.

«w. Fore wing with blackish shade in submedian

INGLES PACE!) caissuner cass ticaee some senile nce vidua.

65, Kore wing without blackish shade in sub-

median inter SPACE ys nanaeementnasmtndeseeet Bunce nt viduata.

o?. Kore wing grey-white tinged with red- brown.

a’, Fore wing with oblique black shade from termen

below apex..

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line double

filled in with white ...cdcccsscssssesessseteenseen = WiELeClas

. Fore wing with the antemedial line single and

faintly defined on inner side by whitish .....- flebilis.

6‘. Fore wing without oblique black shade from ter-

men below apex............+ scnchoesoneetee snoscconssoncs ROULMSOME.

B. Hind wing yellow.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below costa

but not “angled outwards) above selno meereeees-ehesereen secre badia.

6. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards below

costa and angled outwards above vein 5.

a. Fore wing on underside with the basal half suffused with

yellow, the postmedial band whitish ; hind wing with

the costal area whitish...........cc:..+.-++ Bp ecnncoccncecaenaan. CM ECIECLS.

CATABAPTA, 133

b', Bore wing on underside with the basal area and post-

medial band yellow; hind wing with the costal area

ochreous.

a2, Hind wing deep orange-yellow.

a, Fore wing nearly uniform deep red-brown............ muliercula.

63, Fore wing almost entirely suffused with grey....... .. paleogama,

b2, Hind wing brighter golden yellow.

a3, Fore wing with prominent dark band beyond the

DOtmealiall Iti) «, .scoonosoassodonsooocscaqobagdoobacossaNseto celeb s,

v3, Fore wing without prominent dark band beyond the

postmedial line.

a, Fore wing nearly uniform black-brown,

as, Fore wing with the lines distinct .........,...+. antinympha,

65, Fore wing with the lines almost obsolete ...... denussa.

64, Fore wing nearly uniform fuscous brown ......... consors,

c1, Fore wing nearly uniform grey-brown..............- Serena.

d‘, Fore wing much more variegated and not nearly

uniform in colour.

a, Fore wing with the basal area strongly suf-

neere| SprMlelin TBO scocosdooossadoseonsecedassoacodoauc nebulosa.

6, Fore wing with the basal area not strongly

suffused with black.

a’, Fore wing almost entirely suffused with red-

DOWIE Sateten y acceauantucaseanerarsesonm tae rumeuticranceats platria,

v6, Fore wing much more variegated with white

and grey.

ai. Wore wing with the basal area darker than

WING GROUMUIMCEHCOMOMP. >. saceeses000 occno20se0000c0 dionyza,

v7, Fore wing with the basal area not darker

than the ground-colour.

as, Kore wing strongly suffused with white.

a’, Hore wing with the postmedial line

strongly angled outwards above and

lDSOW WENN) scoooacosocascsdnogsooavdooeds subnata.

9, Wore wing with the postmedial line

slightly angled outwards above and

EON? TCI Oh apadeanosoonbocdastossbononan habilis.

8. Fore wing slightly suffused with white.

a. Kore wing not tinged with olive ...... neogama.

»9, Fore wing tinged with olive ............ euphemia,

7129. Catabapta sappho. (Plate CXCII. fig. 1.)

Catocala sappho, Streck. eye. Rhop. & Het. p. 35, pl. xi. f. 4 (1874) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 352.

3. Head and thorax white irrorated with red-brown; palpi

with the 2nd and 38rd joints dark brown towards tips ; tegulee with

red-brown lines at middle and near tips; fore and mid tibie and

the tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen reddish brown with some

whitish at, base and in anal tuft, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing white sparsely irrorated with brown; subbasal line black,

angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold ; ante-

medial line very indistinct, double filled in with white, the outer

line with large black-brown spot at costa, then oblique to sub-

median fold and slightly angled inwards on median neryure,

incurved at vein 1; reniform very large and irregularly rounded,

14 NOCTUID %.

bright red-brown defined by dark brown and with dark brown

patch above it on costa; a faint oblique sinuous white line from

lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line indistinct,

double, with dark spots at costa, bent outwards below costa,

oblique and sinuous to just above vein 5 where it is acutely angled

outwards, then minutely waved and angled outwards above vein 1 ;

a faint dentate brown subterminal line, oblique from costa to

vein 6; a slight wedge-shaped patch .of red-brown suffusion from

termen below apex; a series of dark points with white points

beyond them connected with a crenulate terminal line; cilia red-

brown, whitish at tips. Hind wing black-brown with some

whitish hair at base; cilia white except at base towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing black-brown, some whitish at base, an

oblique whitish medial patch from subcostal nervure to yein 2,

a narrow curved postmedial band suffused with brown on inner

half, cilia white intersected with brown; hind wing black-brown,

the basal and inner areas whitish, a narrow white postmedial band,

oblique from costa to vein 4 and ending at vein 1.

Hab. U.S.A., Central and Southern States, Illinois, Texas, 2 ¢.

Hep. 76 millim.

7130. Catabapta judith. (Plate CXCII. fig. 2

Catocala judith, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. Ps 95, pl. xi, f. 5 (1874);

Knsnezov, Rev. Russ. Ent. iil. p. 166, figs. 2@, b; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 350.

Catocala levettei, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. v. p. 95 (1874).

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown, the tegulew with black

lines at middle and near tips, the patagia with some black scales

near upper edge; palpi black, white at base, the 3rd joint irrorated

with white ; frons black at sides ; antenne blackish ; pectus white ;

legs white irrorated with brown, the tarsi black ringed with white :

abdomen grey, suffused with fuscous’ except at base, the anal tuft

and ventral surface white. Fore wing grey tinged with brown

and slightly irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line blackish,

angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold ; ante-

medial line brownish, oblique, waved, expanding into a spot at

costa; reniform with brownish centre and whitish annulus defined

by some black scales, an oblique brown bar above it from costa ;

postmedial line black, expanding into a slight spot at costa, bent

outwards below costa then dentate, oblique to below vein 6 where

it is produced to an acute tooth, then inwardly oblique, at vein 2

running inwards and enclosing a spot below end of cell and strongly

angled inwards above vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, whitish,

dentate, oblique to below vein 6; the veins of terminal area with

slight dark streaks; a series of dark points before termen slightly

defined on outer side by whitish. Hind wing black-brown, the

inner margin with some white hair; cilia brown mixed with

CATABAPTA, 15

whitish except towards tornus. Underside of fore wing black-

hrown, the basal area white except towards costa, an oblique

whitish patch in and below extremity of cell, a diffused whitish

postmedial line, oblique to below vein 4, the apex brownish white ;

hind wing with the basal area white, a black-brown medial band

defined on outer side by white, oblique from middle of costa to

beyond Jower angle of cell and obsolete below vein 1, the terminal

area black-brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern, Middle, and Central States, Ohio, 1 ¢,

1 9 type levettet. Hap. 54-56 millim.

Larva. Dodge, Can, Ent. xxxiii. p. 224 (1901).

Black, closely reticulated throughout with greenish white, the

ventral surface greenish ooibitie. each seement with a dull

brownish spot; tubercles white; cervical and anal plates black ;

head greyish streaked with pale brown, the streaks uniting on the

summit of each lobe where they form a longitudinal streak ; mouth-

parts black and with a black stripe from each side running to a

point on the cheek. Food-plant: Hickory.

Pupa reddish with a thin whitish bloom.

*7131. Catabapta orba.

Catocala orba, Kusnezov, Rey. Russ, Ent. iii. p. 166, figs. 1, a, (1903) ;

French, Can. Ent. xxxv. p. 343.

6. Head and thorax whitish grey ; tegule, patagia in front and

prothorax dark brown; tibize and tarsi ringed with black; abdomen

dark grey. Fore wing pale grey, the basal and costal areas

suffused with white; subbasal line fine, dark, dentate, from costa

to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, forming a small spot

at costa, then oblique, minutely waved ; reniform dark grey detined

by white, an oblique dark bar above it from costa ; postmedial line

dark, forming a small spot at costa, shghtly bent outwards below

ons then oblique and sinuous, angled outwards above and below

vein 5, then almost obsolete, inwardly oblique and dentate; sub-

terminal line whitish, dentate, oblique from costa to vein 6, a faint

brown shade between it and the postmedial line ; a terminal series

of slight black lunules. Hind wing black, the base clothed with

brownish grey hair; cilia dark grey, brownish grey towards apex.

Underside biack ; fore wing with some greyish at base, postmedial

band whitish, eunnadl a White spot on its outer edge at oan apical

area whitish furorteed with grey; hind wing grey-black, the base

and costa paler, a very indistinct pale medial band excurved at

middle, cilia pale grey with a dark line through them, whitish

towards apex.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas. Hap, 58 millim. This species is unknown

to me. ;

16 NOCTUID.®,

7132. Catabapta residua. (Plate CXCILI. fig. 3.)

Catocala residua, Grote, Proc. Boston Soc. N. H. xvi. p. 242 (1874); id.

Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 187, pl. v. f.4; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 893,

Head and thorax brown mixed with some grey; pectus white

and brown; abdomen rather darker brown, the ventral surface

white except at extremity. Fore wing brown irrorated with grey

especially on terminal area; subbasal line slight, dark, angled

outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial

line dark, oblique, sinuous ; reniform elliptical, faintly defined by

brown ; an obliquely curved mark defined by brown below end of

cell formed hy a sinus of the postmedial line, which is dark, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous, acutely angled

above and below vein 5, then dentate, at vein 2 forming the sinus

below end of cell and bent inwards at vein 1; subterminal line

diffused, grey-white defined on outer side by brown, dentate, oblique

{rom costa to below vein 6, where it is met by a slight oblique brown

shade from termen below apex; a series of dark points slightly

defined on outer side by whitish before termen. Hind wing black-

brown; cilia whitish at apex, then whitish at tips. Underside of fore

wing black-brown, a white patch at base, an oblique whitish medial

patch from below costa to vein 2, postmedial band narrow, white

towards costa, then whitish suffused with brown and- oblique to

vein 4, some white on apical part of costa, the cilia with white

spots at base; lind wing with the basal and inner areas white, the

rest of wing black-brown, a narrow white postmedial band oblique

and sinuous to vein 4 and ending at tornus.

Hab. U.S.A., Wastern States, New York, 2 2 type, Ohio, 1 9,

Columbus, 1 ¢. “wp. 72-80 millim.

7133. Catabapta angusi. (Plate CXCII. fig. 4.)

Catocala angusi, Grote, Can. Ent. viil. p. 229 (1876); id. Bull. Buff. Soc.

Nat. Sci, iii. p. 188, pl. v. figs. 1-2; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 553.

Catocala lucetta, H. Midw. French, Catocale of Illinois, p. 4 (1882).

Catocala edna, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. xxiii. p. 150 (1907).

Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown, the tegule with

dark line near tips; palpi and sides of frons black, the former

with some white at base; shoulders with black streaks ; pectus

white; tarsi banded with black; abdomen fuscous brown, the

ventral surface white irrorated with brown and suffused with brown

at extremity. Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown and irrorated

with black-brown ; subbasal line blackish, sinuous, from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line blackish slightly defined on inner side

by grey, oblique, sinuous; reniform greyish obscurely defined by dark

brown, its centre also defined by brown, elliptical, an oblique dark

shade above it from costa; au obliquely curved mark defined by

CATABAPTA. iL

dark brown below end of cell confluent with the postmedial line,

which is blackish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then

waved, at vein 2 forming the sinus below end of cell and strongly

angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, greyish

slightly defined on outer side by brown, waved, oblique from costa

to below vein 6 where it is met by a faint oblique shade from

termen below apex; a series of blackish points before termen

defined on outer side by white, Hind wing black-brown with a

cupreous tinge. Underside of fore wing black-brown, a bluish

white patch at base, a small whitish patch in and below end of

cell, postmedial band narrow, pale, whitish at costa, oblique from

costa to vein 4, some whitish on apical part of costa; cilia

chequered whitish and brown ; hind wing with the basal and inner

areas bluish white, the rest of wing black-brown, postmedial band

narrow, whitish, oblique and sinuous to vein 4 and ending at

tornus.

Ab. 1. edna. Fore wing with strong sinuous black streak below

the cell to beyond the antemedial line.

Ab. 2. lucetta. Similar, but fore wing with the basal streak

more diffused and a blackish fascia from termen below apex to the

reniform, its upper edge angled at vein 6 and its lower edge

diffused.

Hab. U.S.A., Middle, Central, and Southern States, New York,

49,29 type. Hvp. 70-78 millim,

Larva. Food-plant : Hickory,

7134. Catabapta insolabilis. (Plate CXCILI. fig, 5.)

Catocala insolabilis, Guen, Noct. iii, p. 94 (1852) ; Streck. Lep. Rhop. &

Het. p. 33, pl. v. f. 1; Grote, Bull. Buff, Soc. Nat, Sci. iii, p. 187, pl. v.

f. 3; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 353.

Head and thorax grey mixed with reddish brown and dark

brown, the tegule whitish at base and with dark medial line;

palpi fuscous white at base and with white ring at extremity of

2ud joint; frons black at sides; shoulders with black streaks;

pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated with brown, the fore and

mid tibie and the tarsi with black bands ; abdomen fuscous brown,

the ventral surface white. Fore wing blue-grey tinged in parts

with red-brown and thickly irrorated with dark brown, the inner

area strongly suffused with dark brown ; subbasal line black-

brown, excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold ; ante-

medial line double, the inner line indistinet, oblique, waved ;

reniform small, elliptical, red-brown faintly detined by dark brown

and with an oblique red-brown shade above it from costa; an

indistinct spot defined by dark brown below end of cell, connected

with the postmedial line, which is black-brown, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and sinuous, acutely angled outwards

vou. XIT. c

18 NOCTUID ®.

above and below vein 5, then waved, at vein 2 forming the sinus

below end of cell, strongly angled inwards at vein 1 where there

is a dark brown streak from it to the subterminal line, which is

pale grey defined on outer side by brown, waved, oblique from costa

to below vein 6 where it is met by a faint oblique shade from

termen below apex; a series of dark points before termen; the

veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks. Hind wing black-

brown with a cupreous gloss ; cilia white at the tips towards apex.

Underside of fore wing black-brown, a pure white patch at base,

faint traces of a small medial oblique whitish mark from subcostal

nervure to vein 2, an indistinct pale postmedial line with white

spot at costa, oblique from costa to vein 4, some grey at apex, cilia

with a series of white spots at base; hind wing with the basal

and inner areas pure white, the rest of wing black-brown, a whitish

postmedial line, oblique and sinuous to vein 4 and ending at tornus,

cilia with some whitish.

Ab. 1. @. Smaller, 66 millim.; the head, thorax, and fore

wing much browner.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., Middle, Central, and Southern States, New

York, 4 ¢, 2 9, Kansas (Snow), 1 g, 1 2. EHwp. 74-82

millim.

Larva. Beutenm, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. xix. p. 509.

Violaceous grey irrorated with black forming subdorsal and

lateral stripes; warts prominent, red; 8th somite not humped ;

11th somite with two short blunt prominences directed backwards ;

sides with rather long grey filaments ; ventral surface dirty white

tinged with reddish, each somite with a black patch ; head whitish

with violaceous grey lines connected by fine reticulations. Food-

plant: Hickory.

7135. Catabapta obscura. (Plate CXCIL. fig. 6.)

Catocala obscura, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 19, pl. iii. f. 4 (1873);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p, 353.

Catocala simulatilis, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. v. p. 94 (1874).

Head and thorax brown mixed with some grey; pectus white ;

abdomen rather darker brown, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing brown tinged with grey and irrorated with dark brown;

subbasal line indistinct, blackish, angled outwards below costa and

ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique,

sinuous ; reniform a small faint brownish lunule with whitish

striga in centre; an oblique brown bar from middle of costa to

reniform ; traces of a small spot defined by brown below end of

cell ; postmedial line dark, bent outwards below costa, then dentate,

oblique, angled outwards above and below vein 5 and strongly

inwards on vein 1; subterminal line diffused, grey-white faintly

defined on outer side by brown, slightly waved, oblique from costa

_ to below vein 6; a series of dark points defined on outer side by

CATABAPTA, 19

whitish before termen. Hind wing black-brown ; cilia pure white

with some brown at base, brownish towards tornus. Underside of

fore wing black-brown, the base white, an oblique whitish medial

patch from below costa to vein 2, postmedial band narrow, white,

oblique to vein 4 and obsolescent towards inner margin, some white

at apex, cilia white intersected with brown and brownish at tips ;

hind wing with the basal and inner areas white, the rest of wing

black-brown, a white postmedial band oblique and sinuous to vein 4

and ending at tornus.

Ab. 1. stmulatilis. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

more prominent and black.

Hab. Canapa; U.S,A., Eastern, Middle, and Central States, New

York, 2 ¢, 2 @ type simulatilis, Qhio, 2 g type, Colorado.

Exp. 66-74 millim.

Larva. Kellicott, Ent. Am. ii. p. 45; Dodge, Can. Ent. xxxiii. p, 225,

Fuscous grey ; dorsal stripe interrupted on 4th to 9th somites by

curved black patches enclosing white conical patches; tubercles

small and white, no filaments; somite 11 shghtly humped and

edged behind by black ; ventral surface greenish white with large

black spots except on thoracic and 8th and 9th somites; head

whitish with pale brown markings and small blotch at corner of

jaws. Food-plant : Hickory.

7136. Catabapta agrippina. (Plate CXCII. fig. 7.)

Cutocala agrippina, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 95, pl. xi. figs, 1-3

(1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 352.

Catocala subviridis, Hary. Can. Ent. ix. p. 193 (1877).

Catocala barnesij, Fre..ch, Can, Ent, xxxii. p- 140 (1900).

Head and tegule red-brown mixed with some white, the teguyli

with red-brown medial line; palpi with some white at base and at

extremity of 2nd joint which is dark towards extremity; thorax

reddish brown mixed with grey; pectus white; legs white

irrorated with brown, the fore tibiw and the tarsi with dark bands;

abdomen greyish brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing

grey irrorated and in parts suffused with red-brown ; subbasal line

black-brown, angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian

fold; antemedial line indistinctly double, the inner line faint, the

outer black-brown to submedian fold, angled outwards below costa,

then oblique and sinuous and angled inwards at vein 1 ; reniform

red-brown faintly defined by darker brown, rounded ; an oblique

dark bar from middie of costa and indistinct pale elliptical spot

below end of cell defined on inner side by black-brown, and con-

nected with the postmedial line which is black-brown, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous, acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then incurved, wayed and

strongly angled inwards on vein 1, the area beyond it rufous

except at costa to the dentate grey subterminal line defined on

20) NOCTUID A.

outer side by dark brown and oblique from costa tc vein 6; a series

of blackish points before termen defined on outer side by white

points. Hind wing black-brown with some greyish hair on basal

and inner areas; cilia creamy white intersected with brown.

Underside of fore wing black-brown, the basal area whitish, an

oblique whitish medial patch from subcostal nervure to vein 2, a

narrow whitish postmedial band oblique from costa to vein 4 and

obsolete below submedian fold, terminal area greyish, the cilia with

a series of white spots at base; hind wing black-brown, the basal

and inner areas whitish, a narrow sinuous whitish postmedial band,

oblique from costa to vein 4, some whitish at extreme apex.

Ab. 1. subviridis. Head and thorax more strongly irrorated

with white ; fore wing suffused with bronze-green and without any

of the red-brown tones, the spot below end of cell small and

separated from the postmedial line.

Hab, U.S.A., Middle and Southern States, Texas (Belfrage), 2 S

1 2, Dallas (Boll), 1 3 type subviridis. Hap. 82 millim.

7137. Catabapta lacrymosa. (Plate CXCII. fig. 8.)

Catocala lacrymosa, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 93 (1852); Streck, Lep. Rhop. &

Het. p. 18, pl. iii. f. 8; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 852.

Catocala ulalume, Streck, Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 132 (1877).

Catocala paulina, H. Edwards, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 54 (1880).

Catocala evelina, French, Papilio, i. p. 110 (1881).

Catocala zelica, French, Papilio, i. p. 111 (1881).

Catocala emilia, H. Edwards, Papilio, i. p. 117 (1881).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white and some red-

brown; palpi white at base; tegulee with dark lines at middle and

tips; pectus white; legs white irrorated with red-brown, the fore

tibie and the tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen reddish brown

tinged with grey, the ventral surface white except at extremity.

Fore wing grey-white, thickly irrorated and in parts suffused with

red-brown; subbasal line black slightly defined on outer side by

white, angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold ;

antemedial line double, black-brown filled in with whitish, the

outer line with dark brown spot at costa, oblique, waved, angled

inwards at vein 1; reniform large, with red-brown centre with

whitish lunnle on it and white annulus defined by black-brown, its

outer edge irregular; a small elliptical whitish spot defined by

black-brown below end of cell; postmedial line black slightly

defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique and sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and below

vein 5, then dentate and strongly angled inwards above vein 1, the

area beyond it red-brown to the subterminal line, which is whitish

defined on outer side by black-brown, oblique and sinuous to vein 6,

then dentate; a series of black points before termen defined on

outer side by white; cilia red-brown intersected by whitish at tips.

Hind wing black-brown, the hair at base and on inner area greyish ;

cilia pure white except towards tornus, intersected with black-

CATABAPTA. 21

brown to vein 2. Underside of fore wing black-brown, the terminal

area greyish, the basal area white, an oblique white medial patch

from subcostal nervure to vein 2, a narrow white postmedial band,

oblique to vein 4 and obsolescent below vein 2, cilia with a series

of white spots at base; hind wing black-brown, the basal and inner

areas white, a rather narrow sinuous white postmedial band oblique

to vein 4,

Ab. 1. ulalume. Fore wing less strongly irrorated with brown,

the lines more distinct.

Ab. 2. zelica. Fore wing with black bands before the antemedial

line and beyond the postinedial line.

Ab. 3. paulina, Fore wing suffused with blackish to the post-

medial line.

Ab. 4. evelina. Fore wing with the basal and terminal arcas

and the inner half almost or entirely blackish.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern and Southern States, New York, 2¢,39,

Ohio (Drury), 16,19. Hep. 80-86 millim

Larva, Yood-plants: probably Oak and Walnut.

7138. Catabapta dejecta. (Plate CXCIE. fig. 9.)

Catocala dejecta, Streck. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. ii. p. 97 (1880) ; Smith

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 351.

6. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black-brown, the

vertex of head, tegule, and prothoracic crest with some rufous ;

palpi white at base, blackish at tips; sides of frons with black

spots; pectus white; legs white mixed with brown, the tarsi

banded with brown; abdomen fuscous black, the base grey, the

ventral surface white with slight brown segmental lines. Fore

wing bluish grey thickly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line

black, angled outwards below costa and inwards in cell, ending at

submedian fold; antemedial line black, double, the inner line very

indistinct, waved, oblique to submedian fold, then more erect, a

quadrate grey-white patch beyond it from costa to median nervure ;

reniform defined by blackish and somewhat constricted at middle,

some black-brown in centre; a pear-shaped grey-white spot defined

by black below end of cell, connected with the postmedial line,

which is black, beut outwards below costa, oblique and sinuous to

vein 6, acutely dentate outwards above and below vein 5, then

incurved and waved and strongly angled outwards in submedian

fold where there is a black streak before it, a sinuous black shade

beyond it from costa to vein 6; a very indistinct waved subterminal

line with a slight blackish mark beyond it above vein 6; a series

of minute black spots before termen. Hind wing black-brown ;

cilia white with slight blackish marks at the extremities of the

veins. Underside of fore wing black-brown, the base white, an

oblique whitish medial band from below costa to vein 2 and

narrower postmedial band from costa to below vein 3, the apex

greyish ; hind wing white, a black medial band, oblique and sinuous

22 NOCTUIDE.

from costa to beyond lower angle of cell, the terminal area broadly

blackish.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern, Middle, and Central States, Connecticut,

East R. (Zly), 1 6. Hep. 72 millim.

7139. Catabapta vidua. (Plate CXCII. fig. 10.)

Phalena vidua, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 181, pl. 91 (1797);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 351.

Catocala desperata, Guen: Noct. iii. p. 95 (1852); Streck. Lep. Rhop. &

Het. p. 33, pl. v. f. 2.

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; palpi white at

base, the extremity of 2nd joint and sides of frons dark brown ;

tegule with blackish line near tips which are white; prothoracic

crest dark brown tipped with white; patagia with blackish streak

on outer edge; pectus white; legs white irrorated with brown, the

fore tibie at extremity and mid tibiz at middle with black bands,

the tarsi banded black and white; abdomen greyish brown, the

ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing pale grey tinged in

parts with red-brown and irrorated with black-brown; a diffused

black-brown fascia in submedian interspace from base to sub-

terminal line; subbasal line fine, black, sinuous, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line double, black-brown filled in with

grey, the outer line strong from costa to submedian fold, angled

outwards below costa, then oblique, sinuous; reniform whitish

defined by black-brown and its centre by dark brown, large and

irregularly elliptical; a diffused oblique black-brown shade from

middle of costa to subterminal line below vein 5 where it is met by

an oblique irregular black-brown fascia from termen below apex ;

a pale obliqué pear-shaped spot defined by black below end of cell,

formed by a sinus of the postmedial line, which is black slightly

defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then

obliqtie and sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and below

vein 5, then dentate, at vein 2 forming the sihus below end of cell,

then strongly angled outwards at submedian fold and inwards at

vein 1, a black streak from it to the subterminal line in submedian

fold; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by brown,

dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of blackish

points before termen defined on outer side by white. Hind wing

black-brown with some greyish hair at base; cilia pure white.

Underside of fore wing black-brown, the termen greyish expanding

towards apex which is whitish, the base whitish, an oblique whitish

medial patch from subcostal nervure to vein 2, postmcdial band

white, oblique from costa to vein 4 and obsolescent towards inner

margin, cilia white, brownish at tips; hind wing with the basal and

inner areas whitish suffused with brown, the rest of wing black-

brown, postmedial band white, oblique and sinuous from costa to

vein 4 and ending on inner margin just above tornus.

Hab. Canana; U.S.A., Eastern, Central, and Southern States,

New York, 2 6,2 9, Florida. Hap. 84-96 millim.

ise)

CATABAPTA,

Larva, French, Can, Ent. xx. p. 28.

Greenish grey with many black lines, the sides whiter; each

somite with slight protuberances; head grey, edged with black

behind. Food-plants: Oak, Hickory, Walnut.

7140. Catabapta viduata, (Plate CXCIII. fig. 1.)

Catocala vidua, Guen. Noct. iil. p. “94 (1852), nec Abbot.

Catocala aidan, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 400 es Streck. Lep. Rhop. &

Het. p. 17, pl. iii f. 2; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Aim. p. 224.

Catabapta mostosa, Hulst, Bull, Brooklyn Ent. Soe. vii. Be 53 (1884) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 352.

Catocala gueneoi, Grote, Cat. Ent. xix. p. 115 (1887).

Catocala moderna, Grote, Cat. Knt. xxxii. p. 191 (1900); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 224.

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; palpi white at

base, the extremity of 2nd joint and sides of frons brown; tegule

with red-brown line near base, blackish line at middle and dark

brown band at tips; patagia with some blackish scales near upper

edge; pectus white; legs white irrorated with brown, the extre-

mity of fore tibiae and the tarsi banded black-brown and white ;

abdomen grey tinged with brown, the ventral surface brownish white.

Fore wing grey irrorated with red-brown aud dark brown; subbasal

line slight, dark brown, angled outwards on subcostal nervure and

ending at submedian fold in which there is a short black-brown

streak beyond it; antemedial line dark brown defined on inner side

by whitish, strong towards costa, angled outwards below costa,

then oblique, sinuous, a short dark streak before it below median

nervure; reniform pale rufous with faint whitish annulus, large

and irregularly rounded ; a diffused oblique black-brown shade from

middle of costa to subterminal line below vein 5 where it is met by

a diffused oblique black-brown shade from termen below apex; an

oblique pear-shaped pale grey spot defined by brown below end

of cell, connected with the postmedial line, which is black-brown

slightly defined on outer side by whitish, very oblique and sinuous

towards costa, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5,

then dentate and strongly angled inwards on veins 2 and 1; sub-

terminal line whitish defined on outer side by brown, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 7; a series of blackish points

before termen defined on outer side by white; the veins of terminal

area with slight blackish streaks. Hind wing black-brown with

some greyish hair on basal and inner areas; cilia white with series

of black-brown spots at base from below apex to vein 2. Under-

side of fore wing black-brown, the terminal area grey expanding

towards apex, the basal area and basal half of costal area whitish,

an oblique medial whitish band with dentate inner edge from the

costal area to vein 2, a postmedial whitish band expanding at

costa, then obliquely incurved and with dentate outer edge to below

vein 4, then erect and obsolescent, cilia white at base, brownish at

tips; hind wing with the basal and inner areas white, the rest

of wing black-brown with some grey at apex, a white postmedial

o4 NOCLUIDSE.

band oblique and sinuous from costa to vein 4 and ending on

termen just above tornus; cilia chequered with brown from below

apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. moderna. Much smaller, 74 millim.; hind wing with the

pale postmedial band showing faintly on upperside.

Hab. U.S.A., Pennsylvania, Central and Southern States, Texas,

Dallas (Boll), 26,19. Hap. 94-100 millim. Type 7g moderna

in Mus. Roemer.

Larva. Food-plant: Walnut.

7141. Catabapta retecta. (Plate CXCIII. fig. 2.)

Catocala retecta, Grote, Trans. Am, Ent. Soe. iv. p. 4 (1872); Streck. Lep.

RKhop. & Het. p. 71, pl. ix. f. 2; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 351.

Catocula luctuosa, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. vii. p. 48 (1884).

Head and thorax grey-white tinged with reddish brown; palpi

white at base, the 2nd joint towards extremity and sides of frons

dark brown ; tegulee with black line at middle and brown line near

tips; patagia with black line close to edges; pectus white; legs

white irrorated with brown, the fore tibie at extremity and mid

{ibize at middle with black bands, the tarsi banded black and white ;

abdomen greyish brown, the ventral surface brownish white. Fore

wing pale grey tinged in parts with red-brown, especially on post-

medial area, and irrorated with black-brown; a black streak in

submedian fold from base to the antemedial line; subbasal line

fine, black, excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold;

antemedial line double filled in with whitish, the inner line brown,

the outer black, slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique

and sintious, a rather oblique black streak beyond it below the cell;

remiform large with reddish brown centre and white annulus defined

by blackish, rather irregularly elliptical; an oblique dark line from

middle of costa to the reniform; a curved white mark defined by

black below end of cell formed by a sinus of the postmedial line,

which is black slightly defined on outer side by white, bent out-

wards below costa, then oblique and sinuous, acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then waved, at vein 2 forming

the sinus below end of cell, strongly angled outwards in submedian

fold and inwards on vein 1, a black streak in submedian fold from

it to the subterminal line, which is white slightly defined on outer

side by brown, waved, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series

of blackish points before termen; the veins of terminal area streaked

with black. Hind wing black-brown; cilia pure white. Underside

of fore wing black-brown, the apex grey, the basal area and basal

half of costa whitish, an oblique whitish medial patch from sub-

costal nervure to vein 2, a white postmedial band, oblique from

costa to vein 4 and obhsolescent towards inner margin; hind wing

with the basal and inner areas whitish, the rest of wing black-

brown, a white postmedial band oblique from costa‘to vein 4, then

rather maculate and ending on inner margin just above tornus.

Ab. 1. luctuosa, Pore wing more strongly tinged with rufous.

CATABAPTA, 25°

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, Middle, and Central

States, 1 ¢, 19, Ohio, Columbus, 1g, 19, Kansas, 29,29.

Hep. 74-84 milliim.

Larva. French, Can, Ent. xxvi. p. 97 (1894); Dodge, Can. Ent. xxxiii. p. 298.

Blackish, the medial somites rather paler; dorsal stripe repre-

sented by a series of rounded brown patches with a black dorsal

line; subdorsal stripes brown, interrupted and indistinct; tubercles

tipped with white; 4th somite with pale brown band; 8th somite

with a slight black transverse ridge, its anterior part pale brown ;

filaments whitish, numerous; ventral surface white tinged with

pink and with large black spots except on thoracic and 8th and

9th somites; head grey striped with dark brown and with lateral

black bands on each lobe. Food-plant: Hickory.

7142. Catabapta flebilis. (Plate CXCIII. fig. 3.)

Catocala flebilis, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iv. p. 4 (1872); Streck.

Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 71, pl. ix. ff. 3,4; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 3d.

dg. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi with the

2nd joint black towards extremity ; antennz black, whitish at tips;

vertex of head with a black line angled between antenne; tegule

with black line followed by a brownish line near tips; patagia with

black streaks on edges; pectus white and brown; legs suffused

with fuscous, the fore tarsi ringed with white; abdomen black-

brown, the anal tuft at sides and ventral surface brownish white.

Fore wing grey tinged in parts with red-brown and thickly irrorated

with blackish; a diffused black fascia below the cell and vein 5

to postmedial line and thence obliquely to termen below apex ;

subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa and ending at

submedian fold; antemedial line black, obliquely excurved and

sinuous, slightly angled inwards on median nervure and more

strongly on vein 1; reniform large, rounded, its centre tinged with

rufous and with slight whitish annulus defined by black except

above; an oblique blackish bar from middle of costa to the

reniform ; an obliquely curved whitish spot defined by black below

end of cell, connected with the postmedial line, which is black,

forming a small spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique and sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and below

vein 5, then incurved and dentate, at vein 5 forming the sinus

below end of cell, strongly angled outwards in submedian fold and

inwards on vein |; subterminal line rather diffused, whitish faintly

defined on outer side by brown, slightly waved, oblique from costa

to below vein 6; a series of blackish points slightly defined on outer

side by whitish before termen; the veins of terminal area with

slight dark streaks. Hind wing black-brown; cilia pure white

with brown marks at extremities of veins 6 to 2. Underside of

fore wing black-brown, a white patch at base, an obliquely curved

whitish medial mark from subcostal nervure to vein 2, postmedial

26 NOCTUID A.

band narrow, whitish, oblique from costa to vein 4 and obsolescent

towards inner margin, some whitish at apex, cilia white, brownish

at tips; hind wing with the basal and inner areas white, the rest

of wing black-brown, a narrow white postmedial band, oblique to

vein 4 and ending at tornus.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern States, 2 ¢. Hap. 68 millim.

Larva. Kellicott, Papilio, i. p. 141.

Grey with a greenish tinge; dorsal line rather indistinct, formed

by a series of black points; subdorsal line more prominent with a

series of >-shaped marks on the abdominal somites; lateral stripe

still more prominent and continuous, the spiracles defined by black;

warts white, each with a brown hair, the warts on ist somite

black ; lateral fringes hoary ; ventral surface bluish white with black

and flesh-coloured spots, the thoracic somites with elliptical flesh-

coloured patches, the 4th, 5th, 10th, and 11th somites with similar

black patches, the 6th and 7th somites with reddish spots edged in

front with black, the 8th and 9th with similar patches not defined

by black in front; head bluish grey with series of confluent whitish

spots, the vertex with four black points, lateral black bars from

angles of jaws. Food-plant: Hickory (Carya alba). 6.

7143. Catabapta robinsoni. (Plate CXCIII. fig. 4.)

Catocala robinsoni, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iv. p. 20 (1872): Streck.

Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 71, pl. ix. f.1; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 301.

GCatocala curvata, French, Papilio, i. p. 218 (1881).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown ; palpi white at

base and black-brown towards extremity of 2nd joint; sides of

frons black; antenne blackish; tegule brownish with black lne

defined behind by white near tips; patagia with some black scales

on edges ; pectus brownish white; legs irrorated with brown, the

fore tibiee at extremities and tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen

grey-brown, the ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing

erey-white suffused with brown and irrorated with black-brown ;

subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa and ending at

submedian fold; antemedial line black, forming a small sp-t at

costa, oblique, sinuous; reniform large, rounded, with slight whitish

annulus defined by blackish; an oblique brown striga from middle

of costa to the reniform ; an obliquely curved pale mark defined by

blackish below end of cell, connected with the postmedial line, which

is blackish slightly defined on outer side by white, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely angled out-

wards above and below vein 5, then dentate, at vein 2 forming

the sinus below end of cell and strongly angled inwards on vein 1 ;

subterminal line diffused, whitish slightly defined on outer side by

brown, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of

blackish points defined on outer side by whitish before termen ; the

veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks. Hind wing black-

brown with some greyish hair at base; cilia pure white except

towards tornus. Underside of fore wing black-brown, some whitish

CATABAPTA. Diy

at base, an oblique medial white patch from below costa to vein 2,

postmedial band white, oblique to vein 4 and obsolescent towards

inner margin, the apex greyish, cilia white, brownish at tips; hind

wing with the basal and inner areas white tinged with brown, the

rest of wing black-brown, postmedial band white, oblique and

sinuous to vein 4 and ending at tornus.

Ab. 1. curvata. Fore wing with sinuous black fascia below the

cell to near middle of wing.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern, Middle, and Central States, New York,

25,2 9, Illinois, Mississippi. wp. 74 millim.

7144. Catabapta badia. (Plate CXCIII. fig. 5.)

Catocala badia, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 22, pl. iv. f. 1

(1866); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 348.

Catocala phebe, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 125 (1884).

Head and thorax bright rufous; antenne tinged with fuscous ;

abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing rufous tinged with greyish; a

sinuous red-brown subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; a

bright rufous shade from subcostal nervure to vein 1 before the

antemedial line, which is red-brown, obliquely curved from costa to

submedian fold, incurved at vein 1; a broad bright rufous shade on

outer part of medial area and bey ond the postmedial line; reniform

faintly paler obscurely defined by red-brown and its centre defined

by red-brown ; postmedial line red-brown, indistinct, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then minutely waved and excurved, between

veins 3 and 2 forming a sinus below end of cell, then excurvéd

at submedian fold and incurved above vein 1 ; subterminal line

represented by an oblique pale shade, Hind wing orange, the

basal and inner areas with some red-brown suffusion ; a oneal

black medial band with irregularly sinuous edges ; a broad blackish

terminal band, its inner edge minutely waved ; “ha termen narrowly

orange towards apex; cilia brown, yellowish towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing yellow; an oblique blackish antemedial

shade from below costa before middle to vein 1, an obliquely curved

black medial band, a slight curved fuscous subterminal shade, the

terminal area red-brown ; hind wing as above, but the costal area

irrorated with red-brown, the costal area towards apex and the

termen except towards tornus red-brown.

Hab. US.A., Eastern and Middle States, 1 $, 29. Ezp.

60-64 millim.

Larva. Andrews, Can. Ent. viii. p. 198.

Marked with dark grey, the medial somites white or pale grey

below. Food-plant: Myrica cerifera.

7145. Catabapta innubens. (Plate CXCIII. fig. 6.)

Catocala innubens, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 98 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 348.

Catocala scintillans, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 28, pl. iii.

f. 6 (1866).

28 NOCLULD 3.

Catocala flavidalis, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. v. p. 95 (1874).

Catocala hinda, French, Papilio, i. p. 111 (1881).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey-white; frons with

dark lateral bars; tegule with red-brown medial line and slight

white tips; pectus white tinged with red-brown, the tarsi fuscous

ringed with white; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface white

tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown and

dark brown; a curved blackish shade from base of costa to termen

below apex, diffused above, extending on antemedial area to costa

and beyond the reniform to below costa, the costal area with a

whitish patch towards apex; a sinuous black subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with grey,

angled outwards below costa and cell and inwards in cell, a slight

whitish shade beyond it from costa to below the cell; reniform

defined by blackish and its centre by red-brown, its outer edge

somewhat dentate, an oblique dark striga above it from costa; a

small white spot defined by black below end of cell ; postmedial line

black slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards below

costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate, and angled

inwards at vein 1; subterminal] line whitish slightly defined on

outer side by brown, obliquely downcurved from costa to below

vein 7, then waved; the veins of terminal area strcaked with

blackish; a series of blackish strie slightly defined on outer side

by whitish before termen. Hind wing deep orange, the basal and

inner areas suffused with red-brown; an obliquely curved medial

black band from costa to submedian fold where its inner edge is

incurved, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal area black,

its inner edge slightly incurved at vein 2; the termen narrowly

yellow towards apex, then with slight yellow marks in the inter-

spaces to vein 2; cilia yellowish white, chequered with brown at

veins 6 to 2, brown towards tornus. Underside of fore wing with

the basal half pale yellow with an oblique brown antemedial shade

from costa to vein 1, an oblique medial black band narrowing to

inner margin followed by a narrow yellowish white band, terminal

area black shading to brown at termen and white at apex; hind

wing as above but the basal costal area brownish white, the post-

medial area white to vein 5d.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without blackish suffusion from base of costa

to termen below apex.

Ab. 2. scintillans. Fore wing suffused with black-brown from

base to subterminal line except at base of inner area.

Ab. 3. flavidalis. Hind wing clear yellow.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Eastern, Middle, and Central States, 1 g

1 2, New York (Doubleday), 1 2, Ohio, 1g, 49, Columbus, 2 J

1 2, Wisconsin, Llinois, lowa, Keokok, 1 9, Kansas (Snow), 1 2

Texas, Dallas (Boll), 16,12. Exp, 68-76 millim.

Larva. French, Can. Ent. xx. p. 170.

Dirty white faintly tinged with green; seven very faint purplish

stripes at sides defined by blackish dots most distinct at inter-

’

CATABAPTA. 29

segmental folds; somite 8 with a prominent black patch formed by

three spots at eich side separated by a short orange dorsal stripe ;

substigmatal stripe orange at somites + and 5; somites | to 3 with

the rowa of spots distinct; piliferous spots small, black; ventral

surface yellowish white, with black marks between the feet; no

fringes. Food-plants: Honey Locust and Walnut. 5.

7146. Catabapta muliercula. (Plate CXCIII. fig. 7.)

Catocala muliercula, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 97 (1852); Streck. Lep. Rhop. &

Het. p. 74, pl. ix. f. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 348.

Catocala peramans, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. vii. p. 50 (1884).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with rufous; tegule rufous

at base and with blackish medial line; patagia with some black

scales near edges; pectus and legs red-brown and greyish, the

tarsi blackish ringed with white: abdomen red-brown, the ventral

surface whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing red-brown; sub-

basal line double, black, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, the outer black,

oblique and minutely waved to submedian fold, incurved at vein 1,

an oblique rufous shade beyond it from costa to median nervure :

reniform defined by black, its annulus with some grey scales, its

centre defined by red-brown and black, its outer edge somewhat

dentate, an oblique black bar above it from costa ; an oblique grey

and rufous spot defined by black below end of cell, connected by a

sinus on vein 2 with the postmedial line which is black slightly

defined on outer side by greyish, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 4d, then

oblique and waved, bidentate at submedian fold and angled inwards

at vein 1; an indistinct waved whitish subterminal line, oblique to

below vein 6, where it is met by an oblique black shade from termen

below apex; the veins of terminal area streaked with blackish,

a series of black points before termen defined on outer side by

whitish. Hind wing orange, the base and inner area dark brown ;

an obliquely curved black medial band, its outer edge excurved at

vein 5 and submedian fold; a broad black terminal band, its inner

edge incurved at veins 2 and 1; the termen narrowly yellow

tuwards apex; cilia white towards apex, then brown slightly

mixed with whitish and with some yellow scales at base. Under-

side of fore wing orange, an oblique black-brown shade from below

costa before middle to vein 1, an obliquely curved black medial

band, terminal area blackish shading to brown, its inner edge

curved ; hind wing as above, but the costal area towards base and

on postmedial area ochreous suffused with brown, the basal and

inner areas without brown, the termen not yellow towards apex.

Ab. 1. peramans. Fore wing darker; hind wing almost entirely

black, the orange bands broken up into patches.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern and Southern States, 3 ¢, Georgia, 1 ¢,

New Mexico, Gailinas Cafion (Oslar), 3 3,1 2. Hap. 56-72

millim.

30 NOCTUIDA.

Larva. Guen. Noct. iti. p. 97.

Attenuate, narrow at extremities and dilated at middle; reddish

yellow with grey subdorsal and stigmatal lines; head with two

lateral white dashes. Food-plant : d/yrica.

7147. Catabapta paleogama. (Plate CXCIIL, fig. 8.)

Catocala paleogama, Guen. Noct. iti. p. 97 (1852) ; Grote, Proc. Ent. Soe.

Phil. iii. pp. 87, 541, pl. 3. f. 2; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am, p. 349.

Catocala phalanga, Grote, Proc, Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 86, len aitiey ey

(1865).

Catocala annida, Fager, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 120 (1882).

Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown and some blackish ;

palpi whitish at base and fuscous towards tips; sides of head

white, the frons with lateral black bars; tegule with blackish

lines near base, at middle and near tips, the prothorax with black

line, the patagia with black lines near edges; pectus white; legs

white irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen rufous, the crests blackish, the ventral surface whitish.

Fore wing pale grey tinged in parts with red-brown and irrorated

with dark brown ; subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa

and inwards in cell, ending at vein 1; antemedial line double filled

in with whitish, the inner line indistinct, oblique, irregularly

waved, angled inwards at vein 1; a slight pale shade beyond it

from costa to below the cell; reniform elliptical, rufous with

whitish annulus slightly defined by brown, an oblique dark shade

above it from costa: an irregular pale spot defined by blackish

below end of cell; postmedial line black slightly defined on outer

side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

slightly sinuous, very acutely angled outwards above and below

vein 5, then oblique, dentate and angled inwards at vein 1; sub-

terminal line whitish defined on outer side by blackish, angled

inwards below costa, then bent outwards and dentate; the veins of

terminal area streaked with blackish; a series of black points

before termen defined on outer side by whitish. Hind wing deep

orange, the basal and inner areas suffused with red-brown; an

obliquely curved medial black band from costa to vein 1, expanding

on inner side below costa and with its outer edge angled outwards

at vein 5; a black-brown subterminal band, its inner edge angled

inwards at veins 2 and 1 and its outer edge emitting short streaks

to termen at veins 6 to 2; cilia orange, intersected by blackish at

veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing orange, some whitish at

base, an oblique irregular black-brown shade from costa before

middle to vein 1, an obliquely curved black medial band expanding

at middle and narrowing to inner margin, a curved subterminal

blackish band, the area beyond it grey-brown ; hind wing as above,

but the base whitish, the medial and subterminal bands narrower,

the termen irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. annida. Fore wing with the terminal half darker.

Ab. 2. phalanga. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with

fuscous black, a fuscous black band beyond the postmedial line.

CATABAPTA. colle

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern, Middle and Central States (Doubleday),

1 g, Pennsylvania, 1 ¢, Ohio, 4 3, Kansas (Snow), 19. Hwp. 74-

76 willim.

Larva. French, Can. Ent. xx. p. 108.

Pale purplish red mottled with black, sometimes with a yellowish

tinge, with five pale and four darker stripes, the latter formed by

the mottlings being thicker, the pale stripes darker at middle, the

dorsal stripe with dark elliptical] marks, broader between the

somites; thoracic somites rather darker; piliferous spots pale

yellow, on dorsum tipped with orange; somite 8 with slightly

elevated black dorsal patch; somite 11 with a pair of prominences ;

fringes white; ventral surface pale yellow with series of black

patches ; head striped with reddish white, Food-plants: Hickory

and Walnut.

7148. Catabapta celebs. (Plate CXCIILI. fig. 9.)

Catocala celebs, Grote, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc. v. p. 96 (1874); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p, 348,

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown ; tegule with

brown lines at middle and near tips; pectus and legs grey mixed

with brown, the tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen fulvous

brown, the ventral surface whitish tinged with fulvous. Fore

wing grey irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area paler; sub-

basal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; a brown

and black shade before the antemedial line, which is black, oblique

to submedian fold and incurved at vein 1, a white patch beyond it

in the cell; reniform defined by black, its annulus with some white

scales, its centre defined by brown, its outer edge somewhat den-

tate, an oblique dark striga above it from costa, some black suffusion

beyond its lower extremity ; a white and rufous spot defined by

black below end of cell, connected by a sinus on vein 2 with the

postmedial line, which is black, bent outwards below costa, then

obliquely downcurved, acutely angled outwards above vein 5, then

oblique and minutely dentate, angled outwards at submedian fold

and inwards at vein 1, a red-brown band beyond it followed by the

slightly waved whitish subterminal shade, oblique to below vein 6; a

series of black points just before termen and a fine waved black

terminal line. Hind wing orange-yellow, the base and inner area

tinged with red-brown; an obliquely curved black medial band

from costa to aboye inner margin, its edges slightly sinuous; a

black terminal band, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge slightly

incurved at vein 2; the termen narrowly yellow towards apex ;

cilia brown, whitish towards apex. Underside of fore wing yellow,

an oblique black-brown shade from below costa before middle to

vein 1, an obliquely curved black medial band, narrowing to inner

margin, a slight curved blackish subterminal band, the terminal

area grey-brown; hind wing as above but the costal area grey-

brown, the terminal band obsolescent on costal half.

a NOCTUID 2.

Hab. Canava, Ontario, St. Catherines (Norman), 1 2 type;

U.S.A., Maine, 1 9, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York.

Exp. 62 millim.

7149. Catabapta antinympha.

Phalena paranympha, Drury, Il. Exot. Ins. i. pl. 23. f. 6 (1770), nec

Linn.

Ephesia antinympha, Hiibn. Verz. p. 278 (1827); Streck. Lep. Rhop. &

Het. p. 36, pl. v. f. 7; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 347.

Catocala affinis, Westw. ed. Drury, Ill. Exot. Ins. i. p. 44, pl. 23. f. 6

(1840).

Catocala melanympha, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 95 (1852).

Head and thorax black-brown tinged with grey and irrorated

with white; tegule with black lines at middle and tips; the pro-

thorax with a black bar, the patagia with black lines near edges ;

tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen dull reddish brown, the

erests blackish tipped with grey, the ventral surface whitish irro-

rated with red-brown. Fore wing black-brown suffused with

leaden grey; subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian

Fig. 3.—Catabapta antinympha, 3. t.

fold; antemedial line double, black, the inner line indistinct,

oblique from costa to submedian fold and incurved at vein 1, some

whitish beyond it and in cell; reniform irrorated with whitish and

defined by blackish, its centre defined by blackish on inner side, an

oblique blackish bar above it from costa and the veins beyond

ower angle of cell streaked with black, an oblique triangular white

spot irrorated with red-brown and defined by black below end of

CATABAPTA. 3)

cell; postmedial line black defined on outer side by some white

scales, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous,

acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, dentate, bidentate at submedian fold and angled inwards

at vein 1, a red-brown band beyond it before the very indistinct

waved whitish subterminal line which is oblique from costa to

below vein 7; a series of black points before termen defined on

outer side by white. Hind wing yellow, the inner area suffused

with fuscous; an obliquely curved black medial band, its outer

edge excurved at vein 5 and submedian fold; the terminal area

black, its inner edge incurved at vein 2; a small apical yellow

patch; cilia brownish white at apex, then fuscous black with a few

whitish seales, Underside of fore wing yellow, an oblique blackish

shade from costa before middle to the obliquely curved black medial

band narrowing towards inner margin and with its outer edge

excurved at vein 5, at inner area, terminal area blackish, its inner

elge oblique from costa to vein 4; hind wing as above but the

costal area irrorated with brown, the inner area without fuscous.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., south to Maryland and east to Mississippi

Valley, New York (G@rote),4 9,192. Hep. 54-60 millim.

*7150. Catabapta? denussa.

Catocala denussa, Ehrman, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. i, p. 152 (1893).

¢. Head brown; palpi black; thorax brown irrorated with

grey; tegule edged with pale fawn cglour; abdomen pale fawn

colour, darker towards extremity. Fore wing black-brown with a

silky gloss; subbasal line grey-white; ante- and postmedial lines

very faint; reniform minute and hardly traceable; an oblique

elliptical whitish spot below end of cell; subtcrminal line absent.

Hind wing orange-yellow; some brown suffusion on basal area;

a very narrow, black, obliquely curved irregular medial band,

angled outwards at vein 5; a terminal black band, its inner cdge

sinuous; the termen yellow towards apex and with yellow spots

between veins 6 and 2; cilia yellow shghtly intersected with

blackish at veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing yellow, an

oblique black band from costa before middle to the curved black

postmedial band at inner margin, the terminal area black,

Hab. U.S.A., Pennsylvania, Allegheny Co. Hvp. 70 millim.

This species is unknown to me.

7151. Catabapta consors. (Plate CXCIII. fig. 10.)

Phalena consors, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 177, pl, 89 (1797) ;

Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het, p. 79, pl. ix. f. 10; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am, p. 336.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey; palpi whitish

towards base; tegule with slight dark medial line; pectus and

legs whitish and brown, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen

VOL, XIE. D

3+ NOCLUID ©.

red-brown, the anal tuft with some grey, the ventral surface white

tinged with brown. Fore wing purplish grey tinged with red-

brown and irrorated with dark brown; a black subbasal line,

slightly angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian

fold; antemedial line black, strong and oblique to submedian fold,

incurved at vein 1 and excurved above inner margin; reniform

defined by blackish and with some rufous in centre, an oblique

dark striga above it from costa; a pale spot defined by black below

end of cell; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique, acutely angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, minutely dentate, excurved at submedian fold and angled

inwards at vein 1, a rufous band beyond it followed by a grey-

white subterminal shade defined on outer side by a faint dentate

brown line; a series of black points just before termen slightly

defined on outer side by whitish. Hind wing orange, the basal

and inner areas, suffused with dark red-brown, leaving only shght

orange marks before the black medial band, which is oblique to

submedian fold then bent inwards to Inner margin, expanding

below costa and at middle and its ouler edge excurved at vein 5

and submedian fold; terminal area black, its inner edge incurved

at discal fold and veins 2 and 1 and excurved at middle and sub-

median fold; the termen narrowly yellow towards apex, then with

slight yellow marks in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia yellow,

chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2 and with some brown towards

tornus. Underside of fore wing yellow, an oblique fuscous brown

shade from costa before middle to the obliquely curved black medial

band with sinuous edges at inner margin, a curved blackish sub-

terminal shade, the area beyond it grey-brown ; hind wing as above

but with more orange below end of cell before the medial band, the

costal area reddish brown, cilia chequered white and brown.

Hab. U.S.A., New York (Doubleday), 1 3, Pennsylvania and

southwards, Mississippi, Kansas (Meske), 136,39. Hap. 64—

72 millim.

Larva. Elongate; clear ochreous grey clouded with blackish, the

sides and somital incisions reddish; no protuberances ; head with

two black streaks. Food-plants: Myrica and Bastard Indigo.

7152. Catabapta serena. (Plate CXCLIV. fig. 1.)

Catocala serena, W. H. Edw. Proce. Ent. Soc, Phil. ii. p. 510 (1864) ;

Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 23, pl. iii. f. 11; Smith, Cat. Noet.

N. Am. p. 348.

6. Head and tegule red-brown; thorax grey tinged with red-

brown ; pectus red-brown ; legs fuscous brown, the tarsi with pale

rings; abdomen fulvous brown. Fore wing grey-white suffused

with red-brown; subbasal line blackish, sinuous, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line blackish, obliquely excurved and

slightly sinuous, obsolescent on inner area; reniform with whitish

centre faintly defined by red-brown and with traces of a brown

CATABAPTA, SiS)

outline, an oblique brown shade above it from costa; a whitish

spot defined by blackish below end of cell, connected by a sinus on

vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is blackish slightly defined

on outer side by white, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

oblique and slightly sinuous, angled outwards above vein 5, then

inwardly oblique, minutely dentate, angled outwards at submedian

fold and strongly inwards at vein 1; subterminal line whitish

faintly defined on each side by red-brown, dentate, oblique from

costa to below vein 7; a series of blackish points before termen

slightly defined on outer side by white. Hind wing orange-yellow,

the basal and inner areas with some brown hair; a rather narrow

black medial band, obliquely curved to submedian fold, then bent

inwards to above inner margin, its outer edga excurved at vein 5;

a broad black terminal band; the termen narrowly yellow towards

apex ; cilia whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing pale yellow;

the costa brown, the base tinged with brown, an oblique brown

antemedial shade, an oblique black-brown medial band not reach-

ing inner margin, the terminal area black-brown with curved inner

edge, the apex grey; hind wing as above but suffused with red-

brown to the medial band.

Hab, Canada; U.S.A., Northern and Eastern States, Pennsyl-

vania, Philadelphia, 23. Hwup, 60-64 millim.

Larva, Food-plant : Hickory,

7153. Catabapta nebulosa. (Plate CXCIV. fig. 2.)

Catocala nebulosa, W. H. Edw. Proce, Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 510 (1864) ;

Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 75, pl. ix. f. 11; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 390.

Catocala ponderosa, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 23, pl. iv, f. 2

(1866).

Head and thorax red-brown, the latter with some grey on disk ;

tegule with slight dark medial line; patagia with some black

scales near edges ; pectus and legs whitish suffused with red-brown,

the tarsi blackish ringed with whitish ; abdomen red-brown, the

ventral surface whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing pale

grey tinged with red-brown, the basal area suffused with black to

vein 1, the terminal area red-brown except at middle; subbasal

line indistinct, black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line black, slightly eacurved below costa, then oblique,

slight below submedian fold and incurved at vein 1, a faint whitish

shade beyond it from costa to median nervure, reniform faintly

defined by red-brown and with its centre defined by rufous, an

oblique red-brown bar above it from costa; an oblique pear-shaped

spot defined by black below end of cell, connected by a sinus on

vein 2 with the postmedia] line, which is black, bent outwards below

costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, very acutely angled out-

wards above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, angled

outwards above vein 2 and strongly at submedian fold, below which

(ova)

36 NOCEUID AL.

there is a black streak on it, strongly angled inwards at vein I;

subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly defined on outer side by

red-brown on the pale area, dentate, oblique from costa to below

vein 6; aslight oblique blackish shade from termen below apex;

a serics of black strie before termen with slight pale marks on

their outer sides. Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal and inner

areas suffused with red-brown; an obliquely curved medial black

band from costa to above inner margin, its inner edge sinuous and

its outer edge angled outwards at vein 5; terminal area black, its

inner edge minutely waved and incurved at vein 2; the termen

with yellow patch at apex, then with slight yellow marks in the

interspaces ; cilia yellow with slight dark marks at veins 6 to 25

dark towards tornus. Underside of fore wing yellow, some brown

in middle of cell and an oblique patch below middle, an oblique

medial black band narrowing to inner margin, its inner edge

sinuous, a curved subterminal black band arising below costa, the

area beyond it irrorated with brown and with series of black points

before termen; hind wing as above, but the medial band narrower,

the termen yellow irrorated with brown and with series of blackish

points just before it.

Hab. U.S.A., Middle and Central States, 1 9, Grote Coll., New

York (Doubleday), 1 3. Hap. 92 millim.

7154. Catabapta piatrix. (Plate CXCIV. fig. 3.)

Catocala piatrix, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. pp. 88, 532, pl. ii.

f, 3 (1865); Streck. Lep. Rhop, & Het. p. 74, pl. ix. f. 8; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 350.

Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown; frons with black

lateral bars; tegule with two black medial lines; patagia with

diffused black lines near edges; pectus and legs whitish suffused

-with red-brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

red-brown, the ventral surface white tinged with red-brown. Fore

wing grey, suffused with red-brown and irrorated with black, the

veins streaked with black ; subbasal line black, slightly angled out-

wards below costa and ending at submedian fold; some black

suffusion in and below the cell before the antemedial line, which is

double, the inner line indistinct on costal half, slightly angled out-

wards below costa, then excurved to submedian fold and incurved at

vein 1, an oblique whitish shade beyond it from costa to below the

cell; reniform defined by blackish and with its centre defined by

blackish, some dark suffusion beyond it and an oblique dark bar

above it from costa; an oblique wedge-shaped whitish spot defined

by black below end of cell; postmedial line black slightly defined

on outer side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique

and slightly sinuous, very acutely angled outwards above and

below vein 5, then oblique, waved, excurved at submedian fold and

strongly angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line grey defined

on each side by blackish, waved, oblique from costa to below

CA\TABAPTA. 37

vein 6, a short blackish streak beyond it below vein 7; a series of

minute black spots defined on outer side by whitish betore termen.

Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal and inner areas suffused with

red-brown ; an obliquely carved medial black band from costa to

above inner margin, its inner edge waved, its outer edge angled

outwards at vein 5 and excurved at submedian fold; terminal area

black, its inner edge incurved at vein 2; the termen narrowly

yellow towards apex, then with series of slight spots in the inter-

spaces to vein 2; cilia yellowish white, chequered with brown at

veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing yellow, an oblique irregular

brown antemedial shade from below costa to vein J, an obliquely

curved medial black band narrowing to inner margin, a curved

fuscous subterminal shade with the area beyond it grey-brown;

hind wing as above, but the costal area slightly irrorated with

brown, the medial band narrower and more irregular, the terminal

area fuscous brown.

Hab. U.S.A., Hast of Rocky Mts., 1 2, Ohio, 1 5,1 9, Kansas

(Snow), 1 5,1 9, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 1 2. Hwp. 80-88 millim.

Larva. Food-plants: Walnut, Hickory, and Persimmon.

7155. Catabapta dionyza. (Plate CXCIV. fig. 4.)

Cutocala dionyza, H. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 124 (1884); Smith, Cat. Noet.

N. Am. p. 390.

Catocala neogama, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 512 (mee Smith &

Abbot).

Head and thorax brown mixed with whitish; frons with lateral

black bars; tegule with some black; prothorax with blackish

band ; patagia with diffused black lines near edges; tarsi blackish

with pale rings; abdomen yellowish rufous, the extremity with

some brown, the ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing grey-

white mixed with red-brown and black-brown, the veins streaked

with black ; an oblique subbasal black bar from costa; the ante-

medial area suffused with black except towards costa; antemedial

line black defined on inner side slightly by whitish, forming a spot

at costa, then oblique to submedian fold and incurved at vein 1,

an oblique white shade beyond it from costa to below the cell ;

reniform large, obscurely defined by black and with some whitish

in centre, its outer edge dentate, placed on an oblique, diffused

blackish patch extending from costa to below angle of ceil; a

triangular whitish spot defined by black below end of cell; post-

medial line black, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, slightly

sinuous and with whitish suffusion before it, very acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then oblique, dentate, strongly

excurved at submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1; sub-

terminal line whitish, waved, oblique from costa to below vein 6;

an oblique dark shade from termen below apex; a series of small

black spots defined on outer side by white before termen; cilia

chequered brown and whitish at tips. Hind wing orange-yellow ;

an gbliquely curved medial black band from costa to inver margin

38 NOCTUID.E.

towards which it is obsolescent, its outer edge irregular and angled

outwards at vein 5; a subterminal black band, ending at vein 1

towards which it is narrow and irregular, its inner edge incurved

at vein 2, its outer emitting streak to the cilia at veins 6 to 2;

cilia whitish, yellow at base towards tornus. Underside of fore

wing yellow, an oblique angled black antemedial mark from middle

of cell to submedian fold, an oblique irregular medial black band

expanding beyond lower angle of cell and narrowing to inner

margin, a curved fuscous subterminal band, the area beyond it

brownish grey; hind wing as above but the costal and terminal

areas pale brownish grey, the medial band narrow and irregular,

the subterminal band faint fuscous and diffused.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Huachuca Mts., 1 ¢, 1 9, Prescott

(Kunzé), 1 $ ; Mexico, Durango (Becker), 1 6, Godman-Salvin

Coll. xp. 80-88 millim.

7156. Catabapta subnata. (Plate CXCIV. fig. 5.)

Catocala subnata, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soe. Phil. iii. p. 826, pl. iv. f. 5 (1865) ;

Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. pp. 34 & 106, pl. v. f.3; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 850.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale rufous; palpi

whitish with some fuscous towards extremity of 2nd joint; frons

with blackish lateral bars; tegule with black line, the prothorax

and mesothoracic crest with black bars, the patagia with black

lines near edges ; pectus brownish white; legs whitish irrorated

with fuscous, the tarsi slightly banded with fuscous; abdomen

pale rufous, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing grey-

white tinged in parts with red-brown and irrorated with black-

brown; stbbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold,

in base of which there is a diffused black streak with a diffused

streak from above its extremity to the spot below end of cell;

antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, the outer black,

oblique, sinuous, angled outwards above inner margin; reniform

defined by black and with its centre defined by black, an oblique

black bar above it from costa and some dark suffusion beyond

it; an oblique wedge-shaped whitish spot defined by black below

end of cell; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa,

then oblique and sinuous, acutely angled outwards and pro-

duced to streaks above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique,

dentate, strongly excurved at submedian fold below which there is

a black streak on it and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal

line grey-white slightly defined on each side by fuscous, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 6; the veins of terminal area with

black streaks, an oblique dark shade from termen below apex; a

series of black points before termen. Hind wing orange-yellow ;

an obliquely curved black medial band from costa to vein 1, its

outer edge angled outwards at vein 5; terminal area black, its

inner edge angled inwards at vein 2; the termen narruwly yellow,

intersected with black at veins 6 to 2; cilia yellowish white.

CATABAPTA, 39

Underside of fore wing yellow, an oblique black-brown shade from

below costa before middle to vein 1, an irregular obliquely curved

medial black band, its inner edge incurved below costa and its outer

edge excurved at vein 5, a curved black subterminal band, the

terminal area brownish grey ; hind wing yellow, the terminal area

brownish grey, the black bands narrower and more irregular.

Ab, 1. Fore wing without the black streaks below the cell.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern and Central States, New York, Evaus

Center (Grote), 2 g, Kansas, 1 $, 3 @ type. Exp. 82-100

millim,

Larva. Food-plant, Walnut.

7157. Catabapta habilis. (Plate CXCIV. fig. 6.)

Catocala habilis, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iv. p. 11 (1872); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 348.

Catocala basalis, Grote, Can. Ent. viii. p. 280 (1876).

Iiead and thorax white mixed with some red-brown and dark

brown ; 2nd joint of palpi with black patch at side and white ring

at extremity ; frons black at sides; tegule with black medial line ;

shoulders with black streaks; pectus ochreous white; legs irrorated °

with fuscous, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

fulvous brown, the ventral surface white tinged with ochreous.

Fore wing grey-white tinged with pale rufous and irrorated with

dark brown ; subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa and

ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black slightly defined

on inner side by white, slightly angled outwards below costa, then

oblique, sinuous; reni‘orm with its centre defined by brown and

whitish annulus slightly defined by blackish, an oblique blackish

bar above it from costa; an oblique rather triangular whitish spot

defined by blackish below end of ceil ; postmedial line black slightly

defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely angled outwards above vein 5,

then inwardly oblique, waved, and angled inwards at veins 2 and 1;

a diffused dentate white subterminal line slightly defined on outer

side by brown, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of

black points before termen defined on outer side by white. Hind

wing orange-yellow, the basal and inner areas suffused with red-

brown ; an obliquely curved black medial band, narrowing to above

inner margin, its outer edge angled outwards at vein 5; a black

terminal band, its inner edge incurved at veins 2and 1; the termen

with a yellow patch at apex, then with slight yellow marks in the

interspaces ; cilia yellowish. Underside of fore wing yellow, an

oblique black-brown shade frem costa before middle to the obliquely

curved black medial band with its outer edge excurved at vein 5, at

inner area, a black subterminal band, its inner edge oblique to

vein 4, the apical area and termen grey-brown: hind wing as

above, but the medial band incurved at discal fold and ending at

submedian fold, the apex and termen irrorated with browa.

40 NOCTUIDE.

Ab. 1. basalis. Fore wing with black streaks above base of vein 1

and before the antemedial line below the cell.

Hab. Canapa, Ontario, Oneida (Bailey), 1 9 type basalis; U.S.A.,

Eastern, Middle, and Central States, New York, 2 3,1 9, Ohio

(Drury), 1 9. Hap, 60-70 millim.

Larva. Kellicott, Ent. Am. ii. p. 46.

Slender, dark or almost black; a broad pale dorsal stripe defined

on each side by broad dark stripes; stigmatal stripes almost black ;

ventral surface whitish with black spots on the medial somites ;

head tinged with red and with faint white reticulations. Food-

plant, Hickory, C. alba. 7.

7158. Catabapta neogama. (Plate CXCIV. fig. 7.)

Phalena neogama, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 175, pl. 88

(1797); Dunean, Jardine’s Nat. Libr. v. p. 202, pl. 26. ff. 1, 2; Streck.

Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 35, pl. v. ff. 4,5; Smith, Cat. Noct. N, Am.

p. 349.

Cutocala communis, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Sve. iv. p. 9 (1872).

Catocala snoviana, Grote, List Noctuide, p. 41 (1876).

Head and thorax rufous mixed with grey-white; palpi whitish

at base, blackish towards tips ; pectus whitish tinged with rufous ;

legs whitish and brown, the tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen

fulvous brown, the ventral surface whitish tinged with fulvous.

Fore wing grey-white stiffused in parts with rufous and irrorated

with black-brown; subbasal line black, angled outwards below

costa and ending at submedian fold, a diffused blackish fascia

beyond it below the cell to the antemedial line, which is black,

oblique and sinuous to submedian fold, then angled inwards on

vein 1; reniform rufous with whitish annulus defined by blackish

and some whitish in centre, an oblique blackish striga above it

from costa and an oblique white streak before it in cell; an oblique

elliptical rufous and whitish spot defined by black below end of

cell; postmedial line black shghtly defined on outer side by whitish,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous, very acutely

angled outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique,

dentate, strongly excurved at submedian fold and angled inwards

at vein 1; postmedial area rufous; subterminal line whitish defined

on outer side by brown, waved, oblique from costa to below vein 6;

an oblique blackish shade from termen below apex; a series of

black strive before termen slightly defined on outer side by white.

Hind wing orange-yellow, the inner area with some brownish hair ;

an obliquely curved medial black band from costa to vein 1, its

outer edge exctrrved at vein 5; terminal area black, its inner edge

angJed inwards at veins 2 and 1; the termen with small yellow

patch at apex with bidentate inner edge, then with series of small

spots in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia yellow with slight brown

marks at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing yellow, an oblique

black-brown shade from costa before middle to vein 1, an obliquely

curved black medial band, its inner edge sinuous, a curved black

CATABAPTA. 41

antemedial band, the termen brownish grey; hind wing yellow,

the terminal area brownish grey, the black bands narrower and

more irregular.

Ab. 1. communis. Fore wing paler and more uniform brownish

grey.

Ab. 2. snoviana. Fore wing much darker; hind wing with the

basal area suffused with dark brown, the medial and terminal black

bands broader and the yellow postmedial band narrower.

Ab. 3. Hind wing with the terminal band interrupted. —

Arizona,

Hab. U.S.A., East of Rocky Mts., New York, 3 3,2 9, Penn-

sylvania, 1 $, Kansas (Snow), 1 6, 1 @, Arizona. Hap. 77-92

millim,

Larva. Guen. Noct. iii. p. 96 ; Dodge, Can, Ent. xxxiii. p. 299.

Head grey with many dark markings and black patches at sides

of mouth; Ist somite grey, the others wood-brown ; subdorsal

stripes black on somites 4 and 8; dorsal stripe expanding into

patches on medial segments; 8th somite with black band and

slight raised ridge; tubercles whitish, large on 11th somite;

stigmatal stripe black; sublateral filaments simple and slight;

ventral surface tinged with red and spotted with black. Food-

plant, Walnut.

*7159. Catabapta euphemia.

Catocala euphemia, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. xxiii. p. 9388

(1907).

Head and thorax dark grey-brown with a slight olive tinge;

pectus and legs brownish white; abdomen fulvous yellow, the

ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing almost uniform grey-

brown with an olive tinge; subbasal line black, angled outwards

below costa and ending at submedian fold; a black streak in base

of submedian fold usually present ; antemediel line black defined

on inner side by olivaceous, dilated at costa, oblique, sinuous;

reniform olivaceous defined by black and with its centre defined

by black; a spot below end of cell defined by black and connected

with the postmedial line, which is black, bent outwards below

costa, then oblique, strongly angled outwards above and below

vein 5, then slightly dentate, excurved below vein 2 and angled

inwards at vein 1; subterminal line greyish, strongly dentate,

oblique to vein 6. Hind wing dull orange-jellow; an obliquely

curved black medial band, strongly constricted at discal fold and

narrowing to inner margin; terminal band black, its inner edge

oblique to vein 5, then sinuous ; the apical part of termen yellow ;

cilia yellow, intersected with brown at veins 6 to 2. Underside of

fore wing pale orange-yellow, an oblique black shade from costa

before middle to the oblique black postmedial band at inner margin

above which the band is strongly angled, terminal area black irro-

rated with orange; hind wing orange-yellow, the medial band

42 NOCIUID.E.

narrow and triangular, a narrow black subterminal band, the

termen orange, cilia orange-yellow.

Hab, U.S.A., Texas, Arizona, Huachuea Mts. Hap. 80-85

millim. ‘This species is unknown to me.

Genus MORMONIA.

Type.

Mormonia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 276 (1827) ..-2.-... 0. 2c.cccsseecnccnscererres epione.

AlgitorGs, IBuwloIn., WEI, [Ds BUT CUSED Nococacagesesso00e0 osdooesedseaspcoan.6 dilecta.

Ligalvanriono, Valihora, ALE, TEE: cooconopennodcocosdondoscuadosboDGan suosp006 sponsa.

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

of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth with tult of

hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed with

hair and scales mixed, the pro- asd metathorax with slight spreading crests,

the mesothorax with small paired crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair,

the fore tibiz not spined, the mid and hind tibiz spined, the latter both before

and between the spurs; the mid tibiz of male dilated with a fold containing

a tuft of long hair; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair and hairy crests on

basal segments. Fore wing triangular, the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of wing; 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.

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B. Hind wing crimson or scarlet.

a. Hind wing with the medial black band angled outwards

at discal fold and excurved at submedian fold.

@, Hind wing on underside without black streak in

cell, the medial band excurved below costa ......... sponsa.

- 61, Hind wing on underside with black streak in cell,

the medial band oblique from costa to discal fold.

Ge Inhnnl Wats GAN 7 Goorscccccesoaganecacosqube0DNCcDNDD dilecta,

UF, JelivavGl \ypnaVes CATE cooccoocopguppacaoduacqadaebaeecequ0be dula.

6. Hind wing with the medial band oblique to submedian

fold, then bent outwards to inner margin............... mesopolamicd.

¢. Hind wing with the medial band obliquely curved.

@. Fore wing on underside with the basal half crimson. aholibah.

6}. Fore wing on underside brownish white ............... amatriz.

C. Hind wing black with small discoidal cloud, narrow

medial band, and broad terminal band, orange ......... calphurwia.

D. Hind wing yellow or orange.

a. Fore wing on underside yellow or orange.

a, Hind wing with the medial band oblique to sub-

median fold, then more or less bent inwards towards

inner margin.

a*, Hind wing with the inner area more or less

suffused with brown.

a’. Fore wing with oblique black-brown fascia from

base of costa to below end of cell.

a’, Hind wing with the medial and terminal

bands broad, the submedian interspace suf-

fused with brown to the medial band......... scorlorumne.

64, Hind wing with the medial and terminal

bands narrower, the submedian interspace

tinged with brown at base only ............... abamita.

4, Fore wing without oblique black-brown fascia

from base of costa to below end of cell.

MORMONTA, 43

a‘, Fore wing largely suffused with red-brown . delilah.

b+, Fore wing almost entirely suffused with dark

EOWA isesccacselssescncmcciemearsasstsine sessile « chelidonia.

6*, Hind wing with the inner area not suffused with

brown.

a’, Kore wing grey slightly suffused with red-

DEO Wt ei sat Si patel sa ee prsteieh clea aie te nadlalov ws'e obisiseteinr tee neonympha.

63, Fore wing white suffused with blue-grey ...... frederict.

61, Hind wing with the medial black band obliquely

COLITIS i pap gaBekasanddadenacoaandaSaodoqcuonedadcns Sondes0dodae illecta

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7160. Mormonia epione.

Noctua epione, Drury, Ill. Exct. Ins. i. p. 43, pl. 23. f. 2 (1778); Cram.

Pap. Exot. ii. p. 9, pl. 102. ff. E, F; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 347.

Head and tegule reddish brown mixed with grey, the tegule

with brown medial line and darker tips; palpi whitish at base ;

thorax dark greyish brown; pectus and legs white mixed with

brownish, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen dark

brown, the anal tuft white at tip, the ventral surface white,

Fig. 4.—Mormonia epione, $. 1}.

suffused with brown towards extremity. Fore wing dark brown

mixed with grey and red-brown; subbasal line black, slightly

angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold; ante-

medial line black, oblique, sinuous, an oblique grey shade beyond

it from costa to median nervure; reniform red-brown slightly

defined by black and with deeper red-brown centre, elliptical ; a

pear-shaped white spot defined by black below end of cell; post-

medial line black, bent outwards below costa, then defined on outer

44 NOCTUID A.

side by arufous band, angled outwards above vein 5, then waved

and somewhat oblique; a dentate fuscous subterminal line defined

on inner side by a grey band; a series of black points before

termen defined on outer side by whitish points. Hind wing black-

brown, the cilia pure white except towards tornus. Underside of

fore wing black-brown, the terminal area grey, a whitish wedge-

shaped medial patch from subcostal nervure to vein 2, a curved

white postmedial band, the cilia with series of white spots at base ;

hind wing grey suffused with black-brown except on basal and

costal areas, a narrow obliquely curved pale band, white towards

costa, from middle of costa to inner margin above tornus, defined

on inner side by black-brown.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., Eastern, Middle, and Central States, New

York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 3, Pennsylvania, 1 g, Ohio, Colum-

bus, 1 2, Georgia, 1 5, 1 9, Kansas, 2g¢,19. Hp. 66-72

millim, :

Larva. Guen. Noct. iii. p. 93; Dodge, Can. Ent. xxxiii. p. 225.

Reddish grey marbled with blue-grey; subdorsal line black,

interrupted at middle of each somite ;-a pale lateral band; head

grey with two red points; no protuberances. Jood-plants, Oak

and Hickory.

7161. Mormonia sponsa.

Noctua sponsa, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 841 (1767); Esp. Schmett. iv.

pl. 95; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 333; Godt. Lép. Fr. y. p. 68,

pl. 48. f.2; F. de Waldheim, Ent. Russ. i. p. 196, pl. v. f. 1; Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 248.

Catocala rejecta, F. de Waldheim, Ent. Russ. i. p. 197, pl. v. f. 2 (1820).

Catocala desponsa, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. xx. p. 94 (1906).

Catocala leta, Oberth. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1907, p. 346.

Catocala florida, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909).

Head and thorax brown mixed with whitish and black; palpi

white irrorated with black; frons with lateral black bars; tegule

and prothorax with blackish lunules, the patagia edged with black ;

pectus and legs brownish white, the tibie irrorated with black and

with black bands, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish tinged with brown. Fore

wing red-brown mixed with some grey-white and suffused in parts

with fuscous ; subbasal line black defined on outer side by whitish,

sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line blackish,

diffused and oblique from costa to submedian fold, then indistinctly

double, waved, filled in with white at inner margin; reniform with

yellowish centre defined above and below by brown and white

annulus defined by black, dentate on outer side, an oblique dark

bar above it from costa with a brownish white band before it

becoming yellow and white in the cell; a yellow spot defined by

black below end ef cell; postmedial line indistinctly double, black,

filled in by white at costa and towards inner margin, bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above

and below vein 5, then incurved, slightly waved, and angled inwards

NORMONTA. 45

at vein 1; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by black,

dentate, somewhat oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of

black strize before termen defined on outer side by whitish; cilia

chequered brown and whitish. Hind wing crimson, the hair on

inner margin brown, the base and inner area with some brownish

hair ; a narrow black medial band, oblique to discal fold where it

is angled outwards, incurved at middle and excurved at submedian

fold; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

excurved at discal and submedian folds; the termen with slight

reddish spots between veins 6 and 2; cilia chequered brown and

white to vein 2, then brown with whitish tips. Underside of fore

wing black-brown, greyish at base, an oblique white medial bar

from helow costa to vein 2, a narrow white postmedial band,

obliquely curved to vein 6 and suffused with brown in submedian

interspace, the apex grey, cilia chequered brown and white; hind

wing with the basal costal area pale brown, a black discoidal bar

with some whitish beyond its upper part, the narrow postmedial

area with some white to vein 5.

Ab. 1. rejecta. Hind wing with the basal and inner areas

suffused with blackish.

Ab. 2. desponsa. Hind wing yellowish.

Ab. 3. leta. Larger; fore wing more variegated with grey-white

and fulvous.—Algeria.

Hab. Brrrary, Leech Coll.; France; Guruany, Zeller, Frey,

and Mutzell Colls.; Austria; Hungary, D’Emmich Coll. ; Ivary;

Sarprnrs; Srcmy; Ateeria; Datmarya; Scanprnavia; Rossta,

Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta, Mutzell Coll.; Asta Munor, Pontus;

?N. Persta. “up. 58-78 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit Lep. p. 162; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 261, pl. 254,

een Butt & Moths Eur. p. 276, pl. 48. ff. 5a-c; Hffm. Raup. p. 148,

D1. ~ Tt. O.

; Pale ochreous with darker freckles; 4th somite with a pale

ochreous dorsal blotch, the 9th with a dorsal mark ; darker brownish

dorsal blotches between somites 8 and 9 and on 11; warts with

spines; the 8th somite with a dorsal prominence, the 11th with

pair of pointed prominences ; head reddish brown with black dorsal

band behind. Food-plant, Oak. 5-6,

7162. Mormonia dilecta.

Noctua dilecta, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 3888 (1808); Staud. Cat. Lep,

pal. p. 248.

Noctua sponsa, Godt. Lép. Fr. v. p. 68, pl. 48. f. 3 (nee Linn.).

Catocala dayremi, Oberth, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1907, p. 345,

Catocala powell’, Oberth. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1907, p. 345,

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey and black; palpi

whitish towards base; frons with lateral black bars; tegulie black

at tips; patagia with black scales near edges; pectus and legs

white and brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish ; abdomen

grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish tinged with grey. Fore

46 NOCIUID &.

wing brown mixed with grey; subbasal line black, sinuous, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, the lines widely

separated, rather indistinct, the inner line curved, angled outwards

in cell, the outer line angled inwards at median nervure and vein 1

and outwards in submedian fold, a greyer patch beyond it from

costa to vein 2; reniform with grey annulus defined by blackish,

its centre defined by brown, its outer edge minutely dentate, an

oblique dark striga above it from costa; a small grey spot defined

by black below end of cell; postmedial line double filled in with

erey, the outer line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then

obliquely downcurved, very acutely angled outwards above and

below vein 5, then incurved, angled outwards at submedian fold

and inwards at vein 1; subterminal line grey defined on each side

by blackish, dentate, obliquely incurved from costa to below vein 7;

the veins of terminal area streaked with blackish; a series of black

strize before termen defined on outer side by whitish. Hind wing

deep crimson, the hair on inner margin brown, the basal and inner

areas with some brownish hair; a black medial band, angled out-

wards at discal fold and incurved at vein 3, then narrower, excurved,

and obsolescent towards inner margin; terminal area black,

narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins 2 and i;

cilia white, chequered with brown to vein Z, then brown at base.

Underside of fore wing black-brown, some grey at base, an oblique

whitish medial bar from below costa to vein 2; a narrow white

postmedial band, excurved below costa, then with brown streaks

on the veins, the apical area suffused with grey, cilia chequered

brown and white; hind wing with the basal costal area grey-

brown, a black discoidal lunule connected above with the medial

band which ends above vein 1, the very narrow postmedial area

whitish to discal fold, then with whitish streaks on the veins.

Ab. 1. dayremi. Fore wing suffused with dark brown to the

subterminal line, the terminal area paler.— Algeria.

Ab. 2. pouelli. Fore wing with the ground-colour pale grey

slightly tinged with yellowish.—Algeria.

Hab. S. Francz; Germany, Zeller and Mutzell Colls.; Ausrrra;

Honegary, D’Emmich Coll.; Swirzertanp; Sprary, Andalusia,

Mutzell Coil.; Corstca; Sarprnta; Iratry; Ateuria, Batna (Katon),

1 oo; Torts, 2 5; Datmatia; Grexce, Merlin Coll.; Rometia;

Cyprus (Miss Bate), 1 9; Asta Minor, Taurus, Amanus Mts.,

1 @; Syria, 1 9, Leech Coll. Exp, 68-92 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 276; Hffm. Raup., p. 148, pl. 37.

ilo To

Grey variegated with greenish; dorsal line double, dark ;

somite 8 with a yellowish prominence suffused with fuscous at

sides ; warts yellowish or whitish; head brown with dark streaks.

Food-plant, Oak. 5-6.

MORMONIA, 47

7163. Mormonia dula.

Catocala dula, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 59, pl. 4. f. 14 (1864); Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 248.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey-white and black ;

palpi white in front towards base; pectus and legs white and

fuscous, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey-

brown, the ventral surface whitish suffused with brown towards

extremity, Fore wing brown mixed with some white and suffused

in parts with black; subbasal line indistinct, blackish, sinuous,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, double,

oblique, sinuous, the outer line angled outwards at submedian fold,

a whitish patch beyond it from costa to vein 2 and a whitish patch

on inner medial area; reniform with whitish centre defined by

brown and incomplete white annuius defined by blackish, its outer

edge somewhat dentate, an oblique brown striga above it from

costa; a pure white spot defined by black below end of cell; traces

of an oblique line beyond the cell from vein 6 to submedian fold ;

postmedial line double, black, the outer line indistinct, with some

white suffusion at costa and filled in with white on inner area, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled

outwards above vein 5, then incurved, slightly excurved above

vein 2 and at submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1; sub-

terminal line double, black filled in by some white scales, waved,

oblique from ensta to below vein 7; a series of black striae before

termen defined on outer side by yellowish. Hind wing crimson,

th: basal and inner areas clothed with brown hair; a black medial

band, angled outwards at discal fold, incurved at vein 3, then very

narrow, excurved and ending at vein 1; terminal area black,

narrowing to tornus, its inner edge angled outwards at discal fold,

ineurved and slightly waved at middle, and slightly incurved at

vein 1; cilia white, chequered with black to vein 2, then mixed

with brown. Underside of fore wing black, some bluish white at

hase, an oblique bluish white medial band from costa to vein 2, a

bluish white postmedial band, oblique to vein 4 and ending at

inner margin near tornus, cilia chequered black and white ; hind

wing with the basal costal area bluish white, a black discoidal

lunule conjoined above to the medial band and with white patch

beyond it, the narrow postmedial area white to vein 3.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without any white suffusion on medial area,

Hind tibie spined towards base only.

Hab. 1. Srperta, Amurland, 1 ¢,1 9, Ussuri; Japan, Hako-

daté (Leech), 1 3S, Sendai (Leech), 1 $, Tokio (Fenton), 3 3,

Yokohama (Jonas, Manley, Bristowe), 335,12, Hep. 66-76

millim,

48 NOCTUID®.

*7164. Mormonia mesopotamica. (Plate CXCLV. fig. 8.)

Catocala hetera, Staud. Iris, vii, p. 285 (1894); nee Staud. 1892.

Catocala aspasia, Staud, Iris, ix. p. 400 (1896); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 248 ;

(nec Streck. 1874).

Catocala mesopotamica, Kusnezov, Rev. Russ. Ent. iii. p. 74 (1903).

Catocala staudingeri, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. xxiii. p. 151 (1907).

@. Head and thorax olive-brown mixed with grey ; tegulee with

black bands near base and at tips; tibiz and tarsi banded with

black; abdomen olive-brown tinged with grey and with grey

segmental bands. Fore wing olive-brown mixed with grey;

subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line double, black, oblique, waved; reniform brown with

grey annulus on outer side, connected with a brown bar from

costa, and with slight whitish spots before it on and below median

nervure; a small whitish spot defined by blackish below end of

cell; a brown bar from costa just beyond the cell with the slight

medial line arising from it, oblique to vein 5 where it is angled

outwards, then inwardly oblique, and slightly waved to vein 1,

then excurved; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa,

then obliquely downcurved and angled outwards above aud below

vein 6, then inwardly oblique, and exeurved below vein 2, two

indistinct waved lines beyond it; subterminal line rather diffused,

blackish, dentate; a series of black strie just before termen

defined on outer side by whitish. Hind wing crimson, the veins

streaked with whitish; the base and inner margin tinged with

‘brown; a black medial band oblique to submedian fold then bent

inwards to inner margin, somewhat dilated below costa and at

middle; the terminal area black, broad at costa and narrowing to

tornus, its inner edge evenly curved and waved; cilia white,

chequered with brown at base. Underside of fore wing blackish,

the costa and apical area tinged with grey, an oblique white medial

bar from below costa to vein 2, and postmedial band excurved

below vein 6; hind wing as above but the costal area white

jrrorated with brown to beyond middle, a black discoidal lunule

confluent above with the medial band.

Hab. Syrra, Mardin. Evp. 88 millim. This species is unknown

to me; figured from a drawing from type.

7165, Mormonia aholibah, (Plate CXCIV. fig. 9.)

Catocala aholibah, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 72, pl. ix. f. 5 (1874);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 339.

Catocala coloradensis, Beutenmn. Bull. Am, Mus. xix. p. 507 (1908).

Head and. thorax brown mixed with grey and _ blackish;

tegule with brown medial line and band near tips;~ pectus

brown and white; legs irrorated with blackish; abdomen

grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish tinged with brown. Fore

wing red-brown mixed with some white and blackish ; subbasal

MORMONIA., 49

line black, oblique, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold;

antemedial line double, black, filled in with white at inner margin,

the lines rather diffused, widely separated, oblique and slightly

sinuous to submedian fold, then strongly angled inwards at vein 1,

an oblique whitish shade beyond it from costa to median nervure ;

reniform with undefined whitish annulus, its centre defined by

red-brown, an oblique dark bar above it from costa; a small rather

triangular white spot defined by brown below end of cell; an

indistinct oblique dark line beyond the cell between vein 6 and

submedian fold; postmedial line black, defined on outer side by

white towards inner margin, slightly bent outwards below costa,

then oblique, very acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5,

angled outwards at submedian fold and inwards at vein 1, a rather

aiffused brown line beyond it on the rufous postmedial area;

subterminal line white defined on outer side by blackish, waved,

oblique from costa to below vein 6; an oblique dark shade from

termen below apex; a waved blackish line before termen. defined

on outer side by small white spots. Hind wing crimson,

the hair on inncr margin brown and the inner area with some

brown hair; an obliquely curved black medial band, its outer edge

slightly angled outwards at vei 5; terminal area black,

narrowing to tornus, its inner edge slightly incurved at veins 2

and 1; cilia white, chequered with black to vein 2, brown towards

tornus. Underside of fore wing with the basal area pale brownish,

an oblique black-brown shade from costa before middle to the

postmedial band at vein 1 followed by a wedge-shaped crimson

patch from costa to submedian fold, then an oblique black band

narrowing to inner margin, its outer edge excurved at vein 5 and

followed by the white postmedial band tinged with crimson on

inner area, terminal area blackish with some grey on costa and

apical area, cilia chequered white and brown; hind wing as above

but the basal costal area pale brownish, the medial band ending at

vein 1 and with its outer edge angled at vein 7; the narrow

postmedial area whitish to vein 5.

Ab. 1. coloradensis. Fore wing pale grey-brown suffused with

white scales, the postmedial line very distinct.—Colorado.

Hab. Canava, Vancouver I. (H. Edwards), 2 3; U.S.A., Wash-

ington, Oregon, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, California, 1 ¢,1 9,

New Mexico. Hap. 80-82 millim.

7166. Mormonia amatrix.

Lamprosia amatriz, Hibn, Samm]. Ex, Schmett. ii. Lep. iv. Noct. iii.

ff. 3,4 (1810); Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 98, pl xi. ff. 15-16; Druce

Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 511; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 344.

Catocala nurus, W\k. xiii. 1195 (1857).

Catocala selecta, W\k. xiii. 1197 (1857).

Catocala editha, W, HW. Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. v. p. 112 (1874).

Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with grey; tegule with

slight brown line near base and donble medist line; prothorax with

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50 NOCTUID 2.

narrow red-brown band ; patagia with some blackish scales towards

extremity ; palpi with some whitish at base and in front, the 2nd

joint with some fuscous ; frons with lateral black bars; pectus

and legs whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibize with black spots

at base and extremity, the tarsi with fuscous bands; abdomen pale

reddish brown, the anal tuft at extremity and the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown and slightly

irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line black, excurved below

costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black, oblique

and sinuous to submedian fold, then slight and angled inwards at

vein 1, a short black streak beyond it on base of vein 2; reniform

slightly defined by red-brown, its centre defined by red-brown, its

outer edge somewhat dentate, an oblique fuscous striga above it

from costa; a large irregular spot defined by black below end of

eell, connected with the postmedial, line which is black, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then oblique, dentate, at

vein 2 forming the sinus below end of cell, bidentate at submedian

fold and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line indistinct,

double, dentate, obliquely downcurved from costa to below vein 7 ;

a series of black points in the interspaces before termen and an

oblique dark shade from termen below apex to the angle of

postmedial line. Hind wing bright crimson-pink; an obliquely

curved medial black band from costa to vein 1, its outer edge

angled outwards at vein 5; the terminal area black, broad at costa

and narrowing to a point at vein 1; the termen to vein 2 and

cilia white, with a series of brown spots at veins 6 to 2. Under-

side of fore wing white, an oblique fuscous sbade from below costa

before middle to the black medial band at submedian fold, this

band oblique from costa to vein 5, a curved fuseous subterminal

band, the area beyond it grey irrorated with brown; hind wing as

above but the basal costal area whitish, the postmedial costal area

whitish and with some whitish at submedian fold, a dark discoidal

striga, the medial black band narrower and more irregular, the

subterminal band obsolescent towards costa, the area beyond it to

vein 2 grey irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. nurus. Fore wing with diffused blackish fascia below

the cell and oblique shade from termen below apex to end of cell.

Hab. Canava, Nova Scotia; U.S.A., Eastern States, New York

(Doubleday, Grote), 8 3, 1 2, types nurus and selecta, Ohio

(Drury), 1 3, Kansas (Snow), 1 3, Florida, Texas, Colorado,

Northern Range, Arizona; Mexico, Durango (Morrer),1 6, 129,

Godman-Salvin Coll. Hap. 84—98 millim.

Larva, Kellicott, Papilio, i. p. 142; French, Papilio, iv. p. 8.

Very pale lilacine white with three dorsal and three lateral

stripes; 8th somite with a slight clay-coloured protuberance, the

11th somite with a pair of slight protuberances. Food-plants,

Willow and Poplar.

MORMONTA. 51

*7167. Mormonia ? calphurnia.

Catocala calphurnia, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 59 (1880) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 337.

Head and thorax brown with a greenish tinge; tegule with

dark lines at middle and tips; patagia with a dark line near upper

edge; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing brown tinged with

greenish ; subbasal line slight, sinuous, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line almost obsolete, oblique, sinuous; reniform

and the spot below end of cell very indistinctly defined ; postmedial

line slight, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, strongly

angled outwards above vein 5 and slightly below it, then incurved

and slightly waved, strongly angled inwards above vein | ; subter-

minal line indistinctly defined, dentate; a slight crenulate terminal

line. Hind wing black; a small discoidal cloud, narrow medial

band and broad terminal band orange; cilia orange intersected

with black on tornal half. Underside of fore wing blackish, some

orange tinged with fuscous at base and an oblique medial band.

_ Hab. US.A., Kansas. Hvp. 50 millim. This species is un-

known to me; Mr. Beutenmuller suggests that it may be an exotic

species.

7168. Mormonia scortorum. (Plate CXCIV. fig. 10.)

Catocala scortorum, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 530.

Q. Head and tegule grey mixed with brown; palpi dark brown,

ochreous white towards base; frons with lateral black bars; tegulie

dark at tips, the prothorax with narrow dark band; thorax

brownish grey, the patagia with blackish lines near edges ; pectus

brownish white; legs grey and dark brown, the tibiz and tarsi

banded with black ; abdomen ochreous brown, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with reddish

brown, the veins with dark streaks; a broad oblique dark brown

fascia from base of costa to the spot below end of cell; antemedial

line obsolete on costal area, dark brown, oblique and sinuous from

the fascia to inner margin; reniform slightly defined by brown and

with its centre defined by brown, an oblique dark bar above it

from costa; a whitish spot defined by dark brown below end of

cell, connected by a sinus with the postmedial line at vein 2;

postmedial line black-brown, oblique and sinuous from costa to

vein 6, very acutely angled outwards and produced to streaks above

and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate, very strongly

angled outwards in submedian fold below which there is a black

streak on it, at vein 1 angled inwards to near the antemedial line ;

an oblique dark shade from termen below apex to the angle of

postmedial line and an oblique shade from termen at vein 2.

Hind wing yellow, the basal half of inner area suffused with

brown ; a black medial band, oblique to submedian fold, then bent

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52 NOCTUIDE.

inwards to inner margin, its outer edge excuryed beyond lower

angle of ceil; terminal area black to below vein 2, then connected

by a bar with a patch at vein 1, its inner edge angled inwards at

vein 2, a yellow patch at apex, then a series of slight yellow spots

in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia yellow chequered with brown

except towards apex and tornus. Underside of fore wing pale

ochreous yellow, a slight oblique brown shade from median

nervure before middle to vein 1, an oblique blackish medial band

expanding towards costa and angled outwards in submedian fold,

terminal area black-brown shading to grey-brown at termen; hind

wing pale ochreous yellow, the inner area deeper yellow, the bands

as above.

Hab. W. Cutna, Ta-chien-lu (Prati), 1 2 type. Hap. 80

millim,

7169. Mormonia abamita.

Catocala abamita, Brem. & Grey, Schmett. Nord. Chin. p. 19 (1853).

Catocala scortum, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 94 (1893); Alph. Rom. Mém. ix.

p. 162, pl. 11. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Head and thorax grey suffused with reddish brown; palpi

whitish at base; pectus whitish ; legs whitish tinged with brown,

the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the

hair at base and segmental lines yellow-brown, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing grey slightly suffused with reddish brown and

irrorated with dark brown, the veins with slight dark streaks; an

oblique black-brown fascia from base of costa to below end of cell ;

antemedial line obsolete on costal area, blackish defined on inner

side by whitish, oblique and sinuous from the fascia to inner

margin ; reniform slightly defined by blackish and its centre by

red-brown, an oblique blackish striga above it from costa; a

whitish spot defined by blackish below end of cell, connected by

a sinus on vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is blackish,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, very acutely

angled outwards and produced to streaks above and below vein 5,

then slighter, inwardly oblique and dentate, angled outwards in

submedian fold to near termen with which it is connected by a

black streak, with a strong black streak on it below submedian

fold, and angled inwards on vein | nearly to the medial line; sub-

terminal line indistinct, whitish, waved, obligue from costa to

below vein 6; a slight oblique dark shade from termen below apex.

Hind wing orange-yellow; the base of submedian interspace

slightly tinged with brown; a rather narrow black medial band,

oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards to above inner margin,

its outer edge slightly excurved at vein 5; a black terminal band

‘almost or quite interrupted at submedian fold, its inner edge

‘slightly angled inwards at vein 2; the termen with apical yellow

patch, then slight marks in the-interspaces’; cilia yellowish, white

MORMONIA, 53

chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing

pale ochreous yellow, a slight brown antemedial shade on inner

area, an oblique black medial band slightly angled outwards at

submedian fold, its.inner edge incurved at the discocellulars,

terminal area blackish shading to grey-brown at termen, its inner

edge curved; hind wing as above but pale ochreous yellow except

the inner area, the outer band subterminal, the termen ochreous

yellow.

Hab. N. Cutna; Centr. Cutns, Foo-chow (de la Touche), 1 3,

Kiukiang (Pryer), 2 2. Hep. 74-76 millim.

7170. Mormonia delilah. (Plate CXCV. fig. 1.)

Catocala delilah, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 96, pl. xi. f. 7 (1874) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 337.

Catocala adoptiva, Grote, rans. Am. Ent. Soc. y. p. 96 (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some reddish ochreous ;

tegule with black-brown lines at middle and tips, the prothorax

with blackish bar, the patagia with black-brown lines near edges ;

pectus grey-brown; legs grey mixed with black, the tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface ochreous

white. Fore wing greenish ochreous irrorated and suffused with

red-brown; subbasal line black, waved, from costa to vein 1;

antemedial line double, blackish, oblique, sinuous ; reniform defined

by blackish and with its centre defined by blackish, its outer edge

somewhat dentate, a blackish spot above it on costa; an oblique

spot defined by black below end of cell, connected by a sinus on

vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is black, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique, sinuous and with some ochreous suffusion

before it, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then

incurved, sinuous, and defined on outer side by ochreous, bidentate

at submedian fold, and strongly incurved at vein 1; subterminal line

ochreous defined on outer side by blackish, dentate, oblique from

costa to below vein 7, where it is met bya slight oblique dark shade

from termen below apex; a series of black striz before termen

defined on outer side by ochreous. Hind wing orange, the inner

area suffused with brown; a medial black band, oblique to

submedian fold, then narrower and bent inwards to vein 1, its

outer edge excurved at vein 5; a black subterminal band, its inner

edge slightly waved, angled inwards at vein 2 and outwards at

submedian fold, its outer edge crenulate to the termen and cilia at

veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing orange, an oblique black

shade from below costa before middle to the obliquely curved black

medial band narrowing to inner margin at vein 1, a curved black

subterminal band, the termen ochreous irrorated with brown, a

crenulate black terminal line, cilia chequered ochreous and fuscous ;

hind wing as above, but the costal area and termen ochreous, the

o4 NOCLUID.4.

medial band ending at submedian fold, the subterminal band with its

outer edge not crenulate.

Hab. U.S.A., Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas (Meske), 1 3,

1 2, Dallas (Boll), 3 9 type adoptiva, Arizona, Exp. 68-76

millim.

Larva, Food-plant, Oak.

7171. Mormonia chelidonia. (Plate CXCV. fig. 6.)

Catocala chelidonia, Grote, Papilio, 1. p. 159 (1881) ; id. Ill. Essay, p. 67,

pl. iv. f. 41; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 333.

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with dark brown; palpi

with some white at base and white ring at extremity of 2nd joint ;

frons with black lateral bars; tegule with black medial line, the

patagia with some black scales near edges; pectus brownish white ;

legs dark brown and whitish, the tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen yellow tinged with rufous, the basal crests brown and grey,

the anal tuft white at tip, the ventral surface white tinged with

brown. Fore wing purplish grey almost uniformly suffused and

irrorated with fuscous brown; subbasal line black, sinuous, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, oblique, sinuous ;

reniform faintly defined by brown, its outer edge somewhat

dentate, an oblique black bar above it from costa; a pale rounded

spot defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line black,

bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled

outwards above vein 5 and slightly excurved below it, then

inwardly oblique, slightly excurved at submedian fold and angled

inwards at vein 1; a faint whitish subterminal line, obliquely

incurved from costa to below vein 6, then slightly waved ; a series

of black points before termen with whitish marks beyond them

a dark line at base of cilia. Hind wing orange-yellow, the inner

area with some red-brown suffusion ; a narrow black medial band,

oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1,

its outer edge excurved at vein 5 and submedian fold; a black

terminal band from costa to just below vein 2 and a patch at vein

1, the inner edge of the band oblique to vein 4 and angled inwards

at vein 2; the termen narrowly yellow towards apex, then with

slight yellow marks in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white,

chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2, brown towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing yellow, the costa grey-brown, an oblique

brown antemedial shade from costa to vein 1, an oblique black

medial band narrowing to inner margin, its outer edge excurved at

vein 5, the terminal area fuscous brown, its inner edge curved;

hind wing as above, the basal and postmedial costal areas whitish

irrorated with brown, the termen without yellow.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Prescott, 1 ¢,1 9 type (Kunze), 2 dg,

59. Eap. 48-54 millim.

Larva. Food-plant, Scrub-Oak.

MORMONIA. (979)

7172. Mormonia neonympha.

Noctua neonympha, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 198. ff. 1, 2 (1796); Hibn. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 450; Frr. Neue Schmett. pl. 299; Dup. Lép. Fr.

Suppl. iii. p. 572, pl. 48. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Catocala coherens, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown ; palpi with the

1st joint and the 2nd joint in front white; abdomen with black

lateral bars ; tegule with two slight brown medial lines and brown

line at tips; pectus and legs white mixed with red-brown, the

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen orange-yellow, the

ventral surface white. ‘ore wing grey suffused with red-brown

and irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area somewhat paler ;

subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold;

antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, the outer black,

oblique, sinuous; reniform with its centre and inner edge defined

by brown, a blackish bar above it from costa; an oblique rather

triangular spot defined by black below end of cell, connected by a

streak on vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is black with a red-

brown band on its outer edge, bent outwards below costa, then

obliquely downcurved, acutely angled outwards above and below

vein 5, then inwardly oblique and dentate; subterminal line very

faint, whitish, obliquely downcurved from costa to below vein 6 ;

a series of black points just before termen slightly defined on outer

side by whitish; cilia pale with red-brown lines near base and at

tips. Hind wing orange-yellow ; an obliquely curved medial black

band from costa to submedian fold, its edges sinuous; a black

terminal band from costa to just below vein 2 at which its inner

edge is incurved, and a black spot at vein 1; the termen with a

narrow yellow patch at apex, then with shght yellow marks in the

interspaces; cilia white with brown marks at veins 6 to 2.

Underside of fore wing yellow, an oblique black medial band with

slightly sinuous edges, followed by a yellowish white band, the

terminal area grey-brown to submedian fold, its inner edge curved ;

hind wing as above but the medial band obsolescent on costal area,

the terminal band grey-brown.

Ab. 1. coherens. Hind wing with the spot at vein 1 confluent

with the terminal band.

Hab. S. Russia, Sarepta, Zeller, Frey, Mutzell, D’mmich and

Leech Colls.; ArmentaA; Kuurpisran; Syria, Mardin; Prnxsian

Gutr, Fao (Cumming), 3 3, 19; W. Turxesran, Turcomania,

Sarawschan, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul; W. Srperta, Altai ;

KE. Turxesran, Ili, 2 6,1 9, Kuldja,1 ¢. Hxp. 58-68 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 277; Hffm. Raup. p. 149.

Dark fuscous green mottled with brown; a yellowish lateral

stripe; the ventral surface yellowish. Food-plants: Glyctrriiza

and Oak. 6.

56 NOCTUID,

7173. ? Mormonia frederici. (Plate CXCV. fig. 2.)

Catocala frederici, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 14 (1872); id. Il.

' Kssay, p. 70, pl. iv. f. 44; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 336.

@. Head and thorax white mixed with brownish grey, the

prothorax with an ochreous shade; palpi fuscous irrorated with

white; frons with lateral black bars; antenne blackish; legs

fuscous and white, the tarsi black ringed with white, (hind legs

wanting); abdomen yellow, the ventral surface white tinged with

yellow. Fore wing creamy white mostly suffused with pale blue-

grey and slightly irrorated with fuscous brown; a slight curved

subbasal dark striga from costa; antemedial line indistinct, double,

oblique, waved; a slight dark discoidal lunule, a dark striga above

it from costa; an irregular creamy white spot below end of cell

faintly defined by dark scales ; postmedial line slight, dark defined

on outer side by creamy white and with a small blackish spot at

costa, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and dentate, angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique and

dentate, a faint rufous shade beyond it at middle; subterminal line

slight, dark, waved, defined on inner side by whitish towards inner

margin, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of blackish

points with white points beyond then before termen. Hind wing

clear yellow; a narrow oblique black band from middle of costa to

submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1, its outer

edge slightly angled outwards at vein 5; a terminal black band

from costa to vein 2 and a small spot above tornus, the inner edge

of the band obliquely curved, the outer crenulate to termen between

veins 6 and 2; cilia with the tips white and a brown line through

them between veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing yellow, an

oblique fuscous antemedial shade from below costa to vein 1, an

obliquely curved medial band narrowing to a point at vein 1 and a

curved subterminal band ; hind wing as above but the subterminal

band not erenulate to termen at middle.

Hab, U.S.A., Texas, 1 2, Colorado, New Mexico. Hep. 62

millim.

7174. Mormonia illecta. (Plate CXCV. fig. 3.) ~

Catocala illecta, Wk. xiii. 1205 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p- 396. ;

Catocala magdalena, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Met. pp. 93, 97, pl.xi. f. 9 (1874).

©. Head and thorax grey-white tinged with rufous, the head,

tegule and prothorax with bright rufous mixed; palpi with the

Ist joint and the 2nd joint.in front white; tegule with blackish

medial line, the patagia with some black scales near upper edge ;

pectus and legs white mixed with some red-brown ; abdomen orange-

yellow, the crests at base rufous tipped with white, the extremity

with some white, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-

MORMONIA. 57

white tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with blackish

especially on the veins ; subbasal line black, angled outwards below

costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black slightly

defined on inner side by white, obliquely curved and sinuous,

incurved at vein 1 ; reniform rather small, defined by blackish and

with white centre defined by blackish, a slight brown mark above

it on costa; a spot defined by blackish below end of cell, connected

by a sinus on vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is fine, black,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous,

acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, dentate, angled outwards at submedian fold and incurved

at vein 1; subterminal line whitish, minutely waved, oblique

from costa to below vein 6; a series of blackish points slightly

defined on outer side by white just before termen. Hind wing

golden yeliow ; an obliquely waved medial black band from costa

to yein 1, its outer edge slightly excurved at vein 5; a black

terminal band; the termen with narrow yellow patch towards apex,

then with slight yellow marks in the interpaces; cilia white,

chequered with brown to vein 2. Underside of fore wing yellow

with the costa grey-white, a slight rufous antemedial mark below

the cell, an oblique black medial band from costa to which it

narrows to vein 1, its inner edge angled inwards below costa, a

curved fuscous brown subterminal band from below costa to vein J,

the area beyond it grey-white; hind wing as above but the costal

half whitish irrorated with red-brown, the medial band narrow,

obsolete towards costa and incurved at discal fold, the subterminal

band obsolescent towards costa, the termen white irrorated with

red-brown.

Hab. U.S.A., ?New York (Doubleday), 1 @ type, Illinois,

Nebraska, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 1 2. Hwp. 76 millim.

Larva. French, Can. Ent. xxiv. p. 307.

Dirty white with blackish dorsal and lateral bands and a clear

white sublateral stripe; subdorsal and substigmatal series of orange

patches, two on each somite; somite 1 with the anterior half

orange with a series of black spots; somites 2 and 3 with irregular

orange transverse bands; the fold above the legs black with an

orange spot on each somite ; no fringes; head olive with a dorsal

and four black lateral stripes. Food-plant, Honey-Locust.

7175. Mormonia bella.

Catocala bella, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 242 (1877); id. Ill. Het. B.M. iii.

p. 20, pl. 46. f. 10; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Catocala serenides, Staud, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 268; id. Rom. Mém. vi.

p. 589, pl. 11. f. 6.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown; palpi white

towards base; head white at sides, the frons with black lateral

bars; prothorax with reddish brown band, the metathorax with

some red-brown; pectus and legs grey mixed with fuscous, the

58 NOCTUID®,

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing blue-grey suffused with brown

except on costal area and irrvrated with blackish; subbasal line

black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black

slightly defined on outer side by blue-grey, waved and somewhat

oblique ; reniform with brown centre and blue-grey annulus defined

by fuscous sulfusion, an oblique black shade above it from costa;

an irregular spot defined by black below end of cell; postmedial

line black, slightly defined on each side by blue-grey towards inner

margin, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved,

acutely angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly oblique and

dentate, bidentate at submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1 ;

subterminal line diffused, blue-grey defined on each side by fuscous,

dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of blackish

points before termen defined on outer side by whitish. Hind wing

orange, the basal and inner areas suffused with dark red-brown

leaving some orange beyond the cell before the obliquely curved

black medial band, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal area

broadly black, its inner edge oblique from costa to vein 4; the

termen with slight yellow marks at apex ; cilia white at apex, then

chequered white and brown. Underside of fore wing white faintly

tinged with ochreous brown on basal half, an oblique black-brown

shade from below costa before middle to the obliquely curved black

medial band with its outer edge excurved at vein 5 at inner area,

terminal area black, its inner edge oblique to vein 4, the termen

greyish ; hind wing as above but with hardly any brown on basal

and inner areas, the basal costal area and postmedial area to discal

fold white, the apex narrowly white.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with less grey suffusion.

Hab. EF. Siserza, Amurland, 3 6,3 9, Ussuri; Javan, Oiwake

(Pryer), 2 3, 2 9, Chinzenji (Lewis), 1 9, Yokohama (Jonas,

Strickland), 2 ¢ type. Hap. 62-68 millim.

Genus CATOCALA.

Type.

Catucala, Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii. 2, p. 158 (1802) ............ Fhe

IFpGGS, Veto, WEE 8 AUG (USA) ~ Godovasebcccsoc0d050ce50a0e0900a0 puerpera.

Jyorprosn@, laliloyns WOrs jOs AOU (USA) soscasasacscecsoscsse0000e0co: amatrix.

Bopeopra, Jatt, \VOR, (Vo ZS (EW) socooceoccaxcancecs0do05res0aKe90500 neonympha.

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

of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth, with tuft

of hair; eyes large, round; antenne of mule ciliated; thorax clothed with

hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests, the

mesothorax with slight paired crests; tibiz moderately fringed with hair, the

fore tibia not spined, the mid and hind tibiew spined, the latter between

the spurs only, the mid tibiz of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of

long hair; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair and slight hairy crests on basal

segments. Fore wing triangular, 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

the cell about one-third length of wing; veins 8, 4 from angle; 95 fully

developed from above angle of cell; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

CATOCALA.

A. Hind wing black-brown.

a, Hind wing without postmedial band....... RAGACH ee RoGr eae tristis.

6. Hind wing with curved postmedial band.

a, Hind wing with the postmedial band bluish white.

a*. Hind wing with the postmedial band very narrow. e/da.

62, Hind wing with the postmedial band broader...... relicta.

}1, Hind wing with the postmedial band grey-blue and

boa dese Sieeaneeaanoer PA ER ERER CRT Seo Gat cer Sraxini,

B. Hind wing crimson.

a, Hind wing with the medial band obliquely curved,

@, Hind wing with the inner area suffused with

brown.

a*, Hind wing with the medial band broad and ex-

tending tO immer MaYsiM 6... cee eences sec H>- cara.

6?. Hind wing with the medial band narrow and

Cpnvaliings Mie\renet I, pooadececdosansaade 2daedonens9Re08rOn6 conjuncta.

6}, Hind wing with the inner area not suffused with

brown. :

@, Hind wing with the medial band not strongly

excurved at vein 95.

a, Abdomen grey, more or less tinged with

brown.

a4, Fore wing without black fascia below base

Ol Cells dep taerenanh ta. csces eee eia cw astiecieseles coneumbens.

4, Fore wing with black fascia below base of cell.

a5, Fore wing with the antemedial line mode-

rately oblique on costal half.

a®. Hind wing pale crimson .................. optata.

o6. Hind wing deep crimson .................. sultanda.

6°. Fore wing with the antemedial line ex-

tremely oblique on costal half............... leechi.

>, ANOGOMSN GAVTNEOM goosco00 00200 cocsoe0oegas00a90G00% pacta,

4°, Hind wing with the medial band strongly ex-

curved at vein 9.

a®. Hind wing with the terminal band not inter-

rupted at submedian fold...................ceee eee electa.

b3, Hind wing with the terminal band interrupted

its Srulomnecbiayn MONG! soscosccdsn0q000deocac0enenecedes sponsalis,

>. Hind wing with the medial band oblique to submedian

fold, then more or less bent inwards towards inner

margin.

a’, Hind wing with the medial band incurved beyond

lower angle of cell.

a, Fore wing strongly suffused with brown and

blackis lin ss scatagsneceuencasse nts ese seseosepnmasetaeiins promissa.

v2, Fore wing whiter and much less suffused with

browneandublackishtesereeeeceseecceeeee ccereeceeeercer: electra.

61, Hind wing with the medial band not incurved

beyond lower angle of cell.

a?, Hind wing with the terminal band not inter-

rupted at submedian fold.

a?, Fore wing ochreous tinged with red-brown.

a‘. Hind wing with the medial band not angled

outwards in submedian fold ................. juneta.

64, Hind wing with the medial band angled

outwards in submedian fold ................-. timer.

63, Fore wing grey.

a’, Fore wing with black streak below base of

cell.

a, Fore wing strongly tinged with brown ... /upina.

60 NOCLUID As.

b8. Fore wing white slightly tinged with

[RONAN ocopoesoconnononbonodnanuonqadooneaosangacar

}*, Fore wing without black streak below base

Clalit sea ohapecanebngoddsconsenAdabane: ieanbsobbanas

6?, Hind wing with the terminal band interrupted

at submedian fold

_C. Hind wing scarlet.

a. Hind wing with the medial band obliquely curved.

a’, Hind wing with the medial band strongly excurved

at middle.

a, Hind wing on underside with ‘the costal area

pW O) ae Wane ios scemiciiaissnt oaeitseGraiasmenondeemeneeeneinten

6?. Hind wing on underside white from costa to

median nervure and vein 3.

a*, Fore wing strongly tinged with red-brown......

63. Fore wing blue-grey with hardly any brown

IT Sar aeLSheeAcetrn ann cumacdouadanbndannucpanndeass ab oc

_ Hind wing with the medial band not excurved at

middle.

bee oe wine grey suffused with brown.

. Fore wing with curved black fascia from middle

of costa to termen below APEX | ieconouenanecetuots

}3, Fore wing without curved black fascia from

pee of costa to termen below : apex.

. Fore wing strongly suffused with red-brown

and with oblique dark patch from costa at

end of cell met by an oblique shade from

HEPA |OR BYTE. sacocaoandooascooocqco0acecne8

03, Fore wing slightly suffused with brown and

without oblique dark patch from costa at

end of cell-met by an oblique dark shade

from termen below apex.

a, Fore wing suffused with dark brown.

a®, Fore wing with black streak below base

of cell and oblique streak from termen

[DSO ENDER oosodaoocooneeo0a0050999009 00cea080°

o8. Fore wing without black streak below

base of cell or oblique streak from

termen below apex.

a". Fore wing with the subterminal line

whitish defined by fuscous.

a8, Hind wing deep scarlet ...............

O83 ind) wan'g) pale scarlet) e2-ss-ece-s.5:

c&, Hind wing orange-scarlet ............

o7. Bore wing vii ihe saidiermaunal line

c5, Fore uae nulfuced with peters brown ...

o?, Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous black.

a’, Fore wing without whitish suflusion beyond the

iniddle of the postmedial line.

a’, Hind wing with the medial black band ending

at vein J.

a5, Kore wing faintly irrorated with blue-

ENA aebarice aaa esanEROSeMesyEaboaaa \uoto doododesone

b5, Fore wing strongly irrorated with blue-

OME Gree siclcasictclaen/ anit yictssieiec vse PERCE eRe Eee

ce, Fore wing blue-grey mixed with white

+’. Hind wing with the medial band extending

to inner margin

desiderata,

optima.

amabilis.

nupta.

szechuend.

concubia.

Marmorata:

arene.

paria.

californica.

Faustina,

luciana.

electilis.

elocata.

oberthuri.

Jrancisca.

allusa.

pura.

unijuga.

CATOCALA.

}°. Fore wing with whitish suffusion beyond the

middle of the postmedial line.

a’, Hind wing with the medial band ending at

vein 1.

a5, Fore wing with the basal half largely white

and blue-grey.

a°, Hind wing with the outer edge of the

black medial band hardly excurved at

vein 5.

a’. Fore wing with diffused black streak

below base of cell .................000000e semtrelicta.

6’, Fore wing without black streak below

base: oficelllignrvescsseccencteaaaoesco aes nevadensis.

6°. Hind wing with the outer edge of the

black medial band strongly excurved

AtyVelmy Oy sere euepeccsasaceeechorccche sr eauce adultera,

68. Fore wing with the basal half almost

entirely black.

a’. Fore wing with the postmedial line

strongly angled outwards above vein 5. hermia.

66. Fore wing with the postmedial line

slightly angled outwards above vein 5. grotianca.

64, Hind wing with the medial band extending

NO) TMMGIP TOMENEHM .oconagsacacdasdasoodosonawndoocHeec brisets.

b. Hind wing with the medial black band oblique to sub-

median fold, then more or less bent inwards towards

inner margin.

a', Forewing white and blue-grey, more or less irrorated

with black.

a2, Fore wing with the postinedial line acutely angled

outwards above vein 5.

a®. Kore wing strongly irrorated with black.

a‘. Hind wing with the medial band slightly

curved inwards below submedian fold ...... beaniana,

6*, Hind wing with the medial band bent inwards

below submedian fold ...............-...20-0-+ augusta,

6°, Fore wing less strongiy irrorated with black.

a4, Fore wing with the spot below end of cell con-

nected with the postmedial line by a sinus.

a’, Kore wing with the postmedial line

strongly dentate between veins 4and 2... inesce?.

b®. Fore wing with the postmedial line

slightly dentate between veins 4 and 2 ... repudiata.

4, Fore wing with the spot below end of cell not

connected with the postmedial line.

a°®. Fore wing tinged with red on underside... jessica.

o°®. Fore wing not tinged with red on underside. — s¢retcht.

02, Fore wing with the postmedial line hardly angled

outwards above Vein 5 ..........:s.eccececceeecsesseset hippolyta.,

b'. Fore wing grey tinged with brown.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly angled

outwards above vein 5 and in submedian fold.

a, Kore wing with the antemedial line oblique to

submedian fold with pale band beyond it, then

TCC Lge eerracteta esis eet cal oe alas oa cleo mmarseisinsiowesndcte neglecta.

03, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique

throughout and without a pale band beyond it.

a4, Fore wing slightly tinged with olive-brown ;

hind wing with the terminal band not

interrupted at submedian interspace.

a5, Fore wing with the ground-colour white... deducta.

)

62 NOCILUID.A.

2°, Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-

Boney,

. Hind wing with the apical patch red .

3°. Hind wing with the apical patch white.

a’, Fore wing without broad fuscous

black medial shade ..................06+

b7, Fore wing with broad fuscous black

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}4, Fore wing strongly tinged with red-brown ;

lind wing with the terminal band inter-

rupted at submedian inter SDNED cososodvasaccoe

c1, Fore wing grey mixed with rufous ............

d4, Fore wing rufous mixed with grey ...,........

72, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

angled outwards above vein 5.

a3, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

angled outwards in submedian fold.

at, Fore wing purple-grey slightly suffused with

THAGELIRONIN. SenanosessaHooobsso sab aoobonbodooAodoKsDOG

4, Fore wing purple-grey strongly suffused with

TROGIIDIROWN agoedo un6 coosoocessesbsoa0ba0000000.. 000

33, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

angled outwards in submedian fold .........-..

D. Hind wing orange- -red to orange-yellow...... ............

KE. Hind wing j yellow or orange yellow.

a. Fore wing with the reniform net filled in with black.

a', Fore wing without oblique black fascia on outer

_antemedial line from costa to submedian fold.

a, Hind wing with the medial band obliquely curved.

a*. Hind wing with the basal area suffused with

brown, the postmedial band only yellow.

a4, Hind wing with the basal area suffused with

grey-brown, the postmedial band yellowish

iOS) Robqebeuadacodoooosoosoo Ds AaossdoacooosocaonDduR

6‘. Hind wing with the basal area suffused with

red-brown, the postmedial band goiden-

WOWMOGF ono cecasoqa000000cen90000000800000 absoasobone

08, Hind wing with the basal area not suffused

with brown except on inner area ...............

42. Hind wing with the medial band oblique to sub-

median fold, then more or less bent inwards

towards inner margin.

a’. Hind wing with the medial band strongly

excurved at vein 5.

a4, Fore wing on underside with the postmedial

band yellow.

as, Fore wing grey-white, the basal area

suffused with brown.

a®, Hind wing with the medial black band

moderately broad, the discoidal lunule

on underside conjoined to the band ...

66, Hind wing with the medial black band

narrow, the discoidal lunule on under-

side separate from the band ............

°. Fore wing greenish grey, the black markings

almost obsolete sc to ee

e®, Fore wing leaden grey suffused with red-

brown and irrorated with dark brown

U4, Fore wing on underside with the postmedial

band whitish,

a’, Fore wing with the basal area dark brown,

the medial area suffused with white ......

afghana.

Fuscinupta.

prolifica.

puerpera.

aspasia.

lesbia.

junctura,

babayaga.

remissa.

aia,

lara.

cerogama,

1xL10N.

deuteronympha.

proxenata.

obscena.

nympheoides,

omphale.

CATOCALA. 6:

>’, Fore wing with the basal area con-

colorous.

a®, Fore wing silvery grey-brown, the reni-

form forming a white patch............... agitatria.

6°, Fore wing white or purplish grey suf-

fused with brown.

ai, Fore wing with black streak below the

cell from base to antemedial line,

the postmedial line very acutely

angled outwards above and below

WENN) Sdconssnauoddodscbabdoun doooceBasnodden clintont.

i", Fore wing without black streak below

the cell from base to antemedial line,

the postmedial line slightly angled

outwards above and below vein 5 ... gracilis.

}?, Hind wing with the medial band not strongly

excurved at vein 5.

a, Fore wing on underside with the pestmedial

band yellow.

a5, Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown.

a®, Hind wine with the outer edge of the

medial band angled outwards at vein 5. armandt.

b6, Hind wing with the outer edge of the

medial band not angled outwards at

vein 5.

a’, Hind wing with the terminal band

road 2. a aahepadcoatsuteccunsanesten meee abacta:

67, Hind wing with the terminal band

narrow, and reduced to a bar in sub-

median interspace .............+--..-+ nymphagoga.

b5, Fore wing greenish ochreous, the ante-

medial area suffused with red-brown...... patala.

i4, Fore wing on underside with the postmedial

area whitish.

a”. Kore wing dark brown.

a6, Hind wing with the inner area yellow

with a black-brown fascia in submedian

POV ad neta ssa cs sactieeidtiasoo de astaeeas ua sebidae doerriest.

0°. Hind wing with the inner area suffused

with reddish brown.

a’. Fore wing with the reniform defined

by greenish grey, the subterminal

line slightly waved ...................-. tapestrina.

67, Fore wing with the reniform not

defined by greenish grey, the sub-

terminal line dentate .................. conversa.

8, Fore wing pale prey ...........-.e2seseceee ee contemnenda,

+), Fore wing with oblique black fascia on outer ante-

medial line from costa to submedian fold.

a*, Fore wing without wedge-shaped black mark

before lower part of reniform.

a®, Fore wing with the spot below end of cell not

defined on inner side by a black Junule.

a’, Fore wing pale grey-brown ................0608- hymenea.

64, Fore wing violaceous grey.............::eeeseseee anna.

43, Fore wing with the spot below end of cell

defined on inner side by a black lunule......... abbreviatella,

i2. Fore wing with wedge-shaped black mark before

lower pant of remifonm) | fes-se-ccessseeecscssceses cer vhitneyt.

}. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with black......... nuptialis,

64 NOCTUID-F.

7176. Catocala tristis. (Plate CXCV. fig. 7.)

Catocala tristis, W. H. Edw. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 511 (1864);

Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 17, pl. iii. f. 1; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 847.

dS. Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown; palpi white

mixed with blackish; pectus white; tarsi brown ringed with

white ; abdomen grey suffused with fuscous brown, the ventral

surface white with slight brown segmental lines. Fore wing white

irrorated with dark brown, the inner area suffused with black-

brown, the terminal area with dark brown; subbasal line blackish,

angled outwards below costa and ending at median nervure, a sliglit

blackish streak above base of vein 1; antemedial line black-brown,

oblique and sinuous to submedian feld, interrupted in lower part of

cell and with quadrate black-brown patch on its outer side below

the ceil; reniform with whitish centre defined by black-brown,

a patch of dark brown suffusion above it on costal area; postmedial

line shght, dark, defined on outer side by a broad patch of white

suffusion from vein 7 to submedian fold, oblique and sinuous to

below vein 7, then minutely waved and with slight dark points

at the veins, incurved at discal fold; subterminal line white,

diffused, waved, obsolete on inner area; a series of dark points

before termen. Hind wing black-brown, the cilia white towards

apex. Underside of fore wing black-brown, a white postmedial

band somewhat oblique to below vein 4 and obsolescent on inner

area, the apex white; hind wing black-brown, the costal edge and

apical part of termen narrowly white.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, Middle, and Central

States, Massachusetts, Weston, 1 g¢. Hap. 50 millim.

7177. Catocala elda. (Plate CXCV. fig. 4.)

Catocala elda, Behr, Can. Ent. xix. p. 199 (1887); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 347.

@. Head and front of thorax fuscous black mixed with grey-

white ; the hinder part of thorax brown mixed with white; palpi

at base and pectus white; fore legs fuscous irrorated with white,

the mid and hind legs white slightly irrorated with fuscous;

abdomen fuscous black with grey-white segmental lines, the hair

at base brown, the extremity grey, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with fuscous black and

ochreous brown ; a slight waved, black, subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly double, waved, ex-

curved above inner margin; a dark medial shade with a lunulate

white spot on it below lower angle of cell ; postmedial line fuscous

black slightly defined on outer side by white, dentate, oblique to

below vein 7, where it is acutely angled outwards, then incurved ;

subterminal line whitish, slightly detined on each side by fuscous,

dentate, incurved below vein 6 and ending at tornus; a series of

black striae before termen. Hind wing fuscous black; a rather

CATOCALA. 65

narrow curved white postmedial band very faintly tinged with

purplish ; some white on termen from apex to submedian fold with

blackish points on it before termen; cilia white. Underside of

fore wing black, some white at base, the basal half of costa white

with an oblique white medial band from it to submedian fold, an

oblique white postmedial band, slightly incurved below costa,

narrowing below vein 2, angled outwards in submedian fold and

ending close to tornus, the termen suffused with grey from apex

to vein 2 with some small black spots on termen. Hind wing with

the basal half white with black discoidal lunule, the terminal half

black with curved white postmedial band and some grey on termen

from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Br. Cotumpra, New Westminster (Poling), 1 2 ; U.S.A.,

Oregon. Lap. 84 millim.

7178. Catocala relicta. (Plate CXCV. fig. 5.)

Catocala relicta, Wik. xiii. 1192 (1857) ; Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 19,

pl. ii. ff. 5,6; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 346,

Catocala phrynia, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 54 (1880).

Catocala bianca, H. Kdw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 54 (1880).

Catocala clara, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. xix. p. 506 (1903).

Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with white, the

basal half of tegule whiter; palpi white at base; pectus and legs

white, the tibiz irrorated with brown, the tarsi banded black and

white; abdomen fuscous brown, grey towards extremity, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing white, the basal area to beyond

the antemedial line and the postmedial area irrorated and suffused

with fuscous brown; subbasal line slight, dark, excurved below

costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line double,

fuscous brown filled in with white, oblique, sinuous; reniform

elliptical, fuscous brown with slight white lunule in centre, a

blackish bar above it from costa; a rather triatigular white spot

defined by fuscous brown below end of cell; a sinuous fuscous-

brown shade just beyond the cell from vein 7 to inner margin ;

postmedial line fuscous brown, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved and somewnat oblique below vein 6, defined by

white on outer side before the brown suffusion on postmedial area ;

subterminal line diffused, white defined on outer side by fuscous

brown, dentate, the fuscous brown extending to termen at sub-

median fold ; a series of small blackish spots before termen. Hind

wing black-brown, the hair on inner margin white; a curved white

postmedial band with a faint bluish tinge ; the termen white from

apex to vein 2, with dark striz in the interspaces ; cilia pure white.

Underside of fore wing black-brown, the base and costal area to

middle whitish, an oblique white medial patch from below costa

to submedian fold, a white postmedial band, oblique to vein 4 and

narrowing towards inner margin, the termen whitish with a fine

waved dark terminal line and series of points in the interspaces ;

hind wing white with a faint bluish tinge, a black discoidal lunule,

VoL. XII. ee &

66 NOCTUID®.

curved medial band from just below costa to just above inner

margin, expanding at middle, a curved band on terminal area

leaving the termen to below vein 2 and the cilia white.

Ab. 1. phrynia. Fore wing evenly irrorated with fuscous.

Ab. 2. clara. Fore wing white with hardly any fuscous

irroration.

Hab. Canava, Nova Scotia (ftedman), 1 3 type, Toronto ( Gibson),

1 g, Manitoba, Cartwright (Heath), 1 ¢,1 9, Miniota (Dennis),

1g,19; US.A., New York, 8 g, 4 2, Middle States, Oregon,

Colorado. Hap. 78-86 millim.

Larva. Clark, Can. Ent. xx. p. 17.

Bluish or greenish cream-colour thickly irrorated with pale

yellow-brown, the 9th, 10th, and 12th somites with black markings,

the rest of dorsum sometimes with slight black irroration ; head

white with black vertical and transverse marking above, ferming a

gridiron pattern. Food-plants, White Birch and Silver Poplar.

7179. Catocala fraxini.

Noctua fraxini, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 512 (1758); Esp. Schmett.

iv. pl. 101; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 327 ;.Godt. Lép. Fr. v. p. 50,

pl. 45. f. 1; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 619; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 247.

Catecala merens, Fuchs, Jhrb. Nass. xii. p. 210 (1889).

Catocala gaudens, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 247 (1901).

Catocala maculata, Kusnezow, Rev. Russe. Ent. i. p. 280 (1901).

Catocala contiqua, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. xx. p. 86 (1906).

Catocala angustata, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. xx. p. 86 (1906).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown, the

tegule with slight dark medial line and black line at tips, the

patagia with slight dark streaks; pectus white; legs white irro-

rated with brown, the fore tibizw at extremities and the tarsi banded

black and white; abdomen grey-white irrorated with black- brown,

the basal half of dorsum suffused with black-brown, the genital

tufts of male ochreous white, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

erey-white thickly irrorated with brown ; subbasal line rather dif-

fused, blackish, from costa to submedian fold where there is a slicht

dark streak beyond it ; antemedial line double, fuscous brown filled

in with grey-white, obligue sinuous; reniform fuscous brown with

slight white mark in centre, diffused on outer side and with oblique

dark bar above it from costa, an oblique, rather triangular white

spot defined by blackish below end of cell with slight waved line

from it to inner margin; postmedial line black-brown, forming a

small spot at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

double, filled in with whitish, oblique to above vein 5 where it is

angled outwards, then inwardly oblique, dentate and angled in-

wards at vein 1; subterminal line diffused, whitish defined on

outer side by fuscous, dentate, obliquely incurved from costa to

below vein 6; a series of blackish strie before termen faintly

defined on outer side by whitish ; cilia with a blackish line through

them. Hind wing black-brown, the hair on inner margin pale

grey-blue; a pale grey-blue curved postmedial band, white at

CATOCALA. 67

costa where it narrows; the termen with some white irrorated

with fuscous and black striz in the interspaces from apex to vein 2;

cilia pure white. Underside of fore wing black-brown, the base

and costal area to middle bluish white, an oblique white medial

band from the costal area to submedian fold, a curved white post-

medial band, the termen white irrorated with brown, expanding on

apical area, a fine waved dark terminal line, cilia white with a

series of dark points; hind wing bluish white, a black discoidal

lunule, a curved black medial band from just below costa, towards

Fig. 5.—Catocala fraxini, $. 1}.

which it narrows to just above inner margin, a curved black-brown

band on terminal area leaving the termen white irrorated with

brown from apex to vein 2 and a series of black strie on termen.

Ab. 1. marens. Fore wing suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 2. gaudens. Much paler; fore wing grey-white.—W.

Turkestan.

Ab. 3. maculata. Hind wing with white mark at lower angle of

cell.

68 NOCTUID A.

Ab. 4. angustata. Hind wing with the postmedial band much

narrower,

Hab. Brivary, Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller, Frey and

Mutzell Colls., Bohemia, Leech Coll.; Austria; Huoneary,

D’Emmich Coll. ; Swrrzertanp; N. Irany; Greece, Merlin Coll. ;

SCANDINAVIA; Russrta; Rumeria; Armenta; W. Turkestan, Tar-

bagatal Mts., Ala Tau; W. Siperia, Altai; E. Srpsria. Amur,

Ussuri; Japan. Avp. 90-106 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 162; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 249, pl. 252,

f.3; Hffm. Raup. p. 148, pl. 37. f. 4.

Brownish grey irrorated with black, the 8th and 11th somites

with pointed prominences. Food-plants, Ash and Poplar. 6-7.

7180. Catocala cara. (Plate CXCV. fig. 8.)

Catocala cara, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 87 (1852); Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het.

p- 98, pl. xi. f. 14; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 344.

Catocala carissima, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. ii. p 97 (1880).

Catocala sylvia, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 57 (1880).

Head and thorax bright red-brown, with a deep red-brown band

on prothorax edged behind with ochreous; palpi, pectus and legs

paler and mixed with grey, the tarsi brown ringed with whitish ;

abdomen red-brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface whitish

tinged with brown. Fore wing bright red-brown irrorated with a

few olive-grey scales; subbasal line black, excurved below costa

and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line black, oblique and

sinuous to median nervure, incurved at vein 1 and excurved above

inner margin; reniform very faintly defined by grey and with a

slight grey spot in centre, its outer edge somewhat dentate; a rather

quadrate greyish spot defined by black below end of cell, connected

by asinus with the postmedial line, which is black, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely

angled outwards above and below vein 5, then incurved, waved,

defined on outer side by grey scales, at vein 2 forming the sinus

below end of cell, angled outwards and bidentate at submedian fold ;

traces of a waved greyish subterminal line defined on outer side by

brown, oblique from costa to below vein 7; the veins of terminal

area with slight blackish streaks ; a series of whitish points in the

interspaccs just before termen. Hind wing bright crimson-pink ;

some brown on basal inner area and the hair on inner margin

brown ; an obliquely curved black medial band, narrowing to innir

margin, ifs outer edge slightly angled outwards at vein 5; the

terminal area black, very broad at costa and narrowing to tornus ;

the termen creamy white towards apex, then with a series of small

spots to vein 2, some pale red on the outer edge of the black area ;

cilia creamy white with a few brown scales especially towards

tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique brown ante-

medial shade from below costa to inner. margin, an oblique black-

brown medial band, the terminal area broadly fuscous brown, the

termen suffused with grey ; hind wing as aboye but the costal area

CATOCALA. 69

whitish to beyond middle, the medial band with sinuous inner edge

and not reaching inner margin, the termen suffused with grey

except towards tornus.

Ab. 1. carissima. Fore wing more strongly irrorated with olive-

grey scales forming a large patch at apex.

Ab. 2. syluia. Fore wing rather more prominently variegated

with olive-grey.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., Eastern and Central States, New York,

Zeller and Grote Colls. (Mathew), 3 3, 4 2, Ohio, Columbus, 1 ¢,

Georgia, 1 ¢, 1 9, Florida, Texas. Hap. 76-90 millim.

LODE: French, Papilio, ii. p. 167; Keebele, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. iv.

p. 22.

Blackish striped with two shades of brown, the dorsal area paler ;

two subdorsal black lines and a lateral line; 8th somite with a pale

orange protuberance spotted with black; head brown mottled with

blackish. ;

The young larva is whitish green, after the 2nd moult almost

black. Food-plants, Willow and Poplar.

7181, Catocala conjuncta.

Noctua conjuncta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 99 0. ff. 8, 4 (1786); Godt. Lép.

Fr. v. p. 74, pl. 47. f. 1; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 248.

Noctua conjuga, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 333 (1802).

Catocala digressa, Th.-Mieg, Le Natural. (2) iii. p. 181 (1889).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some ochreous and white

scales, the prothorax with narrow blackish band, the patagia with

black scales near edges; the tarsi and spurs banded blackish and

white ; abdomen ochreous brown, the anal tuft fuscous, whitish at

tip, the ventral surface whitish mixed with ochreous brown. Fore

wing red-brown mixed with whitish and fuscous; subbasal line

black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black,

sinuous, a broad whitish band irrorated with brown beyond it;

reniform defined by-black at sides and with traces of a whitish

annulus, a dark patch above it on costa; a rounded whitish spot

irrorated with brown and defined by black below end of cell; some

whitish beyond the cell; postmedial line black slightly defined on

outer side by white, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely

downcurved, angled outwards above and below vein 5, then in-

curved, excurved at submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1 ;

subterminal line rather diffused, whitish defined on outer side by

slight dentate dark marks, oblique and incurved to below vein 7,

then dentate; a waved black line before termen defined on outer

side by whitish points ; cilia fuscous at base, chequered brown and

whitish at tips. Hind wing crimson, the hair on inner margin

brown ; a narrow obliquely curved medial black band from costa

to vein 1; terminal area black narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

incurved between veins 4 and 2; the termen slightly white tinged

with crimson and the cilia white towards apex, then series of white

points on termen and at tips of cilia to vein 2. Uuderside of fore

70 NOCTUID®.

wing black-brown, an oblique diffused white medial wedge-shaped

patch from costa to vein 2, a narrow white postmedial band, oblique

to vein 4 and obsolescent towards inner margin, some white at apex

and the cilia white at base; hind wing with the basal costal area

brown, the medial band broader, its inner edge indented below vein

2, the postmedial area narrow, white to vein 5.

Ab. 1. digressa. Hind wing paler.

Hab. S. Francu, Pyrenees, Leech Coll.; Spain, Andalusia,

Mutzell Coll.; Irary, Tuscany (Passerini); AterriaA; Datmarta,

Leech Coll. ; Greece, Olympus, Merlin Coll.; Barkan Srates; Asia

Minor, Lydia, Taurus; Syria. Hep. 60-64 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 276; Hffm. Raup. p. 149.

Grey variegated with greenish; dorsal line double, dark ; 8th

somite with a yellowish prominence tinged with fuscous at sides.

Food-plant, Oak.

7182. Catocala concumbens. (Plate CXCV. fig. 9.)

Catocala coneumbens, Wk. xiii. 1198 (1857); Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het.

p- 39, pl. v. f. 12; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 344.

Cntocala diana, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn, Ent. Soe. iii. p. 57 (1880).

Catocala hillti, Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 43 (1883).

Head and thorax grey mixed with some red-brown and blackish,

the tegule rufous with some brown at base; frons with black

lateral bars; fore tibizw with black spots at base and extremity, the

tarsi with blackish bands; abdomen grey tinged with reddish

ochreous, the anal tuft and ventral surface whitish. Fore wing

grey suffused with olive-brown and irrorated with blackish, the

costal area whitish to postmedial line ; subbasal line black, excurved

below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black,

bent outwards below costa, indistinct below submedian fold and

incurved at vein 1; an indistinct minutely waved medial line ;

reniform very indistinctly defined by brown, its outer edge some-

what dentate; an obliquely curved spot slightly defined by black

below end of cell, connected with the postmedial line, which is fine,

black slightly defined on outer side by white, somewhat angled

inwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely

angled outwards above and below vein 5, then oblique, dentate, at

vein 2 forming the sinus below end of cell and incurved at vein 1;

a double waved brownish subterminal line filled in with grey, some-

what oblique from costa to below vein 7; a series of black points

before termen with slight whitish points beyond them. Hind wing

bright crimson-pink ; an obliquely curved medial black band from

costa to vein 1, its outer edge slightly angled outwards at vein 5;

the terminal area black, narrowing to tornus ; the termen and cilia

white, the latter slightly intersected with brown between veins 6

and 2. Underside of fore wing white, a broad oblique black-brown

shade from costa before middle to the obliquely curved black medial

band on inner area, a curved blackish subterminal band from just

CATOCALA. 71

below costa, the termen grey-white; hind wing as above but the

basal costal area white, the postmedial area white to vein 3 and

with some white at submedian fold, the medial black band narrower,

more irregular and oblique to vein 4, the termen grey-white.

Ab. 1. diana. Abdomen partly pink.

Ab. 2. hallt. Hind wing with the pink replaced by yellow.

Hab, Canava, Ontario, Orillia (Bush), 1 2 type, Manitoba, Cart-

wright (Heath), 1 3; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, and Middle States,

Maine (Grote), 23,192, New York, Zeller Coll. (Grote), 23,29,

Wisconsin, Milwaukee Co.,1¢. Hap. 70-80 millim.

Larva. Saunders, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 29.

Dirty brown with a pale dorsal stripe; 8th somite with a small

protuberance ; 10th somite with a lunulate mark ; head dark grey

mixed with red. Food-plants, Willow and Poplar.

7183. Catocala optata.

Catocala optata, Godart, Lép. Fr. v. p. 63, pl. 47. f. 3 (1824); Mill. Icones,

i. p. 270, pl. 3. ff. 2-5 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 248.

Noctua optabilis, Hibn. Kur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 734-6 (1827).

Catocala amanda, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 167 (1840).

Cutocala selecta, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 167 (1840).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown; palpi with

blacks bands towards extremity of 2nd joint and on 3rd joint; frons

with lateral black bars; a slight V-shaped black mark between

antenne ; tegule with slight dark line near base and blackish band

near tips; prothorax with narrow dark brown band, the patagia

with black streaks near edges; abdomen pale brown, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown ; subbasal

line black, excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold; a

diffused black-brown fascia below the cell to the antemedial line,

which is black slightly defined on inner side by white, slightly

angled outwards below costa, oblique and slightly sinuous to sub-

median fold, angled inwards at vein 1, excurved and obsolescent

above inner margin; reniform with whitish annulus incompletely

defined by black, its outer edge somewhat dentate, its centre slightly

defined by brown, an oblique brownish striga above it from costa

and black streaks beyond it on base of veins 4,3; a spot defined by

black below end of cell connected by a sinus with the postmedial

line at vein 2; postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side

by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly

sinuous, very acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then

strongly dentate, angled outwards at submedian fold and inwards

at vein 1; subterminal line slight, white, dentate, oblique from

costa to below vein 6; the veins of terminal area with black streaks ;

a series of minute black points before termen with slight white

points beyond them. Hind wing crimson-pink ; an obliquely curved

medial black band from costa to submedian fold, its outer edge

slightly angled outwards at vein 5; terminal area black, narrowing

to tornus, its inner edge slightly incurved at vein 2; the termen

We NOCTUID®.

white towards apex and with small white spots between veins 6 and

2, with a slight pink tinge between it and the black area; cilia white

slightly chequered with brown between veins 6 and 2. Underside

of fore wing white, an oblique brown antemedial shade from below

costa to vein 1, an obliquely curved medial black band, a curved

blackish subterminal band, the area beyond it grey-white, hind wing

white, the inner half suffused with pink, the medial band with

sinuous edges, the termen with a waved dark line.

Ab. 1. intermedia, Bang-Haas ined. Fore wing with the post-

medial line obsolescent below vein 4.—Algeria,

Ab. 2. amanda. Darker.

Ab. 3. selecta. Abdomen crimson,

Fab. S. France, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls., Pyrenees, Leech

Coll.; Spary, Bilboa, Andalusia, Mutzell Coll.; Aterrta, Batna,

1g. Kap. 60-64 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 276; Hffm. Raup, p. 149.

Ochreous grey or brownish, the 8th somite dorsally bright

yellow edged with reddish, the prominence white ; the 11th somite

with an oblique horseshoe-shaped prominence extending to the

subdorsal lines; warts distinct, yellowish ; lines slight, the dorsal

line double, the subdorsal grey, waved, the lateral line grey finely

edged with brown; stigmata white edged with black; ventral

surface white, pinkish at middle with black patches between the

prolegs; head bluish with a yellow patch streaked with black.

Food-plants : Salia caprea and viminalis. 7.

7184. Catocala sultana. (Plate CXCV. fig. 10.)

Catocala sultana, Bangs Haas, Iris, xxiv. p. 42, pl. iv. f, 2 (1910).

Head and thorax grey suffused with brown and irrorated with

blackish ; tegules with pale line defined on each side by blackish

near base; antenne black with a slight angled black line between

their bases ; palpi with blackish band near extremity of 2nd joint ;

frons black at sides; abdomen grey-brown dorsally tinged with

reddish. Fore wing grey-brown slightly tinged with rufous and in

parts with fuscous and irrorated with black ; a diffused black streak

below the cell to the antemedial line; subbasal line slight, black,

waved, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line black, indistinctly

double except towards costa, oblique, sinuous; reniform with pale

annulus slightly defined by blackish, its centre defined by blackish,

an oblique black striga above it from costa; an oblique spot defined

by black below end of cell connected by a sinus on yein 2 with the

postmedial line, which is black, bent outwards below costa, very

acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, dentate below

veins 4 and 3, angled outwards at submedian fold and inwards on

vein 1; subterminal line faint, pale, strongly dentate, oblique from

costa to below vein 7; the veins of terminal area streaked with

blackish. Hind wing bright crimson; an obliquely curved black

medial band from costa to vein 1; the terminal area black, broad

CATOCALA, ie

at costa and narrowing to tornus, its inner edge evenly curved ;

cilia white. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique diffused

antemedial blackish band from below costa to the obliquely curved

medial black band at submedian fold, a curved blackish subterminal

band, the termen grey; hind wing with the costal area whitish to

beyond middle, the termen with some whitish irroration except

towards tornus.

Hab. Tunis, Ain Draham,1 6,19. Hep. 72 millim.

7185. Catocala leechi, n. sp. (Plate CXCV. fig. 11.)

Q@. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with some black-brown

especially on the tegule; palpi with the 1st joint rufous, the 2nd

joint towards extremity and the 3rd joint irrorated with black ; frons

black below; antennz blackish except at base; vertex of head

rufous; tegule with two slight blackish medial lines, the prothorax

with narrow blackish band, the patagia with black lines near edges ;

fore and mid tibie near extremities and the tarsi banded with

blackish ; abdomen ochreous white, brownish towards extremity,

the ventral surface white. Fore wing pale grey slightly tinged

with brown and irrorated with blackish, the inner and terminal

areas suffused with fuscous brown; subbasal line black, angled out-

wards below costa and ending at submedian fold; a diffused black

fascia below the cell to the antemedial line, which is indistinctly

double, black filled in with whitish, with oblique black bar from

costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian fold and

strongly angled inwards at vein 1; reniform with faint whitish

annulus, its centre slightly defined by brown, an oblique blackish

bar above it from costa ; a small spot faintly defined by brown below

end of celi, connected by a sinus with the postmedial line at vein 2 ;

postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, very

acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then strongly

dentate, bidentate at submedian fold, then with oblique black streak

on it and strongly angled inwards on vein 1, some black-brown

beyond it on inner area before the faint dentate whitish subterminal

line which is oblique from costa to below vein 7; the veins and

interspaces of terminal area with fine black streaks. Hind wing

crimson pink ; an obliquely curved medial black band from costa to

submedian fold, its outer edge slightly angled outwards at vein 5;

terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge slightly

incurved at vein 2; the termen and cilia white with a pinkish tinge

at outer cdge of the black area, slightly intersected with brown

between veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing white; an oblique

fuscous brown shade from costa before middle to vein 1; an obliquely

curved medial blackish band, the terminal area blackish with some

erey-white on termen ; hind wing with the basal costal area white

and the postmedial area white to vein 4.

Hab. Kasuurr, Goorais Valley (Leech), 3 9 type. Hap. 74

millim.

it NOOCTUID A.

7186. Catocala pacta.

Noctua pacta, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 512 (1858); Hiibn. Fur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 332; Frr. Neue Beitr. pls. 496, 503; Herr.-Schaff. Schmett.

Kur., Noct. ff. 232-3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 248.

Noctua suecica, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 99. ff. 1, 2 (1787).

Catocala discolor, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909).

Head and tegule grey-white mixed with some brown; palpi

white with some blackish at extremity of 2nd joint and on

ord joint ; frons with lateral black bars, the vertex of head with

V-shaped black mark; antenne with the shaft black above on

basal half; tegule with black lines at middle and near tips;

thorax rufous mixed with some white, the prothorax with white

line, the patagia with some white and black scales on upper edge;

pectus and legs white, the fore tibie at extremity and the tarsi

banded with black; abdomen bright crimson-pink, the base,

extremity and ventral surface white. Fore wing pale blue-grey

slightly irrorated with red-brown, the costal area whitish; sub-

basal line black, angled outwards below costa and ending at sub-

median fold ; antemedial line indistinctly double, the outer line

black, the inner faint, red-brown, slightly angled outwards below

costa and incurved at vein 1; reniform small, tinged with rufous,

defined by red-brown and with red-brown lunule in centre; a

spot defined by brown below end of cell, connected by a streak

with the postmedial line, which is red-brown, bent outwards below

costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then oblique, dentate and incurved at

vein 1; traces of a waved brown subterminal line, oblique from

costa to below vein 6; a series of black points before termen with

white points beyond them; cilia brownish. Hind wing bright

crimson-pink ; a curved black medial band from costa to sub-

median fold; the terminal area blackish, narrowing to tornus;

the termen and cilia white with some pink scales between it and

the black area, slightly intersected by brown at veins 6 to 2.

Underside of fore wing white, an oblique black-brown shade

from below costa before middle to the medial blackish band at

inner area, a curved blackish subterminal band, the terminal

area grey-white; hind wing as above but the costal and terminal

areas white, the latter irrorated with brown, the medial black

band not quite reaching costa and the subterminal band ending

at vein 1.

Ab. 1. discolor. Hind wiug yellowish red.

Hab. Grrmany, Prussia, Frey Coll., Esthonia, Frey Coll.;

Huneary, D’Emmich Coll.; Swepen; Frytanp, Mutzell Coll. ;

Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll., Urals ;

W. Turkestan, Issyk-Kul; W. Srperra, Altai; E. Turxesran, Ili;

Moneorta, Changai Mts.; HE. Srseria, Amurland. Exp. 46-

60 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 276; Hffm, Raup. p. 149, pl. 37. £. 10.

Reddish grey marbled with blackish, the dorsum with K-shaped

lard

CATOCALA, 15

marks; warts yellowish; 8th somite with a blackish protub-

erance, the 11th somite with a pair of small pointed prominences.

Food-plant, Willow.

7187. Catocala electa.

Noctua pacta, Schaff. Wien. Verz. p. 90 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 98

(nee Linn.).

Noctua electa, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 26 (1792); Hibn. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 331; Godt. Lép. Fr. v. p. 60, pl. 46. f. 1; Frr. Neue

Beitr. pl. 407; Mill. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (8) iii. pl. 11. f. 1 (1855);

Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 256, pl. 253. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

. 247.

Coneale zalmunna, Butl. Cist. Ent, ii. p. 241 (1877); id. Ill. Het. B.M.

i. p. 25, pl. 47. f. 3.

Catocala excellens, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. xx. p. 86 (1906).

Catocala suffusa, Gillmer, Intern. Ent. Zeit. ii. p. 282 (1909).

Catocala subtristis, Schultz, Knt. Zeit. xxii. p. 168 (1909).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; palpi with the

2nd joint except at tips and the 3rd joint blackish ; frons with lateral

black bars; tegule with two black medial lines and white tips;

prothorax with narrow blackish band, the patagia with blackish

streak near upper edge; fore tibie with black spot at extremity,

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with

ochreous brown and with some fuscous at base of anal tuft, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and

slightly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line black, excurved

below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black

defined on inner side by white, oblique and sinuous to median

nervure, then obsolescent, and incurved at vein 1; reniform

defined on inner side by black, its outer side whitish and dentate,

its centre defined by brown, some brown suffusion beyond it and

an oblique brown bar above it from costa; a spot defined by

blackish below end of cell, connected by a sinus with the post-

medial line at vein 2; postmedial line black slightly defined on

outer side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique

and slightly sinuous, very acutely angled outwards above and

below vein 5, then incurved, dentate, and bidentate at submedian

fold and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line indistinct

and diffused, grey defined on each side by pale fuscous brown,

obliquely incurved from costa to below vein 7, dentate above and

below vein 5 and at submedian fold; a faint oblique dark shade

from termen below apex; a series of black points before termen

defined on outer side by white points. Hind wing crimson-pink ;

a black medial band, strongly excurved beyond lower angle

of cell and ending at submedian fold; terminal area black,

narrowing to tornus, its inner edge slightly incurved at veins 2

and 1; the termen white towards apex and with slight white

spots between veins 6 and 2; cilia white, slightly chequered with

brown between veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing white,

an oblique fuscous brown shade from costa before middle to the

76 NOCIUID&.

obliquely curved medial black band at submedian fold, a curved

blackish subterminal band with the area beyond it grey; hind

wing as above but the basal costal area white, the postmedial

area white to vein 4, then with white streaks on the veins, the

termen with more white and a waved brown terminal line.

Ab. 1. zalmunna. Fore wing somewhat greyer and less tinged

‘with brown.—Japan, W. China.

Ab. 2. suffusa. Fore wing dark grey suffused in parts with

black.

Ab. 3. excellens. Hind wing suffused with blackish.

Ab. 4. Hind wing yellow.

Hab, Brivaww (twice); France; Gurmany, Zeller and Mutzell

Colls., Glogau, Zeller Coll.; Austria; Huneary, D’Emmich Coll. ;

SWITZERLAND, Frey Coll.; Sparn, Catalonia, Rilbao; N. Ivaty;

28. Swepen; §. Rossta; ArmentaA; KH. Siserta, Amurland,

Ussuri; Avan, Yezo (Pryer), MBps Le Hakodate (Whiteley,

Leech), 3 &, Tokio (Fenton), 1 56, 1 2, Oiwake (Pryer), 19,

Nikko (Maries), HE ors den Obs Sapporo (Lewis), 1 2, Yokohama

(Jones), 2 2 type zalmunna ; Corna, Gensan (Leech), 2 3; W.Carna,

Chang-yang (Pratt), 1¢,192. Hep. 70-88 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p.276; Hffm. Raup. p. 149, pl. 37. f. 11.

Ochreous grey or brownish with dark points; the dorsal warts

yellow; 8th somite with a yellow prominence; 11th somite

with a pair of yellow-brown prominences; head yellow with

brown lines. Food-plants, Willow and Poplar. 5-6.

7188. Catocala sponsalis.

Catocala sponsalis, Wk. xiii. 1213 (1857); Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi.

p. 39, pl. cxi. f. 1; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 442.

Head and thorax brown mixed with some whitish, the tegule

with slight dark medial line and some dark scales near tips, the

prothorax with some fuscous; palpi with some fuscous at sides ;

trons with lateral black bars; tarsi banded fuscous and whitish;

abdomen crimson with some brown at base and extremity, the

ventral surface whitish tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing

purplish brown mixed with grey; subbasal line black, sinuous,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black, slightly

angled outwards below costa, strong and oblique to submedian

fold, then slight and defined on outer side by whitish, angled

inwards at vein 1; reniform faintly defined by brown, somewhat

dentate on outer side, an oblique blackish bar above it from

costa ; a whitish spot defined by black below end of cell, connected

with the postmedial line, which is black slightly defined on outer

side by whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique,

acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, dentate, at vein 2 angled inwards to the ‘spot below end

of cell, bidentate at submedian fold and angled inwards at

CATOCALA. nan

vein 1 ; subterminal line indistinct, grey, oblique to below vein 7,

then dentate; the veins of terminal area with slight blackish

streaks; a slight oblique dark shade from termen below apex ;

a series of minute blackish points before termen defined on outer

side by grey points. Hind wing crimson; a narrow medial

black band from costa to submedian fold, excurved beyond lower

angle of cell and expanding into spots below costa and at

submedian fold ; a subterminal black band from costa to vein 2,

its inner edge curved, narrowing below vein 5 and expanding

into a spot at vein 2, its outer edge waved to termen between

veins 6 and 2, the termen pink with some creamy white towards

apex, a black spot on termen at vein 1; cilia creamy white,

chequered with brown between veins 6 and 2. Underside of

fore wing white, an oblique brown shade from below costa before

middle to vein 1, a black medial band oblique to vein 5, then

narrowing, terminal area fuscous with curved inner edge and

some greyish on termen; hind wing with the basal costal area

white, the postmedial area white to vein 3 and with some

white at submedian fold, the subterminal band narrow, the termen

brownish white.

Hab. Nuva (Hardwicke), 1 g, 19 type. Hxep., 5 80, 9 84

millim,

7189. Catocala promissa.

Noctua promissa, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 96 (1786); Hubn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. ff. 384, 657-8; Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 540, pl. 46. f. 1;

Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 633; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 248.

Noctua mneste, Hiibn. Hur. Schmett., Noct. f. 569 (1818).

Noctua sponsa, Godt. Lép. Fr. v. p. 68, pl. 48. f. 1 (nee Linn.).

Catocala obsoleta, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. xx. p. 95 (1906).

Catocala hilaris, Oberth. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1907, p. 345.

Catocala ochracea, Oberth, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1907, p. 346.

Head and thorax brown mixed with white and black; palpi

white, the 2nd joint towards extremity and the 3rd joint blackish ;

frons with lateral black bars; tegule with medial black line

and black tips, the patagia edged with black; pectus and legs

white mixed with brown, the tibia banded with black, the tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft

with fuscous patch, the ventral surface brownish white. fore

wing grey-white suffused with reddish brown and_ thickly

irrorated with black; subbasal line black, defined on each side

by white at costa, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line rather diffused, double, black filled in with whitish

and defined on each side by white at costa, the outer line

expanding into patches at costa and median nervure, oblique,

sinuous; reniform with whitish centre defined by brown and

with black spots above and below, its annulus white defined |

by blackish, rather dentate on outer side, an oblique sinuous

blackish striga above it from costa; an irregular whitish spot,

defined by black below end of celi; postmedial line black, defined

78 NOCTUIDAE.

on outer side by white at costa and towards inner margin, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous, angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate, angled

inwards at vein 1; subterminal line white defined on each side

by black, dentate, somewhat oblique from costa to below vein 6;

the veins of terminal area with slight blackish streaks; a series

of black strie before termen defined on outer side by whitish ;

cilia chequered whitish and brown. Hind wing crimson, the

hair on inner margin brown; a narrow oblique sinuous medial

black band from costa to vein 1; the terminal area black,

narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins 2 and 1;

the termen pale crimson at apex, then with series of small spots

to below vein 2; cilia chequered brown and white. Underside

of fore wing black-brown, an oblique wedge-shaped medial white

patch from below costa to vein 2, a narrow white postmedial

band, obliquely curved to vein 4 and obsolescent towards inner

margin, some whitish at apex, a series of black points before

termen, cilia chequered brown and white; hind wing with the

basa] costal area pale brownish, a black discoidal Ilunule,

its extremities connected with the medial band and with some

whitish beyond its upper part, the narrow postmedial area with

some whitish from costa to vein 5, the marks on termen white.

Ab. 1. obsoleta, Hind wing suffused with black.

Ab. 2. ochracea. Hind wing ochreous yellow.

Ab. 3. hilaris. Fore wing with the white and dark markings

much more contrasted, the basal and termina] areas suffused with

black.

Hab. Britary, Leech Coll.; France; Germany, Zeller, Frey,

and Mutzell Colls., Silesia, Frey Coll.; Avusrria; Huneary,

D’Emmich Coll.; Spain, Castile; Ivaty; Atesria; ScANDINAVIA ;

Russta, Livonia; ARMENIA; ? AstA Minor, Bithynia. Hap. 50-

68 millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 163; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 265, pl. 255. f. 1;

Hffm. Raup. p. 148, pl. 37. f. 9.

Pale greenish grey with darker freckles; the 4th, 8th, and

9th somites with dorsal ochraceous-tinged blotches; 8th somite

with a dorsal prominence, the 11th with a slight ridge. Food-

plant, Oak. 5-6.

7190. Catocala electra. (Plate CXCV. fig. 12.)

Catocala electra, Bang-Haas, Iris, xxiv. p. 41, pl. iv. f. 1 (1910).

Head and thorax grey-white irrorated with black; the

tegule and prothorax faintly tinged with red-brown, the former

with blackish band near upper edge; antenne black with slight

angled line between their bases; palpi white, the 2nd and 3rd

joints with blackish bands; frons black at sides; tibiw and tarsi

banded with black; abdomen grey, dorsally suffused with reddish

brown. Fore wing grey-white tinged in parts with reddish

CATOCALA. 79

brown and irrorated with black; subbasal line black, angled

outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial

line whitish defined on each side by blackish suffusion, waved,

oblique towards costa, a black patch beyond it on costa and

dentate mark at submedian fold; reniform with pale rufous

centre and white annulus incompletely defined by black, its

outer edge waved, a blackish bar above it from costa; an oblique

spot faintly defined by blackish below end of cell connected on

vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is black defined on each

side by whitish, forming a small spot on costa, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and sinuous, acutely angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then dentate and angled inwards at

vein 2; subterminal line whitish defined on each side by brown,

dentate, oblique frem costa to discal fold; a series of black strice

defined on outer side by white before termen; cilia with a dark

line through them. Hind wing bright crimson; a narrow oblique

black medial band from costa to submedian fold, slightly incurved

beyond lower angle of cell and curving inwards below vein 2;

the terminal area black, broadly at costa and narrowing to tornus,

its inner edge incurved below costa and at middle and excurved

at submedian interspace; the termen slightly tinged with red;

cilia white intersected with black at the veins. Underside of

fore wing black, some whitish at base, an oblique whitish medial

band from costa to vein 2, a curved postmedial band, the

termen suffused with grey-white ; hind wing with black discoidal

lunule, some white beyond it and beyond the medial band from

costa to discal fold.

Hab. Tunis, Ain Draham, 1 $,1 92. vp. 80 millim.

7191. Catocala juncta. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 1.)

Bee juneta, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1889, p.59; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 248.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with red-brown and mixed

with fuscous; palpi whitish, the 2nd joint towards extremity and

the 3rd joint with some fuscous; frons with lateral black bars ;

tegule with blackish lines near base, at middle and at tips;

prothorax with a blackish line; pectus and legs whitish, the

tibiz irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi banded with fuscous ;

abdomen pale grey-brown, the anal tuft tinged with fuscous

at base and whitish at tip, the ventral surface whitish. Fore

wing greyish ochreous suffused in parts with red-brown and irrorated

with dark brown ; subbasal line black, curved, from costa to median

nervure ; antemedial line double, the inner line very indistinct,

the outer black and expanding into a spot at costa, oblique,

sinuous; reniform with reddish brown centre and pale annulus

slightly defined by brown, its outer edge somewhat dentate, an

oblique dark bar above it from costa; a pale spot defined by black,

indistinctly except on outer side, below end of cell, connected by

80 NOCTUIDE.

a sinus with the postmedial line at vein 2; postmedial line black

defined on outer side by greyish, expanding into a small spot at

costa, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved,

acutely angled outwards above vein 5 and less strongly below it,

then oblique and dentate to above vein 2 and obsolescent below

it; subterminal line grey defined on each side by brownish

suffnsion, oblique to below vein 6, then dentate; a slight oblique

dark shade from termen before apex, and a series of black striz

before termen conjoined by a crenulate blackish terminal line.

Hind wing pale scarlet, the hair on inner margin whitish;

a narrow obliquely curved black medial band from costa to sub-

median fold; terminal area black, its inner edge incuryed at

vein 2, then connected by a bar on termen with a spot at vein 1;

the termen with a narrow white patch at apex slightly tinged

with red on inner side, then a series of smali spots in the inter-

spaces to vein 2; cilia white, tinged with brown towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing white, an oblique blackish shade from costa

before middle to the obliquely curved postmedial black band at

vein 1, the band narrowing at costa, terminal area black leaving

the termen grey, broadly at apex; hind wing white, the inner

area tinged with scarlet, the medial band broader and with sinuous

edges.

Hab. EK. Torkestan, Ili, Maralbashi, 13,19. Hxp., 3 60,

7192. Catocala timur. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 6.)

Catocala timur, Bang-Haas, Iris, xx. p. 76 (1907).

Head and thorax brownish white mixed with brown; palpi

whitish at base and with some fuscous towards extremity of

2nd joint; frons with lateral black bars; pectus and legs whitish,

the tibise and tarsi irrorated with fuscous; abdomen pale grey-

brown with a faint scarlet tinge at sides towards base, the ventral

surface whitish. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated

with dark brown, an oblique whitish shade from costa beyond ©

antemedial line to vein 2; subbasal line slight, dark, sinuous,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, oblique,

sinuous; reniform obscurely defined by blackish; its outer edge

somewhat dentate, its centre defined by blackish, an oblique

blackish striga above it from costa; a whitish spot slightly defined

- by blackish below end of cell, connected by a sinus with the

postmedial line at vein 2; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then oblique, waved, angled outwards at

submedian fold and inwards at vein 1; subterminal line pale

defined on outer side by brown, oblique to below vein 7, then

waved; a slight oblique blackish shade from termen below apex ;

a series of black striz: before termen and a waved blackish terminal

line. Hind wing rather pale scarlet; a narrow medial black band,

CATOCALA. 81

oblique to vein 2, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1,

expanding somewhat at costa and middle; terminal area black,

broad at costa, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at

veins 2and |; the termen reddish at apex, then with reddish points

to vein 2; cilia white. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique

blackish shade from below costa before middle to vein 1, a medial

black band with sinuous edges, the terminal area black narrowing

to tornus; hind wing with the basal costal area white, the post-

medial area white to diseal fold, then with white streaks on the

veins.

Hab. W. Tourxestan, Turcomania, Kushk, 1 g, 1 9, Tedschen

Oasis (Hauser), 3 6,2 9. Hxp. 44-48 millim.

7193. Catocala Inpina.

Catocala lupina, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 409, Noct. pp. 234-5

(1845); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 248.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown; palpi with the

2nd and 38rd joints blackish except at extremities; frons with

lateral black bars; tegule with black-brown patches near tips,

the prothorax with black-brown band, the patagia with black

streaks near edges; fore tibie with black spots at extremities,

the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen whitish tinged with

yellow-brown. Fore wing grey suffused with reddish brown;

subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa and ending at

median nervure; a diffused black streak below the cell to the

antemedial line, which is double, black filled in with white, the

inner line slight, the outer expanding into a spot at costa, excurved

and slightly sinuous, incurved at vein 1; reniform narrow, defined

by blackish, indistinetly on outer side, its centre defined by brown,

an oblique blackish bar above it from costa; a spot defined by

black below end of cell connected by a sinus with the postmedial _

line at vein 2; postmedial line black slightly defined on outer

side by whitish and with a rather diffused brown line beyond it,

forming a small spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then

obliquely downcurved, acutely angled outwards above and below

vein 5, then oblique, dentate, angled outwards at submedian fold

and inwards at vein |; subterminal line slight, whitish, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 6, closely approximated to the

postmedial line; the interspaces of terminal area with fine black

streaks intersecting the cilia, which have a fine whitish line at base.

Hind wing pale crimson-pink; a narrow black medial band,

obliquely curved to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending

at vein 1; the terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner

edge incuryed at vein 2 and excurved at submedian fold; cilia

white, mixed with brown and with a brown lne through them

except at apex. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique brown

antemedial shade from below costa to vein 1, an oblique blackish

medial band angled outwards at submedian fold, then narrow, the

Vou. XII, Gg

82 NOCTUID.E.

terminal area blackish narrowing to tornus and with some greyish

at apex, a fine waved dark terminal line and white line at base of

cilia; hind wing white, the inner half tinged with pink, the medial

band as above, the terminal area suffused with grey towards apex,

a fine waved dark terminal line and white line at base of cilia.

Hab. Austria, Istria, Leech Coll.; Russra, Urals; Arment,

Caucasus, Zeller, Frey and Mutzell Colls. ; ? Asta Minor, Bithymia ;

Kuourpistan; W. Turxnstan, 1 9, Tarbagatai Mts., Ala Tau;

W. Steerra, Altai. vp. 50-58 millim.,

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 276; Hffin. Raup. p. 149.

Ochreous grey with some dark points and two slight dorsal lines:

Sth somite with a dark prominence, the 11th with two small

pointed prominences ; warts yellowish; head grey with dark lines

and two reddish prominences. Food-plant, Willow. 6.

7194. Catocala desiderata. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 7.)

Catocala desiderata, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 59; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 248.

Head and thorax white mixed with red-brown ; palpi with the

2nd joint blackish towards extremity and some black on 3rd joint ;

frons with lateral black bars; a V-shaped brown mark between

antenne ; tegule with two medial blackish lines filled in with

white and white tips; prothorax with narrow red-brown band ;

pectus, legs, and abdomen white, the last dorsally tinged with

red-brown. ore wing grey-white suffused with pale red-brown,

the costal area whiter ; subbasal line slight, black, excurved below

costa and ending at median nervure; a black-brown streak below

submedian fold and a streak above it before the antemedial line,

which is represented by an oblique sinuous black striga from costa

and a slight line faintly defined on inner side by white from cell

to inner margin, angled inwards at vein 1; reniform very faintly

defined on outer side by a dentate brown line, an oblique brown

striga above it from costa; traces of a spot defined by brown below

end of cell, connected by a sinus with the postmedial line at

vein 2; postmedial line with black striga from costa, then brown

and slight, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, very acutely

angled outwards above and below vein 5, then waved, strongly

excurved at submedian fold below which there is an oblique black

streak on it, strongly angled inwards on vein 1, a faint red-brown

line beyond it, more prominent at submedian fold; the terminal

area with fine black streaks on the veins and faint whitish streaks

in the interspaces; cilia with a brownish line through them.

Hind wing pale pink; a narrow oblique sinuous black medial band

from costa to submedian fold, angled outwards at vein 5; terminal

area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at vein 2

and excurved at submedian fold; the termen except towards tornus

and cilia white with a faint pinkish tinge on outer edge of the

black area. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique brown

CATOCALA. 83

antemedial shade from below costa to vein 1, an oblique black

medial band, angled outwards at submedian fold, then narrow,

a curved fuscous subterminal shade except at costa, the area

beyond it grey; hind wing white with a pink tinge above inner

margin, the medial band as above but obsolescent towards costa,

a narrow sinuous blackish subterminal band obsolete towards costa

where it is replaced by dark irroration, the area beyond it white.

Hab. W. Turkestan, Ferghana; KE, Torxzsran, Ili, Kungess,

13,192. Hep. 58 millim.

7195. Catocala optima. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 2.)

Catocala optima, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 57; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 248.

3. Head and thorax pale grey mixed with fuscous; palpi

white at base; frons with lateral black bars; pectus white ;

abdomen grey slightly tinged with red-brown, the ventral surface

white with faint rufous segmental bands. Fore wing grey mixed

with fuscous and faintly tinged with red-brown; subbasal line

blackish defined on outer side by pale grey, sinuous, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line blackish defined on inner side by

pale grey, oblique, slightly waved towards costa, and incurved at

vein 1 ; an oblique pale grey shade from middle of costa ; reniform

defined by blackish and with its centre defined by blackish, rather

irregular ; an oblique pear-shaped pale grey spot defined by blackish

below end of cell connected by a sinus in submedian fold with the

postmedial line, which is blackish defined on outer side by pale

grey, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved to

below vein 6, then oblique, slightly sinuous to submedian fold,

then waved; subterminal line pale grey defined on outer side by

blackish, waved, oblique to below vein 6; an oblique blackish

shade from apex; a series of black striz before termen; a fine

waved black terminal line; cilia with a waved brown line at

middle. Hind wing bright crimson ; a narrow black medial band

expanding somewhat at middle, oblique to submedian fold, then

bent inwards and ending at vein 1; a terminal black band broad

at costa and narrowing to tornus, slightly angled inwards at veins

2 and 1 and very narrow in submedian interspace; the apex

narrowly white; cilia white chequered with black at base at

veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique blackish

shade from below costa before middle to the oblique curved black

medial band at submedian fold, the terminal area black, narrowing

to tornus ; hind wing as above but with the costal area white to

discal fold and vein 2 before and beyond the medial band and

veins 4 to 2 slightly streaked with white on postmedial area.

@. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards below

vein 6, then incurved to above vein 2.

Hab. EK. Turkestan, Kuldja, typet ¢ @ in Coll. Piingeler.

Exp, 52 millim. 5

(oe)

ree

NOCTUID 4.

7196. Catocala amabilis. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 4.)

Catocala amabilis, Bang-Haas, Tris. xx. p. 75 (1907).

@. Head and thorax brownish white mixed with black; palpi

white towards base; frons with lateral black bars; pectus and legs

white, the tibis and tarsi irrorated with black; abdomen grey-

brown slightly mixed with crimson, the ventral surface white

slightly irrorated with brown and with some fulvous before anal

tuft. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with black ; subbasal

line slight, black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line indistinctly double, black filled in with white, oblique

and slightly sinuous, incuryed at vein 1; reniform obscurely

defined by black and with blackish striga in centre, its outer edge

somewhat dentate, an oblique dark bar above it from costa, a white

patch before it in cell confluent with a white spot defined by black

below end of cell and connected by a sinus with the postmedial

line, which is black defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above and

below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, waved, with black streak on

it below submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1, a reddish

brown shade beyond it; subterminal line whitish defined on outer

side by fuscous, dentate, oblique to below vein 7, an oblique

blackish shade from termen below apex; a series of black striz

before termen, a waved terminal line and a line through the cilia.

Hind wing bright crimson ; a narrow black medial band, oblique

to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1;

terminal area black, interrupted at submedian fold, its inner edge

incurved at vein 2; the termen whitish at apex, then with whitish

points to vein 2; cilia white, chequered with fuscous between

veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique blackish

shade from costa before middle to the oblique black medial band at

vein 1, a slight crimson tinge above its extremity, the terminal

area black narrowing to tornus and with some whitish on termen

at apex; hind wing with the basal costal area white, the post-

medial area white to vein 5, then with white streaks on the

veins,

Hab. W. Turxestan, Turcomania, Tedschen Oasis (Hauser),

3 9; Areuantstan, Kuschk, typet @ in Coll. Staudinger.

Exp. 60 millim.

7197. Catocala nupta.

Noctua nupta, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 841 (1767); Fsp. Schmett. iv.

pl. 97. ff. 1, 2; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 830; Godt. Lép. Fr. vy.

p. 54, pl. 45. ff. 2,3; Frr. Neue Beitr..pl. 425; Caland. Tidj. v. Ent.

1896, p. 163, pl. 8. f.1 Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 441; Staud. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 247.

Noctua concubina, Bork. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 21 (1792); Hibn. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 329; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 461.

Catocala unicuba, Wik. xiii. 1210 (1857); Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi. p. 39,

pl. ex. f. 11. :

Catocala obscurata, Oberth, Et. Ent. vy. p. 86 (1880).

CATOOALA, &5

Catocala nuptialis, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 248 (1901).

Catocala flava, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. xx. p. 86 (1906).

Catocala mutilata, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. xx. p. 94 (1906).

Catocala fida, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909).

Catocala dilutior, Schultz, Ent. Zeit, xxii. p. 169 (1909).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey and blackish; palpi

whitish towards base; frons with dark lateral bars; tegule with

blackish medial line, the prothorax with blackish bar, the patagia

with some black scales near edges; pectus brownish white; legs

irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

grey-brown with a slight rufous tinge, the ventral surface white.

lore wing grey tinged in parts with reddish brown and irrorated

with black-brown ; subbasal line double, fuscous filled in with grey,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, brown filled

in with grey, oblique, sinuous; reniform with fuscous centre and

grey annulus defined by fuscous, an oblique dark bar above it from

costa and some pule grey before it in the cell; a spot with rufous

centre and greyish annulus defined by fuscous below end of cell;

a slight waved dark line from beyond upper angle of cell to inner

margin ; postmedial line fuscous brown, bent outwards below costa,

then oblique, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5,

then incurved, angled outwards above vein 2, bidentate at sub-

median fold, then angled inwards at vein 1 and defined on outer

side by white; subterminal line white defined on outer side by

fuscous, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of

black points just before termen. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on

inher margin brown and some brown hair on inner area; a

curved black medial band, its inner edge incurved at submedian

fold and bent inwards as a streak near inner margin, its outer edge

angled outwards at vein 5; terminal area black, narrowing to

tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins 2 and 1 and angled out-

wards at submedian fold; the termen narrowly white and slightly

tinged with red at apex, then with series of slight spots in the

interspaces to vein 2; cilia white with some fuscous at extremities

of veins 6 to 2 and towards tornus. Underside of fore wing black-

brown, some whitish at base, an oblique white medial patch from

subcostal nervure to vein 2, a white postmedial band oblique to

vein 4 and slightly angled outwards at submedian fold, the termen

erey-white towards apex; hind wing as above but the basal costal

area to discal fold and the narrow postmedial area to vein 5 white,

the medial band obsolescent below submedian fold.

1. unicuba. Fore wing suffused with fuscous.

2. nuptialis. Fore wing paler grey.

Ab. 3. fida. Fore wing with the terminal area whitish.

4, mutilata. Hind wing with the medial band shorter.

5. flava. Hind wing with the costal half orange-yellow.

Ab. 6. Hind wing with the bands pale grey instead of black.

Hab. Brrrain, Leech Coll.; France ; Gurmany, Zeller, Frey and

Mutzell Colls.; Ausrrra ;;Huneary, D’Emmich Coll. ; SwrrzeRLAND;

Spar, Bilbao; Corsrca; Traty; Greece, Merlin Coll.; Turkey ;

86 NOCTUID..

ScanpinaviA; Russta, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; ? Asta Mrnor, Bithynia ;

W. Turkestan, Issyk-Kul, Ala Tau; W. Srperta, Altai; KE. Tur-

KESTAN, Ili; E. Srperia, Amurland, 2 9, Ussuri; Japan, Yezo

_ (Pryer), 1 $; Punsas (Mrs. Manger), 1 2, type uncuba. Hap.

70-94 millim,

Larva. Meyrick, Brit. Lep. p. 162; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 254, pl. 233.

f,2; Hffm. Raup. p. 148, pl. 37. f. 6.

Grey irrorated with brown; somite 8 with a dark dorsal blotch,

the 8th and 11th somites with dorsal prominences. Food-plants:

Saliz, Poplar, Ash. 5-7.

7198. Catocala szechuena, n. sp. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 5.)

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and some

fuscous ; palpi whitish at base; tegule with slight dark lines near

base and at middle; pectus and legs brownish white, the latter

irrorated with black, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

pale grey tinged with red-brown, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with black ; a slight

blackish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line double, the lines rather widely separated, shghtly filled in with

whitish at inner margin, oblique, sinuous; reniform obscurely

defined by blackish, irregular; a very indistinct spot defined on

outer side by blackish below end of cell; medial line blackish,

excurved round end of cell, then oblique and minutely waved ;

postmedial line double, brownish, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, obliquely incurved to above vein 5, then inwardly

oblique ; subterminal line greyish defined on outer side by blackish,

waved, oblique from costa to below vein 6, and slightly angled

outwards in submedian fold; aseries of slight blackish strie before

termen ; cilia brownish white at tips. Hind wing scarlet, the hair

on inner margin pale brownish and some pale brownish hair at

base; a narrow black medial band, expanding into a small spot

below costa, then excurved and ending at submedian fold; terminal

area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge angled inwards at

veins 2 and 1; the termen with some white at apex, then with

series of small white spots to vein 2; cilia white, brown at base

towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique brown

shade from below costa before middle to vein 1, a black medial

band, incurved beyond the cell, then obliquely excurved, a curved

black terminal band leaving the termen towards apex and the

cilia white; hind wing as above, but the basal costal area to

median nervure and the postmedial area to vein 3 white.

Hiab. W. Cuina, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 $ type. xp. 78

miliin.

7199. Catocala concubia.

Catocala concubia, Wik. xiii. 1210 (1857); Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi. p. 39,

pl. 110. f. 16; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 442.

Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous and some brown;

palpi white at base; tegule with slight black medial line, the

CATOCALA, 87

prothorax with slight brown line; pectus and legs white, the

latter irrorated with black, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen pale grey tinged with reddish brown, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing grey slightly tinged in parts with brown and

irrorated with black; subbasal line blackish defined on outer side

by grey, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

double, fuscous filled in with grey and with whitish towards inner

margin, oblique, sinuous; reniform defined by blackish and its

centre defined by blackish, a blackish bar above it from costa and

some blackish suffusion beyond it; an elliptical spot defined by

blackish and with blackish centre below end of cell, a waved black

line from it to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinctly double

filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely

incurved to above vein 5 where it is angled outwards, then inwardly

oblique, dentate, and with white spot at inner margin ; subterminal

line grey-white defined on outer side by blackish, dentate, obliquely

incurved from costa to below vein 7; a series of black striz before

termen; a slight waved black terminal line and brown line near

base of cilia. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin brown,

some brownish hair at base and on inner area; an obliquely curved

medial black band from costa to vein 1, expanding towards costa

and its outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal area black,

narrowing to tornus, its inner edge angled inwards at veins 2 and 1

and excurved at submedian fold; the termen with white patch at

apex, then with series of small white spots in the interspaces to

vein 2; cilia white with a faint dark line through them except

towards apex. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique fuscous

brown shade from below costa before middle to vein 1, a black

medial band, obliquely excurved below vein 5, a curved black

terminal band leaving the termen towards apex and the cilia

grey-white; hind wing as above, but the basal costal area to

median nervure and the postmedial area to vein 3 white, the

medial band narrow.

Hab. Kasumir, Huttu (Leech), 1g, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 3;

Puysas (Mrs. Manger), 1 g type, Simla (Harford), 1 $, Murree

(Harford),2 3,29. Hxp. 90-96 millim.

7200. Catocala marmorata. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 3.)

Catocala marmorata, W.H. Edw. Proc. Wnt. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 508 (1864) ;

Streck, Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 73, pl. ix. f.6; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 340.

3S. Head and tegule dark brown mixed with grey and some

rufous; palpi whitish towards base; frons with lateral dark bars ;

tegule with black-brown medial line; thorax rufous mixed with

some grey-white, the prothorax with dark brown bar; pectus white

' tinged with brown; legs dark brown mixed with grey; abdomen

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

white mixed with some rufous and irrorated with black-brown,

a curved black-brown fascia from middle of costa to termen below

88 NOCLUID BH.

apex, narrowing at costa and towards termen; subbasal line

indistinct, brown, curved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line double, brown filled in with white, angled outwards below

costa, then oblique, sinuous; reniform defined by dark brown,

obscured by the dark fascia and hardly traceable, some white before

it in cell; traces of a spot defined by brown and with some white

on its inner side below end of cell; an oblique slightly waved

brown line from vein 5 beyond the cell to inner margin ; postmedial

line double, brown filled in with white, bent outwards below costa,

then oblique, acutely angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, dentate, angled outwards above vein 2 and at submedian

fold and inwards at vein 1; subterminal line prominent, white

defined on each side by brown, dentate, oblique from costa to

below vein 6; a series of small blackish spots just before termen ;

cilia white at tips. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin

fuscous brown, the inner area with some brown hair; a curved

black medial band, its inner edge incurved at submedian fold and

its outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal area broadly black,

narrowing towards tornus, its inner edge sinuous and incurved at

veins 2 and 1 ; the termen narrowly white tinged with red at apex,

then with series of slight spots in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia

white with some fuscous at veins 6 to 2 and towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing black, some whitish at base, an oblique

sinuous white medial bar from below costa to vein 2, an obliquely

curved white postmedial band slightly angled outwards in sub-

median fold, the apex greyish; hind wing as above, but the basal

costal area to discal feld and the postmedial area to vein 5 white,

a black discoidal lunule conjoined above to the medial band.

Hab, U.S.A., New York, Ohio, Virginia, Montgomery Co.,1 4,

Kentucky, 1 g¢, Kansas, California. Hvp. 100 millim.

7201. Catocala irene. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 8.)

Catocala irene, Behr, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iii. p. 24 (1870); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 348.

Catocala virgilia, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 56 (1880).

Catocala volumnia, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 56 (1880).

Catocala valeria, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 56 (1880).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey; palpi white

tinged with red-brown towards base, fuscous towards tips; frons

with lateral black bars; tegule with black medial line, the pro-

thorax with black bar, the patagia with black lines near edges ;

pectus and legs white tinged with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed

with white; abdomen grey-brown tinged with rufous, the anal

tuft with some fuscous, the ventral surface white tinged with

ochreous brown. Fore wing grey suffused with bright red-brown

and irrorated with blackish, the basal area suffused with blackish

to vein 1; subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line double, black filled in with rufous, oblique,

sinuous, angled inwards at median nervure and vein 1; reniform

CATOCALA. 89

obscurely defined by blackish, a whitish patch before it in cell and

a diffused black bar above it from costa, the area beyond it suffused

with black to the angle of the postmedial line where it is met by

an oblique dark shade from termen below apex; a whitish spot

tinged with rufous and defined by dark brown below end of cell

connected by a sinus with the postmedial line at vein 2; postmedial

line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, very acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then oblique, dentate, strongly

incurved at vein 1, a pale rufous patch beyond it between veins

4 and 3; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by brown,

dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a serics of blackish

strie before termen. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin

brown; an obliquely curved medial black band from costa to vein 1,

its outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal area black, narrowing

to tornus, its inner edge angled inwards at veins 2 and 1 and

excurved at submedian fold; the termen narrowly white towards

apex, its inner edge faintly tinged with red; cilia white with

slight fuscous spots at veins 6 to 2, then fuscous at base and

wholly fuscous towards tornus. Underside of fore wing black with

some brownish white at base, an oblique white medial bar from

below costa to vein 2, a white postmedial band, oblique to vein 4,

narrowing and tinged with brown towards inner margin, the

apical part of termen brownish white; hind wing as above, but

the basal costal area ochreous white, the postmedial area white to

discal fold.

Ab. 1. virgilia. Fore wing mostly suffused with fuscous.

Ab. 2. volumnea. Fore wing with diffused whitish streaks ;

hind wing with the medial band reaching the inner margin.

Ab. 3. valeria. Fore wing pale fawn-brown; hind wing with

the medial band narrow.—Arizona.

Hab, U.S.A., Colorado, California, Mendocino Co., 3 ¢, Arizona.

Exp. 70-78 miliim.

7202. Catocala parta. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 10.)

Catocala parta, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 84, pl. 16. f. 1 (1852); Streck. Lep.

Rhop. & Het. p. 58, pl. y. f. 10; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 340.

Catocala perpleaa, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 38, pl. v. f. 11 (1874).

Catocala petulans, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. vii. p. 43 (1884).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with reddish brown; palpi

with some fuscous towards tips; frons with lateral fuscous bars;

tegule with black lines near base, at middle and near tips, the

prothorax with black line, the patagia edged with black; pectus

brownish white; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen pale

rufous, the ventral surface white tinged with rufous. Fcre wing

grey-white slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous ;

a blackish streak in submedian fold to the antemedial line, its

lower edge giving off a slight fork at middle; a curved subbasal

black striga from costa; antemedial line blackish defined on inner

90 NOCTUID A.

side by white, oblique, dentate; reniform defined by black and

with its centre defined by black, its outer edge somewhat dentate,

placed on an oblique dark shade from costa to lower angle of cell,

some white before it in the cell; a large rather triangular white

spot defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line blackish,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique, acutely angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate, strongly

incurved at vein 1 and with black streak on it below submedian

fold, some white before it beyond the cell and beyond it at middle ;

subterminal line white defined on outer side by blackish, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 7; an oblique sinuous black

streak from termen below apex; a series of black strizw before

termen; a fine waved black terminal line. Hind wing orange-

scarlet, the hair on inner margin brownish; a narrow curved

black medial band from costa to vein 1, its outer edge slightly

angled outwards at vein 5; terminal area black, narrowing to

tornus, its inner edge angled inwards at veins 2 and 1; the termen

narrowly white tinged with red towards apex, then with series of

small spots in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white, fuscous

towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique black-

brown shade from costa before middle to the obliquely curved

medial black band at submedian fold, terminal area black, its

inner edge curved and slightly waved, the termen brownish white

towards apex; hind wing as above, but the basal costal area

ochreous white, the postmedial area white to vein 5, a black striga

on upper discocellular.

Ab. 1. perplewa. Fore wing paler and slightly more tinged with

blue-grey.

Hab. Canapa, Hudson’s Bay, Ontario (Bush), 1 9; U.S.A.,

Northern and Eastern States, Massachusetts, 1 ¢, New York,

26,2, Colorado. Hp. 82-98 millim.

Larva. HH. Edw. Papilio, iii. p. 24.

Dull fawn colour; dorsal line pale brownish, a subdorsal slightly

waved line, and a brown stigmatal line; head with black line

behind. Food-plants, Willow and Poplar.

7203. Catocala californica. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 9.)

Catocala californica, W. H. Edw. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 509 (1864) ;

Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 98, pl. 11.°f. 138; Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 343.

Catocala mariana, HW. Edw., Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 99 (1874);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 342,

Catocala cleopatra, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 99 (1874).

Catocala perdita, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 100 (1874).

Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey ; palpi brown

towards extremity of 2nd joint; frons with lateral blackish bars ;

tegule with blackish medial lne, the prothorax with narrow

blackish band; tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen grey-brown

with dark lateral lines except at base and extremity. Fore wing

_CATOCALA. 91

grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown;

subbasal line slight, dark, excurved below costa and ending at

median nervure; antemedial line double, oblique, waved; reniform

with its centre and outer edge defined by rather ditfused brown, an

oblique dark bar above it from costa; a small pale spot obscurely

defined by brown below end of cell; a faint curved line beyond the

cell from vein 6 to submedian fold; postmedial line blackish, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely

angled outwards above and below vein 5, then oblique, dentate,

strongly angled inwards at vein 1 and with black streak on it

below submedian fold; subterminal line whitish defined on outcr

side by blackish, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 2;

a series of blackish points before termen. Hind wing scarlet, the

hair on inner margin pale brown; an obliquely curved medial

black band from costa to vein 1, towards which it narrows, its

edges slightly sinuous ; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus,

its inner edge slightly incurved at veins 2 and 1; the termen with

some white tinged with red towards apex; cilia white, brown at

base towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique

brown shade from below costa before middle to vein 1, the white

medial band slightly tinged with red below the cell, a curved black

postmedial band with sinuous edges, narrowing to imner margin,

the terminal area black, narrowing to tornus and with some grey

irrorated with brown on apical part of termen; hind wing as

above, but the medial band broader, with more sinuous edges and

ending at submedian fold, the narrow postmedial area white to

discal fold.

Ab. 1. perdita. Fore wing bluer grey; hind wing with the

apex white without any red tinge.

Ab. 2. cleopatra. Fore wing rather more evenly suffused with

brown.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Grote Coll. (Walsingham), 4 3, 1 2.

Exp. 70-74 millim.

7204. Catocala faustina. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 11.)

Catocala faustina, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 21, pl. iii. f. 8 (1878) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 341.

Catocala zillah, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 129 (1877).

Catocala verecunda, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. vii. p. 45 (1884).

Catocala carlota, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. ix. p. 212 (1897).

Catocala cerulea, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. xxiii. p. 939

(1£07).

Catocala diantha, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. xxiii. p. 937

(1907).

Catocala lydia, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. xxiii. p. 939 (1907).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with some reddish brown

and fuscous; tegule with blackish medial line, the prothorax with

slight black line ; pectus white; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen pale rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-

white faintly tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous ;

92 NOCTUID.-£.

subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line double, blackish filled in with whitish, oblique, sinuous ;

reniform defined by blackish and its centre defined by blackish,

its outer edge somewhat dentate, an oblique dark bar above it

from costa and some whitish before it in cell; a whitish spot

defined by blackish below end of cell; postmedial line blackish

slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards below

costa, then oblique, angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, minutely dentate and strongly angled inwards at vein 1;

subterminal line pale grey defined on each side by fuscous, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 7; a series of black strie before

termen; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia with a dark line

through them. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin pale

fuscous; an obliquely curved black medial band from costa to vein 1,

its outer edge slightly excurved below costa and at vein 5; terminal

area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins

2and 1; the termen narrowly white towards apex, then with series

of small white spots in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white,

fuscous towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique

black-brown shade from costa before middle to the obliquely curved

black medial band at submedian fold, terminal area black, its inner

edge curved, the termen grey-white towards apex; hind wing as

above but the basal costal area white, the postmedial area white to

vein 5, then with white streaks on the veins.

Ab. 1. verecunda. Fore wing paler grey.

Ab. 2. cerulea. Head, thorax, and fore wing much bluer grey.

Ab. 3. diantha, Fore wing more evenly suffused with brown.

Ab. 4. lydia. Fore wing suffused with fuscous black, the

markings obscured, the pale filling of the antemedial line and

the subterminal line bluish white.

Ab. 5. zillah. Fore wing irrorated with crimson scales, especially

on the lines and the reniform.

Ab. 6. carlota. Fore wing nearly uniform whitish grey, the

medial area whiter; the lines very prominent and black, the

postmedial line with some black suffusion on it below the angle

at vein 5 and forming a wide sinus below end of cell; hind

wing rosy.

Hab, U.S.A., Washington, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, Glenwood

Springs, 2 ¢),, Menver) (Osla)s 2G 209 Uiale @Zoling) lie

Stockton, 1 g¢, Provo City, Vineyard, type t ¢ lydia in Am. Mus.

Nat. Hist., California, Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe, New Mexico,

Arizona. Hap. 66-72 millim.

7205. Catocala luciana. (Plate CXCVI. fig. 12.)

Catocala luciana, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. $9 (1874): Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 343.

Catocala nebraske, Dodge, Can. Ent. vii. p. 2 (1875).

Catocala somnus, Dodge, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 40 (1881).

Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with blackish; tegule

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with blackish medial line, the patagia with some blackish scales

near upper edge; pectus brownish white; tarsi blackish ringed

with whitish; abdomen pale red-brown, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated

with blackish; subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line double, black, oblique, sinuous;

reniform obscurely defined by blackish and with black patch in

centre, an oblique black bar above it from costa; an irregular

oblique spot defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line

black slightly defined on each side by grey, bent outwards below

costa, then obliquely incurved, acutely angled outwards above

vein 5, then incurved and minutely dentate, at submedian fold

bent inwards and with dark streak on it; subterminal line grey

defined on outer side by blackish, dentate, obliquely incurved from

costa to below vein 7 where it is met by a faint oblique dark streak

from termen below apex; a series of small black spots before

termen; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia with a blackish

line at middle and pale reddish brown tips. Hind wing pale

scarlet, the hair on inner margin brownish, some brownish hair in

baso of submedian fold; an obliquely curved black medial band

from costa to vein 1, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal

area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins 2

and 1; the termen narrowly white faintly tinged with red towards

apex, then with series of small spots in the interspaces to vein 2;

cilia white with slight dark marks at veins 6 to 2, then dark at

base. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique black-brown

shade from costa before middle to the obliquely curved black medial

band narrowing to inner margin at inner area, terminal area black,

its inner edge curved, the termen brownish grey towards apex ;

hind wing as above but the basal costal area and the postmedial

area to vein + white.

Ab. 1. somnus. Head, thorax, and fore wing black sparsely

irrorated with grey; abdomen and the hair at base of hind wing

black.

Hab. U.S.A., Nebraska, 1 3, Colorado, 1 ¢, Berkeley (Oslar),

19,32. Exp. 70-78 millim.

7206. Catocala electilis. (Plate CXCVIII. fig, 1.)

Catocala electilis, Wik. xiii. 1209 (1857); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i.

p- 360, pl. 31. f. 8.

Catocala cassandra, H. Edw. Proe. Calif. Ac. Sci. vi. p. 214 (1875); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p, 345.

Head and thorax grey mixed with black-brown; palpi white at

base and with dark band at extremity of 2nd joint; tegule with

datk medial line; pectus white; tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen red-brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey

thickly irrorated with black, the outer half of medial area with a

broad black shade; a subbasal black striga from costa; antemedial

line double, filled in with grey, the outer line strong and black,

94 NOCTUIDE.

oblique, sinuous; reniform defined by blackish and its centre

defined by blackish; an oblique elliptical pale spot defined by black

below end of cell; postmedial line black defined on outer side by

grey-white, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely incurved to

above vein 5 where it is angled outwards, then inwardly oblique

and dentate; subterminal line grey-white defined on cach side by

blackish, dentate, somewhat oblique from costa to below vein 6 and

angled outwards in submedian fold; a series of minute blackish

spots before termen. Hind wing scarlet; an obliquely curved

black medial band from costa to just above inner margin towards

which if narrows, its outer edge excurved to vein 5 and submedian

fold; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

angled inwards at veins 2 and 1 and excurved at submedian fold;

the termen white towards apex, then with series of small white

spots in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white chequered with

black between veins 6 and 2, blackish towards tornus. Underside

of fore wing white, an oblique black-brown shade from costa

before middle to the black medial band which is obliquely excurved

below vein 5, at inner area, terminal area black leaving the termen

towards apex and the cilia whitish; hind wing as above, but the

basal costal area to discal fold and the postmedial area to vein 5

white.

Ab. 1. Fore wing without the black medial shade.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona; Mexico, 1 9 type, Sonera, Durango

(Becker), 1 3, Mexico City (Hoege), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll.

Exp. 92 millim.

7207. Catocala elocata.

Noctua elocata, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 99 (A) ff. 1, 2 (1786); Godt. Lép. Fr.

v. p. 58, pl. 46. §. 2; Mill. Icones, iii. pl. 129. ff. 4-6; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 247.

Noctua uxor, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 328 (1802).

Noctua marita, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 494 (1818).

Noctua nurus, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 655-6 (1822).

Catocala locata, Staud, Iris, iv. p. 827 (1891).

Catocala styx, Koller, Jahrb. Wien. Ent. Ver. xvi. p. 4, pl. 1. f. 1 (1905).

Catocala lais, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. xx. p. 94 (1906).

Catocala flavicans, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. xx. p. 94 (1906).

Catocala meridionalis, Schuitz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 168 (1909).

Catocala tenuivittata, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 168 (1909).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral

surface whitish. Fore wing grey mixed with olive-brown and

fuscous; subbasal line indistinct, double, fuscous, waved, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line double, fuscous, oblique, waved;

reniform obscurely defined by fuscous, its outer edge somewhat

dentate, a dark bar above it from costa, placed on a dark shade

extending to inner margin; a grey spot obscurely defined by

fuscous below end of cell; postmedial line double, bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved and slightly sinuous,

CATOCALA. 95

angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly oblique and dentate,

a dark shade beyond it; subterminal line grey defined on each side

by fuscous, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series

of blackish points before termen; cilia with a dark line near base

and whitish tips. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin

brownish ; an obliquely curved medial black band with sinuous

edges from costa to vein 1, then obsolescent to near inner margin;

terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge angled

inwards at veins 2 and 1; the termen narrowly pale reddish at

apex, then with series of slight reddish marks in the interspaces to

vein 1; cilia white with slight fuscous marks near base, wholly

fuscous towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique

black-brown shade from below costa before middle to the oblique

medial black band with sinuous edges and narrowing to inner

margin at submedian fold, a curved black subterminal band from

costa to tornus, its inner edge slightly angled outwards at sub-

median fold; hind wing as above, but the basal costal area and

postmedial area to discal fold, the median nervure and yeins rising

frem it white.

Ab. 1. stya. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing suffused

with fuscous.

Ab. 2. locata. Hind wing with the medial band narrower and

not reaching Inner margin.

Ab. 3. flavicans. Hind wing yellow.

Ab. 4. meridionalis. Fore wing on underside with the basal and

medial patches yellowish.

Hab. Franck; Grrmany, Zeiler and Mutzell Colls.; Avsrrta,

Leech Coll.; Honeary, D’Emmich Coll.; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll. ;

Spain, Gibraltar (Jrby); Gruncr, Merlin Coll.; 8. Swepmn; Ar-

MFNIA; Knurpistran; Asia Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, Taurus ;

Cyprus (Miss Bate, Bucknill), 3 &@; Syria; Persia, Urumiah

(Gunther), 1 g; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Ferghana, Issyk-kul ;

W. Srperia, Altai; EH. Turkestan, Ili. Hep. 64-88 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 275; Hffm. Raup. p. 148,

pl. 87. f. 5.

Grey or brownish grey with dark mottlings and two broad dark

lateral stripes, the ventral surface flesh-coloured with a series of

brown spots; 8th somite with a flesh-coloured prominence with

dark spot behind it; 11th somite with two yellowish prominences ;

head with two slight prominences. Food-plants, Poplar and

Willow. 7-8.

7208. Catocala oberthuri.

Catocala oberthurti, Aust. Le Nat. i. p. 85 (1879); Oberth. Kt. Ent. vi.

p. 92, pl. 1. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 247.

Catocala gitana, Mab. Bull. Soe. Philom. ix. p. 64 (1885).

Head and thorax red-brown slightly tinged with grey and mixed

with fuscous; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen pale grey

tinged with red-brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing

96 NOOTUID %.

erey strongly tinged with ochreous brown and slightly irrorated

with fuscous ; subbasal line indistinct, fuscous, sinuous, from costa

to sobanedtian fold; antemedial line indistinct, Jemkile. fuscous,

oblique, sinuous; reniform with its centre and outer edge obscurely

defined by fuscous, an indistinct oblique dark bar above it from

costa, placed on a dark shade extending to inner margin; a pale

rufous spot obscurely defined by fuscous below end of cell; post-

medial line indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, then

obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly

oblique and dentate, a dark shade beyond it; subterminal line

greyish defined on outer side by fuscous, dentate, oblique from

costa to below vein 6; a series of blackish points before termen ;

cilia with a fine dark line through them and whitish tips. Hind

wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin brownish; an obliquely

curved medial black band with slightly sinuous edges from costa to

vein 1; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

slightly incurved at vein 2; the termen with slight reddish shed Fs

in the interspaces from apex to vein 2; cilia white with traces of a

dark line near base, blackish towards termen. Underside of fore

wing white, a black-brown shade from below costa before middle to

the oblique medial black band with irregular inner edge at submedian

fold, a curved black subterminal band narrowing to tornus; hind

wing as above, but the basal costal area and postmedial area to

submedian fold, the median nervure and veins rising from it white.

Ab. 1. transiens, Bang-Haas ined. Fore wing with blackish

medial shade.

Hab. Srarn, Andalusia, Gibraltar (Irby), 1 9; Morocco, Tangier

(Meade-Watldo), 1 9; Atezrta, Leech and Crowley Colls., 6 g,

4°92, Batna,l 6,19. Hep. 78-84 millim.

7209. Catocala francisca. (Plate CXCVII. fig. 1.)

Catocala mariana, H. Edw. Proe. Calif. Ac. Sci. vi. p. 210 (1875) nee Streck.

(1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 342.

Catocala Francisca, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 57 (1880).

Catocala edwardsi, Kusnezoy, Rev.. Russ. Ent. i. p. 76 (1903).

Catocala eldoradensis, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. xxiii. p. 148

(1907).

d (edvardsi). Head and thorax brown mixed with fuscous and

grey-white ; frons with lateral blackish bars; pectus and legs

whitish tinged with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white;

abdomen grey-brown wilh an echreous tinge, the anal tuft with

some fuscous, the ventral surface white tinged with ochreous.

Fore wing dark reddish brown tinged with fuscous and mixed with

erey; subbasal line indistinct, dark, sinuous, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line double, filled in with grey, oblique,

sinuous; reniform with its centre and outer edge very indistinctly

defined, a dark bar above it from costa; a spot below end of cell

very indistinetly defined by fuscous; postmedial line indistinct,

double filled in with grey, bent outwards. below costa, then

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obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above and below vein 5,

then oblique, angled outwards above vein 2 and at submedian fold

and inwards at vein 1; subterminal line whitish defined on outer

side by fuscous, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 7; the

terminal area greyer with a serics of blackish points before termen;

a fine waved dark terminal line; cilia with a dark line at middle

and white tips. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin

brown, the basal inner area with some brown hair; an obliquely

curved black medial band from costa to vein 1, its outer edge

slightly sinuous; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its

inner edge incurved at veins 2 and 1; the termen narrowly white

aud faintly tinged with red towards apex; cilia white except

towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique brown

shade from costa before middle to the medial blackish band at

vein J, the band oblique to vein 4, with sinuous edges and

narrowing to inner margin; terminal area blackish, narrowing to

tornus, the termen grey-white towards apex; hind wing as above

but the basal costal area ochreous white, the postmedial arca

whitish to discal fold.

Ab. 1. francisca. Fore wing with a faint bronze-green tinge.

Hab. Canava, Br. Columbia, New Westminster in Coll. W.

Barnes; U.S.A., Colorado, California, 5 g. Hap. 62-72 millim.

7210. Catocala allusa. (Plate CXCVII. fig. 2.)

Catocala mariana, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 99 (1874), nee Rinbr.

1858.

Catocala allusa, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. vii. p. 45 (1884); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Ain. p. 342.

Catocala frenchit, Poling, Can. Ent. xxxiii. p. 125 (1901).

Head and thorax dark-brown mixed with grey-white; palpi

whitish at base; tegula with dark medial line; pectus and legs

with more grey, the tersi black with pale rings; abdomen grey-

brown, the ventral surface white tinged with brown. Fore wing

dark brown mixed with grey-white and blackish; subbasal line

indistinet, dark, defined on outer side by whitish, sinuous, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, black filled in

with whitish, waved, angled inwards at vein 1; reniform with

blackish centre and pale annulus indistinctly defined by blackish,

a dark bar above it from costa and a whitish patch before it

extending to costa; a red-brown and whitish spot defined by

black below end of cell connected with the postmedial line, which is

indistinct, black, slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely dowrcurved, angled outwards

above vein 5, then incurved, angled outwards above vein 2 and in

submedian fold and inwards at vein 1; the postmedial area tinged

with rufous at middle; subterminal line whitish defined on outer

side by black, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 7; a series

of small blackish spots before termen; cilia whitish and brown

with a dark line through them. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on

VOL. XII. H

98 NOCTULD.&.

inner margin fuscous ; an obliquely curved black medial band from

costa to submedian fold, its outer edge slightly sinuous; terminal

area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at vein 2

and excurved at submedian fold; the apex narrowly white; cilia

white except towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an

oblique blackish shade from costa before middle to the obliquely

curved black medial band at submedian fold, its outer edge slightly

angled outwards at submedian fold, terminal area black, the termen

erey towards apex; hind wing as above, but the basal costal area

brownish white, the postmedial area white to vein 3.

Hab. Caxava, Br. Columbia, Coldstream Ranch (Miss Lticardo),

1 $,1 9, New Westminster, Vancouver I.; U.S.A., Washington,

California, Truckee in Coll. W. Barnes. Hwp. 74 millim. This is

probably an aberration of C. francisca.

7211. Catocala pura. (Plate CXCVIL. fig. 3.)

Catocala pura, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. ii. p. 96 (1880) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 341.

Head and thorax white mixed with black and some brown;

palpi blackish towards extremity; frons with lateral black bars ;

tegule with black lines at middle and near tips, the patagia with

black lines near edges; pectus and legs white mixed with fuscous,

the tarsi banded black and white; abdomen pale grey tinged with

reddish brown, the ventral surface white slightly irrorated with

brown. Fore wing white tinged with grey in parts and thickly

irrorated with black-brown; subbasal line black, sinuous, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, blackish, oblique,

sinuous; reniform large, defined by diffused black and with its

centre defined by black, an oblique black bar above it from costa,

some white before it in cell; a whitish spot obscurely defined by

blackish below end of cell, with a sinuous blackish line from it to

inner margin; postmedial line indistinctly double, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous te below vein 6,

then dentate, angled outwards above vein 2 and at submedian fold

and inwards at vein 1; subterminal line whitish defined on outer

side by fuscous, dentate, somewhat oblique from costa to below

vein 6; a series of slight black lunules just before termen. Hind

wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin brownish; an obliquely

curved medial black band from costa to submedian fold, its outer

edge excurved below costa and at vein 5; terminal area black,

narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins 2 and 1;

the termen narrowly white towards apex tinged with scarlet at

inner edge, then with series of slight spots in the interspaces to

vein 2; cilia white with some fuscous at base except towards

apex. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique black-brown

shade from costa before middle to the oblique black medial band

with sinuous edges at inner area, the terminal area black with the

CATOCALA. 99

costa towards apex and the apex grey; hind wing as above but the

basal costal area and the postmedial area tu vein 5 white.

Hab. U.S.A., Kansas, Colorado (Snow), 1 6,1 9, New Mexico.

Evp. 74-76 millim.

7212. Catocala unijuga. (Plate CXCVII. fig. 4.)

Catocala unijuga, Wik. xiii. 1194 (1857); Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het.

p. 37, pl. v. f. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 340.

Catocala fletchert, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. xix. p. 509 (1903).

Catocala agatha, Beutenm, Bull. Am. Mus. xxiii. p. 936 (1907).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and black;

frons with lateral black bars; tegule with black medial line, the

prothorax with blackish bar, the patagia with blackish lines near

edges; pectus brownish white; legs brownish and white, the tarsi

black ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface

brownish white. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated and in

parts suffused with black-brown; subbasal line black defined on

outer side by whitish, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line double, black filled in with whitish, oblique, sinuous; reniform

defined by diffused black and its centre defined by blackish, its

outer edge somewhat dentate, an oblique blackish bar above it from

costa, some whitish before it in ecll; an indistinct curved slightly

waved line beyond the cell, a spot obscurely defined by dark brown

below end of cell with a sinuous black line from it to inner margin;

postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side by white, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then oblique, dentate and more strongly

angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line white defiaed on outer

side by black-brown, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6;

a series of small black lunules slightly defined on outer side by

white just before termen. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner

margin brown and the basal inner area clothed with some brown

hair; an obliquely curved medial black band from costa to vein 1

towards which it narrows, its edges sinuous ; terminal area black,

narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins 2 and 1; the

termen narrowly white towards apex; cilia white with some

fuscous near base except towards apex. Underside of fore wing

white, an oblique black-brown antemedial shade from costa to

vein 1, an obliquely curved black medial band with sinuous edges,

narrowing to inner margin, the terminal area black, the termen

grey-white towards apex; hind wing as above but the basal

costal area and the postmedial area white to discal fold, a slight

black discoidal lunule conflnent above with the medial band.

Ab. 1. agatha. Fore wing suffused with fuscous, the markings

indistinct except the white subterminal line.

Ab. 2. fletcheri. Fore wing with the markings much darker and

stronger, especially the antemedial and postmedial lines; hind

400 NOCTUID EH.

wing with the red replaced by deep brown, the medial band not

reaching inner margin; cilia white to tornus.—Regina.

_ Hab. Oanavs, Renfrew Co., 1 9, Montreal (Barnston), 1 ¢,

Toronto (Gibson), 1 @, Assiniboia, Regina, Alberta, Calgary

(Wolley-Dod), 1 9; U.S.A., Northern and Eastern States, New

York (Doubleday, Grote), 4 3, 3 2 type, Wisconsin, Colorado.

Eevp. 86-94 millim.

Larva. Kellicott, Can. Ent. xiii. p. 38.

Grey to greyish drab, nearly unicolorous, the ventral surface

pinkish with elliptical black spots on each somite; sublateral series

of hoary filaments; without protuberances; head with black line

behind. Food-plants, Poplar and Willow.

7213. Catocala semirelicta. (Plate CXCVILI. fig. 5.)

Cutocala semirelicta, Grote, 6th Rep. Peab. Acad. Sci. p. 35 (1874); id.

Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. ii. pl. 1. f. 11; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 342.

Catocala lucilla, Worthington, Papilio, iii, p. 39 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 340.

Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous black; palpi white

at base; frons with latera] black bars; tegulae with medial black

line; pectus white; legs white irrorated with brown, the fore

tibise at extremities and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen whitish

suffused with ochreous brown, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing white irrorated with fuscous brown; a diffused black shade

below base of cell; subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line strong, black, oblique, sinuous ;

the medial area with white patches on costal area and beyond

upper part of reniform, some blue-grey suffusion on basal half of

inner area and beyond lower part of reniform and black suffusion

on outer part of inner area extending to termen and from costa to

the sinus of postmedial line including the reniform, which is large,

blackish with interrupted white annulus and somewhat dentate

outer edge; a whitish spot defined by black below end of cell

formed by a sinus of the postmedial line, which is black, bent

outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique to below vein 6 and at

vein 2 forming the sinus below end of cell; subterminal line white

defined on outer side by fuscous black, strongly dentate, somewhat

oblique from costa to below vein @; a series of black points before

termen; a waved black terminal line. Hind wing scarlet, the hair

on inner margin brown; a black band oblique from middle of costa

to vein 2, then bent inwards and ending at submedian fold ;

terminal area black, narrowing to tornus and with sinuous inner

edge below vein 3; cilia white. Underside of fore wing black-

brown, the base and inner area to middle whitish, an oblique white

medial patch from below costa to vein 2, postmedial band white,

obliquely curved, obsolescent towards inner margin, the costa

whitish towards apex; hind wing with the basal costal area and

postmedial area to vein 5 white, the bands as above.

CATOCALA. 101

Tab, Canaps, Ontario, 1 $ type, Manitoba, Husavick (Wallis),

1 S$, Winnipeg (Wallis), 1 9; U.S.A., Indiana, Illinois. Lup. 80

millim. The type bears a label that it was exhibited at the

Centennial of 1&76, and the red of hind wing is faded to pale

yellowish.

*7214, Catocala nevadensis. (Plate CXCVII. fig. 6.)

Catocala nevadensis, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. xxiii. p. 935 (1907).

Catocala montana, Beutenm. Bull. Am, Mus. xxiii. p. 935 (1907).

3S. Head and thorax fuscous white mixed with black; frons

with lateral black bars; tegule with black medial line; pectus and

legs white mixed with blackish, the tarsi ringed black and white ;

abdomen pale grey tinged with brown, the ventral surface white.

Fore wing white thickly irrorated and suffused with black; sub-

basal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fceld; antemedial

line black defined on inner side by whitish, oblique, waved; an

oblique irregularly wedge-shaped white patch from middle of costa

to median nervure; reniform indistinctly defined by black and with

some black in centre, its outer edge irregular, some black suffusion

above it on costa; an oblique wedge-shaped white spot defined by

black below end of cell; postmedial line blackish defined on outer

side by white, forming a small spot at costa, bent outwards below

costa, obliquely incurved to below vein 6, then waved, some white

suffusion faintly tinged with rufous before it from costa to discal

fold and beyond it at middle; subterminal line white defined on

outer side by diffused black and on inner side also towards costa

and inner margin, waved, rather oblique from costa to vein 6; a

series of black strize before termen. Hind wing scarlet; an oblique

black medial band from costa to vein 1 towards which it 1s shghtly

bent inwards, expanding slightly below costa and its outer edge

excurved at vein 5; a terminal black band narrowing to tornus, its

inner edge excurved in submedian interspace; the termen narrowly

white tinged with red towards apex and with slight spots in the

interspaces between veins 6 and 2; cilia white, brown towards

tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique blackish shade

from costa to submedian fold where it joins the oblique black

postmedial band narrowing to inner margin and with its outer edge

excurved at vein 5, the terminal area black leaving the apical part

of termen whitish with some black points on termen; hind wing

with the basal costal area and the postmedial area to vein 4 white,

a small black discoidal spot conjoined to the medial band.

@. Fore wing more suffused with black.

Ab. 1. montana. Fore wing with the white patches on medial

and postmedial areas indistinct and irrorated with blackish; hind

wing with the white on termen not tinged with red.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, type 7 2 in Am. Mus.

Nat. Hist., Yosemite Valley in Coll. W. Barnes. “xp. 80 millim.

102 NOOTUID 2.

7215. Catocala adultera.

Catocala adultera, Mén. Motsch. Et. v. p. 47 (1856); id. ibid. 1858, pl. 2.

f.3; id. Enum. Mus. Petrop. iii. p. 157, pl. 17. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 248.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and black; palpi

white at base, blackish towards tips; frons with lateral black bars;

tegule black at tips, the prothorax with narrow blackish band ;

pectus white; legs white mixed with fuscous, the tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated and suffused with

black-brown ; subbasal line black, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double, black, the outer line strong, oblique,

sinuous; the medial area with a white patch in and below the cell;

reniform whitish strongly defined by black and with black lunule

in centre, an oblique dark bar above it from costa; a rather

triangular white spot defined by black below end of cell; post-

medial line indistinctly double, black filled in with white, the inner

line strong, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely incurved

and slightly waved below vein 6, oblique, dentate, more strongly

angled outwards above vein 2 and at submedian fold, and inwards

at veins 2 and 1,a whitish patch beyond it at middle; subterminal

line white defined on outer side by fuscous and slightly on inner

side, dentate, somewhat oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series

of slight black lunules just before termen. Hind wing scarlet; the

hair on inner margin brown, the base with slight brownish streaks ;

an obliquely curved black medial band from costa to vein 1, its

outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal area black, narrowing

to tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins 2 and 1; the termen

narrowly white towards apex; cilia white. Underside of fore

wing white, a broad oblique black-brown band from costa before

middle to the obliquely curved black medial band with sinuous

edges at inner area, terminal area black, the termen towards apex

grey-white ; hind wing as above, but the basal costal area white

and the postmedial area white to vein 5,

Hab. Russta, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll.; W. Srpurra, Altai;

Moneorra, Changhai Mits.; HE. Siper1a, Amurland, 1 ¢, Ussuri.

Exp. 76 millim,

7216, Catocala hermia. (Plate CXCVII. fig. 7.)

Catocala hermia, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. ii. p. 93 (1880) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 343.

Head and thorax fuscous black mixed with grey-white and some

pale ochreous brown, a whitish line behind the tegule; palpi

whitish at base ; pectus white; legs white irrorated with brown,

the fore and mid tibie near extremities and the tarsi banded with

black ; abdomen whitish brown, the ventral surface whiter. Fore

wing fuscous black irrorated with white, the postmedial area white

CATOCALA, 103

at middle; subbasal line slight, black defined on outer side by

whitish, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

biack defined on inner side by white, oblique, sinuous; a white

patch in cell before the reniform, which has a blackish centre and

whitish annulus, its outer edge dentate; an oblique pear-shaped

white spot defined by blackish below end of cell connected with the

postmedial line, which is black defined on outer side by white, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique, angled outwards above and

below vein 5, then waved, at vein 2 forming the sinus below end

of cell and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line white

defined on outer side by fuscous, strongly dentate; a series of

blackish points before termen. Hind wing crimson-red ; _post-

medial line black, oblique from costa to vein 4 and ending at

submedian fold, its outer edge indented at discal fold; the terminal

area black narrowing to tornus and with sinuous inner edge and

leaving some white tinged with red on termen; cilia white.

Underside of fore wing black, the apical area grey, a white patch

at base, an oblique white medial patch from below costa to below

vein 2, postmedial band white, obliquely curved; hind wing

crimson, the basal costal area white, the postmedial area white

to vein 5, then with white streaks on the veins, the postmedial

and terminal bands as above.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado (Snow, Cockerell), 1 3,1 2, New Mexico.

Exp. 70 millim.

7217. Catocala grotiana. (Plate CXCVII. fig. 8.)

Catocala grotiana, Bailey, N. Am. Ent. i. p. 21 (1879); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 342.

9. Head and thorax fuscous black mixed with some white;

antenne with the basal joint white on outer side; pectus white

mixed with yrey; legs fuscous irrorated with white, the tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen brownish grey, the ventral surface

white tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing fuscous black

irrorated with white, the postmedial area white irrorated with

fuscous except towards costa and inner margin; subbasal line

indistinct, black, excurved below costa and ending at submedian

fold; antemedial line indistinct, black defined on inner side by

white towards costa and inner margin, oblique, sinuous; some

white in cell before the reniform which is very indistinctly defined

by white scales, its outer edge dentate ; an indistinct oblique pear-

shaped whitish mark below end of cell, obscurely defined by

blackish and connected with the postmedial line, which is black,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous, angled

outwards above vein 5, then dentate; subterminal line white

defined on outer side by blackish, strongly dentate, somewhat

angled outwards above vein 5; a series of blackish points defined

on outer side by white before termen. Hind wing crimson-red ;

slight streaks of fuscous-brown hair at base and the hair on inner

10+ NOCIUID A.

margin fuscous brown ; postmedial band black, oblique from costa

to vein 4 and ending at submedian fold, its outer edge indented at

discal fuld; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner

edge sinuous, some white at apex; cilia white with a fuscous line

through them. Underside of fore wing black, the apex tinged with

erey, a white patch at base, an oblique white medial patch from _

subcostal nervure to vein 2, its inner edge dentate, an obliquely

curved white postmedial band slightly angled outwards in sub-

median fold ; hind wing crimson-red, the costal area white at base,

the postmedial area white to vein 5, then with white streaks on

the veins, the postmedial and terminal bands as above, but the

former continued to inner margin as a narrow line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado (Snow), 1 2. Hap. 78 millim.

7218. Catocala briseis. (Plate CXCYVII. fig. 9.)

Catocala parta, W1k. xiii. 1193 (nec Guen ),

Catocala briseis, W. H. Edw. Proc. Ent, Soc, Phil. ii. p. 508 (1864);

Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 20, pl. 3. f.7; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

312.

Cutocala albida, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. xxiii. p. 936 (1907).

Head and thorax fuscous biack mixed with some brown and

grey-white; tegule with faint dark medial line; patagia with

black lines near edges ; pectus and legs with more white, the tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral

surface pale rufous with the terminal segments grey-white. Fore

wing fuscous black mixed with grey-white, the interspaces of

postmedial area rufous except at costa and inner margin ; subbasal

line indistinct, black, excurved below costa and ending at submedian

fold; antemedial line black defined on inner side by grey, oblique,

dentate; reniform very faintly defined by black and with some

brownish white in centre, a faint oblique blackish bar above it

from costa and an oblique whitish spot before it in the cell; a

brownish white spot defined by black below end of cell; postmedial

line black defined on inner side by whitish and on outer side at

costa, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved,

slightly angled outwards above and below vein 5, then waved and.

strongly ang!ed inwards at vein 1; subterminal line white defined

on outer side by blackish, dentate, oblique from costa to below

vein 6; a series of small blackish lunules before termen; cilia

whitish and brown with a dark line through them. Hind wing

deep scarlet, the hair on inner margin brown, some brownish hair

on basal inner area; an obliquely curved black medial band from

costa to vein 1, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal area

black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins 2 and

1; the apex narrowly white with a faint reddish tinge on its inner

edge; cilia white with a dark line near base from vein 6 to 2, then

dark at base and wholly dark towards tornus. Underside of fore

wing white, an oblique black band from costa before middle to the

oblique black medial band with sinuous edges at vein 1, terminal

CATOCALA. 105

area black, the termen grey towards apex; hind wing as above,

but the basal costal area brownish white, a black discoidal lunule

conjoined above to the medial band and with white spot beyond it,

the medial band reaching inner margin, the narrow postmedial

area white to vein 4.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with a patch before the angle of postmedial

line and the postmedial area except at costa and inner margin

nearly pure white.

Ab. 2. albida. Head and thcrax whitish grey ; fore wing bluish

grey, the costal area and the area before and beyond the reniform

whitish, the reniform with white and black annulus, the spot

below it whitish defined by black, the subterminal line bluish

white.

Hab. Canava (Norman), 1 g, Hudson’s Bay, St. Martin’s Falls

(Barnston), 1 2, Ottawa (Fletcher), 1 3, Manitoba, Cartwright

(Heath), 2 2; U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, and Middle States, New

York (Poubleday), 1 3, Buffalo (Grote), 1 ¢ , Evans Center (G'rote),

16,19. Sep. 68-74 millim.

7219. Catocala beaniana. (Plate CXCVII. fig. 10.)

Catocala beaniana, Grote, Can, Ent. x. p. 195 (1878); id. Il. Essay, p. 67,

pl. iv. f. 42; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 341.

@. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and black ;

the tegule with black lines at middle and near tips, the patagia

with black streaks near edges; palpi whitish at base, the 2nd

joint towards extremity and sides of frons blackish; pectus and

iegs brownish white, the latter irrorated with brown, the ex-

tremities of fore tibiz and the tarsi banded with black; abdomen

ochreous brown, the ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing

bluish grey irrorated and in parts suffused with fuscous brown ;

subbasal line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line double, blackish, oblique, waved, angled inwards on

vein 1; a triangular whitish mark in cell before the reniform

which is defined by blackish and with blackish striga in centre,

a diffused dark mark above it on costa; a whitish spot defined by

blackish below end of celi, connected with the postmedial line ;

an indistinct waved line beyond the cell from below costa to vein

3; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique and minutely dentate, acutely angled outwards above and

below vein 5, then dentate, at vein 2 forming the sinus below end

of cell and strongly angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line

whitish defined on outer side by blackish, strongly dentate, some-

what oblique from costa to below vein 6; a slight oblique dark

shade from termen below apex to the postmedial line; a series of

black striz before termen ; a waved black terminal line; cilia

brownish white with a dark line through them. Hind wing rather

pale scarlet, the hair on inner margin brownish ; medial black band

oblique from middle of costa to submedian fold, then slightly

106 NOCIUID &.

incurved and ending at vein 1, its outer edge slightly indented at

discal fold; the terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its

inner edge curved inwards at veins 2 and 1; the termen with

slight scarlet spots in the interspaces from apex to vein 2 and

some white at apex; cilia white with some black-brown at base.

Underside of fore wing black, a white patch at base, an oblique

medial white patch from below costa to vein 2, an obliquely curved

white postmedial line slightly angled outwards at submedian fold,

some whitish on apical part of termen; hind wing with the basal

costal area white, the postmedial area white to vein 5, then with

white streaks on the velis, the medial and terminal bands as above.

Hab. U.S.A., Illinois, 1 Q type. Hwxp. 80 millim.

7220. Catocala augusta. (Plate CXCVILI. fig. 2.

Catocala augusta, H. Edw. Proce. Calif. Ac. Sci. vi. p. 184 (1875); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 341.

Catocala portia, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. ii. p. 94 (1830),

Catocala sara, French, Can, Ent. xy. p. 163 (1883); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 346.

Catocala sierre, Beutenm. Bull, Am. Mus, ix. p. 212 (1897).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with reddish brown and

black ; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with black lines near

base and at middle, the prothorax with blackish bar, the patagia

with black lines near edges; pectus and legs brownish white, the

latter irrorated with black ; abdomen pale red-brown, the ventral

surface white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing grey-white

tinged in parts with brown and irrorated with black; subbasal -

line blackish, sinuous, from costa to vein |; antemedial line black,

oblique, sinuous; reniform large, tinged with red-brown and

incompletely defined by blackish, its outer edge somewhat dentate ;

an oblique black striga above it from costa; a whitish spot below

end of cell faintly defined by blackish ; postmedial line black, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique, sinuous, acutely angled out-

wards above vein 5, then oblique, dentate, and strongly angled

inwards at veins 2 and 1; subterminal line very indistinct,

whitish, faintly defined on outer side by fuscous and on inner side

at costa; a series of blackish points just before termen. Hind

wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin brownish white; a black

medial band, oblique to submedian fold, then curved inwards and

ending at vein 1, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal area

black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins 2 and 1

and excurved at submedian fold; the termen with a small white

patch at apex slightly tinged with reddish on inner side, then a

series of small spots in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white

chequered with black between veins 6 and 2, wholly blackish

towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique black-

brown shade from costa before middle to vein 1, an obliquely

curved medial black band with sinuous edges, the terminal area

CATOCALA. 107

black, the termen white towards apex ; hind wing as above, but the

basal costal area and the postmedial area to discal fold white.

Ab. 1. sara. Fore wing with the basal area and the inner area

to the subterminal line suffused with black.

Ab, 2. sierre. Fore wing very thickly irrorated with black so

as almost to obscure the ground-colour and lines ; the subterminal

line very distinct, creamy white defined on outer side by black,

dentate.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Jamestown, California, San Diego, Sierra

Nevada, Lake Tahoe, Arizona, Phoenix (Kunzé),5 ¢,5 9, Hua-

chuca Mts., 1 ¢. Exp. 78--88 millim.

7221. Catocala mescei. (Plate CXCVILL. fig. 3.)

Catocala meskei, Grote, Can. Ent. vy. p. 161 (1873); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 340.

Catocala rosalinda, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. iii. p. 55 (1880) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 341.

Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown and blackish ;

palpi with more black towards extremity ; frons with lateral

blackish bars; tegule with black medial line; pectus brownish

white; legs white irrorated with black, the tarsi blackish ringed

with white; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing grey-white

irorated with brown and blackish ; subbasal line blackish, curved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line blackish, oblique,

waved ; reniform diffused blackish with white lunule in centre, its

outer edge dentate, an oblique blackish bar above it from costa and

a white patch before it in the cell; a large white spot defined by

blackish below end of cell, connected by a sinus with the post-

medial line at vein 2; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely angled

outwards above vein 5, then oblique, dentate, and strongly

angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line white defined on outer

side by blackish, dentate, somewhat oblique from costa to below

vein 6; a faint oblique dark shade from termen below apex; a

series of blackish lunules just before termen. Hind wing scarlet ;

a black medial band, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

bent inwards to near inner margin, its outer edge excurved at

vein 5; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

angled inwards at veins 2 and 1| and excurved at submedian fold ;

the termen narrowly white towards apex with a slight red tinge

on inner side, then with series of slight spots in the interspaces to

vein 2; cilia white with slight dark marks at veins 6 to 2,

wholly dark towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an

oblique black-brown shade from costa before middle to the obliquely

curved black median band at inner area, the terminal area blackish,

the termen brownish grey towards apex; hind wing as above but

the basal costal area white, the postmedial area white to vein 5.

108 NOCLUID”.

Hab. U.S.A., Wisconsin, Racine, 1 ¢, 1 9, Kansas, Colorado.

Exp.,.g 74, 2 30 millim.

Larva. Bunker, Can. Ent. xv. p. 100.

Pale drab or cream colour, a pale brown band between 5th and

6th somites; 7th somite with an elevated obscure brown dorsal

band; ventral surface blackish brown ; head with dark brown line

in front. Food-plant, Poplar.

7222. Catocala repudiata. (Plate CXCVIII. fig. 4.)

Catocala repudiata, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 55; id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 247, ;

3. Head and thorax grey slightly tinged with brown and

mixed with black, the tegule at middle and tips and the prothorax

with black lines; palpi white towards base; frons with lateral

black bars; fore tibie at extremity and the tarsi banded with

black; abdomen ochreous brown tinged with fuscous, the ventral

surface white tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing pale purplish

grey faintly tinged in parts with brown and thickly irrorated with

fuscous black; subbasal line slight, biack, waved, from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line black defined on inner side by

grey, expanding into a small spot at costa, oblique, sinuous; reni-

form with its centre irrorated with fuscous and grey annulus

defined by black, its outer edge dentate; an cblique blackish bar

from costa to the reniform, with an oblique grey shade before it

extending to the median nervure where it is continuous with the

obliquely curved grey mark defined by blackish below end of cell;

postmedial line black defined on outer side by grey, bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downecurved, acutely angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then dentate, at vein 2 forming the sinus

below end of celland strongly angled inwards at vein 1 ; subterminal

line grey defined on outer side by blackish, dentate, oblique from

costa to below vein 6; a series of black strie before termen ; cilia

ochreous white with a black line through them. Hind wing pale

scarlet ; an oblique black band from middle of costa to vein 1

where it is hooked, its outer edge indented at discal fold and below

vein 3; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

angled inwards at veins 2 and 1, the termen white tinged with

red from apex to vein 2; cilia white, fuscous towards tornus

and with slight fuscous marks at base at the veins. Underside of

fore wing black, the termen grey, expanding towards apex, a white

patch at base, an oblique white medial patch from costa to sub-

median fold, and an obliquely curved white postmedial band

shghtly angled outwards at submedian fold; hind wing with the

basal costal area white, the postmedial area white to vein 4 and

with white streaks on veins 3 and 2, the black bands as above, but

with more white on costal area.

Hab. W. Turxestay, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul, 1 ¢ ; HE. Turxssran,

Mi, in Coll. Piingeler. up. 70 millim.,

CATOCALA. 109

*7223, Catocala jessica.

Catocala jessica, H. Edw. Pacific Coast Lep., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. No. 23

(Jan. 1877); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 341.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; antenne blackish ;

pectus white; abdomen greyish tinged with fulvous and with

fulvous segmental lines, the ventral surface white with fulvous

segmental lines. Fore wing dull grey tinged with brown and

thickly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line black, dentate, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line blackish with some

whitish at middle, oblique, sinuous, defined on outer side hy

brown; reniform defined by diffused blackish ; a fawn-coloured

spot defined by diffused brown below end of cell; postmedial line

blackish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, angled out-

wards above and below vein 5, then oblique and dentate, joining

the antemedial line at inner margin; subterminal line whitish

defined on outer side by black, dentate, oblique from costa to vein

6; a series of small black lunules before termen. Hind wing pale

scarlet ; the inner margin brownish; medial band narrow, black,

almost straight, very slightly constricted at middle, ending at

vein 1; terminal band moderate, its inner edge angled inwards at

veins Zand 1; the termen towards apex and spots between veins

6 and 2 white, tinged with red on inner side; cilia white tinged

with red at base. Underside of fore wing white tinged with red

especially on the medial area, an oblique blackish shade from costa

before middle to the curved postmedial band on inner area, the

terminal area black leaving the apex pale; hind wing with the

basal costal area and postmedial area white to discal fold.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Kern Co., Havilah. Hap., ¢ 66, 9 80

millim, This species is unknown to me.

7224, Catocala stretchi. (Plate CXCVIII. fig. 5.)

Catocala, stretchii, Behr, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iii. p. 24 (1870); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am, p. 341.

3. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and some

fuscous ; pectus brownish white; abdomen very pale red-brown, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with

blackish brown: subbasal line blackish, curved, from costa to

median neryure; antemedial line double, blackish filled in with

white at inner margin, oblique, sinuous; reniform large, defined hy

blackish and with black-brown centre, an oblique blackish bar above

it from costa; an oblique pale mark obscurely defined by dark

brown below end of cell, with a blackish line from it to inner

margin; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique, acutely angled outwards below vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, dentate, strongly angled inwards at vein 1, and defined

on outer side by white towards inner margin; subterminal line

whitish slightly defined on outer side by blackish, dentate, oblique

110 NOCTUID®.

from costa to below vein 6 ; a series of blackish striz just before

termen. Hind wing pale scarlet, the hair on inner margin

brownish white; a narrow black medial band, oblique to sub-

median fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1, its edges

sinuous; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

angled inwards at veins 2 and 1 and exeurved at submedian fold;

the termen with a small white patch at apex faintly tinged with

red on inner side, then a series of small spots in the interspaces

to vein 2; cilia white with slight fuscous marks at veins 6 to 2,

fuscous towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique

blackish band from costa before middle to the obliquely curved

blackish medial band with sinuous edges at vein 1, terminal area

black, the apex whitish ; hind wing as above, but the basal costal

area to discal fold and the postmedial area to vein 5, white.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1d, California, Sierra

Nevada, 1 ¢. ep. 86-88 millim.

7225. Catocala hippolyta. (Plate CXCVIII. fig. 6.)

Catocala hippolyta, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 99 (1874); H. Edw.

Proe. Calif. Acad. Sci. vi. p. 211 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Aim. p. 341.

d. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; pectus white;

fore tibize at extremities and the tarsi banded with black; abdomen

white tinged with ochreous brown, the ventral surface white with

slight ochreous rings towards extremities. Fore wing bluish white

thickly irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line blackish, excurved

below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line fuscous

defined on inner side by white, forming a diffused fuscous spot at

costa, oblique, sinuous; reniform fuscous with whitish lunule in

centre and four small fuscous spots on its outer edge, a dark bar

above it from costa; an oblique elliptical white spot irrorated with

brown and defined by blackish below end of cell; postmedial line

black, bent outwards below costa, then somewhat oblique and

slightly sinuous to above vein 5, then dentate and strongly angled

inwards at vein 1; subterminal line bluish white slightly defined

on outer side by fuscous, strongly dentate and somewhat oblique

from costa to below vein 6; a series of blackish points before

termen. Hind wing rather pale scarlet, the hair on inner margin

brownish, a black medial band oblique from costa to submedian

fold, then shghtly curved inwards and ending at vein 1, narrow

especially below vein 2, its outer edge indented at discal fold;

the terminal area black narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved

at veins 2 and 1; the termen with slight searlet marks in the inter-

spaces from apex to vein 2, and some white at apex; cilia white

with some blackish at the veins. Underside of fore wing blackish,

the costa and termen white irrorated with brown, the latter

expanding towards apex, a white patch at base, an oblique white

medial patch from below costa to submedian fold, postmedial band

CATOCALA. WL

white, oblique to vein 4, slightly angled outwards in submedian fold

and narrowing to inner margin; hind wing with the basal costal

area white, the postmedial area white to vein 3 and with white

streak on vein 2, the medial black band as above, the terminal

band leaving some white on termen.

Hab. U.S.A., California, Pasadena, 1 ¢. ap. 80 millim.

7226. Catocala neglecta. (Plate CXCVIII. fig. 7.)

Eee neglecta, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 56; id. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 247.

3. Head and thorax ochreous whitish irrorated with fuscous ;

antennee brown ; palpi white at base; frons with lateral black bars ;

pectus white; tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen whitish

tinged with ochreous brown, the yentral surface white. Fore

wing whitish tinged with ochreous brown and irrorated with

fuscous; subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line blackish, rather strong, oblique and sinuous

to submedian fold, then slighter, erect, and angled inwards at

vein 1, a broad oblique pale band beyond it from costa to sub-

median fold, followed by some fuscous suffusion; reniform indis-

tinctly defined by blackish and with its centre defined by blackish,

irregular ; a pale spot defined by blackish below end of cell connected

by an oblique sinus with the postmedial line at vein 2; postmedial

line blackish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique to below

vein 6, then inwardly oblique and sinuous, angled slightly outwards

at submedian fold and inwards below it; subterminal line indis-

tinct, blackish, waved, oblique to below vein 6; a slight oblique

dark shade from termen below apex; a series of black striz before

termen and a fine waved black terminal line; cilia with a waved

brown line at middle. Hind wing pale scarlet; a narrow black

medial band somewhat expanding at middle, oblique to submedian

fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1, a terminal black

band from costa to vein 2 connected by a slight line with a patch

at vein 1, the inner edge of the band obliquely curved and angled

inwards at vein 2; the termen narrowly white tinged with scarlet

at apex and with slight spots in the interspaces between veins 6

and 2; cilia white slightly chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2

and brown towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an

oblique brown shade from below costa before middle to the obliquely

curved black medial band at submedian fold, the terminal area

blackish narrowing to torus and leaving some greyish on termen

towards apex ; hind wing as above but with the costal area white

before the medial band to discal fold and on postmedial area

to vein 3, the terminal band almost obsolete towards costa and

connected by a narrow band in submedian interspace with the patch

on vein |.

Hab. W. Torxustan, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul; KE. Turkestan, Ili;

Moneotta, Aksu, 1 g. Hvp. 56 millim,

112 NOCTUID 2B.

7227. Catocala deducta.

Catocala deducta, Ky. Bull. Mesc. 1848, iii. p. 550, pl. 10. f. 3; Herr.-

Schaff. Hur, Schmett., Noct. f. 683; Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 247.

3. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale brown and

black ; palpi whitish towards base; pectus brownish white; lees

irrorated with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen

whitish dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally tinged with red-

brown. Fore wing creamy white tinged in parts with grey and

thickly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by a

slight dark striga from costa; antemedial line double, olive-brown

filled in with whitish, the inner line indistinct, oblique, sinuous ;

reniform defined by olive-brown and with dark bar in centre, an

oblique dark bar above it from costa; a pale spot defined by olive-

brown below end of cell; a slight olive line excuryed beyond the

cell and below vein 2 forming a band on the inner side of the

postmedial line, which is olive-brown defined on outer side by

whitish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, angled outwards

above vein 5 and inwards at veins 2 and 1: subterminal line

whitish defined on each side by brown, dentate, somewhat oblique

from costa to below vein 7; a series of dark striz before termen ;

cilia with a red-brown line through them. Hind wing pale

searlet, the hair on inner margin brownish white; a black medial

band, oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending at

vein 1, its edges sinuous; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus,

its inner edge angled inwards ty veins 2 and 1 and excurved at

submedian fold ; termen to vein 2 and cilia creamy white mixed

with blackish. Underside of fore wing white, an obliqne diffused

black band from below costa before middle to the oblique black

medial band with sinuous edges at inner area, a curved black

subterminal band except towards tornus, the apical area brownish

white; hind wing as above but the basal costal area to median

nervure and the postmedial area to vein 4 white, then with white

streaks on the veins.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing white without any ochreous

brown tones and hardly any fuscous irroration.— Urals.

Hab. Russia, Urals, 1 6 ; W. Sipura, Altai, 1 g. Hxp.

84 millim.

7228. Catocala afghana.

Catocala afghana, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1885, p. 352, pl. 9. f.8; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 441.

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous;

pectus white; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey

tinged with reddish brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

grey tinged with ochreous brown and irrorated with fuscous ; sub-

basal line indistinct, blackish, excurved below costa and ending at

submedian fold ; antemedial line double, filled in with pale grey,

the outer line strong, black, oblique, waved; reniform obscurely

CATOCALA, 113

defined by blackish, an oblique blackish bar above it from costa and

sowe dark suffusion beyond and below it; a small pale spot defined by

blackish below end of cell, with a sinuous line from it to inner margin;

postmedial line black, slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards

above yein 5, then inwardly oblique and waved ; subterminal line

very indistinct, greyish defined on outer side by blackish, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 7; a series of black striew before

termen. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin brownish; a

narrow black medial band, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

bent inwards to vein 1, somewhat dilated below costa and at

middle; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

incurved at veins 2 and 1 and excurved at submedian fold; the

termen with slight reddish marks from apex to vein 2; cilia

white, chequered with fuscous between veins 6 and 2, fuscous

towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique blackish

shade from costa before middle to the obliquely curved black medial

band with sinuous edges at submedian fold, terminal area black, its

inner edge curyed and slightly angled outwards at submedian fold,

the apex whitish ; hind wing as above, but the basal costal area and

postmedial area to vein 6, the median nervure and veins rising from

it white.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing grey-fuscous with hardly a

trace of brown and much more strongly irrorated with black.—

Kashmir. j

Hab. Kasuurr,1 §, Rajaori (Leech), 1 ¢ ; Brnoocnisran, Gwal

(Swinhog), 1 g type, Hxp, 82-86 millim,

7229. Catocala fuseinupta, n. sp. (Plate CXCVIII. fig. 8.)

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous; pectus

whitish; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey tinged with

red-brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey tinged in

parts with red-brown and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line

indistinct, dark, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line indistinct, double, filled in with white at inner margin, oblique,

sinuous; reniform obscurely defined by red-brown, an oblique dark

bar above it from costa and some dark suffusion beyond and below

it; a small whitish spot defined by fuscous below end of cell with a

sinuous dark shade from it to inner margin; postmedial line dark,

defined on outer side by whitish on inner half, bent outwards below

costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above vein 5, then

inwardly oblique and dentate, a rufous shade beyond it except on

inner area ; subterminal line indistinct, grey defined on outer side

by fuscous, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 7; a series of

blackish striz before termen; cilia brown and whitish with a slight

dark line through them. Hind wine scarlet, the hair on inner

margin brownish; a black medial band, oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then bent inwards to vein 1 where it terminates,

YOR. XII. I

114 NOCTUID A.

its edges sinuous; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its

inner edge angled inwards at veins 2 and 1 and excurved at

submedian fold; the termen with a white patch at apex, then a

series of small spots in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white,

chequered with fuscous between veins 6 and 2, fuscous towards

tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique black-brown

shade from costa before middle, to the oblique black medial band

at submedian fold, the outer edge of the band excurved at vein 5,

the terminal area black, its inner edge sinuous towards tornus,

some whitish at apex; hind wing as above, but the basal costal

area and the postmedial area to discal fold white.

Hab, Kasumir, Zalmiur Pass (MacArthur), 1 9 ; Ponsas, Kulu,

Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 S$, Dharmsala (Hocking), 4 3, 2 2 type,

Simla, 1 9, Kasauli, 1 ¢, Abbotabad (Yerbury), 1 3; ?Suxuim,

1g. xp. 90-96 millim.

7230. Catocala prolifica.

Catocala prolifica, Wik. xiii. 1211 (1857); Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi. p. 38,

pl. 110. f. 9; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 441,

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous; palpi at

base and pectus brownish white; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen grey tinged with red-brown, the ventral surface brownish

white. Fore wing grey irrorated and mostly suffused with fuscous

black, the basal half of medial area greyer; antcemedial line double

filled in with grey and with whitish at inner margin, oblique,

sinuous ; reniform defined by blackish and with black lunule in

centre, some whitish before it in the cell; a small whitish spot

defined by blackish below end of cell; a grey patch below costa

before the postmedial line, which is very indistinct and slightly

defined on outer side by grey, bent outwards below costa, then

obliquely incurved to above vein 5, then inwardly oblique and

waved; subterminal line grey, defined on outer side by blackish,

dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 63; a series of minute

blackish spots before termen. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner

margin brownish and some brownish hair in base of submedian -

fold; a black median band, oblique to submedian fold, then bent

inwards to just above inner margin, its outer edge excurved below

costa and at vein 5; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its

inner edge sinuous, angled inwards at vein 2 and excurved at

submedian fold ; the termen with series of small white spots in the

interspaces from apex to vein 2; cilia white, chequered with brown

between veins 6 and 2, brown at base towards tornus. Underside

of fore wing white, an oblique brown shade from costa before

middle to vein 1, an oblique black medial band, its outer edge

excurved at vein 5, the terminal area black, its inner edge curved

and slightly waved, some whitish at apex; hind wing as above,

but the basal costal area and the postmedial area to discal fold

white.

CATOCALA. 115

Hab. Kasumir, Zalmiur Pass (MacArthur), 1 3g ; Ponsap

(Mrs. Manger), 1 2 type, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 2.

Exp. 88-90 millim.

7231. Catocala puerpera,

Chrysis puerpera, Giorna, Cat. Ent. Torino, p. 142 (1791); Mill. Iegnes, i.

p- 261, pl. 20. ff. 1-3 Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. p. 247.

Noctua amasia, Esp. Seqmett. iy. pl. 194, ff. 1, 2 (4796).

Noctua pellex, Hibn. Hur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 435. 6Q5 (1808),

Catocala orientalis, Stayd. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1877, p. 202.

Catocala pudica, Moore, 2nd Yarkand Mission, Lep. p. 12 (1879); Hmpsn,

Moths Ind. iy. p. 531.

Catocale@ rosea, Aust. Le Nat. 1884, p. 391.

Catocala pallida, Alph. Rom. Mém iii. p. 406 (1887).

Catocala genetriz, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guhen. xx. p. 95 (1906).

Catocala syréaca, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909).

Catocala tarbagata, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909).

Catocala romana, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909).

Catocala fecunda, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909).

Catocala brunnescens, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909),

Catocala senescens, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1909).

Catocala demacylata, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 169 (1908).

Head and thorax pale grey tinged and irrorated with brown;

palpi whitish, tinged with brawn and irrorated with black towards

tips; frons irrorated witn black; pectys white; tarsi black

ringed with white: abdomen pale grey tinged with rufous, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing pale grey slightly tinged with

red-brown and irrorated with brown; gn oblique subbasal blackish

striga from costa ; antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct,

slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique, sinuous ;

reniform defined by fuscoys and with some fuscous in centre, a dark

bar above it from costa; a spot faintly defined by brown below end

of cell; postmedia] line blackish, bent outwards below costa, then

obliquely incurved, angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly

oblique and minutely dentate; a very fajnt dark slightly waved

subterminal line, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of

blackish points before termen; cilia with a blackish line through

them. Hind wing scarlet, the hgir on inner margin white, a

narrow obliquely curved black medial band from costa to vein 1,

expanding into a spot beyond lower angle of cell; a black terminal

band from apex to just below vein 2 and a spot at vein 1; the

termen with a pale red patch at apex, then with slight spots in the

interspaces to vein 2; cilia white with slight dark marks at veins

6 and 2. Underside of fore wing white, an qblique fuscous brown

shade from costa before middle to the obliquely curved medial black

band narrowing to inner margin and with its outer edge incurved

below vein 6, at submedian fold, a curved black subterminal band,

the termen brownish white; hind wing as above, but white with

the inner area suffused with scarlet.

Ab. 1. genetriv. Hind wieg with the terminal band net inter-

rupted at submedian fold.

116 NOOTUID A.

Ab. 2. romana. Hind wing yellowish red.—Roman Campagna.

Ab. 3. orientalis. Smaller; fore wing suffused with fuscous.—

S. Russia, W. Siberia.

Ab. 4. syriaca. Larger; fore wing rather dark.— Beirut.

Ab. 5. pudica. Larger and paler; fore wing with an ochreous

brown tinge; hind wing yellowish red.—W. and KE. Turkestan ;

Ladak.

Ab. 6. rosea. Fore wing grey with a pinkish tinge.—Algeria.

Hab. S. Fraxce, Pyrenees; Ausrria, Mutzell Coll., Tirol ;

Huneary, D’Emmich Coll.; Swrrzurtanp, Valais, Frey Coll.;

Sparn, Andalusia, Leech Coll.; lraty, Lago di Garda (A. H. Jones),

Rome; Argenta; Daimarta; 8. Russta, D’Emmich Coll.; Armenia ;

Asta Minor, Pontus, Bithynia; Syria, Beirut, 1 ¢, 1 2, Zeller

Coll.; Persta, Urumiah (Daltry), 1 g ; W. Turxusran, Merv

(Hauser), 1 3, Turcomania, Sarawschan, Ferghana, Tarbagatai

Mts., Issyk-Kul; W. Sreeria, Altai; E. Turxesran, 1,5 3,1 2,

Korla, Lob-noor; Kasumrr, Ladak, Paskyam (Shaw), 1 g type

pudica. Hap. 56-74 millim.

Pe Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 277; Hffm. Raup. p. 149, pl. 37.

f, 12.

Yellowish mottled with red-brown, the ventral surface yellowish ;

warts small; 8th and 11th somites without prominences; head

red-brown mottled with yellow. Food-plants: Suliw heliv and

Populus. 6-7.

*7232. Catocala aspasia. (Plate CXCVIII. fig. 9.)

Catocala aspasia, Streck. Lep. Rhop & Het. p. 94 (1874); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N, Am. p. 345.

3g. Head and thorax rufous mixed with greyish and black ;

antenne black; pectus whitish; legs reddish brown mixed with

some black, the tarsi banded black and whitish; abdomen grey

tinged with reddish ochreous, the ventral surface white tinged with

reddish. Fore wing bluish grey mixed with pale rufous and

thickly irrorated with black ; a curved subbasal black striga from

costa; antemedial line blackish defined on inner side by rufous,

oblique, sinuous, somewhat dilated at costa; reniform obscurely

defined by black and with some black in upper and lower parts of

centre, its outer edge somewhat dentate, some diffused black above

it on costa; a pale rufous spot very indistinctly defined by black

below end of cell; postmedial line indistinct, blackish, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved to below vein 6,

then inwardly oblique and waved, incurved at vein 1 ; subterminal

line diffused, whitish tinged with rufous and defined on each side

Ly grey, oblique to vein 7, then waved; a series of black strize

before termen; cilia with a slight waved dark line through them.

Hind wing pale scarlet; a rather narrow black medial band, oblique

to below vein 2, then bent inwards and ending above vein 1, its

outer edge slightly angled outwards at vein 5; a black terminal

CATOCALA. 1i7

band narrowing to near tornus where it terminates, its inner edge

slightly waved and angled inwards at veins 2 and 1; the termen

white, tinged with red towards apex and with small spots in the

interspaces between veins 6 and 2; cilia white intersected with

blackish at veins 6 to 2 and blackish towards tornus. Underside

of fore wing white with oblique black shade from costa before

middle to submedian fold where it joins the oblique black post-

medial band, its outer edge excurved at vein 5, a broad curved

black terminal band leaving the apical area white with some black

points on termen; hind wing with the costal area white.

Hab. U.S.A., Utah, Vineyard (Spalding), in Coll. W. Barnes,

Colorado. Hay. 76 millim.

*7233. Catocala lesbia.

Catocalu lesbia, Christ. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1887, p. 165; id. Ron. Mém. v,

p. 44, pl. 3. ff. 2,@, 6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 247.

Q. Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with reddish grey; a

dark bar between antennz; palpi grey irrorated with fuscous ;

pectus and legs grey irrorated with fusceus, the tarsi banded with

black, abdomen fulvous yellow, the ventral surface white with

black segmental lines. Fore wing reddish grey thickly irrorated

and in parts suffused with bright rufous; subbasal line rufous,

curved, with spot at costa, then slight and ending at submedian

fold; antemedial line double, rufous, oblique, sinuous, the outer

line dilated at costa; reniform defined by rufous and with rufous

bar in centre; medial line rufous, oblique to the reniform and

sinuous below the cell; postmedial line rufous defined on outer side

by greyish, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 5, then in-

wardly oblique and waved; postmedial area suffused with rufous ;

subterminal line grey defined on outer side by brown, waved, oblique

from costa to vein 7; a series of dark striz before termen with

slight pale streaks before and beyond them in the interspaces; cilia

whitish at tips. Hind wing flesh-red with a yellow tinge; medial

band black, oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards and

ending at vein 1, somewhat constricted at discal fold and its outer

edge angled outwards at vein 1; a black subterminal band from

costa to vein 2 connected by a slight line with a spot at vein 1, the

inner edge of the band curved and sinuous, its outer edge angled

outwards below costa and excurved to termen at veins 6 and 2;

cilia whitish with some fuscous at base at veins 6 and 2. Under-

side pale yellow; fore wing with oblique blackish antemedial

shade from costa to submedian fold, oblique black medial band with

sinuous edges and curved subterminal band; hind wing with the

inner area orange-yellow, the medial band as above, the sub-

terminal band narrower and more strongly connected with the spot

at vein 1.

Hab. Pauxsriye, Jordan Valley, in Coll. Piingeler; W. Turkestan,

Turcomania. Hxp. 90 millim,

118 NOCIUID.E.

7234. Catocala junctura. (Plate CXCVIII. fig. 10.)

Catocala gunctura, Wik. xiii. 1196 (1857) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.

ii. p. 511, pl. 97. f. 1; Smith, Cat. Noct. N, Am. p. 345.

Catocala walshii, W. H. Edw. Proce. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 509 (1864).

Catocala arizone, Grote, Can. Ent. v. p. 163 (1873).

Catocala texane, French, Can, Ent. xxxiv. p. 98 (1902); Dyar, Cat. Lep.

N. Am. p. 226.

Head and thorax grey mixed with black and some brown; palpi

with some white at base; frons with laieral black bars; tegulve

with black medial line, the prothorax with blackish line; pectus

brownish grey ; tarsi black ringed with white, abdomen grey tinged

with reddish brown; the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey

slightly tinged with red-brown and thickly irrorated with black ;

subbasal line black, excurved below costa and ending at submedian

fold; antemedial line double, black filled in with white at inner

margin, oblique, sinuous; reniform sbscurely defined by black,

suffused with blackish and with black sufftusion beyond it, a black

bar above it from Gosta; a reddish-brown spot defined by blackish

below end of cell, a sinuous black line from it to inner margin;

postmedial line blackish slightly defined on outer side by grey, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely incurved, angled outwards

above vein 5, then inwardly oblique and dentate; subterminal line

grey-white defined on each side by fuscous, dentate, somewhat

oblique from costa to below vein 7; a series of black striz before

termen ; cilia with a slight dark line through them, whitish

at tips. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin brownish ;

a black medial band, obliquely curved to submedian fold, then bent

inwards and ending nedr inner margin, its outer edge slightly

excurved at vein5; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus,

its inner edge angled inwards at veins 2 and 1 and excurved

at stbmetlian fold; termen narrowly white towards apex and

slightly tiiiged with red on inner side, then with slight white spots

in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white with some fuscous at base,

wholly fuscous tuwards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, the

base tinged with brown, an oblique blackish shade from costa

before middle to the oblique black thedial band with its outer edge

exctirved at vein 5 at inher area, terminal area black, its inner edge

curved and slightly waved, the costa and termen towards apex

grey-white ; hind wing as above but the basal costal area pale

brownish, the postmedial area white to vein 5, the medial band not

extending below vein 1.

Ab. 1. valshi. Fore wing without the dark shade from costa to

lower angle of cell.—S. Illinois, Kansas, Texas.

Ab. 2. arizone. Fore wing slightly darker and with less brown,

the lines somewhat more distinct.— Arizona.

Ab. 3. Fore wing more variegated with white especially on

costal half of inner area and on postmedidl and terminal areas

except towafds inner margin.—Arizona.

Ab. 4. Fore Wing with the basal area and the inner area to

subterminal litte suffused with fuscous black Arizona.

CATOCALA, 119

Ab. 5. Fore wing wholly suffused with black to the subterminal

line.—Arizona. :

Ab. 6. Fore wing without fuscous shading; hind wing with tho

band slightly narrower.—Mexico.

Hab. U.S.A., 2? New York (Doubleday), 1 S type, Kansas,

Douglas Co. (Snow), 3 5, 2 9, Texas (Belfrage), 1 2, Shovel Mts.,

1 @, Arizona, Phoenix (Kunzé), 7 §,1 2, Huachuca Mts., 1 @ ;

Mexico, Durango (Becker), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. ap.

78-94 millim.

7235. Catocala babayaga. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 1.)

Catocala babayaga, Streck. Papilio, iv. p. 73 (1884); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 346.

Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi with some whitish at base ;

tegula with slight blackish medial line and blackish tips; patagia

with some blackish scales near upper edge; pectus brownish white ;

tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous, the ventral

surface white tinged with rufvus. Fore wing red-brown mixed

with some grey and irrorated with black ; a subbasal blackish striga

from costa; antemedial line double, brown, oblique, waved ;

reniform defined by blackish and with its centre defined by blackish,

its outer edge somewhat dentate, a dark bar above it from costa ;

a pale irregular spot incompletely defined by blackish below end of

cell; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique and minutely dentate, angled outwards above vein 5, then

inwardly oblique and dentate, strongly incurved at vein 1;

subterminal line grey-white defined on outer side by blackish,

dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 7; a series of black striz

before termen; cilia with a slight dark line through them. Hind

wing bright scarlet, the bar on inner margin brownish; a black

medial band, obliquely excurved to submedian fold, then bent

inwards and ending at vein 1, its outer edge excurved at vein 5;

terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved

at veins 2 and 1 and excurved at submedian fold; the termen

narrowly white towards apex tinged with red on inner side, then

with series of spots in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white with

slight fuscous line through them, wholly fuscous towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing white, the base tinged with rufous, an

oblique black-brown shade from costa before middle to the obliquely

curved black medial band at inner area, terminal area black,

its inner edge curved, slightly angled outwards at submedian fold,

the termen brownish white towards apex; hind wing as above but

the basal costal area and the postmedial area to vein 5 white tinged

with rufous.

Hab. US.A., Arizona, 1 ¢, Grote Coll., Chiricahua Mts., 1 9.

Exp. 80-90 millim.

Larva. Food-plant, Willow.

120 NOCTUID®..

7236. Catocala remissa. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 3.)

Catocala remissa, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 328, pl. 4. f. 10 (1891); id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 247.

Head and thorax pale red-brown tinged with grey ; palpi whitish

towards base; frons with lateral blackish bars; tegule with slight

dark line at tips, the prothorax with slight dark line; pectus creamy

white; legs pale brownish, the tarsi banded-with fuscous, abdomen

pale each brown, the vem ell surface brownish white. Fore

wing pale red- brown suffused with grey; subbasal line blackish,

sinuous from costa to submedian fold in which there is a very

slight dark streak extending to the antemedial line, which is double,

brown, dentate towards costa, then oblique, waved and angled

inwards on vein 1; reniform defined by brown and with its eentre

defined by brown, its outer edge somewhat dentate and its inner

edge produced to a point on “subcostal nervure, an oblique dark

shade above it from costa; a spot defined by blackish below end of

cell, connected by a sinus with the postmedial line at vein 2;

postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by grey, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then oblique, minutely dentate,

strongly angled outwards at submedian fold and inwards on vein 1;

subterminal line grey defined on outer side by brown and with

brown suffusion before it, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein

6; aslight oblique dark shade from termen below apex ; the veins

of terminal area finely streaked with black; a series of blackish

strise before termen. Hind wing pale scarlet; a narrow black

medial band, oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards and

ending at vein 1, its outer edge angled outwards below costa and

at vein 5; terminal aréa black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edgo

angled inwards at veins 2 and 1 and exeurved at submedian fold ;

the termen narrowly ochreous white towards apex, then with series

of small spots in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia ochreous white

with slight dark marks at extremities of veins 6 and 2. Underside

ef fore wing brownish white, a diffused oblique black band from

below costa before middle to the oblique black medial band with

sinuous edges at inner margin; a curved black subterminal band ;

hind wing as above, but ane Tease costal area to discal fold and

the postmedial area to vein 5 brownish white,

Hab. W. ‘Turxestan, Turcomania, Issyk-Kul, 1 §g, 1 92;

KE. Turkestan, Kashgar. Exp., $ 72, 2 80 millim, j

7237. Catocala ilia. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 5.)

Phalena ilia, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. p. 53, pl. 33. ff. B, C (1779); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 389.

Catocala uxor, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 92 (1852).

Catocala zoe, Behr, Trans. Am. nt. Soe. ili. p. 24 (1870).

Catocala obsoleta, Worthington, Papilio, iii. p. 40 (1883).

CATOCALA. 121

Catocala.duplicata, Worthington, Papilio, iii. p. 40 (1883).

Catocala conspicua, Worthington, Papilio, iii. p. 40 (1883).

Catocala wmbrosa, Worthington, Papilio, iii. p. 41 (1883).

Catocala decorata, Worthington, Papilio, iti. p. 41 (1888).

Catocala oscwlata, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. vii. p. 43 (1884).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish; palpi dark

brown and white; the tegule with blackish medial line, the

patagia irrorated with black; pectus brownish white; legs white

irrorated with black, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

red-brown, the ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing red-

brown mixed with white and blackish ; subbasal line black, sinuous,

from costa to submedian fold, where there is a black mark beyond

it and a streak to the antemedial line, which is double, blackish,

waved and almost erect; reniform with some white in centre

defined by red-brown, and white annulus defined by blackish, its

outer edge slightly dentate, an oblique dark bar above it from costa ;

a small dark spot below end of cell with a line from it bent

outwards, then erect; postmedial line black slightly defined on

outer side by white, bent outwards below costa, then oblique,

acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, dentate, and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line

whitish defined on outer side by fuscous, dentate, oblique from costa

to below vein 63 an oblique dark shade from termen below apex ;

a series of black striz before termen with minute white spots on

their outer side. Hind wing orange-red, the inner area clothed

with brown hair; a black medial band, oblique to submedian fold,

then bent inwards to inner margin, expanding towards costa and

into a patch beyond lower angle of cell; terminal area black, very

broadly towards costa and narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

angled inwards at veins 2 and 1 and excurved at submedian fold ;

the termen narrowly white tinged with orange towards apex, then

with series of small spots in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white,

chequered with fuscous between veins 6 and 2, then almost wholly

fuscous. Underside of fore wing with the base whitish, an oblique

black-brown shade from costa before middle to vein 1, followed by

an orange band before the obliquely curved medial black band

narrowing to inner margin and with its outer edge excurved at

vein 5, then a yellowish white band, a curved black subterminal

band, the termen brownish grey; hind wing as above but the basal

costal area white tinged with fulvous yellow, the postmedial area

to discal fold white slightly tinged with yellow.

_ Ab. 1. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with white,

Ab. 2. uxor. Fore wing browner and with legs white.

Ab. 3. zoe. Hind wing. paler orange-yellow.— Washington,

California.

Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., throughout, New York (Grote, Hulst),

63,12, Ohio, Columbus, 1 9, Washington, 19, California, 23,

Mohave Distr., 1 9°, Arizona 3 ?Jamatca. Hap, 80-90 millim,

199 NOCTUID ZH.

Larva. Koebele, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe, iv. p. 22; Caulfield, Can. Ent.

vil. p. 208 ; French, Can. Ent. xyi. p. 12.

Greenish grey to dirty brown with numerous striations and lines,

sometimes pinkish in front; piliferons warts prominent ; 8th somite

without prominence ; 11th somite with the prominences variable;

head bilobed, greenish grey to brown. Food-plant, Oak.

7238. Catocala lara.

Catocala lara, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 59, pl. 4. f. 18 (1864); Stand. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 247.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, the tegule pale red-

brown and grey ; palpi whitish at base; pectus brownish white ;

tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen red-brown tinged with

grey, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing dark brown

mixed with grey ; a slight oblique subbasal black striga from custa ;

antemedial line slightly defined on mner side by whitish, strong,

black, very oblique and sinuous from eosta to submedian fold where

it is conjoined by a black streak to the postmedial line, then slight

and angled inwards at vein 1, a whitish shade beyond it from costa

to below the cell, followed by a dark shade to beyond the cell ;

reniform brown with whitish annulus; a whitish spot defined by

blackish below end of cell; postmedial line black shghtly defined on

outer side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

with some pale suffusion before it, acutely angled outwards above and

below vein 5, then incurved, waved, strongly excurved at submedian

fold and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line indistinct,

whitish slightly defined on outer side by brown, obliquely incurved

from costa to below vein 7, then waved and slightly angled

outwards at submedian fold; the veins of terminal area streaked

with blackish ; a series of black striz faintly defined on outer side

by whitish and a faint oblique dark shade from termen below apex.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal and inner areas rather paler

brown; a curved yellowish white postmedial band from costa to

vein | with slight brown streaks on the veins; the termen yellowish

white towards apex; cilia yellowish white, chequered with brown

between veins 6 and 2, brown towards tornus. Underside of fore

wing yellowish white, an oblique brown shade from costa before

middle to vein 1, an oblique black medial band, narrowing to inner

margin, terminal area black shading to grey at termen, its inner

edge curved ; hind wing yellowish white, a rather narrow curved

black-brown medial band from costa to vein J], a broad curved

black-brown subterminal band extending to termen between veins

6 and 5.

Hab. KE. Stserta, Amurland (Dieckmann), 1 $,19; Japan, Yezo

(Pryer), 2 3,1 2, Tokio (Fenton), 1 9 ; Cora; N. Cura, Wei-

hai-Wei (de la Garde), 1 $. Exp. 78-100 millim.

CATOCALA. 123

7339. Catocala cerogama. (Plate CXCIX. fie. 8.)

Catocala cerogéma, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 96 (1852); Streck. Lep. Rhop.

& Het. p. 22, pl. iii. f. 10; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 337.

Catocala bunkert, Grote, Can. Ent. viii. p. 230 (1876).

Catocala aurella, Fischer, Can. Ent. xvii. p. 133 (1885).

Catocala eliza, Fischer, Can. Ent. xvii. p. 134 (1885).

Head and thorax white mixed with pale rufous; palpi whitish

at base aud in front; tegule with two faint rufous lines, the

prothorax with faint rufous line; fore tarsi blackish ringed with

white; abdomen pale rufous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore

wing grey-white mixed with rufous ; subbasal line blackish, waved,

from costa to submedian fold, a slight black streak beyond it above

vein 1; antemedial line blackish slightly detined on inner side by

white towards costa and inner margin, very oblique and slightly

sinuous from costa to submedian fold, then sinuous and erect, an

oblique white band beyond it from costa to below the cell;

reniform faintly defined by red-brown and with some red-brown in

centre, an oblique red-brown shade above it from costa; a rather

triangular white spot defined by blackish below end of cell;

postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous, acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique and

dentate; subterminal line grey slightly defined on each side by

brown, waved, oblique from costa to below vein 6; the veins of

terminal area slightly streaked with blackish except on the paler

apical area; a series of blackish strize before termen with slight

whitish marks beyond them. Hind wing with the basal area

rufous, extending on inner area to the curved orange-yellow

postmedial band, the rest of wing black-brown; the termen

narrowly yellow; cilia creamy white intersected with brown at

veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing yellowish white, an oblique

irregular black-brown shade from below costa before middle to

vein 1, a curved black medial band narrowing to inner margin, a

curved black subterminal band, the termen brownish grey; hind

wing yellow, a curved black medial band from costa to vein 1, a

curved black subterminal band.

Ab. 1. buncert. Fore wing suffused with brown to beyond the

postmedial line; hind wing with the basal area browner, the yellow

band narrower and more maculate.

Hab. Canava, Toronto (Gibson), 1 2, Ottawa (Fletcher), 1 2,

Ontario, Orillia (Bush), 1 9; U.S.A., Eastern, Middle, and

Central States, New York (Grote),4 ¢,39,Maryland. ep. 76-

90 millim.,

Larva. Dyar, Can. Ent. xxvi. p. 21.

Ash-grey with many longitudinal series of black points; Ist

somite spotted with black; a sublateral series of white fringe-like

processes; ventral surface yellowish green; 11th somite with two

black prominences; head grey with black markings. ood-plant,

Tilia americana.

124 NOCTUID A.

7240. Catocala ixion.

Catocala ixion, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 360, pl. 31. f. 2 (1890).

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey; frons with

lateral black bars ; tegulee with black medial line; patagia with

black streaks near edges ; pectus whitish tinged with brown; legs

brown and grey, the tarsi blackish ringed with whitish ; abdomen

pale red-brown slightly irrorated with fuscous, the ventral surface

whitish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing dark red-brown

mixed with purplish grey and irrorated with black-brown, the

basal area greyer; subbasal line black, excurved below costa and

ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line double, blackish filled in

with grey, the inner line less distinct, oblique, waved; reniform

with indistinct greyish annulus incompletely defined by black and

with short black streaks beyond it on veins 6, 5, a dark shade above

it on costa; a pear-shaped spot with whitish annulus defined by

black below end of cell; postmedial line black slightly defined on

outer side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 95, then

incurved and waved, with black streaks before it above and below

vein 1; subterminal line very indistinct, greyish, dentate, oblique

from costa to below vein 6 and with black streaks beyond it in the

interspaces to the series of black strize before termen, slightly defined

on outer side by fuscous. Hind wing orange-yellow, the inner area

suffused with brown; a medial black band, oblique from costa to

vein 5, then bent inwards to inner margin, its outer edge excurved

at vein 5; the terminal area black, its inner edge irregularly curved ;

a yellow apical patch; followed by a series of small terminal spots

in the interspaces, the cilia beyond them intersected by yellow.

Underside of fore wing black-brown, the terminal area with a faint

purplish gloss, a yellow patch at base, an oblique yellow medial band

from costa to below submedian fold where it is attenuated, an

obliquely curved postmedial band, and some grey on apical area;

hind wing as above but the postmedial area yellowish white from

costa to vein 7 and the apical patch yellowish white.

Hab. Mexico, Guerrero, Xucumanatlan (H. H. Simith), 1 ¢ type,

Gedman-Salvin Coll, wp. 72 millim.

7241. Catocala deuteronympha.

Catocala deuteronympha, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1861, p. 290; id. Rom.

Mém. vi. p. 586, pl. 12. f.2(Q); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Catocala greyi, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 270; id Rom. Mém. vi.

p- 593, pl. 11. f. 7 (d); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with red-brown; palpi with

some blackish ; frons with black lateral bars; tegule with black

lines near base, at middle and at tips, the prothorax with blackish

bar, the patagia with black lines near edges; pectus brownish

white; legs irrorated with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with

CATOCALA. 125

white ; abdomen fulvous yellow, the extremity whitish and brown,

the ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing with the basal

area dark brown, the rest of wing grey-white irrorated and in

parts suffused with brown; an oblique subbasal brown bar from

costa ; antemedial line black defined on inner side by whitish,

oblique, sinuous, a broad band of white suffusion beyond it; reni-

form defined by black and its centre by brown, its outer edge

somewhat dentate, an oblique dark bar above it from costa ;

an oblique elliptical white spot defined by black and with some

brown in centre below end of cell; traces of an oblique waved

brown line beyond the cell from vein 6 to inner margin ; post-

medial line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then incurved, sinuous, and

angled inwards at vein 1, a dark red-brown band beyond it;

subterminal line white defined on outer side by blaek-brown,

dentate, obliquely curved from costa to below vein 6 where it is

met by an oblique dark shade from termen below apex; the veins

of terminal area streaked with blackish; a line formed of black

strice defined on outer side by white before termen; cilia brown

with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing golden yellow;

diffised brown fasciz in submedian fold and on inner margin from

base to the black medial band, which is obliquely curved from costa

to submedian fold, then bent inwards and brown to inner margin,

expanding on costal area and its outer edge excurved at vein 5; a

black subterminal band from costa to submedian fold where it is

almost separated from a patch above tornus, its inner edge oblique

to vein 4+ and incurved at vein 2, its outer edge crenulate to termen

and to the tips of c lia at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing

yellow, an oblique antemedial brown shade from middle of cell to

vein 1, an oblique medial black band narrowing to inner margin, its -

inner edge incurved below costa and its outer edge excurved at

vein 5, terminal area blackish, its inner edge curved and narrowing

to tornus, the apex yellowish, cilia chequered brown and white ;

hind wing as above but without the brown on inner area, a small

black discoidal spot conjoined to the medial band which does not

veach the inner margin, the terminal area blackish, not interrupted

at submedian fold and with some yellow at apex,

Hab, Ki, Stserta, Amurland,1 g,1 9. Sap. 66 millim,

7242. Catocala proxeneta,

Catocala proxeneta, Alph. Ivis, viii. p. 197 (1895); id. Rom. Méin, ix,

p. 223, pl. 10, f. 3; Staud. Cat. Lep pal. p. 248.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black-brown ; palpi

blackish at sides, patagia with black lines near edges; pectus and

legs grey-white, the tibie irrorated with brown, the fore and mid

tibize with black bars near extremities, the tarsi black ringed with

whitish ; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface white tinged with

rufous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with dark brown, the

126 NOCTUID®.

basal area suffused with black except towards costa and inner

margin; subbasal line black, excurved below costa and ending at

submedian fold ; antemedial line black, oblique, sinuous, a whitish

shade beyond it from costa to below the cell; reniform slightly

defined by blackish and its centre by rufous, an oblique dark bar

above it from costa; an oblique wedge-shaped whitish spot defined

by blackish below end of cell; postmedial line black, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique, acutely angled outwards above and below

vein 5, then inwardly oblique, waved, excurved at submedian fold

and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line whitish, waved,

oblique from costa to below vein 7; the interspaces of terminal

area with slight black streaks ending in a series of striz before

termen. Hind wing golden yellow; a diffused brown fascia in

base of submedian fold and the hair on inner margin brown; a

blackish discoidal lunule connected with the narrow black medial

band, which is obliquely excurved from costa to submedian fold,

then bent inwards to near inner margin, its outer edge excurved

at vein; a terminal black band slightly interrupted at submedian

fold, its inner edge incurved at vein 2; the termen yellow towards

apex, then with slight yellow marks in the interspaces and black

striae at veins 6 to 2; cilia white. Underside of fore wing pale

yellow, an oblique brown antemedial shade from below costa to

vein 1, au oblique black medial band, angled outwards at submedian

fold, then narrow and bent inwards to inner margin, its inner edge

sinuous, a curved fuscous subterminal shade, the termen whitish

irrorated with brown; hind wing as above but the costal area and

termen whitish irrorated with brown, the discoidal lunule separated

from the medial band.

Hab. Moneoria, Changhai Mts.,1 ¢,1 9. wp. 50 millim.

*7243. Catocala obseena.

Catocala obscena, Alph. Ivis, viii. p, 196 (1895); id, Rom. Mém. ix. p. 176,

pl. x. f..2.

Head and thorax brownish grey; abdomen brownish grey tinged

with greenish. Fore wing ash-grey slightly tinged with greenish and

thickly irrorated with blackish; subbasa] line represented by a

sinuous black striga from costa; antemedial line with black striga

from costa and point at median nervure, then pale and waved;

reniform a small brownish lunule defined by dark brown, a blackish

striga above it from costa; postmedial line pale with black point

at costa, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and with black

points on it to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and waved ; subter-

minal line faint, pale, slightly waved to vein 2 and angled outwards

in submedian fold; a terminal series of whitish points. Hind

wing orange-yellow ; some brown suffusion in base of cell; a

diffused brown fascia in submedian interspace from base to near

the medial black band, which is oblique towards costa, excurved

below vein 5, and bent inwards from submedian fold to inner

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margin, its outer edge angled outwards at vein 5; a subterminal

black band, from costa to just below vein 2, its inner edge excurved

at middle and its outer edge produced as diffused streaks to termen

at veins 6 and 2; an elliptical black spot on termen at vein 1;

cilia tinged with brown at middle. Underside orange-yellow ;

fore wing with oblique black antemedial shade from cell to inner

margin, obliquely curved pestmedial black band with sinuous edges,

and terminal band narrowing to a point at tornus, its inner edge

curved ; hind wing as above but without the brown in and below

cell, the terminal band diffused to termen and confluent with the

patch at vein 1.

Hab. Corza. Eup. 86 millim. This species is unknown to me.

7244, Catocala nymphzoides.

Catocala nympherides, Herr.-Schaff. Schinett. Eur. vi. p. 60 (1856),

Noct. ff. 599, 600; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Catocala nymphula, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 589 (1892).

Head and thorax leaden grey mixed with dark brown; palpi

with the base and 2nd joint in front bluish white; pcctus and legs

white mixed with brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish;

abdomen fulvous brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

leaden grey suffused with red-brown and irrorated with dark

brown ; subbasal line brown, sinuous, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line dark brown, oblique, sinuous ; reniform

obscurely defined by brown and with some brown suffusion above

it on costa; a small spot defined by brown below end of eell, its

outer edge indented; postmedial line brown, bent outwards below

costa, then oblique, angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, dentate, bent inwards at vein 1; subterminal line indistinet,

diffused, grey slightly defined on each side by red-brown, minutely

dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 7; the terminal area rather

browner with a series of blackish points before termen. Hind wing

golden yellow; black-brown fasciz on costal area, in submedian fold,

and on inner margin to the medial black band, which is oblique to

submedian fold and interrupted at vein 1 and has its outer edge

angled outwards at vein 5; a black terminal band from costa to just

below vein 2 and a patch at vein 1, the inner edge of the band

oblique to vein 4 and incurved at vein 2; the termen with narrow

yellow patch at apex, then with slight yellow marks in the inter-

spaces to vein 2 ; cilia yellowish white, chequered with brown at

veins 6 to 2, Underside of fore wing yellow with a brownish fascia

on inner area from near base to middle, an obliquely curved black

medial band, narrowing at inner margin, its outer edge incurved at

discal fold and exeurved at vein 5, terminal area blackish, its inner

edge curved and minutely waved; hind wing as above but without

the dark fascize on basal area, the medial bani not interrupted at

vein 1.

Hab. EK. Stperta, Amurland, Raddefka,1g,19. Hp. 52-54

millim.

128 NOCTUID.3,

7245. Catocala omphale. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 2.)

Catocala omphale, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 195.

¢. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with some white ;

palpi whitish towards base; frons with black lateral bars; tegule

with brown line near tips; pectus brownish white; legs white and

brown mixed, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen red-

brown, the ventral surface whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing

with the basal area dark red-brown suffused with blackish, the basal

part of medial area white irrorated with brown, the terminal area

red-brown slightly irrorated with white; subbasal line black,

sinuous, from costa to submedian fold, in which there is a black

streak beyond it to the antemedial line, which is double, black

filled in with whitish, the outer line strong, obliquely curved and

slightly sinuous; reniform very faintly defined by brown and with

its centre defined by brown, its outer edge somewhat dentate; a

white spot defined by black and with some red-brown in centre

below end of cell; postmedial line brown towards costa, then black

defined on outer side by white towards inner margin, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique, excurved aboye vein 5, then incurved

and angled inwards at vein |; subterminal line very indistinct,

whitish slightly defined on outer side by brown, obliquely down-

curved from costa to below vein 7, where it is met by an oblique

shade from termen, then waved; a series of black striz before

termen slightly defined on outer side by white. Hind wing with

the basal and inner areas dark red-brown, some yellow in lower

extremity of cell; a black medial band, oblique to submedian fold,

then bent inwards to above inner margin, its outer edge angled

outwards at vein 5; terminal area black-brown, its inner edge

oblique to vein 4, then waved ; the termen narrowly yellow towards

apex ; cilia white towards apex, then yellowish, iheaeers with

brown at veins 6 to 2, brownish towards tornus. Underside of fore

wing yellowish white, an oblique brown shade from below costa

before middle to vein 1, an obliquely curved black medial band,

narrowing to inner margin, its outer edge excurved at vein 5,

terminal area black-brown, its inner edge curved, cilia chequered

brown and white ; hind wing as above but brownish white, the basal

and inner areas suffused with brown, the inner edge of terminal

band irregular towards costa. -

_ Hab. Javan, Yezo (Pryer), 5 3, Tokio(Muries), 1 g type. Hxp.

62 millim.

7246. Catocala agitatrix.

Catocala agitatrix, Gres. Berl. Ent. Zeit. xxxii. p. 372 (1888); Staud.

Rom. Mém. vi. p. 588, pl. 12. f. 3; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Catocala mabelia, Holl. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xvi. p. 75 (1889).

Head brown and white with some rufous on vertex, the frons

with lateral black bars; tegule aad a band on prothorax bright

rufous, the rest of thorax brown and grey; pectus and legs white,

CATOCALA, 129

the latter irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi brown ringed with white;

abdomen rufous with some grey at base of sides, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing grey-white suffused with iron-brown, the costal

area whiter, especially on medial area; subbasal line black, excurved

below costa and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line black,

oblique and slightly sinuous, angled outwards above inner margin ;

reniform white with its centre defined by rufous ; an irregular spot

slightly defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line black

slightly defined on outer side by grey, bent outwards below costa,

then obliquely incurved, acutely angled outwards above vein 5 and

slightly below it, then incurved and waved, somewhat bidentate

at submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal

line faint, diffused, greyish slightly defined on each side by

brown, waved, obliquely incurved from costa to below vein 7 ;

a series of black points before termen defined on outer side by

white. Hind wing golden yellow; black-brown fascie on costal

area, In submedian fold and on inner margin to the black

medial band, which is oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards

to inner margin, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; a black sub-

terminal band from costa to just below vein 2, and eiliptical patch

at vein 1, the inner edge of the band oblique to vein 4 and angled

inwards at vein 2, its outer edge crenulate to termen at veins 6 to

2; cilia yellowish white with slight brown marks at veins 6 to 2.

Underside of fore wing white, the basal half tinged with yellow,

an oblique brown shade from below costa before middle to vein 1,

an oblique black medial band, its outer edge exeurved at middle,

terminal area blackish shading to grey at termen, its inner edge

excurved at middle; hind wing as above, but the costal area

whitish to discal fold except at the bands, the basal area with

obsolescent brown fascia in submedian fold only.

Hind tibize with one spine, sometimes absent (? broken off).

Hab. Ki, Srserta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwaké (Pryer),2 3,

2 9, Kiushiu, 1 9. Hep. 66-70 millim,

7247. Catocala clintoni. (Pilate CXCIX. fig. 4.)

Catocala clintonit, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 89, pl. iii. f. 4

(1865); Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 35, pl. v. f.6; Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 335.

Catocala helene, Pilate, Papilio, ii. p. 31 (1882).

Q. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with black-brown ;

palpi with the Ist and 2nd joints blackish except in front and at

extremity of 2nd joint; frons with black band at middle, a blackish

angled line between antenne; tegule with blackish band near

tips and the tips black, the prothorax with narrow brown band,

the patagia with some black scales near upper edge and black streak

on outer edge; pectus white; legs irrorated with brown, the fore

and mid tibiz with black streaks towards base and bands towards

VOL, «ll. Kk

130 NOOLUIDA.

extremities, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen yellow

tinged with rufous, whitish at base, the ventral surface white

irrorated with brown. Fore wing white tinged with reddish

brown and irrorated with dark brown, the costal area whiter, the

veins with blackish streaks on terminal area; an oblique sub-

basal black striga from costa; a black streak in submedian fold

from base to the antemedial line, which is blackish, angled out-

wards below costa, then oblique and sinuous ; reniform defined by

brownish suffusion and with its centre faintly defined by brown,

an oblique black striga above it from costa; a faint whitish spot

very slightly defined by brown below end of cell; postmedial line

blackish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique, very acutely

angled outwards above and below vein 5, then incurved and

obsoleseent, strongly angled outwards at submedian fold, then with

oblique black streak on it and strongly angled inwards at vein 1 ;

subterminal line rather diffused, white, shghtly waved, dentate

above and below vein 5 and at submedian fold, oblique from costa

to below vein 6; a crenulate blackish terminal line defining

slight white marks on termen. Hind wing golden yellow, the

inner area suffused with rufous; a black medial band obliquely

curved from costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards and

ending at vein 1, its outer edge angled outwards at vein 5; a

black terminal band, its inner edge slightly waved and incurved

at veins 2 and 1, angled outwards at submedian fold; the termen

narrowly yellow towards apex, then with slight yellow marks

in the interspaces; cilia white slightly chequered with brown

at veins 6 to2. Underside of fore wing white, the basal half

suffused with yellow-brown except at costa which is irrorated

with brown, an oblique blackish medial band narrowing to eosta,

bent inwards and narrowing to inner margin, terminal area blackish,

its inner edge excurved at middle, the costa towards apex and

termen with some whitish; hind wing as above but the basal

costal area and postmedial area to discal fold yellowish white

irrorated with brown, a brown streak in end of cell, the apical

patch yellowish white irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. helene. Fore wing somewhat darker.

Hab. Canava; U.S.A., Middle and Central States, New York,

Evans Center (Grote), 2 9 , Kansas (Snow), 1 @, Florida, Texas.

Hep. 54-60 millim.

7248. Catecala gracilis. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 6.)

Catocala gracilis, W. H. Edw. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 511 (1864);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 331.

Catocala sordida, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 170 (1877).

Head and thorax violaceous white mixed with dark brown ; palpi

white, the 2nd and 3rd joints mostly black ; frons with black bar ;

tegule with black band near tips which are white; patagia with

CATOCALA. HB

black streak on outer edge; pectus and legs white, the tibixe

irrorated with brown, the fore tibize with black bar near extremities,

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing violaceous white irrorated

with dark brown; a curved subbasal black striga from costa and

short streak below base of cell; antemedial line black, excurved

below costa, then oblique and sinuous, angled outwards above

inner margin to the postmedial line ; reniform narrow, defined by

black, an oblique blackish bar above it from costa; postmedial

line black, slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly oblique, obsolescent,

minutely waved and with minute black streaks on the veins,

below submedian fold strong, incurved and ending with the ante-

medial line above inner margin; subterminal line whitish defined

on each side by blackish suffusion, strongly dentate, and oblique

from costa to below vein 6; the terminal area with some black-

brown suffusion above middle and towards tornus and a series of

black streaks in the interspace ending in points before termen,

Hind wing orange-yellow; some brown suffusion in basal half of

submedian fold; a narrow black medial band, oblique, excurved

below vein 5 and ending at vein 1; a broad terminal black band

from costa to just below vein 2 and a patch at vein 1, the inner

edge of the band oblique to vein 4; the termen narrowly yellow

towards apex, then with slight yellow points in the interspaces to

vein 2; cilia whitish, chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2.

Underside of fore wing with the basal half yellowish, an obliquely

curved blackish medial band followed by a yellowish white band,

the terminal area blackish, its inner edge curved, some whitish

at apex, cilia chequered white and blackish; hind wing as above,

but the costal area whitish except at the bands, no brown in

submedian interspace, the terminal band connected by a bar on

termen with the patch at vein 1.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the inner area suffused with black-

brown except at base.

Ab. 2. sordida. Fore wing deeper blue-grey and more suffused

with brown, the streak below base of cell absent.

Hab, Canapa; U.S.A., New York, 4 ¢, 3 2, Evans Center

(Grote), 19, Center (Bailey), 2 3,29, Rhode l., 1 9, Middle

and Southern States. Hap. 42-46 millim.

*7249, Catocala armandi. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 12.)

Catocala davidi, Pon}. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr, (6) vii. p. xxxviii (1887), nec

Oberth. 1881.

Catocala armandi, Pon}. Bull. Soc. Ent, Fr. (6) viii. p. ecviii (1888).

@. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, tegule edged

with black; abdomen pale brown, Fore wing black-brown

irrorated with grey especially at base and apex; subbasal line

K 2

132 NOCTUID 2.

black, strongly sinuous, from costa to vein 1, a straighter line just

beyond it; antemedial line double, black, oblique, sinuous, defined

on outer side by whitish; reniform defined by black and irrorated

with whitish, extending to the costa; a large spot below end of

cell, defined by black, its centre brown edged by whitish; post-

medial line black defined on inner side by a white striga at costa,

bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved to below

vein 6, then oblique and strongly dentate, defined on outer side

by reddish ; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by

black, strongly dentate and confluent with the series of black

points defined on outer side by whitish before termen ; cilia brown

intersected by whitish. Hind wing ochreous yellow; the inner

area suffused with brown to the medial black band, which is

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards and

ending at vein 1, its outer edge angled outwards at vein 5;

terminal area broadly black, its inner edge sinuous, leaving some

yellow at apex; cilia yellowish white chequered with brown at

veins 6 to 2. Underside pale ochreous yellow; fore wing with

oblique brown shade from costa before middle to inner margin

where it joins the obliquely curved black postmedial band, terminal

area black, broad at costa; hind wing as above.

Hab. Trpet, Moupin (David). Exp. 74 millim. This species

is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in Mus. .

Paris. -

*7250. Catocala abacta. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 10.)

Catocala abacta, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 113, pl. vi. f. 5 (1900); id. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 249.

6. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white and blackish,

the vertex of head whitish; abdomen yellow suffused with red-

brown. Fore wing grey tinged with ochreous and irrorated with

brown, the terminal area browner; a subbasal white striga from

costa; antemedial line double, black filled in with whitish, irre-

gularly waved, bent inwards to costa; reniform an obscure brown

mark defined on outer side by whitish and confluent with a brown

mark on costa; a dark patch beyond lower angle of cell between

veins 4 and 2; postmedial line black, slightly bent outwards below

costa where it is defined on outer side by white, then oblique to

vein 6, then inwardly oblique and dentate, a greyish tinge beyond

it before the indistinct dark slightly waved subterminal line; a

waved blackish line before termen with yellow spots beyond it in

the interspaces; cilia chequered brown and yellow. Hind wing

yellow, the inner area slightly tinged with brown; medial band

blackish, reduced to a line, oblique to submedian fold, then bent

inwards to inner margin; terminal area broadly black-brown; the

termen narrowly yellow towards apex, with yellow spots in the

interspaces between veins 6 and 2, and with a yeilow lunule in

submedian interspace; cilia white, brown at base exvept towards

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apex. Underside of fore wing yellow, with obliquely curved

postmedial band and the terminal area brown; hind wing as

above.

Hab. Asta Minor, Taurus Mts. vp. 64 millim. This species

is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in Coll.

Staudinger.

7251. Catocala nymphagoga.

Noctua nymphagoga, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 105, f.5 & 1058. f. 5 (1787);

Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f.337; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 155. f. 2;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal, p. 250.

Noctua uxor, Hibn. Beitr. p. 31, pl. 4. f. X (1788).

Catocala tmolia, Led. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. ix. p. 67, pl. 3. f. 10 (1865).

Catocala anthracita, Th. Mieg. Le Nat. (2) iii. p. 181 (1889).

Catocala curvifasciata, Schultz, Intern. Ent. Zeit. xx. p, 100 (1906).

Catocala nubilosa, Schultz, Intern. Ent. Zeit. xx. p. 100 (1906).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with red-brown; palpi

white, the 2nd joint irrorated with black, the 3rd black except

at tip; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with diffused dark

band near tips; pectus and legs yellowish white, the tibiee irrorated

with brown, the fore tibize with black and white band at extremity,

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen yellow tinged with

rufous, the ventral surface yellowish white. Fore wing grey-white

suffused with red-brown, the basal area whiter irrorated with

brown; subbasal line represented by black strie from costa and

cell; antemedial line black, strong, oblique and slightly sinuous

to submedian fold, incurved at vein 1, a slight whitish shade

beyond it from costa to median nervure; reniform defined by

black, on outer side strongly, a dark bar above it from costa; a

spot defined by black below end of cell connected by a sinus on

vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is black, rather strong,

defined on outer side by white at costa, bent outwards below costa,

then oblique, angled outwards above and below vein 5, then

inwardly oblique and minutely dentate, angled outwards in sub-

median fold and strongly inwards at vein 1; subterminal line

whitish defined on each side by dark brown, dentate, oblique from

costa to below vein 6; a crenulate black terminal line defining

a series of whitish points on termen. Hind wing golden yellow,

the inner area slightly suffused with red-brown ; a narrow blackish

medial band, oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards to

near inner margin; a blackish terminal band, its inner edge

incurved at vein 2 and excurved at submedian fold, then narrowing

to tornus; the termen very narrowly yellow towards apex, then

with series of slight yellow marks in the interspaces ; cilia whitish,

chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing

pale yellowish, a faint red-brown antemedial shade, an oblique

blackish brown medial band, terminal area grey-brown, its inner

edge curved, cilia white chequered with brown at tips; hind wing

as above but the medial band obsolescent, the terminal band pale

grey-brown.

134 NOCTUIDAE.

Ab. 1. anthracita. Fore wing almost uniform blackish.

Ab. 2. nubilosa. Hind wing suffused with blackish.

Ab. 3. tmolia. Hind wing with the medial black band almost

evenly obliquely curved.

Hab. S. France, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; GErmany,

Zeller and Mutzell Colls.; Avusrrra; Huneary, D’Emmich Coll. ;

SwirzprRtanp, Mutzell Coll.; Spain, Andalusia, Mutzell Coll. ;

Datmarta, Leech Coll. ; Gruscn, Leech and Merlin Colls.; Russra,

Mutzell Coll.; Armenia; Kuorprsran; Asta Minor, Bithynia,

Lydia, Taurus, Syria. xp. 36-46 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 277; Hffm. Raup. p. 150, pl. 38. f. 1.

Yellowish mottled with red-brown ; warts brown and prominent ;

8th somite with a yellow and black prominence; 11th somite

with two pointed prominences; ventral surface yellow; head

red-brown mottled with yellow. Food-plant, Oak. 5,

7252. Catocala patala.

Catocala patala, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 112. f. 23 (1874); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 439.

Cutocala volcanica, But). Cist. Ent. ii. p. 244 (1877); id. Ill. Het. B.M.

ii. p. 40, pl. 33. f. 10.

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some greyish; frons

with lateral black bars; tegule dark brown at tips, the patagia

with some blackish scales near edges; pectus brownish white ;

tarsi dark brown ringed with whitish; abdomen fulvous yellow,

the ventral surface pale yellow. Fore wing greenish ochreous

suffused with rufous, the basal area deep rufous towards the ante-

medial line, the medial area rather greyer and with some dark

irroration; subbasal line black, curved, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line strong, black, oblique, sinuous; reniform

with red-brown centre and greyish annulus defined on inner side

by black and on outer by red-brown, an oblique black striga above

it from costa; a rather quadrate spot defined by black below end

of cell; postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side by grey,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique, acutely angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then incurved, minutely dentate, excurved

at submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line

grey defined on outer side by red-brown, dentate, oblique from

costa to below vein 7; a series of black striz before termen defined

on outer side by whitish. Hind wing golden yellow, the hair

on inner margin blackish; a strong black fascia in submedian

fold to the black medial band, which is oblique to submedian

fold, then bent inwards and narrowing to inner margin, its outer

edge excurved at vein 5; a black subterminal band, its inner edge

oblique and minutely dentate to vein 4, angled inwards to the

medial band at veins 2 and 1, and excurved at submedian fold,

its outer edge crenulate to termen at veins 6 to 2; cilia yellowish

CATOCALA. 135

white with brown marks at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing

yellow, an oblique fuscous brown band from below costa before

middle to vein 1, an oblique black medial band, its outer edge

excurved at middle, terminal area blackish shading to grey- -brown

ab termen, its Inner edge curved; hind wing as above but the

fascia in submedian fold slight, the smlbsennn sine band not

connected with the medial band, its outer edge not crenulate

to termen.

Hind tibize with one spine, sometimes absent (? broken off).

Hab. Japan, Hakodaté (Leech), 1 3, Oiwaké (Pryer), 1 9,

Nagahama (Leech), 1 @, Fushiki (Leech), 1 9, Nikko ee)

3 2, Tokio (Zenton), 1 ¢, Yokohama (Jonas), 2 5, 1 2 type

alleninens C. Cuina, Kiukiang (Pratt),29; ?N. Inn, type TJ

in Coll. Rothschild. Hap. 70-82 millim.

7253. Catocala doerriesi.

Catocala doerriesi, Staud. Stett. Wnt. Zeit. 1888, p. 271; id. Rom. Mém.

i. p. 590, pl. 11. f. 8; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Catocala honrathi, Gres. Berl. Ent. Zeit. xxxii. p. 376 (1888).

Catocala hanypsoni, Leech, Trans, Ent. Sec. 1900, p. 532,

6. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with red-brown and

grey-white ; pectus brownish white; legs whitish irrorated with

brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen rufous, the

extremity grey-brown, the ventral surface brownish white, Fore

wing black-brown mixed with grey, the inner area darker; sub-

basal line black, angled outwards below costa and ending at sub-

median fold, a short black streak beyond it above vein 1; antemedial

line double, black filled in with grey, oblique, waved; reniform

with blackish centre and pale annulus defined by black-brown; an

oblique white shade irrorated with brown from middle of costa to

just below vein 2, with a lunulate spot defined by black on it below

end of cell; postmedial line black, slightly defined on outer side by

whitish, with an oblique white shade irrorated with brown before

it from below costa to vein 5 and beyond it at middie, bent out-

wards below costa, then oblique and sinuous, acutely angled out-

wards above and below vein 5, then dentate and incurved, below

submedian fold bent inwards and with a black streak on it and again

excurved below vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, pale, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 6, with a series of slight blackish

streaks beyond it in the interspaces; a series ot blackish points

before termen defined on outer side by whitish. Hind wing orange-

yellow, a black-brown fascia in submedian fold to the medial band

and the hair on inner margin black-brown; medial band black,

sinuous, oblique to vein 2 and bent inwards to inner margin, its

outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal area black, broadly at,

costa and narrowing to tornus, its inner edge angled inwards at

veins 2 and 1; a narrow apical yellow patch with the cilia beyond

it white, followed by a series of yellow points on termen to vein 1

136 NOCTIUIDE.

with the cilia intersected with white beyond them. Underside of

fore wing black-brown, an oblique yellowish medial band from

costa to submedian fold, an obliquely curved postmedial white band,

some whitish at apex, and the cilia chequered with white; hind

wing as above, but the postmedial area white from costa to diseal

fold and the marks on termen white.

Hab. EF. Sreerta, Amurland, type t ¢, 9, honrathi, in Coll.

Piingeler, Ussuri; W. Cura, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 ¢ type

hampsoni. Exp. 68 millim.

7254. Catocala tapestrina.

Catocala tapestrina, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 166, pl. v. f. 13 (1882) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 440.

©. Head and thorax red-brown with some white scales, the

tegule near tips and prothorax with slight white lines, the patagia

with some black on outer edge; palpi with some white at base;

lower part of frons white; antenne with the basal joint white in

front; pectus and legs grey-white, the latter irrorated with brown ;

abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface grey-white. Fore

wing red-brown mixed with purplish grey and suffused in parts with

black-brown ; the veins and submedian fold with greyish streaks ;

subbasal line black defined on each side by whitish, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black defined on inner

side by white, oblique, waved; reniform black-brown with greenish-

grey annulus except above, its outer edge dentate, some black-

brown suffusion beyond its lower extremity ; a whitish spot defined

by black and constricted at middle below end of cell; postmedial

line black defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below

costa, then oblique and sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and

below vein 5, then inwardly oblique and dentate; subterminal line

white, waved, oblique from costa to below vein 6 where it is met

by an oblique dark shade from termen below apex, then with red-

brown spots on its outer edge; a series of black striz before termen

defined on outer side by white; cilia with fine whitish lines at base

and middle. Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal and inner areas

suffused with brown leaving only sight yellow marks before the

medial black band, which is oblique and irregular to vein 2, then

bent inwards to inner margin, its outer edge angled outwards at

vein 5; terminal area black, wide towards costa, its inner edge

sinuous and excurved at middle and submedian fold ; a small apical

yellow patch followed by a terminal series of points in the inter-

spaces. Underside of fore wing blackish brown, a yellowish patch

at base, an oblique yellowish medial band from costa to submedian

fold and whitish postmedial band dilated below costa and oblique to

vein 4, some whitish at apex, the cilia with waved white line at

base; hind wing as above but the basal and inner areas yellow

slightly tinged with brown, a black discoidal point, cilia white at base.

Hab. Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 9; Siearu. wp. 72-78

millim.

CATOCALA, 137

7255. Catocala conversa.

Noctua conversa, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 105. B. ff. 1-3 (1787); Godt. Lép.

Fr. y. p. 78, pl. 49. ff. 1, 2, & pl. 00. f. 1; Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur.,

Noct. f. 448 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 250.

Noctua uxor, Hibn. Beitr. Schmett. ii. 3, p. 61, pl. 1. f. C 791).

Noctua pasythea, Hubn, Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 455, 713-4 (1818).

Noctua agamos, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 525 (1818).

Catocala carbonaria, Staud. Hor. Ent. Soc. Ross. vii. p. 189 (1870).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with some red-brown and

black; palpi with the 2nd joint red-brown except at base and tip ;

frons with lateral black bars; tegule at middle and prothorax with

red-brown bands; pectus and legs grey-white slightly mixed with

brown, the tarsi biack ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous,

the ventral surface white tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-

white irrorated and in parts suffused with red-brown, the veins with

slight blackish streaks; subbasal line with an oblique black bar

from costa, then slight and ending at submedian fold; antemedial

line black-brown defined on inner side by white with some red-

brown suffusion before it, expanding into a patch at costa, then

oblique, sinuous, slight in submedian interspace, a white shade

beyond it from costa to median nervure; reniform defined by

blackish and with some brown in centre, its outer edge somewhat

dentate, an oblique dark bar above it from costa; a whitish spot

defined by black belew end of cell connected by a sinus on vein 2

_ with the postmedial line, which is black, bent outwards below costa,

then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled outwards above and

below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate, angled outwards at

submedian fold, then strong and strongly angled inwards at vein 1;

subterminal line whitish defined on each side by red-brown, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 6 ; a crenulate black-brown line just

before termen with whitish points beyondit ontermen. Hind wing

golden yellow, some red-brown suffusion in submedian interspace

to the obliquely curved black medial band ending at submedian

fold and with its outer edge excurved at vein 5; terminal area

blackish, broad towards costa, its inner edge excurved at middle ;

the termen narrowly yellow towards apex, then with slight yellow

marks in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white, yellow at base and

chequered with brown at veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing

white, an oblique brown shade from costa before middle to the

obliquely curved black medial band with its outer edge excurved at

vein 5, at submedian fold, terminal area blackish, its inner edge

oblique to vein 4, some whitish at apex; hind wing as above but

the basal costal area whitish tinged with rufous, the postmedial

area white to vein 5.

Ab. 1. aganos. Fore wing darker, especially on underside.

Ab. 2. carbonaria. Fore wing almost wholly suffused with

fuscous.

Hab. §. France, Frey Coll.; Gurmany, Zeller, Frey, and Mutzell

Colls.; Avusrria, Bohemia, Moravia, Mutzell Coll., Carniola ;

138 NOCIUID-®.

Honeary, D’Emmich Coll.; Swirzertann ; Spain ; Iraty; ALGERIA 5

Daumatra, Leech and Merlin Colls.; Bauran Srares; 8. Roussra ;

Armenta; Asta Mrnor, Magnesia (Lederer), 1 ¢, Bithynia, Lydia,

Paurus, Amanus Mts, 1°¢ 5 2° O;) Syer, Meech Collet:

Exp. 50-64 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Hur. p. 277 ; Hffm. Raup. p. 150, pl. 37. f. 15.

Blackish or brown; the lst and 12th somites yellow with dark

points; dorsalline pale ; 4th and 5th somites with subdorsal yellow

spots, the 7th to 10th somites with large yellowish grey lateral

spots ; warts whitish; head brown with dark markings.

Food-plants: Sloe and Quercus sessiliflora. 9.

*7256, Catocala contemnenda. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 7.)

Catocala contemnenda, Staud, Iris, iv. p. 329, pl. 4. f. 11 (1891); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 248.

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown; tegule with slight

dark line near tips; palpi whitish at base; pectus and legs whitish,

the latter irrorated with brown; abdomen pale yellowish tinged

with brown. Fore wing grey irrorated and in parts suffused with

pale reddish brown; a black subbasal striga from costa; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, brown with small blackish spots at

costa, oblique, waved; reniform with sinuous brown outline and

brown lunule in centre, an oblique blackish bar above it from

costa ; postmedial line blackish, slightly bent outwards below costa,

then obliquely downcurved to helow vein 6, then oblique and

slightly sinuous to below end of cell where it forms a sinus to

median nervure near origin of vein 2, then angled outwards in sub-

median fold, a diffused brown baud beyond it oblique from costa to

vein 5; subterminal line indistinct, pale slightly defined on outer

side by brown, bent outwards to termen below apex, then minutely

waved ; a series of blackish striae before termen; a waved blackish

terminal line. Hind wing pale ochreous yellow; medial band

black, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then slightly bent

inwards, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; a terminal black band,

broad at costa and narrowing to tornus, its inner edge angled

inwards at vein 2; the termen narrowly whitish at apex; cilia

white. Underside whitish ; fore wing with oblique brown ante-

medial shade from costa to submedian fold where it is confluent

with the obliquely curved black medial band, an obliquely curved

blackish subterminal band from below costa to tornus; hind wing

as above but the terminal band paler and leaving more whitish at

apex.

” ek E. Torxestan, Kashgar; Moneorta, Aksu in Coll. Piingeler.

Exp. 3 44, 2 50 millim.

7257. Catocala hymenza.

Noctua hymenea, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 91 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iy.

pl. 106. f. 1; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 340, 528 ; Frr. Neue Beitr.

CATOCALA, 139

pl. 143; Godt. Lép. Fr. v. p. 87, pl. 50. f. 3; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 248.

Noctua posthuma, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 526-7 (1818).

Noctua connexa, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. p. 100 (1906).

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with rufous; palpi with

blackish bands on 2nd and 38rd joints; frons with black lateral

bars; tegule with black lines near base and at middle, the pro-

thorax with rufous band; pectus and legs whitish, the tibice

irrorated with brown, the fore and hind tibixw with black streaks

at base, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen pale rufous,

the crests whitish at tips, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

purplish grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with a few

blackish scales, especially on the veins of terminal area; subbasal

line black, excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold;

antemedial line black defined on inner side by white with some

rufous before it, the line strong black and oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then slighter and sinuous; reniform with whitish

aunulus defined by black, its centre defined by red-brown, a red-

brown patch above it on costa and some blackish beyond it ; a spot

-defined by black below end of cell, its outer edge slightly defined

and somewhat excised; a faint red-brown line arising at vein 6,

angled outwards beyond the cell, then oblique and sinuous; post-

medial line black shghtly defined on outer side by white, angled

inwards below costa, then bent outwards, then obliquely down-

curved, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then

incurved and slightly waved, excurved at submedian fold, incuryed

and emitting a slight streak at vein 1,a pale rufous band beyond it ;

subterminal line grey-white, obliquely incurved from costa to below

vein 9, then slightly waved, an oblique sinuous blackish streak

from termen below apex ; a slight crenulate whitish terminal line

with brown striz in the interspaces. Hind wing golden yellow,

the base of submedian fold and inner margin slightly tinged with

brown ; a narrow black medial band, obliquely curved from costa

to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1; a

terminal black band from costa to just below vein 2 and a patch at

vein |; a yellow apical patch and slight points in the interspaces

to vein 2; cilia whitish, chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2.

Underside of fore wing yellow, an obliquely curved blackish medial

band expanding towards costa where there is a whitish mark on it,

terminal area blackish with some whitish at costa and termen, its

inner edge curved, cilia whitish at base; hind wing as above but

the costal area irrorated with brown, the medial band arising below

costa and connected with a blackish discoidal lunule, the terminal

band confluent with the patch at vein 1.

Ab. 1. posthwma. Hind wing with the black median band angled

outwards at submedian fold.

Ab. 2. conneva. Hind wing with the terminal band not inter-

rupted at submedian interspace.

Hab. France; Germany, Zeller and Mutzell Colls.; Avsrrta ;

Hungary, D’Emmich Coll.; Swirzernanp; ?N. Iraty; Grexce,

140 NOCLUID®.

Merlin Coll.; Armenia; Asta Mixor, Pontus, Bithynia, Lydia ;

Syria; KH. Srperra, Ussuri; ?Corza. Hep. 42-50 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 277, pl. 43. f. 9; Hffm. Raup.

p- 150, pl. 37. f. 14.

Ash-grey or red-brown with dark points; four fine dark-edged

grey-white lines on dorsal area; warts brown, raised; 8th somite

with a large double brown prominence; 11th somite with two red-

brown points; ventral surface yellow with red-brown marks; head

brown with two white and two dark stripes. Food-plant, Sloe. 5.

7258. Catocala anna. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 9.)

Catocala anna, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vy. p. 96 (Sept. 1874).

Catocala amestris, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 96, pl. xi. f. 6 (Nov. 10th,

1874); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 336.

Catocala westcottti, Grote, Can. Ent. x. p. 195 (1878).

Head and thorax grey-white slightly mixed with red-brown;

palpi red-brown; frons with black lateral bars; a blackish line

between antenne; tegule with diffused red-brown medial band

and red-brown tips, the prothorax with narrow red-brown band,

the patagia with a few blackish scales near upper edge; pectus

suffused with rufous; tibie grey irrorated with red-brown, the

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen yellow suffused with

rufous, the ventral surface brown tinged with white. Fore wing

grey-white slightly tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark

brown ; subbasal line black, excurved below costa and ending at

submedian fold; antemedial line double, brown, the outer line

strong, blackish, rather diffused and oblique to submedian fold, then

incurved, reniform defined by black with some red-brown suffusion

in centre and before and beyond it, an oblique blackish striga above

it from costa; a rather triangular spot defined by black below end

of cell, connected with the antemedial line and by a slight sinus on

vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is double, the inner line

black, the outer red-brown, bent outwards below costa, then

obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above vein 5, then incurved,

slightly sinuous, excerved at submedian fold and strongly angled

inwards at vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, whitish, slightly

defined on inner side by red-brown and with some dark brown

before it on costa, slightly waved and obliquely incuryed from

costa to below vein 6; a series of minute blackish points defined

on outer side by whitish before termen. Hind wing orange-yellow,

the inner area slightly tinged with rufous; a black medial band

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending

at vein 1, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; the terminal area

broadly black from costa to just below vein 2, its inner edge

oblique to vein 4, then incurved, a black patch at vein 1; cilia

white chequered with brown between veins 6 and 2. Under-

side of fore wing yellow, the costa brownish, an oblique brown

shade from costa before middle to the oblique blackish medial hand

CATOCALA. L411

with its outer edge excurved at vein 5, at inner area, terminal arca

fuscous brown shading to grey at termen, its inner edge curved ;

hind wing as above but the basal costal area and postmedial area to

vein 5 white irrorated with red-brown, a brown fascia in sub-

median fold to before the medial band, the terminal band conjoined

to the patch at vein 1.

Ab. 1. vescotti. Smaller; fore wing rather darker, especially the

medial area ; hind wing with the terminal band conjoined to the

patch at vein 1.

Hab. U.S.A., Wisconsin, 14, Illinois, 1 ¢g type westcotti,

Nebraska, Texas,1 $. Hp. 50-60 millim.

Larva. Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. xix. p. 508.

Dorsum yellowish, subdorsal area bluish white, sides bright

yellow, the subdorsal area with six black lines, the two lower ones

broader; an interrupted black lateral line; Ist somite yellow in

front and behind; warts bright yellow; ventral surface deep black ;

no dorsal prominences or lateral filaments: claspers marked with

yellow; head bluish white with four black stripes in front, the

sides with irregular black spots, the vertex with more regular

spots and a yellow patch on each lobe. Food-plant, Robinia

pseudacacia.

7259. Catocala abbreviatella. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 11.)

Catocala abbreviatella, Grote, Trans, Am Ent. Soc. iv. p. 14 (1872); id.

- Ill. Essay, p. 66, pl. iv. f. 40; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 335.

Head and thorax pale purplish grey, the head and tegule tinged

with rufous; frons with lateral black bars; pectus and legs

brownish white, the tibie irrorated with brown, the tarsi blackish

ringed with white; abdomen yellow tinged with rufous, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing pale purplish grey shghtly tinged with

rufous and irrorated with brown; subbasal line black, excurved

below costa and ending at submedian fold, antemedial line strong

black and oblique from costa to submedian fold, then faintly defined

by rufous and almost obsolete, incurved at vein 1; reniform strongly

defined by black below and moderately on outer side, on inner side

faintly defined, and with a dark striga in centre, an oblique

brownish bar above it from costa; the spot below end of cell

defined by a black lunule on inner side only ; postmedial line very

faint except at costa and beyond the cell, where it is black, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique, angled outwards above vein 5,

then inwardly oblique and dentate, a faint rufous band beyond it

defining the diffused grey subterminal line, which is obliquely

incurved from costa to below vein 6; the terminal area suffused

with rufous and with a series of blackish points before termen.

Hind wing golden yellow, the base of submedian interspace faintly

defined by red-brown; a rather narrow obliquely curved medial

band from costa to vein 1, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; a

broad terminal black band from costa to just below vein 2 and an

142 NOCTUID.A,

elliptical spot at vein 1, the inner edge of the band incurved at

vein 2; the termen very narrowly yellow towards apex ; cilia white,

brown at base between veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing

with the basal half pale yellow, a curved black-brown medial band

narrowing to inner margin followed by a pale yellowish band, the

terminal area grey-brown, its inner edge curved; hind wing as

above, but the costal area irrorated with red-brown, a slight brown

discoidal lunule connected above with the medial band, the terminal

band confluent with the patch at vein 1.

Hab. U.S.A., Llinois, 1 9, Mississippi Valley, Iowa, Minnesota,

Nebraska, Kansas (Snow), 2 ¢, Texas, Utah. wp. 52-56 millim.

7260. Catocala vhitneyi. (Plate CC. fig. 1.)

Catocala whitneyi, Dodge, Can. Ent. vi. p. 125 (1874); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 335.

Head and thorax pale purplish grey mixed with some rufous;

palpi white with some black at sides of joints; tegule with

diffused brown bands at middle and tips, the prothorax with

- narrow brown band; pectus and legs white mixed with brown, the

tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen yellow slightly tinged

with rufous, the anal tuft white, the ventral surface white irrorated

with pale rufous. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with

red-brown; subbasal line represented by small black spots below

costa and cell defined on outer side by white; antemedial line

represented by an oblique wedge-shaped black bar from costa to

submedian fold defined on inner side by white ; reniform defined

by black except above and with wedge-shaped black mark before

its lower part, some fuscous in centre and an oblique brownish bar

above it from costa; the spot below end of cell faint and red-

brown defined on inner side by an oblique black striga ; postmedial

line with brown bar from costa, then hardly traceable, bent out-

wards below costa, oblique to above vein 5, then inwardly oblique ;

subterminal line grey, defined on inner side by a strong red-brown

line and on outer side slightly by red-brown, obliquely incurved

from costa to below vein 6 where it is met by a strong oblique dark

red-brown shade from termen below apex; traces of a series of

dark striz before termen. Hind wing golden yellow; a narrow

obliquely curved black medial band from costa to vein 1, its outer

edge slightly excurved at vein 5; a black terminal band narrowing

to vein 1 where it terminates, its inner edge incurved at vein 2 and

excurved at submedian fold; the termen very narrowly yellow

towards apex ; cilia white, brown at base between veins 6 and 2.

Underside of fore wing with the basal half yellow, a faint oblique

red-brown antemedial shade, a narrow oblique black medial band

ending at vein 1, its inner edge incurved at end of cell, followed by

a pale yellow band, the terminal area black, narrowing to tornus

and with its inner edge curved, the apex with some grey, cilia grey

and brown; hind wing as above but the costal area white irrorated

CATOCALA.—EPHESIA. 143

with red-brown except at the band, a blackish discoidal lunule

confluent with the medial band. i

Hab. U.S.A., Ohio, 1 ¢,2 @ type, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas

(Snow), 13,12. Haxp, 46-52 millim.

7261. Catocala nuptialis. (Plate CC. fig. 2.)

Catocala nuptialis, Wik. x. 1206 (1857); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am,

. 330.

Cainrele myrrha, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 97, pl. xi. f. 12 (1874).

Head and tegule rufous, the latter deep rufous at tips; thorax

grey suffused with rufous ; pectus brown and grey ; legs red-brown,

the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface

grey-brown. Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown and slightly

irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line black, excurved below

costa and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinctly

double, brown filled in with whitish, obliquely curved and slightly

sinuous, the outer line strong at costa; reniform a black-brown

lunule with its upper extremity produced to a point; an oblique

brown striga above it from costa; a brown spot defined by some

blackish scales below end of cell; postmedial line slight, black-

brown, angled inwards below costa, then bent outwards, oblique

and slightly sinuous to above vein 5, where it is angled outwards,

then inwardly oblique and minutely waved, a rufous band beyond

it defined by the rather diffused grey subterminal line which is

obliquely incurved from costa to below vein 6; the terminal area

suffused with rufous except at costa; a series of slight dark strize

before termen. Hind wing golden yellow; an oblique black medial

band excurved below vein 5 and ending at vein 1; a broad terminal

black band narrowing to tornus, its inner edge slightly incurved at

vein 2; the termen very narrowly yellow towards apex, then with

slight yellow marks in the interspaces ; cilia brown at base, whitish

at tips. Underside of fore wing with the basal half yellow, the

costa brown, an oblique brown antemedial shade, an oblique black

medial band narrowing to inner margin followed by a rather narrow

pale yellowish band arising just below costa, the terminal area

broadly black-brown, its inner edge curved; hind wing as above

but the costal area whitish thickly irrorated with red-brown, the

medial band arising at subcostal nervure.

Hab. U.S.A. (Doubleday), 1 2 type, Illinois, Nebraska to Texas,

Kansas (Snow), 4 $,1 9, Colorado, Hep. 52-56 millim.

Genus EPHESIA. fhe

Hphesia, Wubu. Verz. p. 278 (827) ....2.<-.--.-2-- Aduistemonedseniasltt se Sulminea.

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

middle of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth,

with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax typi-

cally clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with

spreading crests, the mesothorax with small paired crests; tibize moderately

144 NOOTUID &.

fringed with hair, the fore and hind tibiz not spined, the mid tibie spined, the mid

tibiz of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair; abdomen with

dorsal ridges of bair and hairy crests on basal segments. Fore wing triangu-

lar, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of celi; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third

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.

Sect. I, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales.

A. Hind wing black-brown.

a. Hind wing without white apical patch.........0.... eee miranda.

6. Hind wing with white apical patch.

a, Hind wing without medial white patch from costa ... dissimiélis.

6!, Hind wing with white medial patch from costa.

a?, Hind wing with the white medial patch ending at

vein 5 and with faint white spot below it in sub-

median. folds josa sah teks Lie oncs Gyeseencea een em a soae ee sancta.

2, Hind wing with the white medial patch extending

to vein 2 and with distinct white patch below it in

submedian fold tawcenceceeneumentac sccm cee eer eenece acted.

BepEtinid swinledyellowishywinitemeees seco eeeaeeee eeeeece eee mived.

©. Hind wing crimson.

a. Hind wing with the medial black band obliquely and

almost evenly curved.

ai, Fore wing strongly irrorated with fuscous black, the

veins of terminal area not streaked with black ...... curce.

$1, Fore wing much less strongly irrorated with black, the

veins of terminal area streaked with black ............ coceinata.

6. Hind wing with the medial black band excurved below

vein 5.

a, Forewing with the postmedial line not dentate between

VAS) DUIS BATINNG Cr ncad abe aneenc Rasanaoconuner cossnbaacaaneneaccsancd ophelia.

b1. Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate between

veins 4 and 2.

a*. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines dis-

tinct and defined on outer side by rufous ............ violenta.

62, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines very

indistinct and not defined on outer side by rufous. herodias,

D. Hind wing scarlet.

a, Hind wing with the medial black band obliquely and

Almost Gyemlly CWPYEE! snosecoud ocagonsoc00g0004000asa00acaG0000% ultronia.

6, Hind wing with the medial black band excurved below

vein 0.

a. Fore wing clouded in parts with blackish ............ ... verilliana.

b'. Fore wing not clouded with blackish ..................0.. vernert.

E. Hind wing yellow or orange-yellow.

a. Hind wing with the medial black band obliquely and

ee ee evenly excurved.

. Hind wing pale yellow, the ‘ee area suffused with

brown ; underside of both wings yellowish white...... intacta.

bl, Hind wing and underside of both wings golden yellow ella.

- 6, Hind wing with the medial black band excuryed below

vein 5.

. Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate between

veins 4 and 2,

a*, Hind wing with the medial black band angled in-

wards in submedian fold.

a, Fore wing not suffused with red-brown and

[sitive ats) Naa set ene aantan aN cantina dhe autacon adn hobeaauddas . helena,

EPHESIA,

68, Fore wing largely suffused with red-brown and

blackish.

a‘, Kore wing with the antemedial line angled

outwards below costa ............:.sessceeeeeee eres

b+. Kore wing with the antemedial line oblique

from costa to median nervure............. 50600000

6?, Hind wing with the medial black band not angled

inwards in submedian fold.

a®, Hind wing pale yellow, the inner area suffused

with brown.

a‘, Fore wing with the basal area suffused with

GENES TORO AN SoccooociecohoossnoeasonnAnsococagouRuEdae

64, Fore wing with the basal area suffused with

LU Gan RPGR dor ee snodnaasa dospaceascaueanbounonnos

6°. Hind wing orange-yellow with brown fascie in

submedian fold and on inner margin.

a‘, Fore wing with the reniform not whitish ......

b+. Fore wing with the reniform whitish ............

61. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved and not

dentate between veins 4 and 2.

a. Kore wing with black streak below base of cell.

a’, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

closely approximated at inner margin, the

medial area slightly tinged with greenish white

6%. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

well separated at inner margin, the medial area

strongly tinged with greenish white.

a+. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with

brown, the medial area strongly tinged with

(ANE, gon Sooooossecsoood aatenue clas stieeeielseee cela melanie

64, Fore wing with the basal area not suffused with

brown, the medial area slightly tinged with

greenish.

@. Fore wing with distinct red-brown band

beyond the postmedial line, the terminal

area of the ground-colour..... .........s0c0e+++

v5, Fore wing with the red-brown band beyond

the postmedial line obsolescent, the ter-

minal area suffused with brown...............

62, Fore wing without black streak below base of cell.

a®, Fore wing with the medial part of inner area

STUNUINISCECL Gy, TAWIKODDIS can ccoseoeboaraadngses0 csseebBeroeG

03, Fore wing with the medial part of inner area not

suffused with rufous,

a‘, Fore wing faintly tinged with olive-green, the

IMGYES INEGI, onsen ooadoocoasecoosan50usqas¥eRqddeRnud0

4, Fore wing strongly tinged with moss-green, the

lines very indistinct ......... podepacoabenonacoquesaas

cl, Fore wing with the postmedial line curving down-

wards below vein 5 and forming a very broad sinus

laallowy GG! Oi alll sosocncocoseoceocqoDocKecos0sKa0DG0RD0099000"

e. Hind wing with the medial black band oblique to sub-

median fold, then more or less bent inwards towards

inner margin.

a, Fore wing with the ground-colour brownish ochreous.

a’, Fore wing without dark brown patch from middle of

costa to the postmedial line between veins 6 and 3.

a*, Fore wing not suffused with black; hind wing

with the terminal band interrupted at submedian

interspace.

a*, Hind wing with the medial black band narrow

and not expanding into a patch at middle

VOL. XII,

minuta.

olivia,

streccert,

jonasi.

pregnax.

hetera.

crategi.

pretiosa,

preclara,

dulciola.

grynea,.

alabame,

titania,

puella.

andromache.

146 ; NOCTUID&E.

b4, Hind wing with the medial black band broader

and expanding into a patch at middle .........

3, Fore wing suffused in parts with black; hind wing

with the terminal band not interrupted at sub-

TaNGaliea TWAS THS|ORVOEE oc noancoooponcnn.codsons00e2a000000000"

62, Fore wing with dark brown patch from middle of

costa to ‘postmedial line between veins 6 and 3

b'. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey.

a>, Fore wing with red-brown patch on postmedial

costal area extending to lower angle of cell and

vein 4,

a’. Fore wing with the costal patch prominent and

GECIEINGUINE (1) BIDE sodcoancnancanoscbadoc0csas00nsc0a0090

0°, Fore wing with the costal patch much less

prominent and not extending to apex ............

b2, Fore wing without red-brown patch on postmedial

costal area extending to lower angle of cell and

vein 4.

a®, Hind wing with the inner area not suffused with

brown.

a+, Hind wing without brown fascia in submedian

HOUGL, ors cot siebwtebisiae sem case aan seat sosoetanmen sean

b', Hind wing with brownish fascia in base of sub-

macduan wold sawp huepceetossesteen daauseecoeiescteete

¢4, Hind wing with brown fascia in submedian fold

extending to the medial band which is inter-

TUNE! At Ghis@alll ONG)... coscosesccosessoocscsabo0sen8

d+. Hind wing with brown fascia in submedian

fold extending to the spot on termen, the inner

ranean INeANAhY JRO AM 254550000000093400000000000000

o3, Hind wing with the inner area suffused with

brown.

a4, Kore wing with the postmedial line strongly

angled outwards below vein 5.

a, Fore wing without oblique dark shade from

termen below apex.

a’, Hind wing with the terminal band not

interrupted at submedian interspace.

a’, Kore wing on underside with the post-

medial yk dhwhitesreeseeeeteeceeeeen eens

6". Fore wing on underside with the post-

medial band yellow.

a®, Fore wing largely suffused with black

ENA LOOM, condosons0n00sn0sqa0eecan00s000d

68. Fore wing much greyer.

a’, Fore wing without black-brown

mark beyond lower angle of cell

between bases of veins 4, 3 .........

6°. Fore wing with black-brown mark

beyond lower angle of cell between

bases Of veins 4, 3 .......cccccceeessoee

v8. Hind wing with the terminal band inter-

rupted at submedian interspace ............

b*. Fore wing with oblique dark shade from ter-

TINS. af) yn? HY 2X2><35 sconjceacqoad econ soon soac0DG tok so5

6’. Bore wing with the postmedial line slightly

angled outwards below vein 5. i

a>. Hind wing with the terminal band connected

with the medial band at veins 2 and 1 ......

flavescens.

butler.

eminens.

mirificd.

largetaut.

desdemona.

separans.

duvidi.

rutha.

inconslans.

dotata.

nubila.

musme.

persimilis.

micronympha.

CONNEXLA.

EPHESIA, 147

bo, Hind wing with the terminal band not con-

nected with the medial band at yeins 2

and 1.

a, Fore wing with the medial area not white.

«, Fore wing with the postmedial line

dentate between veins 4 and 2.

a’, Hind wing with the terminal band

more or less completely interrupted

in submedian interspace ............0. nymphe.

6°, Hind wing with the terminal band

not interrupted in submedian inter-

space.

a, Fore wing not variegated with white dwuplicata.

4°, Fore wing variegated with white ... diversa,

)7, Fore wing with the postmedial line very

slightly waved between veins 4 and 2.

a°, Fore wing without oblique dark shade

from termen below apex.

a. Fore wing largely suffused with dark

ISRONNAM .oodadconksacasqsodoonaeusnsanco00Ns disjuncta,

i°, Fore wing much greyer brown.

a\°, Kore wing with the postmedial

line slightly oblique below vein 5

and not connected by a sinus

with the spot below end of cell. eutychea,

61°, Fore wing with the postmedial

line very oblique below vein 5

and connected by a sinus with

the spot below end of cell......... distorta.

6°, Fore wing with oblique dark shade

from termen below apex ..............- similis,

6°, Fore wing with the medial area white.

a’, Kore wing with the medial area bluish

white and without brown suffusion

beyond lower angle of cell ............... amasia,

b’, Fore wing with the medial area pure

white and with brown suffusion beyond

Haye Guns Ol Gallligg scoscasoosqasonsuacsdoge connubialis,

d. Ilind wing without medial black band.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line present and

forming a sinus below end of cell ................0200e0ee triphenoides,

bv}, Fore wing with the postmedial line obsolete ............ vallantine.

*7262, Ephesia miranda.

Catocala miranda, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p. 118 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 351.

Head and thorax grey; tegule brown; abdomen grey-brown.

Fore wing clear grey, the lines distinct, black; antemedial line

oblique, slightly dentate; reniform grey defined by diffused white ;

postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

sinuous, angled outwards above and below vein 5, then waved,

strongly bent inwards at vein | and reaching the inner margin

near the antemedial line. Hind wing black, the cilia pure white.

Underside fuscous brown, fore wing with a subterminal white

band ; both wings with the apical area white ; hind wing with the

cilia white.

148 NOCTUIDM.

Hab. U.S.A., Distr. of Columbia, Washington. Zap. 48 millim.

This species is unknown to me.

7263. Ephesia dissimilis.

Catocala Wissimilis, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 60, pl, 4. f. 15 (1864); Stand.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 250.

Head and thorax dark brown, the head and tegule with white

mixed, the teguize with dark marks at middle and dark tips; palpi

white at base and with white ring at extremity of 2nd joint; frons

white below and with black bars at sides; pectus white; legs

white irrorated with brown, the extremity of fore tibie and the

tarsi banded with black; abdomen brown, the ventral surface

white tinged with brown. Fore wing dark brown irrorated with

grey-white ; subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa and

ending at submedian fold; antemedial line diffused, black faintly

defined on inner side by whitish, excurved above inner margin ;

reniform with whitish centre defined by blackish and diffused

white annulus; an oblique blackish bar above it from costa ;

postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish,

expanding into a small spot at custa, bent outwards below costa,

then oblique and slightly sinuous to below vein 6, where it is

angled outwards, then inwardly oblique and waved; a diffused

waved whitish subterminal line defined on outer side by blackish

brown; a series of blackish points before termen defined on outer

side by white. Hind wing dark reddish brown; an apical white

patch extending to vein 6; cilia white at tips. Underside of -

fore wing with the basal half pale brown, the terminal half black-

brown, an oblique whitish medial patch from below costa to

vein 2, a white postmedial band, broad and oblique to vein 4 and

narrowing to inner margin, a white apical spot; hind wing with

the basal and inner areas grey-brown, the rest of wing dark brown,

a whitish postmedial band, oblique and sinuous to vein 4 and obso-

lescent towards tornus, a white apical patch.

Hab. KE. Srperta, Amurland, 2¢; Japan, Yezo (Pryer), 43,

19, Hakodate’ (Leech), 19,192; W. Cura, Chang-yang (Pratt),

1$,19. Hep. 44-56 millim.

7264, Ephesia sancta. (Plate CC. fig. 3.)

Catocala sancta, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 134 (1885).

@. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some whitish;

palpi whitish at base and with white ring at extremity of 2nd

joint; frons white below and with black bars at sides; pectus and

legs white and brown, the fore tibie at extremity and the tarsi

banded with blackish; abdomen brown, the ventral surface

brownish white. Fore wing brown irrorated with whitish and

suffused in parts with blackish; a slight dark subbasal line, angled

outwards below costa and ending at median nervure; antemedial

EPHESIA. 149

line indistinct, dark, oblique, sinuous, some blackish beyond it from

costa to median nervure followed by an oblique whitish shade from

costa to median nervure; reniform with dark centre and whitish

annulus defined by dark brown, an oblique brown striga above it

from costa and a whitish spot defined by blackish below it; post-

medial line black with some brownish white before it from costa to

vein 5 and beyond it at middle, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then

dentate and with obscure dark fascia from it to antemedial line

above vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, grey defined on outer

side by derk brown, waved, oblique from costa to below vein 6;

the interspaces of terminal area with black streaks and a series of

points before termen defined on outer side by white. Hind wing

blackish brown, the basal and inner areas with a greyish tinge; a

triangular white medial patch from costa to vein 5, a small post-

medial spot in submedian fold and a small apical patch; cilia

white, chequered with brown from vein 6 to 2 and brown towards

tornus. Underside of fore wing black-brown, some whitish at

base, an oblique white medial patch from below costa to submedian

fold, a white postmedial band, oblique to vein 4, and obsolescent

towards inner margin, some white at apex; hind wing brown,

the basal and inner areas bluish white streaked with brown, an

oblique white postmedial band from costa to vein 4 and patch

below vein 2, a small apical patch.

$. Fore wing with the pateh in cell, the spot below end of cell

and the patch beyond middle of postmedial line pure white.

flab. Javan, Yezo (Pryer), 13,29 type. Hap. 52-56 millim.

7265. Ephesia acteza.

Catocala actea, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 112. f. 22 (1874).

Head and thorax fuscous black mixed with some grey-white ;

pectus brownish white; legs strongly irrorated with white, the

tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral

surface brownish white. Fore wing black-brown thickly irrcrated

with grey-white; subbasal line black, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line double, black, waved, somewhat oblique; a

whitish spot in middle of cell; reniform faintly defined by blackish

and with traces of a whitish annulus, a blackish bar above it from

costa; a small rather triangular white spot below end of cell

defined by black, with a dark shade from it to inner margin ; post-

medial line black, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

slightly sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5,

then dentate and angled outwards in submedian fold, a sinuous

blackish shade beyond it and some whitish irroration at riddle; a

subterminal series of rather wedge-shaped dark marks ; a crenulate

blackish line before termen with a series of small white spots

beyond it. Hind wing black; an oblique wedge-shaped white

patch from iniddle of costa to vein 2 and a spot below vein 2;

159 NOCTUIDE.

cilia white, chequered with black between veins 6 and 2. Under-

side of fore wing fuscous black, some bluish grey at base, an

oblique wedge-shaped white patch from below middle of costa to

vein 2, an obliquely curved postmedial white band, narrowing to

vein 1 where it terminates, cilia white mixed with fuscous brown;

hind wing with the basal and inner areas bluish white suffused with

fuscous brown, the rest of wing fuscous black with the band and

spot almost confluent, a small white patch at apex.

Hab. Javan, Oiwaké (Pryer), 1 9, Nikko (Ito), 1 9, Niregi

(Lewis), 1g, Fushiki (Leech), 13,19, Tsuruga (Leerh), 15,19,

Tokio (Lenton), 2 ¢ , Yokohama (Jonas, Leech),23,29; W. Cara,

Chang-yang (Pratt), 1¢. Hep. 56-64 millim.

7266. Ephesia nivea.

Catocala nivea, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 241 (1877); id. Ill. Lep. Het. B.M.

* i. p. 88, pl. 33. f. 4; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 442.

Head white with black line between antennse which are brown ;

palpi and lower part of frons red-brown, the former ochreous

white at base; tegule red-brown, the base white, blackish lines

near base, at middle and near tips, where there are some whitish

scales ; thorax white mixed with some brownish ; pectus and legs

white tinged with red-brown, the fore tibie at extremities and the

tarsi banded brown and white ; abdomen brownish white, the anal

tuft browner above. Fore wing grey-white suffused with pale red-

brown and with numerous faint dark strie, the costal area whiter

to middle; subbasal line slight, black, oblique to median nervure

where it is angled outwards, then bent inwards and ending at sub-

median fold; antemedial line dark defined on inner side by

whitish, obsolescent except towards costa and inner margin, where

it is black defined on inner side by white and greenish, with a

small black spot at costa, then excurved and minutely dentate,

angled outwards above inner margin; reniform white and greenish

with its centre defined by black, elliptical; postmedial line black

defined on outer side by white and greenish, very oblique from

costa to- below vein 6, where there is a black streak from it to

termen, then dentate, ot solescent, and with black and white points

on the veins, oblique to vein 2, below submedian fold strong,

waved, and angled inwards on vein 1; the veins of terminal area

with slight dark streaks; a series of black points defined on outer

side by white before termen. Hind wing creamy yellowish-white ;

some brownish hair at base; an irregularly sinuous black medial

patch from below costa to submedian fold, pointed at extremities

and its outer edge angled outwards at vein 5; a curved black

subterminal band from costa to vein 1, its inner edge sinuous ;

some black striz on termen. Underside of fore wing yellowish

white, the costa suffused with brown to middle, an obliquely

curved black medial band from costa to submedian fold, narrowing

below and its inner edge expanding into a discoidal spot, the ter-

minal area fuscous brown, expanding towards costa; hind wing

EPHESIA. 151

with the base and costa tinged with brown, a black discoidal

point, the medial band continued obliquely to costa towards which

it is narrow and with oblique brownish striga from its lower ex-

tremity to vein 1, the terminal area fuscous brown to near tornus,

extending on costa to near the medial band and leaving some

yellowish white on termen at apex.

Ab. 1. Hind wing and underside whiter.—Punjab.

Hab. Japan, Hakodaté (Leech), 12, Oiwaké (Pryer), 2 3, Nikko

(Maries), 32, Tokio (Fenton), 29, Yokohama (Jonas, Leech), 2

type; W. Cuarna, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1¢ ; Punsas, Thundiani

(Yerbury), 13. Hep. 98-116 millim.

7267. Ephesia circe. (Plate CC. fig. 4.)

Catocala circe, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 121 (1876); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p: 338,

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with black and some brown ;

palpi with the 2nd joint mostly black at sides; frons and vertex

of head with lateral black bars; tegule with diffused black lines

near base, at middle and tips; patagia edged with diffused black ;

pectus ochreous white; tibize and tarsi banded with black; abdo-

men ochreous brown, the crests and anal tuft with some fuscous,

the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing grey-white thickly

irrorated and in parts suffused with fuscous brown ; subbasal line

black, angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold ;

a black streak above base of vein 1 and streak below median

nervure before the antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved,

strongly angled inwards on vein 1; a whitish patch in and above

cell before the reniform, which is elliptical and obscurely defined by

white; an oblique black bar from middle of costa and faint highly

dentate line beyond the cell between veins 7 and 2; a whitish and

ochreous brown spot defined by black below end of cell; post-

medial line black, indistinctly double towards costa, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and acutely angled outwards above and

below vein 5, then retracted and with whitish and ochreous brown

patch beyond it above vein 3, angled outwards above vein 2, biden-

tate at submedian fold and strongly angled inwards at vein 1;

subterminal line whitish slightly defined on each side by fuscous,

angled outwards below vein 7, then dentate; a series of black

points before termen defined on outer side by white.- Hind wing

crimson-red, the costal area to beyond middle, the hair in sub-

median fold and on inner margin brownish; medial band black,

sinuous, oblique to vein 4, slight below vein | and not reaching inner

margin; a black terminal band broad at costa and narrowing to a

point near tornus, its inner edge curved, sinuous below vein 4; the

extreme apex pale red; cilia white mixed with ochreous brown

and chequered with fuscous. Underside of fore wing fuscous, a

black medial band broad and oblique to below vein 2 then narrow,

a wedge-shaped pale crimson patch before it and curved band

152 NOCTUIDZ.

beyond it from below costa to yein 2, the termen grey, broadly

towards apex; hind wing with the costal area white irrorated with

brown to the terminal band, the medial band ending above vein 1.

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 1g. Hap. 74 millim.

7268. Ephesia coccinata. (Plate CC. fig. 5.)

Catocala coccinata, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 6 (1872); Streck.

Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 21, pl. 3. f. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 338.

Catocala sinuosa, Grote, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. i. p. 77 (1879).

Grey-white mixed with some brown and black; palpi with black

patch at side of 2nd joint; frons with lateral black bars; tegule

with two black medial lines, the prothorax with red-brown bar,

the patagia with black line near edges, the metathoracic crest

tinged with rufous; pectus and legs white and brown, the tarsi

banded blackish and white; abdomen grey-brown tinged with

yufous, the ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing bluish

grey mixed with some whitish and irrorated with black, the veins

streaked with black ; subbasal line black, angled outwards below

costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line rather

indistinctly double, black, oblique and sinuous to submedian fold,

then strongly angled inwards at vein 1]; reniform with its centre

defined by brown and with whitish annulus defined on outer side

by black and somewhat dentate, an oblique dark bar above it from

costa; a rather triangular white spot tinged with brown and

defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line black slightly

defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique, very acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5,

angled outwards above vein 2, bidentate at submedian fold, then

with black streak on it and angled inwards at vein 1 to near ante-

medial line, a whitish patch tinged with red-brown beyond it between

veins + and 3; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by

fuscous, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; an obliygue dark

shade from termen below apex and a diffused dark streak at vein 2,

the veins of terminal area finely streaked with black; a series of

black points defined on outer side by whitish before termen. Hind

wing bright crimson, the hair on inner margin grey-brown, some

dark hair in base of submedian fold; medial band black, broad,

obliquely curved, its inner edge incurved at submedian fold and its

outer edge excurved at vein 5, terminating at vein 1 towards

which it narrows; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its

inner edge incurved slightly at vein 2; cilia brown at base, white

at tips, almost wholly white towards apex. Underside of fore

wing crimson, some grey-brown at base, an oblique black-brown

shade from costa before middle to the oblique black postmedial

band at vein 1, the postmedial area with white spot at costa, the

terminal area black, the apex and termen to vein 2 suffused with

erey, cilia chequered white and brown; hind wing as above but

the basal costal area pale grey-brown, the medial band extending

almost to inner margin where it is angled inwards, the narrow

PPHESTA. 153

postmedial area whitish to vein 5, cilia white chequered with

black hetween veins 6 and 2.

Ab. 1. sinuosa. Hind wing with the medial band reduced to a

line arising at vein 6, excurved at vein 5 and ending above vein 1,

no brown suffusion on basal area ; underside of fore wing with the

crimson area much larger, the medial black band reduced to a line.

Hab, Canana, Manitoba, Westbourne ( Wallis),35,19; U.S.A.,

Kastern and Central States, New York, 3d, Ulinois, Florida, 1 ¢

type swwuosa. Exp. 70-74 millim.

Larva. Coquillet, Papilio, i. p. 56.

Dark grey; 8th somite with a protuberance, the 1ith somite

with two slight protuberances ; head grey edged with black. Tood-

plant, Oak.

7269. Ephesia ophelia, (Plate CC. fig. 6.)

Catocala ophelia, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. ii. p. 95 (1880) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 337.

Catocala dollii, Beutenm. Bull. Am, Mus, Nat. Hist. xxiii. p. 940 (1907).

$. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey-white; frons

dark brown at sides; tegule with black lines near base and at

tips, a red-brown medial shade; patagia with some black scales

near upper edge; pectus white; legs whitish irrorated with red-

brown, the fore tibiz with black band near extremity, the tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen pale fulyous brown, the crests tipped

with white. Fore wing violaceous grey irrorated with red-brown ;

subbasal line blackish, angled outwards below costa and ending at

submedian fold; antemedial line double, filled in with grey and

with some red-brown sufiusion before it, the outer line black and

strong from costa to submedian fold, obliquely excurved from costa

to submedian fold, then sinuous; reniform with red-brown centre

and whitish annulus slightly defined by brown, its outer edge

dentate ; a blackish bar from middle of costa and elliptical whitish

spot defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line black with

a rufous band beyond it except at costa and inner margin, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique, acutely angled outwards above

and below vein 5 and running inwards as a streak above vein 1;

subterminal line grey-white defined on outer side by brown,

dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of black

striz before termen with grey beyond them; the veins of terminal

area with slight dark streaks. Hind wing crimson, the base and

inner margin with some reddish brown hair; medial band black,

obliquely excurved from costa to submedian fold, then bent

inwards and ending at vein 1; terminal area black narrowing to

near tornus where it terminates, its inner edge sinucus, some

crimson beyond it on termen; cilia white tinged with crimson,

chequered with brown between veins 6 and 2 and brown towards

tornus. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown with a purplish

gloss on terminal half, an oblique pale crimson medial patch from

subcostal nervure to vein 2, postmedial band whitish at costa,

154 NOCLUID As.

then pale crimson with whitish streaks on the veins, obliquely

curved, ending at vein 1, cilia white intersected with brown;

hind wing crimson, the costal area whitish irrorated with brown

to beyond middle, the postmedial and terminal bands as above but

tinged with purplish.

Ab. 1. dolli. Head and thorax darker grey; fore wing thickly

irrorated with black, the lines and spots less distinct. — Colorado.

_ Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, California, 1g, Mendocino Co. Lxp.

56 millim,

*7270. Ephesia violenta. (Plate CC. fig. 7.)

Catocala violenta, WH. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Unt. Soe. iii. p. 58 (1880), 3 ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 3937.

lutocala chiricahua, Boling, Can. Ent. xxxiii. p. 127, 9 (1901); Dyar,

Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 227.

3d. Head and thorax bluish grey tien with red-brown; palpi

with black-browu patch at side of 2nd joint; frons with lateral

black bars; antenne black; tegule whitish with red-brown line

near base and band near tips ; rotons with red-brown band ;

pectus and legs grey mixed with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed

with white ; Bndonten red-brown, the ventral surface grey tinged

with red-brown. Fore wing blue-grey irrorated with red-brown ;

the veins streaked with black; sabbasal line black, angled out-

wards below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line

blackish defined on inner side by red-brown, oblique to submedian

fold and angled inwards at vein 1, diffused at costa and produced

to a slight dark streak on median nervure; reniform rufous irrorated

with white, slightly defined by blackish, incompletely above and on

outer side, an oblique blackish mark above it from costa; a rufous

spot faintly defined by whitish and black below end of cell; post-

medial line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish, forming

a small spot at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then very

oblique and forming long teeth above and below vein 5, then bent

inwards and waved, very strongly angled inwards at vein 1 and

forming a black streak to near the antemedial line, its outer side

defined by a red-brown band with a black spot at costa; a waved

blackish terminal line with black points at the interspaces; cilia

chequered brown and grey. Hind wing crimson, the inner margin

with some brown hair; an obliquely curved black medial band,

expanding below costa and in submedian interspaces, excurved at

middle, slight below vein 1, and ending above inner margin; a black

terminal band narrowing towards tornus which it does not reach,

its inner edge sinuous; cilia white with some crimson at base,

crimson at submedian interspace, chequered with black between

veins 6 and 2 and blackish towards tornus. Underside of fore

wing crimson, an oblique dark brown shade from costa before middle

joining the curved black postmedial band on inner area, a post-

medial white spot on costa, the terminal area black-brown with

some greyish at apex, cilia white intersected with brown ; hind wing

with the basal costal area brown, the postmedial area whitish to

-BPHESIA. 15d

vein &, cilia white intersected with brown at veins 6 to 2, brown

towards tornus.

Hind tibize with 2 spines between the medial and terminal spurs.

@. Fore wing with the spot below end of cell connected by a

sinus with the postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona, Cochise Co., Palmerlee in Coll.

W. Barnes. Hap. ¢ 62, 2 70 millim.

7271. Ephesia herodias. (Plate CC. fig. 8.)

Catocala herodias, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 121 (1876); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 538.

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey, the meta-

thoracic crest darker; pectus and legs whitish mixed with red-

brown ; abdomen pale rufous, the hairy crests on basal segments

darker at tips, the ventral surface whitish tinged with rufous.

Fore wing grey suffused with reddish brown and slightly irrorated

with black; antemedial line very indistinct and rather diffused,

oblique to submedian fold; reniform with very indistinct whitish

annulus and some whitish in centre; postmedial line very indistinct,

dark, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 6, strongly angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then strongly dentate and very

strongly angled inwards on vein 1; the veins of terminal half

with slight daik streaks ; subterminal lincabsent. Hind wing pale

crimson ; a rather narrow black medial band, oblique towards costa

and expanding below the costa, excurved at veins 5 and 1 and

angled inwards above inner margin; a terminal black band

narrowing to tornus, its inner edge slightly incurved at vein 2;

the termen narrowly white tinged with crimson towards apex and

in submedian- interspace; cilia white, chequered with brown at

veins 6 to 2 and brown towards tornus. Underside of fore wing

white tinged with crimson, the costa brown, an oblique diffused

brown antemedial shade from costa before middle to the obliquely

curved medial black band at inner margin, the latter expanding at

middle, the terminal area brown with curved inner edge, cilia

chequered white and blackish; hind wing with the basal costal

area to discal fold and the postmedial area to vein 4 whitish

irrorated with red-brown.

Hab. U.S.A., New York, 1 $. Hap. 60 millim.

7272. Ephesia ultronia. (Plate CC. fig. 9.)

Eunetis ultronia, Hibn. Zutr. ii. p. 26, ff. 847-8 (1818); Packard, Guide to

Study of Insects, p. 317, pl. viii. f. 4; Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 73,

pl. ix. f. 7; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38.

Catocala adriana, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 57 (1880),

Catocala celia, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. iii. p. 58 (1880).

Catocala mopsa, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Mut. Soe. iii. p. 58 (1880).

ce lucinda, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. xxii. p. 940

(1907).

Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some grey-white;

frons with blackish lateral bars ; tegule with dark medial linc, the

156 NOOTUID A,

prothorax with blackish bar, the patagia with black lines near edges;

pectus and legs whitish tinged with rufous, the tarsi blackish

ringed with white ; abdomen pale rufous, the basal crests with some

dark brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing bright ru“ous,

the veins with dark streaks, a diffused white streak above median

nervure and thence above vein 2 and extremity of vein 3 to termen ;

an oblique subbasal black striga from costa; a fine black streak in

submedian fold to just before the antemedial line, which is blackish,

slightly angled outwards below costa and in cell, oblique to sub-

median fold, then inwardly oblique; reniform with its centre

defined by brown and with white annulus, an ovlique dark bar

above it from costa, some fuscous suffusion before it in cell and

fuscous and grey suffusion beyond it to the postmedial line where

it is met by an oblique dark shade from termen below apex ; a small

spot defined by dark brown below end of cell connected by a sinus

with the postmedial line at vein 2; postmedial line black, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique, very acutely angled out-

wards above and below vein 5, then dentate, strongly angied

outwards and somewhat bidentate at submedian fold and angled

inwards at vein 1 to near the antemedial line; subterminal line

white, strongly dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a

series of blackish points before termen. Hind wing bright scarlet,

the hair on inner margin brown, some diffused brown in submedian

fold to the obliquely curved black medial band extending to inner

margin, its edges sinuous and its inner edge incurved at discal and

submedian folds; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus; the

termen narrowly white tinged with red towards apex, then with

slight marks in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia white, chequered

with fuscous between veins 6 and 2, fuscous towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing blackish brown, an oblique pale scarlet

medial band from below costa to vein 1, a white postmedial band,

oblique-to vein 4 and tinged with scarlet towards inner margin, the

termen brownish white; hind wing as above, the basa! costal area

ochreous white, the postmedial area whitish irrorated with brown

to discal fold, a black discoidal bar connected above with the medial

band, which is narrower and more irregular.

Ab. 1. lucinda. Fore wing more uniform pale or greenish grey,

the inner area suffused with dark red-brown.

Ab. 2. adriana. Fore wing with the inner area not darker than

the ground-colour.

Ab, 3. celia. Hind wing with the medial band reduced to a

line.— Florida.

Hab. Canapa, Ontario, Orillia (Bush), 1 @ ; U.S.A., Eastern

States to Florida, Middle and Central States, 1 ¢,4 9,New York,

Evans Center (Grote), 2 ¢, 1 9, Ohio, Columbus, 2 ¢, Kansas

(Snow), 1 3,1 9. Kap. 52-64 millim.

Larva, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 89; Packard, Guide to Study of Ins. p. 317,

pl. viii. f. 4@; Saund. Can. Ent. vi. p. 147, & xii. p. 4.

Clear grey to very dark brown, with darker dots and reddish

tubercles; 8th somite with a protuberance concolorous or reddish ;'

EPISIA. il

11th somite with a reddish lunule. Food-plants : Wild Cherry,

Plum, Dog-wood and Live Oak.

7273. Ephesia verilliana. (Plate CC. fig. 10.)

Catocala verilliana, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 185 (1875); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 337.

Catocala votiva, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. vii. p. 41 (1884).

Head and thorax brown mixed with white and some black; palpi

with black patch at side of 2nd joint; frons with lateral black

bars; vertex of head with V-shaped black mark; tegule with

brown medial line and blackish tips, the prothorax with narrow

dark band, the patagia with black line near edges; pectus whitish

tinged with brown; the legs irrorated with blackish, the tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen reddish ochreous, the basal crests

brown and grey, the extremity tinged with brown, the ventral

surface white irrorated with ochreous brown. Fore wing pale grey

tinged in parts with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown;

subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa and ending at

submedian fold, a diffused black fascia beyond it below the cell to

the antemedial line, which is deuble filled in with whitish, the inner

line angled inwards below costa and at median nervure, the outer

line strong and oblique to submedian fold, incurved at vein 1;

reniform with its centre defined by brown and white annulus

defined by brown, an oblique blackish bar above it from costa; a

small rounded whitish spot defined by black below end of cell; a

faint oblique brown line beyond the cell from vein 6 to submedian

fold; postmedial line black defined on outer side by rufous, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 8, slightly excurved above and

below vein 2, acutely angled inwards and with black streek on it

above vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, pale, angled inwards

below costa, then oblique to below vein 6, then waved; a slight

oblique brown shade from termen below apex; a series of black

strice slightly defined on outer side by whitish before termen ; cilia

with dark line near base and intersected with blackish at the veins.

Hind wing pale scarlet, the hair on inner margin tinged with brown,

some brownish hair in base of submedian fold; a narrow oblique

black medial band, excurved beyond lower angle of cell and ending

at vein 1, a dark point between it and inner margin; a terminal

black band, narrowing to tornus, the termen narrowly red towards

apex and in submedian interspace and with series of small spots

between veins 6 and 2; cilia white, chequered with black-brown

between veins 6 and 2 and at vein 1. Underside of fore wing pale

scarlet, an oblique brown shade from costa before middle to vein 1,

above which it extends to near base and to the oblique postmedial

black band narrowing to inner margin and with its outer edge

excurved at vein 5, terminal area black-brown shading to grey

irrorated with brown towards costa and apical part of termen ; hind

wing as above but the basal costal area and the postmedial area to

158 NOCTUID &.

vein 5 white irrorated with brown, a slight browa spot on upper

discocellular, the terminal band shading to whitish irrorated with

brown towards costa and at termen, a fine dark terminal line,

Ab. 1. votiva. Hind wing yellowish tinged with red.New

Mexico, Arizona. i

Hab. U.S.A., Texas, 2 $ type, Colorado, California ( Walsingham),

1 3, Humbolt Co.,1 g, New Mexico, Albuquerque (Oslar), 3 3,

1 @, Arizona, Yavapai Co., Prescott (Kunzé), 1 $6,192. Exp.

46-54 millim.

Larva. Food-plant, Scrub Oak.

*7274. Ephesia verneri. (Plate CC. fig. 11.)

Catocala werneri, Biederman, Ent. News Philad. xx. p. 76 (1909).

Catocala beutenmulleri, Barnes, Can. Ent. xlii. p. 251 (1910),

3. (beutenmullert.) Head and thorax pale blue-grey mixed with

red-brown ; palpi white mixed with red-brown ; frons with lateral

black bars; antenne blackish and witha blackish line between their

bases ; tegule with black lines near base and at tips and red-brown

band at middle ; patagia with some black scales on edges ; pectus and

legs white and brown, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

pale crimson, grey tinged with brown at base and extremity, the

ventral surface white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing pale

blue-grey tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with dark

brown; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line black,

waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double,

blackish, filled in with white towards costa and with some red-

brown on its costal half, bent outwards towards costa, then oblique,

sinuous, and angled inwards at vein 1; reniform with whitish

annulus, its centre slightly defined by brown, its outer edge rather

irregular, an oblique black striga above it from costa; a whitish

spot faintly defined by brown below end of cell; postmedial line

blackish defined on outer side by whitish and with slight red-brown

band beyond it, strongly bent outwards below costa, then obliquely

downeurved, angled outwards above and below. vein 5, then in-

curved and slightly waved to submedian fold, and very strongly

angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line indistinct, whitish,

waved, oblique to below vein 6; the veins of terminal areca streaked

with black and aslight oblique dark shade from termen below apex ;

a series of black points faintly defined on outer side by whitish

before termen; cilia intersected with blackish at the veins. Hind

wing crimson; a narrow obliquely excurved black medial band

from costa to vein 1, expanding somewhat below the costa; a

terminal black band not reaching.the tornus, its inner edge oblique

to vein 4 then sinuous; the termen narrowly crimson towards apex

and in submedian interspace and with small spots between veins 6

and 2; cilia white, chequered with black at veins 6 tol. Underside

of fore wing crimson, an oblique brown shade from costa before

middle to the obliquely curved black postmedial band at inner

margin, the terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, cilia chequered

EPHUSIA. 159

black and white; hind wing with the basal costal area white

suffused with red-brown, the postmedial area white irrorated with

red-brown to discal fold.

Ab. 1. vernert. Fore wing with saddle-shaped black-brown

patch on inner haif of medial area from the antemedial to the

subterminal line, its outer edge produced upwards towards apex,

reniform with three triangularly placed black spots on it.

Hab. U.S.A., Utah, Provo in Coll. W. Barnes, Arizona, Huachuca

Mts. Hap. 54 millim.

7275. Ephesia intacta. (Plate CC. fig. 12.)

Catocala intacta, Leech, P. Z.8. 1889, p. 548, pl. 53. f. 7.

@. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with grey-white ;

palpi white towards base and at extremity of 2nd joint; pectus

white; legs white irrorated with brown, the tarsi ochreous

banded with fuscous; abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore

wing white with a faint bluish tinge and irrorated with brown, the

terminal area more suffused with brown; subbasal line blackish,

excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial

line double, brown filled in with white, the inner line diffused, the

outer strong and black from costa to submedian fold, oblique,

sinuous; a diffused dark brown discoidal spot connected with a

patch on costa; an irregular spot defined by brown below end of

cell, connected with the postmedial line, which is brown defined on

outer side by white, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

minutely waved, angled outwards above and below vein 5, then

incuryed and dentate, at vein 2 forming the sinus below end of cell ;

a dentate whitish subterminal line defined on each side by brown,

oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of blackish points

before termen. Hind wing very pale yellow, the hasal area tinged

with brown, the veins of postmedial area streaked with brown ; an

obliquely curved medial brown band; the terminal area black-

brown, broadly at costa and narrowing to tornus; a yellow apical

patch followed by slight yellowish marks on termen ; cilia yellowish

white chequered with brown. Underside of fore wing yellowish

white with a broad brown fascia in submedian interspace from base

to the brown postmedial band which expands into a discoidal patch,

terminal area black-brown expanding towards costa; hind wing as

above but with more yellowish white on termen from apex to

vein 4,

Hab. Javan, Nagahama (Leech), 1 9 type. Ewp. 66 millim.

7276. Ephesia ella.

Catocala ella, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 242 (1877) ; id. Ill. Het. B.M. ii. p. 39,

pl. 83. f, 5; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Catocala nutrix, Gres. Berl. Ent. Zeit. xxii. p. 874 (1888).

Head and thorax grey mixed with black-brown; palpi white

towards base; sides of head white, the frons with black lateral

160 NOCTUID A.

bars; togule blackish at tips; pectus white slightly tinged with

brown; legs white irrorated with blackish, the tarsi blackish

ringed with white; abdomen fulvous yellow, the ventral surface

white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing pale greenish grey irro-

rated with dark red-brown, the media] area with diffused dark brown

shade; subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double filled in with whitish, the inner line slight,

the outer strong, black, oblique, sinuous, excurved in submedian

interspace ; reniform faintly defined by blackish; a round white

spot defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line black, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique, acutely angled outwards above

and below vein 5, then incurved and minutely waved, angled in-

wards at submedian fold and with black streak on it to near ante-

medial line; subterminal line whitish slightly defined on each side

by fuscous, minutely waved, obliquely incurved to below vein 7

where it is met by an oblique dark shade from termen below apex;

a series of black points before termen slightly defined on outer

side by whitish. Hind wing golden yellow ; some brown suffusion

in submedian interspace to the rather narrow obliquely curved

me lial black band from costa to just above inner margin ; terminal

area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved at veins 2

and 1; the termen narrowly yellow towards apex, then with slight

yellow marks in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia yellowish white,

chequered with brown between veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore

wing white, the inner area yellow to the medial band, a brownish

antemedial shade from costa to submedian fold, an oblique black

medial band narrowing to inner margin, terminal area black, its

inner edge curved, cilia chequered blackish and white; hind wing

as above but the postmedial area whitish to discal fold.

Hab. K. Srperta, Amurland, 3 ¢,2 9, Ussuri; Japan, Yezo

(Pryer), 3 S$, 1 2, Hakodate (Leech), 1 gG, 1 2, Yokohama

(Jonas, Manley), 1 3,2 9 type, Oiwaké (Pryer),1 3 ; W. Cura,

Wa-shan (Pratt), 1 2, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 $,1 9. Hep. 56-

66 millim.

7277. Ephesia helena. (Plate CC. fig. 13.)

Catocala helena, Ey. Bull. Mosc. 1856, ii. pl. i. f. 8, & 1857, iv. p. 878;

Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black; palpi

brownish white at base ; frons with lateral black bars ; tegule with

black medial line; pectus brownish grey; tarsi black with pale

rings; abdomen fulvous yellow irrorated with fuscous, the ventral

surface brownish white. Fore wing grey suffused in parts with

brown and irrorated with black ; subbasal line black, sinuous, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, black, sinuous,

oblique to submedian fold and incurved at vein 1, some black on it

below the cell and some whitish beyond it in and below the cell;

reniform defined by blackish and with blackish centre, an oblique

black bar above it from costa; an oblique elliptical spot defined by

EPHESIA, 161

black below end of cell; postmedial line double, black, the outer

line less distinct, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

minutely waved, angled outwards above and below vein 5, then

inwardly oblique, waved and strongly angled inwards at vein 1;

subterminal line whitish slightly defined on outer side by fuscous,

waved, oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is met by an oblique

black streak from termen below apex ; a line formed by black strix

before termen. Hind wing golden yellow, the inner area slightly

tinged with rufous; a black medial band, oblique to vein 2, then

angled inwards at submedian fold and extending to inner margin,

expanding below costa and with its outer edge excurved at vein 5;.

a black subterminal band, its inner edge incurved at discal fold,

then waved, its outer edge waved to termen between veins 6 and 2;

cilia with brownish marks at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing

yellow, an oblique fuscous shade from costa before middle to vein 1,

an oblique black medial band incurved below costa and excurved at

middle, an obliquely curved black subterminal band from costa to

submedian fold, the terminal area ochreous irrorated slightly with

brown; hind wing as above but the costal area ochreous irrorated

with brown, a black discoidal spot conjoined to the medial band.

Hab. Moneoria, Changhai Mts.; E. Srperra, Amurland, 2 °.

Exp. 60 millim.

7278. Ephesia minuta. (Plate CC. fig. 14.)

Catocala minuta, W. H. Edw. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 512 (1864) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 381.

Catocala parvula, W. H. Edw. Proce. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 512 (1864).

Catocala mellitula, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe, vii. p. 35 (1884).

Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale rufous; palpi black-

brown; frons with lateral black bars ; shoulders with black-brown

streaks; patagia with dark brown streak near upper edge, fore

tibize with black and white band at extremity, the tarsi black

ringed with white; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface white

tinged with rufous. Fore wing with the base whitish and pale

rufous, the rest of wing red-brown suffused with blackish; subbasal

line black defined on outer side by whitish, excurved below costa

and ending at submedian fold; a band of black suffusion on ante-

medial area before the antemedial line, which is double, black filled

in with whitish, bent cutwards below costa, then waved and

excurved above inner margin; reniform small, faintly defined by

brown, an oblique dark bar above it from costa; a small pale spot

defined by brown below end of cell, its outer edge somewhat

bidentate, postmedial line blackish slightly defined on outer side by

whitish, oblique and slightly sinuous towards costa, angled out-

wards above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate and

angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line whitish slightly defined

on each side by dark brown, strong, diffused and obliquely incurved

from costa to below vein 6, then dentate ; a crenulate black terminal

line. Hind wing golden yellow, the inner area suffused with brown;

VOL. XII, M

162 NOCTUID#.

a rather narrow blackish medial band, excurved below vein 5; a

terminal blackish band from costa to just below vein 2 and a patch

at vein 1; a yellow apical patch, followed by a series of points in

the interspaces to vein 2; cilia yellowish, chequered with brown at

veins 6 to 2and at veinl. Underside of fore wing with the basal

half yellow, an obliquely curved blackish medial band, its inner edge

incurved at end of cell and its outer edge excurved at middle,

followed by a yellowish white band, a curved blackish subterminal

band, the termen whitish; hind wing as above but the postmedial

area to vein 5 and the apex pale yellowish.

Ab. 1. parvula. Fore wing tinged with brown, the inner area

except at base suffused with black-brown.

Ab. 2. mellitula. Fore wing with the inner half of medial area

red-brown, the antemedial area blackish, the reniform obsolete, the

spot below end of cell annulate, the postmedial and terminal areas

darker than the medial area, with some white before the sub-

terminal line except towards costa.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern and Middle States, 2 ¢, Kentucky, 1 ¢,

1 @. Hep. 44-46 millim.

Larva. French, Can. Ent. xxvii. p. 331 ; Dodge, Can. Ent. xxxiii. p. 222.

Brownish black, with a paler dorsal stripe and broad whitish

patches on dorsum of somites 4, 7, 8, the patch on somite 4 usually

W-shaped; warts white in front, black behind, followed by black

patches, on anal somites the dorsal warts large and reddish brown ;

somites 8 and 9 with velvety black bands; somite 8 with a high

ridge inclined backwards and tipped with white or with white

flecks; filaments very slight ; ventral surface greenish yellow with

large black spots ; head dusky in front, black behind with a small

pale spot near top of each lobe. Food-plants: Gleditschia triacanthos,

Honey-Locust. 5.

*7279. Ephesia olivia. (Plate CC. fig. 15.)

Catocala olivia, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. ii. p. 95 (1880) ; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 331.

@. Head and thorax grey-white; palpi with black spot on Ist

joint, broad band on 2nd joint, and some black on 8rd; frons with

lateral black bars; antennee brown; prothorax with some red-

brown; legs irrorated with brown, the tarsi banded with brown;

abdomen pale rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-

white slightly irrorated with brown ; subbasal line slight, brown,

sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black,

slightly waved, oblique to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique ;

a deep chocolate-brown patch from the cell and vein 2 to inner

margin extending from the antemedial to the subterminal line ;

reniform with very faint white annulus, a faint oblique brown striga

above it from costa ; postmedial line blackish, slightly bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved and slightly waved, strongly

angled outwards above vein 5 and less strongly below it, then in-

curved and slightly dentate, excurved in submedian interspace ;

EPHESIA. 163

subterminal line whitish faintly defined on outer side by brown,

waved, oblique to below vein 6; a slight waved black line just

before termen with small spots in the interspaces. Hind wing

yellow; a short brownish fascia below base of cell; a narrow

obliquely excurved medial black band, arising below the costa where

it expands slightly, its outer edge excurved at vein 5, slightly

angled inwards at submedian fold and not reaching inner margin;

a terminal black band from costa to submedian fold, its inner

edge incurved at vein 2, and a patch at tornus ; the termen narrowly

yellow towards apex and with small spots between veins 6 and 2;

cilia white with faint red-brown spots at veins 6 to 2. Underside

of fore wing pale yellow to the obliquely curved dark brown post-

medial band narrowing to costa and inner margin, the postmedial

area yellowish white, a rather diffused curved brown subterminal

band leaving the costa and termen greyish brown; hind wing

without the brown fascia below the cell, the medial band extending

from upper angle of cell to submedian fold, the subterminal band

obsolescent leaving the costa and termen yellowish irrorated with

brown.

Hab. US A., Texas, Springfield in Coll. W. Barnes. ep.

48 millim.

7280. Ephesia strecceri.

Catocala streckeri, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 272; id. Rom. Mém.

vi. p. 597, pl. 11. f. 9; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey-white, the frons

with lateral black bars, the tegule blackish at tips; pectus and legs

grey and brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

greyish ochreous suffused with red-brown, the crests and a streak

on anal tuft darker. Fore wing grey-white largely suffused with

dark reddish brown, the basal area suffused with black-brown ;

subbasal line black, excurved below costa and ending at submedian

fold ; antemedial line black defined on inner side by whitish, oblique

and sinuous to submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1;

reniform obscurely defined by blackish and with a dark brown patch

above it on costa; a small heart-shaped spot defined by blackish

below end of cell; postmedial line black with some whitish suffusion

before it beyond the cell and defined by whitish at costa and inner

margin, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved,

acutely angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly oblique,

minutely dentate and excurved at submedian fold ; subterminal line

diffused, whitish, waved, somewhat oblique from costa to below

vein 6; a crenulate blackish terminal line defining whitish spots on

termen. Hind wing pale yellow, the base and inner area suffused

with red-brown; a black-brown medial band, oblique to vein 5

where its outer edge is excurved; a broad black-brown terminal

band, its inner edge incurved at veins 2 and 1; a small yellow

patch at apex followed by slight yellow spots on termen in the inter-

spaces to vein 2; cilia yellow chequered with brown at veins 6

we 2

164 NOCTUID %,

to 2. Underside of fore wing brownish white, an oblique brown

antemedial shade, a blackish medial hand incurved below costa, then

obliquely excurved, the terminal area grey-brown with a blaekish

shade on its inner edge from below costa to vein 4; hind wing

whitish, the basal area suffused with brown, the medial and sub-

terminal bands fuscous brown and ending at vein 1.

fab. KE. Sisrrta, Amurland,2 ¢, 2 9 ; Japan, Oiwaké (Pryer),

1 9. Kap. 46-54 millim.

7281. Ephesia jonasi.

Catocala jonasti, Butl, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 242 (1877) ;

; id, Ill. Het. B.M. ii.

p- 39, pl. 33. f. 6.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and

blackish, the head and tegule rather darker; palpi black, whitish

towards base; frons with lateral black bars; pectus brownish

white; legs white irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi blackish ringed

with white ; abdomen ochreous suffused with grey-brown, the ventral

surface brownish white. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with

dark brown; subbasal line slight, black, sinuous, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line black slightly defined on inner

side by white, strong and oblique to submedian fold, then slighter

and slightly incurved at vein 1; a minute orbicular defined by

brown suffusion; reniform defined by blackish and with blackish

centre, its outer edge somewhat dentate, a dark striga above it from

costa; a small irregular white spot defined by black below end of

cell; postmedial line black defined on outer side by white, strongly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique and minutely dentate,

acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then incurved,

minutely dentate and angled outwards at submedian fold; sub-

terminal line white defined on outer side by blackish, forming a

diffused white patch at middle, oblique and slightly sinzous from

costa to below vein 7 where it is met by a slight dark shade from

termen, then minutely dentate; a series of black striz before

termen. Hind wing yellow, the hair on inner margin brownish,

the base and submedian fold to the medial band with some brown

suffusion ; an obliquely curved black medial band from costa to

vein 1 and a slight spot above inner margin, the band expanding

below costa and with its outer edge angled outwards at vein 5;

terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge excurved

at middle and angled inwards at vein 2; the termen with a small

yellow patch towards apex and narrow sinuous band below vein 4;

cilia yellowish white. Underside of fore wing white, faintly tinged

with yellow on basal half, an oblique black-brown band from costa

before middle to vein 1, an obliquely curved black medial band,

narrowing to inner margin and with its outer edge excurved at

vein 5, terminal area blackish, its inner edge oblique to vein 4, a

small white apical patch, cilia white; hind wing white, the inner

area suffused with yellow and brownish, a slight brown discoidal

EPHESIA. 165

lunule conjoined above to the medial band which is narrower

towards costa.

Hab, Japan, Fushiki (Leech), 1 2, Nikko (Leech), 1 2, Yoko-

hama (Jonas, Pryer), 2 3,3 2 type. Hap. 70-78 millim.

7282. Ephesia pregnax.

Catocala pregnax, Wlk. xiii. 1213 (1857); Butl. I, Het. B.M. iii. p. 25,

pl. 46. f. 11.

Catocala obliterata, Mén. Enum. Mus. Imp. Petrop. p. 159, pl. 17. f. 3

(1857); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Catocala esther, Buti. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 248 (1877); id. Ill. Het. B.M. 1.

p: 40, pl. 33. f. 9.

Head and thorax bright red-brown mixed with some ochreous ;

pectus greyish tinged with red-brown; tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen orange-yellow, the crests and anal:tuft tinged with rufous,

the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing white tinged with

yellow and thickly irrorated with red-brown, the antemedial area

suffused with black; subbasal line rather diffused, dark brown,

curved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line indistinctly

double, dark brown filled in with white at inner margin, sinuous

and somewhat oblique; reniform defined by black and with red-

brown centre, a dark red-brown shade above it on costa; a small

spot defined by black below end of cell, its outer edge somewhat

excised, a brown line from it to inner margin; postmedial line

black, slightly defined on outer side by white towards costa and -

inner margin, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely incurved

and sinuous, angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly oblique,

dentate and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line rather

diffused, grey defined on each side by dark brown, waved, some-

what oblique from costa to below vein 6; a crenulate dark brown

terminal line defining slight yellow spots on the termen. Hind

wing golden yellow, the hair on inner margin brown, a brown

streak in base of submedian fold; a rather narrow obliquely curved

black medial band from costa to vein 1, its outer edge excurved at

vein 5 and submedian fold; a black terminal band, its inner edge

incurved at veins 2 and 1; the termen narrowly yellow towards

apex, then with slight yellow marks in the interspaces ; cilia yellow,

chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing

yellow, an oblique antemedial brown shade from costa to vein 1,

an oblique black medial band narrowing to inner margin, its outer

edge slightly excurved at vein 5, terminal area fuscous brown

shading to greyish at termen, its inner edge curved; hind wing as

above, the basal costal area tinged with rufous, the medial band

oblique to submedian fold, the apical patch whitish.

Ab. 1. obliterata. Fore wing with more or less white suffusion

on medial area except at middle of costa.

Hab. HE. Sreerta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Yezo(Pryer), 1 6,

Shimonoseki (Leech), 1 5, 1 9, Tokio (Fenton), 2 3, 1 Q,

Yokohama (Jonas, Strickland), 1 3,3 9 typeesther, Kiushiu,! ¢ ;

166 NOCTUID.

Corea; N. Carna (Fortune), 1 3 type; C. Curva, Kiukiang

(Pryer, Pratt),3 3,3 9; W. Cura, Va-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 ¢.

Kep. 54-62 millim.

*7283. Ephesia hetera.

Catocala hetera, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 592, pl. 12. f. 4 (1892); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 249.

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; abdomen brownish

ochreous. Fore wing grey irrorated with brown, the basal area

suffused with brown to the antemedial line leaving the veins grey ;

subbasal line represented by black strise from costa and cell; ante-

medial line blackish defined on inner side by grey, oblique, waved ;

reniform whitish defined by brown and with striga in centre, large

and irregularly rounded, an oblique brown bar above it from costa ;

a small bifid whitish spot defined by dark brown below end of cell ;

postmedial line black defined on outer side by grey, strongly bent

outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous to below vein 6,

then rather oblique and dentate, at vein 1 angled inwards to near

middle of wing ; subterminal line greyish defined on inner side by

brown, strongly dentate; a terminal series of minute pale spots

defined on inner side by brown. Hind wing yellow; a brown

fascia on inner area; a brown fascia in submedian interspace from

base to the medial blackish band, which is oblique to vein 5, then

excurved, and terminates at submedian fold; terminal area black-

brown leaving a yellow patch at apex, its inner edge oblique to

vein 3 and angled inwards at submedian fold; cilia yellowish

white, chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2.

Hab. %. Strpners, Amurland. Hzxp. 54 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

7284, Ephesia cratwgi. (Plate CC. fig. 16.)

Catocala crategi, Saunders, Can. Ent. viii. p. 72 (1876); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 334.

Catocala mira, Grote, Can. Ent. viii. p. 280 (1876); id. Ill. Essay, p. 70,

pl. 4. f. 43; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 335.

Catocala blandula, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. vii. p. 38 (1884).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with red-brown; palpi with

the 2nd joint blackish except at tip; frons with lateral black bars;

tegule with red-brown band near tips, the patagia with blackish

lines near edges; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibie

with black bars near extremities, the tarsi blackish ringed with

white; abdomen grey suffused with rufous, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing grey-white suffused in parts with rufous and

slightly irrorated with black, the antemedial area with oblique band

of rufous suffusion ; subbasal line black, angled outwards below

costa.and ending at subbasal fold where there is a slight wedge-

shaped black mark beyond it followed by a slight black streak ;

EPHESIA. 167

antemedial line black, strong, very oblique to submedian fold and

slightly angled inwards at vein 1, a white shade beyond it from

costa to median nervure; reniform with its centre defined by brown

and with white annulus, an oblique red-brown bar above it from

costa; a small white spot defined by brown and with some rufous

in centre below end of cell; postmedial line blackish, bent out-

wards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely

angled outwards above and below vein 5, then incurved, angled

outwards at submedian fold, where there is a black streak on it, and

angled inwards on vein 1 to the antemedial line, a rufous band

beyond it; subterminal line white, dentate, oblique from costa to

below vein 6; the terminal area with slight dark streaks on the

veins and in the interspaces and a slight oblique shade from termen

below apex ; a scries ef slight blackish points just before termen.

Hind wing orange-yellow, the inner area suffused with red-brown ;

a dark brown fascia in submedian fold to the obliquely curved

black medial band from costa to vein 1, its inner edge incurved at

end of cell and its outer edge excurved at vein 5; a black terminal

band, its inner edge incurved at vein 2 and excurved at submedian

fold; the termen with small yellow patch at apex followed by

slight marks in the interspaces; cilia whitish, chequered with

brown at veins 6 to 2 and towards tornus. Underside of fore wing

white, the basal half tinged with yellow, an oblique brown ante-

medial shade from costa to submedian fold, an obliquely curved

blackish medial band, its inner edge incurved at end of cell, ter-

minal area blackish shading to grey at termen, its inner edge

curved ; hind wing as above but the basal and postmedial costal

areas and the apical patch whitish.

Ab. 1. blandula. Larger; fore wing with almost the whole

basal area dark brown, a brighter red-brown band beyond the post-

medial line.

Ab. 2. mira. Fore wing without brown suffusion on basal and

inner areas and with slight rufous band beyond the postmedial

line,

Hab. Canava (Saunders), 2 3 type, Ontario, Orillia (Bush), 13;

U.S.A., Northern, Eastern, and Southern States, New York (Double-

day), 1 3,19, Evans Center (Grote), 4 6,5 2, Florida, Kansas

(Snow), 2 $,2 9, type mira, New Mexico, Albuquerque (Oslar),

1 d, Arizona, Nogales (Oslar),2 $,2 2. Hap. 44-45 millim.

Larva. Saunders, Can, Ent. viii. p. 72.

Greenish ash-colour, varying considerably; warts generally

tipped with red; 8th somite with a dull red prominence; fringes

rosy. Food-plant, Crategus.

7285. Ephesia pretiosa. (Plate CC. fig. 17.)

Catocala pretiosa, Lintn. Can. Ent. viii. p. 121 (1876); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 334.

Head aad thorax white mixed with some red-brown and black;

palpi with the 2nd joint blackish except at tip; frons with lateral

168 NOCLTUIDE.

black bars; an angled black line between antenne ; tegule with

blackish patches near tips, the patagia with black scales near edges ;

pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibie irrorated with brown

and with black bands near extremities, the tarsi black ringed with

white; abdomen yellowish rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore

wing bluish white irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area

mostly suffused with red-brown; subbasal line black, angled out-

wards below costa and ending at submedian fold where there is a

wedge-shaped black mark beyond it ; a patch of deep red-brown

suffusion in and below the cell before the antemedial line, which is

black, strong, oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian fold, then

slighter and angled inwards at vein 1; reniform rounded, its

centre slightly defined by brown, a brown spot above it on costa ;

a small spot slightly defined by brown below end of cell; post-

medial line black, slightly bent outwards below costa, then obliquely

downcurved, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then

incurved, angled outwards at submedian fold where there is a black

streak on it, then angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line in-

distinct, whitish, defined on inner side by rufous and on outer by

brown marks, slightly waved and somewhat oblique from costa to

below vein 5; an oblique red-brown shade from termen below

apex; a series of blackish points before termen. Hind wing

orange-yellow, the inner area tinged with red-brown ; a dark brown

fascia in submedian fold to the obliquely curved black medial band

from costa to vein 1, constricted at discal fold and with its outer

edge excurved at vein 5; a black terminal band, its inner edge

oblique to vein 4, incurved at vein 2 and excurved at submedian

fold; the termen with a narrow yellow patch at apex, then slight

marks in the interspaces; cilia white, chequered with brown at

veins 6 to 2 and towards tornus. Underside of fore wing with the

basal half yellow, an oblique brown antemedial shade, an obliquely

curved black-brown medial band, its inner edge incurved at discal

fold, followed by a whitish band, the terminal area blackish shading

- to grey at termen, its inner edge curved; hind wing as above, but

the basal costal area and postmedial area to vein 5 whitish.

Hab. U.S A., New York, 1 3, Rhodel., 14, Pennsylvania,1 g,

29. EHxp. 40-50 millim.

7286. Ephesia preclara. (Plate CC. fig. 18.)

Catocala preclara, Grote & Rob, Proc, Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 25, pl. iv. f. 4

(1866) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 332. i

Catocala manitoba, Beutenm. Ent. News Philad. xix. p. 54 (1908).

Head and thorax bluish white mixed with rufous; palpi rufous;

frons with lateral black bars; tegule with red-brown band near

tips ; patagia with some black scales near edges; pectus and legs

white, the fore and mid tibie irrorated with brown, with black

streaks at base and bars near extremities, the tarsi blackish ringed

with white; abdomen whitish tinged with rufous, the basal crests

red-brown. the anal tuft with fuscous patch, the ventral surface

EPHESIA. 169

white. Fore wing bluish white tinged in parts with rufous, the

veins with slight blackish streaks; subbasal line slight, dark,

angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold, where

there is a slight wedge-shaped dark patch beyond it ; some rufous

on inner margin before the antemedial line, which is double, rufous

and black-brown, oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian fold

and incurved at vein 1; a dentate red-brown striga from middle of

costa ; reniform with white annulus defined by brown, its centre

defined by red-brown; a whitish spot faintly defined by brown

below end of cell ; postmedial line red-brown, bent outwards below

costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled outwards above

and below vein 5, then incurved, angled outwards at submedian fold

and inwards at vein 1,a rufous bard beyond it obsolescent at middle;

subterminal line blue-white and rather diffused, obliquely incurved

from costa to below vein 6, then slightly waved; an oblique red-

brown shade from termen below apex; a series of black-brown

strie before termen. Hind wing orange-yellow; a diffused red-

brown fascia in submedian interspace to the blackish medial band

which arises below costa, is incurved below the cell, then excuryed

to submedian fold and bent inwards to vein 1 where it terminates ;

a blackish terminal band from costa to below vein 2 and a patch at

vein 1, the inner edge of the band angled inwards at vein 2; the

termen narrowly yellow towards apex, then with slight yellow

marks in the interspaces; cilia white, chequered with brown at

veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing whitish, tinged with yellow

on basal half, a black-brown medial band oblique to submedian

fold where it 1s augled outwards, then bent inwards and narrowing

to inner margin, terminal area black-brown shading to whitish at

termen, its inner edge curved; hind wing as above, but paler, the

costal area slightly irrorated with brown, the fascia in submedian

fold obsolescent.

Ab. 1. manitoba. Fore wing somewhat browner.

Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Cartwright (Heath), 1 ¢, Westbourne

(Wallis), 1 g,2 2, Stoney Mts. (Wallis), 1 9 ; U.S.A., Eastern

States, New York, 3 g,4 9. Hap. 44-50 millim.

*7287. Ephesia dulciola. (Plate CCI. fig. 1.)

Catocala dulciola, Grote, Papilio,i. p. 5(1&81); Smith, Cat, Noct.N. Am.

p. 334,

2. Head and thorax white mixed with deep red-brown; palpi

with red-brown patch at side of 2nd joint; antenne red-brown

with a blackish line between their bases; tegule with black line

near base and red-brown band near tips; pectus and legs white

mixed with red-brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white; abdo-

men whitish, dorsally suffused with pale red-brown. Fore wing

white irrorated with red-brown, the medial area with some faint

greenish suffusion, the terminal area suffused with red-brown; a

black-brown streak above base of vein 1 and a subbasal mark on

1706 NOCLUID &.

inner margin; subbasal line slight, brown, angled outwards below

costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line double, dark

red-brown, oblique to submedian fold and incurved at vein 1;

reniform with white annulus, its centre faintly defined by brown,

an oblique dark shade above it from costa and some dark suffusion

beyond it; a white spot faintly defined by brown below end of cell;

postmedial line indistinct, red-brown, slightly bent outwards below

costa, then obliquely downcurved, ‘slightly angled outwards above

and below vein 5, then incurved, and excurved in submedian inter-

space; subterminal line white, defined on inner side by red-brown

and on outer by the red-brown suffusion, waved, rather oblique

from costa to vein 6; the veins of terminal area with slight dark

streaks ; a slightly sinuous brown line just before termen; cilia

intersected with brown at the veins. Hind wing yellow ; a brown

fascia in submedian fold from base to the obliquely curved rather

narrow black medial band which does not reach the inner margin,

expanding below costa, and with its outer edge excurved at vein 5;

a terminal black band from costa to submedian fold connected by

a slight bar with a patch at tornus, its inner edge incurved

at vein 2; the termen yellow towards apex; a slightly sinuous

black line just before termen except towards apex leaving the

termen narrowly yellow; cilia white, chequered with brown at

veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing yellowish white, a faint

oblique brown antemedial shade, a dark brown postmedial band

oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards and narrow to inner

margin, the terminal area brown narrowing to tornus; hind wing

with the medial band obsolescent towards costa, the termen with

some yellowish white suffusion. ‘

The right tibia with a single spine between the medial and

terminal spurs.

Hab. U.S.A., Ohio, Illinois, Quincey (Poling), in Coll. W. Barnes.

Exp. 46 millim.

7288. Ephesia grynea. (Plate CCI. fig. 2.)

Phalena grynea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 29, pl. 208. f. H (1782); Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 832.

Catocala polygama, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 105, pl. 16. f. 2 (1852).

Catocala nuptula, W1k. xiii. 1205 (1857).

Catocala constans, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. vii. p. 386 (1884),

Head and thorax greenish grey; palpi rufous; frons whitish

tinged with rufous above; tegule rufous except at base, the pro-

thorax with narrow rufous band, the metathorax with rufous patch ;

pectus and legs white, the tibie tinged with brown, the tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing greenish grey slightly tinged in parts with pale

rufous; subbasa! line blackish, angled outwards below costa and

ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line represented by a series

of blackish points with some rufous at costa, excurved at middle

and above inner margin where there is some rufous before it; a

EPHESIA. 171

brown striga at middle of costa; reniform with ill-defined whitish

annulus, its centre defined by red-brown ; traces of a small spot

defined by whitish below end of cell; postmedial line black-brown,

bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely

angled outwards above and below vein 5, then incurved, excurved

at submedian fold and very strongly incurved at vein 1 to near the

antemedial line, some rufous before it at inner margin and a rufous

band beyond it obsolescent except on inner area; subterminal line

whitish, rather diffused, somewhat oblique from costa to below

vein 6, then slightly waved; a series of blackish points before

termen with some rufous beyond them. Hund wing orange-yellow ;

a diffused black-brown fascia in submedian fold to the black medial

band, which arises below costa and is excurved from vein 5 to sub-

median fold where it terminates ; a black terminal band, its inner

edge oblique to vein 4, then angied inwards at vein 2 and excurved

at submedian fold; the termen narrowly yellow towards apex, then

with slight yellow marks in the interspaces; cilia white, chequered

with brown at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing white, the

basal half tinged with yellow, a shght oblique antemedial brown

shade from costa to vein 1, an oblique blackish medial band ending

at vein 1, its inner edge incurved at end of cell and its outer edge

slightly excurved at middle, terminal area blackish shading to

brownish grey at termen, its inner edge oblique to vein 4, then

sinuous ; hind wing as above but the costal area whitish irrorated

with brown, the postmedial area whitish to vein 5, the termen

whitish irrorated with brown to vein 2.

Ab. 1. constans. Hind wing black except a yellow spot at base

and two others at middle of wing.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern and Central States, Massachusetts, New

York, 3 6,3 Q, type nuptula, Rhode I.,1 9, Ohio, Columbus, 19,

Kansas (Snow), 2 ¢. Hap. 46-54 millim.

Larva. Kebele, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. iv. p. 22; Coquillet, x. p. 184.

Silvery grey with reddish shading especially in front; 11th

somite with rust-red prominence; prolegs red above; head dark

with two whitish dorsal lunules edged behind with reddish. Food-

plants: Apple and Plum.

7289. Ephesia alabamex. (Plate CCI. fig. 3.)

Cautocala alabame, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 427; Smith,

Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 382.

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with some rufous; palpi

white towards base, the 2nd joint with black-brown band and white

ring at extremity ; frons with a black bar at middle; antenne

blackish towards base; prothorax with rufous bar, the metathorax

with rufous patch; pectus and legs white, the tibie irrorated with

brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen pale rufous,

whitish at base, the ventral surface whitish tinged with rufous.

Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and in parts suffused with rufous ;

2 NOCLUID®.

subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa and ending at

submedian fold; antemedial line blackish defined on inner side by

rufous, strong and oblique to submedian fold, emitting a minute

streak on subcostal nervure, on inner area slight and incurved at

vein 1; reniform defined by whitish, an oblique rufous mark before

it from costa; postmedial line blackish, slightly bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then incurved and slightly waved, excurved

at submedian fold, then strong and strongly angled inwards at

vein 1, a rufous band beyond it; subterminal line rather diffused,

grey-white, waved, somewhat oblique from costa to below vein 6,

a black streak beyond it in submedian fold; aseries of black points

before termen. Hind wing orange-yellow; some brown suffusion

in base of submedian interspace; medial band black, forming a

patch below costa, excurved from vein 5 to submedian fold, then

bent inwards and ending near inner margin; a terminal black band

from costa to just below vein 2 and a patch at vein 1, the inner

edge of the band angled inwards at vein 2; the termen narrowly

yellow towards apex, then with slight yellow marks in the inter-

spaces ; cilia yellow at base, white at tips, chequered with brown

at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing with the basal half yellow,

the costa greyish, an obliquely curved blackish medial band, its

inner edge sinuous and confluent with a discoidal lunule defined by

blackish, followed by a whitish band, terminal area blackish

shading to grey at termen, its inner edge curved, cilia chequered

white and fuscous; hind wing as above but the postmedial area

whitish to vein 5, the terminal band confluent with the patch at

vein 1.

Hub. U.S.A., Alabama, 1 92 type, Texas, Springfield, 1 ¢, New

Mexico, Albuquerque (Oslar), 2 g¢,1 9. Hap, 42-46 millim,

*7290. Ephesia titania.

Catocala titania, Dodge, Ent. News Philad. xi. p. 472 (1909) Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am, p. 231.

Head and thorax greenish grey; abdomen yellow. Fore wing

grey suffused with moss-green, the lines indistinct ; antemedial line

slight, brown, oblique to median nervure, then obsolete ; two dark

points on medial part of costa; reniform faintly defined and placed

on a patch of slight dark suffusion ; postmedial line very indistinct,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous, angled out-

wards above vein 5 and slightly below it, then incurved and strongly

angled inwards on vein 1; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish,

dentate. Hind wing bright yellow; medial band narrow, black,

oblique to vein 5 and inwardly oblique below vein 2, meeting at

submedian fold a black streak from base, then slight; a terminal

black band from costa to below vein 2, its inner edge excurved and

angled inwards at vein 2, an elliptical patch on vein 1; the termen

narrowly yellow towards apex; cilia yellow at base, white at tips,

EPHESIA. 173

intersected with black at the veins. Underside of fore wing yellow,

an oblique black postmedial band narrowing to inner margin, the

terminal area black shading to greyish at termen; hind wing with

the costal area brownish white, on postmedial area extending to

vein 3, the streak in submedian fold absent, the medial band not

extending to costa.

Hab. U.S.A., Missouri, Louisiana. Hap. 37 millim. This

species is unknown to me.

7291. Ephesia puella.

Catocala puella, Leech, P. Z.S. 1889, p. 581, pl. 53. f. 5.

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous ; pectus and legs

whitish tinged with brown; abdomen grey dorsally suffused with

ochreous yellow and irrorated with fuscous, the ventral surface

white. Fore wing grey suffused and slightly irrorated with

fuscous ; subbasal line black, excurved below costa and ending at

submedian fold; antemedial line black, excurved in cell and sub-

median fold; reniform incompletely defined by black and with

some blackish in centre; postmedial line black, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique to above vein 5 where it is angled out-

wards, then curved downwards to below vein 3 and upwards to

median nervure near origin of vein 2, then oblique and angled

outwards in submedian fold, some pale grey in its sinus below end

of cell; a very indistinct grey subterminal line, oblique from costa

to below vein 6; a series of slight blackish spots before termen.

Hind wing orange-yellow; a diffused brown streak in base. of sub-

median fold; a narrow black medial band oblique towards costa,

interrupted just above lower angle of cell, expanding into a spot at

vein 0, then curved and ending at vein 1; terminal area black, its

inner edge incurved at vein 2 and angled inwards at vein 1; the

termen narrowly yellow at apex ; cilia yellow at base, white at tips.

Underside of fore wing yellow, a black-brown medial band slightly

incurved at discal fold, the terminal area grey-brown narrowing to

tornus ; hind wing as above, but without the streak in submedian

fold.

Hab. Corza, Gensan (Leech), 1 3 type. Hxp. 48 milim.

7292. Ephesia andromache. (Plate CCI. fig. 4.)

Catocala andromache, H. Kdw. Ent. Am. i. p. 50 (1885); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 386.

6. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black and some

whitish scales; pectus brownish white; legs whitish and brown,

the tarsi black ringed with whitish; abdomen yellow tinged with

brown, the ventral surface white tinged with ochreous. Fore wing

grey thickly irrorated with dark brown and tinged in parts with

ochreous; subbasal line black, from costa to submedian fold;

antemedial line double, blackish, oblique, sinuous ; reniform defined

174 _- NOCTUID.E.

by blackish, irregular, a small black spot above it on costa; an

oblique elliptical whitish spot defined by blackish below end of cell ;

postmedial line blackish with a small spot at costa, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and downcurved, angled outwards above

and below vein 5, then incurved, dentate, and at vein 2 connected

with the spot below end of cell; traces of a dark waved subterminal

line, oblique from costa to below vein 6 ; a crenulate blackish line

before termen with small yellow spots beyond it in the interspaces.

Hind wing yellow; some brown suffusion at base and on inner

area ; a narrow black band from middle. of costa, oblique to sub-

median fold, then bent inwards to vein 1 where it terminates, its

outer edge angled outwards at vein 5; a black subterminal band

from costa to just below vein 2 and a bar towards tornus, the band

expanding towards costa, its inner edge obliquely curved, its outer

dentate to termen between veins 6 and 2; cilia chequered with

blackish at middle. Underside of fore wing pale yellow, a faint

oblique brownish antemedial shade from below costa to vein 1, an

obliquely curved medial band ending in a point on vein 1, a curved

subterminal band, the area beyond it ochreous irrorated with

fuscous; hind wing as above but without brown on basal and

inner areas.

- Hab. U.S.A., California, Arizona, Gila Co. (Poling),1 ¢. Exp.

54 millim.

7293. Ephesia flavescens. (Plate CCI. fig. 5.)

Catocala flavescens, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 440 (1894).

6. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and _ biackish ;

palpi with some white on inner side towards hase; tarsi blackish

with pale rings; abdomen pale greyish rufous, the ventral surface

whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown

and thickly irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line black, sinuous,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinctly double,

blackish, oblique, sinuous, angled inwards at vein 1; reniform

obscurely defined by blackish and with some blackish in centre,

some blackish above it on costa; a small whitish spot defined by

blackish below end of cell; postmedial line black, bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above

vein 5, then oblique and dentate; subterminal line very indistinct,

whitish defined on inner side by a blackish mark from costa, then

faintly on outer side by fuscous and minutely dentate ; a crenulate

blackish terminal line defining minute yellowish white spots at the

extremities of the veins; cilia yellowish white with a brown line

near base. Hind wing yellow, the inner area suffused with red-

brown; a fuscous black medial band, oblique to submedian fold,

then bent inwards to above inner margin, expanding into a patch

at middle; the terminal area fuscous black to submedian fold and

with patch at vein 1, its inner edge indented by streaks at veins 4,

3 and angled inwards at vein 2; a yellow apical patch and slight

EPHESIA. 175

marks on termen in the interspaces to vein 2; cilia yellowish white

with brown marks at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing yellow,

the costa brown, an oblique brown shade from costa before mlddle

to vein 1, a blackish medial band narrowing to inner margin and

with its outer edge excurved at vein 5, terminal area brown with

curved inner edge; hind wing as above.

Hlab. Kasumir (Pilcher), 1 S ; Puonsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G4.

Young), 1 3, Simla (Harford), 2 3 type. Eap. 64-66 millim.

7294. Ephesia butleri. (Plate CCI. fig. 6.)

Catocala butleri, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 534,

6. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with reddish brown and

grey ; palpi whitish at base; frons with blackish bar; pectus and

legs white tinged with brown, the fore tibize at extremity and the

tarsi banded black and white; abdomen yellow-brown, the extremity

grey-brown. Fore wing grey tinged with greenish and irrorated

slightly with white, the terminal area purplish grey tinged with

brown; the basal area with some black-brown suffusion; subbasal

line black, waved, from costa to submedian fold, a slight white

streak below it on vein 1 with black mark above it; antemedial

line black defined on inner side by whitish, oblique, sinuous;

reniform slightly defined by blackish and with black mark on its

outer edge ; a pale oblique shade from middle of costa to submedian

fold, with an irregular spot slightly defined by blackish on it below

end of cell with a sinuous line from it to inner margin ; postmedial

line black, defined on outer side by whitish at costa and towards

inner margin, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous,

acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5 with a prominent

black mark in the lower tooth, then incurved and waved, at vein 2

connected with the spot below end of cell ; subterminal line double,

dark, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of

blackish points before termen. Hind wing orange-yellow; a dif-

fused black-brown fascia in submedian fold to the medial band and

the hair on inner margin brown; a black band oblique from middle

of costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards to inner margin, its

outer edge excurved below costa and angled outwards at vein 5;

terminal area black, its inner edge excurved at vein 4 and sub-

median fold, angled inwards at vein 2 and incurved at vein 1, the

yellow of postmedial area being almost broken up into three

patches; a small yellow apical patch followed by a series of yellow

points on termen with the cilia whitish beyond them. Underside

of fore wing blackish brown, the basal area and costa to the oblique

yellow medial band yellow, a yellow postmedial band, oblique from

costa to vein 4; hind wing as above but the black markings reduced

especially the fascia in submedian fold, the medial band not reaching

inner margin.

Q. Head, thorax, and fore wing darker, the last purple-brown

176 NOCTUID ¥.

with hardly any greenish suffusion, the medial shade pure white

except at costa, the postmedial line defined on outer side by pure

white at costa and towards inner margin.

Hab. W. Curna, Kwei-chow, 1 ¢ type, Pu-tsu-fang, 19. Hep.

74 millim.

*7295,. Ephesia eminens.

Catocala eminens, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 594, pl. 12. f. 5 (1892) ; id.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Head and thorax brown mixed with greyish; abdomen brownish

ochreous. Fore wing brownish ochreous suffused with brown;

subbasal line represented by blackish striz from costa and cell ;

antemedial line double, brown filled in with brownish ochreous and

defined on inner side by dark brown suffusion, strongly excurved

in the interspaces and angled inwards on the veins, excurved to

middle of inner margin ; an oblique dark brown shade from middle

of costa to the postmedial line between veins 6 and 3; reniform

indistinctly defined by blackish, large ; an oblique sinuous line from

origin of vein 2 to inner margin; postmedial line blackish defined

on outer side by whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then

highly dentate to vein 3, then bent inwards to origin of vein 2

where it is bidentate, then very strongly angled outwards in sub-

median fold and slightly excurved above inner margin; a pale

curved subterminal line with brown spots beyond it in the inter-

spaces. Hind wing orange-yellow, the inner margin dark brown;

a black-brown fascia in submedian interspace from base to the

medial black-brown band, which is oblique from costa to sub-

median fold then bent inwards and ending at vein 1, its outer edge

excurved below vein 5; terminal area black-brown, its inner edge

excurved at middle and slightly angled inwards at veins 2 and 1;

cilia yellowish white chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2 and

brown towards tornus.

Hab. Ki. Stperta, Ussuri. xp. 70 millim. This species is un-

known to me.

7296. Ephesia mirifica.

Catacola mirifica, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 243 (1877); id. Ill. Het. B.M. ii.

p. 39, pl. 33. f. 7.

Head and tegule grey mixed with black-brown, the thorax

grey-white tinged with red-brown ;. palpi dark brown, white at

base and at extremity of 2nd joint; frons white below and with

black medial line; tegule with slight dark line near base and

red-brown lines at middle and tips, the prothorax with narrow

red-brown band; pectus and legs white tinged with yellow, the

tibiee irrorated with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen yellow tinged with rufous, the ventral surface yellowish

white. Fore wing grey-white slightly tinged with red-brown and

EPHESIA. ile

irrorated with dark brown, a large red-brown patch from costa

above end of cell to apex extending down to vein 4; subbasal line

black, excurved below costa and ending at vein 1; antemedial line

slight, dark defined on outer side by whitish on inner half, angled

outwards below costa, then excurved and angled inwards at vein 1;

reniform deep red-brown defined by diffused blackish ; traces of a

rather quadrate spot faintly defined by brown below end of cell;

postmedial line black on costal half, faint on inner half, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous,

acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, dentate, excurved at submedian fold and strongly angled

inwards at vein 1; subterminal line diffused, whitish, waved,

oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of blackish points

before termen. Hind wing golden yellow; a diffused red-brown

fascia in submedian fold to the narrow black medial band, which is

oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1,

its outer edge slightly excurved at vein 5; a terminal black band

from costa to just below vein 2 and a patch at vein J, the inner

edge of the band oblique to vein 4 and incurved at vein 2; the

termen with small yellow apical patch followed by slight marks in

the interspaces te vein 2; cilia yellow with brown patch between

veins 6 and 4. Underside of fore wing yellow, the costa brownish,

au oblique brown antemedial shade from below costa to vein 1,

an oblique black medial band bent inwards and narrowing to inner

margin, the terminal area blackish, its inner edge curved, the apex

slightly whitish; hind wing as above, but the inner area tinged

with red-brown, the terminal band conjoined to the patch at

yein 1.

Hab. Javan, Oiwaké (Pryer), 2 9, Tokio (Fenton), 1 2, Yoko-

hama (Jonas, Pryer, Manley), 23,492 type. Hap. 56-68 millim.

7297 Ephesia largetaui.

Catocala largetaui, Oberth. Kt. Ent. vi. p. 22, pl. vii. f. 8 (1881).

Head and thorax grey tinged with red-brown; palpi with the

2nd joint black except at base and with white ring at tip; the

3rd joint black in front; frons white below and with black bar at

middle; tegule with black line near base and black tips; pectus

white tinged with brown; legs grey irrorated with fuscous, the

tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey suffused with rufous,

the ventral surface white tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey

slightly tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown, a

patch of dark red-brown suffusion from costa above end of cell to

apex extending down to vein 4; a curved black subbasal striga

from costa; antemedial line slight, dark defined on inner side by

whitish, oblique, sinuous; reniform deep red-brown defined by

diffused blackish; traces of a whitish spot faintly defined by brown

below end of cell, its outer edge somewhat excised; postmedial line

blackish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

VOL. XII. N

178 NOCTUID A.

sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and betow vein 5, then

inwardly oblique, dentate, excurved in submedian fold and strongly

angled inwards at vein 1; the terminal area more strongly tinged

with red-brown; subterminal line rather diffused, grey, waved,

oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of blackish points

before termen. Hind wing golden yellow, the hair on inner

margin brownish; a diffused red-brown fascia in submedian fold

to the rather narrow black medial band, which is oblique to sub-

median fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1; a black

terminal band from costa to just below vein 2 and a patch at

vein 1, the inner edge of the band oblique to vein 4 and incurved

at vein 2; a small yellow patch at apex; cilia yellow chequered

with brown at veins 6 to2. Underside of fore wing pale yellow,

the costa brown, an oblique brown antemedial shade from below

costa to vein 1, an oblique black medial band, bent inwards and

narrowing to inner margin, its outer edge excurved at vein 5, the

terminal area blackish, its inner edge curved, the apex slightly

greyish; hind wing as above, but the inner area tinged with

red-brown, the terminal band conjoined to the patch at vein 1.

Ab. 1. Fore wing wholly suffused with fuscous brown.

Hab. N.W. Cutna, Wei-cheng, 1 ¢ ; W. Cutna, Omei-shan,

1 $,1 9, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 ¢,1 9, Nitou, 2 9, Kwei-chow, 1 6,

1 9, Ta-chien-lu (Prati), 29. Kap. 54-66 millim.

7298. Ephesia desdemona. (Plate CCI. fig. 7.)

‘atocala desdemona, H. Edw. Papilio, ii. p. 15 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 397.

3g. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with blackish, grey, and

some white; pectus brownish white; legs brown and whitish, the

tarsi blackish with pale rings; abdomen fulvous yellow, the anal

tuft tinged with rufous, the ventral surface ochreous white.

Fore wing ochreous white tinged in parts with pale greenish and

thickly irrorated with dark brown and red-brown; subbasal line

black, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double,

the inner line red-brown, the outer black and expanding into a spot

at costa, oblique, sinuous; reniform with red-brown centre and

whitish annulus defined by black, a dark shade above it on costa;

an oblique elliptical whitish spot tinged with rufous and defined by

black below end of cell; postmedial line black, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and almost straight, acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then ineurved, waved, at vein 1

angled inwards and produced to a short streak, a red-brown shade

beyond it; subterminal line blackish, dentate, oblique to below

vein 6 and forming stronger teeth above and below vein 5; a series

of black strie before termen defined on outer side by whitish and

with a short streak before the striga below vein 7; cilia brown

mixed with whitish. Hind wing orange-yellow ; a narrow black

‘medial band, oblique to below vein 2, then bent inwards to near

EPHESTA. 179

inner margin, its outer edge angled outwards at vein 5; a curved

black subterminal band, its outer edge crenulate and produced to

termen at veins 6 to 2, at submedian fold reduced to a black

line ; cilia chequered with blackish at middle. Underside of fore

wing orange-yellow with an oblique fuscous antemedial shade from

below costa to vein 1, an obliquely curved medial black band, its

outer edge slightly anz sled outwards at vein 5, a curved subterminal

band, the apical area ochreous white with a cories of black points

before termen ; hind wing as above.

Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Pinal Co., Sta. Catalina Mts., 1g. Hap.

66 millim,

Larva on Serab Oak,

7299. Ephesia separans.

Catocala separans, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 552, pl. 53. f. 6.

§. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with reddish brown and

black-brown ; palpi with the 2nd joint blackish towards extremity ;

frons with lateral black bars, a black bar between antenns; tegule

with black-brown medial pand, the prothorax with black-brown

band, the patagia with black lines near edges; pectus and legs

ochreous white, the latter irrorated with brown; abdomen yellow

tinged with rufous, the ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing

grey-white thickly irrorated with dark brown ; subbasal line repre-

sented by black spots at costa and below the cell; some black-

brown suffusion before middle of the antemedial line, which is

double, the inner line indistinct, the outer strong, black, rather

irregularly sinuous and somewhat oblique; reniform whitish defined

by black and with a brown striga in centre, an oblique dark bar

above it from costa; a small rather irregular white spot defined by

black below end of cell; postmedial line black, bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled outwards

above vein 5, then inwardly oblique, minutely dentate and strongly

angled inwards at vein 1 ; subterminal line greyish defined on each

side by brown, strongly dentate, somewhat oblique from costa to

below vein 6, with slight dark streaks in the interspaces from it to

the series of black nota before termen which are defined on outer

side by whitish points. Hind wing golden yellow; a brownish

streak in base of submedian fold; a narrow obliquely curved black

medial band from costa to submedian fold with a dark spot below it

on vein 1; a black terminal band narrowing to tornus, its inner

edge slightly waved and angled inwards at vein 1 ; the termen with

small yellow patch at apex followed by slight marks in the inter-

spaces ; cilia white, chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2 and

brown towards tornus. Underside of fore wing with the basal half

yellow, a brown antemedial shade and fascia on inner area, an

obliquely curved black medial band narrowing to inner margin, its

outer edge somewhat excurved at vein 5, followed by a white band,

the terminal area blackish, its inner edge curved, the termen

180 NOCTUID 2.

greyish except towards tornus; hind wing as above, but without

the brown streak in submedian fold, a black spot on upper

discocellular conjoined to the medial band, the apical patch white.

Hab. Javan, Fushiki (Leech), 1 ¢ type, Nagahama (Leech), 13.

Exp. 54-60 millim.

*7300. Ephesia davidi.

Catocala davidi, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 22, pl. viii. f.'7 (1881).

Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; abdomen yellowish.

Fore wing grey suffused with brown and with slight dark irro-

ration; antemedial line double, brown filled in with ochreous,

oblique, sinuous; an oblique dark striga from middle of costa ;

reniform faintly defined by blackish, small; an indistinct spot

defined by blackish below end of cell; postmedial line blackish,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique to below vein 6,

then somewhat inwardly oblique and dentate, a diffused pale shade

tinged with red-brown beyond it; a series of dark points just

before termen. Hind wing orange-yellow; blackish fascise in

submedian interspace and above inner margin from near base to

the medial black band, which is formed by a fascia below antemedial

part of costa, then interrupted at discal foid below which there is a

patch with a band from it to above inner margin; terminal area

black from costa to vein 2 leaving some yellow at apex, and a

patch at vein 1; cilia chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2 and at

vein 1. Underside of fore wing yellow with oblique sinuous black

medial band from below costa to submedian fold, and terminal band

broad at costa narrowing to tornus and interrupted at submedian

fold; hind wing with black spot below middle of costa connected

with a discoidal spot, band just beyond the cell from vein 5 to 1

and clavate mark above inner margin.

Hab. N. Curna (David). Exp. 54 millim. This species is

unknown to me.

*7301. Ephesia rutha.

Catocala rutha, Wileman, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1911, p. 239, pl. 30. f. 3.

©. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey-white; palpi

white at base and with the 2nd joint white in front; frons with

white lines at sides; tegule with white medial line; pectus and

legs yellowish white, the tibie irrorated with brown and with

black bands at extremities, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen

yellowish, dorsally suffused with red-brown. Fore wing grey-

white irrorated with dark brown, the base and termiral area

suffused with dark brown; subbasal line diffused, dark, excurved

below costa and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line blackish,

waved and somewhat oblique, expanding into a small spot at costa,

a diffused waved dark band before it from costa to vein 1; reniform

defined by blackisn and with blackish lunule in centre; medial line

EPHESIA. 181

blackish and oblique to reniform, indistinct, inwardly oblique, and

sinuous from cell to inner margin; postmedial line black, with

small spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely

dentate, oblique to vein 6, then incurved and excurved at sub-

median fold; subterminal line grey-white, waved, somewhat

oblique to vein 6; an indistinct crenulate dark terminal line with

small yellowish spots beyond it in the interspaces ; cilia chequered

brown and whitish. Hind wing deep yellow; the inner margin

brownish; a black-brown fascia in submedian fold; an oblique

blackish band from costa before middle to submedian fold, then

bent inwards and narrow to inner margin, its outer edge excurved

beyond lower angle of cell; terminal area black to below vein 2,

then connected by a slight line with a wedge-shaped spot on vein 1,

its inner edge angled inwards at vein 2; a yellow patch at apex,

then small spots in the interspaces; cilia yellow. Underside of

fore wing yellow, an oblique brown antemedial shade from costa

to submedian fold, an oblique black postmedial band from costa to

submedian fold where it is slightly curved inwards, its outer edge

incurved below costa; terminal area black, its inner edge oblique

to vein 4, the costa yellow at apex.

Hab. Japan, Hondo, type + 2 in Coll. Wileman. Lap. 62

millim.

7302. Ephesia inconstans.

Catocala inconstans, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 76, pl. 132. ff. 2, 3 (1889);

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 439.

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown, the head tinged with

black ; palpi whitish in front towards base; frons white at sides

and with black lateral bars; tegulee with black medial line; pectus

brownish white, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

erey-brown, the ventral surface whitish tinged with brown. Fore

wing grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with blackish, the

antemedial and terminal areas rather browner ; subbasal line black,

sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, the

inner line indistinct, the outer black, oblique and rather diffused

to submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1; the medial area

suffused with whitish except towards inner margin; reniform

defined by black and with some red-brown in centre, its outer edge

dentate, a dark striga above it from costa; a large whitish spot

defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line black, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely

angled outwards above and below vein 5, then oblique and dentate,

at vein 1 angled inwards as a strong black streak to near ante-

medial line; subterminal line whitish slightly defined on outer

side by brown and on both sides towards costa, obliquely down-

curved from costa to below vein 7, then waved; a faint oblique

dark shade from termen below apex and slight black spots below

veins 7 and 6; a series of black strize before termen slightly

defined on outer side by whitish; a fine whitish line at base of

182 NOCTUIDAE.

cilia. Hind wing yellow, the hair on inner margin brown, the

costal area and submedian interspace suffused with brown to the

black medial band which is obliquely curved from costa to above

inner margin, expanding into a patch beyond lower angle of cell;

terminal area black, its inner edge excuived at middle and sub-

median interspace and angled inwards at vein 2; the termen with

yellow apical patch, then slight yellow marks in the interspaces to

vein 2; cilia whitish with brown marks at veins 6 to 2, brown

towards tornus. Underside of fore wing yellow, the costa and an

oblique shade from costa before middle to vein 1 brown, an oblique

medial black band narrowing to inner margin and with its outer

edge excurved at vein 5, followed by a white band, terminal area

fuscous brown; hind wing as above, but the medial band narrow

towards costa, the postmedial area to discal fold and the apical

patch whitish, a blackish discoidal point, no brown on costal and

inner areas.

Hab. Kasumir, Jalauri Pass (Leech), 1 ¢, Zalmiur Pass

(McArthur), 1 ¢, 193; Punsaz, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young),

1 3g, Dharmsila (Hocking), 2 3,3 2 type, Simla (Harford), 1 3,

Murree (Harford), 2 $,2 9. Hap. 66-88 millim.

7303. Ephesia dotata. (Plate CCI. fig. 8.)

Catocala dotata, W1k. xiii. 1212 (1€57); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 440.

Head and thorax grey and yellowish mixed with dark brown;

pectus and legs brownish white, the tibie and tarsi blackish, the

latter with pale rings ; abdomen yellow-brown, the ventral surface

whitish. Fore wing with the basal half rufous suffused with black-

brown, the postmedial area whitish suffused with rufous, the

terminal area dark brown, paler at apex; subbasal line black,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, black, the

inner line less distinct, oblique, sinuous, a more or less prominent

white mark beyond it in cell; reniform obscurely defined by

blackish and with its centre defined by blackish, a dark mark above

it on costa; a more or less prominent whitish spot defined by black

below end of cell, connected by a sinus on vein 2 with the post-

medial line which is black, slightly defined on outer side by whitish,

bent outwards below costa, then oblique, acutely angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then oblique, minutely dentate, somewhat

bidentate at submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1; sub-

terminal line whitish defined on outer side by brown, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 6; a slight oblique dark shade

from termen below apex; a series of black points before termen

slightly defined on outer side by whitish. Hind wing golden

yellow, the basal and inner areas suffused with red-brown; a

blackish medial band, oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards

to inner margin, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; a blackish

terminal band, its inner edge excurved below vein 5 and at sub-

median fold and incurved at veins 2 and 1 to near the medial band;

EPHESIA. 183

the termen with yellow patch at apex, then with slight yellow

marks in the interspaces; cilia pale yellow with faint brownish

marks at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing yellowish white,

an oblique fuscous brown shade from costa before middle to the

obliquely curved blackish medial band with its outer edge excurved

at vein 5, at submedian fold, terminal area blackish with a yellow

patch at apex, its inner edge curved ; hind wing as above, but the

costal area yellowish white except at the bands, no brown on basal

and inner areas.

Hab, Punzas, Murree (/arford), 1 2, Simla (Harford), 2 3,

29, Dharmsala (Hocking), 36,79; Sieum,1 3. Hep. 46-60

millim. Type tin Mus. Oxon.

Larva. Canesuee mottled with purplish red; lateral line blackish ;

the abdominal somites with subdorsal pairs of small pointed promi-

nences on anterior part of somites and pairs of larger pointed

prominences on posterior part of somites, the 8th somite with a

hump between these prominences. and the 11th somite with them

placed on a ridge; a sublateral line of fringes. Food-plant,

Quercus alba.

7304. Ephesia nubila. (Plate CCI. fig. 9.)

Catocala nubila, Butl, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 196.

Head white; palpi with blackish patch at side of 2nd joint, the

3rd joint blackish except at tip; frons with lateral blackish bars ;

vertex of head with blackish patch; antenne brown; tegule brown

with white bands at middle and tips; thorax brown mixed with

greyish, the prothorax with whitish band; pectus and legs white,

the tibize and tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen yellow tinged

with red-brown, the ventral surface white tinged with red-brown

towards extremity. Fore wing grey-white suffused with red-

brown, the veins with blackish streaks; subbasal line blackish,

excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial

line brown, double, with blackish patch at costa, oblique, sinuous,

a slight whitish shade beyond it from costa to median nervure;

reniform obscurely defined by blackish and with some brown in

centre, an oblique dark bar above it from costa; an :rregular spot:

obscurely defined by brown below end of cell; postmedial line

blackish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly

sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then

inwardly oblique, dentate, and strongly angled inwards at vein | ;

subterminal line diffused, whitish defined on each side by red-

brown, dentate, slightly incurved below costa; a series of blackish

points before termen defined on outer side by yellowish; cilia —

whitish at base and tips. Hind wing yellow, diffused brownish

fascize on costal area, in submedian interspace and on inner margin

to the blackish medial band, which is oblique to submedian fold,

then narrow and bent inwards to above inner margin, its outer

edge angled outwards at vein 5; a blackish subterminal band, its

inner edge incurved at discal fold angled inwards at veins 2 and |

184 NOCLUID.E.

and excurved at middle and submedian fold, its outer edge crenulate

to termen and cilia at veins 6 to 2; the termen with yellow patch

at apex; cilia yellowish white. Underside of fore wing yellow,

an oblique brown shade from costa before middle to vein 1, an

obliquely curved blackish medial band ending above vein 1, its

outer edge slightly excurved at vein 5, a curved blackish sub-

terminal band; hind wing as above, but with brown fascize on

basal area, the medial band very narrow and ending at vein 1, the

subterminal band not crenulate to termen between veins 6 to 2.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with fuscous

brown except towards costa and on the pale patch in and below

cell.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with black

except at middle of costa and beyond the cell.

Hab. Javan, Hakodaté (Leech), 3 $6, 1 9, Oiwake (Pryer), 14,

1 9, Tokio (Maries), 2 g type. Hvp. 60-64 milllm.

73095. Ephesia musmi, n. sp. (Plate CCI. fig. 10.)

Catocala pregnax, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1900, p. 5384 (nec W1k.).

Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown; palpi whitish

at base; lower part of frons whitish; a black line between

antennae; tegule with blackish medial band, the patagia with

some black near edges; pectus white tinged with brown; Jegs

white irrorated with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen grey suffused with rufous, the ventral surface brownish

white. Fore wing grey suffused with brown and fuscous, the

antemedial area suffused with black; subbasal line represented by

small blackish spots at costa and median nervure ; antemedial line

black, bent outwards below costa, then somewhat oblique and

irregularly waved, strongly angled outwards above inner margin ;

reniform defined by rather diffused black, irregular, an oblique

black shade above it from costa; a spot defined by black below

end of cell, connected by a sinus on vein 2 with the postmedial

line, which is black, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely

downcurved and sinuous, acutely angled cutwards above and below

vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate, angled inwards at vein 1;

subterminal line rather diffused, greyish defined on outer side by

black, strongly dentate, somewhat oblique from costa to below

vein 6, with slight black streaks in the interspaces from it to the

series of black points before termen. Hind wing golden yellow,

the hair on inner margin dark brown; a dark brown faseia in

submedian fold to the rather narrow black medial band, which is

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards to inner

margin, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; a rather narrow black

subterminal band, its inner edge incurved at vein 2, its outer edge

crenulate to termen at veins 6 to 2 and 1; cilia with slight dark

marks at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing yellow, an oblique

brown antemedial shade from costa to vein 1, an obliquely curved

EPILESIA. 185

black medial band narrowing to inner margin, its outer edge

excurved at vein 5, terminal area blackish, its inner edge curved,

the apex with some yellowish white, the interspaces towards

termen with slight whitish streaks, the cilia whitish at base ; hind

wing as above, but the basal costal area tinged with brown, the

fascia in submedian fold cbsolescent, the medial band not reaching

Inner margin.

Hab. Corus, Gensan (Leech), 1 $,1 9 type. ap. 58 millim.

7-06. Ephesia persimilis. (Plate CCI. fig. 11.)

Catceala persimilis, Warr. P.Z.8. 1888, p. 314; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 440.

@. Head and thorax grey mixed with black and brown; palpi

whitish at base; pectus and legs brownish white, the tibie irro-

rated with black, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen pale

reddish brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey tinged

with brown and irrorated with blackish; subbasal line black,

excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial

line double, the inner line indistinct, oblique, waved, an oblique

whitish shade from beyond it at costa to the postmedial line at

vein 2 followed by a fuscous shade, then a whitish patch before the

angle of the postmedial line; reniform indistinctly defined by

black, irregular, its outer edge dentate; an obliquely curved

whitish spot below end of cell, defined by black and confluent

with the postmedial line, which is black defined on outer side by

whitish, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly

sinuous, angled outwards above and below vein 5, then oblique,

dentate, at vein 2 forming the sinus below end of cell and angled

outwards at submedian fold; an obscure blackish wedge-shaped

mark from costa befere the very indistinct whitish subterminal

line defined on outer side by blackish and somewhat oblique from

costa to below vein 6; a waved blackish line before termen with

slight whitish spots beyond it; a fine whitish line at base of cilia.

Hind wing yellow, the basal and inner areas suffused with brown ;

a black medial band oblique from costa to submedian fold, then

bent inwards to inner margin, its outer edge angled outwards at

vein 5; a subterminal black band, broad at costa, its inner edge

oblique to below vein 4, angled inwards at vein 2, the band inter-

rupted at submedian fold and followed by a patch at tornus, its outer

ecge waved to termen between veins 6 and Z leaving small yellow

spots on the termen; cilia chequered yellow and black between

veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing yellow, the costal and

inner areas whitish to beyond middle, an oblique brownish ante-

medial shade from below costa to vein 1, an obliquely curved black

medial band narrowing to a point at inner margin, the terminal

area blackish with some grey on apical area and termen; hind wing

as above, but the costal area whitish to beyond middle.

Ftab. Puxsas, Thundiani (Verbury), 1 @ type. Exp. 60 millim.

186 NOCTUID A).

7307. Ephesia micronympha. (Plate CCI. fig. 12.)

Catocala micronympha, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 102 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 332.

Catocala fratercula, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 24, pl. iv.

f. 3 (1866) ; Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 37, pl. v. f. 8.

Catocala atarah, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 97. pl. xi. ff. 10, 11 (1874).

Catocala gisela, Meyer, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. ii. p. 96 (1880).

Catocala jacquenetta, H. Hdw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 60 (1880).

Catocala timandra, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. iii. p. 60 (1880).

Catocala hero, W. Edw. Papilio, iv. p. 125 (1884).

Catocala ouwah, Poling, Can. Ent. xxxiii. p. 128 (1901).

Head and thorax white mixed with rufous; palpi black and

white; frons with lateral black bars; antenne blackish ; pectus

and legs white, the tibie irrorated with brown, the fore and mid

tibie with black streak at base and bars near extremities, the tarsi

black ringed with white ; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface white

tinged with rufous. Fore wing whitish suffused with rufous and

irrorated with black-brown, the veins of terminal half slightly

streaked with blackish ; subbasal line black, excurved below costa

and ending at vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, blackish, oblique

and sinuous to submedian fold, ineurved at vein 1, an oblique

whitish shade beyond it from costa to median nervure defined on

outer side by black; reniform very indistinctly defined by blackish;

an oblique whitish spot defined by blackish below end of cell ;

postmedial line black with a whitish patch before it beyond the cell,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved,

acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly

oblique and minutely waved, angled outwards at submedian fold

and inwards at vein 1; subterminal line whitish, minutely waved,

somewhat incurved below costa; a slight oblique dark shade from

termen below apex; a series of black points before termen defined

on outer side by whitish. Hind wing golden yellow; blackish

fascize on costal area, in submedian fold, and on inner margin to

the blackish medial band, which is oblique from costa to submedian

interspace, then bent inwards to inner margin, its outer edge

slightly incurved at vein 5; terminal area black from costa to

submedian fold where it is usually connected by a slight bar with

a patch at vein 1, its inner edge angled inwards at vein 2; the

termen very narrowly yellow towards apex, then with slight

yellow marks in the interspaces ; cilia white chequered with brown

at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing with the basal half yellow,

the costa and a slight fascia below the cell brownish, an obliquely

curved black medial band narrowing to inner margin and with its

outer edge excurved at vein 5, followed by a white band tinged

with yellow on inner half, terminal area blackish, its inner edge

curved, some whitish at apex, cilia chequered white and blackish ;

hind wing as above, but the fasciz on basal area obsolescent, the

basal and postmedial costal areas whitish irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. jacquenetta. Fore wing tinged with olive, the lines indis-

tinct, a dark apical shade. ;

EPHESIA. 137

Ab. 2. hero. Fore wing with a large white patch on basal half

of medial area from costa to median nervure and on the whole

medial area below the cell and vein 2.

Ab. 3. timandra. Fore wing dirty white, the basal area oliva-

ceous, the lines distinct; hind wing with the medial band

narrower.

Ab. 4. ouwwah. Fore wing with a diffused dark fascia along median

nervure only separated from the obligue fascia from termen below

apex by the pale spot below end of cell.

Ab. 5. gisela. Fore wing suffused with black to the postmedial

line.

Hab, Canava ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York (Meske), 2 ¢,

Rhode I., Illinois, Georgia, Florida, 1 ¢, Kansas (Snow),2¢,2¢,

Texas, Dallas (Boll), 3 2, Colorado, California, Arizona. Eup.

02-54 millim.

Larva. Coquillet, Papilio, i. p. 7,

Ash-grey ; dorsal area dark grey defined by a series of piliferous

spots; a stigmatal series of black spots; 8th somite with a slight

prominence ; two anterior pairs of prolegs smaller than the others;

head pale grey edged above and at sides by black. Food-plants,

Live and Burr Oak.

7308. Ephesia connexa. (Plate CCI. fig. 13.)

Catocala connexa, But]. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 196.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with fuscous ;

palpi white at base and in front, the 2nd and 3rd joints black at

sides ; frons white with a pair of black spots above; tegule with

blackish band near tips; pectus and legs white, the tibise and tarsi

irrorated with fuscous and banded with black; abdomen yellow-

brown with slight pale segmental lines, the ventral surface pale

yellow, white at base. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated

with black-brown; an oblique sinuous blackish subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line blackish, waved, angled

inwards on median nervure and vein 1, a waved dark brown shade

before it from costa to vein 1; reniform with black-brown centre

and ochreous annulus defined by rather diffused black-brown, a

rather diffused black-brown medial line interrupted by the reni-

form; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique and sinuous to below vein 6 where it is acutely angled

outwards, then incurved and dentate, some ochreous white before

it beyond the cell and beyond it between veins 4,3; a dentate

black-brown subterminal line somewhat oblique from costa to below

vein 7; a waved dark line just before termen with a series of

ochreous white points beyond it; cilia fuscous brown at base,

yellowish white at tips. Hind wing orange-yellow; diffused

black-brown fascize in submedian interspace and on inner margin ;

a black-brown medial band oblique from costa to submedian fold,

then bent inwards to inner margin, its outcr edge somewhat angled

188 NOCLrUID A.

outwards at vein 5; a subterminal black-brown band, expanding at

costa, its inner edge oblique to vein 4, expanding into patches

at veins 2 and 1 connected with the medial band, its outer edge

waved to termen between veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing

pale yellow, an oblique antemedial brown shade from below costa

to vein 1, a medial blackish band oblique to submedian fold and

narrowing to inner margin, terminal area blackish, its inner edge

oblique to vein 4, some yellowish on costa towards apex; hind

wing as above, but without brown on inner margin, the termen

with more yellow and the subterminal and medial bands not

connected at vein 2.

Hab. Javan, Tokio (Maries), 1 $ type. Hap. 58 millim.

7309. Ephesia nymphea.

Noctua nymphea, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 105. f. 4 (1787); Hiibn. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 359; Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. iti. p. 548, pl. 46. f.2; Herr.-

Schaff. Schmett. Hur., Noct. ff. 589, 590; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249. ,

Noctua vestalis, Geyer, Kur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 841-3 (1841).

Catocala conjux, Frv. Neue Beitr. vi. p. 137, pl. 569. f. 2 (1852).

Catocala thalames, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 169 (1909).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish and black

palpi ochreous white at base; frons with lateral black bars; pectus

Fig. 6.—Hphesia nymphea, g. }.

ochreous white ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen yellow

tinged with rufous, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing

grey-white suffused with red-brown and irrorated with fuscous ;

subbasal line blackish, excurved below costa and ending at sub-

median fold; antemedial line black, indistinctly double towards

EPHESIA,. 189

costa, oblique, sinuous, some white suffusion beyond it from costa

to below the cell; reniform obscurely defined by blackish and with

an oblique blackish bar above it from costa; a somewhat triangular

white spot defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line

black shghtly defined on outer side by white and with some whitish

suffusion before it beyond the cell, bent outwards below costa, then

obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, dentate and strongly angled inwards at vein 1 ; subterminal

line whitish, minutely dentate, slightly oblique from costa to below

vein 7; a series of blackish points before termen with yollow

points beyond them on termen; cilia with yellow lines at base and

tips. Hind wing yellow, the inner area tinged with red-brown ;

an obliquely curved blackish medial band, ending above inner

margin, its outer edge excurved at vein 5; a blackish terminal

band from costa to just below vein 2, often connected by a slight

bar in submedian interspace with a blackish patch at vein 1, its

inner edge excurved at middle and incuryed at vein 2; the termen

with a yellow apical patch, then slight yellow marks in the inter-

spaces; cilia yellowish white chequered with brown between

veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing pale yellow, an oblique

brown shade from costa before middle to vein 1, an obliquely

curved blackish medial band ending above vein 1, its outer edge

excurved at vein 5, the terminal area brown, ending at vein 1, its

inner edge curved; hind wing as above but pale yellowish, the medial

band more oblique to submedian fold, the terminal band obsolescent.

Hab. France, Pyrenees, Leech Coll.; Gurwany; Spain, Léon,

Piedrahita (Chapman), Andalusia, Leech Coll.; Crnrr. Ivaty;

Axerria; Darmartia, Leech Coll.; Armenia, Caucasus, 1 3,1 9,

Leech Coll.; Asia Minor, Bithynia, Lydia, Taurus; Cyprus,

Nicosia (Bucknill), 1 3. Hxp. 42-62 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 277; Hffm. Raup. p. 150, pl. 37.

f. 16.

Yellowish brown mottled with red-brown; stigmatal line dark

grey; ventral surface yellow with pale red spots between the

claspers; warts and lateral fringes yellowish ; head red-brown

mottled with yellow. Jood-plants: Quercus suber, ilea, etc.

7310. Ephesia duplicata. (Plate CCI. fig. 14.)

Catocala duplicata, But). Cist. Ent. iii. p. 135 (1885).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black-brown; palpi

with the Ist and 2nd joints white, the latter with black band

towards tips ; frons white below and with black bar above: tegule

with blackish medial band; pectus and legs white, the tibie

irrorated with brown, the fore and mid tibie with some black

at base and bars near extremities, the tarsi black ringed with

white ; abdomen pale rufous, the ventral surface white tinged with

rufous. Fore wing bluish white thickly irrorated with iron-brown,

the antemedial area with some brown suffusion on costal half;

190 NOCLUID ®.

subbasal line black, sinuous, ending at submedian fold; antemedial

line black, defined on inner side by white with brown before it,

forming a small patch at costa, then oblique, sinuous, and excurved

above inner margin, a whitish shade beyond it except at inner

margin; reniform incompletely defined by black, small, an oblique

dark bar above it from costa; a spot defined by blackish below end

of cell; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique and sinuons, acutely angled outwards above vein 5, then

inwardly oblique and dentate, an obseure red-brown band beyond

it; subterminal line somewhat diffused, white defined on outer

side by red-brown, dentate, slightly oblique from costa to below

vein 6; a series of small black spots defined on outer side by white

before termen. Hind wing golden yellow, some red-brown suffusion

in basal half of submedian fold and on inner margin; a rather

narrow black medial band, obliquely curved from costa to submedian

fold, then bent inwards to near inner margin, its edges slightly

sinuous; a black terminal band narrowing to tornus, its inner edge

slightly incurved at vein 2; the termen very narrowly yellow towards

apex, then with slight yellow marks in the interspaces ; cilia yellow

at base, white at tips, chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2 and

towards tornus. Underside of fore wing with the basal half

yellow, an oblique brown antemedial shade, a black medial band

oblique to submedian fold, its outer edge slightly exeurved at

middle, followed by a whitish band, terminal area blackish, its

inner edge oblique from costa to vein 4, cilia chequered white and

blackish ; hind wing as above, but the costal area whitish except at

the bands, the fascia in submedian fold extending to the medial

band.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with curved black-brown shade from middle

of costa to lower angle of cell and thence to termen below apex.—

Yezo,

Hab. Javan, Yezo (Pryer), 1 &, Oiwaké (Leech), 1 g, 1 9,

Tsuruga (Leech), 1 $, Nagahama (Leech), 1 g, Yokohama (Pryer),

1 3 type. Exp. 50-56 millim.

7311. Ephesia diversa.

Noctua diversa, Geyer, Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 737-40 (1827); Frr. Neue

Beitr. pl. 155. ff. 1 a, b; Staud Cat. Lep. pal. p. 250.

Catocala callinympha, Dup. Lép. Fr. Suppl. ii. p. 546, pl. 46. f. 4 1821).

Catocala umbrata, Schultz, Ent. Zeit. Guben. xx. p. 100 (1906).

Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown and black ;

tegule with black band near tips, which are white; patagia with

black streaks near edges ; fore tibize with black point at base and

black and white band at extremity, the tarsi black ringed with

white ; abdomen yellow tinged with rufous, some whitish at base

and brown irroration towards extremity, the anal tuft grey and

brown, the ventral surface white irrorated with brown. Fore wing

white irrorated and in parts suffused with dark brown and black,

the veins streaked with black; subbasal line black, waved, from

EPIESIA. 191

costa to submedian fold, where there is a short black streak beyond

it ; antemedial line double, black, with blackish suffusion before it,

oblique, waved, a dark fascia beyond it in submedian fold and a

white shade except at inner margin ; reniform incompletely defined

by black and its centre by fuscous, an oblique black bar above it

from costa and the veins beyond it with strong black streaks;

a triangular spot defined by black below end of cell; postmedial

line black slightly defined on outer side by white, bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique and dentate, ex-

curved at submedian fold ; subterminal line white defined on outer

side by black, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 7, a series

of black streaks beyond it in the interspaces ending in points

before termen defined on outer side by white. Hind wing yellow,

the inner area tinged with red-brown, a dark streak in base of

submedian fold; a narrow black medial band, oblique to submedian

fold, then slightly bent inwards and ending at vein 1; a black

terminal band narrowing to tornus, its inner edge oblique to vein 4

and incurved at vein 2; the termen with some yellow towards

apex, then slight yellow marks in the interspaces; cilia brown

at base, whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing pale yellowish,

an oblique brown antemedial shade, an obliquely curved black

medial band narrowing to inner margin, the terminal area black,

its inner edge waved and curved, cilia white with some brown at

tips; hind wing as above, but the costal area whitish tinged with

yellow, the medial band extending indistinctly to inner margin.

Ab. 1. wnbrata. Fore wing more uniformly suffused with fuscous.

Hab. 8. Francn; Austria, Tirol; Huneary, Mutzell and D’Em-

mich Colls.; Spary, Andalusia ; Stctry; Datmarra, Frey and Leech

Colls.; Batcan Srares; Kuurpistan; Asta Mtnor, Bithynia ;

Syrta, 1 go, Leech Coll. Hwp. 42-46 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 277; Hffm. Raup. p. 150.

Rufous variegated with brown; dorsal line yellowish edged with

black ; lateral line black; warts black; some yellowish spots at

sides; no prominences. J*ood-plant, Oak. 5.

7312. Ephesia disjuncta.

Noctua disjuncta, Geyer, Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 741-2 (1833); Dup. Lép.

Fr. Suppl. iii. p. 548, pl. 46. f. 3; Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur., Noct.

ff. 286-7; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 250.

Noctuc, separata, Frr. Neue Beitr. vi. p. 48, pl. 508. f. 4 (1852).

Catocala luctuosa, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 250 (1901).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark red-brown; frons

with lateral black bars; tegule with black bands at middle and

near tips; prothorax with narrow black band; patagia with some

black scales near edges ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen

pale rufous, the ventral surface whitish mixed with brown. Fore

wing grey-white irrorated and in parts suffused with red-brown ;

subbasal line black, excurved below costa and ending at submedian

fold; antemedial line strong, black, excurved below cesta and

192 NOCLUID &.

incurved at vein 1, some red-brown suffusion before it, a whitish

shade beyond it from costa to median nervure; reniform with

white annulus incompletely defined by black and its centre defined

by brown, its outer edge somewhat dentate and with black streaks

beyond it on the veins, a brown shade above it from costa; a small

triangular white spot defined by black below end of cell; post-

raedial line black, forming a small spot at costa, bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above

and below vein 5, then incurved and again excurved, strongly

angled inwards and with a black streak on it at vein 1, a narrow

pale rufous band beyond it; subterminal line white, defined on

outer side by dark brown, obliquely incurved from costa to below

vein 7, then dentate, the veins and interspaces beyond it with

slight black streaks; a crenulate black terminal line defining a

series of white points on the termen; cilia with a brown line

through them. Hind wing golden yellow, the inner area tinged

with red-brown; a narrow blackish medial band, oblique to sub-

mediin fold, then bent inwards to inner margin, somewhat dilated

beyond lower angle of cell; terminal area blackish brown, narrowing

to tornus, its inner edge angled inwards at vein 2 and outwards

at submedian fold; cilia whitish chequered with brown except

towards apex. Underside of fore wing pale yellowish, an oblique

brown antemedial shade, an oblique black medial band, its inner

edge incurved at end of cell and its outer edge excurved at middle,

terminal area fuscous brown, its inner edge curved, cilia chequered

whitish and brown; hind wing as above, but the costal area pale

yellowish irrorated with brown to the median nervure and vein 5

except at the bands, a brown discoidal bar.

Ab. 1. separata. Hind wing darker.

Ab. 2. luctuosa. Hind wing wholly suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Datmatta, Zeller and Mutzell Colls.; Corru ; Grencu, Leech

Coll.; Bancan Scares; Kaurorsran; Asti Mrvor, Pontus, Bithynia,

Lydia, Smyrna, 1 g, 1 @. Frey and Merlin Colls., Tanrus; Syrra,

Beirut, 1 ¢, Zeller Coll; Patrstrve. vp. 40-46 millim.

7313. Ephesia eutychea.

Catocala eutychea, Treit. Schmett. Eur. x. 2, p. 165 (1835); Herr.-Schaff.

Schmett. Eur., Noet. f. 447; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 240.

Catocala languida, Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Hur. ii. p. 407, Noct. ff. 238-9

(1852).

Catocala dotata, Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Hur. ii. p. 407, Noct. ff. 585-6

(1852).

Catocala mariana, Rmbr. Cat. Lép. $8. And. pl. is. f. 4 (1858).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale brown; frons

with lateral black bars; prothorax with narrow blackish band,

the patagia with some black scales near upper edge; fore tibiz

with black bar at extremity, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ;

abdomen whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey-white

suffused and irrorated with pale red-brown; subbasal line black,

excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial

EPHESIA. 198.

line black, slightly defined on inner side by whitish, forming a

small spot at costa, then obliquely excurved and incurved at vein 1 ;

reniform faintly defined by blackish and its centre by brown, an

oblique dark bar above it from costa; a spot faintly defined by

blackish below end of cell ; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above

vein 5, then incurved and again slightly excurved, angled inwards

at vein 1; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish slightly defined

on outer side by red-brown, obliquely incurved from costa to below

vein 6, then waved; a crenulate blackish terminal line; cilia with

a whitish line at base. Hind wing yellow, the inner area tinged

with red-brown, a blackish medial band, oblique from costa to

submedian fold, then bent inwards to above inner margin, narrowing

below vein 3; a blackish brown terminal band from costa to below

vein 2 connected by a slight bar on termen with a patch at vein 1;

the termen with some yellow at apex; cilia white, chequered with

brown at veins 6 to 2 and at vein 1. Underside of fore wing

yellowish white, the costa brownish, a blackish medial band oblique

to submedian fold, then bent inwards and narrowing, its inner edge

incurved at end of cell and its outer edge excurved at middle, the

terminal area grey-brown, its inner edee curved ; hind wing as

above but the costal area brow nish.

Ab. 1. dotata. Hind wing with the medial band more curved

and sinuous, not angled outwards in submedian fold.

Hab. Spars, Andalusia ; Daumatra; Grercr, Zeller, Frey, Mut-

zell, D’Emmich, and Merlin Colls.; Naxos, Merlin Coll.; Batcan

Srates; ? Armenta; Asta Minor, Pontus, Lydia, Taurus; Syrua,

2 dS, Leech Coll., Beirut (Lederer), 1 9. Kap. 38-46 millim.

7314. Ephesia distorta.

Catocala distorta, Butl. Ill. Het. B.M, vii. p. 77, pl. 132. f. 4 (1889) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 441.

Head and thorax red-brown; pectus with grey mixed; tibie

tinged with fuscous, the tarsi black ringed with whitish ; abdomen

grey-brown tinged with rufous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore

wing grey-white suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the medial

area rather paler; subbasal line black, excurved below costa and

ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black, forming a small

patch at costa, then oblique, sinuous; reniform defined by red-

brown and with red-brown lunule in centre, an oblique dark bar

above it from costa; a spot defined by black below end of cell,

connected by a rather wide sinus at vein 2 with the postmedial

line, which is black slightly defined on outer side by whitish,

forming a small spot at costa, then bent outwards, oblique to vein 5

where it is aneled outwards, then inwardly very oblique and very

minutely sinuous, forming a black spot.above the sinus at vein 2

and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line diffused, whitish

defined on each side by brown, with a black-brown patch on its

inner side at costa, obliquely incurved from costa to below vein 6,

VOL. XIl, 0

194 NOCTUIDE.

then slightly sinuous; a crenulate blackish terminal line; a dark

line near base of cilia. Hind wing golden yellow, the inner area

slightly suffused with brown; a rather narrow black medial band,

oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards to inner margin, its

outer edge slightly excurved at vein 5; a terminal blackish band

from costa to just below vein 2, where it is connected by a slight

bar with a patch on vein 1; a yellow patch at apex; cilia yellowish

with a brown line through them from apex to vein 2. Underside

of fore wing whitish, the costal edge brown, an oblique blackish

medial band, a curved blackish subterminal band, the termen with

brown irroration at apex; hind wing as above but whitish, the

medial band obliquely waved.

Hab. Puxsas, Kulu (Hocking), 5 $6, 2 Q type, Sultanpur

(G. Young), 3 6,192. Exp. 50-54 millim.

7315. Ephesia similis. (Plate CCI. fig. 15.)

Phalena amasia, Smith & Abbot, Ins, Georgia, ii. p. 179, pl. 90, lower fig.

(1797).

Catocala similis, W. H. Edw. Proc. Ent. foc. Phil. ii. p. 511 (1864);

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 3338.

Catocala formula, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 27, pl. iv. f. 5

(1866).

Catocala aholah, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 96, pl. xi. f. 8 (1874).

Catocala isabella, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 60 (1880).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with red-brown; palpi

white at base and with black patch on 2nd joint; frons with

lateral black bars ; an angled black-brown line between antenne ;

tegulee with black-brown line near tips; pectus and legs white,

the fore and mid tibie irrorated with brown, the tarsi black ringed

with white; abdomen yellow tinged with rufous, the ventral

surface white. Fore wing bluish white suffused and irrorated

with reddish brown; subbasal line black, excurved below costa

and ending at submedian fold, a black point beyond it above

vein 1 ; a narrow rufous band before the antemedial line, which is

black, excurved, incurved at vein 1 and again excurved above

inner margin; reniform blue-white defined by blackish and its

centre by red-brown, its upper extremity produced, a dark mark

above it on costa; a rather irregular spot defined by black below

end of cell ; postmedial line black defined on outer side by a rufous

band, bent outwards below costa, then slightly oblique to above

vein 5, where it is slightly angled outwards, then inwardly oblique,

excurved above and below vein 5 and angled inwards at vein 1;

suhterminal line whitish defined on outer side by brown, minutely

dentate; an oblique dark shade from termen below apex with

some white above it on costal area; a series of small black spots

before termen and a terminal series of black striz ; cilia chequered

whitist and brown at tips. Hind wing golden yellow, the inner

area with some red-brown suffusion, an obliquely curved black

medial band from costa to vein 1, its outer edge angled outwards

at vein 5; a terminal black band from costa to just below vein 2

EPHBESIA. 195

and a patch at vein 1, the inner edge of the band incurved at

vein 2; the termen very narrowly yellow at apex, then with

slight marks in the interspaces ; cilia whitish, chequered with brown

at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing yellowish white, the costa

irrorated with brown, some brownish suffusion before middle in

and below the cell, an oblique black-brown medial band, obsolete

at inner margin and with its outer edge excurved at vein 5, the

terminal area blackish, its inner edge curved, some whitish at apex

and a series of slight marks in the interspaces, cilia chequered

white and blackish; hind wing as above, but the costal area

yellowish white and without the brown on inner area.

Ab. 1. isabella. Fore wing whiter and less suffused with brown.

Ab. 2. aholah. Fore wing silvery grey, a large black patch

beyond the reniform confluent with the oblique apical shade.

Hab. US.A., New York, 2 5, 2 9, Rhode I, Texas. Fup.

44-52 millim.

Larua. Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 179, pl. 90.

Greenish grey with protuberance on each segment; dorsal, sub-

dorsal, and stigmatal dark lines; each somite with an oblique

lateral line. JFood-plant, Pride of India or Oak.

7316, Ephesia amasia. (Plate CCI. fig. 16.)

Phalena amasia, Smith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 179, pl. 90, upper

fig. (1797); Westw. Jardine’s Nat. Libr, xxxii. p. 205, pl. 26. t. 3;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 333.

Catocala cordelia, H. Kdw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe, iii. p. 59 (1880).

Catocala virens, French, Can. Ent. xviii. p. 162 (1886).

Head and thorax bluish white mixed with dark red-brown ;

palpi with the 2nd joint dark brown except at tip; frons with

lateral black bars; tegule with slight brown medial line, the

patagia with some black scales near edges ; pectus and legs white,

the fore and mid tibize with black streaks near base and bars near

extremities, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey

suffused with rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing bluish

white, the antemedial area suffused with red-brown, the medial

area slightly irrorated with rufous, the terminal area irrorated with

dark brown ; subbasal line black, excurved below costa and ending

at submedian fold; antemedial line black, oblique, sinuous, almost

obsolete in submedian interspace ; reniform defined by some black

seales and with its centre defined by blackish, a brown patch

above it on costa; faint traces of a small spot defined by brown

below end of cell; postmedial line black towards costa, then faint,

defined on outer side by white and with bright rufous band beyond

it, bent outwards below costa, then waved, obliquely downcurved

to above vein 5, where it is angled outwards, then inwardly

oblique and with black points at the veins, excurved at submedian

fold and angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line bluish white

defined on outer side by black-brown, dentate, angled inwards

below costa; a series of minute black spots defined on outer side

196 NOCLUID A.

by white points before termen and a series of black strize on termen ;

cilia rufous mixed with white. Hind wing golden yellow, the

inner area suffused with rufous; a narrow black medial band oblique

to submedian fold, then bent inwards, its outer edge excurved at

vein 5; a terminal hlack band from costa to just below vein 2 and

a patch at vein 1, the inner edge of the band incurved at vein 2;

the termen narrowly yellow towards apex ; cilia whitish, chequered

with brown at veins 6 to 2 and towards tornus. Underside of

fore wing with the basal half yellow, a faint brown antemedial

shade from below costa to submedian fold, an oblique blackish

medial band, bent inwards and narrowing to inner margin, its

inner edge incurved at end of cell and its outer edge excurved at

vein 5, the terminal area blackish, its inner edge curved, the apex

white, a series of slight white marks in the interspaces before

termen, cilia chequered white and blackish; hind wing as above,

the costal, basal and postmedial areas white, the medial band with

its inner edge incurved at discocellulars and ending at submedian

fold, the terminal band confluent with the patch at vein 1, the

apical patch white.

Ab. 1. virens. Fore wing with the medial area white, some

olive-green suffusion on antemedial area at costa and inner margin,

below end of cell, and on terminal area.

Flab. U.S.A., New York, llinois, Georgia, 1 2, Kansas (Snov),

1g. Hep. 46-52 millim.

Larva. Food-plant, Pride of India or Oak.

7317. Ephesia connubialis. (Plate CCL. fig. 17.)

Catocala connubialis, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 105 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 334.

Catocala amasia, Streck, Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 77, pl. ix. f. 12 (mee Smith

& Abb.).

Catocala sancta, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. vii. p. 38 (1884).

Head and thorax white mixed with some pale brown and black ;

palpi white with black patches at sides of joints; frons with lateral

black bars; an angled black line between antenne; tegule with

blackish medial band, the prothorax with narrow black band, the

patagia with some black scales near edges, the metathorax with

blask patch ; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibiee slightly

irrorated with brown and with black bars near base and extremities,

the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen yellow tinged with

rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white slightly

irrorated with red-brown, the antemedial and terminal areas

suffused with red-brown; a small black spot at base of cell; ‘sub-

basal line black, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

strong, black, waved, slightly oblique; reniform blackish with

white annulus incompletely defined by black, its outer edge some-

what dentate, a blackish and brown patch above it on costa;

a white spot defined by black below end of cell, its outer edge

EPHESIA. 197

somewhat excised; a dark bar at middle of inner margin ; post-

medial line black, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

slightly sinuous, angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly

oblique and waved, strongly angled inwards at vein 1, a rufous

band beyond it except towards costa where there is a blackish bar ;

subterminal line black slightly defined on inner side by white,

dentate, very slightly incurved below costa; a series of small black

spots defined on outer side by whitish before termen. Hind wing

golden yellow with blackish fasciz below costa, in submedian fold,

and on medial part of vein 1 before the narrow black medial band,

which is oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending

at vein 1, its outer edge shghtly excurved at vein 5; a terminal

black band from costa to just below vein 2 and a patch at vein 1;

a small apical white patch slightly tinged with yellow; cilia white,

chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing

with the basal half yellow, an oblique black medial band narrowing

to inner margin, terminal area black, its inner edge curved, a white

apical patch and slight streaks in the extremities of interspaces ;

hind wing as above, but without the fasciz on basal area, the basal

and postmedial costal areas white.

Hab. U.S.A., Eastern and Southern States, 2 ¢, Georgia.

Hep. 48 millim.

*7 318. Ephesia triphenoides.

Catocala triphenoides, Oberth. Et. Ent. vi. p. 21, pl. viti. f. 5 (1881).

3S. Head and thorax pale violaceous grey; abdomen yellowish.

Fore wing pale violaceous grey slightly irrorated with fuscous ;

subbasal line blackish, slightly angled outwards below costa, then

oblique and ending at vein 1; antemedial line blackish, angled

outwards below costa, then waved; reniform with its centre and

outer edge indistinctly defined by blackish, a smal] blackish mark

above it on costa; postmedial line blackish, shghtly bent outwards

below costa, then obliquely downcurved to below vein 6, curved to

vein 3, then bent inwards and forming a sinus below end of cell,

and angled outwards in submedian fold, a slight dark shade beyond

it obliquely incurved to below vein 6; subterminal line pale

defined on outer side by a fuscous shade, obliquely incuryed to

below vein 6; cilia chequered with fuscous at base. Hind wing

yellow; a blackish band before termen from costa to vein 2, its

outer edge slightly waved below vein 6; slight blackish points

before termen above and below vein 1. Underside of fore wing

yellow, a blackish striga from middle of costa and oblique bar

beyond lower angle of cell, a rather diffused curved subterminal

band from costa to vein 2, cilia chequered fuscous and yellow;

hind wing with the cilia chequered with fuscous at middle.

Hab, N. Cntna, Ngankiak (David). Evp. 50 millim, This

species is unknown to me.

198 NOCLUID .

#7319. Ephesia vallantini.

Catocala vallantini, Oberth, Et. Ent. xix. p. 36, pl. vi. f.58 (1894); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 250.

3g. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown; abdomen yellowish

grey. Fore wing grey; the basal area from costa before middle to

middle of inner margin and the terminal area purplish grey tinged

with red-brown ; subbasal line represented by double brown striz

from costa; antemedial line double, brown, rather oblique, with

an oblique dark shade on it in submedian interspace; reniform a

slight blackish lunule placed near the inner edge of a patch of

purple-grey suffusion extending from costa to vein 3 and defined

on outer side by the faint brownish postmedial line which is

excurved below costa and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line

indistinct, double, dark, excurved below costa, then somewhat

oblique; a fine waved black terminal line. Hind wing orange-

yellow; a slight dark discoidal lunule ; terminal area black,

narrowing to a point at tornus and leaving some yellowish on

termen at apex and submedian fold; cilia ochreous white,

chequered with blackish at veins 6 to 4. Underside of fore

wing pale ochreous, a faint oblique brownish antemedial shade

from below costa to submedian fold, the terminal area fuscous

except at tornus, cilia chequered whitish and fuscous ; hind wing

ochreous with a faint reddish shade, the terminal area fuscous

narrowing to a point at vein 1, cilia chequered ochreous white and

fuscous.

Hab. Avcerta, Bone; Tunts, Ain Draham (Faroult) in Coll.

Rothschild. Hep. 44 millim.

Suct. IL. Thorax clothed with hair with a few scales mixed.

A. Fore wing with the ground-colour leaden grey ............... columbina.

B. Fore wing with the ground-colour not leaden grey.

a. Fore wing grey, the basal area suffused with dark

brown.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line very oblique

from costa to submedian fold, the postmedial line

very oblique and slightly dentate between veins 4

Gy ale e-enr aan dau san sBcdo noosa aaddodacoposocsoosonbaaapacasedae wrarippe.

b', Fore wing with the antemedial line less oblique from

costa to submedian fold, the postmedial line less

oblique and more dentate between veins 4 and 2.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly angled

outwards above inner Margin ............ceeeeee ee eee invasa.

b?. Fore wing with the antemedial line slightly angled

outwards above inner Margin ..............sceeeee teens Sulminea.

b. Fore wing pale ochreous, the interspaces suffused with

red-brown except on costal ared .........cecceeeceeeneneeeenes estimabilis.

EPHESIA. 199

7320. Ephesia columbina. (Plate CCI. fig. 18.)

Catocala columbina, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 536.

Head and thorax leaden grey mixed with black-brown ; palpi

blackish at sides; frons with lateral black bars; tegule with

black-brown medial patches, the dorsum of thorax mostly black-

brown; pectus white, rufous in front and below the wings; fore

tibie irrorated with dark brown and with black bars near tips, the

mid tibize rufous, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey

suffused with red-brown, the anal tuft mostly white, the ventral

surface white tinged with rufous. - Fore wing leaden grey; a small

black spot at base of costa; subbasal line black, excurved below

costa and ending at submedian fold; some black-brown suffusion

before the antemedial line, which is black defined on inner side by

white, expanding into a patch at costa, waved and somewhat

oblique, a white shade beyond it from costa to below the cell;

reniform blackish with whitish annulus slightly defined by blackish,

its outer edge somewhat dentate, a blackish patch above it on costa;

a small oblique wedge-shaped whitish spot defined by black below

end of cell; an indistinct sinuous dark line arising at vein. 6,

excurved beyond the cell, then oblique; postmedial line black

defined on outer side by white, strong, with spot at costa, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled

outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, minutely

dentate, excurved at submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1,

a narrow brown shade beyond it expanding at costa followed by a

subterminal blue-grey shade with patches of dark suffusion beyond

it above and below middle; a series of black points before termen

with white points beyond them on termen; cilia brown and

whitish. Hind wing orange-yellow, the hair on inner margin

brown ;_ black-brown fasciz on costal area and in submedian

interspace before the black medial band, which is obliquely curved

to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1, its

outer edge slightly excurved at vein 5; terminal area black, its

inner edge oblique to vein 4 and incurved at veins 2 and 1; the

termen narrowly yellow towards apex, then with slight yellow

marks in the interspaces; cilia white chequered with blackish at

veins 6 to 2 and towards tornus. Underside of fore wing with the

basal half pale yellowish, an oblique brown antemedial shade from

costa to vein 1, an oblique black medial band narrowing to inner

margin, its outer edge excurved at middle followed by a whitish

band, terminal area blackish, its inner edge curved, the apex

slightly whitish, cilia chequered white and blackish; hind wing as

above, but the basal area with slight brown suffusion in sub-

median interspace, the inner edge of the terminal band evenly

curved.

In one specimen there is a single spine on hind tibie.

Hab. W. Cuina, Omei-shin, 2 3,1 Q type, US) ang (Pratt),

26,32. Exp. 58-66 millim,

P00 NOCLUID.

7321. Ephesia xarippe.

Catocala xarippe, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 243 (1877); id. Ill. Het. B.M. ii.

p- 89, pl. 83. f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 249.

Head and thorax grey-white suffused with red-brown; palpi

-with the 2nd joint black, white in front towards base and at

extremity; frons white with lateral black bars; tegule with

blackish lines at middle and tips, the prothorax with dark bar;

pectus white tinged with yellow; legs irrorated with brown, the

fore and mid tibize with black streaks at base and bars near

extremities, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen rufous,

the ventral surface white tinged with rufous. Fore wing white

suffused in parts with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown,

the veins of terminal area with slight blackish streaks, the basal

area suffused with red-brown deepening to black-brown before the

antemedial line; subbasal line black, excurved below costa and

ending at vein 1; antemedial line black, expanding into a patch at

costa, then oblique, sinuous, angled outwards above inner margin,

an oblique white shade beyond it from costa to below the cell;

reniform rather narrow, defined by black and its centre by brown,

an oblique dark shade above it from costa and a black patch beyond

it; a spot defined by black below end of cell connected by a sinus

on vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is black, forming a spot

defined on outer side by white at costa, bent outwards below costa,

then obliquely downcurved, very acutely angled outwards above

and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate, excurved at

submedian fold and strongly angled inwards at vein 1, a blackish

patch beyond it on costa; subterminal line rather diffused, white,

incurved below costa, dentate above and below vein 5, then

minutely waved, an oblique dark shade from termen below apex

with blackish streaks on the veins; a crenulate black terminal line.

Hind wing yellow, the hair on inner margin brown; a brown

fascia in submedian interspace to the obliquely curved blackish

medial band from costa to submedian fold, its outer edge angled

outwards at vein 5; terminal area black, its inner edge oblique to

‘vein 4 and incurved at veins 2 and 1; the termen narrowly yellow

at apex, then with slight yellow marks in the interspaces; cilia

white, chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore

wing with the basal half yellowish white, an oblique brown

‘antemedial shade from below costa to vein 1, an oblique black

medial band, narrowing to inner margin, its outer edge strongly

excurved at middle, terminal area blackish, its inner edge oblique

to vein 4, the apex whitish, cilia white at base; hind wing as

‘above but whitish, the inner area tinged with yellow, the costal

‘area irrorated with brown, the fascia in submedian interspace

obsolescent.

Hab. Javan, Hakodaté, 1 9 type, Kioto (Lewis), 1 9, Nagahama

(Leech), 2 3, 1 2, Sendai (Leech), 1 $, Yokohama (Manley),

19. ap. 60-66 millim.

EPHESIA. 201

7322. Ephesia invasa. (Plate CCILI. fig. 1.)

Catocala invasa, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1800, p. 531.

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown; palpi with the

2nd joint towards extremity and the 8rd joint blackish; frons

with black lateral bars; tegule with brown medial line and tips,

‘the prothorax with narrow brown band, the patagia with some

brown scales near edges; pectus ochreous white; tibiz and tarsi

irrorated with fuscous and banded with blackish; abdomen ochreous

brown with some dark brown at extremity, the ventral surface

ochreous white. Fore wing pale violaceous grey tinged in parts

with red-brown and slightly irrorated with dark brown ; subbasal

line black, angled outwards below costa and ending at median

nervure; antemedial line dark brown with red-brown suffusion

before it, dilated at costa, very oblique and slightly sinuous, angled

outwards above inner margin, an oblique whitish shade beyond it

from costa to submedian fold and a red-brown fascia above vein 1 ;

reniform with its centre defined by red-brown, its annulus whitish

detined by black, an oblique blackish bar above it from costa and

two black streaks beyond it; a spot defined by black below end of

cell on the whitish area, connected by a sinus with the postmedial

line at vein 2; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa,

then obliquely downcurved, very acutely angled outwards above

and beiow vein 5, then dentate, angled outwards at submedian fold

and inwards on vein 1 to near the antemedial line; faint traces of

a whitish subterminal line, oblique to below vein 6, then waved ;

the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with blackish; an

oblique brown shade from termen below apex; a series of blackish

strize before termen slightly defined on outer side by whitish; cilia

brown. Hind wing yellow; a black-brown fascia in submedian

interspace from base to the black-brown medial band, which is

oblique from costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards and

ending at vein |, its outer edge slightly angled outwards at vein 5;

a black subterminal band from costa to below vein 2, its outer edge

waved to termen between veins 6 and 2; a spot on termen at

vein 1. Underside of fore wing pale yellow, an oblique brown

shade from below costa before middle to vein 1, an oblique black

postmedial band, slightly angled at submedian fold and narrowing

below, its outer edge angled outwards at vein 5, terminal area

fuscous brown with some ochreous on termen, narrowing to tornus,

its inner edge curved; hind wing as above but with a dark streak

in cell and discoidal spot conjoined to the medial band.

@. Fore wing with much more red-brown suffusion before the

antemedial line, the area beyond the cell and postmedial line

suffused with brown; hind wing with the medial band extending

to inner margin, the subterminal band conjoined by a slight bar to

the spot near tornus.

Hab. W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 9, Kia-ting-fu, 1 9 type.

Exp. & 60, 9 68 millim.

202 NOCLUID-E.

7323. Ephesia fulminea.

Phalena fulminea, Scop. Hut. Carn. p. 206 (1768); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal.

p. 249.

Voctua paranympha, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 842 (1767); Esp. Schmett.

iv. pl. 105. ff. 1-3; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 386, 601; Godt. Lép.

Fr. y. p. 84, pl. 49. f. 3; Fr. Neue Beitr. pl. 527.

Catocala protonympha, Boisd. Gen. & Ind. Meth. p. 168 (1840); Guen.

Noct. iii. p. 103, pl. 15. f. 12.

Catocala koreana, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 587 (1892).

_ Head and thorax violaceous grey suffused with red-brown; 2nd

joint of palpi with some blackish towards extremity; frons with

Jateral black bars; tegule whitish with two black-brown medial

bands, the prothorax with black-brown band; pectus and legs

whitish tinged with red-brown, the tibie irrorated with brown, the

fore tibie with black and white band at extremity, the tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface

whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing violaceous grey tinged

with red-brown, the basal area suffused with red-brown deepening

Fig. 7.—LEphesia Julminea, 3.

towards the antemedial line, the outer part of medial area with a

red-brown shade; subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa

and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line black with a white

striga before it at costa, diffused, oblique and slightly sinuous to

submedian fold, then waved, an oblique whiter shade beyond it

from costa to below the cell; reniform rather narrow, with red-

brown centre and grey annulus defined by black, two short black

streaks beyond it and an oblique black bar above it from costa; a

small whitish spot defined by black below end of cell connected by

EDHESIA. 203

a sinus on vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is black, bent

outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, very acutely

angled outwards above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique,

dentate, angled outwards in submedian fold and inwards at vein 1,

a red-brown line beyond it expanding into a wedge-shaped patch

at costa; subterminal line represented by a faint pale shade,

obliquely incurved from costa to below vein 6, then waved; an

oblique red-brown shade from termen below apex with black

streaks on the veins; a series of black strive before termen defined

on outer side by whitish. Hind wing orange-yellow, the hair on

inner margin brown; a black-brown fascia in submedian fold to

the narrow black medial band, which is obliquely curved from costa

to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1; a

black terminal band from costa to just below vein Z and a patch at

vein 1; a yellow apical patch; cilia yellowish at base, whitish at

tips, slightly chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2. Underside of

fore wing pale yellowish, an oblique brown antemedial shade from

below costa to vein 1, an oblique black-brown medial band bent

inwards and narrowing to inner margin, its inner edge incurved at

discocellulars, terminal area blackish, shading to grey at termen, its

inner edge curved; hind wing as above, the costal area irrorated

with brown, the fascia in submedian fold slight, the terminal band

conjoined to the patch at vein 1.

Ab. 1. protonympha. Smaller; fore wing with the basal area

paler and marked with black, the postmedial line slightly angled

outwards below costa and not dentate; hind wing with the medial

band shorter and with the black fascia in submedian fold almost

obsolete.—Paris.

Ab. 2. coreana. Smaller; fore wing with the subbasal line

curved; hind wing without the black fascia in submedian fold.—

Corea.

Ab. 3. Hind wing with the terminal band not interrupted at

submedian fold.

Hab. Francu; Gurmany, Zeller, Frey and Mutzell Colls.; Ausrria,

Mutzell and Leech Colls.; Huneary, D’Emmich Coll.; Swirzertanp;

?Sparn, Catalonia; N. Iraty; 8. Russta, Urals; W. Sreerra, Altai;

E. Srperia, Ussuri; Conga. Hap. 52-68 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 277, pl. 43. f. 8; Hffm. Raup.

p. 150, pl. 37. f. 15.

Grey or brown; 8th somite with long pointed tubercle, the 11th

with two brown points; warts brown; lateral fringes present;

head with dark band. Food-plant, Sloe. 5.

7324, Ephesia estimabilis. (Plate CCII. fig. 2.)

Catocala estimobilis, Staud. Iris, iv. p. 330, pl. 4. f. 12 (1891); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 248.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish flesh-colour ;

palpi with some blackish at sides of 2nd and 3rd joints; frons

black at sides; tegule and patagia with some black-brown scales;

204 NOCLUID 2.

tibiee slightly irrorated with blackish. Fore wing pale flesh-brown

slightly irrorated with dark brown, the inner half of medial area

and the interspaces of terminal area suffused with red-brown ; two

oblique black-brown subbasal striz from costa and a faint diffused

streak below the cell; antemedial line indistinctly double, inter-

rupted in cell, oblique to submedian fold, incurved at vein 1;

reniform with very faint pale annulus, traces of an oblique brown

bar above it from costa; the interspaces beyond the cell between

veins 5 and 3 suflused with brown; a small spot defined by brown

below end of cell, connected by a sinus with the postmedial line

at vein 2; postmedial line dark brown, very oblique and slightiy

sinuous towards costa, very acutely angled outwards above and

below vein 5 and less strongly above vein 4, excurved in submedian

fold and angled inwards at vein 1; a diffused pale subterminal

line from vein 4 at the postmedial line to inner margin ; a crenulate

dark brown line just before termen. Hind wing orange-yellow ;

some brownish in base of cell and submedian fold; a narrow black

medial band, oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards and

ending at vein 1, its outer edge angled at vein 5; the terminal

area black to below vein 2 and with a patch at vein 1, bread towards

costa, its inner edge oblique to vein 4; the apex and cilia yellowish

white. Underside of fore wing brownish white, some brown

suffusion below base of cell, an oblique dark brown medial band

from costa to above vein 1, its outer edge sinuous, the terminal

area dark brown, paler towards costa and “with pale streaks on the

veins ; hind wing as above, but pale ochreous, the inner edge of the

dark terminal area waved.

Hab. W. Torxsstan, Issyk-kul, 1 g; E. Turxustsy, Kashgar.

Exp. 40 millim.

Genus ALLOTRIA.

Type.

Allotria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 280 (1827)

Pac A ran trgeaee gaan eet necs clonympha.

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

vertex of head and inoderately scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennx of male ciliated; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed,

the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibiae moderately fringed with

hair, the mid tibize spined, in male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long

hair; build rather slender; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, except on

terminal segments. Fore wing wlth 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 8to form the areole; 11 fromcell. Hind wing

with the cell nearly half the 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.

7325. Allotria elonympha.

Ephesia elonympha, Hibn, Zutr. p. 11, ff. 29, 30 (1818); Guen. Noct. iit.

p. 37, pl. 15. f. 11; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 330.

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with white; palpi blackish

with white rings at the extremitics of the joints ; tegulic and patagia

ALLOTRIA. 205

edged with white; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen pale

grey tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing

opalescent white largely suffused with red-brown and irrorated with

blackish, the medial area mostly white; subbasal line black, ex-

curved below costa and ending at vein 1, above which there is a

short black streak ; antemedial line black, slightly angled outwards

below costa, then oblique, sinuous; a small black spot in middle of

cell ; reniform defined by blackish, small, an oblique black bar above

it from costa, and an incurved dentate line from it to inner margin ;

postmedial line black defined on outer side slightly by white,

minutely. dentate, oblique from costa to vein 4, then incurved and

angled outwards at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa

with black between them ; subterminal line white, defined on inner

side by somewhat dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7 and

Fig. 8.—Allotria elonympha, 6. 1.

angled outwards at middle; a series of small black lunules just

before termen, defined on outer side by white; cilia fuscous at base,

chequered fuscous and white at tips. Hind wing orange-yellow,

the terminal area broadly fuscous brown; cilia chequered fuscous

and white. Underside of fore wing grey-white suffused with brown,

a diffused oblique dark line from costa above end of cell to below

lower angle of cell, where it joins the diffused postmedial line,

which is incuryed below vein 4, terminal area suffused with black-

brown; hind wing yellowish white irrorated with brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown, a dark discoidal bar, diffused

curved medial and postmedial lines and slight subterminal shade.

Hab, Canava; U.S.A., Middle and Southern States, 2 g,1 9,

District of Columbia, Georgia, Alabama, 1 6, Florida. Hap,

40-44 millim.

Larva. Guen. Noct. iii. p. 88.

Grey-white with a rosy tinge, the incisions and transverse series

206 NOCTUID®.

of points on each somite brownish ; a brown stigmatal line emitting

lateral bands on 10th and 11th somites. Food-plants: Glycine

and Walnut. The larva reposes with its back hunched, the Ist

pair of prolegs smaller than the others.

Genus ANDREUSIA. tas

Andrewsia, Grote, New Check-List, p. 41 (1882) ............0064 2s. messalina.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd joint short ; frons smooth, with

slight ridge of hair; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax

clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests; tibize moderately

fringed with hair, the mid tibiz spined, the hind tibiz spined between the

medial and terminal pairs of spurs, the mid tibize of male dilated with a fold

containing a tuft of long hair; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests.

Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and hardly 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 the

cell nearly half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 fully developed

from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cel!

near base only.

7326. Andreusia messalina.

Catocala messalina, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 107 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N.

Am. p. 330.

Catocala bel fragiana, Harvey, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. 11. p. 281 (1875). '

Catocala jocasta, Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 107 (1875).

Fig. 9.—Andreusia messalina, S. +.

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown ; palpi with the

2nd joint blackish towards extremity; sides of frons blackish ;

tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen grey, dorsally tinged with

CORISCRH. 207

red-brown except at base. Fore wing pale grey thickly irrorated

with reddish brown; antemedial line brownish, faint oblique and

slightly sinuous to median nervure, then almost obsolete; a slight

dark mark at lower angle of cell on a curved medial shade ; post-

medial line very indistinct, slightly bent outwards below costa, then

oblique to above vein 5, where it is angled outwards, then inwardly

oblique and minutely waved ; subterminal line grey defined on each

side by dark shades, somewhat oblique from costa to below vein 6.

Hind wing yellow, some brownish suffusion at base extending on

costal area to middle ; terminal area blackish, expanding at middle,

its inner edge excurved at submedian fold to near termen; the

termen slightly yellowish at apex; cilia yellowish white with some

brown at base between veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing

yellowish white, the costa, an oblique medial band from costa to

vein 1, and the terminal area blackish brown ; hind wing as above,

but with the basal costal area and the postmedial area whitish

irrorated with brown, a diffused oblique brown medial band from

costa to beyond lower angle of cell, then slight and at submedian

fold bent inwards to above vein 1.

Ab. 1. belfrageana. Fore wing with the markings almost obsolete ;

hind wing without any brown at base, the terminal band ending at

vein 2 and separated from a spot on vein 1, the termen with more

yellow, and the cilia without any brown; the underside with the

medial band almost obsolete.—Tcxas.

Hab. U.S.A., Kansas (Snow), 1 9, Texas, 1 5, 1 Q type bel-

fragiana, Exp. 50-54 millim.

Genus CORISCE.

Coirise2, Jalili, WEA, [os ALIS (USI) © cadesdeccnoonccseesedacqadas96dc0000000 amica.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long ; fronssmooth; eyes

large, round ; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the

prothorax with slight spreading crest, the metathorax without crest ; tibie

moderately fringed with hair, the mid tibie spined, dilated, and with a fold

containing a tuft of hair; abdomen slender, smoothly scaled and without

crests. Hore 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 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell

nearly 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

enly.

7327. Corisce amica.

Ephesia amica, Hibn. Zutr. i. p. 14, ff. 57, 58 (1818); Smith, Cat. Noct.

N. Am. p. 380.

Catocala androphila, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 106 (1852).

Catocala lineella, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iv. p. 18 (1872).

Catocala nerissa, H. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soe. iii. p. 61 (1880).

Catocala jair, Streck. Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 116 (1897); Dyar, Cat.

Lep. N. Am. p. 231.

Catccala suffusa, Beutenm. Bull. Am. Mus. xix. p. 508 (1903).

Head and thorax grey-white mixed with reddish brown and

208 NOCLUID 3.

fuscous ; palpi with black patch on 2nd joint near extremity, the

3rd joint black in front; blackish bars on frons and between

antennae; tegule with black line at base and dark medial band,

the patagia with dark spot at base and streak near upper edge;

pectus brownish white; legs white, mixed with black, the tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen fulvous yeliow, the extremity

red-brown, the ventral surface white tinged with red-brown. Fore

wing grey-white mixed with red-brown; subbasal line blackish,

angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold, a short

black streak beyond it on costa; antemedial line blackish with more

or less rufous suffusion before it, oblique, waved; reniform ob-

securely defined by brown and with some rufous suffusion beyond it,

an oblique dark bar above it from costa; a pale spot obscurely

defined by brown below end of cell; postmedial line black, forming

a small spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and

Fig. 10.—Corisce amica, S. }.

slightly sinuous, angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly oblique

and minutely dentate, more strongly angled outwards in submedian

fold and inwards at vein 1; subterminal line whitish, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 7; a slight oblique dark shade

from termen below apex; a crenulate blackish terminal line. Hind

wing orange-yellow; the terminal area black from apex to vein 2,

its inner edge excurved, a black spot at extremity of vein 1; the

termen narrowly yellowish white at apex ; the cilia yellowish white

at apex, then fuscous with some whitish at tips. Underside of fore

wing pale ochreous yellow, an obliquely curved black-brown medial

band, the terminal area black-brown, narrowing to tornus, its inner

edge slightly angled outwards at submedian fold ; hind wing yellow,

the costal area whitish, an oblique black band from middle of costa

AUDEA. 209

to lower angle of cell, and a round spot in submedian interspace,

the terminal area as above, but the black continued as a narrow

band to tornus and angled inwards at vein 1.

Ab. 1. lineella. Fore wing more suffused with black, the oblique

dark shade from termen absent.

Ab. 2. suffusa. Fore wing with the inner area suffused with black

and confluent with the strong oblique black shade from termen

Yelow apex.

Ab. 3. jair. Fore wing tinged with chocolate-brown.

Ab. 4. nerissa. Fore wing almost entirely deep chocolate-brown,

the markings obscured.

Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, 8 ¢, Ohio, Columbus,

1 $, Georgia, 2 3, Florida, 1 ¢, Central States, Missouri, New-

haven, 1 2, Kansas, 2 5, 2 2, Texas, Dallas (Boll), 4 6,19,

Arizona, Prescott (Oslar), 3 ¢, 1 9, Tucson (Oslar), 13,39.

Exp. 40-50 millim.

Larva. Guen. Noct. iii. p. 106; Coquillett, Papilio, i. p. 7.

Dull greenish yellow, a pale dorsal stripe defined on each side by

black; 8th somite with slight prominence; ventral surface greenish

white with a series of black spots; head grey with a pair of white

spots on upper part of face. Food-plant, Burr-Oak.

Genus AUDEA. Tee

ype.

Alngelairs Nils; Satis UVSY SONS). See gasnocnsoqdecacodanaspubdosserocndsases bipunctata,

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large,

round ; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed

and without erests; all the tibiz spined ; abdomen with some rough hair at base

but without crests. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex ronnded, 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 the cell more than half the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from

angle or shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from

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

Secr, I, Antenne of male with some erect hair on upperside of shaft towards

base,

A. Antenne of male with fasciculate cilia; fore coxs, femora,

and tibiz tufted with very long hair, the mid and hind

tibie fringed with long hair above; abdomen of female

with lateral tufts of scales on penultimate segment.

a. Underside of fore wing clothed with silky androconia

from near base to postmedial line.

a‘, Fore wing with small spot below end of cell con-

nected by a sinus with the postmedial line.

a?, Hind wing of male suffused with fuscous and

with some ochreous on basal costal area, of

female with the inner area fuscous.................: endophea.

b?, Hind wing of female with the inner area white... hypostigmata.

VOL, XII. P

210 NOCTUID®.

b', Fore wing without small spot below end of cell

connected by a sinus with the postmediai line.

a?, Fore wing with small white spot on the cilia

below apex.

a°. Hind wing with the terminal band broad ...... bipunctata.

6°, Hind wing with the terminal band much nar-

LOWED (cine sows aenesvcintsase secscee Seumtilep stiasseeesees agrotidea.

b?. Fore wing without white spot on the cilia below

apex.

a®, Hind wing with the fuscous on termen extend-

THON? HO) LOSIEY. coaceeoosa0 cbsoa00spGnsn9eL0GbCqs0e000C melaleuca.

8, Hind wing with the fuscous on termen not

SAV bia (K0) CONT cocosoccsogooosnnscosnsconeawocoanse fatilega.

7328. Audea endophea, n.sp. (Plate CCII. figs. 35,42.)

3S. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with more or less red- |

brown ; spurs and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen black-brown

with some rufous at base of dorsum and greyish segmental lines

interrupted dorsally on basal segments, the ventral surface brown

mixed with grey. Fore wing black-brown slightly irrorated with

grey, the basal area blacker: antemedial line black, expanding

into a spot at costa, slightly angled inwards in cell, then oblique,

sinuous; a slight black discoidal Junule; traces of a small spot

defined by black below end of cell connected by a sinus on vein 2

with the postmedial line, which is black, oblique and slightly down-

curved to vein 6, then minutely waved and oblique below vein 4 ;

the dark area bounded by a slight line oblique from costa to vein 4,

then erect, the area beyond it slightly paler; a crenulate black

terminal line defining white points at the extremities of the veins ;

cilia with a small white spot below apex. Hind wing whitish

clothed with fuscous hair, the basal area ochreous to median

nervure, the terminal area fuscous black, broadly at costa and

narrowing towards tornus. Underside of fore wing with a little

whitish at base, clothed with silvery fuscous scales to the indistinct

oblique whitish line from costa beyond middle to tornus, the ter-

minal area greyer; hind wing white tv the terminal band, the

costa suffused with fuscous and with a blackish spot above end

of cell.

Q. Thorax except tegule brown mixed with white, the meta-

thorax with a black patch ; fore wing with brownish white mixed,

a subbasal black line angled outwards below costa and ending at

submedian fold, a blackish patch on inner area before the ante-

medial line, the lines and spot below end of cell much more

prominent ; hind wing pure white except the inner and terminal

areas ; underside of fore wing with some white in end of cell, the

postmedial band distinct from costa to vein 5; hind wing with the

black spot on costa oblique.

Hab. Siprera Leronz, Freetown (Austen), 1 g ; Gotp Coast,

Aburi (Johnson), 1 g ; S. NieEr1a, Lagos (Boag), 1 9, Calabar

(Dudgeon), 1 §, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 29, Ilesha (Humfrey),

1g, 1 Q@ type; N. NicErta, Panguma (Anderson), 22. Hap.

52-60 millim. at

AUDEA. 211

7329. Audea hypostigmata, n. sp. (Plate CCII. fig. 5.)

@. Head and tegule black-brown; thorax white mixed with

some brown; pectus and legs fuscous brown, the tarsi ringed with

whitish ; abdomen fuscous, the extremity and ventral surface

reddish brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with purplish red-

brown and with some dark irroration, the terminal area paler; a

waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line black, expanding into a triangular spot at costa,

oblique, sinuous; a slight black mark at upper angle of cell and a

small whitish spot defined by black below end of cell, both con-

nected with the postmedial line, which is black, rather diffused

towards costa, arising just beyond the antemedial line, oblique to

vein 4 and at vein 2 angled inwards to the spot below end of cell,

then again bent outwards and reaching the inner margin close to

the antemedial line, some blackish suffusion beyond it on costa ;

the edge of the dark area incurved to vein 4 where it is angled

outwards, then again incurved, followed by some white suffusion; a

crenulate black terminal line; cilia with a small white spot below

apex. Hind wing white; the terminal area black-brown, broad

towards costa, narrowing to tornus. Underside of fore wing

fuscous brown, the basal half white except at costa, a white post-

medial band from costa to vein 3; hind wing with blackish spot on

middle of costa.

Hab. Narvat, Durban (Gueinzius), 1 2 type. Hap. 58 millim.

7330. Audea bipunctata.

Audea bipunctata, W\k. xiii. 1135 (1857), S.

Phoberia fatua, Feld. Reise Nov. pl. 116. f. 1 (1874), 9.

6. Head and thorax hlack-brown mixed with some red-brown ;

abdomen fuscous with some reddish brown at base and some grey

at sides towards extremity, the ventral surface white tinged with

brown. Fore wing black-brown irrorated with grey, the terminal

area rather paler and with a slight purplish tinge ; antemedial line

black slightly defined on inner side by brown, slightly angled out-

wards on subcostal and median nervures, then oblique; a slight

black discoidal lunule; postmedia] line double filled in with purplish

brown and with some purplish brown before it towards costa, the

outer line indistinct and dilated into a wedge-shaped mark at costa,

minutely waved, excurved below costa and angled inwards in sub-

median fold; a crenulate black terminal line with white points at

the extremities of the veins; cilia with a small white spot just

below apex. Hind wing white, the basal half of costal area tinged

with ochreous, the terminal half black-brown; a terminal black-

brown band wide towards apex and narrowing to a point at tornus ;

cilia chequered brown and white at tips. Underside of fore wing

with some brownish white at base of inner area, then clothed with

silky black androconia to the obliquely curved whitish postmedial

212 NOCTUID®.

band ending at tornus, the terminal area fuscous brown; hind wing

with the costal area white to beyond middle and with a brownish

spot at middle.

Fig. 11.—Audea bipunctata, $. }

2. Thorax except in front white mixed with red-brown; fore

wing whitish suffused with purplish red-brown and with some dark

irroration, the terminal area paler; a waved black subbasal line

trom costa to submedian fold; the ante- and postmedial lines

strong and black; underside of fore wing white except on costal

area to end of cell,

Ab. 1. Hind wing with the black-brown terminal band hardly

extending below vein 2.

Hab, Navat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), Durban (Gueinzius, Burrows,

Leigh), 8 6,39. Hep. 52-64 miilim.

*7331. Audea agrotidea.

Bolina agrotidea, Mab. Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p, 346 (1879),

Audea bipunctata, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 440, f. 206 (mee WI1k.).

¢o. Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish brown slightly mixed

with whitish; ventral surface of abdomen white slightly tinged

with rufous. Fore wing greyish suffused with red-brown, the

basal area black-brown ; antemedial line blackish, oblique, waved,

forming a spot at costa; a black discoidal striga; postmedial line

blackish, oblique to discal fold, then slightly incurved and waved,

met below costa by an oblique diffused blackish bar from costa;

an indistinet diffused brown subterminal line, incuryed at discal

fold; a series of slight dark points before termen, Hind wing

AUDEA, 213

semihyaline white; a reddish brown terminal band moderately

broad at apex and narrowing to a point at submedian fold. Under-

side of fore wing with the base white except at costa, then clothed

with black-brown androconia to an obliquely curved white band

from costa beyond middle to termen at submedian fold, a wedge-

shaped white mark beyond the discocellulars with some ochreous

white above it on costa.

Hab. Mavacascar, type T ¢ in Coll. Mabille. Hvp. 58 millim.

7332. Audea melaleuca. (Plate CCLI. fig. 6.)

Audea melaleuca, Wk. xxxiii. 921 (1865).

3d. Head and thorax black-brown ; pectus whitish tinged with

brown ; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen white suffused

with fuscous leaving white segmental rings, some ochreous hair at

base. Fore wing black-brown; traces of an oblique antemedial

line and of a discoidal striga; a very indistinct postmedial line

oblique from costa to vein 5, then erect; a series of black points

just before termen. Hind wing pure white, the costal edge fuscous

brown; a black-brown terminal band from costa to vein 2. Under-

side of fore wing with the basal area white with oblique outer

edge, then clothed with silky fuscous-brown scales to the slight

oblique dark postmedial line from costa to tornus with diffused

white patches before and beyond it on costal area, the terminal

area fuscous brown.

Ab. 1. Blacker; abdomen darker without ochreous at base;

underside of fore wing with the silky scales black, no white before

the postmedial line; hind wing with slight dark spot on middle of

costa.—Transvaal.

Hab. At sea to windward of Cape Verd Is. (Lowne), 1 g type;

TransvaaL, White R. (Cooke), 1 $. Exp. 54-58 millim.

7533. Audea fatilega.

Anophia fatilega, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 112. f. 9 (1874).

@. Head and thorax black-brown ; pectus white tinged with

ochreous brown; legs black irrorated with white, the tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen white tinged with brown towards extremity.

Fore wing black-brown with a slight greyish tinge and irrorated

with black; subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line black, waved and somewhat oblique; reniform

represented by a pale or reddish point; a small irregular spot

defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line black, with

faint reddish marks beyond it and before it beyond the cell, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique, acutely angled outwards above

vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate and strongly angled inwards

at vein 1; a subterminal series of whitish points defined by black

in the interspaces and with black streaks from them to the terminal

214 NOCTUID 2%.

series of slight pale points. Hind wing pure white; a terminal

blackish patch between veins 6 and 2 emitting slight streaks on the

veins and connected by slight dark marks on termen with a spot at

vein 1; cilia white with slight fuscous marks at base at veins 5

to 2. Underside of fore wing white, a blackish postmedial band,

the terminal area blackish except towards tornus.

Hab. Br. EF. Arrica, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 1 9; Navat,

Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 9, Durban (7rimen), 1 9; Car Conony,

Queenstown. wp. 44-54 millim.

b, Fore wing of male without silky androconia on underside.

7334, Audea stenophea, n. sp.

3. Head black, the basal joint of antennz ochreous; tegulee

black with some ochreous scales at tips; thorax ochreous mixed

with black; abdomen ochreous white with some fuscous suffusion

except at base and lateral series of black spots. Fore wing black-

browa mixed with some whitish, the basal area blacker; traces of

an oblique sinuous antemedial line and of a discoidal striga; post-

medial Jine hardly traceable, oblique from costa to vein 6, then

Fig. 12. —Audea stenophea, . }.

erect ; cilia with a white patch just below apex. Hind wing pure

white with a terminal black band from apex to vein 2; cilia white

with slight brown marks at veins 2and 1. Underside of fore wing

white, the costal edge black, a fuscous brown postmedial band from

costa to submedian fold, the terminal area fuscous except towards

tornus ; hind wing with blackish spot at middle of costa.

Hab. Mavras, Palni Hills (Campbell), 1 $ type. LHxp. 46

millim.

AUDEA. 215

B. Antennz of male without fasciculate cilia; tibize moderately fringed with

hair, the fore cox tufted with hair.

a, Antenne of male with four small tile-like tufts of hair on upperside of

shaft four-fifths from base; the fore tibiz with group of long spines

on inner side at extremity.

7335. Audea tegulata.

Audea teguiata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 325 (1902).

Head and thorax black-brown mixed with grey-white; palpi

and frons black-brown ; pectus brownish white; tarsi black ringed

with white ; abdomen grey tinged with red-brown and with white

segmental lines, the ventral surface white irrorated with brown.

Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with black-brown; subbasal

line represented by an oblique black bar from costa; antemedial

line with black spot at costa, slightly angled outwards below costa,

then sinuous and indistinct, a black point before it in cell; a curved

black diseoidal striga ; pastmedial line black, oblique and slightly

Fig. 13.—Audea tegulata, 3. }.

sinuous to below vein 6, then erect and waved, a rather diffused

curved minutely waved line beyond it; a series of slight black

junules just before termen defined on outer side by whitish ; cilia

black at base, chequered black and white at tips. Hind wing

white, the veins and inner area tinged with ochreous brown; the

terminal area fuscous brown, narrowing to tornus; cilia brownish

at base, white at tips. Underside of fore wing brownish white,

the costa black, a curved dark postmedial shade, the terminal area

fuscous except towards tornus; hind wing whitish, a slight dark

postmedial spot on costa, a fuscous terminal band from apex to

below vein 2, leaving slight whitish marks on termen.

Hab. Masnonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 13,19 type. Exp.

3g 46, 2 50 millim.

216 NOCLUID.E.

b. Antenne of male normal; the fore tibia without group of spines at

extremity; tegula with tufts of long scales ; abdomen of female with

lateral tufts of scales on penultimate segment.

7336. Audea humeralis.

Audea humeralis, Hmpsn. Ann, 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 827 (1902).

Head and thorax brownish white mixed with dark brown and

black; palpi except at base, frons and shoulders black ; pectus and

legs brownish white, the tibie irrorated with brown and with

blackish bands, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen

white dorsally tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing grey-white

irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown and blackish, the discal

area semihyaline whitish; a patch of black suffusion at base of

costal area; antemedial line black, bent outwards below costa and

above inner margin, a patch of black suffusion before it on inner

Fig. 14.—Audea humeralis, $. +.

margin; a black discoidal striga with two slight streaks before it

in the cell; the veins of medial area streaked with blackish; post-

medial line double, black, excurved and waved, with a black mark

on it below costa; a series of slight black striz defined on outer

side by whitish just before termen; cilia chequered white and

blackish at tips. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins and

inner area tinged with brown; a terminal fuscous brown band

from apex to vein 2; cilia white tinged with brown at base.

Underside of fore wing white with a curved blackish postmedial

band and a terminal band from apex to submedian fold.

Hab. 8S. Nieerta, Vivet (Dudgeon), 1 9 ; Supan, White Nile

(Dunn), 1 6 ; N.E. Raoprsta, Mpika (Neave), 1 2 ; Masnonarann,

Salisbury (Marshall), 1 $; Becauanatanp, Lake N’Gami (Lugard),

1 Qtype. xp. 40-48 millim.

AUDEA. 217

Secor. IT, Antennx of male without erect hairs on upperside of shaft towards

base.

A. Fore wing of male on upperside with fringe of large scales from costa

from base to end of cell.

7337. Audea melanoplaga.

Audea melanoplaga, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 328 (1902).

3S. Head, shoulders, and outer edge of patagia black, the back

of head with some whitish; dorsum of thorax white mixed with

brown; pectus white; legs blackish, the fore and mid femora

fulvous above, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen white irrorated

with fuscous, the extremity fuscous, the ventral surface pure white

with the extremity fulvous. Fore wing white irrorated with

fuscous, the discal area whiter, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous ; an antemedial blackish bar on inner area; a fine white

line at base of cilia. Hind wing pure white, the terminal area

Fig. 15.— Audea melanoplaga, 5. }.

black from apex to vein 2 where it narrows to a point, emitting on

inner side slight streaks on the veins; cilia white with some fuscous

at base from apex to vein 2, Underside of fore wing white, the

terminal area broadly fuscous shading to greyish, the costal edge

black, a large black patch on costa beyond middle; hind wing

with the costal edge black, the costal area slightly irrorated with

fuscous. .

@. Tegule and shoulders black, the patagia not black on outer

side; abdomen white to extremity; fore wing whiter to beyond

middle, the costal area black to near middle and with wedge-shaped

black patch beyond middle, an antemedial black point on median

nervure and wedge-shaped patch on inner area, a punctiform black

postmedial line arising from the costal patch and somewhat oblique

218 NOCTUIDA.

below vein 4; hind wing with the terminal area more broadly

black ; underside of fore wing with blackish postmedial band with

whitish band beyond it from costa to vein 4.

Hab. Br. KH. Arrica, Nairobi (Anderson), 2 9 ; Becuvanarann,

Lake N’Gami (Lugard), 1 ¢, 12 type; Transvaat, Lydenburgh,

1°. Exp. g 40, 9 42 millim.

B. Fore wing of male without fringe of large scales from costa.

a. Tegulx of male much produced and with tufts of ochreous scales at

extremity ; fore wing on underside with the cell clothed with fulvous

androconia.

7338. Audea fumata.

Lophoptera fumata, Wiigrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 171 (1860).

3S. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous brown; frons

with lateral black bars; tegule with blackish band and ochreous

scales at extremities, the metathorax with blackish streaks at sides ;

pectus ochreous white ; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen

white tinged with ochreous and with grey-brown at extremity.

Fig. 16.—Audea fumata, . 3.

Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous, some blackish suffusion

at middle of inner margin; subbasal line black, angled outwards

below costa and at median nervure, ending at submedian fold ;

antemedial line black slightly defined on inner side by white, angled

outwards and tridentate in cell, then sinuous, two black discoidal

points and a small spot above them on costa; a large spot defined

by black below end of cell, its outer edge excised; postmedial line

black slightly defined on outer side by white, crenulate, excurved

to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line slight, white defined on

AUDEA. 219

inner side by blackish, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 7 ;

a crenulate blackish terminal line defining white points at the

extremities of the veins. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal

area and the termen except at tornus brownish; cilia white.

Underside of fore wing white, the costal and terminal areas

brownish, the cell with fulvous androconia and some ochreous

below and beyond it; hind wing with the costa creamy white, a

brown postmedial bar from costa.

@. Thorax and fore wing with more black.

Flab. Transvaat, Pretoria, 12; Navan (Marshall), 1 $, Bush-

man’s R. (Hutchinson), 1 2, Ksteourt (Hutchinson), 3 2 ; Carr

Cotony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett),1 3. Kxp. 46-48 millim.

b. Tegule of male and fore wing on underside normal.

a, Fore wing white irrorated with fuscous and with black

patch on inner area before the antemedial line............ trioleuca.

61, Fore wing nearly uniform blackish in male, female with

black patches on costa and inner margin .................. subligata.

7339. Audea irioleuca.

Thyas trioleuca, Meyer. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 373.

_ Head, base of tegulee, and shoulders black ; antenne white tinged

with fuscous; thorax white mixed with fuscous brown; pectus

white ; legs blackish irrorated with white, the tarsi ringed with

Fig. 17.—Audea irioleuca, S. }.

white; abdomen black with some white hair and white segmental

bands, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white irrorated with

fuscous brown, the cesta brown to beyond the postmedial line; sub-

basal black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line fine, black,

bent outwards below costa, then somewhat oblique, a conical black

patch before it on inner area; a slight black discoidal striga; an

220 NOCIUIDE.

elongate white ,mark below the cell above base of vein 2; post-

medial line black, obliquely excurved from costa to vein 4, at vein 3

bent inwards to below end of cell and again bent outwards at sub-

median fold, a black patch beyond it on costa, then a brown band

defined on outer side by some blackish scales and extending to

before the postmedial line in its sinus beyond the cell; the terminal

area with a patch of brown suffusion below apex; a terminal series

of minute triangular black spots; cilia dark brown towards apex,

then chequered brown and white. Hind wing pure white; the

terminal area black from apex to vein 2 emitting slight streaks on

the veins on inner side, then connected by a narrow band with a

spot on vein 1; cilia white chequered with brown at base from

apex to vein 2. Underside of fore wing white, the costal edge

blackish, a blackish postmedial band with white band beyond it

from costa to vein 4, the rest of terminal area fuscous ; hind wing

as above, but the costal edge black with an oblique black spot from

it at middle.

Hab. New Guinea; Qurenstanp, Townsville (Dodd), 13,19,

Duaringa. vp. 40 millim.

7340. Audea subligata. (Plate CCLI. figs. 735,89.)

Audea subligata, Dist. Entom. xxxvi. p. 212 (1902).

d. Head and thorax black-brown, pectus and femora orange,

tarsi with pale rings; abdomen brownish orange with diffused

dorsal and lateral blackish patches, the former extensive towards

extremity, the latter towards base. Fore wing black-brown ; faint

traces of an antemedial line; the postmedial line very oblique from

costa to vein 6, curved to vein 4, then oblique and produced on

inner side to striz on the veins. Hind wing white; the inner area

suffused with fuscous turning to brownish orange towards base and

at inner margin ; a narrow inwardly diffused black terminal band ;

cilia white. Underside white; fore wing with the cell suffused

with fuscous, the costa black to the curved postmedial band, the

apical area black ; hind wing with oblique postmedial striga from

costa and terminal band.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing brown mixed with some

blackish, the last with the costal area black to near middle, a

postmedial triangular patch on costal area and antemedial patch on

inner margin.

Hab, Transvaat, Lydenburgh, 1 g,1 9 type. Hxp. 40 millim.

Genus ULOTHRICHOPUS. T

ype.

Ulothrichopus, W\lgrn. Svensk. Akad. Handl. v. 4, p. 76 (1865)... mesoleuca.

Alwra, Moéschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges, Wien, xxxiil. p. 303 (1884). catocala.

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

of frons and broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of

hair; eyes large, round; antenna of male with fascicles of cilia; thorax

ULOTMRICHOPUS. 221

elothed with hair and scales mixed, the prothorax with small spreading crest ;

the femora in male fringed with long hair and the mid femora with tuft of long

hair from base; fore tibize fringed with very long hair, the mid and hind tibize

moderately fringed with hair, the hind tibiz spined, dilated with a fold and

fringe of hair on inner side ; abdomen with the basal segments dorsally clothed

witb rough hair, the two Ist segments with hairy crests. Fore wing rather

long and narrow, the apex somewhat produced, the termen obliquely 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

the cell nearly half the 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.

Sect. I, Tegulee of male fringed with long rough hair.

A, Palpi of male with the 2nd joint broadly angled with scales in front at

extremity.

7341. Ulothrichopus macula.

Audea macula, Ampsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 84, pl. 146. f. 21 (1891) ;

id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 439.

Head and tegule rufous mixed with dark brown; thorax grey,

the prothorax with dark brown line, the patagia with some black

scales near edges; pectus with yellow hair; legs grey mixed with

RN Nil

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= \G2

Fig. 18.— Ulothrichopus macula, 3. }.

dark brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen yellow,

the extremity grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish irrorated

with brown. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated

222 NOCTUID ©.

with dark brown, the veins with dark streaks; subbasal line

represented by double oblique dark striz from costa; antemedial

line double, dark brown, oblique, waved, the lines more widely

separated towards costa and filled in with whitish towards inner

margin; reniform greenish white defined by some dark scales and

its centre defined by dark brown, its outer edge somewhat dentate,

an oblique dark striga above it from costa; an indistinct whitish

spot defined by brown below end of cell; postmedial line dark

brown slightly defined on outer side by whitish and with white

suffusion before it from costa to the angle above vein 5, bent out-

wards below costa, then oblique, angled outwards and produced to

streaks above and below vein 5, then oblique, waved, angled out-

wards in submedian fold and inwards at vein 1; subterminal line

indistinct, whitish, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a

series of minute dark points just before termen. Hind wing

yellow ; an oblique blackish discoidal bar expanding into a spot at

lower angle of cell ; terminal area black, narrowing to just below

vein 1, where it terminates, its inner edge incurved at vein 2 and

below submedian fold; a small white patch tinged with yellow at

apex; cilia chequered fuscous and white. Underside of fore wing

with the basal half yellow, the terminal half fuscous black with a

curved white postmedial band; hind wing as above but the medial

band extending to costa, the postmedial area whitish irrorated with

brown to discal fold.

Hab. Formosa, Kanshirei; Assam (Badgley), 1 2 ; Manpras,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 Q type; Cryton, Haputale (M/ackwood),1 2,

Maskeliya (de Mowbray), 1 3,19. Hwp. 72-76 millim.

B. Palpi of male with the 2nd joint not angled with scales in front at

extremity.

a, Hind wing with medial blackish band .....................s0s0eeees rama.

6, Hind wing without medial band ...............ccec cece ee cece ee eee dinava.

7342. Ulothrichopus rama.

Catocala rama, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 128, pl. 160. f. 6 (1885); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 439.

Head and tegule red-brown with some white scales, the tegule

with blackish tips ; thorax grey mixed with dark brown, the pro-

thorax with dark brown bar, the patagia with some black scales

near edges; pectus whitish tinged with red-brown ; legs whitish

irrorated with dark brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white;

abdomen grey tinged with brown, the basal crests red-brown

tipped with grey. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and

irrorated with dark brown, the veins with dark streaks ;

subbasal line represented by a curved dark striga from costa ;

antemedial line double, dark, oblique, waved, the lines more

widely separated towards costa; reniform greenish white defined

ULOTHRICHOPUS. 225

by blackish and with its centre defined by blackish, its outer edge

somewhat dentate, a rather triangular dark mark above it on costa;

a whitish spot defined by blackish below end of cell; postmedial

line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, acutely angled out-

wards above and below vein 5, then oblique, dentate and angled

outwards in submedian fold; subterminal line indistinct, diffused,

whitish defined on inner side by brown, dentate, oblique from costa

to below vein 6; a series of minute dark points just before termen.

Hind wing yellow; an obliquely curved medial black band from

costa to vein 1; terminal area blackish, narrowing to tornus, its

Fig. 19.— Ulothrichopus rama, 3. t-

inner edge waved; a whitish patch tinged with yellow at apex and

the termen narrowly yellow in submedian interspace ; cilia white

chequered with blackish between veins 6 and 2 and blackish towards

tornus. Underside of fore wing with the basal half ochreous white,

the costa and an antemedial patch in and below the cell suffused

with brown, the terminal half fuscous brown with a diffused whitish

postmedial band excurved to vein 2 and in submedian fold, cilia

chequered fuscous and white; hind wing as above but the termen

with some yellowish white at apex only.

Hab. Czyton, 1 2 type, Pundaloya (Green), 1 3, Patipola

(Mackwood, Alston), 1 3,2 9, Ohiya (Mackwood), 1 9, Maskeliya

(de Mowbray), 1 $. xp. 64-70 millim. ,

NOCTUIDAE.

7343. Ulothrichopus dinava. (Plate CCII. fig. 9.)

Catocala dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 246 (1906).

Head and thorax grey, the head and tegule suffused with rufous ;

pectus and legs grey mixed with brown; abdomen grey tinged with

brown. Fore wing grey suffused with reddish brown and irrorated

with fuscous; subbasal line represented by a slight blackish striga

from costa; a faint diffused blackish streak below base of cell; the

medial part of vein 1 slightly streaked with blackish; antemedial

line indistinct, grey, defined by black on inner side from costa to

just below cell, irregularly waved and somewhat oblique, angled in-

wards on vein 1, some whitish beyond it on costa; some whitish

suffusion at lower angle of cell and above base of vein 2; some

dark suffusion beyond the cell with a faint oblique streak to it from

middle of costa ; postmedial line black with some whitish suffusion

above and below it at costa, bent outwards below costa, then strongly

dentate outwards above veins 7, 6, 5, then less distinct, oblique and

moderately dentate and again strongly angled outwards in sub-

median fold, a faint oblique striga beyond it from costa ; subterminal

line absent; a series of minute black points just before termen.

Hind wing orange-yellow with fuscous terminal band, broad at costa

and narrowing to vein | where it terminates, its inner edge oblique to

vein 3, then sinuous; a white band on termen from apex to vein 6.

Underside of fore wing yellowish white, the costal and terminal

areas grey, an oblique black postmedial band from costa to vein 1,

broad towards costa, narrowing below vein 2, followed by a white

band from below costa to submedian fold; hind wing with faint

oblique diffused dark line from costa before middle to a small spot

in discal fold beyond the cell.

Hab. Durcu N. Guinea, Snow Mts., Oetakwa R. (Meek), 1 S ;

Br. N. Guinza, Dinawa (Pratt), type + ¢ in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

Exp. 66 millim.

‘Sect. IT. Tegule of male not fringed with long rough hair.

A. (Alura.) Hind wing of male on underside clothed with silky downturned

hair from costa to median nervure and to just beyond the cell.

7344. Ulothrichopus catocala.

Phoberia catocala, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 116. f. 2 (1874).

Alura caupona, Méschi. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxii. p. 304, pl. xvi.

f. 18 (1884).

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown; frons with

blackish lateral bars; tegule: with curved black medial marks ;

abdomen yellow, the anal tuft and ventral surface whitish tinged

with red-brown. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown and

slightly irrorated with black, the veins slightly streaked with black ;

an oblique subbasal black striga from costa; antemedial line with

ULOTHRICHOPUS. 225

small black spot at costa, then indistinct, double, waved, angled

inwards at vein 1; reniform very indistinct, small, whitish ; traces

of a small whitish spot below end of cell; postmedial line black

slightly defined on outer side by whitish, very oblique from costa

to below vein 6, very acutely angled outwards above and below

vein 5, then inwardly oblique and strongly dentate; subterminal

line very indistinct, whitish, dentate, oblique from costa to below

vein 6; a series of black points just before termen ; cilia with a fine

whitish line at base. Hind wing yellow, the terminal area broadly

fuscous black except at tornus; a small yellow apical patch; cilia

white with brown marks at veins 6 to 1. Underside of fore wing

Fig. 20.— Ulothrichopus catocala, $. },

pale yellow to the slightly sinuous black postmedial line which is

followed by a white band, then a dark subterminal shade, the

terminal area brownish grey; hind wing pale yellow, the costal

area whitish irrorated with brown towards apex, a fuscous sub-

terminal patch from vein 6 to 1, the termen whitish irrorated with

brown.

Q@. Fore wing greyer, the white subterminal line more distinct.

Hab. Transvaat (Marshall), 1 9; Navat, Estcourt (Hutchinson),

36,2 2, Durban (Mggins), 1 3,1 9; Cars Cotony, Queenstown

(Bulger). Exp. 56-62 millim.

VOL. XII. Q

226 NOCTUID®.

B. (Ulothrichopus.) Hind wing of both sexes on underside

with slight fringes of silky downturned hair on subcostal

nervure, above median nervure, and on the veins just

beyond the cell.

a. Bate wing yellow or with the inner area yellow.

. Hind wing with the terminal blackish band not

extending below vein 2.

a*, Fore wing with the spot below end of cell not

connected with the postmedial line ............... ochreipennis.

¢?, Fore wing with the spot below end of cell con-

nected with the postmedial line by a sinus ...... trisd.

6\. Hind wing with the blackish terminal band extending

to near tornus.

a?, Fore wing with spot defined by blackish below

end of cell.

a®, Hind wing with yellowish white apical patch.

a‘, Fore wing-grey and blackish without red-

brown tinge.

a>, Fore wing with some white suffusion beyond

(gy sHCCCeYb Mapemeesconber eee aan addntacodicaobodadeceeEe leucopasta.

4°. Fore wing without white suffusion beyond

(HAVe CAML: op coosccoas daonqaqno sessed doa0an9006n0000 glaucescens.

6’, Fore wing with the ground-colour red-brown. primuulina.

6°, Hind wing without yellowish white apical

JERE conga snsdetisae 20090 anansocsna06"s2-pondkoneoeeens pheoleuca.

. Fore wing without spot defined by blackish below

endvonicellliyss: sana necsaenececeee ener ece meena stertzt.

b. rae wing with the inner area suffused with brown.

Hind wing with whitish apical patch.

as Hind wing ochreous white; fore wing with the

ground-colour red-brown .......0....+0.06002.0e-00e mesoleuca,

b?, Hind wing pure white; fore wing grey-white

irrorated with black-brown............seceeseeeeesees tinctipennis.

6‘, Hind wing without whitish apical patch ............ pheopera.

7345, Ulothrichopus ochreipennis.

Audea ochreipennis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) ii. p. 295 (1878).

¢. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with red-brown ; palpi

red-brown ; patagia with black outer edge ; pectus and legs brownish

white, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen orange-

yellow, the extremity brown, the ventral surface ochreous white.

Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with brown, the inner area

suffused with red-brown; subbasal line black, from costa to sub-

median fold where there is a tuft of blackish hair at its extremity ;

antemedial line black, expanding into a spot at costa, then oblique

and slightly sinuous; a faint dark discoidal bar with small spot

above it on costa; a faint spot defined by brown below end of cell

with a slight line from it toinner margin; postmedial line blackish,

oblique and slightly sinuous towards costa, acutely angled outwards

above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique and dentate; sub-

terminal line formed by slight whitish dentate marks, defined by

blackish towards costa and oblique to below vein 6; a series of

black striz before termen connected by streaks with the subterminal

line between veins 7 and 4. Hind wing orange-yellow with a

ULOTHRICHOPUS. QO

blackish terminal patch between veins 6 and 2; cilia white at tips

and with sight dark marks at veins 5 to 2. Underside of fore wing

with the basal half pale yellow, a blackish discoidal patch with

slight curved line from it to inner margin, followed by an ochreous

Fig. 21.—Ulothrichopus ochreipennis, S$. }.

white band, terminal area blackish shading to grey at termen and

towards tornus.

Hab, Mavacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 3 type. Exp. 52 millim.

7346. Ulothrichopus trisa. (Plate CCII. fig. 11.)

Catocala trisa, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 115 (1899).

6. Head and thorax red-brown with a blackish tinge ; pectus

yellow ; legs brown mixed with yellowish, the tarsi blackish with

pale rings; abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface whitish.

Fore wing red-brown tinged in parts with fuseous especially on

basal and costal areas ; subbasal line black, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial liné double, black, the inner line indistinct,

oblique, sinuous, excurved above inner margin; reniform very

faintly defined by blackish; a slightly paler spot defined by blackish

below end of cell; postmedial line black, oblique and sinuous to

above vein 5 where it is angled outwards, then inwardly oblique,

dentate, strongly angled inwards at vein 1; subterminal line repre-

sented by a series of small dentate black marks and an oblique

blackish shade from costa to vein 7 where it is met by a blackish

streak from termen, defining an ochreous brown apical patch; a

928 NOOTUID A.

series of black strix before termen; cilia with a fine pale line at

base. Hind wing orange-yellow, the costal area rather paler; a

black-brown terminal patch between veins 6 and 2 joined by a suh-

terminal band to costa and with slight terminal yellow spots on it

in the interspaces ; cilia yellowish white. Underside of fore wing

white, the inner area tinged with yellow, a wedge-shaped black-

brown patch from costa to lower angle of cell with a slight oblique

line from it to inner margin, terminal area black-brown with a

white apical patch and some whitish on inner half of termen; hind

wing as above, but the apical patch whitish.

Hab. Bompay, 1 6, Satara. Hap. 42 millim.

7347. Ulothrichopus leucopasta, n. sp. (Plate CCII. fig. 12.)

Head and thorax black mixed with grey and some brown; pectus

white; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen orange, the base

whitish, the extremity fuscous and grey, the ventral surface whitish.

Fore wing dark leaden grey thickly irrorated with black and with

some red-brown mixed ; subbasal line black from costa to submedian

fold, with small black spots beyond it below costa and median

nervure ; antemedial line double, black filled in with deep red-

brown, slightly oblique and sinuous; reniform indistinctly defined

by fuscous, the centre defined by rufous; a small white spot below

end of cell defined by black; an indistinct black medial line ex-

curved round end of cell, then incurved; postmedial line black

defined on outer side by small white spots and with some white suf-

fusion before it beyond the cell, slightly bent outwards below costa,

then oblique and somewhat sinuous, acutely angled outwards above

and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique and dentate; subterminal

line indistinctly double, black with white points on it, dentate,

oblique from costa to below vein 6, then with black streaks in the

interspaces to the series of black strive before termen ; a fine whitish

line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale yellow, the inner area deeper

yellow; a terminal fuscous black band not quite reaching tornus;

the termen narrowly yellowish white towards apex; cilia yellowish

white with slight dark marks at veins 5 to 3. Underside of fore

- wing white, a black wedge-shaped mark from costa to lower angle

of cell with traces of an oblique line from it to inner margin,

terminal area blackish shading to grey at termen and with pale

apical patch: hind wing as above but whiter.

Hab. MaswonatanD, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 3 type; TRAnsvaat,

White R. (Cooke), 1 3. Hep. 46-50 millim.

7348. Ulothrichopus glaucescens, n. sp. (Plate CCII. fig. 13.)

Q. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some grey ; palpi

with some white at base: antenne with the basal joint white ;

patagia with red-brown and ochreous patch at base and black line

near upper edge ; pectus white ; legs grey-white and black, the tarsi

ULOLHRICHOPUS. 229

black ringed with white; abdomen orange-yellow, the anal tuft

brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing leaden grey with a

greenish tinge and irrorated with black-brown ; subbasal line black,

from costa to submedian fold where there is a tuft of blackish hair

at its extremity ; antemedial line double, black filled in with red-

brown, the inner line indistinct, oblique, waved, some black beyond

it in cell; reniform a slight rufous lunule defined by black ; a pale

spot defined by black below end of cell with a blackish line from it

to inner margin; postmedial line black, oblique, slightly sinuous and

with some pale rufous before it from costa to above vein 5 where it

is angled outwards, then inwardly oblique and dentate; subterminal

line double, black, dentate, with some white scales on it, the outer

line forming small dentate marks; a series of black striz before

termen ; aline pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing orange-yellow,

the costal half paler; the terminal area black-brown; a small

yellow apical patch; cilia yellow with a dark line through them

except towards apex. Underside of fore wing white, the basal half

slightly tinged with yellow, an oblique triangular blackish patch

from costa to lower angle of cell with a slight line from it to inner

margin; terminal area black with some yellowish at apex; hind

wing as above, but the costal half whitish, the terminal band ending

at vein 1.

flab. Narat, Durban (Gooch), 1 2 type. Hxp. 48 millim.

7349. Ulothrichopus primulina. (Plate CCII. fig. 14.)

Audea primulina, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. it. p. 526 (1902).

do. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some black ; antennee

with the basal joint white on outer side; pectus ochreous white ;

legs rufous mixed with whitish, the tarsi black ringed with white ;

abdomen orange-yellow, the base whitish, a black var before the

anal tuft which is brownish, the ventral surface white. Fore wing

red-brown slightly irrorated with blackish ; subbasal line black,

from costa to subinedian fold ; antemedial line indistinctly double,

black, slightly excurved below costa, then incurved, and excurved

above inner margin ; reniform faintly defined by blackish, an oblique

black bar above it from costa; a spot defined by black below end

of cell; postmedial line black, double towards costa, oblique and

slightly sinuous to above vein 5, acutely angled cutwards above and

below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate, strongly angled in-

wards at vein 1; subterminal line greyish, dentate and defined on

outer side by black streaks in the interspaces, somewhat oblique

from costa to below vein 6; a series of black strie before termen ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing yellow, the costal

half yellowish white; the terminal area fuscous black with a

yellowish white apical patch ; cilia yellowish white. Underside of

fore wing yellowish white with a triangular black-brown patch from

costa to lower angle of cell, the terminal area with a more or less

230 NOCTUIDAE.

complete blackish band leaving the termen yellowish white; hind

wing as above but whiter.

@. Fore wing with the inner area suffused with black-brown,

the disk greyish, an ochreous brown apical patch.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the inner and terminal areas leaden grey

with a greenish tinge.

Ab, 2. Fore wing greyer with the inner area deep black.

Hab. Somauitann (Drake-Brockman), 1 9 ; Br. K. Arrica, Eb

Urru (Betton), 1 9; Br. C. Arrica, Karonga (Neave), 1 9 ; Becnvana-

LAND, Lake N’Gami (Lugard), 1 9; TRansvaat, Pretoria (Distant),

1 ¢@; Navan, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 3 g type, Durban (Clark),

19; Orange R. Cotony, Bloemfontein (Hckersley),1 Q. Hap. 40-

46 millim,

7350. Ulothrichopus pheoleuca, n. sp. (Plate CCII. fig. 15.)

S$. Head and thorax red-brown suffused with black; pectus

white tinged with rufous; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen

creamy white, the anal tuft brownish. Fore wing red-brown

suffused with blackish and irrorated with black; subbasal line

represented by minute black spots below costa and cell ; antemedial

line double, the inner line indistinct, the outer black with small spot

at costa, erect, waved; reniform represented by a diffused blackish

mark, its centre defined by black ; a small blackish spot at middle

of costa ; traces of a spot defined by black below end of cell; post-

medial line very indistinct, black, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique to above vein 5 where it is angled outwards, then inwardly

oblique, dentate and angled inwards at vein 1; a series of slight

black streaks in the interspaces below vein 6 to the series of slight

black lunules before termen. Hind wing creamy white, the inner

area slightly tinged with yellow; a terminal black-brown band

from apex to vein 2, continued as a faint narrow reddish brown

band to vein 1. Underside of fore wing white, the costa brownish,

a black-brown patch from costa to lower angle of cell, the terminal

area fuscous brown ; hind wing with obsolescent terminal band from

apex to vein 3 and small blackish spots on termen between veins 7

and 3.

Hab. Br. C. Arrica, Zomba (Manning), 1 S$ type. Hxp.-48

millim.

*7351. Ulothrichopus stertzi. (Plate CCII. fig. 16.)

Audea stertzt, Ping. Iris, xix. p. 225, pl. viii. f. 7 (1906).

3. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black ; base of

palpi white; patagia with blackish edges; pectus and legs except

fore tibiz white, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen fulvous

yellow, white below. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated and streaked

with fuscous, the inner area suffused with fuscous to medial line,

the base of inner margin pale yellow; subbasal line black, slightly

ULOTHRICHOPUS. DSI

waved, from costa to submedian fold where there is a slight whitish

patch beyond it with blackish marks above it below the cell and on

costa; antemedial line double, the inner line indistinct, angled out-

wards below costa and slightly in submedian fold; claviform and

orbicular absent; reniform large, indistinetly defined by black and

its centre slightly defined by black; medial line indistinct, bent

outwards below costa, excurved round cell, then incurved and with

short black streak before it on vein 2; postmedial line double from

costa to vein 6, the outer line indistinct, very oblique from costa to

below vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards, then dentate and

inwardly oblique, another oblique irregularly dentate line beyond it

from costa to vein 6; subterminal line formed of dentate black

marks with whitish marks on their inner side, extending to termen

‘below veins 6 and 2; a series of slight blackish lunules just before

termen with whitish marks on their outer side; cilia whitish with

a black line through them. Hind wing yellowish white, the inner

area suffused with fulvous yellow except at base; a brown streak

on terminal part of subcostal nervure ; a broad fuscous subterminal

band not reaching tornus and expanding to termen between veins 6

and 2. Underside white ; fore wing with triangular blackish patch

from costa to lower angle of cell, both wings with broad subterminal

band not reaching tornus and with sinuous inner edge.

Hab, Pauestine, Dead Sea in Coll. Piingeler. Eup. 46 millim.

7352. Ulothrichopus mesoleuca. (Plate CCLI. fig. 10.)

Audea mesoleuca, Wik, xv. 1812 (1858).

Ulothrichopus tortwosus, Wllgrn. Svensk. Akad. Hand). v. 4. p. 76 (1865).

3S. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey ; pectus

brownish white; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey-

brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing red-brown sparsely

irrorated with black; subbasal line black, curved, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line black, slightly excurved below costa,

then incurved and excurved above inner margin; reniform very

faintly defined by black ; a spot defined by black below end of cell;

postmedial line black, oblique from costa to above vein 5 where it

is acutely angled outwards, then inwardly oblique and dentate; the

postmedial area except towards costa with black streaks in the

interspaces to the series of slight black lunules before termen; a

fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

basal half ochreous white to below the cell; an ochreous white

apical patch ; cilia ochreous white with brown marks at veins 6

to 2. Underside of fore wing ochreous white, a fuscous brown

medial band from costa to submedian fold, the terminal area fuscous

shading to brownish grey at termeu; hind wing ochreous white, a

black striga from middle of costa, the terminal area fuscous black

with an ochreous white apical patch.

@. Fore wing suffused with fuscous black, a paler brown apical

patch.

404 NOCTUID.®.

Hab. Natat, Durban (Clark), 1 2; Carn Cotony, Caffraria, type T

3 in Mus. Stockholm. Hap. 48-56 millim.

7353. Ulothrichopus tinctipennis. (Plate CCLI. fig. 17.)

Audea tinctipennis, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 327 (1902).

¢. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown; tegule and

patagia with some black on outer edges; pestus white; tarsi

banded with black; abdomen grey-white tinged with brown, the

ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with

black-brown ; subbasal line black, from costa to submedian fold in

which there is a tuft of black hair below its extremity ; antemedial

line black, sinuous, excurved above inner margin; reniform

obscurely defined by blackish and with its centre defined by

blackish, a dark bar above it from costa; an indistinct spot slightly

defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line black, bent

outwards below costa, then oblique, acutely angled outwards above

and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, waved, strongly angled

inwards at vein 1; subterminal line represented by a series of small

dentate white marks defined on outer side by dentate black marks,

oblique from costa to below vein 6; a series of black strize before

termen ; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind wing semi-

hyaline white, the inner area suffused with brown; the terminal

area black-brown ; the termen with a white patch at apex, then a

series of slight marks in the interspaces ; cilia white with slight

brown marks at veins 5 to 2. Underside of fore wing white, a

conical blackish mark from costa to lower angle of cell, the terminal

area black-brown with a whitish patch at apex.

Q. Fore wing with the inner area suffused with blackish.

Hab. N. Nigeria, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 g; Somaritann (Drake-

Brockman), 2 9; Kuopgsta, Bulawayo (Marshall), 1 3; Brcowvana-

and, Lake N’Gami (Lugard), 1 2 type. Hap. 42-48 millim.

7354. Ulothrichopus pheopera, n. sp. (Plate CCII. fig. 18.)

Q. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey; tegule with

slight blackish lines at middle and near tips; tarsi blackish ringed

with white ; abdomen red-brown mixed with some greyish. Fore

wing grey-white mixed with red-brown and dark brown; subbasal

line black, from costa to submedian fold in which there is a short

black streak beyond its extremity ; antemedial line hardly trace-

able, oblique and slightly waved, a straight black line beyond it

from costa to below the cell; reniform a narrow lunule defined by

blackish ; a small spot defined by black below end of cell; post-

medial line indistinctly double, the inner line black, slightly bent

outwards below costa, then oblique, acutely angled outwards above

vein 5, then inwardly oblique and dentate; a subterminal series of

small dentate white marks defined on outer side by dentate black

ULOTHRICHOPUS. 933

marks extending except below apex to a crenulate black terminal

line defining white points at the extremities of the veins. Hind

wing with the basal half of costal area ochreous white, the inner

area suffused with reddish brown, the terminal area with fuscous

brown ; cilia ochreous white with brown spots at the extremities of

the veins. Underside of fore wing whitish, the costa and terminal

area to submedian fold brown, an oblique blackish band just beyond

middle; hind wing white, the costal area and terminal area to

vein 2 irrorated with brown, a minute brown discoidal spot and

oblique sinuous line from middle of costa to vein 1, a terminal

series of small black spots from apex to vein 2.

Hab. Br. BK. Arnica, Njoro (Cholmley), 1 Q type. Haup. 44

millim.

C. Hind wing of male without silky downturned hair on underside.

73955. Ulothrichopus variegata.

Audea variegata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 826 (1902).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some black and grey ;

palpi with some whitish at base; pectus ochreous white; tarsi

black ringed with whitish ; abdomen orange-yellow, the anal tuft

brown, the ventral surface pale yellow. Fore wing leaden grey

Fig. 22.—Ulothrichopus variegata, G. }.

with a greenish tinge and irrorated with black-brown ; subbasal

line black, from costa to submedian fold where there is a tuft of

black hair at its extremity; antemedial line double, black, the

inner line indistinct, oblique, waved, with red-brown suffusion

before it forming a large patch at inner margin; reniform a small

234 NOCTUID &.

rufous lunule slightly defined by blackish; an irregular pale spot

defined by blackish below end of cell; an indistinct blackish medial

line, bent outwards below costa, excurved beyond the cell, then in-

curved; postmedial line double, blackish, oblique, slightly sinuous

and with rufous before it to above vein 5 where it is angled out-

wards, then inwardly oblique and dentate; subterminal line in-

distinct, whitish, minutely dentate and defined on outer side by

slight dentate black marks, oblique from costa to below vein 6; a

series of black strizw before termen connected by streaks with the

subterminal line between veins 6 and 6. Hind wing orange-yellow ;

a terminal black band, its inner edge oblique to vein 2, then

narrowing to vein 1 where it terminates; a small yellow apical

patch ; cilia yellowish white at apex, then dark with pale tips,

chequered with fuscous at veins 5 to 3, wholly dark towards tornus.

Underside of fore wing with the basal half yellow, a narrow oblique

black medial band expanding towards costa, followed by an ochreous

white band, then a blackish band from costa to submedian fold, the

termen brownish white ; hind wing as above but with small yellow

spots on the terminal band between veins 5 and 2.

Hab. Br. C. Arrica, Fort Mangoche (Weave), 1 9; Narat, Durban

(Gooch, Leigh), 1 3,2 9 type. Hap. 58-60 millim.

Genus HERMINIOCALA, nov.

Type, H. daona.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint upturned to near vertex

of head and moderately scaled, the rd porrect, moderate, and thickly scaled ;

frons smooth with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male

with long:fasciculate cilia; fore tibia moderately fringed with hair, the mid

and hind tibiz smoothly scaled, the fore tibia not spined, the hind tibie

spined ; abdomen dorsally flattened, with some rough hair on basal segments

but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and hardly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with the cell about half the length of wing; veins 3 and 5 from

close to angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

A. Fore wing with the patch beyond the cell reniforin ............ daona.

B. Fore wing with the patch beyond the cell rather V-shaped, R

its lower extremity bent outwards.

a. Fore wing without subterminal line ........-.........6.65 s..00 paliida,

b. Fore wing with subterminal line strongly incurved at discal

10) (slants dons oneaseahadasagsnaosemassoncns Ii Sisoisaleouientiew sciesisineeaistnels atomosa.

7356. Herminiocala daona.

Ophiodes daona, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xiii. p. 862 (1894); id. Biol.

Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 516, pl. 97. f. 6.

¢. Head and thorax pale ochreous slightly tinged with rufous ;

antenne rufous; palpi red-brown, the 3rd joint ochreous ; shoulders

with red-brown streaks; tibie and tarsi suffused with brown ;

HERMINIOCALA. 235

abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with red-brown except at base.

Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly striated with

red-brown ; a subbasal brown point below the cell; traces of a

brown antemedial line angled outwards below the costa, then

oblique ; a red-brown reniform spot beyond the cell; postmedial

line brown, angled outwards below the costa, then oblique to the

reniform spot where it terminates. Hind wing with the basal half

Fig. 23.--Herminiocala daona, g. 1.

pale ochreous tinged with red-brown, the terminal half suffused

with red-brown. Underside of both wings pale ochreous tinged

with rufous ; fore wing with small brown discoidel spot and in-

distinct diffused postmedial line, excurved below costa, then oblique

to the submedial fold where it terminates; hind wing with small

discoidal spot and slight curved postmedial line from costa to vein 3.

Hab. Mexico, Orizaba; Guarrmata ; Cosra Rica, Candelaria Mts.

(Underwood), 2 3, Godman-Salvin Coll. ap. 48 millim.,

7357. Herminiocala pallida. (Plate CCIII. fig. 1.)

Phosologia pallida, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 219 (1911),

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous faintly tinged with

red-brown ; antennee brown ; palpi except at extremity and sides of

frons dark brown; tibiz and tarsi suffused with brown. Fore

wing pale ochreous faintly tinged with red-brown and sparsely

irrorated with large black scales; a rather V-shaped patch just

beyond the cell filled in with reddish brown and defined by some

black scales, its lower extremity slightly hent outwards. Hind

wing pale ochreous slightly tinged with brown, the area beyond the

236 NOCLULD &. =

cell somewhat darker. Underside of both wings with small

blackish discoidal spots; fore wing with some blackish suffusion on

postmedial area from below costa to submedian fold.

Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus),1 9. Hap. 48 millim.

*7358. Herminiocala atomosa. (Plate CCIII. fig. 2.

PRhosologia atomosa, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 218 (1911).

3g. Head and thorax pale brownish ochreous, the tegule irrorated

with a few black scales; a black streak on vertex of bead and

tegule ; palpi black-brown except at tips; frons with lateral black

points ; antennz brown except at base; shoulders and legs black-

brown ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally suffused with reddish brown,

ventrally irrorated with black and with lateral black spots on 2nd

and 3rd segments. Fore wing greyish ochreous with faint red-

brown striz and irrorated with black scales; the costal edge rufous ;

a subbasal black point below the cell; traces of a curved antemedial

line and of a claviform stigma; a black point in middle of cell;

some rufous suffusion at end of cell with the reniform on it defined

by black-brown except above and an elliptical black spot just

beyond lower angle of cell met by a brown line from costa below

which it is angled outwards ; a brown subterminal line arising from

apex, oblique to discal fold and slightly angled outwards below vein

7, excurved and obsolescent below discal fold; a series of black

points just before termen. Hind wing ochreous tinged with rufous,

the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown; a terminal series of

-black points from apex to vein 2; cilia reddish ochreous; the

underside ochreous, the costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated

with brown, a small black discoidal spot, slight curved postmedial

line, almost obsolete below vein 5, and terminal series of black

points. ,

Hab. Costa Rroa, Juan Vinas (Schaus), type t ¢ in U.S. Nat.

Mus. Hep. 46 millim.

Genus ECCRITA. fhm

ype.

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

middle of frons and broadly scaled, the 3rd short with tuft of scales in front ;

frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antennez of male ciliated; thorax clothed

almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair,

the fore tibize not spined, the mid and hind tibiw strongly spined; abdomen

dorsally flattened and without crests. Fore wing narrow, the margins sub-

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 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell

half the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 fully developed from well

above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base

only.

ECCRITA. 237

A. Fore wing with the subterminal line incurved at discal fold... /udicra.

B. Fore wing with the subterminal line not incurved at discal

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7359. Eccrita ludicra.

Noctua ludicra, Hiibn. Beitr. ii. 4. p. 95, pl. 3. f. R (1789); id. Eur.

Schmett., Noct. f. 819; Godt. Lép. Fr. v. p. 128, pl. 56. f. 2; Frr. Neue

Beitr. pl. 483. f. 3; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 241; Friv.

Tudom. Akad. Erk6n. Kot. xi. Darab iv. 1865, p. 168, pl. & f.4; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 251.

Eccrita cervina, Staud. Iris, y. p. 872 (1892).

Ecerita gracilis, Staud. Iris, ix. p. 270 (1896).

Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and irrorated with

dark brown, the vertex of head and tegule deep chocolate-brown,

some white between antenne; palpi and mid and hind legs suffused

Fig. 24.—Keecrita ludicra, S. }.

with brown; abdomen grey, the anal tuft and ventral surface

tinged with red-brown. Fore wing grey striated with red-brown,

the costa and terminal area suffused with red-brown; traces of a

pale curved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line pale defined on outer side by red-brown, forming a small spot

below the cell, curved, obsolescent towards inner margin; a red-

brown bar from middle of costa; reniform red-brown defined on

inner side by a black bar above and triangular spot below, on outer

by a black point above two smail spots at lower extremity and a

slight streak below; a strongly incurved line from cell to vein 1

with some red-brown suffusion beyond it; postmedial line very

slight, sinuous, oblique to vein 4, then incurved ; a patch of red-

brown suffusion on costal area before the subterminal line, which is

dark to vein 6, then very slight, pale and excurved; a series of

minute brown spots before termen; cilia whitish at base. Hind

wing whitish tinged with red-brown, the terminal area suffused

238 NOCTUID.

with red-brown; the underside with the costal area suffused with

red-brown, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.

Ab. 1. cervina. Fore wing slightly browner.—Mongolia; EK.

Siberia. .

Ab. 2. gracilis. Slightly smaller and paler.—Mongolia.

Hab. Avsrrta, Zeller and Leech Colls., Moravia; Huneary,

Leech Coll.; Russta, Urals; ? Asta Minon,-Pontus ; W. Turxesran,

Issyk-kul ; W. Srperta, Altai; HE. Turkestan, Ili; Mowneorta,

Uliassutai; HE. Siperta, Dahuria, Ussuri. Hap. 44-46 millim.

7360. Eccrita maxima.

Toxocampa maxima, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 57, pl. 5. f. 17 (1864) ; Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. p. 252.

Toxocampa enormis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 290 (1878); id. Ill. Het.

B.M. ii. p. 38, pl. 32. f. 9.

Head and thorax grey with a few dark brown scales, the vertex

of head and tegule except at tips deep red-brown; mid legs dark

brown, the fore and hind legs suffused with brown ; abdomen grey,

dorsally tinged with brown except towards extremity, ventrally

irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey striated with dark brown

and tinged in parts with brown; antemedial line brown, angled

outwards below costa, then incurved ; a black point in middle of

cell; reniform with brownish striga in centre defined on inner side

by two black bars and on outer by three small black spots at upper

angle of cell and three at lower angle; some diffused brown on

middle of costa and a strongly incurved shade from lower angle of

cell to inner margin, a brownish shade beyond it between veins 3

and 1; postmedial line diffused, brownish, excurved below costa

and at middle, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; a brown

shade on costal area before the pale slightly sinuous subterminal

line; a series of black points just before termen; the veins of

terminal area pale. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown

except on disk and terminal area; a fuscous brown subterminal

shade, broad towards costa, narrowing to termen near tornus; a

series of black points just before termen; cilia whitish. Underside

of both wings whitish with broad fuscous subterminal shade and

slight discoidal spots.

Ab. 1. enormis. Rather larger and browner.

Hab. FE. Siserta, Amurland, 1 ¢,1 9, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwaké

(Pryer), 1 3, 1 Q, Shimonoseki (Leech), 1 9, Tokio (Maries),

1g, 19, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer, Manley), 3 3, 1 Q type

enormis, Nikko (Maries), 2 2 ; Corea, Gensan (Leech, Ito), 2 9.

Exp. 60-72 millim.

Genus METATACHA, nov.

Type, M. excavata.

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 ; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with

METATACHA. 939

scales and without crests; fore and mid tibise moderately fringed with hair,

the hind tibie fringed with rather long hair above and below, the fore and

hind tibia not spined ; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair on basal segments,

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 the termen excised between veins 6 and 2; the cell about 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.

7361. Metatacha excavata.

Ercheta excavata, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 431 (1909).

Head and thorax brown mixed with some grey; palpi whitish

at base, fuscous at tips; pectus whitish; tarsi brown ringed with

white ; abdomen ochreous brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore

wing brown mixed with whitish, some white on postmedial area

Fig. 25.- Metatacha excavata, S. }.

in discal fold and between veins 3 and 2; subbasal line slight,

blackish, angled inwards to near base at median nervure and with

brown marks beyond it at costa and below the cell; antemedial

line black, rather diffused, oblique, minutely waved, with dark

brown suffusion before it from costa to vein 1; orbicular represented

by a dark point, the reniform by an ill-defined dark lunule with

point below it and two dark strize above it from costa ; medial line

arising from a small black spot on costa well beyond the cell,

minutely waved and inwardly oblique from costa to below vein 2,

then outwardly oblique and sinuous, another indistinct minutely

waved line beyond it from vein 5 to inner margin; pustmedial line

arising from the same point as the medial line, strongly bent outwards

240 NOCLUIDZ.

and obsolescent below costa, then double, blackish filled in with

whitish, waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and

bent outwards to inner margin; subterminal line dark brown,

minutely dentate, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3, a

crenulate black line beyond it before termen; a terminal series of

slight dark strie. Hind wing brown with a faint reddish tinge;

traces of an oblique dark medial line; a more distinct obliquely

incurved postmedial line and a diffused subterminal line; cilia

white. Underside of fore wing brownish white, the terminal area

suffused with fuscous brown except at costa and towards tornus, a

diffused oblique medial line, and postmedial line diffused and ex-

curved to vein 3, then incurved; hind wing whitish tinged in

parts with brown especially on inner area, a black discoidal spot,

double crenulate postmedial line bent inwards to costa and oblique

towards tornus, diffused subterminal line, and dark band on termen

from above vein 6 to below 2.

Hab. Ucanva, Entebbe (Neave), 1 g, L. Kioga (Neave),1 9. _

Exp. 56 millim. Typet 92 in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

Genus CHELECALA, nov.

Type, C. trefoliata.

Proboscis absent ; palpi porrect, extending to just beyond the frons, thickly

scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antenne of female ciliated; thorax

clothed with hair and scales mixed, the prothorax with spreading crest, the

metathorax without crest; tibie moderately fringed with hair, the fore tibize

short with large curved claw on inner side at extremity, the hind tibix spined

between the mid and terminal spurs only ; abdomen with some rough hair at

base of dorsum 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 the cell half the 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.

7362. Chelecala trefoliata.

Gnamptonyx trefoliata, Butl. P.Z.8. 1898, p. 428.

Q. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown and some

reddish brown; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen whitish

irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey-white mixed with reddish

brown ; faint traces of a sinuous dark antemedial line; orbicular

a small black annulus in upper part of cell; reniform defined by

black, its lower part produced to lobes beyond and below lower

end of cell and angled inwards on median nervure to before the

orbicular; postmedial line with small dark spot at costa, then very

indistinct, obliquely curved to the outer lobe of the reniform and

slightly incurved below it ; subterminal line very indistinct, angled

inwards at discal fold to near the postmedial line and angled inwards

at vein 2; a series of black points just before termen. Hind wing

white tinged with brown, the terminal area irrorated with brown ;

CHELECALA.—TACHOSA. 241

a series of black striz just before termen and slight waved terminal

dark line ; the underside white, the costal area and the terminal

EE . ‘Hy

Fig. 26.—Chelecala trefoliata, 2. }.

area to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a slight black discoidal lunule

and series of black strize just before termen.

Hab. Br. E, Arnica, Voi (Betton), 1 9 type. Hp. 60 millim.

Genus TACHOSA. Dens

Tachosa, W\k. Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 345 (1878) ...... acronyctoides.

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

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate, frons smooth ; eyes

large, round ; antennze of male with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibia moderately fringed with hair,

the fore tibize not spined, the hind tibiz spined between the medial and ter-

minal spurs only; abdomen with ridges of hair on basal segments. Fore wing

rather long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and

hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with the cell half the 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.

7363. Tachosa acronyctoides.

Tachosa acronyctoides, Wk. Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasg. i. p, 345 (1873).

Head and thorax brown mixed with white; palpi blackish,

white towards base and with the extremity of 2nd joint white ;

head white at sides, the frons with lateral black bars; antennee

blackish, white at base ; tegule with black line at base and white

line near tips; pectus white tinged with ochreous; abdomen

VOL, XII R

242 NOCTUID &.

ochreous brown. Fore wing white mixed with red-brown and

fuscous ; subbasal line slight, blackish, sinuous, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line indistinct, dark slightly defined on

inner side by white, sinuous, sometimes produced and somewhat

bifid in cell; two black discoidal points and a small spot above end

of cell; a large whitish spot defined by black below end of cell, its

outer edge excised; the veins beyond the cell with slight dark

streaks ; postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side by

white, minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 4, then inwardly

Fig. 27.— Tachosa acronyctoides, G. }.

oblique ; subterminal line white, dentate, oblique from costa to

below vein 7; the terminal area with slight black streaks in the

interspaces ; cilia fuscous intersected with whitish. Hind wing

reddish brown, the terminal area tinged with fuscous; the under-

side brownish ochreous with the terminal area fuscous.

Hab. S. Niezria, Lagos, Olokemiji (Dudgeon), 1 ¢, 29, Ilesha

(Humfrey), 12; Coneo (Marsden), 1 3 type. Hwp. 42-46

millim.

Genus LOPHOTIDIA, nov.

Type, L. trisema.

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

of frons and moderately sealed, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons with transverse

ridge not clothed with scales, a corneous plate below it and flattened tuft of

scales above; eyes large, round; antennz of male with fascicles of cilia;

thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibize moderately

fringed with hair, the fore tibiz slightly spined at extremity, the hind tibize

spined; 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 the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell more than half the

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.

LOPHOTIDIA.—HYPOTACHA, 243

7364. Lophotidia trisema, n. sp.

3. Head, tegule, and a bar on prothorax black mixed with

brownish grey, the rest of thorax whitish mixed with brown;

pectus ochreous white; legs black mixed with ochreous white, the

tarsi ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing

whitish tinged in parts with ochreous and brown and irrorated

with black, the costal area browner to end of cell, the inner area

except at base and the terminal area except at apex suffused with

blackish ; a slight subbasal black spot defined on outer side by red-

brown on costa; antemedial line black defined on inner side by

red-brown and towards inner margin by whitish, oblique, sinuous;

a slight black discoidal lunule with oblique blackish mark above it

from costa, a somewhat figure-of-eight shaped pale mark defined by

black before it from discal to submedian folds with a slight dark

Fig. 28.—Lophotidia trisema, $. }.

line from it to inner margin ; postmedial line double, dark filled in

with whitish and with whitish suffusion before it, excurved and

minutely dentate, the outer line with a blackish mark at costa and

a dentate black mark below vein 7 with an elliptical ochreous

mark above it extending to termen ; subterminal line slight, white,

waved, interrupted at the ochreous mark; a waved black terminal

line with short black streaks before it below veins 7 and 6, Hind

wing white, the termen and base of cilia brown except towards

tornus; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with

brown.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Kirbehs (Betton), 1 g type. Hap. 28

millim.

Genus HYPOTACHA, nov.

ype, H. retracta.

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

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd short, porrect ; frons smooth

244 NOCTUID A.

with large flattened tuft of scales above; eyes large, round; antenne of male

with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without

crests ; tibize moderately fringed with hair; fore tibix not spined, the hind

tibi spined between the medial and terminal spurs only ; abdomen smoothly

scaled and without crests. Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell more than half the

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.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line retracted to lower angle

of cell.

a. Hind wing wholly tinged with brown .................000000 nigristria.

b. Hind wing white, the termen suffused with brown.

a, Fore wing with the lines not defined by yellow, a small

white spot beyond lower angle of cell .................. retracta.

/1, Fore wing with the lines defined by yellow, no small

white spot beyond lower angle of cell .................. indecisa.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not retracted to lower

anglé: of Cell eiiatinnic sastaasaueranemanseinenssaseimasomaactenemaens ochribasalis.

7365. Hypotacha nigristria. (Plate CCIII. fig. 3.)

Audea nigristria, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 329 (1902).

@. Head and thorax brown tinged with purplish grey and with

a few blackish scales; palpi and lower part of frons blackish ;

tegule with blackish medial band; pectus and legs blackish, the

tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with

fuscous. Fore wing grey-brown slightly suffused with fuscous ;

subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line black, oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian fold,

then incurved; a slight blackish mark at middle of costa and

strong black streak in end of cell ; postmedial line black, excurved

from below costa to just above vein 3, then retracted to the streak

in end of cell and oblique to inner margin; subterminal line very

indistinct, pale faintly defined on inner side by fuscous, slightly

angled outwards at vein 7, then minutely waved; the interspaces

of terminal area with slight black streaks; a fine terminal black

line. Hind wing ochreous white, the inner aiea tinged with

brown, the terminal area suffused with brown; cilia ochreous

white; the underside irrorated with fuscous especially on costal

and terminal areas, a faint discoidal spot. 3

Hab. Carn Cotony, Transkei (Miss Ff. Barrett), 1 2 type. Hap.

4() millim.

7366. Hypotacha retracta.

Audea retracta, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 329 (1902).

Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous; palpi

white in front towards base; lower part of frons blackish; abdo-

men ochreous white dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-

white mixed with brown and fuscous, the veins streaked with

blackish ; a slight subbasal brown striga from costa and oblique

HYPOTACHA. 245

black streak in submedian interspace ; antemedial line black and

brown, oblique to median nervure and slightly angled inwards at

subcostal nervure, angled inwards at vein 1 and outwards above

inner margin ; a blackish shade at end of cell and spot above it on

costa; a small wedge-shaped white spot beyond lower angle of

cell ; postmedial line red-brown and black, oblique to vein 6, then

minutely waved, at vein 3 retracted to origin of vein 2 and again

bent outwards at submedian fold; subterminal line diffused, whitish,

oblique to apex and somewhat excurved at middle; the interspaces

of terminal area with slight black streaks ending in white points ;

cilia chequered fuscous and whitish. Hind wing pure white, the

termen and base of cilia brown to vein 2, in female extending to

Fig. 29.—Hypotacha retracta, 3. +.

tornus. Underside of fore wing white, the costa and terminal area

to submedian fold brownish, an oblique black postmedial striga

from costa; hind wing with the costal area slightly irrorated with

blackish, an oblique black postmedial striga from costa.

Hab. Transvaat, White Rk. (Cooke), 19; Nara (Marshall), 13,

Estcourt (Hutchinson), 4 3, 6 2 type; Care Cotony, Transkei

(Miss F. Barrett), 1 g. Hep. 86-38 millim.

7367. Hypotacha indecisa.

Anthophila indecist, Wik. xii. 829 (1857) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 481.

Caradrina sabulosa, Swinh. P. Z.S. 1884, p. 516, pl. 47. f. 6.

Head and thorax grey irrorated with black; palpi white at base ;

pectus and legs white, the tibia tinged with fuscous, the tarsi

black ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally suffused with

fuscous brown, the anal tuft fulvous. Fore wing grey suffused

with brown and irrorated with black, the medial and terminal

areas more or less suffused with black; subbasal line fulvous

yellow defined on inner side by black, waved, from costa to sub-

246 NOCTUID A.

median fold; antemedial line fulvous yellow defined on outer side

by black, waved, somewhat oblique; a blackish discoidal mark and

mark on costa above end of cell; postmedial line fulvous yellow

defined on inner side by black, bent outwards below costa, then

minutely waved, at vein 3 retracted to lower angle of cell and waved

to inner margin; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by

black suffusion, dentate, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and

middle: a terminal series of white points defined by a waved black

line. Hind wing white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous

brown except towards tornus; cilia white tinged with brown at

apex or to vein 2; the underside usually with the costal area

irrorated with brown and with slight brown postmedial spots on

veins 8, 7.

Hab. Aven (Yerbury), 12; Punsas, Wuzeerabad (Hearsey), 1 3

type, Murree (Hurford), 1 9, Rawal Pindi (Yerbury), 1 9 , Camp-

bellpur (Yerbury), 53,39, Khairabad (Yerbury), 1 2, Allahabad,

1 9; Sinp, Hubb R. (Swinhoc), 1 9, Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 g type

sabulosa. Hap. 24-32 millim.

7368. Hypotacha ochribasalis.

Pseudophia ochribasalis, Hmpsn. P. Z.8. 1896, p. 264, pl. x. f. 31.

Head and thorax ochreous, the tegule tinged with fuscous ;

pectus and legs white, the fore tibie tinged with fuscous, the tarsi

ringed with fuscous; abdomen white dorsally tinged with fuscous.

Fore wing ochreous, suffused with black from the antemedial line

to termen; subbasal line black with some fuscous before it on

costal area, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

black, slightly sinuous; a slight black discoidal lunule defined on

outer side by ochreous ; postmedial line black defined on outer side

by ochreous, excurved below costa, at middle and above inner

margin, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line

whitish, angled outwards below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal

series of whitish points; cilia whitish at tips. Hind wing white,

the termen fuscous from apex to vein 2; cilia white, fuscous

towards apex.

Hab. Avun (Yerbury, Nurse), 1 3, 2 9 type. Hep. 3 24, 9

28 millim.

Genus CRYPSOTIDIA. Dy po

Crypsotidia, N. C. Roths. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 432 (1901) ......... voolastoni.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely porrect and

broadly scaled towards extremity, the 3rd rather long; 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 cox and femora

of male tufted with long hair, the tibiz moderately fringed with hair, the fore

and hind tibize not spined; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests.

Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and

not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

CRYPSOTIDIA. 247

with the cell more than half the length of wing; veins 4, 5 typically shortly

stalked ; 5 fully developed from lower angle of cell ; 6,7 from upper angle;

8 anastomosing with tle cell near base only.

Sucr. I. Palpi with the 3rd joint long, downturned and thickly scaled; hind

wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked, 5 from angle of cell.

7369. Crypsotidia mesosema, n. sp.

Hypoglaucitis sp., Longstaff, Butterfly Hunting, pl. v. f. 5.

3d. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey and fuscous; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white irrorated

with brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-white

suffused with red-brown and irrorated with blackish ; a subbasal

black striga from costa; antemedial line blackish defined on inner

side by whitish, oblique, sinuous; a blackish mark from middle of

Fig. 50.—Crypsotidia mesosema, . +4.

costa and some blackish suffusion in and below end of cell; post-

medial line black defined on outer side by whitish, excurved and

minutely waved from below costa to vein 4, then retracted to lower

angle of cell and again excurved above inner margin ; subterminal

line whitish defined on inner side by fuscous, minutely dentate and

with dentate black marks before it above and below vein 7; a

waved black terminal line defining a series of white points; cilia

white at tips. Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area brown ;

cilia ochreous white ; the underside with the costal area irrorated

with fuscous, a slight waved postmedial black line from costa to

discal fold, subterminal shade except towards tornus, and some

black points in submedian fold.

Ab. 1. Hind wing tinged with reddish brown.

Hab, Supan, Khartum (Longstaff), 2 ¢ type; Br. E. Arrica,

Kilima’njaro (Jackson), 1g. Hap. 28-30 millim.

248 NOCTUID®.

Sucr. II. Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect, moderate; hind wing with veins

4, 5 shortly stalked.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line retracted to lower angle

OP Gall). sscodoocssovccenseoaqsoncansHeKonadvosenc0d9Cx00RdcnoDGdCObaOD00N0 voolastont.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line not retracted to lower

angle Of Cell ........-.secseeeerevececce cet eesscreesceeeccesessercace coniferda.

7370. Crypsotidia voolastoni.

Crypsotidia woolastoni, N. C. Roths. Noy. Zool. viii. p. 432 (1901); id.

idem. xii. pl. iv. f. 38.

¢g. Head and tegule red-brown; thorax whitish tinged with

red-brown; legs fuscous brown mixed with some grey ; abdomen

whitish tinged with red-brown, the ventral surface darker. Fore

wing whitish irrorated with red-brown, the costal and terminal

areas broadly suffused with red-brown ; a dark red-brown ante-

medial patch from cell to inner margin, its outer edge excurved

Fig. 51.—Crypsotidia voolastont, §. +

below submedian fold; postmedial line slight, brown faintly defined

on outer side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, excurved and

minutely waved to vein 3, then retracted to lower angle of cell and

forming the outer edge of the dark patch; traces of a pale sub-

terminal line, angled outwards at vein 6 and excurved at middle;

a terminal series of whitish points defined by a waved brown line.

Hind wing ochreous white, the veins of terminal area and termen

tinged with red-brown ; cilia ochreous white, brownish at apex;

the underside with the costal area irrorated with red-brown, the

apical area suffused with red-brown, an oblique crenulate post-

medial line from costa to vein 6.

Hab. Eayer, Shendi, type f in Coll. Rothschild; Asyssrnza,

Harrar (Degen), 1 ¢. Hep. 34 millim,

ORY PSOTIDIA.—ACANTHODICA. 249

7371. Crypsotidia conifera, n. sp. (Plate CCIII. fig. 4.)

3. Head black with some grey, the vertex whitish; thorax

whitish mixed with black; legs black mixed with grey, the tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen brownish white with black lateral

streaks, the ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing

ochreous brown irrorated with black, a diffused black medial patch

from cell to inner margin, the terminal area suffused with black

except at costa; antemedial and medial blackish points on costa

and a faint discoidal mark ; postmedial line blackish, bent outwards

and obsolescent below costa, excurved and minutely waved to

vein 4, then oblique and sinuous; a whitish subterminal line

angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal

series of white striz defined on inner side by black. Hind wing

white, the termen tinged with fuscous except towards tornus; cilia

tinged with fuscous at apex; the underside with the costal area

irrorated with black, the apex suffused with black, an excurved

postmedial line from costa to vein 7.

©. Paler and more ochreous.

Hab. N. Niguria, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 9; Br. C. Arrica,

Raronga Distr., N. Rukuru Valley (Neave), 1 g type. Hap. 30

millim.

Genus ACANTHODICA. Rajan

Acanthodica, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi, p. 241 (1894)...... grandis.

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

to middle of frons and inoderately scaled, the 38rd minute; frons with trans-

verse rounded ridge-shaped prominence ; eyes large, round; antenne of male

with long fasciculare cilia, the basal joint with large tuft of hair; thorax

clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax with rather ridge-like crest, the

metathorax with depressed crest; tibiz moderately fringed with hair, the fore

tibiz not spined, the hind tibiz spined, the hind tibize of male with the medial

spurs absent; abdomen long, with dorsal crests on basal segments. Fore

wing long and very narrow, the apex rounded, the termen slightly crenulate,

excised below vein 2; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, which is sometimes

small with veins 7 and 10 from beyond it; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the

cell about half the length of wing; veins 3, 4,5 from angle; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base, then approximated to it for a

short distance.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line single, erect and slightly

excurved below costa.

a, Fore wing with the inner medial area white .................. splendens.

6. Fore wing with the medial area not white.

a‘. Fore wing with white apical patch ...............:eceseceenes penicilla.

b'. Fore wing with pale brownish apical patch.

a*, Fore wing with some green on median nervure and

subterminal area.

a’, Fore wing with the inner medial area not dark

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68, Fore wing with the inner medial area dark purple-

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250 NOCTUID &.

b?, Fore wing without green on median nervure or sub-

terminal area.

a’, Fore wing with the inner medial area dark purple-

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b?, Fore wing with the inner medial area not purple-

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B. Fore wing with the postmedial line indistinctly doubie, bent

neds below costa and oblique below discal fold.

sect wing with pale apical patch.

. Fore wing with the apical patch white and wedge-

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b', Fore wing with the apical ‘patch pale brownish and

rounded .

ce’, Fore wing with the apical patch pale brownish and

shading “off to pale brownish and white points on

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b. Fore wing without pale apical patch.

a’. Hind wing with the veins, inner area, and termen

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6‘. Hind wing with the veins, inner area, and termen

white

7372. Acanthodica splendens.

grandis.

enuttens.

drucet.

lignaris.

fosteri,

anylinoides.

chiripa.

Agrotis splendens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 286, pl. xxvii. f. 15

(1889).

Magusa apicimacula, Maassen, Stiibel’s Reise, p. 147, pl. vii. f. 2 (1890).

3. Head, tegule, and prothorax rufous, the rest of thorax grey-

white with the upper edge and tips of patagia dark brown, the

metathorax with some brown; antenne, palpi, frons, pectus, legs,

and abdomen red-brown. Fore wing reddish brown mixed with

Fig. 32.-—Acanthodica splendens, 8.

grey and mottled and striated with darker brown; double subbasal

blackish striz from costa and a small black spot below the cell

defined on outer side and below by a semicircular white mark ;

an antemedial white spot on inner margin; a slight sinuous

ACANTHODICA. 251

blackish medial line defined on inner side by greenish grey; a

small white spot in lower part of cell towards extremity with

blackish striga above it from costa; reniform whitish tinged

with brown, constricted at middle and connected with the costa

by a grey bar defined by dark striz ; a round white spot defined

by brown and with some fulvous in its upper part below end of

cell ; postmedial line black defined on outer side by greenish grey,

very slightly excurved from costa to vein 3; the inner area white

from the medial to the postmedial line, before which it extends to

vein 3 and with blackish points at middle on vein 1 and inner

margin ; some whitish points on postmedial part of costa; a white

subterminal band from below vein 3 to inner margin; a round

apical white patch with a series of black points defined on inner

side by white before termen from it to inner margin; a fine dark

terminal line. Hind wing semihyaline whitish tinged with red-

brown, the veins and marginal areas red-brown; a postmedial

series of minute dark streaks on the veins; an oblique whitish

bar from vein | to tornus; cilia white at base; the underside with

the costal area white irrorated with brown, a diffused dark patch

at middle of costal area, oblique postmedial bar followed by a

series of points on the veins, and some dark suffusion at apex.

Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Champion), 3 ¢ type; Ecuapor, Sara-

yacu (Buckley), 1 $, Chiguinda (Buckley), 1 ¢, Loja, 3 $. Eup.

50 millim.

7373. Acanthodica penicilla.

Agrotis penicillum, Feld, Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 583 (1874).

Acanthodica pamela, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 105 (1906).

3. Head, tegule, and prothorax rufous, the rest of thorax grey-

white ; palpi pale brownish, dark above ; frons with lateral blackish

bars; pectus and legs rufous mixed with black-brown, the fore

tibie whitish with a dark line at middle; abdomen pale red-

brown, the extremity whitish. Fore wing brownish grey, striated

and in parts suffused with brown, some green on median nervure

and subterminal area; subbasal black striz from costa and sub-

median fold with a grey patch beyond them with small black spot

on its outer edge above the submedian fold ; antemedial line black

defined on inner side by grey at costa, erect and slightly sinuous ;

orbicular with ill-defined grey-white annulus constricted at middle ;

reniform with ill-defined grey-white annulus, elliptical, a black

striga above it from costa defined on each side by grey ; a round

grey-white spot defined on outer side by blackish below end of

eell; a slight curved dark shade beyond the cell; postmedial line

black, somewhat oblique and slightly sinuous from below costa to

discal fold; some pale points on postmedial part of costa; a faint

greenish grey subterminal shade; a round white apical spot with

series of black points defined on inner side by whitish from it to

inner margin before termen ; cilia with a series of blackish spots

at base. Hind wing semihyaline white; the veins brown; the

inner area tinged with red-brown; a slight oblique red-brown

252 ‘NOCLUID 2.

shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin; a postmedial

series of minute dark streaks on the veins; some brown suffusion

on apical part of termen and a dark terminal line; the underside

with the costal area white irrorated with black, a diffused black

patch at middle of costal area, discoidal bar and bar on inner area,

an oblique postmedial striga from costa followed by a series of

points on the veins, a terminal series of black lunules from apex

to vein 2, then a line to near tornus.

Hab. Guarnmata, type fd in Coll. Rothschild; Braz,

Castro Parafia (D. Jones),4 6; Paracuay, Sapucay (foster), 2 3.

Exp. 42-48 millim. Type 7 pamela in U.S. Nat. Mus.

7374. Acanthodica cabra. (Plate CCIII. fig. 5.)

Acanthodica cabra, Dogn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, xxxvili. p. 683 (1894).

Head and tegule pale red-brown, the palpi, a V-shaped

mark above frons, and fasciz on middle and sides of tegule

dark brown; thorax dark red-brown ; abdomen red-brown, paler

at sides, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing ochreous brown

slightly irrorated with black; the veins slightly streaked with

greenish; a double waved black snbbasal line from costa to

submedian fold filled in with greenish, and with a small tuft

of black scales beyond it below the cell; the antemedial line

waved, interrupted at middle, with a greenish spot before it

below costa and a bifid black spot above and below vein 1;

a blackish spot on middle of costa and slight striga from lower

angle of cell to submedian fold; a postmedial series of rather

diffused black points oblique from costa to vein 5, then inwardly

oblique, with a similar more prominent series of small black striz

beyond it; a blackish patch with some pale points on it on costa

towards apex leaving a semicircular pale brown patch at apex ;

subterminal line diffused silvery greenish, from below costa to inner

margin; a series of small black spots just before termen. Hind

wing whitish, the veins, inner and terminal areas fuscous brown,

an ill-defined oblique whitish line from vein 5 to tornus with small

blackish spots before and beyond it below vein 1; the underside

whitish, the costal area tinged with ochreous, the costal and

terminal areas irrorated with black, a waved medial black line

from costa to vein 5 and from submedian fold to inner margin, a

postmedial series of points on the veins with a spot at costa,

excurved below costa, then oblique to tornus, a diffused subterminal

waved line somewhat interrupted at middle, a terminal series of

spots.

Hab. Ecuavor, Loja, type * ¢ in Coll. Dognin; Perv, Carabaya,

Quinton (Ockenden), 1 2. Hap. 52 millim.

*7375. Acanthodica hages. (Plate CCIII. fig. 6.)

Acanthodica hages, Druce, A. M.N.H. (7) v. p. 518 (1900).

g. Head and tegule black-brown; thorax red-brown tinged

with grey and irrorated with a few black scales; palpi greyish

ACANTHODICA. 253

brown with black-brown streaks; pectus black-brown in front;

legs ochreous brown, the tibize banded with black-brown, the tarsi

black-brown with pale rings; abdomen black-brown, the extremity

pale ochreous. Fore wing pale grey-brown mottled with rather

darker brown and irrorated with a few black scales, some green on

median nervure and subterminal area; a subbasal black bar from

costa with a somewhat trilobate mark faintly defined by black

beyond it in and below the cell; antemedial line double, greyish,

the inner line with black points on costa and median nervure, the

outer with biack bar from costa, then slightly defined on outer

side by black, erect and somewhat sinuous; the inner medial area

deep purple-brown from before the antemedial to the postmedial

line, indented by a grey-brown spot slightly defined by black

below end of cell; orbicular very faintly defined by grey, the

reniform with faint grey annulus slightly defined by black, both

somewhat constricted at middle and large; a black bar from costa

to the reniform; postmedial line black defined on outer side by

purple-brown, slightly excurved below cesta, then erect, very slightly

sinuous and interrupted by grey points at veins 5,3, 1; a small

blackish spot beyond it at vein 5; a black-brown patch on costal

area with grey point on costa before the faint pale subterminal

line, excurved below vein 7 and waved below vein 5, a small

dentate black mark on it below vein 7, some brown beyond it at

middle, and brown mottling towards tornus; a series of black .

points before termen except towards apex ; a terminal series of

slight black strize; cilia with a series of small dark spots. Hind

wing semihyaline white, the veins brownish, the inner area clothed

with red-brown hair; a postmedial series of minute black streaks

on veins 5 to 1; a terminal black-brown line; the underside with

the costal area irrorated with black-brown, an angled bar from

middle of costa, oblique postmedial bar followed by short black

streaks on the veins, the terminal line lunulate from apex to

vein 2.

Hab. Cotompra, Minea (H. H. Smith), type f d in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 52 millim.

*7376. Acanthodica grandis. (Plate CCIII. fig. 7.)

Acanthodica grandis, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p- 241 (1894).

2. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown, the tegule and

prothorax red-brown, the patagia with some blackish scales

towards tips; 2nd joint of palpi with blackish streaks ; frons with

dark bars at middle and above; fore tibie with blackish strie, the

mid and hind tibiz# with blackish bands, the tarsi streaked with

blackish ; abdomen grey suffused with brown, the ventral surface

purplish brown towards base, ochreous white towards extremity.

Fore wing grey tinged and striated with brown, the inner half of

medial area purple-brown; a small brown patch at base defined

by a curved dark line from costa to vein 1; subbasal line repre-

sented by black strie from costa and submedian fold, the latter

254 NOCTUID.

with black point beyond it; antemedial line blackish, erect,

slightly waved ; orbicular and reniform with slight whitish annuli

faintly defined by black, both somewhat constricted at middle; a

round ochreous spot below end of cell slightly defined by blackish

and with whitish point in centre; postmedial line black, slightly

sinuous, oblique to vein 5, then erect, a fuscous patch beyond it on

costal area with grey points on costa; a grey-white apical patch

defined by black ; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish defined

on each side by patches of fuscous brown, waved; a series of

small black spots before termen; cilia chequered with fuscous at

tips. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins brown ; a dark point

at lower angle of cell and brown shade from it to inner margin ;

a faint brown postmedial line ending at tornus; the terminal area

suffused with brown narrowing to tornus; the underside with two

black discoidal strie, diffused blackish medial and postmedial bars

from costa, punctiform postmedial line, and blackish streak in base

of submedian fold.

Hab. Muxico, Coatepec (Schaus), type + S in U.S. Nat. Mus.

Exp. 54 millim.

*7377. Acanthodica emittens. (Plate CCIII. fig. 8.)

Agrotis emittens, W1k. xi. 737 (1857).

@. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with red-brown and

irrorated with a few dark brown scales, the vertex of head and

tegule more rufous; palpi streaked with brown; frons with

lateral brown bars; legs banded with dark brown; (abdomen

wanting). Fore wing greyish tinged with red-brown and irrorated

with a few black-brown scales ; a subbasal black bar from costa;

antemedial line slight, black, excurved below costa, then slightly

sinuous ; orbicular, reniform and a spot below the cell with faint

pale annuli, elliptical, the reniform somewhat constricted at middle

and a black striga above it from costa; postmedial line black with

red-brown band on its outer side, arising below costa, somewhat

oblique and excurved, a slight black streak beyond it in discal

fold; a dark brown patch on costal area with pale point on costa

before the subterminal line which is represented by a series of

slight blackish spots and strie, the spots below vein 7 dentate and

extending to near termen; a series of minute black spots faintly

defined on inner side by whitish before termen ; the cilia with a-

series of small dark spots. Hind wing semihyaline white, the

veins and inner margin tinged with brown; a terminal brown

band, broad at costa, narrowing to tornus ; cilia white tinged with

red-brown ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with dark

brown and with oblique blackish medial and postmedial bars, the

terminal area suffused with brown to vein 4 and with a subterminal

series of short dark streaks on the veins.

Hab. Jamaica, type fT 2 in Mus. Oxon. Euap. 54 millim.

ACANTHODICA. 255d

7378. Acanthodica drucei. (Plate CCIII. fig. 9.)

Calocampa drucei, Dogn. Le Naturaliste (2) ii. p. 67 (1889).

3. Head and tegule black-brown with pale brown V-shaped

mark above frons; thorax red-brown, the patagia edged with

whitish above at extremity ; tibiz and tarsi with ochreous and dark

brown streaks; abdomen black-brown, the anal tuft and ventral

surface pale rufous. Fore wing red-brown suffused with black

except basal half of costal area and terminal half below vein 5;

subbasal and antemedial black spots on costa; an antemedial

greyish patch on vein 1; the antemedial line obsolete except

towards inner margin where it is angled inwards on vein 1 and

outwards above margin; a blackish point with some grey scales

round it below middle of cell; a double postmedial series of black

points on the veins, oblique from costa to vein 5,then inwardly

oblique, erect at inner margin; some pale points on costa towards

apex ; a semicircular white patch at apex more or less tinged with

brown; a series of white and black points just before termen

becoming dark striz on the white patch; cilia grey and blackish.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the interspaces pale in and below cell ;

a curved black bar on a whitish patch above tornus ; cilia whitish

with a blackish line through them; the underside whitish, the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a diffused black

patch on middle of costa, a discoidal lunule, an irregularly waved

postmedial line, incurved to costa and oblique to tornus, a diffused

subterminal band expanding towards costa, a terminal series of

small black spots becoming a line below vein 2 and bent outwards

on to the cilia below vein 1.

The ground-colour of head, thorax and fore wing may be pale

olive-brown more or less suffused with dark brown.

Hab. Ecuavor, Loja, 2 ¢; Perv, Huancabamba, 1 ¢, Chanca-

mayo, 2 g ; Borivra, Yungas la Paz, 1 ¢. Hep. 52 millim.

Type fT ¢ in Coll. Dognin.

7379. Acanthodica lignaris. (Plate CCIII. fig. 10.)

Acanthodica lignaris, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 242 (1894).

6. Head and thorax red-brown with a few dark scales, the meta-

thorax with some greenish grey ; palpi brownish ochreous with dark

streaks at sides ; frons brownish ochreous with dark lateral bars ;

fore tibiee pale with dark streaks; tarsi banded with blackish ;

abdomen red-brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface pale. Fore

wing red-brown irrorated with black, the costal area more ochreous

brown to the postmedial line; double subbasal and antemedial

black strize from costa filled in with dark brown and a black ante-

medial line from submedian fold to inner margin, incurved at

vein 1 and strongly bent inwards to inner margin, a whitish patch

followed by some blackish before it below vein 1; orbicular and

256 NOCLUID A”.

reniform with faint ochreous brown annuli, the latter somewhat

constricted at middle; a faint ochreous brown spot with blackish

centre below origin of vein 2; an oblique dark striga from middle

of costa; postmedial lne with double blackish striz from costa,

bent outwards below costa, then double, somewhat punctiform,

and obliquely curved to inner margin; some pale points on post-

medial part of costa; a pale apical spot with rufous centre; a

series of black points defined on inner side by white before termen

and a bar in submedian interspace; cilia with a series of slight

blackish spots near base. Hind wing red-brown, the interspaces

rather paler to beyond middle; a subterminal black bar defined on

each side by white below vein 1; a dark terminal line slightly

defined on inner side by whitish; cilia white with a brown line

through them almost obsolete at middle, wholly brown towards

tornus ; the underside white irrorated with black-brown except on

inner area, a dark spot near base of costa, dark discoidal lunule:

with dark mark above it, postmedial line bent outwards below

costa, then obsolescent with dark points at the veins, sinuous, and

angled inwards at discal fold, a terminal series of black lunules

and some dark suffusion on apical part of terminal area.

Hab. Brazit, Casa Branca, 1 3, Castro Parana (D. Jones), 2 3;

Paraguay, Sapucay (Poster), 2 $. Hap. 38-48 millim.

7380. Acanthodica fosteri, n. sp. (Plate CCIII. fig. 11.)

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some ochreous, the

prothoracic crest darker, the metathorax with white spots; palpi

greyish ochreous with dark streaks ; frons with dark lateral bars ;

legs pale, streaked with brown; abdomen red-brown, the anal

tuft and ventral surface towards extremity reddish ochreous.

Fore wing red-brown irrorated with a few ochreous scales, the

costal area reddish ochreous from the subbasal to the postmedial

line; double subbasal black striz from costa; double curved ante-

medial black striee from costa and a line on inner area incurved at

vein 1 and strongly bent inwards to inner margin, a grey patch

before it below vein 1; orbicular and reniform with reddish

ochreous annuli, the former round, the latter somewhat constricted

at middle; a small reddish ochreous annulus below end of cell and

an oblique waved brown striga from middle of costa; postmedial

line with double dark striz from costa, bent outwards below costa,

then indistinctly double with slight black points at the veins,

oblique below discal fold ; some grey points on postmedial part of

costa; a faint obliquely curved ochreous subterminal line from

discal to submedian folds with slight blackish streaks before it on

the veins ; a greyish apical patch shading off to a terminal series

of minute greyish spots; a series of black strize before termen with

white points on their inner side; cilia greyish at tips. Hind

wing red-brown; two subterminal black striz on vein 1 defined

on inner sides by white; cilia with a fine whitish line at base and

ACANTHODICA. 207

whitish tips except towards apex and tornus; the underside grey-

white irrorated with black-brown, the inner area suffused with

brown, a dark discoidal lunule connected with an oblique bar from

costa, postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then sinuous and

strongly incurved at discal fold, an irregular rather maculate black-

brown subterminal band.

flab. Purt, 1 g ; Paraguay, Sapucay (Poster), 12 3 type.

Exp. 42-46 millim.

7381. Acanthodica xylinoides. (Plate CCIII. fig. 12.)

Acanthodica xylinoides, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 242 (1894).

¢. Head and thorax ochreous brown mixed with red-brown

and some dark brown; palpi pale with dark streaks at sides;

frons with lateral dark bars; legs pale with dark streaks;

abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface paler. Fore wing

ochreous brown suffused with red-brown and with slight dark

irroration, the inner area browner; a subbasal blackish spot on

costa and small spot below the cell; double oblique antemedial

blackish bars from costa and an indistinct double sinuous line

from cell to inner margin, angled inwards at vein 1 and bent

inwards to inner margin; reniform with faint pale annulus, an

oblique brown striga above it from costa; a pale round spot defined

by brown below end of cell; postmedial line with double dark

strie from costa, bent outwards below costa, then indistinctly

double, oblique and slightly sinuous below discal fold; the apical

part of costal area with some dark suffusion and small pale spots

on costa; a series of white points before termen ; a terminal series

of dark striz; cilia with a series of slight dark spots. Hind wing

semihyaline white, the veins brown, the inner area tinged with

red-brown; the costal area and termen to vein 5 suffused with red-

brown; a dark terminal line and double bar filled in with white

above tornus; cilia white, brown at apex and towards tornus; the

underside with the costal area white irrorated with black-brown, a

black spot near base of costa, discoidal lunule with diffused patch

above it on costal area, postmedial series of minute black streaks

on the veins, the apical part of terminal area with dark suffusion,

a terminal series of blackish lunules.

Ab. 1. Fore wing variegated with whitish, the stigmata defined

by white and the spot below the cell white.

Ab. 2. Fore wing pale ochreous brown except the inner area

and dark marks on costal area.

Ab. 3. Similar, but fore wing with the ground-colour creamy

white.

Hab. Panama, Canna Mines (Tylecote), 1 § ; Ecvapor, Loja,

1 ¢: Perv, Pozuzo, 1 6; Brazit, Castro Paratia (D. Jones), 13:

Paraguay, Sapucay (Mester), 17 3. Exp. 40-48 millim.

VOL, XIJ. 8

258 NOCTUID@.

*7382. Acanthodica chiripa. (Plate CCIII. fig. 13.)

Acanthodica chiripa, Dogn. Ann, Soc. Ent. Belge, xxxviii. p. 685 (1894).

3S. Head and thorax pale reddish brown irrorated with black ;

frons blackish above; abdomen brownish grey, the dorsal crests

and a series of lateral spots blackish. Fore wing grey suffused

with pale reddish brown and slightly irrorated with black; a

subbasal black spot just below costa; a minutely waved antemedial

line bent inwards to costa and inner margin with a maculate black

band before it from costa to just below the cell ; orbicular indistinct,

figure of 8-shaped, greyish with two small tufts of raised black

scales on it, and two obliquely placed below the cell; reniform

indistinct, greyish with two small black tufts of scales on it and

one on its outer edge; the postmedial line fine, black, minutely

waved, interrupted, bent outwards below costa ana strongly in-

curved below vein 4, defined by whitish on outer side beyond which

is a somewhat diffused brown line with short blackish streaks at

the veins ; a blackish fascia in discal fold from the postmedial line

to near termen; the subterminal line represented by a series of

short brownish streaks in the interspaces, excurved from costa to

vein 4, then incurved; a series of small black and white spots

just before termen; cilia with crenulate black line through them.

Hind wing semihyaline white; two short black strie before

termen below vein 1, with a black mark beyond them on the cilia; a

waved black line on termen between veins 4 and 2; the underside

with the costal area irrorated with black and the costa tinged with

brown, a black discoidal lunule; a postmedial series of points on

the veins with large spot on costa, excurved below costa, then

oblique to tornus, a terminal series of points.

Hab. Kevanor, Loja, type f 3 in Coll. Dognin. Hap. 40 millim.

Genus COCYTODES. ieee

Cocytodes, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 41 (1852)

OA ST ET Ga OE RRT ARS SPE MR ceruled.

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

of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antennez of male simple; thorax clothed with

hair only and without crests; tibia fringed with long hair and all spined;

abdomen dorsally flattened and entirely clothed with woolly hair. Fore wing

rather narrow, the margins subparallel, the apex rounded, the termen evenly

curved and crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind

wing with the cell about one-third length of wing; veins 3,4 from upper

angle; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

COCYTODES. 259

Srcr. I. Abdomen of male with dorsal ribbed corneous plate towards extremity ;

hind wing with the inner margin fringed with long hair; both sexes

with the termen truncate below vein 2.

7383. Cocytodes cerulea.

Cocytodes cerulea, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 41, pl. 13. f. 10 (1852); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 486.

Head and thorax red-brown, the tegule slightly tipped with

grey, the thorax with a few grey scales; palpi grey-brown ; pectus

and fringes of hair on femora ochreous white; tarsi fuscous with

pale rings; abdomen fuscous glossed with blue, the ventral surface

ochreous white except towards extremity. Fore wing glossy

Fig. 33.—Cocytodes cerulea, 3. }.

fuscous brown slightly irrorated with white, the costal area and

cell red-brown interrupted by an oblique dark band beyond the

postmedial line; subbasal line black, oblique, sinuous, from costa

to submedian fold; the antemedial area with the dark brown

extending to just below costa: antemedial line black, oblique,

sinuous ; a minute black spot in middle of cell; reniform defined

260 NOCTUID &.

at sides by black and with curved black striga in centre, small; a

faint diffused oblique dark bar from middle of costa and indistinct

diffused oblique line from vein 3 to inner margin ; postmedial line

black; oblique and sinuous to vein 4, then incurved and slightly

waved; subterminal line indistinct, slightly waved, pale on the

red-brown area, slightly defined on inner side by blackish on the

dark area, crossed by faint blackish streaks above and below

vein 5; a series of minute dark spots just before termen. Hind

wing fuscous brown; a black postmedial line excurved beyond the

cell, with a silvery blue patch before it beyond the cell and some

silvery blue in submedian interspace, a silvery blue band beyond it

from below vein 6 to tornus interrupted at submedian fold and by

slight dark streaks on the veins beyond the cell; an oblique silvery

blue bar from vein 2 to termen at vein 1; cilia white at tips below

apex. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown, a black discoidal

lanule and curved postmedial line defined on each side by bluish

grey suffusion; hind wing with the end of cell and inner area

silvery blue, a black discoidal lunule, black postmedial band from

costa to submedian fold with a slight line from it to tornus and

followed by a silvery blue band, a slight curved silvery blue sub-

terminal line.

Hab. Javan, Nikko (Maries), 1 3, Tokio (Maries), 1 3, Yoko-

hama (Jonas, Manley, Strickland), 3 9, Oiwaké (Pryer), 1 3,

Kiushiu, 1 9; C. Cutna, Da-laen-saen (J. J. Walker), 1 92,

Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9; W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 ¢,

Omei-shan, 1 9, Ni-tou, 1 g, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 3g, Ta-chien-

lu (Pratt), 1 9; Pungas, Kasauli (Barrow), 1 $,1 9, Dharmsala

(Hocking), 2 9; Srxumm, 2 Q; Assam (Badgley), 1 6, 2 Q,

Shillong (Parish), 1 g, 3 9, Khasis (Parish), 1 go; ManpRas,

Wyndd, 1 9, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 $, 1 9; Cryton (Templeton),

1 9; Br. N. Gurnea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 1 ¢,3 9; New Hesripes

(Mathew), 2 3, 4 2; New Cateponta (Layard), 2 6,1 2;

Loyanry Is., Lifu (Wiitmee), 1 2; Fist, 1 2, Viti Levu, 1 og,

1 @, Matuhu (Challenger Coll.), 1 $. Hxp. 74-98 millim.

Larva. Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 104, pl. 176. f£. 5.

Black, the somites with transverse dorsal white bars, each

enclosing a black line; stigmata ochreous ringed with black and

with some red round them, placed on white patches from near the

top of each of which arises a white hair; an interspiracular

disconnected white line defined above and below by black stripes

with a white hair from below each spiracule ; a broad ventral white

stripe; 11th somite with dorsal black prominence; the extremity

orange above spotted with black; head and somites with sparse

long white hairs; all the prolegs present. Food-plants: Gt.

Himalayan Nettle and Behmeria.

COCYTODES. 261

Sect. IT, Abdomen of male without dorsal corneous ribbed plate; hind wing

with the inner margin dilated into a lobe at middle, the termen not

truncate below vein 2.

7084. Cocytodes maura.

Arcte maurus, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 50, pl. ii. f. 2 (1894).

Head and thorax red-brown; palpi whitish in front: pectus

greyish tinged with red-brown; legs pale red-brown, the tarsi

blackish ringed with whitish ; abdomen fuscous brown with a faint

bluish gloss, the ventral surface pale reddish brown. Fore wing

red-brown tinged in parts with fuscous and irrorated with a few

white scales ; the extreme base of wing black ; subbasal line black,

angled inwards in cell and ending at submedian fold; antemedial

line black, angled outwards below costa, then oblique, sinuous ;

orbicular a small round black spot; reniform represented by a

curved black bar with small spot beyond it; traces of a dark medial

line excurved beyond the cell and incurved below vein 4; post-

medial line black, oblique to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold,

Fig. 34.—Cocytodes maura, S$. }.

incurved below vein 4, a faint dark shade beyond it and a diffused

black patch between veins 6 and 4 extending to near termen; a

faint pale waved subterminal line, the area beyond it blackish from

vein 4 to submedian fold ; a terminal series of black lunules defined

on inner side by pale reddish. Hind wing fuscous brown with a

cupreous gloss; traces of an oblique dark line from vein 5 to tornus

faintly defined on outer side by greyish ; the underside grey-brown,

a black discoidal spot, narrow curved black postmedial band, and

subterminal shade faintly defined on outer side by greyish.

262 NOCTUIDZ.

Hab, Sierra Lronr, Batkanu -(Mitzgerald), 1 5; Goup Coasr,

Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 g$; Nigeria, Old Calabar (Crompton,

Sampson), 2 3,2 2, Sapele (Sampson), 3 3,3 Q, esha (Hum-

Frey), 4 2; GaBoon, Ogové R., 1d, co-type; Ucanna, Entebbe

(Minchin), 1 3. Hxp. 60-70 millim.

Genus PARAGARISTA. .

ype.

Paragarista, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 255 (1906) ...... albostriata.

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

of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd long and slightly dilated at tip ; frons

smooth, with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antenne of male minutely

ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair mixed with some scales and scale-like hairs

and without distinct crests; tibiae moderately fringed with hair, the fore and

hind tibiz not spined ; abdomen clothed with rough hair at base but without

crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and

slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;

9 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, 5 from lower angle ;

6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

*7385. Paragarista albostriata.

Paragarista albostriata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 255 (1906).

3. Head, tegule, and patagia decp chocolate-brown irrorated

with white; thorax orange; palpi at base, sides of frons and

Fig. 35.—Paragarista albostriata, . 1.

pectus yellowish white; abdomen chocolate-brown suffused with

blue, the base orange, the anal tuft yellowish white. Fore wing

PARAGARISTA.—CALLOPHISMA. 263

chocolate-brown with an olive tinge, the base of inner margin with

some yellowish white suffusion; median nervure and vein 1 on

basal area streaked with blue; subbasal line bluish white, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line bluish white, incurved from costa

to vein 1 and forming a whitish bar at inner margin; an oblique

elliptical spot defined by blue-white on medial area from cell to

vein 1; a postmedial pale yellow band, oblique and nearly straight

from costa to submedian fold where it forks, one branch on outer

edge of the elliptical spot tinged with blue, the other branch to

tornus; the veins of terminal area streaked with blue; sub-

terminal line formed of strize, blue to vein 4, then pale yellow and

bent inwards to the postmedial band. Hind wing black suffused

with metallic blue; cilia pale yellow at tips except at apex,

middle and tornus.

Hab. Br. New Goines, Aroa R. (Meek), type ¢ ¢ in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. vp, 58 millim.

Genus CALLOPHISMA, nov.

Type, C. flavicornis.

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

of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth, with sharp tuft of

hair; eyes large, round; antennz of male with bristles and cilia; thorax

clothed with hairand hair-like scales and without crests; tibiz of male fringed

with long hair, the mid tibiz spined ; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair on

basal segments and hairy crest at base. Kore wing with the apex rounded,

the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near

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

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third 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.

7386. Callophisma flavicornis, n. sp.

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; palpi black, the

3rd joint orange-yellow except at base; sides of frons black;

antenne orange-yellow ; pectus and legs dark brown mixed with

white, the tarsi orange-yellow ; abdomen bluish white, the basal

crest with brown mixed, the anal tuft dark brown, the ventral

surface white thickly irrorated with brown. Fore wing dark

brown mixed with blue-grey and suffused with black except on

basal and terminal areas; antemedial line dark, oblique, sinuous,

the grey area extending to just beyond it; postmedial line very

indistinct, slightly defined on outer side by silvery grey from costa

to vein 4, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and

below vein 4; subterminal line diffused, dark, defined on inner

side by silvery grey suffusion except towards costa, excurved below

costa and at middle and ending at tornus. Hind wing with the

basal area white tinged with silvery blue, extending on inner area

264 NOCTUIDA,

to tornus, the rest of wing fuscous black ; cilia tipped with white

below vein 2. Underside of fore wing deep fuscous; hind wing

Fig. 36.—Callophisma flavicornis, §. }-

fuscous brown irrorated with blue-white except on apical area, the

inner area blue-white.

Hab. S. Nicrrta, Akassa (Lugard), 1 $ type; Up. Coneo

( Wollaston), 1 9; Supan, White Nile (Dunn), 1 2. Lap, 52-56

miljim.

Genus EGYBOLIS.

Caloptera, Blanch. Hist. Ins. ii. p. 363 (1845), nec Guér. Dipt. Type.

TB BO 1e scaais gous sea seee ie eaee eta sitesi Ha @eio e sso siimeis aemeears aeieeilene vaillantina.

Egybotis, Boisd. Delegorgue Voy. Afr, Austr. ii. p. 595 (1847). vaillantina.

Higybolia, Wk. iii. TOD (1855) ........-.--.2.neeecaeeeeeecceerenessen ee vaillantina.

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

to above vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate and thickly

scaled: frons smooth with slight tuft of hair above; eyes large, round ;

antennz of male bipectinate with moderate branches to apex; thorax thickly

clothed with long hair and without crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair,

the fore and hind tibiz not spined ; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair on

basal segments but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the

termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate ; veins 8 and 5 from near angle of

cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with § to form the areole ;

11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the 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.

A. fore wing with the subbasal band broad and not interrupted vaillantina.

B. Fore wing with the subbasal band narrow and interrupted in

(iivck(e(=lll Weta as seca cucntedano aso saanaeddond anasedtacodorasvarnabddcon doherty?.

EGYBOLIS. 265

7387. Egybolis vaillantina.

Bombyx vaillantina, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. p. 142, pl. 31. f. 3 (1790); Saund.

Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) iv. p. 59, pl. 114. ff. 3 a-c; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het.

p- 393.

Caloptera formosa, Blanch. Hist. Ins. ii. p. 376, pl. 17. f. 6 (1845).

Egybolis natalit, Boisd. Delegorgue Voy. Afr. Austr.ii. p. 595 (1847).

Kgybolia vaillantiana, Angas, Kaffr. Illustr. pl. 30. f. 19 (1849).

Head deep orange, the back of head, thorax and abdomen black

shot with brilliant metallic blue; fore tibie orange in front, the

mid and hind tibiw orange at extremities. Fore wing brilliant

metallic blue; a broad deep orange subbasal band edged by black

lines, its inner edge sinuous, its outer edge excurved and slightly

incurved at vein 1; an elliptical orange discoidal spot with smaller

Fig. 87.—Kgybolis vaillantina, S$. }.

spot above it from costa, both edged by black; an indistinct post-

medial black line arising below the costa, oblique to below vein 4,

then incurved, sometimes with an orange striga at inner margin

and rarely one beyond the cell. Hind wing black, the inner

margin, veins of terminal half, and the terminal area brilliant

metallic blue. Underside of both wings black suffused with

brilliant metallic blue,

Hab. Coneo, 1 9; Zanzrear (Trimen), 1 2; Br. KE. Arrica,

Pemba I. (Burtt), 1 g, Mombasa (de la Garde), 2 29; Ueanna,

Wadelai (Emin Pasha), 1 9; Germ. E. Arrica, Dar-es-Salaam,

1 3S, Magila, 2 9, Usagara Distr. (Weave), 2 2; Br. C. Arnica,

L. Nyasa, Florence Bay (Neave), 1 g,1 9, Fort Maguire (Weave),

1 3,4 Q, Fort Johnstone (Neave), 1 9, Karonga Distr. (Neave),

1 Q, Fort Songwe (Johnston), 1 2, Blantyre (Ambruster3, 1 3,

Lr. Shire Valley (Weave), 1 2; Mozampraun, Beira (Marshall),1 9 ,

266 NOCTUID &.

Delagoa Bay (Kenrick, Distant),2 $,2 9; Masnonaranp, Salisbury

(Marshall), 1 3G; Transvaat, Lydenburg, 1 $3; Zotunanp

(Angas), 1°$; Narat, Durban (Gueinzius, Trimen, Burrows,

Lewh, Meade-Waldo),4 3, 79. Hep. 50-66 millim.

Larva. Fawcett, Trans. Zool. Soe. xvii. p. 182, pl. viii. ff. 13, 14.

Pale yellow with broad biack intersomital bands each with two

fine white rings, the anal extremity black with two white bands ;

subbasal, lateral and spiracular pairs of small black tubercles on

each somite, each with a few black hairs; legs, claspers, and

spiracles black; head black marbled with white fasciz. Food-

plant, Sapindus oblongifolius.

Pupa. Pale rufous marbled with fine white lines defining the

eyes, antenne, veins on wing-covers and the abdominal somitcs ;

spiracles black ; enclosed in a slight silky white web on the stem

of the food-plant.

7358. Egybolis dohertyi.

Egybolis dohertyt, Roths. Noy. Zool. viii. p. 405, pl. x. f. 10 (1901).

Head deep orange, the back of head, thorax and abdomen black

shot with brilliant metallic blue; fore tibiz orange, the mid and

hind tibie orange at extremities. Fore wing brilliant metallic

blue-green ; an orange subbasal spot on costa and narrow band from

cell to inner margin with sinuous edges, both defined by black; a

small elliptical orange discoidal spot with spot above it on costa,

both defined by black ; a strong black postmedial line, arising below

costa, oblique and slightly sinuous to below vein 4, then strongly

incurved, an orange bar on it between veins 8 and 6 and slight

striga below vein 6. Hind wing brilliant metallic blue. Under-

side of both wings brilliant metallic blue.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Kikuyu Escarpment (Neave), 5 3,3 9,

Aberdare Mts. (Neave), 1 5,1 9, Mt. Kenya, N. Slopes (Weave),

22. Exp. 58-60 millim.

Genus HAXMABASIS, nov

Type, H. calodesma. i

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

of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large, round;

antennz of male with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed with hair only and

without crests; tibiz broadly fringed with hair, the mid tibiz of male dilated

with a groove containing a tuft of long hair, the fore and hind tibiz not spined ;

male with a tuft of long hair from below origin of fore wing; abdomen with

ridges of hair on all except the terminal segments and on the ventral surface.

Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;

veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anas-

tomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell

half the 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.

HEMABASIS.—AGONISTA. 267

7389. Hemabasis calodesma.

Buzara calodesma, Roths. Nov. Zool. xii. p. 474 (1905) & xiii. pl. iti. f. 4.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown glossed with

metallic blue, the tuft of hair from below base of fore wing

whitish. Fore wing black-brown; the basal half of costal area

and middle of cell brilliant scarlet, an obliquely curved yellow

Fig. 38.—Hemahasis calodesma, $. 4.

band from the extremity of the scarlet area to inner margin

towards tornus, towards which it narrows somewhat; cilia yellow

at apex. Hind wing very deep chocolate-brown, the cilia orange-

yellow except at tornus ; the underside with the yellow extending

on costa to middle.

Hab. Br. N. Guinna, Owgarra (Meck), 2 ¢. Eup. 58-68

millim,

Genus AGONISTA. i

ype.

LIygniodes, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 123 (1852), nee Schcenh. Col. 1836. endoleuca.

Agonista, Feld. Reis. Nov. expl. pl. 113 (1874) ..................00 endoleuca.

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

of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd very iong, slender; frons smooth, with

tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennz of male almost simple; thorax

clothed entirely with hair and without crests; fore and hind tibiw of male

fringed with rather long hair ; all the tibize spined ; abdomen dorsally clothed

with rough hair towards base but without crests. Fore wing broad, the costa

highly arched towards apex which is somewhat produced and acute, the termen

evenly curved and not crenulate; the cell about one-third length of wing;

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;

268 NOOTUID &.

the upperside in male clothed with silky androconia except on terminal area.

Hind wing with the inner margin very long in male, the inner area with a

strong fold between veins 1 a and 0, the whole wing clothed with silky andro-

conia except the inner area; the cell about one-fifth 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.

A. Hind wing of male with the inner area yellow.

a. Hind wing of male with the whole tornal area fulvous yellow ochrifera.

b. Hind wing of male with the tornal area not yellow............ plateni.

B. Hind wing of male with the inner area pure white............... endoleuca,

C. Hind wing of male with the inner area not white.

a. Fore wing on underside mostly white...............ccccsseeseenees hypoleuca.

6. Fore wing on underside not white.

a‘, Hind wing of male on underside mostly white ............ reducens.

\. Hind wing of male on underside not white .................- ciliata.

7390. Agonista ochrifera.

Agonista ochrifera, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 113. ff. 5, 6 (1874,

3. Head and thorax very deep chocolate-brown ; palpi yellow

on inner site; pectus yellow; legs grey-brown, the fringes of

hair yellow; abdomen yellow, the basal segments dorsally deep

chocolate-brown, then with dorsal brown suffusion narrowing

towards extremity. Fore wing very deep chocolate-brown, the

cilia pure white except at apex. Hind wing with the basal area

deep chocolate-brown, then silky red-brown from costa to vein 4

with the termen glossed with metallic blue, the rest of wing fulvous

orange extending on inner margin to base. Underside of fore

wing violaceous brown with an incurved postmedial series of white

spots between veins 9 and 6, the spot above vein 6 larger, some

slight whitish suffusion on termen from above vein 3 to submedian

fold; hind wing reddish brown suffused with yellowish grey scales

to beyond middle, the inner area yellow.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; fore wing grey-

brown with a slightly sinuous ochreous white postmedial band

defined on each side broadly by dark brown, the terminal area dark

brown with sinuous inner edge; hind wing black-brown with a

large postmedial yellow patch between veins 5 and 1 extending

between veins 4 and 2 almost to termen with elongate brownish

marks on it in the interspaces, cilia yellow; underside of fore

wing with subterminal series of eight white spots.

Hab, Ceveses (Doherty), 1g. Exp. 3 82, 2 86 millim.

7391. Agonista plateni. (Plate CCIV. fig. 1.)

Lygniodes plateni, Pag. Iris, ili. p. 18 (1890).

6. Head and thorax velvety black-brown; pectus and legs

reddish brown, the pectus behind, hind femora and tibize below

yellowish; abdomen yellow, the basal half of dorsum velvety

black-brown narrowing to a point at extremity. Fore wing velvety

AGONISTA, 269

black-brown, the terminal area slightly glossed with blue, the cilia

golden yellow except at apex and towards tornus. Hind wing

velvety black-brown, the terminal area glossed with blue, the inner

margin and cilia towards tornus golden yellow. Underside of

fore wing reddish brown; hind wing with the whole inner area

yellow to between veins 3 and 2 where the brown is rather

diffused and emits an obscure postmedial tooth, a slight subterminal

brown spot between veins 3 and 2.

Hab. Borneo (Hay), 3 3, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 3; PHrttrpPrnes,

Palawan. Hap. 94-98 millim.

7392. Agonista endoleuca. (Plate CCIV. fig. 2 g,3 9.)

Erebus endoleuca, Guér. Icon. R. Anim., Ins. p. 521 (1844); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 464.

3. Head and thorax velvety black-brown ; pectus, femora, and

hind tibiz yellow, the rest of legs reddish brown ; abdomen yellow,

Fig. 39.—Agonista endoleuca, 5. }-

the basal half of dorsum velvety black-brown. Fore wing velvety

black-brown, the terminal area glossed with blue, the cilia pure

270 NOCTUIDA.

white except towards tornus. Hind wing velvety black-brown, the

terminal area glossed with blue, the inner area, and cilia on tornal

half silvery white. Underside greyish brown; hind wing with

the inner area white to vein 2 below which there is some brown

irroration and striation, the white extending at termen to vein 4,

some slight white points before termen on the brown area and

brown lunules above and below vein 2.

- 9. Pale reddish brown; fore wing with indistinct brown

antemedial line, a discoidal lunule faintly defined by blackish and

white scales, an oblique dark medial line with white points before

it above and below vein 4, a diffused dark postmedial line angled

outwards below vein 7, and subterminal series of minute blackish

spots with white points on their inner side, angled inwards between

veins 3 and 2; hind wing with faint oblique dark medial line,

postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish and slightly

excurved below costa, and subterminal series of minute dark spots,

the inner margin whitish; underside whitish tinged and irrorated

with brown, both wings with dark postmedial band defined on

outer side by white and excurved below costa.

Hab. Cutna (Cantor), 1 g; Assam, Silhet; Burma, Moulmein

(Clerk), 1 3, Tenasserim Thoungyen Valley (Bingham), 1 3,

Dawnat Hills (de Nicéville), 2 9; Matay Ppninsuta ; SInGAPoRE

(Ridley), 2 $3 Sumarra (de Nicéville), 1 3,1 2; Java (Horsfield),

4 3. Hap, 88-98 millim.

7393. Agonista hypoleuca. (Plate CCIV. fig. 4 9,5 9.)

Lygniodes hypoleuca, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 125, pl. 16. f. 5 (1852) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 463.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen veivety black-brown ; pectus

and ventral surface of abdomen pale yellow; mid and hind legs

grey-brown. Fore wing velvety black-brown, the cilia pure white

except towards tornus. Hind wing velvety black-brown, the

terminal area slightly glossed with blue ; the inner margin fringed

with white hair; the cilia pure white except towards apex and the

termen irrorated with white towards tornus. Underside white;

fore wing irrorated and striated with red-brown except on inner

area, the cell, costa, and terminal area to vein 3 suffused with red-

brown, a minute blackish discoidal spot defined by whitish, traces

of a brown postmedial line defined on outer side by white and

excurved below costa, a series of white points before termen on the

brown area; hind wing with the costal area striated with brown

and a few striz on medial area, a series of slight brown spots

before termen.

@. Grey-brown with a faint reddish tinge; pectus and ventral

surface of abdomen whitish; fore wing with some dark strie, a

faint dark sinuous antemedial line, reniform faintly defined at sides

by black and white, an oblique dark postmedial line with white

and black points before it above and below vein 4, a pale shade on

AGONISTA, 271

postmedial area defined on outer side by a curved dark shade

towards costa, a subterminal series of minute blackish and white

spots oblique to below vein 3 where it is angled inwards; hind

wing with faint dark stria on terminal area, an indistinct oblique

dark medial line, postmedial line dark defined on outer side by

whitish, excurved below costa, a series of minute dark subterminal

spots defined on inner side by whitish; underside white suffused

and striated with red-brown except on inner area of hind wing,

both wings with faint dark shade beyond the cell except on inner

area, both wings with the postmedial line entire except on inner

area of hind wing.

Ab. 1. ¢. Fore wing with diffused greyish postmedial shade.

Hab. Sixum, 1 ¢,3 9; Buurkn; Assam, Silhet (Stainsforth),

264,32, Khasis (Buckley), 1 g, Dibrugrah (Ward), 1 3,2 9;

AnpaMANs, 1 S$. Ewp. 90-104 millim.

7394. Agonista reducens.

Lygniodes reducens, W1k. xiii. 1286 (1857) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p- 140,

pl. 163. ff 3, 3a@; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 464.

Lygniodes disparans, Wik. xv. 1817 (1858).

Lygniodes reducens, var, H-antiqua, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 89

(1891).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish brown; pectus,

hind legs, and ventral surface of abdomen tinged with whitish.

Fore wing dark brown tinged and slightly irrorated with grey, the

terminal half of inner area shot with blue; a faint slightly sinuous

dark antemedial line ; a faint discoidal lunule defined by whitish

and black scales; an oblique dark medial line; a faint diffused

dark subterminal line with some greyish before it towards costa,

excurved below costa; a series of slight dark spots defined on inner

side by whitish before termen; cilia white except towards apex and

tornus. Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous gloss on post-

medial costal area and blue gloss on apical half of terminal area,

the inner area irrorated with grey and with faint dark strie:

traces of a curved dark antemedial line ; cilia white except towards

apex. Underside of fore wing grey-brown with faint dark post-

medial and subterminal lines on costal half, the latter defined on

outer side by whitish, the terminal area irrorated with grey; hind

wing grey-white irrorated and striated with brown, indistinct

brown antemedial and postmedial lines, and a series of slight dark

lunules before termen.

@. Pale reddish brown, the wings faintly striated with brown :

fore wing with the postmedial line more distinct ; hind wing with

dark medial line defined on outer side by whitish, and series of

slight dark spots before termen; the underside whitish tinged and

striated with brown, both wings with brown postmedial line

defined on outer side by whitish.

DBZ) NOCTUID.

Ab. 1. 3. Wings without grey striation, the lines hardly

traceable ; underside of hind wing with the costal half browner.

Ab. 2. H-antiqua, 9. Fore wing with the discoidal lunule in

the form of an old English capital E, its extremities defined by

white, its lower extremity much produced and with two white

points.

Hab. Bompay, Deccan, 1 9; Mapras, Malabar, 1 ¢, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 2 3,3 2 type H-antiqua; Travancorn, Trevandrum

(Ferguson), 1 3; Crrton (Layard), 1 3 type, Colombo (Metner),

1 @ type disparans, Kandy, (Meade-Waldo),1 3,1 2, Kanthalai

(Yerbury), 1 9. Havp. 74-90 millim.

7395. Agonista ciliata. (Plate CCIV. fig. 6 3,7 2.)

Lygniodes ciliata, Moore, P.Z.8. 1867, p. 69; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 464.

Agonista fuscescens, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 549.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing fuscous

brown ; traces of a dark antemedial line, excurved below costa and

incurved at median nervure; a white discoidal point and slight

striga beyond upper angle of cell; an indistinct diffused dark

medial line, incurved below vein 3; cilia yellowish white. Hind

wing fuscous brown with faint oblique dark antemedial line; cilia

yellowish white. Underside greyish brown; fore wing with

indistinct rather maculate dark subterminal line defined on outer

side by faint whitish marks, excurved and with more prominent

white spot below vein 7, a series of slight dark marks defined on

inner side by whitish lunules before termen; hind wing with

slight discoidal lunule defined at sides by blackish, indistinct curved

medial line, rmaculate dark postmedial line defined on outer side by

white, and series of slight dark marks before termen defined on

inner side by whitish lunules, the termen greyer.

Q@. Pale reddish brown tinged with grey-brown ; fore wing with

the lines more distinct, a pale discoidal lunulate patch extending to

below the cell, the medial line waved, a diffused dark postmedial

line excurved below costa, at middle, and at vein 1; a series of

slight dark marks defined on inner side by whitish before termen ;

hind wing with diffused dark postmedial line defined on outer side

by ochreous, a series of faint dark and whitish marks before

termen; the underside ochreous brown with a greyish tinge and

dark striation, the markings of fore wing more distinct than in

male.

Hab. W. Curna, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 36,2 @ type fuscescens ;

Srcuim (Lidderdale), 1 9; Assam, Khasis, 1 9; Perak, Larut Hills

(Flower), 1 9. Hep. 78-92 millim.

NYCTIPAO, 273

Genus NYCTIPAO.

Type.

NY GHY ODO, elon; WO, {9 AL (USA) sascccooanoou0e wenbodboonbdcee erases

ARG, Veli ayal, WN, We ATA (USBI) secaneosenntoobeooosoanacoane hieroglypnica,

Patula, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 176 (1852), nec Held., Moll.

PSSM Seeiacttaes aus. cas onemane ee ceemere ee natseee naa Aten suchas macrops.

Bocana, Wk. xxxi. 57 (1864), nec W1k. 1858 ...............0.. lunaris.

Carus, WWAlieeonp al} (USGS). cogces edosncoabodasectoumedcusesose lunaris.

Eupatula, Rag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1894, p. cevii ............ MaCcrops,

Crishna, Kirby, Allen’s Nat. Libr. v. p. 153 (1897)............ macrops.

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

above vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth;

eyes large, round; antenne of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with

hair only and without crests; pectus clothed with long woolly hair; all the

tibiz spined and moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal ridge

of hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat acute,

the termen evenly curved and highly crenulate ; the cell about one-third length

of wing ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10

anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the

cell about one-fifth length of wing ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle; 6, 7 from upper

angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sect. I. Hind wing of male with vein 3 running to the functional apex, the

costal half of wing reduced to a small lobe at base containing a

small glandular patch uf scales, veins 4 to 8 running to the lobe.

A. (Argiva.) Hind wing of male with the costal lobe, the glandular patch,

and veins 4 to 8 very much reduced.

a. Fore wing of male with the lower angle of cell obliquely truncate, the

basal part of veins 2 to 5 dilated, vein 3 widely separated from 4, 5.

7396. Nyctipao purpurata.

Argiva purpurata, Druce, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 575.

Nyctipao aroa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xv. p. 200 (1908).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown. Fore wing black-

brown; traces of a black medial line, arising below costa, excurved

beyond the cell, angled inwards at vein 2,then waved. Hind wing

uniform black-brown. Underside of both wings fuscous brown,

the terminal area somewhat paler with numerous faint dark strie ;

fore wing with indistinct curved dark postmedial line; hind wing

with indistinct oblique dark postmedial line,

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with some

grey ; fore wing greyish brown, the terminal area with numerous

indistinct dark striz, an indistinct sinuous dark antemedial line,

an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark with bilobate head, de-

fined by black and silvery white scales, the postmedial line black,

distinct, with a faint fuscous shade beyond it, an oblique postmedial

series of three white spots from below costa to vein 6, sight whitish

marks aboye and below vein 5, a spot below vein 4 and slight

whitish marks between it and inner margin, a series of obscure

blackish spots before these white markings; hind wing fuscous

brown to postmedial line, the terminal area grey-brown with

VOL. XII. a

Q74 NOCTUID®.

numerous dark strie, an indistinct whitish somewhat dentate post-

medial line, angled outwards below vein 4, a subterminal series of

faint, whitish spots; underside of both wings fuscous brown, fore

wing with the postmedial spots pure white, hind wing with series

of whitish points beyond the indistinct postmedial line.

Fig. 40.—Myctipao purpurata, 5, Q. +

T°

Hab. Borneo in Coll. Druce; Br. N. Guinza, Aroa (Pratt), type t

3g aroa in Coll. Bethune-Baker ; Sotomons, Guadaleanar (Meek),

1g,19. Hep. 6 100, 9 90 millim. Type f in Coll, Druce.

“ye

NYCTIPAO, 275

6. Fore wing of male with the neuration normal.

a‘, Fore wing with the oblique postmedial bar yellow

inymialeswihitemmetemaler: persasesecesesaseeeeeeceeneeee hieroglyphica.

b'. Fore wing with the oblique postmedial bar grey-

brownbinibothksexeseeeeen rears eec ree eeeeeee acces strigipennis.

7397. Nyctipao hieroglyphica.

Noctua hicroglyphicus, Drury, Il. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 3, pl. ii. f. 1 (1773);

Donovan, Ins. Ind. pl. 54. f. 2; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 146, pl. 165.

ff. 2, 2a; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 459.

Noctua hermonia, Cram. Pap. Exot. 11. p. 119, pl. 174. f. EH (1779).

Noctua mygdonia, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 119, pl. 174. f. F (1779).

Noctua ulula, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 211 (1781).

Bocana lunaris, Wik. xxxi. 57 (1864). -

Argiva celebensis, Upfr. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxxv. p. 46 (1874).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown. Fore wing black-

brown with numerous dark striw, very indistinct except on terminal

area which is slightly paler; an inverted comma-shaped brown

discoidal mark with bilobate head defined by black and silvery-blue

scales ; the medial black line arising from below costa just beyond

the discoidal mark, excurved beyond it and angled inwards below it,

then oblique to inner margin before middle; an oblique yellowish

white or brownish yellow postmedial bar from below costa to vein 6,

sometimes divided into two spots; an indistinct oblique waved dark

subterminal line defining the inner edge of the paler terminal area.

Hind wing black-brown with numerous very indistinct dark strie.

Underside of both wings dark brown; fore wing with yellowish

white postmedial spot below vein 4 and traces of a spot below 2.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; fore wing grey-

brown with the dark strize distinct, the postmedial oblique bar

white, a postmedial white spot below vein 4, and a mark in sub-

median interspace, these white markings with some diffused fuscous

before them; hind wing grey-brown with the dark striz distinct,

a slight curved dark antemedial line, an indistinct diffused whitish

postmedial line, angled outwards below veins 7 and 4 and with a

dark shade before it, an indistinct dark subterminal line, incurved

at discal fold and excurved at middle; underside of both wings

grey-brown, fore wing with the postmedial spots white and with

minute spots further from termen above and below vein 5 and

below 3, hind wing with white postmedial spots below veins 7

and 4.

Ab. 1. lunarzs. Fore wing with the postmedial bar more evenly

oblique and extending on vein 6 to near termen.—Samboangan,

Ternate, Celebes.

Hab. Ponsas, 19, Wuzeerabad (Hearsey), 1 3, Jubbulpore

(Ff. Butler), 13; Steam, 1g, 192; Assam (Badgley), 19, Silhet

(Stainsforth), 1 $, 1 9, Cachar (Grant), 1 6; Gansam, 1 ©;

Boupay, 1 5, 1 9; Mapras, Kadur Distr., Barecody (Trevor-

Roper), 1 2, Calicut (Fellows- Wilson), 1 2, Nilgiris (Hampson),

26, 29, Shevaroys, 1 g; Cryzon, 1 9; Burma, Moulmein

Tt 2

276 NOCTUID &.

(Clerk), 13,192, Pegu Yoma (Bingham), 13; Nicozars (Rogers),

1 o,19; Srrarts Serrtements, Malacca (Pinwill), 1 $ , Singapore

(Ridley), 3 $; Sumatra (de Nicéille), 1 9; Puiieprnes, Manila

(Ledyard), 1 8, 19, Taytai (Betton), 1 3, 1 2, Mindanao,

Samboangan (J. J. Walker), 1 $3; Java, 2 9; Moxuccas, Celebes,

Makian, type fT @ lunaris in Mus. Oxon.; Ternate (J. J. Walker),

13. Kep. 76-94 millim.

Fig. 41.—Nyctipao hiereglyphica, $, Q. +

T°

7398. Nyctipao strigipennis. (Plate CCV. figs. 1 g, 2 2.)

Argiva strigipennis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1883, p. 25; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 460.

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown. Fore wing black-

brown with numerous indistinct dark stria, the terminal area

NYCTIPAO. Pad

greyer brown ; an inverted comma-shaped ochreous discoidal mark

with bilobate head, defined by black and a few silvery blue scales;

the medial black line arising from below costa just beyond the

discoidal mark, exeurved and slightly waved beyond it and angled

inwards below it on vein 2, then oblique and waved to inner margin

before middle; an oblique postmedial ochreous brown band from

costa to vein 6; an oblique waved subterminal dark line defining

the inner edge of the paler terminal area. Hind wing black-brown

to beyond middle, the terminal area greyer brown, with numerous

indistinct dark stria. Underside of both wings fuscous brown ;

fore wing with an oblique postmedial ochreous white band from

below costa to vein 6 formed by two bars and ochreous white spots

below veins 4 and 2.

Ab. 1. Both wings with the terminal area much greyer; fore

wing with greyish line from the oblique bar, angled inwards in

discal fold and outwards below veins 4 and 2; hind wing with

diffused postmedial and terminal black-brown band.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; fore wing grey-

brown with the dark strie distinct, the oblique bar and pale line

arising from it defined on inner side by fuscous suffusion ; hind wing

grey-brown with the dark striew distinct, faint diffused antemedial

and medial dark lines, and a sinuous subterminal maculate line.

Hab. Ponsa, Jubbulpore (/, Butler), 1 2; Assam, Khasis, 2 9

type; Bomspay, Kanara, 1 ¢; Manpras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 26,

392. KHxp. 76-88 millim.

B. Hind wing of male with the costal lobe, the glandular

patch, and veins 4 to 8 moderately developed.

a. Fore wing of female with the postmedial line excurved

between veins 4 and 3.

a’, Fore wing with the medial line not waved below

COBL Dc coanabooscaboboncsoboonsqaqnasnooHbcno | aenlabosocsdaEddener caprimulgus.

b'. Fore wing with the medial line waved below costa . orion.

6. Fore wing of female with the postmedial line straight

TORONTO) E3 — soneansboosnooduacbovensoosbaoanpaGe Ansoosea4 sumatrensis.

7399. Nyctipao caprimulgus.

Noctua caprimulgus, Fabr. Spec. Ins, ii. p. 210 (1781); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 460.

Nyctipao exterior, Wik. xiv. 1306 (1858); Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi. p. 46,

pl. 112. f. 3.

Nyctipao obliterans, W1k. xiv. 1307 (1858).

Nyctipao truncata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 608.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown, the last with the

genital tufts fulvous yellow. Fore wing black-brown ; an inverted

comma-shaped discoidal mark with bilobate head, defined by black

and silvery blue and on inner side by ochreous white, a black patch

beyond it, the black medial line arising just beyond it below the

costa, excurved round it, angled inwards below it on vein 2, then

sinuous to inner margin; traces of a lunulate pale and blackish

subterminal line. Hind wing black-brown, an indistinct oblique

278 NOOTUIDA,

black antemedial line angled inwards at vein 2. Underside of

both wings fuscous brown; fore wing with postmedial series of

eight white spots in the interspaces, the spot below vein 7 larger

and displaced outwards, the spot below vein 4 slightly displaced

outwards.

Fig. 42.—Nyctipao caprimulgus, $, Q. }.

@. Wings fuscous brown, the basal area with a faint purplish

grey tinge; fore wing with sinuous blackish antemedial line, and

indistinct postmedial line angled outwards below veins 7 and 4 and

NYCTIPAO. Big)

with black shade before it forming a large quadrate patch below

costa; hind wing with the antemedial line minutely waved, a

blackish postmedial shade and indistinct sinuous subterminal line

defined by greyish, the area beyond it with faint dark strie ; the

underside with postmedial series of small white spots in the inter-

spaces, angled outwards below vein 7, and subterminal series of

slight white and blackish lunules.

Ab. 1. exterior. Both wings with the postmedial line white and

prominent with slight grey irroration beyond it.

Ab. 2. Both wings with the area beyond the postmedial line

strongly suffused with grey and with prominent dark striz, hind

wing with the white line diffused on outer side into a broad white

band with dark striz on it.

Hab, Ponsas, Masuri (Hutton), 2 9, Dharmsiala ( Hocking), 13,

40; Sream, 7 9; Brotrkn; Assam, Khidsis (Watson), 1 3,

Silhet, 2 ¢, 39, type exterior, Cachar (Grart), 1 5, 2 9,

Dibrugrah (Ward), 1 $6, 39; Bombay, Khandalla; Manras,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 3,3 9, Shevaroys, 1 9; Burma, Moulmein

(Clerk), 12, Hsipaw (Watson), 1g, Tounghoo, 1 9, Tenasserim,

Thoungeen Valley (Bingham), 19; Anpamans, 1 3 type truncatu.

Eup. 86-104 millim.

7400. Nyctipao orion, n. sp. (Plate CCIV. fig. 8.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing

fuscous brown, the basal area with a faint purplish grey gloss, the

terminal area grey-brown with numerous faint dark strie; an

indistinct waved dark antemedial line; a grey-brown inverted

comma-shaped discoidal mark with bilobate head, defined by black

and grey-brown and with some silvery blue at its extremity, the

black medial line arising below the costa just beyond it, slightly

waved to vein 6, excurved and minutely waved beyond lower

extremity of the discoidal mark and angled inwards below it on

vein 2, then waved to inner margin ; a pale postmedial line defined

on inner side by a black-brown shade, angled outwards just above

vein 6 and excurved below veins 4 and 2; a black-brown patch on

costal area towards apex; a subterminal series of white and black-

brown lunulate marks, incurved below vein 6 and excurved below

veins 4 and 2. Hind wing fuscous brown, the terminal half grey-

brown with numerous faint dark striz ; a minutely waved blackish

antemedial line ; a pale medial line with black-brown shade before

it, excurved below costa; a pale lunulate subterminal line defined

on outer side by blackish, excurved below costa and angled out-

wards at vein 2. Underside of both wings fuscous brown; fore

wing with postmedial series of eight white spots, the spot belew

vein 7 larger and displaced outwards, the spot below vein 4 slightly

displaced outwards, a subterminal series of slight white and blackish

lunules; hind wing with postmedial series of small white spots in

the interspaces and subterminal series of slight white and blackish

lunules.

280 NOCTUID.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the terminal half pale brown leaving dark

patches before the postmedial line from costa to vein 4 and vein 2

to inner margin and a dark patch on costa towards apex; hind

wing with the area beyond the postmedial line pale brown.—Ceram.

Hab. Bornuo, Trusan (Shelford), 1 2 type; Ceram in Coll.

Druce. wp. 106 millim.

7401. Nyctipao sumatrensis, n. sp. (Plate CCV. fig. 3.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing

fuscous brown, the basal area tinged with purplish grey, the

terminal area somewhat paler and with numerous faint dark striee ;

a sinuous blackish antemedial line; an inverted comma-shaped dis-

coidal mark with bilobate head, defined by black and ochreous grey

and its extremity by silvery blue, the black medial line arising

below costa just beyond it, slightly incurved at vein 6, then

excurved round lower extremity of the discoidal mark and angled

inwards below it on vein 2, then sinuous to inner margin; post-

medial line indistinct, pale defined on inner side by a black-brown

shade, strongly angled outwards above vein 2, then incurved, and

again excurved below vein 2; a blackish patch on costal area

towards apex; a subterminal series of small black and white

lunules, incurved below vein 6 and excurved at submedian fold.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the terminal half greyish brown with

numerous faint dark strize; a curved minutely waved dark ante-

medial line; a blackish medial shade bounding the dark area and

excurved below costa; a subterminal series of slight pale and

blackish lunules, incurved below vein 6. Underside of both wings

fuscous brown; fore wing with postmedial series of eight white

spots in the interspaces, the spot below vein 7 larger and displaced

outwards, a subterminal series of slight white and black lunules ;

hind wing with postmedial series of small whitish spots in the

interspaces and subterminal series of slight white and blackish

lunules.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with patch of white suffusion between the

postmedial and subterminal lines from costa to vein 6, then grey

irroration to inner margin; hind wing with the postmedial area

suffused with white.—In Coll. Druce.

Hab. Sumatra (de Niceville), 1 2 type. Hep. 100 millim.

Sucr. II, (Patula.) Hind wing of male with the costal half aborted and

forming a fold turned over on upper surface containing a large

glandular patch of flocculent hair, vein 4 running to the functional

apex, 5 from middle of discocellulars, 6 to the fold, 7 and 8 very

minute to near base of costa.

A. Fore wing of male with fine black subterminal line.

a. Fore wing of male with the subterminal line close to

termen and evenly curved below vein 8.............. ... nyctaculis.

b. Fore wing of male with the subterminal line further

from termen and somewhat sinuoUs .........c..0..ee eee grost.

NYCTIPAO, 281

B. Fore wing of male with the subtermiual line broader,

waved or maculate and further from termen.

a. Hind wing with the postmedial band evenly curved ... macfarlanei.

6, Hind wing with the postmedial band excurved below

vein 7 and at middle.

a‘, Wings without dark shade between the postmedial

andisubtermlinal@linesmeeeeesesterste-ceere eet e esses sere javanensis.

b', Wings with dark shade between the postmedial

and subterminal lines.

a>. Wings dark brown suffused with purple, the shade

beyond the postmedial line more diffused ...... valcert.

b?, Wings grey-brown hardly tinged with purple, the

shade beyond the postmedial line more distinct

FIVE PTTEWEONTET® |) yoodooposnpsasdctacsSoouAuaC aoa enaABoEnAs macrops.

7402. Nyctipao nyctaculis. (Plate CCV. fig. 4.)

Nyctipao nyctaculis, Snell. Tijd. vy. Ent. xxiii. p. 95, pl. 7. f. 1 (1880);

Semp. Reis. Phil., Lep. i. p. 544.

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown slightly tinged with

purple. Fore wing brown tinged with purple; antemedial line

strong, blackish, obliquely incurved to submedian fold, then erect ;

an obliqne black bar from middle of costa; a very large ocellus in,

beyond, and below end of cell, defined by black, with inverted

comma-shaped fulvous mark in inner part of centre and comma-

shaped black mark in outer part of centre, a curved silvery blue

streak on its lower edge, a silvery blue line defining the head of

the black mark and minute streaks below veins 5 and 4 before its

tail; medial line blackish, arising below costa, then curved round

the outer edge of the oeellus, very strongly angled inwards on vein

2 below the ocellus, then again excurved ; a narrow blackish post-

medial band, oblique to vein 6, then slight and incurved to vein 4,

then stronger and sinuous to inner margin where it is diffused

inwards; a curved black subterminal line arising from a black bar

from costa and excurved at vein 8. Hind wing brown tinged with

purple; a rather diffused oblique medial blackish line, broad post-

medial shade, and blackish subterminal line. Underside blackish

brown; fore wing with series of white striz before termen.

@. Both wings with the terminal area paler; fore > wing with

the subterminal line much more excurved below vein 7, at middle

and submedian fold, the outer line much further from termen,

curved, waved, and angled inwards below vein 5; hind wing aii

the medial line sinuous, the postmedial shade ex curved below vein

7 and at middle, the outer line further from termen and waved ;

underside of both wings with postmedial line with series of white

spots on it excurved below veins 7 and 3, and a series of white

striz before termen.

ffab, Purierines, Manila (Ledyard), 1g; Cetzprs. Exp. 100

millim.

282 NOCTUID A.

*7403. Nyctipao wrosa. (Plate CCV. fig. 5.)

Argiva erosa, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. 1i. p. 116 (1900).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing

fuscous brown; an indistinct dark antemedial line, oblique and

sinuous below submedian fold; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal

mark with bilobate head and defined by black, a blackish patch

beyond it with some silvery blue on it beyond both head and tail of

the discoidal mark, the black medial line arising from the tail of

the discoidal mark, excurved round it and angled inwards below it

on vein 2, then sinuous to inner margin, followed by a fuscous

shade; a diffused fuscous postmedial shade, slightly excurved below

vein 7 and at middle; subterminal line formed by blackish strie,

excurved below costa and middle and slightly incurved at vein 5.

Hind wing fuscous brown with indistinct oblique dark medial line.

Underside of both wings black-brown ; fore wing with the terminal

area rather paler with numerous indistinct dark strize and a sub-

terminal series of white striae with white points at the veins.

Hab. Gito.o (Doherty), type f 3 in Mus. Oxon. Hap. 90

millim.

This is possibly the true male of NM. nyctaculis, Snell. and the

Philippine species new.

7404. Nyctipao macfarlanei. (Plate CCVI. fig. 1.)

Patula macfarlanet, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xviii. p. 127 (1876).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown slightly tinged with grey ;

genital tufts of hair fulvous yellow. Fore wing brown suffused

with purplish grey; a faint dark subbasal line from below costa to

submedian fold; a slightly sinuous dark antemedial line ; an oblique

dark bar from middle of costa and oblique slightly sinuous line from

vein 2 to inner margin; a very large fulvous-tinged ocellus in,

beyond, and below end of cell with comma-shaped black mark in

outer part of centre, with some silvery-blue irroration at its head,

silvery-blue streaks below veins 5 and 4 before its tail and a striga

at extremity of tail; postmedial line blackish, arising below costa,

excurved round the ocellus and strongly angled inwards below it,

then sinuous, another curved line beyond it expanding into an

oblique bar-shaped patch from below costa to vein 6; a waved

subterminal black line, slightly incurved at vein 5 and w vith slight

fuscous shade before it. Hind wing brown suffused with pupligh

grey ; a blackish medial line slightly excurved beyond lower angle

of cell, and slightly sinuous blackish postmedial and subterminal

lines, the last with faint fuscous shade before it. Underside grey-

brown to beyond middle, the terminal area fuscous brown with a

purplish gloss ; fore wing with postmedial series of eight white

spots, the spots below vein 7 and 4 displaced outwards, and sub-

NYCTIPAO. 283

terminal series of white striae; hind wing with three postmedial

white spots and three subterminal striz.

Hab. Amsorna (Forbes), 13; Br. N. Guinra, Aroa R.; QurEns-

Lanp, Cape York (McFarlane), 1 3 type. Hap. 142 millim.

7405. Nyctipao javanensis, n. sp. (Plate CCVI. fig. 2.)

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown with a slight grey gloss.

Fore wing brown strongly suffused with purple-grey ; a faint curved

blackish subbasal line from below costa to submedian fold.; ante=

medial line black, sinuous; an oblique medial black bar from costa

and sinuous line from cell to inner margin; a very large ocellus in,

beyond, and below the end of cell, defined by black, its inner part

with inverted comma-shaped fulvous mark, its outer with comma-

shaped black mark with some silvery blue at its head, and silvery-

blue streaks below veins 5 and 4 before its tail, its lower part defined

by a curved silvery-blue streak ; postmedial line black, arising

below costa, excurved round the ocellus, strongly angled inwards

below it, then sinuous, another line beyond it, expanding into a

patch between veins 8 and 6 and patches below veins 4, 2 and 1;

a subterminal series of black spots, excurved below costa, incurved

below vein 5, then slightly sinuous. Hind wing brown strongly

suffused with purple-grey except on basal area where the hair is

reddish brown ; a blackish medial line excurved beyond the cell; a

rather diffused black postmedial line, angled outwards below veins

7 and 4; a sinuous subterminal maculate band. Underside grey-

brown to middle, then purplish fuscous; fore wing with postmedial

series of seven white spots, the spots above and below vein 5 and

below vein 3 displaced inwards, and a subterminal series of eight

white lunules; hind wing with postmedial series of seven white

spots, the spots below veins 7 and 4 displaced outwards, and

subterminal series of seven lunules.

Hab. Java, 1 Q type. wp. 72 millim.

7406. Nyctipao valceri.

Patula walkeri, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) svi. p. 406 (1875); Saalm. Lep.

Madag. p. 450, f. 137.

3g. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown. Fore wing

brown with a slight purplish grey gloss ; a sinuous antemcdial line,

excurved at submedian fold; an oblique black bar from middle of

costa and waved line from vein 2 to inner margin; a very large

ocellus in, beyond, and below end of cell, defined by black, with

inverted comma-shaped fulvous mark in inner part of centre and

comma-shaped black mark in outer part of centre, a curved silvery-

blue streak on its lower edge, some silvery-blue irroration on upper

part of the black mark, and short silvery-blue streaks below veins 5

and 4 before the tail of the black mark; postmedial line arising

from a rather diffused fuscous mark below costa, then curved round

284 NOCTUIDAE,

the outer edge of the ocellus and strongly angled inwards on vein 2,

then waved to inner margin, a large irregularly wedge-shaped black

patch beyond it from below costa to vein 5 with a sinuous line from

it to inner margin, excurved below veins 4 and 2; subterminal

line represented by a sinuous series of rather lunulate black marks,

excurved below veins 7 and 4 and with a similar obscure fuscous

lunulate band before it. Hind wing brown with a slight purplish

grey gloss; an oblique blackish medial line ; a slightly waved post-

medial blackish band defined on outer side by grey; a subterminal

series of blackish bars, slightly incurved below vein 2. Underside

of both wings greyish brown to beyond middle, then fuscous brown

with a purplish gloss, a postinedial series of white spots in the

interspaces, on fore wing excurved below veins 7 and 4, and

subterminal series of slight white lunules.

@. Hind wing with the medial line excurved beyond lower angle

of cell, the postmedial band angled outwards below veins 7 and 4,

the subterminal series of bars incurved between veins 6 and 4;

the underside with the postmedial series of white spots and sub-

terminal series of lunules incurved between veins 6 and 4.

Hab. Gouv Coast (Johnston), 1 3, Ashanti, Obuassi (Graham),

2 8; 8. Nieeris, Lagos, Yaba (Steger), 1 ¢, Old Calabar (Cromp-

ton), 19, Onitsha, 1 5,19, Oban Distr. (Valbot), 12; N. Nteerta

(Dudgeon), 1 2; Coneo, Boma (Christy), 1 ¢; Angora, Kibokolo

do Zombo (Lewis), 1 9; Br. KH. Arrica, Masailand (Hunter), 1 2,

Kilima’njaro (Hannington), 1 ¢, Taveta (Itogers), 1 2, Nairobi

(Crawshay), 1 9; Ucanpa, Bugoba (Ladbury), 1 g, 1 2, Ruwen-

zori (Wollaston), 1 9; Germ. HK. Arrica, Usagara, Kilossa (eave),

192; Br. C. Arnica, Tanganyika (Hore), 19, Blantyre (Ambruster),

1 2, Mlanji Boma (Weave), 1 9; Masnonanann, Salisbury (Mar-

shall), 1 2; Mozameique, Beira (Sheppard), 1 3; Natat, Tongaat

R., 1 gS, Malvern (Marshall), 1 3, Durban (Gueinzius, McKen,

Burrows), 13,29 type; Mapaeascar (Pfeffer) 19, Fianarantsoa

(Cowan), 1 dg, Pydekke, 1 5, 1 2; Mauritius (Manders), 1 3;

Seycueres, Aldabra (eade- Waldo), 192. Hxp. 120-134 millim,

7407. Nyctipao macrops.

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown, tegule blackish at tips,

the patagia with blackish band towards tips, genital tufts of hair

yellow. Fore wing brown with a slight purplish gloss; a curved

black subbasal line from below costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line black, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then sinuous;

medial line represented by an oblique black bar from costa, and a

line from cell to inner margin angled outwards in submedian fold

and below vein 1; a very large ocellus in, beyond, and below end of

cell, fulvous defined by black, a comma-shaped black mark in outer

NYCTIPAO. 285

part of centre with silvery-blue stria and irroration on inner side

of its head and silvery-blue streak below veins 5 and 4 before its

tail and slight oblique striga at end of tail; postmedial line black,

arising below costa, excurved round the ocellus and strongly angled

inwards below it, then excurved in submedian interspace and above

inner margin, followed by another line with three maculate patches

Fig, 43.—Nyctipao macrops, 3, Q. 2.

from below costa to vein 6, excurved to vein 2, then sinuous; a

subterminal series of rather lunulate black bars, excurved below

costa and incurved below vein 5, with a series of rather ill-defined

blackish patches before it. Hind wing brown with a slight purplish

gloss; a slightly sinuous blackish medial line; a waved postmedial

line; a subterminal lunulate line with a series of maculate blaek

patches before it. Underside pale brown to beyond middle, the

terminal area fuscous brown except towards tornus; fore wing

with postmedial series of eight white spots, displaced inwards above

and below vein 5 and below 3, and subterminal series of white

286 NOCTUIDAE.

lunules ; hind wing with incurved postmedial series of three white

spots and subterminal series of three lunules.

2. Hind wing with the medial line excurved beyond lower

angle of cell, a postmedial series of lunulate spots and a subterminal

series with the spots below veins 7 and 4 displaced outwards and

with series of irregular spots before it; the underside with post-

medial series of seven white spots, the spots below veins 7 and 4

displaced outwards, and subterminal series of seven lunules.

Hab. Japan; C. Catna, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9; W. Coina, Ta-

chien-lu (Pratt), 1 S$; Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 $, Kasauli

(Barrow), 1 3, 2 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 1 ¢, Jubbulpore

(i, Butler), 1 3; Nepat, 1 d; Sixarm (Fotheringham), 1 9;

Assam, Silhet (Badgley), 1 3, 2 9; Gansam, 1 2; Bomsay, 2 9;

Mapras, Malabar, 1 ¢, Coorg, 1 g, Nilgiris (Hampson), 13,12,

Shevaroys, 1 $; Crrton (Templeton), 135, 19; Up. Burma

(Wood), 12 ; S. Burma (Carpenter), 1 9, Tenasserim (Bingham),

1 9; Tavoy,1 S$. Hep. 128-154 millim.

Secr. IIT. Hind wing of male with the neuration normal.

A. Hind iegs of male with the tibiz above and below except at base and the

Ist joint of tarsus above fringed with long hair.

7408. Nyctipao atavistis, n. sp.

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Fore wing dark

brown; antemedial line blackish, bent inwards below submedian

fold and excurved at vein 1; a large inverted comma-shaped

discoidal mark defined by blackish, with blue-white scales beyond it

on outer side and below, its centre defined by whitish on inner side ;

postmedial line blackish, arising below the costa, sinuous, bent

inwards below vein 3; an obliquely incurved series of three white

spots from below the costa to above vein 6, the lowest larger, before

the subterminal series of small blackish spots in the interspaces,

incurved at vein 5 and below vein 3, the spots towards costa with

white points on their inner side. Hind wing dark brown; an in-

distinct sinuous dark antemedial line; two faint dark bars at end

of cell; an indistinct oblique slightly sinuous dark medial line; a

subterminal series of faint dark spots in the interspaces, incurved

at discal fold. Underside grey-brown; fore wing with curved

postmedial line, a faint sinuous dark line arising from the three

white spots with a minute white spot on it below vein 4, subterminal

and terminal series of small white and blackish lunules; hind wing

with dark postmedial line and subterminal and terminal series of

small white and blackish lunules.

Hab. Ucanpa, Entebbe (Neave), 1g type. Hp. 82 millim.

NYCTIPAO. 287

Fig. 44.—Nyctipao atavistis, 3. }.

B. Hind legs of male with the tibiz and tarsi not fringed with long hair.

a. Wings of male entirely clothed with velvety androconia.

*7409, Nyctipao orcina.

Argiva orcina, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 115. f. 14 (1874).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep chocolate-brown. Fore

wing deep chocolate-brown with a faint purple gloss; a large

whorl-shaped discoidal mark faintly defined by blackish, the inner

part of the centre with inverted comma-shaped mark with bilobate

head with slight white spot on it; a conical yellow spot below costa

towards apex. Hind wing uniform deep chocolate-brown with a

faint purple gloss. Underside deep red-brown; fore wing with the

spot below apex white, a faint waved dark subterminal line with

minute points on its costal half, incurved below vein 5 and at sub-

median fold; hind wing with slight yellow striga below costa on a

faint waved subterminal line.

Hab. Monvuccas (Lorquin), type t 3 in Coll. Rothschild. wp.

116 millim.

288 NOCTUID &.

Fig. 45.—Nyctipao orcina, 3. }

b. Fore wing of male clothed with velvety androconia on upperside to post-

medial line except at costa; hind wing clothed with velvety androconia

to the postmedial line.

7410. Nyctipao albicincta.

Erebus albicinctus, Koll. Higel’s Kaschmir, iv. p. 474, pl. 22 (1844);

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 461.

Erebus rivularis, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 57, pl. 28. f. 3 (1848).

$. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown. Fore wing

clothed with rough dark brown androconia to the postmedial line

except the costa and discoidal stigma, the terminal area blue-black ;

the discoidal stigma whorl-shaped, its centre with large black

lunule on outer side and brown-red on inner side with silvery blue

irroration and two points on it and defined on inner side by black,

the outer part of the whorl grey-green with a slight curved dark

line on it; postmedial line white, arising below costa, oblique to

below vein 6 where it is slightly angled, angled outwards to near

termen below vein 4, then incuryed and ending at vein 1; veins 4

to 1 often slightly streaked with white on terminal area; the

termen and cilia white. Hind wing clothed with rough dark-brown

androconia to the postmedial line, the terminal area blue-black ;

postmedial line white, strong, oblique towards costa and angled

NYCTIPAO. 289

outwards below veins 7 and 4; the veins of terminal area streaked ~

with white; termen and cilia white. Underside of both wings

dark brown with a slight purplish tinge to the white postmedial

line, the terminal areas slightly irrorated with grey.

thy

Ta rmagTA

Fig. 46,—Nyctipao albicincta, S. 3.

2. Both wings brilliant blue-black, with the hair on basal area

only dark brown; a diffused curved postmedial dark shade,

Ab. 1. 9. Hind wing without white streaks on the veins of

terminal area.—Tormosa.

Hab. Formosa (Seebonm), 12; W. Cuina, Kwei-chow, 1;

Pounsas, 1 2, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Youny),1 ¢,19,Simla (Harford),

23,29, Kasauli, 1 ¢, Masuri (Hutton), 1 ¢, Dharmsala (Hocking),

36, 19, Abbottabad (Verbury), 12; Nera (Ramsay), 13:

Sikuim; Assan (Badgley), 23,29, Khasis (Parish), 12, Cherra

Panji (Buckley), 1 3, Silhet, 1 $, Shillong (Parish), 13; ? Mavras,

Nilgiris; Burma, Hsipaw (de Nicéville), 1S, Eap, 108-136 millim,

ec. Fore wiug of male on upperside with the area below the cell and discoidal

stigma clothed with rough androconia to beyond middle but not to the

postmedial line; hind wing wholly clothed with rough androconia

except a narrow terminal band,

7411, Nyctipao pilosa,

Nyctipao pilosa, Leech, Trans. Ent, Soc. 1900, p. 548,

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown, the last with a

VOL. XII. U

290 NOCTUID.®.

faint bluish tinge. Fore wing brown strongly suffused with steel-

blue, the androconia on inner area fuscous brown; a slight sinuous

dark antemedial line from costa to median nervure; a large whorl-

shaped discoidal mark, defined by black, the inner part of centre

with inverted comma-shaped dull red mark with bilobate head

defined by silvery blue, the outer part of centre with large blue-

black patch defined on outer side by dull red, a faint dark shade

beyond the discoidal patch from below costa to vein 4; a slight

sinuous whitish postmedial line, arising below costa, oblique to

below vein 4 and angled outwards below vein 6, obsolescent and

incurved from below vein 4 to above tornus, Hind wing fuscous

Fig. 47.—Nyctipao pilosa, S$. }.

brown, the narrow terminal band purple-blue; cilia brown. Under-

side of both wings brown suffused with steel-blue; fore wing with

the whitish postmedial line more distinct ; hind wing with slightly

sinuous subterminal series of minute whitish spots.

@. Wings wholly suffused with steel-blue except the brown hair

at base; fore wing with the indistinct antemedial line continued on

inner area, the discoidal stigma with the black centre defined on

outer side by grey, an oblique sinuous fuscous line trom the stigma

to inner margin, the shade beyond it continued to inner margin and

diffused in submedian interspace; hind wing with diffused medial

dark line, a slight waved whitish postmedial line bent outwards

between veins 4, 3.

NYCTIPAO. 291

Hab. W. Cuina, Chang-Yang (Pratt), 1 3g type, Wa-shan

(Pratt), 1 2, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 2 9, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 3 Q.

Exp. 94-108 millim.

d, Fore wing of male not clothed with androconia ; hind wing on upperside

clothed with rough androconia to near postmedial line except at inner

margin.

7412. Nyctipao glaucopis.

Nyctipao gluucopis, Wik. xiv. 1806 (1857); Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi. p. 45,

pl. 112. f. 4; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 461.

Nyctipao prunosa, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1883, p. 26.

$. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing

brown strongly suffused with purple-blue except the brown hair at

Fig. 48.—Nyetipao glaucopis, $. }.

base; a large whorl-shaped discoidal mark defined by black, the

inner side of its centre with inverted greenish brown comma-shaped

mark with bilobate head defined by brilliant blue and white scales,

the outer part of centre with black patch defined on outer side by

grey-green; a faint dark shade beyond the discoidal mark, arising

below costa and excurved beyond the stigma, then erect; an in-

distinct grey-white postmedial line, arising below costa, oblique to

below vein 4, and angled outwards below vein 6, incurved below

vein 4 and ending at vein 1. Hind wing clothed with fuscous

292 NOCTUID A.

brown androconia to near tho postmedial line, the inner margin and

terminal area suffused with purple-blue; two postmedial white

spots below costa with an indistinct slightly waved whitish line

from them to inner margin; cilia brown. Underside of both wings

brown tinged with purple-blue; fore wing with the white post-

medial line broken up into spots; hind wing with postmedial series

of small white spots.

©. Hind wing purple-blue with the hair on basal area only

brown.

Hab, Punsas, Simla (Read, Harford), 23, 29, Kasauli, 3 3

type prunosa, Dharmsila (Hocking), 29; Srxaim, Chentong (Tvbet

Exp.), 19; Assam (Badgley), 13, Silhet, 19 type, Cherra Panji

(Buckley), 19. Exp. 86-110 millim.

. (Nyctipao.) Wings of male not clothed with velvety

androconia.

a. Wings with white or pale subapical mark.

a, Fore wing of female with the medial line oblique

and straight below vein 2.

a*, Hind wing of male without yellowish post-

medial band.

a>. Hind wing of female without white post-

miedial band, .ycccave.ie aa eeeccsenesenson neseercsens crepuscularis.

6°. Hind wing of female with white postmedial

band.

a4, Hind wing of male with dentate whitish

medial line.

a°, Fore wing of female with large wedge-

shaped white subapical spot ............... clavifera.

b*. Fore wing of female with small bar-shaped

white subapical spot ...............s2eeeeeee eee dentifascia.

6'. Hind wing of male with oblique diffused

darkem ediall@line eieeeeeee cree et cee eee eeee eter ee variegata.

62. Hind wing of male with yellowish postmedial band bismarcia.

b'. Fore wing of female with the medial line erect

and wavedubelowaveins2mescasesesseseesscce reece eke leucotenia,

6. Wings without white or pale subapical mark.

a‘, Wings with the inner edge of the postimedial band

Oye ky CHIR VEC ls ocoondscoxodco0900e5000 suondsboonoseobaDEdbDdGS gemmans.

1. Wings with the inner edge of the postmedial band

sinuous,

a>, Wings with the cilia white........ avi Seeoneencelce ons jaintiana.

42, Wings with the cilia not white ....................0. . superba,

7413. Nyctipao crepuscularis.

Noctua crepuscularis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. 1, 2, p. 811 (1767); Cram.

Pap. Exot. ii. p. 98, pl. 159. f. A; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 148, pl. 165.

ff. 1, la; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 461.

Nyctipao ephesperis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 272 (1827).

Nyctipao letitia, Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. iii. p. 26, pl. 47. f. 9 (1879).

Head and thorax dark brown ; pectus and abdomen more ochreous

brown, the latter with dark dorsal band on basal segment and

whitish bands on three following segments. Fore wing dark

brown, the terminal area more or less suffused with grey; a dark

NYCTIPAO. 293

antemedial line defined on inner side by greyish, angled outwards

below costa, excurved at median nervure, then oblique ; an inverted

comma-shaped discoidal mark with bilobate head, defined by black

and on inner side also by whitish and the head by silvery blue scales

with some blackish beyond it; medial line black defined on outer

side by a narrow white band, excurved from costa round the

discoidal mark and angled inwards on vein 2, then very oblique to

inner margin towards base, a diffused ochreous white band beyond

it from vein 6 to inner margin; a slight dark minutely waved

Fig. 49.—Nyctipao crepuscularis, S$. }.

postmedial line, defined on outer side by white and with grey or

violaceous white suffusion beyond it, erect to below vein 4 where it

is slightly angled outwards, then very slightly incurved; a bidentate

white spot below costa towards apex with the slight waved whitish

subterminal line defined on outer side by dark brown arising from

if and with more distinct white lunules on it in parts, oblique to

below vein 5, strongly bent outwards between veins 5 and 4, then

again oblique to submedian fold and excurved above inner margin,

a dark brown patch on costal area beyond the white spot. Hind

wing dark brown, the terminal half reddish brown except the post-

294 NOCTUIDAE.

medial costal area; a diffused ochreous white subbasal band followed

by the obliquely curved black antemedial line defined on outer side

by ochreous white; a minutely waved whitish medial line with

some grey or violaceous white suffusion beyond it; avery irregularly

waved black subterminal line slightly defined on inner side by

ochreous and with oblique white mark before it below costa,

strongly incurved between veins 6 and 4 and bent outwards

between veins 4 and 3, then oblique to inner margin. Under-

side of both wings ochreous brown; fore wing with indistinct

curved whitish medial band more or less developed, postmedial

series of white spots, and series of white spots on the subterminal

line, the spot below costa large; hind wing with black discoidal

striga, indistinct double curved antemedial line, dark medial line,

and the irregularly waved subterminal line with white mark on it

below costa.

Ab. 1. letitia. Fore wing without the ochreous white band

beyond the medial line, the postmedial line stronger and pure

white; hind wing without the ochreous white subbasal band, the

medial line strong, pure white and not waved.

Hab, Javan, Hakodaté (Whiteley), 12 type letitia, Nagasaki

(Leech), 12, Fusiki (Leech), 19, Satsuma (Leech), 12, Kiushiu,

1d, Tsuruga (Leech), 1 5 , Yokohama (Pryer), 2 3; Loo-Cuoo Is.

(Pryer), 13,19; Centr. Cuina, Kiukiang (Pratt),2$6; W.Curna,

Chang-yang (Pratt), 1g, Omei-shan, 1 ¢; Ponsas (Horne), 16,

Masuri, 1¢, 19, Kasauli, 19, Dharmsala (Hocking), 1d, 292;

Sixuim (Rothney), 13, 29; Assam, Shillong (Rawlings), 19,

Dibrugrah (Ward), 22, Cachar (Grant), 12; Manpras, Belgaum

(Swinhoe), 12, Malabar (Watkins), 23, Nilgiris (Hampson), 23,

Shevaroys (Shortt), 19; Cryron, 1¢,192, Peradeniya (Verbury),

13, Kelani Valley (Braine), 13; Burma, 13, Moulmein (Clerk),

1@, Venasserim, Thoungyeen Valley (Bingham), 1 3; ANDAMANS,

13,19; Srratrs Serrinements, Malacca (Pinwill), 1 5, Singapore

(Ridley), 43,49; Sumarra (orbes), 19; Borneo, 1g; Purir-

pinks, Manila, 1¢; Java (Horsfield), 1g; New Guinua, Waigu,

13,292. Ep. 86-116 millim.

7414, Nyctipao clavifera, n. sp. (Plate CCVI. fig. 3.)

Nyctipao leucotenia, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 184 (part), pl. 20. f. 1.

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown; pectus, legs, and

ventral surface of abdomen greyish. fore wing fuscous brown, the

basal area with a slight purplish grey gloss; an indistinct dark

antemedial line, oblique below the cell; an inverted comma-shaped

discoidal mark with bilobate head, detined by black and its head by

silvery blue scales, some white and rufous in inner part of centre ;

medial line black defined on outer side by white, excurved from

costa round and below the discoidal mark, then indistinct and

oblique to inner margin; an oblique pure white postmedial band

with dentate outer edge, arising below costa and narrowing above ;

NYCTIPAO. 295

a wedge-shaped white patch below costa before apex with indented

outer edge, followed by the interrupted waved white subterminal

line defined on outer side by black-brown, oblique to the postmedial

band below vein 5 and strongly bent outwards between veins 4

and 3; the terminal area slightly greyer with indistinct dark

strie. Hind wing fuscous brown; an indistinct dark antemedial

line excurved to submedian fold, then oblique; a pure white post-

medial band with dentate outer edge; subterminal line with narrow

oblique white bar below costa, the white defined on outer side by

black-brown, bent inwards to near postmedial band, waved and

defined on outer side by grey hair between veins 6 and 4 and from

vein 3 to inner margin. Underside of both wings with the basal

half greyish, the white postmedial band of tore wing broken up into

spots.

Hab. Hone Kone (Bowring), 1 Q type; Puimiprines, Manila.

Exp. 118 millim.

7415. Nyctipao dentifascia. (Plate CCVI. fig. 4 g,5 9.)

Nyctipao dentifascia, Wik. xxxiii. 947 (1865).

Nyctipao variegaia, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 114 (1900), nec

Butl. 1887.

3. Head and thorax dark brown, the neck with ochreous ring ;

pectus ochreous; abdomen dark brown with greyish band near base,

the ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing dark brown; an indistinct

dark antemedial line defined on inner side by greyish, angled

outwards below costa and excurved below the cell; an inverted

comma-shaped discoidal mark with bilobate head, defined by black

and whitish and its head by silvery blue; medial line black with

diffused ochreous white band beyond it, excurved from costa round

the discoidal mark aud angled inwards below it on vein 2, then

oblique to inner margin towards base; traces of a dentate post-

medial line, oblique below vein 4, a black-brown patch beyond it

from costa to vein 6; a lunulate subterminal white spot below costa

with a small lunule below it; the waved subterminal line with

slight white lunules on it defined by black-brown, strongly incurved

between veins 6 and 4 and bent outwards between veins 4 and 3.

Hind wing dark brown, the postmedial area ochreous brown except

towards costa; a diffused ochreous brown subbasal band followed

by the dark antemedial line defined on outer side by ochreous; a

dentate grey medial line with some grey irroration beyond it; an

oblique white subterminal spot below costa with small white spo

below it on the inner edge of the irregularly waved black sub-

terminal line slightly defined on inner side by ochreous, incurved

between veins 6 and 4 and bent outwards between veins 4 and 3.

Underside of both wings ochreous yellow, the terminal area brown

with numerous indistinct dark strive; fore wing with curved medial

line from costa to vein 2, indistinct dentate postmedial line and

series of white lunules representing the irregular subterminal line ;

hind wing with dark discoidal point, indistinct curved antemedial

296 NOCIUIDA.

line and dentate medial and postmedial lines, the subterminal line

as above.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with more white on postmedial area ;- hind

wing with the costal half white to beyond middle; the underside

white with the basal half of fore wing and base of hind wing

suffused with brown, also the terminal area of both wings.

@. Head, thorax, and wings black-brown; both wings with

prominent oblique white postmedial band with dentate outer edge ;

fore wing with the subterminal white spot below costa reduced to

a striga, hind wing with it narrow and oblique; underside of both

wings brown with maculate white postmedial band and irregular

subterminal series of black and white lunules.

Hab, QurenstanD (Hisey), 1 2 type, type T ¢ variegata in Mus.

Oxon., Brisbane (Turner), 13,19. Hap. 98-120 millim.

7416. Nyctipao variegata. (Plate CCVI. figs. 64,79.)

Nyctipao variegata, Butl, A. M.N. H. (5) xix. p. 482 (1887), ¢.

Nyctipao caliginea, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xix. p. 433 (1887), Q.

3d. Head and tegule red-brown; thorax red-brown mixed with

greyish ; palpi ochreous brown; pectus ochreous; legs grey-brown ;

abdomen ochreous dorsally suffused with brown except a band on

2nd segment. Fore wing grey suffused with dark red-brown; a

curved slightly sinuous antemedial blackish line ; an inverted

comma-shaned discoidal mark with bilobate head, defined by black

and yellow and its head by silvery blue scales, some yellow in centres

of both head and tail; postmedial line strong, black-brown defined

on outer side by a broad yellowish white band, whiter towards

costa, arising from costa just beyond the discoidal mark and ex-

curved round it, then angled inwards below it on vein 2 and oblique

to inner margin towards base, a brownish line beyond its excurved

part; a darker brown patch on postmedial area from costa to vein 5,

spot between veins 4 and 3, and triangular patch on inner area; a

conical white spot below costa towards apex followed by a more or

less developed series of white lunulate spots, oblique to vein 5 and

bent outwards between veins 4 and 3, the spot above vein 4 some-

times elongate; the terminal area with faint dark strie. Hind

wing greyish suffused with brown, the basal area ochreous white ;

an oblique blackish subbasal line ; an indistinct oblique medial line ;

a wedge-shaped white patch below apical part of costa and sub-

terminal series of black and white lunules, incurved between veins

6 and 4, and bent outwards between veins 4 and 3. Underside of

both wings ochreous white, the terminal areas suffused and striated

with brown; fore wing with curved medial line, the subterminal

white spots well developed; hind wing with small black discoidal

spot, oblique brown antemedial line, and the subterminal series of

white spots well developed.

@. Fuscous brown; fore wing with the excurved part of medial

NYCTIPAO. 297

line slightly defined on outer side by white but without the broad

yellowish white band beyond it, a white postmedial band with

irregularly dentate outer edge, arising below costa where it is

attenuated and slightly bent outwards and somewhat oblique below

vein 4; hind wing with white medial band with its outer edge

produced to streaks on the veins and in the interspaces ; the under-

side fuscous brown, the basal half with a slight greyish tinge, the

white band reduced to spots on fore wing and on hind wing with

its outer edge dentate in the interspaces, the subterminal spot

between veins 4, 3 on each wing nearer the termen.

Ab. 1. 2. Both wings with the subterminal white spot between

veins 4 and 3 oblique.

Hab. Sovomons, Guadaleanar (Meck), 23, Alu (Woodford), 13,

12 type, and type caliginea, Gizo Is. Hap. 88-124 millim.

7417. Nyctipao bismarcia, n. sp. (Plate CCVII. figs. 1 3,2 @.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown; pectus in front

and ventral surface of abdomen 1ufous. Fore wing dark brown;

an indistinct diffused dark antemedial line, oblique below submedian

fold ; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark with bilobate head,

defined by black and yellowish, and its head by silvery blue, its

centre mostly yellow tinged with rufous ; medial line black defined

on outer side by yellow, arising from costa and curved round and

below the discoidal mark, then indistinct, diffused, dark, and

oblique from vein 2 to inner margin; an oblique yellow postmedial

band with a waved outer edge, arising just below costa, narrowing

above and with its outer edge indented at discal fold; a subterminal

triangular white spot with indented outer edge below costa, fol-

lowed by a series of slight yellowish or white lunulate spots, oblique

to discal fold near the postmedial band, then excurved; the terminal

area rather greyer with numerous indistinct dark striz. Hind

wing dark brown; an indistinct oblique dark antemedial line; a

broad postmedial ycllow band with dentate outer edge; an oblique

wedge-shaped subterminal white spot below costa, followed by a

series of lunulate yellow and black-brown marks, incurved to close

to the postmedial band between veins 6 and 4 and below vein 2.

Underside of both wings with the subterminal spots white and well

developed; fore wing with the postmedial yellow band reduced to

spots.

; 2. Fore wing with the excurved part of medial line defined by

white; the postmedial band and subterminal spots of both wings

pure white.

Hab. New Briratn(Mathew), 1 § type; New Irutanp (Brown),

26,19. Hep. 112-120 millim.

298 NOCLUID.A.

7418. Nyctipao leucotenia. (Plate CCVII. figs. 7 3,8 9.)

Noctua crepuscularis, Clerck, Icones, pl. 53; Cram. Pap. Exot. ii, p. 99,

pl. 160. f. A (nee Linn.).

Nyctipao leucotenia, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 184 (1852).

Nyctipao obscura, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 250 (1906).

©. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown with a slight

purplish-grey gloss; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen greyer.

Fore wing fuscous brown with a purplish-grey gloss; an indistinct

dark antemedial line, angled outwards below costa and excurved in

submedian interspace ; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark

with bilobate head, defined by black and whitish and its head by

silvery blue, some rufcus and whitish in centre; medial line black,

defined on outer side by white, arising from costa, excurved round

the discoidal mark and angled inwards below it, then fuscous de-

fined by grey and sinuous to inner margin; an oblique pure white

postmedial band with dentate outer edge, angled outwards below

vein 4; a subterminal triangular white spot with indented outer

edge below the costa, followed by an interrupted waved white line,

oblique to below vein 5 and bent outwards between veins 4 and 3,

the area beyond it rather greyer. Hind wing fuscous brown with

a slight purplish-grey gloss; a dark sinuous antemedial line; a

pure white postmedial band with dentate outer edge; an oblique

wedge-shaped subterminal white spot below the costa followed by

an interrupted waved white line defined on outer side by black,

oblique to below vein 5 and bent outwards between veins 4 and 3,

the area beyond it rather greyer. Underside of both wings with

the basal half greyer; fore wing with the postmedial band reduced

to spots; both wings with irregular subterminal series of white

spots.

¢. Dark reddish brown; fore wing with the area beyond the

medial line with ochreous mixed except the postmedial area from

costa to vein 5, the media! line oblique and defined on outer side

by ochreous white below vein 2, the white postmedial band replaced

by an indistinct ochreous-white line arising from the medial line

below costa and excurved to vein 5, then oblique ; hind wing with

ochreous mixed, the postmedial band replaced by a dark minutely

dentate line defined on outer side by a faint greyish-brown band

with waved outer edge; underside of both wings with the post-

medial white band absent; fore wing dark reddish brown with a

faint ochreous tinge beyond the medial line; hind wing ochreous

tinged with red-brown, the costal and terminal areas suffused with

red-brown.

Ab. 1. 6. Wings darker, with hardly a trace of the ochreous

tones. ;

Ab. 2. obscura 2. Both wings with the white band suffused with

fuscous brown and very indistinct.

Hab. ?Java; Amporna (Pratt), 1 9; Barcuitan (Doherty), 3, 8

NYCTIPAO. 299

in Coil. Druce; Br. N. Guinea, 1 g, Ekeikei (Pratt), type tT

Aroa RK. (Meek). Hxp. 110-120 millim.

7419. Nyctipao gemmans. (Plate CCVII. figs.4 3,5 9.)

Nyctipao gemmans, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 182 (1852), 9; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

li. p. 461.

Nyctipao ophristigmaris, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 805, ¢; id.

Moths Ind. iv. p. 531.

$6. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown. Fore wing

fuscous brown, the terminal area with numerous slight ochreous

strie ; a curved dark antemedial line; an inverted comma-shaped

discoidal mark with bilobate head, defined by black and its head by

silvery blue, with a black patch beyond it, its centre reddish brown

with a grey line on inner side of tail; medial line black, arising

belew the costa, excurved round the discoidal mark and angled

inwards below it on vein 2, then erect to inner margin, the ex-

curved part defined by reddish brown with a slight fuscous line on

it between veins 7 and 2; a curved dark postmedial line slightly

defined on outer side by ochreous and from costa to vein 6 by an

ochreous-white band bidentate below; an indistinct waved dark

subterminal line, defined on inner side by ochreous striz between

veins 7 and 4, slightly incurved above vein 4 and excurved below

it. Hind wing fuscous brown, the terminal area with numerous

slight ochreous strize; a rather diffused dark medial line; post-

medial line curved, blackish defined on inner side by ochreous;

a waved dark subterminal line defined on inner side by ochreous

marks excurved below the costa and between veins 4and3. Under-

side of both wings fuscous brown; fore wing with white postmedial

bar from below costa to vein 6, narrowing below vein 7, and sub-

terminal series of white strie, reduced to points towards costa, in-

curved at discal fold and below vein 3; hind wing with subterminal

series of white spots and striz, excurved below costa and incurved

below vein 5.

Q. Fore wing with the tail of the discoidal mark dentate on

outer side at vein 6, a white band beyond the postmedial line with

sinuous outer edge, the ochreous marks on inner side of subterminal

line more complete except towards costa; hind wing with white

band beyond the pestmedial line with dentate outer edge, the pale

marks before the subterminal line ochreous.

Ab. 1. 9. Both wings with the band beyond the postmedial line

reduced to a creamy-white line, the pale marks before the sub-

terminal line absent.

Hub. Buaursn (Dudyeon), 1 3 type ophristiymaris; Assam

(Badgley), 4 9, Silhet (Stainsforth), 4 9. Hep. 76-92 millim.

300 NOCLUIDZA.

7420. Nyctipao jaintiana. (Plate CCVIL. fig. 6.)

Nyctipao jaintiana, Swinh. A. M.N. I. (8) xvii. p. 862 (1896); Hinpsn.

Moths Ind. iy. p. 531.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown. Fore wing black-

brown ; an indistinct dark antemedial line, angled outwards below

costa and median nervyure; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal

mark with bilobate head, defined by black and reddish brown and

its head by blue-white, its tail filled in with red-brown, a black

patch beyond it; medial line black, arising from costa, excurved

round the discoidal mark and angled inwards below it on vein 2,

then indistinct and erect to inner margin, followed by a faint

curved dark shade ; a sinuous pure white postmedial band, arising

below costa and ending at vein 1, towards which it narrows to a

line, oblique to below vein 4, then incurved, its outer edge dentate

below costa, at veins 7, 6, and below 4; cilia pure white. Hind

wing black-brown ; two indistinct dark medial lines ; a fine lunulate

white postmedial line, oblique towards costa and excurved at veins 6

and 4, ending at vein 1; cilia pure white. Underside of fore wing

with the band broken up into spots.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, Jaintia Hills, 1 g,1 2 type. Ewp. 3 94,

7421. Nyctipao superba. (Plate CCVII. fig. 3.)

Nyctipao superba, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 66 (1908).

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown. Fore wing black-

brown suffused with purple-blue; traces of a curved dark antemedial

line ; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark with bilobate head

defined by black and by blue-white except on inner side of tail, its

centre blue-grey with two small white spots on the head, a black

patch beyond it; medial line black defined on each side by blue-

grey, arising below the costa, excurved round the discoidal mark

and obsolete below vein 2; a narrow sinuous white postmedial

band from below costa to vein 1, towards which it is reduced to a

line, excurved below veins 6 and 4. Hind wing black-brown suf-

fused with purple-blue except towards base; two obliquely placed

white postmedial spots from below costa to vein 6, followed by a

white line, incurved and waved between veins 6and 4, then slightly

sinuous and terminating at vein 1.

Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 2 type. Hap. 106 millim.

Genus METOPTA. ype

Metopta, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 170 (1900) ...... rectifusciala.

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

to vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 8rd long; frons smooth, with large

tuft of hair; eyes large, round ; antennz of male bipectinate with long branches

to apex, of female with short branches; thorax clothed with long rough hair

METOPTA. 301

only and without crests ; all the tibize spined, the fore tibie fringed with long

hair on outer side, the mid and hind tibize smoothly scaled ; abdomen clothed

with rough hair at base of dorsum, but without crests. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8

to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third

length of wing; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

7422. Metopta rectifasciata.

Spirama rectifasciata, Mén. Cat. Vep. Het. Mus. Petr. pl. 17. f. 6 (1863).

Spiramia japonica, Wk. xxxiil. 948 (1865), nee Guen.

Spirama interlineata, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 291 (1878) ; id. Ill. Het.

B.M ii. p. 41, pl. 34. f. 2.

Head and thorax dark brown, the latter with the hairs slightly

tipped with ochreous ; tegule slightly tipped with ochreous; an-

tenn brownish white; legs brownish white above; abdomen dark

brown. Fore wing dark brown, the basal, costal, and terminal

areas strongly suffused with purple-grey ; att indistinct sinuous dark

Fig. 50.—Metopta rectifasciata, $. +.

antemedial line; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark with

trilobate head, defined by black and on inner and outer sides of tail

by yellowish white, its head with blue-black streaks at the indenta-

tions, its centre pale red-brown irrorated with white, a diffused

black patch beyond the tail with red-brown beyond it and the head

of the discoidal mark; medial line black defined on outer side by

yellowish white, arising from the tail of the discoidal mark and ex-

curved round and below it, then erect to inner margin; a yellowish

302 NOCTUID 2.

white streak on inner margin from the medial line to the broad

oblique yellowish-white postinedial band, traversed by two fine lines

of brown scales, its outer part tinged and irrorated with brown and

its outer edge strongly excurved below costa and at middle and

slightly above inner margin and defined by dark brown forming

patches in its indentations; cilia dark brown at tips. Hind wing

dark brown, the terminal area suffused with purple-grey ; a white

postmedial band, its outer edge emitting short streaks on the veins

and excised at costa; subterminal line ochreous white, waved,

angled inwards below costa and above and below vein 5; cilia dark

brown. Underside of both wings greyish brown, the terminal area

suffused with grey, discoidal lunules defined at sides by black and

white, a dark medial line, on fore wing excurved at middle, a rather

maculate moderately broad postmedial white band, not reaching

costa of either wing, and with its outer edge excised at discal fold,

a subterminal series of white and dark brown lunules, on both

wings excurved below costa and vein 4 and incurved between

veins 6 and 4,

Hab. Javan (fortune, Bristowe, Strickland), 2 3, 2 Q type

japonica, Hakodaté, 1 g¢, 19, Tsuruga (Leech), 1 $, Kiushiu,

1 9, Nikko (Maries), 1 9, Tokio (Marves), 2 2 , Yokohama (Jonas,

Manley, Pryer), 4 3,1 Q type enterlineata; Cornza, Gensan (Leech,

Ito), 1 6,2 9; N.Cwina,1 9: C. Cuina, Fokien, Sam-sah (de la

Garde), 1 2, Kiukiang (Pryer, Pratt), 1 g¢,1 9; Formosa (Hobson),

1 g; at sea 400 miles S.W. of Bombay, 1 9. wp. 58-72 millim.

Genus CYLIGRAMMA. Type

Cyligramma, Boisd. Faun, Ent. Madag., Lép. p. 109 (1883) ......... latona.

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

of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd nearly as long as the 2nd and

slender; frons smooth with slight tuft of hair above; eyes large, round ;

antenne of male minutely ciliated; thorax cluthed with hair only and without

crests; all the tibiz spined and smoothly scaled ; abdomen clothed with rough

hair at base but without crests. Fore wing triangular, the costa highly arched

towards apex which is rounded, the termen nearly straight, crenulate; vein

3 from near lower angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8,

9 stalked and closely approximated to the costa; veins 10, 11 very much

attenuated and almost obsolete. Hind wing with the cell about one-third

length of wing; vein 2 from near angle; 3, 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Wings with the subterminal line not incurved above and

below: mid dlesa.cs taco. saecccissneeeauecciiscees eenscecseaen econ latona.

B. Wing with the subterminal line incurved above and below

middle.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial band angled outwards

below costa.

a’, Wings with the postmedial band well detined and

whitish especially in female .....................seceeeeee magus.

61, Wings with the postmedial band indistinct in both

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CYLIGRAMMA. 303

b, Fore wing with the postmedial band not angled outwards

vee costa.

1, Wings with yellowish irroration on terminal area.

ie Wings with the subterminal line indistinct and

defined on outer side by slight black strie ......... simplex.

b?, Wings with the subterminal line distiuct, strongly

defined on outer side by black-brown ......... bontcs fluctuosa,

}!, Wings with grey irroration on terminal area.

a?, Fore wing with the discoidal stigma distinct, the

postmedial line slightly excurved round its outer

Gitlese) " sus acadescddsonocoosocdaobosoaots sociononoGdo8 Wotwaceht set limacina.

2, Fore wing with the discoidal stigma obsolescent,

the postmedial line straight and oblique ........... . amblyops.

ce’, Wings without pale irroration on terminal area.

a?, Wings with broad pale band beyond the postmedial

INTNE secoeoe sohbbinete “ace ae mennerrt ancubaguadod saccene cnn cmeeare . disturbans.

67, Wings with narrow yellow band beyond the post-

medial line .......... a eae ae Soran Sulee desticntotas . joa.

7423. Cyligramma latona.

Noctua latona, Cram. Pap. Exot. 1. p. 20, pl. 13. f. B (1779)

Noctua troglodyta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2. p. 14 (1793).

Head, thorax. and abdomen dark reddish brown; neck with

Fig. 51.—-Cyligramima lutona, 3. }.

yellow ring; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen greyish

304 NOCIUIDA,

brown. Fore wing reddish brown with a slight greyish gloss, the

terminal area irrorated with ochreous except towards costa; ante-

medial line black, curved, shghtly angled outwards in submedian fold

and on vein 1; a large whorl-shaped discoidal mark, in, beyond,

and below the cell, defined by black, its head brown defined by

two white striz and with a black patch above it, its inner part

irrorated with yellow, defined on inner side by yellow and on

outer by a fine blue line, its outer and lower parts rufous, the

mark defined on outer side by a greyish ochreous band and with a

black streak below it on vein 2 with a dentate black line from its

inner edge to inner margin; a narrow yellow postmedial band

from vein 6 to inner margin with yellow irroration beyond it ;

an oblique yellow bar from below costa to vein 6, with the slight

waved yellow subterminal line defined on outer side by a series of

black spots from it to vein 1, then bent inwards to inner margin

at the postmedial band. Hind wing reddish brown, the postmedial

area irrorated with yellow; an indistinct discoidal lunule defined

by blackish ; an oblique black medial line incurved at vein 2; a

rather narrow oblique yellow postmedial band, with slight yellow

streaks beyond it on the veins to the fine very highly dentate

yellow subterminal line, its angles filled in with black-brown on

outer side. Underside of both wings brownish grey to the post-

medial yellow band, narrow yellowish discoidal lunules defined

by dark brown, the postmedial band broader; fore wing with

subterminal series of dentate yellow marks from the oblique bar to

vein 1; hind wing with the dentate yellow marks forming the

subterminal line strong.

Hab. Goto Coast (Hales), 23; 8S. Nicuria, Lagos, Olokemeji

(Dudgeon), 1 3, Old Calabar (Cockburn, Crompton), 23, 1 @,

Oban Distr. (Zalbot), 1 36,1 9; N. Nieurta, Bauchi Prov., Kabwir

(low), 1 3, Badeggi (Macfie), 1 g ; Conco (Curror), 1 3, Kam-

bove (Neave), 2 2, Lualaba R. (Neave), 1 2 ; Suani-TcHap

Protectorate, Dar Runga (Aumm), 1 ¢; Supan, White Nile, 1 2,

Gabt el Meghahid (Dunn), 1 ¢ ; Axyssints, Zegi ‘l'sana (Degen),

29, Ardaga (Drake-Brockman), 1 3, Suakin (Carpenter), 1 Q ;

Br. E. Arrica, Maka (Gregory), 1 3, Masailand (Hunter), 1 3S,

Teita Hills (Hannington), 12, Munisu (Ld. Delamere), 16,

Molo R. (Ford), 1 2, Machakos (Crawshay), 1g, Kb Urru (Betton),

1 3, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betton), 19; Ucanpa, Mcsozi (Doggett), 1 9,

Kigoma (Christy), 1 g, Port Ugowe (Johnston), 1 6; Gurm.

E. Arnica, Usangu (Neave), 1 9; Br. C. Arrica, Mandala (de

Jersey), 1 g, Lake Nyasa (Simmons), 1 3, Zomba (Johnston,

Clounie, Manning), 2 3, 4 9, Chiromo (de Jersey, Neave), 1G,

1 Q, Blantyre (Ambruséer), 1 $, Up. Shiré Valley (Weave), 1 9°,

Ft. Mangoche (Neave), 1 § ; N.E. Raopzsta, Zambesi Valley

(Marshall), 19, Fife Distr. (Harger), 1 2 ; Masnonatanp, Mazoe

(Marshall), 1 2 ; Lornenco Marquzs, Delagoa Bay (Kenrick), 1 3;

Becauanatanp, Lake N’gami (Lugard), 1 9 ; TRansvaat (Loss),

1 92, Piet Retief (Mercer), 1 §, Pietersburg (Grant), 1 9,

Warmberg (Janse), 1 9; Narat (Laing), 1 2, Durban (Guenzius) ;

CYLIGRAMMA. 305

1, 2 9; Basvroranp, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 9 ; Care Corony

(Burke), 1 2, Fort Beaufort (Hazelton), 1 3 ; Mapagascar ;

Comoro Is., Mayotta ( Meade-Waldo), 1 3, Aldabra (Meade- Waldo),

1 3; Aven (Yerbury, Bartlett, Nicholl), 2 $, 22. Eup. 74-90

millim,

7424. Cyligramma magus. (Plate CCV. figs.6 3,7 2.)

Hrebus magus, Guén. Icon. Régn. Anim., Ins. p. 521 (1842).

Cyligramma goudotti, Guen, Noct. iii. p. 189 (1852).

Cyligramma buchholzi, Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xl. p. 801 (1880).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown, the neck with

ochreous ring; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen greyer.

Fore wing grey-brown suffused in parts with fuscous, the outer

half of medial area black-brown ; antemedial line black, excurved

below costa, then oblique and angled inwards on median nervure;

an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark with trilobate head,

defined by black on inner side, its outer side and the head defined

by silvery blue, its centre fuscous, the tail irrorated with

yellow and with yellow line on inner side, a black patch beyond

the tail and rufous beyond and below the discoidal mark;

medial line black, arising below costa, excurved round the

discoidal mark and angled inwards below it on vein 2, then

oblique and sinuous to inner margin, its excurved part defined

on outer side by ochreous grey; a diffused oblique ochreous

grey postmedial band, oblique from costa to vein 6, then double,

the area beyond it irrorated with ochreous except towards costa ;

subterminal line black, waved, interrupted, arising below costa,

bent outwards below veins 7 and 4 and incurved at veins 5 and 2.

Hind wing grey-brown; an oblique elliptical discoidal mark

defined by fuscous ; medial line fuscous, excurved at middle; an

oblique ochreous grey postmedial band defined on inner side by

black-brown and diffused on outer side, whitish at costa, then

double, the area beyond it irrorated with ochreous ; subterminal

line formed by a series of black spots defined on inner side by

white strize, oblique from below costa to vein 6, incurved at discal

fold, excurved between veins 4 and 3, then again incurved. Under-

side of both wings grey to the postmedial band, then grey-brown,

narrow whitish discoidal lunules defined by fuscous ; fore wing

with oblique creamy white postmedial bar from costa to vein 6 and

band from yein 6 to inner margin, and subterminal series of

minute whitish lunules obsolescent towards costa; hind wing with

broad oblique creamy white postmedial band and subterminal

series of tridentate spots just beyond it defined on outer side by

blackish and excurved between veins 4 and 3.

@. Fore wing with the oblique bar and band creamy white,

narrow and well defined; hind wing with the postmedial band

creamy white, narrow and well defined.

Hab. W. Avrica, 1 3g; 8. Nieuria, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 1 3,

Tlesha (Humfrey), 2 6,19; N. Nigra, Bauchi Prov., Panyam

VOL. XII, x

306 NOCTUID&.

(Fox), 1 9, Minna (Macfie), 1 9, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 9, Idda

(Macfie), | 2; Coneo, Kambove (Neave), 1 $, 19, Lualaba KR.

(Yale-Massey), 1 9; Aneota, San Salvadori, 1 ¢; Ucanpa,

Mpuma (Bruce), 1 2, Wadelai (Himin Pasha), 1 2, Sanji Budu

(Christy), 1 3, Ruwenzori ( Wollaston), 2 3,2 2 ; Guru. E. Arrica,

Tanganyika (Coode-Hore), 1 ¢, 19, Ruaha Valley (Neave), 1 9 ;

C. Br. Arrica, Manji Boma (Weave), 1 2, Chiromo (Neave), 1 9 ,

1 g, Zomba (Johnston), 2 6, 1 9; MasHonatann, Salisbury

(Marshall), 2 2, Umtali (Marshall), 1 9; Manpacascar. Exp.

66-84 millim

7425. Cyligramma duplex. (Plate CCV. fig. 8.)

Cyligramma duplex, Guen. Noet. iii. p. 187, pl. 20, f. 2 (1852).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; neck with yellow ring.

Fore wing grey-brown, the terminal area darker and irrorated

with ochreous scales ; antemedial line dark, waved, incurved below

vein 1; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark with somewhat

trilobate head, defined by black and its outer side and head by

silvery bluish white, its head filled in with fuscous, its tail with

black irrorated with yellow and with yellow line before it, a black

patch beyond it; medial line black, arising below the costa,

excurved round the discoidal mark and angled inwards below it on

vein 2, then waved to inner margin; a faint yellowish oblique

postmedial bar irrorated with brown from costa to vein 6 and traces

of an oblique band from vein 6 to inner margin with black-brown

shade before it; an interrupted waved black subterminal line

defined on inner side by yellow striz, excurved below veins 7 and

4 and incurved at veins 5 and 2. Hind wing grey-brown, the

terminal half darker and irrorated with ochreous scales; an oblique

discoidal lunule defined by fuscous ; medial line blackish, exeurved

at middle; a faint double yellowish postmedial band defined on

inner side by black-brown suffusion ; a subterminal series of black-

brown marks defined on inner side by yellow, excurved below

veins 7 and 4 and incurved at discal fold. Underside of both

wings grey-brown to the rather maculate yellow postmedial band

and subterminal series of yellow rather tridentate spots, lunulate

on fore wing wedge-shaped on hind wing.

Hab. Mavaeascar, Fianarantsoa (Cowan), 1 3, 12, Betsileo

(Bartlett), 1 Q. Eap. 86-100 millim.

7426. Cyligramma simplex. (Plate CCVIII. fig. 5.)

Cyligramma simplex, Grinberg, Sitz. Ges. Naturf. Berlin, 1910, pp. 159,

177, £. 10.

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown,

the terminal area irrorated with ochreous; a waved fuscous ante-

medial line; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark with

trilobate head, defined on inner side by black and on outer and the

head by silvery blue, its tail irrorated with yellow and with yellow

line on inner side, a black patch beyond it with golden rufous

CYLIGRAMMA. 307

beyond it and the head of the discoidal mark; medial line black,

arising below costa, excurved round the discoidal mark and angled

inwards below it on vein 2, then oblique and sinuous to inner

margin ; an indistinct diffused fuscous postmedial line dilated

into a wedge-shaped mark below costa; a subterminal series of

small blackish spots defined on inner side by ochreous strie,

excurved below veins 7 and 4 and incurved below veins 5 and 3.

Hind wing grey-brown, the termiual area irrorated with ochreous ;

an oblique elliptical discoidal spot defined by fuscous; a fuscous

medial line excurved at middle; an oblique ochreous postmedial

line defined on each side by fuscous, and a slight waved ochreous

subterminal line defined on outer side by black marks and angled

outwards below veins 7 and 4. Underside of fore wing with

postmedial series of small ochreous spots forming an oblique bar

from costa to vein 6 and obsolescent towards inner margin, and

subterminal series of minute spots except towards costa and inner

margin ; hind wing with faint oblique fuscous postmedial line with

traces of minute ochreous spots on its outer side and subterminal

series of small rather tridentate yellowish lunules slightly incurved

at discal fold.

Hab. S. Nicerta, lagos, Agige (Dudgeon), 1 9, ITlesha

(Humfrey), 1 6; N. Nieurta, Zungeru (Macfie) 23,39;

Ueanva, Victoria Nyanza. Hap. 5 66, 9 74 millim.

7427. Cyligramma fluctuosa.

Noctua fluctuosa, Drury, Ill. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 24, pl. 14. f.1 (1773); Saalm.

Lep. Madag. p. 452, f. 210.

Cyligramma rudilinea, Wik. xiv. 1311 (1857).

6. Head dark brown, thorax and abdomen dark greyish brown,

the neck with yellow ring. Fore wing grey-brown, the basal area

suffused with fuscous, the terminal area suffused with fuscous and

irrorated with grey; antemedial line blackish, waved, bent inwards

to costa and angled outwards on vein 1; an inverted comma-shaped

discoidal mark with trilobate head, defined by black and its outer

side and head by silvery blue, its tail irrorated with yellow and

with a black patch beyond it with golden rufous beyond it and the

head of the discoidal mark ; medial line black, arising from costa,

obliquely excurved round the discoidal mark and angled inwards

below it on vein 2, then waved to inner margin; postmedial line

very indistinct, oblique and slightly excurved beyond the discoidal

mark, defined on inner side by a wedge-shaped black patch from

costa to discal fold and a quadrate patch from vein 2 to inner

margin; a waved black-brown subterminal line slightly defined on

inner side by yellow, obliquely excurved below costa and vein 4,

incurved at veins 5 and 2 and bent inwards to inner margin.

Hind wing fuscous brown to the postmedial line, the postmedial

area grey-brown irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area

fuscous brown irrorated with grey; a narrow discoidal lunule

308 NOCTUID A,

defined by fuscous; medial line fuscous, excurved at middle; post-

medial line double, oblique, filled in with greyish; subterminal

line black-brown defined on inner side by ochreous, waved, excurved

below veins 7 and 4 and incurved at veins 5 and 2. Underside of

both wings grey-brown; fore wing with indistinct oblique pale

postmedial bar from costa to vein 6, oblique line from vein 6 to

inner margin, and subterminal series of pale Iunules from below

vein 7 to submedian fold; hind wing with indistinct dark medial

and postmedial lines and subterminal series of yellowish white

lunules incurved at discal fold.

Q. Both wings with the basal area paler and with the post-

medial line filled in with yellowish, on hind wing defined on inner

side by fuscous brown; underside of fore wing with distinct oblique

yellow postmedial bar and maculate line.

Ab. 1. Both sexes darker especially the male which has a slight

purplish gloss; underside of male purplish fuscous brown, of

female rather paler, the hind wing with yellow postmedial line

giving off slight streaks in the interspaces, the subterminal spots

tridentate.—Comoro Is.

fab, ? Sierra Lronr; Br. E. Arrica, Teita (Wray), 1 9,

Masailand (Hunter), 1 9, Taru (Betton), 1 6,1 9; Mavririus ;

Comoro Is,, Mayotta (Meade-Waldo), 25, 292. KHzxp. 76-88

millim.

7428. Cyligramma limacina.

Erebus limacina, Guér. Icon. Régn. Anim., Ins. p. 520, pl. 89. f. 2 (1829).

Cyligramma argillosa, Guen, Noct. iii. p. 186 (1852).

Cyligramma acutior, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 187 (1852).

Brujas bisignata, Wik. xiv, 1255 (1857).

Cyligramma importuna, Kef. Jahrb Ak. Erfurt, vi. p. 15, f. 7 (1870).

Cyligrammea interlecta, Kef. Jahrb. Ak. Erfurt, vi. p. 16, f. 8 (1870).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the neck with

yellow ring. Fore wing dark brown with a faint purplish gloss,

the terminal area irrorated with grey scales, the outer half of

medial area suffused with black-brown ; antemedial line indistinct,

dark, waved, bent inwards to costa; an inverted comma-shaped

discoidal mark with somewhat trilobate head, defined by black

and its outer side and head by silvery blue, its tail irrorated

with yellow and with a biack-brown patch beyond it and a

rufous patch beyond the head; medial line black, arising below

costa, obliquely excurved round the discoidal stigma and angled ~

inwards below it on vein 2, then waved to inner margin; an

indistinct oblique greyish postmedial line, bent outwards to costa

and slightly excurved beyond the discoidal stigma; subterminal

line slight, black-brown, waved, excurved below veins 7 and 4

and incurved below veins 6 and 3. Hind wing dark brown,

the postmedial area irrorated with greyish ochreous ; an indistinct

discoidal lunule defined by fuscous and medial line excurved

at middle; postmedial line oblique, double filled in with greyish ;

CYLIGRAMMA. 309

subterminal line slight, black-brown defined on inner side by

greyish, waved, excurved below veins 7 and 4 and incurved

below veins 6 and 38. Underside of both wings fuscous brown

with subterminal series of small yellow lunules, on fore wing

incurved below veins 5 and 3 and on hind wing at discal fold.

@. Both wings paler especially the pestmedial area, the post-

medial line of fore wing more distinct and filled in with greyish,

the subterminal line of both wings much more distinct ; underside

of both wings greyish brown; fore wing with oblique maculate

postmedial bar from costa to vein 6 and line from vein 6 to inner

margin; hind wing with the subterminal spots larger and some-

what tridentate.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial area strongly suffused

with grey.

Hab. Stprra Leone (Morgan), 1 3,29, Batkanu (/itzGerald),

1g; S. Nieerta, Lagos, Ondo (Powell), 1 g, Onitsha, 2 ¢, Lokoja

(Christy), 1 3, Tlesha (Humfrey), 12; CamEroons (Johnston),

1 2; Congo, Katanga, Kambove (Weave), 1 3, Lualaba R. (eave),

1 $; Aneota, Kibokolo do Zombo (Lewis), 1 2; Supan, White Nile,

Gabt el Meghahid (Dunn), 1 3; Axyssinta (Degen), 1g, Atbara R.

(Gerrard), 1 3 ; Br. HK. Arrica, Thika-Shika (Gregory), 1 ¢ ;

Ucanpa, Wadelai (Hnun Pasha), 1 $, Ruwenzori ( Wollaston), 1 2;

Br. C. Arrica, Nyasaland (de Jersey, Simons), 2 3, Zomba (John-

ston), 25,19, Chiromo (Weave), 4¢, 22, Karonga (Neave), 19°,

Ruo Valley (Weave), 1 9, Mlanja Boma (Neave), 1 6,19; Narvat,

Durban (Gooch, Whyte), 13,19; Mapvaeascar, 1 J type bisignata,

Betsileo (Bartiett), 1 $,1 92. Kap. 62-92 millim.

7429. Cyligramma amblyops. (Plate CCVIII. fig. 1.)

Cyligramma amblyops, Mab. Bull. Soe. Ent, Fr. 1891, p xe.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown, the neck with

yellow ring. Fore wing brown tinged with grey and with dark

red-brown suffusion before the postmedial line; antemedial line

indistinct, dark, sinuous; an indistinct inverted comma-shaped

discoidal mark with trilobate head, defined by dark brown, its

tail filled in with grey-white hair, some dull reddish brown beyond

it defined by the brown medial line which arises below the costa,

excurved and waved round the discoidal mark and bent inwards

below it to vein 2, then oblique and sinuous to inner margin;

postmedial line oblique, grey and with slight grey irroration

beyond it extending except below costa to the slight waved brown

subterminal line defined on inner side by white strie, excurved

below costa, at middle and above inner margin and incurved at

vein 5 and below vein 3. Hind wing dark reddish brown; a

faint dark medial line excurved at middle; an oblique white

postmedial line defined on inner side by black-brown; a more

or less interrupted sinuous white subterminal line defined on

outer side by black-brown, strongly excurved below costa and

310 NOCTUIDZ.

at middle and incurved at discal fold. Underside of both wings

brown with subterminal series of small white lunules slightly

incurved at discal fold and not extending below submedian fold.

Ab. 1. Wings much greyer.—N. Rhodesia.

Hab. Srrrra Leone (Mitford), 1 9; Gorp Coasz, Accra, 1 g,

Ashanti, Obuassi (Graham), 1 6 ; Camrroons, 1 ¢ ; Ueanpa,

Entebbe (dfinchin), 1 ¢ ; N.E. Ruopzsra, Kolungwisi Valley

(Neave), 1 9. Hep. 98-110 millim.

7430. Cyligramma disturbans. (Plate CCVIII. figs. 4 g,9 9.)

Nyctipao disturbans, W1k. xiv. 1807 (1858), 2.

Nyetipao conturbans, Wik. xiv. 1308 (1858), 3.

Cyligramma raboudou, Lucas, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) xv. no. 22, p. 3 (1872).

Cyligramma concors, Mab. C.R. Ent. Soc. Beig. xxv. p. lix (1881).

Cyligramma consiliatrix, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 456, f. 127 (1891).

@. Head and tegule dark reddish brown, the neck with yellow

ring; thorax and abdomen brown tinged with grey. Fore wing

dark reddish brown; the basal area brown tinged with grey,

bounded by the oblique black antemedial line; an inverted

comma-shaped discoidal mark with trilobate head and dilated

at tail, defined by black and irrorated with yellow except the

central part of head which is rufous with some brown suffusion ;

medial line black defined on outer side by rufous and on inner

side also beyond the head of the discoidal mark, oblique towards

costa, excurved and waved beyond the head of the discoidal mark,

below vein 2 oblique to vein 1 where it is angled inwards, then

excurvyed; an oblique yellow postmedial band irrorated with

brown, attenuated and bent outwards at costa, its outer edge

angled outwards above vein 6 and below veins 4 and 1; the

termen slightly irrorated with grey. Hind wing dark reddish

brown ; an indistinct oblique dark medial line; an oblique yellow

postmedial band, irrorated with brown and with faint brown line

on it on inner half; a slightly sinuous yellow subterminal line

defined on outer side by black-brown, arising below costa from the

postmedial band, angled outwards below vein 6 and strongly below

vein 4; the termen slightly irrorated with grey with faint yellow

marks before it in the interspaces between veins 6 and 1. Under-

side of both wings greyish brown to the yellow postmedial band,

the terminal area dark brown with a slight purplish gloss; fore

wing with the postmedial band interrupted at vein 6 where an

oblique yellow wedge-shaped bar from costa terminates, a sub-

terminal series of small yellow lunulate spots except towards costa

and inner margin ; hind wing with the subterminal line represented

by a series of tridentate yellow spots.

¢$. Fore wing with the postmedial band represented by a slight

oblique whitish line with purple-grey suffusion beyond it, the outer

COYLIGRAMMA. 311

edge of the band represented by a faint yellowish line with series

of small black spots on its outer edge, the area beyond the band with

diffused pale dentate marks in the interspaces ; underside of both

wings with the postmedial band absent.

Ab. 1. consiliatrix, ¢. Fore wing with the whole area beyond

the postmedial line greyish ochreous brown except the costal area

towards apex, the outer edge of the postmedial band represented by

a faint brown line with black points on it; hind wing with the post-

medial band brownish ochreous, whitish at costa.

Hab. Mavasascar, 3 6,4 Q type and type conturbans, Kllongo

(Bartlett), 1 g, Antananarivo (Zoy7), 1 5, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 Q.

Hep, 93-110 millim.

7431. Cyligramma joa. (Plate CCVIII. fig. 6.)

Cyligramma joa, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag. & Maur. p. 110, pl. 16. f. 2

(1833),

@. Head and tegule dark reddish brown, the neck with yellow

ring; thorax and abdomen brown with a greyish tinge. Fore wing

brown with a greyish tinge especially on basal area; antemedial

line indistinct, interrupted and sinuous from costa to submedian

fold where it is angled outwards, then oblique to inner margin ;

some rufous suffusion in and below end of cell; an inverted comma-

shaped discoidal mark with trilobate head and very attenuate tail,

the head defined by yellow scales, the tail defined by black and

irrorated with yellow scales, a quadrate black-brown patch beyond

it defined on outer side by the black medial line which arises below

costa, oblique to vein 5, excurved round the head of discoidal

stigma, then oblique to submedian fold close to the antemedial line

and erect to inner margin, the area between it and the antemedial

line filled in with black below the submedian fold; a narrow

oblique yellow postmedial band defined on inner side by black-

brown and bent outwards just below costa ; a subterminal series of

small trifid black-brown marks defined on inner side by slight yellow-

ish points, oblique to discal fold and excurved at middle. Hind wing

grey-brown, the terminal half darker; an indistinct dark ante-

medial line excurved at middle; a narrow oblique yellow post-

medial band ending at tornus towards which it is attenuate; a

subterminal series of slight yellow lunules defined on outer side by

small black-brown spots, except towards costa and tornus, incurved

at discal fold and excurved at middle. Underside of fore wing with

subterminal series of small lunulate yellow spots, of hind wing with

larger rather tridentate spots.

Ab. 1. Both wings with the postmedial yellow band reduced and

tinged with brown.

Hab. Mapaeascar (Geale, Wailley), 2 2, Hllongo (Bartlett),

19. Lap. 84-110 millim.

312 NOCTUIDA.

Genus HEXAMITOPTERA.

Peciloptera, Pag. J.B. Nass. Ver. xxxviii. P: 35 (1885), nec Type.

Pecilloptera, Germ. Hem. 1818 ...........0.0.c0.ecececeeeeneeenes lavinda.

Hexamitoptera, Pag. J.B. Nass. Ver. xxxviil. p. 180 (1885) ... lavinda.

Probosecis fully developed; palpi upturned, the second joint reaching to

vertex of head and broadly scaled in front; the 3rd long and moderately

scaled in front; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round;

antenne of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with long hair mixed with scales,

the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; all the tibize spined, the

fore tibie fringed with long hair on outer side, the mid and hind tibix

moderately fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with

the costa nearly straight towards apex which-is produced and acute, the

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

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

areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen strongly angled at vein 4;

the cell about one-third length of wing; veins 3, 4, from angle of cell; 5 fully

developed from just aboye angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with

the cell near base only.

7432. Hexamitoptera lavinda.

Peciloptera lawinda, Pag. J.B. Nass. Verh. xxxvili. p. 35, pl. ni. f. 5

(1885).

Head and tegule rufous; palpi fulvous yellow; antenne dark

brown; thorax greenish grey mixed with brownish; pectus and

legs fulvous yellow, the tarsi brownish with pale rings; abdomen.

yellow, the base of dorsum greenish grey irrorated with black,

lateral and sublateral black points except at extremity. Fore

wing whitish suffused with greenish blue, the costal area to

postmedial line, the cell and the inner area obliquely from beyond

lower angle of cell to inner margin near base thickly irrorated with

brownish ; a faint curved antemedial line; a slight pale point in

middle of cell and elliptical brown discoidal spot defined by white

with a yellowish streak beyond it; medial line represented by an

oblique brown striga from costa and two slight strice at discal fold ;

an oblique brown line from apex to middle of inner margin, rather

diffused on outer side and crossed by the slight waved postmedial

line defined on outer side by bluish white, excurved from costa to

below vein 7 and oblique beyond the line from apex; a faint pale

subterminal line bent outwards and waved on inner side above the

apical line and ending at tornus; a series of slight brown and

whitish lunules before termen; cilia dark brown. Hind wing

whitish suffused with greenish blue, the inner margin yellow;

a dark discoidal point; an oblique double dark antemedial line

with rufous patch beyond it beyond the cell and followed by the

dark medial line which is oblique to discal fold, then incurved and

reduced to points, a slight rufous mark beyond it in discal fold; a

brown patch on costa before the faint waved subterminal line; the

terminal area suffused with brownish except towards apex ; a series

of minute black lunules before termen from apex to the angle at

HEXAMITOPTERA.—ENTOMOGRAMMA. 3138

vein + where there is a black spot followed by a striga on termen ;

a white terminal line; ciliadark brown. Underside of both wings

bluish white thickly irrorated with fuscous brown ; fore wing with

dark discoidal spot with pale centre, medial line excurved beyond

the cell, and waved postmedial line defined on outer side by small

white spots, the terminal area fuscous brown with oblique whitish

mark from apex and diffused bar towards tornus, a slight waved

Wig. 52.—Hexamitoptera lavinda, $. 1.

line before termen with white points on it; hind wing with the

inner area yellow, a double black discoidal bar, sinuous antemedial

line excurved beyond the cell, rather diffused medial line excurved

beyond the cell, waved postmedial line defined on outer side by

white lunules and waved subterminal line, the terminal area

whitish on inner half, a series of slight dark lunules before

termen,

Hab. Borneo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 g, 19; Nias I. Exp.

6 52, 2 70 millim.

Genus ENTOMOGRAMMA.

Type.

Entomogramma, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 203 (1852) ...... eee eens jfautriz,

Taramina, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 153 (1884) oo... eee eee iorsa.

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

of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd rather long; frons smooth, with

tuft of hair above; eyes large, round ; antennz of male typically wlth cilia and

bristles ; thorax clothed with hair mixed with some scales and without crests ;

all the tibize spined, the fore tibiz fringed with hair on outer side; abdomen

let NOCLUID®.

without crests. Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which

is 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 the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third

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.

Secr. I. (Zaramina.) Antenne of male pectinate with long uniserrate branches

on lower side to two-thirds length, the upper side with fasciculate cilia;

the base of shaft with ridge of thick scales above contorted at extremity ;

mid tibix dilated with fold and tuft of long hair; hind tibiz and the

spurs fringed with long hair.

7433. Entomogramma torsa.

Entomogramma torsa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 204 (1852); Moore, Lep. Ceyl.

iii. p. 158, pl. 166. f. 2; Himpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 538.

Entomogramma squamicornis, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 115. f. 5 (1874).

Entomogramma vanua, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 115. f. 4 (1874).

¢. Head black-brown slightly tinged with grey ; tegule rufous;

thorax and abdomen ochreous brown; hind tibie and the tarsi

fuscous above; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish.

Fore wing ochreous brown suffused with red-brown; a rufous

Fig. 53.—Entomogrammea torsa, S$. }. <

streak in upper part of cell from near base and another from upper

angle to apex, beyond the subterminal line defined by dark brown

below ; antemedial line slight, brown, excurved below costa, then

oblique; an elliptical blackish discoidal annulus; medial line

slight, brown, strongly excurved below costa, then oblique; post-

ENTOMOGRAMMA. 315

medial line with oblique blackish striga from costa, then slight,

inwardly oblique and waved ; subterminal line with oblique brown

striga from costa, below the apical streak red-brown defined on

inner side by whitish and inwardly oblique; a faint waved line

before termen; a fine rufous terminal line. Hind wing ochreous

brown suffused with red-brown; an oblique dark brown ante-

medial line; a faint medial series of minute dark lunules, angled

outwards at discal and submedian folds; subterminal line double

filled in with yellowish, almost straight ; a faint waved brown line

before termen and fine rufous terminal line. Underside of both

wings yellowish, irrorated and in parts suffused with brown; fore

wing with dark spot in middle of cell and elliptical discoidal

annulus; hind wing with slight discoidal lunule ; both wings with

slightly waved medial line excurved below costa of fore wing,

curved on hind wing, curved waved postmedial line, double, slightly

waved and rather diffused subterminal line, and series of strize

before termen; fore wing with oblique dark streak below apex and

both wings with some dark suffusion below middle of terminal

area.

Q. Thorax, abdomen, and wing grey-brown with the lines

distinct.

Ab. 1. squamicornis, S$. Thorax, abdomen, and wings grey-

brown with the lines distinct.

Ab. 2. vanua. Fore wing with the subcostal streak almost

obsolete except beyond the subterminal line.

Hab. Punsas, Masuri, 1 9 ; Assam (Badgley), 1 ¢; Bompay,

1 $,3 92, Kanara (Ward), 1 $; Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson),

3 6, | @; Cryton (Zempleton), 1 $ ; Java (Horsfield), | 3,

2 2 type; Fur, typet ¢ vanwa with the antenne of some other

species stuck on in Coll. Rothschild. vp. 42-58 millim.

Secr, IT. Antenne of male serrate with long bristles and fasciculate cilia,

the shaft thickened at base; fore tibia without tufts of hair, the mid and

hind tibiz smoothly scaled.

7434, Entomogramma pardus.

Entomogramma pardus, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 205 (1852).

Hy popyra anteponens, W1k. xiv. 1328 (1857).

Remigia venusta, Wik. xxxiii. 1011 (1865),

Entomogramma panthera, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 115. f. 6 (1874).

Entomogramma pardalis, Saalm, Lep, Madag. p. 459, f. 222 (1891).

Head and tegule red-brown ; palpi fuscous, yellowish in front

at base; thorax ochreous mixed with grey-white; pectus and the

hair on coxe and femora yellow, the fore tibiee red-brown, the

mid and hind tibie and the tarsi fuscous; abdomen yellow, the

basal segments dorsally grey irrorated with fuscous, lateral and

sublateral series of small black spots. Fore wing ochreous grey

thickly irrorated and striated with brown, the terminal area suflused

with red-brown except at apex, the costal edge red-brown; ante-

medial line blackish, angled outwards below costa, then oblique ;

316 NOCLUID.

a minute black spot at upper angle of cell and larger spot at lower

angle; medial line fuscous brown, oblique from costa to discal fold

where it is met by an oblique yellow streak from apex detined

below by brown, then inwardly oblique and double; postmedial

line oblique and dark from costa to the apical streak, then yellow

defined on outer side by brown and nearly straight to tornus ;

Fig. 54.--Entomogramma pardus, $. +.

traces of a series of dark points before termen ; a fine yellow line

at base of cilia. Hind wing greyish ochreous thickly irrorated and

striated with brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown,

the costal area to beyond middle and the inner margin yellow; a

double oblique fuscous antemedial line and traces of three waved

medial lines except on the yellow areas; subterminal line yellow,

almost straight from costa before apex to tornus; the veins of

terminal area with very slight pale streaks; a fine yellow line at

base of cilia which are greyish at tips. Underside of both wings

yellow ; fore wing with dark point in middle of cell and slight

discoidal lunule ; hind wing with discoidal point; both wings with

slight punctiform curved medial line, postmedial series of small

dark spots excurved beyond the cells, double subterminal maculate

line, and series of points before termen.

Ab. 1. venusta. Wings much more strongly striated witb

brown.

Ab. 2. pardalis. Wings more uniform brownish.

Ab. 3. Similar but fore wing with Jarge black discoidal lunule.

Hab. Stprra Leone (foweroft, Morgan), 2 3,2 2 type venusta ;

S. Nieerta, Jebba (Christy), 1 2, Sapele (Sampson), 1 9 ; N.

Angora, Kibokolo do Zombo (Lewis), 1 2 ; Br. E. Arrtca, Mombasa

(de la Garde), 1 $, Machakos (Crawshay), 1 9, Athi Valley

ENTOMOGRAMMA. 317

(Crawshays, 1 3, WKilima’njaro (Hannington), 1 g Gere. EK.

Arnica, Mt. Rungwe (Weave), 1 Q ; Br. C. Arrtca, Mlanji Boma

(Neave), 2 6,1 2, Mombera Distr. (Neave), 1 9, Fort Maguire

(Neave), 1 2, Zomba (Johnston), 1 5,1 2, Lower Shiré Valley

(Neave), 1 5, 1 9; N.H. Ruopusra, Luangwa Rk. (Weave), 2 3,

2 2; Masnonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 5 3, 4 2 ; Lorenco

Maraues, Delagoa Bay (Junod), 2 9 ; Navan, Malvern (Marshall),

3 6,1 9, Durban (Gueimzius, Burrows, Leigh), 1 ¢,4 Q ; Care

Cotony (Sir A. Smith), 1 ¢, 1 Q type anteponens; Mapacascar;

Comoro Is., Mayotta (Meade-Waldo), 3 5,1 9. EKxp. 40-

54 millim.

Sxrct. IIT, Antenne of male with fasciculate cilia.

A. (Entomogramma.) Mid tibize of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft

of long hair, the hind tibiz fringed with long hair.

7435. Entomogramma fautrix.

Entomogramma fautrix, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 204 (1852); Feld. Reis. Nov.

pl. 115. f.5; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 532.

Head blackish brown; tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen

grey-brown; pectus, femora, and fore tibie pale rufous, the mid

Vig. 55.—Entomogramma fautriz, 5. 3.

and hind tibie and the tarsi fuscous; ventral surface of abdomen

pale grey. Fore wing bluish grey suffused with red-brown ; ared-

brown fascia from base through upper part of cell to apex, slightly

defined above by yellowish suffusion; antemedial line brown,

318 NOCTUIDA,

excurved below costa, then oblique; a small black discoidal spot ;

medial line brown, bent outwards below costa, then oblique ; post-

medial line brown, excurved below costa, then minutely waved,

bent inwards to vein 1, and with some whitish suffusion beyond it

at middle; subterminal line red-brown slightly defined on inner

side by whitish, straight, from the apical streak to inner margin ;

a slightly waved brown line before termen ; a fine brown terminal

line; cilia with yellowish lines at base and near tips. Hind wing

bluish grey suffused with red-brown; an oblique brown antemedial

line; a slight waved medial line, excurved at discal and submedian

folds; a straight red-brown subterminal line slightly defined on

inner side by whitish ; a series of brown points before termen and

a fine yellow terminal line. Underside of both wings fuscous brown

variegated in parts with grey ; fore wing with dark spot in middle

of cell and double discoidal bar; hind wing with discoidal bar ;

both wings with curved medial line, waved postmedial line with

yellow spots before and beyond it from costa to vein 3, and very

indistinct double slightly waved subterminal line with some greyish

beyond it except at middle; fore wing with apical yellow patch.

Ab. 1. Thorax, abdomen, and wings paler grey-brown.

Hab. C. Curtna, Foochau (Leech), 2 9; Ponsas, Masuri

(Hearsey),1 2, Kangra (Hocking), 1 3,1 2 ; Sixnim, 1 5,2 9;

Assam, Khasis (Watson), 1 ¢, 2 9, Silhet (Stainsforth), 1 3,22

type; Mapras, Malabar, 1 3g, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 ¢ ; Burma,

Hisipawe (Watson) ida; CANDARCANS, Or ss ein OO

64 millim.

B. Mid tibize of male without fold and tuft of hair; hind tibix smoothly

scaled.

7436. Entomogramma mediocris.

Mntomogramma mediocris, Wik. xxxili. 949 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

il. p. 052.

Remigia decora, Wk. xxxiii. 1015 (1865).

Remigia antica, Wik. xxxiii. 1016 (1865).

g. Head and teguie rufous; thorax ochreous yellow; mid

tibiee and tarsi dark brown above; abdomen yellow. ore wing

yellow tinged with rufous and faintly striated with brown, the

terminal area suffused with rufous except at apex; traces of a

rufous antemedial line, excurved below costa, then oblique; a

slight rufous discoidal lunule ; a very faint medial line, oblique from

costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line very faint,

rufous, oblique from costa to below vein 7, then inwardly oblique

and waved, met at discal fold by an oblique rufous streak from

apex ; subterminal line rufous, angled outwards below costa, and

below the apical streak double filled in with rufous; a series of

brown points before termen; a fine yellow terminal line. Hind

wing yellow tinged with rufous, the terminal area suffused with

rufous; faint traces of an oblique antemedial line and of a waved

medial line excurved at discal and submedian folds; subterminal

ENTOMOGRAMMA,

ENMONODIA. 319

line double, rufous filled in with yellow, almost straight ; a series

of faint brown points before termen ; a fine yellow terminal line.

Underside of both wings yellow; fore wing with slight discoidal

Vig. 56.—Lntomoyramma mediocris, @. 1.

Junule, hind wing with discoidal point; both wings with curved

postmedial series of points, subterminal series of strie double except

on inner areas, and on fore wing diffused below costa and at middle,

and series of strie before termen.

©. Thorax pale grey; fore wing pale grey striated with red-

brown, the outer part of medial area and the terminal area except

at apex suffused with red-brown, the antemedial, medial, and post-

medial lines distinct ; hind wing grey irrorated and striated with

brown, the costal area to beyond middle and the inner margin

yellow; the antemedial and medial lines distinct; the underside

with the postmedial series of spots and the double subterminal line

much more prominent.

Hab. Invta, 1 9 type; BomBay, 1 @ ; Manras, Coimbatore

(Wathouse), 1 3, 1 Q types decora and antica. Exp. 44-

50 miilim.

Genus ENMONODIA.

Type

Enmonodia, Wk. xiv. 1832 (1858) ............cccceceescceseseeecenees pudens.

Wieeola, VMs, resxtii, MOS CUSOD)) cocccs0000ss00s0 cobencoeadansoceane unistrigata.

Pyramarista, Kirby, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 891 (1896) ...... rufescens.

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

of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth with tuft of

hair above ; eyes large, round; antennzx of male typically minutely fasciculate ;

thorax clothed with hair only and without crests; all the tibix spined, the

fore tibiz fringed with long hair on outer side, the hind tibiz and tarsi of male

typically fringed with very long hair; abdomen with some rough hair at base

but without crests. Fore wing with the costa slightly arched towards apex

which is more or less produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not

320 NOCTUID =.

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 the

cell about one-third 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.

Secr. I, Antenne of male pectinate on outer side with short branches ending

in a bristle, minutely fasciculate on inner side and towards apex;

fore legs with tuft of long hair from joint of cox and femora; fore

wing with the apex sirongly produced.

7437. Enmonodia megalesia.

Hypopyra megalesia, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p. 346 (1879).

Hypopyra bozei, Saalm, Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 279; id. Lep. Madag.

p- 4097, f. 126.

¢. Head grey-brown, the back of head fulvous; palpi yellow,

Fig. 57.—Enmonodia megalesi

O-

belies

the 3rd joint grey-brown, the frons with slight yellowish lateral

spots; tegule fulvous; thorax ochreous yellow; pectus ochreous

yellow, the tibia and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen pale yellow.

Fore wing pale ochreous yellow, the basal half of inner area tinged

ENMONODIA. 321

with rufous ; a subbasal brown point below costa; antemedial line

represented by a brown striga from costa and black points on

median nervure and vein 1; a slight red-brown discoidal lunule ;

medial line with fuscous spot at costa, then very faint, red-brown,

excurved below costa, oblique and waved below vein 5; postmedial

line with slight brown spot at costa, then faint and waved, ex-

curved below costa, then oblique and with black points on veins 5

to 1; a double obliquely incurved brown line filled in with yellow

from apex to inner margin well before tornus; a series of brown

strize before termen and a brown terminal line from the double line

to vein 2; cilia red-brown except towards tornus; the costa tinged

with brown towards apex. Hind wing pale ochreous yellow;

a faint rufous antemedial shade; traces of a waved medial line

with a series of black points at the veins; a double brown post-

medial line filled in with-yellow ; a slight waved subterminal line

and fine line before termen; cilia red-brown. Underside of both

wings yellow, the terminal area irrorated with fuscous ; fore wing

with brown spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule; hind wing

with discoidal point; both wings with curved medial line, curved

waved postmedial line, maculate subterminal line, and series of

slight lunules before termen.

Q. Fore wing without the rufous shade on basal inner area or

the black points on ante- and postmedial lines, the antemedial line

continued to velu 1, the waved medial and postmedial lines distinct ;

hind wing with the waved medial line more distinct.

Hab. Mavacascar, 1 ¢, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 3, Forét d Ambre

(Meade-Waldo), 1 Q. Exp. 98-130 millim. ‘Type in Coll.

Mabille.

Secr. IJ, Antennz of male serrate and fasciculate; fore wing with the apex

moderately produced.

A. Abdomen of male with dorsal tufts of hair towards

extremity, the anal tuft large.

a. Abdomen of male with the anal tuft entirely crimson.

a‘, Hind wing with the postmedial line waved ; female

with the ground-colour red-brown ................--++ occidentalis.

o', Hind wing with the postmedial line not waved;

female with the ground-colour ochreous tinged

Withemed = brows aseeoncacee ac eanecesseneesue este cneetee ae capensis,

6. Abdomen of male with the anal tuft tipped with

brown.

a‘. Hind wing with the costal and inner areas crimson.

a>. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique and

MI OLAW AWE uocnaeeiaeeictteuas seas een atine SAe-ciae A me ciactisuions malgassica.

i?, Fore wing with the antemedial line waved.

a*, Fore wing with greenish patch on postmedial

costal area; both wings largely suffused with

PUGplisleEey sr. 3. sacane sens Cot sactrn- cet aan oelee plumbefusa.

b%. Both wings ochreous suffused with red-brown

and thickly irrorated with brown ............... pulverulenta.

b', Hind wing with the costal and inner areas yellow

taintlyanmeeduwith scarlet cc:-sn-ssene-nurseecce seas endoxantha,

VOU, Xil. Yi

322 NOCTUID.E,

7438. Enmonodia occidentalis, n.sp. (Plate CCVII. figs.2 3,3 9 .)

3. Head brown mixed with grey, the palpi at base and the

2nd joint in front and beluind crimson ; antennee blackish, the shaft

white above towards base; tegule red-brown; thorax brown mixed

with grey; pectus and femora scarlet, the tibie and tarsi grey-

brown; abdomen scarlet, the basal segments dorsally brown. Fore

wing red-brown tinged with purplish grey and with slght dark

irroration ; traces of a pale subbasal line from costa to submedian

fold, bent inwards in cell; a very indistinct, waved, dark ante-

medial line defined on inner side by slight ochreous marks, excurved

below costa and cell; three dark brown discoidal points, the lowest

conjoined to a small spot beyond lower angle of cell and all defined

by whitish ; medial line represented by a blackish spot on costa

and oblique line from submedian fold to inner margin; a rather

bidentate pale greenish patch below postmedial part of costa,

crossed by the postmedial dark line which is oblique and obso-

lescent trom costa to below vein 7, then indistinctly double, waved,

inwardly oblique and filled im with greyish towards inner margin,

defined on outer side by purple from vein 4 to inner margin; a

double incurved line filled in by greyish from apex to inner margin

just before tornus, some fuscous suffusion beyond it below middle ;

a series of double oblique dark marks filled in by greyish before

termen; a slight greyish terminal line. Hind wing red-brown

tinged with purplish grey, the terminal area suffused with blackish

brown, the costal area to beyond middle and the inner margin

scarlet; a dark discoidal point and oblique antemedial line except

on the scarlet areas; a faint waved medial line except on the

scarlet areas, with a series of blue-white points on it, excurved at

discal and submedian folds; a faint minutely waved pale post-

medial line from costa to inner margin just above tornus and

traces of a pale subterminal line from costa to vein 4. Underside

of both wings scarlet, the terminal areas irrorated with black ;

fore wing with dark spot in middle of cell and slight discoidal

lunule; hind wing with discoidal point; both wings with curved

medial line, curved slightly waved postmedial line, subterminal line

curved on hind wing and slight waved line before termen.

@. Fore wing red-brown irrorated and striated with black, the

antemedial line distinct, bent outwards below costa, then oblique ;

the discoidal marks absent; the postmedial patch below costa very

faint and pale, no purple beyond the postmedial line or blackish on

terminal area; hind wing red-brown, except the scarlet areas,

irrorated with black, the medial line hardly traceable and without

white points on it, the postmedial line brown faintly defined on

outer side by grey, more distinctly waved, the subterminal line

more distinct and dark.

Hab. Srerra Leone (Cator), 1 3 type; S. Nieerra, Ilesha

(Humfrey), 2 €, 293; Ueinna, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 3;

Br. C. Arrica, Mlangi Boma (Neave), 1 5, 1 2. Hep. 70-76

millim.

ENMONODTA. 323

7439. Enmonodia capensis.

Hypopyra capensis, Herr.-Schaff. Ausserear. Schmett. ff. 121-122 (1890).

¢. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, the tegule bright

red-brown ; palpi at base and the 2nd joint in front and behind

scarlet; pectus and femora scarlet; legs grey-brown ; abdomen

scarlet, the basal segments dorsally grey-brown. Fore wing red-

brown, the costal area tinged with grey to beyond middle; an

indistinet antemedial line slightly defined on inner side by grey,

excurved below costa, then oblique ; two chocolate-brown discoidal

spots defined by grey, the spot at lower angle of cell larger; medial

line represented by a blackish spot at costa and oblique red-brown

line from vein 4 to inner margin, the area beyond it suffused with

Fig. 58.—Enmonodia eapensis, 3.

deep red-brown to termen; a rather bifid patch of greenish-grey

suffusion below postmedial part of costa, crossed by the postmedial

line, which is oblique and obsolescent from costa to below vein 7,

then indistinctly double, waved, inwardly oblique, and filled in with

grey towards inner margin ; a double incurved red-brown line filled

in with greyish from apex to inner margin before tornus; a series

of oblique grey bars defined by brown before termen; cilia

chocolate-brown. Hind wing red-brown tinged with purplish grey,

the terminal area with wedge-shaped patch of chocolate-brown

suffusion from discal fold to tornus, the costal area to beyond

Vary

324 NOCTUID A,

middle and inner margin scarlet; an oblique brown antemedial

line and faint dentate medial line with series of grey-white points

on it except on the scarlet areas; an indistinct obliquely curved

postmedial Jine from costa to inner margin above tornus; a slight

waved grey subterminal line from costa to vein 2; cilia chocolate-

brown. Underside of both wings scarlet, the terminal areas

slightly irrorated with black ; fore wing with small dark spots in

middle of cell and on discocellulars; hind wing with discoidal

point ; both wings with curved medial line, curved slightly waved

pestmedial line, subterminal line curved on hind wing, and slight

waved line before termen.

@. Thorax, base of abdomen, and wings ochreous tinged with

rufous ; fore wing with the discoidal spots reduced to points, the

postmedial line reduced to a series of black points on the veins

with faint line beyond it below vein 3; hind wing with series of

blackish points on the medial line instead of the white points, the

postmedial line more distinct and pale, the subterminal line with

series of black points on it, a faint red-brown shade on terminal

area below diseal fold.

Hab. Lorenco Marauzs, Delagoa Bay (Junod), 1 2; ZuLuLaND

(Angas), 1 g ; Navan, Durban (Gueimzius, Gooch, Trimen, Leigh),

4 3,29; Carn Conony (Sir A. Smith), 1d. Hep. 72-82 millim.

*7440, Enmonodia malgassica. (Plate CCVIII. figs.73,8¢.)

Hypopyra malgassica, Mab. Bull. Soc, Zool. Fr. iii. p. 95 (1879).

3. Head and tegule bright rufous; thorax grey ; palpi in front,

pectus and femora scarlet; tibiee and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen

scarlet with some grey hair at base of dorsum, the anal tuft brown

at tip. Fore wing brownish suffused with grey and irrorated with

fuscous ; antemedial line slight, dark detined on inner side by grey,

forming a spot at costa, slightly excurved below costa, then oblique ;

a dark spot at middle of costa; an oblique dark line from yein 3

beyond the cell to inner margin; postmedial line forming a dark

spot at costa, then slight, dark defined on outer side by grey,

slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique, waved ; a double

obliquely incurved dark line from apex to inner margin before

tornus; some brown suffusion at middle of terminal area and a

series of slight dark spots before termen. Hind wing brown

suffused with grey and slightly irrorated with fuscous, the terminal

area browner costal area pale scarlet to the subterminal line; the

inner margin scarlet; a dark antemedial line; a faint waved dark

medial line defined on outer side by grey; a slightly curved dark

subterminal line, and series of slight dark spots before termen.

Underside scarlet; fore wing with small dark spots in middle of

cell and on discocellulars, an oblique medial line, curved somewhat

maculate postmedial line, oblique subterminal line, and series of

dark points before termen except on inner area; hind wing with

slight dark discoidal striga, shght curved medial line, curved some-

ENMONODIA. 3295

what maculate postmedial line, curved subterminal line, and series

of dark striz before termen.

Q. Thorax tinged with flesh-colour; fore wing flesh-red, the

lines slight, the ante- and postmedial lines not forming spots at

costa, the subterminal line filled in with yellow; hind wing

flesh-red ; the underside with the markings less distinct.

Hab. Mavagascar, typet d, Q in Coll. Mabille. xp. 3 78,

2 90 millim.

7441. Enmonodia plumbefusa, n. sp. (Plate CCIX. fig. 1.)

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with brown, the tegule bright

red-brown ; antenne blackish; palpi scarlet at base and in front;

pectus and femora scarlet, the tibiz and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen

crimson, the basal segments dorsally grey-brown, the anal tuft

brown at tips. Fore wing brownish grey, the postmedial area

except towards costa and the terminal area mostly suffused with

chocolate-brown with a silvery leaden gloss ; antemedial Jine

brown, excurved below costa, then oblique and slightly waved ;

two minute black-brown discoidal spots defined by grey ; medial

line represented by a blackish spot on costa and an oblique brown

line from vein 3 to inner margin; postmedial line oblique and

obsolescent from costa to below vein 7, then double filled in with

grey, waved, inwardly oblique and with white points on the inner

side ; a double brown line filled in with grey, obliquely incurved

from apex to inner margin before tornus; a series of oblique

silvery and brown bars before termen; cilia chocolate-brown.

Hind wing with the basal area grey-brown, the rest of wing

chocolate-brown glossed with silvery blue except on a wedge-shaped

patch from discal fold to tornus, the costal area to beyond middle

and the inner margin crimson; a dark discoidal point, oblique

antemedial line and dentate grey medial line except on the crimson

areas; a very indistinct oblique dark postmedial line from costa to

tornus and a subterminal series of minute triangular silvery-blue

spots. Underside of both wings scarlet, the terminal area of fore

wing and costal area of hind wing irrorated with black; fore wing

with small dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal spot; hind

wing with discoidal spot; both wings with indistinct medial line,

curved postmedial line, subterminal line curved on hind wing and

slight waved line before termen.

Hab. Ueanna, Ruwenzori (Wollaston), 1 g; Narat, Malvern

(Marshall), 2 $ type, Durban (Gooch), 1 g. Hvp. 70-76 millim.

7442. Enmonodia pulverulenta, n. sp. (Plate CCIX. tig. 2.)

6. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey, the teguiz bright

red-brown ; palpi at base and the 2nd joint in front and behind

scarlet; pectus and femora scarlet, the tibiz and tarsi grey-brown ;

abdomen scarlet, the basal segments dorsally red-brown irrorated

326 NOCTUIDAE.

with blackish, the anal tuft brown at tip. Fore wing greyish

ochreous suffused with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown ;

antemedial line indistinct, brown, bent outwards below costa, then

oblique; three minute blackish discoidal spots defined by some

white scales ; medial line represented by a blackish spot on costa

and double oblique brown line from vein 2 to inner margin ; a very

faint pale bidentate mark below postmedial part of costa; post-

medial line very indistinct, double, waved and inwardly oblique

from vein 6 to inner margin; a double obliquely incurved red-

brown line filled in with greyish from apex to inner margin before

tornus ; a series of indistinct oblique brown bars before termen ;

cilia red-brown. Hind wing red-brown tinged with grey, the

costal area to beyond middle and inner margin scarlet; an oblique

double brown autemedial line and an indistinct waved medial line

excurved at discal and submedian folds except on the scarlet areas ;

an obliquely curved, very slightly waved postmedial brown line

from costa to inner margin above tornus and a series of brown

striee before termen. Underside of both wings scarlet, the terminal

area of fore wing and costal area of hind wing irrorated with

brown; fore wing with small dark spots in middle of cell and on

discocellulars; hind wing with discoidal point; both wings with

medial and postmedial lines excurved beyond cell of fore wing,

curved on hind wing, subterminal line curved on hind wing, and

series of slight strie before termen.

©. Wings rather more ochreous and less grey ; fore wing with

the postmedial line reduced to a series of black points bent inwards

to costa; hind wing with the postmedial line yellowish and not

waved.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with rather large black spot at lower angle of

cell, sometimes rather bidentate.

Hab. Gotp Coast, Ashanti, Obuasi (Graham), 1 9; S. Niewria,

Lagos, Ebute Meta (Boag), 2 9, Bende (Sampson), 1 ¢, Onitsha,

1 @, Llesha (Humfrey), 1 5; Congo, Katanga, Kambove (Neave),

1 S, Lualaba R. (Neave), 1 3 type; Ucanpa, Gondokoro (Hmin

Pasha), 13 ; Br. FE. Arrica, Kiliman’jaro (Jackson, Hannington),

29; Br. C.Arrica, Zomba (Crawshay), 19. Hap. 64-78 millim.

7443. Enmonodia endoxantha, n. sp. (Plate CCIX. fig. 7.)

3g. Head and thorax grey-white tinged with brown, the tegulee

bright red-brown; palpi at base and the 2nd joint in front and

behind scarlet; antenne brown; pectus ochreous white; cox

and femora scarlet, the tibia and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen

yellow, the dorsum whitish towards base, the hair towards

extremity of dorsum scarlet, the anal tuft scarlet, brown at tip.

Fore wing whitish tinged with flesh-colour and irrerated with

brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; a faint brown

antemedial line, excurved below costa, then oblique; two minute

black-brown discoidal spots and a larger spot at lower angle of

cell, all defined by white scales; medial line represented by a

ENMONODIA. BT

blackish spot on costa and a slight oblique line from submedian

fold to inner margin, the postmedial line by a faint oblique shade

from costa, then by a series of black points on the veins; a double

obliquely incurved red-brown line filled in with yellowish from

apex to inner margin before tornus; a series of oblique brown stri

before termen. Hind wing whitish tinged with flesh-colour and

ivrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown,

the costal area to beyond middle and the inner margin yellow

tinged with scarlet; an oblique brown antemedial line and traces

of a waved medial line except on the yellow areas; postmedial line

double, red-brown filled in with yellowish, oblique from costa to

inner margin just above tornus; a subterminal series of blackish

points. Underside of both wings yellow faintly tinged with scarlet

and irrorated and striated with brown except in cell and on inner

areas ; fore wing with small dark spot in middle of cell and dis-

coidal lunule ; hind wing with discoidal point; both wings with

medial and postmedial lines, excurved beyond the cell on fore wing,

evenly curved on hind wing, subterminal line curved on hind wing,

and series of strie before termen.

©. Abdomen without any scarlet; wings grey-white; fore wing

without the spot at lower angle of cell, a double waved line beyond

the postmedial points from vein 6 to inner margin; hind wing

without scarlet tinge on costal and inner areas, the waved medial

line more distinct.

Ab. 1. Wings pale ochreous and with hardly any brown

irroration.

Ab. 2. Both wings strongly tinged with pale bluish green.

Hab. 8. Nieprta, Ilesha (Humfrey), 2 2; Coneo, Katanga,

Kambove (Neave), 2 9; Guru. KE. Arrica, Usagara (Weave), 2 2;

N.E. Raopusta, Loangwa R. (Neave), 1 5, 2 2 type; Narat,

Malvern (Marshall), 1 9, Verulam (T7rimen),1 2. Hwp. 74-78

78 millim.

B. (Pyramarista.) Abdomen of male without dorsal tufts of hair, the anal

tuft small.

7444, Enmonodia rufescens.

Pyramarista rufescens, Kirby, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 891 (1896).

3. Head and tegule chocolate-brown ; thorax ochreous; palpi

pale scarlet at base; legs grey-brown, the hair on cox and femora

pale scarlet; abdomen ochreous white tinged with pale scarlet

except at base of dorsum. Fore wing pale ochreous tinged with

red-brown especially on terminal area; postmedial line with

blackish spot on costa, then red-brown and indistinct, bent out-

wards below costa then oblique; an obliquely curved whitish line

from apex to inner margin before tornus defined on inner side by

red-brown. Hind wing pale ochreous, the terminal area tinged

328 NOCLUID &.

with red-brown, the costal area to just below the cell and the

Inner margin pale pink; an oblique red-brown antemedial line

from vein 6 to 1; an oblique red-brown postmedial line defined on

Fig. 59.—Hnmonodia rufescens, G. 3

outer side by whitish. Underside of both wings suffused with red-

brown.

Hab. Br. KE, Arrica (Ansorge), 1 3g type in bad condition.

Exp. 88 millim.,

Secr. IJI. Antenne of male minutely fasciculate. -

A. Fore Jeg of male with erectile tuft of long hair from femoro-tibial joint ;

fore wing with the apex slightly produced.

7445. Enmonodia vespertilio.

Noctua vespertilio, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 186 (1787); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 554.

Huponyee shiva, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 199 (1852).

Hypopyra extricans, W1ik. xiv. 1328 (1858).

Spiramia hypopyroides, W\k. Char. Undescr. Lep , Het. p. 51 (1869).

Hypopyra signata, Wik. Char. Undescr. Lep., Het. p. 90 (1869),

Hupopyra dulcina, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 115. f. 10 (1874).

ENMONODIA. 329

Hypopyra pandia, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 115. f. 12 (1874).

Hypopyra distans, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 169 (1882).

Hypopyra pallida, Moore, P. Z.S. 1883, p. 26; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 151,

pl. 166. ff. 1, La.

3. Head and tegule chocolate-brown; thorax grey-white

tinged with brown; palpi with the base and 2nd joint in front

scarlet; pectus and hair on coxa and femora scarlet; legs grey-

brown, the spurs ringed with white; abdomen scarlet, the four

basal segments dorsally brown. Fore wing greyish suffused with

red-brown, the basal and costal areas greyer; antemedial line

brown defined on inner side by whitish, double towards inner

margin, excurved from costa to vein 1 where it is angled inwards,

then again excurved; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark,

Tig. €0.—Enmonodia vespertilio, g. 2.

its tail represented by a narrow black-brown lunule, its head by

three obliquely placed spots all defined by grey ; medial line brown,

oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and double ;

postmedial line brown defined on outer side by grey, with oblique

dark striga from costa, then slight, waved and with dark points at

the veins, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, met at vein 6

by an oblique brown streak from apex; a slight pale waved sub-

terminal line defined on outer side by red-brown; an indistinct

double waved brown line before termen, the inner line with brown

points in the interspaces ; cilia red-brown, yellowish at tips. Hind

wing red-brown with greyish at base and before the medial line,

the fringe of hair on inner margin scarlet; two rather diffused

brown antemedial lines; a slight dentate brown medial line with

330 NOCTUID ©.

dark points at the veins and defined on outer side by grey ; a pale

waved subterminal line and two faint waved brown lines before

termen ; cilia dark brown, yellowish at tips. Underside of both

wings scarlet; fore wing with brown spot in middle of cell and

elliptical discoidal spot with pale centre ; hind wing with discoidal

point ; both wings with indistinctly double medial line, minutely

waved postmedial line, double subterminal line, and faint waved

line before termen with series of dark points on it.

©. Abdomen with the four basal segments dorsally whitish tinged

with brown; fore wing grey-white slightly tinged with brown,

the terminal area rather browner, the discoidal mark almost

obsolete, the tail reduced to a faint striga and the head to two

minute points; hind wing grey-white faintly tinged with red-

brown, the terminal area rather browner.

Ab. 1. hypopyroides, §. The medial inner area of fore wing and

the hind wing much browner; the discoidal mark of fore wing

with the spots usually confluent.

Ab. 2. 3 @. Thorax and wings whitish tinged with brownish

ochreous and yellow; the discoidal mark of fore wing in male

much reduced or almost obsolete.

Ab. 3. exvtiicans, 9. Thorax and wings much whiter; the

discoidal mark of fore wing reduced or almst obsolete.

Hab. Japan, Tokio (Maries), 1 g, 1 3, Yokohama (Jonas,

Pryer, Manley), 5 3, 4 2, Kiushiu, 1 g, Satsuma, 1 Q ;

N. Cuina (Fortune), 1 2 type extricans, Wei-cheng, 1 ¢ ; CENTR.

Caina, Shang-hai (Pryer), 1 9, Kiukiang (Pryer, Pratt), 2 3;

W. Cuina, Kwei-chow, 1 3, Wa-shan (Pratt), 1 9, Chia-kou-ho

(Pratt), 1 3S, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 $, Moupin (Kricheldorf),

1 ¢; Puysas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 6, Dharmsala

(Hocking), 4 3, 6 @, Kasauli, 1 9, Masuri, 2 9, Hurripur

(Verbury), 1 9; Srxumm (Lidderdule, Boyle), 5 3, 2 2 type

hypopyroides; Assam, Khiasis (Watson), 2 g, Silhet, 1 9;

Beneat, Chota Nagpur, Ranchi (/rvine), 1 og, 1 9; Bompay

(Leith), 1 g type distans; Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 25,1 9;

Cryton (Templeton), 2 3, 2 9 type pallida; Burma, Moulmein

(Clerk), 1 9, Rangoon, 1 2, Tenasserim, Dawnat Hills (de

Nicéville), 1 $. Hep. 72-90 millim.

B. (Hnmonodia.) Wind tibie and tarsi of male fringed with very long hair ;

abdomen clothed with long woolly hair below; fore wirg with the apex

strungly produced; hind wing on underside clothed with long woolly

hair except the medial part of costa.

7446. Enmonodia pudens.

Hypopyra pudens, Wik. xiv. 1829 (1858); Hmpsn, Moths Ind. ii.

p. 909,

Enmonodia hypopyrcides, Wik. xiv. 1833 (1858).

Hypopyra grande@va, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 115. f. 11 (1874).

Hypopyra persimilis, Moore, P. Z.8. 1877, p. 608.

S. Head and tegule chocolate-brown, the head with pale line

ENMONODIA. 331

above frons; thorax grey tinged with red-brown; palpi scarlet at

base; pectus searlet; legs dark brown irrorated with grey, the

hair on cox and femora scarlet: abdomen pale scarlet, the four

basal segments dorsally pale grey-brown, the sublateral tufts of

hair searlet, the ventral ridges red-brown. Fore wing grey tinged

with brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown except a

patch on postmedial costal area ; antemedial line very indistinct,

brownish, waved with black points at the veins, bent inwards to

costa and with faint brownish patch beyond it in cell and sub-

median interspace ; a faint discoidal bar with two black points on

Fig. 61.—Enmonodia pudens, $. }.

it and a chocolate-brown patch beyond lower angle of cell, its outer

edge indented at veins 4, 3; medial line indistinctly double, brown,

excurved and waved to vein 5, then oblique; an indistinct waved

curved postmedial line, defined on outer side by grey and with

black points at the veins; an oblique brown streak from apex to

the medial line at vein 5; an indistinct waved subterminal line

and a waved line before termen; some grey suffusion on terminal

area above tornus. Hind wing with the basal area grey tinged

with red-brown, the rest of wing suffused with red-brown;

an oblique brown medial line bounding the grey area; a fen

By NOCLUID 2.

waved brown postmedial Jine with biack points at the veins,

defined on outer side by slight grey suffusion except towards

costa; two faint waved subterminal lines. Underside of fere

wing dull scarlet mostly suffused with brown, faint dark spots at

middle of cell and on discocellulars, a dark medial line excurved

below costa, a curved waved postmedial line, a double diffused dark

subterminal line, the inner line bent inwards to custa, and a slight

waved line before termen; hind wing clothed with dull scarlet

hair and with the medial and postmedial lines showing at costa.

Q. Thorax and wings less grey and more tinged with rufous,

the latter with the terminal areas suffused with bright red-brown ;

fore wing with small chocolate-brown spot beyond lower angle of

cell with a point below it; underside of hind wing dull scarlet

tinged with brown, a dark discoidal spot, curved medial line, and

waved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with smal] wedge-shaped dark mark at lower

angle of cell.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the patch beyond lower angle of cell

larger and irregularly rounded.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the patch beyond lower angle of cell

reduced to a small spot.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with the patch beyond lower angle of cell

absent.

Ab. 5. persimilis. Similar, but fore wing with the subterminal

line prominent and white, with some white suffusion beyond it

above tornus.

Hab. Javan, Tsu-shima (Holst), 1 ¢; Anvamans (Stelling), 3 Q

type persiemilis; Srrarts Serrrements, Penang (Flower), 1 3,

Malacca, Singapore (Ridley), 7 6,2 9; Sumarra (1. O. Forbes),

1 g; Borneo, Challenger Coll., 1 ¢, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 3,

Kuching (Shelford), 1 6,1 9, N. Borneo (Flower), 1 ¢; Nias I.

(Schreiber), 13,12; Has. 1en.,2¢ type and type hypopyroides.

Exp. 96-110 millim.

C. Legs of male normal; fore wing with the apex strongly

produced.

a. Fore wing with the medial line oblique and waved

from costa to vein 5.

a. Fore wing with prominent oblique creamy-white

patch from apex ; ground-colour violaceous grey.. lactipex.

bi}. Fore wivg with faint oblique pale shade from

apex.

a2. Ground- colour grey-white tinged with red-

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b®, Ground - colour grey-white tinged with olive-

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}. Fore wing with the medial line oblique and not waved

POM COME, HO WEN BD) aoocsoansosccodoscsoossscobasesaduse spermatophora.

7447. Enmonodia lactipex, n. sp. (Plate CCIX. fig. 10.)

Head and tegule chocolate-brown with some crimson behind

the eyes and on outer edge of tegule ; thorax grey-white; palpi

ENMONODIA. Bow

crimson at base; pectus and legs chocolate-brown irrorated with

crimson, some crimson below the wings and on cox and some

white below the fore legs; abdomen crimson, the four basal seg-

ments dorsally grey-white irrorated with brown, the ventral

surface chocolate-brown. Fore wing violaceous grey, the costal

area towards apex and termen suffused with chocolate-brown ;

a faint waved antemedial line with dark points at the veins, bent

inwards to costa; two small chocolate-brown discoidal spots ; medial

line double, the lines widely separated, excurved and waved from

costa to vein 5, then oblique and approximated, a small red-brown

spot on outer edge of inner line below vein 6; subterminal line

slight, brown defined on outer side by blue-grey and below vein 5

by white, waved; a creamy white apical patch with an oblique

brown streak defined above by blue-grey from it to the medial line

at vein 5; a faint waved line before termen with dark points in

the interspaces with grey points on their outer sides. Hind wing

violaceous grey, the termen suffused with chocolate-brown ; two

oblique brown antemedial lines with the minutely waved medial

line just beyond them; a slight crenulate white postmedial line

and a faint waved brown subterminal line. Underside of both

wings dark brown, the lines defined by scarlet suffusion; fore

wing with dark spots at middle of cell and on discocellulars with

scarlet patches beyond them, a curved medial line, curved waved

postmedial line, and subterminal line bent inwards to costa on the

yellowish apical patch; hind wing with dark discoidal spot on a

large patch of scarlet suffusion, double medial line aud waved

postmedia] and subterminal lines.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with large elliptical chocolate-brown spot

beyond lower angle of cell.

Hab. Borxno, 1 9, Kuching (Shelford), 1 3, Mt. Dulit (/7oes),

IS pe. Wyo. Gp BO, 2 IOuerranlvnnin,

7448. Enmonodia feniseca.

Hypopyra feniseca, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 200 (1854); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 554.

Head and tegule deep chocolate-brown, the vertex of head

greyish with a white line above frons ; thorax grey-white tinged

with red-brown; palpi irrorated with scarlet, scarlet at base;

pectus scarlet; legs dark brown irrorated with grey, the hair on

coxee and femora scarlet ; abdomen grey tinged with red-brown,

the anal tuft and ventral surface scarlet, the latter with dark

segmental lines. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown, the

terminal area suffused with red-brown obliquely from apex to

middle of inner margin, the costal edge yellowish; antemedial

line slight, brownish, waved, with black points at the veins; a

dark discoidal striga and dark shade beyond lower angle of cell

representing the inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark; medial

line brown, double except at costa, oblique and waved to vein 5,

inwardly oblique below vein 4; postmedial line very indistinct,

dark slightly defined on outer side by greyish, waved and with

334 NOCTUID 4.

black points at the veins, oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique ;

an oblique diffused greyish fascia from apex to the medial line at

vein 5; a crenulate subterminal line, brownish on costal half, then

white ; two waved brown lines before termen. Hind wing grey

tinged with red-brown, the terminal half suffused with red-brown ;

a double brown antemedial line; medial line represented by a

series of dark points with grey suffusion beyond it, slightly

excurved at middle, then incurved; a faint waved brownish sub-

terminal line and a faint waved line before termen. Underside of

Fig. 62.—Enmonodia feniseca, 3. }.

both wings searlet thickly irrorated with fuscous; fore wing with

dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule filled in with

greyish ; hind wing with dark discoidal spot; both wings with

curved medial line, waved postmedial line, double waved sub-

terminal line incurved and filled in with fuscous below costa of

fore wing, and slight waved subterminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the subterminal line grey and indistinct.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with two black spots beyond lower angle of

cell.

Ab. 3. Wings greyer without red-brown suffusion.

Hab. W. Catna, Kwei-chow, 1 9; Punsas, Kulu, Sualtanpur

(G. Young), 1 $, Dharmstla (Hocking), 335, 1 9, Simla

(Harford), 4 S$, 2 9, Kasauli, 1 9; Assam (Badgley), 1 ¢.

Exp. 89-96 millim.

ENMONODTA. 335

7449. Enmonodia ossigera. (Plate CCIX. fig. 5.)

Hypopyra ossigera, Guen. Noct. ili. p. 201 (1852) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 554.

Head and tegule chocolate-brown, the latter scarlet at sides,

thorax whitish tinged with brown; pectus scarlet; legs grey-

brown, the hair on coxe and femora scarlet ; abdomen whitish

irrorated with brown and tinged with scarlet towards extremity,

the ventral surface scarlet. Fore wing grey-white tinged with olive-

brown ; antemedial line slight, brown, bent inwards to costa, then

slightly waved; a black-brown discoidal lunule confluent with a

somewhat bilobate spot beyond lower angle of cell and both slightly

defined by white; medial line brown, oblique and sinuous to

vein 5, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line slight, waved,

oblique to vein 6, then somewhat inwardly oblique; a shght

dentate subterminal line defined on outer side by whitish marks; a

slight waved brown line before termen; the termen suffused with

red-brown except towards tornus; cilia red-brown. Hind wing

grey-white tinged with olive-brown, the basal area paler; a slight

dark discoidal mark ; an oblique double brown antemedial line; a

faint dentate medial line with dark points on the veins, defined on

outer side by grey; a slight dentate subterminal line defined on

outer side by whitish marks; a faint waved brown line before

termen ; the termen and cilia suffused with red-brown. Underside

of both wings scarlet thickly irrorated with fuscous; fore wing

with dark spot in middle of celland discoidal spot ; hind wing with

discoidal spot ; both wings with curved medial line, curved waved

postmedial line, double, waved subterminal line, and waved line

before termen.

Ab. 1. 3. Fore wing with the discoidal lunule separate from

the spot beyond angle of cell.

Ab. 2. 3 2. Fore wing with the discoidal lunule reduced to two

minute spots, the spot beyond lower angle of cell absent.

Ab. 3. 2. Fore wing without discoidal mark or spot beyond

lower angle of cell.

Hab. Stxutm (Lidderdale, Moller), 7 3, 2 9; Srrairs Surrie-

mENtS, Salanga I. (Miller), 1 ¢. Hxvp. 64-86 millim.

7450. Enmonodia spermatophora, n. sp. (Plate CCIX. fig. 6.)

6. Head and tegule chocolate-brown, the head whitish between

antenne ; thorax whitish tinged with red-brown ; palpi crimson at

base ; pectus crimson-red ; legs grey-brown, the hair on coxee and

femora crimsen; abdomen grey tinged with brown, the anal tuft

and ventral surface crimson-red. Fore wing grey suffused with

pale red-brown; traces of an antemedial line bent inwards to

costa and with black points on median nervure and vein 1; a

black-brown discoidal lunule confluent with a bilobate spot beyond

336 NOCLUIDA.

lower angle of cell, both slightly defined by whitish; medial line

brown, oblique and straight from costa to vein 5, then inwardly

oblique: traces of a curved waved postmedial line slightly defined

on outer side by whitish and with dark points on the veins; traces

of a waved subterminal line defined on outer sitle by slight whitish

marks; a slight waved brown line before termen; the termen

suffused with red-brown; the cilia red-brown. Hind wing grey

tinged with red-brown, the basa! area somewhat paler; an oblique

brown antemedial line; an indistinct waved medial line slightly

defined on outer side by whitish and with dark points at the veins ;

an indistinct waved subterminal line defined on outer side by slight

whitish marks and a slight waved brown line before termen; the

termen suffused with red-brown; cilia red-brown. Underside of

both wings crimson-red thickly irrorated with fuscous; fore wing

with dark spot in middle of ceil and discoidal spot; hind wing

with discoidai point; both wings with curved medial line, waved

curved postmedial line, double waved subterminal line and waved

line before termen, on fore wing the medial line traversing the

discoidal spot.

Hab. Assam, Dibrugrah (Ward), 1 3 type. Hap. 80 millim.

Secr. IV. (Macxula.) Antenne of male with long cilia and bristles.

A. Fore femora of male dilated with a tuft of hair at extremity; fore wing

with the apex moderately produced.

7451. Enmonodia unistrigata.

Hypopyra unistrigata, Guen, Noct. iii. p. 201 (1852) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

li. p. 505.

Angerona pausaria, Wik, xx, 245 (1860).

Maula idonea, Wik. xxxiii. 1096 (1865).

Head and tegule red-brown; thorax pale grey tinged with

brown; palpi scarlet at base; coxs and femora clothed with yellow

and scarlet hair, the tibie and tarsi grey-brown ; abdomen yellow,

the basal segments dorsally pale grey mixed with brown, the

ventral surface tinged with scarlet. Fore wing pale grey irrorated

with brown and suffused in parts with red-brown, especially on

terminal area except at apex; antemedial line indistinct, brown,

slightly waved and with dark points on the veins, bent inwards to

costa; a large inverted comma-shaped discoidal red-brown mark

slightly defined by grey; medial line red-brown, bent outwards

below costa, then oblique, waved and traversing the discoidal mark ;

postmedial line with oblique brown striga from costa, then indis-

tinct, pale, waved and with dark points on the veins, inwardly

oblique below vein 6; subterminal line double, brown filled in with

whitish, oblique and straight; an indistinct waved brown line

before termen. Hind wing pale grey irrorated with brown and

suffused in parts with red-brown especially on terminal area, the

inner margin yellow; a slight dark discoidal lunule; an oblique

ENMONODIA. 337

brown antemedial line; an indistinct waved medial line with

blackish points at the veins and faintly defined on outer side by

whitish, excurved at discal and submedian folds ; an oblique white

subterminal line slightly defined on inner side by brown; a slight

waved line before termen with dark points at the veins and faintly

Fig. 63.—-Hnmonodia unistrigata, gd. 3.

defined on outer side by whitish. Underside of both wings scarlet ;

fore wing with the costal and terminal areas suffused with brown,

a brown spot in middle of cell and discoidal annulus traversed by

the medial line, a curved waved postmedial line, diffused double

subterminal line and series of points before termen; hind wing

with dark discoidal spot, curved antemedial line, waved postmedial

line, and straight subterminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the discoidal spot reduced to three or two

minute spots.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with large spot at lower angle of cell with

minute spot above it.

Ab. 3. Wings much yellower especially the terminal area of fore

wing and the hind wing, and less irrorated with brown.—Sikhim.

Hab, Sixurm (Grote, Lidderdale), 1 3, 1 9; Assam, Silhet

(Stainsforth), 5 3,5 2, types peusaria and idonea ; Burma, Moul-

mein (Clerk), 1 6,19. Hep. 54-66 millim.

B. Fore femora of male not dilated and without tuft of hair at extremity ;

fore wing with the apex slightly produced.

a. Fore wing with the tornal area from below vein 5 greatly excised.

*7452, Enmonodia contractipennis.

Enmonodia contractipennis, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1912, p. 334.

3d. Head and tegule deep chocolate-brown; thorax pale

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338 NOCLUIDA.

brownish grey ; palpi at base, shoulders and pectus reddish ; legs

chocolate-brown, the tarsi grey-brown, the hind tibie fringed with

reddish hair; abdomen pale brownish grey tinged with scarlet

except towards base which is irrorated with some blackish scales,

the ventral surface pale scarlet. Fore wing pale brownish grey

irrorated with blackish, the terminal area suffused with red-brown;

a subbasal blackish point below the cell ; an antemedial series of four

black points on the veins; a slight blackish discoidal striga ; a faint

diffused medial dark line, excurved beyond the cell, then incurved;

a faint oblique brownish striga from costa, then a series of black

points on the veins, incurved below vein 5; a pale subterminal

Fig. 64.—Enmonodia contractipennis, 3. }.

line slightly defined on each side by brown and defined on inner side

by black tinged with leaden grey between veins 4+ and 2, oblique

below vein 7; a series of blackish points before termen and an

irregularly waved black line before the excised part of termen.

Hind wing grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with blackish,

the hair on inner margin yellowish; a minute blackish discoidal

spot and slight medial line; a postmedial series of black points on

the veins; a pale subterminal line and series of blackish points

before termen; cilia blackish at tips. Underside yellow tinged

with red, the costal areas and terminal half irrorated with blackish,

both wings with blackish discoidal spots, medial line excurved

beyond the cell, waved postmedial line, rather diffused subterminal

line, and series of blackish points before termen.

Hab. Tonkin, An-chau, type f gin Coll.de Joannis, Hwp.52 millim.

ENMONODIA. 339

®, Fore wing with the tornal area normal.

a', Wings white slightly irrorated with brown; hind

wing with the costal area yellow ..........c00cce africana.

6’. Wings grey thickly irrorated with brown; hind wing

with the costal area flesh-pink .............esseeeeeeeeseee es carneotincta.

7453. Enmonodia africana.

Maxula africana, Kirby, A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 392 (1896).

3S. Head and tegule red-brown mixed with ochreous white ;

thorax ochreous white, palpi crimson at base; pectus and legs

ochreous white, the coxee and femora with pale crimson hair, the

tibiz and tarsi irrorated with fuscous, the fore legs fuscous in front ;

abdomen yellow, the base of dorsum ochreous white, the ventral

surface tinged with crimson. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated

with brown, the terminal area tinged with brown, darker below

middle; subbasal dark points below costa and cell; antemedial line

Fig. 65.—Enimonodia africana, 6. }.

represented by a dark striga from costa and slight sinuous line from

cell to inner margin; a very large chocolate-brown spot at lower

angle of cell conjoined to a discoidal lunule, both defined by black ;

medial dark striz from costa and inner margin; postmedial line

represented by a black spot on costa, then a curved series of points

on the veins ; subterminal line double filled in with whitish, almost

straight, with dark points on its edges towards costa; a series of

small blackish spots before termen. Hind wing ochreous white

irrorated with brown, the terminal area tinged with red-brown, the

costal area to beyond middle and the inner margin orange-yellow ;

a slight dark discoidal lunule; rather diffused medial line with

slight points beyond it on the veins except on the yellow areas ;

subterminal line double, brown filled in with whitish, almost

straight, with diffused dark marks on it towards costa ; a series of

blackish points before termen. Underside of both wings yellow

340 NOCTUIDAE.

tinged with scarlet ; fore wing with black discoidal lunule and spot

beyond lower angle of cell, oblique postmedial series of spots from

below costa to above vein 5 and spot below vein 2, subterminal

series of diffused spots and series of points before termen; hind wing

with discoidal point, slight medial line, maculate postmedial and

subterminal lines, the former-incurved below vein 4, and series of

points before termen.

@. Fore wing with the discoidal mark represented by two small

spots and a small spot beyond lower angle of cell.

Hab. Br. FE. Arrica (Ansorge), 1 ¢, 1 Q2 type. Hap. J 50,

7454. Enmonodia carneotincta, n. sp. (Plate CCIIT. fig. 14.)

@. Head dark brown with a purplish grey tinge; palpi pale

crimson at base; thorax pale grey irrorated with fuscous, the

tegule fuscous at base; pectus and the hair on coxe and femora

pale crimson; legs grey irrorated with fuscous; abdomen grey

irrorated with fuscous and with orange-yellow segmental lines, the

ventral surface with reddish segmental bands. Fore wing grey

tinged with flesh-colour and irrorated with purple-brown, the

terminal area tinged with red-brown; slight dark subbasal spots

below costa and cell; antemedial line represented by an oblique

dark striga from costa and obscure inwardly oblique maculate line

from cell to inner margin; two small black discoidal spots; a

medial dark bar from costa and obscure mark on inner margin; a

patch of slight black irroration beyond end of cell; postmedial line

represented by a dark spot on costa, and very indistinct oblique pale

dentate line from vein 6 to inner margin; subterminal line grey

defined at sides by rather diffused brown, nearly straight, from

below costa to inner margin just before tornus; a series of dark

points before termen. Hind wing grey tinged with flesh-colour

and irrorated with purplish-brown, the costal area to beyond middle

and inner margin flesh-pink ; an oblique dark antemedial line and

faint minutely waved medial line except on the pink areas; sub-

terminal line double, brown filled in with whitish, almost straight ;

a series of dark points before termen. Underside of both wines

orange tinged with scarlet, the basal half of costal areas irrorated

with black ; fore wiug with slight discoidal lunule ; hind wing with

discoidal point; both wings with slight curved maculate medial

line, rather diffused subterminal line maculate towards costa, and

series of points before termen.

Hab. Br. Becnvanatann, Lake N’gami (Lugard), 1 @ type.

Exp. 54 millim,

Sect. V. Antenne of male with short bristles and cilia; fore tibise with tuft

of long hair from base; fore wing with the apex slightly produced.

A. Fore wing with double subterminal line filled in with

Bal lion cals ean eneabosadeetosadouss soeddOoesadancntaconnecodsesboosas meridionalis.

B. Fore wing with the subterminal line almost obsolete in

male, single and defined on inner side by yellow in

I(T ae Mere deneranbscocasosanoneadoasnusaossosoracbdueodsnadaiadas burmanica.

ENMONODIA. 341

7455. Enmonodia meridionalis, n. sp.

do. Head and tegule red-brown ; thorax red-brown mixed with

grey ; palpi scarlet at base; pectus and femora yellow suffused with

scarlet, the tibize and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen scarlet, dorsally

red-brown at base. Fore wing red-brown ; antemedial line brown,

indistinct except towards costa, excurved below costa, then oblique

and slightly sinuous; two black-brown discoidal spots defined by

grey; medial line brown, bent outwards below costa, then

indistinct, oblique and sinuous; a greenish grey diffused patch

below postmedial part of costa; postmedial line with oblique dark

striga from costa, then brownish defined on outer side by greenish

grey, oblique and dentate ; subterminal line double filled in with

yellowish, oblique, straight; a series of dark and white points

-before termen. Hind wing red-brown, the costal area to beyond

Fig. 66.—Hnmonodia meridionalis, $. }

middle and inner margin scarlet; a small brown discoidal spot,

oblique antemedial line, slight waved medial line with dark points

at the veins, very indistinct subterminal line from costa to inner

margin just above tornus, and series of dark and white points before

termen. Underside of both wings yellow suffused with scarlet ;

fore wing with large dark discoidal spot, hind wing with smaller

spot; both wings with curved medial line, curved waved postmedial

line, rather maculate interrupted subterminal line, series of points

before termen, and dark patch on terminal area below middle.

@. Thorax white; abdomen dorsally yellowish ; fore wing

yellowish white irrorated with red-brown, the terminal area suffused

with red-brown, the discoidal mark reduced to two points, the

postmedial line to a double series of points, the subterminal line

prominently filled in with white, a series of small brown spots

before termen ; hind wing yellow, the subterminal line prominently

B42 NOCLUID.

filled in with white, a series of small brown spots before termen ;

the underside much yellower with the markings less distinct.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the greenish on postmedial costal area

and beyond the postmedial line replaced by greyish.—Cuddapah.

Hab. Mapvras, Cuddapah, Horsleykonda (Cumpbell), 1 ¢;

Certon, Trincomali (Yerbury), 1 dg, 1 Q type. Hap. 46-52

millim.

7456. Enmonodia burmanica, n. sp.

(Plate CCIII. figs. 15 g,16 @.)

3. Head and tegulee dark grey-brown ; thorax grey mixed with

brown; pectus and femora yellow tinged with scarlet, the tibic

and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen crimson, the basal segments

dorsally grey mixed with brown. Fore wing purplish grey, the

termina] area somewhat darker; antemedial line indistinct, dark,

oblique, sinuous, bent inwards to costa; a large black-brown

discoidal lunule defined by grey, its lower part somewhat dilated ;

medial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then oblique,

waved ; postmedial line with oblique dark striga from costa, then

slight, faintly defined on outer side by whitish marks, dentate and

inwardly oblique; traces of an oblique subterminal line; a series

of shght dark and whitish points before termen. Hind wing

purplish grey, the terminal area suffused with brown, the inner

margin crimson; an indistinct dark discoidal spot and sinuous

antemedial line ; an indistinct waved medial line with dark points

on the veins and defined on outer side by slight whitish marks,

excurved at discal and submedian folds; traces of a double sub-

terminal line filled in with whitish from costa to inner margin

just above tornus; a series of faint dark spots before termen.

Underside of both wings orange suffused with scarlet; fore wing

with the terminal area suffused with brown except towards apex,

a dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule, somewhat

maculate medial line excurved beyond the cell, curved waved post-

medial line, double diffused subterminal line, and series of small

spots before termen ; hind wing with slight discoidal lunule, some-

what maculate medial line excurved beyond the cell, curved waved

postmedial line, waved subterminal line double from costa to vein 5,

and series of small spots before termen.

Q. Head and tegule bright red-brown; thorax and we of

abdomen ochreous suitused “with rufous; fore wing yellow, the

outer part of medial area except towards costa and the terminal

area suffused with rufous, the lines distinet, the discoidal mark

reduced to a slight dark lunule, the subterminal line double filled

in with yellowish, a series of small brown and white spots before

termen; hind wing yellow suffused with rufous. especially on

terminal area, the lines distinct, the subterminal line double filled

in with yellow; underside of fore wing without dark suffusion on

terminal area, the postmedial line of both wings indistinct.

Hab. Burma, Myingyan( Watson), 1 ¢ type, “"Tilin Yaw ( Watson),

WO, leis OBA, OQ DS wnilllinm,

ENMONODIA. 343

Sect. VI. Antenne of male minutely ciliated; fore wing with the apex

slightly produced.

7457. Enmonodia allardi.

Ophiusa allardi, Oberth. Et. Ent. iii. p. 35, pl. ii. f. 6 (1878).

Ophisina leucochitow, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxviii. p. exe (1884).

¢. Frons and antenne dark brown, the former with yellowish

lateral spots, vertex of head and tegule white tinged with yellow;

palpi yellow, the extremities of Ist and 2nd joints and the 3rd joint

dark brown; thorax white; pectus and legs yellow, the fore legs

red-brown with the tarsi fuscous, the mid and hind tarsi grey ;

Vig. 67.—Enmonodia allardi, S. }.

abdomen white with the anal tuft and ventral surface yellow. Fore

wing white irrorated with red-brown except on basal area, costal

area to beyond middle, and on inner half of terminal area, the

costal edge red-brown towards apex; a strong oblique red-brown

line from apex to middle of inner margin, with red-brown suffusion

below it towards apex; cilia red-brown except towards tornus.

Hind wing pure white. Underside of both wings white, the costal

area and apical area of fore wing faintly tinged and irrorated with

brown ; fore wing with slight black points before termen in the

344 NOCTUID.

interspaces from below apex to above vein 5; hind wing with

slight black points before termen in the interspaces from apex to

above vein 3.

Hab. W. Arnica, 1 5 ; Ueanna, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 ¢ ;

ZanzipaR; Mapacascar. xp. 96 millim.

Genus CALLIODES. Mane

Calliodes, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 192 (1852) .................+ AagsceeE one appollina.

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

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long ; frons smooth with tuft of

hair above ; eyes large, round; antennz of male with serrations ending in long

bristles, the apical part ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed

and without crests; tibiz all spined and smoothly scaled; abdomen 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 anas-

tomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell

about one-third 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.

A. Fore wing with narrow white band beyond the medialline. «ppollina.

B. Fore wing without white band beyond the medial line ... pretzosissima.

7458. Calliodes appollina. (Plate CCIII. fig. 18.)

Calliodes appollina, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 193 (1852).

3g. Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with brown, the

tegule blackish at base; palpi darker at tips; sides of frons with

blackish spots; fore legs suffused with brown; abdomen ochreous

white suffused with brown except at. base, the two basal segments

with blackish bands, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore

wing ochreous white suffused with reddish brown, the costa darker

brown; subbasal line represented by double dark brown bars in

submedian interspace ; antemedial line double, dark brown, in-

wardly oblique; a very large inverted comma-shaped mark at end

of cell, with black centre with some silvery blue on the tail and

inner side of head and yellowish white annulus defined by black

with yellowish white below it, and a black-brown patch on inner

area; a curved yellowish white postmedial line defined on inner

side by black-brown and slightly angled inwards at vein 1; a

curved waved yellowish white subterminal line, with series of

smal] yellowish white spots before it and dark spots beyond it; a

dark terminal line. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with red-

brown especially on terminal area; a dark brown discoidal lunule ;

a double waved dark brown medial line excurved beyond the cell;

a double waved brown postmedial line filled in with small yellowish

white spots and defined on outer side by yellowish white; an

indistinct double waved dark brown subterminal line and a dark

terminal line. Underside of both wings yellowish white, the

terminal area tinged with red-brown; fore wing with the head of

CALLIODES. 345

the discoidal mark dark, and a double minutely waved brown sub-

terminal line; hind wing with brown discoidal lunule, waved

postmedial line, and doubie waved subterminal line.

Hab. Sunreat; Asyssinsa, Atbara (Gerrurd),1 3S. Hap. 42

maillim.

7459. Calliodes pretiosissima.

Calliodes pretiosissima, Holl. Ent. xxv. Suppl. p. 94 (1892); Pr. U.S. Nat.

Mus. xviii. p. 254, pl. 8. f. 2.

Calliodes rivuligera, Butl. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 679.

Head and thorax grey-brown tinged with fuscous, the tegule

edged with fuscous ; palpi fuscous, ochreous on inner side and with

some pale scarlet at base ; pectus pale scarlet, the legs grey-brown;

abdomen grey-brown tinged with fuscous and with fuscous lines on

basal segments, the ventral surface pale scarlet. Fore wing grey-

brown with a cupreous gloss except on costal area to beyond

middle; the basal area with five waved blackish lines tinged with

silvery blue; a large inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark with

Vig. 68.— Calliodes pretiosissima, &. +.

grey-brown centre defined by black with yellow on its outer side

and white marks on outer side of tail and inner side of head which

is filled in by a black patch with three silvery-blue streaks on it,

the upper part of tail with silvery blue and black line in centre;

postmedial line double, black, excurved from costa round the dis-

coidal mark and incurved below it, the outer line waved and

tinged with silvery blue; two series of black rather triangular

subterminal spots, the inner series tinged with silvery blue; a

waved black line before termen anda terminal line. Hind wing

346 NOCIUID&.

grey-brown with a cupreous gloss; the medial area with four

waved black lines ; two waved postmedial lines tinged with silvery

blue ; a subterminal series of small black spots, a waved black line

before termen anda terminal line. Underside of both wings orange-

scarlet ; fore wing with slight double dark discoidal lunule, post-

medial elliptical black spot between veins 5 and 3, waved sub-

terminal line with some dark suffusion beyond it, followed by black

points, and a dark terminal line; hind wing with black discoidal

point, slight antemedial line excurved beyond the cell, waved

postmedial and subterminal lines, series of black spots before

termen and terminal line.

Hub. Coneo, Katanga, Kambove (Neave), 2 9 ; Br. E. Arrica ;

Germ. EK. Arrica, Usangu (Neave), 1 9; Br. C. Arrica, Ruo

Valley (Neave), 1 Q, Lake Nyasa (Weave), 1 ¢, Zomba (Johnston),

1 $,1 Q type rivulgera; Lorexgo Mareves, Delagoa Bay

(-VWonteiro), 1 g,1 9 ; MasHonatanp, Mazoe (Marshall), 2 3 ;

Ruopesta, Bulawayo (Marshall), 1 3; ZuLtutann (Anderson),

1 @ ; Nava, Gadzima (Marshall), 1 g. Hep. 44-52 millim.

Genus SPEIREDONIA.

Type.

Saxena onde, Vella, WEVA 1D YI USB) cascosc05000c0509s00ds 008085 retorta.

Spurama, Guem. Noet. wi p. 194 @S852) Veseseesseeeeeeeeee-te sen ere suffumose.

JalyoxooyReh, CHU, INOCs TH, JD, WS CUBE) soscssvcaseccooccansccoosed triloba.

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

vertex of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth with

tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of male typically minutely

serrate and fasciculate; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests;

tibiee slightly fringed with hair on outer side, all the tibiz spined ; abdomen

smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the costa highly arched

towards apex which is rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly 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 the

cell about one-third length of wing; veins 8,4 from angle of cell; 5 fully

developed from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the

cell near base only; the male typically with a fold on inner area on upper

side containing an erectile fringe of very long hair.

The species in Section Il. grade into one another and might equally well be

treated as all more or less localised forms of one species.

Secr. I. Antenne of male strongly serrate and fasciculate ; hind wing without

fold and fringe of hair on inner area.

A. Wings brown suffused with jiurple-grey ............-.....ee eee glaucescens.

B. Wings yellow tinged with flesh-red ../............-...2.02- +2 +0 griseisigna.

7460. Speiredonia glaucescens.

Calliodes glaucescens, But]. P. Z. 8. 1893, p. 680.

Head and tegulze dark red-brown, the palpi at base, lower part

of frons, and gule crimson ; thorax grey-brown ; pectus crimson ;

legs grey-brown, the femora fringed with crimson, the fore and

SPEIREDONIA. 347

mid tibie fuscous; abdomen crimson, the dorsum grey-brown

towards base. Fore wing reddish brown tinged with grey; ante-

medial line fine, fuscous with a leaden gloss, slightly curved; a

very large inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark, its centre red-

brown with the head filled in with black suffused with silvery blue

on inner side, the upper part of tail filled in with silvery blue and

white, the mark defined by black on inner side, below, and on

outer side of head, with a fine grey line inside it and whitish

beyond it on outer side of head, the outer side of tail and inner

side of head defined by a waved white line; postmedial line dark

brown, arising below costa, excurved round the discoidal mark,

then oblique to inner margin towards which it is dilated; two

Speiredonia glaucescens, G. }.

Fig. 69.

curved, waved silvery-blue subterminal lines, the inner arising

below costa, the outer at vein 7, with a cupreous gloss between

and just beyond them; two waved black lines before termen.

Hind wing reddish brown tinged with grey, the costal area to

beyond middle and the inner area pale scarlet ; a blackish discoidal

point; a strong black-brown medial line with a slighter brown line

beyond it; two waved postmedial lines, silvery blue except towards

costa; two waved subterminal lines, the inner with silvery blue

spots on it except towards costa; two waved black lines before

termen. Underside of both wings searlet with smali black discoidal

spots, curved maculate medial and postmedial lines, and the hind

wing with subterminal series of black points.

348 NOCTUID &.

Hub. Coneo, Katanga, Kambove (Neave), 1 9 ; Gurm. E. Arrica,

Stevenson Rd. (Dewar), 1 3; Br. C. Arrica, Fwambo (Carson),

2 2, Zomba (Johnston), 3 5,1 Q type, Blantyre (Neave), 1 ¢ ;

MasHonaxanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 $,1 9, Umtali( Marshall),

1 2. Exp. 54-58 millim.

7461. Speiredonia griseisigna, n. sp. (Plate CCILI. fig. 17.)

6. Head and tegule chocolate-brown with some ochreous

tinged with scarlet on vertex of head; palpi at base and the 2nd

joint in front and behind crimson ; antenne with the shaft white

above ; thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; legs grey-brown, the

coxe and femora pale crimson; abdomen orange tinged with

scarlet, the basal segments dorsally irrorated with brown. Fore

wing fulvous yellow tinged with flesh-colour and slightly irrorated

with brown, the terminal area faintly tinged with olive-brown, the

veins paler ; antemedial dark points on the veins; a narrow dis-

coidal lunule with its upper extremity produced, defined by blackish,

its centre irrorated with brown and grey, a similar fignre-of-8-

shaped spot beyond lower angle of cell and a small spot below

vein 3; medial line purplish brown, rather diffused, excurved and

obsolescent beyond the cell, then oblique; a curved postmedial

series of dark points on the veins ; an indistinct pale waved sub-

terminal line, and series of dark points before termen; cilia red-

brown. Hind wing fulvous yellow shghtly irrorated with brown, ~

the terminal area tinged with olive-brown, the costal area to near

apex and the inner margin pale scarlet; a dark discoidal point,

oblique purple-brown medial line, postmedial series of dark points

on the veins, pale waved subterminal line and series of dark points

before termen ; cilia red-brown. Underside of both wings orange

suffused with scarlet; fore wing with dark point in middle of cell

and small discoidal spot; hind wing with dark discoidal point ;

both wings with indistinct curved red medial and postmedial lines

and some slight dark points before termen.

Hab. Mssuonatranp, Umtali (Marshall), 1 S$ type. Exp. 56

millim.

Sxcr. II. Antenne of male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; hind wing with

fold on inner area-on upperside containing an erectile fringe of very

long hair.

Key to the males.

A. Fore wing with the discoidal mark not indented on outer

side or reduced to spots.

a. Hind wing with distinct pale subterminal line, the

waved lines beyond it prominent and black ............ japonica.

6. Hind wing with the subterminal line and waved lines

beyond it indistinct. :

a, Kore wing with the double waved subterminal line

and waved lines before termen prominent and

black.

SPEIREDONTA. 349

a2, Fore wing with the medial line evenly excurved

beyond the discoidal mark ..................0..0005 retorta.

22, Fore wing with the medial line strongly excurved

beyond the upper part of the discoidal mark ...... recessa.

1, Fore wing with the double waved subterminal line

and waived lines before termen indistinct and

Pane

. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique to

IMME MATYIN oes eee sees sees eee cee teeta revolvens.

b2. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

excurved above inner Margin ................22..20+ suffumosa.

c. Hind wing without subterminal line or lines before

termen on upperside.

a, Fore wing with the medial line traversing the

discoidal mark, the postmedial line touching its

(OMMIVETE COVES) ob kbn» cacvandeo sous acoonobansubsccbeqdobobododanags sumbanda.

1, Fore wing with the medial line excurved round the

discoidal mark, the postmedial line well beyond it.

a2, Fore wing with dark subterminal line and slight

lunulate line before termen ..............-.ces0e0+r- = remota.

62, Fore wing without dark subterminal line or

lunulate lime before termen <.2..2.2..--.0.+-s0ce-+ee- calaocensis.

B. Fore wing with the discoidal mark indented on outer

GHGID oc abs adosantiocdodostoeduonsnsapgaayauodaasdodosetadntubabedesdotee indenta.

C. Fore wing with the discoidal mark reduced to spots.

a. Fore wing ochreous suffused with purplish red-brown... ¢riloha.

6. Fore wing greyish suffused with olive-brown............... martha,

Key to the femalrs

A. Fore wing with the discoidal mark not indented on outer

side or reduced to spots.

a. Hind wing with the pale subterminal line strongly

waved.

@, Hind wing with narrow white band beyond the

medial line and broad blackish band before the { japonica,

Suibbenmmimululimenncemectss tector ee cae seca et | retorta,

1, Hind wing with broad whitish band beyond the

inedial line and narrow blackish band before the

subterminal line.

a2, Fore wing with the head of the discoidal mark

IEE). cnqnbososncs0cb0gaqso0dogaocendoousdadubobonpadsHonesebos recess.

62, Fore wing with the head of the diseoidal mark

UTI PAS nee SBa Goro daddaSs cepa. meOnisacerlacSic agama manne revolvens.

b. Hind wing with the pale subterminal line straight or

hardly waved.

a, Size small, about 60 millim.

a. Fore wing grey mostly suffused with black-brown . swmbana.

i2, Fore wing grey slightly suffused with brown;

both wings with the postmedial and subterminal

lines closely approximated ..............ceceeee seen ee voluta.

. Fore wing ochreous slightly suffused with brown.

Nae Fore wing with brown spot on inner margin

before the postmedial line ...................0..0.005 remota.

3. Fore wing without brown spot on inner margin

before the oOstnneciiallylimereeeeeeHeeeeeeereee eee tere calaoensis.

i, Size leva, GSAS) rmmutlliven., 5o5c0ceesobesco0000098se050es5000006 suffumosa.

B. Fore wing with the discoidal mark more or less indented

OnMouleristd emimarem eens sessweaisties cic sie\giie sistas hie wise eelepiniate sclnte indenta.

C. Fore wing with the discoidal mark reduced to spots.

a, Wings ochreous tinged with flesh-pink .................008. triloba.

b. Wings greyish suffused with olive-brown ..............0008 martha.

390 NOCTUID®.

7462. Speiredonia japonica. (Plate CCIX. figs. 3 g,4 2.)

Spirama japonica, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 195 (1852).

Spirama simplicior, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 198.

3. Head and tegule deep red-brown; palpi crimson at base ;

thorax red-brown mixed with greyish ochreous ; ; pectus red-brown

legs dark brown, the coxe and fringes of hair on femora erimsoms :

abdomen crimson, the two basal segments dorsally red-brown, the

four following seements with triangular black- brown patches, a

small spot on penultimate segment and lateral series of black bars.

Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown, the medial inner area

deeper red-brown; antemedial line dark brown, excurved below

costa, oblique and with black-brown suffusion beyond it below the

cell; a very large inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark, black-

brown with some ochreous irroration at middle and slight ochreous

annulus, the head defined by whitish below and on outer side, the

outer side of tail and inner side of lead defined by a white line:

some ochreous white in the sinus of the discoidal mark and a red-

brown fascia from above its head to the outer postmedial line with

an ochreous white streak above it ; two blickish postmedial lines,

wide apart towards costa and the inner line arising below the costa,

approximated and filled in with black-brown towards inner margin,

excurved towards costa, then oblique; two waved brown sub-

terminal lines arising at vein 7, the inner line almost obsolete

above vein 5; the postmedial area with black streaks above and

below vein 6, the lower extending to the discoidal mark, and slight

white streaks above and below vein 8 before the two waved black

lines before termen. Hind wing with the basal half dark brown,

the terminal half ochreous tinged with red-brown and with dark

brown suffusion before the subterminal line; medial line black-

brown defined on outer side by ochreous; subterminal line double,

black-brown filled in with ochreous, the inner line diffused on inner

side; a double waved black-brown line before termen; cilia

greyish. Underside of both wings scarlet, the basal areas and veins

suffused with brown; fore wing with two curved brown postmedial

lines and a subterminal ae, a brown spot beyond the Ist post-

medial line between veins £ 5 and 3; hind wing with dark discoidal

point and curved brown aha postmedial, and subterminal lines.

Q. Thorax brownish white with dark brown band on meta-

thorax; abdomen with the Ist three segments dorsally banded

black- brown and whitish, the terminal segments scarlet with

black-brown bands, narrower on ventral surface; fore wing with

the ground-colour brownish white ; hind wing with the basal area

brownish white, the medial area dark brown, the minutely waved

black medial line defined on inner side by whitish, on outer side by

a white band, the postmedial area pale reddish brown, the double

subterminal line filled in with white, the terminal area brownish

rey

Z Hab. Japan, Nikko (Maries), 1 ¢, Tokio Mes 246, 29

type simplicior, Yokohama (Jonas, Manley), 2 3,2 9, Nagasaki

SPEIREDONTA. 301

(Leech), 1 2, Fushiki (Leech), 1 9 , Chenado (Leech), 1 9, Kiushiu

(Leech), 1 2. Hap. $ 68, 9 70 millim.

7463. Speiredonia retorta.

Noctua retorta, Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 876 (1764) ; Clerck, Icones, p!. 54.

f, 2

Noctua spiralis, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 211 (1781); Himpsn. Moths Ind.

li. p. 553.

Suh cheae helicina, Hiibn. Zutr. ii. 14, figs. 487, 458 (1827).

Erebus chimista, Koll. Higel’s Kaschmir, iv. p. 475 (1342).

Spirama jinchuena, Buil. A. M. N. H. (5) xi. p. 115 (1883).

Spirama inequalis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xi. p. 116 (1883).

Spirama confusa, Butl. I]. Het. B.M. vii. p. 78, pl. 132. ff. 6-8 (1889).

Spirama coherens, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 149, pl. 165. ff. 3, 3a

(nee WI1k.).

6. Head and thorax dark red-brown, the mesothorax with

some greyish; palpi crimson at base; pectus brown, legs dark

brown ; the throat, coxe, and hair on femora crimson ; abdomen

crimson, the two basal segments dorsally black-brown, the four

following segments with triangular black-brown patches and a

small spot on penultimate segment. Fore wing dark red-brown,

Fig. 70.—Spetredonia retorta, $. 4.

the costal area tinged with greyish and the terminal area grey-

brown ; antemedial line black, excurved below costa, then oblique

and defined on inner side by greyish; a large inverted comma-

shaped discoidal mark, ochreous irrorated with blackish, the head

302 NOCTUID”.

filled in with black. a shght greyish annulus defined by black with

some greyish outside it, the outer side of tail and inner side of head

defined by silvery blue, a diffused red-brown fascia from above the

head to the outer postmedial line with a whitish streak above it ;

two black postmedial lines widely separated towards costa and the

inner arising from the tail of the discoidal mark, excurved round

it, then oblique to inner margin, the outer oblique to vein 6, then

inwardly oblique and slightly bent outwards to inner margin,

defined on outer side by ochreous except towards costa; the post-

medial area with slight black streaks above and below vein 6, the

lower extending to the discoidal mark and with white streaks

above and below vein 8; two minutely waved brown subterminal

lines, the inner arising at vein 5 and blackish towards inner margin,

the outer arising at vein 7; two waved black lines before termen.

Hind wing with the basal area black-brown, the rest of wing grey-

brown, the dark area bounded by the minutely waved black medial

line faintly defined on outer side by whitish ; a diffused dark post-

medial line with traces of another line beyond it and two faint

subterminal lines. Underside of both wings dull scarlet more or

less suffused with brown, the veins brown, slight dark spots in

middle of cell and on discocellulars, two curved postmedial lines and

a subterminal line ; hind wing with dark discoidal point and curved

medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

@. Thorax ochreous suffused with red-brown and with dark

brown band on metathorax; abdomen with ochreous whitish dorsal

bands on Ist four segments before tne black bands; fore wing

ochreous suffused with red-brown; hind wing ochreous suffused with

reddish brown, two diffused black-brown antemedial bands except

on costal area, the medial black line more waved and defined on

outer side by ochreous white, the postmedial line waved and defined

on outer side by ochreous white, two ‘distinct waved black lines

before termen ; the underside brighter scarlet.

Hab. Javan, Satsuma (Leech), 1 $ ; Cora, Jinchuen (Perry),

1 $,1 @ type jinchuena, Port Lazareff (Perry, Carpenter), 2 3,

2 2 type inequalis, Mokpho (Ichikawa), 1 9, Gensan (Leech), 1 9 ;

N. Caina, Wei-ha-wei (de la Garde), 1 2, Chifu (B.-Fletcher),

1 6,1 2; C. Cnta, Shanghai (Pryer), 1 S$, 1 2, Chusan Is.

(J. J. Walker), 5 3,4 9 ,Ichang (Hobson), 1 2, Kiukiang (Pryer,

Pratt), 2 3,3 92, Fokien (de la Garde), 1 2 ; W. Cuina, Chang-

yang (Pratt), 1 9, Wa-shan (Pratt), 1 92, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt),1¢,

2 9, Moupin (Aricheldorf), 1 3 ; Honexone (Bowring, Champion),

2 9; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 $,1 9, Dharmsila

(Hocking), 4 3, 3 @ type confusa, Murree, 1 2, Kasauli, 1 9,

Jubbulpur, 3 g¢,2 9, Allahabad, 2 9, Umbala, 1 ¢, Manpuri,

2 9; Assam (Badgley), 1 ¢, Shillong (Parish), 1 9 ; Buyeat,

1 2; Centr. Provinczs, Raipur, 1 9 ; Bompay, 2 2 ; Manras,

Bangalore, 1 9, Nilgiris (4/ampson), 2 ¢,2 2; Cryton; Burma,

Moulmein (Clerk), 1 9, Byingyi (Bingham), 1 9 ; Punane, 1 3.

Hep. 54-82 millim.

(St)

(Ss)

SPEIREDONEA.

7464. Speiredonia recessa. (Plate CCIX. figs. 8¢,9¢.)

Spiramia recessa, W1k. xiv. 1322 (1858).

3. Head and thorax dark brown; palpi scarlet at base; the

hair on coxz and femora scarlet; abdomen scarlet, the Ist two

segments dorsally black-brown, the four following segments with

triangular dorsal black-brown patches, lateral series of small spots

and sublateral spots on terminal segments. Fore wing dark brown,

the terminal area tinged with greyish ; antemedial line dark, ex-

curved from costa to median nervure, then oblique; a large inverted

comma-shaped discoidal mark, defined by black and the outer side

of tail and inner side of head by silvery white, with fine ochreous

annulus and the head filled in with black-brown ; medial line dark,

arising from the tail of the discoidal mark and excurved round it,

then oblique; postmedial line dark, excurved from costa to discoidal

fold, then oblique and approximated to the medial line; the post-

medial area with dark streaks on veins 7, 6 and white streaks on

veins 9 and 8 extending to the waved line before termen ; a slightly

waved dark subterminal line, indistinctly double except towards

costa; two waved dark lines before termen. Hind wing with the

basal half dark brown, the terminal half grey-brown; indistinct

dark antemedial, medial, and subterminal lines. Underside of both

wings brown; fore wing with slight dark marks in middle of cell

and on discocellulars ; hind wing with discoidal point ; both wings

with curved medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

©. Thorax ochreous with some brown mixed ; abdomen with the

four basal segments banded ochreous and brown, the terminal seg-

ments scarlet with slight brown segmental lines; fore wing ochreous

tinged in parts with red-brown, especially on terminal area, the lines

distinct, some dark brown suffusion beyond the inner half of ante-

medial line and between the medial and postmedial lines on inner

area, the postmedial line waved except towards costa; hind wing

ochreous tinged with brown at base and the terminal area suffused

with red-brown, two diffused black-brown antemedial lines and a

minutely crenulate medial line, two brown subterminal lines, the

inner line somewhat diffused, the outer waved and with waved

ochreous line before it, two waved brown lines before termen:

underside of both wings scarlet with the markings distinct.

Hab. N. Austraxia (Hunter), 3 3 type, Port Darwin (Buckland),

19. Exp. 62-66 millim.

7465. Speiredonia revolvens. (Plate CCX. figs. 1,29.)

Spiramia revolvens, Wik. xv. 1E21 (1858).

g. Head and thorax chocolate-brown; palpi crimson at base:

legs grey-brown, the coxe and hair on femora crimson; abdomen

crimson, the Ist six segments dorsally fuscous brown, expanding

triangularly at sides from 3rd to 6th segments, the penultimate

VOL. XII. 2 A

3504 NOCTUID AS.

segment with a fuscous dorsal line. Fore wing with the basal half

chocolate-brown, the terminal half grey-brown ; traces of a dark

antemedial line, excurved below the costa and oblique below the

cell; a large inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark defined by

black, its head filled in with black with an ochreous annulus, its

tail filled in with ochreous, the outer side of tail and inner side of

head defined by a white line; medial line slight, dark, arising from

the tail of discoidal mark, excurved round it and touching it, then

oblique ; postmedial line dark, excurved from costa to vein 4, then

oblique and slightly waved ; a slightly waved dark subterminal line,

double from vein 2 to inner margin; two waved dark lines before

termen. Hind wing with the basal half deep chocolate-brown, the

terminal half grey-brown ; indistinct slightly waved dark postmedial

and subterminal lines. Underside of both wings brown ; fore wing

with slight dark spots in middle of cell and on discocellulars and

faint curved medial and postmedial lines; hind wing with faint

ante- and postmedial lines.

@. Thorax ochreous tinged with red-brown ; abdomen with the

1st, four segments banded ochreous white and black-brown, the two

following segments with dorsal black-brown patches; fore wing

ochreous tinged with olive-brown, the costal area brownish tinged

with purplish grey; the lines distinct, some red-brown suffusion

beyond the inner half of antemedial line, the postmedial line tinged

with leaden grey except between veins 7 and 5 and defined on outer

side by whitish from vein 5 to inner margin; hind wing ochreous

tinged with olive-brown, two diffused dark antemedial lines, a

minutely waved leaden grey medial line with an ochreous white

band beyond it, a double dark brown waved subterminal line filled

in with ochreous white, the inner line diffused on inner side, two

waved lines before termen. Underside of both wings scarlet; fore

wing with slight brown marks in middle of cell and on discocel-

lulars, medial, postmedialand double slightly waved subterminal lines

except towards costa and inner margin; hind wing with discoidal

point, curved medial line, waved postmedial line, double subter-

minal line, series of points before termen, and waved terminal line.

Hab. Gero. N. Guinea, Astrolabe Bay (Schmidt), 1 9; N. Avs-

TRALIA (Elsey), 1 ¢, 1 2 type. Hep. 58-60 millim.

7466. Speiredonia suffumosa.

Noctua retorta, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 29, pl. 116. f. F, and iii. p. 146,

pl. 274. f. A; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 553 (nec Linn.).

Spirama suffumosa, Guen Noct. iii. p. 195 (1852).

Spirama isabella, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 196 (1852).

Spiramia coherens, W1k. xiv. 1321 (1858).

Spirama helicina, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ili. p. 150, pl. 165. fi. 4,4@ (nec

Hiubn.).

g. Head and thorax dark brown; palpi scarlet at base; the

hair on coxa and femora scarlet ; abdomen scarlet, the four basal

segments dorsally black-brown, the two following segments with

SPEIREDONIA. 355

dorsal black-brown bands, lateral series of small spots and sublateral

spots on terminal segments. Fore wing dark brown, the terminal

areca tinged with greyish; antemedial line very indistinct, dark,

excurved to median nervure, then oblique ;.an inverted comma-

shaped discoidal mark, defined by black, and the outer side of tail and

inner side of head by silvery white, with a fine ochreous annulus,

the head filled in with black-brown; medial line very indistinct,

arising from the head of the discoidal mark, excurved round it and

touching it, then oblique; postmedial line indistinct, dark, ex-

curved to vein 5, then oblique; traces of two slightly waved sub-

terminal lines except towards costa and of two waved lines before

termen. Hind wing with the basal area dark brown, the rest of

wing greyish brown; faint traces of antemedial, postmedial, and

subterminal lines. Underside of both wings brown with traces of

curved medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

@. Thorax grey suffused with brown; abdomen with the four

basal segments dorsally banded ochreous and black- brown, the two

following segments with dorsal black-brown bands; fore wing

grey-brown with the inner half of medial area and the terminal area

except towards apex greenish grey, the lines distinct, the antemedial

line defined on inner side by whitish and with a line beyond it from

cell to inner margin excurved in submedian interspace, the discoidal

mark very large, the medial line double and somewhat diffused on

inner area and with white streak beyond it above vein 7, the post-

medial line slightly waved and defined on outer side by white from

vein 5 to inner margin, the postmedial area with dark streaks on

veins 7,6; hind wing with the basal and terminal areas greyish,

the postmedial area red-brown, two diffused black-brown ante-

medial lines, a minutely waved medial line defined on outer side by

white, subterminal line double filled in with ochreous white, the

inner line diffused on inner side, two waved lines before termen ;

underside of both wings scarlet with the veins brownish, dark

discoidal marks, curved medial line, minutely waved postmedial

line, double subterminal line, and slight waved line before termen,

cilia brown.

Ab. J]. 9. Thorax and wings more ochreous and less suffused

with brown.

Hab, Javan, Tsurugu (Leech), 1 $, Kiushiu, 1 2 , Fushiki (Leech),

1 2, Tokio (Maries), 2 Q type simplicior, 9, Yokohama (Jonas,

Pryer, B.-Fletcher), 3 8,29; N. Cutna (Hortwie), 1 3; Centr.

Cuina, Chusan Isl. (J. J. Walker), 2 3, 2 9, Kiukiang (Pryer,

Pratt), 2 3,1 9, Fokien, Ting-hai (de la Garde), 13; W. Cana,

Chang-yang (Prati), 1 $, Omei-shan, 1 9, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt),

1g, Kwei-chow, 14; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 3,

Dharmséla (Hocking), 1 3, 2 9, Masuri, 1 g, Kasauli, 1 g, Dal-

housie (Harford), 1 3¢, Umballa (Read), 1 9 , Hurripur (Verbury),

1 ¢; Srxuim (Rothney, Boyle, Indderdale, Dudgeon), 2 ¢, 4 9;

Assam (Badgley), 2 $,1 9, Khasis, 1 3, Silhet (Stainsforth), 19,

Shillong (Parish), 29, Tezpur (Parish), 19; Brneat, 1 ¢;

Centr. Provinces, Raipur (Betham), 2 3; Bompay, Kanara, 1 2;

242

306 NOCTUID A.

Mavras, Malabar, 2 9, Calicut (Lellowes- Wilson), 1 9, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 2.6, 22, Tranquebar (Morris), 12 ; Cryton (Lemple-

ton, Lindesay), 1 3, 2 9, Kandy (Meade-Waldo), 1 3; Burma,

Moulmein (Clerk), 1 g, 12 type coherens; Aypdamans, 1 3;

? Puitrepines, Manila; Java (Horsfield), 1 g, 1 Q. Exp.

62-82 millim.

Larva. Ochreous-yellow suffused and streaked with red-brown ;

the lines yellow, the dorsal line double, the subdorsal and lateral

lines single; all the prolegs present.

7467. Speiredonia sumbana. (Plate CCX. figs. 3g¢,49.)

Spirama sumbana, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xiv. p. 422 (1804).

g. Head and thorax dark brown; pectus and legs greyer brown,

the hair on coxee and femora faintly tinged with scarlet; abdomen

black-brown, the anal tuft scarlet, the ventral surface tinged with

scarlet. Fore wing dark brown, the terminal area tinged with

grey ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, excurved from costa to

median neryure, then oblique; avery large inverted comma-shaped

discoidal mark defined by black and the outer side of tail and

inner side of head by white; medial line dark, excurved below costa,

passing threugh the head of the discoidal mark and incurved below

it; dark streaks on veins 7, 6 from above the discoidal mark to

the postmedial, line which is oblique from costa to vein 7, then

inwardly oblique and touching the discoidal mark; an indistinct

double waved subterminal line and two waved lines before termen,

the outer very indistinct. Hind wing dark brown, the terminal

area greyish. Underside of both wings brown with indistinct

curved medial, pos!medial, and subterminal lines.

@. Thorax grey-brown ; abdomen with the Ist four segments

dorsally banded greyish and black, the two following segments

with black patches. Fore wing grey-brown, the antemedial line

defined on inner side by white and with dark suffuston beyond it

from cel} to inner margin, the discoidal mark smaller, black defined

by whitish, with fine ochreous annulus and some silvery blue on

the tail, the medial line excurved round the discoidal mark, the

postmedial line waved and defined on outer side by white from

vein 5 to inner margin, the subterminal line double and diffused

from vein 5 to inner margin, the two waved lines before termen

distinct ; hind wing grey suffused in parts with dark brown, two

diffused antemedial lines, medial line defined on outer side by

white, a double diffused subterminal line filled in with whitish and

two waved lines before termen. Underside of hoth wings scarlet

with the veins brownish; fore wing with slight dark marks in

middle of cell and on discocellulars; hind wing with dark discoidal

point ; both wings with curved medial, postmedial, and subterminal

lines and series of dark points before termen.

Hab. Suma, Waingapo, 1 ¢,1 9 type. Hap. 58 millim.

SPEIREDONIA. 357

*7468. Speiredonia voluta.

Spirama voluta, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 115. f. 9 (1874).

Q. Head and thorax pale grey tinged with brown; palpi red-

brown, scarlet ab base ; frons and tegule red-brown; antenne with

the shaft white above; pectus scarlet; legs grey-brown, the

femora tinged with scarlet; abdomen scarlet, the dorsum pale grey

with reddish brown bands narrowing to a point on. d5th segment.

Fore wing pale grey tinged in parts with reddish brown; an

oblique subbasal red-brown striga from costa; antemedial line

ochreous whitish, rather diffused, defined on outer side by diffused

red-brown, strongly excurved to median nervure, then oblique; an

inverted comma-shaped black-brown discoidal mark edged on inner

side and below by deep black and defined on outer side and below

by a fine whitish line; medial line fine, red-brown, slightly waved,

strongly excurved to vein 4, then oblique; postmedial line reddish

brown, with darker points at the veins, oblique to vein 6, then

inwardly oblique, defined on outer side by yellowish white; a

diffused oblique rufous streak from apex to the outer part of the

discoidal mark, wedge-shaped before the postmedial line; subter-

minal line slight, double, cblique, from the rufous streak to inner

margin; a patch of rufous suffusion at middle of terminal area; a

dentate brown line before termen with minute black points at the

interspaces, and a fine waved brown line just before termen. Hind

wing pale ochreous greyish tinged in parts with red-brown, the

inner area yellowish; an oblique red-brown antemedial line; a

faint red-brown medial shade ; postmedial line red-brown, minutely

waved, defined on outer side by ochreous whitish ; subterminal line

double, dark red-brown, rather diffused, filled in with pale ochreous;

a patch of red-brown suffusion at middle of terminal area, a dentate

brown line with dark points in the interspaces before termen, and

fine waved brown line just before termen. Underside pale scarlet;

fore wing with minute brown spots in middle of cell and on disco-

cellulars, oblique medial line, postmedial line excurved below costa,

rather diffused subterminal line, and terminal shade with dark

points before it on the interspaces; hind wing with minute dis-

coidal spot, curved minutely waved medial and postmedial lines,

curved subterminal line, and series of points before termen.

flab. Mouuceas, type + Q in Coll. Rothschild. vp, 70 millim.

7469. Speiredonia remota. (Plate COX. figs.5 3,69.)

Spirama remota, Weld. Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, xliii. p. 43 (1861).

Spiramia funestis, Butl, A. M. N. H. (5) xiii. p. 202 (1834).

3g. Head and thorax dark brown; palni at base and in front of

2nd joint scarlet, coxee and fringe of hair on femora scarlet ; abdo-

men black-brown, the three terminal segments and ventral surface

398 NOCTUID”.

scarlet. Fore wing black-brown, the terminal area tinged with

grey; antemedial line indistinct, dark, excurved from costa to

median nervure, then oblique; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal

mark, defined by black-brown and by white scales on outer side of

tail and inner side of head, the head filled in with dark brown ;

medial line very indistinct, excurved from costa round the discoidal

mark, then incurved ; an indistinct minutely waved postmedial line,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; a rather diffused sub-

terminal line from vein 7 to inner margin; a faint waved line

before termen with a series of dark points on it. Hind wing dark

brown, the terminal area greyish brown; faint dark antemedial,

medial and postmedial lines. Underside of both wings brown with

curved medial, slightly waved postmedial, and faint diffused sub-

terminal lines.

@. Thorax ochreous with brown bars near extremity of patagia ;

abdomen with the Ist three segments banded ochreous and black-

brown dorsally, followed by spots on the two next segments; fore

wing ochreous, the costal area tinged with grey-brown, some brown

suffusion at middle of terminal area, antemedial line defined on

inner side by whitish except towards costa, with black-brown patch

on its outer side in submedian interspace and forking at inner

margin, the head of diseoidal mark larger, the medial and post-

medial lines distinct, the latter with brown spot on its inner side

above inner margin, the postmedial area crossed by a red-brown

fascia with black streak below it from above the head of discoidal

mark to beyond the postmedial line, a double subterminal line filled

in with ochreous from vein 7 to inner margin, two slight white

subapical streaks, two waved black lines before termen ; hind wing

ochreous, the medial, postmedial, and greater part of terminal

area suffused with dark brown, a small dark discoidal spot, two

diffused antemedial lines, a minutely waved medial line defined on

outer side by a white band, a double subterminal line filled in with

whitish, and two waved lines before termen; underside of both

wings scarlet, fore wing with dark marks in middle of cell and on

discocellulars, hind wing with dark discoidal spot; both wings

with curved medial line, minutely waved postmedial line, diffused

subterminal line, and series of points before termen.

Hab. Ampoina (H. O. Forbes), Challenger Coll., 1 ¢,1 2 type

funestis. Exp, 68 millim.

7470. Speiredonia calaoensis. (Plate CCX. figs. 8¢,92.)

Spirama kalavensis, Swivh. A. M. N. H. (7) xiv. p. 423 (1904).

3. Head and thorax dark brown; basal joint of palpi, coxee, and

the fringe of hair on femora scarlet ; abdomen black-brown, the

two terminal segments and ventral surface scarlet. Fore wing

dark brown, the terminal area tinged with greyish; antemedial

line very indistinct, dark, excurved from costa to median nervure,

then oblique; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark, defined

SPEIREDONIA. 309

by black-brown on inner side and outer side of head, otherwise

slightly defined, and with a few white scales on outer side of tail

and inner side of head, the head filled in with dark brown; traces

of a dark medial line, excurved from costa round the discoidal

mark, then oblique; a very indistinct waved postmedial line,

excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; a very indistinct dark

subterminal line. Hind wing with the basal half dark brown, the

terminal half greyish brown; traces of dark antemedial, medial,

and postmedial lines. Underside of both wings dark reddish

brown; fore wing with faint dark spots in middle of cell and on

discocellulars, and traces of curved medial, postmedial, and subter-

minal lines; hind wing with faint dark discoidal point and traces

of curved medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

®. Thorax ochreous white; abdomen ochreous white with

slight brown segmental lines and the two terminal segments

scarlet ; fore wing ochreous white with some brown suffusion on

inner medial area, on postmedial costal area, and on middle of

terminal area, the lines and discoidal mark distinct, the medial

line waved beyond the discoidal mark, a rather diffused double

brown subterminal line filled in with white, and two waved brown

lines before termen; hind wing ochreous white suffused in parts

with brown, two diffused dark antemedial lines, a minutely waved

medial line defined on outer side by white, a double subterminal

line filled in with white and with black-brown suffusion before it;

underside of both wings ochreous tinged with scarlet, fore wing

with dark marks in middle of cell and on discocellulars, hind wing

wich dark discvidal point, both wings with waved postmedial line,

diffused subterminal line, and series of points before termen.

Hab, Frores, Kalao I.,1 $,19 type. vp. 66 millim.

7471. Speiredonia indenta.

Spiramia indenta, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. viii. p. 89, pl. 147. ff. 20, 21

(1891); id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 553.

¢. Head and tegule chocolate-brown; thorax ochreous suffused

with red-brown ; palpi scarlet at base; some scarlet behind the

eyes; legs grey-brown with the hair on coxe and femora scarlet ;

abdomen scarlet, the Ist six segments with dorsal dark brown

patches reduced in size towards extremity, the 2nd segment with an

ochreous line, lateral series of small spots, and sublateral spots on

terminal segments. Fore wing red-brown with some ochreous on

postmedial area, the base and costal area greyish brown to beyond

middle ; antemedial line brown, excurved to median nervure, then

oblique; an inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark, chocolate-brown

defined by black with a grey line outside it, the outer edge of

head more or less indented at veins 4, 3; medial line brown,

excurved from costa round the discoidal mark and touching it,

then incurved and double; postmedial line dark brown, oblique to

vein 7, then inwardly oblique and slightly excurved above inner

360 NOCLUID A.

margin where it is defined by greyish; an indistinct double waved

subterminal line filled in with greyish and a slight waved line

before termen. Hind wing with the basal half dark brown, the

terminal half grey-brown; two indistinct diffused dark antemedial

lines and a medial line, and traces of a postmedial and subterminal

line. Underside of both wings scarlet suffused with brown ; fore

wing with dark discoidal spot and both wings with rather diffused

medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

®. Thorax ochreous with a slight red-brown line across meta-

thorax; abdomen with the four basal segments dorsally banded

ochreous and brown, the two following segments with dorsal brown

patches. Fore wing ochreous with some red-brown suffusion

beyond inner half of antemedial line, between the medial and

postmedial lines on inner area and on terminal area, and a wedge-

shaped patch from above the head of the discoidal mark, the medial

line excurved well beyond the discoidal mark, then oblique, the post-

medial line slight waved and with points on the veins below vein 5,

the waved line before termen more distinct; hind wing ochreous,

the postmedial and terminal areas suffused with red-brown, the two

diffused antemedial lines distinct, a crenulate medial line defined

on outer side by ochreous, a double subterminal line filled in with

ochreous, the inner line diffused on inner side, two waved lines

before termen; underside of both wings bright scarlet with small

discoidal spots, the postmedial line minutely waved.

Ab. 1. 3. Fore wing with the basal area greenish grey.

Hab. Pounsaz, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 4 9 , Simla (Harford),

24,19; Assam, Silhet, 22; Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 <6,

2 9 type; Ceyton (Lindesay), 1 3; Java (Horsfield), 12. Hep.

66-80 millim.

7472. Speiredonia triloba.

Spirama triloba, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 197 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 11,

p. 553.

Hypopyra mollis, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 198 (1852).

Spirama modesta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 168 (1882).

Spirama confusa, Butl, Ul. Het. B.M. vii. p. 78, pl. 182. ff. 6-8 (1889).

3. Head and tegule dark red-brown; thorax whitish tinged

with red-brown ; palpi scarlet at base; legs grey-brown, the hair

on coxe and femora scarlet; abdomen scarlet, the four basal

segments with dorsal ochreous and dark brown bands, the three

following segments with triangular dark brown dorsal patches, lateral

series of small spots and sublateral spots on terminal segments.

Fore wing pale reddish brown with an ochreous tinge, the base and

costal area to beyond middle greyish, the inner medial area and

terminal area browner; antemedial line slight, brown, excurved

from costa to median nervure, then oblique; an obsolescent in-

verted comma-shaped discoidal mark, its tail slight, brownish, its

head broken up into three greyish white spots with black-brown

spots on the upper and lower ones; medial line slight, brown,

SPEIREDONIA. 361

excurved from costa round the discoidal mark which it touches, then

incurved ; postmedial line obsolescent, brownish defined on outer

side by ochreous and with dark spot at costa, oblique to below

vein 7, then inwardly oblique ; a waved ochreous subterminal line

and traces of a waved brown line before termen. Hind wing with

the basal half dark red-brown, the terminal half grey-brown; two

indistinct medial lines and a very indistinct double subterminal

line. Underside of both wings scarlet suffused with brown; fore

wing with slight brown marks in middle of cell and on discocel-

lulars and brown medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines; hind

wing with antemedial, medial, and indistinctly double subterminal

lines,

@. Abdomen with the four basal segments dorsally ochreous

with brown bands, the two following segments with brown spots ;

fore wing ochreous, the terminal area suffused with red-brown, the

discoidal mark with the spots on head smaller, the medial line

excurved well beyond it, the postmedial line reduced to points ;

hind wing ochreous, the terminal area suffused with red-brown,

two diffused brown antemedial lines, a medial series of small brown

spots with pale band beyond it, a prominent ochreous subterminal

line with traces of a waved brown line beyond it; underside of

both wings scarlet with curved medial, postmedial, and subterminal

lines.

Ab. 1. rosacea, 2. Wings tinged with flesh-pink; fore wing

without black spots on the discoidal mark.

Hab. Ponsa, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 ¢,1 9, Dharm-

sila (Hocking), 1 3,42 type rosacea; Sixurm (Molier), 1 6,12;

Assam, Silhet, 1 3, 3 Q type modesta; Bunear, 1 9; Manras,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 3 3,2 23; Java (Horsfield), 1 2 type mollis.

Exp. 58-84 millim.

7473. Speiredonia martha.

Hypopyra martha, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 292 (1878); id. Ill. Het.

B.M. ii. p. 41, pl. 34. f. 3.

Spirama egrota, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 197.

Head and tegulz chocolate-brown, the thorax red-brown slightly

mixed with grey ; palpi scarlet at base; antenne blackish ; pectus

and the hair on coxee and femora scarlet ; legs grey-brown ; abdo-

men scarlet, the Ist three segments dorsally blackish brown and

the four following segments with dorsal triangular black-brown

patches. Fore wing grey-brown, the inner half of medial area and

the terminal area suffused with red-brown with a slight olive tinge;

antemedial line brown, excurved below costa, then oblique; the

inverted comma-shaped discoidal mark represented by a chocolate-

brown striga on upper discocellular and three minute grey spots

beyond lower angle of cell; medial line brown, excurved from costa

to vein 4, then oblique; postmedial line represented by a series of

black points on the veins faintly defined on outer side by grey,

excurved below costa, then oblique and slightly excurved above

362 NOCLUID &.

inner margin; traces of a waved grey subterminal line. Hind

wing red-brown with a faint olive tinge, the base and termen

greyish ; a diffused dark oblique antemedial line and oblique dark

medial and subterminal lines defined on outer side by grey. Under-

side of both wings scarlet thickly irrorated with fuscous; fore wing

with dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal striga; hind wing

with discoidal point; both wings with curved medial line, curved

wayed postmedial line, and curved subterminal line.

Ab. 1. ¢. Fore wing with large dark spot beyond lower angle

of cell.

Ab. 2. ¢. Fore wing with the spot beyond lower angle of cell

conjeined to the spot above it forming a bilobate mark, the upper

spot separate.

Ab. 3. 9. Thorax and wings more ochreous and less suffused

with olive-brown.

Hab. Javan, Tokio (Maries), 1 3, 3 2 type egrota, Nikko

(Maries), 1 ¢, Yokohama (Jonas), 2 g, 1 2 type; C. Cutna,

Kukiang (Pratt), 19; W. Curia, Omei-shan, 1g; Honexone

(Leech), 1 3 type. Hup. 68-84 millim.

Genus COMETASTER, nov.

Type, C. pyrula.

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

middle of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd short ; frons smooth, with

tuft of hair ; eyes large, round ; antennz of male bipectinate to apex with rather

long branches ending in a bristle; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed

and without crests; all the tibiz spined, the fore tibiz fringed with long hair

on outer side, the mid and hind tibix smoothly scaled; abdomen without

crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and

slightly crenulate; veins 3and 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 about one-third length of wing, 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.

7474. Cometaster pyrula.

Spirama pyrula, Hppfr. Mon. Kéngl. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1857, p. 422; id.

Peters’s Reise Mosamb. p. 435, pl. 28. ff. 10, 11.

Spirama lucida, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 113. f. 8 (1874).

Head and tegule brown mixed with some grey; thorax grey-

white irrorated with brown; fore legs suffused with brown ;

abdomen grey-white dorsally thickly irrorated with dark brown

and with dark brown segmental lines. Fore wing grey-white, the

basal and costal areas irrorated with brown; the costal edge dark

brown towards base; a slight oblique waved subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line black-brown, slight and

acutely angled outwards in upper angle of cell, then forming a

narrow band, very oblique to inner margin near base where there

are a few silvery blue scales on it; a large inverted comma-shaped

discoidal mark, its centre black with some red-brown at middle, its

COMETASTER. 363

annulus a fine ochreous line strongly defined by black, with pale

ochreous outside it except on outer side above; the medial area

below the discoidal mark and beyond the antemedial band pale

ochreous, the outer part of medial area with large quadrate red-

brown patch on inner area suffused with black-brown on inner side

and some red-brown suffusion above the discoidal mark ; postmedial

line dark brown, oblique from costa to vein 7,then obliquely curved

to inner margin above which it is slightly excurved, with a faint

waved line beyond it; a double curved minutely waved subterminal

line filled in with ochreous; the terminal area suffused with red-

brown and with dark streaks in the interspaces to the double waved

dark terminal line; cilia ochreous. Hind wing greyish ochreous

tinged with brown, the medial area suffused with brown except

towards costa, the terminal area suffused with brown; a dark dis-

coidal spot with the diffused antemedial line excurved beyond it ;

Fig. 71.—Cometaster pyrula, 3. }.

medial line dark brown, minutely waved, bent outwards to inner

margin ; a double minutely waved postmedial line, the inner line

obsolete from costa to vein 5; the terminal area with dark streaks

in the interspaces to the double waved dark terminal line; cilia

ochreous white. Underside of both wings ochreous; fore wing

with slight dark streak in middle of cell and narrow dark-defined

discoidal lunule, postmedial line obsolete towards costa and inner

margin and with dark patch on its inner side between veins 5 and

3, a rather diffused curved subterminal line, series of black points

before termen, and fine dark terminal line; hind wing with indis-

tinct oblique antemedial line with the blackish discoidal spot on its

outer edge, minutely waved postmedial line slightly excurved at

vein 5, rather diffused subterminal line, series of slight black

lunules before termen, and fine terminal line.

304 -NOCIUIDA.

Hab. Mozampraut ; Bucuuanaranp, Lake N’gami(Lugard),1¢,

1%; Nara, Estcourt (Mutchinson), 1 3, Maritsburg (Burnup),

19. Hep. 38-50 millim.

Genus DONUCA.

Type.

Domuca, Wk. xxxiii. 925 (18G5)...........ceccceecenteececesnssecerecees spectabilis.

Lucyclomma, Butl. Entom. xxvi. p. 292 (1893) ......--- see castalia.,

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

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large,

round; antennz of male typically bipectinate with long branches to two-thirds

length, the apex ciliated; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ;

all the tibia spined, the fore femora and tibiz fringed with long hair, the mid

and hind tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair

at, base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen

evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 9from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cel}. Hind wing with the cell less than half the length of wing ; 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. Antenne of male bipectinate with long branches to two-thirds length.

A, INaclomvem GHINISOM ANG SMEIAS cococoonsscasrneosocass0onecsocseo0e0ee castalia.

B. Abdomen with the terminal segments yellow.

a. Hind wing without white apical patch ..................... xanthopyga.

6. Hind wing with white apical pateh.

a’. Coxe and fore femora and tibiw on inner side clothed

Hon Commer smal yelll@y IEW Gosocascomscosoneesopcencec spectabilis.

>. Legs without crimson and yellow hair .................. memorabilis,

7475. Donuca castalia. “(Plate CCX. fig. 10.)

Bombyx castalia, Faby. Syst. Ent. p. 559 (1775).

Calliodes saturatior, Wik. xiv. 1818 (1858).

Head and thorax deep red-brown, the latter irrorated with

white ; antennee brownish white in male; pectus brownish white ;

legs brown, the fore femora and hind femora at extremities fringed

with crimson hair, the tibie at extremities and tarsi ringed with

white ; abdomen crimson with dorsal brown patch slightly irrorated

with white, broad at base and narrowing to penultimate segment,

the extremity ochreous in male, brown in female, the ventral

surface ochreous white with sublateral series of black spots. Fore

wing red-brown tinged with purple and irrorated with bluish white,

the terminal area paler; a dark subbasal line, excurved below

costa and ending at submedian fold; the antemedial area with a

dark shade; antemedial line dark brown, oblique, waved; a round

discoidal ocellus, olive-green defined by black, its centre with trifid

black mark defined on inner side by silvery blue; an oblique rather

diffused brown medial line ; postmedial line brown defined on outer

side by whitish and white points at the veins, slightly exeurved

at vein 7, then minutely waved, oblique below vein 4 and angled

DONUCA. 365

inwards at vein 2; subterminal line indistinctly double and rather

ditfused, oblique and minutely waved; two waved black-brown

lines just before termen, the outer with series of white points on

its outer side in the interspaces. Hind wing red-brown with a

slight purplish tinge, suffused with dark brown and irrorated with

bluish white except on costal and terminal areas, the cell and

costal area whitish to beyond middle, the inner area whitish; a

dark brown discoidal lunule with shade from it to inner margin ;

a dark minutely waved medial line defined on outer side by white

points on the veins, obsolete on costal area; subterminal line

double filled in with grey, rather diffused and minutely waved,

slightly angled outwards below vein 6 and ending at tornus; two

waved black-brown lines just before termen, the outer with white

points on its outer edge in the interspaces. Underside of both

wings white, the costal area tinged with brown, the terminal area

brown, large black discoidal spots with bluish white centres, round

on fore wing, elliptical on hind wing, a slight curved minutely

waved postmedial line, the inner edge of the brown area defined by

black-brown, diffused towards costa of fore wing and towards costa

and below vein 3 of hind wing, a series of minute dark lunules just:

before termen.

Hab. Qurrnstand, Brisbane (Lucas, Turner, Lyell), 3 3,2 9,

Moreton Bay (Digglesy, 3 ¢, 16, type saturatior. Exp. 60-66

millim.

*7476. Donuca xanthopyga. (Plate CCX. fig. 11.)

Calliodes xanthopyga, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxxiv. p. 345 (1909).

¢. Head and tegule bright rufous; thorax red-brown mixed

with some grey; palpi and pectus yellowish, abdomen with the

basal half of dorsum fuscous, the terminal half and ventral surface

orange-yellow, the anal tuft black at base, sublateral series of black

spots. Fore wing with the basal area whitish suffused with red-

brown, the medial area dark brown, the terminal area whitish

suffused and irrorated with red-brown; a waved black subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold, the area before it rather darker ;

antemedial line blackish, excurved and rather diffused from costa to

below the cell, then oblique and sinuous ; a large elliptical greyish

disvoidal ocelius, defined by black and with bilobate black mark

in centre, an incurved dark bar from it to costa; postmedial line

brown, defined on outer side by white and on inner side between

veins 6 and 2, incurved from costa to vein 6, then minutely

waved, obliquely excurved to vein 2, then erect; subterminal

line whitish, defined on inner side by shght dentate dark marks

and by a greyish patch on costal area, oblique, minutely dentate

and slightly bent outwards to inner margin, an oblique yellowish

white patch beyond it from apex; a double strongly crenulate

brown terminal lne; cilia with slight whitish points at the veins.

Hind wing with the basal area black-brown, its outer edge slightly

366 NOCTUID ©.

sinuous, the medial area white tinged with rufous except towards

basal area, the terminal area red-brown; postmedial line formed

of small dentate brown marks slightly defined by whitish on outer

side; a double strongly crenulate dark terminal line with pale

patch before it below apex ; cilia with whitish points at base and

tips. Underside ochreous yellow, the terminal area suffused with

brown, large elliptical black discoidal spots; fore wing with oblique

dentate postmedial line from costa to vein 5; hind wing with

blackish patch on inner basal area and curved minutely waved

postmedial line.

Hab. QunEystanD, Ingham, type + S in Coll. Turner. Exp.

66 millim.

7477. Donuca spectabilis.

Donuca spectabilis, Wk, xxxiii. 926 (1865).

6. Head and thorax dark chocolate-brown irrorated with white;

the coxee, fore femora and fore tibiz on inner side clothed with

crimson and yellow hair, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen

dark brown, the three terminal segments orange, the anal tuft

brown, the ventral surface with the three terminal segments orange

Fig. 72.—Donuca spectabilis, S. +.

or orange-red with dark segmental lines. Fore wing dark brown

irrorated with bluish white and with some white suffusion beyond

end of cell, the terminal area redder brown ; a waved blackish sub-

basal line from costa to submedian fold; the antemedial area with

an oblique dark shade; antemedial line blackish, oblique, waved ;

DONUCA. 367

an elliptical red-brown discoidal ocellus defined by black, its ventre

with a trifid black mark defined on inner side by leaden grey,

placed on a dark medial shade incurved below vein 2; postmedial

line indistinct, blackish, dentate, oblique from costa to vein 4, then

incurved ; subterminal line blackish, slightly defined on outer side

by white towards costa, angled inwards below costa and outwards

above vein 6, then minutely waved and bent outwards to toruus ;

two waved black lines before termen; cilia with a dark line through

them. Hind wing black-brown ; a broad curved medial yellowish

white band from costa to submedian fold, with three white striz

from its lower extremity to below vein 1; a yellowish white apical

patch with an indistinct dentate dark line from it to submedian

fold, defined on outer side by reddish brown and with some slight

reddish-brown marks before it towards the fold; cilia with a fine

pale line at base, white at the apical patch. Underside of fore

wing with broad yellowish white band from costa beyond middle to

inner margin and termen towards tornus, met by a wedge-shaped

white area from base of costa extending at extremity to below the

cell and with the elliptical dark discoidal spot on it, the outer edge

of the band minutely waved, the rest of wing dark brown; hind

wing dark brown with broad curved yellowish white medial band

from vein 8 to submedian fold, its inner edge sinuous, and apical

yellowish white patch.

@. Fore wing without white suffusion beyond the cell, the dis-

coidal ocellus, postmedial and subterminal lines defined on outer

side by red-brown ; underside of fore wing with the wedge-shaped

whitish patch replaced by the costal area and a spot before the

discoidal patch being whitish.

Ab. 1. 9. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused and irrorated

with white, the last with the inner medial area darker.— Sherlock R.

Ab. 2. ¢. Hind wing on underside with the white medial band

hardly extending above vein 7.—Queensland.

Hab. QurEnstand, 1 g ; W. Austratia (Diggles, Du Boulay),

2 6, 1 @ type, Sherlock R. (Clements),1 6,19. Ewp. 52-68

millim.

7478. Donuca memorabilis. (Plate CCX. fig. 12.)

Donuca memorabilis, W\k. xxxiii. 926 (1865).

Head and thorax dark brown mixed with some white; antenne

with the basal joint white at sides ; tibiee at extremities and tarsi

ringed with white; abdomen dark brown with slight whitish

segmental lines, the two, or three, terminal segments yellow,

the: anal tuft brown, the ventral surface with yellow bands on

three or four terminal segments. Fore wing dark red-brown

irrorated with white and with white suffusion beyond the cell

between veins 7 and 2; an oblique waved blackish subbasal line

from costa to submedian fold; a dark shade on antemedial area;

antemedial line blackish, oblique, waved ; an elliptical red-brown

368 NOCLUID &.

discoidal ocellus, defined by black and with black lunule in centre,

placed on the black-brown medial shade, incurved below the cell ;

postmedial line black-brown defined on outer side by white, dentate,

strongly incurved below vein 4; a dentate blackisb subterminal

line diffused on inner side, angled inwards below costa and out-

wards below vein 7, then oblique and bent outwards to tornus; a

dentate blackish line before termen; a waved blackish terminal

line. Hind wing dark brown; a broad curved yellowish white

medial band from costa to submedian fold with three white striae

from its lower extremity to below vein 1 ; a yellowish white apical

patch with indistinct dentate dark line before termen from it to

tornus towards which it is slightly defined on inner side by yel-

lowish, on outer side by greyish; cilia with whitish line at base

and intersected with whitish at the veins. Underside of fore wing

brown with yellowish white patch in end of cell and broad oblique

band beyond the cell from costa to tornus; hind wing with white

streak in cell, the curved medial band and apical patch as above, a

small white patch on termen below vein 2.

Hab. Querenstand, Brisbane (Z'urner), 2 5, 1 9, Dawson R.

(Diggles), 1 $,1 2 type. xp. 60-70 millim.

Secor. II. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches ending in a long

bristle.

7479. Donuca orbigera.

Calliodes orbigera, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 198 (1852).

Head dark greyish brown, the palpi paler with some crimson at

base, the antennee fulvous except the shaft towards base; tegule

red-brown with a dark band behind them; thorax ochreous white

with some dark brown on dorsum; pectus yellowish, the legs grey-

brown with the fringes of hair crimson; abdomen orange-yellow

with dorsal dark brown and yellowish white bands on three basal

segments, the ventral surface tinged with crimson. Fore wing

olive-brown suffused in parts with dark brown, the costal area

greyish white tinged with brown towards apex; an oblique yel-

lowish white band from middle of cell to inner margin near base

defined at sides by dark brown suffusion ; a round discoidal ocellus

with black-brown centre with some silvery blue near its inner edge

and yellowish white annulus defined by black ; an oblique yellowish

white band from vein 7 towards apex to middle of inner margin,

defined on inner side by a dark brown line which reaches the costa

and with a slight oblique white mark from its upper extremity to

near apex, some dark brown beyond it between veins 6 and 4.and

below vein 2 and some white irroration between these dark

markings ; an oblique yellowish white subterminal line from vein 7

to inner margin interrupted by dark streaks on the veins and with

a waved blackish line beyond it extending to below apex; a dark

terminal line; cilia yellowish white, olive-brown at base. Hind

DONUCA. 369

wing olive-brown suffused in parts with dark brown, the inner area

yellow ; a dark subbasal line; an oblique yellowish white medial

band defined on inner side by dark brown, from costa to vein 1, the

veins beyond it with dark streaks and some dark suffusion at discal

fold with some white irroration below it; a narrow yellowish white

postmedial band interrupted by dark streaks on the veins and with

a waved blackish line beyond it; a blackish terminal line; cilia

yellowish white. Underside of both wings ochreous tinged with

Fig. 73.—Donuca orhigera, S. }.

red-brown, the terminal area suffused with olive-brown ; fore wing

‘with round black-brown discoidal spot with yellow lunule and

streaks on the veins on it, a dark mark on inner area before tornus

with some yellowish beyond it, and a subterminal series of slight

dark points; hind wing with black-brown discoidal spot, slight

curved postmedial line, and two dark subterminal shades, the inner

obsolescent on costal half, with yellow spots between them towards

tornus.

Hab. QurenstandD, Brisbane (Turner), 3 ¢,2 9, Moreton Bay

(Diggles), 2 3, Cairns (de la Garde), 1 § ; N. Avarraria, Baudin

L.(J. J. Walker), 1 3, Port Darwin (Buckland), 1 9, Alexandria

(Stalker), 1 3; W. Austratia, Sherlock R. (Clements), 25,19.

Eep, 54-72 millim,

VOL. XII. 2B

370 NOCTUID A.

Secr. III, Antenne of male with serrations and long bristles.

A. Abdomen except towards base and inner margin of hind

wing towards tornus CrimSOM ..........0. 2.seseceseeesceneneres rubropicta.

B. Abdomen except towards base yellow; hind wing without

Guo Ina Oya MMMINEI TREAT A. sr ocaaosencbapecacooKacaneooGeane. lanipes.

7480. Donuca rubropicta. (Plate CCX. fig. 13.)

Calliodes rubropicta, Butl. Ent, Mo. Mag. xi. p. 77 (1874).

Head dark brown, black-brown behind; palpi reddish brown

tegule black-brown at base and tips, reddish brown at middle;

thorax reddish brown in front, then black-brown with a yellowish

white band behind; pectus reddish brown, the fore legs darker

brown; abdomen crimson with black-brown dorsal patch from base

to 6th segment, tapering to small spots at extremity and with slight

ochreous segmental lines on three basal segments, the ventral

surface reddish brown with blackish segmental lines and wedge-

shaped lateral patches. Fore wing reddish brown; an obliquely

curved yellowish white band from middle of cell to base of inner

margin, tapering above and broadly defined at sides by black-brown,

an oblique dark wedge-shaped spot above its extremity from costa ;

a large rather irregularly elliptical discoidal ocellus defined by black

with yellow outside it except above, its centre olive-brown with

round black patch in its upper part with silvery blue near its inner

edge and some yellowish white above it; a slight blackish line from

costa beyond middle, incurved below costa, then excurved and faint

round lower part of the ocellus, then incurved and oblique to inner

margin before middle; a broad oblique yellowish white band from

apex to inner margin just beyond middle, slightly dilated at vein 6

aud with black-brown suffusion before it except at middle; a slight

yellowish subterminal line from the band at vein 6 to inner margin,

incurved below vein 4 and excurved above and below that point,

with black-brown suffusion before it, narrow at middle; two black-

brown lines before termen, the immer not extending ewe vein 7

and slightly dilated hemaneen veins 4 and 2 ; cilia with a dark line

at base, yellowish white at apex. Hind wing dark reddish brown,

the inner area Crimson towards tornus; a ‘eekssh subbasal line ;

a broad yellowish white medial band from costa to the crimson inner

area, detined on inner side by blackish; a slight yellowish post-

medial line, incurved below vein 4 and excurved above and below

that point, with black-brown suffusion before it irrorated with a

few yellow scales; a black subterminal line, slightly incurved

below vein 4; a black terminal line diffused inwardly below

vein 4; cilia white, tinged with brown except towards apex.

Underside of fore wing pale red-brown, the terminal area darker,

the inner area crimson except towards tornus; a small black spot

in middle of cell and large round black discoidal spot with yellowish

white beyond it in the interspaces, postmedial line brown, arising

at vein 7, oblique and slightly waved from vein 5 to the crimson

area, a dark subterminal shade; hind wing dark reddish brown, the

inner area crimson except at base, a diffused black-brown discoidal

DONUGA. 371

spot with slight curved line beyond it except on inner area, a strong

dark brown postmedial line except on inner area, obtusely angled

outwards at discal fold, with a yellowish white patch before it

beyond the cell and small yellowish white spots beyond it, two

indistinct dark subterminal lines.

Hab. Qussnstand, 1 ¢, Kuranda (Simmonds), 1 ¢, Brisbane

(Lucas, Turner), 7 3, 29, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 3 type.

Exp, 66-80 millim.

7481. Donuca lanipes.

Calliodes lanipes, Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. xiv. p. 109 (1877); Waterhouse,

Aid, i. pl. 48; Pagenstecker, Semon’s Forschungreise, v. pl. eo eetemlele

Head and thorax. dark olive-brown, the head with a bluish gloss,

a yellowish line behind the tegule; palpi with some yellow at base

Big. 74.—Donuca lanipes, d. 3

and yellowish white in front; pectus yellow; legs brownish, the

fringes of hair on fore legs yellow, the fore tarsi dark brown ;

abdomen with the Ist three segments olive-brown, the other

segments yellow with some brownish in anal tuft, lateral series of

black-brown spots. Fore wing dark olive-brown with a brassy

green gloss on costal area to beyond middle, beyond the ocellus and

on terminal area except towards apex; a faint oblique sinuous

brassy green antemedial line; a round discoidal ocellus with dark

brown centre with silvery blue lunule on it and slight yellow

annulus defined by black with whitish beyond it; an oblique white

282

One NOCIUID£.

band from vein 7 towards apex where it narrows to a point to inner

margin just beyond middle, some yellow beyond it from vein 5 to

apex with a series of small white spots on each side of the veins; a

black subterminal line from vein 7 to inner margin, with a black

line beyond it, dentate except towards costa to which it is bent

inwards; a black terminal line slightly angled inwards at the veins.

Hind wing dark olive-brown, the terminal area suffused with brassy

green; a broad oblique white medial band; a slightly curved dark

subterminal line with very highly crenulate black line beyond it,

dentate to termen at the veins and with series of black Y-shaped

marks in its indentations; a black terminal line; cilia pure white.

Underside of both wings paler olive-brown; fore wing with elliptical

dark brown discoidal spot with white lunule near its inner edge, a

very broad curved white postmedial band and white apical patch ;

hind wing with white medial band, narrowing to costa, its outer

edge strongly excuryed at discal fold, some white at apex.

Hab. Quzenstand (Waller), 12, Brisbane (Turner), 13,19;

N. Avsrrarra, Port Darwin (Buckland), 12. Exp. 78-80 millim.

Genus NIGUZA.

Type.

INGIEAD, N/M, 2276, WSf5¥5) CUSINS)) ponsaccn00090 .cosccn080s59009000s600000 sptramioides.

Acanthocoles, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 20

(GUS Os) ieesaricare oaeeacorcrenarbocsbedcdnAsnasce cent hsaere dedoqauesandce eucesta.

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

of frons and moderately scaled, the 3rd minute; frons smooth, with tuft of

hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennz of male serrate and fasciculate; thorax

clothed with hair only and without crests; fore tibix typically short, strongly

spined and with three curved claws at extremity, the mid and hind tibix

spined, the tibis fringed on outer side with long hair; abdomen 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 the cell half the

length of wing; 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.

Srcr. I. Fore tibize very short and broad, strongly spined, with two long curved

claws on outer side at extremity and two on inner side.

7452. Niguza anisogramma.

Niguza anisogramma, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxix. p. 17+ (1905).

3d. Head and thorax red-brown with a white band behind the

tegule; pectus white except in front; mid and hind legs brown

with white mixed; abdomen pale scarlet, the Ist segment white,

the three following segments with dorsal brown patches, the ventral

surface white with lateral series of brown spots. Fore wing red-

brown; some white at base of inner margin ; subbasal orange-yellow

marks below costa and cell; a white antemedial band, excurved

below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous; claviform white,

elliptical, with brown spot in centre; a yellow discoidal ocellus

defined by black, and with leaden-blue and fuscous brown lunulate

Be NIGUZA. 373

mark in centre, the ocellus defined except above by a white ring

confluent with the white postmedial band, which is slightly bent

outwards to costa and obliquely incurved below vein 5, followed by a

series of orange spots defined on inner side by silvery whitish, the two

spots below costa with dentate silvery white marks beyond them and

the spots above and below vein 6 with dentate blackish marks beyond

them; a subterminal series of white spots in the interspaces; a

narrow waved white terminal band defined by brown lines; cilia

white tinged with brown. Hind wing white, the inner margin

tinged with brown; a brown discoidal spot with band from it to

vein | along which it runs inwards as a dentate mark; the terminal

area brown, narrowing to tornus and its inner edge incurved below

vein 4, a subterminal series of orange spots on it followed by a

Fig. 75.—Niguza anisogramma, S. }.

series of white spots, a narrow sinuous whitish band before the

terminal brown line; cilia brownish white. Underside of both

wings white, large brown discoidal spots followed by brownish bars

from costa, a sinuous brown subterminal line and brown lines before

and on termen.

Hab. W. Avsrratta, Sherlock R. (Clements), 2¢. Hap. 36-40

millim. ‘Type in Coll. Lower.

Scor. II. Fore tibize rather short with three curved claws at extremely.

A. Wings yellowish suffused with crimson ............--..02+.0+6 cucesta.

13}, \WViuaas) JoRlle TRAC ovRONFE oagoecaonbdodognqvEE9oE0DIGeq6000 Gapdacano00 spiramioides,

*7483. Niguza eucesta. (Plate CCX. fig. 7.)

Acanthocoles eucesta, Turner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 26 (1909)

@. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with crimson, a bar above

frons and vertex of head brown; tegule tipped with brown;

abdomen pale ochreous. Fore wing creamy yellow suffused with

374 NOCIUID.E.

crimson especially on inner area; a slight black subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold; a strong oblique black antemedial line bent

inwards to costa; a large elliptical discoidal ocellus extending to

submedian fold, its centre olive-brown with black patch in upper part

aud some raised silvery white scales on the veins, and with creamy

annulus defined below by clive-brown then by a black ring, strongest

below; postmedial line black, very oblique from costa to vein 7,

then dentate, slightly incurved below vein 2, and followed by a

strong white-irrorated black dentate slightly curved subterminal

line; two fine highly waved black lines just before termen. Hind

wing yellowish suffused with crimson; a minutely waved black

postmedial line followed by a lunulate band suffused with blue ;

two highly waved fine black lines just before termen. Underside

yellowish; fore wing with black discoidal patch and subterminal

waved line expanding into conjoined spots below costa; hind wing

with black postmedial band with waved outer edge.

Hab. N.S. Wats, Cobar, type? in Coll. Turner. Hap. 48 millim,.

7484. Niguza spiramioides.

Niguza spiramioides, W1k. xv. 1855 (1858).

Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with pale red-

brown; tegule edged with fuscous, the abdomen with faint dark

Fig. 76.—Mguza spiramioides, §. 4.

seymental lines, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing ochreous

suffused with red-brown; a faint dark subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line fuscous, excurved in submedian

interspace; a large round discoidal ocellus, yellow defined by fuscous,

its centre black above, red-brown below with series of white points

on the veins; medial line fuscous, excurved from costa round the

ocellus to vein 1, then erect to inner margin; postmedial line

fuscous, diffused on inner side to vein 6, angled outwards at vein 7,

NIGUZA. 3795

then dentate; a highly waved blackish subterminal line and slightly

waved terminal line. Hind wing ochreous suffused with red-brown ;

an oblique elliptical blackish discoidal spot, curved medial line,

rather diffused postmedial line with its outer edge dentate, highly

waved subterminal line, and a terminal line. Underside of both

wings ochreous white with large black discoidal spots and curved

brownish postmedial line; fore wing with black subapical patches

above and below vein 7; hind wing with blackish subterminal

patches below vein 7 and above tornus connected by a slight dentate

line; both wings with a waved line before termen.

Hab. N. Ausrratia (Hisey), 13.32 type. Hep. 3g 40, 9 50

millim.

Sucr. III. Fore tibix of normal length, slightly spined.

7485. Niguza oculita.

Niguza oculita, Swinh, A.M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 183 (1901).

Head and tegule pale red-brown; thorax and abdomen ochreous

faintly tinged with red-brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with

red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown; a rather

diffused red-brown antemedial line, excurved from costa to sub-

median fold, then erect; a yellow discoidal ocellus defined by black

edged with white except above, its centre with elliptical black spot

.17.—Niguza oculita, S. 4.

with some grey on its inner edge, the white edge of the ocellus

slightly defined by red-brown on its inner side and with an in-

distinct red-brown line from its lower edge bent inwards to

submedian fold and slightly excurved at vein 1; a xved-brown

medial line, excurved from costa beyond the ocellus to submedian

fold, then erect ; postmedial line double, dark brown, slightly oblique,

the inner line arising at vein 6 and with white points between it

and costa, the outer line arising at vein 7; a dentate dark brown

subterminal line, bent inwards to costa; a dark brown terminal

line. Hind wing ochreous tinged with red-brown, the terminal

area suffused with red-brown; a red-brown medial line, excurved

at middle, then oblique; a double dark brown postmedial line

376 NOCTUID3.

ending at tornus, the outer line slightly dentate, a dentate dark

brown subterminal line and dark brown terminal line. Underside

of both wings ochreous, the terminal area suffused with red-brown,

discoidal spots black-brown, large on fore wing.

Hab. W. Austrauta, Sherlock R. (Clements), 1g, 22. Hap.

36-44 millim. Type 7 in Mus. Oxon,

Genus AMPHORACERAS. ree

Aimphoraceras, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xi. p. 427 (1904)......... rothschildi.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to well above vertex of head, the

2nd joint very thickly fringed with hair, the 3rd dilated into a rounded knob ;

frous and vertex of head tufted with hair; antennz of male with the shaft very

strongly dilated at base and with fringe of hair curled over on upperside

forming an ear-like structure, the terminal part of shaft ciliated; thorax

clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with crests ;

pectus and femora thickly clothed with hair; mid tibiz strongly spined, hind

tibiz with a few spines between the spurs ; abdomen dorsally clothed with long

hair on basal half and with thick crests on Ist two segments. Fore wing with

the apex produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved, the inner margin

strongly curved ; 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; the

underside in male with the cell clothed with long hair and the disk with fringes

of rough hair. Hind wing with the cell less than half the length of wing ;

veins 8, 4 from angle; 5 from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only,

*7486. Amphoraceras rothschildi.

Aimphoraceras rothschildi, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xi. p. 428, pl. v. f. 1

(1904).

g. Head and tegule rufous, paler in front; thorax grey mixed

with rufous, the metathoracic crest rufous and black ; pectus orange ;

legs brown towards extremity ; abdomen orange with large dorsal

black patch extending to beyond middle, the crests greyish. Fore

wing greyish sparsely irrorated with black and suffused with rufous

especially beyond the postmedial line below vein 5; the veins of

terminal area streaked with greenish; subbasal line slight, waved,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line rufous, indistinctly

triple filled in with violaceous, excurved, but incurved in cell;

orbicular black with pale purplish annulus; reniform violaceous

grey with rather irregular black outline and five black spots in its

centre, some dark grey suffusion between and below the stigmata ;

postmedial line double, indistinct, diffused and oblique from costa

to vein 6, then triple, rufous filled in with violaceous, very oblique,

somewhat sinuous below vein 2 and connected with the antemedial

line at vein 1 and inner margin, a slight black streak beyond it

above vein 6; a semicircular dark rufous patch on costa towards

apex; a subterminal serics of small rufous spots. Hind wing with

AMPHORACERAS,—CTENUSA. Bl

the basal half black-brown, the terminal half orange-yellow. Under-

side orange-ycllow with the terminal area of fore wing and the hind

wing irrorated with fuscous.

Fig. 78.—Amphoraceras rothschildi, §. +.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa, 4000 ft. (Pratt), type t in Coll.

Bethune: Baker. Hep. 80 millim.

Genus CTENUSA. Tenn

Ctenusa, Hmpsn. P. Z.8. 1910, p. 422......... Be sUOHOnee A onaonte carnicolor.

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

of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 38rd moderate, oblique ;

frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antenne of male bipectinate with moderate

branches, the apex simple; thorax elothed with hair only and without crests;

tibia moderately fringed with hair, the mid and hind tibiew strongly spined ;

abdomen without crests. Fore wing broad, the apex rectangular, the termen

evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3and 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 produced to a slight lobe at vein 4; the cell

nearly half the length of wing; veins 38, 4 from angle; 5 from just above

angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

3/8 NOCTUID ®.

Secr, I. Antenne of male with the branches long on both sides.

A. Fore wing with the subterminal line curved...................6 curvilined.

B. Fore wing with the subterminal line almost straight.

a. Both wings with distinct waved postmedial line ............ PUPTENd.

6, Fore wing with the postmedial line reduced to points,

hind wing with it almost obsolete.

a’, Fore wing with bright rufous band before subterminal

INT) Segaeiod ceosesnacnmcsanaconaondsreonanndnesodsnocosonagpooodeb09 carnicolor.

b'. Kore wing without rufous band before subierminal

IPOS Saaen caudede cupencosdd sadacasnedsdonouaebctnobodcagatduscoese pallida.

7487. Ctenusa curvilinea, n. sp. (Plate CCXI. fig. 1.)

@. Head and thorax ochreous, the head slightly tinged with

red-brown, the tegule strongly suffused with red-brown ; antenne

brown, the shaft ochreous white above towards base; fore and

mid legs suffused with red-brown; abdomen pale ochreous faintly

tinged with red-brown. Fore wing pale ochreous irrorated with

brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown; antemedial

line slight, red-brown, excurved to median nervure, then oblique

and with dark points on median nervure and vein 1; an oblique

black-brown discoidal bar, almost conjoined to an oblique black bar

from costa from which arises the faint brown medial shade,

excurved beyond the cell, then oblique ; postmedial line with small

black spot at costa, then slight, brown, excurved, waved, and with

black points at the veins; subterminal line ochreous, slightly

defined at sides hy brown, obliquely excurved and ending at tornus ;

traces of a series of minute brown spots before termen. Hind

wing ochreous white; a faint curved brown postmedial line from

vein 5 to 1 with slight dark points at the veins; the terminal area

suffused with pale red-brown, with traces of a pale obliquely

curved subterminal line ending at tornus, and of a series of brown

points before termen. Underside of both wings ochreous white

with a curved brown subterminal shade, the area beyond it tinged

with red-brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines almost

obsolete, the medial black mark on costa small and the medial shade

obsolete; hind wing with the postmedial line obsolete.

Hab, Anysstnta, Taddecha Mullka (Degen), 2 2 type. Hap.

42-46 millim.

7488. Ctenusa rufirena.

Ctenusa rufirena, Hmpsn. P. Z, 8. 1910, p. 423, pl. xxxvii. f. 12.

@. Head fiery red, the vertex and tegule chocolate-brown ;

palpi with dark line at sides; thorax and abdomen yellow tinged

with rufous; the pectus in front and fringes of hair on fore legs

fiery red, the fore tibie and tarsi fuscous in front, the former

irrorated with white. Fore wing yellow tinged with rufous and

irrorated with fuscous; antemedial line indistinct, red, slightly

defined on inner side by yellow, curved ; reniform rufous defined

CTENUSA. 379

by yellow, an oblique red striga above it from costa; postmedial

line red slightly defined on outer side by yellow and with dark

striga from costa, excurved below costa, then waved ; subterminal

line yellow, almost straight; a series of slight red points before

termen ; cilia red with fine yellow lines at base and middle. Hind

wing yellow tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, the

costal area whitish to beyond middle; a minutely waved fuscous

postmedial line; a faint broad fuscous subterminal shade; cilia

with fine yellow lines at base and middle. Underside of fore wing

with blackish discoidal striga, hind wing with point, both wings

with fuscous subterminal shade.

Hab. N.W. Ruopzsia, Alala Plateau, Ndola Distr. (Neave), 1 2

type. Hep. 54 millim.

7489. Ctenusa carnicolor.

Chalciope carnicolor, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 829 (1902).

3g. Head and tegule rufous; antenne whitish, tinged with

brown except towards base; thorax pale ochreous yellow tinged

with rufous; abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale yellow

suffused with rufous; slight subbasal dark points below costa and

Fig. 79.— Ctenusa carnicolor, 3. }.

cell; antemedial line defined on inner side by pale yellow, rufous

and oblique from costa to middle of cell, then inwardly oblique

and represented by black points on median nervure and vein 1 ;

an elliptical red-brown discoidal spot; medial line red-brown,

oblique to the discoidal spot, indistinct and incurved below it;

postmedial line defined on outer side by pale yellow, with red-

380 NOCLUID 2.

brown spot at costa, theu represented by a series of points on the

veins, excurved to vein 5, then incurved and angled outwards at

submedian fold; subterminal line white, almost straight, defined

on inner side by bright red-brown suffusion and on outer except

towards costa by purplish grey with slight dark streaks in the

interspaces; a series of slight brown points before termen; a

terminal series of brown striz and a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing ochreous white, the terminal area suffused with rufous ;

a faint sinuous brown medial line from lower angle of cell to inner

margin; a faint waved brown postmedial line from discal fold to

inner margin with dark points at the veins, excurved at submedian

interspace ; a faint pale subterminal line from discal fold to tornus ;

a series of brown striw before termen defined by whitish; a fine

brown terminal line and a spot on the lobe at vein 4; the under-

side white, the costal area slightly tinged with rufous, the terminal

area suffused with rufous. :

Hab. Damaratannd, 1 $ type. Hwvp. 50 millim.

7490. Ctenusa pallida. (Plate CCX1. fig. 3.)

Jalliodes pallida, Himpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 3821 (1902).

§. Head rufous; antenne and tegule brown; thorax and

abdomen pale ochreous shghtly tinged with rufous; fore legs

rufous, the hind tibiz and tarsi brown above. Fore wing pale

ochreous faintly tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown; an

oblique elliptical brown discoidal spot with its outer edge indented,

a slight brown striga above it from costa and traces of a medial

shade excurved to lower angle of cell, then incurved; a slight

postmedial brown striga from costa and traces of a series of dark

points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; a rather

diffused double dark brown subterminal line filled in with ochreous

and with darker points at the veins; a series of dark points in the

interspaces before termen. Hind wing ochreous faintly tinged

with rufous and irrorated with brown; a diffused brown sub-

terminal shade, double and filled in with ochreous from vein 5 to

inner margin; a series of small blackish spots before termen and a

slight terminal line. Underside ochreous white; fore wing with

indistinct discoidal spot and both wings with subterminal shade

except towards tornus.

@. Tegule rufous; thorax and fore wing more strongly tinged

with rufous, the latter with the discoidal spot faintly defined by

rufous and often without the inedial shade and brown medial and

postmedial marks on costa; both wings with the pale subterminal

line not defined by dark brown and without the small spots before

termen.

Ab. 1 ¢. Fore wing more strongly tinged with rufous,

Hab. N.K. Ruopesta, Kalungwisi Distr. (Weave), 2 6, 29;

Meee Lake N’gami (Lugard), 1 2 type. Hap. 50-56

millim,

CTENUSA. 381

Seer. II. Antenne of male with the branches long on outer side, short on

inner side.

7491. Ctenusa brevipecten, n. sp.

6. Head ochreous mixed with dark brown; antenne dark

brown; palpi rufous, the 3rd joint dark brown: thorax and abdomen

pale ochreous slightly tinged with brown, the latter with faint

rufous segmental lines; fore coxe and femora rufous, the fore and

mid tibiz and the tarsi dark brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous

irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ;

a slight curved brown antemedial line with black points at the

veins ; a small elliptical black-brown discoidal spot with spot above

it on costa and slight oblique shade from it to inner margin; a

small postmedial black spot on costa and a series of points on the

Fig. 80.—Ctenusa brevipecten, 3. }.

veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a straight ereet ochreous

subterminal line, defined on inner side by dark brown and on outer

by a series of points, ending at tornus; a series of slight dark

points before termen ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing

ochreous slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, the

terminal area suffused with brown; a medial series of black points

from discal fold to above vein 1; a faint ochreous subterminal line

from vein 5 to tornus and a series of blackish points before termen ;

a slight brown terminal line and pale line at base of cilia. Under-

side of both wings pale ochreous suffused with rufous and the

terminal area with dark brown, small black discoidal spots,

Hab. 8. NieErta, Lagos, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 1 3S type;

Seneeat, vp. 44 millim.

352 NOCTUID®.

Genus ACANTHONYX. ‘Thies

Acanthonyx, Hmwpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 823 (1902) ...... marginalis.

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

middle of frons and moderately clothed with hair, the 3rd porrect, moderate ;

frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne of male bipectinate with long

branches, the apex serrate; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ;

fore tibiz not spined, with long curved claw at extremity on outer side ; mid

and bind tibia strongly spined; abdomen without crests. Fore wing rather

narrow, 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 the termen slightly

excurved at vein 4; the cell half the length of wing; 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 terminal area white or grey irrorated

WIN \KOWAR — goososecooocos00qoncdonncasO00 0a cos0000c000000N000000008 marginalis,

B. Fore wing with the terminal area concolorous ............... pretoria.

7492. Acanthonyx marginalis.

Agrotis marginalis, Wik. xv. 1700 (1858).

Agrotis vartans, Wilgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. yu. p. 147 (1863).

Agrotis marginifera, Wik. xxxii. 706 (1865).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with rufous.

Fore wing greyish suffused with rufous, deepening to before the

Fig. 81.—Acanthonyx marginalis, $. }.

subterminal line, the terminal area grey thickly irrorated with

brown; antemedial line with brown striga from costa, excurved

to median nervure, then oblique; a dark spot on middle of costa ;

a larger grey-brown discoidal lunule with its lower extremity

ACANTHONYX, 383

produced, defined by dark brown except above; a brown post-

medial spot on costa and faint traces of a waved line excurved to

vein +, then oblique; subterminal line whitish defined on outer

side by dark strie, slightly curved and very slightly waved ; a fine

pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing white tinged with red-

brown and with dark spot at extremity of vein 4; the underside

white.

Ab. 1. varians. Thorax and fore wing grey-white.

Ab. 2. Thorax and fore wing pale yellow, the latter with the

terminal area whiter; hind wing not tinged with brown, the

terminal area irrorated with brown; abdomen not tinged with

brown but with faint rufous segmental lines.

Ab. 3. Similar, but fore wing with the discoidal mark angled

inwards on median nervure to well before middle and much produced

at lower extremity.

Ab. 4. Similar, but fore wing with the discoidal mark almost

obsolete.

Hab. Damaratann, Swakop R., type tT varians in Mus. Stock-

holm; Br. BecHuanananp, Lake N’gami (Lugard), 3 $ ; Care

Conony (Sir A. Smith), 1 3 type. Hap. 38-48 millim.

7493. Acanthonyx pretorie. (Plate CCXI. fig. 4.)

Chalciope pretorig, Dist. Entom. xxxy. p. 212 (1902).

3. Head and tegule rufous; thorax and abdomen ochreous

slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few brown scales.

Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated

with dark brown; the subbasal line represented by an oblique

striga below costa and point on median nervure; the antemedial

line obliquely curved from costa to median nervure, then incurved

and obsolescent; a very large dark brown reniform stigma with

reddish brown mark on costa above it; a postmedial spot on costa

and curved series of points on the veins; subterminal line curved

and very slightly waved; the inner line fine and with slight points

on its inner side, the outer diffused and somewhat produced at the

veins; a fine terminal line; cilia pale with dark brown lines

through them. Hind wing pale ochreous, the terminal area tinged

with red-brown; a postmedial series of short dark streaks on the

veins.

@. Fore wing with the dark marks on costa and postmedial

series of points obsolete, the subterminal line not defined by

brown.

Ab. 1. Thorax ochreous white, the tegule tipped with red-brown ;

abdomen white with ochreous segmental lines ; fore wing ochreous

without rufous suffusion ; hind wing white, a terminal brown spot

at vein 4.—Zululand.

Hab. Transvaat, Lydenburgh, 1 9, Pretoria, 1 ¢ type; Zurv-

LAND (Wilson), 1 S$. Exp. 58 millim,

384 NOCTUID JE.

Genus HOMAA. Type

Homea, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 206 (1852) 0.0... .cccece eee ece ec ee tee cee eee clathrum.

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

to vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 8rd long and somewhat acuminate

at tip; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antenne of

male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests;

tibiee of male and the hind tarsi above typically fringed with long hair, the

fore and hind tibiz not spined ; abdomen smoothly scaled and 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 anasto-

mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen

erenulate; the cell about one-third 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. :

Sror. I. Tibize of male, the basal joints of fore tarsi, and the hind tarsi above

fringed with long hair.

7494. Homea clathrum.

Homea clathrwm, Guen. Noet. iii. p. 207 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 551.

Head and thorax blackish brown mixed with white; palpi white,

the 3rd joint blackish except at extremity; frons with black bar,

and a black bar between antenne; tegule with black bands near

base and at tips; pectus and legs white tinged with brown;

abdomen ochreous brown with white band at base and slight

whitish segmental lines, the ventral surface white tinged with

Fig. 82.—Homea clathrum, g. }.

brown. Fore wing ochreous brown largely suffused with black,

the veins streaked with white to the postmedial line; subbasal

white strie from costa and cell defined on each side by black;

antemedial line white defined on each side by black, inwardly

HOM#As 585

oblique; an inwardly oblique white medial band from subcosta

nervure to inner margin, forking in cell and enclosing a black spot

reniform defined by white, produced at extremities and attenuated

above; two whitish lines from lower angle of cell to inner margin,

the outer dentate; a slight dentate whitish line before the post-

medial white band, which is bent outwards and slight below the

costa, then oblique and strong, a slightly dentate white line beyond

it; subterminal line slight, white defined on inner side by diffused

dentate black marks, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a

sinuous black line before termen defined on each side by white ;

cilia white at base. Hind wing ochreous brown, the imner half

suffused with black from near base to the subterminal line ;

three indistinet waved whitish lines on inner antemedial area,

and a blackish discoidal spot; an oblique white medial band

followed by a slightly sinuous white line from vein 6 to inner

margin; a slightly waved whitish subterminal line; a sinuous

black line before termen defined on inner side by white; the

termen with a series of whitish spots and a blackish spot at middle;

cilia white with a blackish line through them. Underside white

tinged with ochreous brown; beth wings with blackish subterminal

shade, the area beyond it suffused with “brown ; fore wing with the

reniform slightly defined by blackish; hind wing with stall black

disccidal spot and curved waved medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Axsysstyta, Atbara (Gerrard), 2 9; Aprmn; Punsas, Hussan

Abdal (Yerbury), 1 2, Wuzeerabad (Hearsey), I 3, Almorah (Boys),

13,29; Nepat, 15, 19; Bompay, Kutch, 4 g, 4 9, Deccan

(Day), 1 3. Hap. 34-48 millim.

Scr. I. Tibiz of male and hind tarsi not fringed with long hair.

7495. Homea hansali.

Remigia hansali, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 117. f. 5 (1874).

Head and thorax pale fulvous slightly irrorated with fuscous ;

pectus and legs whitish mixed with brown; abdomen pale ochreous

brown irrorated with fuscous, the ventral surface whitish mixed

with fuscous. Fore wing pale fulvous faintly irrorated with brown ;

antemedial line pale brown, double, waved ; a small brown annulus

at upper angle of cell; medial line brown, very slightly dentate,

curved from costa to lower edge of the annulus, then oblique; a

slight oblique dentate brown line before the postmedial brown line,

which is excurved below costa, then oblique, defined on outer side

by a white band except at costa, followed by a series of fuscous

spots; a faint dentate brownish subterminal line; a series of blackish

points before termen ; cilia grey-brown, whitish ‘at tips. Hind wing

with the basal half whitish, slightly tinged with fulyous on inner

area, the terminal half pale fulvous; a fuscous antemedial line

except towards costa; an oblique white medial band defined on each

side by fuscous and traversed by a slight fuscous line on inner half, the

VoL. XII, 2 ¢

386 NOCTUIDAE.

band followed by a maculate fuscous line; a faint dentate brownish

subterminal line ; a series of blackish points before termen ; cilia

Fig. 83.—Homea hansali, 3. }.

grey-brown, white at tips; the underside grey tinged and irrorated

with brown, a diffused brown medial line, slight postmedial line,

and subterminal shade.

Hab. W. Arnica, Bogos; Br. EH. Arrica, Neugia (Crawshay),

1 9; Transvaat, Barberton (Cooke), 1 3; Nata, Durban (Gooch,

Leigh), 1 3, 3 23 Carn Cotony, Pondoland (Swinney), 1 9°,

Transkei (Miss F, Barrett), 1 $8. Hep. 36 millim.

Genus OPOROPHYLLA, nov.

Type, O. ustulata.

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

to vertex of head and very broadly scaled, the 3rd minute, porrect; frons

smooth, with large tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antennez of male simple

and somewhat laminate; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, and

without crests; fore tibize slightly fringed with hair; all the tibize strongly

spined ; abdomen dorsally clothed with rough hair, especially towards base,

but without crests. Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex

which is produced to a long blunt point, the termen very obliquely curved

continuously with the highly arched inner margin, the basal half of inner area

clothed with rough hair; 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 the cell about one-third length of wing; vein 3 from

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

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

7496. Oporophylla ustulata.

Phyllodes ustulata, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 57, pl. 28. f. 1 (1848) ; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 557.

Phyllodes despicillator, Quen, Noct. 111. p. 122 (1852).

Head and thorax dark brown with a slight greyish gloss; palpi,

except in front, sides of frons, gule, and antenne rufous; fore

OPOROPHYLLA.— XYLOPIYLLA. 387

tibiz in front and base of mid tibize rufous; abdomen dark brown.

Fore wing pale rufous striated with deep rufous, the costa suffused

with fuscous with pale streaks on the veins of terminal half, the

inner area dark brown irrorated with ochreous, the area beyond

the cell and from origin of vein 2 to termen between vein 4 and

submedian fold golden bronze-brown, the apical part of terminal

area paler golden bronze ; some stria of raised black scales below

middle of cell; reniform narrow, rufous, incompletely defined by

black and with greyish striga in centre, its upper extremity pro-

duced to two slight points; the interspaces beyond the cell between

Fig. 84.—Oporophylla ustulata, 3. 3.

veins 8 and 5 with series of black striz and points; an oblique

rufous postmedial band striated with black between veins 7 and 5

and a spot below vein 2; a rufous and blackish terminal line and

a black line near base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

terminal area yellow from costa to vein 2, its inner edge waved.

Underside of both wings fuscous brown, the terminal area yellow

striated with brown.

Hab. Sixutm (Lidderdale), 436, 29; Assam, Silhet. Hap.

128-144 millim.

Genus XYLOPHYLLA, nov.

Type, X. punctifascia. ‘

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

to above vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd very long, thickly scaled

and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth with large tuft of hair;

eyes large, round; antennx of male simple and somewhat laminate; thorax

262

388 NOCIUIDA.

clothed with rough hair only and without crests; tibiae smoothly scaled

and all strongly spined; abdomen dorsally clothed with long rough hair

except at extremity, but without crests. Fore wing with the costa highly

arched, the apex produced to a long acute point, the termen obliquely curved,

the inner margin highly arched ; veins and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from

well below upper angle; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked: 11 from cell. Hind

wing with the cell about one-third length of wing; vein 8 from before angle ;

5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anasto-

mosing with the cell near base only.

7497. Xylophylla punctifascia.

Phiyliodes punctifascia, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 576.

Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown ; fore and mid femora

at cxtremities and tibise at base and fore tarsi at base with spots

of silvery white waxy scales. Fore wing greyish brown with

slight dark irroration and striation, the area beyond end of cell

more thickly striated; a blackish point in middle of cell; a small

Fig. 85.—Aylophylla punctifuscia, 3. %.

spot at upper angle of cell separate from or conjoined to an oblique

spot at middle of discocellulars, and a larger triangular spot at

lower angle of cell, all formed of silvery white waxy scales ; a faint

oblique dark line from costa to discal fold just beyond the cell,

then inwardly oblique to inner margin and with another similar

PHYLLODES. 389

line beyond it; a slight fulvous streak defined by brown from

middle of discocellulars to near the postmedial line, where it is

met by an oblique brown streak from apex ; postmedial line red-

brown, oblique from costa to discal fold, then inwardly oblique ;

subterminal line red-brown, acutely angled outwards below apex,

then oblique; cilia red-brown. Hind wing grey-brown suffused

with black from middle to near termen; a postmedial series of six

rather diamond-shaped orange-yellow spots from below vein 7 to

submedian fold. Underside of both wings greyer with slight black

irroration, a rather diffused curved postmedial dark shade; fore

wing with the streak dark; hind wing with traces of a curved

medial line.

Hab. W. Curna, Omeishan, 1 g, 1 2 type, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt),

LQ Bey. Wikis) somilliwcn.

Genus PHYLLODES. eas

Phyllodes, Boisd. Voy. Astrolabe, Lép. p. 246 (1832) ...... conspicillator.

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

to vertex of head and very broadly scaled, the 8rd moderate and dilated at

extremity; frons smooth with large tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antenne

of male simple and somewhat laminate; thorax clothed with hair only and

without crests; tibie smoothly scaled and all the tibiw strongly spined ;

abdomen with some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with

the costa highly arched, the apex produced to a rather long point, the termen

obliquely curved, the inner margin arched uear base, some rough hair on base

of inner area; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper

rangle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of wing, vein 3 from well before

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

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Sxcr. I. Palpi with the 2nd joint very breadly angled, with scales in front at

extremity.

A. Hind wing with entire yellow band ...... ...........seeeeeee ee eyndhovi.

LB. Hind wing with oblique yellow patch in submedian inter-

SLE \GS) ss onpodadacedanestononndcodacosacneor FEE CHOTON OR Dodoarec sononpedhos staudingeri.

7498. Phyllodes eyndhovi.

Phyllodes cyndhovit, Voll. Tijd. v. Ent. ii. p. 86, pl. 6 (1858); Hinpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 557.

Phyllodes semilinea, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 176 (1864).

Phyllodes fasciata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 69.

Head, tegule, and front of thorax rufous, the rest of thorax

grey-brown ; palpi grey-brown with the 3rd joint blackish ;

antenne grey-brown with white point on Ist joint; pectus, legs,

and abdomen grey-brown, the tibize with silvery-white spots of

waxen scales at base. Fore wing grey-brown tinged with rufous

and with a golden-brown gloss in parts; reniform white tinged

with rufous and defined by brown, narrow, oblique, with sinuous

390 NOCTUID A.

edges, extending to below angle of cell, an oblique brown streak

from below it to apex slightly defined above by grey on basal half ;

traces of sinuous antemedial and medial shades, a rather more

distinct postmedial shade, oblique from costa to the streak where

it is angled outwards, and of an oblique subterminal shade from

costa to the streak. Hind wing grey-brown; an orange-yellow medial

band defined on each side by black suffusion, oblique from costa to

Fig. 86.—Phyllodes eyndhovi, $. 3.

vein 5, then bent inwards and with waved edges, angled outwards at

vein 1 and ending above inner margin. Underside of fore wing with

whitish patch in and below end of cell defined by black suffusion

except above; hind wing with slight curved medial line and post-

medial line angled outwards at vein 6, then oblique, a black patch

between the lines between veins 3 and 1 with two orange spots

on it.

Hab. Sixurm (Lidderdale, Dudgeon), 5 8,2 9; Assam, Silhet ;

Sumatra; Bornzo. wp. 118-138 miilim.

*7499. Phyllodes staudingeri.

Phyllodes staudingeri, Semp. Reis. Phil., Lep. ii. p. 576, pl 61. f.5 (1901).

3. Head and thorax red-brown; antenne with the basal joint

white in front ; palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore

wing golden brown with numerous faint pale striw; traces of

sinuous curved antemedial and medial shades; a black point in

PHYLLODES. 391

middle of cell; reniform rufous defined by whitish and brown,

oblique, formed by round spots above and below with a U-shaped

mark between them end a point before it on median nervure; an

oblique dark brown line from apex to below end of cell; traces of

postmedial and subterminal shades, oblique from costa to vein 5,

then incurved, the latter ending at tornus and with an oblique

shade beyond it from costa to the oblique line. Hind wing dark

brown; an oblique dark yellow postmedial band between veins 2

and 1; a faint greyish shade from costa beyond middle to vein 4;

the termen tinged with greyish.

Hab, Patutpetnes, N. Mindoro. Lvp. 146 millim. This species

is unknown to me.

Sucr. II. Palpi with the 2nd joint less broadly angled with scales at

extremity.

A. Hind wing with crimson band from beyond lower angle

of cell to tor nus, the interspaces of terminal area with

bluish-white streaks or white spots.

a. Kore wing with the reaiform not produced at lower

extremity and with white marks in upper and lower

PATtssOlCeMbnON coor se asestleh sees <sosisieceoscetua se aacesarmaues imperialis.

6, Fore wing with the reniform produced at lower ex-

tremity to two points.

a’. Fore wing with the reniform grey-brown ............ meyricct.

b'. Fore wing with the reniform grey-green............... papwand,

B. Hind wing with rose-red patch on tornal area.

a. Hind wing without any white on the red patch, a large

apicalawinitewoatcheemenreaecassccescteemeserccesmeesces conspicillator.

6, Hind wing with more or less white on the red patch.

a’. Hind wing with the white placed above the tornal

red patch and extending from vein 5 to 1.

a”, Hind wing with the white patch broad and

rounded.

a, Hind wing with the red beyond the white patch

not extending above submedian fold ..........., verhuelli.

o°, Hind wing with the red beyond the white ates

extending HO) WON GB) ‘ScaceosossnonnbodsoousansqcoDCene florals.

4°, Hind wing with the white patch narrow and

Gadi be eect setenenccetesecds davdaier isu ceebaedecanes enganensis.

o'. Hind wing with the white placed on and surrounded

by the red patch.

a’, Fore wing with the reniform strongly angled

inwards on median nervure.

a*®, Hind wing with the white centre of the rose-

red patch large and quadrate ...................4. cerasifera.

6°. Hind wing with the white centre of the rose-

red patch smaller and bilobate ...... ........... consobrina,

b?, Fore wing with the reniform slightly angled

inwards on median nervure.

a®, Hind wing with prominent white centre to the

ROSE! FOBWCIA JoonccocovasG0sqs00s000n000000000000000 maligera.

v%. Hind wing with the white centre to the rose-

red patch almost obsolete .............00+00s eee POSeIgEra.

392 NOCTUID 2.

7500. Phyllodes imperialis. (Plate CCXI. fig. 5.)

Phyllodes imperialis, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) ii, p. 241 (1888).

3. Head and thorax red-brown, the head, tegule, and part of

thorax with a plum-coloured gloss; pectus with a plum-coloured

gloss; the legs greyish brown, the femora at extremities and tibie

at base with small orange spots; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing

red-brown and ochreous brown; a small tuft of white scales at

base followed by an ochreous tuft; the basal area with some long

orange-yellow hair-like scales; a red-brown shade from basal part

of costa ; two red-brown antemedial lines from costa to vein 1; a

red-brown point in middle of cell ; reniform narrow, oblique, sinuous,

with four whitish marks in centre, which is defined by red-brown,

and a slight whitish annulus defined by red-brown; medial line

rather diffused, red-brown, excurved to median nervure, then

oblique ; postmedial line indistinct, double, red-brown, oblique to

vein 5, then inwardly oblique to vein 2 and sinuous to inner

margin, an oblique whitish shade beyond it from costa to vein 6;

an oblique dark brown streak from apex to vein 2, then sinuous to

inner margin; a dark brown subterminal line, oblique to vein 6,

then bent inwards and waved and excurved to tornus. Hind wing

black-brown with a purplish gloss, the hair at base greyish; a

crimson postmedial band from vein 5 to inner margin, its inner

edge slightly sinuous, its outer excurved below vein 3 and at vein 1;

diffused bluish-white streaks in interspaces of terminal area. Under-

side of fore wing grey-brown striated with whitish, the discal area

black-brown, an oblique series of three white spots in and below

end of cell and in submedian interspace; hind wing grey-brown

striated with white, the inner area black-brown to beyond the

crimson band which does not extend above vein 3, two dark medial

lines from costa to the dark area.

Hab. New Husripes, 1 g; Soromons. Mep. 174 millim.

*7501. Phyliodes meyricci,

Phyllodes meyrickt, Oliff, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. (2) iv. p. 114 (1889).

@, Head purple-brown ; antenne red-brown; thorax and -ab-

domen reddish brown, the latter faintly tinged with purple. Fore

wing rich reddish brown glossed with purple, the terminal area

redder ; faint postmedial and apical whitish marks on costa ; an in-

distinct oblique brown line from apex to below end of cell ; reniform

grey-brown with its centre defined by red-brown, oblique, sinuous,

angled inwards ou median nervure and with its lower extremity

produced to two points. Hind wing blue-black, brownish at base ;

a crimson postmedial band from vein 5 to inner margin, its edges

incurved at middle and its upper extremity rather attenuate; a

PHYLLODES. 393

terminal series of seven or eight triangular white spots in the inter-

spaces. Underside of fore wing with obliquely placed white spots

in and below end of cell and a small spot in submedian fold.

Hab. Qurenstanp, Cairns, Mt. Bellenden-Ker, Daintree It.

Exp. 176 millim. This species is unknown to me.

7502. Phyllodes papuaua, n.sp. (Plate CCXI. fig. 2

@. Head and thorax grey-brown with a plum-coloured gloss ;

femora at extremities and tibiz at base with orange-yellow spots ;

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing olive-brown with a slight

purplish gloss and sparsely irrorated with white hair-like scales ;

traces of*two antemedial lines and of a medial line excurved to

median nervure, then oblique; a dark point in middle of cell;

reniform pale grey-green with its centre defined by rust-red,

narrow, oblique, sinuous, angled inwards on median nervure and

with its lower extremity produced and bifid; faint traces of a

double postmedial line oblique to vein 5, then incurved and sinuous,

a slight whitish mark beyond it on costa; an oblique dark streak

from apex to vein 3 just beyond the reniform, defined on lower

side by ochreous on terminal area; subterminal line faint, dark,

and excurved from costa to the oblique line, then ochreous and

waved, Hind wing black-brown suffused with purple, the hair at

base greyish; a crimson postmedial band from vein 5 to inner

margin, its inner edge slightly sinuous, its outer waved and

excurved ; a series of diffused bluish-white streaks in the inter-

spaces of terminal area. Underside of fore wing with the discal

area suffused with black, white spots in and below end of cell;

hind wing with the inner area suffused with black from before

middle to beyond the crimson band, two raedial lines from costa to

the dark area.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Aroa R., 1 9 type. xp. 156 millim.

7503. Phyllodes conspicillator.

Phalena conspicillator, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 1, pl. 97. ff. A, B (1779) ;

Houttuym, Nat. Hist. 1. xi. p. 644, pl. 92. f. 8; Boisd. Voy. de

lV Astrolabe, Lép. p. 246, pl. 5. f. 4; Pag. J.B. Nass. xxxix. p. 138.

Phyllodes inspicillator, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 121 (1852).

$6. Head and thorax ochreous brown, the head, tegule, and

protherax with a plum-coloured gloss ; femora at extremities and

base of tibia with slight whitish marks; abdomen blue-black, the

extremity and ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing whitish

suffused with ochreous brown and irrorated with a few white

scales ; traces of diffused antemedial and medial lines, oblique below

median nervure; a brown point in middle of cell; reniform with

whitish centre defined by rufous and whitish annulus defined by

red-brown, a narrow lunule slightly angled inwards on median

39-4 NOCTUIDAE.

nervure; traces of a double diffused postmedial line, oblique from

costa to vein 5, then incurved and sinuous, an oblique white shade

beyond it from costa to vein 6; an oblique whitish streak defined

above by brown from apex to vein 3 just beyond the reniform, then

erect and sinuous to inner margin; an indistinct dark subterminal

line, oblique to vein 6, below the streak waved and with a dark

patch on its inner side on inner area. Hind wing black-brown

suffused with brilliant blue; a large white patch at apex and

expo.

Fig. 87.—Phyllodes conspicillator, ¢.

larger pink patch from below vein 4 to tornus. Underside of both

wings grey-brown striated with white ; fore wing with some blackish

suffusion on basal half of inner area, a white spot below end of cell

and dentate dark postmedial band defined on outer side by whitish;

hind wing with the inner area suffused with black to the pink

patch, an indistinct curved whitish postmedial band.

Hab. Amporna; Crtepes, 1 ¢ ; Aru; New Guinea. Lp.

146 millim.

PHYLLODES. 395

7004. Phyllodes verhuelli.

Pkyllodes verhucilé, Voll. Tijd. v. Ent. 1. p. 159, pl. 8 (1857).

3. Head and thorax grey-brown, the head and tegule with a

plum-coloured gloss; pectus and legs fuscous brown, the femora at

extremities and tibia at base with small whitish spots; abdomen

black shot with blue, the genital tufts whitish, the ventral surface

fuscous brown. Fore wing ochreous brown irrorated with some

ochreous-white scales; oblique brownish antemedial and medial

bands; a red-brown point in middle of cell; reniform with its

centre and circumference defined by red-brown, some white in

upper and lower parts of centre and some bluish white at lower

e\tremity, narrow and angled inwards on median nervure; a

brownish postmedial band angled outwards at discal fold, then

incurved, an oblique whitish shade beyond it from costa to discal

fold ; an oblique brown streak from apex to the postmedial band at

vein 4, defined below by whitish towards apex; subterminal line

brownish, oblique to the streak, then waved and defined on outer

side by pale grey-brown. Hind wing black shot with purple ;

some purplish white at apex; a large white patch from vein 4 just ~

beyond the cell to vein 1 with a rosy-red patch from it to tornal

part of inner margin and termen. Underside of fore wing with

dark streaks on median nervure and vein | and the veins of post-

medial area, a wedge-shaped white patch in end of cell and elongate

patches in the interspaces of postmedial area bisected by the dark

postmedial line, which is slightly excurved below costa, then in-

curved ; hind wing grey-brown striated with white, the basal inner

area black, a curved blackish line from costa to lower angle of cell.

Hab. Java, 1 $. Hep. 168 millim.

7505. Phyllodes floralis. (Plate CCXII. fig. 2.)

Phyllodes floralis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xi. p. 427 (1883).

6. Head and thorax grey-brown, the head, tegule, and patagia

with a plum-coloured gloss; antennz with the basal joint white in

front at extremity ; pectus and legs fuscous tinged with bluish, the

femora at extremities and tibize at base with slight white marks;

abdomen black shot with metallic blue. Fore wing olive-brown

sparsely irrorated with large ochreous scales; two diffused oblique

greyish antemedial bands and one medial band; a dark brown

point in middle of cell; reniform pale olive-brown with its centre

and circumference defined by red-brown, some white in upper and

lower parts of centre and at lower extremity, narrow, angled inwards

on median nervure; an oblique brown streak defined below by

ochreous brown from apex to beyond lower angle of cell ; post-

medial band indistinct, greyish, oblique to the “streak, then in-

curved and excuryed in submedian interspace, an oblique whitish

396 NOCLUID A,

shade beyond it from costa to the streak ; subterminal line indis-

tinct and oblique to the streak, then bent inwards and irregularly

waved, the area beyond it suffused with ochreous brown from the

streak to tornus. Hind wing black-brown shot with metallic blue ;

some bluish white at apex; a rounded white postmedial patch

between veins 5 and | with rose-red between it and tornal parts of

inner margin and termen. Underside of fore wing with the median

nervure, vein 1 and the veins beyond the céll streaked with blackish,

a white patch in end of celi and elongate white marks in the inter-

spaces of postmedial area bisected by the blackish postmedial line,

which is slightly excurved below costa, then obliquely incurved,

the white in submedian fold extending to before middle ; hind wing

brown tinged with purplish grey and striated with white, the basal

half of inner area blackish, a curved blackish band from costa to

lower angle of cell.

®. Fore wing with the transverse markings almost obsolete and

without ochreous brown suffusion on terminal area; hind wing with

less red beyond the white patch.

Hab. Burma, Tenasserim, Donaut Hills (de Nicéville), 2 3;

Borneo, Mt. Dulit (Hose), 3 g,1 9 type. xp. 148-164 millim.

7506. Phyllodes enganensis. (Plate CCXII. fig. 7.)

Phyllodes enganensis, Swinh, A. M. N. H. (7) xiv. p. 424 (1904).

dS. Head and thorax grey-brown, the head and tegule except at

tips with a plum-coloured gloss; antenne with the basal joint

white in front; pectus and legs fuscous tinged with bluish, the

femora at extremities and tibiee at base with slight white spots ;

abdomen black shot with metallic blue, the anal tuft whitish, the

ventral surface fuscous. Fore wing olive-brown sparsely irrorated

with large ochreous white scales; two antemedial and one medial

diffused oblique greyish bands; a dark brown point in middle of

cell; reniform with greyish centre defined by dark brown, its

annulus red-brown on inner side, white on outer, narrow, angled

inwards on median neryure; an oblique brown streak defined below

by ochreous brown from apex to beyond lower angle of cell; an

oblique whitish postmedial shade from costa to the oblique streak

and a sinuous ochreous brown band from the lower extremity of

the streak to inner margin; subterminal line diffused, dark and

oblique from costa to the oblique streak, then a waved ochreous

brown band diffused to termen towards tornus. Hind wing black

shot with metallic blue; some whitish irroration at apex; a

quadrate white postmedial patch between veins 4 and 1 with rose-

red between it and tornal parts of inner margin and termen; a

wedge-shaped red patch above terminal part of vein 2. Underside

of fore wing with blackish streaks on median nervure, vein 1 and

the veins beyond lower angle of cell, a white patch in end of cell

and elongate patches in the interspaces of postmedial area bisected

by a dark postmedial line slightly excuryed below costa, then

PHYLLODES. 397

incurved, the white in submedian interspace extending to before

middle ; hind wing grey-brown striated with white, the basal half

of inner area suffused with black, a curved black line from costa to

lower angle of cell.

Q. Fore wing with the transverse markings almost obsolete ;

hind wing with the red not. extending to vein 2.

Hab. Sumatra, Engano I.,1.g, 1 9 type. Hap. § 170, 2

162 millim.

7907. Phyllodes cerasifera.

Phyllodes cerasifera, But]. A. M. N. H. (5) xi. p. 426 (1883) ; Semper, Reis.

Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 576, pl. 61. f. 4.

2. Head and thorax greyish brown, the head, tegule and patagia

with a plum-coloured gloss; femora at extremities and tibic at

base with small ochreous spots; abdomen black-brown, the ventral

surface greyish. Fore wing grey-brown with a purplish tinge,

irrorated and striated with ochreous white; a dark point in middle

of cell; reniform with its centre and circumference defined by dark

brown with some bluish white at upper extremity and lower

extremity of both centre and circumference, narrow and strongly

angled inwards on median nervure; an oblique dark fascia from

apex to vein 4, defined below by white towards apex. Hind wing

black-brown; a large rosy-red patch on tornal area extending to

lower angle of cell and vein 4 with a large white patch on it near

its upper and basal edges. Underside of fore wing with a wedge-

shaped white patch in end of cell and elongate patches in the

interspaces of postmedial area intersected by a dark postmedial line

slightly excurved below costa and incurved below vein 3; hind

wing with faint curved dark line from costa to lower angle of cell.

flab. Pattrprines, Mindanio, 1 @ type, Challenger Coll.,

Luzon. Fwp. 154 millim,

7508. Phyllodes consobrina.

Phyillodes consobrina, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 57, pl. 28. f. 2 (1848);

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. in. p. 558.

Phyllodes perspiciliator, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 120 (1852).

$6. Head and thorax dark brown, the head, tegule and patagia

with a plum-coloured gloss, antenne with white ring at extremity

of basal joint; femora at extremities and tibie at base with slight

whitish marks ; spurs ringed with ochreous ; abdomen black-brown

dorsally suffused with metallic blue, the anal tuft whitish. Fore

wing olive-brown irrorated with a few large whitish scales; two

diffused silvery greyish antemedial shades from costa to below the

cell and a medial shade oblique below the cell and obsolescent on

inner area; a chocolate-brown point of raised scales in middle of

cell; reniform red-brown defined by dark brown and with some

blue-grey at lower extremity, its centre defined by brown and with

398 NOCLUID.

some blue-grey in upper and lower parts, narrow, strongly angled

inwards on median nervure; an oblique ochreous brown streak

from apex to beyond lower angle of cell, whitish towards apex ; an

oblique postmedial greyish shade from costa to the streak, followed

by an oblique whitish shade; a waved ochreous brown band from

vein 2 below the end of streak to inner margin; subterminal line

slight, oblique and dark from costa to the streak, then retracted,

irregularly waved and with the area beyond it suffused with

ochreous brown. Jind wing black shot with metallic blue; a large

rounded rose-red patch with waved edges from below vein 4 beyond

the cell to tornus, its centre white and bisected by red on vein 2.

Underside of fore wing with blackish streaks on median nervure,

yein 1 and the veins beyond the cell, a bluish white streak in cell

and streaks in the interspaces of postmedial area and below the

cell, bisected by the dark postmedial line, which is slightly excurved

below costa, then obliquely incurved ; hind wing olive-brown with

a purplish gloss and irrorated with a few white scales, the basal

inner area suffused with black, a curved line from costa to beyond

angle of cell.

@. Fore wing with the transverse markings less distinct and

without ochreous brown suffusion on terminal area.

Hab. Srxmim (Moller), 1 $,1 9 ; Assam (Badgley), 1 Q , Silhet

(Stainsforth), 4 3, 2 2, Dibrugrah (Ward), 1 9. Hep, 130-

146 millim,.

7509. Phyllodes maligera.

Phyllodes maligera, Butl, Ent. Mo, Mag, xx. p. 138 (1883) ; Moore, Lep.

Ceyl. iii. p. 187, pl. 163. ff. 2, 2@; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 1. p. 658.

36. Head and thorax greyish brown, the head, tegule and outer

edge of patagia with a plum-coloured gloss ; antenne with the basal

joint white in front; the femora at extremities and tibie at base

with slight whitish marks, the spurs and tarsi slightly ringed with

whitish ; abdomen black-brown dorsally suffused with metallic

blue, the anal tuft greyish. Fore wing olive-brown irrorated with

a few large white scales; two indistinct diffused oblique silvery

greyish antemedial bands and a medial band; a point of raised

brown scales in middle of cell; reniform red-brown, its centre and

circumference defined by dark brown, some blue-grey at lower

extremities of centre and circumference, narrow, slightly angled

inwards on median nervure; an oblique ochreous brown streak

from apex to beyond lower angle of cell, whitish towards apex and

with a sinuous ochreous brown band from its lower extremity to

inner margin ; oblique silvery greyish postmedial and subterminal

shades from costa to the oblique streak and a waved subterminal

line from the streak to tornus with ochreous brown suffusion and

striation beyond it. Hind wing black shot with metallic blue; a

rounded rose-red patch with waved edges from below vein 4 to

tornus, with a white patch in its centre bisected by red on vein 2.

PHYLLODES. 399

Underside of fore wing with the median nervure, vein 1 and the

veins of postmedial area streaked with blackish, bluish white

streaks in, below, and beyond the cell in the interspaces, bisected by

the blackish postmedial line, which is slightly excurved below costa,

then obliquely incurved; hind wing brown tinged with purplish and

striated with white, the basal inner area suffused with black, a

curved line from costa to beyond lower angle of cell.

©. Fore wing with the transverse markings less distinct and

without the ochreous brown on terminal area.

Hab. Cryionx (Lindesay, Whyte), 1 3,1 9 type, Kandy (Green),

1 g. Hep. 130-140 millim.

Pupa. Brown, the abdomen pitted with black and with metallic

golden bands.

7910. Phyllodes roseigera. (Plate CCXILI. fig. 3.

Phyllodes roseigera, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 164; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 958.

g. Head and thorax brown, the head and tegule with a plum-

coloured gloss; antenn with white ring on basal joint ; the femora

at extremities and tibiwe at base with slight whitish marks, the tarsi

slightly ringed with whitish; abdomen black-brown dorsally slightly

shot with blue, the anal tuft greyish. Fore wing olive-brown

irrorated with a few large whitish scales; two oblique silvery-grey

antemedial shades from costa to below the cell and a medial shade ;

a point of raised brown scales in middle of cell; reniform red-

brown, its centre and circumference defined by dark brown and

with some white at lower extremities of centre and circumference,

narrow, slightly angled inwards on median nervure; an oblique

ochreous brown streak from apex to below end of cell, whitish

towards apex and with waved ochreous brown band from its lower

extremity to inner margin; two oblique silvery grev postmedial

shades from costa to the oblique streak ; a subterminal shade, faint

and oblique to the streak, then retracted, waved, and with ochreous

brown suffusion and striation beyond it. Hind wing black-

brown shot with metallic blue; a rose-red patch with waved edges

from below vein 4 to tornus, with some whitish suffusion in centre.

Underside of fore wing with the median nervure, vein 1 and the

veins of postmedial area streaked with blackish, purplish white

streaks in the cell and in the interspaces beyond and below it,

bisected by the blackish postmedial line which is slightly excurved

below costa, then obliquely incurved; hind wing brown tinged

with purplish and slightly striated with white, a curved dark line

from costa to beyond lower angle of cell, the basal half of inner

area suffused with black.

@. Fore wing with the transverse markings less distinct and

without the ochreous brown suffusion on terminal area.

Hab. AnvdaMANS, 6 ¢,2 Q type. Hap. 146-150 millim,

400 NOCTULD A.

Genus LOBOPHYLLODES, nov.

Type, L. miniata.

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

of head and very broadly scaled, the 3rd oblique, moderate, dilated by a tuft

of scales in front at extremity; frons smocth with large tuft of hair; eyes

large, round; antenne bipectinate with a pair of slender branches on each side

of the joints, the apex ciliated ; thorax clothed with rough hair and without

crests; tibis: moderately fringed with hair; all the tibis strongly spined ;

abdomen dorsally clothed with rough hair except at extremity and without

crests. Fore wing with the costa highly arched, the apex produced to a point,

the termen obliquely curved, the inner margin with a large lobe before middle

fringed with long hair, then excised to tornus; 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 the cell about one-third length of

wing; vein 3 from before angle; 5 fully developed from above angle; 6, 7

from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

7511. Lobophyllodes miniata.

Hubnerius miniatus, Grunb. Deutsch, Ent. Zeit. 1907, p. 436, pl. iv. f. 7.

3g. Head and thorax red-brown ; the head with a bluish fuseous

Fig. 88.—Lobophyllodes miniata, B. }.

streak; tibie with a spot of silvery white waxen scales at base;

LOBOPHYLLODES. —MINIOPHYLLODES, AOL

abdomen grey-brown, the hair on dorsum rufous. Fore wing red-

brown tinged in parts with grey and irrorated and striated with

black; traces of a blackish subbasal line from costa to vein 1;

traces of a diffused antemedial line ; a minute black point in middle

of cell; traces of diffused oblique medial and postmedial bands

obsolescent towards costa ; a semi-elliptical violaceous white patch

slightly irrorated with black on costa from beyond middle to near

apex, with traces of two diffused dark subterminal lines from it to

inner margin, filled in with greyish between veins 6 and 2. Hind

wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin brown; a black fascia above

medial part of vein 1; an oblique black patch beyond the cell

between veins 7 and 5 followed by an excurved line to vein 4 and

a rounded patch between veins 4 and 2; a black terminal band

from costa to below vein 2 and a patch at vein 1, the inner edge of

the band slightly sinuous and angled inwards at vein 2; the termen

and cilia red-brown tinged with scarlet. Underside of fore wing

with the disk scarlet, blackish fasciz on costa and in submedian fold

to beyond middle, a diffused obliquely curved black postmedial band

from below costa to submedian fold; hind wing brownish white,

the inner area scarlet, a series of black points in discal fold and of

black scales in the interspaces of terminal half.

Hab. Goud Coast, Ashanti (/cDowall), 1 ¢ ; CamuRoons, 1 ¢.

Exp. 106 millim.

Genus MINIOPHYLLODES. Typa

Miniophyllodes, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1912, p. 331............ aurora

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

to vertex of head and rather broadly fringed with hair above and below, the

3rd long, fringed with hair above and below and spatulate at extremity; frons

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

bristles and cilia; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests; fore tibie

moderately fringed with hair, the mid and hind tibizs smoothly scaled, all the

tibize spined ; abdomen with the basal. segments dorsally clothed with rough

hair but without crests. Fore wing with the costa highly arched, 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 ;

9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with the cell about one-half length of wing; vein 3 from just before angle;

5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

*,512. Miniophyllodes aurora.

Miniophyllodes aurora, de Joan. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1912, p. 331.

6. Head and thorax fiery red mixed with some yellow and with

a brown dorsal streak; antennw, palpi, pectus and legs grey-brown ;

abdomen fiery red, the ventral surface brownish white. Fore wing

yellow suffused with fiery red and with numerous pale yellow stria,

the terminal half suffused with grey-brown, redder towards costa,

the veins and costa greyish; a diffused blackish brown medial

line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell where it is angled

VoL, XII, 20D

402 NOCTUID 2.

outwards, then inwardly oblique, a blackish streak from its angle

to the upper edge of a rounded grey patch defined by blackish at

Fig. 89.—Miniophyllodes aurora, 3. }.

middle of subterminal area ; a brownish postmedial shade, oblique

from costa to vein 5, then inwardly oblique; an oblique brownish

subterminal shade from costa to the grey patch. Hind wing fiery

red, the costal area towards apex and the terminal area to vein 3

yellow ; a rounded black postmedial patch between veins 6 and 3,

its outer edge waved. Underside fiery red, the costal area and

terminal half to vein 2 grey-brown; hind wing yellowish tinged

with brown, the inner area fiery red.

Hab. N. Mapseascar, typet ¢ in Coll. de Joannis. vp.

80 millim.

Genus MINIODES. Type

AVOCA, (EMU, INCOies Tid, JO TING) CUSIP) sosoncsansdec0s 05 So¢nano0c008 discolor.

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

vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth with tuft of

hair; eyes large, round; antennez of male typically somewhat laminate and

almost simple; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests; all the

tibiz strongly spined, the fore tibiz fringed with hair on outer side; abdomen

dorsally clothed with long woolly hair on basal segments but without crests.

Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is somewhat

produced and acute, the termen evenly 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 the cell about one-third 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.

MINIODES. 403

Secr. I. Antennz of male with long bristles and cilia.

7513. Miniodes phzosoma, n. sp.

Head and thorax dark grey-brown; palpi at base and the

2nd joint above scarlet, the inner side fulvous; frons with lateral

scarlet spots: the basal joint of antenne and streaks behind them

scarlet; patagia with scarlet spots at base and streak near upper

edge, the thorax with subdorsal scarlet streaks; coxe brownish

ochreous, the fore legs tinged with scarlet below; abdomen grey-

brown with a faint crimson tinge, the ventral surface ochreous

towards base. Fore wing yellow striated with brown and scarlet

and almost wholly suffused with reddish brown except on costal

area to beyond middle, beyond the cell, a postmedial spot in

Fig. 90.—Miniodes pheosoma, S. }.

submedian fold, and an apical patch; small oblique white spots

defined by black below upper angle and above lower angle of

cell and a small wedge-shaped spot beyond lower angle; a grey-

brown band on postmedial area, its outer edge excurved below

costa and at middle. Hind wing deep crimson, the inner area

with some brown hair; the termen and cilia from below vein 4

brown, the brown on termen angled inwards at veins 2 and 1.

Underside of fore wing crimson, the costa and apical area to

vein 2 brown striated with yellowish; hind wing yellowish

striated with brown and with crimson fasciz above and below

submedian fold,

202

40-4 NOCLUID#.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with oblique blackish streak from middle of

costa to termen at vein 2, the white spots at end of cell reduced to

points.

Ab. 2. Similar, but fore wing yellow and crimson striated with

brown to the postmedial band.

Hah, Stmrra Luong, 1 J type; Gorp Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell),

1 9; S. Nienrta, Sapele (Sampson), 1 9. Hap. 80-90 millim.

Secr. II, Antennze of male somewhat laminate and almost simple.

A. Abdomen grey-brown ; hind wing with black-brown patch

loearoroal Jonna aravelle OIF Callll osocancsossuscpossenooona0HS aeboon0Gs maculifera.

B. Abdomen crimson; hind wing without. black-brown

poabela a Arsceheausanmaannenueseen menseere ce aes etee seaceceen: Seems discolor.

7514, Miniodes maculifera, n. sp. (Plate CCXII. fig. 6.)

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish brown; the sides

of head with a faint crimson tinge; basal joint of antenne with a

white ring; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen with a purplish

tinge. Fore wing olive-brown striated with dark brown and with

traces of some scarlet especially below costa; a minute tuft of

scarlet scales at base; antemedial line represented by traces of a

dark bar from costa and a small black spot below the cell; reniform

represented by a small rather bidentate spot above, oblique striga

at middle, and triangular spot excised on outer side beyond lower

angle of cell, all pure white defined by black; postmedial line

faint, diffused, blackish, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique ;

an oblique diffused black shade from apex with an elliptical grey

patch defined by blackish below it between veins 5 and 3; cilia

dark brown. Hind wing purplish crimson, the inner area clothed

with brown hair, narrowly towards tornus ; a rounded black-brown

patch beyond lower angle of cell between veins 6 and 2; the veins

slightly streaked with brown towards termen; cilia with a few

brown scales and whitish tips, the termen narrowly and cilia dark

brown from above vein 2 to tornus. Underside of fore wing

crimson with the marginal areas ochreous brown striated with

dark brown ; hind wing ochreous brown striated with dark brown,

the terminal half of inner area with crimson streaks in the folds

above and below vein 1.

Q. Sides of head scarlet; thorax with some scarlet ; fore wing

scarlet thickly striated with brown; hind wing with less brown

hair on inner area, the veins without brown towards termen ; the

underside more ochreous.

Hab. N. Nteprta, Panguma (Anderson), 1 2 ; Ueanna, Toro

Daro Forest (Neave), 1 3,1 92 type. Hap. 90 millim.

7515. Miniodes discolor.

Miniodes discolor, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 119 (1852).

Head and thorax orange-yellow tinged with scarlet ; palpi with

the 8rd joint grey-brown; frons with grey-brown band; vertex of

head with some grey-brown ; tegule with grey-brown band, the

MLINIODES. 405

prothorax with a bar, the patagia with an oblique stripe at

base; pectus and legs grey, the pectus in front yellow tinged

with crimson, the femora and fore tibie in front tinged with

crimson; abdomen crimson, the extremity greyish, the ventral

surface whitish tinged with yellow and crimson. Fore wing

orange-yellow, usually more or less suffused with crimson, and

more or less thickly mottled with red-brown; a more or less

distinct oblique dark streak from middie of costa to termen at

vein 2 with traces of an oblique line from it at median nervure

to inner margin; small white spots defined by black on upper

and lower discocellulars and a spot beyond lower angle of cell

which is either round, elliptical, or rather triangular; traces of a

curved line beyond the cell, a postmedial line, and of a subterminal

Fig. 91.—Miniodes discolor, . 1.

line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; cilia dark brown.

Hind wing crimson, the cilia fulvous yellow, grey-brown towards

tornus. Underside of fore wing crimson, the terminal area broadly

yellow, the costa and termen mottled with purplish fuscous ; hind

wing yellowish striated with purplish fuscous, the inner area

crimson with some fuscous in submedian fold.

Hab. Sterra Luoxz, 1 ¢, 2 9; Gorn Coasr (Johnston), 1 3,

Ashanti, Obuassi (Graham), 1 9; S. Nieuria, Lagos (Strachan),

1 9, Ebute Meta (Boag), 1 2, Old Calabar (Cockburn, Crompton),

13, 2 9, Sapele (Sampson), 3 9, Ilesha (Humfrey), 1 9 ;

Uaeannpa, Ketoma (Doggett), 1 9; Porruevrse $. Arnica (IVoolli-

croft), 1 9; Narat, Durban. fap. 32-96 millim.

406 NOCTUIDA,

Genus DERMALEIPA.

Dermaleipa, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 460 (1891), non Type.

GlESOEs cooosavoncdoconososEcoscdosooncasONoASssuaQIO0OG0B0D0ND000000 parallelipipeda.

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

middle of frons and moderately scaled, the 5rd moderate ; frons smooth with

small tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antennz of male minutely ciliated;

vertex of head tufted with hair; thorax clothed with hair only and without

crests; fore and mid tibize smoothly scaled, the hind tibiz fringed on both

sides with long hair, the mid and hind tibie spined; abdomen dorsally

flattened and clothed with woolly hair but without crests, sometimes with.

lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing of male sometimes with the costa arched

before middle and somewhat excised at middle, the apex 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 wing with the cell about one-third

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; male

typically with a fringe of very long hair on upperside from above middle of

inner margin, a fringe of long hair on inner margin except towards base, and

sometimes a fringe of short hair on underside on vein 1.

Sxcr. I. Fore wing of male with the costa arched before middle and excised at

middle, the apex produced ; hind wing with tuft of long hair on upper-

side above middle of inner margin.

7516. Dermaleipa juno.

Noctua juno, Dalm. Anal. Entom, p. 52 (1823); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 505; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 246.

Ophideres elegans, Van der Hoey. Tijd. Nat. Gesch. vii. p. 280, pl. 5.

ff. 6 a, 6 (1840).

Lagoptera multicolor, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 226 (1852).

Head and thorax red-brown, purplish brown, or grey-brown ;

palpi towards base, gule, and pectus scarlet; tibiz and tarsi

fuscous irrorated with grey, the hind tibie fringed with scarlet

hair; abdomen grey-brown, the sides, anal tuft, and ventral

surface scarlet, lateral white points on terminal segments. Fore

wing ochreous brown, purple-brown, or grey-brown with slight

dark irroration, the costal edge rufous, the inner margin with

chocolate-brown streak except towards base; a reddish-brown

subbasal line slightly exeurved below costa and ending at sub-

median fold; antemedial line red-brown, often slightly defined

on outer side by ochreous and usually slightly excurved below

costa, oblique; a black point in middle of cell; reniform defined

by brown and with a black point in lower part, often with a small

black spot in upper part and its lower part filled in with black ;

postmedial line red-brown, usually slightly defined on inner side

by orcheous, slightly excurved below costa, then oblique; sub-

terminal line dark brown or olive-brown defined on outer side by

ochreous, incurved from apex to inner margin near tornus; a

waved shade from the subterminal line at vein 6 to termen at

submedian fold. Hind wing black, the hair at base grey and

DERMALEIPA. 407

on inner margin brown, the terminal area scarlet; a blue-white

medial band arising at vein 6, excurved beyond lower angle of

cell and oblique to above inner margin; some brown irroration

on medial part of termen. Underside of fore wing ochreous tinged

with scarlet and with fuscous irroration on terminal area, a slight

black discoidal lunule, and postmedial patch between vein 5 and

submedian fold ; hind wing ochreous, the costal area and terminal

area to vein 2 scarlet irrorated with fuscous.

Fig. 92.—Dermaleipa juno, 3. }.

Hab. EK. Stperta, Amurland,1g¢,192, Ussuri; Japan, Hakodaté

(Andrews), 1 3, Oiwaké (Pryer), 1 3, Nikko (Maries), 1 $, Tokio

(Maries), 2 $, Yokohama (Jones), 2 3; Cornea, Gensan (Leech),

1S; C. Cuina, Hang-chow (Hlwin), 1 3, Kiukiang (Pryer, Pratt),

36,192; W. Cuina, Kwei-chow, 1 g, Nitou, 1 g¢, Chang-yang

(Prati), 1 9, Omei-shan, 1 ¢, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 9; Kasuurr.

Jalauri Pass (McArthur), 1 9; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G.

Young), 1 3, Masuri, 1 9, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 45, 22.

Umbalia, 1 9, Abbotabad (Yerbury), 1 9; Srxuim, 1 S, 1 Q;

Assam (Badgley), 2 3, Shillong (Parish), 2 3, 29; ? Mapras,

Nilgiris. vp. 74-104 millim.

408 NOCLUID H.

Secr. II. Fore wing of male with the costa evenly curved, the apex not

produced.

A. Abdomen of male with immense lateral anal tufts of long hair-like

seales; hind wing with fringe of long hair from inner margin and

short hair on vein 1 on underside but without tuft of long hair on

upperside above middle of inner margin.

7517. Dermaleipa microrhea.

Noctua microrhea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. (2) p. 17 (1794).

Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grey ; pectus

ochreous brown; legs grey-brown, the fore and mid tibiz tinged

with fuscous; abdomen pale scarlet, the anal tufts fuscous brown,

the ventral surface grey-brown. Fore wing glossy grey-brown

Fig. 938.—Dermaleipa microrhea, &. +.

irrorated with black. Hind wing orange tinged with scarlet on

terminal half; a large round black patch beyond lower angle

of cell with a patch of black irroration below it above vein 1;

a blackish terminal band narrowing to a point at vein 2, its inner

edge slightly waved, the termen with slight grey marks. Under-

side of fore wing purplish black, the inner area ochreous, the

costa, apical area, and termen greyish; hind wing fuscous black,

the inner area ochreous yellow.

Ab. 1. Hind wing with the black patch elliptical and extending

to vein 7, the terminal band much broader.

Hab. Avsrratia, 1 2 type in Banksian Coll.; Qurrnstanp

(Waller), 1 3; N. Austrazta, Port Darwin (Buckland), 1 3.

Ep. 74-80 millim.

DERMALEIPA. 409

B. Abdomen of male without lateral anal tufts of long hair-

like scales; hind wing with tuft of long hair on upper-

side above middle of inner margin, fringe of long hair

on inner margin and of short hair on vein | on under-

side.

a, Hind wing orange-red, the postmedial spot round...... orbifera,

b, Hind wing pale yellow, the postmedial spot bar-

SINEY NEL | coppesdocacooed occas csuongenocgooucaeabossb05 gone 000000 metaxantha.

7518. Dermaleipa orbifera.

Lagoptera orbifera, Wk. xv. 1825 (1858).

¢. Head and thorax pale reddish brown tinged with grey ;

legs grey-brown, the fore femora fringed with blackish hair ;

Fig. 94.--Dermaleipa orbifera, 3. 3.

abdomen pale crimson, the anal tuft brown, the ventral surface

ochreous brown. Fore wing glossy grey-brown slightly irrorated

with black. Hind wing orange, the terminal half slightly tinged

with scarlet; a large round black patch beyond lower angle of

cell with some black irroration below it above vein 1; a black

terminal band from apex to vein 2, its inner edge dentate, the

termen slightly greyish. Underside of fore wing purple-black,

the imner area ochreous, the costa, apical area, and termen

greyish ; hind wing fuscous black, the inner area orange-yellow,

the yellow extending into the cell, the terminal area greyish to

vein 2.

@. Anal tuft, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

brownish white; underside of fore wing brownish white, the

410 NOCTUID®.

costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a diffused black

subterminal patch between vein 5 and submedian fold; hind wing

brownish white, the inner area orange-yellow, the costal area and

terminal area to vein 2 slightly irrorated with black.

Hab. Qurrnstannd, Townsville (Dodd), 1 3, Rockhampton, 1 9;

N. Avsrratta (Hisey), 1 2 type. Hap. 76 millim.

7519. Dermaleipa metaxantha, n.sp. (Plate CCXII. fig. 1.)

6. Head and thorax pale ochreous brown; pectus ochreous

yellow; legs pale grey-brown; abdomen yellow slightly tinged

with scarlet, the anal tuft and ventral surface pale grey-brown.

Fore wing pale ochreous brown irrorated with fuscous. Hind

wing pale yellow, the tuft of hair above inner margin with a

fulvous tinge ; a bar-shaped black postmedial spot between vein 5

and submedian fold; a terminal black band from apex to vein 2,

its inner edge waved, the termen slightly ochreous. Underside of

fore wing purplish black, the inner area ochreous, the costa, apical

area, and termen grey-brown; hind wing fuscous black, the inner

area ochreous yellow.

Hab. N. Ausrratta (Walker), 1 $ type. Hwp. 80 millim.

C. Abdomen of male without lateral anal tufts of long

scales; hind wing with tuft of long hair on upperside

above middle of inner margin and fringe of long

hair on inner margin, but without fringe of short

hair on vein 1 on underside.

Hind wing scarlet.

a, Hind wing with the inner area brown ............ rubricata.

(i, labinGl Gorayee Galaollllyy REWEEE, ccocossgadonsea0Gocq2b00005000 MINTANS.

Hind wing yellow.

a', Fore wing with the postmedial line obliquely

ETO) ci KETs WU GReaS | CoP REBel GE edC ance ronouE cauaratoaanatoaa arciferd.

b, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique,

Stralelt para. oncescckccu se ddsne cweaadtenencatanconnacens parallelipipeda.

c. Hind wing brown............. (GREE er acon REE ena anonnBacncoce metaphea.

7520. Dermaleipa rubricata.

Lagoptera rubricata, Holl. Ent. News Philad. v. p. 57 (1894).

Ophiusa ignicans, Hmpsn. Ann, 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 842 (1902).

Dermaleipa daseia, Fawcett, P. Z. 8. 1902, ii. p. 307, pl. xxvi. f. 1.

Head and thorax rufous mixed with ochreous; palpi and sides

of frons tinged with scarlet; pectus scarlet; legs brown mixed

with scarlet, the tarsi greyish fuscous; abdomen grey-brown, the

extremity and ventral surface scarlet. Fore wing rufous with

numerous fine pale strie, tinged with purple-grey especially on

inner and terminal areas, and irrorated with black especially

on inner area and the veins of terminal area ; subbasal line pale,

oblique, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line pale defined on

outer side by rufous, very oblique; a black point in middle of

cell; reniform defined by black, narrow, produced at upper

DERMALEIPA. All

extremity ; postmedial line pale defined on outer side by rufous,

oblique and ending near tornus, slightly incurved between veins

5 and 2; subterminal line rufous defined on outer side by black

points on the veins, sinuous and ending on termen above tornus.

Hind wing orange-scarlet, the inner area fuscous brown extending

into the cell and as a subterminal band to above vein 4; the tuft

of hair on inner area ochreous. Underside orange-scarlet, fore

wing with black discoidal lunule ; hind wing with the apical area

irrorated with black, the inner area greyish, the hair on inner

margin brown towards base, ochreous towards tornus.

©. Hind wing yellower, the termen only tinged with scarlet.

Hab. Gotp Coast, Accra (Sir G. Carter), 1 g, 1 2; Gasoon

(Dobree), 1 5, Ogové R.; Br. C. Arrica, Mlangi Boma (Neave),

12; Narar, Durban (Millar), 2 $ type ignicans. Hap. 58-64

millim.

*7521. Dermaleipa minians. (Plate CCXII. fig. 3.)

Ophiodes minians, Mab. C. R. Soe. Ent. Belg. xxviii. p. exe (1884).

3. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; pectus,

femora, and hind tibice pale scarlet, the fore and hind tibiae and the

tarsi rufous; abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing ochreous suffused

with rufous and irrorated with red-brown; subbasal line slight,

brown, oblique, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

brown, oblique, sinuous ; orbicular whitish with brown annulus,

small, round; reniform whitish with brown annulus and curved

brown line in centre, large ; postmedial line brown, rather oblique

below vein 4; subterminal line very indistinct, brown, waved,

with dark points at the veins. Hind wing pale scarlet. Under-

side of both wings uniform pale scarlet.

Hab. Mapacascar, type T d in Coll. Mabille. Zep. 56 millim.

7522. Dermaleipa arcifera, n. sp. (Plate CCXII. fig. 4.)

9. Head and thorax pale rufous mixed with ochreous ; pectus

and legs tinged with scarlet, the fore and mid tibiz and the tarsi

fuscous ; abdomen yellow, the ventral surface tinged with scarlet.

Fore wing olive-brown, the inner and terminal areas tinged with

purplish grey and irrorated with brown; a pale subbasal striga

from costa; antemedial line pale defined on each side by brown,

very oblique; reniform defined by brown; postmedial line pale

defined on outer side by brown, excurved below costa, then rather

oblique; a pale slightly waved subterminal line defined on outer

side by black points on the veins. Hind wing and underside

uniform yellow.

Hab. Br, E. Arrica, Takaunga (Zhomas), 1 2 type. Hap.

58 millim.

412 NOCTUID®,

7523. Dermaleipa parallelipipeda.

Ophiodes parallelipipeda, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 230 (1852).

Ophisma saalmiilleri, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1879, p. 328; Saalm. Lep.

Madag. p. 460, ff. 141, 142.

Head and thorax red-brown; tarsi fuscous; abdomen greyish

ochreous, the ventral surface tinged with scarlet. Fore wing red-

brown, irrorated with blackish and tinged with purplish grey except

on postmedial costal area; a pale oblique subbasal line from costa

to vein 1; antemedial line pale defined on each side by brown,

Fig. 95.—Dermaleipa parallelipipeda, . +.

very oblique; a small black spot in middle of cell; reniform

brownish defined by dark brown, narrow; postmedial line pale

defined on outer side by brown, very oblique and ending at

tornus, a slight fuscous mark beyond it in discal fold; subterminal

line pale defined on inner side by brown and on outer by

black points on the veins of inner half, sinuous. Hind wing

yellow, the inner margin brownish. Underside yellow; fore wing

with blackish discoidal lunule.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with black.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with yellow spot in lower part of reniform ;

hind wing with the termen tinged with scarlet.

Ab. 3. 9. Hind wing with the basal half suffused with brown

angled outwards in submedian fold, and with diffused subterminal

band.

Ab. 4. Head, thorax, and fore wing ochreous tinged with red-

brown.—N.E. Rhodesia.

DERMALEIPA.—LAGOPTERA. 413

Hab. Senueau; Gor Coast (Dudyeon), 1 3 , Bibianaha (Spwrrell),

2 $, Ashanti (Graham), 1 3; 8. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Crompton),

1 2, Sapele (Sampson), 3 5, 19, Mlesha (Humfrey), 1 Q:

N.E. Ruopusta, Lake Bangweolo (Neave), 1 3. Hwp. 46-62

millim. Gueneé’s plate 21, fig. 5 represents Mocis remigrordes.

7524. Dermaleipa metaphea, n. sp. (Plate CCXII. fig. 5.)

2. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some grey ; abdomen

grey-brown, the anal tuft yellowish. Fore wing purplish grey

irrorated with fuscous, the costal area suffused with reddish brown ;

subbasal line whitish, oblique, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-

medial line whitish defined on outer side by brown, very oblique ;

a blackish point in middle of cell; reniform brown slightly defined

by whitish, narrow ; postmedial line whitish defined on outer side

by brown, very oblique and ending at tornus towards which it is

slightly excurved, a slight fuscous mark beyond it in discal fold ;

subterminal line whitish defined on outer side by black points on

the veins, slightly sinuous; a fine whitish line at base of cilia.

Hind wing fuscous brown, the costal area, termen, and cilia tinged

with ochreous; a more or less prominent narrow oblique ochreous

postmedial band from below costa to submedian fold. Underside

brownish ochreous, the fore wing with fuscous discoidal lunule and

indistinct diffused fuscous subterminal band obsolete towards costa

and inner margin.

Al. 1. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with black.

Hab. Gorn Coast, Tarkwa (Justice), 1 2, Kumasi (Whiteside),

2 9;8. Nieerra, Sapele (Sampson), 1 9, Olokemeji (Dudyeon),

1 2 type. Hxrp. 56-62 millim,

Genus LAGOPTERA.

Type.

Thyas, Hibn. Sammi. Exot. Schmett. ii. Index, p. 4 (1806), non He

Ces ie ieee te sete son ee saiae schioeree uct oemie nals catemtea en micid aca msioeesieninactaa honesta,

Lagoptera, Guen. Noct. ili. p. 223 (1852) 2.2... eee. ee eecee ec eee ee eee honesta.

Air oi, “NMR, Sake, UBStS) (MENS) ‘oo oogbo0cccsnd0n0 coooaodacsasonae0eeqndenNKs submira.

Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the second joint reaching to

about vertex of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd short or moderate ;

frons smooth ; eyes Jarge, round ; antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed

almost entirely with hair and without crests; fore and hind tibiz of male

fringed with long hair, the fore tibize not spined, the mid tibiz spined, the

hind tibiz spined between the medial and terminal spurs only ; abdomen with

dorsal ridges of hair on basal segments. Fore wing with the costa highly

arched towards apex which is somewhat produced and acute, the termen

evenly curved and hardly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third leneth of wing; vein 3

from near angle ; 5 fully developed from above angie; 6, 7 from upper angle ;

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only ; the underside in male clothed

with silky androgonia,

414 NOCTUID A.

Sucr. I. (Lagoptera.) Hind wing of male with a fringe of hair on vein 1 on

underside ; tegulz without tufts of scales at tips.

A. Fore wing with the medial line exeurved beyond the cell,

then oblique ...... Bhenoceaseeno Rasnaanodseodose ieee eieeonaee wesseceee Onesta.

B. Fore wing with the medial line incurved throughout.

a. Hind wing with large black subterminal patch from costa

IKO) yo) HOW o ae HagandiadbonosoudbsabaoADucKoU osaodonodoodadeouoRoDen eee REGU:

b. Hind wing with subterminal black patch at discal fold

and diffused streaks on the Veins .........sccscseeeeeeeeeees miniacea.

7525, Lagoptera honesta.

Thyas honesta, Hiibn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. Index, p. 4, pl. 203.

’

ff. 1, 2 (1806); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 158, pl. 167. f. 2; Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 504; Semper, Reisen Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 559.

Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi scarlet in front and

behind, the 3rd joint blackish; pectus and legs scarlet, the fore

tibiz and the tarsi blackish ; abdomen scarlet. Fore wing bright

Fig. 96.— Lagoptera honesta, 3. }.

rufous mixed with fulvous and slightly irrorated with black ; ante-

medial line indistinct, rufous, oblique, sinuous, sometimes defined

on outer side by white points on the veins; a slight white or pale

LAGOPTERA. 415

point in middle of celi; reniform whitish, constricted at middle,

its lower part with black marks in it or filled in with black ; post-

medial line indistinct, rufous, oblique to discal fold, then somewhat

inwardly oblique, sometimes defined on outer side by white points

on the veins, a somewhat darker band beyond it, its outer edge

angled outwards at vein 6; subterminal line dark, oblique and

slightly defined on inner side by whitish from apex to vein 6, then

fulvous and incurved. Hind wing scarlet; a rather triangular

black postmedial patch between veins 6 and 3; the termen and

cilia rufous except towards tornus, with some whitish on termen at

veins 3 and 2. Underside of both wings orange-scarlet.

Ab. 1. Hind wing with the black patch larger and more elliptical,

continued as a band to vein 1 towards which it is diffused to

termen.

Hab. N. Inpta, 1 S$, 12; Sixmim (Rothney), 1 2 ; Assam,

Silhet, 1 2; Beneat, Maunghboon, 1 9, Balasore, 1 9; Bompay,

Bandra (Jayuker), 1 2 ; Cuyton (Z'empleton), 1 29; Burma, Rangoon,

(Noble), 1 5, Kalewa (Watson), 1 9; Anpamans, 1 9; StrnGapore

(Ridley), 1 $; Puitipermus, Manila (J. J. Walker), 1 3; Curist-

mas I. (Andrews), 3 9. Hap. 88-100 millim.

Larva. Semper, Reisen Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 559, pl. S. ff. 12, 18.

Pale brown with segmental blackish lines; warts with a few

hairs; stigmata black; head with black streaks. Food-plant:

‘** Baucal.”

7526. Lagoptera regia. (Plate CCXIILI. fig. 6.)

Thyas regia, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. (2) viii. p. 151 (1894).

Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi pale crimson in front except

3rd joint ; coxe pale crimson, the fore and mid legs dark brown

irrorated with white; abdomen scarlet with some red-brown hair at

base, the ventral surface pale crimson. Fore wing red-brown with

slight whitish irroration on basal area below costa; antemedial

line brown defined on outer side by white scales, obliquely curved

and slightly sinuous ; reniform with bluish white annulus faintly

defined by brown, strongly constricted at middle; postmedial line

dark brown defined on inner side by whitish scales, straight and

erect, a red-brown shade beyond it angled outwards at vein 6; a

faint whitish subterminal line defined on inner side by red-brown,

diffused widely towards costa, waved from costa to discal fold, then

incurved and ending at tornus ; cilia deep red-brown. Hind wing

scarlet; a broad black subterminal patch from costa to vein 5, its

inner edge irregularly dentate and its outer edge somewhat in-

dented at the veins, the area below it with brown suffusion

irrorated with black and white forming wedge-shaped patches on

the veins; cilia orange-scarlet, mixed with brownish on apical

half, then brown with some white at tips. Underside of both

wings deep orange; fore wing with faint brown suffusion on

416 NOCTUIDA.

terminal half of costa and terminal area; hind wing with the

terminal area irrorated with black from apex to vein 2.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with black spvts in upper and lower parts of

reniform.

Hab. Durcn N. Gutnes, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 $; N. Quexns-

LAND, type tT @ in Coll. Lucas; N. Ausrraria, Port Albany, 1¢.

Exp. 106 millim.

7527. Lagoptera miniacea.

Lagoptera miniacea, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 116. f. 8 (1874).

¢. Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi scarlet, the 3rd joint

blackish ; frons with white line above; antenne with the shaft

white above ; pectus and legs scarlet, the fore and mid tibize and

the tarsi blackish; abdomen orange-scarlet. Fore wing rufous

tinged with olive-ochreous and slightly irrorated with black ;

antemedial line indistinct, rufous with some white scales on it,

oblique, sinuous; reniform defined by slight white marks, con-

stricted at middle ; postmedial line slightly incurved, with rufous

suffusion beyond it; subterminal line indistinct, blackish with some

white scales on it, sinuous and oblique from apex to vein 6, then

incurved, a blackish mark before it at vein 6. Hind wing orange-

scarlet with a maculate black postmedial band from vein 6 to 1

formed by a patch at discal fold and diffused streaks and scales on

the veins; the termen rufous irrorated with whitish at veins 4 to

2. Underside of both wings yellow tinged with scarlet.

@. Fore wing irrorated with ereenish white, the ante- and

postmedial lines with greenish white on them, the latter not

incurved, the subterminal line without black mark on it.

Hab, Sotomon Is. (Brenchley), 1 go; Fist (Mathew), 12. Kap.

88-92 millim.

Srcr. II. (Artena). Hind wing of male without fringe of hair on vein 1 on

underside; tegule with tufts of large scales on inner side at tips.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved beyond the

cellsthenbincCunvednmsccrateececeeeeche CeCe eee eee neers submira.

Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below costa,

then oblique and meeting the antemedial line above

hIUTCHE NCTE SAN) ceeneacrapahodasas Hanan ganccanconarcbsaddossdasesbaccecn rubida.

C. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below costa,

then oblique and slightly sinuous to inner margin towards

TROT TNL SR Sea ais Anat Geena aya Bian ile Ba el ae Saat atanabe dotata.

PD. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and straight

from middle of costa to subterminal line at tornus......... inverst.

E. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly excurved below

costa, then oblique and straight to inner margin towards

CORMUS sea seesercenomcureronetanewe helsiciacine Sucveisuishidnosstetoaoeamacnt lacteicincta.

F. Fore wing with the postmedial linen oblique and almost

straight from costa beyond middle to inner margin

LOWATGHONTIUS: Paine sees seocceiaensesdee aioe sells ide siisiecteenoploelatee occidens.

G. Fore wing with the postmedial line erect and straight

EHrouchrowt sesssemusces weve roses evs cess ceissrvare nes scuupemtenncee certior.

LAGOPTINRA. 417

7528. Lagoptera submira. (Plate CCXIII. fig. 1.)

Artena submira, Wik. xiv. 1889 (1858) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 497.

Head and thorax deep chocolate-brown; antenne with the shaft

whitish in front towards base; pectus ochreous tinged with rufous ;

legs grey-brown ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface ochreous

tinged with rufous. Fore wing deep chocolate-brown irrorated with

some purple-grey, especially on medial area except towards inner

margin, the terminal area rather redder; a curved dark subbasal

line from costa to median nervure; antemedial line dark, very

oblique; a dark point in middle of cell; reniform defined by dark

brown, narrow, and constricted at middle; postmedial line dark

‘brown, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line purple-

grey slightly defined on each side by dark brown, almost straight,

ending at tornus; a series of dark points before termen. Hind

wing dark brown, the termen faintly tinged with grey; cilia yellow.

Underside greyish brown; hind wing with the cilia yellow.

Hab. Stxutm (Dudgeon), 4 3 ; Bombay, 1 3, Kanara (Ward),

13; Travanoors, Trivandrum (Fergusson), 1 2 ; Burma, Moulmein

(Clerk), 1 g type. Hap. 64-72 millim.

7529. Lagoptera rubida. (Plate CCXIII. fig. 2.

Ophisma rubida, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zoo). vii. p. 179 (1864); Swinh.

Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon, ii. p. 144.

Head and thorax deep chocolate-brown; frons with lateral

whitish strie above; antenne with the shaft white in front

towards base; tegule with ochreous scales on inner side in male;

pectus fulvous yellow ; fore tibie blackish irrorated with white, the

mid tibize and the tarsi grey-brown; abdomen fuscous, the ventral

surface grey-brown. Tore wing deep velvety chocolate-brown with

a greyish tinge on medial costal area, the terminal area blue-white ;

a faint dark subbasal striga from costa; antemedial line very

indistinct except towards costa, obliquely curved; a dark point in

middle of cell; a minute white spot defined by brown at upper

angle of cell; postmedial line very indistinct, dark, excurved below

costa, then oblique and meeting the antemedial line above inner

margin; subterminal line defining the blue-white area, straight; a

erenulate brown line just before termen with a series of white

points and some rufous suffusion beyond it. Hind wing fuscous

brown; an oblique blue-white band from middle of costa to above

tornus; the termen and cilia whitish from just below apex to

submedian fold. Underside grey-brown with an ochreous tinge

towards base.

Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 9, Dibrugrah (Ward), 1 3 ; Borneo,

Sarawak (Wallace), Santabong (Shelford), 1 9. Hep. 76-78

millim.

VOL, XII, 2h

418. NOCTUIDA,

7530. Lagoptera dotata.

Noctua dotata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2. p. 55 (1794); Hinpsn. Moths Ind.

li. p. 496.

Head and thorax red-brown; frons with white line above ;

antenns with the shaft white in front towards base; pectus and

legs whitish tinged with brown, the tibiz and tarsi grey-brown ;

abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish, tinged with

brown towards extremity. Fore wing pale red-brown with slight

dark irroration, the postmedial area deeper red-brown, the terminal

area white irrorated with brown; a slight sinuous brown subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line red-brown

defined on outer side by whitish, slightly excurved below costa,

then very oblique; a minute dark point in middle of cell; two

Fie. 97. -Lagoptera dotata, 3.

Te)

small brown discoidal annuli; postmedial line brown defined on

inner side by whitish, oblique, slightly excuryed and sinuous from

below costa to vein 2; subterminal line indistinctly double, straight,

the inner line defining the whitish terminal area; a crenulate

brown line just before termen; a fine dark terminal line; cilia

whitish with dark brown lines at middle and tips. Hind wing

dark fuscous brown; a narrow obliquely curved blue-white band

just beyond middle from vein 6 to submedian fold; the termen

whitish irrorated with brown from just below apex to submedian

fold, with an indistinct crenulate brown line Just before termen ;

LAGOPTERA. 419

cilia white faintly chequered with brown. Underside brownish

white, the terminal areas broadly suffused with brown.

Hab. Formosa, Takow (Hobson), 1 9; Cunrr. Cuina, Kiukiang

(Pratt), 1 dg, 1 9; W. Cua, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 9, Kwei-

chow, 1 2, Ta-chien-lu (Prati), 1 9; Ponsas, Dharmséla (Hocking),

19, Kasauli, 12; Sreuim (Moller), 13,29; Assam, Khasis, 19,

Dibrugrah (Ward), 1 9 ; Bunear, Calcutta, 1 g, Ganjam, 1 ¢;

Centr. Inp1a, Raipur (Betham), 1 9; Bombay, 1 ¢, Bandra

(Jayaker), 1 $, Ratnagiri (Jayaker), 1 9 ; Mavras, Malabar, 19,

Nilgiris (Hampson), 19 ; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 2, Bhamo,

19, Tenasserim, Beeling ( Watson), 12 ; StncarorE (Ridley), 19.

Kep. 70-84 millim,

7531. Lagoptera inversa.

Ophisma inversa, Wik. xiv. 1384 (1858).

Lagoptera bivirgata, Snell. Tijd. vy. Ent. xxviii. p. 11, pl. 1. ff. 5, 5 4 (1885).

©. Head deep chocolate-brown ; palpi scarlet at base; thorax

red-brown; pectus scarlet; legs grey-brown, the femora fringed

with scarlet hair; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing red-brown

slightly tinged with greyish except beyond the postmedial line and

with faint pale striz, the terminal area purple-grey; an oblique

dark brown subbasal striga from costa; antemedial line dark

brown, very oblique; reniform represented by a minute black spot

at lower angle of cell and traces of a dark line on its inner edge ;

postmedial line dark brown slightly defined on inner side by grey,

very oblique and meeting the dark brown subterminal line at

tornus; a fine brown line just before termen; cilia dark brown

with a greyish line through them. Hind wing deep fuscous brown;

a narrow oblique bluish white postmedial band from vein 6 to

above tornus; the termen greyish; a fine dark line just before

termen from vein 6 to submedian fold; cilia with white patches

below apex and at submedian fold. Underside grey-brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing pale ochreous brown to the postmedial line.

Hab. Punane (lower), 1 9; Stnearore (Ridley), 2 9 ; Bornuo,

Sarawak ( Wallace), 29 type, Sandakan (Pryer), 19; PuriipernEs ;

Doutce N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 9, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley

(Pratt), 1 $, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 2. Hap. 78-86 millim.

7532. Lagoptera lacteicincta. (Plate CCXIII. fig. 4.)

Ophiusa lacteicincta, Hmpsn. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. ined.

@. Head and thorax chocolate red-brown; frons with white

line above; antenne with the shaft white above towards base ;

pectus and legs ochreous, the tibie and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen

grey-brown, the ventral surface tinged with ochreous. Fore wing

chocolate red-brown tinged with purplish grey to the postmedial

line, the terminal area creamy white with a greenish tinge; the

inner margin with a dark streak; subbasal line dark brown, oblique,

222

420 NOCTUID .

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line dark brown, very

oblique; a dark point in middle of cell; two small whitish discoidal

spots defined by brown, the upper spot minute; postmedial line

dark brown, very oblique, very slightly excurved below costa; the

postmedial area with slight dark streaks on the veins, a faint

reddish patch below costa and slight ochreous points on costa; sub-

terminal line defining the pale terminal area, slightly incurved, a

diffused slightly waved brownish line beyond it; an indistinct

crenulate line just before termen and a fine terminal line. Hind

wing greyish brown, the termen and cilia except towards tornus

creamy white. Underside pale grey-brown tinged with ochreous

towards base, cilia pale ochreous.

Hab. Assam, Shillong (Rawlings), 1 Q type. Exp. 78 millim.

7533. Lagoptera occidens, n. sp. (Plate CCXILI. fig. 5.)

@. Head and thorax pale red-brown; palpi, pectus, legs, and

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing pale red-brown; a curved brown

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line dark

brown, oblique, expanding into a slight spot at costa; an oblique

brown medial line from costa to lower angle of cell, then very faint

and incurved; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by

white, oblique and ending near tornus; an incurved brown line

from apex to tornus, the area beyond it rather paler; a series of

dark points just before termen; cilia with a fine brown line near

base. Hind wing grey-brown; a faint narrow oblique paler band

from middle of costa to above tornus; a fuscous black patch on

terminal area from apex to vein 2 with a slight pale bar from it to

tornus; the termen and cilia whitish from below apex to submedian

fold with some minute black points just before termen. Underside

grey suffused and irrorated with fuscous; fore wing with dark

discoidal bar, faint postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then in-

curved, blackish subterminal shade, and the termen white except

towards tornus; hind wing with dark discoidal striga, curved

medial and postmedial lines, and a subterminal shade.

Hab. Sterra Lnone (Dudgeon), 1 2 ; Gorn Coast, Kumasi

(Whiteside), 1 9 , Obuassi (Bergman), 1 2 type. Hep. 58 millim.

7034, Lagoptera certior. (Plate CCXIII. fig. 7.)

Ophisma certior, Wik. xiv. 1381 (1858); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 496.

Ophisma contenta, Wk. xiv. 1881 (1858).

Ophisma siamica, W1k. xxxiii. 957 (1865),

©. Head and thorax pale red-brown; antenne with the shaft,

white in front towards base ; pectus whitish tinged with red-brown ;

legs greyish brown; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft and ventral

surface pale rufous. Fore wing pale red-brown slightly tinged

with whitish to the postmedial line, then brighter red-brown; an

indistinct curved red-brown subbasal line from costa to median

LAGOPTERA.—EUMINUCIA, 421

nervure ; antemedial line red-brown, oblique, waved ; a black point

in middle of cell; reniform defined by brown, narrow, and con-

stricted at middle; postmedial line dark brown, erect, straight,

another faint line beyond it; an oblique dark shade from apex to

discal fold and traces of a waved line from it to inner margin; a

series of blackish points before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown

with a greyish tinge; a narrow oblique bluish-white band from

middle of costa to above tornus; termen grey-brown from below

apex to vein 1; cilia grey-brown. Underside uniform greyish

brown.

Ab. 1. contenta, paler.

Hab. Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 2 Q type and type contenta,

Rangoon (Noble), 1 2; Stam. Exp. 66-68 millim.

Genus EUMINUCIA, nov.

Type, E. conflua.

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

of head and broadly sealed, the 3rd long; frons smooth, with slight tuft of

hair above; eyes large, round; antenns of male with bristles and cilia; thorax

clothed with hair only and with dorsal ridge-like crest ; tibiz of male fringed

with long hair, of female smoothly scaled, the fore tibize not spined, the hind

tibis spined between the mid aud terminal spurs only; abdomen with dorsal

ridges of hair on basal segments. Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex

rounded, the termen evenly curved and crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near

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

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell one-third 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. Male with the basal

half of both wings clothed with rough androconia on underside.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial line joining the postmedial

line just above vein 1, the subterminal line angled inwards

to near the postmedial line at vein 5 ............-.ceseceseeneee conflua,

B. Fore wing with the antemedial line joining the postmedial

line at submedian fold, the subterminal line bent inwards

fomnear the postmediall limejatiaveim’d) sys.e\ees se esecea cree. orthogona.

75935. Kuminucia conflua, n. sp.

Head and thorax deep chocolate-brown, the latter with the dorsal

ridge-like crest tipped with ochreous white; frons with ochreous

white bar above; palpi pale in front; pectus and legs pale ochreous

tinged with rufous; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface pale

ochreous brown. Tore wing greyish ochreous suffused with red-

brown, the terminal area rather paler, the inner margin with

creamy white fascia except at base; antemedial line creamy white,

arising from base of median nervure, curving upwards to below

costa before middle, then downwards to just above middle of vein 1

where it is met by the oblique slightly sinuous postmedial line, the

area below the antemedial line and between the postmedial and

subterminal lines deep chocolate-brown to the pale fascia on inner

429 NOCTUIDAE.

margin; orbicular chocolate-brown defined by ochreous white,

small and round; reniform choeolate-brown defined by ochreous

white, emitting a short spur on inner side on subcostal nervure,

angled inwards on median nervure to below the orbicular where it

forms an oblique hook below the cell, on outer side slightly pro-

duced at upper and lower extremities; subterminal line ochreous

white slightly defined on outer side by brown, waved, acutely

Fig. 98.—Euminueia conflua, $. }.

angled inwards at vein 5 to the postmedial line; a fine crenulate

dark terminal line with black points at the interspaces. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the cilia creamy white. Underside brownish grey,

the basal half, except inner area of hind wing, clothed with pale

rufous scales.

Hab. Gotp. Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 g type, Ashanti,

Obuassi (Bergman), 1 9; S. Nieurta, Ilesha (Humfrey), 1 3.

Exp. 62-64 millim.

7536. Euminucia orthogona, n. sp. (Plate CCXILII. fig. 8.)

3. Head and thorax bright rufous; antenne with the shaft pale

above; palpi whitish in front; pectus and legs pale rufous, the

tibie and tarsi greyish brown; abdomen grey-brown, the hair at

base rufous, the ventral surface pale ochreous. Fore wing pale

EUMINUCIA.—MINUCIA, 493

rufous, the terminal area tinged with grey-brown, the area before

and below the antemedial line and between the postmedial and sub-

terminal lines chocolate-brown ; antemedial line greyish, obliquely

curved from costa to middle of submedian fold where it is met by

the obliquely downcurved postmedial line ; orbicular a minute round

chocolate-brown spot; reniform defined by chocolate-brown, con-

stricted at middle; subterminal line faint, defining the outer edge

of the dark area, arising from costa close to the postmedial line,

bent inwards at vein 5 to near the postmedial linc, then oblique to

tornus; a series of whitish points just before termen. Hind wing

fuscous brown, the basal half paler to median neryure and vein 2;

the termen and cilia whitish towards apex. Underside pale

brownish grey, the basal half of both wings clothed with ochreous

scales except on inner areas.

Hab. Gown Coast, Ashanti (McDowall), 1g, Kumasi ( Whiteside),

I g type. Hexp. 56 millim.

Genus MINUCIA.

Ophiodes, Guen. Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. 1841, p. 77 (nee Wag]. Rept. Type.

[US PAe) beac toescennnand adapcubons eeueae Cane acch GORE AE r reer ian ece tee earn rit luncuris.

Minucia, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 159 (1884)..........0..cce.eeeeceeees lunuris.

Ascalapha, Hibn. Vent. p. 2, ined. (nec Ascalaphus, Fabr. Neur,

ILIAD) eee otoucoengotueccneieoa sae poerE ROC ER rEe HaceR Eee EAR nnn amy ae lunaris.

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

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long and oblique; frons smooth,

with sharp tuft of hair above; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed with

hair only and with sharp dorsal ridge-like crest; fore femora and tibiz of

male fringed with long hair, the hind tibiz fringed with hair on lower side,

the fore tibize not spined, the mid and hind tibie spined ; abdomen with dorsal

ridges of hair on basal segments but without crests. Fore wing with the apex

slightly 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 the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-

third 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.

A. Fore wing with postmedial blackish spot on costa ..........6.... viscottt.

B. Fore wing without postmedial blackish spot on costa ......... lunaris.

7537. Minucia viscotti. (Plate CCXLIY. fig. 1.)

Pseudophia wiskotti, Ping. Iris, xiy. p. 832 (1901); Wiskott, Iris, xviii.

pl. x. ff. 11, 12.

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi, frons, and

antennss red-brown; fore and mid tibie and the tarsi brown:

abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale ochreous

red-brown; antemedial line indistinct, pale faintly defined on

inner side by brown, curved; a brown point in middle of cell;

reniform defined by a few brown scales, narrow and constricted at

middle; a postmedial blackish spot on costa with the whitish

424 NOCLUID 4.

postmedial line arising from it, slightly incurved below vein 4;

subterminal line brownish, incurved below costa, excurved below

vein 7, then indistinct, incurved to vein 4, then slightly waved,

some brown sulfusion beyond it at apex; a series of blackish

points just before termen. Hind wing pale reddish, the terminal

area tinged with fuscous; cilia pale reddish. Underside uniform

pale reddish.

Ab. 1. Fore wing much greyer and more thickly irrorated with

fnscous, the postmedial area whitish.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with diffused blackish ante- and postmedial

bands.

Hab. Patustine, 1 9. Hep. 48 millim. Typet ¢, 2 in Coll.

Piingeler.

7538. Minucia lunaris.

Noctua lunaris, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 94 (1776); Hibn. Eur. Schmett.,

Noct. f. 322; Godt. Lép. Fr. v. p. 122, pl. 55. f.2; Staud. Cat. Lep.

pal. p. 245.

Noctua augur, Esp. Schmett. iv. p. 67, pl. 87. ff. 4-6 & pl. 88. f. 1 (1786).

Pseudophia rufa, Oberth. Et. Ent. ix. p. 89, pl. 3. f. 11 (1884).

Pseudophia murina, Oberth. Et. Ent. ix. p. 89, pl. 3. f. 12 (1884).

_ Pseudophia maura, Oberth. Kt. Ent. ix. p. 39, pl. 3. f. 13 (1884).

Head red-brown; frons with white line above; antenne brown,

Fig. 99.—Minueia lunaris, 3. +.

white towards base ; thorax grey suffused with red-brown ; pectus

and legs whitish tinged with rufous, the fore and mid tibie and

the tarsi grey-brown; abdomen grey suffused with reddish brown.

MINUCIA.—ANUA. 495

Fore wing olive-grey irrorated with dark brown; a black point in

cell near base; antemedial line pale, defined on inner side by

brown on costal half and on outer side by brown suffusion on inner

half, oblique and slightly sinuous ; a small black spot in middle of

cell; reniform black, constricted at middle; postmedial line pale

with a band of red-brown suffusion on its outer side, excurved to

vein 4, then oblique and slightly excurved towards inner margin ;

a rufous streak on inner margin; subterminal line red-brown,

waved, angled outwards below vein 7 and slightly below vein 4 ;

a series of black points just before termen; cilia pale rufous.

Hind wing ochreous suffused with reddish brown, the terminal

half with fuscous brown; a narrow whitish medial band from

costa to submedian fold ; cilia brownish white. Underside brownish

white ; fore wing with fuscous discoidal lunule and faint fuscous

postmedial patch between vein 5 and submedian fold.

Ab. 1. rufa. Fore wing nearly uniform deep rufous, the lines

indistinct.

Ab. 2. murina. Similar but fore wing leaden grey with hardly

any red-brown tinge.

Ab. 3. maura. Fore wing deep purple-brown, the lines

distinct.

Hab. Britain; France, Sand Coll.; Gerruany, Zeller Coll. ;

Austria; Huneary; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll.; Spain; Ivaty;

Anerria (Mrs. Nicholl), 1 $ ; Datmarta, Leech Coll.; Grexcr;

Armenra; Asts Minor, Pontus, Bithynia, Lydia. Hap. 50-62

millim.

Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 161; Barrett, Lep. Brit. vi. p. 245; Hffm.

Raup. p. 147, pl. 87. f. 1.

Brown; dorsal line moniliform; subdorsal line broad, black,

enclosing pale spots; three fine dark lateral lines ; spiracular line

sometimes pale yellow; somites 4, 12, 13 with a pair of dorsal

prominences; head brown; all the prolegs present. Food-plant:

Onilk, Fe,

Genus ANUA.

Type.

Ape, NNAUS Seve. 17iste) (CUSIYS)) Googbasonodopemoacoaseanoaseqabnouosoudacsana jinifascia.

Stenopis, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxiii. p. evil (1880) ......... reducta.

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

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long and oblique; frons smooth

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

thorax clothed with hair only and without crests; fore coxe, femora, and

tibiz tufted with long hair, the mid and hind tibie slightly fringed with

hair, the fore tibiee not spined, the mid and lund tibix spined; abdomen with

dorsal ridges of hair on basal segments. Fore wing rather long and narrow,

the apex rounded, the termen 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 the cell about one-third 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.

426 NOCLUID A.

Secr. I. Antenne of male with ridges of scales on upperside of shaft to middle

where it forms a sinus, then with slight ridges of scales for some distance ;

the mid tibiee much excised on inner side to beyond middle; hind wing

with some hair on basal costul area on underside and ridges of short hair

on the veins beyond the cell.

7539. Anua parcemacula.

Ophiodes parcemacula, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. (2) vi. p. 304 (1891).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with brownish grey ; palpi

blackish, white in front ; frons and antenne dark brown ; pectus and

femora yellowish, the latter fringed with rufous hair, the tibie and

tarsi blackish; abdomen yellow tinged with rufous except on basal

half of dorsum, the anal tuft blackish. Fore wing olive-grey faintly

irrorated with red-brown; a faint obliquely curved whitish ante-

medial line; a red-brown point in middle of cell; reniform

Fig. 100.—Anua parcemacula, 3. }.

black-brown with faint pale annulus, oblique bar-shaped; two

curved postmedial series of red-brown points; a subterminal series

of small red-brown spots with three black marks defined on outer

side by whitish on it towards costa and some black and white strie

towards inner margin, the area beoynd it suffused with red-brown ;

a terminal series of blackish points; cilia red-brown. Hind wing

yellow; a black subterminal patch diffused on outer side from

costa to vein 3; the terminal area suffused with red-brown except

ANUA. 427

towards tornus; cilia white. Underside yellow, the terminal areas

tinged with rufous; fore wing with black subterminal band

between veins 6 and 2; hind wing with black patch from costa to

vein 3.

Ab. 1. Paler.—W. Australia.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Sogeri, 1 ¢ ; Queenstanpd, 1d, 1 9,

Brisbane (Zurner), 19, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 2 ; Crnrr.

Avstratia, Hermannsburg (Hillier), 1 g¢ ; W. Ausrratta, Sher-

lock R. (Clements), 3 3,12. Ep. 60-72 millim.

Srcr. II. Antenne: and mid tibie of male normal; hind wing with somo

woolly hair on basal area on underside and slight ridges of hair on the

veins beyond the cell.

A. Hind wing of male on underside with fringe of hair on

vein 1.

a, Abdomen banded with black ; hind wing with black medial

Rohan elles ste acys eo Rain ine ste eh a tears athoeanete atresia fees peep imrcrecite coronati.

6. Abdomen not banded with black; hind wing with the basal

area suffused with brown.

GAIA peomie nwyellow sassy ceeeon scars ea eens ceoatareeece ees hitwensis.

(ihe, deNlOGKoTRAYE TDXOWAI E oonnbex anbdacatodonaqenbouauGadaooou0Ns jonauedoae rectilinea.

7540, Anua coronata.

Neetua coronata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 596 (1775); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii.

p. 158, pl. 167. f. 1, & pl. 166. f.5; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 11. p. 502.

Noctua leonina, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 586 (1775).

foctua ancilla, Kabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 2, p. 17 (1794).

Corycia magica, Hibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. iii. p. 32. ff. 535-6 (1827).

Ophiodes ponderosa, Mab. Anu. Soc. Ent. Fr, (5) ix. p. 346 (1879).

Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey ; pectus ochreous ;

abdomen yellow dorsally banded with black, ventrally tinged with

rufous. Fore wing red-brown suffused with purple-grey and

shghtly irrorated with black; antemedial line brown, obliquely

incurved; a small brown annulus in middle of cell; reniform

defined by brown, its annulus represented by small black spots

defined by grey, a brownish shade above it on costa; postmedial

line brown, oblique, slightly bent inwards to costa and inner

margin; the postmedial costal area with a brown shade; sub-

terminal line pale defined on each side by brown, oblique and

nearly straight; a series of black points just before termen. Hind

wing yellow; an oblique black-brown medial band from costa to

submedian fold; a black-brown subterminal band from just below

costa to submedian fold, wide towards costa where its outer edge is

excurved. Underside yellow, the terminal areas tinged and

irorated with brown except towards tornus; fore wing with a

fuscous subterminal patch between veins 5 and 2.

Ab. 1. magica. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with

black.

428 NOCTUID&.

Ab. 2. leonina. Fore wing with grey annulus to reniform but

without black.

Ab. 3. ancilla. Fore wing with the reniform obsolete.

Hab. Mapacascar, type t 3S ponderosa in Coll. Mabille ; Punsas,

1 $6, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 1 6, 19, Manpuri, 1 ¢, Moghal

Serai (Betton), 1 9 ; Nepat (Hardwicke), 1 3 ; Sixau (Moller),

23,29; Assam (Badgley), 1 9, Silhet (Stanisforth), 1 6,2 2,

Dibrugrah (Ward), 1 3, 1 9 ; Buneat, Calcutta, 1 9, Ganjam,

1 2 ; Cenrr. Inpra, Raipur, 1 2 ; Bombay, Ratnagiri (Jayaker),

oy Mir As ORS Ni ons Cia pon) slau a OE NON ome

ee ==

a =

“a

Fig. 101.—Anua coronata, G. }.

Burma, Thayetmyo (Watson), 1 ¢ ; ANnpamans, 1 2 ; Penane,

192; Sryearore (Ridley), 3 2 ; Dinvine Is. (iidley), 19;

Puriprines, laytai (Betton), 1 3 ; Java (Horsfield), 1 3 ; Curistr-

mas I. (Andrews), 2 9 ; Cocos Krrrine I. ( Wood- Jones), eo.

N. Avsrrania, Port Darwin (Buckland), 2 2 ; Ginpert Is., Apia

(de la Garde), 1g. Type and type leonina in Banksian Coll.

Exp. 72-96 millim.

Larva. Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 158, pl. 166. f. 5.

Dull sienna-brown longitudinally striped with black-brown; a

dorsal black spot on 8th somite; paired black dorsal tubercles on

10th and 11th somites; a lateral yellow-edged spot on 5th somite ;

ventral surface dark; head striped with black. Food-plant :

Quisqualis indica.

ANUA. 429

7541. Anua hituensis. (Plate CCXIV. fig. 2.)

Ophisma hirtuense, Pag. J.B. Nass. Ver. xxxvii. p. 235, pl. vil. f. 2 (1884).

Thyas amideta, Vurner, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 8 (1903).

3d. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey; abdomen

fulvous yellow, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing red-brown

tinged with grey and irrorated with black; antemedial line red-

brown defined on outer side by yellowish, oblique; reniform with

very faint blackish outline; postmedial line red-brown defined on

inner side by yellowish, inwardly oblique, the costal area beyond

it with some red-brown suffusion; traces of a maculate incurved

subterminal line ending at tornus, dark towards costa, then pale ;

a series of black points just before termen and a fine pale line at

base of cilia. Hind wing ochreous yellow suffused with brown,

the inner area, an oblique postmedial band from discal fold to

tornus, and the termen rather yellower; a blackish subterminal

shade, broad below apex, narrowing to a point at submedian fold.

Underside ochreous yellow tinged with brown; fore wing with

faint blackish discoidal spot and subterminal shade between veins

5 and 2.

9. Hind wing with less yellow.

_ Hab, Amsotna, Hitu; Doron N. Guinea, Mimica R. ( Wollaston),

29; Quuenstanpd, 1 ¢, Townsville (Dodd), 1 3, Kuranda (Dodd),

192. Hep. 74-80 millim.

*7542. Anua rectilinea.

Ophisna rectilinea, Snell. Vijd. v. Ent. xx. p. 35, pl. i. f. 16 (1877).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. fore wing grey-

brown ; a faint dark subbasal shade from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line greyish, defined on inner side by slight dark

suffusion, oblique to submedian fold and incurved at vein 1; a

black point in middle of cell; reniform a dark lunule; postmedial

line ochreous defined on outer side by brown, erect, straight; a

brown subterminal shade and fine waved line just before termen.

Hind wing grey-brown; an oblique pale postmedial band from

costa to submedian fold; some greyish on terminal area at middle;

the underside ochreous, the apical area suffused with brown.

Hab. Java. Hvp. 66 millim, This species is unknown to me.

B. (Anua.) Hind wing of male on underside without fringe ‘

of hair on vein 1.

a. Abdomen yellow.

a’, Abdomen without blackish band towards extremiiy.

a’, Fore wing with the subterminal line obliquely

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62, Fore wing with the subterminal line sinuous.

a®, Fore wing pale yellow-green except the terminal

AVES@ —_ova0g0x09a08099000000008000000600020000000000~00000 tirhaca.

3, Fore wing bright yellow with the terminal area

rufous ........ 100900 op9ad0008000800000Hs040000060000000 . cenriccr,

430 NOCTULD&.

ce. Fore wing wholly suffused with red-brown......

d>. Fore wing pale flesh-colour.

a4, Fore wing with the subterminal line distinct

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64, Fore wing with the subterminal line almost

obsolete below Vein 6 ......00e..2.2.0220ceeeeee

e?, Fore wing violaceous rey ...........c.sececeensesees

b}, eae with blackish band towards extr emity.

Fore wing suffused with red-brown.

es Hind wing with broad subterminal black

WSBINCL Geecaccosess00 Ganivede sasoatiosemateuone sues eoeenes

v®, Hind wing with narrow black subterminal

band between vein 6 and submedian fold ......

c, Hind wing with traces of a subterminal line,

sometimes with black spots on it at veins 6

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6. Fore wing yellowish white ; Thiindl wing without

Uloxerroatioell | AFMEL -coonagagndoavedadsosoodecoUanasdoooNee

b. Abdomen not yellow.

a’, Fore wing with the subterminal line strongly ex-

curved below vein 7 and at middle.

a’. Fore wing blue-grey .............ssseseeeeseeeeeeeeenees

62, Fore wing whitish more or less suffused with

red-brown.

a?, Fore wing with the antemedial line blackish ...

b3, Fore wing with the antemedial line whitish.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa.

a. Fore wing slightly tinged with red-brown

except on terminal area ........-.......0.405

b°. Fore wing strongly suffused with red-brown

except on terminal area .............ce0eeees

3*, Fore wing with the postmedial line not ex-

curved below costa.

a>, Fore wing with two black spots before the

subterminal line below costa.

a®, Fore wing grey-white hardly tinged with

BYRON Gagdodabooes, ossoo0s5 coe0ddadHaqeqdeqeG000

6°. Fore wing strongly suffused with brown.

5, Fore wing without black spots before sub-

(eremnriag@l INFNG) sosocacosqsencodeconsa sassagocadosas

b'. Fore wing with the subterminal line strongly ex-

curved below vein 7 and very slightly at middle ...

c!, Fore wing with the subterminal line slightly ex-

curved below vein 7 and below middle.

a?, Kore wing with the postmedial line slightly ex-

curved below costa, then oblique ......... ........

. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to

vein 5, then Oblique: WS Pisaeesascarcnenoessseetinnsentiss

c?, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa and at middle, and incurved at

discal fold.

a*, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

not connected by a double streak in sub-

wonkerabiehay Stollal’ ) Gocse agacoooosnonossodossabosgoacnadnageS

3. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines

connected by a double streak in submedian

follies sooéqacunacosdogodensneddoode odvadaneaseccooonac6ban

arfact.

tongaensis.

indiseriminata.

disjungens.

discriminans.

pygospili.

sublutea.

intacta.

dianaris,

wmbrilined.

tettensis.

mejanesi.

alticola.

olista.

indistincta.

triphenoides.

verecund da.

selenaris.

dilecta.

Sinifascia.

ANUA. 431

d', Pore wing with the subterminal line excurved below

vein 7, then incurved to inner margin.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line excuryed to

vein 4, then incurved.

a>, Fore wing with the antemedial line slightly

Oblique and waved ...... .....ecesssesnceceeseeeres violascens.

3, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique and

GEREIEING saccocooosannocosa00nbnscoscunopDbse00: oo5050009 tunudilinea,

67, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved -

below costa, at middle and to inner margin ...... recurvata,

c?, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa, then oblique, sinuous, and joining the

antemedial line above inner margin ............... hopet.

e'. Fore wing with the subterminal line excurved below

vein 7 and dentate above and below vein 4 ......... salita.

f'. Fore wing with the subterminal line excurved below

VEHIN Vy HOGI, SUTRAN EONS -noccocoananoussacesn seopn0aceHc an600C melaconisia.

g'. Fore wing with the subterminal line almost straight

throughout.

a’. Fore wing with the ground-colour greenish

(Oe at geo} t ieikeraere creme nuree saat oncacadennannntance dkadcadss trapectuin.

b?, Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish red-

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*7543, Anua pelor. (Plate CCXIV. fig. 10.)

Ophiodes pelor, Mab. C. R. Ent. Soc. Belg. xxv. p. lvii (1881).

6. Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous ;

antenne blackish; palpi orange-fulvous, the 38rd joint brown;

lower part of frons red-brown ; pectus and iegs orange-yellow, the

fore and mid tibia and tarsi and the hind tarsi blackish; abdomen

orange-yellow. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous, the

costal area to beyond middle and the veins ochreous; orbicular a

small round black spot; reniform rufous with ochreous annulus,

narrow, oblique, constricted at middle; postmedial line ochreous

defined on outer side by rufous, very oblique, straight; subterminal

line ochreous, obliquely incurved. Hind wing orange-yellow, with

broad black-brown subterminal band from apex to vein 1, towards

which it narrows somewhat, the area beyond it grey irrorated with

brown; cilia cchreous white. Underside pale yellow, the terminal

area of fore wing and costal area of hind wing slightly irrorated

with brown; fore wing with black-brown postmedial patch between

veins 5 and 2,

Hab. Mapacascar, type + ¢ in Coll. Mabille. Zap. 112 millim.

7544. Anua tirhaca.

Noctua tirhaca, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. p. 116, pl. 172. f. E (1780) ; Stand.

Cat, Lep. Pal. p. 246.

Noctua vesta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 141. f. 1 (1789),

Noctua auricularis, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 321, 777-81 (1802).

Noctua tirrhea, Treit. Schmett. Eur. vy. 3, p. 8300 (1826); Godt. Lép. Fr,

Ve jas WIS), jal Bie 16 A,

432 NOCTULD 4,

Ophiodes nottentota, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 229 (1852).

Ophiodes separans, W1k, xiv. 1357 (1858) ; Semper, Reisen Phil., Schmett.

il. p. 560.

Ophiusa tirrhaca, Ampsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 503 (1894).

Head and thorax yellow tinged with pale green; palpi fuscous

brown, white in front; frons rufous at sides; antenne rufous ;

pectus and femora yellow tinged with rufous, the tibie and tarsi

grey-brown; abdomen yellow. Fore wing pale yellow-green; a

faint obliquely curved antemedial line; a red-brown point in

middle of cell; reniform red-brown; a black-brown postmedial

spot on costa with the faint postmedial line arising from it, ex-

curved beyond lower angle of cell, then incurved and meeting the

Fig. 102.—Anua tarhaca, S. }.

antemedial line above inner margin; a diffused wedge-shaped

fuscous subterminal patch from costa with the waved whitish sub-

terminal line on it, a black point on its inner side below vein 7,

the line then red-brown, incurved, excurved at veins 4, 3, then

incurved and waved, the area beyond it suffused with red-brown.

Hind wing yellow; a blackish postmedial patch from below vein 7

to vein 3, expanding somewhat above. Underside yellow, the fore

wing with brown subterminal bar between veins 5 and 2.

Ab. 1. Hind without postmedial black patch.

Ab. 2. auricularis. Hind wing with obsolescent postmedial band

from below vein 7 to above tornus.

Ab. 3. vesta. Hind wing with the postmedial band broader and

blacker.

ANUA, = 433

Ab. 4. separans. Hind wing with the postmedial band broad,

black, and from just below costa to just above inner margin.

Ab. 5. hottentota. Fore wing with the terminal area not suffused

with red-brown; hind wing with the band very broad and almost

terminal.

Hab. S. France, Zeller and Frey Colls.; Germany, Mutzell Coll.;

Austria, Tirol; Datmarra, Leech Coll. ; Greece, Merlin Coll. ;

ASIA Minor, Pontus, Bithynia; Cyprus; Syata, Leech Coll.; Aue,

Canaries; Sr. Herena (Wollaston), 33, 12; Soxorra, Adho

Dimellus (0. Grant), 13,12; Somattiann (Gillett), 1 2; Masnona-

LAND, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 §, 3 9; TRansvaat, Waterburg

(Wilde), 1 3, Pretoria (Zutrencka), 1 $; Narat (Marshall), 1 2;

Care Cotony (Drege), 1 9; Mapaaascar, Fianarantsoa (Cowan),

16; Roprieovrz (Manders), 1 $; Mavrrrrus (Manders), 1 9; Cuntr.

Carna, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 ¢; W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 19,

Omei-shan, 1 9, Kwei-chou, 1 ¢, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt) 1 9 ;

Pounsas, 1 2 type separans, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 9,

Dharmsala (Hocking), 3 3,4 9, Kasauli, 1 ¢, Allahabad, 1 3;

Srxuim, 1 §; Assam (Badgley), 1 3,19, Shillong (Parish), 1 3;

Beneat, Caleutta, 1 9; Bombay (Swinhoe), 13,19, Mhow (Swin-

hoe), 13,19, Ratnagiri (Jayaker), 19; Mavras, Nilgiris (Hamp-

son), 19; Crynon, 1 9; Puriipprnzs, Luzon, Bohol, Mindanao.

Exp. 66— 80 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 282; Hffm. Raup. p. 147, pl. 37. f. 2.

Grey with pale grey lateral stripes, the ventral surface with

black spots between the prolegs. Food-plants: Pistacia lentiscus,

Cistus, thus coriaria. 7-8.

*7545, Anua cenricci. (Plate CCXIV. fig. 3.)

Ophiusa kenricki, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 259 (1906),

¢. Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow; palpi grey

mixed with red-brown; frons bright rufous at sides; medial part

of tegule, a broad stripe on dorsum of thorax, and stripes on

shoulders bright rufous; tibize and tarsi grey mixed with red-

brown. Fore wing orange-yellow with a greenish tinge, the

terminal area bright rufous with some fuscous at apex and on

inner area, extending on costa and in discal fold to postmedial

line, and on inner margin to a point before middle ; dark points in

cell at and near base; antemedial line absent; orbicular a small

grey spot defined by rufous; reniform with greyish centre defined

by rufous, constricted at middle, and rather figure-of-8-shaped ;

postmedial line formed of fine rufous strie, arising from below

costa, obliquely excurved to vein 4, then very obliquely incurved ;

subterminal line greyish, oblique and dentate from costa to vein 6,

then obsolescent to vein 3, angled inwards to near postmedial line

in discal fold and outwards at vein 4, then greyish defined on each

side by fuscous, strongly angled inwards at vein 2 and outwards in

submedian fold, then incuryed and with large os Om patch

VOL. XII.

434 NOCTUID”.

defined by fuscous beyond it extending to tornus; a series of small

erey-white spots just before termen; cilia grey-white at tips.

Hind wing orange; the underside sutfused with whitish except

towards base.

Hab. Br. N. Gurnna, Mafalu (Pratt), type f ¢ in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. wp. 78 millim.

*7546. Anua arfaci. (Plate CCXIV. fig. 4.)

Ophiusa arfaki, Beth.-Baker, A.M. N. H. (8) vi. p. 445 (1910).

g. Head and thorax greyish ochreous, the head and tegule

tinged with rufous ; palpi brown; frons with rufous band ; antenne

brown except towards base ; shoulders with rufous patches ; pectus

and femora tinged with rufous, the tibice and tarsi fuscous brown ;

abdomen orange-yellow, the crest at base and ventral surface

tinged with rufous. Fore wing greyish ochreous irrorated with

brown, the inner area except at base and the terminal area suffused

with rufous; blackish points on median nervure near base and in

middle of cell; reniform defined by rufous and with some blackish

in centre, constricted at middle; subterminal line rather diffused

rufous, blackish with faint whitish marks on it toward costa, angled

outwards at vein 7, where it is met by a diffused oblique blackish

streak from apex, then oblique to below vein 5, angled outwards

below vein 4, then incurved; traces of a crenulate line just before

termen ; cilia whitish at tips. Hind wing orange-yellow. Under-

side of both wings yellow, the terminal area of fore wing and

apical area of hind wing slightly tinged with fuscous.

Hab. Dotcn N. Gutnua, Arfak Mts. (Pratt), type T 3 in Coll.

Kenrick. vp. 80 millim.

7547, Anua tongaensis, n.sp. (Plate CCXIV. fig. 11.)

©. Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow; palpi fuscous brown

slightly irrorated with white; sides of frons, antenne, and shoulders

red-brown; tibiz and tarsi blackish brown; abdomen orange.

Fore wing pale ochreous yellow irrorated with a few black scales,

the costal edge fulvous yellow; traces of a pale oblique sinuous

antemedial line; a dark point in middle of cell; reniform with

traces of a brownish outline, and with dark points in upper and

lower parts, small; traces of a minutely waved pale postmedial

line faintly defined on outer side by brown striew, ineurved below

vein 4; subterminal line red-brown with small dark spots on it,

blackish towards costa, excurved below vein 7 where it is met by

an oblique dark shade from apex, then bent inwards, excurved at

middle, then incurved and ending at tornus, the area beyond it

suffused with red-brown with a few whitish scales at costa; a

slight crenulate dark line before termen with black points at the

interspaces ; cilia with a dark line through them and whitish tips

except towards apex. Hind wing orange, the terminal area black

ANUA. 435

to vein 1 towards which it narrows, its inner edge indented at sub-

median fold, the termen narrowly orange with a slight waved

brown line before it; cilia orange. Underside of fore wing orange,

the terminal area slightly irrorated with brown, a black subterminal

patch with slightly waved edges between vein 6 and submedian

fold ; hind wing with diffused dark subterminal band from costa to

vein 2.

Hab. Frrenpty Is., Vavau (Lelipse Hap.), 1 9, Tongatabu

(Lister), 1 2 type. Hep. 82 millim.

7548. Anua indiscriminata.

Minucia discriminans, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 160, pl. 166. f. 4 (nee

WI1k.).

Minucia indiscriminata, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 111 (1893); id.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 503.

Head and thorax yellowish tinged with rufous, the vertex of

head and shoulders sometimes whitish; palpi brown, white in

front; frons deep rufous with white line above; antenne brown ;

pectus and legs yellow, the tibia and tarsi grey-brown. Fore wing

pale flesh-yellow, the terminal area suffused with rufous; a minute

brown annulus in middle of cell; reniform defined by rufous and

with brownish striga in centre, constricted at middle; traces of a

postmedial series of rufous strive, incurved below vein + and with

traces of a series of rufous points beyond it; subterminal line

whitish defined on outer side by brown from costa to vein 6,

angled outwards and with black spot before it below vein 7, then

faint, rufous, oblique to vein 5 and excurved at vein 4, a whitish

patch beyond it below costa followed by an oblique brown shade

from apex; a series of blackish points before termen. Hind wing

yellow with a wedge-shaped subterminal black patch from above

vein 6 to vein 2. Underside of fore wing yellow with a sub-

terminal blackish patch between veins 5 and 2.

Hab. Assaw, Silhet, 1 9 ; Cryrton, 1 3, Pundaloya (Green),

2 9 type; Puuitirrines, Luzon, Bohol. Hap. 74-80 millim.

Larva. Hmpsn. Il. Het. B.M. ix. p. 111, pl. 176. f. 23.

Ophiodes separans, Semper, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xvii. p. 702,

rae f. 6 (nec W1k.); id. Reisen Phil, Schmett. ii. p. 560, pl. S.

Pale brown with numerous waved black lines with series of black

specks between them; ventral surface paler with some red between

each pair of legs and black patches between the prolegs; 11th

somite with two small dorsal prominences ; all the prolegs present.

Food-plants: Hucalyptus, Carea, and other Myriacee.

7549. Anua disjungens. (Plate CCXIV. fig. 9.)

Ophiodes disjungens, W\k. xiv. 1360 (1858).

Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown, the vertex of head,

tegule in front, and shoulders whiter; palpi brown, whitish in

28 2

436 NOCTUID AH.

front; frons deep rufous ; antenne brown, the shaft white above

towards base; pectus and legs yellow tinged with rufous, the tibie

and tarsi grey-brown ; abdomen yellow, the ventral surface suffused

with rufous. Fore wing viclaceous grey tinged with brown; traces

of an oblique pale antemedial line ; a dark brown point in middle

of cell; reniform dark brown, somewhat constricted at middle;

traces of a pale postmedial line, incurved below vein 4; subterminal

line whitish defined on outer side by brown from costa to vein 4,

excurved and with slight black spot before it below vein 7, then

faint, rufous, incurved to vein 5 and excurved at vein 4; a series

of slight brownish points just before termen. Hind wing yellow

with a blackish patch just before termen from below costa to vein 2

and a shght spot at vein 1. Underside of fore wing yellow, the

terminal area suffused with rufous, a blackish subterminal patch

between vein 5 and submedian fold.

Ab. 1. Fore wing irrorated with fuscous, the postmedial line

with series of small dark spots on it.—Timor.

Hab. Timor (ZH. O. Forbes), 1 2; Br. N. Gunna, Port Moresby,

1 9; QurEnstanp, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 1 2 type, Brisbane

(Turner), 1 g,1 9; N. Ausrratia, Port Darwin (Buckland), 1 S.

Exp. 68-76 millim.

7550. Anua discriminans.

Ophiodes discriminans, Wk. xiv. 1358 (1858); Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix.

p. 111, pl. 165. f. 13; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 503; Semper, Reisen Phil.,

Schmett. ii. p. 561.

Q. Head and thorax rufous; palpi brown, whitish in front ;

frons deep rufous with a whitish line above; antenne brown ;

pectus yellow tinged with rufous ; legs whitish tinged with brown ;

abdomen yellow with a dorsal blackish patch on penultimate

segment. Fore wing yellowish rufous irrorated with a few brown

scales; a brown point at base below the cell; faint traces of an

obliquely curved antemedial line; reniform defined by brown and

with brown striga in centre, some whitish in its lower part ; post-

medial line represented by a series of slight brown striae, incurved

below vein 4; subterminal line with two small black spots defined

on outer side by whitish below costa, the lower triangular, small

white spots between vein 3 and submedian fold, then an incurved

white line defined on outer side by brown and with white patch

irrorated with brown beyond it at tornus, defined above by a brown

streak; a diffused oblique brown mark from apex and a series of

points before termen; cilia brown, white at tips. Hind wing

yellow ; a broad subterminal blackish band from just below costa

to above tornus. Underside of fore wing yellow, a subterminal

blackish band between vein 5 and submedian fold, the tornus irro-

rated with black.

Hab. Cryton (Templeton), 2 9 type, Colombo (Metner), 1 9 ;

Patirerines, Bohol. Hep. 64-68 millim, .

ANUA. 437

*7551. Anua pygospila,

Pseudophia pygospila, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 98, pl. 8. f. 1 (1880).

@. Head and thorax yellow suffused with rufous, the patagia

with small black spots; pectus yellow; legs brown; abdomen

yellow with a black dorsal band on penultimate segment. Fore

wing rufous slightly irrorated with blackish; a black point in

middle of cell ; reniform defined by blackish and with some blackish

in centre; subterminal line represented by small dentate black

spots below veins 7, 4, 3, 2 defined on outer side by whitish, then

incurved and with a large elliptical whitish spot irrorated with

brownish beyond it at tornus. Hind wing yellow; a narrow

blackish subterminal band from vein 6 to submedian fold.

Hab. Curepes. Evp. 60 millim. This species is unknown

to me.

7552. Anua sublutea. (Plate CCXLIYV. fig. 12.)

Ophiusa sublutea, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 259 (1906).

@. Head and thorax bright orange-rufous; palpi greyish

fuscous; sides of frons deep rufous; tibie and tarsi greyish

fuscous ; abdomen orange-yellow, the terminal segments suffused

with fuscous, the anal tuft yellow. Fore wing bright rufous irro-

rated with a few black scales, the base yellowish; subbasal and

antemedial lines absent; orbicular a minute bluish white spot

faintly defined by black; reniform slightly tinged with bluish

white and faintly defined by brown, oblique, strongly constricted

at middle and figure-of-eight shaped; traces of a double minutely

waved oblique postmedial line; subterminal line bluish white,

obsolescent at middle, oblique and sinuous from costa, angled out-

wards below vein 7 and with black spot before it, strongly angled

inwards at discal fold, then outwards below vein 4+ and with small

black spot before it, then oblique, sinuous, and defined on each side

by brown towards inner margin, with large round blue-grey spot

beyond it towards tornus; a faint crenulate line just betore termen ;

cilia grey. Hind wing orange-yellow, with faint traces of sub-

terminal line with small black spots on it at veins 6 and 5; cilia

ochreous white slightly tinged with brown. Underside of both

wings yellow, the fore wing and costal half of hind wing tinged

and irrorated with brown.

Ab. 1. Hind wing without the black spots on the subterminal

line.—Ké Is.

Hab. Lrrrtu Ke Is.,1 9; Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), type

+ @ in Coll. Bethune-Baker, Mafalu, Aroa R. wp. 64 millim.

7553. Anua intacta, n. sp. (Plate CCXIV. fig. 5.)

¢. Head and thorax yellow slightly tinged with rufous ; palpi,

frons, and antenne dark brown; pectus and legs yellow tinged

438 NOCTUID®.

with rufous, the tibia and tarsi dark brown ; abdomen yellow, the

three terminal segments with diffused blackish bands, Fore wing

yellowish white tinged with rufous and irrorated with black-brown ;

a dark point in middle of cell; reniform defined by rufous, con-

stricted at middle; traces of a double postmedial series of brown

strise, incurved below vein 4; subterminal line indistinct, rufous,

white angled outwards and with black spot before it below vein 7,

then incurved to vein 4 below which there is a black point defined

on outer side by white, incurved and defined on outer side by

whitish towards inner margin ; a slight oblique brown shade from

apex, a series of slight brown points before termen and a fine brown

terminal line. Hind wing uniform yellow. Underside of fore

wing yellow, the terminal area tinged with rufous and striated

with brown except towards tornus.

Hab. N. Avsrratia, Port Darwin (J. J. Walker), 1 3 type.

Eep. 72 millim.

7504, Anua dianaris.

Ophiodes dianaris, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 282 (1852); Hmpsn. Nat. Hist.

Sokotra, p. 828, pl. xx. f. 15.

3. Head and thorax grey, the palpi, frons, and antenne

browner; pectus and legs grey tinged with brown; abdomen pale

yellow, the extremity and ventral surface grey-brown. Fore wing

blue-grey irrorated with blackish; an indistinct oblique slightly

sinuous pale antemedial line; a dark point in middle of cell;

reniform defined by brown and with brown striga in centre,

constricted at middle; traces of an oblique sinuous postmedial

line; subterminal line grey defined on each side by brown and

with brown suffusion before it, angled outwards and with black

before it below vein 7, excurved and with black before it below

vein 4; some brown suffusion on the veins before middle of termen ;

a slight waved brown line with black points on it just before

termen. Hind wing pale yellowish tinged with rufous ; a diffused

brown band on terminal area, broad towards costa and narrowing

to a point at vein 1; a fine waved brown terminal line; cilia

white. Underside of fore wing white tinged with brown, a

diffused brown band before termen except towards inner margin ;

hind wing white tinged with yellow towards base, a diffused brown

subterminal band from costa to vein 2.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with fuscous brown ;

hind wing with the blackish area very broad and extending to

before middle.

Hab. Soxorra, Adho Dimellus (O. Grant),1 3,19; Abyssinia ;

Transvaal, Lydenburg (Arantz), 1 9 ; Narar, Estcourt (Hutchin-

son), 1 $,2 9; Oraner R. Conony, Kroonstad (Kekersley), 1 2 ;

Care Cotony, Knysna, 1 ¢. Hap. 60 millim.

ANUA. 439

7555. Anua umbrilinea. (Plate CCXIYV. fig. 6.)

Ophiusa umbrilinea, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus, ii. p. 842 (1902).

3. Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with some red-brown ;

pectus and legs ochreous white, the tibiz and tarsi grey-brown ;

abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with

brown and irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line blackish,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line blackish, expanding

into a spot at costa where it is bent inwards, then oblique and

sinuous; reniform defined by brown, constricted at middle and

with brown marks in upper and lower parts; postmedial line

blackish, expanding into a spot at costa, excurved below costa, then

slightly waved, oblique below vein 5; subterminal line whitish

defined on inner side by brown suffusion and with some black

before it towards costa, at middle and at inner margin, angled

outwards below vein 7 and at middle, the interspaces beyond it

with slight whitish streaks; a waved brown line before termen

defined on outer side by whitish ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing

white, the inner area clothed with pale rufous hair; the terminal

area broadly fuscous black, leaving a series of small white spots on

termen; cilia white, fuscous at base between veins 4and2. Under-

side of both wings white with the terminal area fuscous brown

narrowing to tornus and leaving a series of small white spots on

termen.

Hab. Damaratann, 1 g type. vp. 54 millim.

70956. Anua tettensis. (Plate CCXYV. fig. 17.)

Ophiodes tettensis, Hopff. Mon. Konig]. Akad. Wissen. 1857, p. 422; id.

Peters’s Reise Moz., Ins. p. 436, pl. xxviii. f. 12.

Ophisma expedita, Wk. xiv. 13875 (1858).

Ophiodes cameronis, Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xli. p. 299 (1880).

Head and thorax yellowish white faintly tinged with rufous ;

palpi brown, white in front; frons and antennee rufous; pectus

and legs white, the fore and mid tibiae and tarsi brown; abdomen

ochreous white, the ventral surface white. Fore wing yellowish

white faintly tinged with rufous especially on postmedial area ;

antemedial line white faintly defined on each side by brown,

oblique ; a dark point in middle of cell; reniform a small oblique

brown bar defined by dark brown, somewhat constricted at middle ;

postmedial line white slightly defined on outer side by brown,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved and excurved above inner

margin; subterminal line white defined on inner side by dark

brown, excurved and with some black before it below vein 7, ex~

curved at middle and above inner margin, followed by some brown

suffusion, then by white with brownish spots beyond it before the

crenulate brown line. just before termen; cilia tinged with red-

brown. Hind wing white, the inner area slightly tinged with

red-brown ; a diffused blackish band before termen, narrowing to

a point at vein 1; a waved brown line at middle of termen, the

440 NOCTUIDZ.

cilia beyond it tinged with brown. Underside of fore wing white

with fuscous subterminal band except at inner margin; hind wing

white with diffused fuscous subterminal band from costa to vein 2.

Ab. 1. Thorax and fore wing slightly more tinged with rufous.

Hab. Cameroons; Coneo (Curror), 1 2 type expedita ; Br.

C. Arrica (de Jersey), 1 9 ; N.E. Raopesta, Loangwa Valley

(Neave),1 6,1 9; Mozametaun. Exp. 44 millim.

7557. Anua mejanesi. (Plate CCXIV. fig. 8.)

Ophiodes mejanesi, Guen. Noct. iii p. 232 (1852) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 498.

Head and thorax bright rufous ; palpi dark brown; frons with

white line above; antenne dark brown, white in front towards

base ; pectus and legs ochreous tinged with rufous, the fore and

mid tibiz dark brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white ;

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing bright rufous with pale stria

and slight black irroration, the terminal area purple-grey ; ante-

medial line indistinct, pale, obliquely curved; orbicular a minute

round black spot; renitorm red-brown defined by blackish, small ;

postmedial line indistinct, pale slightly defined on outer side by

red-brown, excurved to vein 4, then oblique to submedian fold and

sinuous to inner margin; three white points on postmedial part of

costa ; subterminal line grey defined on inner side by deep rufous

and on outer by fuscous black, excurved below vein 7, then bent

inwards, incurved at vein 3, and ending at tornus; the terminal

area with some brown suffusion and black irroration at middle; a

crenulate brown line just before termen; cilia brown with a fine

white line at base and greyish lineat middle. Hind wing ochreous

suffused with brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; a

waved dark terminal line except towards apex and tornus; cilia

whitish, brown at middle. Underside ochreous white, the terminal

area suffused with greyish fuscous.

Ab. 1. Fore wing purple-grey to the subterminal line.

Hab. Sunreau; Congo (Curror), 1 9 , Katanga, Kambove (Weave),

164; Soupan, White Nile (Dunn), 1 9 ; Br. ©. Arrica, Fort Man-

goche (Neave), 1 9, Blantyre (Ambruster), 1 2, Lr. Shiré Valley

(Neave), 19; Transvaat, Lydenburg, 19; Navar, Durban (Legh),

19; Punsas, Allahabad, 1 9 ; Bompay (Swinhoe), 1 3, 12,

Kanara (Ward), 1 2 ; Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson),2 9. Exp.

46-64 millim.

7558. Anua alticola, n. sp. (Plate CCXIV. fig. 7.)

6. Head and thorax white tinged with rufous; palpi, frons,

antenne, and the tibise and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen whitish

tinged with brown. Fore wing pale brownish grey sparsely irro-

rated with black, the terminal area suffused with rufous; antemedial

line white, obliquely curved; a black point in middle of cell;

ANUA. Ad]

reniform rufous defined by brown, narrow, oblique; postmedial

line white with a blackish spot at costa, slightly excurved beyond

lower angle of cell, then incurved; subterminal line white with

black spots before it above and below vein 7, angled outwards

below vein 7 and at middle and inwards at discal fold ; a crenulate

brown line just before termen. Hind wing ochreous white, the

terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous except at inner margin ;-

cilia white. Underside white tinged with ochreous brown except

on inner half of hind wing, a diffused fuscous subterminal shade.

Hab. Punsaz, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 ¢ type. Hap.

50 millim,

7509, Anua olista. (Plate CCXYV. fig. 1.)

Minucia olista, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xii. p. 261 (1898).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; palpi, antenne,

and fore and mid tibie and tarsi dark brown. Fore wing grey-

brown with a slight reddish tinge except on terminal area, sparsely

irrorated with blackish ; a blackish point on median neryure near

base; antemedial line indistinct, brown slightly defined on outer

side by whitish, oblique, sinuous; a dark point in middle of cell;

reniform defined by dark brown, narrow, constricted at middle; a

small postmedial black spot on costa with a series of striz arising

from it, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line grey defined on

inner side by a series of small dentate black spots, the spot below

vein 7 larger, angled outwards below vein 7 and at middle; an

indistinct crenulate brown line just before termen. Hind wing

greyish suffused with brown, the terminal area fuscous brown,

narrowing to tornus; cilia grey-white. Underside grey suffused

with brown, the terminal area darker.

@. Fore wing with the spots on inner side of the subterminal

line less prominent except towards costa.

Hab. Javan, Kiushiu, 1 g; Cora, Gensan (/to), 1 $; Cunrr.

Cuina, Nanchuan, 1 2 type, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9; W. Cuina,

Chang-yang (Prati), 1 9; Assam, Khasis (Badgley), 19. Map.

48-50 millim,.

7560. Anua indistincta.

Ophiodes indistincta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 169, pl. 6. f. 12 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 497.

Ophiodes fervida, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 164.

@. Head and thorax pale rufous; palpi grey-brown ; frons with

a dark bar; antenne dark brown; legs grey-brown; abdomen

grey suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with

rufous and sparsely irrorated with blackish, the terminal area

purplish grey; a very indistinct pale obliquely curved ante-

medial line; a dark point in middle of cell; reniform small, brown,

449 NOOTUID H.

oblique ; a small postmedial black spot on costa followed by a series

of slight strie, oblique below vein 4; subterminal line grey defined

on inner side by deep red-brown and with some black before it

below costa, angled outwards below vein 7 and at middle and in-

wards at discal fold; a yellowish line at base of cilia. Hind wing

grey suffused with brown, the terminal half fuscous; cilia pale

brown with a yellowish line at base. Underside grey, the terminal

area suffused with fuscous.

Hab. Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G'. Young), 2 2 , Simla (Swinhoe),

22 type. Hap. 44-54 millim.

7561, Anua triphenoides. (Plate CCXV. fig. 2.)

Ophiodes triphenotdes, Wik. xiv. 1858 (1858), ¢; Hinpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 505.

Ophiodes cuprea, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 74, 2; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 49%.

6. Head and thorax ochreous, the head slightly tinged with

rufous; palpi grey-brown, whitish in front ; frons grey-brown ;

antenne brown; fore and mid tibie and the tarsi grey-brown ;

abdomen ochreous tinged with brown, the ventral surface ochreous

white. Fore wing ochreous slightly irrorated with brown ; traces

of an oblique slightly sinuous pale antemedial line; a black point

in middle of cell; reniform brownish defined by blackish and with

some blackish in centre, narrow, constricted at middle; postmedial

line with small black spot at costa, then indistinct, pale faintly

defined on outer side by brown, excurved to vein 4, then oblique;

subterminal line pale with black spots before it above and below

vein 7, then defined on inner side by brown strize and on outer by

slight brown spots, excurved below vein 7, then incurved and

slightly sinuous; the terminal area suffused with red-brown; a

series of dark points just before termen ; a fine pale line at base of

cilia. Hind wing whitish, the inner area suffused with ochreous ;

the terminal area fuscous, narrowing to tornus; cilia whitish,

brown at tips at middle. Underside ochreous white, the terminal

area of fore wing and of hind wing to vein 2 suffused with fuscous

brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more suffused with purplish grey-brown and

irrorated with blackish.

Ab. 2. Head, thorax, and fore wing whiter.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing darker; hind wing more

suffused with brown.

Hab. Formosa, Takow (Hobson), 2 3,2 9; Honexone (J. J.

Walker), 1 Q; Centr. Cuina, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 3, 2 2, Ship-

y-Shin, 1 $; Punsaz, 1 5, 1 2 type cuprea, Kulu, Sultanpur

(G. Young), 1 5, 1 @, Simla (Harford), 1 g, 1 2, Dharmsila

(Hocking), 4 6, 5 2, Wuzeerabad (Hearsey), 1 3 type, Umballa,

1 2, Moghal Sarai (Betton), 1 g, Fatehpur (Betton), 1 9; Stxuim

ANUA. 448

(Dudgeon, Moller, Pilcher), 8 3,19; Assam (Badgley),1 3,1 92;

Breneat, Calcutta, 1 2 ; Bompay, 1 g, Kanara (Ward), 1 3;

Travancorg, Trivandrum (/ergusson), 1 g¢; Burma, Bhamo (fea),

1g. Hep. 46-60 millim.

*7562. Anua verecunda. (Plate CCXV. fig. 3.)

Minucia verecunda, Holl, Ent. News Philad. y. p. 58 (189+).

3. Head and thorax red-brown; antennz with the shaft white

towards base; abdomen grey-brown; pectus behind, the fringes of

hair on legs and base of ventral surface of abdomen white tinged

with rufous. Fore wing red-brown with a greyish tinge and slight

blackish striation, the postmedial and terminal areas darker red-

brown ; an indistinct brown antemedial line, oblique from costa to

submedian fold where it is angled, then incurved; a black point in

middle of cell ; a narrow brown discoidal lunule defined by blackish ;

postmedial line brown, slightly excurved below costa, then oblique,

defining the dark area; subterminal line greyish defined on inner

side by red-brown and on outer by blackish, angled outwards below

vein 6, then incurved to below vein 3; a series of black and white

points just before termen. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-

brown, the terminal area broadly fuscous leaving a pale patch at

apex ; the underside thickly clothed with whitish pile tinged with

rufous, a large diffused fuscous apical patch. -

Hab, Gasoon, Ogové K., type tf ¢ in Coll. Holland. Lap. 56

millim.

7563. Anua selenaris.

Ophiodes selenaris, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 282 (1852).

Ophiusa obherens, Wik. xv. 1830 (1858).

Pscudophia welwitschi, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 115. f. 2 (1874).

6. Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow slightly tinged with

rufous; palpi and frons grey-brown; autenne brown, whitish

towards base ; pectus and legs ochreous white, the fore aud mid

tibize and the tarsi grey-brown ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally

suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous yellow tinged with

rufous, the terminal area violaceous white irrorated with blackish ;

antemedial line indistinct, pale, oblique to submedian fold, then

inwardly oblique; a black point in middle of cell; reniform small,

brownish, constricted at middle ; postmedial line indistinct, brown

defined on inner side by whitish, excurved to vein 5, then oblique ;

subterminal line pale defined on outer side by black striae, incurved

between veins 5 and 3, then excuryed; a series of black points

before termen, the termen and cilia pale rufous. Hind wing grey-

white tinged with brown, the terminal half suffused with fuscous ;

cilia white. Underside whitish tinged with ochreous brown, the

terminal areas suffused with fuscous ; both wings with faint dis-

coidal lunule.

444 NOCTUID &.

Ab. 1. Thorax and fore wing redder brown; hind wing with the

basal half whiter.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the antemedial line angled outwards in

submedian fold to the postmedial line.

Ab. 3. Similar in colouring to the female.

@. Thorax suffused with chocolate-brown ; fore wing purple-

grey suffused with chocolate-brown especially before the subterminal

line and more strongly irrorated with black.

Hab. S. Niaerra, Old Calabar (Cockburn), 1 9; MasHonaLann,

Salisbury (J/arshall), 1 9; Transvaat, Lydenburg, 1 g, White R.

(Cooke), 1 3; Oranee R. Corony, Bloemfontein (Hckersley), 1 2;

Narat, Durban, 1 ¢; Basuroranp, Maseru (Crawshay), 1 9; Carg

Corony (Sir A, Smith), 1 Q type obherens, Transkei (Miss F.

Barrett),2 3. Hwp, 44-46 millim.

7564. Anua dilecta. (Pl. CCXYV. fig. 4.)

Ophiusa dilecta, Wk. xxxili. 967 (1865).

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous, the dorsum of

thorax and tips of patagia with some black-brown; palpi red-

brown, fringed with ochreous hair in front; frons and antennz

red-brown ; fore and mid tibiz and the tarsi grey-brown ; abdomen

ochreous white, the ventral surface tinged with rufous. Fore wing

ochreous suffused with rufous and striated with blackish; ante-

medial line indistinct, red-brown, oblique from costa to submedian

fold, then incurved; a black point in middle of cell; reniform

defined by blackish, open above and below, small, constricted at

middle ; postmedial line red-brown, oblique to below vein 7, then

incurved, excurved at middle and above inner margin where it is

approximated to the antemedial line, a dark streak beyond it on

inner margin; subterminal line greyish defined on each side by

blackish and with red-brown suffusion before it, excurved below

vein 7 and slightly below vein 4; a series of dark points just before

termen ; cilia brown at tips. Hind wing ochreous white with a

diffused fuscous brown subterminal patch between vein 7 and sub-

median fold; a slight waved dark terminal line between veins 4

and 2. Underside ochreous white ; fore wing with the costal and

terminal areas tinged with brown and with a fuscous subterminal

shade; hind wing with the terminal area tinged with brown from

apex to vein 2.

Hab, Srurra Leone (Foxcroft), 1 9 type; 8. Nrezrra, Old Cala-

bar (Cockburn, Sampson), 1 6,19; Navan, Durban (Gueinzius),

19. Ep. 46-50 millim.

7565. Anua finifascia. (Plate CCXV. fig. 5.)

Nephelodes finifascia, Wik. xv. 1676 (1858).

Anua amplior, Wik. xv. 1789 (1858).

Pseudophia lilaceofasciata, Pag. Voeltz. Reise in Ost-Afrika, ii. p. 115, pl. 6.

f. 21 (1907).

3. Head and thorax deep chocolate red-brown ; antenne with

ANUA. 445

the shaft whitish on inner side towards base; tibiew and tarsi grey-

brown, the fore tarsi white in front; abdomen ochreous white

tinged with brown, the anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore

wing rufous suffused with red-brown and slightly striated with

blackish, the terminal area tinged with purple-grey ; a subbasal

red-brown striga from costa; antemedial line red-brown, very

oblique to submedian fold where it is acutely angled outwards,

angled inwards at vein 1; a black point in middle of cell; reniform

defined by dark brown, narrow, constricted at middle; postmedial

‘line red-brown, oblique to below vein 7, then incurved, excurved —

at middle and above inner margin, angled inwards at submedian

fold where it is connected by two slight streaks with the ante-

medial line to which it is also approximated at inner margin, a dark

streak beyond it on inner margin; subterminal line purplish grey

defined on each side by blackish and with deep red-brown suffusion

before it, excurved below vein 7 and slightly below vein 4; a crenu-

late brown line just before termen ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing

ochreous white, with a diffused fuscous brown patch on terminal

area between veins 7 and 1 and a waved dark terminal line.

Underside ochreous white; fore wing with the costal and terminal

areas suffused with brown, a slight discoidal lunule and fuscous

subterminal shade ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with

brown except towards base, the terminal area tinged with brown

from apex to vein 2.

@. Thorax and fore wing with a slight ochreous tinge.

Hab. Transvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 3; Natat, Durban

(Guemzius, Marley), 3 2 type and type amplior ; Comoro Is,

Eevp. 50-54 millim.

7566. Anua violascens. (Plate CCXV. fig. 6.)

Ophiusa violascens, Hmpsn. Ann, 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 446 (1902).

@. Head, tegule, and patagia lilacine grey irrorated with a few

brown scales; abdomen pale brownish, the ventral surface white

irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing lilacine grey irrorated with

black and suffused with rufous towards the subterminal line; an

oblique waved paie rufous antemedial line defined by white on outer

side ; orbicular and reniform defined by rufous, the former a minute

annulus, the latter constricted at middle; postmedial line rufous

defined by white on inner side, excurved below costa and at middle,

angled inwards in discal and submedian folds; subterminal line

whitish defined by dark rufous on inner side and brownish on outer,

incurved below costa, angled outwards at vein 7, then incurved and

ending at tornus; the terminal area greyer with crenulate rufous

line just before termen; cilia blackish except at apex and tornus.

Hind wing ochreous brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous;

cilia white, brown at middle; the underside white irrorated with

brown, the terminal half suffused with brown.

Hab, Nava, Durban (Leigh), 1 9 type. Hep. 46 millim.

446 NOCTUID”.

7567. Anua tumidilinea. (Plate CCXV. fig. 7.)

Ophiusa tumidilinea, Wik. xiv. 1453 (1858); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 498.

@. Head and thorax purplish brown slightly mixed with grey;

palpi grey-brown, white in front; frons with brown bars above ;

pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown ; abdomen grey-brown,

the ventral surface whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing purple-

brown irrorated with dark brown, the area before the subterminal

line suffused with chocolate-brown, the terminal area greyer ; sub-

basal line slight, eurved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial

line brown, defined en outer side by grey, oblique ; a blackish point

in middle of cell; reniform defined by dark brown, narrow and

constricted at middle; postmedial line brown defined on inner side

by grey, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, bent inwards

to inner margin; three white points on postmedial part of costa ;

subterminal line grey defined on inner side by chocolate-brown

suffusion, excurved below vein 7, then bent inwards and oblique

towards tornus, some fuscous irroration beyond it between veins 5

and 14 a crenulate brown line just before termen. Hind wing

with the basal half pale brown, the terminal half fuscous brown ;

the termen greyish with a waved brown line between yeins 4

and 2; cilia white, brown between veins 4 and 2. Underside whitish,

the terminal areas fuscous brown, both wings with brownish dis-

coidal lunules.

Hab. Punsan (James), 1 2 type. Exp. 46 millim.

7568. Anua recurvata, n. sp. (Plate CCXV. fig. 8.)

3. Head and thorax bright rufous; palpi and frons brown, the

latter with white line above; antenne brown, white in front

towards base; fore and mid tibie brown, the tarsi brown with

slight pale rings; abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing rufous, the

costal edge pale, the terminal area purplish grey suffused with

brown at termen ; antemedial line pale, oblique, sinuous; orbicular

blackish, minute, round; reniform brownish defined by brown,

constricted at middle; postmedial line pale slightly defined on

outer side by brown, strongly excurved below costa, excurved at

middle and to inner margin, incurved at discal and submedian folds ;

subterminal line pale defined on inner side by deep chocolate-brown

suffusion, excurved below vein 7, then bent inwards and slightly

incurved to tornus ; acrenulate brown line just before termen with

white points beyond it; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind

wing grey-brown ; a waved brown terminal line defined on inner

side by grey-white; cilia whitish. Underside of both wings

uniform silky grey-brown.

Hab. Goin Coast, 1 ¢ type. Hap. 56 millim.

ANUA. AAT

*7569. Anua hopei. (Plate CCXYV. fig. 18.)

Ophiusa hopei, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag. p. 101, pl. 15. f. 3 (1838).

3d. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous; palpi grey-

brown, white in front; pectus and legs ochreous white, the tibixe

and tarsi tinged with brown; abdomen pale grey-brown tinged

with rufous, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing

ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with blackish,

the postmedial area rather redder, the terminal area grey-white

irrorated with brown ; traces of an oblique antemedial line joining

the postmedial line above inner margin; a small brownish dis-

coidal lunule ; postmedial line shght, brown, excurved below costa,

then oblique and sinuous; subterminal line slight, whitish defined

on inner side by rather diffused red-brown, excurved below vein 7,

then strongly incurved and ending at tornus; a faint waved

brownish line just before termen. Hind wing whitish suffused

with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown,

broadly at costa and narrowing to tornus; cilia white, brown at

middle. Underside of both wings white with the terminal area

fuscous brown except towards tornus; fore wing with dark dis-

coidal lunule.

Hab. Mapagascar in Coll. Mabille. Hep. 54 millim.

7570. Anua salita. (Plate CCXV. fig. 9.)

Ophiusa salita, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 228 (1898).

3S. Head and thorax purple-grey mixed with red-brown ; frons

whitish with brown band above; antennz brown; tegule with a

slight red-brown line near tips; pectus and legs ochreous white,

the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen ochreous white

dorsally tinged with brown except at extremity. Fore wing to the

subterminal line purple-grey suffused with bright red-brown,

striated with white and irrorated sparsely with black, the terminal

area purple-grey; subbasal line red-brown, from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line red-brown defined on outer side by

grey, slightly angled outwards below costa, then very oblique;

orbicular minute, defined by whitish; reniform elliptical, defined

by whitish and its centre slightly by black; postmedial line red-

brown slightly defined on inner side by whitish, excurved to vein 4,

then incurved and slightly angled inwards at submedian fold; sub-

terminal line grey defined on outer side by black strie towards

costa, then by dentate black marks on the veins streaked with grey,

excurved below vein 7, waved between veins 5 and 3 and ending

at tornus; a series of minute black points just before termen ; cilia

tinged with red-brown. Hind wing ochreous tinged with brown,

the terminal area suffused with fuscous narrowing to ternus ; a fine

dark terminal line; cilia white tinged with brown at middle.

448 NOCIUID A.

Underside white with faint brown postmedial line, the terminal

area suffused with brown; fore wing with slight discoidal lunule.

Hab. TRansvaat, Piet Retief (Crawshay), 1 3, Johannesburg

(Ross, Cregoe), 3 5, 1 Q type, Pretoria (Zutrencka), 19. Hep.

40-48 millim.

7571. Anua melaconisia. (Plate CCXV. fig. 10.)

Ophiusa melaconisia, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 481 (1905).

3. Head and thorax clothed with grey and brown scales with

some large black scales mixed; abdomen grey irrorated with

brown. Fore wing grey very thickly and finely striated with

brown and irrorated with some large black-tipped white scales ;

the veins white; subbasal line white, oblique, from costa to sub-

median fold ; antemedial line white defined by brown on inner side,

oblique, slightly excurved below costa; orbicular and reniform

elliptical, black defined by white; postmedial line white defined

by brown on outer side, excurved from just below costa to vein 4,

then incurved and slightly excurved above inner margin; sub-

terminal line whitish defined on each side by red-brown, some

black marks on its inner side below costa, slightly exeurved below

vein 7, then nearly straight ; a fine crenulate red-brown line just

before termen ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing

ochreous suffused with brown, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous ; a dark terminal line; cilia pale. Underside whitish, the

terminal areas suffused with fuscous; fore wing with the dark

orbicular and reniform showing.

Hab, MastwonaxanD, Salisbury (Dobbie),1 d type. Exp. 46 millim.

7572. Anua trapezium. (Plate CCXYV. fig. 11.)

Ophiodes trapezium, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 231 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

il. p. 504.

Ophisina cognata, Wik. xxxiii. 958 (1865).

Ophiusa kebea, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 255 (1906).

Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous; palpi brown,

whitish in front; frons rufous; antenne brown, the basal joint

white in front; tibie and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen ochreous

tinged with rufous. Fore wing greenish ochreous tinged with

rufous and slightly irrorated with black, the terminal area red-

brown ; antemedial line fine, red-brown, oblique; a dark point in

middle of cell; reniform rufous defined by brown and with brown

striga in centre, constricted at middle; postmedial line fine, red-

brown, excurved to vein 4, then oblique to inner margin near the

antemedial line; a rufous streak on inner margin; subterminal

line double, brown, oblique ; a faint waved brown line just before

termen. Hind wing ochreous tinged with brown; a broad fuscous

subterminal band; a waved brown line just before termen ; cilia

ANUA. 449

ochreous white, tinged with red-brown at middie. Underside

ochreous tinged with rufous; fore wing with fuscous subterminal

band from vein 6 to submedian fold.

Ab. 1. cognata. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous, not

greenish.

Hab. Hone Kone (J. J. Walker), 1 3; Assam, Silhet (Stains-

forth, James), 2 8,1 2; Manras, Nilgiris; Travancorg, Trivandrum

(Ferguson), 1 g ; Cnyton; Nicopars (ftogers), 1 g ; Sineaporr

(Ridley), 4 $; Mysor; Br. N. Guinna, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type T

kebea in Coll. Bethune-Baker, Hap. 54-66 millim,

7573. Anua circumferens.

Ophisma circumferens, Wik. xxxiii. 956 (1865); Hmpsa. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 106.

Ophiodes adusta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 169, pl. 6. f. 11 (1882); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 497.

Minucia prunicolor, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 160, pl. 167. f. 3 (1884).

Q. Head and thorax red-brown; palpi whitish in front; tibie

and tarsi grey-brown; abdomen brown, the anal tuft and ventral

surface ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing purplish red-

brown slightly irrorated with black; antemedial line fine, brown,

oblique; a dark point in middle of cell; reniform defined by brown

and with blackish striga in centre, constricted at middle; post-

medial line fine, brown, excurved to vein 4, then oblique to inner

margin near antemedial line; a dark brown streak on inner margin ;

subterminal line double, dark brown filled in with greyish and with

deep red-brown suffusion before it, oblique; the terminal area

purplish grey with an indistinct crenuiate brown line just before

termen; cilia dark brown. Hind wing ochreous suffused with

brown; a broad fuscous subterminal band; a fine waved brown

terminal line. Underside ochreous suffused with brown; fore wing

with fuscous subterminal band from vein 5 to submedian fold.

Hab. Stxuim (Moller), 1 9 ; Assam; Mapras, Nilgiris (Hamp-

son), 1 9; Crrton, 2 9 type prunicolor ; SincarorE (Ridley), 3 2.

Hap, 46-62 millim.

C. Hind wing of male on underside entirely clothed with silky androconia

except:the costal area; the fore femora with thick fringe of scales and

hair above, the hind tibiz fringed with long hair above. :

7574. Anua cancellata.

Toxocampa cancellata, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 414, f. 186 (1891).

3. Head and thorax grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated

with black; palpi dark brown, white in front except the 3rd joint

which is white at tip; frons with dark brown band; pectus and

legs brownish white, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen

whitish dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally irrorated with

VOL. XII. 26

450 NOCLUID©.

brown. Fore wing pale grey tinged with rufous and irrorated

with large black scales, the terminal area slightly irrorated, the

veins streaked with whitish; a black spot at base of cell; ante-

medial line red-brown defined on outer side by whitish, slightly

bent outwards below costa, then oblique, at inner margin curved

round to join the postmedial line; orbicular and reniform black

with whitish annuli and whitish striz in centres, the former with

its outer part intersected by a whitish streak in discal fold, the

latter intersected by the whitish streak in discal fold and its outer

part by streaks on the veins ; postmedial line red-brown defined on

inner side by whitish, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, and

curved round at inner margin to join the antemedial line; sub-

terminal line whitish defined on each side by red-brown, some

Fig. 103.—Anua cancellata, 3. }.

black scales on its outer edge and three black spots on its inner

side from below costa to discal fold where it is slightly bent in-

wards; a crenulate red-brown line just before termen and fine pale

line at base of cilia. Hind wing greyish tinged with red-brown,

the termen greyer and irrorated with dark brown to vein 2; a dark

subterminal shade from costa to vein 2 and a fine dark brown

terminal line except towards tornus. Underside of fore wing

whitish, an oblique fuscous discoidal bar, the terminal area fuscous

except towards tornus ; hind wing clothed with silky ochreous hair

except the costal area which is irrorated with brown.

@. Fore wing rather browner, the ante- and postmedial lines

not confluent at inner margin.

Hab. Ucanpa, Kumi (Weave), 1 3 ; Mapscascar, Nossi-Beé.

Ewvp. 56 millim.

ANUA. 451

D. Hind wing of male on underside entirely clothed with

ochreous androconia; the mid and hind femora and

the hind tibie on inner side fringed with hair.

a. (Stenopsis.) Hind wing of male with the termen pro-

duced into a rounded lobe at middle.

a‘, Hind wing with the termen rather broadly white

from apex to below vein 5 ...... s99d09S9H09R0000dNgaOOSE conspicienda,

6’. Hind wing with the termen not broadly white on

apical half.

a, Head and thorax deep rufous .......... Sdonudeosseasa reducta.

6?, Head and thorax grey-brown.

a, Kore wing of male nearly uniformly suffused

with leaden grey except on terminal area...... Sumida,

o°, Fore wing more variegated with grey-brown,

in male with some leaden grey suffusion ...... producta.

c*. Fore wing pale grey-brown without leaden grey

sulfusion.

a*, Kore wing without black subapical spot...... xylochroa.

6*, Fore wing with black subapical spot ......... gonoptera,

d®. Fore wing pale olive-yellow; hind wing of

male with the termen less produced at

Tata (eve sepa snemodacc Beemacrecauscereoseadcacsta enna an tumiditermina,

7975. Anua conspicienda. (Plate CCXYV. fig. 12.)

Achea conspicienda, Wik. xiv. 1392 (1858).

Head and thorax reddish brown; antennm with the shaft white

in front towards base; palpi, frons, and legs darker brown, tho

spurs and tarsi ringed with whitish ; abdomen pale red-brown, the

ventral surface whitish towards base. Fore wing pale reddish

brown with a faint greyish tinge; a minute fuscous and whitish

tuft below base of cell; antemedial line indistinct, brown, oblique

and sinuous to below base of vein 2, then inwardly oblique; a black

point in middle of cell, and grey-brown discoidal lunule with

minute white point at upper extremity and two at lower; post-

medial line indistinct, brown defined on outer side by greyish

brown, excurved below costa and at middle, incurved at discal fold

and oblique below vein 4; subterminal line grey-white with some

black before it below costa, angled outwards above vein 6 where

the black forms a triangular spot, then waved and with slight black

marks on its inner side at middle, at submedian fold forming a grey

spot; a series of brown and whitish points before termen. Hind

wing grey-brown with a fuscous postmedial shade, broad from

below costa to vein 2, then narrowing to tornus ; the terminal area

and cilia white from apex to below vein 5. Underside of fore wing

brownish white to beyond middle, the terminal area grey-brown;

hind wing clothed with brownish grey androconia, the apical area

slightly darker ; in female brownish white with the terminal area

grey-brown. ;

Ab. 1. Fore wing rather darker and greyer.

Hab. W. Arnica, 1 9 type: S. Nrenrra, Old Calabar (Cockburn,

Crompton), 2 5. Hxp. 64-70 millim.

242

452 NOCLUID-&.

7576. Anua reducta. (Plate CCXYV. fig. 13.)

Stenopis reducta, Mab. C. R. Ent. Soc. Belg. xxiii. p. evili (1880).

g. Head and thorax deep chocolate red-brown; antennz fuscous,

the shaft white above towards base; palpi black-brown irrorated

with grey, the basal joint ochreous in front; pectus and femora

rufous, the tibia and tarsi black-brown irrorated with grey; abdo-

men grey-brown, the ventral surface reddish ochreous towards

base. Fore wing dark purplish brown with a leaden grey gloss,

the outer part of medial area and the terminal area with a reddish

tinge, the costal area slightly irrorated with white towards base ;

antemedial line very indistinct, dark, sinuous to median nervure,

then strongly exeurved and slightly angled inwards at vein 1;

reniform faintly defined by dark brown and with a white point at

its lower extremity; a narrow postmedial dark band, excurved

below costa, incurved at discal fold, oblique below vein + and

slightly excurved above vein 1, avery indistinct waved subterminal

line, excurved below vein 7 with a small blaek spot defined by

whitish on its inner side, with black points below veins 4 and 3

and a grey spot on its outer side at submedian fold; a slight crenu-

late dark line before termen with minute whitish points on its outer

side on apical half. Hind wing grey-brown, the terminal half

fuscous; the termen narrowly and cilia white to below vein 4, the

lobe grey with a slight waved dark line before termen; the cilia

tinged with rufous below the white part. Underside of fore wing

grey-brown, the costa and terminal area broadly fuscous ; hind

wing ochreous with the terminal area grey-brown.

@. Head, thorax, and fore wing bright red-brown, the last with

the markings much more distinct; underside of hind wing

ochreous white, the terminal area tinged with grey-brown except

towards tornus.

Ab. 1. &. Similar to the female.

Ab. 2. 3. Paler than the female; fore wing with the ante- and

postmedial lines indistinct.

Hab. Centr. Mapacascar (Pratt), 1 $,1 9. xp. 70 millim.

Type Tin Coll. Mabille. -

7577. Anua fumida, n. sp. (Plate CCXV. fig. 14.) —

3. Head and thorax ochreous brown suffused with grey-brown ;

pectus and femora pale fulvous yellow, the tibic and tarsi grey-brown;

abdomen pale grey-brown, the ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing

grey-brown with a silvery leaden gloss, the terminal area striated

with ochreous; a faint dark 8ubbasal line from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique and sinuous to below

vein 2, then inwardly oblique; reniform faintly defined by brown

and with slight pale points at its upper and lower extremities ;

postmedial line indistinct, brown, waved, excuryed below costa and

ANUA. 453

at middle, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal’

line represented by red-brown spots below veins 8 and 7, the latter

angled outwards, then by an incurved series of black points in the

interspaces to above vein 2 and a slight line from vein 2 to inner

margin; a terminal series of slight black points and an ochreous

line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown, the terminal area

with a fuscous shade, the lobe greyer; cilia creamy white to below

vein 5, then pale red-brown. Underside of fore wing grey-brown,

the cell and area just below and beyond it whitish with a diffused

grey-brown discoidal lunule; hind wing clothed with pale grey-

brown androconia, the apical area with a slight fuscous tinge.

Hab. Natat, Durban (Queckett), 1 S$ type. Hap. 64 millim.

7578. Anua producta.

Minucia producta, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 70, pl. iii. f. 2 (1894).

Head and thorax pale brown suffused with fuscous ; palpi, sides

of frons, and antennz blackish; pectus and femora pale fulvous,

the tibiz and tarsi blackish brown, the latter ringed with whitish ;

Fig. 104.—Anua producta, S. 4.

abdomen grey-brown tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous

brown suffused and irrorated with fuscous and witha silvery leaden

gloss; antemedial line indistinct, dark, waved, oblique from costa

to submedian fold, then incurved; a faint dark point at middle of

Ad54 NOCLUID ©.

cell; reniform with faint dark outline, a minute white point at

upper extremity, two at lower, and one on inner side ; postmedial

line indistinct, dark and with some dark suffusion beyond it,

excurved below costa and at middle, incurved at discal fold, oblique

and waved below vein 4; subterminal line very indistinct, grey-

white, waved, oblique towards costa, excurved and with slight

brown mark before it above vein 6, then incurved and with slight

dark points before it at middle, a sinuous series of faint ochreous

marks beyond it; a series of black and white points before termen ;

an ochreous line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown suffused

with fuscous especially on terminal area, the termen greyer at the

lobe at middle; the termen and cilia white from apex to below

vein 5. Underside of fore wing pale grey-brown with some

whitish suffusion beyond the cell; hind wing clothed with

brownish grey androconia and with a faint rufous tinge on basal

area.

Q. Fore wing more variegated with ochreous brown: under-

side of both wings with the basal half brownish white, the terminal

half fuscous brown.

Hab. Sterna Leons (Clements), 1 6,2 2; Gorp Coasr, Obuassi

(Bergman), 1 9; 8. Nieerta, Sapele (Sampson), 1 3,19. Hyp.

60-66 millim.

*7079. Anua xylochroa. (Plate CCXV. fig. 15.)

Anua xylochroa, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) ix. p. 552 (1912).

g. Head and thorax greyish ochreous suffused with brown ;

palpi and sides of frons browner; abdomen grey suffused with

brown, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore wing greyish

ochreous irrorated with brown, the basal area suffused with grey-

brown and irrorated with some whitish scales ; a diffused sinuous

grey-brown antemcdial band, oblique to median nervure; a slight

blackish spot in middle of cell and diffused brown discoidal spot

connected by some brown on median nervure with the antemedial

band; a sinuous grey-brown postmedial band, bent outwards below

costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some slight pale

points beyond it on costa; an oblique grey-brown subterminal

band with sinuous edges from apex to inner margin, which is

suffused with grey-brown to the antemedial band; traces of a

waved dark subterminal line on the band, excurved below costa and

incurved at middle and with slight black points in the interspaces

between veins 4 and 1; traces of a crenulate line just before

termen with slight whitish spots beyond it at the interspaces.

Hind wing grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge; a faint diffused

fuscous subterminal shade; the lobe at middle of termen greyer ;

the termen and cilia white to below vein 4. Underside of both

wings pale grey-brown ; fore wing with the cell and discal area

whitish,

ANUA. 455

@. Fore wing much more uniform grey-brown, the costal area

and terminal area except towards tornus with a faint reddish

tinge, the ante- and postmedial lines represented by blue-grey

scales, white points at angles of cell, the subterminal band absent

and the subterminal line defined by blue-grey spots on outer side;

underside of both wings grey-brown with the basal half whitish.

Hub, Coxco, Upper Kasai Distr. (Landbeck), type tf ¢, 2 in Coll.

Druce. Lap. 72 millim.

7580. Anua gonoptera.

Ophiusa gonoptera, Hmpsn. P. Z. 8. 1910, p. 419, pl. xxxvii. f. 18.

3. Head and thorax pale olive-brown ; palpi blackish irrorated

with grey ; antenna, tibie, and tarsi fuscous ; abdomen pale brown.

Fore wing grey-brown suffused with brown and irrorated with

black ; antemedial line very indistinct, blackish, oblique, strongly

angled outwards in submedian fold; a black point in middle of

cell; reniform indistinct, brown, defined by white points above on

outer side and below on inner and outer sides ; postmedial line very

indistinct, waved, excurved below costa, then oblique, a paler patch

before it in submedian interspace ; subterminal line represented by

a grey striga from costa, a dentate black mark defined on outer

side by grey below apex, then by an incurved series of slight black

points and by a faint olive-yellow spot above tornus, an oblique

dark striga beyond it from apex; traces of a series of black

points before termen and of some black points on termen. Hind

wing grey-brown with broad diffused fuscous subterminal shade ;

cilia whitish from below apex to the lobe. Underside brownish

grey; fore wing with slight discoidal lunule, the terminal area

broadly suffused with fuscous.

Hab. N.M. Ruopesra, Luangwa R. (Neave), 1 ¢ type. xp. 58

millim.

7581. Anua tumiditermina.

Ophiusa tumiditermina, Hmpsn. P. Z.8. 1910, p. 419, pl. xxxvii. f. 22.

g. Head and thorax pale olive-yellow; palpi, tibiz and tarsi

fuscous irrorated with grey; abdomen pale brownish grey. Fore

wing pale olive-yellow slightly irrorated with dark brown; ante-

medial line brown, indistinct, obsolete towards costa, angled

inwards on median neryure and outwards in submedian fold; a

black point in middle of cell; reniform pale red-brown defined by

some black scales and with white points on its outer side above

and on inner and outer sides below; postmedial line brown,

obsolete at costa, then oblique, sinuous; subterminal line repre-

sented by two black-brown lunules below costa defined on outer

side by grey and brown, then by an incurved series of grey and

brown points on the yeins and by two grey spots defined by brown

456 NOCTUID &.

above tornus, the lower one large; a crenulate brown line just

before termen with grey points at the veins; cilia grey, brown at

base and tips. Hind wing pale reddish brown with broad diffused

fuscous subterminal shade; some grey on termen at the lobe;

cilia white, fuscous at the lobe. Underside brownish white ; fore

wing with broad fuscous subterminal shade not reaching inner

margin ; hind wing with fuscous apical patch.

Q. Head, thorax, and fore wing pale red-brown; underside of

hind wing with faint diffused fuscous subterminal shade.

Hab. N.E. Ruoprsta, Tanganyika Plateau (Neave), 1 ¢ type,

Chambezi Valley (Neave), 1 9, Lake Bangweolo (Neave), 1 9,

Mausya R.,1 9. Hvp. 58 millim.

6. Hind wing of male with termen not produced at middle.

a'. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below costa

and at middle and incurved at discal fold and below

Vel Aiea envensticlersies Rceatuee sapere cannoenncioge toma ninee rote david.

o‘. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly excurved

below costas thenvobliquelers-ceccccsceereeeese ee seceeee renee despecta.

7582. Anua david.

Minucia david, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 70 (1894).

Head and thorax bright red-brown; palpi, pectus, legs, and

Fig. 105.—<Anuwa david, G. }.

abdomen grey-brown. Tore wing bright red-brown irrorated with

blackish ; antemedial line brown with slight brown suffusion before

ANUA. 457

it on inner half, sinuous, oblique to submedian fold, then inwardly

oblique ; a minute black point in middle of cell and diffused brown

discoidal spot; postmedial line slight, dark, faintly defined on outer

side by brown suffusion, excurved below costa and at middle,

incuryed at discal fold and below vein 4; subterminal line formed

by black striz defined on outer side by slight grey spots except

tewards costa, excurved to discal fold, then incurved to vein 3; a

series of slight dark points just before termen. Hind wing dull

reddish brown, the terminal half slightly darker; cilia brownish

white. Underside pale greyish, the terminal areas broadly suffused

with brown, in male the whole hind wing clothed with bright

ochreous androconia, the costa narrowly brown.

Ab. 1. Fore wing darker especially the postmedial area, the

subterminal line with prominent black marks on its inner edge

above and below vein 6 and some greenish grey on its outer edge

at submedian fold.

Hab. W. Arnica, 1 $; 8. Niceria, Ilesha (Humfrey), 1 2,

Afikpo (Stimpson), 1 9; 8S. Nie@uria, Lokoja (Dudgeon), 1 9;

Gaxsoon, Ogové R.,1 2 co-type; N.E. Raopxsra, Kulungwisi Distr.

(Neave), 1 9. Hap. 60-68 millim,

7583. Anua despecta. (Plate CCXYV. fig. 16.)

Minucia despecta, Holl, Psyche, vii. p. 70, pl. iti. f. 1 (1894).

@. Head and thorax red-brown; pectus whitish tinged with

red-brown ; palpi, legs, and abdomen grey-brown, the last ventrally

whitish. Fore wing red-brown with slight dark irroration; sub-

basal line brown, oblique, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line’ dark brown, inwardly oblique, straight; reniform defined on

inner side by a straight brown line, very faintly defined and excised

on outer side; postmedial line dark brown, obtusely angled out-

wards below costa, then oblique; subterminal line slight, brown

with small black spot on it above vein 7 and conical spot defined on

outer side by whitish below vein 7, incurved and with slight dark

points on it between veins 5 and 2; a crenulate blackish line just

before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown, the terminal area

darker; the termen and cilia white from apex to vein 4; a slight

waved dark line before termen; cilia red-brown from vein 4 to

tornus. Underside of fore wing grey-white, the inner and terminal

areas fuscous; hind wing grey-white with a broad fuscous sub-

terminal shade.

Hab. 8. Niezria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 9; Gaxsoon, Ogové R,

Exp. 54 millim,

458 NOCTUID 2.

ii. Hind wing of male on underside normal; mid tibix dilated with a groove

containing a fringe of large scales, the mid tarsi dilated towards extremity.

7584, Anua nocturnia.

Ophiusa nocturnia, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr, Mus. ii. p. 838 (1902).

Head and thorax dull reddish brown; palpi, pectus, legs, and

abdomen dark greyish brown. Fore wing red-brown, the terminal

area greyish brown; subbasal line brown faintly defined on outer

side by ochreous, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line indistinct, brown faintly defined by whitish scales, slightly

angled outwards below costa and inwards on median nervure, then

oblique, sinuous ; a minute black point in middle of cell and small

pale discoidal lunule faintly defined by blackish; an indistinct

Fig. 106.—Anua nocturnia, S. }.

oblique minutely waved dark medial line faintly defined by whitish

scales from costa to below end of cell, where it is met by a similar

line from costa just beyond the cell, excurved at discal fold;

postmedial line indistinct, dark, dentate, faintly defined by whitish

scales on costal half, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some whitish

points beyond it on costa; a conical rufous patch on costal area

before the subterminal line which is only defined by the contrast

between the red and grey-brown areas, excurved below vein 7

and at middle; a series of blackish points just before termen.

Hind wing grey-brown, the cilia brownish white; the underside

paler with curved postmedial line and indistinct diffused subterminal

line.

HYPANUA. 459

Ab. 1. Fore wing ochreous brown to the subterminal line, except

the patch enclosed by the medial lines and the patch on costal

area before the subterminal line.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the lines defined by ochreous brown, the

postmedial costal patch ochreous.

Hab, Transvaat (Marshall), 3 9; Cape Cotony, Transkei

(Miss F. Barrett), 2 $, Annshaw (Miss F. Barrett), 1 3 type.

Hep. 45-56 millim.

Genus HYPANUA, nov.

Type, A. xylina.

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

of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long ; frons smooth; eyes large, round ;

antenne of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ;

fore and hind tibiz fringed with rather long hair, the fore tibia not spined,

the mid tibiz spined, the hind tibiz: spined between the spurs only ; abdomen

with dorsal ridges of hair on basal segments, but without crests. Fore wing

with the costa arched towards apex which is rounded, the termen evenly curved

and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper

angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell.

Hind wing with the cell one-third length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle;

5 fully developed from just above angle; 6,7 from upperangle; 8 anastomosing

with the cell near base only.

Sucr. I. Fore and hind femora and tibiz of male fringed with very long hair ;

fore and hind wings with the basal areas clothed with rough

androconia on underside, the latter with a fringe of hair on vein 1.

*7585. Hypanua dinava.

Ophideres dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 296 (1906).

¢. Head and thorax deep rufous, the edges of patagia with a

purplish fuscous gloss; palpi and antenne scarlet; pectus and

legs ochreous tinged with rufous, the fore tarsi reddish ; abdomen

greyish, the hair at base rufous, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing

bright rufous striated with fuscous, the area before the postmedial

line with a purplish gloss; antemedial line indistinct, rufous,

diffused on inner side, excurved below costa and cell; an inverted

comma-shaped discoidal spot, rufous above, deep black below, with

slight pale outline; postmedial line rufous, diffused and very

oblique from costa to discal fold where it is met by an oblique

rufous streak from apex, then fine, double, defined on inner side by

white points and very oblique to inner margin at antemedial line,

the triangular patch beyond it on costal area tinged with scarlet ;

wu yellowish mark from the postmedial line at vein 2, angled

outwards in submedian fold, then erect to inner margin; some

diffused black below extremity of apical streak ; a series of blackish

points just before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown leaving

some yellowish irroration on termen ; cilia yellow. Underside of

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both wings pale ochreous irrorated with brown, the basal area

clothed with thick fulvous hair.

Fig. 107.—Hypanua dinava, 3. }.

2. Fore wing with the terminal area pale olive-yellow below

the oblique streak from apex to postmedial line leaving a quadrate

rufous patch on inner area beyond the line; the underside withont

the fulvous hair on basal area; hind wing pale yellow, the terminal

half irrorated with brown.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type tT 6, 9 in Coll.

Bethune-Baker. Hep. $ 72, 2 68 millim.

Sxcr. II. Fore and mid tibia of male moderately fringed with hair; hind

wing with the basal and inner areas clothed with rough androconia

on underside.

7586. Hypanua xylina.

Ophiusa xylina, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 229 (1898).

Head and thorax bright yellowish rufous; palpi and frons deep

rufous; fore and mid tibie and tarsi dark brown; abdomen

ochreous suffused with brown, the ventral surface ochreous white.

Fore wing yellow suffused with rufous; antemedial line rufous

slightly defined on outer side by yellow, oblique, sinuous ; a black

point in middle of cell; reniform rufous defined by brown,

constricted at middle; postmedial line rufous slightly defined on

outer side by yellow, oblique to inner margin near antemedial

line; an oblique dark brown patch from apex to below vein 7,

WYPANUA.—HELIOPHISMA. 46]

followed by a series of dark points on the veins, oblique to vein 4

and ending at tornus; a fine crenulate brown line just before

termen. Hind wing ochreous suffused with brown ; cilia ochreous

Fig. 108.--Hypanua xylina, S. }.

white. Underside ochreous white; fore wing with diffused fuscous

subterminal band from costa to submedian fold.

Hab. TRransvsat, Pretoria (Zutrencka), 1 2 type; Narar

(Marshall), 1 $,1 2 ; Cape Cotony, Transkei (Miss PF. Barrett),

1,19. Sap. 62 millim.

Genus HELIOPHISMA, nov.

Type, H. croceipennis.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 8rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes

large, round ; antennz of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with

hair and without crests; tibia fringed with long hair in male, the mid tibize

dilated with a groove containing a fringe of scales, the fore tibisx not spined, the

mid and hind tibize spined, the mid tarsi of male with the Ist joint fringed

with hair above, abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair on basal segments, Fore

wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is somewhat produced

and faleate, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5

from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8

to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third

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.

A. Fore wing with the antemedial line single, straight.

a. Fore wing suffused with red-brown.

a’, Hind wing with the basal area brown .............- catocalina,

a, Hind wing with the basal area yellow.................. zanzibarica.

6. Fore wing not suffused with red-brown, hind wing

Wwitlpih eybasaleaveamyellowanes-reessascers eeicue case elses croceipennis,

462 NOCTUID.E.

B. Fore wing with the antemedial lino double, waved.

a. Hind wing with black postmedial patch.

a’, Fore wing with the termen suffused with white;

hind wing with the black patch large and

Quadrate ........sceeeeeeersceenenerereeee sere re ecsseesesre euryplaga.

b}. Fore wing with the termen not suffused with white;

hind wing with the black patch wedge-shaped...... clugi.

b. Hind wing without black postmedial patch............... wanthoptera.

7587. Heliophisma catocalina. (Plate CCXVI. fig. 1.)

Ophiodes catocalina, Holl. Ent. News Philad. vy. p. 58 (L894).

Head and thorax red-brown; palpi, antenne, pectus and legs

greyish brown; abdomen brown. Fore wing yellowish entirely

suffused with red-brown ; subbasal line brown, excurved below costa

and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line brown, oblique;

reniform narrow, defined by brown; medial line slightly excurved

below costa, then slightly incurved; postmedial line oblique to

vein 6, then inwardly oblique and waved; subterminal line dark

brown, diffused; a series of black points just before termen ; cilia

brown, white at tips except towards tornus. Hind wing brown;

the costal area yellow to the oblique yellow postmedial band

ending at submedian fold and followed by a broad black subter-

minal band, its outer edge excurved between veins 7 and 3;

terminal area yellow to vein 4, then red-brown; cilia red-brown

tipped with white between veins 4 and 2. Underside of fore wing

yellow, the costal and terminal areas grey-brown, a small blackish

discoidal lunule, slight medial postmedial and subterminal lines

towards costa and a diffused blackish subterminal patch between

vein 5 and submedian fold; hind wing grey-brown with small

blackish discoidal spot, two curved postmedial lines, and a diffused

subterminal line.

Hab. Sterna Leone (Clements), 1 3, 1 9; Gop Coast, Accra

(Higlett), 1 9, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 9, Kumasi (Whiteside),

29; 8. Nierrta, Lagos, Mbute Meta (Boag), 1 3g, Old Calabar

(Miss Kingsley, Sampson), 1 35, 1 9, Mesha (Humfrey), 2 3,

5 9 ; Gapoon, Ogové R., 1 Q co-type. Hap. 64-70 millim.

7588. Heliophisma zanzibarica, n. sp. (Plate CCXVI. fig. 2.)

9. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow tinged with fulvous red ;

palpi and legs irrorated with brown. Fore wing yellow suffused

with fulvous; antemedial line dark brown, oblique, slightly

ineurved at vein 1; a diffused brown discoidal spot; medial line

dark brown, oblique below discal fold beyond the cell; postmedial

line dark brown, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal

line dark brown, oblique, slightly angled outwards at vein 7;

a series of blackish points just before termen ; cilia dark brown at

base. Hind wing yellow slightly tinged with fulvous; a blackish

subterminal band, broad to vein 3, then narrowing to termen at

HELIOPHISMA. 463

vein 1, its outer edge slightly waved; the terminal area suffused

with fulvous below vein 3; the underside yellow suffused and

irrorated with brown except on inner area, a blackish discoidal

point, curved brown postmedial line from costa to vein 2, diffused

subterminal shade, and series of blackish points before termen.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Pemba I., 1 ¢ type. rp. 56 millim.

7589. Heliophisma croceipennis.

Ophisma croceipennis, Wik. xiv. 1877 (1857).

Ophisma varians, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1897, p. 224.

Head and thorax orange-yellow; palpi, antenne, fore legs and

the tarsi brown ; abdomen yellow, the ventral surface tinged with

brown. Fore wing orange-yellow irrorated with red-brown ;

subbasal line red-brown, somewhat oblique, from costa to submedian

fold ; antemedial line red-brown, oblique; reniform small, defined

by red-brown; medial line oblique, red-brown; postmedial line

oblique to vein 6, then slightly incurved and minutely waved ;

Fig. 109.—Heliophisma croceipennis, G. 1.

subterminal line red-brown, oblique, slightly sinuous, a series of

brown points just before termen ; cilia red-brown, whitish at tips

except towards tornus. Hind wing yellow ; a wedge-shaped black

postmedial patch between veins 6 and 2; blackish points before

termen between veins 5 and 2; cilia red-brown. Underside

yellow, the costa and termen of fore wing and the hind wing

tinged with brown, the latter with faint curved medial and two

postmedial lines.

Ab. 1 varians. Fore wing with blackish spots before the

464 NOOTUID.E.

antemedial line in and below cell and above inner margin, the

reniform filled in with grey-black, the postmedial line with small

blackish lunules on it and with maculate line beyond it from veins

5 to inner margin, the subterminal line blackish and with black

spots beyond it from vein 5 to submedian fold.

Hab. Br. E. Arrica, Kiliman’jaro, 1 2 : Br. C. Arrica, Zomba

(Johnston), 1 6,2 2, Blantyre (Old), 8 3, Mlanje Boma (eave),

2 9; Gazaland, Chirinda Forest (Marshall), 1 9 ; Transvaat,

Barberton, 1 2, Zoutspanberg (Distant), 1 9 ; Navan, Durban

(Gueinzius, Higgins, Gooch, Burrows, Bowker), 2 3,6 Q type.

Exp. 58-70 millim. Type t varians in Coll, Mabille.

7590. Heliophisma euryplaga, n.sp. (Plate CCX VI. fig. 3.)

6. Head and thorax bright fulvous; palpi, tibie and tarsi dark

brown irrorated with white; antenne blackish; abdomen pale

red-brown, the ventral surface deep red-brown. Fore wing fulvous

yellow suffused with red-brown; a slight grey subbasal line from

costa to a grey patch in submedian interspace with a minute tuft

of white scales at base of vein 1; two rather diffused oblique

waved fuscous antemedial lines; a black point in middle of cell;

a greyish discoidal spot with blackish points at angles of cell and

a point at its inner edge; two rather diffused waved dark medial

lines, excurved beyond the cell, then incurved; postmedial line

blackish, dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white

points beyond it on costa; subterminal line diffused, fuscous,

waved; the terminal area suffused with white and with series of

slight dark strie before termen; cilia white, brown towards

tornus. Hind wing orange-yellow with large rather quadrate

black subterminal patch from vein 6 to below 3, rounded below ;

the termen suffused with red-brown from apex to vein 2; cilia

red-brown, white at tips from apex to vein 2. Underside of fore

wing yellow, the costa red-brown irrorated with white, a black

discoidal lunule, the terminal area red-brown from costa to sub-

median fold towards which it narrows, with fuscous suffusion on

its lower part, waved whitish postmedial and subterminal lines

from costa to vein 5, the termen white with a crenulate brown

line with black points at the interspaces just before it, cilia red-

brown, white at tips except towards tornus; hind wing rufous

irrorated with white on basal half, the inner area yellow, a black

discoidal point, indistinct curved minutely waved medial, post-

medial and subterminal lines except on inner area, some white

and black irroration below terminal part of vein 2, the termen

with some white towards apex, a crenulate blackish terminal line

with black points with white beyond them at the interspaces.

Hab, Cuytr. Mapacascar (Pratt), 1 g type. Hap. 66 millim.

HELIOPHISMA. A65

7591. Heliophisma clugi. (Plate CCXVI. fig. 4.)

Ophiusa klugit, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag., Lép. p. 103 (1833).

Ophisma rivularis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 407 (1875).

Head and thorax orange; palpi, tibis, and tarsi brown irrorated

with white; abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface rufous

irrorated with white. -Fore wing orange suffused and irrorated

with rufous, the subterminal area with a slight silvery purple

gloss; subbasal line rufous, curved, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line rufous, double, oblique, waved, the inver line

obsolete on costal half ; a rufous point in middle of cell; reniform

rather small, defined by rufous ; medial line rufous, double, dentate,

excurved to beyond lower angle of cell, then incurved; post-

medial line double, the outer line indistinct, dentate, oblique to

vein 6, then inwardly oblique; an indistinct, double, waved

diffused subterminal line; a series of dark points just before

termen ; cilia rufous at base, white at tips except at apex and

towards tornus. Hind wing orange-yellow; a wedge-shaped

black postmedial patch between veins 6 and 2 continued as a faint

oblique line to vein 1; the termen rufous at middle with a series of

black points before it; cilia at middle rufous with white tips.

Underside with the costal and terminal areas of fore wing and the

hind wing except inner area tinged with purple-brown and irrorated

with white; fore wing with discoidal spot, minutely waved post-

medial line except on inner area, and series of points before termen

towards apex; hind wing with discoidal point, two minutely

waved curved postmedial lines except on inner area, and series

of points before termen.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the lines maculate and blackish, the

reniform filled in with black, an oblique maculate black streak

from apex to the subterminal line.

Ab. 2. rivularis. Similar, but head, thorax, and fore wing

yellower; hind wing with slightly waved edges to the postmedial

patch.

Hab. Sterra Inonr (Morgan), 13,22, Bishop’s Court (Smith),

13g ; Goxp Coast, Ashanti, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 3,192, Obuassi

(Graham), 19 ; 8. Nicerta, Lagos, Ebute Meta (Boag), 19, Old

Calabar (Cockburn, Crompton), 22, Lesha (Humfrey), 43,19;

Conco (Curror), 13 type rivularis; Ancora, Ambriz (Monteiro),

19 ; Mapagascar, Forét d Ambre (Meade-Waldo), 12; Bournon.

Exp. 60-70 millim.

7592. Heliophisma xanthoptera.

Ophiusa xanthoptera, Hmpsn. P.Z.8. 1910, p. 418, pl. xxxvi. f. 22.

Head and thorax orange ; palpi and fore and mid tibie brown

irrorated with white; tarsi brownish; abdomen pale yellow.

Fore wing orange, the costal edge reddish brown; subbasal line

represented by a red-brown point below costa and fuscous spot

in cell; antemedial line red-brown, minutely waved, oblique to

VoL. XII, 2 it

466 NOCLUID.©.

submedian fold beiow which there is a fuscous spot before it ;

orbicular a dark point; reniform an elliptical rufous spot with

some fuscous on its inner edge; a lunulate rufous medial line,

excurved beyond the cell, then incurved; postmedial line formed

of rufous lunules, indistinctly double below vein 4, oblique from

costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique; an indistinct minutely

waved rufous subterminal line with fuscous spot on it below vein 7 ;

terminal area tinged with rufous except at apex ; a series of black

points just before termen. Hind wing orange-yellow faintly

tinged with rufous; a series of minute dark points just before

termen; the underside suffused with rufous and white except

on inner area; a black discoidal point, indistinct curved minutely

waved postmedial line, and traces of medial and subterminal lines.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the dark marks on basal area and the

spot below vein 7 absent.

Hab. Sierra Leonn, 19; N.W. Raopesta, Alala Plateau

(Neave), 133; N.E. Ruoprsta, Tanganyika Plateau (Weave),

1 gtype; Loreyco Mareves, Delagoa Bay, 19. Hep. 66 millim.

Genus PTEROCYCLOPHORA. ype

Pterocyclophora, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 109 (1893) ...... pictimargo.

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

of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd long and moderately scaled ; frons smooth,

with large tuft of scales above ; eyes large, round; antenne of male bipectinate

with rather short branches dilated at extremities and ending in a bristle, of

female typically with bristles and cilia; thorax clothed almost entirely with

scales, the prothorax with small spreading crest, the metathorax with large

crest ; fore tibiz broadly fringed with hair on outer side and not spined, the

mid and hind tibixw spined and with tufts of scales on outer side at middle and

extremity ; abdomen with crests on basal segments, the crest on 2nd segment

very large. Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is

somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved, erenulate, the cilia highly

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

the termen crenulate and produced to a short tail at vein 4, the cilia highly

crenulate ; the cell about one-third Jength of wing; veins 3, 4 shortly stalked

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

angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only, male with the inner area

reduced to a lobe with an incision at its extremity at middle of inner margin.

Sncr. T. Antenne of female bipectinate with short branches ending in bristles,

serrate and ciliated towards apex.

7593. Pterocyclophora ridleyi, n. sp.

@. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with deep red-brown ;

palpi with the Ist and 2nd joints red-brown with some white

scales in front; antenne red-brown; pectus white, red-brown

in front ; tibize banded white and red-brown, the tarsi red-brown ;

abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and with slight whitish

segmental lines, the crest on 2nd segment with blackish scales

at tips, the anal tuft brown, the ventral surface white with small

PTEROCYCLOPHORA. 467

paired red-brown spots on terminal segments. Fore wing ochreous

tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few dark brown scales ;

a red-brown mark below base of cell and subbasal mark on inner

margin with small white spot beyond it; a faint diffused red-

brown medial line, excurved beyond the cell, then sinuous; an

indistinct greyish postmedial line, excurved below costa, then

oblique to above vein 1 where it terminates; the terminal area

dark brown except towards apex, its inner edge defined by a red-

brown line with the sinuous blackish subterminal line just beyond

it; a black point before termen above vein 6 and slight sinuous

black line with white points on it in the interspaces on the dark

aS N

Fig. 110.— Pterocyclophora ridleyi, 9. }.

area; a fine dark terminal line and pale line at base of cilia,

Hind wing ochreous tinged with rufous; a minute rufous mark

at middle of vein 1 and a slight postmedial line from discal fold

to inner margin; a diffused fuscous brown patch from below costa

towards apex to discal fold, with a red-brown line from it to inner

margin followed by the waved black subterminal line; the terminal

area dark brown except at apex irrorated with some ochreous and

white scales; a fine sinuous black line before termen defined on

outer side by white in the interspaces; the veins of terminal

area slightly streaked with rufous. Underside of both wings

ochreous thickly irrorated with black-brown scales except on

212

468 NOCTUID&.

inner half of fore wing to subterminal line and inner margin of

hind wing; fore wing with oblique medial dark brown line from

middle of cell to submedian fold, oblique postmedial line from

below costa to vein 1, a slightly curved subterminal line from vein 6

to tornus, a series of dark points before termen; hind wing with

faint curved medial line and waved postmedial line with a brown

shade beyond it irrorated with black and white scales, a faint

diffused subterminal line and series of points before termen.

3. Fore wing with a violaceous gloss on inner and postmedial

areas, the terminal area ochreous irrorated with brown; hind wing

with the area between the postmedial and subterminal line

ochreous irrorated with brown.

Hab. Stnearore (Ridley), 1 Q type; Java in Coll. Rothschild.

Hep. $68, 276 millim.

Suet. II. Antenne of female with bristles and cilia.

AC Eind wine without medial limoserercseseeeeeseeteeetee eee eceeeee huntei.

B. Hind wing with obliquely curved medial line from costa to

BY G)ITae eRe tee Haccear Ge anEne oMacL anes AGanuddasboaboreneeanoreiaanceauas™ hampsont.

C. Hind wing with slightly oblique medial line extending to

NMED MAN SIM rricisecor acesemecseeecerece meee seca scera ses pictimargo.

7594. Pterocyclophora huntei. (Plate CCXVI. figs. 9 ¢, 10 2.)

Pterocyclophora huntet, Warr. Noy. Zool. x. p. 122 (1903), 9.

Pterocyclophora pratti, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 348 (1909), g.

¢. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white and some

black scales; palpi with the 2nd joint black-brown in front; frons

with the lower part white and with two oblique blackish lateral

bars; pectus white; fore coxe with black patch; legs white

irrerated with a few black scales, the mid tibiz with red-brown

bands, the hind tibize purple-brown, the spurs black at base, white

at tips, the mid and hind tarsi tinged with brown ; abdomen white

suffused with purplish brown, the crests ochreous with some black

scales followed by a black dorsal line, the anal tuft black and

white, the genital tuft white, the ventral surface white irrorated

with black. Fore wing red-brown tinged with purple and strongly

suffused with purplish white towards apex, irrorated with a few

black scales, the terminal area ochreous white tinged with red-

brown and sparsely irrorated with black; the costal edge brownish

white; a subbasal white striga from inner margin with a white

streak beyond it on the margin; reniform brown defined by

white and with ochreous white patch at middle, narrow, produced

to a point at upper extremity and strongly angled inwards on

median nervure ; a rather diffused and slightly incurved brownish

line from it to inner margin, an oblique brownish line from costa

above end of cell to vein 4; postmedial line brownish and oblique

from costa to vein 4, and with some black marks on it except

towards costa, obsolete below vein 4; some minute white streaks

beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, double, blackish filled

PTEROCYCLOPHORA. 469

in with ochreous white, arising at vein 7, obliquely incurved and

ending at tornus, a minute brown spot on its inner side at vein 7

and a black spot on its outer side above vein 4; a fine double dark

line before termen, arising below costa and with slight black marks

on its inner side towards apex; a fine black terminal line. Hind

wing orange-yellow ; some purple suffusion irrorated with black on

inner area before the slight double sinuous subterminal line which

is almost obsolete on costal area, then blackish filled in with white

and curved inwards to inner margin, a blackish lunule on its outer

edge at vein +; the terminal area creamy white at apex, then

tinged with brown and below vein 4 violaceous white ; a double

blackish line before termen arising at vein 7 and angled outwards

at the tail at vein 4, the termen and cilia red-brown and creamy

white except at apex, with some black scales on termen. Under-

side of fore wing creamy white irrorated with brown, the area

below the cell yellow to beyond middle, the terminal area whiter

on inner half, an oblique black medial bar from discal to submedian

fold with the white discoidal bar defined by black on its outer edge,

postmedial and subterminal dark lines joining each other above

tornus and filled in by a wedge-shaped black patch below vein 4;

hind wing creamy white irrorated with brown and black, black

points in cell and on discocellulars, a black antemedial line

excurved from below costa and ending at submedian fold, slightly

waved medial and postmedial lines, and a series of black points

before termen.

@. Metathorax and basal crest of abdomen browner, the rest of

abdomen paler; fore wing much whiter and only slightly tinged

with purple-brown, the terminal area suffused with dark brown,

the inner margin without the white streak beyond the subbasal

striga, reniform almost obsolete, the medial line obsolete, the

double subterminal line straight and filled in with brown, the line

before termen indistinct and with white stria on it at the veins;

hind wing with large fuscous black subapical patch leaving the

apical part of costa and termen white, the patch extending to

vein 4 and with the double line from it to inner margin straight,

the terminal area dark purple-brown with the double line before

termen broken up into small spots.

Hab. Dutcu N. Gurnua, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 9 ; Br. N. Gurnna

(Le Hunte), type fT Q in Coll. Rothschild. wp. gd 68, 9 78 millim.

Type t pratt: in Coll. Druce.

*7595. Pterocyclophora hampsoni.

Pterocyclophora hampsoni, Semper, Reis. Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 541, pl. 60.

f. 16 (1900).

6. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with brown, the

vertex of head and tegule darker. Fore wing whitish tinged with

pale red-brown and purple and irrorated with black-brown; an

oblique white patch at base of inner margin ; an indistinct diffused

470 NOCLUID2:.

brown medial line with the obscure whitish pear-shaped reniform

stigma just beyond it; a very indistinct V-shaped postmedial

band; a double subterminal straight brown line filled in with

whitish from below apex to inner margin; the terminal area

whiter with a fine double brown line filled in with white just

before termen and a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing

yellow, the terminal area purplish grey suffused with brown ;

medial line brown, obliquely curved, from costa to vein 3; a

fuscons black subapical patch from costa to vein 5, with a curved

dark postmedial line from it to submedian fold and a similar double

subterminal line filled in with whitish; some dark striation on

terminal half of vein 1; a fine white line befere termen and a

white line at base of cilia.

@. Fore wing with the reniform obsolete, the terminal area

browner.

Hab. Puiriprines, Luzon, Lap. 6 72, 2 78 willim. This

species is unknown to me.

7996. Pterocyclophora pictimargo.

Pterocyclophora pictimargo, Hmpsn. Ill, Het. B.M. ix. p. 118, pl. 165.

f. 16 (1893).

@. Head and thorax chocolate-brown mixed with grey and

some white; pectus and legs white, the tibis and tarsi banded

Hig. 111.—Plerocyclophora pictimargo, 9. 1.

with red-brown and the hind femora with red-brown spot. Fore

wing pale purplish grey sparsely irrorated with black-brown scales,

PTEROCYCLOPHORA.—PRIONOPTERA. 471

the terminal area greyish suffused and irrorated with dark brown ;

a slight red-brown mark above base of vein 1 and two subbasal

striz on inner margin; traces of an oblique sinuous red-brown

antemedial line; a faint yellowish discoidal spot, constricted at

middle ; traces of a red-brown postmedial line, oblique from costa

to vein 4, then bent inwards to lower angle of cell and again

excurved and with curved serics of minute red-brown spots beyond

it between veins 6 and 3; subterminal line double filled in with

whitish from vein 7 to inner margin, the inner line red-brown, the

outer dark brown and bent outwards towards apex above vein 7; a

series of white strie before termen from vein 8 to submedian fold

slightly defined by blackish; a fine whitish line at base of cilia.

Hind wing yellow; a large apical fuscous brown patch, the

postmedial area and inner area to before middle irrorated with red-

brown and tinged with rufous before subterminal line, the terminal

area greyish suffused and irrorated with dark brown; a diffused

brown medial line from vein 6 to inner margin, interrupted at

submedian fold; a curved postmedial line from discal fold to inner

margin; a double subterminal line filled in with some blue-white

scales towards tornus, the inner line red-brown below vein 53 a

fine white line before termen, slightly defined by blackish and

waved below vein 4; a fine white line at base of cilia. Underside

of both wings ochreous white irrorated with black-brown except on

inner half of fore wing to the postmedial line ; fore wing with

oblique medial brown band and erect postmedial band from

subcostal nervure and vein 6 to submedian fold, an oblique

subterminal line, indistinct on costal half, and a series of points

before termen from apex to above vein 4; hind wing with

antemedial brown striga from costa and waved medial and

postmedial lines from vein 6 to vein 1, a subterminal line between

veins 2 and 1, and a series of black points befure termen.

Hab, Cuyton, Udagama (Green), 1 2 type. Exp. 66 millim.

Genus PRIONOPTERA. fia

Prionoptera, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 69 (1850) ......... serra.

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

to vertex of head and broadly sealed, the 3rd long and thickly scaled ; frons

smooth; eyes large, round ; antennex of male bipectinate with long branches,

the apex with cilia aud bristles, the basal joint with tuft of scales; thorax

clothed almost entirely with scales, with large ridge-like dorsal crest and

shorter spreading metathoraciec crest ; fore and mid tibiz moderately fringed

with hair, the tibiz smoothly scaled, all the tibize spined; abdomen with

dorsal crests on two basal segments only. Fore wing with the costa highly

arched, the apex acute, the termen and cilia strongly crenulate, the termen

rather oblique below vein 4; 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 about half the length of wing ; vein 3 from well

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

8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

472 NOCLUID A.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line formed by minute

lunulate black spots and slightly incuryed below vein 4.

a. Fore wing with the reniform angled inwards on median

TNSPALIRS) (HO) OHAliN HE AVBIN 2} coc! beconoaassseoqeodso%s09000000000 serraoides,

b. Fore wing with the reniform not angled inwards to origin

of vein 2.

a. Fore wing with the orbicular a whitish point ......... serra.

6!, Fore wing with whitish annulus to the orbicular ...... socorrensis.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line continuous and strongly

ineurved below discal fold ....................:scocoseeeeeeeeeee> @exonia.

7997. Prionoptera setraoides. (Plate CCXVI. fig. 5.)

Prionoptera serraoides, Dogn. Le Nat. (2) vi. p. 85 (1892).

do. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous; palpi

with the 2nd joint blackish at sides ; pectus with some fuscous and

grey hair; tibie and tarsi ochreous white at sides; abdomen pale

reddish brown. Fore wing ochreous brown suffused slightly on

medial area and prominently on terminal area with dark brown

and slightly irrorated with black ; a slight subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold with a dark angled mark below costa; the ante-

medial line ochreous, diffused and bidentate below costa, then

inwardly oblique and incurved to inner margin ; orbicular minute,

ochreous defined by black, produced to a point on outer side; reni-

form whitish with a fine brown line defining its annulus, bent

outwards at upper extremity and inwardly to a point at origin of

vein 2 at lower extremity ; a highly waved medial line; the post-

medial line ochreous, waved from costa to vein 4 and angled inwards

at veins 6 and 5, below vein + incurved, with some small black

spots on its inner edge from costa to vein 4 and one above inner

margin; the terminal area dark brown, its inner edge slightly sinuous

and incurved to costa; a dark subterminal dentate line with ochreous

spots on its outer edge; a terminal series of black and ochreous

points; a fine black terminal line and ochreous line at base of cilia.

Hind wing ochreous brown, the terminal area slightly darker with

a fine dark terminal line; the cilia ochreous; the underside pale

irrorated with brown, a pale discoidal lunule, curved diffused post-

medial line, a diffused subterminal band, a series of points just

before termen.

Hab. Ectapor, Loja, 1 g. Exp. 54 millim. Type fd in Coll.

Dognin.

7598. Prionoptera serra.

Prionoptera serra, Hery.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 69, f. 516 (1850).

6. Head and thorax bright red-brown with some dark scales ;

antenne, palpi, and upper part of frons dark brown; pectus and

femora dark brown, tibie and tarsi pale red-brown, the tibiee with

some blackish at base, the spurs ringed with blackish; abdomen

pale red-brown, the crest on 2nd segment with dark and greyish

tip. Fore wing bright red-brown slightly irrorated with black,

the terminal area deep red-brown ; subbasal line slight, dark

PRIONOPTERA, 473

brown, sinuous, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line dark brown

defined on each side by reddish ochreous, somewhat dilated at

costa and inner margin, inwardly oblique and almost straight; a

sinuous dark brown medial line; a whitish point in middle of cel! ;

reniform whitish slightly defined by dark brown, its centre defined

by brown, very narrow, its upper extremity produced and its lower

extremity more or less angled inwards on median nervure; post-

medial line formed of blackish lunules, almost obsolete between

veins 5 and 1, excurved below costa, incurved at discal fold and

below vein 4; subterminal line blackish defined on inner side by

a grey-brown band except towards costa, waved, incurved at discal

fold and excuryed at middle; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing pale red-brown with slight blackish irroration towards

Fig. 112.—Prionoptera serra, S. 3.

tornus, the apical area suffused with darker brown; postmedial

line represented by a blackish striga at inner margin; two rather

diffused dark almost straight subterminal lines; a slight waved

dark terminal line with blackish points before it in the interspaces ;

a fine pale line at base of cilia. Underside grey-brown; fore wing

with white discoidal bar and slight double subterminal line; hind

wing irrorated with dark brown, a blackish discoidal spot with

white point in centre, a dark postmedial line somewhat incurved

below discal fold, and double subterminal line, the inner line

diffused.

@. Hind wing with the termen yellowish.

Hab, Vunezunta ; Ecuavor, Loja, 14; Borivia, 13, Yungas la

Raza 1d. Exp. 58 millim.

AT4 NOCLUID A,

7099, Prionoptera socorrensis. (Plate CCXXIJ. fig. 3.)

Prionoptera socorrensis, Dogn. Hét. Nouv. Am. Sud, vi. ined.

g. Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with ochreous

and rufous; palpi and frons dark brown, the former ochreous in

front; tibise and tarsi ochreous; abdomen red-brown, some ochreous

at base of sides, the anal tuft and sublateral streaks ochreous.

Fore wing purplish red-brown sparsely irrorated with black, the

medial area, basal part of postmedial and apical part of terminal

area more ochreous, the inner margin with bright rufous streak ;

subbasal line brown defined on outer side by ochreous, excurved below

costa, then oblique and ending at vein 1; antemedial line brown

defined on each side by ochreous, almost erect and slightly sinuous ;

orbicular with whitish annulus, round; reniform with pale centre

defined by brown and whitish annulus, somewhat produced at upper

extremity and angled inwards on median nervure; a waved brown

medial line; postmedial line ochreous defined on inner side by

small blackish spots to vein 4 and by a blackish mark at inner

margin, excurved and slightly waved to vein 4, then incurved and

again excurved below vein 2; a faint sinuous line defining the

ochreous and red-brown areas; an indistinct brown postmedial

line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a series of small dark

spots just before termen defined on outer side by pale striz ; a fine

pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing red-brown; asmall rufous

patch at tornus defined on inner side by a dark striga; a series of

minute dark spots before termen; cilia chequered dark brown and

rufous; the underside ochreous irrorated with brown, some brown

suffusion on basal costal area extending into the cell, a curved

brown band just beyond middle and a diffused subterminal line.

Hab. Cotomsra, Monte Socorro (Hussl), 1 ¢ co-type. Exp. 52

millim.

7600. Prionoptera #xonia.

Sypna exonia, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 367, pl. 32. f. 3 (1890).

3g. Head and thorax bright red-brown with some dark scales ;

palpi dark brown; pectus and legs pale red-brown, the spurs

with dark rings; abdomen greyish brown, the crest on 2nd segment

darker at tip. Fore wing bright red-brown slightly irrorated

with black scales ; subbasal line slight, pale, almost straight, from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinctly double filled in with

reddish ochreous, almost straight and erect, a black spot beyond

it below vein 1; two black points with a faint pale mark between

them in middle of cell ; reniform with slight pale annulus, narrow,

somewhat produced at upper extremity; postmedial line rather

diffused, dark, strongly incurved and defined on inner side by a fine

pale line below discal fold, some white points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line slight, dark, incurved at discal fold and excurved

at middle, below vein 2 forming two black lunules with a whitish

TOLNA, 479

spot beyond it at submedian fold, a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing pale red-brown; postmedial line represented by a pale

and dark striga at inner margin ; subterminal line dark, obsolescent

towards costa; the termen and cilia ochreous whitish to discal fold,

the cilia then with a pale line at base. Underside grey-brown

irrorated with dark brown; fore wing with a dark spot in end of

cell and diffused postmedial line from below costa to submedian

fold; hind wing with two slight dark disccidal strie, a curved dark

postmedial line, and two faint diffused subterminal lines.

Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Godman, Hoege), 23 type, Godman-Salvin

Coll. xp. 58-62 millim.

Genus TOLNA.

Type.

Tolna, Wik. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 855 (1878) .....- versicolora,

Epistona, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxili. p. 302

(INSKEBS) soncacdabogaeus uso duasdodcosecanaboosendcooonoDad2000R00e0 Bese limula.

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

of head and rather slenderly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large,

round ; antenne of male almost simple; thorax clothed with hair and hair-

like scales, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading

erest; tibis fringed with long hair in male, smoothly scaled in female, the

fore tibiz not spined, the hind tibixe spined; abdomen with dorsal crests on

basal segments. 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 the cell about one-third length of wing; veins 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.

A. Fore wing with oblique white band before the postmedial

kins THROWN CORE, WO WON 4? ooaccncoaaaqncnonenasd5a0G0004068000032000 versicolora.,

B. Fore wing without oblique white band before the post-

medial line.

a. Fore wing with the reniform not enclosed by a loop-

shaped line from costa to below the cell.

a, Hind wing without apical white patch.

a@, Fore wing with the subterminal line obtusely

angled inwards at discal fold ..................s0ecee0es sypnoides.

b?. Fore wing with the subterminal line acutely angled

UTUWATCS AbevielMeo) seencecceccesccend ciecicinecsesselacisecisss complicata.

o\, Hind wing with white apical patch ..................00008 chionopera.

b. Fore wing with the reniform enclosed by a loop-shaped

line from costa to below the cell.

a, Fore wing with the outer part of the loop-shaped line

not angled outwards at vein 5 ...........ee cess sewer eee variegata.

v1, Fore wing with the outer part of the loop-shaped line

angled outwards at vein 5.

a’, Fore wing uniformly suffused with dark brown and

FOMNG) IASG SIRO Cadooeocusndecadoogocoedsvsonaoseouuuasdanoos siniferd.

b?, Fore wing with the medial area grey-white irrorated

SW/DIWEIAOIROWA0,. |. gocacaqHaddaenonesoadocce Seneenadacceacan ecerac limula,

7601. Toina versicolora.

Tolna versicolor, Wik. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 355, pl. vil. f. 10

(1873).

Head and thorax deep red-brown irrorated with a few white

476 NOOCTUIDA,

scales, the tegule with a black line near base; tarsi ringed with

ochreous white; abdomen dark red-brown. Fore wing deep red-

brown slightly irrorated with blue-white scales; subbasal line

ochreous, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

indistinct, brown slightly defined on outer side by blue-white scales,

angled outwards at subcostal nervure, then rather oblique and

slightly waved; medial line indistinct, brown defined on outer side

by bluish white, waved, oblique from costa to vein 4, then inwardly

oblique ; postmedial line dark brown, oblique and with white band

before it to vein 4, then inwardly oblique and waved to inner

margin, defined on inner side by white to vein 3 and with slight

Fig. 113.—Tolna versicolora, 3. }.

bluish Junules before it and blackish marks beyond it below veins 3

and 2, some white beyond it at middle and a red-brown patch on

costal area with some white points on costa; subterminal line

slight, whitish, waved to vein 6, then bent inwards to near the

postmedial line, waved and incurved below vein 4, the area beyond

it dark brown from apex obliquely to vein 4; a waved dark ter-

minal line with white points beyond it at the interspaces; cilia

fuscous brown, chequered with greyish at tips. Hind wing very

dark red-brown; the termen very narrowly white at apex, then

with dark line; cilia fuscous. Underside very dark red-brown ;

fore wing with oblique white band from costa beyond middle to

termen below middle, narrow and sinuous at costa, a series of

slight black lunules just before termen with white points beyond

them ; hind wing slightly irrorated with white, a faint dark

TOLNA. ATT

discoidal bar and very indistinct medial, postmedial, and subterminal

lines, the postmedial line with slight white mark at discal fold and

the postmedial and subterminal lines with slight white marks at

submedian fold.

Hab. Sterra Leone (Clements), 4 3; S. Nigeria, Old Calabar

(Crompton), 1 2, Bende (Simpson), 1 9 ; CamERoons, Mbongo, 12;

Congo. Hvp. 66-76 millim.

7602. Tolna sypnoides. (Plate CCXVI. figs. 65,72.)

Achea sypnoides, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) ii. p. 464 (1878), ¢.

Ophiusa dedalea, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. iii. p. 93 (1879).

Dysgonia meandrica, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 469, f. 169 (1891), Q.

3. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some dark brown

and ochreous; palpi, pectus, and legs ochreous tinged with red-

brown, the tarsi brown with pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown, the

crests reddish brown, the ventral surface whitish tinged with brown.

Fore wing with the basal area and apical area to below vein 4

red-brown, the rest of wing white slightly irrorated with brown ;

subbasal line black defined on inner side by white, waved, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line strong, black, rather

irregularly waved, some blackish suffusion before it in the cell ;

small black spots at angles of cell with a blackish patch above them

on costa; a faint waved brown line arising from it, excurved

beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial line black, obsolescent

from below vein 4 to below 2, forming a triangular spot at costa

defined on outer side by white, slightly bent outwards below costa,

then waved, oblique below vein 4, a brown shade before it between

veins 6 and 4, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line whitish towards costa below which it is incurved, broadly

defined on inner side by black from vein 7 to below 4 and strongly

incurved at discal fold, then waved, below vein 4 faintly defined by

brown and with slight black mark before it below vein 3; some

black suffusion at apex; a fine waved black line just before termen

with black points at the interspaces; cilia red-brown with fine

white line at base and chequered with white at tips. Hind wing

reddish brown with a slightly darker subterminal shade; a faint

pale spot beyond the cell; an oblique whitish bar from vein 2 to

termen at vein 1; an indistinct waved dark terminal line; cilia

white with a brown line through them, faint except towards apex,

at middle, and towards tornus. Underside whitish tinged with

brown, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown; fore

wing with brown discoidal striga, curved postmedial line and sub-

terminal line angled outwards at vein 7, the area between the

postmedial and subterminal lines and the area beyond the sub-

terminal line from above yein 4 to the submedian fold brown;

hind wing with faint brown discoidal bar, medial line excurved

below costa, curved postmedial line and waved subterminal line

excurved below vein 6, the area between the postmedial and sub-

terminal lines brown to submedian fold.

A478 NOCTUID 2.

@. Fore wing with the white area mostly suffused with sap-

green and irrorated with blackish, the orbicular a round white spot,

the reniform red-brown defined by black, sma!] and diamond-shaped,

the medial line distinct with a brown patch before it in submedian

interspace ; the underside with the postmedial line minutely

waved.

Ab. 1. Fore wing wholly suffused with dark brown, in Coll.

Mabille.

Hab, Siurra Leone (Mitford),1 3. Port Lokko (Penny), 13;

Gop Coast, Tarkwa (Justice), 13,29 ; 8. Nieprta, Old Calabar,

lotype; Narat, Howick (Becker), 13, Durban (Leigh), 19;

Carz Cotony, Knysna (Newdigate), 19; Manaeascar, 2 3 , Betsileo

(Cowan), 192. Hap. 64-80 millim. Type td, 9 dedalea in Coll.

Mabille; the wrapper of the volume gives 1879 as the year of

publication.

7603. Tolna complicata. (Plate CCXVI. fig. 8.)

Sypna complicata, Butl. A. M.N. H. (5) v. p. 889 (1880); Waterh. Aid,

i. pl. 159. f. 1.

@. Head and thorax red-brown and black-brown mixed with

ochreous ; palpi ochreous tinged with red-brown ; pectus and legs

brown mixed with grey ; abdomen pale grey-brown, the crests red-

dish brown, the ventral surface brown irrorated with white. Fore

wing red-brown irrorated and in parts suffused with black-brown

and some grey; a small tuft of white scales at base ; subbasal line

black slightly defined on each side by whitish, waved, from costa

to vein 1; antemedial line blackish defined on outer side by white

and with white striga before it on costa, oblique, waved ; reniform

with dark centre and blackish annulus, defined by white, large and

somewhat diamond-shaped ; a slight ochreous white medial bar in

submedian interspace ; postmedial line blackish slightly defined on

each side by ochreous white, expanding into a spot defined on each

side by white at costa, with ochreous white lunule before it at

discal fold extending to the reniform, and with white mark before

it at inner margin, the line slightly bent outwards below costa, then

dentate, rather oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique ; a slight

dark shade beyond it and some white points on costa; subterminal

line ochreous white with diffused black streaks before it in the inter-

spaces, angled outwards at vein 7, acutely angled inwards at vein 5

to near the postmedial line, excurved and slightly waved at middle

and angled inwards at submedian fold ; a fine waved black terminal

line with small spots at the interspaces ; cilia white at base. Hind

wing reddish brown, the terminal area darker; an oblique white

bar from vein 2 to tornus; an indistinct waved dark terminal line;

cilia white with a brown line through them and brown patch at

middle; the underside grey-white thickly irrorated with brown;

both wings with dark discoidal spots, curved minutely waved and

rather diffused medial and postmedial lines, diffused subterminal

TOLNA. A479

shade, and fine waved terminal line with black points at the inter-

spaces.

Hab. Mapagascar, Fianarantsoa (Cowan), 1 2 type, Betsileo

(Cowan), 192. Exp. 58 millim.

*7604. Tolna chionopera. (Plate CCXVI. fig. 13.)

Ercheia chionopera, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) ix. p. 554 (1912).

Q. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with greyish ochreous,

the dorsum of thorax with some white scales ; pectus and legs grey-

brown, the fore tibiae and tarsi black-brown ringed with ochreous

white; abdomen dark-brown, the ventral surface grey-brown.

Fore wing ochreous brown largely suffused with black-brown, the

terminal area almost entirely black-brown; subbasal line black

defined on each side by ochreous, waved, from costa to submedian

fold; antemedial line black defined on each side by ochreous,

angled outwards below costa and inwards on median nervure,

angled outwards below the cell, then oblique; reniform very

large, with elliptical black spot in centre, and sinuous grey annulus

defined by black-brown ; an indistinct double dentate medial line

strongly excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; postmedial

line formed by small black lunules defined on outer side by white

and ochreous, oblique to vein 6, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then

oblique and angled outwards at vein 2, some ochreous points beyond

it on costa; an ochreous line from costa before apex, angled out-

wards at vein 7 and at vein 6 bent inwards to the angle of the

postmedial line ; an ochreous subterminal line arising at discal fold,

angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved and ending at tornus; a

waved black terminal line and pale line at base of cilia which are

white at tips at apex. Hind wing black-brown; a pure white

apical patch, the cilia white to below vein 5. Underside grey-

brown with black-brown subterminal shade; both wings with

white apical patch.

Hab. Cameroons, Victoria (Watkins), type tT 2 in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 56 millim.

7605. Tolna variegata. (Plate CCXVI. fig. 11.)

Homoptera variegata, Ampsn. Ann. 8, Afr, Mus. iii. p. 480 (1905).

o. Head and thorax deep chocolate-brown, the vertex of head

edged with grey; the tegule ochreous at base, the prothorax

with ochreous band ; pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-brown, the

tarsi ringed with whitish, the abdomen with the dorsal crests dark

brown, the anal tuft whitish at tip. Fore wing red-brown

irrorated and in parts suffused with black, the veins with some

white and grey scales; a small tuft of white scales at base; sub-

basal black bars defined by white from costa and cell; antemedial

line black slightly defined on each side by white, oblique, waved,

angled inwards on median neryure and vein 1; the medial area

ASO NOCTUID.®.

with a black loop slightly defined on each side by white from costa

to below the cell, enclosing the black reniform; a diffused dark

shade beyond the cell, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; post-

medial line black defined on outer side by white, waved, oblique to

vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, a small dentate ochreous white

mark before it at discal fold and some points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line-white, obsolescent at middle, an ochreous white

streak before it below vein 7 and some dentate black marks at

middle, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a black patch at

apex; a crenulate black terminal line with white points beyond it

at the veins; cilia with a white mark just below apex. Hind wing

fuscous brown; a faint oblique pale subterminal line towards

tornus; cilia with a fine pale line at base and white tips; the

underside grey-brown, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with

white, curved dark medial and postmedial lines except on inner

area, a sinuous white subterminal line, and a crenulate black ter-

minal line with white points beyond it at the veins.

Hab. Care Corony, Transkei (Miss /. Barrett), 1 dtype. Hap.

62 millim.

7606. Tolna sinifera, n. sp. (Plate CCXVI. fig. 12.)

@. Head and thorax white mixed with some pale red-brown;

antenne brown; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface whitish

tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with dark brown

and some red-brown, the costal area whiter, the veins with pale

streaks ; subbasal line represented by black bars from costa and cell

defined by white ; antemedial line black slightly defined on each side

by white, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform ill-defined black-

brown spots; a black leop defined at sides and below by white

from costa to below the cell enclosing the reniform ; postmedial line

‘formed by black lunules defined on outer side by white, oblique

from costa to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, incurved below

vein 4; the terminal area with the interspaces suffused with black-

brown ; subterminal line whitish, obsolescent except towards costa

and below vein 4, incurved between veins 7 and 4 and angled

inwards at submedian fold; a waved blackish terminal line with

whitish points beyond it in the interspaces; cilia with a fine

whitish line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia with a

whitish line at base. Underside of fore wing suffused with brown,

a large whitish patch on disk enclosing a diffused dark discoidal

spot, a curved postmedial line; hind wing grey-brown, a faint dark

discoidal striga, curved medial and postmedial lines and diffused

subterminal band.

Hab. 8. Nieurta, [lesha (Humfrey), 1 Q type. Hxp. 54 millim.

7607. Tolna limula. (Plate CCXVI. fig. 14.)

Epistona limula, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxiil. p. 303, pl. xvi.

f. 17 (1888).

@. Head and thorax pale rufous; abdomen grey tinged with

TOLNA,— CATEPHIODES. 481

red-brown. Fore wing white irrorated with red-brown, the basal

area except at inner margin andthe terminal area suffused with

red-brown, the outer part of medial area and the inner medial area

whiter ; traces of a sinuous dark subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line black, oblique, waved; reniform a

small lunule indistinctly defined by brown; a black looped line from

middle of costa to below the cell enclosing the reniform, its inner

edge slightly waved, its outer slightly waved to vein 6, angled

outwards at discal fold, then oblique to below the cell; postmedial

line black, dentate, oblique to vein 6 and inwardly oblique below

vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa; a series of black

points before termen with white points beyond them. Hind wing

red-brown; the cilia white at tips. Underside grey- white thickly

irrorated wiih red-brown ; fore wing with some brown suffusion in

cell, a faint diffused postmedial line from below costa to submedian

fold, and subterminal] shade ; hind wing with diffused slightly waved

subterminal line.

fab. Caps Cotony, Plaitenbare Bay, 192. Hap. 56 millim.

Genus CATEPHIODES. ype

Catephiodes, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xv. p. 200 (1908) .............5. mecei.

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

head and broadly scaled, the 3rd long and dilated at extremity ; frons smooth,

with tuft of hair; eyes large, round; antenne of female somewhat laminate

and almost simple : thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, the pro- and

metatborax with slight spreading crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair, the

mid and hind tibiae ‘spined ; abdomen with very large spreading crest at ibace

only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and

strongly cr enulate, the inner margin with lar ve scale-teeth at middle and 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 vou cell. Hind wing with

the cell about half the length of wing; veins 3 4, 5 from lower angle of cell ;

6, 7 from upper angle; § anastomosing with the cell near base only.

*7608. Catephicdes meeci.

Catephiodes mecki, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xv. p. 201 (1908).

®. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with some rufous; an-

tennee with the basal joint whitish in front; small tufts of white scales

above the eyes ; patagia with a few silvery blue scales, their outer

edge rufous ; pectus with some grey, whitish behind, the tibie at

extremity and tarsi ringed with ochreous; abdomen dark brown,

the basal crest rufous, the ventral surface whitish at base. Fore

wing dark brown mixed with rufous and with a slight silvery blue

gloss especially on the veins; subbasal line black defined on outer

side by rufous, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line black defined

on each side by rufous, oblique, excurved below costa and above

Inner margin and incuryed between those points; orbicular black

with rufous annulus, small, round; reniform rufous, elliptical ; a

VOL, XII. a1

482 NOCTUID 2.

large oblique U-shaped black mark defined by rufous below end of

cell; postmedial line formed of black spots and strize defined by

rufous on inner side, slightly bent outwards below costa, oblique

to vein 5, excurved to vein 3, then oblique and sinuous, another

maculate black line beyond it except towards costa, confluent with

the rufous subterminal band excurved at middle, and with some

rufous points before it on costa; the veins of terminal area

Fig. 114.—Catephiodes meeci, 9. 2.

streaked with black; a fine waved black terminal line; cilia with

some rufous at base. Hind wing white, the inner margin and a

terminal band black-brown, the latter expanding very broadly on

apical area; the underside with the brown diffused along costa to

near base.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Aroa R. (Meek), type t @ in Coll.

Rothschild. vp. 56 millim.

Genus ERCHEIA. T

Braivcin, Wills, Sie LO? OSSD) ccadecoonooscenossecenaccasocconace epee

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

of head and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd long and somewhat “dilated at

extremity; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round ; antennze

of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without

crests; tibix moderately fringed with hair, the fore tibize not spined, the

hind tibize spined ; abdomen with large spreading crest on basal segment and

some rough hair on two following segments. Fore wing with the apex

rounded, the termen typically evenly curved and highly crenulate, the inner

margin somewhat lobed before middle; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from apper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing; veins 3, 4 from

angle; 5 fully developed from just above angie; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8

anastomosing with the cell near base only.

ERCHEIA. 48

Sxcr, I. Fore wing with the termen oblique below vein 4, the inner margin

strongly lobed at middle, then excised.

7609. Ercheia cebea.

Ercheia kebea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 249 (1906).

3d. Head red-brown; thorax ochreous slightly mixed with

brown, the tegule with black medial fascia with some red-brown

on each side of it; fore tibize with black streak on inner side and

point above; abdomen fuscous brown with large rufous crest at

base, the ventral surface ochreous. Fore wing red-brown irrorated

with a few black scales; the base of inner area ochreous with a

whitish streak above and followed by some black and grey irrora-

tion, the scale-tooth fuscous ; subbasal and antemedial lines absent ;

a black and white point at upper angle of cell; a slight fuscous

medial spot in submedian fold; faint traces of a postmedial line

Fig. 115.—lrcheia cebea, $. }.

excurved from costa to vein 2, then retraced and with obscure

spots in submedian fold and on inner margin; some black suffusion

on costal area towards apex with ochreous irroration on it ; traces

of a curved subterminal line with blackish spot in submedian fold ;

minute black points on the veins just before termen. Hind wing

fuscous brown, darker towards termen ; an oblique ochreous white

postmedial band between discal and submedian felds; cilia white

above and below middle. Underside of fore wing fuscous, the

costa ochreous with some dark striation, the cell greyish, an

oblique whitish postmedial band, the apical area greyish; hind

wing with the basal half ochreous white with fuscous discoidal

lunule and obliquely curved medial band, the terminal half fuscous

with some whitish on termen and cilia above and below middle.

2. Fore wing grey-brown with a purplish finge, a black streak

2 C7

Rag

ics)

NOCTUID A,

in submedian fold to below end of cell with some dark suffusion

below it.

Hab. Br. New Guinza, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type t+ g in Coll.

Bethune-Baker, Aroa R. (Meek), 1 9; Quurnstanp, Kuranda

(Dodd). Hap. 46 millim.

Seer. II. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved, the inner margin slightly

lobed before middle.

A. Hind wing with white subterminal spot between yeins 3

ee 2.

aa wing with white band beyond the medial line.

. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown, in

female with prominent red-brown and black-brown

RUECUU ci ei dudnnnhtadases podossaconsoonccpddadadsaponsuaooodeds multilinea.

bl, Fore wing grey suffused with grey-brown ............ diversipennis.

b. Hind wing ° with white spots beyond lower angle of cell

and at middle of vein |.

@, Fore wing ochreous, the inner and terminal areas

suffused with purplish white ................c0.0ssee00e eceicet,

b!, Fore wing ochreous thickly irrorated and striated

with red- brown; female with the inner area

pinkish Brown ........ssssesessstesstetsseeseseeesesser ens pulchrivena.

c!, Fore wing reddish brown suffused with fuscous

Jer O\yia0 Gert eens oA SR PE, seis Se ano Su Gao DOOR OTS CT AND cyllaria.

B. Hind wing without white subterminal spot between

yeins 3 and 2.

a. Hind wing with white medial band .......0.c...cs0s000e quadriplaga,

b. ae wing with white spot beyond lower angle of cell.

. Hind wing with small white spot at middle of

vein 1.

a2, Hind wing with the termen and cilia white below

apex and at submedian interspace .................. dubia,

22, Hind wing with the termen and cilia not white

below apex and at submedian interspace ......... dipterygia.

. Hind wing without small white spot at middle of

VELMA a Gee eearctets ont atara aclotieate i ctelalonteeha maar eine errr styx.

c, Hind wing without white spot beyond lower angle of

. Hind wing with sinuous dark postmedial line

faintly. defined on outer side by, wiltitislaa eeeeeseeee ee winhrosa.

}', Hind wing without dark postmedial line defined on

OWiGe MCW ly WATE soccseecoosscoscosssanupasconsae000e subsignata.

7610. Ercheia multilinea. (Plate CCOXVI. figs. 15 g,16 9.)

Ercheia multilinea, Swinh. A.M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 84 (1902), 2.

Ercheia abnormis, Swinh. A. M.N.H. (7) xiv. p. 424 (1904), ¢

G6. Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with some

ochreous ; antenne brown; palpi fuscous brown mixed with

ochreous ; abdomen ochreous suffused with brown; pectus, legs

and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing pale

~ ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few black scales,

the inner area and terminal area below vein 5 suffused with dark

red-brown; a faint sinuous red-brown antemedial line; a black

point in middle of cell; reniform creamy white, ill-defined, with

PROULTA. 485

traces of a sinuous brown line from it to inner margin; traces of a

punctiform dark postmedial line with a slight red-brown shade

beyond it from costa to vein 6; a small dark brown apical spot,

followed by some dark points before termen, and a rather diffused

dark line from vein 4 to inner margin. Hind wing fuscous brown,

the costal area creamy white to beyond middle; an indistinct

oblique sinuous dark postmedial line from below costa to inner

margin, followed by a creamy white band interrupted at submedian

fold and ending at vein 1; a small white subterminal spot between

veins 3 and 2; cilia white towards apex and in submedian inter-

space. Underside pale ochreous; fore wing with oblique brown

postmedial line, an oblique subterminal shade arising at vein 7,

diffused to termen below vein 4 and ending at vein 2, a series of

black points before termen; hind wing with oblique postmedial

line arising at vein 6 and incurved beyond lower angle of cell, the

subterminal area irrorated with brown from apex to vein 3, then

with oblique blackish band to termen at vein 1, a series of black

points before termen.

9. Fore wing with dark streaks on the veins, two dark brown

fascie in basal half of submedian interspace and a reddish brown

fascia below vein 1, two dark brown fascia in end of cell, the

reniform with dark brown centre and ochreous annulus, narrow,

the terminal area with dark and red-brown streaks in the inter-

spaces, the streaks towards apex darker and shortening to apex, a

red-brown fascia extending to lower part of reniform, a dark

streak above vein 2 extending to below end of cell and an ochreous

white streak in submedian fold before a dark postmedial bar;

underside of both wings with small dark discoidal spots.

Hab, Purax, Goping (Kiinstler), 1 ¢, 29, type and type

abnormis; Sauanca I. (Miller), 1 6; N. Guinea. Hvp., 3 56,

2 66 millim.

7611. Ercheia diversipennis.

Ercheia diversipennis, Wik, xiii. 1108 (1857) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 116,

pl. 157. f. 1; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 451.

Melipotis ambidens, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 116. f. 9 (1874).

Ercheia zygia, Swinh. P. ZS. 1885, p. 465; Waterh. Aid, i. pl. 177. f. 3.

ELrcheia zura, Swinh. P.Z. 8. 1885, p. 465; Waterh. Aid, ii. pl. 177. f. 4.

3. Head and thorax pale grey-brown mixed with dark brown,

the tegule and upper edge of patagia with dark brown fascie ;

palpi with some black at sides; frons black at sides; abdomen

pale grey-brown, the basal crest reddish; pectus and ventral

surface of abdomen ochreous white, the legs tinged with brown,

Fore wing pale grey-brown, the veins slightly streaked with

blackish ; a black streak in base of submedian fold, forking

slightly before extremity ; a diffused blackish fascia above inner

margin from near base to middle: an oblique dark subbasal striga

from costa; antemedial line slight, dark, angled outwards below

costa, then incurved, and excurved below submedian fold; a

minute black point in middle of cell; reniform with hardly

486 NOCLUID A.

traceable dark outline, narrow; postmedial line black and very

oblique from costa to vein 6, then obsolete to vein 2, in submedian

interspace double with a black streak before it in the fold, acutely

angled inwards at vein 1 and slightly above inner margin; the

terminal area with black streaks above veins 6, 7, 8, shorter

towards apex, an oblique streak from postmedial line at vein 2 to

termen at vein 3 and slight streaks above extremities of veins 4

and 3; aseries of minute black points before termen and indistinct

double waved line from vein 2 to tornus; cilia intersected with

black at the veins. Hind wing with the basal area grey-brown ;

a sinuous dark medial line followed by a creamy white band; the

terminal area black-brown with a subterminal white spot between

Fig. 116.—EHrcheta diversipenns, S$. }-

veins 3 and 2; the termen and cilia white between veins 7 and 4

and in submedian interspace and the cilia white towards tornus.

Underside of both wings white, the costal and terminal areas

irrorated with blackish; fore wing with strong oblique postmedial

blackish line angled inwards at vein 1, subterminal shade from

vein 7 to tornus, and series of black points before termen ; hind

wing with small discoidal spot, strong medial line waved and

excurved to discal fold then sinuous, broad subterminal shade,

and slight crenulate terminal line. .

with grey-brown forming obscure streaks, the black streak in

submedian fold continuous to the postmedial line.

Ab. 1. zura, ¢. Fore wing with the inner area suffused with

dark brown to the streak in submedian fold and to above vein 2,

the costal area with some dark suffusion towards apex.

Ab. 2. zygia, 2. Fore wing with the costal area suffused with

fuscous black from near base to near apex, extending at middle to

submedian fold, the dark streaks on inner area and above vein 2

ERCHEIA. 487

absent, a black spot on outer edge of the postmedial line in sub-

median fold.

Ab. 3. 9. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with red-

brown and black to the submedian fold, a similar patch on costal

area between the postmedial and subterminal lines, and a small

patch on termen between vein 3 and submedian fold, the streaks

on inner area absent, a small elliptical brown spot edged with

black below middle of submedian fold with a small round spot

above the fold.

Hab, Punsan, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 2, Allahabad,

1 g, Jubbulpur (/. Butler), 1 2; Bexneat; Bompay (Swinhoe),

1g type zura, Poona (Swinhoe), 12 type zygia, Mhow (Lorsayeth),

13, 12, Kanara (Ward), 1 9 ; Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson),

1 3,1 2; Travancore, Pirmdd (Mrs. Imray), 1 9; Cuyton, 1 Q

type. Hep. 42-58 millim.

Larva, Forsayeth, Trans, Ent. Soe. 1884, p. 412.

Pale grey; ventral surface deep pink. Food-plant: grass;

cocoon in a doubled-up leaf with a piece of grass attached.

*7612. Ercheia eceicei. (Plate CCXVI. fig. 17.)

Lrcheia ekeikei, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 248 (1906).

3. Head and thorax dark chocolate-brown mixed with grey ;

palpi with the Ist joint yellowish white, the 2nd joint whitish in

front, the 3rd whitish ringed with fuscous ; abdomen fuscous

brown suffused with grey, the ventral surface yellowish white.

Fore wing pale ochreous suffused with rufous and with purplish

white on terminal half and slightly irrorated with black, the inner

area to just above vein 1 fuscous suffused with purplish white; a

black point at base defined by white; a curved red-brown subbasal

line from costa to vein 1; antemedial line brown, oblique, waved ;

orbicular represented by a black point; reniform oblique, elliptical,

whitish with white annulus; postmedial line indistinct, blackish,

bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 3, then oblique,

waved, angled inwards on vein 1, crossed by a rufous fascia in

submedian interspace with pale yellow streak on it before the line

and another slight streak above its extremity; subterminal line

white from costa to vein 5, then slight, purplish grey, curved and

very slightly waved; a small black spot at apex, black points just

before termen to vein 5, then a slight waved line; cilia pale

rufous towards apex, then fuscous with a slight pale hue at base

and some whitish towards tornus. Hind ae fuscous brown, the

basal and inner areas greyish; postmedial white spots beyond

lower angle of cell and above vein 1 and a subterminal spot above

vein 2; cilia white below apex and in submedian interspace.

Underside of fore wing ochreous white with oblique black post-

medial band from just below costa to inner margin near tornus, its

inner edge slightly indented at submedian fold, the terminal area

fuscous except the apical area which is irrorated with fuscous,

488 NOCLUID A.

a slight sinuous subterminal whitish line from costa to below

vein 4 defined by fuscous on outer side, the area beyond it whiter

with black points just before termen; hind wing ochreous white,

the costal area irrorated with fuscous, a small black discoidal spot,

postmedial line crenulate and excuryed to vein 4, then oblique,

sinuous, the terminal area suffused and irrorated with black with

slight waved whitish subterminal line from costa to submedian

fold expanding into a spot above vein 2, a fine waved black

terminal line, cilia white mixed with fuscous at middle.

Hab. Br. N. Gurvea, Ekeikei (Pratt), type fT ¢ im Coll. Bethune-

Baker, Mt. Kebea. Hap. 54 millim.

7618. Ercheia pulchrivena. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 1.)

Achea pulchrivena, Wik. Journ. Lin. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 182 (1864);

Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 108.

$6. Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with grey ;

palpi grey irrorated with brown and with brown bands near base

of 2nd joint and extremity of 8rd joint; pectus and legs brownish

white, the latter irrorated with brown, the mid tibie with dark

band towards extremity, the tarsi blackish ringed with white;

abdomen dark brown, reddish brown at base, the ventral surface

whitish, suffused with brown towards extremity. Tore wing

ochreous whitish thickly irrorated and striated with red-brown,

the postmedial area red-brown from costa to submedian fold; a

curved subbasal black striga from costa with a small spot beyond

it below the cell; antemedial line indistinctly double, blackish,

angled outwards below costa, then incurved, excurved below

vein 1; a black point in middle of cell; reniform slightly defined

by blackish, narrow; traces of a medial line formed by black

strie, oblique to below vein 4, then incurved; postmedial line

biack, oblique and sinuous to vein 6, excurved and slightly waved

to vein 2, then bent inwards and waved to inner margin, a diffused

lack line beyond it from costa to vein 6; subterminal line white

defined on outer side by small lunulate black marks, slightly

excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a waved dark brown

terminal line; cilia greyish brown. Hind wing dark brown; a

small white spot beyond lower angle ef cell and a subterminal

white spot between veins 3 and 2; cilia with a white patch below

apex. Underside white tinged with brown, the costal areas

irrorated with brown; fore wing with dark fascia below the cell

and vein 2 met by an oblique postmedial band from costa, a

subterminal band from costa to submedian fold towards which it

narrows, confluent in places with a narrow band before termen

arising at vein 6; hind wing with dark discoidal lunule, strong

waved postmedial line excurved to beyond lower angle of cell,

then oblique, diffused subterminal band incurved between veins

4 and 2, narrow band before termen, and waved terminal line.

ERCHEIA. 489

Ab. Y. Fore wing with white patch beyond the cell before the

postmedial line connected by an oblique bar with the costa.

@. Fore wing with the inner area pinkish brown.

Hab, SinGaPoru Ca 23,22 ; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace),

type Tf ¢ in Mus. Oxon. Kvp., 3 52, 2 60 millim.

7614. Ercheia cyllaria.

Nociua eyllaria, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 100, pl. 251. ff. C, D (1782);

Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 115, pl. 157. f. 3; Hinpsn. Moth§ Ind. ii.

p. 451; id. Ill. Het. B.M. ix. p. 110, pl. 165. f. 20.

Achea cyllota, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 248 (1852) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl.

To WING), jolle Wao tie

Achea fusifera, Wik. xiv. 1398 (1858).

Achéa siynivitta, Wik. xiv. 1898 (1858).

Achea polychroma, W1k. xiv. 1400 (1858).

Achea atrivitta, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool, vii. p. 181 (1864).

Achea purpureilinea, W1k. Journ. Linn. Soce., Zool. vil. p. 181 (1864).

Achea senipallida, Wik. Journ, Linn. Soe., Zool. vii. p. 181 (1864).

Lircheia tenebrosa, Moore, P. ZS. 1867, p. 66.

Melipotis gundiana, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl: 116. f. 10 ley

Melinotis costipannosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 166, pl. 5. f. 8 (1882).

Ercheia pamnosa, Moore, P.Z.8. 1883, p. 24.

Fircheia uniformis, Moore, P.Z.S. 1883, p. 24.

Melipotis collustrans, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. (2) viii. p. 146 (1894).

3g. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some reddish

brown and grey; abdomen fuscous brown with slight pale

segmental lines; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish,

the legs suffused with brown, the tarsi blackish with pale rings.

Fore wing reddish brown suffused with fuscous brown and slightly

irrorated with black; an oblique black subbasal striga from costa ;

antemedial line slight, black, angled outwards below costa, then

incurved, and excurved below submedian fold; reniform very

faintly defined by black scales and white points above and below ;

traces of a medial black line excurved beyond the cell, then oblique

and waved ; postmedial line indistinctly double, black, oblique and

sinuous to vein 6, faint and excurved to vein 3, then inwardly

oblique and waved, black streaks beyond it above and below

vein 7; small subterminal black spots above and below vein 8,

then traces of a pale waved line with shght blackish points at the

interspaces ; a slight crenulate black terminal line. Hind wing

black-brown ; postmedial white spots beyond lower engle of cell

and above vein | and a subterminal spot between veins 3 and 2

the termen and cilia white between veins 7 and 4 and in submedian

interspace. Underside of both wings white tinged with brown,

the costal and terminal areas irrorated with blackish; fore wing

with oblique blackish postmedial band narrowing to costa and

inner margin, a broad subterminal band from below costa to

submedian fold, and series of points before termen; hind wing

with black discoidal spot, strong postmedial line excurved and

waved to discal fold, then sinuous, and oblique band from vein 3

to tornus.

490, NOCLUID.2,

Q. Fore wing with the dark suffusion tending to form streaks

on inner and terminal areas.

Ab. 1. Similar but fore wing with a diffused black streak in

submedian fold from base to termen.

Ab. 2. uniformis. Fore wing more uniform brown, without

the black streaks on inner area, above vein 2 and on apical area;

a small black annulus below end of cell.

Ab. 3. signivitta. Similar but fore wing with a diffused dark

fascia in submedian interspace from base to termen, the reniform

sometimes filled in with black.

Ab. 4. semipallida. Similar but fore wing whitish tinged with

brown except the inner area and a patch on apical part of costal

area.

Ab. 5. cyllota. Similar but fore wing with the basal area to

submedian fold and the postmedial costal area black-brown.

Ab. 6. Similar but fore wing with a diffused dark fascia in

submedian fold from base to termen, the reniform filled in with

black.

Ab. 7. Similar but fore wing with the whole inner area and the

termen to vein 5 suffused with brown, the reniform not filled in

with black.

Ab. 8. fusifera. Fore wing suffused with black-brown leaving

the inher and terminal areas pale tinged and irrorated with red-

brown.

_Hab. Punsas (James, Horne), 2 5,1 9; Srxuim, 3 9; Assam,

Dibrugrah (Ward), 19; BomsBay, 1 6, 1 9; Manpras, Malabar,

4 $,6 9, types uniformis and pannosa, Nilgivis (Hampson), 13,

4°; Travancore, Trivandrum (Ferguson), 12; Ceyton ( Wenham,

Templeton, Layard), 3 3, 5 Q, types signivitta and fusifera ;

Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 9; Anpamans, 1 9; Prax, Larut

Hills (Flower), 1 3, Goping (Aiinstler), 1 9; Stneavors (Lidley),

25, 22; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace, Everett), 3 3 type poly-

chroma and type fT 3 semipallida in Mus. Oxon., Santubong, 1 ¢,

Sandakan (Pryer), 1 9; Lirrtrn Ke I.,1 9 ; Quunnstanp. Zxp.

46-60 millim.

*7615. Ercheia quadriplaga. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 2.

Achea quadriplaga, Wik. xxxiii. 961 (1865); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus.

Oxon. il. p. 108.

2. Head and thorax greyish mixed with some brown; tarsi

blackish ringed with white; abdomen grey tinged with brown.

Fore wing greyish tinged and slightly irrorated with red-brown,

the terminal area suffused with red-brown; the basal area black-

brown from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, angled

outwards below costa and in submedian fold; traces of a dark

medial line, oblique to submedian fold where it is slightly angled

outwards; reniform hardly traceable, with faint pale annulus and

whitish points at upper and lower extremities; postmedial line

ERCHEIA. 491

blackish, oblique and sinuous to below vein 7, then faint and

slightly waved, excurved to vein 3, then incurved, a wedge-shaped

black-brown patch beyond it on costal area extending to apex,

with some white points on costa; subterminal line faint, pale,

curved and slightly waved; a fine waved dark terminal line.

' Hind wing with the basal area pale brown; an oblique sinuous

fuscous medial line followed by a white band; the terminal area

fuscous brown ; termen narrowly white towards apex ; cilia white,

brown at middle. Underside of fore wing with the basal half

white, the terminal half brown, an oblique white postmedial band

narrowing on inner area, its outer edge excurved below costa,

some white suffusion on terminal area except towards tornus, and

a series of blackish points before termen; hind wing white, a

slight dark discoidal spot, narrow oblique sinuons medial band, the

terminal area brown with faint slightly waved whitish subterminal

line, some white on termen towards apex and below vein 2, and a

series of dark points before termen.

Hab. Crteses (Wallace), type ¢ 9 in Mus. Oxon. LEvp.

44 millim.

7616. Ercheia dubia. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 3.)

Calephia dubia, Butl. Cist. Ent.i. p. 292 (1874); Semper, Reis. Phil.,

Schmmett. u. p. 540, pl. 60. f. 13.

Ercheia charon, But). P.Z. 8. 1880, p. 678.

Ercheia certa, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 248 (1906).

Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with grey ; antennz

blackish ; palpi with dark bands near base and extremities of 2nd

and 3rd joints ; pectus and legs ochreous white tinged with brown,

the tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen fuscous, the base red-

brown, slight whitish segmental lines, the ventral surface ochreous

white with subventral series of blackish spots except towards base.

Fore wing grey-brown or red-brown; the basal area black-brown

to the submedian fold; a black subbasal line slightly defined on

outer side by ochreous from costa to submedian fold, angled out-

wards below costa; antemedial line black with ochreous striga at

costa, angled outwards below costa, incurved at vein 1, then

excurved ; a black point in middle of cell; reniform very faintly

defined by brown, constricted at middle, its lower part with white

points on inner and outer sides ; a slight waved black medial line

arising at vein 5 well beyond the cell, oblique to a small black

annulus at middle of submedian fold, then erect; postmedial line

black, indistinctly double except between veins 6 and 5, slightly

defined on each side by white towards costa and inner margin,

oblique and sinuous to vein 6, excurved to vein 3, then oblique

and waved below submedian fold; a semi-circular dark brown

patch on postmedial part of costa with some pale points on

costa and diffused black streaks above and below vein 7; sub-

terminal line slight, pale, bluish white on costal area, with two

small blackish spots on its outer side below costa, then faintly

492 NOCLUIDE.

defined by dark brown and slightly waved below vein 3: a crenulate

black terminal line with pale points beyond it at the interspaces.

Hind wing fuscous brown; a round white spot beyond lower

angle of cell with minute spot below it at vein 1; the termen and

cilia white from below apex to below vein 5 and at submedian

fold. Underside fuscous, the basal area ochreous white; fore

wing with oblique white postmedial band, narrowing below vein 8,

the terminal area suffused with ochreous white from apex to

vein 3; hind wing with black discoidal spot, narrow medial band

eblique to discal fold then incuryed, its outer edge slightly waved,

traces of a white subterminal line, a waved black terminal line

with some white before it from below vein 7 to below vein 6.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with black patch below end of cell.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the basal area not black-brown.

Ab. 8. Similar, but fore wing with diffused white patch on inner

area between the ante- and postmedial lines.

Ab. 4. charon. Fore wing more uniform fuscous brown without

the dark postmedial patch on costal area.

Ab. 5. certa. Similar, but fore wing with the inner area and

streaks in the interspaces of postmedial half reddish brown.

Ab. 6. Fore wing suffused with black-brown leaving the inner

and terminal areas reddish brown.

Hab. Formosa, Takow (Hobson), 2 Q type charon; Timor Lavr,

Ibewents (Uhaees)) WSs KGa Me, I Gy WM Oe Wace IN, Cami.

Kapaur (Doherty), 1 $ ; Br. N. Guinea, Avola (Pratt), 1 3,

Ekeikei (Pratt), 1 6,1 9, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1 9; New Guorera

(Meek), 1 6; N. Avsrratta, Port Darwin (Buckland), 1 Q@ ;

QursnstanD, Rockhampton, 8 ¢ type. vp, 44-54 millim.

7617. Ercheia dipterygia, n. sp. (Piate CCXVII. fig. 4.)

g. Head and thorax dark brown slightly mixed with greyish ;

palpi pale at tips; pectus and legs ochreous white, the fore and

mid legs suffused with brown, the tarsi ringed with whitish ;

abdomen grey-brown, the basal crest dark brown, the ventral

surface ochreous white except at extremity. Fore wing fuscous

brown with a patch of bluish white suffusion on inner area

between the antemedial and subterminal lines ; an indistinet dark

subbasal line, excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold ;

antemedial line indistinct, dark, angled outwards below costa,

incurved to vein 1, then excurved; a minute blackish point in

middle of cell; reniform very faintly defined and with white points

at its upper and lower extremities ; faint traces of a waved dark

medial line excurved beyond the cell, then oblique, a slight blackish

annulus before it in submedian interspace ; postmedial line blackish,

defined on outer side by ochreous towards costa, minutely waved,

oblique to vein 6, excurvyed to vein 3, then oblique and more

strongly waved below vein 2, some ochreous points beyond it on

costa; subterminal line very indistinct, pale, waved; a series of

- ERCHELA. 493

faint blackish points just before termen. Hind wing fuscovs brown ;

a diffused oblique whitish medial bar between veins 5 and 2 and

small spot at vein 1; cilia chequered with whitish between veins 7

and 4. Underside with the basal half white, the terminal half

fuscous brown; fore wing with the basal costal area irrorated with

brown, a dark fascia below the cell, an oblique dark medial band

followed by a white band; hind wing with black discoidal point,

oblique sinuous medial line, and faint oblique whitish subterminal

mark between veins 3 and 2.

Hab. Anpamans, 1 g type. Maxp. 44 millim.

*7618. Ercheia styx. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 5.)

Ercheta styx, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 248 (1906).

3d. Head and thorax deep red-brown mixed with black and

some grey ; palpi with pale bands; shoulders and outer edge of

tegule with whitish stripe; pectus and legs whitish tinged with

brown; abdomen greyish fuscous, the basal crest rufous, the ventral

surface ochreous white. Fore wing greyish suffused with red-

brown and slightly irrorated with black, a somewhat paler fascia

from base through the cell to termen; a white point at base;

subbasal line represented by a black point below costa; the ante-

medial area with slight blackish streaks in submedian fold and

below vein 1 ; antemedial line represented by two oblique black

strise from costa, two black points in cell, and two stris on inner

area, a short black streak beyond it in cell; traces of a small

elliptical reniform faintly defined by brown and with two whitish

points on its outer edge; the medial area with small black-defined

diamond-shaped mark in submedian fold followed by a short white

streak and with oblique dark bar to inner margin ; postmedial line

slight, dark, and somewhat dentate, oblique from costa to vein 4,

then inwardly oblique to submedian fold, then more distinct,

waved and angled inwards on vein’ 1, some blackish points beyond

it to vein 4, then a waved line diffused on inner side ; subterminal

line whitish slightly defined by brown on inner side, somewhat

excurved to vein 4, then oblique and slightly excurved at vein 1;

the terminal area with slight dark streaks in the interspaces and

whitish spot below vein 4; a fine waved black terminal line.

Hind wing greyish fuscous with whitish spot beyond lower angle

of cell; cilia white, fuscous at middle and apex. Underside of

fore wing fuscous with whitish postmedial band expanding towards

costa, the base and apex pale, a slight waved whitish subterminal

line from costa to vein 5; hind wing with the base ochreous white

followed by a diffused oblique blackish line, then a white band, the

terminal area fuscous.

Hab, Br. N. Guryea, Ekeikei (Pratt), type f in Coll. Bethune-

Baker. vp. 46 millim.

494 NOCTUID #.

7619. Ercheia umbrosa. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 6.)

Ercheia wmbrosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 194.

Frcheia strigipennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 165 (1882); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

li. p. 452.

Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with dark brown, the

tegule with two dark brown stripes; palpi with some grey at base

and extremity of 2nd joint, the 3rd joint banded grey and fuscous ;

pectus brownish white; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen

grey-brown, the basal crest red-brown, the ventral surface brown-

ish white. Fore wing fuscous brown, the inner area to above

vein 1 and the terminal area to above vein 3 red-brown; minute

subbasal black spots below costa and median nervure ; antemedial

line indistinct, black, angled outwards below costa, incurved and

waved to vein 1, then excurved; a black point defined by some

rufous scales in middle of cell; reniform very faintly indicated by

some rufous scales and with white points at its upper and lower

extremities ; postmedial line black, oblique and sinuous to vein 6,

then waved, excurved to below vein 3, then incurved and angled

inwards at vein 1, black bars beyond it above vein 2 and in

submedian fold; subterminal line whitish, almost obsolete except

towards costa and below vein 3, with a black streak beyend it

above vein 8, crossed by a black streak below vein 8 and with

black streak before it extending to near postmedial line above

vein 6, below vein 3 waved, with a black mark beyond it above

vein 2 and black marks before and beyond it in submedian inter-

space; a waved black terminal line; cilia intersected by pale

streaks below apex and vein 4 and pale at tornus. Hind wing

fuscous brown; an indistinct sinuous dark postmedial line faintly

defined on outer side by whitish; cilia chequered with whitish to

vein 4, then with fine pale line at base and whitish tips towards

tornus. Underside whitish tinged with brown; fore wing with

oblique fuscous band followed by a whitish band narrowing to

inner margin, the terminal area fuscous with traces of a pale waved

subterminal line, and with terminal pale patches at apex, between

veins 4 and 3, and at tornus; hind wing with blackish discoidal

spot, medial line waved and excurved to vein 5, then bent inwards

to lower angle of cell and oblique to inner margin near tornus,

a broad postmedial band, narrow subterminal band, and waved

terminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the inner and terminal areas not

red-brown, the terminal half with slight pale streaks in the

interspaces.

Ab. 2. Similar, but fore wing greyer brown with a diffused

black fascia in submedian interspace and short white streak in

submedian fold before the postmedial line.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with prominent ochreous white and reddish

brown streaks in the interspaces, some white suffusion on inner

ERCHEIA. 495

margin before middle, on each side of the postmedial line, and

before the subterminal line.

Hab. Javan, Tokio (Maries), 1 Q type, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 9,

Gifu (Pryer), 1 3,1 93; Canrr. Cuina, Ichang (Mrs. Pratt), 1 3;

W. Cura, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 ¢, 2 9, Washan (Pratt), 1 9°,

Kwei-chou, 1 2, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 9; Sixuim, 1 Q type

strigipennis. Hap. 44-60 millim.

7620. Ercheia subsignata.

Achea subsignata, Wik. xxxiii. 959 (1865); Holl. Psyche, vii. pl. ii. f. 9.

Melipotis mahagonica, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 442, f. 184 (1901).

Ercheia periploca, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 68, pl. ii. f. 8 (1894).

Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi banded pale and dark brown;

legs reddish and dark brown; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral

surface pale brown. Fore wing fuscous brown mottled with pale

red-brown, the inner and terminal areas red-brown; a sinuous

black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial

line black, slightly angled outwards below costa, incurved to vein 1,

then excurved and obsolescent; a black point in middle of cell;

reniform pale reddish faintly defined by blackish and with white

points at its upper and lower extremities; postmedial line double,

black, slightly sinuous towards costa and waved below submedian

fold, excurved from costa to vein 3, then obliyue; subterminal

line indistinct, pale, waved, with shght black marks beyond it

below apex, black streaks before it above and below vein 7, and

black bars on its outer side below vein 3 and in submedian inter-

space; the termen with dark patches at discal fold and between

veins 3 and 2; a slight waved dark terminal line with black points -

at the interspaces ; cilia fuscous and reddish brown. Hind wing

fuscous brown; the termen and cilia white from below apex to

below vein 5, and the cilia whitish in submedian interspace.

Underside of fore wing grey-brown, the costa and termen to vein 3

pale irrorated with brown, an oblique white postmedial band,

traces of a pale waved subterminal line, and a series of black points

before termen; hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with

black-brown, a blackish discoidal spot, oblique sinuous postmedial

line, broad dark subterminal shade with a waved whitish line on it,

and a waved black terminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing more uniform fuscous brown.

Ab. 2. periploca. Fore wing fuscous brown with the inner and

terminal areas grey-brown, a diffused blackish fascia in submedian

interspace.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with black spots in submedian interspace

before the antemedial and medial lines and beyond the postmedial

line.

Ab. 4. Fore wing with the medial area grey to the annulus

below end of cell and submedian fold, the basal and inner areas

darker.

496 NOCTUID AS,

Ab. 5. Fore wing with the medial area variegated with white.

Ab. 6. Fore wing with leaden grey suffusion in and below end

of cell and beyond lower angle of cell. :

Hab, Sterna Leonr (Mowxcroft), 1 2 type; Gorn Coast, Cape

Coast Castle (Higlett), 11 ¢, 5 2, Aburi, Acrapong Mts. (Sir J.

Carter), 2 9; S. Nrewrta, Old Calabar (Crompton), 3 $, Ilesha

(Humfrey), 1 6,19. Hap. 40-56 millim. °

Genus ACHAA.

Type.

Alina, \atilorn, Wet Or 2X09) (USAT) noeacasscosepcqcoanecnneocann0a8000 melicerte.

Goma, \Wliixs Son, IUSKOS CUSINS)) scoococbooucacacondoaposo0aeneneoNe:cocode ablunaris.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 8rd moderate or long; frons smooth ;

eyes large, round; antennx of male typically ciliated; thorax clothed with

hair and hair-like scales and without crests; fore and hind tibie fringed with

long hair, the fore tibie not spined, the mid and hind tibiz spined; abdomen

with dorsal ridges of hair on basal segments. Fore wing wiih the costa highly

arched towards apex which is somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved

and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ;

9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing

with the cell about one-third 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.

Secr. I. Antenne of male bipectinate with long branches, the apex simple ;

femora and tibiz tufted with scales and hair; palpi with the 2nd

and 8rd joints long.

*7621. Achea pectinicornis.

Ophiusa pectinicornis, Beth.-Baker, A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 482 (1909).

¢. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some yellowish

white; palpi blackish at base and above; frons with black bar

above; abdomen dorsally grey suffused with brown, ventrally

reddish ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing brownish

ochreous tinged with rufous, striated with brown and irrorated

with black; a blackish subbasal band from costa to submedian

fold, its outer edge indented at median nervure; an oblique

irregularly sinuous blackish antemedial band, excurved at median

nervure; a black point in middle of cell; reniform rufous defined

by blackish, narrow, constricted at middle; postmedial line very

oblique from costa to vein 6, double between veins 7 and 6, some

whitish beyond it at costa and rufous before and beyond it below

vein 7, bent inwards at vein 6, then erect and with another line

before it from lower angle of cell to inner margin angled outwards

at vein 1; two white points beyond it on costa; an oblique dark

shade from apex to vein 6 with some bluish white on it below

costa and an oblique subterminal series of small dark spots from it

to inner margin, towards which they are more distinct; the

terminal area with a brown shade before middle; a series of black

ACHZA, 497

striz just before termen; cilia fuscous, ochreous at base. Hind

wing fuscous brown, the base and costal area to beyond middle

whitish; some whitish on termen towards tornus; a dark terminal

line except towards apex; cilia ochreous white tinged with rufous.

Underside white irrorated with black; fore wing with discoidal

striga, postmedial point in discal fold and fuscous patch between

Fig. 117.—Achea pectinicornis, S. }.

veins 5 and 2; hind wing with discoidal point, postmedial series

of points, and fine crenulate terminal line with points at the

veins.

Hab. Coxeo Free Starz, Mekala Distr. (Powell-Cotton), type td

in Coll. Powell-Cotton. Hap. 48 millim,

Secr. II. Antennee of male ciliated.

A. Mid tibize of male dilated, with a groove containing a tuft of long hair,

the 1st joint of mid and hind tarsi fringed with long hair above.

a. Antenne of male with the basal half of shaft fringed with hair above.

7622. Achza nubifera.

Achea nubifera, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 609, pl. 59. f.9; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 495.

6. Head and thorax greyish brown; pectus and legs white

tinged with fulvous yellow, the tibie and tarsi grey-brown;

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown, the terminal half

suffused with fuscous black; antemedial line fuscous, somewhat

diffused, erect, waved ; traces of a sinuous medial line defining the

dark area; traces of a curved waved postmedial line; cilia grey-

brown with a whitish line at base. Hind wing deep fuscous

VOL, XII, 2k

498 NOCTUID&.

brown ; a narrow curyed whitish medial band from below costa to

vein 1; a whitish spot on termen at discal fold; cilia grey-brown

with a fine whitish line at base. Underside grey-brown; fore

wing with the costal area and postmedial area except towards inner

Fig. 118.—Achea nubifera, B. }.

margin suffused with fuscous black, a discoidal striga and indistinct

waved postmedial and subterminal lines; hind wing with curved

medial and postmedial lines, the latter with some blackish suffusion

before it.

Hab. Aypamans, 2 ¢ type. Hap. 70 millim.

4. Antenne of male normal.

7623. Achea eusciasta, n. sp.

g. Head and thorax dark red-brown tinged with purplish grey ;

palpi, pectus, and legs grey-brown, the tuft of hair in mid tibie

ochreous; abdomen dark grey-brown. Fore wing dark red-brown

tinged with purplish grey; the apical part of costal area rather

greyer; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique, waved; a black

point in middle of cell and some black scales on discocellulars ;

medial line very indistinct, double, dark, minutely waved, excurved

beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial line’ indistinct. dark

waved, slightly defined on outer side by blue-white from vein 3 to

inner margin, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line

indistinct, dark, rather diffused, almost obsolete on costal area;

cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing dark fuscous brown ;

ACH2EA, 499

an oblique blue-white postmedial bar between veins 5 and 2;

a slight ochreous white spot at apex, more prominent terminal

spot at discal fold, and oblique bar in submedian interspace ; cilia

whitish at the terminal spot. Underside grey-brown largely

suffused with fuscous; fore wing with blackish discoidal bar with

Vig. 119.—Achea eusciasta, S. 1.

some ochreous white beyond it, a large diffused blackish patch at

middle of terminal area; hind wing with blackish discoidal point

and postmedial and subterminal lines, the last with dark suffusion

before it. .

Hab. Stneavore (Ridley), 1 g type. Hep. 74 millim.

B. Mid tibize of male dilated, with a groove containing a tuft of long hair,

the Ist joint of mid tarsi not fringed with hair, the Ist joint of hind

tarsi fringed with hair above.

a. Thorax of male, two basal segments of abdomen, base of inner margin

of fore wing, and base of hind wing with tufts of rough hair.

7624. Achza illustrata.

Achea tllustrata, Wik. xiv. 1892 (1858).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown, the rough hair

on thorax and abdomen rufous; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of

abdomen irrorated with grey, the tarsi tinged with ochreous.

Fore wing grey-brown tinged with violaceous except on terminal

area and with some pale ochreous on basal inner area; a small

2 2

500 NOCTUID A.

tuft of white scales below base of cell; a curved dark subbasal

striga from costa; antemedial line blackish, oblique, straight ;

reniform defined by blackish, very narrow ; a slight dark waved

medial line excurved beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial

line blackish, dentate, oblique to vein 6 with a white patch beyond

it irrorated with rufous and traversed by slight dark streaks on the

veins and by the double dentate red-brown subterminal line, the

postmedial line incurved below vein 4 and strongly incurved in

submedian interspace where there is a white spot beyond it

followed by a dentate yellowish white line with minute white spots

above and below its extremities, a dark shade beyond the postmedial

Fig. 120.—Achea illustrata, S. t.

line; a faint waved dark line just before termen with minute white

points at the interspaces. Hind wing grey-brown, the terminal

half fuscous except towards tornus; a white spot at apex and the

termen and cilia white between veins 7 and 4. Underside grey

irrorated with brown: fore wing with the terminal area suffused

with fuscous, a dark discoidal bar, postmedial line oblique below

vein 6 and incurved at submedian fold, a white patch beyond it on

costal area tinged with rufous and with slight dentate rufous marks

on it, and a diffused white patch on inner area; hind wing with

dark discoidal point, postmedial line incurved below discal fold,

and faint maculate whitish subterminal line.

Hab. Srprra Leone (Morgan, Clements), 3 3 type. Hap. 70-

72 millim.

ACH A. 501

6. Thorax of male, the two basal segments of abdomen, and the base of

inner margin of fore wing, but not the base of hind wing, with tufts

of rough hair,

7625. Achza dasybasis, n. sp.

Head and thorax whitish suffused with rufous; antenne, palpi,

pectus, and legs grey-brown; abdomen pale grey-brown, the base of

dorsum whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale grey-brown with

a slight rufous gloss and some dark irroration, the inner area pale

rufous at base and with a cupreous gloss towards tornus; a small

tuft of white scales below base of cell; a slight dark subbasal line

from costa to median nervure ; antemedial line slight, dark, oblique,

Fig. 121.—Achea dasybasis, }.

sinuous ; a small dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal spot;

a faint slightly waved dark medial line, incurved below vein 5;

postmedial line dark, waved, oblique to vein 6, and with a white

patch beyond it irrorated with brown, traversed by slight dark

streaks on the veins and by the dentate subterminal line double

towards costa where it forms a dark mark with two white points

on it, the postmedial line oblique from vein 6 to 3, then incurved,

strongly in submedian interspace where there is a white spot

beyond it followed by a waved white line with small white spots

above and below its extremities; a series of slight black lunules

just before termen. Hind wing grey-brown, the terminal area

fuscous except towards termen; a white spot at apex, and the

termen and cilia white between veins 7 and 4. Underside grey

502 NOCLUIDZ.

irrorated with brown; fore wing with white band with sinuous

edges from below middle of costa to tornus, with an oblique dark

discoidal striga on it, the postmedial patch as above; hind wing

with curved postmedial line and indistinct waved subterminal line

with slight whitish spots beyond it.

Hab. Germ. E. Arrica, Itumba, Kongwa (Wood), 1 9; N.E.

RuopeEsta, Loangwa R. (Neave), 1 $ type. Hap. 70 millim.

e. Hind wing of male with a minute corneous hook at base of median

neryure on underside and minute corneous plate below costa (?) acted

on by spines of the dilated mid tibia, the males making a sound like

a grasshopper during flight. g

7626. Achzea mormoides.

Achea mormoides, Wik. xiv. 1893 (1858).

Achea mania, Feld, Reis. Nov. pl. 116. f. 16 (1874).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; tarsi with slight pale

segmental rings. Fore wing grey-brown, the basal and postmedial

areas somewhat darker, the medial area irrorated with blackish ;

a slight sinuous blackish subbasal line from costa to submedian

Fig. 122.—Achea mormoides, G. 1}.

fold; antemedial line indistinctly double, inwardly oblique, straight ;

a minute black spot at upper angle of cell and larger spot at lower

angle connected by two striz ; medial line slight, blackish, minutely

waved, excuryed beyond the cell, then incurved; postmedial line

blackish, minutely dentate, oblique to yein 6 and incurved below

ACH A. : 503

vein 4,some minute whitish poiuts beyond it on costa; subterminal

line blackish, somewhat diffused on inner side, arising from apex,

incurved below apex, double and filled in greyish below vein 5;

a series of black points just before termen; cilia with a fine grey

line at base. Hind wing black-brown; an obliquely curved medial

line slightly defined on outer side by greyish; a pure white apical

patch extending to vein 4, its inner edge angled outwards at vein 6 ;

an oblique whitish subterminal line from vein 3 to termen at

vein 1; a blackish terminal line and greyish lines at base and

near tips of cilia on the dark area. Underside grey-brown with

dark suffusion before the subterminal line, the terminal areas grey ;

fore wing with dark discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and

slightly sinuous subterminal line with some dark suffusion beyond

it on inner half; hind wing with dark discoidal striga, curved

medial line, and minutely waved postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Goin Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 g; S. Niepria, Lagos

(Strachan), 1 2, Ebute Meta (Boay), 1 2, Old Calabar (Cocrburn,

Crompton, Sampson), 2 3, 5 Q, Sapele (Sampson), 1 3, Lesha

(Humfrey), 1 3, 32; Narat, Durban (Gueinzius, Gooch, Leigh,

Clark),5 3,1 9 type. Hwvp. 64-76 millim.

Larva. Dark brown mottled with pale reddish; traces of a pale

dorsal line defined by dark brown except on the five anterior

somites, slightly expanding at middle of somites; 4th somite with

a redder subdorsal patch; traces of reddish lateral and stigmatal

lines except on the five anterior somites ; stigmata ochreous defined

by dark brown; 11th somite with a pair of dorsal prominences

behind ; head ochreous mottled with red.

d. Thorax and wings of male normal.

a1, Hind wing with yellow apical patch.

a, Fore wing with double nearly straight line

beyondahlreyamtenrediallslinveceeeneseerer eee sete prestans.

b?, Fore wing with single waved line beyond the

antemedial line.

a’, Fore wing with the medial area suffused with

ple swinitter ater stances tos sacsenehdaictes wae ata asic. poliopasta.

28, Fore wing with the medial area not suffused

Wil MMO=VHwUlli® .coooosacgadoonaagonsoacc00nnenn0006 radama.

c*, Fore wing without line beyond the antemedial

line.

a3, Fore wing with the basal area and a post-

medial patch on costal area deep chocolate-

IDPOW occ aconoonesaososeoaooodecosancaso0scnsDDUcDE sa: intercisa.

63, Fore wing with the basal area and postmedial

costal area not chocolate-brown.

a‘, Fore wing with conical postmedial white

ANCA OM COSI CHR. cosoanasccocdaopoaaHncobee chrysopera.

b4. Fore wing without conical postmedial

white patch on costal area.

a, Hind wing with the yellow patch on

apical half of termen broad............... dejeant.

u®. Hind wing with the yellow. patch on

apical part of termen much narrower.

a8, Fore wing with the ante- and post-

medial limes waved .........:0+.:+2---+- Eze,

504 NOCTUID.

6, Fore wing with the ante- and post-

medial lines nearly straight and

ONCE da66so00a000000500 GuoQdaeanagqno4on

}1, Hind wing with yellow spots at apex and on

termen at discal fold .........c0csscssseerecncneeenees

cl, Hind wing with white apical patch.

a2, Fore wing with pale oblique band from middle

of costa to tornus.

a3, Fore wing with the band broad, its outer

edge incurved below costa and bent inwards

LOM OIGINUES ieeyetelee etelate letetetareleeteletetsteteCelstsetetstictetsleeetet=\sier=

63, Fore wing with the band narrow, its outer

edge incurved throughout ...............0000++

b?, Fore wing without pale oblique band.

a3, Fore wing with the basal area chocolate-

brown.

a‘, Fore wing with the antemedial and sub-

terminal lines not incurved..................

64. Fore wing with the antemedial and sub-

terminal lines incurved.

a’, Kore wing with the antemedial line

curved inwards to inner margin.........

&°, Fore wing with the antemedial line not

curved inwards to inner margin.........

13, Fore wing with obliquely curved subbasal

chocolate-brown pach from costa, to vein 1...

c3, Fore wing without obliquely curved subbasal

chocolate-brown patch.

a’, Fore wing olive-brown irrorated with

[WES AREH? — cosocoseososcosqc000sna00NHG0G0G0000000

64. Fore wing red-brown ............scsseeeeseeeees

d', Hind wing with white spots at apex and on ter-

men at discal fold.

a2, Fore wing with conical white patch broken up

into spots on costa towards apex.

a3, Fore wing with oblique series of lunulate

white spots striated with rufous from the

(ORE D (co) THVT TENT sp poconodnon qsopcocoouNeEaS

4°, Fore wing with. the oblique series of white

spots interrupted between veins 6 and 8 ...

b? Fore wing without conical white patch on costa

towards apex.

a3, Hind wing with the basal area yellow.

a4. Fore wing with oblique white ante- and

pos bmie dial Mines ieereeeresece reer eeeseeeeeer

é4, Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial

lines dark and waved ..............s00000s008

43, Hind wing with the basal area white .........

cs, Hind wing with the basal area grey-brown.

a4. Fore wing with the antemedial line double,

oblique, waved.

a’, Hind wing with the medial whitish band

interrupted at submedian fold .........

5, Hind wing with the medial whitish band

not interrupted at submedian fold.

a’, Hind wing with whitish subterminal

bar towards tornuS ..................606

6§, Hind wing with white subterminal

spot in submedian fold..................

64, Fore wing with the antemedial line angled

outwards below costa, then incurved

balteata.

catocaloides.

obvia.

lenzi.

leucopera.

retrorsa.

echo.

indicabilis.

mezentia.

stumpfi.

emperatrix,

mabilli.

orthogramma.

leucopasa.

sinuplex.

Serva.

mercatoria.

seychellarwn.

externesignata.

ACHAEA. 505

é!, Hind wing without white spots at apex and on

termen at discal fold.

a*. Fore wing with the postmedial line not waved.

a. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled

outwards at vein 6, then obliquely incurved.

a‘, Fore wing with dark medial shade; hind

wing with the basal area dark brown ... winbrigera.

b4, Fore wing without dark medial shade;

hind wing with the basal area grey-

brown.

a. Hind wing with the medial band

OCHRE OWS pcr piee se cviaclacssneccememascenwens us trapezoides,

6°, Hind wing with the medial band grey-

lOROR Aaa Sdandeconpesaaonaence satan ncetecsD Aenea: Jaber.

63, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

below costa, then obliquely ineurved... ..... indeterminata.

7, Fore wing with the postmedial line waved.

a, Fore wing grey-brown.

a‘, Fore wing with the terminal area grey

except at apex.

a, Fore wing with the inner edge of the

terminal area rather diffused ............ boris

}°. Fore wing with the inner edge of the

terminal area sharply defined............ Sinita.

b+, Fore wing with the terminal area not

grey.

a>, Fore wing with the cilia white except at

NOES ENG] WOT) — Goonpoogsepeo0ds06e05500000 albicilia,

b®, Fore wing with the cilia brownish.

a’, Kore wing without semielliptical patch

on apical part of costa.

a’, Fore wing with the lines double ... diplographa.

07, Fore wing with the lines single...... sordida.

b§, Fore wing with semielliptical patch

on apical part of costa.

a, Fore wing with the apical patch

aval TATIONS soopdgobooode6sb60de0G~ Ga0 thermopera.

7, Fore wing with the apical patch

dark, sometimes tinged in part

WHA TAROT so0006090000000000000n0000 pheobasis.

6°, Fore wing red-brown.

a‘, Fore wing with conical whitish patch on

costa towards APCX ...........ceeeeeteceeeeens albifimbria.

6+. Fore wing without conical whitish patch

on costa towards apex ...........eeceeeeseeee xanthodera.

7627. Achea prestans. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 7.)

Ophisma prestans, Guen, Noct. iii. p. 241, pl. 22. f. 2 (1852).

Ophiusa bryoxantha, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr, Mus. ii. p. 840 (1902).

white ; tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing red-brown suffused

with sap-green, the basal inner area, inner half of postmedial area

and a semielliptical patch on apical part of costal area less suffused ;

a small tuft of white-tipped scales below base of cell with a white

point beyond it in the cell; an indistinctly double curved brown

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double,

brown, sinuous, slightly angled inwards in submedian fold; a

506 NOCTUID &.

double nearly straight oblique, brown line beyond it; reniform

very narrow, faintly defined by brown and with black points at its

upper and lower extremities; medial line double, waved, excurved

beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial line dark, very oblique,

slightly sinuous and defined by white on outer side from costa

to vein 6 where it has a small dark mark beyond it and is met by

an oblique blue-white shade from apex, thea strongly incurved,

dentate and with traces of a line beyond it; subterminal line

indistinct, pale, waved, faintly defined on each side by brown

suffusion and arising below vein 6; a series of black and white

points just before termen; cilia with some dark brown at tips.

Hind wing red-brown with an oblique black-brown shade before

the bright yellow apical patch which ends at vein 4 and extends

on costal area to near middle; a waved dark line before termen

from vein 4 to near tornus. Underside of fore wing black-brown,

the costa and apical area red-brown irrorated with white, a

broad oblique, yellow band from below middle of costa to tornus ;

hind wing pale red-brown irrorated with dark brown and on costal

area with some whitish, two dark slightly waved medial lines and

a pale subterminal line incurved below costa.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the basal and terminal areas browner,

the white medial area bright sap-green with some white suffusion

before the apical patch which 1s deep chocolate-brown.

Ab. 2. Fore wing browner, the area between the outer of the

two lines beyond the antemedial line and the medial line pale

green becoming whitish towards costa, the patch on apical pare of

costa bright rufous, dark at apex.

Ab. 3. Fore wing almost uniform red-brown with the markings

obsolescent, the area between the outer of the two lines bey ond

the antemedial and the medial line nearly pure white.

Ab. 4. Fore wing red-brown with lunulate white spots beyond

the medial line above and below vein 3.

Ab. 5. Similar but fore wing with the ground-colour greenish

grey.

Hab. Lorengo Maravus, Delagoa Bay in Coll. Druce; Narat, 1 9

type bryoxantha ; Madagascar in “Coll. Kenrick. xp. 68-72 millim.

7628. Acheza poliopasta, n. sp. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 8.)

Q@. Head and thorax black-brown very slightly irrorated with

whitish scales; tarsislightly ringed with ochreous brown; abdomen

dark brown. Fore wing black-brown irrorated with a few blue-

white scales, the medial area suffused with blue-white except at

costa and inner margin; an oblique blackish subbasal band from

costa to vein 1; antemedial line indistinct, faintly defined .on inner

side by blue-white scales, somewhat oblique, waved; reniform

faintly defined by blackish and with black points at its upper and

lower extremities, narrow, l1ts outer edge irregnlar; a slight dark

medial line excurved beyond the cell and incurved at discal fold ;

postmedial line double, filled in with blue-white and at costa with

ACH@A. 507

ochreous white, oblique to vein 6, then dentate, incurved below vein 4,

a black and red-brown patch beyond it on costal area defined by a

white streak below and with some white points on costa; sub-

terminal line slight and whitish to the white streak, angled inwards

below costa and outwards at vein 7, then very indistinct, dark,

waved ; a series of black and white points just before termen ; cilia

with a slight ochreous line at base. Hind wing dark brown; a

golden-yellow apical patch extending to vein 4 and narrow below

vein 6; a black point before termen at discal fold and black

terminal line between veins 4 and 1; cilia with a slight ochreous

line at base at the dark area. Underside dark brown; fore wing

with oblique yellow band from below middle of costa to tornus ;

hind wing with two indistinct dark postmedial lines.

Hab. Camuroons, 1 9 type. wp. 70 millim.

*7629. Achea radama.

Achea radama, Feld. Reis, Nov. pl. 116. f. 17 (1874).

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the two former and

the tibie with a few white scales, the spurs and tarsi ringed

with whitish. Fore wing dark brown; the basal arca with some

reddish brown ; an oblique sinuous black subbasal line from costa

to submedian feld ; antemedial line black defined on outer side by

reddish brown, oblique, sinuous; the basal part of medial area

black-brown, with sinuous outer edge, the medial part violaceous

grey irrorated with red-brown with small black spots at angles of

cell, bounded by the dentate dark brown medial line excurved

beyond the cell, then incurved, the outer part violaceous grey

suffused with red-brown and with dark brown on costal half, with

another indistinct dentate line beyond the medial line with small

violaceous white spots on it above and below vein 3; postmedial

line double, blackish filled in with violaceous white, oblique and

sinuous to below vein 6, then dentate and incurved below vein 4;

terminal area black-brown tinged with red-brown towards termen

except at apex; a curved black-brown patch defined by rufous from

costa to vein 6, its outer edge excised and with some violaceous

white irroration beyond it and some rufous points on costa; traces

of a sinucus dark subterminal line from vein 6 to inner margin; a

crenulate black-brown terminal line with white points beyond it at

the interspaces; cilia black-brown with a rufous line at base.

Hind wing black-brown with a large apical yellow patch extending

to below vein 5, very broad at costa, its inner edge strongly bent

outwards at vein 6; traces of an oblique pale line from discal fold

to inner margin near tornus; a faint yellow line from the apical

patch to termen at vein 1] ; a waved dark line just before termen

with yellowish beyond it, obsolete towards apex; cilia yellow at

the apical patch, then black-brown with some yellowish at tips at

submedian interspace. Underside of fore wing black-brown, the

costa irrorated with white, the apical area paler and irrorated with

508 NOCTUID A.

white, an oblique yellow band from end of cell to tornus; hind

wing with some yellowish irroration and white on costal and

terminal areas, indistinct medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines,

the last waved and defined on outer side by yellowish, a series of

black points before termen.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the outer part of medial area tinged with

bluish green and without the white spots above and below vein 3,

the black-brown beyond medial part of postmedial line reduced

to spots above and below vein 3.

Ab. 2. Similar, but fore wing with the outer part of medial arca

red-brown without violaceous or green suffusion. .

Hab. Mapagascar, Colls. Druce and Kenrick. Exp. 68-72

millim.

4630. Achea intercisa. (Plate CCXVILI. fig. 9.)

Achea intercisa, W1k. xxxiii. 960 (1865).

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the patagia with some

whitish at base ; palpi ochreous white in front; trons with whitish

streaks at sides ; a whitish ring behind the eyes; pectus and legs

grey-brown, the tibize and tarsi irrorated with ochreous. Fore

wing with the basal area deep chocolate-brown, the rest of wing

ochreous suffused with rufous and irrorated with dark brown, a

large deep chocolate-brown patch on apical part of costal area;

subbasal line whitish, double towards costa, very oblique to the

antemedial line at vein 1; the median nervure beyond it streaked

with whitish and vein 1 whitish on basal area; antemedial line

- whitish defined on outer side by black forming a small patch at

costa, oblique towards costa, minutely waved in cell, acutely angled

inwards on median nervure and vein 1 and excurved in submedian

fold ; reniform whitish defined by blackish and with black points at

upper and lower extremities, very narrow, a small brown lunule

above it from costa; postmedial line blackish slightly defined on

outer side by white, slightly sinuous, oblique to vein 5, then

obliquely curved to tornus, a small wedge-shaped black spot beyond

it below vein5; the large dark patch on apical part of costa

extending to vein 5, just beyond the postmedial line, some minute

whitish points on it at costa; subterminal line represented by a

fine oblique slightly sinuous whitish line on the dark patch; a

series of black points just before termen; cilia with a whitish line

at base. Hind wing fuscous brown; a large apical yellow patch

narrowing to a point below vein 4, then the termen red-brown to

vein 1. Underside dark brown; fore wing with a broad oblique

yellow band from below middle of costa to tornus, diffused on

inner side, a brown discoidal lunule on it and the obliquely curved

postmedial line near its outer edge towards costa, a terminal yellow

band except towards tornus, its inner edge angled inwards at

discal fold; hind wing with slight discoidal striga, two oblique

minutely waved postmedial lines, the yellow terminal area extending

ACHZA. 509

to vein 1, irrorated with brown, its inner edge sinuous and waved,

a series of black points before termen.

Hab, Stprra Leone (Foaecroft), 1 2 type; S. Nierrta, Ilesha

(Humfrey), 1 3. Hep, 62 millim,

*7631. Achwa chrysopera. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 10.)

Achea chrysopera, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) ix. p. 552 (1912).

3. Head brown; thorax rufous with an orange tinge; pectus

ochreous brown; legs grey-brown, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen red-brown, some white points at sides towards base, the

anal tuft blackish below and with some white at sides. Fore wing

bright rufous mixed with some orange especially on costal area, the

base of inner margin brown; a double brown subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, brown, waved ;

a black point in middle of cell and slight blackish discoidal lunule ;

medial line brown, dentate, excurved beyond the cell, then in-

curved ; a conical white patch on postmedial part of costa tinged

with blue except on inner side and irrorated with red-brown, the

costa red-brown with some white points; postmedial line brown,

dentate, slight rufous and oblique to vein 6 where it traverses the

white patch, then inwardly oblique; subterminal line indistinct,

dark, oblique from costa to discal fold, then dentate; a series of

black points before termen; cilia white at tips except towards

tornus. Hind wing blackish brown, the apical area golden yellow

extending on costal area to near middle and on terminal area to

vein 5; a faint rufous postmedial line arising at vein 5, oblique to

vein 2, then bent inwards to inner margin ; the terminal area red-

brown below the yellow patch with a faint waved yellowish line on

its inner edge; a series of blackish points before medial part of -

termen; cilia ochreous, white at tips to vein 2. Underside pale red-

brown ; fore wing with the costal area and terminal area except

towards tornus irrorated with violaceous white, small brown spots

on and beyond the discocellulars, the area from lower angle of cell

to tornus pale yellowish with a blackish brown patch beyond it;

hind wing with the basal, costal, and inner areas irrorated with

white, a small dark discoidal spot, traces of a waved medial line, a

more distinct waved postmedial line, a series of black points before

termen on short white streaks,

Hab. Germ. 1. Arrica, Dar-es-Salaam, type + ¢ in Coll. Druce.

Exp. 54 willim.

*7632. Achea dejeani. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 11.)

Ophiusa dejeanit, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag. p. 102, pl. 15. f. 4 (1833).

Achea orea, Mab. C. R. Soe. Ent. Belg. xxv. p. lviii (1881).

$. Head and thorax pale reddish brown ; palpi, pectus, legs, and

abdomen grey-brown, the last with the anal tuft and ventral

surface towards extremity reddish brown, Fore wing brown

510 NOOCTUID A,

suffused with purple-grey and with slight dark irroration, the outer

part of medial area greyer except towards inner margin; an in-

distinct waved subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line indistinct, double, filled in and defined on outer side by

grey, oblique, irregularly waved ; three black discoidai points ; two

dentate dark postmedial lines, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,

some pale points beyond them on costa; an indistinct waved dark sub-

terminal line defined on outer side by greyish ; a series of blackish

points before termen; cilia pale at tips except towards tornus.

Hind wing grey-brown, the apical half black-brown with a large

apical yellow patch extending to below vein 5, its inner edge

oblique and sinuous; cilia yellow at the patch, then yellowish at

tips to vein 2. Underside of fore wing grey-brown irrorated with

blackish, a blackish discoidal bar with broad pale yellow band from

beyond it to terminal part of inner margin, and blackish suffusion

beyond it, a blackish postmedial line from costa to vein 6; hind

wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal spot,

medial line excurved below costa, oblique postmedial line and pale

subterminal line defined on each side by blackish.

Hab, Unnrr. Mapaeascar (Pratt) in Coll. Kenrick, type t 3 orea

in Coll. Mabille. Zzp. 56 millim.

7633. Achwa ezea.

Phalena ezea, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 78, pl. 239. f. D (1779).

Noctua hircus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 28 (1794).

Achea leona, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 116. f. 15 (1874).

Head and thorax red-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-

brown. Fore wing red-brown with a slight cupreous gloss; a

faint oblique pale subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial _

line brown defined on each side by pale rufous, oblique, sinuous; a

dark point in middle of cell and two discoidal points ; a slight dark

dentate medial line, excurved beyond the cell and incurved below

it; postmedial line dark, dentate, oblique to vein 6 and incurved

below vein 4; a semielliptical pale reddish patch on apical part of

costa defined below by dark suffusion and with some pale points on

costa ; an indistinct pale subterminal line, incurved below vein 3,

the area beyond it suffused with dark brown; cilia fuscous brown

with a fine greyish line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown with a _

yellow patch at apex extending to vein 4 and narrow below vein 6.

Underside fuscous brown; fore wing with diffused pale yellow

patch beyond the cell from below the costa to vein 2 and dark dis-

coidal striga, the inner area whitish towards tornus, the termen

suffused with blue-grey except towards tornus with a series of

black points before termen ; hind wing with faint dark postmedial

line except towards inner margin, a whitish patch at apex with

slight pale subterminal line from it to termen at vein 1.

Hab. Srmrra Leone (Clements), 2 6,12; Lapserra (Pearce), 1 3;

Gop Coast (Johnston), 2 3, Cape Coast Castle (Higlett), 1 9,

Fort Gorilla, 1 ¢, Aburi (Str G. Carter), 1 3, Bibianaha (Spurrell),

ACH HA. 511

2, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 g; S. Niemrra, Lagos (Boag), 1 3,

Olcvemel (Dudgeon), 1 2, Old Calabar (Steadley, Crompton, Samp-

son), 2 6,38 9, Abutshi (Wewman), 1 9, Lesha (Humfr y)s eae

1@. Hep. 56-66 millim.

*7634, Achea balteata. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 12.)

Achea balteata, de Joan, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1912, p. 333.

Q. Head and thorax dark brown; palpi grey in front; pectus,

legs, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing dark brown with an

olive tinge, the terminal area grey-brown with a purplish tinge

except towards apex; subbasal line ochreous white, excurved below

costa and cell and ending at vein 1; antemedial line fine, black-

brown, slightly defined on outer side by violaceous white and on

both sides towards costa, oblique and nearly straight from costa

before middle to inner margin beyond middle; blackish points

slightly defined by whitish at angles of cell connected by a slight

curved pale striga ; postmedial line fine, black-brown slightly

defined on each side by violaceous white, obliquely incurved ‘from

costa beyond middle to tornus, giving oft on inner side beyond lower

angle of cell a slight somewhat sinuous violaceous line to inner

margin between it and the antemedial line, the area between these

two lines having a purplish tinge; some whitish points on post-

medial part of costa; subterminal line whitish and oblique from

costa to near termen at vein 7, then defined on inner side by black-

brown suffusion and incurved to tornus; a series of black points

before termen on minute whitish streaks. Hind wing dark greyish

brown, the termen narrowly yellow from apex to vein 4. Under-

side of fore wing grey-brown, the termen greyer, the inner area

whitish, a narrow rather oblique ochreous whitish medial band from

below costa to the inner area; hind wing grey suffused and irrorated

with brown, a slight dark discoidal spot, a faint oblique slightly

sinuous medial line defined on outer side by whitish, and a series

of blackish points just before ter men,

Hab. N. Manbaeascar, type tf Q in Coll. de Joannis. Hwp. 54

millim.

7635. Achewa catocaloides. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 13.)

Achea catocaloides, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 245 (1852).

Ophisma exhibens, W1k. xiv. 1888 (1858).

Head and thorax pale red-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen

greyish brown. Fore wing dull reddish brown ; an oblique slightly

sinuous dark antemedial line; a minute black point in middle of

cell; reniform faintly defined by blackish, small and placed on an

oblique brown medial shade; postmedial line blackish very slightly

defined on outer side by whitish, crenulate, oblique to vein 6 and

incuryed below vein 4; a faint dark subterminal shade, excurved

512 NOCLUID 2.

below vein 7 and bent outwards to termen above tornus, and traces

of a pale waved subterminal line from vein 4 to inner margin; a

series of minute black points just before termen ; cilia dark brown.

Hind wing fuscons brown, the terminal area black-brown except

towards tornus; an oblique yellow band from middle of costa to

below vein 2 where it narrows to a point ; a small yellow spot on

costa at apex, a patch of yellow on termen and cilia below apex, and

an oblique yellowish striga from vein 2 to termen at vein 1.

Underside grey-brown irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing with

oblique pale yellowish band from below middle of costa to tornus

enclosing a black discoidal spot, its outer edge incurved at middle

and with blackish patch beyond it from vein 6 to termen at sub-

median fold; hind wing with two oblique dark postmedial lines,

the outer line expanding into a dark patch near tornus.

Hab. Stnrra Leone (Cator), 1 3; Gotp Coast, Kumasi ( White-

side), 3 $; 8S. Niezrta, Old Calabar (Cockburn, Crompton, Sampson),

6 3, 79, Sapele (Sampson), 2 2; Camproons, 1 ¢; Uaanna,

Entebbe (Minchin), 1 9; Br. E. Arrica, Pemba I. (Burtt), 1 2.

Has. 1an., 1 ¢$ type ewhibens. Hap. 56-68 millim,

7636. Achea obvia, n. sp. (Plate CCX VII. fig. 14.)

Head and tegule dull reddish brown, the latter greyish brown at

tips; thorax and abdomen grey-brown; tibiee and tarsi whitish

irrorated with brown. Fore wing dark brown, the medial area

whitish tinged and irrorated with brown, the terminal area grey-

brown except at apex ; subbasal line double filled in with whitish,

excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial

line double, blackish filled in with yellow-brown, oblique and

slightly sinuous ; a small black-brown spot at upper angle of cell

with a striga from its lower extremity ; a faint double medial line,

very slightly excurved beyond the cell, then very slightly incurved ;

postmedial line double, blackish filled in with whitish towards costa

then with yellow-brown, oblique, straight and ending at tornus ;

some minute white points on postmedial part of costa; a pure white

apical spot; the inner edge of the grey terminal area oblique from

termen below apex, angled outwards at vein 4, then oblique to the

postmedial line at vein 2; a series of black and white points just

before termen ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing dark

brown; a small pure white apical patch with sinuous inner edge,

extending as a line on termen to vein 4; the cilia with a fine pale

line at base below vein 4. Underside greyish brown; fore wing

with broad oblique white band from below middle of costa to tornus

with slight brown discoidal striga on it, a faint sinuous whitish

subterminal line arising from the apical spot; hind wing with

slight discoidal point, faint postmedial line and slight waved

whitish subterminal line from the apical patch to termen at vein 1.

Hab. 8. Nieprra, esha (Humfrey), 2 3, 2 9 type. Hap. 50-

54 millim,

ACH MA. - 513

*7637. Achza lenzi.

Ophiusa lenzi, Saalm. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlii. p. 435 (1881); id. ee

Madag. p. 467, f. 129.

@. Head and thorax dark brown; palpi pale reddish eben

antenn with the basal joint whitish; pectus, legs, and abdomen

dark brown mixed with greyish, the spurs and tarsi ringed with

whitish. Fore wing black-brown; the basal costal area red-brown

with the black subbasal line before its outer edge, excurved below

costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black slightly

defined on each side by whitish, very oblique and slightly bent in-

wards to inner margin; an oblique red-brown band mixed with

whitish from middle of costa to inner margin towards tornus, two

small black spots defined by whitish at angles of cell; postmedial

line black defined on inner side by white and on outer by red-

brown and white towards costa, very obliquely incurved; three

white points on postmedial part of costa; terminal area pale red-

brown defined on inner side by the slight whitish subterminal line

defining the dark area, excurved to near termen below vein 7, in-

curved at discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved ; a series of

black points before termen with violaceous white suffusion before

them except. towards apex. Hind wing greyish fuscous, a white

apical spot with the termen white from it to below vein 5, then pale

reddish brown with a dark line before it from vein 3 to termen at

vein 1 ; a waved blackish line before termen except towards apex ;

cilia reddish brown, white on apical area. Underside of fore wing

fuscous with some whitish irroration on costa, an oblique whitish

medial band from below costa to inner margin, the termen whitish

irrorated with brown except towards tornus, cilia whitish at base,

red-brown at tips ; hind wing whitish thickly irrorated with brown,

an oblique waved medial line, a subterminal line excurved and

dentate at middle, a series of black points before termen.

Hab, Centr. Mapacascar (Pratt), in Coll. Kenrick. Hap. 44

millim.

*7638. Achea leucopera. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 15.)

Achea leucopera, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) ix. p. 552 (1912).

g. Head and thorax bright rufous ; legs brown, the tarsi ringed

with white; abdomen brown tinged with leaden grey, the ventral

‘surface red-brown. Fore wing with the basal area deep chocolate-

brown with a rufous patch at base of costa and the veins tinged with

leaden grey, defined by a whitish line excurved in submedian inter-

space; basal half of medial area greenish white, the outer half pale

silvery blue, irrorated with chocolate-brown ; reniform defined by black

points above and below and strie at sides; medial line indistinctly

double, dark, the outer line diffused, dentate, excurved beyond the

cell, then incurved; postmedial line indistinctly double, dark,

dentate, excurvyed to yein 4, then incuryed ; terminal area red-

VoL. XII. Di

514 NOCTUID AL,

brown with some white points on costa; a rufous apical patch de-

fined on inner side by a slight incurved whitish line from costa to

vein 7; subterminal line dark brown, oblique and diffused from

apex to vein 6, then double, slightly incurved below vein 3; a

erenulate blackish terminal line; cilia dark brown with pale lines

at base and middle. Hind wing blackish brown with pure white

apical patch extending to vein 5; cilia below the white patch

tinged with grey and with slight dark line near base. Underside

pale brown irrorated with dark brown; fore wing with the terminal

area dark brown, a white apical patch extending to below vein 5,

a dark discoidal spot with diffused white patch from just before it

to tornus, postmedial line curved and waved, subterminal line

angled outwards at vein 7, black points before termen on the white

patch ; hind wing with dark discoidal spot, diffused medial line,

waved postmedial line, subterminal line incurved below costa then

waved, and black points before termen on the white patch.

9%. Fore wing with the basal area red-brown, the rest of wing

rufous, the medial area with a slight violaceous tinge; hind wing

paler brown.

Hab. Cameroons, Ja R., Bitji (Bates), type t din Coll. Druce ;

Congo, Up. Kasai Distr, (Landbeck), @ in Coll. Druce. Hap. 52

saeiian.

7639. Achea retrorsa, n. sp. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 16.)

Head and thorax red-brown, the tegule tipped with grey, the

patagia with the outer edge and tips grey; frons with fine grey

lines at sides; antennee with the shaft white in front except

towards tips ; pectus and legs fuscous brown mixed with some grey,

the spurs and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown, the

crests at base tipped with whitish. Fore wing with the basal area

chocolate-brown with oblique whitish subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold slightly angled inwards in cell; medial line black

defined on outer side by yellow-white, incurved from costa to vein 1,

then curved inwards to inner margin, the area beyond it pale red-

brown sparsely irrorated with black to the subterminal line; a faint

pale reniform stigma with black points at angles of cell and a point

near its inner edge; two indistinct postmedial lines with faint

violaceous white suffusion between them, excurved below costa, then

incurved, the outer line with some white towards costa, the inner

line with small black spot at inner margin; cilia of inner margin.

white except towards base and tornus; subterminal line rather

diffused black-brown, oblique from apex to above vein 6, then

strongly bent inwards and incurved to tornus, the area beyond it

white tinged with brown and irrorated with blackish, whiter

toward apex, the veins finely streaked with white; a series of black

points before termen and spots at submedian fold and tornus; a fine

black terminal line and slight line near base of cilia, which are

white tinged with brown. Hind wing black-brown, the base tinged

with bluish white; a bluish white line from middle of costa to

ACH EA, 515

tornus; a pale subterminal line from vein 3 to termen at vein 1; a

white spot at apex; the termen tinged with red-brown at middle

and with a series of black points before it ; cilia white towards apex,

then blackish with a pale line at base. Underside reddish brown

irrorated with blackish; fore wing with black discoidal lunule, a

large patch of black suffusion on postmedial area below middle from

before the postmedial line, a faint waved whitish subterminal line

excurved below costa, the termen suffused with white; hind wing

with the inner area suffused with blue-grey, two curved postmedial

lines and a subterminal line defined on outer side by whitish.

flab. Mavaeascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 g type, 9 in Coll. Ken-

rick. Exp. 70 millim.

7610. Achwa echo. (Plate CCXVILI. fig. 17.)

Ophisma echo, Wik. xiv. 13874 (1858).

‘dAchea mariaca, Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xli. p. 299 (1880).

Head and thorax pale red-brown; abdomen greyish brown.

Fore wing with the basal area red-brown to the medial line towards

which it is darker; subbasal line brown defined on outer side by

whitish, excurved below costa, then oblique and ending at sub-

median fold; traces of an oblique sinuous antemedial line; medial

line dark brown, ineurved, slightly excurved above inner margin ;

medial area pale rufous with slight black points at the angles of

cell; postmedial area reddish brown, extending on costal half to

before the slight dentate black postmedial line, which is excurved

below costa, then incurved; some whitish points on costa towards

apex ; a black-brown line downcurved and rather diffused on inner

side from apex to vein 6, then rather indistinctly double and in-

curved to tornus where there is a slight whitish mark on it, the

area beyond it whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated with

dark brown and with slight white streaks on the veins; a series of

black points before the fine brown terminal line; a whitish line at

base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown; an indistinct whitish line

from middle of costa to tornus and a faint pale line from vein 3 to

termen near tornus; a wedge-shaped white apical patch; the

termen whitish irrorated with brown from below apex to submedian

fold; some slight blackish points before the fine brown terminal

line; cilia white except at tips towards apex. Underside greyish

suffused with brown and irrorated with dark brown; fore wing with

slight dark discoidal bar and postmedial line excurved below costa,

then incurved, with some whitish before it at middle and large

fuscous patch beyond it; hind wing with dark discoidal striga and

two slightly waved dark postmedial lines except on inner area.

Hab. Sierra Leone (Morgan, Mitford), 2 3; 8. Nierrta, Ilesha

(Humfrey), 1 2; Masnonatanp, Umtali (Marshall), 1 3; Trans-

vaaL, Lydenburg (Zutrencka), 1 g; Navat, Durban (Legh), 19.

Eap. 66-74 millim,

516 NOCTUIDZ.

Larva. Brownish ochreous thickly irrorated and striated with

black, some of the strise forming obscure subdorsal, lateral and

stigmatal stripes ; ventral surface ochreous white; warts with

pointed prominences, the 11th somite with more prominent pair of

dorsal points ; head reticulated with black.

7641. Achea indicabilis. (Plate CCXVII. fig. 18.)

Achea indicabilis, Wik. xiv. 1894 (1858).

2. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey

suffused and irrorated with brown, the terminal area greyer except

towards apex ; an obliquely curved deep chocolate-brown subbasal

patch from costa to vein 1, its outer edge slightly indented at sub-

median fold and faintly defined by whitish, a curved brown line

slightly defined by whitish from its lower extremity to inner margin ;

asmall brown spot with pale point in centre at middle of cell;

reniform defined on inner side by a brown striga, a dark point at

its upper extremity and small spot at lower; medial line brown

faintly defined on inner side by whitish except towards costa,

strongly excurved beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial line

slight, brown, waved, oblique towards costa and incurved below

vein 6, some minute whitish points beyond it on costa; the apical

area more strongly suffused with brown; subterminal line black-

brown, oblique and downcurved from apex to vein 6, then incurved,

double and filled in with yellowish towards tornus; a series of

black points just before termen and a slight brown terminal line ;

cilia grey at base, brown at tips. Hind wing grey-brown with a

pure white apical patch extending to below vein 5; an oblique

greyish line from vein 5 to termen at vein 1 and a blackish

terminal line from the white patch to vein 1. Underside grey-

brown irrorated with brown; fore wing with brown discoidal spot

with whitish shade from it to tornus, a slight postmedial line

except on inner area, excurved below costa, a whitish terminal band

on apical half, its inner edge excurved below vein 7; hind wing

with discoidal striga, curved medial line, oblique postmedial line,

the terminal whitish band irrorated with brown and extending to

vein 1, a series of black points before termen.

Hab. Strrra Lront (Morgan), 1 2 type; Gotp Coast, Kumasi

(McDowall), 1 9; 8. Nierrta, Ilesha (Humfrey), 1 2, Lokoja

(Christy), 1 2. Hep. 66-72 millim.

7642. Achza mezentia.

Noctua mezentia, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 70, pl. 323. f. F (1780); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 494.

Achea reversa, Wk. xiv. 1899 (1858); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 165,

pl. 169. ff. 2, 2a,

Syne lugens, Wk. xxiii, 938 (1865).

Head and thorax dull olive-brown slightly irrorated with white ;

ACH ZA, o17

pectus and legs brown mixed with grey, the tarsi ringed with

ochreous ; abdomen grey-brown with a faint bluish gloss on dorsum.

Fore wing dull olive-brown irrorated with blue-grey, the outer part

of medial area and the terminal area except below apex suffused

with blue-grey; traces of a slightly waved grey antemedial line ;

two small dark discoidal spots; medial line indistinct, dark, slightly

waved, incurved below vein 4; postmedial line indistinct, dark,

oblique and defined on outer side by whitish from costa to vein 6,

then waved, incurved below vein 4, a rather conical patch of blue-

grey suffusion beyond it on costal area and some ochreous white points

on costa; a sinuous whitish subterminal line from costa to vein 6,

then faint traces of a waved dark line; a series of slight dark and

whitish points just before termen and a fine pale line at base of

cilia. Hind wing dark fuscous brown with some bluish suffusion

on inner area; a large pure white apical patch extending to vein 4,

its inner edge sinuous; the terminal area slightly irrorated with

whitish towards tornus. Underside fuscous brown irrorated with

whitish ; fore wing with broad oblique white band with waved

edges from beyond upper angle of cell to tornus and some whitish

suffusion on terminal area except towards tornus; hind wing with

indistinct curved medial and postmedial lines, slightly waved in-

distinct whitish subterminal line excurved below vein 6, and some

white irroration on apical area.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area brownish ochreous, the

postmedial line defined by brownish ochreous,

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the medial area white, on inner area the

white reduced to a spot on vein 1.

Ab. 3. reversa. Fore wing with the markings almost obsolete.

Hab. ? Mapras; Cryton (Templeton, Lindesay), 4 5, 6 2 types

reversa and lugens, Kandy (VYerbury), 1 3, 2 2, Trincomali

(Yerbury), 19. Hep. 48-66 millim.

Larva. Olive-grey with numerous longitudinal lines; a paler

lateral band; ventral surface pinkish; anal somite with two dorsal

yellow tubercles; head yellowish with black lines. Tood-plant,

Canthium.

*7643. Achea stumpffi.

Achea stumpffii, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 282; id. Lep. Madag.

p. 463, f. 213.

joint whitish ; palpi, pectus, and legs grey mixed with dark brown ;

abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface grey towards base. Fore

wing rufous tinged with violaceous grey except on terminal area ;

a minute tuft of white scales at base; antemedial line double,

fuscous, oblique, waved; a blackish point in middle of cell and

three discoidal points; medial line indistinct, double, waved, ex-

curved beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial line fuscous,

waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous points

518 NOCTUID A.

beyond it on costa; an indistinct dark subterminal line angled

outwards at vein 7; terminal area deep rufous; cilia grey-brown,

whitish at tips except towards tornus. Hind wing dark grey-brown,

the terminal area black-brown except towards tornus; an apical

creamy white patch emitting a yellowish white line just before

termen to vein 4; cilia grey-brown, whitish on apicalarea. Under-

side of fore wing grey-brown, a sinuous whitish band from end of

cell to tornus with a large patch of fuscous black suffusion beyond

it, the terminal area grey-white except towards tornus ; hind wing

grey thickly irrorated with blackish, a slight medial line from costa

to vein 4, postmedial line ending at submedian fold, and slightly

waved grey subterminal line defined on each side by fuscous

suffusion.

fab. Custr. Mapacascar (Pratt), in Coll. Kenrick. Exp. 62

millim.

7644. Achza imperatrix.

Ophisma imperatric, Saalm, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1881, p. 214; id. Lep. Madag.

p- 461, f. 181 (1891).

@. Head and thorax brownish white ; abdomen glossy brownish

grey. Tore wing glossy brownish grey ; a small tuft of pure white

scales below base of cell followed by a point in cell before the

slight curved brown subbasal line from costa to-median nervure ;

antemedial line slight, rufous, oblique, waved, with some rufous

suffusion before it in and below the cell; a dark point in middle of

cell; two small red-brown discoidal annuli filled in with rufous ;

traces of a faint waved medial line excurved beyond the cell, then

incurved; postmedial line red-brown, crenulate, defined on outer

side by pure white lunules with rufous irroration on their outer side

and with some rufous striation beyond them towards inner margin,

oblique to vein 6 where it is met by an oblique series of four white

spots from just below costa near apex with some rufous irroration on

their inner side, the spot above vein 7 bidentate and the two series of

spots forming a conical patch, the postmedial line inwardly oblique

below vein 6; a series of black points before termen, the termen

whitish. Hind wing grey, the terminal area broadly blackish

defined on inner side by a slight oblique white bar between veins 5

and 2; a small white patch at apex and traces of a curved whitish

line from vein 4 to termen at vein 1; termen narrowly whitish

from below apex to vein ] ; cilia white tinged with brown,

Underside grey irrorated with brown ; fore wing with some fuscous

suffusion in submedian interspace and at middle of subterminal area,

a blackish discoidal lunule, conical whitish patch irrorated with

brown on costa towards apex and some white beyond the discoidal

lunule and on inner area beyond the medial line; hind wing with

slight discoidal spot, waved medial and postmedial lines, double

subterminal line and series of points before termen.

Hab. Mavacascar (Peake), 1 9. Hep. 84 millim.

ACHZA, 519

7645, Achza mabhilli.

Ophisma mabillit, Saalm. Pet. Nouv. Ent. ii. p. 297 (1879); id. Lep.

Madag, p. 463, f. 212.

S. Head and thorax reddish brown; palpi, pectus, legs and

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing brown with a faint cupreous

gloss; a small tuft of white scales below base of cell; a faint dark

antemedial line, slightly excurved below costa, then oblique ;

traces of a dark discoidal striga; postmedial line faint, dark,

waved, oblique to vein 6 with a conical white patch beyond it

irrorated with rufous and traversed by slight dark streaks on the

veins and the dentate subterminal line forming a dark mark at

costa with two white points on it, the postmedial line inwardly

oblique below vein 6 and faintly defined on outer side by rufous,

incurved in submedian interspace where there is a white spot

beyond it with a waved rufous line near its outer edge with small

white spots above and below it; a faint waved dark line just before

termen. Hind wing grey- -brown, the terminal area fuscous except

towards tornus; a ‘small white spot at apex and the termen and

cilia white from vein 7 to below 5. Underside bluish grey; fore

wing with the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown, a bluish

white patch at end of cell with the dark discoidal striga on it and

a white patch from below it to tornus, the costal patch reddish

yellow ; hind wing irrorated with brown, traces of a curved

postmedial line, a waved line just before termen.

Hab. Sterra Leonz, Freetown (Smith), 1 ¢ ; Br. E. Arnica,

Njoro (Cholmley), 1 3 ; Natat, Durban (Leigh), 1 3; MamAenaarca,

Nossi-Bé. Lap. 66 milim:

*7646. Achea orthogramma. (Plate CUXVIII. fig. 7.)

Ophiodes orthogramma, Mab. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. p. 140 (1879).

Achea sarcopasa, Druce, A. M. N. H, (8) ix. p. 553 (1912).

3. Head and thorax pale yellow tinged with rufous; pectus and

legs yellow tinged with white; abdomen pale yellow dorsally suffused

with rufous except at base, the anal tuft whitish. Fore wing pale

yellow tinged with rufous; subbasal line white slightly defined on

mner side by grey, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line white

defined on inner side by grey, oblique, straight; a small fuscous

annulus at upper angle of cell with slight lunule from it to lower

angle; a faint oblique dark medial line just beyond the cell,

slightly excurved beyond lower angle; postmedial line white

defined on inner side by grey, oblique to submedian fold, then erect,

the area beyond it pale rufous leaving the terminal area grey from

below apex to submedian fold; a pale waved subterminal line with

slight fuscous suffusion beyond it above middle and towards tornusand

before it below middle, oblique towards costa and slightly excurved

at middle ; cilia grey with a dark line near base. Hind wing pale

yellow, the inner area tinged with rufous; a rather diffused yellow

520 NOCIUID

subterminal line defined on inner side by a broad black band from

costa to vein 2, then by brownish; the terminal area with a

minute black streak on extremity of vein 8, a black patch between

veins 6, 7 with a white patch below it, then brownish to tornus ;

cilia white tinged with brown towards tornus. Underside of fore

wing whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous,

an oblique black discoidal bar, an oblique blackish postmedial line

with black band beyond it between veins 5 and 2; hind wing

whitish irrorated with fuscous, a slight blackish discoidal spot

and traces of postmedial and sinuous subterminal lines.

Hab. Mavacascar, type? do in Coll. Mabille (Waters), type T 3

sarcopasa in Coll. Druce. Hap. 66 millim.

7647. Achea leucopasa. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 8.)

Ophisma leucopasa, W1k. iv. 1386 (1858).

Ophiusa karschi, Pag. Voeltzow, Reise in Ost-Afrik, ii. p. 118, pl. 6. f. 16

(1907).

®. Head and thorax fulvous yellow ; palpi, frons, and antenne

grey-white ; pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated with black ;

abdomen grey-white, dorsally tinged with fulvous yellow except at

extremity, ventrally irrorated with black. Fore wing yellow

tinged with rufous, the postmedial area suffused with violaceous

white, the terminal area pale rufous; faint traces of an oblique

sinuous antemedial line and of a reniform defined by blackish

scales; a very indistinct double postmedial line, excurved to vein

4, then oblique ; subterminal line represented by slight dark marks

between veins 5and 2; a fine brown terminal line ; cilia white with

brown lines at middle and tips. Hind wing yellow, the inner area

faintly tinged with rufous; an oblique blackish postmedial band

ending at tornus, conjoined to a blackish patch on middle of

terminal area emitting an oblique streak to apex and streaks to

termen below veins 5 and 4 and enclosing a white spot on termen

at discal fold ; cilia white with a black line at middle towards apex

and below vein 5. Underside white, slightly irrorated with black

except on inner areas ; fore wing with blackish discoidal spot and

slightly waved postmedial line, except on inner area, with a

purplish fuscous shade beyond it; hind wing with blackish

discoidal point, waved postmedial line except on inner area, some

purple-brown suffusion beyond it towards costa with the faint pale

waved subterminal line on it, and a sinuous blackish bar towards

tornus.

Hab. Ian., 1 Q type; Mapvacascar. Lap. 73 millim.

*7648. Achzwa simplex. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 9.)

Achea simplex, W\k. xxxiii. 960 (1865); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon.

p. 135, fig.

@. Head and thorax pale red-brown tinged with grey ; pectus

whitish; legs whitish tinged with brown; abdomen white, the

ACH ZEA, 521

anal tuft tinged with red-brown. Fore wing pale red-brown with

a greyish tinge ; traces of a curved brown antemedial line; a faint

fuscous spot at lower angle of cell; a very indistinct waved brown

postmedial line, excurved to vein 3, then incurved; traces of a

minutely waved dark subterminal line, excurved below costa and

slightly at middle, the area beyond it somewhat browner, Hind

wing with the basal half white, the inner area faintly tinged with

brown; the terminal half fuscous with a white spot at apex, a spot

on termen at discal fold, and an oblique bar from vein 2 to tornus.

Underside of fore wing white, the costa tinged with red-brown,

the terminal area broadly pale red-brown from costa to submedian

fold; hind wing white slightly irrorated with brown except at

base and on inner area, faint diffused brown postmedial and

subterminal lines from costa to vein 3.

Hab. Morty (Wallace), type T Q in Mus. Oxon. Lap.

60 millim.

7649, Achea serva.

Noctua serva, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 593 (1775); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p- 495.

Achea fasciculipes, Wik. xiv. 1400 (1858).

Head and thorax pale red-brown ; pectus and legs pale greenish

brown; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface darker towards

Fig. 128,—Achea serva, Sd. 4.

extremity. Fore wing pale red-brown; antemedial line dark,

oblique, waved; a black point in middle of cell; reniform small,

522 NOCLUID AL,

faintly defined by brown and with dark points above and below;

a slight waved medial line, excurved beyond the cell; postmedial

line slight, dark, waved, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique ;

the terminal area brighter red-brown with a faint waved dark

subterminal line; a series of minute black points before termen ;

cilia pale brownish ochreous, dark brown towards tornus. Hind

wing fuscous black-brown, greyish towards base and inner margin ;

a narrow oblique white band from vein 6 just beyond middle to

above tornus; a white spot at apex and larger spot on termen at

discal fold; an oblique whitish subterminal bar in submedian

interspace; cilia with fine whitish line at base, white tips on apical

half, wholly white at the terminal spot. Underside greyish

suffused with brown; fore wing with some fuscous suffusion in

submedian interspace, discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line

except on inner area with a large patch of black suffusion beyond

itat middle; hind wing with indistinct medial line excurved beyond

the cell, then oblique, and waved postmedial and subterminal

lines.

Ab. 1. Fore wing purplish red- brown.

Ab. 2. Fore wing suffused with fuscous ; a greyish apical patch

on apical costal area.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with waved black marks on the antemedial

line, on outer part ‘of medial area and at middle of postmedial area.

Hab. Mapacascar; Assam, Shillong (Rawlings), 1 § ; Bomar,

Kanara (Ward), 1 9; Burma, Irrawaddy R., Sheemagar

(Carpenter), 1 2; Matacca Srraris, at sea (Meade-Waldo), 1 9,

Bintang I. (Nicoll), 1 9; StneaPore (Ridley), 3 3,7 Q ; Borneo,

at sea (Meade-Waldo), 1 9, Sandakan (Pryerj), 1 9; Java

(Horsfield), 1 2 ,Canmata I. (Meoll), 1 g¢,1 9; Cetusus (Pfeffer),

1 $ type fasciculipes; Durcu N.Gurvea, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley

(Prati), 1 9, Snow Mts., Oetakwa R. (Meek), 1 5 ; Br. N. Guinua,

Ekeikei (Pratt), 2 9, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 23, 1 9, Baboon

(Pratt), 1 9; New Hesrives, Vaté, 1 g ; Ausrratia, type in

Banksian Coll.; QurenstanD, Brisbane (Z'urner), 2 ¢ ; N. Avs-

trRALIA, Port Darwin (Buckland), 1 3, 1 9; Loyaury Is., Lifu

(Marshall), 1 9; Frrenpuy Is., Vavau (Helipse Exp.), 4 S. Exp.

62-80 millim.

7650. Achza mercatoria.

Noctua mercatoria, Kabr. Syst. Ent. p. 604 (1775).

Noctua melicerta, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. p. 96, pl. 62. ff. C, D (1779), nec

Drury.

Noctua vulpina, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 39 (1794); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

il. p. 495.

Achea ino, Hiibn. Verz. p. 269 (1827).

Achea accelerans, W1k. xiv. 1401 (1858).

Achea serva, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 164, pl. 169, ff. 4, 4 a, b (1884),

nec Fabr.

Dysgonia violaceofascia, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 469, f. 196 (1891).

Head and thorax pale rufous; palpi, antenne, pectus, and legs

grey-brown; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface darker

ACH 2A. 523

towards extremity. Fore wing pale rufous tinged with purplish

grey and slightly irrorated with hlack; a small black and white

tuft of hair at base below the cell; antemedial line indistinct, dark,

oblique, waved, very indistinct waved medial and postmedial lines,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved; a very indistinct waved

subterminal line; the terminal area rather brighter rufous with a

series of minute black points before termen ; cilia ochreous except

at apex and towards tornus. Hind wing grey-brown; a narrow

oblique white medial band from vein 6 to submedian fold, the

area beyond it blackish with terminal white spots at apex and

discal fold and a whitish subterminal bar in submedian interspace ;

cilia with some white at the spots and some blackish at vein 2.

Underside grey suffused with brown and irrorated with black ;

fore wing with dark discoidal bar with some white beyond it,

curved postmedial line with large blackish patch beyond it at

middle, the termen whitish on apical half; hind wing with black

discoidal point, curved medial line except on inner area, slightly

waved postmedial line, traces of subterminal line, a series of black

points before termen.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ground-colour darker.

Ab. 2. accelerans. Fore wing with the lines distinctly double

and with lunulate fuscous marks on them.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with rather diffused oblique black medial band

just beyond the cell.

Hab. Soxorra, Adho Dimellus (O. Grant),1 3, 1 2 ; Br. E.

Arrica, Pemba I. (Burtt), 1 3 ; Porrueunsr E. Arrica, Pungwe

R. (Marshall), 1 g ; Narat, Durban (Clark), 1 g ; Mapacascar ;

Inpia, 2 ¢ type accelerans; Bompay, 1 9, Kanara (Ward), 1 9;

Cryton, 1 g¢; Sineapore (Ridley), 1 6, 1 2; Java (LHorsfield),

14,52. Hep. 48-62 millim.

Larva. Colour variegated pale and dark violaceous and olive-

grey with numerous dark violet-brown speckles ; spiracles black ;

4th somite with two dorsal violet-brown spots; 11th somite with

pair of ochreous prominences; Ist pair of claspers aborted ; head

violet-brown in front. Food-plant, Jticinus communis.

Pupa. Deep purple-brown.

*7651. Achwa seychellarum. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 10.)

Acheu seychellarwm, Holl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xviii. p. 272 (1895),

Achea immunda, Holl. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xviii. p. 272 (1895).

g. Head and thorax pale greyish rufous; antenne brown;

abdomen greyish ochreous. Fore wing ochreous rufous; a rather

diffused waved black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

a diffused waved oblique black antemedial line; a small blackish

orbicular spot ; reniform obscurely defined by blackish, elliptical ;

medial line blackish, slightly waved, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then incurved, the interspaces beyond it suffused with black to

the postmedial line, which is excurved from costa to vein 4, then

incurved ; subterminal line only defined by diffused waved black lines

524+ NOCIUID.

before it between veins 4 and 2 and beyond it from vein 6 to inner

margin; a series of black points before tornus; cilia whitish,

fuscous at apex and towards tornus. Hind wing with the basal

half whitish tinged with brown bounded by an obliquely curved

white medial line defined on inner side by a dark line; the ter-

minal half blackish with white patches on termen at apex, discal

and submedian folds. Underside of fore wing with black discoidal

bar and curved postmedial line from costa to vein 2 with some

brown suffusion beyond it towards costa and diffused black patch

at middle; hind wing whitish with some brown suffusion beyond

the curved dark postmedial line from costa to vein 2.

Ab. 1. immunda. Fore wing greyer, the terminal area browner,

the markings hardly traceable.

Hab. Srycurttes, Aldabra, type f in Coll. Holland. Hwp. 50

millim.

*7652. Achea externesignata.

Ophisma externesignata, Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges, 1880, p. 282; id. Lep.

Madag. p. 465, f. 154.

3. Head and thorax grey-brown; abdomen brownish grey.

Fore wing red-brown tinged with purplish grey especially on

medial area ; antemedial line dark, angled outwards below costa,

then incurved; a black point at lower angle of cell ; medial line

dark, waved, excurved beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial

line dark, dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, a minute black

spot beyond it on inner margin; subterminal line slight, dark,

angled outwards at vein 7, a quadrate black patch before it on

costal area. Hind wing blue-grey, the terminal area black,

extending on costa to middle, narrowing towards tornus; white

spots at apex and on termen at discal fold.

Hab. Mavacascar, Nossi-Be. Hap. 52 millim ‘This species is

unknown to me.

*7603. Achea umbrigera. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 11.)

Achea umbrigera, Mab, Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1897, p. 224.

¢. Head and thorax pale red-brown; abdomen darker brown.

Fore wing pale red-brown tinged with grey and irrorated with

blackish, the termen deep red-brown except at apex and towards

tornus; traces of a sinuous dark subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line dark, oblique, slightly sinuous; a

black point in middle of cell; a rather oblique diffused black-brown

medial shade ; postmedial line dark detined on outer side by whitish,

oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 6, then incurved, very slightly

waved to vein 2; traces of a pale sinuous subterminal line; a series

of black points before termen. Hind wing deep red-brown; a

narrow oblique ochreous medial band between discal and sub-

median folds; the apical area blackish brown to vein 3, then with

oblique band beyond the medial band to tornus; a small ochreous

white spot at apex; a waved black terminal line; cilia ochreous

ACHZEA. 525

white at tips. Underside grey suffused and irrorated with brown ;

fore wing with dark discoidal patch, postmedial line slightly

excurved to vein 4, then slightly incurved, a large dark brown

patch beyond it at middle; hind wing with dark discoidal spot,

indistinct diffused curved medial line, faint sinuous postmedial line,

and double subterminal line, a series of black points before termen.

Hab, Mavririvs, type t ¢ in Coll. Mabille. Hep. 54 millim.

7654. Achea trapezoides. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 1.)

Opplecsiron trapezoides, Guen. Maillard’s Réunion, Lep. p. 47, pl. 23. f. 2

(1862).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous; antenns grey-brown.

Fore wing pale rufous with a faint greyish tinge and slightly

irrorated with black; antemedial line slight, dark, obliquely

excurved and slightly sinuous; a black point in middle of cell;

reniform defined by a few blackish scales and with blackish points

at upper and lower extremities ; two indistinct medial lines,

excurved beyond the cell, then incurved; postmedial line slight,

brownish, slightly angled outwards below vein 6, then obliquely

incurved; an indistinct waved brownish subterminal line bent

outwards to apex; a series of minute black points before termen ;

cilia red-brown. Hind wing pale grey-brown; a narrow obliquely

curved ochreous band from middle of costa to submedian fold,

followed by a fuscous black band, broad to vein 2 and emitting an

oblique spur from its outer edge to below apex; the apex with an

ochreous patch and the termen and cilia ochreous towards apex ;

some minute black points before middle of termen. Underside

brownish ochreous slightly irrorated with blackish; fore wing

with blackish discoidal spot and curved postmedial line with

black patch beyond it between vein 5 and submedian fold; hind

wing with blackish discoidal point, indistinct curved slightly waved

medial and postmedial lines, and double subterminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with blue-white suffusion on costal area beyond

the postmedial line.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with blackish.

Hab. Natat, Durban (Gooch, Clark), 23, 19; Manpaeascar -

(Walsh), 1 $3; Mavrrrrus (Manders), 1 g, Curepipe (Tulloch)

2 2; Roprieurz (Manders), 1 9 ; Réunion. Exp. 52-64 millim.

7655. Achewa faber. (Plate CCXVILI. fig. 2.)

Achea faber, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 69, pl. 2. f. 21 (1894).

Head and thorax pale red-brown; pectus and legs ochreous

brown ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface ochreous brown.

Fore wing pale red-brown; antemedial line slight, dark, curved

and minutely waved; a black point in middle of cell; reniform

represented by a few black points at its upper and lower

extremities; medial line slight, dark, excurved beyond the cell,

then incurvyed ; postmedial line brown slightly defined on outer

526 NOCTULDE.

side by ochreous, slightly angled outwards below vein 6, then

obliquely incurved ; subterminal line indistinct, pale faintly defined

on inner side by brown, slightly waved towards costa and incurved

below vein 3; a series of black points before termen; cilia red-

brown. Hind wing brownish ochreous, the basal and inner areas

suffused with grey-brown ; an ill-defined oblique brownish ochreous

band from middle of costa to tornus; a large fuscous black sub-

terminal patch from costa to vein 3 with an ochreous spot on it

at apex ; the termen and cilia ochreous towards apex ; a series of

black points before termen. Underside brownish ochreous slightly

irrorated with black; fore wing with blackish discoidal bar and

slightly curved postmedial line with diffused black patch before and

beyond it between vein 5 and submedian fold; hind wing with slight

discoidal point, two curved postmedial lines, and a subterminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with blackish.

Hab. Srerra Lronn (Clements), 1 6; Gorn Coast, Cape Coast

Castle (Higlett), 1 9; S. Niewrra, Old Calabar (Cockburn, Samp-

son), 1 g,1 9, Ilesha (/fumfrey), 1 $. Hep. 60-68 millim,

7656. Achea indeterminata. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 3.)

Ophisma indeterminata, Wik. xxxiii. 955 (1865).

Ophisma demta, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxiti. p. 305, pl. 16.

f. 20 (1833).

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing pale rnfous

with a faint greyish tinge, the postmedial area with a red-brown

shade; antemedial line indistinct, brown, slightly incurved; two

blackish discoidal points ; postmedial line brown, faintly defined

on outer side by whitish, excurved below costa, then obliquely

incurved ; traces of a waved subterminal line defining the outer

edge of the red-brown area; a series of blackish points before

termen. Hind wing brownish ochreous; a faint oblique dark

postmedial line ; a blackish subterminal shade, expanding to apex

and narrowing to tornus; a series of minute black points before

termen, Underside ochreous, the terminal areas tinged with red-

brown; fore wing with grevish discoidal bar and postmedial line

excurved below costa and with greyish fuscous patch beyond it at

middle; hind wing with slight discoidal point, indistinct curved

medial line, and double postmedial line,

Hab. Navat, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 1 $,19, Durban (Gooch,

Leigh, Clark), 23, 3 9; Carn Cotony, Caffraria. Harp. 54-58

millim. ;

Larva. Fawcett, Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. p. 183, pl. viii. ff. 15, 16.

Pale yellow with numerous lines formed of pale striw, the

thoracic somites with dorsal stripe formed of brown striz, the Ist

somite with black reticulations in front; 4th and 5th somites with

dorsal patches of black strie ; 11th somite with pair of small black-

tipped prominences ; a subdorsal series of black points; stigmata

brown ; subventral stripes of reticular brown striz; thoracic somites

with ventral brown stripe; head reticulated with black.

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ACH MA.

7657. Acheza boris.

Blosyris boris, Geyer, Zutr. Ex. Schmett. v. p. 42. ff. 973, 4 (1837).

Ophisma oblita, W1k. xiv. 13875 (1858).

Ophisma senior, W1k. xiv. 1376 (1858).

Ophisma mundissima, W1k. xiv. 13876 (1858).

Achea sinistra, Mab, C.R. Ent. Soc. Belg. xxiii. p. xix (1880).

Naxia debilis, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 83, pl. iii. f. 4 (1894).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown

slightly irrorated with blackish, the terminal area grey except at

apex; a curved dark subbasal line from costa to median nervyure;

antemedial line dark, waved, erect; an indistinct dark discoidal

bar; medial line dark, excurved beyond the cell and angled

inwards in submedian fold ; postmedial line dark, waved, excurved

to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line dark, waved, excurved

below costa, some dark suffusion before it: a series of minute

black points before termen. Hind wing grey-brown ; an indistinct

obliquely curved dark medial line defined on outer side by a faint

greyish band; a diffused blackish subterminal band extending to

termen at apex and narrowing to tornus; termen and cilia grey

except towards apex, with a series of minute black points before

termen. Underside grey irrorated with brown; fore wing with

faint dark discoidal spot and postmedial and subterminal lines with

blackish suffusion between them at costa and middle and beyond

the latter at middle ; hind wing with black discoidal point, curved

minutely waved medial and postmedial lires, and subterminal line

diffused on inner side.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with blackish.

Ab. 2. mundissima. Fore wing paler and redder brown.

Hab. Sterra Leone (Morgan), 1 g type mundissima; Gorn

Coast, Aburi (Johnston), 1 9 ; 8. Nierrra, Lagos, Ebute Meta

(Boag), 1 3, 2 2, Old Calabar (Cockburn), 3 9, Onitsha, 19;

N. Nierrta, Bosso (Jones), 1 ¢; Congo, Kambove (Neave), 1 3;

Ueanpa, Enteboe (Minchin), 1 6; Navan (Gueinzius, Gooch,

Clark), 2 3,1 9 ; Mapacascar, type f sinistra in Coll. Mabille,

ep. 52-58 millim.

7658. Ache#a finita.

Ophisma finita, Guen. Noct. iti. p. 242 (1852).

Ophisma infinita, Guen. Noct. i). p. 242 (1852).

Ophisma limbata, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 116. f. 6 (1874).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing slightly

irrorated with blackish, the terminal area grey except at apex;

a sinuous dark subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line dark, waved, nearly erect ; two black discoidal points

on a faint ochreous brown bar; medial line dark, waved, excurved

beyond the cell, then incurved.; postmedial line dark, dentate,

excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line defining the

inner edge of the grey area, bent outwards to apex, then straight ;

528 NOCTULD %.

a series of minute blackish points before termen. Hind wing grey-

brown; a faint diffused oblique bluish white line from middle of

costa to above tornus; the terminal area fuscous brown with a

small whitish spot at apex; a waved blackish line just before

termen from apex to vein 2, some bluish white before it at middle

and the termen bluish white; cilia bluish white except towards

tornus. Underside grey suffused with brown; fore wing with

faint discoidal spot, a brown band between the postmedial and

subterminal lines except on inner area; hind wing with dark

discoidal striga, curved, minutely waved medial and postmedial

lines and dentate whitish subterminal line.

Ab. 1. infinita. Fore wing with the terminal area brown.

Hab. Sterna Leronr, Batkanu (Mtzgerald), 1 9; N. Nieerra,

Bauchi, Panyam (Fox), 12; Coneo (Curror), 16; Br. H. Arrica,

Eb Urru (Betton), 1 g; Ueanna, Ruwenzori (Wollaston), 2 9;

MAsHonatanp, Salisbury (Marshall), 2 3,2 9; Lorenco Maraugs,

Delagoa Bay (Junod), 1 9; Trawsvaat, White R. (Cooke), 1 3;

Narat, Durban (Guetnzius, Leigh, Clark), 23,29; Care Cotony,

Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 1 3g; Mapacascar (Corey), 1 6;

Mavoritivs, Curepipe (Tulloch), 2 3; Boursox. Hap. 60-66 millim.

7659. Acheza albicilia. (Plate COXVIII. fig. 4.)

Ophisma alhicilia, W\k. xiv. 13874 (1858).

Ophisma ebenaui. Saalm. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880, p. 281 ; id. Lep. Madag.

p. 464, f. 153 (1891).

Q. Head and thorax pale red-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing pale red-brown tinged with greyish; a

faint curved brown subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique, waved; a slight dark dis-

coidal striga with black points at its upper and lower extremities ; an

indistinct waved medial line, oblique to vein 4, then incurved ; a

dentate dark postmedial line with white points at the extremities

of the teeth, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points

beyond it on costa; a very indistinct rather maculate dark subter-

minal line; a series of black points before termen; cilia creamy

white except at apex and towards tornus. Hind wing grey-brown ;

a faint oblique whitish medial line from below middle of costa to

vein 2; terminal area suffused with fuscous from costa to vein 2;

a slight white mark on termen at discal fold; cilia white except at

apex and towards tornus. Underside grey suffused with brown ;

fore wing with faint dark discoidal spot, and postmedial and sub-

terminal lines with a patch of fuscous suffusion from the former

at middle to beyond the latter ; hind wing with blackish discoidal

point, curved minutely waved medial and postmedial lines and very

indistinct waved whitish subterminal line, a series of black points

before termen.

Hab. Simrra Leone, 1 2 type; S. Niepria, Lagos, Ebute Meta

(Boag), 1 2, Old Calabar (Sampson), 2 2, Onitsha, 1 9, Ilesha

(Humfrey), 1 9; Mapsesscar. wp. 58-64 millim,

ACH ZA. 529

7660. Achza diplographa, n. sp. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 5.)

@. Head and thorax dull rufous; palpi, antenne, pectus, legs

and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing dull rufous suffused in parts

with grey-brown, a minute tuft of scales tipped with white below

base of cell; an indistinct curved subbasal line from costa to sub-

median fold; antemedial line double and filled in with grey-brown,

waved and obliquely curved; a black point in middle of cell;

reniform small, faintly defined and with some black points on its

edges; medial line indistinctly double, waved, excurved to vein 4

beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinctly double,

waved, curved, some ochreous points beyond it on costa; sub-

terminal line rather diffused, dark, waved ; terminal area rather

darker and with faint pale strie; a series of minute blackish

points before termen ; a fine dark terminal line and pale line at

base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown; a faint obliquely curved

narrow greyish band from middle of costa to above tornus ;

terminal area fuscous from costa to vein 2, the termen slightly

grey towards apex and a fine dark terminal line from apex to

vein 2; cilia whitish at base towards apex. Underside grey

suffused with brown ; fore wing with indistinct dark discoidal spot

with some whitish beyond it and curved postmedial line; hind

wing with slight discoidal striga and curved medial and postmedial

lines.

Hab, Comoro Is., Mayotta (Meade-Waldo),1 2 type. Eup. 52

millim.

7661. Achxa sordida. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 6.)

Ophisma sordida, W1k. xxxiii. 955 (1865).

Ophisma pretorie, Distant, Naturalist in Transvaal, p. 239, pl. il. f. 7

_ (1897).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-

brown; a small tuft of white-tipped scales below base of cell;

antemedial line dark faintly defined on outer side by greyish,

oblique, waved; a faint ochreous brown discoidal bar with black

points above and below; medial line double, waved, excurved

from costa to vein 4 beyond the cell, then incurved; postmedial

line indistinctly double, dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;

the terminal area slightly darker with traces of a dark line before

termen ; cilia with fine pale lines at base and middle. Hind wing

grey-brown, the terminal area tinged with fuscous except at

tornus ; a faint obliquely curved greyish line from middle of costa

to near tornus; a small whitish patch at apex; a dark terminal

line slightly defined on inner side by blue-grey at middle and by an

oblique grey striga in submedian interspace; cilia with fine pale

line at base followed by a dark line. Underside grey-brown ;

fore wing with slight dark discoidal bar, slight medial line, and

postmedial and subterminal lines with dark suffusion between

them except on inner area; hind wing with dark. discoidal point,

VOL. XII. 2M

530 NOCTUID®.

curved medial and postmedial lines, and slight waved whitish

subterminal line with some brown suffusion before it.

Hab. Ucanva, Ruwenzori (Wollaston), 1 9; ANneora, Bengella

(Bergman), 19; Masnonatann, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 g; Trans-

vaaL (Joss), 29, Piet Retief (Crawshay), 1 3, 19, Pretoria

(Distant), 1 5, 22 type pretoriw, Johannesburg (Clark), 1 3,

Potchefstroom, 1 ¢; Natat, Neweastle, 19 , Durban (Leigh, Clark),

2 9; Basvrotanp, Maseru (Crawshay), 2 ¢ ; Care Conony, Diel-

fontein (Sloggett), 1 ¢, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett), 13,19.

Keep. 54-60 millim.

7662. Achxa thermopera, n. sp. (Plate COXVIII. fig. 12.)

. Head and thorax pale red-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown tinged with red-brown and

irrorated with fuscous, a semi-elliptical chocolate-brown patch

on apical part of costa; a rather oblique sinuous dark antemedial

line; a small indistinct blackish annulus in upper part of middle

of cell; reniform indistinctly defined by blackish, small with

irregular outline, an oblique dark shade from it to inner margin ;

postmedial line indistinct, dark, crenulate, oblique to vein 6 and

incurved below vein 4; some pale points on costa on the chocolate

patch ; an indistinct waved red-brown subterminal line from

vein 4 to inner margin ; a series of black and whitish points just

before termen. Hind wing grey-brown; the terminal area suffused

with fuscous except towards tornus; a slightly waved reddish

brown subterminal line and some reddish brown on termen except

towards costa; a slight whitish patch on costa just before apex ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base and whitish patch at discal fold.

Underside grey-brown ; fore wing with diffused white postmedial

band except at costa with blackish suffusion before and beyond it.

Hab. S. Nieerra, Old Calabar (Cockburn), 12 type. Hp. 60

millim.

7663. Achea pheobasis, n. sp. (Plate CCXYVIII. fig. i3.)

Head and thorax grey-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen pale

grey-brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown irrorated with dark

brown, the basal area suffused with blackish brown, its outer edge

somewhat oblique and sinuous; a black point in middle of cell ;

a slight brown discoidal lunule with black points above and below

and on its inner edge; postmedial line slight, dark, oblique to

vein 6, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, a conical patch of

black-brown suffusion beyond it on costal area with some pale

points on costa; subterminal line dark, diffused, excurved below

vein 7, then oblique; a series of blackish points before termen; a

fine dark terminal line and dark line at middle of cilia. Hind

wing grey-brown with an indistinct diffused dark subterminal

shade. Underside of fore wing with dark discoidal spot, a white

band beyond it. from below costa to tornus, its inner edge bent

ACH ABA. 531

outwards at vein 2; hind wing with slight diffused dark postmedial

and subterminal lines between veins 4 and 1 defined on outer side

by whitish.

Hab. Supan, White Nile, Gabt el Meghahid (Dunn), 1 2 type;

Ueanpa, Entebbe (Weave), 1 5, 19, Kafu R. (Neave), 2 S,

L. Isolt (Neave),1 3. Hep. 48 millim.

7664. Achea albifimbria. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 14.)

Ophiusa albifimbria, W\k. Char. Undescr. Lep. Het. p. 53 (1869).

Naxia apiciplaga, Holl. Ent. News Philad. vy. p. 59, pl. ii. f. 3 (1894).

Head and thorax red-brown; palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen

grey-brown, the tarsi with pale rings. Fore wing bright red-

brown variegated with fulvous red, especially on inner half of

medial area and on postmedial area except towards costa; subbasal

line rather diffused, double, brown filled in with fulvous red, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line double, rather diffused,

brown filled in with fulvous red, oblique, sinuous, a brown point

beyond it in cell; a shght dark discoidal striga; medial line

indistinct, dark, waved, excurved beyond the cell, then oblique;

postmedial line dark, dentate, oblique and defined on outer side by

white from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and with a few

blue-white scales on its outer edge, a conical grey-brown patch

beyond it on costal area with some blue-white on its inner edge

and below, and some white points on costa; subterminal line

white and minutely dentate at costa, then bent inwards and blue-

white to vein 7, then indistinct, brown, waved, with some fulvous

red before it beyond the conical patch, excurved at middle; a

series of black points before termen ; cilia white at tips execpt

towards tornus. Hind wing dark reddish brown; a faint oblique

paler postmedial line from vein 6 to submedian fold; the termen

pale red-brown with some black points before it at middle; cilia

yellowish towards apex, then white at tips to submedian fold.

Underside brown slightly irrorated with whitish ; fore wing with

curved dark postmedial line, the termen grey except towards

tornus ; hind wing with dark discoidal bar, indistinct medial and

postmedial lines, and diffused subterminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing less variegated with yellow.

Hab. SterrA Leone (Clements, Cator), 5 6, 2 9, Batkanu

(Fitzgerald), 1 9; 8S. Nicerra, Lesha (Humfrey), 1 5, 1 9;

Ueanpa, Entebbe (Minchin), 1 9; Has. ten., 1 Q type. Hap.

54-60 millim.

7665. Achea xanthodera. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 15.)

Naxia xanthodera, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 83, pl. iii. f. 3 (1894).

@. Head and thorax rufous mixed with yellowish; abdomen

grey-brown ; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen

2m 2

532 NOCTUIDE.

pale brown mixed with whitish. Fore wing rufous mixed with

yellowish and with somewhat yellower patches on inner postmedial

area and terminal area below apex, the costal area greyish; an

indistinct obliquely curved waved dark antemedial line; a nearly

straight somewhat diffused dark medial line; postmedial line

indistinct, double, minutely waved, excurved from costa to vein 4,

then incurved, the lines widely separated; traces of a double

waved subterminal line; a series of dark points before termen on

slight yellowish marks. Hind wing dark brown, the termen

greyish ; the underside brown suffused with grey, an indistinct

dark curved postmedial line and double subterminal line.

3g. Fore wing with some white suffusion on costal area towards

apex; hind wing with the termen reddish ochreous.

Hab. S. Nieneta, Ilesha (Humfrey), 1 3 ; Gasoon, Ogove R.,

type f 2 in Coll. Holland. Hap. 48 millim.

Sect. III. Mid tibiz of male not dilated and without groove containing a

tuft of hair.

A. (Achea.) Hind tarsi of male with the 1st joint fringed

with hair above,

a. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique and incurved

from costa tO Inner MArgin............eceeeeeeeeeeeeee nes eeves licnardi.

6. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique to submedian

fold and angled inwards at vein 1 .................ceeeseeees catella.

. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique and sinuous

throughout.

a, Fore wing with black streaks before the postmedial

line in the interspaces between veins 7 and 2 ......... edipodina.

b'. Fore wing without black streaks before the postmedial

WP@oo00cso00000000000000000 0090s 000000000 D00000000Ga900000000¢000 melicerta.

7666. Achza lienardi.

Ophiusa lienardi, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag., Lép. p. 102, pl. 15. f. 5

(1833) ; Holl. Ent. News Philad. vy. p. 59, pl. it. f. 4.

Achea chameleon, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 249 (1852).

Ophiusa cerbera, Guen. Noct. ili. p. 250 (1852).

Ophiusa zabulon, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 250 (1852).

Achea spectatura, Wik. xiv. 1895 (1858).

Achéa ophismoides, W\k. Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 857 (1873).

Achea partita, W\k. Proce. Nat. Hist. Soc, Glasg. i. p. 358, pl. 6. f. 8

(1873). ;

Achea hilaris, Plotz, Stett. Hnt. Zeit. xli. p. 299 (1880).

Achea locra, Plotz, Stett. Hnt. Zeit. xli. p. 299 (1880).

(zabulon). Head and thorax red-brown; abdomen greyish

brown, the ventral surface irrorated with whitish. Fore wing

red-brown ; a slight sinuous brown subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line indistinct, oblique, almost

straight ; a black point in middle of cell and two discoidal points ;

a faint rather diffused medial line, slightly excurved beyond the

cell, then incurved; postmedial line dark faintly defined on outer

side by whitish, dentate, oblique to vein 6 and incurved below

ACH ZA. 533

vein 4; the costal area slightly darker towards apex with two

yellow points on costa; subterminal line indistinct, dark, incurved,

arising from termen below apex; a series of black points just

before termen ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing

grey-brown, the terminal area black-brown except towards tornus ;

a faint oblique whitish bar beyond lower angle of cell; a white

spot at apex, a spot on termen and cilia at discal fold, and a slight

mark at submedian fold. Underside grey-brown, the terminal

areas suffused with fuscous; fore wing with oblique white band

from below costa beyond middle to tornus and the termen blue-

grey on apical half with curved inner edge; hind wing with dark

discoidal striga, curved medial and postmedial lines and waved

subterminal line slightly defined on outer side by white, the termen

irrorated with white to vein 2 with a series of black points before

it.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing grey-brown with a slight

olive tinge.

Ab. 2. cerbera. Fore wing with chocolate-brown patch on costa

before apex and small spot at tornus.

Ab. 3. partita. Fore wing with the basal area dark red-brown,

some red-brown suffusion before subterminal line.

Ab. 4. Similar, but fore wing with dark patch on costa before

apex and small spot at tornus.

Ab. 5. Fore wing with the antemedial line black and rather

diffused on inner side.

Ab. 6. spectatura. Fore wing with more or less complete black

band before the antemedia! line except at inner margin, the

reniform defined by black, some dark suffusion before and beyond

the subterminal line.

Ab. 7. chameleon. Similar, but fore wing with the medial area

irrorated and in parts suffused with black.

Ab. 8. lienardi. Similar, but fore wing with the whole medial

area and a patch on costa towards apex fuscous black.

Ab. 9. Similar, but fore wing with the medial area and the

patch on costa towards apex deeper black, a black band before

the antemedial line.

Ab. 10. ophismoides. Fore wing with the medial area irrorated

and suffused with white.

Hab. Serra Leone (Morgan, Mitford), 1 3, 1 2, Freetown

(Quinton), 29 ; Gotp Coast, Accra (Higlett), 1 9, Cape Coast

Castle (Higlett), 3 $,2 9, Ashanti, 1 g,1 9; S. Niczrra, Lagos,

Ebute Meta (Boag), 23,19, Old Calabar (Crompton), 2 2 , Sapele

(Sampson), 2 5, 2 9, Onitsha, 1 9, Vivet (Dudgeon), 1 ¢,

Okigwi (Dudgeon), 13, Bende (Stimpson), 19, Llesha (Humfrey),

1 $; Coneo (Curror, Marsden), 2 3,5 2 types ophismordes and

partita, Katanga, Kambove (Neave), 1 ¢, 1 9; Supan, White

Nile, Gabt el Meghahid (Dunn), 5 3, 5 9; Br. EK. Aprrica, Atii-

ya-Mawe (Betton), 4 ¢, 3 9, Kilindini (Betton), 2 $; Uaanpa,

Bugoma (Ladbury), 1 3, Ruwenzori (Wollaston), 1 3; Germ. E,

Arrica, Usagara (Neave), 1 ¢ ; Br. C. Arrica, Mlanji Boma

spit NOCLUID BE.

(Neave), 1 ¢, Blantyre (Neave), 1 3, Chiromo (Neave), 1 3; Mozau-

srqun, Beira (Sheppard), 1 9 ; Lornnco Mareuss, Delagoa Bay

(Muir), 1 9; Masnonanann, Umtali (Marshall), 2 g; Transvaar

(Marshall), 1 g, Lydenburg, 1 9 ; Navan (Marshall), 1 6,

Estcourt (Hutchinson), 3 9, Durban (Gueinzius, Trimen, Distant,

Ross, Leigh, Meade-Waldo), 7 3, 6 2 type spectatura; Care

Cotony (Sir A. Smith), 2 5, 1 9, Grahamstown (Wilde), 1 3,

K. London (Cohen), 1 ¢ ; Mapacascar. Hxp,. 46-68 millim.

7667. Achea catella. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 16.)

Achea catella, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 247 (1852).

Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with whitish ; pectus, legs,

and abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown irrorated

with blackish; subbasal line dark brown, waved, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line fine, blackish, oblique, waved ;

postmedial line fine, black, minutely waved and with slight black

streaks before it in the interspaces between veins 7 and 2, in-

distinctly double except towards costa, oblique to vein 6 towards

subterminal line, then curved, and incurved below vein 3 ; a faint

oblique dark streak from apex to the postmedial line at vein 6;

a faint minutely waved whitish subterminal line, excurved at

vein 7; a slight waved blackish terminal line with points at the

interspaces; cilia with fine whitish line at base followed by a

blackish line, the tips reddish brown. Hind wing grey-brown to

the narrow oblique bluish white band from below middle of costa

to above inner margin towards tornus; the rest of wing fuscous

black with small white spot at apex, larger spot on termen at

discal fold and oblique bar from vein 2 to termen at vein 1; cilia

white with dark line near base towards apex and at middle, the

tips reddish brown at middle. Underside grey irrorated with

brown; fore wing with white postmedial band between veins 6

and 2 with black suffusion before, below and beyond it; hind wing

with curved postmedial line and minutely waved subterminal line

with some dark suffusion before it and a blackish patch above

tornus.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial areas tinged

with rufous.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with blackish suffusion before the ante- and

postmedial lines.

Ab. 3. Fore wing with the inner half of medial area whitish.

Hab. Sr. Hetena (Wollaston), 1 $, 19; 8S. Nieerra, Leaba

(Christy), 1 3; Coyeo (Marsden), 1 9; Nupia, Khor Ambukal

( Wood-Jones), 1 2 ; Supan, Suakim (B. Pletcher), 1 2, Port

Sudan (Mrs. Waterfield), 23,5 9, White Nile, Gabt el Meghahid

(Dunn), 1 3, 2 9; Axyssinta, Atbara (Gerrard), 1 2; Erirrea

(Barker), 1 9; Aven (VYerbury, Mathew, Meade-Waldo), 2 3,

29; S.W. Arasra, El Kubar (Bury), 1 9; Soxorra, Hadibu

Plain (O, Grant), 1 3,19; Br. HE, Arnica, Taveta (Rogers), 12,

ACHZA. 530

Aiwea (Betton), 1 9 , Muani (Betton), 1 g , Machakos (Crawshkay),

1g; Ucanpa, Ruwenzori (Wollaston), 1 9; Guru. KE. Arnica,

Usangu (Meave), 1 6, Usagara, Kilossa (Neave), 19; Br. C..

Arrica, Blantyre (Veave), 2 6; N.E. Ruopxsta, Serenje (Neave),

23; Masnonatanp, Umtali (Marshall), 1 2, Salisbury (JZarshall),

1 ¢; Reopxsta, Bulawayo (Marshall), 1g; Becuvanaranp, N’Gami

(Lugard), 2 9; Transvaat (Janse), 1 3, Waterburg (Wilde),

1 ¢, Lydenburg, 1 g, Piet Retief (Mfrs. Mercer), 1 9; Narat,

Gadzima (Marshall), 2 3; Oraxer R. Cotoyy, Bloemfontein

(Eckersley), 12; Ropricurz (Gulliver, Manders), 13,22. Hep.

48-64 milim.

7668. Achewa ceedipodina. (Plate CCXVIII. fig. 17.)

Achea edipodina, Mab. Bull. Soe. Philom. (7) iii. p. 140 (1879).

Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with grey; pectus and

legs grey irrorated with brown; abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore

wing pale grey-brown irrorated with black; basal area suffused

with rufous; subbasal line black, from costa to vein 1, slightly

excurved below costa ; antemedial line double, the outer line black,

the inner line red-brown, slightly excurved below costa, then

oblique to submedian fold and incurved at vein 1; reuiform a

sraall white lunule with black points at its upper and lower

extremities ; postmedial line double, black, the outer line red-

brown towards costa, the inner line minutely dentate and with

black streaks beyond it in the interspaces between veins 7 and 2,

oblique to vein 6 towards the subterminal line, then curved and

incurved below vein 3, the area beyond it bright rufous to the sub-

terminal line, forming a large patch on costal area with some white

points on costa and black streaks below it, a small white spot on

the outer edge of the line at vein 2; subterminal line indistinct,

whitish, waved, slightly incurved below costa, the area beyond it

white irrorated with black except at apex-; a fine waved black

terminal line with points in the interspaces; cilia grey, rufous at

tips. Hind wing with the basal area grey-brown to the narrower

oblique slightly sinuous white band from below middle of costa to

inner margin near tornus; the rest of wing black-brown with a

small white spot at apex, larger spot on termen at discal fold and

somewhat oblique bar from vein 2 to termen at vein 1; cilia

white, brown at base towards apex and with brown line near tips

at middle. Underside grey irrorated with brown; fore wing

with white patch on basal inner area, postmedial band between

veins 6 and 2 with black suffusion before it and large black patch

beyond it, and a white patch at tornus, the termen whitish irrorated

with black; hind wing with slight curved minutely waved medial

and postmedial lines, and faint waved whitish subterminal line

with black patch before it above tornus.

Hab. Manaeascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 29. Exp. 70-76 millim.

Type + ¢ in Coll. Mabille.

536 NOCTUIDZ,

7669. Achza melicerta.

Noctua melicerta, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. i. p. 42, pl. 23. f.1 (1770) ; Moore,

Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 163, pl. 168. ff. 2 a, 6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 11. p. 494.

Noctua tigrina, Fabr. Spee. Ins, ii. p. 218 (1781).

Catccala traversii, Fereday, Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix. p. 457, pl. 17 (1877).

Achea argilla, Swinh. A. M.N. H. (7) viii. p. 182 (1901).

Ophiusa eheikei, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 256 (1906).

Head and thorax rufous; palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-

brown. Fore wing rufous tinged with grey especially on medial

area and on termen below apex; subbasal line red-brown, waved,

from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line red-brown, oblique,

sinuous, defined on outer side by whitish; traces of a narrow

reniform defined by whitish and with black point at upper

extremity; a faint double reddish minutely waved medial line,

Fig. 124.—Achea melicerta, S. }-

oblique to vein 4, then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct,

double, red-brown, oblique and slightly defined on outer side by

white to vein 6, then slightly waved, excurved to vein 4, then

oblique, some pale points beyond it on costa; traces of a waved

red-brown subterminal line; a series of slight black points before

termen. Hind wing grey-brown to the narrow oblique bluish

white band from below middle of costa to above inner margin

towards tornus; the rest of wing biackish, with white spot at apex,

larger spot on termen at discal fold, irregular mark in submedian

fold and slight mark at tornus; cilia greyish brown, white at the

discal and submedian patches. Underside grey irrorated with

brown ; fore wing with some white on basal inner area, an oblique

ACHAA, 537

white band from vein 6 beyond the cell to tornus, strongly con-

stricted at submedian fold and with black suffusion before and

beyond it; hind wing with minutely waved postmedial and sub-

terminal lines, the latter with a blackish patch before it above

tornus.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the lines black, the medial and terminal

areas suffused with lilacine grey, the costal patch beyond the

postmedial line lilacine grey and defined by black.

Ab. 2, Fore wing nearly uniformly suffused with dark red-

brown.

Ab. 3. argilla. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing brownish

white, the last with the markings almost obsolete; hind wing with

the basal area whitish.—S. & W. Australia.

Hab, Purstan Goir, Ormara (Cumming), 1 3; Punsas, Kulu,

Sultanpur (G. Young), 13,29, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 3 3,6 2,

Campbellpur (Yerbury), 1 9, Jubbulpur (/. Butler), 2 9, Allah-

abad, 2 $; Sieuimu, 1 9; Assam (Badgley), 1 3, 1 9, Khasis

(Watson, 1 S$, Silhet (Stainsforth), 1 9, Cachar (Grant), 1 2;

Beneat, Durbunga (Maries), 1 2, Calcutta, 2 9, Ganjam, 1 3;

Bompay, 1 29, Mhow (Swinhoe), 1 g, Kanara (Ward), 1 @ ;

Manpras, 2 3, 1 9, Shevaroys (Morris), 1 9, Nilgiris (Hampson),

1 3; Cryton (Lempleton), 2 9; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 3,

29; Anpamans, 1 9 ; Srneapore (fizdley), 2 2 ; Sumarra,

Ludeking, 19; Puui.iprives, Luzon, San Fernando (McGregor),

1 3; Formosa, Takow (Hobson), 1 9; Java (Horsfield), 2 3,59;

Curistmas I. (Andrews), 2 9 ; Cocos-Krrtine I. (Wood-Jones),

13,3923 Timor (Mathew), 19; Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt),

2 9; N. Ausrratia, Cartier I. (J. J. Walker), 1 9, Port Darwin

(Buckland), 3 $, Alexandra (Stalker), 29; QueEeNstanp, Moreton

Bay (Diggles), 1 2, Brisbane (Turner, Lyell), 3 9; W. AvsrRatia,

Towranna Plains; S. Ausrratia, Adelaide (J. J. Walker), 1 3 ;

N. Zeatanp; Marsuatt Is. (Mathew), 1 6, 1 2; Guitzerr Is,

(Woodford), 1 29, Apia (de la Garde), 1 9; Exxicu Is. (Whitmee),

19; New Hesrives (Mathew), 19; Farennry Is., Vavau (Helipse

Evp.),2 9; Unton Is., Fakaala (Lister), 5 2 ; Tanrri (Mathew),

2 9; Maravzsas (J. J. Walker), 2 $, 22, Nuka-hiva I. (J. J.

Walker), 19, 2 3, Tongatabu (Lister), 192. Hap. 52-70 millim.

Type t ekevker in Coll. Bethune-Baker,

Larva. Bluish grey speckled with blue-black or black-brown ;

lateral and sublateral yellowish stripes with a blue-grey line

between them; a dorsal black stripe edged with reddish white

spots between 4th and 5th somites; a pair of dorsal red tubercles

on anal somite; spiracles and fore legs red; head striped with

black ; the Ist pair of claspers aborted. Food-plant, Ricinus

COMMUNI.

Pupa rolled in a, leaf.

538 NOCTUID@.

B. (Geria.) Hind tarsi of male with the 1st joint not fringed with hair

above.

7670. Achzxa ablunaris.

Ophisma ablunaris, Gruen. Noet. iii. p. 237 (1852). 22:

Geria restituta, W1k. xiv. 1366 (1858). 5 ' Deo Wan.

Remigia indistincta, Wik. xxxiii. 1009 (1865).Cod.

Ophismia hilaris, Mosch. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 202 (1890).

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with

a few black scales; palpi whitish in front and blackish behind

towards base; antenne white in front towards base ; pectus and

legs whitish irrorated with brown ; abdomen white dorsally tinged

with ochreous, ventrally slightly irrorated with brown. Fore

wing ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with blackish, the

Fig. 125.—Achea ablunaris, § }.

termen grey-white; a rather oblique fuscous grey medial line

slightly defined on outer side by whitish ; reniform a slight whitish

spot faintly defined by fuscous ; traces of a waved postmedial line,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line double,

brownish, lunulate, incurved at discal fold and excurved at middle,

followed by a dentate whitish line faintly defined on each side by

brown; a series of minute black points before termen; a fine

brown terminal line; cilia whitish tinged with brown. Hind

wing ochreous tinged with rufous; a double slightly curved post-

medial line with brown suffusion beyond it ; the termen grey-white

at middle with some minute black points before it; a fine brown

terminal line; cilia whitish tinged with brown. Underside white

irrorated with blackish ; fore wing with the cell and inner area

tinged with yellow, a blackish discoidal spot, a brown shade

OPHISMA. 539

between the waved postmedial and subterminal lines except on

inner area; hind wing with blackish discoidal spot and slight

waved postmedial and subterminal lines anastomosing below costa.

Hab. Cuna, 1 6 ; Harr (Tweedie), 2 g type restituta ;

Cotomsra, Bogotd (Birchall), type t 3 indistincta in Coll. Druce ;

Venezurta, + ¢ ; Brazit; Paraeuay, Sapucay (foster), 2 d ;

Aneentina (O. Thomas),1 @. Exp. 46-54 millim.

Genus OPHISMA. Mepe

Ophisma, Guen. Noct. iii. p, 236 (1852) ....scesseeesseseeseesesenes . gravala.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short or moderate ; frons

smooth; eyes large, round; antennee of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost

entirely with hair and without crests; tibia fringed with long hair in male,

the mid tibie spined, the fore and hind tibix not spined; abdomen with

dorsal ridges of hair on basal segments. Fore wing with the costa highly

arched towards apex which is produced and somewhat falcate, the termen

evenly curved and hardly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;

6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11

from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third 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.

Sect, I. Mid tibize of male dilated with a groove containing a fringe of large

scales; hind tarsi with the 1st joint fringed with hair above.

A. Hind wing white, the basal and inner areas tinged with

TPUIUOU Sn shosenaovodeoooouoadoonoboobodnEdoadesoododucoscoDooedoDOnbouann® pallescens.

B. Hind wing yellow, the terminal area whitish.................- albitermia.

C. Hind wing grey-brown .............scsecsseeceeeerecteetencene ones cuprizonec.

7671. Ophisma pallescens.

Lagoptera pallescens, Wik. Journ, Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 179 (1864).

Lagoptera violetta, Pag. Abh. Senck. Ges. xxiii. p. 449, pl. xx. f. 13 (1897).

Ophiusa pallida ab. subplaga, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 260 (1906).

3g. Head pale fuscous brown ; thorax and abdomen white tinged

with rufous. Fore wing creamy white suffused with dull rufous

and irrorated with dark brown; antemedial line pale red-brown

and rather diffused, excurved below costa and incurved in cell,

then erect; reniform red-brown, oblique elliptical; medial line

diffused, red-brown, excurved below costa, then obliquely incurved ,

postmedial line fine, pale red-brown, slightly waved, excurved

below costa, then oblique, and bent outwards to inner margin ;

subterminal line whitish, arising from near termen below apex,

then incurved, excurved at middle, then again incurved and ending

at tornus; cilia brown. Hind wing white, the basal and inner

areas suffused with rufous; a black subterminal patch from below

costa to submedian fold, narrow below, its outer edge excurved and

540 NOCTUIDZ.

waved. Underside white tinged with rufous; fore wing with

oblique black discoidal spot, a fuscous postmedial line with large

patch of blackish suffusion beyond it from vein 6 to submedian fold.

Fig. 126.—Ophisma pallescens, 3. }.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the reniform filied in with black.

Ab. 2. subplaga. Hind wing with the black subterminal patch

elliptical and extending from vein 6 to 3.—Br. N. Guinea.

Hab. Sincavore (Ridley), 3 3; Bornuo, Sarawak ( Wallace), 13,

Kuching (Shelford), 1 ¢ ; Br. N. Guinga, Mafalu, type subplaga

in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Hap. 88-94 millim.

7672. Ophisma albitermia.

Ophiusa albitermia, Hmpsn. P.Z.S8. 1910, p. 418, pl. xxxvii. f. 21.

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow, the last slightly

irrorated dorsally with fuscous; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing pale

yellow slightly irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area whitish,

ringed with brown at apex; subbasal line represented by slight

dark strize below costa and cell; antemedial line indistinct, dark,

oblique, waved; a dark point in middle of cell and two slight

discoidal points ; medial line indistinct, double, dark, excurved

beyond the cell, then incurved and waved; postmedial line dark,

crenulate, slightly curved; subterminal line blackish, oblique from

OPHISMA. 541

below apex to discal fold, then erect, a brownish tinge beyond it.

Hind wing pale yellow ; obliquely curved antemedial and medial

lines sometimes present; a postmedial fuscons mark below costa

with line from it to tornus; a blackish apical patch with diffused

line from it to tornus, the area beyond it whitish ; the underside

white irrorated with brown, a black discoidal point, indistinct

medial and postmedial lines and minutely waved whitish sub-

terminal line incurved below costa.

Hab. N.K. Ruovrsta, FE. Luangwa District (Neave), 2 6, 1 9

type. Hap. 54 millim.

7673. Ophisma cuprizonea, n. sp. (Plate COXIX. fig. 1.)

grey-brown, the tarsi ochreous. Fore wing red-brown, the area

between the postmedial and subterminal lines cupreous red ; ante-

medial line brown, very slightly defined by blue-grey scales, oblique

and almost straight; two dark discoidal points on a faint greyish

bar; postmedial line indistinct, double, brown, waved, excurved

below costa, then somewhat oblique, and excurved to inner margin ;

subterminal line indistinct, brown, waved, defining the outer edge

of the red area; a series of black and white points just before

termen ; cilia white mixed with brown and with fine dark lines at

base and near tips, wholly brown at tornus. Hind wing greyish

brown; a fine white terminal line with points at the interspaces ;

cilia white mixed with brown and with fine dark lines at base and

near tips; the underside brown thickly irrorated with white, the

terminal area browner except towards tornus, a dark postmedial

line excurved below costa, then oblique, a subterminal series of

slight whitish spots.

3. Slightly darker; fore wing with some white scales on inner

edge of the subterminal line below costa and between veins 3 and 1.

Hab. Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 9 type, g¢ in Coil.

Kenrick. wp. 48 millim.

Sect. II. Mid tibise of male not dilated and without groove and fringe of

scales, the hind tarsi with the Ist joint not fringed with hair above.

A. Hind wing ochreous,

a. Fore wing without antemedial line.

a, Fore wing with rather oblique straight medial line... gravata.

b!. Fore wing without medial line...............0c.eseeeceeeeee pallens.

b. Fore wing with indistinct dark antemedial line ............ teterrima.

B. Hind wing brown.

a, Hind wing with the terminal area ochreous brown ...... basigutta.

b. Hind wing with the terminal area not ochreous brown.

a’, Fore wing with straight and somewhat oblique medial

line.

G2 Sizenlarge, O0-O8) mullimms) ee. .ccesseeesesseseeeeseseeeenene tropicalis.

62, Size small, 40-44 millim: .............5 cececvesecesseeees variata.

a42 NOCLUID E.

41, Fore wing with incurved medial line.

a’, Fore wing with the basal area pale red-brown, the

rest of wing chocolate-brown ........6...seeeeeeeeeeeee tecta.

b?. Fore wing with the basal area deep red-brown, the

rest of wing pale red-brown ..........e0s.eseeceeeee eee nobilis.

c'. Fore wing without medial line.

a2, Hind wing with the cilia dark brown ................0. Sulvipuncta.

62, Hind wing with the cilia fulvous.......... Seaevcaeneante pyrosticha.

7674. Ophisma gravata.

Ophisma gravata, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 237 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 494.

Head and thorax pale rufous ; antenn with the shaft white in

front towards base ; abdomen pale ochreous, the ventral surface

tinged with rufous towards extremity. Fore wing pale rufous,

irrorated with a few black scales; an indistinct dark inwardly

oblique straight medial line; postmedial line very indistinct, dark,

Fig. 127.—Ophisma gravata, $. 1

slightly waved, oblique to vein 3, then erect; an indistinct slightly

waved dark subterminal line ; a series of minute black points

before termen ; cilia brown, white at tips except towards tornus.

Hind wing ochreous yellow, the inner and terminal areas tinged

with rufous; a black subterminal band from below costa to sub-

median fold, its outer edge excurved at middle ; some minute black

points before middle of termen; cilia white at tips on apical half.

Underside of fore wing ochreous, the costa and terminal area

tinged with brown, a blackish discoidal point and indistinct post-

medial and subterminal lines with a black patch between them

OPHISMA. 543

from vein 5 to submedian fold; hind wing whitish tinged with

brown and irrorated with black, very indistinct postmedial and

subterminal lines except on inner area.

Hab. Loo-Cuoo Is. (Pryer), 2 3g; Crnrr. Cura, Kiukiang

(Pratt), 1 3; Ponsa, 1 9; Srxum, 1 6; Assam, Silhet (Stains-

forth), 1 3, 1 2, Shillong (Parish), 2 3, Khasis, 1 9, Cherra

Punji, 1 6 ; Ceyton, Dickoya (Green), 1 9 ; Burma, Rangoon

(Watson), 1 3; Paonane (Flower), 1 9; Stncapore (Ridley), 2 Q.

Exp. 56-66 millim.

7675. Ophisma pallens. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 2.)

Grammodes pallens, Lueas, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. (2) vii. p. 260 (1892).

Head and thorax very pale rufous; antenne with the shaft

white in front towards base; abdomen very pale rufous, the anal

tuft and ventral surface whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing

very pale rufous, slightly irrorated with black; a slight incurved

punctiform blackish postmedial line from vein 6 to below submedian

fold; faint traces of a dark subterminal line; a series of black

points before termen; cilia rufous, white at tips except towards

tornus. Hind wing ochreous, the inner and terminal areas tinged

with rufous; a blackish subterminal patch from above vein 6 to

submedian fold, narrowing below ; cilia whitish at tips towards

apex. Underside whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with

black except the cell and the inner area of fore wing, which has

a black discoidal spot and blackish subterminal patch between

vein 5 and submedian fold.

Had, QuEEnsuanD, Moreton Bay (Daggles), 15, 19, Brisbane

(Lucas, Turner), 1 3,4 9. Hep. 58-64 millim.

7676. Ophisma teterrima, n. sp. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 3.)

@. Head and thorax dull rufous; antenne with the shaft white

in front towards base; abdomen greyish tinged with rufous.

Fore wing dull rufous; a faint brownish antemedial shade; an

oblique brown postmedial shade from vein 6 to 1; an oblique

brownish subterminal shade from apex to inner margin ; a series of

minute black points before termen ; cilia white at tips except

towards tornus. Hind wing ochreous tinged with rufous, the

costal area whitish towards apex; a rounded fuscous subterminal

patch between veins 6 and 2; cilia rufous, white at tips except

towards tornus. Underside brownish ochreous irrorated with

brown; fore wing with diffused blackish discoidal spot and fuscous

shade between the indistinct postmedial and subterminal lines

except towards costa and inner margin; hind wing with blackish

discoidal point, faint fuscous subterminal shade at discal fold, and

series of black points before termen.

Hab. 8. Nierrta, Lagos (Strahan), 1 2 type. Hap, 40 millim.

544 NOCIUID A.

*7677. Ophisma basigutta.

Ophisma basigutta, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 116. f. 12 (1874).

dS. Head and thorax red-brown; abdomen greyish brown ;

palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen dark brown

irrorated with grey. Fore wing deep red-brown with a faint

greyish tinge except on postmedial area; a small tuft of white

scales at base; a faint pale almost erect antemedial line; an

inwardly oblique pale medial line defined on inner side by a narrow

dark brown band; blackish points at angles of cell; postmedial

line very indistinct, dark, slightly defined on each side by rufous ;

oblique towards costa, slightly angled inwards below vein 7, then

incurved, excurved between vein 3 and submedian fold to just

before subterminal line, then curved inwards and upwards to lower

angle of cell and erect and slightly sinuous to inner margin, some

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pale slightly

defined on each side by fuscous, waved towards costa, incurved

below vein 7 and waved at middle; some white suffusion at apex ;

a series of black points before termen defined by white towards

apex; a fine black terminal line. Hind wing fuscous brown, the

terminal area ochreous brown ; a curved blackish postmedial line ;

a blackish subterminal band with slightly waved edges narrowing

towards tornus; traces of a crenulate blackish terminal line

reduced to points towards apex; cilia dark brown on inner half.

Underside of fore wing fuscous, the costal area irrorated with grey,

a slightly waved black postmedial line defined on inner side by

ochreous and followed by a blackish band, the terminal area

ochreous brown; hind wing fuscous irrorated with grey, a curved

crenulate black postmedial line defined on inner side by small

ochreous spots, a faint subterminal line incurved below costa and

waved at middle, the terminal area ochreous brown to vein 4 with

traces of a crenulate line before termen with slight whitish spots

beyond it towards apex.

Hab. Fr. Guiana; Pero, Carabaya, Oconeque (Ockenden), in Coll.

Druce. Exp. 60 millim.

7678. Ophisma tropicalis.

Ophisma tropicalis, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 288 (1852); Feld. Reis. Nov.

pl. 116. f. 14.

Ophisma crocimacula, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 239 (1852).

Ophisma detrahens, Wk. xiv. 1868 (1858).

Ophisma lutetplaga, Wk. xiv. 1369 (1858).

Ophisma confundens, Wik. xiv. 1872 (1858).

Ophisma stigmatifera, W\k. xiv. 1387 (1858).

Ophisma fugiens, Wik. xiv. 1387 (1858).

Ophisma morbillosa, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 116. f. 15 (1874).

(detrahens). Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous. Fore

wing pale rufous, the basal area slightly darker, a small tuft

of white scales below base of cell; the Ist line almost medial,

rufous slightly defined on outer side by whitish, straight

OPHISMA. 55

and somewhat inwardly oblique; a faint pale discoidal bar with black

points at its upper and lower extremities ; postmedial line formed

by minute brown lunules faintly defined on outer side by

ochreous, oblique to above vein 6, then bent inwards, forming an

oblique sinus extending to submedian fold, then bent inwards and

upwards to near lower angle of cell and waved to inner margin,

a faint brown shade beyond it from costa; traces of a pale waved

subterminal line, excurved below vein 7, where there is a dark

point on its inner side, and excurved at middle; a series of black

points before termen. Hind wing dull reddish brown ; a slight

oblique dark postmedial line from vein 6 to tornus with a blackish

shade beyond it, broad at costa, narrowing to a point at tornus ;

aseries of black points just before termen. Underside pale red-

brown with a greyish tinge ; fore wing with slight postmedial and

subterminal lines with blackish patch between them at middle ;

hind wing with black discoidal point, postmedial line waved to

discal fold, then oblique, and faint diffused subterminal line.

Ab. 1. tropicalis. Fore wing with oblique whitish band beyond

the medial line defined on outer side by rather diffused black.

Ab. 2. morbillosa. Fore wing with black suffusion between

medial and subterminal lines from below costa to vein 2, the

postmedial line detined by more or less developed serpentine greyish

markings.

Ab. 3. croceimacula. Head, thorax, and fore wing bright deep

rufous with a more or less developed orange spot above inner

margin on the postmedial line.

Hab. Mexico, at sea, 1 2, Jalapa (Trujillo, Hoege),3 3,3 9,

Durango (Becker), 1 9, Godman-Salvin Coll.; N.W. Coasr or

America (Kellett § Wood), 3 6, 1 2 type detrahens; Cua,

Santiago (Schaus), 1 g, Baracoa (Schaus), 2 9 ; Harri (Tweedie),

1 3; Sr. Vincent, 1 Q type stigmatifera ; Grenava (H. H. Smith),

1S, 1 9; Cotomura, Bogota (Stevens), 1 g type confundens ;

Venezveta, Aroa, 2 9; Brazit, Bahia (de la Garde), 1 9, Rio

Janeiro, 1 @ type luteiplaga, Tijuca (Wagner), 1 2; Paracvay,

Sapucay (Foster), 8 ¢,5 9; Argentina, Mendoza (Baine), 1 3 ;

Has. ten., 1 9 type fugeens. Kap. 50-68 millim.

7679. Ophisma variata. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 4.)

Ophisma variata, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 89 (1901).

¢. Head, thorax, andabdomen deep red-brown. Fore wing deep

red-brown ; antemedial line almost medial, brown slightly defined on

outer side by grey, straight and somewhat inwardly oblique ; two dark

discoidal points on faint pale spots; postmedial line indistinct, brown,

waved, oblique and slightly defined on outer side by white to vein 6,

then bent inwards, forming an oblique sinus extending to submedian

fold, then retracted to lower angle of cell and erect to inner margin,

some whitish points beyond it on costa; a faint pale waved

subterminal line, excurved below costa; a series of white and

VoL. XII. 2N

546 NOCTUIDE,

black points just before termen. Hind wing brown with a

cupreous reddish gloss; the apical area somewhat darker with

a faint subterminal shade from it to tornus; the underside

grey-brown irrorated with dark brown, a dark postmedial line

minutely waved to vein 4, faint subterminal shade, a series of black

points before termen.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with some violaceous white suffusion beyond

the medial line.

Ab. 2. Fore wing with fiery orange patch on costal area before

and beyond the postmedial line and spots on the postmedial line

below end of cell and above inner margin.

Hab. W. Cotomsra, Kl Credo, 1 ¢; Venezurta, Aroa, 1 3;

Brazin, Castro Paraiia (D. Jones), 2 g. Hxp, 40-44 millim.

7680. Ophisma tecta. (Plate CCXLIX. fig. 5.)

Ophisma tecta, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. xxi. p. 243 (1894).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen dull red-brown ; palpi, pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen irrorated with grey, the tarsi

ringed with whitish. Fore wing with the basal area to the medial

line dull red-brown, the rest of wing dark brown; antemedial line

indistinct, whitish, oblique, sinuous; medial line fine, white,

strongly incurved; postmedial line very indistinct, dark, slightly

defined on outer side by white towards costa, minutely waved,

oblique to vein 6, then bent inwards, obliquely excurved to sub-

median fold near termen, then retracted to vein 3 just beyond

lower angle of cell and erect and waved to inner margin, some

white points beyond it on costa; a very indistinct slightly waved

dark subterminal line with slight white irroration beyond it at

costa; a series of black points just before termen. Hind wing

dark brown with a fine pale line at base of cilia. Underside

greyish brown; fore wing with the costa irrorated with white,

two white points towards apex and a white patch at apex, a

dark discoidal bar and indistinct waved postmedial and sub-

terminal lines; hind wing irrorated with violaceous white except on

inner and terminal areas, a minutely waved dark postmedial line.

Hab. Muxico, Jalapa (Schaus), 1 $3; Brazit, Castro Parana.

Ep. 44 millim.

*7681. Ophisma nobilis. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 6.)

Ophisma nobilis, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 62 (1911).

3. Head and thorax chocolate red-brown; palpi grey-brown :

pectus and legs grey mixed with brown, the tarsi fuscous ringed

with whitish ; abdomen deep chocolate-brown, the anal tuft with

some grey, the ventral surface black-brown slightly irrorated with

grey. Fore wing with the basal area chocolate red-brown, the

rest of wing pale red-brown with a large lunulate chocolate-brown

OPHISMA. 547

patch on apical part of costa defined on inner side by a white line;

the basal area defined on outer side by a slightly incurved whitish

line; two dark brown discoidal points and a slight waved line

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

and obliquely incurved on the inner edge of the white patch to

vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards, then slight, brown,

waved and incurved, angled outwards at submedian fold, some

white points beyond it on costa; traces of a waved brown line from

the lunulate patch to inner margin; the termen whitish except

towards tornus, with a series of dark points before termen and a

fine dark terminal line ; cilia whitish with slight brown lines near

base and tips. Hind wing dark red-brown; traces of an oblique

postmedial line defined by whitish and ending at tornus; the

termen whitish at middle with a series of dark points before it and

a fine dark terminal line; cilia whitish with slight brown lines

near base and tips; the underside grey thickly irrorated with

brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a black discoidal

point and postmedial line bent outwards below costa, crenulate to

vein 2, then incurved and ending at tornus.

Hab. Costs Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), type f ¢ in aU, S. Nat.

Mus. Exp. 56 millim.

7682. Ophisma fulvipuncta. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 7.)

Ophisma fulvipuncta, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (8) vii. p. 63 (1911).

3 . Head and thorax pale red-brown; antennze with the basal joint

white in front; palpi, pectus, and legs brown irrorated with white;

abdomen brown, the ventral surface irrorated with white. Fore

wing red-brown suffused with purple and sparsely irrorated with

greenish white scales; small greenish white spots below costa and

in and below the cell before the indistinct waved dark antemedial

line defined on outer side by some greenish white scales; reniform

small, elliptical, greenish white with brown striga in centre;

postmedial line brown defined on each side by greenish white

towards costa, then by greenish white scales on outer side, minutely

waved, oblique towards costa, at vein 2 bent upwards to lower

angle of cell, then somewhat oblique to inner margin with a fulvous

red spot on its outer edge above vein 1; subterminal line very

indistinct, waved, with small whitish spots on it from costa to

vein 5; 4 series of black points before termen defined on inner side

by solic points; cilia brown, Jjrrorated with white at apex

and tipped with white towards apex. Hind wing dark brown;

a faint oblique pale line from below middle of costa to near tornus

where there is a white point on it; a series of brown striz just

before termen defined by a few white scales; cilia tipped with

white except towards tornus. Underside brown, the costal area

and termen of fore wing and the hind wing irrorated with purple-

white; fore wing with erect slightly waved postmedial line defined

by white scales and series of points before termen; hind wing

2N2

548 NOCTUID®.

with curved slightly waved postmedial line defined on inner side by

small white spots, punctiform white subterminal line, and series of

points before termen.

Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 1 9. Exp. 56 millim.

*7683. Ophisma pyrosticha. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 8.)

Ophisma pyrosticha, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) ix. p. 553 (1912).

3S. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown; pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing dark red-

brown ; a white point at base; slight blue-grey spots below costa

and in and below cell before the indistinct dark antemedial line,

which is slightly excurved to submedian nervure, then slightly

incurved, a blue-grey spot on its outer edge below costa; a blue-

grey discoidal spot; postmedial line dark, waved to below vein 4

and defined on each side by slight white marks at costa, then

by slight blue-grey marks to below vein 4, excurved below costa

and at middle, below vein 2 bent upwards to below end of cell

and forming an annulus, then sinuous to inner margin and with

small fiery red spots on it above and below vein 1, some white

points beyond it on costa ; the apical part of costal area with slight

blue-grey irroration and a small patch of whitish suffusion on

costa before apex ; faint traces of a waved dark subterminal line ;

a series of black points before termen with some whitish scales on

their inner side towards apex; a fine black terminal line; cilia

fulvous except towardsapex. Hind wing dark brown, the terminal

area slightly paler in submedian interspace; cilia fulvous tipped

with white. Underside of both wings grey-brown with darker

irroration, a curved dark postmedial line waved towards costa of

hind wing, diffused subterminal band, and series of black points

before termen.

Hab. 8.K. Perv, San Domingo (Ockenden), type f ¢ in Coll.

Druce. Hvp. 46 millim.

Genus PLASMATICUS. Tipe

Plasmaticus, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 268 (1906) ......... angulata.

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

head and broadly sealed, the 3rd moderate; frous smooth, with tuft of hair ;

eyes large, round; antenne of male almost simple; thorax clothed almost

entirely with scales and without crests; tibiz of male fringed with long hair,

the mid tibiz spined, in male dilated with a groove containing a fringe of scales,

the hind tibiz very short, the spurs very long, the Ist joint of tarsus tufted with

long hair above and below ; tufts of long hair and scales from pectus below base

of wings; abdomen with ridges of hair on basal segments but without crests.

Fore wing broad, the apex produced and acute, the termen excised to vein 5

where it is produced to an angle ; veins3and 4 from tear 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 about one-third length of wing; veins 3, 4, 5 from

lower angle; 6,7 from upper angle; 8-anastomosing with the cell near base

only; the termen angled at vein 2, then excised to tornus.

PLASMATICUS, 549

7684. Plasmaticus angulata.

Plasmaticus angulata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 268 (1906).

Head and thorax bright red-brown irrorated with white ; pectus,

legs, and abdomen grey-brown irrorated with white. Fore wing

bright red-brown sparsely irrorated with large grey-white scales ;

two white points at base; subbasal line white, double, rather

diffused and interrupted, from costa to vein 1; antemedial line

white, double and diffused towards costa, then represented by white

points below median nervure and on vein 1 and inner margin ;

Fig, 128.—Plasmaticus angulata, §. 4.

orbicular a smail round pure white spot; a faint dark medial

line, excurved from below costa to vein 2, then erect; postmedial

line represented by double white striz from costa, then by a series

of white points excurved to vein 6, then oblique, some white points

beyond it on costa; two small obliquely placed grey subapical spots

and subterminal patches between veins 5 and 3 and in submedian

fold; a terminal series of small grey-white spots slightly defined by

brown on inner side; cilia largely mixed with blue-grey. Hind

wing grey-brown, the terminal area suffused with rufous leaving

some grey irroration on termen and a white striga on the excision

below vein 2; a terminal series of white points ; cilia largely mixed

with blue-grey. Underside of fore wing grey-brown, the costal area

irrorated with blue-grey, the postmedial line defined on each side by

grey becoming small white spots on the outer side towards costa, a

maculate greyish ochreous subterminal band obsolescent towards

tornus ; hind wing grey-brown thickly irrorated with blue-grey, the

550 NOCTULD 2.

postmedial line curved, defined on each side by small white spots,

a subterminal series of small white spots.

Hab. Durca N. Guinna, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 $; Br. N. Guinea,

Dinawa (Prati), type f @ in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Exp. 58

millim.

Genus EUPHIUSA, nov.

Type, LE. harmonica.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate and porrect; frons

smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated ;

thorax clothed with hair and scales and without crests; tibie slightly fringed

with hair, the fore tibize not spined, the hind tibiz with a single spine between

the mid and terminal spurs; abdomen smoothly scaled. Fore wing with the

apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 5 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form

the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third 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.

7685. Euphiusa harmonica.

Chalciope harmonica, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 385 (1902).

3. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey faintly tinged with

rufous; antenne brown; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen

white. Fore wing violaceous grey ; a minute subbasal dark brown

Fig. 129.—Luphiusa harmomea, 3. t.

lunule below the costa; the antemedial area tinged with rufous

before the antemedial line which is black and waved; the medial

area suffused with dark brown before the postmedial line, which is

black, waved, oblique to below vein 4 where it is acutely angled

outwards, then incurved; the postmedial area tinged with rufous

extending on costa to apex; subterminal line indistinct, whitish,

PARALLELIA, 55]

dentate, oblique below vein 7 where there is a slight brown mark

on it, some brown suffusion before and beyond it at inner margin;

a series of black points before termen and a fine whitish line at

base of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown; an oblique

slightly incurved black medial line from discal fold to inner margin ;

the postmedial area suffused with black-brown and with a whitish

line from vein 4 to tornus; the termen grey-white except towards

apex and tornus; a terminal series of black points and a bar

towards tornus; cilia white, brownish at tips on inner half; the

underside white irrorated with red-brown, a small brown discoidal

spot, minutely waved postmedial line, subterminal shade, and series

ot black points before termen.

Hab. Becwvuanatann, N’Gami (Lugard), 1 3 type. Kap. 36

millim.

Genus PARALLELIA. oe

pe.

Raraligna,, eton), err J. AGO) (IGE) sconscano0dcass0s00000n0000 eee

Dagsgonea, istwlom, Cra. Ps AGS) (S227) osc concsc8066a600400dc50n00r joviana,

Naxia, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 254 (1852)........ Bee oa ca erraiee 4 ae absentimacula.

Pasipeda, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 171 (1882); nee WIk. Lep.

Macaldenia, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 162 (1884) ............... palumba.

Caranilla, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 169 (1884) 2... onelia.

Pindara, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 169 (1884) «0.00.00... illibata.

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

vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 8rd inoderate; frons smooth with

tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; anteune of male ciliated; thorax

clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests; tibiee typically slightly

fringed with hair, the fore and hind tibia * not spined, the mid tibie spined

and typically not dilated in male; abdomen with dorsal ridges on basal

segments, but without crests. Fore wing with the apex slightly produced and

acute, the termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from

near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from i0 anastomosing with 8 to

form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third length

of wing; veins 38, 4 from angle; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7

from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

Secr. I. Mid tibiz of male dilated with a groove containing a fringe of

large scales.

A. Hind tarsi of male with the Ist joint fringed with hair above at base.

a, Fore wing of male with a depressed groove below middle of submedian

fold, the terminal part of cell narrow and the neuration somewhat

distorted.

7686. Parallelia orodes.

Phalena orodes, Cram. Pap. Exot. 11. p. 49, pl. 129. f. F (1779).

Head and thorax red-brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish

brown, the last with the hair on base of dorsum reddish brown.

Fore wing red-brown, the costal area towards apex and the terminal

area greyish, the depressed groove at middle of submedian fold in

male greyish ; a faint oblique brown antemedial line from costa to

* The hind tibie abnormally with one or two spines.

502 NOCLUIDE.

submedian fold; two slight blackish points before and beyond the

discocellulars; a faint brown medial line, oblique to vein 6 and

incurved below vein 4; an indistinct very oblique postmedial line

from costa to vein 6; subterminal line double, brown filled in with

grey, oblique ; a series of black points before termen. Hind wing

Fig. 180.—Parallelia orodes, 3. 4.

fuscous brown with a greyish gloss; cilia white except towards

tornus. Underside greyish brown with a faint postmedial line

defined on outer side by greyish ; hind wing with two slight curved

postmedial lines, the outer defined by greyish.

Hab. Br. Guiana, Demerara (Rodway), 1 dg, 12, Rockstone

(Kaye), 1 3, Potaro R. (Kaye),1 g; Surmvam; Brazrt, Amazons,

Para (Austen, Trumbill, Durham, Goeldi), 1 3,4 9, Bréves (Austen),

16,19. wp. 62-70 millim.

6. Fore wing of male without depressed groove below middle of submedian

fold, the neuration normal, the thorax with tufts of hair and scales

below base of wings. ‘

@, Fore wing with the costa lobed before middle.

7687. Parallelia redunca.

Ophiusa redunca, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 141, fig. (1900).

Lhyas aellora, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 29.

Ophiusa trophidota, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxvii. p. 95 (1902).

2. Head and thorax red-brown ; antenne with the shaft whitish

in front; tegule tipped with whitish, the patagia with oblique

FARALLELIA, 5:

whitish line at. middle, the metathorax with a whitish line; pectus,

legs, and abdomen greyish brown. Fore wing red-brown tinged

with purplish grey and slightly irrorated with black especially on

the veins, the outer half of medial area somewhat darker; subbasal

line pale, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line red-brown

slightly defined on each side by greyish, excurved below costa, then

oblique, sinuous; a white point in middle of cell; medial line

brown, oblique, excurved at upper angle of cell; postmedial line red-

brown slightly defined on outer side by greyish, oblique to vein 6,

then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; a faint pale

waved subterminal line; an oblique streak from apex, a series of

Fig. 181.—Parallelia redunca, G. }.

black points just before termen. Hind wing grey-brown, the

postmedial area fuscous brown, the terminal area greyish irrorated

with fuscous; an oblique whitish postmedial line from vein 5 to

inner margin near tornus; a series of black points just before

termen ; a fine brown terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia.

Underside pale purplish grey irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing

with crenulate brown postmedial line and indistinct sinuous

subterminal line; hind wing with black discoidal point, crenulate

medial and postmedial lines, and series of black and white points

before termen.

3 with a small black spot on the subterminal line above vein 6.

Hab. Durcn N. Guinua, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley (Pratt), 1 3,

1 2 ; Qurenstanp, Brisbane, 1 9. EHwvp. 64 millim.

Sot NOCLUIDE.

b1, (Dysgonia.) Fore wing with the costa evenly

curved.

a®?, Hind wing without white medial band,

a3, Hind wiug without yellow medial band.

a’, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled

outwards at vein 6.

a°®, Fore wing with the postimedial line dentate

below vein 6.

a®, Fore wing with the medial line excurved

beyond the cell and waved.

a’, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique

and sinuous throughout.

a8, Fore wing without diffused yellow sub-

terminal Junules on the postmedial costal

chocolate-brown patch,

a®. Fore wing red-brown ...........2...0.0.00008

69, Fore wing deep purple-brown ...............

68. Fore wing with diffused yellow subterminal

lunules on the postmedial costal chocolate-

brown patch .......... poodspscosonosouoasoH9o0C

b7, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique

and slightly incurved, not sinuous .........

8, Fore wing with the medial line inwardly

oblique and straight .............cc ce ceeseee eee ee

o8, Fore wing with the postmedial line not dentate

below vein 6.

a®, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

below vein 3.

a, Fore wing with the medial line excurved

beyond the cell and waved.

a8, Fore wing with the antemedial line inwardly

oblique.

a9, Fore wing dark red-brown.

@0, Fore wing with white medial band.

a, Head and thorax fulvous orange.

a2, Fore wing with the cilia chequered

brown and white.......-...2.-..-.00-s0-0-:

b2, Fore wing with the cilia wholly white.

64, Head and tegule fulvous orange, thorax

brown.

a?, Fore wing with the medial band

broad, its inner edge sinuous .........

#2, Kore wing with the medial band

narrow, its inner edge nearly straight

#0, Fore wing without white medial band.

a, Head and tegule fulvous orange ......

61, Head and tegule red-brown, the palpi

TRUOUOWE) scoocacascovasonoosenddonaosbe0qnsancee

b°. Fore wing cupreous brown strongly

suffused with purple-grey.

@°, Head and tegule fulvous orange.........

1°, Head brown suffused with fulvous ......

cl0, Head without fulvous ..................065

8. Fore wing with the antemedial line erect.

a’, Fore wing with the antemedial line

excuryed in cell, then straight; hind

wing with black spot above tornus ......

4°. Fore wing with the antemedial line not

excurved in cell; hind wing without

black spot above tornus.

anetica.

serratilined.

prisca.

illibaia.

rigidistria.

latizona.

infractifinis.

roulera.

frontina.

propyrrha.

Seneratriz.

onelia.

lageos.

umbrosa,

circumsignata.

PARALLELIA.

a°, Fore wing with the outer edge of the

conical grey patch on postmedial part

of costa indented and with oblique

black-brown mark beyond it from

apex.

@!, Fore wing with the antemedia! line

double, slightly waved, and not

defined on outer side by whitish......

4, Fore wing with the antemedial line

single, straight, and defined on outer

SNS ly WISIN | jocacscadacoonscedouogon ode

$10, Fore wing with the outer edge of the

conical grey patch on postmedial part

of costa not indented, and without

oblique black-brown mark beyond it

from apex.

a, Head and thorax pale rufous

bu, Head and thorax grey-brown.

a2, Hind wing without pale postmedial

IMB) scocoencacos cpqaosadodonoaad0a00n0ng009

oe, ae wing with pale curved postmedial

HIN® sgcacoscanseseocoans0sd009s00s00005G000

6, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

from below vein 6.

ai, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved

at middle.

a8, Fore wing with the postmedial line waved.

b8, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

waved.

a’, Fore wing with the antemedial line

excuryed.

a0, Fore wing with the postmedial line

slightly incurved below vein 6 .........

}10, Fore wing with the postinedial line very

strongly incurved below vein 6.........

b®, Fore wing with the antemedial line

TMOWWAVE canoosonoodocoononen00q0990000909000000

c®, Fore wing with theantemedial line oblique,

SHIP NE a o¢noaonconooecs0ca0s0us0s0x0cduPaG00000

7, Fore wing with the postmedial line not ex-

curved at middle.

a’. Fore wing with the medial line excurved

beyond the cell and waved, indistinct or

almost obsolete.

a, Fore wing with oblique black-brown

mark from apex bent inwards above

Gilt) @ onoeppoond jana seqenoonnacboooosebousndadoo

0®, Fore wing with oblique black-brown

mark from apex angled outwards above

WEN (B “odooescce cpsdnacdocobonooasGasasncboUENdNC

c9. Fore wing with slight oblique dark streak

from apex.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

defined on outer side by white towards

COBLD 2 oc cneeecesveeresrersserccerseerersecnces

b10 Fore wing with the postmedial line

defined on outer side by white towards

(GORD) 600 obcpocnonupcagsdon00D000dCobaG0G0000008

8, Fore wing with the medial line outwardly

oblique, the postmedial line slightly angled

Eh VEHR (0 pocconcosdnanpegabponoasdeonocoosHeoanDeDe

599

palpatis.

trogosema.,

renalis.

proxima,

pudica.

dentilinea.

subacuta.

arcifera.

Joviana.

solomonensts.

maturescens.

amygdalis,

humilis.

insignifica.

ehsentiimacula,

556 NOCLUID AS.

c&. Fore wing with the medial line inwardly

oblique.

a*, Fore wing with the postmedial line

slightly angled at vein 6, then

incurved and closely approximated to

(Bars) MAG CLEAN WITS), 15 coasaccscosax0000000000000

6°, Fore wing with the postmedial line

strongly angled outwards at vein 6,

and well separated from the medial

line.

a0, Fore wing with the outer part of medial

area red-brown ........--.-+0«- 50800000000

60, Fore wing with the outer part of medial

area deep chocolate-brown,

a, Fore wing with the apical streak

eee to the angle of the postmedial

IST Men ms PP een es Hebe aaoae oonererosdorcndes

i, Fore wing with the apical streak angled

above vein 6, then bent inwards to

the angle of the postmedial line ......

d§, Fore wing with the medial line incurved.

a, Kore wing with the antemedial line

curved inwards to inner margin.

al, Fore wing with oblique black-brown

mark from apex bent inwards above

VEMIIO i rds macmemeacisn ces ep concise

H0, Kore wing with oblique black-brown

mark from apex angled outwards above

vein 6.

a, Fore wing with the basal area dark

brown, contrasting with the medial

band arc essceandcemactaa gies secure a00004

b1, Fore wing with the basal area more

suffused with purple-grey and less

contrasting with the medial band ...

b°. Fore wing with the antemedial line

straight and erect.

a, Fore wing with oblique black-brown

mark from apex bent inwards above

Weim GO: picwesesportatcsomaeepere

}1, Fore wing with oblique black-brown

mark from apex angled outwards above

VIE «Goosashesdosooupnodsousne enocnsec00

outwardly oblique.

al. Fore wing with the basal area red-

brown.

@1, Fore wing with the medial band

white and broad towards inner

MOAI, scoon000cc00 Resse anes elses

64. Fore wing with the medial band red-

brown and very narrow towards inner

ITEP rovocsooade sbdad suesniobosdocud000

0, Fore win with the basal area purplish

FONT ‘oooasdopqno0oacededqnadauuaobboS soeqo5e00

d%, Fore wing with the antemedial line

obliquely incurved ............ avsitaaeneennes

c6. Kore wing with the postmedial line oblique

and straight below vein 6.................. BOO

24. Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique

to vein 4, then inwardly oblique and waved ...

lilacea.

duplexa.

maturata.

acuta.

conjunctura.

curvata,.

arcuata.

interpensa.

albocincta.

expediens,

purpurata.

axiniphora.

copidiphora.

leucogramma.

hercodes.

PARALLELIA. 597

>*. Hind wing with yellow medial band ............... Julvotenia.

12, Hind wing with white medial band

a®, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled out-

wards at vein 6.

a‘. Kore wing with the postmedial line incurved

below veinka passe cna tuiscesworchpscns actin duaseses analis.

b+. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

from below vein 6.

a, Fore wing with postmedial line waved ......... conficiens.

45, Fore wing with the postmedial line not

wayed.

a®, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique

and sinuous, the postmedial line incurved

anh Smloencaliann (OGL oonossonc5econtaaqoscoaq6asoas senen.

46, Wore wing with the antemedial line ex-

curved.

a’, Fore wing with oblique dark mark from

apex and dentate spot above vein 6.

a®, Fore wing with the postmedial line

distinctly excurved at middle ............ stuposa,

28, Fore wing with the postmedial line very

slightly excurved at middle.

a9, Fore wing with oblique dark mark from

apex with two spots below it ............ constricta,

49. Fore wing with oblique dark mark from

apex angled outwards above vein 6...... dicocla.

v7, Fore wing with the dark mark from apex

cblique to above vein 6, then bent

TOT /EXIRG [Se acer onsion HaRaran bance ano aacce cee Oseren ae crameri.

6. Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique,

Shraighitpae ast epewcsaycscueay sd wety a secmeeeeice aa viliensis.

63, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique to

below vein 4 near termen, then inwardly oblique

ANGEStPAT SHG emececinseseetses cheese aoe seca case rogenhoferi.

*7688. Parallelia anetica.

Ophisma anetica, Feld. Reis. Noy. pl. 116. f. 11 (1874).

Q. Head and thorax red-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing red-brown; traces of an oblique sinuous

rufous antemedial line; a white point in middle of cell; reniform

defined by pale grey, narrow, an indistinct waved brown medial

line, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; postmedial line red-brown,

oblique and sinuous to vein 6, with a white striga on its outer edge

at costa, below vein 6 dentate, a deep chocolate-brown patch

beyond it on costal area with some white points at costa, the patch

defined by a slight pale line; the terminal area narrowly purple-

grey except at apex and towards tornus, with a fine crenulate dark

line just before termen, with blackish points at the interspaces ; cilia

red-brown. Hind wing fuscous brown with a faint blue-grey gloss ;

an obliquely curved grey postmedial line; the terminal area narrowly

purple-grey from below apex to submedian fold, with a fine sinuous

dark line just before termen and a fine terminal line; cilia grey,

brown at apex and towards tornus. Underside of both wings grey

irrorated with brown, a curved medial line, waved postmedial line,

and dark subterminal shade ; fore wing with the costal area pale

58 NOCTUID.

ochreous towards apex to which the subterminal shade is bent

outwards,

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the stigmata almost obsolete.

Hab. Frsr, type + 2 in Coll. Rothschild, Vita Levu, Suva

(Woodford) in Coll. Druce. Hap. 60 millim.

7689. Parallelia serratilinea. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 9.)

Ophiusa serratidinea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 257 (1906).

Head and thorax red-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-

brown, the last dorsally tinged with blue-grey. Fore wing red-

brown sparsely irrorated with white scales; a minute tuft of

white-tipped scales below base of cell; subbasal line rufous with a

faint dark line in middle, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line rufous with a red-brown line in middle, oblique,

sinuous ; a white point in middle of cell; reniform whitish defined

by brown and with brown striga in centre; medial line indistinct,

brown, waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; postmedial line

red-brown, oblique and defined on outer side by white to vein 6,

then dentate and produced to minute white points on the veins,

incurved below vein 4, a semi-elliptical chocolate-brown patch

beyond it on costal area, extending to apex, defined by white

below and with whitish points on costa; traces of a waved whitish

subterminal line except on costal area, incurved at submedian fold ;

the termen grey except towards apex and tornus, with a fine white

terminal line with points at the interspaces, defined on inner side

by a fine waved brown line. Hind wing fuscous brown tinged with

blue-grey ; a diffused blue-grey postmedial line from vein 6 to above

tornus; the termen bluish white from vein 6 to submedian fold; a

fine white terminal line with points at the interspaces, defined on

inner side by a fine dark line; cilia blue-grey, rufous at apex and

with fine dark lines at base and near tips. Underside fuscous

brown irrorated with grey; fore wing with reddish ochreous

postmedial band expanding into a triangular patch at costa and

with curved waved dark line on it towards costa, a reddish ochreous

subterminal line, oblique between veins 7 and 5, then maculate;

hind wing with reddish ochreous postmedial band with waved dark

line on it and subterminal series of small ochreous spots.

Hab. Br. N. Gutnta, Ekeikei (Pratt), 3 9, Mt. Kebea (Pratt),

1g,19. Exp. 66-72 millim.

7690. Parallelia prisca. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 10.)

Ophisma prisca, Wik. xiv. 1385 (1858). .

6. Head and thorax dull reddish brown ; antenne pale at base;

pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish brown, the fore tarsi ringed with

white. Fore wing dull reddish brown; subbasal line red-brown de-

fined on each side by reddish ochreous, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line red-brown defined on each side by reddish ochreous,

PARALLELIA. 559

oblique, sinuous; a whitish point in middle of cell; reniform

defined by dark brown, with some white scales representing its

annulus and brown striga in centre; medial line double, dentate,

excurved beyond the cell, then incurved; postmedial line white and

oblique from costa to vein 6 with some yellowish before it, then

brown slightly defined by yellowish, dentate and oblique, a conical

chocolate-brown patch beyond it on costal area; subterminal

line indistinct, reddish, waved, with yellow spots on it towards

costa and at middle, incurved at discal and submedian folds; a

series of slight dark points just before termen. Hind wing dark

greyish brown with indistinct pale curved postmedial line from

vein 6 to inner margin; the termen slightly greyer. Underside

brown, with two indistinct postmedial lines and a postmedial

yellowish patch on costa of fore wing.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial area suffused with reddish

yellow, the subterminal line reddish yellow and rather diffused, the

termen sometimes white except at tornus of fore wing and apex

and tornus of hind wing.—Vavau.

Hab. Samoa (Duke of Northumberland), 1 $ type; Friznpty Is.,

Vavau (Eclipse Evp.), 2 S$. Hxp. 68-78 millim.

7691. Parallelia illibata.

Noctua illibata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 592 (1775); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 495.

Hemeroblemma peropaca, Hibn. Zutr. iii. p. 33, ff. 541-2 (1825).

Ophisma letabilis, Guen. Noct. iil. p. 241 (1852).

Head and thorax red-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish

brown, the last dorsally tinged with blue-grey. Fore wing red-

brown slightly irrorated with blue-grey scales; subbasal line rufous

with a faint dark line in middle, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line rufous with a red-brown line in middle, oblique and

very slightly incurved ; reniform greyish defined by red-brown and

with slight curved dark striga in centre; medial line very

indistinct, dark, waved, incurved below vein 4; postmedial line

indistinct, red-brown, obliquely downeurved and defined on outer

side by white from costa to vein 6, then dentate and faintly

defined by rufous, incurved below vein 4, a semi-elliptical chocolate-

brown patch beyond it on costal area extending to apex;

subterminal line hardly traceable, rufous, waved, incurved below

vein 3; the termen and cilia greyish except at apex and towards

tornus; a series of slight blackish points just before termen.

Hind wing grey-brown; an indistinct oblique blue-grey post-

medial line from vein 6 to above tornus; the termen tinged with

blue-grey from vein 6 to submedian fold with a fine dark terminal

line with minute white points at the interspaces; the under-

side brown irrorated with grey, two indistinct minutely waved

postmedial lines, and a subterminal series of small whitish

spots.

560 NOCLUID A.

Hab. Honexone (Champion), 19 ; Centr. Cutna (Reeves), 12 ;

Srxum (Grote), 2d ; Assam (Badgley), 19, Silhet, 1 $, Dibrugrah

(Ward), 19; Buyeat, Calcutta, 1 9 ; Cunrr. Inpra, Raipur

(Betham), 1 Q@ ; Cryton (Templeton), i 3 ; Burma, Moulmein

(Clerk), 12, Rangoon, 29, Tenasserim, Donat Hills (de Nicéville),

1 @; Jonor (Ridley), 1 9 ; Singapore (Radley), 1 3S, 1 @.

Exp. 64-72 millim.

7692. Parallelia rigidistria.

Ophisma rigidistria, Guen. Noct. iil. p. 240 (1852); Himpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 496.

Naxia calefasciens, Wik. xiv. 1405 (1852); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 168,

pl. 168. f. 3.

Ophisma correctata, W1k. xxxiii. 957 (1865).

Head and thorax bright red-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen

grey-brown, the tarsi ringed with white; abdomen dorsally tinged

with blue-grey and with lateral dark lines with series of white

points on them. Fore wing bright cupreous red-brown; a slight

brown subbasal line faintly defined on outer side by white,

excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial

line red-brown faintly defined on outer side by whitish, oblique,

straight; medial line double, brown, the outer line indistinct,

inwardly oblique, straight, defined on inner side by a narrow white

band ; postmedial line dark brown faintly defined on outer side by

whitish, dentate, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, some

white points beyond it on costa; a very indistinct pale waved

subterminal line defined on outer side by a brown shade; a series

of black points just before termen with white points beyond them

on termen; cilia white mixed with rufous especially towards

tornus. Hind wing grey-brown, the terminal area rather darker;

a diffused whitish postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin

towards tornus ; a fine waved dark terminal line slightly defined on

inner side by white at middle; cilia white, brown towards apex

and tornus. Underside grey-brown ; fore wing with slight waved

medial and postmedial lines and faint sinuous pale subterminal line

with darker suffusion before it, the termen whitish; hind wing

with dark discoidal point, two minutely waved postmedial lines

excutved below costa, and a whitish subterminal line excurved

below vein 7. 2

Hab. Bompay, Kanara (Ward), 1 9 ; Travancors, Trivandrum

(Fergusson), 1 Q ; Cryton (Lindesay), 2 3,1 Q type calefasciens ;

Sincapore (Hidley), 29; Myson; Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei

(Pratt), 1 ¢,3 9, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 2 3 ; Cuorsuun I. (Meek),

1g. Ewp. 56-68 millim.

7693. Parallelia latizona. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 11.)

Ophiusa latizona, Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 293 (1874).

Head and thorax orange; antennz pale brownish; tibie and

PARALLELIA. 561

tarsi brown, the latter ringed with white; abdomen dark brown.

Fore wing cupreous red-brown, the basal area irrorated with blue-

white, some blue-white seales on the veins below postmedial part of

costa; subbasal line represented by double blue-white strize from costa

and a single striga below the cell; an antemedial blue-white striga

from cesta; a broad pure white medial band, its inner edge slightly

sinuous and somewhat incurved below median nervure, its outer

edge slightly sinuous and excurved beyond lower angle of cell, two

small dark brown discoidal spots on it; postmedial line with white

bar from costa, then indistinct, dark, oblique to vein 6 and incurved

below vein 3, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal

line bluish white and slightly waved from costa to vein 7, then

very indistinet, waved, with whitish points at the veins ; a series of

minute white points just before termen ; cilia chequered white and

brown. Hind wing dark brown with whitish bar from vein 2 to

tornus; some white points before middle of termen; cilia white

slightly intersected with brown at the veins, brown at apex and

tornus ; the underside with waved white subterminal line, a waved

brown terminal line with white before it except at apex and

tornus.

Hab. New Guinea (Mathew), 13 3; Queensuanp, 1,1 2 type,

Thursday I. (Mathew), 1 5, 1 2, Logan L. (McGillivray), 1 3,

Duaringa (Barnard), 1 $ ; N. Ausrrazra, Port Darwin (Buckland,

J.J. Walker), 1 6,32. Hep. 42-48 millim.

7694. Parallelia infractifinis. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 12.)

Fodina infractifinis, Lucas, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Queensl. i. p. 110

(1895).

Ophiusa medioalbata, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 259 (1906).

9. Head and thorax fulvous orange; antenne brown; legs

brown with orange spots at extremities of femora; abdomen dark

brown. Fore wing deep chocolate-brown ; small white subbasal

spots below costa and in cell; a few bluish white scales below costa

before middle; a rather oblique medial white band expanding

towards inner margin; a postmedial white spot from costa to

vein 6; cilia pure white mixed with some brown at apex and

tornus. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia pure white with some

brown at apex and tornus; the underside with the terminal area

irrorated with brown except towards apex and tornus.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type + medioalbata in Coll.

Bethune-Baker; Qunxnstanp, Geralton (Z'urner), 1 2. Eup.

52 millim,

7695. Parallelia roulera. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 13.)

Ophiusa roulera, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 97 (1909).

3. Head, tegule, and base of patagia orange-fulvous; the rest

of thorax grey-brown ; antenne brown; pectus and femora fulvous,

the tibize and tarsi grey-brown, the tarsi ringed with white ;

VOL. XII, 20

562 NOCTUID A.

abdomen grey-brown, Fore wing brown with a slight cupreous

gloss and sparsely irrorated with blue-white scales ; an oblique pure

white medial band with sinuous edges, its inner edge angled out-

wards on median nervure, its outer edge angled outwards to just

beyond lower angle of cell, enclosing a small brown spot at lower

angle ; postmcdial line represented by an oblique white striga from

costa and traces of an incurved waved white line from vein 4 just

beyond the medial band to inner margin; a slight interrupted

waved white subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at

middle; a slight waved white line just before termen except at

apex and towards tornus; cilia pure white, brown at apex and

tornus. Hind wing dark brown; traces of an oblique white line

from vein 2 to termen near tornus and of a slight waved white line

before medial point of termen; cilia pure white, brown at apex

and tornus ; underside with slight waved white subterminal line and

diffused waved white line just before termen except at apex and

tornus.

Hab. Ku Is.,1 type. Hap. 46 millim.

7696. Parallelia frontina.

Papilio frontinus, Donovan, Nat. Hist. Ins. New Holland, Ley. pl. 32. f. 2

(1805) ; Scott. Austral. Lep. ii. p. 23, pl. xviii.

Ophiusa pyrrhargyra, Wk. xiv. 1435 (1858).

Leucanitis schraderi, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 116. f. 7 (1874).

Head and tegule orange, thorax red-brown; palpi at tips and

antenne brownish ; pectus orange; legs brown, the tarsi with pale

rings; abdomen dark brown. Fore wing reddish brown with a

cupreous gloss; a narrow somewhat oblique white medial band, its

outer edge slightly excurved below costa, at middle, and above

inner margin; postmedial line very indistinct, dark with slight

whitish mark at costa, incurved below vein 2; cilia white, slightly

chequered with brown at tips. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia

pure white except at apex and tornus.

Hab. Avcsrratia (Damel, McGillwray), 2 6,29 ; N.S. Watzs

(Lambert, Mathew), 1 S$, 2 9 type pyrrhargyra. Hap. 50-

54 millim.

7697. Parallelia propyrrha. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 14.)

Nawia propyrrha, Wk. xiv. 1407 (1858). '

3. Head and tegule orange-yellow ; thorax red-brown; pectus

orange-yellow; abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing red-brown

tinged with purple-grey, the postmedial area suffused with cupreous

red except towards costa; subbasal line indistinct, diffused, red-

brown, from costa to submedian fold; an indistinct waved

red-brown antemedial line; medial line red-brown defined on

outer side by violaecous white, inwardly oblique; an indistinct

waved brown line, excurved beyond the cell, then oblique; post-

medial line brown, oblique to vein 6, then waved, incurved below

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vein 3, a rather truncate conical violaceous white patch irrorated

with red-brown beyond it on costal area, with some minute white

points on costa; a faint brown subterminal line oblique to vein 7,

where it is angled outwards, then slightly waved ; the termen and

cilia violaceous white with a series of dark points before termen.

Hind wing dark brown with a slight cupreous tinge; the termen

and cilia violaceous white except towards apex and tornus, with a

fine waved brown terminal line with dark points at the interspaces ;

dark postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Austratta, 1 g type; Fir, 1 S$. Hwvp. 54-58 millim.

7698. Parallelia feneratrix. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 15.)

Jaxia feneratrix, Guen, Noct. iii. p. 256 (1852).

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some purple-grey ; palpi

fulvous ; pectus whitish and fulvous; abdomen dark brown, Fore

wing red-brown tinged with purple-grey, the postmedial area

cupreous red except towards costa; subbasal line brown, rather

diffused, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line red-brown,

rather diffused, inwardly oblique and defined on outer side by

purple-grey ; reniform with rather irregular brown outline ; medial

line brown, oblique and sinuous below the reniform ; postmedial line

brown, obliquely downcurved to vein 6, then slightly waved,

incurved below vein 4, a conical patch defined by diffused purple-

grey beyond it on costal area with two grey points on costa; a

diffused dark subterminal shade; the termen purple-grey with a

waved brown terminal line; cilia purple-grey. Hind wing dark

brown; a slight oblique grey subterminal line from vein 2 to

tornus ; cilia greyish at tips ; the underside brown tinged with grey,

indistinct waved dark medial and postmedial lines and a faint pale

waved subterminal line.

Hah, Java (Horsfield),2 3,2 2 type. Hxp. 50-52 millim.

7699. Parallelia onelia.

Navia onelia, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 256 (1852); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 169,

pl. 170. ff. 1-1 6; Hmpsn. Moths Jnd. ii. p. 502.

Ophiusa luteipalpis, Wik. xxxiil, 968 (1865).

Head and tegule fulvous; antenne brown; thorax and abdomen

purple-grey mixed with some brown, the pectus fulvous in front.

Fore wing purple-grey irrorated with brown, the postmedial area

suffused with cupreous brown except towards costa; a diffused

double waved red-brown subbasal line from costa to vein 1; a

double red-brown antemedial line, the inner line slightly waved,

the outer forming a rather oblique band diffused on inner side; a

brown discoidal bar; medial line brown, waved, rather oblique to

vein 4, then incurved; postmedial line dark brown, oblique to

vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, a conical purple-grey patch

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564 NOCTUIDA.

tinged with red-brown beyond it on costal area, defined below by

dark brown with two white points on costa, its outer edge formed

by the subterminal line, which is white, oblique to vem 7 where it

is angled outwards, then indistinct, brown, waved ; terminal area

purple-grey irrorated with red-brown and with a series of brown

strize before termen. Hind wing purple-grey suffused with brown

especially on terminal half; a subterminal purple-grey line from

vein 4 to tornus; the termen irrorated with purple-grey except

towards apex and tornus; cilia purple-grey ; the underside purple-

grey suffused with red-brown on subterminal area, indistinct

waved brown medial and postmedial lines and a lunulate purple-

grey subterminal line.

Hab. Punsas, Manpuri, 1 @ ; Assam, Silhet, 1 ¢ ; Manras,

Wynad, 1 9, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3,2 9 ; Cuyton (Templeton),

1 $,2¢@; Burma, Rangoon (Noble), 1 2 ; Penane (Lloyd), 1 S ;

Stnearors (Wood-Jones), 2 5 ; Puirtevines, Samboangan (J. J.

Walker), 1 Q. Exp. 42-54 millim.

Larva. Greyish white above, olive-grey below; each somite

with small black spots ina somewhat linear series ; 4th somite with

a reddish lateral spot ; the lst two pairs of prolegs rudimentary.

Food-plant, Phyllanthus.

Pupa efflorescent.

7700. Parallelia lageos. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 16.)

Navia lageos, Guen. Noct. iii. p, 256 (1852).

mixed with grey, the tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen grey-

brown. Fore wing cupreous brown; the basal area with some

purple-grey suffusion and an indistinct double brown subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold filled in with purple-grey ;

autemedial line ereet, sinuous, with a band of purple-grey suffusion

beyond it; two slight discoidal points; medial line indistinct,

brown, waved, excurved beyond the cell; postmedial line brown,

obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6 near the subtermiual line,

then waved, incurved below vein 3, a conical patch defined by

purple-grey beyond it on costal area with two white points on costa ;

subterminal line waved, white and incurved towards costa, then

very indistinct; the termen suffused with purple-grey from just

below apex to vein 2 and with slight spot at tornus ; a fine waved

dark terminal line. Hind wing brown, the inner area with a

slight greyish tinge to the faint bluish white postmedial line from

vein 5 to inner margin; a whitish subterminal line from vein 2 to

tornus; some grey irroration on middle of termen; cilia with a

fine whitish line at base; the underside with a faint discoidal

spot, two minutely waved postmedial lines and a subterminal

line.

¢. Head and tegule bright fulvous orange; fore wing with

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darker more prominent purplish white suffusion on basal area and

beyond the antemedial line.

Hab. Java (Horsfield), 1 2 type; AmpBorna (Pratt), 1 o.

Kap. 42 millim.

7701. Parallelia umbrosa. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 17.)

Ophiusa wmbrosa, Wik. xxxiil. 968 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 11.

p. 502.

Ophiusa obumbrata, Wik. xxxiii. 969 (1865).

Head and tegule purple-grey tinged with reddish brown ; thorax

and abdomen purplé- grey mixed with some brown. Fore wing

purple-grey irrorated with brown, the outer half of medial area

suffused with dark brown and the postmedial area with cupreous

brown except towards costa; subbasal line brown, from costa to

submedian fold, followed by a narrow brown band extending to

inner Margin; a sinuous brown antemedial line followed by a

narrow oblique brown band; a brown discoidal bar; medial line

brown, waved, oblique to vein 4, then incurved; postmedial line

dark brown, oblique to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, a conical

purple-grey patch irrorated with brown beyond it on costal area

with three white points on costa, its outer edge formed by the

subterminal line, which is white and oblique to vein 7, where it is

angled outwards, then indistinct, dark, waved; the termen purple-

grey except ab apex, with a series of black points before termen ;

cilia purple-grey. Hind wing purple-grey suffused with brown;

an obliquely curved purple-grey postmedial line from discal fold to

inner margin and a subterminal line from vein 4 to tornus; the

termen purple-grey at middle with some dark points before termen;

cilia purple-grey except at apex; the underside purple-grey irro-

rated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, waved medial and

postmedial lines, a waved grey subterminal line defined by brown,

and a series of black points before termen.

Hab, Centrat Cuina, Shanghai, 1 2 type, Fokien, Sam-sah

(de la Garde), 1 g ; Formosa, 1 2 ; Punsan, Manpuri, 1 9 ;

Assam (Badgley), 1 3, Khasis (Watson), 1 9; Buneat, Cal-

cutta, 2 9; Mapras, Malabar, 1 ¢, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 o,

2 9, Coimbatore (Walhouse), 1 2 type obumbrata; Up. Burma,

Kalewa (Watson), 1 9 ; Sinearore (ltdley), 2 6, 1 2; Puro

Laut (Doherty), 1 9; Java (Horsfield) 1 3. Eup. 38-

50 millim.

7702. Parallelia circumsignata. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 18.)

Naxia circumsignata, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 255 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 495.

3. Head and thorax pale rufous ; frons with pair of dark points

above at sides; antenne dark brown; abdomen grey-white tinged

with red-brown. Fore wing pale purplish grey suffused with

566 _NOCTUID.E.

pale red-brown and irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line

represented by a curved brown striga from costa; antemedial line

brown, incuryed below costa, incurved and slightly sinuous below

discal fold; a dark point in middle of cell and point at lower

angle; a slight oblique whitish shade from lower angle of cell to

inner margin at antemedial line; medial line brown, obliquely

excurved from costa to vein 5, then inwardly oblique and waved ;

postmedial line brown, oblique and defined on outer side by white to

vein 6, then inwardly oblique and waved, an oblique conical patch

with some whitish suffusion on it and some white points on costa

beyond it on costal area, defined below by brown and on outer

side by the subterminal line, which is white and incurved from

costa to vein 7, then bent inwards and indistinct brownish and

waved to inner margin; the termen suffused with violaceous white

except at apex; a fine waved brown terminal line and series of

black points in the interspaces. Hind wing pale reddish brown,

the terminal area irrorated and suffused with darker brown

especially on apical area; a curved whitish postmedial line with

blackish spot beyond it on inner margin; a faint waved subterminal

line; the termen violaceous white except towards apex and tornus

with a fine waved dark terminal line and series of points in the

interspaces ; cilia white, tinged with red-brown at base; the

underside with small black discoidal spot and crenulate postmedial

line.

Hab. Assam, Silhet (Hearsey), 3 $. Hap. 50 millim.

7703. Parallelia palpalis. (Plate CCXX. fig. 1.)

Ophiusa palpatis, Wik. xxxiii. 968 (1865).

Dysgonia plutonia, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 84, pl. iii. f. 10 (1894).

Head and thorax brown mixed with purple-grey; palpi tinged

with fulvous; abdomen purple-grey suffused with brown. Fore

wing purple-grey irrorated and in parts suffused with dark brown ;

antemedial line double, dark, and slightly sinuous; medial line

dark, excurved beyond the cell, then oblique and sinuous ; post-

medial line dark brown, obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6

where it is acutely angled outwards, then oblique and waved

to submedian fold and erect to inner margin, a semi-elliptical

purple-grey patch irrorated with brown beyond it on costal area

defined by dark brown suffusion which extends from the medial line

to apex, some white points on it at costa, its outer edge defined

by white and angled inwards at vein 7; traces of a waved brown

subterminal line from the patch to inner margin; a fine waved

brown terminal line defining a series of white points in the

interspaces. Hind wing purplish grey suffused with brown ; traces

of an oblique grey subterminal line from vein 4 to tornus; a fine

waved dark terminal line; the underside brown irrorated with

purple-grey, an indistinct dark postmedial line excurved from below

costa to vein 4 and a wayed grey subterminal line.

PARALLELIA. 567

Hab. Stprra Leone (Morgan), 1 3 type; Gotp Coast, Obuassi

(Bergman), 1 29; S. Niewrta, Lagos (Dudgeon), 1 2; Gasoon,

Ogové R. Hwp. 40-48 millim.

7704, Parallelia trogosema, n. sp. (Plate CCXX. fig. 2.)

Head and thorax red-brown; antenne with the shaft whitish

in front towards base; pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-brown.

Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and in parts suffused with dark

reddish brown especially on basal area; an oblique whitish

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line whitish

defined on inner side by dark brown, erect, straight, a slight dark

discoidal lunule and indistinct waved line from lower angle of cell

to inner margin; postmedial line dark brown, obliquely down-

curved from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards,

then obliquely incurved, a semi-elliptical purplish grey patch tinged

with brown and defined by white beyond it on costal area with

chocolate-brown suffusion before and below it and an oblique

chocolate-brown patch beyond it from apex, some white points

on it at costa, its outer edge indented below costa; an oblique

subterminal series of obscure dentate dark marks frem the patch

to inner margin; a fine crenulate dark terminal line with black

points at the interspaces. Hind wing dark greyish brown with

a fine dark terminal line; the underside brown irrorated with

ereyish, a curved minutely waved dark postmedial line.

Hab. Sterna Luone (Morgan), 1 3, 193; 8S. Niewrra, Tesha

(Humfrey), 1 2 type. Hep. 44-46 millim.

7705. Parallelia renalis. (Plate CCXX. fig. 3.)

Ophiusa renalis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 499 (1894),

Head and thorax pale rufous; mid and hind tarsi whitish ;

abdomen pale grey-brown, dorsally suffused with fuscous brown

on basal half. Fore wing bright rufous, the terminal area whitish

tinged with rufous except at apex; a curved red-brown subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line red-brown,

slightly angled outwards below costa, then slightly incurved, a

slightly deeper rufous shade beyond it; a slight dark discoidal bar ;

medial line indistinct, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and sinuous ;

postmedial line red-brown, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly

oblique, a conical greyish patch defined by red-brown beyond it on

costal area and an oblique brownish shade from the angle of

postmedial line to tornus; a waved dark terminal line. Hind

wing greyish suffused with brown, the terminal area somewhat

paler and with traces of an oblique pale subterminal line from

vein 4 to tornus; the underside whitish tinged with rufous, a

dark discoidal point and indistinct dark waved medial, postmedial,

and subterminal lines.

568 NOCTUIDZ.

Hab. Bomaay (Swinhoe), 1 ¢,1 Q@ type, Kutch, 1 9 ; Cxryton

(Mackwood), 12, Trincomali (Yerbury), 13. Hap. 42-46 millim.

7706. Parallelia proxima. (Plate CCXX. fig. 4.)

Ophiusa proxima, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 339 (1902).

Head and thorax purple-grey tinged with red-brown; pectus,

legs, and abdomen purple-grey, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore

wing purple-grey suffused with cupreous red-brown, the inner

part of medial area and terminal area except at apex greyer;

antemedial line double, red-brown, the inner line indistinct and

sinuous; a dark discoidal striga; medial line brown, waved,

excurved beyond the cell, then ineurved; postmedial line red-

brown, oblique and defined on outer side by whitish to vein 6,

then incurved, sinuous and slightly defined on outer side by grey,

a conical purplish grey patch beyond it on costal area with some

pale points on costa, defined by an oblique cupreous brown shade

from apex; a series of black points before termen. Hind wing

purplish grey suffused with brown; a faint pale subterminal line

from vein 2 to tornus; the termen greyer at middle; a fine waved

dark terminal line; the underside purplish grey tinged with brown,

a curved waved dark postmedial line and traces of a waved

subterminal line.

Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing purple-grey suffused with

dark brown.

Hab. Congo, Katanga, Kambove (Neave), 136; N.E. Ruopesia,

Mananga R. (Weave), 1 6, Luangwa Valley (Weave), 2d,

Niamadzi R. (Neave), 12; Br. C. Arrica, Chiromo (Weave), 1°,

Lr. Shire Valley (Neave), 1 9 ; Naraz, Durban (Gooch, Clark),

29 type. Hap. 44-48 millim.

7707. Parallelia pudica. (Plate CCXX. fig. 5.)

Ophisma pudica, Moschl. Abk. Senck. Ges. xv. p. 85, f. 12 (1888).

Ophiusa orthea, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) x. p. 44 (1890).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown. Fore wing pale red-

brown with a greyish tinge, the basal area slightly darker; ante-

medial line red-brown defined on outer side by whitish, erect,

straight; two dark discoidal points; medial line indistinct, dark,

excurved to vein 4, then incurved; postmedial line red-brown

slightly defined on outer side by whitish, very cblique to vein 6

and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa,

and in male a semi-elliptical whitish costal patch tinged with

brown; a faint oblique brown streak from apex to the angle of

postmedial line; traces of a pale waved subterminal line from

vein 6 to inner margin, incurved at submedian fold; a series of

slight dark points before termen and fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing reddish brown; a curved whitish postmedial line from

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discal fold to inner margin and traces of a subterminal shade ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base and whitish tips; the underside

irrorated with whitish, a faint waved dark postmedial line, the

terminal area whiter with waved inner edge and series of black

points before termen.

Ab. 1. Grey-brown without any reddish tinge.

Hab. Gotpv Coast (Johnston), 1 9, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 3,

Prahsu, 1 9, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 S$; Fr. Guinea, type T do

orthea in Coll. Mabille; 8. Nigrria, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1¢,

1@. xp. 52-58 millim.

7708. Parallelia dentilinea. (Plate CCXX. fig. 6.)

Ophiusa dentilinea, Beth.-Baker, Noy. Zool. xiii. p. 257 (1906).

Q. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with grey; tarsi

ringed with whitish; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface

dark brown irrorated with whitish. Fore wing deep red-brown

irrorated with ochreous; subbasal line ochreous white, excurved

below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line

ochreous white, defined by blackish on outer side from costa to

median nervure, oblique, sinuous; orbicular a minute pure white

spot defined by black; an oblique sinuous ochreous white medial

line; the outer half of medial area deep chocolate-brown; post-

medial line white, oblique from costa to discal fold where it is

sharply angled outwards and slightly angled inwards at vein 6,

then inwardly oblique and slightly angled inwards at veins 4 and 3,

then excurved and again angled inwards at vein 1, some pale

points beyond it on costa; an oblique black shade from apex with

traces of the waved whitish subterminal line before it, with two

small black spots surrounded by white scales at veins 4 and 3 and

defined on each side by blackish towards inner margin; a dark

shade on middle of terminal area; a fine crenulate dark terminal

line with black points in the interspaces; a fine pale line at base

of cilia. Hind wing black-brown with a greyish tinge; a slight

oblique grey bar at tornus; a minutely waved black terminal

line slightly defined by grey on inner side from vein 4 to sub-

median feld; cilia ochreous white with fuscous patches at apex,

middle and towards tornus; the underside greyish thickly irrorated

with fuscous, a slight discoidal point aud indistinct minutely

waved postmedial and subterminal lines, the latter defined by

small grey lunules on outer side.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 12. Hap. 52 millim.

Type + @ in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

7709. Parallelia subacuta. (Plate CCXX. fig. 7.)

Ophiusa subacuta, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 258 (1906).

Head and thorax red-brown, the tegule slightly grey at tips

and the patagia with slight oblique grey line at middle; pectus,

27/0 _NOCLUIDA’.

legs, and abdomen dark greyish brown, the tarsi with pale rings

and the abdomen with small sublateral white tufts on medial

segments. ore wing with the basal area red-brown; subbasal

line represented by a faint pale curved striga from costa; ante-

medial line dark brown, oblique, straight, followed by a grey band

suffused with red-brown and very slightly expanding at costa and

inner margin; the outer part of medial area deep chocolate-brown

to the postmedial line, which is dark brown defined on outer side

by whitish, obliquely downcurved from costa to below vein 6

where it is angled outwards, then oblique to vein 2 and incurved

to inner margin at the medial band, some white points beyond it

on costa; an oblique black-brown shade diffused on inner side

from apex to vein 6 near the postmedial line, excurved above

vein 6; a faint oblique brown subterminal line from vein 6 to

inner margin, with small blackish spots at veins 4, 3; a fine

waved brown terminal line with black points at the interspaces ;

cilia grey-brown with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing dark

greyish brown; an oblique whitish subterminal line from vein 3

to tornus; the termen slightly tinged with grey at middle; a fine

brown terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia, which are

whitish at tips towards apex; the underside grey-brown i1ro-

rated with whitish, a faint dark discoidal spot, slightly waved

medial and postmedial lines, and a faint waved whitish subterminal

line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with more or less violaceous white suffusion

on medial area before and beyond the medial line.

Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Aroa R. (Meck), 1 $, Dinawa (Pratt),

1g,2Q, Ekeikei (Pratt), 2¢,192, Mt. Kebea (Pratt),2g,19.

Exp, 46-52 millim.

*7710. Payrallelia arcifera. (Plate CCXX. fig. 8.)

Parallelia arcifera, Druce, A. M. N. H. (8) ix. p. 554 (1912).

3S. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown; legs with the

spurs and tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing purplish grey-

brown; subbasal line whitish defined on inner side by dark brown,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line whitish defined

on inner side by dark brown, slightly excurved below the cell;

outer half of medial area dark brown defined on inner side by the

medial line which is incurved, and on outer side by the whitish

postmedial line, which is oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 6

where it is acutely angled outwards, then incurved, excurved at

vein 2 and reaching inner margin close to the medial line, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; an oblique dark shade from

apex diffused on inner side, excurved above vein 6 on which it is

bent inwards to near the angle of the postmedial line; traces of

a pale waved subterminal line from vein 6 to inner margin with

a slight dark shade before it below vein 3; a fine dark terminal

line angled inwards to slight points in the interspaces. Hind

PARALLELIA. onal

wing dark greyish brown, with a faint oblique greyish bar from

vein 3 to tornus; the termen faintly greyish except towards apex

and tornus with a fine dark terminal line, and pale line at base

of cilia.

Hab. Gamata (Moloney), type t d in Coll. Druce. Huxp. 46

millim,

7711. Parallelia joviana.

Noctua joviana, Stoll, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 237, pl. 399. f. B (1782); Moore,

Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 175, pl. 170. ff. 9, 94; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 499.

Noctua sinuata, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 145 (1787).

Ophiusa myops, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 265 (1852).

Head and thorax pale red-brown, the patagia with slight

oblique grey line near tips: pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-brown,

the tarsi ringed with whitish, the abdomen with small sublateral

tufts of white scales on medial segments. Fore wing purplish

vrey suffused and irrorated with red-brown especially on basal

area, the outer part of medial area deep chocolate-brown ; subbasal

line brown defined on outer side by whitish, slightly excurved

Fig. 182.—Parallelia joviana, S. }.

below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line dark

brown defined on outer side by whitish, oblique and slightly

incurved ; medial line dark, incurved, defining the dark area which

extends to the postmedial dark line which is defined on outer side

by whitish, oblique to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then

obliquely incurved, and excuryed between veins 3, 2, to inner

margin at the medial line, some white points beyond it on costa;

an oblique black-brown shade diffused on inner side from apex to

vein 6 near the postmedial line where it is defined below by a

white streak ; a faint oblique subterminal line from vein 6 to inner

S72 NOCTUID Zs.

margin, with slight dark marks at the veins with white streaks

beyond them; a slight brown terminal line with minute blackish

points before it in the interspaces; cilia dark brown with a fine

whitish line at base. Hind wing dark greyish brown ; an oblique

whitish subterminal line from vein 3 to tornus; the termen tinged

with grey except towards apex and tornus; a fine brown terminal

line and whitish line at base of cilia; the underside greyish

suffused with reddish brown, two indistinct dark postmedial

lines waved towards costa, and a faint waved whitish subterminal

line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the outer medial area not darker than

the ground-colour, the postmedial line defined on inner side by

dark brown.

Hab, Loo-cxoo Is. (Pryer), 5 3, Assam (Badgley), 1 3; Brnest,

Ganjam, 19; Bompay, 19, Kutch, 1¢, Kanara (Ward), 19;

Mavras, 29, Malabar, 1 9, Nilgiris (Hampson), 13, 1 9;

Cryton (Templeton), 29; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 9, Rangoon

(Noble), 1 9; Anpamans; Java (Horsfield), 2 9; Kuls., 2 3;

Br. N. Gutnua, Ekeikei (Pratt), 1g, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 29,

Milne Bay (Meek), 1 ¢ ; D’Enrrecasrmavx Is., Fergusson I.

(Meek), 133; QuzEensianp, Brisbane (7urner), 12, Gympie, 19;

Loyatty Is., Lifu,1 9. xp. 50-56 millim.

Larva. Bluish grey above, yellowish ventrally, sparsely spotted

with black; the 4th somite with larger sublateral spot; 11th

somite with pair of red dorsal prominences; head grey spotted with

black; the Ist two pair of prolegs rudimentary. Food-plant,

Phyllanthus.

Pupa with white efflorescence.

7712. Parallelia solomonensis, n. sp. (Plate CCX XII. fig. 2.)

9. Head and thorax pale red-brown; pectus, legs, and abdo-

men grey-brown. Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown; a

faint dark sinuous subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line red-brown, oblique, straight ; medial line oblique, |

straight, the area beyond it deep red-brown to the postmedial line,

which is dark brown, obliquely downcurved and defined on outer

side by white to below vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then

indistinctly double filled in with whitish, incurved, slightly excurved

at vein 2, then incurved to inner margin near the medial line,

some whitish points beyond it on costa; an oblique brown shade

diffused on inner side and defined on outer side by whitish from

apex to vein 6 where it is bent inwards to near the angle of post-

medial line; an indistinct dentate whitish subterminal line from

vein 6 to inner margin, diffused at middle; a series of slight

black points before termen and a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing grey-brown; an oblique whitish line from vein 2 to

termen near tornus; the termen greyish at middle with a slight

waved brown terminal line and fine whitish line at base of cilia;

PARALLELIA. 573

the underside grey suffused with red-brown, two slight waved dark

postmedial lines and a faint subterminal shade.

Hab. Sotomon Is., Alu (Woodford), 2 2 type. Hp. 54-58

millim,

7713. Parallelia maturescens. (Plate CCXX. fig. 9.)

Ophisma maturescens, W1k. xiv. 1382 (1828) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 499.

Head and thorax red-brown; antenne with the shaft whitish

in front towards base; pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish brown.

Fore wing red-brown with a purple grey gloss beyond the ante-

medial line and on terminal area; traces of a greyish subbasal

line from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line brown, straight,

erect ; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by purple-grey,

obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6 where it is angled

outwards, then obliquely incurved, some pale points beyond it on

costa; an oblique black-brown shade diffused on inner side from

apex to vein 6 where it is bent inwards to the angle of the post-

medial line; a faint dentate dark subterminal line produced to

slight whitish streaks on the veins, from vein 6 to inner margin ;

a slight dark terminal line with points before it in the interspaces.

Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous gloss, the termen tinged

with purple-grey at middle; a faint greyish subterminal shade

from vein 4 to tornus; a fine waved brown terminal line; the

underside with dark discoidal point and indistinct curved post-

medial line except on inner area.

Hab. Punsas, Deyra Dhun, 19; Srxuim; Assam, Khasis, 1,

Silhet (Stainsforth), 13,2 9 type. Hxp. 52-64 millim,

7714. Parallelia amygdalis.

Dysgonia amygdalis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 551, pl. 214. f. 3 (1887) ;

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 502.

Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purple-grey; pectus,

legs, and abdomen purple-grey tinged with brown. Fore wing

purple-grey suffused with cupreous brown, the terminal area pale

purple-grey except at apex; antemedial line dark slightly defined

on outer side by purple-grey, inwardly oblique to submedian fold,

then outwardly oblique; a diffused rather oblique purple-grey

medial band; postmedial line dark, oblique and slightly defined on

outer side by purple-grey to vein 6, then obliquely incurved, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; an oblique blackish streak from

apex to vein 6, diffused on inner side and excurved above vein 6;

a faint dentate whitish subterminal line produced to white points

on the veins from vein 6 to inner margin, the area beyond the

series of points pale purple-grey ; a fine crenulate black terminal

line, angled inwards in the interspaces where there are white

points beyond it. Hind wing grey-brown; a purple-grey sub-

terminal line from vein 3 to inner margin; the termen purple-grey

574 NOCTUID &.

except towards apex and tornus with a fine waved dark terminal

line; cilia purple-grey ; the underside purple-grey irrorated with

brown, two indistinct waved brown postmedial lines and a waved

whitish subterminal line.

Hab. Stxuim; Maovras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3, 1 @ ;

Travancore, Trivandrum (ergusson), 1 9 ; Crryton, 1 2 type.

Ep. 44-54 millim.

7715. Parallelia humilis. (Plate CCXX. fig. 10.)

Dysgonia humilis, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 85, pl. ii. f. 23 (1894).

Head and thorax reddish brown, the latter greyish behind ;

palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen dark grey-brown. Fore wing

reddish brown ; a faint diffused, dark subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line diffused, dark, inwardly obiique ;

postmedial line dark defined on outer side by greyish and obliquely

downcurved from costa to vein 6 where it is angled outwards and

met by a slight oblique dark streak from apex, then double filled

in with grey and obliquely incurved, some grey points beyond it

on costa and some purplish grey irroration on costal area; sub-

terminal line purplish grey, oblique and dentate from the costal

patch to inner margin; a fine waved dark line before termen.

Hind wing dark greyish brown.

_ Hab. Srerra Lions (Clements), 23; 8. Nieurta, Old Calabar

(Crompton), 1 $; Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje, 12; Gasoon, Ogové R.

Exp, 34-40 millim.

7716. Parallelia insignifica. (Plate CCXX. fig. 11.)

Ophiusa insignifica, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 258 (1906).

3S. Head and thorax grey-brown; abdomen pale grey-brown.

Fore wing grey-brown with a reddish gloss, the inner half of

medial area rather greyer; antemedial line dark brown, rather

oblique, straight; a white point in middle of cell; medial line*

indistinct, dark, excurved beyond the cell, then incurved; post-

medial line dark brown, oblique and defined on outer side by white

to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, very slightly waved, faintly

defined on outer side by whitish and with white points at the veins,

u somewhat paler patch beyond it on costal area with some white

points on costa; subterminal line very indistinct, whitish, waved,

excurved below vein 7; a series of minute black points just before

termen. Hind wing brown; a slight oblique whitish subterminal

line from vein 2 to tornus; a darker terminal line and fine pale

line at base of cilia; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a

black discoidal point, two indistinct crenulate postmedial lines, a

diffused waved subterminal line, and a terminal series of black

points.

Hab. Br. N. Gurvza, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 13. Hvp. 42 millim.

PARALLELIA.

7717. Parellelia absentimacula. (Plate CCXX. fig. 12.)

Naxia absentimacula, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 255 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind.

ii. p. 498.

Head and thorax pale rufous; pectus, legs, and abdomen whitish

tinged with rufous. Fore wing pale rufous suffused with violaceous

grey especially on medial area and terminal area except at apex ;

a slight whitish subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial

line red-brown defined on inner side by grey, straight, oblique ;

medial line red-brown, sinuous, incurved at lower angle of cell;

postmedial line red-brown defined on outer side by grey, oblique

below vein 6 and slightly bent outwards to inner margin; a faint

pale dentate subterminal line; a series of slight blackish points before

termen. Hind wing pale grey tinged with brown, the postmedial

area suffused with brown, expanding on apical area to termen; a

grey subterminal line from vein 3 to termen at vein 1 defined by

some dark irroration beyond it; a fine dark terminal line with

minute points at the interspaces; cilia grey-white; the underside

whitish, the costal area tinged with red-brown, a dark discoidal

point, traces of waved medial and postmedial lines on costal half,

a series of black points before termen.

Hab. N. Assam, Dibrugrah (Ward), 1 $; Cayton, 1 9 , Kandy

(Yerbury), 1 6; Anvamans; Java (Horsfield), 4 3, 3 Q type;

Br. N. Guinea, Hkeikei (Pratt), 2 ¢, 2 9; D’Enrrecasruavx Is.,

Fergusson I. (Meek), 1 $, 192; Trosrtanp Is., Kiriwini (Aleck),

22. Hap. 46-54 millim.

Larva. Ochreous with numerous striated lines, brownish on

dorsum, reddish at sides; llth somite with a pair of dorsal

prominences ; head reticulated with scarlet.

Pupa covered with violaceous white bloom, in a leaf spun up.

7718. Parallelia lilacea. (Plate CCXX. fig. 13.)

Ophiusa lilacea, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 256 (1906).

3. Head and thorax pale rufous slightly mixed with white ;

pectus and legs whiter, abdomen pale grey tinged with rufous, the

anal tuft whitish. Fore wing whitish suffused with pale rufous

and with slight dark irroration, the outer half deeper rufous except

the termen which is white; faint traces of an oblique waved ante-

medial line; a white point in end of cell; a straight rather

inwardly oblique black-brown line just beyond the cell from costa

to inner margin, followed by a slight dark line from costa to vein 5;

postmedial line black-brown slightly defined by white on outer side,

indistinct towards costa, sinuous to vein 6, then incurved and

closely approximated to the straight line, some white points beyond

it on costa; faint traces of a waved white subterminal line, incurved

below costa and with small black spot before it below vein 7; a

series of black points just before termen. Hind wing with the

a7 NOCTUID&,

basal area whitish suffused with pale red-brown to the very indis-

tinct whitish medial line; the terminal half fuscous brown with

some white on termen from below apex expanding into a large

patch below vein 2 traversed by an indistinct diffused brown band ;

a series of black points just before the fine dark terminal line;

cilia white. Underside of fore wing white tinged with red-brown

except at termen, a slight brown medial line and minutely waved

postmedial line excurved below costa; hind wing white faintly

irrorated with red-brown and tinged with red-brown beyond the

postmedial line on costal half, a black discoidal point and faint

waved medial and postmedial lines.

Hab. Dorcn N. Guinea, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley (Pratt), 1 3;

Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type f ¢ in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

Hep. 68 millim.

7719. Parallelia duplexa.

Naxia duplera, Moore, P.Z.S. 1883, p. 26, pl. 6. f.4; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 498.

reddish brown slightly mixed with grey. Fore wing bright rufous

slightly irrorated with purple-grey except on outer half of mediai

area; subbasal line purple-grey, from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line rufous slightly defined on each side by purple-grey,

obliquely incurved ; a minute whitish spot in middle of cell; a

narrow rather inwardly oblique purple-grey medial band, diffused

on inner side and joining the antemedial line at inner margin ;

postmedial line brown, slightly defined on outer side by purple-grey,

oblique and sinuous to vein 6, then incurved and waved, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; a faint waved purple-grey sub-

terminal line with a yellowish mark at inner margin; an oblique

red-brown streak from apex ; the termen suffused with purple-grey

except at apex and with a series of black points just before termen ;

a fine waved brown terminal line and fine line near base of cilia.

Hind wing brown; the termen suffused with purple-grey except

towards apex and tornus; a fine brown terminal line and fine line

near base of cilia; the underside brown irrorated with grey and

with traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. Sixnim, 1 2 type. Hep. 58 millim.

7720. Parallelia maturata.

Ophisma maturata, Wk. xiy. 1882 (1858) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 499.

Ophiusa falcata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 171, pl. 6. f. 14 (1882).

Head and tegule bright red-brown slightiy irrorated with

purple ; thorax dark red-brown irrorated with purple and with an

oblique purple line at middle of patagia; pectus, legs, and abdomen

greyish brown. Fore wing with the basal half purple-grey thickly

PARALLELIA. Sia

irrorated with red-brown on basal area and on costal area to

beyond the antemedial line, the postmedial area deep chocolate-

brown, the terminal area pale violaceous brown except at apex ;

an oblique whitish subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;

antemedial line double, red-brown filled in with purple-grey,

oblique, straight ; medial line red-brown, erect, straight defining the

dark area; postmedial line double, red-brown filled in with purple-

grey, obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6 where it is angled

outwards and met by a very oblique black-brown streak from

apex, diffused to costa towards apex, the line then obliquely

incurved ; traces of a dentate whitish subterminal line from vein 6

to inner margin produced to whitish points on the veins; a fine

crenulate red-brown terminal line. Hind wing reddish brown, the

inner area with a faint blue-grey gloss; the termen tinged with

blue-grey except towards apex and tornus; a fine waved brown

terminal line ; the underside red-brown slightly irrorated with grey,

the inner and terminal areas tinged with grey, two indistinct red-

brown postmedial lines waved on costal half, a series of minute

black points before termen. ;

Hab. Conta, Gensan (Jo), 1 2; Centr. Carna, Shanghai (Pryer),

1 @, Kiukiang (Pratt), 2 6,2 9, Ship-y-shan, 2 6; W. Cuarna,

Ta-chien-lu (Praté), 1 ¢; Assam, Khasis (Badgley), 1 6,1 9;

Beneat, Calcutta; Bompay; Mapras, Nilgiris; Penane (Sir W.

Morris), 1 & type. Hep. 54-64 millim.

7721. Parallelia acuta.

Ophiusa acuta, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1883, p. 27, pl. 6. f. 5; Hmpsn. Moths

Ind. ii. p. 498.

Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey; patagia with a

slight dark and white line near tips; pectus, legs, and abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated with purple-

white; a small tuft of white-tipped scales at base of vein 1; sub-

basal line brown defined on outer side by whitish, oblique, from

costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line red-brown defined on each

side by purplish white, oblique to vein 1, then very oblique ; medial

line with a broad band of purple-white suffusion before it, inwardly

oblique, the area between it and the postmedial line deep chocolate-

brown ; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by violaceous

white, oblique to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then inwardly

oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa; an oblique brown

streak diffused on inner side from apex to vein 6 where it is con-

nected by a white streak with the angle of the postmedial line ; an

indistinct pale dentate subterminal line from vein 6 to inner margin,

produced to white points on the veins and with some ochreous at

inner margin; the terminal area suffused with purplish white; a

series of slight dark points before termen and a fine dark terminal

line ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing reddish brown,

VO, Ut 2k

578 NOCTUID ®.

the termen suffused with purple-white except towards apex and

tornus; a fine brown terminal line with points at the interspaces

and pale line at base of cilia; the underside irrorated with purple-

white, a slight dark discoidal spot, indistinct waved postmedial line

and maculate ochreous subterminal line excurved at vein 6.

Hab. Assau, Khasis, 1 g,1 9. Ewp. g 58, 2 62 millim.

7722. Parallelia conjunctura. (Plate CCXX. fig. 14.)

Ophiusa conjunctura, Wik. xv. 1830 (1858).

Dysgonia neptunia, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 84, pl. iii. f. 9 (1894).

Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen grey-brown, the spurs ringed with whitish and

the tarsi whitish below, the base of abdomen whitish and minute

lateral tufts of white scales on terminal segments. Fore wing

purple-grey suffused with reddish brown, the basal area rather

darker ; a slight whitish subbasal line, angled outwards below costa

and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line dark brown slightly

defined on outer side by whitish, slightly excurved below the cell ;

medial line whitish, strongly incurved, the area between it and the

postmedial line deep chocolate-brown ; postmedial line whitish and

obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6 where it is strongly

angled outwards, then slight, dark, double and obliquely incurved

to inner margin at the medial line, some white points beyond it on

costa; an oblique whitish streak defined on inner side by diffused

dark brown from apex to vein 6, then bent inwards to the angle

of the postmedial line; a subterminal series of slight dark and

whitish streaks on the veins below the costal patch; a fine dark

line just before termen angled inwards in the interspaces. Hind

wing dark brown ; traces of an oblique greyish striga at tornus; a

fine dark terminal line and pale line at base of cilia; the under-

side brown slightly irrorated with grey; a faint waved dark

postmedial line, traces of a waved grey line towards tornus, and a

series of black points before termen.

Hab. Sterra Leonr (Morgan), 2 2 type; Gotp Coast, Kumasi

(Whiteside), 1 2; Gaxsoon, Ogové R.; Ucanpa, Entebbe (Minchin),

1 $6; Narat, Durban (Afarley, Clark), 16,192. Kap. 44-50

millim. .

7723. Parallelia curvata.

Ophiusa curvata, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 546, pl. 53. f. 8.

Head and thorax red-brown, the patagia with a slight oblique

grey line towards tips; pectus, legs, and abdomen pnrplish brown,

the last with small sublateral tufts of white scales on medial seg-

ments. Fore wing with the basal area red-brown, darker towards

the antemedial line; subbasal line dark brown defined on outer

side by grey, excurved below costa, then oblique and ending at

PARALLELIA. 579

submedian fold; antemedial line dark brown defined on outer side

by whitish, excurved in submedian interspace, followed by a pale

grey band tinged with brown and constricted at middle; medial

line dark brown, incurved, the area. beyond it deep chocolate-brown

to the postmedial line, which is dark brown defined on outer side by

grey, obliquely downcurved from costa to below vein 6 where it is

angled outwards, then obliquely incurved to inner margin near the

medial line, some whitish points beyond it on costa; postmedial

area grey suffused with red-brown, the terminal area greyer; an

oblique black-brown shade diffused on inner side and defined on

outer side by whitish from apex to vein 6 near the postmedial line,

excurved above vein 6; an indistinct pale dentate subterminal line

from vein 6 to inner margin, produced to white points on the veins ;

a fine brown terminal line with minute blackish points before it in

the interspaces and a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing

grey-brown; a faint whitish shade from middle of costa to inner

margin towards tornus, and a grey shade from vein 3 to tornus;

the termen tinged with grey except towards apex and tornus; a

brown terminal line with minute black points at the interspaces

and a fine pale line at base of cilia; the underside grey suffused

with brown, the termen greyer, two indistinct sinuous postmedial

lines.

flab. Japan, Kobé (Lewis), 1 ¢, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢,2 9;

Loo-cnoo Is. (Pryer), 1 3 ; Corea, Gensan (Ito), 2 ¢ type. Hp.

48-52 millim,

7724. Parallelia arcuata.

Ophiusa joviana, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 269 (nee Crain.).

Ophiusa arcuata, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 609; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 176,

pl. 171. f. 3; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 499.

Ophiusa guenei, Snell. Tijd. y. Ent. xxii. p. 103 (1880).

Head and thorax red-brown ; antenne with the shaft whitish in

front towards base; tegule slightly grey at tips and the patagia

with slight oblique grey line at middle; pectus, legs, and abdomen

grev-brown, the last with small sublateral tufts of white scales on

medial segments. Fore wing with the basal area red-brown ; sub-

basal line brown defined on outer side by whitish, oblique, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line dark brown defined on

outer side by whitish, oblique, excurved below the cell, followed by

a grey band tinged with red-brown, constricted at midale; medial

line dark brown, incurved, the area beyond it chocolate-brown to

the postmedial line, which is dark brown defined on outer side by

erey, obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6 where it is angled

outwards, then obliquely incurved, some white points beyond it on

costa ; terminal area greyish suffused with red-brown ; an oblique

black-brown shade diffused on inner side from apex to vein 6 near

the postmedial line, its outer edge incurved at vein 7 and

excurved and defined by whitish above vein 6; an indistinct

Pee

580 ‘NOCTUIDE.

dentate brown subterminal line produced to short white streaks on

the veins, from vein 6 to inner margin; a fine waved brown

terminal line with minute black points before it in the interspaces,

and a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing dark grey-brown ;

a faint oblique grey shade from middle of costa to above inner

margin towards tornus, and a whitish line from vein 3 to termen

near tornus ; a fine brown terminal line and pale line at base of

cilia; the underside grey suffused with brown, the termen tinged

with blue-grey except towards apex, two indistinct waved dark

postmedial lines, and a faint waved whitish subterminal line.

Hab. Assam, Shillong (Rawlings), 2 3, Silhet (Stainsforth),2 3,

1 9; Brneat, Ganjam, 1 g; Bompay, 1 $3; Mapras, Malabar,

1 dg, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 9; Cryton (Jameson), 1 3, Kanthalai

(Verbury), 1 9; Anpamans, 1 g,19: Setancor, Kuala Lumpur

(Robinson), 1 9; Bornuo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 2; Formosa,

Takow (Holson), 1 3; Java (Horsfield), 1 6,1 9; Br. N.Gurvea,

Ekeikei (Pratt), 1 Q, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 2-3. Exp. 46-60

millim.

7725. Parallelia interpensa. (Plate CCXX. fig. 15.)

Ophiusa interpensa, Guen. Noet. iii. p. 269 (1852).

Head and thorax chocolate-brown with a greyish gloss ; antennze

with the shaft whitish in front towards base; patagia with a faint

pale line towards tips; pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish brown.

Fore wing with the basal area chocolate-brown with a purple-grey

gloss, the inner part-of medial area and the terminal area purple-

grey, the outer part of medial area deep checolate-brown; a small

tuft of white-tipped scales at base; subbasal line slight, whitish,

oblique, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line rather

oblique, straight, brown defined on outer side by whitish ; medial

line: strongly incurved, defining the dark area; postmedial line

brown defined on outer side by white, more prominently from costa

to vein 6 where it is obliquely downcurved, angled outwards at

vein 6, then obliquely incurved to inner margin at the medial line,

some whitish points beyond it on costa; an oblique black-brown

shade diffused on inner side from apex to vein 6, where it is bent

inwards to the angle of postmedial line; a faint dentate sub-

terminal line produced to white points on the veins, from vein 6 to

inner margin; a slight dark terminal line with minute dark points

at the interspaces. Hind wing dark brown, the termen tinged

with purple-grey at middle; a faint greyish medial shade and

subterminal shade from vein 4 to tornus ; a fine dark terminal line;

cilia whitish at tips towards apex; the underside with traces of

pale postmedial and subterminal lines,

Hab, Java (Horsfield), 1 9; Br. N. Goryea, Dinawa (Pratt),

1 ¢o, Ekeikei (Pratt), 1 ¢, Babooni (Pratt), 1 3, Mt. Kebea

(Pratt), 29. Exp. 50-56 millim.

PARALLELIA. 581

*7726. Parallelia albocincta. (Plate CCXX. fig. 16.)

Ophisma albecincta, Wlk. xxxili. p. 958 (1865); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus.

Oxon. ii. p. 138, fig.

d. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown, the pectus, legs,

and ventral surface of abdomen darker brown with some whitish

on pectus and base of abdomen, which has small sublateral white

spots on medial segments. Fore wing with the basal area

reddish brown with a faint oblique dark subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold and some dark suffusion before the erect straight

black-brown antemediai line; a white medial band expanding

towards costa and inner margin where it is suffused with red-

brown; the outer part of medial area deep chocolate-brown, its

inner edge incurved; postmedial line whitish and oblique trom

costa to below vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then incurved

to inner margin at the medial band; postmedial area pale reddish

brown with oblique conical black-brown apical spot and dentate

spot below it above vein 6; the terminal area white, its inner edge

forming the subterminal line, which is angled inwards at discal

fold to near the postmedial line, then dentate; a dark brown line

just before termen with black points at the interspaces. Hind

wing fuscous brown; the termen white from below apex to tornus

towards which it expands ; a brown line just before termen; cilia

white with a fine brown line at base; the underside with two

curved dark medial lines and a subterminal shade, the terminal

area white to apex with a series of black points before termen.

Hab, Catnprs, Makian (Wallace), type t gd in Mus Oxon.

Eep. 58 millim.

7727. Parallelia expediens. (Plate CCXX. fig. 17.)

Ophiusa expediens, Wik. xiv. 1424 (1858).

Q. Head and thorax reddish brown; abdomen dark brown ;

pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen brown mixed with

grey, the tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing chocolate-brown ;

antemedial line brown defined on outer side by white, oblique,

straight, followed by an oblique white band suffused with purple-

brown on its inner part and somewhat dilated at costa and inner

margin, a black point on it in middle of cell; the outer part of

medial area deep chocolate brown; postmedial line brown defined

on outer side by white, obliquely downcurved from costa to below

vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then incurved to inner margin

at the medial band, some oblique white striz beyond it from costa ;

the terminal area paler brown tinged with purple-grey shading to

whitish at termen; an obliquely curved chocolate-brown shade

diffused on inner side from apex to the postmedial line at vein 4,

defined below by a white streak ; traces of an obliquely incurved

brown subterminal line with dentate dark spots on it at veins 4, 3, 2 ;

082 NOCLrvUuID a.

a fine dark terminal line with black points before it at the inter-

spaces. Hind wing dark brown, the termen and cilia white

between veins 6 and 2, with minute dark points before termen and

a fine terminal line towards vein 2 below which there is a black-

brown lunule on termen defined on inner side by white. Underside

of fore wing brown, the costal area irrorated with violaceous white,

an obliquely curved dark subterminal shade arising from apex, the

termen violaceous white irrorated with brown except at tornus ;

hind wing brown irrorated with purple-grey, a faint dark post-

medial line and dark subterminal shade, termen as above.

Hab. Brazit, Amazons, Para (Bates), 1 2 type, Rio Janciro in

Coll. Druce. Hap. 72 millim.

7728, Parallelia purpurata.

Dysgonia purpurata, Kaye, Trans. Ent, Soc, 1901, p. 126, pl. v. f. 15.

do. Head and tegule pale red-brown, the thorax darker red-

brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen dark brown slightly irrorated

with grey. Fore wing with the basal area dark red-brown defined

by the faint oblique dark antemedial line slightly defined on outer

side by purple-grey ; the inner part of medial area pale red-brown

tinged with purple-grey, broad at costa, very narrow at vein 1 and

broadening somewhat to inner margin, its outer edge incurved; a

black point in middle of cell ; outer part of medial area dark red-

brown; postmedialline whitish and oblique from costa to vein 6 where

it is very acutely angled outwards and met by an obliquely curved

dark streak diffused on inner side from apex, the line then fine,

red-brown slightly defined oninner side by purple-grey and strongly

incurved, some rufous suffusion beyond it defined by a faint

dentate line of ochreous scales; some pale points on postmedial parti

of costa; the terminal area pale purple-grey except at apex, with a

subterminal series of ochreous and dark points on the veins and a

series of dark points defined by ochreous just before termen; a

fine dark terminal line and fine ochreous line at base of cilia.

Hind wing dark brown, the termen narrowly purple-grey except

towards apex and tornus; a fine dark terminal line and a whitish

line at base of cilia, which are purple-grey except at apex and

tornus. Underside red-brown irrorated with purple-grey except

the cell and inner area of fore wing.

Hab. Trintpap (Kaye), 1 ¢ type; S.E. Perv, St. Domingo

(Ockenden), in Coll. Druce. Hap. 70 millim.

7729. Parallelia axiniphora, n. sp. (Plate CCXX. fig. 18.)

3. Head and thorax pale rufous; pectus, legs, and abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated with red-

brown; subbasal line brown defined on outer side by whitish,

PARALLELIA, 583

oblique, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line brown

defined on outer side by whitish, oblique and slightly incurved ;

medial line obliquely incurved, the area beyond it deep chocolate-

brown to the postmedial line, which is brown defined on outer side

by whitish, obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6 where it is

angled outwards, then oblique to inner margin at the medial line,

some white points beyond it on costa; an oblique chocolate-brown

bar from apex to vein 6 above which it is excurved, then bent

inwards to near the postmedial line; an indistinct oblique pale

dentate subterminal line from vein 6 to inner margin, produced to

slight white streaks en the veins and with slight dark marks before

it ; a series of blackish points before termen ; a fine brown terminal

line and whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown ;

an indistinct oblique whitish medial line from discal fold to above

inner margin; a whitish bar from vein 3 to tornus; some grey on

middle of termen; a series of slight dark points just before

termen, a fine terminal brown line and whitish line at base of cilia,

which are brownish white except at apex; the underside whitish

suffused with red-brown, an indistinct dark postmedial line and

subterminal shade with whitish Innules on its outer edge towards

tornus.

Hab. Sixcarore, 1 g type. Hvp. 60 millim.

7730. Parallelia copidiphora, n. sp. (Plate CCXX. fig. 19.)

Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with grey, the tegule

slightly edged with grey, the patagia with oblique grey line near

tips, the metathorax with grey line; pectus, legs, and abdomen

grey-brown, the last with slight lateral tufts of white scales. Fore

wing pale purplish grey slightly irrorated with blackish, the basal

area suffused with red-brown especially on costal area before the

antemedial line; subbasal line brown defined on outer side by

whitish, oblique, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line

red-brown defined on each side by whitish, obliquely incurved ; an

incurved white medial band suffused with red-brown beyond the

antemedial line; the outer part of medial area deep chocolate-

brown; postmedial line dark brown, oblique and defined on outer

side by white to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then slightly

defined by grey and incurved to inner margin near the medial

band, some minute whitish spots beyond it on costa; an oblique

wedge-shaped deep chocolate-brown mark from apex to vein 6,

where it ends in a point near the angle of postmedial line; the

postmedial area below vein 6 red-brown with an indistinet sub-

terminal series of chocolate-brown marks on the veins; the

terminal area pale purplish grey with white streaks on the veins ;

a series of black points before the fine terminal brown line; a

whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown; a faint

oblique whitish line from below middle of costa to near tornus and

584 NOCTUID.

a curved whitish subterminal line from vein 3 to tornus; the

termen grey irrorated with brown at middle, with some dark:

points before the slight brown terminal line; a whitish line at base

of cilia, which are grey except at apex; the underside grey-brown

slightly irrorated with whitish, an indistinct waved dark postmedial

line except on inner area.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), 1 ¢ type, Mt. Kebea

(Pratt), 1 9. Hp. 58 millim.

7731. Parallelia leacogramma, n.ep. (Plate CCXX. fig. 20.)

@. Head and thorax pale reddish brown; pectus, legs, and

abdomen grey-brown, the tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing pale

dull reddish brown slightly irrorated with whitish ; a waved whitish

subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line white,

oblique to just above inner margin where it is joined by the.

narrow erect white medial band; postmedial line strong, white,

obliquely downcurved from costa to vein 6 where it is joined by an

oblique white streak from termen below apex, then very oblique

to inner margin near the medial band; a whitish subterminal line

just beyond the postmedial line, arising at vein 5 and waved to

submedian fold, then bent outwards to tornus; a series of slight

dark points just before termen; a white line at base of cilia.

Hind wing greyish brown; faint traces of a whitish line from

middle of costa to inner margin near tornus; a white bar from

submedian fold to tornus; cilia with a white line at base and

whitish tips; the underside fuscous brown irrorated with white,

two indistinct rather diffused postmedial dark lines and a dentate

subterminal shade, the area beyond it whiter with a series of black

points before termen.

Hab. Dorcu N, Guinea, Wataikwa R. (Wollaston), 1 Q type.

Hep. 40 millim,

7732, Parallelia hercodes. (Plate CCXX. fig. 21.)

Thyas hercodes, Meyr. Trans. Ent, Soc. 1902, p. 29.

Thyas crimnopasta, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxxiv. p. 346 (1909).

ot head and base of tegule slightly tinged with rufous; pectus

aud legs grey irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi ringed with white ;

abdomen grey suffused with brown. Fore wing bluish grey

irrorated with cupreous brown; subbasal line dark brown, straight,

from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line waved, erect, with a

brown band on its inner side; a sinuous medial line, angled out-

wards on median nervure, with cupreous brown suffusion beyond

it to the postmedial line, which is black-brown, sinuous, oblique

and slightly defined by white on outer side from costa to below

PARALLELIA. 585

vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa;

subterminal line slight, whitish, defined on inner side by enpreous

brown suffusion, below yein 3 extending to the postmedial line,

slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle and with black

spot on it below vein 2; the terminal area with cupreous brown

patches at apex and middle; a waved black terminal line; cilia

grey mixed with cupreous brown. Hind wing dark brown with

a cupreous tinge, blackish towards termen; an oblique bluish

white line from lower angle of cell toinner margin ; a waved black

subterminal line from vein 4 to tornus with white suffusion beyond

it ; a waved black terminal line; cilia white with brown patch at

middle and chequered with brown at apex and towards tornus ;

the underside grey irrorated and suffused with red-brown except

on inner area, a slight discoidal lunule and rather diffused curved

postmedial and subterminal lines.

Hab. Qurrnsianp, Townsville, type T Q crinmopasta in Coll.

Turner, Duaringa; W. Ausrraria, Sherlock R. (Clements), 1 @.

Exp. 28 —32 millim,

7783. Farallelia fulvotenia.

Ophiusa fulvotenia, Guen. Noct. itt. p. 272 (1852) ; Moore, Lep. Cey]. iii.

p- 177, pl. 171. fig. 1; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 504.

Head, thorax, and abdomen deep red-brown; antennee with the

shaft white in front towards base; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing deep red-

brown, the terminal area grey suffused with red-brown narrowing to

a point at apex ; a broad rather oblique whitish medial band tinged

with red-brown, its inner edge straight and white, its outer edge

incurved ; postmedial line slight, pale! obliquely "downcurved from

costa to ein 6 where it is angled outwards, then oblique and

slightly incurved to inner margin at the medial band, two faint

whitish points beyond it on costa; the terminal area slightly

paler than the postmedial area below the oblique shade from apex ;

a series of blackish points before termen. Hind wing blackish

brown; an orange-yellow band from middle of costa to above

tornus towards which it narrows, its outer edge excurved at

middle ; an oblique whitish subterminal bar from helow vein 3 to

submedian fold; the termen grey tinged with red-brown and

irrorated with dark brown from below apex to near tornus; a

series of slight blackish points just before termen; cilia grey

tinged with red-brown. Underside whitish tinged with rufous and

irrorated with dark brown; fore wing with fuscous patch below

middle of cell with some yellowish beyond it, a slight discoidal

spot, two slightly waved postmedial lines with a patch of fuscous

suffusion beyond them below middle, and a waved subterminal

shade ; hind wing with black discoidal point, medial line slightly

586 NOCTUILD #.

angled at vein 6, minutely waved postmedial line, aud pale waved

subterminal line defined on each side by dark suffusion.

Hab. ? Navat, 1 3; Javan, Tsu-shima I. (Holst), 2 $; Formosa

(Hobson), 1 9; Centr. Cuina, Chekiang, Snowy Valley (Pryer),

1 @; Assam, Silhet, 2 g, Dibrugrah (Ward), 2 9; Cxryton

(Templeton), 1 3,19; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 g, Rangoon

(Bingham), 1 2, Bhamo (Fea), 1 9; Perak, Tapan (Ridley), 1 2;

Singapore (Iiidley), 3 3,8 9; Sumarra (Sir Stamford Raffles),

Ig; (Borneo, Sandakan (Pryer), 1 6, 1 9; Java, 26, 1 o-

Keep. 70-76 millim.

7734. Parallelia analis. (Plate CCXXL. fig. 1.)

Ophiusa analis, Guen, Noet. iii. p. 271 (1852); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii.

p. 901.

Head, thorax, and abdomen red brown, the pectus and ventral

surface of abdomen with some whitish mixed. Fore wing red-

brown with a cupreous tinge ; traces of a brown subbasal line from

costa to submedian fold ; an oblique Y-shaped white medial band

enclosing a wedge-shaped patch of the ground-colour from costa

to submedian fold; postmedial line strong, oblique and white from

costa to discal fold, then indistinct and dark, cblique from vein 3

to inner margin at the medial band, two white points beyond it on

costa and a slight subterminal whitish striga from costa; the termen

slightly irrorated with white except towards apex and tornus;

cilia white mixed with red-brown. Hind wing reddish brown

with a cupreous tinge; a narrow oblique white medial band; a

small white subterminal spot followed by a black spot on termen

at submedian fold; the termen slightly irrorated with white at

middle ; cilia white mixed with red-brown ; the underside irrorated

with white especially on basal area and termen, slightly waved

dark medial and postmedial lines, a faint lunulate white sub-

terminal line, and a terminal series of black points.

Ab. 1. Paler; fore wing with the medial band broader towards

inner margin.-—Kangra.

Hab. Honexone (Champion), 1 2; Ponsa (James), 1 2, Simla

(Harforc), 1 9, Kangra (Hockiny), 2 3; Assam (Badgley), 1 2;

Manpras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 ¢,2 2, Madura (Campbell), 1 9;

Ceyton; Bursa, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 $3 Java (Lorsfield), 1 3,

1 Q type. Hvp, 44-50 millim.

7735. Parallelia conficiens.

Ophiusa conficiens, Wik. xiv. 1432 (1858) ; Butl. Ill. Het. B.M. vi. p. 45,

pl. 112. f. 5; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 501.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; palpi in front, pectus,

legs, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous grey mixed with.

brown, the tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing black-brown; an

oblique white rather narrow medial band, ochreous at costal edge

PARALLELIA. 587

and with a few brown scales through middle, especially towards

inner margin; postmedial line fine and white, oblique and slightly

sinuous from costa to below vein 6 near termen, then incurved,

excurved and waved to near termen from below vein 5 to below 2,

then again incurved ; a narrow creamy white terminal band; a

slight reddish brown terminal line with black points just before it

in the interspaces; cilia white, tinged with red-brown at tips.

Hind wing dark fuscous brown, the inner area darker ; an oblique

white band from middle of costa to tornus, rather diffused on outer

side; some diffused white scales obliquely from vein 3 to termen

near tornus; a dark terminal line with creamy white before it

except towards apex and tornus; cilia creamy white, brown at apex

and towards tornus. Underside grey-brown; fore wing with the

costal and terminal areas irrorated with whitish. the inner area

whitish, a whitish band from end of cell to inner margin, a dark

waved postmedial line incurved towards inner margin and with

some ochreous white on its outer side at costa, the termen white

irrorated with brown and with a series of black points ; hind wing

with slight discoidal lunule, rather diffused medial and postmedial

lines, faint pale waved subterminal line defined on each side by

brown, and terminal series of slight dark lunules.

Hab. Punsas (Horne), 1 3, Almorah (Boys), 1 ¢, 1 Q type,

Simla (Harford), 1 3,1 9, Manpuri, 1 @ ; Bompay,1 5,1 @.

Ewp. 54-56 millim.

7736. Parallelia senex. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 2.)

Ophiusa senex, Wik. xv. 1832 (1858); Scott, Austral. Lep. ii. p. 26. pl. 18.

Ophiusa acutissima, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 257 (1906).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown, the head and tegule

with a faint rufous tinge; genital tufts of male whitish. Fore

wing with the basal area dark grey-brown, rather darker towards

the antemedial line; a slight curved brown subbasal line from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line blackish defined on outer side

by white, oblique, sinuous, more strongly excurved just below the

cell; a broad white medial band irrorated with brown, its outer

edge excurved at lower angle of cell, a slight brown discoidal spot

on it; the outer part of medial area dark cupreous brown to the

postmedial line, which is black-brown defined on outer side by white,

oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then in-

curved, excurved between veins 4, 3, then oblique and sinuous to

inner margin at the medial band, two white points beyond it on

costa; the postmedial area white suffused with cupreous brown ;

the terminal area white irrorated with brown and with slight white

streaks on the veins; an oblique conical black-brown mark defined

by white from apex with a dentate black-brown spot below it above

vein 6; a dentate whitish subterminal line from vein 6 to inner

margin; a series of black points before the fine dark terminal line ;

a white line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown ; a narrow

588 NOCTUID.A.

oblique white medial band from costa to inner margin; a blackish

subterminal shade with some white beyond it towards tornus ;

terminal area whitish suffused with brown except towards apex; a

fine waved brown terminal line; cilia white tinged with brown ;

the underside grey suffused with brown, a dark discoidal point, two

postmedial lines and an indistinct waved subterminal shade.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the outer part of medial area darker.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Port Moresby, 1 ¢ ; QuHENstAND, Towns-

ville (Dodd), 1 9; N. Ausrratra (Llsey), 2 3 type, Port Darwin

(Buckland), 3 3, 2 2. EHwp. 46-50 millim. Type Tt acutissima

in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

7737. Parallelia staposa.

Noctua achatina, Cram. Pap. Exot, ili. p. 145, pl. 273. f. E (1782),

nec Sulzer.

Noztua stuposa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2. p. 42 (1794); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii.

p. 176, pl. 171. f.'7; Hmpsn. Moths {nd, ii. p. 590.

Ophiusa festinata, Wk. xiv. 1432 (1858).

Head and thorax pale reddish brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen

paler and greyer. Fore wing with the basal area reddish brown,

darker towards the antemedial line, which is blackish, excurved

below the cell; a broad whitish medial band tinged with red-brown

and with traces of a slight brown discoidal lunule on it; the outer

part of medial area dark brown, very narrow below vein 3; post-

medial line black-brown defined on outer side by whitish, obliquely

incurved from costa to below vein 6 where it is angled outwards,

then incurved, excurved between veins 4, 3, to inner margin at the

medial band, two white points beyond it on costa; the postmedial

area whitish suffused with pale brown, the terminal area whitish

irroratea with brown ; the veins slightly streaked with white; an

oblique conical chocolate-brown mark defined by white from apex

with a dentate spot below it above vein 6; traces of a dentate

whitish subterminal line from yein 6 to inner margin ; a series of

black points before the fine brown terminal line and a fine white line

at base of cilia. Hind wing dull reddish brown; a narrow oblique

white band from middle of costa to inner margin towards tornus

and a faint whitish line from vein 3 to termen near tornus; the

terminal area greyish except towards apex; a series of black points

before the fine brown terminal line and a fine whitish line at base

of cilia; the underside grey suffused and irrorated with reddish

brown, two curved slightly waved postmedial lines and an indistinct

waved whitish subterminal line defined on each side by brown.

Hab, Javan, Tsuruga (Leech), 1 9, Yokohama (Jonas, Maries),

2 $,1 23; Loo-cHoo Is. (Pryer), 1 ¢ ; Formosa, 1 ¢ ; Centr.

Cuina, Shanghai (fortune), 1 3S, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 go; W.

Cuina, Chang-yang (Praté), 1 9, Washan (Pratt), 1 9 , Chia-kou-

ho (Prati), 1 g¢, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 $ ; Punsas, Allahabad,

1 6; Beneat, Calcutta, 1 9, Ganjam, 1 9 ; Mapras, 1 9,

Malabar, 1 2, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 $ ; CuyLon (Templeton), 3 3,

PARALLELIA. 589

(Yerbury), 1 Q ; Puitipprnes, Taytai (Betton), 1 9; Java

(Horsfield), 1 9. Eap. 46-56 millim.

7738. Parallelia constricta. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 3.)

Ophiusa constricta, Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 293 (1874).

Grammodes divaricata, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. (2) vii. p. 259

(1892).

@. Head and thorax pale reddish brown, the antenne with the

shaft white in front towards base; pectus, lezs, and abdomen pale

grey-brown, the last with the hair at base reddish brown. Fore

wing with the basul area pale red-brown to the straight oblique

dark brown antemedial line; a white medial band slightly irro-

rated with brown at middle and expanding to costa and inner

margin; the outer part of medial area cupreous brown, its inner

edge evenly curved; postmedial line dark brown, rather oblique

and defined on outer side by white to vein 6, then inwardly oblique

and very slightly sinuous to inner margin at the medial band; the

postmedial area pale reddish brown, the terminal area white irro-

rated with brown and with slight white streaks on the veins; a

conical black-brown mark defined on inner side by white from apex

with a small dentate spot below it below vein 7 and a small spot

below vein 6; an indistinct dentate white subterminal line from

vein 6 to inner margin; a fine waved brown terminal line with

blackish points at the interspaces. Hind wing with the basal area

grey-brown, the terminal area black-brown ; an oblique white band

from middle of costa to tornus towards which it narrows and a

slight oblique white line from vein 3 to termen near tornus; the

termen white except at apex; a fine brown terminal line with

blackish points before it in the interspaces ; cilia white; the under-

side white irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot, two

postmedial lines waved towards costa, and a waved subterminal

shade.

The N. Guinea specimen has the hind tibia spined to base, the

Queensland specimen with two spines between the mid and

terminal spurs.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Port Moresby, 1 9 ; QurEnstann, Rock-

hampton, 1 2 type. Hap. 50-56 miflim.

*7739. Parallelia dicoela. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 4.)

Thyas dicoela, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. xxxiv. p. 346 (1909).

3. Head and thorax red-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen

grey-brown. Fore wing red-brown, the postmedial area rufous,

the terminal area grey except at apex ; a white medial band tinged

with rufons towards costa and inner margin, expanding at costa

and inner margin and constricted at middle; postmedial line

obliquely downcuryed from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely angled

590 NOCTUIDAE.

outwards, then oblique to inner margin at the medial band, very

slightly inecurved below vein 3 and bent outwards to inner margin ;

two conjoined obliquely placed black-brown spots from apex to

vein 6 beyond the angle of postmedial line and followed by a slight

dentate whitish subterminal line defined on inner side by minute

dark marks ; a fine crenulate brown terminal line with dark points

in the interspaces. Hind wing fuscous brown with diffused oblique

bluish white medial band from below vein 6 to above tornus ; some

grey on termen from below apex to above tornus; a fine waved

brown terminal line; cilia grey; the underside red-brown mixed

with some grey, the inner area and the terminal area except to-

wards apex greyer, traces of two postmedial lines and a diffused

subterminal band.

Hab. Quernstanp, Cairns, typet ¢ in Coll. Turner. Eap. 50

millim.

7740. Parallelia crameri.

Noctua achatina, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 171, pl. 288. f. A (1782) ; Fabr.

Ent. Syst. 3. 2. p. 16 (1794), nec Sulzer, 1776.

Dysgonia cramert, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 177, pl. 171. f. 2 (1885);

Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 5U1.

Dysgonia discalis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i. p. 177, pl. 171. f. 8 (1885).

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; antenne with the shaft

white in front towards base ; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface

of abdomen grey mixed with brown. Fore wing dark brown, the

terminal area grey suffused and irrorated with reddish brown except

at apex; the costal edge whitish towards base; a broad oblique

creamy white medial band irrorated with red-brown through the

middle, expanding towards costa and inner margin, its inner edge

straight, its outer edge incurved; postmedial line strong, oblique

and white from costa to vein 6, then black slightly defined on outer

side by grey, incurved and slightly sinuous to inner margin near

the medial band, two white points beyond it on costa ; an oblique

black-brown shade diffused on inner side from apex to vein 6 where

it is bent inwards to the angle of the postmedial line; the veins of

terminal area slightly streaked with white; a series of minute

blackish points before the slight dark terminal line; a fine white

line at base of cilia. Hind wing dark fuscous brown ; an oblique

white band from middle of costa to above tornus towards which it

narrows; the terminal area grey irrorated with brown, narrowing

to a point below apex; a white subterminal bar followed by a black

spot at submedian fold; a slight brown terminal line; cilia white

tinged with red-brown ; the underside grey-white irrorated with

brown, indistinct slightly waved brown medial and postmedial lines

except on inner area, a faint pale waved subterminal line defined

on each side by brown suffusion, and a series of black points before

termen.

Ab. 1. discalis. Fore wing with the area between the medial and

postmedial lines suffused with violaceous white.

Hab. Honexone (J. J. Walker), 1 35 ; W. Cuina, Chang-yang

FARALLELIA. 591

(Prait), 1 2, Kwei-chow, 1 2 ; Arawanistan, Dugshai (Swinhoe),

1 $6; Puysas, Dharmsila (Hocking), 1 9 ; Assam, Silhet, 1 ¢,

Shillong (Rawlings), 1 9 ; Bompay, 1 9, Ratnagiri (Jayaker), 1 3,

Canara (Ward), 1 2 ; Mapras, Malabar, 1 9, Nilgiris (Hampson),

1 3,2 Q, Coimbatore (Walhouse), 1 2 ; Cryton (Templeton), 2 3,

19; Burya, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 $ ; Anpamans; Sram, Bangkok

(Flower), 1 $. Hap. 54-66 millim.

Larva. Ochreous thickly mottled with small pale red-brown and

dark brown spots; fulvous yellow dorsal and stigmatal stripes and

a yellowish eubdorsal stripe, the dorsal and subdorsal stripes with

some small red-brown spots on them; a black-brown dorsal bar

followed by three small yellow spots between the 4th and 5th

somites; 10th somite with a pair of dorsal reddish prominences

with a small black spot in front of them; ventral surface pale

yellow with black-brown patches between the claspers ; head brown

with yellow markings and Y-shaped patch on frons.

7741. Parallelia vitiensis. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 5.)

Ophiusa vitiensis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 414.

Head and thorax pale red-brown, the patagia with faint oblique

brown and whitish line towards tips; pectus, legs, and abdomen

greyish brown. Fore wing grey suffused with pale reddish brown ;

subbasal line brown defined on outer side by white, oblique, from

costa to submedian fold; antemedial line dark brown, oblique,

straight, a white band irrorated with red-brown beyond it to the

medial line which is incurved ; the outer part of medial area choco-

late-brown to the postmedial line, which is dark brown defined on

outer side by white, obliquely downcurved to below vein 6 where it

is angled outwards, then incurved, excurved at vein 2, and ending

on inner margin near the medial line, some white points beyond it

on costa; an oblique black-brown shade diffused on inner side and

defined on outer side by white from apex to vein 6 near the angle

of postmedial line; traces of a dentate whitish subterminal line

from vein 6 to inner margin with small black spots on it at veins 4,

3; a fine brown terminal line with black points before it in the

interspaces; a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-

brown ; an oblique whitish medial shade from discal fold to inner

margin and an oblique white line from vein 3 to termen near

tornus; the termen grey at middle with a slight waved brown

terminal line and white line at base of cilia; the underside grey

suffused with red-brown, a crenulate brown postmedial line,

indistinct waved subterminal shade defined on outer side by whitish,

and series of black points before termen.

Hab. Tropriand Is., Kiriwini (Meek), 2 9; Fis, 1 ¢& type,

Loma-Loma (Mathew), 1 3. Eap. 48-54 millim.

592 NOCLUID #,

| 7742. Parallelia rogenhoferi.

Grammodes rogenhoferi, Bohatsch, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxix. p. 407

(1879); John. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xxxix. f. 628, pl. xviii. f.’7c., xxi.

f, 22, & xxiii. f. 45; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 245.

Grammodes mirabilis, Rom. Mém, ii. p. 78, pl. iv. f. 5 (1885); Hmpsn.

Moths Ind. ii. p. 501.

Ophiusa triangulata, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 414, pl. 43. f. 5.

shaft white in front towards base. Fore wing grey-brown with a

slight cupreous gloss: a white erect medial band somewhat

dilated at costa and inner margin and irrorated at middle with

brown scales, especially on costal area; a strong white postmedial

line oblique from costa to subterminal line below vein 4, then in-

wardly oblique to inner margin near the medial band, some white

points beyond it on costa, and white streaks on the veins except

towards costa ; subterminal line white, oblique and sinuous from

apex to discal fold, then waved and incurved below vein 3; the

termen narrowly white except towards apex and tornus; a fine

waved dark terminal line with points at the interspaces; cilia

brownish white. Hind wing grey-brown with a cupreous gloss;

a rather narrow oblique white band from middle of costa to above

tornus; aslight dentate white line from vein 3 to termen near tornus;

the termen narrowly white except towards tornus; a fine sinuous

dark terminal line; cilia brownish white; the underside white

irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal point, rather diffused

medial and postmedial lines, waved white subterminal line with

brown suffusion before it, and a fine waved dark terminal line with

points at the interspaces,

Hab. Arnmenta; Syrta; Siyp, Karachi (Swinhoe), 1 9 type

triangulata, Hep. 46 millim.

B. (Macaldenia.) Hind tarsi of male with the Ist joint not

fringed with hair above; thorax without tufts of hair and

scales below base of wings.

a, Hind wing without white lunules on the postmedial line

on inner area.

a, Hind wing with oblique white medial band.

a2, Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards

at vein 6.

a3, Fore wing with the postmedial line erect from

THON 1) (Ho) By, Haein DONIC WE cosoccocoasagnooaoansns00s0000 latifascia.

03, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

lpSlORT WEIN B cocoscoss ccosbne0000ss00ngsHonG0G0H90G0Ra5000 arctotenia,

vein 6.

a‘, Fora wing with the postmedial line strongly

incurved below vein 6 and excurved at

TANCES sooecooosado ses acoso ncossq0aRcoaaDsGa0 S88 cnAHOO properata.

1. Fore wing with the postmedial line much less

strongly incurved below vein 6 and excurved

at middle.

a>, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

Incurved belOwW VEIN Di... ... oe... scoerccnsseenee properans.

PARALLELIA‘ 593

bs. Fore wing with the postmedial line less

strongly incurved below vein 3 .......-.....-- algira.

b2. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below

costa but not angled outwards at vein 6 ...........- hicanora.

}\. Hind wing without white medial band.

a>, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below

vein 6.

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line evenly

incurved bélow vein 9.

at, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

angled outwards at vein 6.

a®, Fore wing with the antemedial line oblique,

HPAIEINE Goocosond0Ga00s00000ncosNsadnb0beds0bO0E8ed0C erectata.

65, Fore wing with the antemedial line

GOW, — sacens00anas00n000070905009000000000000000 consobrina.

b4. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

angled outwards at vein 6 .............eceseeeeees similis.

+3, Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved

below vein 3.

at, Fore wing with black subapical spot .......... .. macrorhyncha,

64, Fore wing without black subapical spot......... porphyrescens,

c3, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved from

WOW 2) Ho) WAMETE TMT — Soooco¢canp5n05n00009000000008 MONOGONG.

d3, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved at

submedian fold.

a‘, Fore wing with the outer edge of the medial

lopmnal Ghistneee) so .cacceccosegooosoobooaboucnbn000000K% smithi.

4, Fore wing with the outer edge of the medial

band well defined .................20ceeeeeereesenenes derogans.

&, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved at

vein 5 and submedian fold ..............2..0:20200 00+ mesonephele.

Js. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved at

middle but not at submedian fold, very strongly

incurved below vein 6 ...............ccceececeeeceeees goniophora.

g3. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved at

middle and submedian fold.

a4, Fore wing with the postmedial line very

strongly iacurved below vein 6 ..........02-.2-- triplocyima.

4, Fore wing with the postmedial line moderately -

incurved below vein 6.

a>, Fore wing with the antemedial line evenly

WMEWEYOEL — ccosceonoscocseo0000000090000009 Skee eect angularis.

5, Fore wing with the antemedial line excurved

below tite cell) <2). 0... cseesncsesnens qodeoedab .. mandschuriana

13, Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved at

middle and above inner margin and inenrved

between those points.

at, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly

excurved at middle ............ REA cara AE BORE BENG abnegans.

+, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly

excurved at middle.

a, Fore wing with the antemedial line slightly

angled inwards at median neryure, then

straight and oblique........-..-seeseceeeeeere ees prorasigna.

5. Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled

inwards at median nervure, but incurved at

SV CU ta lene spseyescdoests a cyerciac is cyiratavade nie tssrescterarateetacctett reconieterse simillima,

22, Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique and

WAVER DelOW VEIN 6 Jooccccceccrcsseeccseeerrcesenrenssrers multilineata,

VOL, XII. 2e

594 NOCTUID ®.

4, Hind wing with white lunules on the postmedial line on

inner area,

a, Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from costa

towards apex and closely approximated to the sub-

Lermiunalluliieieereeesencecceecesecccsteeerir cence ceserene cer palumbiodes,

b1, Fore wing with the postmedial line arising from

eosta just beyond end of cell and not approximated

fortlelsulbternapall lime cdr dete eece es ceeneecossie aac leiee palumba.

7743. Parallelia latifascia. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 6.)

Dysgonia latifascia, Warr. P.Z. 8.1888, p.316; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 500.

Head and thorax reddish brown; antennse with the shaft white

in front towards base; pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish brown.

Fore wing with the basal area cupreous brown to the evenly curved

dark antemedial line; a white medial band irrorated with brown

especially towards costa, expanding towards costa and inner margin,

and with a slight brown discoidal lunule on it; the outer part of

medial area broadly eupreous brown, its inner edge evenly curved ;

postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by white, oblique

from costa to vein 6, below vein 4 inwardly oblique to inner margin

near the medial line, two white points beyond it on costa; post-

medial area pale cupreous brown, the termen white irrorated with

brown except at tornus; a conical black-brown mark from apex

conjoined to a spot above vein 6; a series of blackish points before

the fine brown terminal line; cilia white tinged with brown except

at base. Hind wing dark greyish brown; a narrow oblique white

band from middle of costa to inner margin towards tornus; the

termen white irrorated with brown except towards apex; a fine

brown terminal line with black points at the interspaces; cilia

white, tinged with brown at apex and towards tornus ; the under-

side grey suffused with brown, a slight discoidal point, two dark

slightly waved postmedial lines, and a waved whitish subterminal

line with dark suffusion before it.

Some specimens have one or two spines between the medial and

terminal spurs of hind tibiee.

Hab. Punsan, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 4 9. Simla (Swinhee,

Reed), 3 9, Kasauli, 1-9, Campbellpur (Yerbury), 1 3 type,

Dharmsila (Hocking), 25,29, Deyra Dhun, 1 9; Sixuim, 1 Q.

Exp. 46-52 millim.

7744. Parallelia arctotenia. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 7.)

Ophiusa arctotenia, Guen. Noct. tii. p.272 (1852); Hmpsn, Moths Ind. ii.

p. 001.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish brown; antenne with

the shaft white in front towards base; pectus, legs, and ventral

surface of abdomen rather greyer. Fore wing dark greyish brown

with a slight cupreous tinge; a rather narrow oblique white medial

band somewhat expanding towards costa and with some brown

irroration at middle on costal area; postmedial line strong, oblique

PARALLELIA. 59d

and white from costa to vein 6, then blackish and oblique, incurved

below vein 4 to inner margin at the medial band; an obliquely

curved blackish mark from apex defined by white on outer side,

excurved and forming a spot above vein 6; the termen narrowly

white except towards tornus; a series of minute black points before

the fine brown terminal line; cilia whitish with a pale brown line

at middle. Hind wing greyish brown with a shght cupreous gloss;

an oblique white band from middle of costa to above tornus; a

blackish subterminal shade with rather dentate outer edge between

discal and submedian folds; the termen narrowly white except

towards apex and tornus with a fine dark terminal line ; cilia white,

tinged with brown towards apex and tornus ; the underside irrorated

with whitish, a black discoidal point, indistinct curved postmedial

line, subterminal shade, and series of black points before termen.

Hab. Javan, Satsuma (Leech), 1 g, Nikko (Maries), 2 6,

Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 2 3S, Kiushiu, 1 2 ; Loo-cuoo Is.

(Pryer), 1 2; Corea, Gensan (/to),1 92 ; Formosa, 1 ¢; CuHina

Sea, Namoa I. (J. J. Walker), 1 $ ; Cenrr. Caina, Kiukiang

(Pratt), 1 ¢, Ship-y-shin, 1 2 ; W. Cina, Chin-fu-san (Maw),

13, Chia-ting-fu (Pratt), 1 3 , Chang-yang (Pr att), 12, Omei-shén,

ire arco 19, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 19; Ponsas, DTnamaneda

(Hocking), 3 2, Wuzeerabad (Hearsey), 2 2 ; Assam, Silhet, 3 ¢ ;

BompBay, Mhow (Swinhoe), 1 2 ; Ceynton; Ur. Burma, Kinyua

(Bingham), 1 2 ; Frist (Mathew), 1 9. Hap. 46-62 millim.

7745, Parallelia properata.

Ophiusa properata, Wik. xiv. 1433 (1858) ; Butl. Il. Het. B.M. vi. p. 46,

pl. 112. f. 6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind, ii. p. 500,

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish brown; antennae with

the shaft white in front towards base. Fore wing with the basal

area dark greyish brown to the curved black antemedial line; a

medial white band tinged with red-brown and expanding at costa

and inner margin; medial line incurved, the area beyond it dark

greyish brown to the postmedial line, which is blackish defined on

outer side by white, oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is angled

outwards, then incurved, excurved between veins 4, 3 and at vein 1,

and ending on inner margin near the medial line, some white points

beyond it on costa and slight white streaks on the veins; an oblique

triangular black-brown mark from apex and small dentate mark

below vein 7; a fine dark terminal line and pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing dark greyish brown; an oblique white medial shade

from costa to inner margin and slight whitish line from vein 2 to

tornus; a fine dark terminal line and pale line at base of cilia,

which are white from below apex to vein 5; the underside grey

suffused with brown, a blackish discoidal point, indistinct dark

medial and postmedial lines, and faint waved subterminal shade.

Hab. Ponsas (James), 2.2 type, Manpuri, 1 @ ; ee Lig 5

Mapras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 2 3, Palnis ks Nico Pago.

46-48 sail,

2a2

596 NOCTUIDZ.

7746. Parailelia properans. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 8.)

Ophiusa properans, W\k. xiv. 1426 (1858).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing with the

basal area grey-brown ; a faint dark subbasal line from costa to

submedian fold ; antemedial line black-brown, excurved; a white

medial band irrorated with brown, expanding at costa and inner

margin, a black discoidal point on it; medial line dark, incurved,

the area beyond it dark brown to the postmedial line, which is black

defined on outer side by white, obliquely downcurved to below vein

6 where it is angled outwards, then incurved, excurved between

veins 4, 3 and at vein 1 and ending on inner margin at the medial

line, some whitish points beyond it on costa; terminal area grey

suffused and irrorated with brown; an oblique black-brown bar

from apex to vein 6, diffused on inner side and excurved above vein

6; a faint pale dentate subterminal line from vein 6 to inner

margin ; a series of black points before termen. Hind wing grey-

brown; aslight blackish discoidal spot; an oblique whitish medial

shade from costa to inner margin and a slight whitish line from

vein 3 to tornus ; the termen grey except towards apex and tornus

with a series of black points just before termen ; cilia white, tinged

with brown except below apex; the underside grey suffused with

brown, a small black discoidal spot, curved dark postmedial line,

and indistinct subterminal shade.

Hab, Transvaat, Piet Retief (Mfrs. Mercer), 1 S$; Nara, Durban

(Leigh, Ross), 2 3 ; Carr Cotony (Sir A. Smith), 13,1 @ type,

Grahamstown (Tuck), 1 $. Hap. 44-52 millim.

Larva. Ochreous thickly mottled with pale brown and with more

prominent pairs of small dark dorsal spots on abdominal somites ;

dersal, subdorsal, lateral, and sublateral lines pale orange-

yellow ; a stigmatal stripe defined by fine white lines; 11th somite

with slight hump ; head white mottled with small brown spots.

7747. Parallelia algira.

Noctua algira, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 886 (1767); Godt. Lép. Fr. vy.

p. 111, pl. 53. £3; Mill. Icones, ii. pl. 92.4%. 9) 10; _Himpsn. Moths

Ind. 11. p. 500; John, HOR. Soe. Ent. Ross, xxix, p- 627, pl. xviii. AT 7 b,

xxi. f, 20, & xxiii. f, 42 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 245.

Noctua achatina, Sulz. Abg. Ges. Ins. p. 160, pl. 22. f. 4 (1776).

Noctua iriangularis, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 323 (1802).

Ophiusa torrida, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 269 (1852).

Ophiusa albivitta, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 271 (1852).

Ophiusa festina, Wik. xiv. 1425 (1858).

Ophiusa olympia, Swinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 466.

Grammodes algiroides, Schultz, Soc. Ent. xxii. p. 185 (1908).

Head and thorax pale bronze-brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen

pale grey-brown. Fore wing with the basal area pale bronze-brown,

rather darker towards the antemedial line, which is dark brown

defined on outer side by white, excurved below the celi; a medial

PARALLELIA. 597

white band irrorated with red-brown, expanding towards costa and

inner margin; medial line dark-brown, incurved ; the outer part of

medial area bronze-brown to the postmedial line, which is dark

brown defined on outer side by white, obliquely downcurved from

costa to below vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then incurved,

excurved between veins 4, 3 and slightly sinuous towards inner

margin near the medial line, two white points beyond it on costa ;

the terminal area pale grey tinged with red-brown especially

towards the postmedial line, the veins slightly streaked with white ;

an oblique triangular black-brown mark from apex defined by

Fig. 183.—Parallelia algira, 3. }.

white and connected with a dentate spot above vein 6; faint traces

of a pale dentate subterminal line from vein 6 to inner margin; a

series of minute black points before the fine dark terminal line;

cilia with fine white lines at base and near tips. Hind wing pale

reddish brown ; a narrow oblique whitish band from middle of costa

to inner margin near tornus; the termen pale grey at middle with

slight dark points before the fine terminal brown line; cilia white

tinged with brown at middle and towards tornus; the underside

grey irrorated with reddish brown, a slight discoidal point,

indistinct slightly waved medial and postmedial lines, and a

subterminal shade.

Ab. 1. torvida. Darker ; fore wing sometimes without the slight

white streaks on veins of terminal area.

Ab. 2. albwitta. Fore wing with the medial band whiter.

Ab. 3. olympia. Fore wing with the medial band narrower.

Hab. France, Paris; Swirzernanp; Asteria, 8. Tirol; Spain;

Traty, Capri (C. S. Browne); Datmatta, Zeller, Frey, & Leech Colls. ;

Greece, Merlin Coll.; Russra, Crimea; Arment, 1 9, Zeller Coll. ;

Asia Minor; Cyervs (Miss Baie), 1 9 ; Syeia, Beirut, 1 3,2 9,

598 NOCTUID &.

Frey & Leech Colls., Lebanon (Pratt), 1 ¢; Stmrra Leons (foweroft),

23; Gorn Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 g ; S. Nieurta, Lagos

(Boag),1 3,19, Onitsha, 19, llesha (Humfrey), 23; N. Nigeria,

Baro (Macfie), 1 2, Zungeru (Macfie), 29; Furnanvo Po (fraser),

1 2; Coneo (Curror), 1 3 type festina, Kambove (Neave), 1 9 ;

Supan, White Nile, Gabt el Meghahid (Dunn), 1 9 ; Axyssinia,

Errer Gota (Drake-Brockman), 1 9; Br. E. Arrtca, Pemba LI.

(Burtt), 1 3, Kilwe (Crawshay), 1 6; Guru. E. Arnica, Usagara

(Neave), 1 3 ; Br. C. Arrica, Zomba (Johnston), 1 ¢,1 9, Fort

Johnston (Neave), 1 2, Chiromo (Neave), 1 ¢, Lr. Shiré Valley

(Neave), 1 9 ; Lorrngo Mareuzs, Delagoa Bay (Distant), 1 2 ;

Masuonatann, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 2; Ruoprsta, Bulawayo

(Eyles), 1 9; ‘Transvaat, Barberton (ltendall), 1 9, Pretoria

(Janse, Distant), 2 9; Navat, Durban (Gueinzius, Gooch, Burrows,

Meade- Waldo), 2 3,392; Mavaeascar, Glorioso I. (Meado- Waldo),

36,3 2; Mauritius, 1] 9; Roprieusz (Gulliver, Manders), 1 6,

1 ¢; Aven (Verbury), 1 9; Persia; W. Turxesran, Turcomania,

Ferghana; Ponsaz, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 1 9, Campbellpur

(Verbury), 1 2, Allahabad, 1 9, Jubbulpur (/. Butler), 2 g,19,

Manpuri, 1 ¢ ; Bomnay (Swinhoc), 2 Q type olympia, Kutch, 29,

Poona (Swinhoe), 12 ; Mapras, Malabar ( Watkins), 1 2, Nilgiris

(Hampson), 13,19; Cryton,1 6,2 9. Hep. 42-58 millim.

Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur. p. 281; Hffm. Raup. p. 147, pl. 36. f. 25.

Yellowish grey with slender blackish lines; a white lateral line ;

11th somite slightly humped with oblique subbasal black bars. Food-

plants: Bramble, Sloe, ete. 7-8.

7748. Parallelia hicanora. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 9.)

Thyas hicanora, Turner, Trans. Roy. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 9 (1908).

Ophiusa vulgaris, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 258 (1906).

Head and thorax red-brown; abdomen grey-brown, the genital

tufts ochreous. Fore wing pale reddish brown more or less tinged

with grey; a fine slightly sinuous antemedial line; a slight

discoidal lunule; some black suffusion before the postmedial line

which is excurved from costa to vein 6 and with a narrow band of

pale rufous on its outer edge expanding on costal area into a

triangular patch extending to apex; the rest of terminal area grey

irrorated with black and suffused with dark brown at termen; a

series of black points before termen; cilia dark brown. Hind wing

black, greyish at base ; an oblique whitish medial band not reaching

costa or inner margin; the termen and cilia white except at apex

and tornus, with some brown suffusion at middle; the underside

brownish grey thickly irrorated with brown, a discoidal point,

minutely dentate postmedial line, diffused subterminal shade, and

series of points before termen.

Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 4 ¢,3 9 ; QuEeNsLAnD,

Townsville (Dodd), type t in Coll. Turner. wp. 46-56 millim.

Type + vulgaris in Coll. Bethune-Baker.

PARALLELIA. 599

7749. Parallelia erectata. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 10.)

Ophiusa erectata, Hmpsn. Ann. 8S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 341 (1902).

Head and thorax grey suffused with red-brown; tegulze slightly

tipped with grey, the patagia with oblique grey line towards tips ;

palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-brown, the tarsi ringed with

whitish. Fore wing grey suffused with pale red-brown and with

slight dark irroration, the basal area and outer part of medial area

darker red-brown; subbasal line blackish defined on outer side by

whitish, angled outwards below costa, then sinuous and ending at

vein 1; antemedial line blackish defined on outer side by white,

slightly excurved below costa, then slightly outwardly oblique; a

dark discoidal lunule; medial line dark, oblique to vein 6, angled

inwards at discal fold, incurved and waved below vein 4; postmedial

line blackish defined on outer side by white, oblique and bisinuate

from costa to just below vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards,

then strongly incurved and very slightly sinuous; subterminal line

whitish with some red-brown suffusion before it on costal area and

three white points on costa, angled outwards at vein 7, then

excurved and with black spot before it above vein 6 met by an

oblique dark streak from apex, below vein 6 the line represented by

slight white streaks on the veins; a fine crenulate brown terminal

line angled inwards to black points in the interspaces. Hind wing

grey tinged with cupreous brown; a faint dark postmedial line; a

whitish subterminal band except towards costa defined on each side

by dark suffusion which extends on apical area to termen; a dark

terminal line ; cilia whitish tinged with red-brown ; the underside

grey irrorated with red-brown, a slight discoidal spot, dark post-

medial line crenulate except on inner area, and faint pale

subterminal line.

Ab. 1. Fore wing with the outer half of medial area paler and

with the black marks on custal area towards apex reduced.

Hab. Br. EK. Arrica, Muthambi (Crawshay), 1 3 type, M’gana

(Betton), 2 9 ; N.E. Ruopesta, Luangwa Valley (Weave), 3 3,

1 2; Transvaat, Lydenburg Distr.,1 9. Zwp. 36-40 millim.

7750. Parallelia consobrina. (Plate CUXXI. fig. 11.)

Ophiusa consobrina, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 268 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N.

Am. p. 319.

Ophiusa redditura, Wk. xiv. 1435 (1858).

@. Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with purple-grey ;

pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish brown. Fore wing red-brown

tinged with purple-grey, the area beyond the antemedial line and

the terminal area purple-grey irrorated with brown ; antemedial

line brown slightly defined on outer side by white, curved; traces of

a medial line excurved beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial

line brown defined on outer side by white, obliquely downcurved

600 NOCLUID EH.

from costa to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then incurved ; an

oblique black-brown shade diffused on inner side from apex to vein

6 above which it is excurved, then bent inwards to the angle of

postmedial line ; traces of a dentate subterminal line from vein 6

to inner margin ; a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing red-brown

with a cupreous gloss; the cilia greyish; the underside with

indistinct curved dark postmedial line.

Hab. U.S.A., Southern States; Has. tcn., 2 2 type redditura.

Hep. 42 millim.,

77ol, Parallelia similis. (Plate CCXNI. fig. 12.)

Ophiusa similis, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 267 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am.

p. 319.

Ophiusa apicalis, Guen. Noet. ii. p. 267 (1852).

Gramimodes concolor, Grote, Can, Hnt. xxv. p. 155 (1893),

Head and thorax deep red-brown; antennze with the shaft

whitish in front towards base; abdomen paler red-brown. Fore

wing deep red-brown slightly irrorated with dark brown ; traces of

a red-brown antemedial line from costa to submedian fold, excurved

below costa; traces of an incuryed medial line; an indistinct

postmedial brown striga from costa aud traces of a postmedial line

slightly angled outwards at vein 6, then oblique; traces of a pale

dentate subterminal line ; an oblique black-brown streak from apex

ending in a triangular spot on vein 6; the terminal area tinged

with greyish; a series of slight blackish points before termen.

Hind wing uniform deep red-brown.

Ab. 1. apicalis. Fore wing with the area between the indistinct

medial and postmedial lines deep chocolate-brown.

Hab. U.S.A., 5. States, Georgia, 5 6,19. Hap. 46-48 millim.

7752. Parallelia macrorhyncha, n. sp. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 13.)

¢. Head and thorax grey suffused with reddish brown; palpi

and frons darker brown; pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-brown.

Fore wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated with blackish,

the outer part of medial area red-brown; subbasal line blackish,

excurved below costa and ending at vein 1; antemedial line dark

brown, slightly excurved below costa, then oblique, a black-brown

bar before it in cell and triangular patch in submedian interspace ;

a dark discoidal bar; medial line dark, touching the upper end of

discoidal bar, then excurved beyond the cell and bent inwards

below it, excurved at vein 1; postmedial line blackish, obliquely

downcurved to just below vein 6 where it is strongly angled

outwards and defined on outer side by white, joining the sub-

terminal line at vein 6, below vein 6 slightly defined on outer side

by grey, oblique and slightly waved to vein 3, then incurved and

slightly sinuous, the costa beyond it blackish with some white

points on it; subterminal line whitish, oblique and defined on

PARALLELIA. 60L

inner side by black-brown towards costa, excurved at vein 7 and

with a black spot before it, then waved; an oblique dark brown

bar from apex and slight dark shade at middle of terminal area;

a fine waved dark terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia.

Hind wing grey suffused with brown; a whitish subterminal line

from discal fold to tornus; a fine dark terminal line and whitish

line at base ef cilia; the underside grey tinged and irrorated with

brown, a slight dark discoidal striga and faint sinuous postmedial

and subterminal lines.

Hab. N.V. Ruopusta, Kolungwisi Valley (Weave), 1 ¢ type.

Exp. 40 millim.

7753. Parallelia porphyrescens.

Ophiusa porphyrescens, Hmpsn. P.Z.8. 1910, p, 421, pl. xxxvii. f. 14.

Head and thorax brown mixed with purplish grey; abdomen

grey suffused with fuscous brown. Fore wing brown suffused with

purplish grey and with dark patches on costal area before the

postmedial and subterminal lines ; antemedial line brown slightly

defined on each side by whitish, angled outwards below costa, then

oblique; a blackish discoidal line defined on inner side by whitish ;

an indistinct dark medial line excurved beyond the cell, then

sinuous; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by whitish,

angled outwards at vein 6, oblique to vein 2, then erect, two

white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale

faintly defined on outer side by fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7,

then minutely waved and bent outwards to tornus; a series of

black points just before tornus; a fine dark terminal line and pale

line at base of cilia. Hind wing fuscous brown, the termen

tinged with grey; a fine dark terminal line with black points at

the interspaces and pale line at base of cilia; the underside

whitish suffused and irrorated with brown except on inner area,

traces of a dark postmedial line excurved below costa, then oblique,

and of a double waved subterminal line.

Hab, N., Kopesta, Chambezi Valley (Weave), 1 3 type. Ep.

44 millim.,

*77o4. Parallelia monogona. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 14.)

Ophiusa monogona, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8. Austr. xxvii. p. 38 (1903).

6. Head and thorax red-brown; antenne pale; fore legs dark

brown, pectus, mid and hind legs and abdomen grey-brown. Fore

wing pale red-brown deepening towards the postmedial line; a

pale slightly incurved and sinuous antemedial line; a white point

in middle of cell; a slight whitish discoidal point; an indistinct

medial line somewhat angled outwards below costa, then incurved

and slightly excurved towards inner margin; the postmedial line

whitish, oblique from costa to vein 6, incurved to vein 2, then

excurved ; the terminal area whitish brown rather darker towards

602 NOCTUIDAE.

costa and termen and with very faint traces of a pale subterminal

line angled outwards below costa. Hind wing greyish fuscous

with a faint whitish medial line and a more distinct whitish

subterminal line from vein 4 incurved to termen at vein 1; cilia

white towards apex and tornus; the underside whitish brown

with indistinct slightly sinuous medial line.

Hab. QuEENsiaND, Duaringa, type t ¢ in Coll. Lower. Lup.

00 millim,

7755. Payallelia smithi. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 15.)

Ophiusa smith, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 266, pl. 22. f. 4 (1852); Smith, Cat.

Noct. N. Am. p. 319.

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown slightly tinged with

grey. Fore wing purplish giey suffused with red-brown, the

inner half of medial area and the terminal area purplish grey

irrorated with brown ; subbasal line represented by a slight brown

striga across the cell; antemedial line dark brown, slightly ex-

curved from below costa to inner margin; traces of a medial line

excurved beyond the cell, then incurved ; outer half of medial area

chocolate-brown, its inner edge diffused, bounded by the whitish

postmedial line, which is obliquely downeurved from costa to below

vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then incurved, angled outwards

below vein 2 and oblique to inner margin, some whitish points

beyond it on costa and slight white streaks on the veins except

towards costa; an oblique black bar from apex to vein 6 above

which it is excurved; an indistinct dentate whitish subterminal

line from vein 6 to inner margin; a slight crenulate brown

terminal line with minute black points at the interspaces. Hind

wing reddish brown, the termen purplish grey from below apex to

tornus towards which it widens; a slight brown terminal line;

the underside grey irrorated and suffused with brown, a slight

discoidal lunule and postmedial line crenulate and oblique to discal

fold, then inwardly oblique.

Ilab. U.S.A., 8. States, Georgia, 1 9. Hwp. 44 millim.

7756. Parallelia derogans. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 16.)

Ophiusa chiliensis, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 270 (1852), nom. inept.

Ophiusa derogans, Wik. xv. 1832 (1858).

Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with red-brown ; pectus,

legs, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated

with red-brown ; subbasal line brown, excurved below costa and

ending at vein 1; some cupreous brown suffusion before the

antemedial line, which is dark brown, oblique to vein 1 and slightly

bent inwards to inner margin; the outer part of medial area dark

cupreous brown, its inner edge oblique and slightly incurved ;

postmedial line dark defined on outer side by whitish, obliquely

downcurved from costa to below vein 6 where it 1s angled outwards,

PARALLELIA. 603

then obliquely incurved and excurved just below vein 2, two

minute pale points beyond it on costa; the postmedial area suffused

with pale red-brown; an oblique conical black-brown patch from

apex defined on inner side by white, and with a blackish spot

below it above vein 6; an indistinct dentate whitish subterminal

line from vein 6 to inner margin; a fine crenulate brown terminal

line angled inwards to points in the interspaces; cilia tinged with

fuscous at middle. Hind wing grey-brown with a slight cupreous

gloss; a slight lunulate dark terminal line with some grey before

it at vein 2 and at tornus; the underside grey suffused with

brown, a slight discoidal spot, very indistinct minutely waved

postmedial line, and waved subterminal shade.

Hab. Gotp Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside), 1 9; Ueanpa (Doggett),

1 2; Germ. i. Arrica, Itumba (Wood), 1 S$; Br. C. Arrica,

Zomba (Johnston), 2 5, M’langi Boma (Neave), 2 g,2 9; Narat,

Durban (Gooch), 2 2; CarzE Cotony (Drege), 1 3, 1 @ type;

Mapaeascar. Hap. 36-38 milim. Type f 2 chiliensis in Mus,

Paris labelled “ Port Natal” and agreeing exactly with Guenée’s

description,

7757. Parallelia mesonephele.

Ophiusa mesonepheic, Umpsn. P.Z.8. 1910, p. 422, pl. xxxvii. f. 23.

grey; palpi white at extreme tips; tarsi ringed with whitish.

Fore wing brown suffused with purple-grey; antemedial line

black, rather diffused on inner side, straight, erect; postmedial

line with band of black suffusion before it, excurved at discal and

submedian folds, some pale points beyond it on costa; two

obliquely placed dentate subapical black spots with traces of a

waved line from them to inner margin; a fine waved dark

terminal line. Hind wing grey-brown with fine waved dark ter-

minal line; the underside grey-brown with shght dark irroration

and traces of a curved postmedial line.

Hab. N.E. Reopesta, Chambezi Valley (Neave), 1 2 type,

Mansya Rt. (Weave), Mpika (eave), 1 2. ep. 36 millim,

7758. Parallelia goniophora.

Ophiusa goniophora, Hmpsn. P. Z.8. 1910, p. 422, pl. xxxvii. f. 15.

g. Head and thorax ochreous grey mixed with black; pectus

ochreous white; tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen dorsally

fuscous, ventrally ochreous white. Fore wing grey-brown with a

purplish tinge, the basal half irrorated with black, the area

between the medial and postmedial lines suffused with black-

brown becoming velvety black at the postmedial line; traces of a

fuscous sinuous subbasal line from costa to vein 1; antemedial

line indistinctly double, blackish, sinuous; medial line diffused,

604 NOCTUID A.

fuscous, inwardly oblique; postmedial line very acutely angled

outwards at vein 6, then strongly incurved and excurved between

veins 3 and 2, its angle met by an oblique sinuous streak from

apex, the enclosed costal area tinged with rufous and with some

pale points on costa; a series of black points just before termen ;

cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing fuscous brown;

the underside greyish suffused and irrorated with fuscous, a black

discoidal point and two indistinct postmedial lines excurved below

costa.

Hab. Coneo, Katanga, Kambove (Weave), 1 ¢g type. Huxp.

52 millim.

7759. Parallelia triplocyma, n. sp. (Plate CCXXL. fig. 17.)

3S. Head and thorax grey-brown faintly tinged with reddish

and mixed with some blackish; palpi towards tips, sides of frons,

and antennee blackish ; pectus and legs grey-brown, the tibiee and

tarsi with blackish mixed; abdomen grey-brown suffused with

fuscous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing with the basal

half pale grey-brown tinged with reddish and irrorated with black,

the terminal half. suffused with fuscous; subbasal line brown,

excurved below costa and ending at submedian fuld, a slight dark

mark beyond it on costa; antemedial line brown with some

blackish before it at costa, slightly angled outwards below costa,

then somewhat oblique and slightly sinuous; medial line black-

brown, inwardly oblique; reniform narrow and constricted at

middle, defined by blackish ; postmedial line black shghtly defined

on outer side by whitish, very oblique and distinctly defined by

white from costa to vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards,

then strongly incurved, excurved between veins 3 and 2 and at

vein 1 and ending on inner margin near the medial line, a blackish

patch beyond it on costal area with three white points on costa;

an oblique blackish mark from apex to vein 6 above which it is

excurved and defined by whitish on outer side, extending on

inner side to the postmedial line; a faint pale reddish sinuous

subterminal shade from vein 6 to inner margin; a series of-

minute black points with a larger spot at submedian fold before

the slight black terminai line; a fine pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing grey-brown suffused with fuscous; an oblique whitish

line from vein 2 to tornus; some greyish suffusion at middle of

termen and a fine waved black terminal line; cilia with a fine pale

line at base and a whitish patch below apex; the underside grey

suffused and irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with

fuscous, a small dark discoidal lunule, indistinct curved medial line,

postmedial line excurved and slightly waved to discal fold, then

oblique, and traces of a pale subterminal line.

Hab. Br. C. Arrica, Chiromo (Neave), 1 ¢ type. Hap. 44

millim.

PARALLELFA. 605

7760. Parallelia angularis.

Ophiusa angularis, Buisd. Faun. Ent. Mad., Lép. p. 103, pl. 13. f. 2

1833).

Dies camerunica, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 85, pl. 3. f. 8. (1894).

Head and thorax red-brown, the tegule slightly tipped with

grey, the patagia with oblique grey line near tips; antenne with

the shaft white in front towards base; palpi, pectus, Jegs, and

abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing purplish grey tinged with rufous

and with slight dark irroration ; subbasal line dark brown, angled

outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold; some black-

brown suffusion before the curved black antemedial line; the outer

part of medial area deep red-brown, its inner edge slightly curved

outwards to inner margin, the slight dark discoidal lunule on it ;

postmedial line dark defined on outer side by grey-white, obliquely

downcurved from costa to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then

incurved with a slight outward curve at vein 5, and strongly

excurved below vein 2, some reddish brown suffusicn beyond it on

inner area; subterminal line pale with some deep red-brown

before it on costal area and two white points on costa, angled

outwards as a triangular black-brown spot above vein 6 and with

a wedge-shaped black-brown spot beyond it below costa, the line

indistinct and dentate from vein 6 to inner margin; a fine

crenulate brown terminal line, angled inwards to slight points in

the interspaces. Hind wing grey-brown with a slight cupreous

gloss; a faint pale oblique line from vein 3 to tornus and a waved

brown terminal line; the underside grey irrorated and suffused

with brown, a dark discoidal point, postmedial line crenulate to

vein 5, and waved whitish subterminal line.

flab. N. Nicgerta, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 $; Br. EH. Arrica, Voi

(Betton). 1 29; Ueanpa, Wadelai (Hmin Pasha), 1 3; Br.C. Arrica,

M’langi Boma (Weave), 4 2 , Zomba (Neave), 1 9, Blantyre (Weave),

1 9; Masnonatann, Salisbury (Marshall), 1 9; TRANsvaaL

(Cholmley), 1 3, 1 9; Navat, Durban (Gooch, Meade-Waldo),

3 5; Manpseascar (Geale), 1 9; Mauritius; Sercunties, Mahé

(B. Fletcher), 1 9. Hap. 36-44 millim.

7761. Parallelia mandschuriana. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 18.) ~

Grammodes mandschuriana, Staud. Rom. Mém. vi. p. 578 (1892); id. Cat.

Lep. pal. p. 245.

¢. Head and thorax brown tinged with purplish grey ; pectus,

legs, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing brown suffused with

purplish grey especially the inner part of medial area, the costal

area beyond the postmedial line and the terminal area; subbasal

line indistinct, brown, curved, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line brown defined on inner side by dark brown suffusion

and on outer slightly by whitish scales, excurved below the cell ;

the inner half of medial area purple-grey, the outer half dark

606 NOCTUID@.

reddish brown, its inner edge curving outwards to inner margin at

the postmedial line, which is brown, obliquely downcurved and

defined on outer side slightly by whitish to vein 6 where it is

angled outwards, then defined by grey, incurved and sinuous, some

whitish points beyond it on costa; an oblique whitish streak

defined on inner side by black-brown from apex to vein 6 above

which it is excurved, then bent inwards to the angle of postmedial

line; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with white; an

indistinct dentate grey subterminal line from vein 6 to inner

margin incurved below vein 3; a crenulate brown terminal line

with black points before it in the interspaces. Hind wing brown ;

an indistinct oblique greyish subterminal line from vein 3 to

tornus; the termen tinged with grey at middle; acrenulate brown

terminal line; cilia grey-white at tips towards apex; the underside

brownish grey irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point,

crenulate postmedial line, subterminal shade, and series of points

before termen,

Hab. E. Stsrrta, Ussuri; Corra, Gensan (Leech), 1 $. Eup.

44 millim.

7762. Parallelia abnegans. (Plate COXXI. fig. 20.)

Ophiusa abnegans, W1k. xv. 1831 (1858).

Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown with a reddish tinge ;

tegule with the terminal half darker brown, the tips whitish ;

patagia with an oblique dark line at middle edged with whitish

behind, the tips and a line across metathorax whitish, the meta-

thorax dark brown; frons whitish at sides, the basal joint of

antenne whitish in front; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen

greyer, the latter with the crests blackish tipped with grey. Fore

wing greyish suffused with pale red-brown and with slight dark

irroration; a curved black subbasal striga from costa defined on

outer side by whitish ; antemedial line black defined on outer side

by whitish and with blackish suffusion before it from costa to

just above inner margin becoming deep black and widening below

the cell, the line slightly excurved from costa to submedian fold

and ineurved at vein 1,a faint dark shade beyond it; a faint

dark discoidal bar; medial line dark, oblique to vein 4 and

slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved and waved below vein 4;

postmedial line double, blackish with red-brown suffusion between

it and the medial line, and blackish suftusion at middle, oblique

and filled in with white from costa to vein 6, incurved and sinuous

from vein 4 to submedian fold, then excurved, two whitish points

beyond it on costa; subterminal] line pale detined on inner side by

black from costa to vein 6, above which the line is angled out-

wards with a wedge-shaped black mark before it and an oblique

black mark beyond it from apex, below vein 6 the line is dentate

and produced to slight white streaks on the veins, bent outwards to

‘inner margin; a crenulate brown terminal line with a small black

PARALLELTA. 607

spot before it at submedian fold; a pale line at base of cilia.

Hind wing grey-brown with an oblique whitish line from vein 2

to tornus; cilia whitish tinged with brown, browner at middle;

the underside grey suffused with brown,, two faint minutely

waved postmedial lines and traces of a pale waved subterminal

line.

Hab. Sierra Leone (Morgan), 1 3 type; Br. E. Arrica, Tanga

(Hollis), 1 Q. Exp. 38 millim.

7763. Parallelia prorasigna, n. sp. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 19.)

@. Head and thorax grey tinged with red-brown; pectus, legs,

and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with

blackish, the basal area and outer half of medial area darker; sub-

basal line blackish, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; ante-

medial line black, oblique, slightly excurved below costa and angled

inwards at median nervure; a sinuous dark medial line defining

the inner side of the dark area, and a faint dark discoidal bar ;

postmedial line black defined on outer side by grey, oblique towards

costa, produced toa point at vein 6, then excurved, incurved and

slightly sinuous below vein 4, the costa beyond it blackish with

white points on it; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side

by fuscous brown, oblique towards costa, angled outwards below

vein 7, where there is a dentate black spot on its inner side, then

slightly waved, incurved below vein 3, and with a minute black spot

on its inner side at submedian fold; an oblique black bar from

apex; a fine waved dark terminal line with a small black spot at

submedian fold, and a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing

grey suffused with brown; indistinct sinuous pale postmedial and

subterminal lines from discal fold to inner margin, the former

defined on inner side, the latter on each side by darker brown; a

fine dark terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia; the under-

side grey irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal striga and slightly

waved sinuous medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.

Hab. Ucanpa, Unyora, Kafa R. (Weave), 1 9 type. xp.

36 millim.

7764. Parallelia simillima.

Ophiusa simillima, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 266 (1852); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii.

p. 178, pl. 170. f. 8; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 500.

Head and thorax pale red-brown, the patagia with slight oblique

whitish line at middle ; pectus, legs, and abdomen greyish brown,

the last with the crests blackish and grey at tips. Fore wing grey-

brown with a faint reddish tinge and some dark irroration, the

basal area rather darker brown with blackish suffusion before the

antemedial line from cell to just above inner margin ; subbasal line

608 NOCTUID ®.

brown slightly defined on outer side by whitish, angled outwards

below costa and ending at submedian fold; antemedial line black,

dilated at costa and with whitish suffusion before it towards costa,

oblique, bent inwards to costa and incurved at vein 1; a slight

dark discoidal spot; medial line dark, oblique to vein 5 and slightly

angled outwards beyond upper angle of cell, incurved below vein 5

and excurved towards inner margin, the area beyond it suffused

with brown except towards inner margin ; postmedial line double,

dark brown filled in with whitish, oblique to vein 6 where it is

angled outwards, then incurved, excurved between veins 5 and 3

and at vein 1, the costal area beyond it suffused with brown with

three whitish points on costa; subterminal line whitish, angled

outwards at vein 7 below which there is a wedge-shaped black

mark before it and an oblique black mark beyond it from apex,

below vein 6 slightly defined on inner side by dark brown, dentate

and produced to slight whitish streaks on the veins; a series of

slight black points before the fine crenulate brown terminal line

and a more prominent spot at submedian fold ; a fine pale line at

base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown; an oblique whitish line

from vein 3 to tornus; the termen tinged with grey except towards

apex and tornus; a fine brown terminal line with a blackish striga

at submedian fold; cilia with a whitish patch below apex; the

underside whitish suffused with red-brown, a slight dark discoidal

lunule, crenulate postmedial line except on inner area, and sub-

terminal shade.

Hab. Assam, Silhet (Stainsforth), 1 9; Manpras, Malabar, 1 9,

Gooty (Campbell), 1 9, Palnis (Campbell), 1 9; Cryton (Lemple-

ton), 1 S$, Peradeniya (Green), 1 9; Puxitirrines, Antipolo

(Betton), 1 9; Formosa, Takow (Hobson), 1 9; Java (LHorsfield),

256,29. Keep. 38-44 millim.

Larva. Semper, Reis. Phil., Lep. ii. p. 558, pl. 8. ff. 8, 9.

Brown with white shadings; 11th somite with a pair of dorsal

prominences; Ist two pairs of prolegs absent.

Pupa. Brown with white efflorescence.

7765. Parallelia multilineata. (Plate CCXXI. fig. 21.)

Naxia multilineata, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 83 (1894).

@. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown mixed with grey; the

palpi and head with a slight fulvous tinge. Fore wing purple-grey

irrorated with brown ; two obliquely curved and somewhat diffused

red-brown subbasal lines from costa to submedian fold; a double

sinuous brown antemedial line, the inner line rather diffused; a

diffused brown discoidal bar; medial line brown, bent outwards

beyond upper angle of ceil, then oblique, sinuous and with another

indistinct line beyond it; postmedial line dark brown, oblique to

vein 6 where it is met by an oblique streak from apex, then double,

oblique and minutely waved, some pale points beyond it on costa ;

subterminal line represented by an oblique pale striga from costa,

PARALLELIA, 609

and below the apical streak by a double diffused brown line slightly

excurved at middle; a crenulate dark terminal line with blackish

points in the interspaces. Hind wing brown; a pale oblique line

from vein 5 beyond lower angle of cell to inner margin towards

tornus; a pale subterminal line from vein 3 to tornus; some

purple-grey on termen from vein 5 to submedian fold; cilia whitish

at tips; the underside grey irrorated and suffused with brown, two

indistinct postmedial lines somewhat oblique to discal fold, an

indistinct waved subterminal line, and a fine black terminal line

with series of points before it.

fab, Sturra Leone (Clements), 1 2 ; Gasoon, Ogové R. Eup.

42 miilim.

7766. Parallelia palumbiodes. (Plate CCX XII. fig. 1.)

Ophiusa palumbiodes, Hmpsn. Ann. 8. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 841 (1902).

Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with

black ; antenne with slight dark rings towards base; pectus grey;

abdomen grey sparsely irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous

tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, the postmedial and ter-

minal areas violaceous white; subbasal line black, curved, from costa

to submedian fold; antemedial line black, waved ; a faint dark dis-

coidal spot; postmedial line blackish, waved, with black points at

the veins and small spot at costa, slightly excurved below costa,

then oblique, two white points beyond it on costa; an oblique

brown subterminal line, erect below submedian fold; a series of

black points before termen. Hind wing ochreous tinged with

brown before termen, which is grey-white except at apex and

tornus; an oblique black medial line; a whitish subterminal line

defined on inner side by brown, between vein 3 and submedian fold

forming three small white lunules with a yellow patch beyond

them irrorated with deep rufous; a series of minute black points

before termen; cilia whitish, tipped with brown towards tornus;

the underside grey-white irrorated with black, a slight brown dis-

coidal spot, an indistinct double waved blackish postmedial line

oblique below vein 7, and traces of a double waved subterminal

line.

Hab. W. Arnica (Dudgeon), 1 9; Gop Coast, Cape Coast Castle

(Higlett), 1 6; 8. Niemria, Lagos (Boag), 1 9; Narat, Durban

(Gooch, Leigh, Clark), 4 3,1 9 type. Hap. 40-46 millim.

7767. Parallelia palumba.

Hulodes palumba, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 211 (1852); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii.

p. 162, pl. 168. ff. 1a, 6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 496.

Remigia colligens, W1\k. xxxiii. 1019 (1865).

Head and thorax very pale rufous; antenne dark brown; pectus

and legs pale grey, the latter irrorated with black, the spurs ringed

with black; abdomen pale grey slightly irrorated with black

VOL, XII. 2B

610 _ NOCTUID 2%.

and dorsally tinged with rufous. Fore wing very pale rufous

irrorated with a few black scales except on terminal area; a

curved subbasal black striga from costa; antemedial line dark -and

sinuous from costa to discal fold, then with black points on the

veins and inner margin; a slight dark discoidal spot; postmedial

line represented by an oblique dark striga from costa, then by a

series of black points on the veins, excurved to vein 5, then oblique,

some minute white streaks beyond it on costa; an indistinct brown

subterminal line, oblique and shghtly waved; a series of slight

blackish streaks just before termen. Hind wing greyish tinged

with brown and irrorated with a few black scales except on ter-

minal area which is greyer; a fine oblique blackish medial line; a

slight waved subterminal line, excurved at middle, where there is

some bright rufous before it with a series of five small white

lunules defined by dark brown between veins 5 and 1 before the

rufous ; a series of black points and small spots on inner half before

termen with an oblique mark below vein 2; a series of black strize

on inner half of termen; cilia with a dark line through them,

black between veins 38 and 1; the underside grey-white faintly

tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, a slight blackish dis-

coidal spot, diffused postmedial line, and waved whitish subterminal

line angled outwards at vein 6.

Hab. Assam (Badgley), 1 9, Silhet (Stainsforth), 1 g ; Brnean,

1 2; Bomsay, Kanara (Ward), 1 3; Cryton (Lindesay), 1 6,

2 9, Trincomali (Verbury), 1 ¢; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 9;

Stnearore (Ledley), 2 6.3 9; Java (Horsfield), 1 S, 2 2 type;

Has. 1en., 1 2 type colligens. Hep. 36-48 millim.

Larva. Brownish ochreous above, olive below ; some dorsal and

lateral black-speckled streaks ; a sublateral whitish line with some

pinkish spots above it; the llth somite with pair of dorsal

prominences ; the Ist pair of claspers aborted.

Secr. IT. (Parallelia). Mid tibie of male not dilated; hind tarsi with the

Ist joint not fringed with hair above.

A. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved at middle and

incurved at discal and submedian folds..................ceeseeeee obscura.

B. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly incurved below

vein 4.

a, Fore wing with oblique black-brown mark from apex angled

outward syabovenvelniG merase. cee eens see een ee eeereeeneet dulcis.

b. Fore wing with oblique streak from apex to vein 6 forming

part of the subterminal line .................-.se000--- ioogadee bistriaris.

7768. Parallelia obscura.

Ophiusa obscura, Brem. & Grey, Schmett. N. China, p. 19 (1853); Staud.

Cat. Lep. pal. pt. ii. p. 256.

Leucanitis hedemanni, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 267; id. Rom. Mém.

vi. p. 578, pl. xi. f. 5; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 244.

Naxia coreana, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 560, pl. 52. f. 11; John, Hor. Soc.

Ent. Ross. xxxix. p. 628, pl. xvii. f. 5¢.

Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey-brown, the palpi, pectus,

PARALLELIA, 611

and legs paler. Fore wing brown tinged with grey, the inner half

of medial area, the costal area beyond the postmedial line and the

terminal area greyer; subbasal line slight, brown, from costa to

submedian fold; antemedial line dark, oblique from costa to just

below vein 2, then inwardly oblique; medial line represented by

the contrast between the grey and brown areas; postmedial line

blackish, rather oblique and defined on outer side by white from

costa to vein 6, then incurved at discal and submedian folds

and excurved at middle and towards inner margin; an oblique

black-brown mark from apex slightly defined by grey with a wedge-

shaped mark below it above vein 6; a faint waved brown subter-

minal line from vein 6 to inner margin ; a slight waved brown ter-

minal line with minute points at the interspaces; cilia with a brown

line through them, mixed with whitish towards tornus. Hind

wing brown with a cupreous tinge; faint dark medial and sub-

terminal shades; cilia whitish with a brown line through them,

tinged with brown at middle.

Hab. EK. Steprta, Amurland, 1 g, Ussuri, 1 9; N. Cama, Man-

churia; Cores, Gensan (Leech), 1 35,3 2 type coreana, Douglas

Inlet (B. Fletcher), 1 $. Hap. 30-36 millim.

7769. Parallelia dulcis.

Ophiusa dulcis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i, p. 239 (1878); id. Ill. Het. BM.

ii. p. 42, pl. 34. f. 5.

Head and thorax grey-brown irrorated with grey; pectus, legs,

and abdomen pale grey-brown. Fore wing pale grey, the basal

half thickly irrorated with red-brown, the postmedial area suffused

with red-brown and with the veins streaked with white, the ter-

minal area pale grey except at apex; antemedial line brown defined

on outer side by white, erect and slightly sinuous; medial line

brown, incurved and slightly sinuous, the area beyond it chocolate-

brown to the postmedial line which is whitish, incurved below vein

4; an oblique black streak from apex, diffused on inner side and

expanding into a spot above vein 6; a crenulate dark terminal line

with black points at the interspaces. Hind wing grey suffused

with brown, the termen pale grey except at apex and tornus

with a fine crenulate dark terminal line with black points at the

interspaces ; cilia pale grey; the underside pale grey suffused with

red-brown except on inner area and termen, traces of diffused

medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines except on inner area.

Some specimens have a single spine on the hind tibie between

the medial and terminal spurs.

Hab. Javan, Oiwaké (Pryer), 1 g, Fusan (Leech), 1 9, Tokio

(Maries), 1 9 , Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer),4 3,2 9 type; W. Cura,

Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 9. Exp. 30-36 millim.

7770. Parallelia bistriaris.

Parallelia bistriaris, Hiibn. Zutr. exot. Schmett. i. 15. ff. 63, 64 (1827) ;

Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 360.

Poaphila amplissima, Wk. xiv. 1473 (1858).

ZR 2

612 NOCTUID&.

Head and thorax purplish grey-brown ; palpi with the 2nd joint

white in front; abdomen purplish grey tinged with brown. Fore

wing red-brown thickly irrorated with purple-grey, the terminal

area purple-grey irrorated with brown; antemedial line red-brown

defined on outer side by violaceous white, erect and almost straight;

postmedial line red-brown defined on outer side by violaceous

white, incurved below vein 4, some minute white points beyond it

on costa, the veins beyond it with white streaks ; subterminal line

ZN Ya 4

E aN

Bz =

Fig. 184.— Parallelia bistriaris, 3. }.

violaceous white, oblique from apex to vein 6, then bent inwards,

excurved and waved at middle, angled inwards at submedian fold

and bent outwards to tornus; a tine waved brown terminal line

and series of black points at the interspaces. Hind wing brown;

the termen narrowly suffused with purple-grey except towards apex

and tornus and with a fine waved brown terminal line and series

of points at the interspaces; cilia purplish grey; the underside

purple-grey suffused and irrorated with red-brown except at

termen, a slight dark discoidal spot and faint waved postmedial

and subterminal lines.

Hab. Canapva, Nova Scotia (Redman), 2 3; U.S.A., New York,

5 3,29, Evans Center (Grote), 13,19, Garrison (Cockerell), 13,

Pennsylvania, New Brighton (Merrick), 2 9, New Jersey, Georgia,

1 3S, Florida (Doubleday), 2 5 type amplissima, Kansas, Colorado.

Exp. 40-48 millim,

Larva, Saunders, Can. Ent. ii. p. 180; H. Edw. Papilio, iii. p. 136.

Slate colour with a lilac tinge; body covered with waved lines

and confused marks of a darker colour, between the segments

greenishwith about eight small white tubercles ; 10th-12th somites

each with raised black line on posterior half; head with four black

stripes. Food-plants: Acer rubrum and A. dasycarpum.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

[Synonyms are printed in ztadics.]

abacta (Catocala), 132.

abamitu (Catocala), 52.

abamita (Mormonia),

Hg.

abbreviatella (Catocala),

141

ablunaris (Achea), 5388.

ablunaris (Ophisma),

588.

abnegans (Ophiusa), 606.

abnegans (Parallelia),

606.

abnormis (Ercheia), 484.

absentimacula (Naxia),

575.

absentimacula (Paral-

lelia), 575.

Acanthocoles, 372.

Acanthodica, 249.

Acanthonyx, 382.

accelerans ( dchea), 522.

Acheea, 496.

achatina (Noctua), 588,

590, 596.

acronyctoides (Tachosa),

actea (Catocata), 149.

actza (Ephesia), 149.

acuta (Ophiusa), 577.

acuta (Parallelia), 577.

acutior (Cyligramma),

308.

acutissima (Ophiusa),

587

adoptiva (Catocala), 53.

adriana (Catocala), 155.

adultera (Catocala), 102.

adusta (Ophiodes), 449.

egrota (Spirama), 361.

aellora (Thyas), 552.

erosa (Argiva), 282.

zrosa (Nyctipao), 282.

sestimabilis (Hphesia),

203.

estimabilis (Catocala),

203.

zexonia

474.

exonia (Sypna), 474.

affinis (Catocala), 32.

afghana (Catocala), 112.

africana (HKnmonodia),

339.

africana (Maxula), 339.

agamos (Noctua), 137.

agatha (Catocala), 99.

agitatrix (Catocala), 128.

Agonista, 267.

agrippina (Catabapta),

(Prionoptera),

agrippina (Catocala), 19.

agrotidea (Audea), 212.

agrotidea (Bolina), 212.

aholah (Catocala), 194.

aholibar (Catocala), 48.

aholibah (Mormonia),48.

alabame (Catocala), 171.

alabamee (Ephesia), 171.

albicilia (Achza), 528.

albicilia (Ophisma), 528.

albicincta (Nyctipao),

288,

albicinctus (Hrebus), 288.

albida (Catocala), 104.

albifimbria (Acheea), 531.

albifimbria (Ophiusa),

531.

albitermia (Ophisma),

540.

albitermia (Ophiusa),

540

albivitta (Ophiusa), 596.

albocincta (Ophisma),

581.

albocincta (Parallelia),

albostriata (Paragarista),

262.

algira (Noctua), 596.

algira (Parallelia), 596.

algiroides (Grammodes),

598.

allardi (Enmonodia),

343.

allardi (Ophiusa), 343.

Allotria, 204,

allusa (Catocala), 97.

alticola (Anua), 440.

Alura, 220.

amabilis (Catocala), 84.

amanda (Catocala), 71.

amasia (Catocala), 196.

amasia (Ephesia), 195.

amasia (Noctua), 115.

amasia (Phalena), 194,

195.

amatrix (Lamprosia), 49.

amatrix (Mormonia), 49.

ambidens (Melipotis), 485.

amblyops (Cyligramma),

309.

amestris (Catocala), 140.

amica (Corisce), 207.

amica (Ephesia), 207.

amideta ( Thyas), 429.

Amphoraceras, 376.

amplior (Anua), 444,

amplissima (Poaphita),

611

amygdalis (Dysgonia),

573.

amygdalis (Parallelia),

o73,

614

analis (Ophiusa), 586.

analis (Parallelia), 586.

ancilla (Noctua), 427.

Andreusia, 206.

Andrewsia, 206.

andromache (Catocala),

173.

andromache (Hphesia),

173.

androphiia (Catocala)

207.

anetica (Ophisma), 557.

anetica (Parallelia), 557.

angularis (Ophiusa), 605.

angularis (Parallelia),

605.

angulata (Plasmaticus),

549.

angusi (Catabapta), 16.

angusi { Catocala), 16.

angustata (Catocala), 66.

anisogramma (Niguza),

372.

anna (Catocala), 140.

annida (Catocala), 30.

anteponens (Hypopyra),

315

anthracita (Catocala),

antica (Remigia), 318.

antinympha (Catabapta),

32.

antinympha (Hphesia),

32.

Anua, 425.

apache (Parthenos), 10.

apicalis (Ophiusa), 600.

apicimaculu (Magusa),

250.

apiciplaga (Naxia), 531.

appollina (Calliodes),

344.

arcifera (Dermaleipa),

411.

arcifera (Parallelia), 570.

arctotenia (Ophiusa),

o94.

arctotenia (Parallelia),

594.

arcuata (Ophiusa), 579.

arcuata (Parallelia), 579.

arfaci (Anua), 434.

arfaki (Ophiusa), 434.

argilla ( Achea), 536.

argillosa (Cyligramma),

308.

Argiva, 273.

arizone (Catocala), 118.

armandi (Catocala), 131.

arog ( Nycttpao), 273,

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Artena, 413.

Ascalapha, 425,

aspasia (Catocala), 48,

116.

Astiotes, 42.

atarah (Catocala), 186.

atavistis (Nyctipao), 286.

atomosa (Herminiocala),

236.

atomosa

236.

atrivitta (Achea), 489.

Audea, 209.

augur (Noctua), 424.

augusta (Catocala), 106.

aurella (Catocala), 123.

auricularis (Noctua),

431.

aurora (Miniophylloides),

401.

axiniphora (Parallelia),

582.

(Rhosologia),

babayaga (Catocala),

I),

badia (Catabapta), 27.

badia (Catocala), 27.

balteata (Achza), 511.

barnesti (Catocala), 19.

basalis (Catocala), 39.

basigutta (Ophisma),

544.

beaniana (Catocala), 105.

belfragiana (Catocala),

206

bella { Catocala), 57.

bella (Mormonia), 57.

beutenmulleri (Catocala),

158.

bianca (Catocala), 65.

bipunctata (Audea), 211,

212.

bisignata (Brujas), 308.

bismarcia (Nyctipao),

Ole

bistriaris

611.

bivirgata (Lagoptera),

419,

(Parallelia),

blandula (Catocala), 166.

Blepharum, 42.

Bocana, 273.

boopis (Patula), 284.

boris (Acheea), 527.

boris (Blosyris), 527.

hoset (Hypopyra), 320.

brevipecten (Ctenusa),

381.

briseis (Catocala), 104.

brunnescens (Catocala),

115.

bryoxantha (Ophiusa),

bubo (Noctua), 284,

buchholzi (Cyligramma),

305.

bunkert (Catocala), 123.

burmanica (Enmonodia),

342.

butleri (Catocala), 175.

butleri (Ephesia), 175.

cabra (Acanthodica),

252.

exrulea (Cocytodes), 259.

calaoensis (Speiredonia),

calefasciens (Naxia>, 560.

californica (Catocala),

caliginea (Nyctipao), 296.

callinympha (Catocala),

190.

Calliodes, 344.

Callophisma, 263.

calodesma (Buzara), 267.

calodesma (Hzmabasis),

267.

Caloptera, 264.

calphurnia (Catocala),

51.

eilphurnia (Mormonia),

cameronis (Ophiodes),

439.

camerunica (Dysgonia),

605

cancellata (Anua), 449.

cancellata (Toxocampa),

449.

capensis (Enmonodia),

323.

capensis (Hypopyra),

323.

caprimulgus (Noctua),

Day

camprimuleus

pao), 277.

cara (Catocala). 68.

Caranilla, 551.

carbonaria ( Catocala),

137.

carissima (Catocala), 68.

carlota (Catocala), 91.

carneotincta (Hnmo-

nodia), 340.

carnicolor (Chalciope),

379.

(Nyeti-

carnicolor (Ctenusa),379.

cassandra (Catocala),

oO.

castalia (Bombyx), 364.

castalia (Donuca), 364.

Catabapta, 11.

catella (Archaea), 534.

Catephiodes, 481.

Catocala, 58.

catocala (Phoberia), 224.

catocala(Ulothrichopus),

224.

eatocalina (Heliophisma),

462,

catocalina (Ophiodes),

Catocaline, I.

Catocalirrhus, 9.

catocaloides (Achza),

511.

caupona (Alura), 224.

cebea (Ercheia), 483.

celebensis (Argiva), 279.

celia (Catocala), 155.

cenricci (Anua), 433.

cerasifera (Phyllodes),

397.

cerbera ( Ophiusa), 532.

cerogama (Catocala),

123.

certa (Ercheia), 491.

certior (Lagoptera), 420.

certior (Ophisma), 420.

chameleon (Achea), 532.

charon (Hrcheia), 491.

Chelecala, 240.

chelidonia (Catocala),

chelidonia (Mormonia),

54.

chemista (Erebus), 351.

chiliensis (Ophiusa),

602

chionopera (Ercheia),

479.

chionopera

479.

chiricahua (Catocala),

(Tolna),

chiripa (Acanthodica),

258.

chrysopera (Achea),

509.

ciliata (Agonista), 272.

ciliata (Lygniodes), 272.

circe (Catocala), 1a1.

circe (Epkesia), 151.

circumferens (Anua),

Au),

circumfperens (Ophisma),

449,

ALPHABBHYICAL INDEX.

circumsignata _ (Naxia),

565. ,

circumsignata (Paralle-

lia), 565.

clara (Catocala), 65.

clathrum (Homeea), 384.

clavifera (Nyctipao),

294,

cleopatra (Catocala), 90.

clintoni (Catocala), 129.

clintonit (Catocala), 129.

clugi (Heliophisma), 465.

coccinata ( Catocala), 152.

coccinata (Ephesia), 152.

Coeytodes, 258.

celebs (Catabapta), 31.

celebs (Catocala), 31.

cerulea (Catocala), 91.

cognata (Ophisma), 448.

coherens (Catocala), 5d.

coherens (Spirama), 351.

coherens (Spiramia),

354

colligens (Remigia), 609.

collustrans (Melipotis),

489.

coloradensis (Catocala),

columbina (Catocala),

99.

columbina (Ephesia),

199.

Cometaster, 362.

communis (Catocala), 40.

complicata (Sypna), 478.

complicata (Tolna), 478.

concolor (Grammodes),

600.

concors (Cyligramma),

310.

concubia (Catocala), 86.

concubina (Noctua), 84.

concumbens (Catocala),

70;

conficiens (Ophiusa), 586.

conficiens (Parallelia),

586.

conflua (Huminucia),

421.

confundens (Ophisma),

con fusa (Spirama), 551,

360.

conifera (Crypsotidia),

249.

conjuncta (Catocala), 69.

conjuncta (Noctua), 69.

conjunctura (Ophiusa),

078.

conjunetura (Parallelia),

578.

615

conjux (Catocala), 188.

connexa (Catocala), 187.

connexa (Ephesia), 187.

connexa (Noctua), 139.

connubialis (Catocala),

196.

connubialis (Ephesia),

196.

consiliatrix (Cyli-

gramma), 310.

consobrina (Ophiusa),

599

consobrina (Parallelia),

consobrina (Phyllodes),

397.

consors (Catabapta),

33.

consors (Phalena), 33.

conspicienda (Achea),

451.

conspicienda (Anua),

451.

conspicillator (Phalena),

393

conspicillator (Phyl-

lodes), 393.

conspicua (Catocala),

121.

constans (Catocala), 170.

constricta (Ophiusa),

589

constricta (Parallelia),

589

contemnenda (Catocala).

contenta (Ophisma), 420.

contigua (Catocala), 66.

contractipennis (Hnmo-

nodia), 337.

conturbans (Nyctipao),

310,

conversa (Catocala), 137.

conversa (Noctua), 137.

copidiphora (Parallelia),

083.

cordelia (Catocala), 195.

coreana (Naxia), 610.

Ooria, 273.

Corisce, 207.

coronata (Anua), 427.

coronata (Noctua), 427.

correctata (Ophisma),

560.

corvina (Hecrita), 237.

costipannosa (Melipotis),

cramert (Dysgonia), 590.

crameri (Parallelia),

590.

crategi (Catocala), 166.

616

crategi (Ephesia), 166.

i aa (Noctua),

2, 298.

copula (Nyctipao),

crimnopasta (Thyas),

584.

Crishna, 273.

croceipennis (Helio-

phisma), 463.

crocetpennis (Ophisma),

463.

crocimacula (Ophisma),

544.

Crypsotidia, 246.

Ctenusa, 377.

cuprea (Ophiodes), 442.

cuprizonea (Ophisma),

541.

curvata (Catocala), 26.

curvata (Ophiusa), 578.

curvata (Parallelia),

578.

curvifasciata (Catocala),

133.

curvilinea (Ctenusa), 379.

Cyligramma, 302.

eyllari ia (Ercheia), 4&9.

cyllaria (Noctua), 489.

cyllota (Achea), 489.

dedalea (Ophiusa), 477.

daona (Herminiocala),

234.

daona (Ophiodes), 234.

daseia (Dermaleipa),

410.

dasybasis (Acheza), 501.

david (Anua), 456.

david (Minucia), 456.

davidi (Catocala), 1381,

180.

davidi (Ephesia), 180.

dayremi (Catocala), 45.

debilis (Naxia), 527.

decora (Remigia), 318.

decorata (Catocala), 121.

deducta (Catocala), 112.

dejeani (Acheea), 509.

dejeantt (Opniusa), 509.

dejecta (Catabapta), 21.

dejecta (Catocala), 21.

delilah ( Catocala), 58.

delilah (Mormonia), 53,

demaculata (Catocala),

15},

demta (Ophisma), 526.

dentifascia (Nyctipao),

295.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

dentilinea (Ophiusa),

dentilinea (Parallelia),

569.

denussa (Catabapta), 33.

denussa (Catocila), 33.

Dermaleipa, 406.

derogans ( Ophiusa), 602.

derogans (Parallelia),

602.

desdemena (Catocala),

desdemona (Ephesia),

178

desiderata (Catocala),

despecta (Anua), 457.

despecta (Minucia), 457.

desperata (Catocala), 22.

despicillator (Phyllodes).

386.

desponsa (Catocala), 44.

detrahens (Ophisma), 544.

deuteronympha (Cato-

cala), 124.

diana (Catocala), 70.

dianaris (Anua), 438.

dianaris (Ophiodes), 438.

diantha (Catocala), 91.

dicoela (Parallelia),

589.

dicoela (Thyas), 589.

digressa (Catocala), 69.

dilecta (Anua), 444.

dilecta (Mormonia), 45.

dilecta (Noctua), 45.

dilecta (Ophiusa), 444.

dilutior (Catocala), 85.

dinava (Hypanua), 459.

dinava (Ulothrichopus),

224.

dinawa (Catacala), 224.

dinawa (Ophideres), 459.

dionyza (Catabapta), 37.

dionyza (Catocala), 37.

quplograglis (Acheea),

529.

ae ygia (Ercheia),

492.

discalis (Dysgonia), 590.

discolor ( Catocala), 74.

discolor (Miniodes), 404.

discriminans (Anua),

436.

discriminans (Minucia),

435.

discriminans (Ophiodes),

436

disjuncta (Ephesia), 191.

disjuncta (Noctua), 191.

disjungens (Anua), 435.

disyungens (Ophiodes),

439.

disparans (Lygiiodes),

271.

dissimilis (Catocala), 148.

dissimilis (Ephesia), 148.

distans (Hypopyra),

22.

distorta (Catocala), 193.

distorta (Ephesia), 193.

disturbans (Cyli-

gramma), 310.

disturbans (Nyctipao),

divaricata (Grammodes),

589.

diversa (Ephesia), 190.

diversa (Noctua), 190,

diversipennis (Ercheia),

485.

doerriesi (Catocala), 135.

dohertyi (Egybolis), 266.

dollii (Catocala), 153.

Donuea, 364.

dotata (Catocala), 182,

192.

dotata (Ephesia), 182.

dotata (Lagoptera), 418.

dotata (Noctua), 418.

drucei (Acanthodica),

255.

drucei (Calocampa), 255.

dubia (Catephia), 491.

dubia (Ercheia), 491.

dula (Catocala), 47.

dula (Mormonia), 47.

dulcina (Hypopyra), 328.

dulciola (Catocala), 169.

duleiola (Ephesia), 169.

dulcis ( Ophiusa), 611.

dulcis (Parallelia), 611.

duplex (Cyligramma),

306

dupleca (Naxia), 576.

duplexa (Parallelia),

576.

duplicata (Catocala),

121, 189. :

duplicata (Ephesia), 189.

Dysgonia, 551.

ehenaut (Ophisma), 528.

Eecrita, 236.

eceicei (Hircheia), 487.

echo (Achzea), 515.

echo (Ophisma), 515.

editha (Catocala), 49.

edna (Catocala), 16.

edwardst (Catocala), 96.

Egqybolia, 264. :

Hgybolis, 264.

ekeikei (Ercheia), 487.

ekeikei Ophiusa), 536.

elda (Catocala), 64.

eldoradensis (Catocala),

electa (Catocala), 75.

electa (Noctua), 75.

electilis (Catocala), 93.

electra (Catocala), 78.

elegans ( Ophideres), 406.

eliza (Catocala), 123.

ella (Catocala), 159.

ella (Hiphesia), 159.

elocata (Catocala), 94.

elocata (Noctua), 94.

elonympha (Allotria),

204,

elonympha (Ephesia),

204.

emilia (Catocala), 20.

eminens (Catocala), 176.

eminens (Ephesia), 176.

emittens (Acanthodica,

254.

emittens (Agrotis), 254.

endoleuca (Agonista),

269

endoleuca (Hrebus), 269.

endophea (Audea), 210.

endoxantha (Hnmono-

dia), 326.

enganensis (Phyllodes),

396

Hnmonodia, 319.

encrius (Toxcocampa),

238.

Entomogramma, 313.

Ephesia, 143.

ephesperis (Nyctipao),

292.

epione (Mormonia), 43.

eptone (Noctua), 43,

Hpistona, 475.

Ercheia, 482.

erectata (Ophiusa), 599.

erectata (Parallelia),

599.

esther (Catocala), 165.

eucesta (Acanthocoles),

373.

eucesta (Niguza), 373.

EKucora, 58.

Hucyclomma, 364.

Euminucia, 421.

Hunetis, 58.

Euparthenos, 9.

Eupatula, 273.

euphemia (Catabapta),

41.

euphemia (Catocala), 41.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Euphiusa, 550.

euryplaga(Heliophisma),

464.

eusciasta (Acheza), 498.

eutychea (Catocala), 192.

eutychea (Ephesia) 192.

evelina (Catocala), 20.

excavata (Ercheia), 239.

excavata (Metatacha),

239.

excellens (Catocala), 75.

exhibens (Ophisma), 511.

expediens Ophiusa), 581.

expediens (Parallelia),

581.

expedita (Ophisma), 439.

exterior (Nyctipao), 277.

externesignata (Acheea),

externestqnata( Ophisma),

524.

extricans (Hypopyra),

328.

eyndhovi (Phyllodes),

389.

eyndhovii (Phyllodes),

389.

ezea (Achxa), 510.

ezea (Phalena), 510.

faber (Achza), 525.

falcata (Ophiusa), 576.

Jfasciata (Catocala), 10.

JSasciata (Phyllodes), 389,

Jasciculipes (Achea), 521.

fatilega (Anophia), 213.

fatilega (Audea), 213.

Jutua (Phoberia), 211.

faustina (Catocala), 91.

fautrix (Hntomogram-

ma), 317.

fecunda (Catocala), 115.

JSeneratria (Naxia), 562.

feneratrix (Parallelia),

562.

feniseca (Hnmonodia),

339.

Seniseca (Hypopyra), 333,

fervida (Ophiodes), 441.

Sestina (Ophiusa), 596.

Jestinata (Ophiusa), 588.

jida (Catocala), 85.

finifaseia (Anua), 444.

Jinifascia (Nephelodes),

444

finita (Achza), 527.

finita (Ophisma), 527.

flava (Catocala), 85.

flavescens (Catocala), 174.

617

flavescens (Ephesia),

174.

flavicans (Catocala), 94.

flavicornis(Callophisma),

263.

flavidalis (Catocala), 28.

flebilis (Catabapta), 25.

flebilts (Catocala), 25.

fletchert (Catocala), 99.

floralis (Phyllodes), 395.

florida (Catocala), 44.

fluctuosa (Cyligramma),

307

fluctwosa (Noctua), 307.

jormosa (Caloptera),

265,

formula (Catocala), 194.

fosteri (Acanthodica),

256.

francisca (Catocala), 96.

fratercula (Catocala),

186.

fraxini (Catocala), 66.

Fraxint (Noctua), 66.

Jtrederici (Catocala), 5%.

frederici (Mormonia),

56.

frenchii (Catocala), 97.

frontina (Parallelia), 562.

frontinus (Papilio), 562.

fugiens (Ophisma), 544.

fulminea (Ephesia),

202.

fulminea

fulvipuneta (Ophisma),

(Phalena),

fulvotenia (Ophiusa),

085.

fulvoteenia (Parallelia),

585.

fumata (Audea), 218,

Jumata (Lophoptera),

218

fumida (Anua), 452.

SJunestis (Spiramia), 357.

Juscescens (Agonista),

272.

fuscinupta (Catocala),

Susi fera (Achea), 489.

gaudens ( Catocala), 66.

gemmans (Nyctipao),

299.

genetrix (Catocala), 115,

Geria, 496.

gisela (Catocala), 186.

gitana (Catocala), 99,

618

glaucescens (Calliodes),

346.

glaucescens

nia), 346,

glaucescens (Ulothricho-

pus), 228.

glaucopis (Nyetipao),

291

(Speiredo-

gentophora (Ophiusa),

603.

goniophora (Purallelia),

603.

gonoptera (Anua), 455,

gonoptera (Cphiusa),

455.

ee (Cyligramma),

act (Catoeala), 180

gracilis (Kccrita), oar

grandeva (Hypopyra),

330.

grandis (Acanthodica),

253.

gravata (Ophisma), 542.

greyt (Catocala), 124.

griseisigna (Speiredonia),

348.

grotiana (Catocala), 103.

grynea (Ephesia), 170.

grynea (Phalena), 170.

guenet (Ophiusa), 579.

gueneot (Catocala), 23.

gundiana (Melipotis),

489.

habilis (Catabapta), 39.

habilis (Catocala), 39.

Hemabasis, 266.

hages (Acanthodica),

252.

hampsont (Catocala),

135.

hampsoni (Pterocy-

clopbora), 469.

hansali (Homea), 385.

hansali (Remigia), 385.

harmonica (Chalciope),

540.

harmonica (Euphiusa),

50.

hedemanni (Leucanitis),

610.

helena (Catocala), 160.

helena (Ephesia), 160.

helene (Catocala), 129.

helicina (Speiredonia),

351.

helicina (Spiramia), 354,

Heliophisma, 461.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

hercodes

584.

hercodes (Thyas), 584.

hermia (Catucala), 102.

Herminiocala, 234.

hermonia (Noctua), 275.

hero (Catocala), 186.

herodias ( Catocala), 155.

herodias (Ephesia). 155.

hetera (Catocala), 48,

166.

hetera (Hphesia), 166.

Hexamitoptera, 312.

hicanora (Parallelia),

598.

hicanora (Thyas), 588.

hier oglypinica (Nyetipao),

275.

hier ogl yphicus (Noctua),

270.

(Parallelia),

hilarts (Achea), 53

hilaris ie ; 7.

hilaris (Ophismia), 588.

hillit (Catocala), 70.

hinda ( Catocala), 28.

hippolyta (Catocala),

LLO.

hircus (Noctua), 510.

hitwense (Ophisma), 429.

hituensis (Anua), 429.

Homea, 384.

honesta (Lagoptera),

_ 414,

honesta ( Thyas), 414.

honrathi ( Catocala), 135.

hopei (Anua), 447.

hopei (Ophiusa), 447.

hottentota (Ophiodes),

432.

humeralis (Audea), 216.

humilis (Dysgonia), 574.

humilis (Parallelia),

574.

huutei (Pterocyclophora),

468.

hymenzea (Catocala),

188.

hymenea (Noctua), 138.

Hypanua, 459.

Hypoglaucitis, 247.

hy poleuca(A gonista),270,

hypoleuca (Lygniodes),

270.

Hypopyra, 346.

hypopyroides (Hnmo-

nodia), 330.

Jayjauoniroiies (Spiramia),

328.

hypostigmata (Audea),

211.

Hypotacha, 243.

idonea (Mazula), 336.

tgnicans (Ophiusa), 410.

ilia (Catocala), 120.

ilia (Phalena), 120.

illecta (Catocala), 56.

illecta (Mormonia), 56.

illibata (Noctua), 559.

illibata (Parallelia), 559.

illustrata (Achza), 499.

immunda (Achea), 523.

imperatrix (Achea),

518.

imperatrie (Ophisma),

518.

imperialis (Phyllodes),

QC ~

importuna(Cyligramma),

308.

mequalis (Spirama),

dol.

inconstans (Catocala),

181.

inconstans (Ephesia),

181.

indecisa (Anthophila),

245.

indecisa (Hypotacha),

245.

indenta (Speiredonia),

359.

indenta (Spiramia), 359.

indeterminata (Acheea),

)

indeterminata (Ophisma),

indicabilis (Achzxa), 516.

indiscriminata (Anua),

435.

éndiscrininata (Minucia),

435. ;

indistincta (Anua), 441.

indistincta (Ophiodes),

44].

indistincla (hemigia),

538.

injinita (Ophisma), 527

infractifinis (Kodina),

561

infractifinis (Parallelia),

561.

innubens (Catabapta),

innubens (Catocala), 27.

ino (Achea), 522.

insignifica (Ophiusa),

o74.

insignifica (Parallelia),

574.

insolabilis (Catabapta),

insolabilis (Catocala), 17.

inspicillator (Phyllodes),

893.

intacta (Anua), 487.

intacta (Catocala), 159.

intacta (Ephesia), 159.

intercisa (Achzxa), 508.

interlecta (Cyligramma),

308.

interlineata (Spirama),

interpenst (Ophiusa),

in terpensa (Parallelia),

580.

invasa ( Catocala), 201.

invasa (Hphesia), 201.

inversa (Lagoptera), 419.

inversa (Ophisma), 419.

irene (Catocala), 88.

inioleuca (Audea), 219,

irioleuca (Thyas), 219.

isabella ( Catocala), 194.

isabella (Spiramia), 354.

ixion (Catocala), 124.

Jjacquenetta (Catocala),

186.

jaintiana

300,

jair (Catocala), 207,

japonica (Speiredonia),

350.

japonica (Spirama), 350.

Japonica (Spiramia), 301.

javanensis (Nyctipao),

283.

jessica (Catocala), 109.

jinchuena (Spirama),

351.

joa (Cyligramma), 311.

jocasta (Catocala), 206.

jonasi (Ephesia), 164.

gonastt ( Catocala), 164.

Jjoviana (Noctua), 571.

Jjoviana (Ophiusa), 579.

joviana (Parallelia), 571.

judith (Catabapta), 14.

judith (Catocata), 14.

juncta (Catocala), 79.

junctura (Catocala), 118.

juno (Dermaleipa), 406.

juno (Noctua), 406.

(Nyctipao),

kalaoensis (Spirama),

358.

karschi (Ophiusa), 520.

kebea (Eircheia), 483.

kebea (Ophiusa), 448.

ALPHABETICAL iNDEX.

kenricki (Ophiusa), 433.

klugti (Ophiusa), 465.

koreana ( Catocala), 202.

lacrymosa (Catabapta),

20:

lacrymosa (Catocala),

20.

lacteicincta (Lagoptera),

lacteicincta (Ophiusa),

419.

lactipex . (Enmonodia),

leta (Catocala), 44.

letabilis (Ophisma), 559.

letitia (Nyctipao), 292.

lageos (Naxia), 564.

lageos (Parallelia), 564.

Lagoptera, 413.

lats (Catocala), 94.

Lamprosia, 58.

languida (Catocala),

192.

lanipes (Calliodes), 371.

lanipes (Donuea), 371.

Jara (Catocala), 122.

largetaui (Catocala),

177.

largetaui (Ephesia), 177.

latifascia (Dysgonia),

594.

latifascia (Parallelia),

594.

latizona (Ophiusa), 560.

latizona (Parallelia),

560.

latona (Cyligramma),

303

latona (Noctua), 303.

lavinda (Hexamitoptera),

312.

lawinda

312.

leechi (Catocala), 73.

lenzi (Acheea), 513.

lenzi (Ophiusa), 513.

leona (Achea), 510.

leonina (Noctua), 427.

lesbia (Catocala), 117.

leucochiton (Ophisma),

343.

leucogramma(Parallelia),

584.

leucopasa (Achza), 520.

leucopasa (Ophisma),

520.

leucopasta (Ulothri-

chopus), 228.

(Peciloptera),

619

leucopera (Achza), 513.

leucotenia (Nyctipao),

294, 258.

levetici (Catocala), 14.

lienardi (Acheea), 532.

lienardi (Ophiusa), 532.

lignaris (Acanthodica),

255.

lilaceofasciata (Pseudo-

phia), 444.

limacina (Cyligramma),

limbata (Ophisma), 527.

lilacea (Ophiusa), 575.

lilacea (Parallelia), 575.

limacina (Erebus), 808.

limula (Hpistona), 480.

limula (Tolna), 480.

tineella (Catocala), 207.

Lobophyllodes, 400.

locata ( Catocala), 94.

locra (Achea), 532.

Lophotidia, 242.

lucetta (Catocala), 16.

luciana (Catocala), 92.

lucida (Spirama), 362.

lucilla (Catocala), 100.

lucinda (Catocala), 155.

luctuosa (Catocala), 24,

ludiera (Hecrita), 237,

ludicra (Noctua), 237.

lugens (Sypna), 516.

lunaris ( Bocana), 2'75.

lunaris (Minucia), 424,

lunaris (Noctua), 424.

lupina (Catocala), 81.

luteipalpis (Ophiusa),

563.

lutetplaga (Ophisma),

544.

lydia (Catocala), 91.

Lygniodes, 267.

mabella (Catocala), 126.

mabilli (Achezea), 519.

mabillii (Ophisma), 519.

Macaldenia, 551.

macfarlanei. (Nyctipao),

macfarlanet

282.

macrops (Noctua), 284.

macrops (Nyctipao), 284.

macrorhyncha (Paral-

lelia), 600.

macula (Audea), 221.

mactla (Ulothrichopus),

22M;

(Patula),

620

maculata (Catocala), 66.

maculifera (Miniodes),

404,

magdalena (Catocala), 56.

magica (Corycia), 427.

magnus (Cyligramma),

305.

magnus (Erebus), 305.

mahogonica (Melipotis),

malgassica (Enmonodia),

324,

malgassica (Hypopyra),

324.

inaligera

398.

mandschuriana

modes), 605.

mandschuriana (Parall-

elia), 605.

mania (Achea), 502.

manitoba (Catocala), 168.

marginalis (Acanthonyx),

82.

marginalis (Agrotis), 382.

marginifera (Agrotis),

mariaca (Achea), 515.

mariana (Catocala), 90,

96, 97, 192.

marita (Noctua), 94.

(Pbyllodes),

(Gram-

marmorata (Catocala),

87.

martha (Hypopyra), 361.

martha _ (Speiredonia),

361.

maturata (Ophisma), 576.

maturata __ (Parallelia),

576.

maturescens (Ophisina),

573.

maturescens (Pavallelia),

573.

maura (Cocytodes), 261.

maura (Pseudophia), 424.

maurus (Arcte), 261.

maxima (Kecrita), 238.

maxima (TLoxocampa),

238.

Maxula, 319.

meandrica (Dysgonia),

477.

medioalbata (Ophiusa),

mediocris (Entomo-

gramma), 318.

meeci (Catephiodes),

481.

meekt (Catephiodes), 481.

megalesia (Enmonodia),

320,

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

megalesia

320.

mejanesi (Anua), 440.

mejanest (Ophiodes), 440.

melaconisia (Anua), 448.

melaconisia (Ophiusa),

(Hypopyra),

melaleuca (Audea), 2138.

melanoplaga (Audea),

217.

melanympha (Catocala),

melicerta (Achza), 535.

melicerta (Noctua), 522,

536.

mellitula (Catocala), 161.

memorabilis (Donuca),

367.

mereatoria (Achza), 522.

mercatoria (Noctua), 522.

meridionalis (Catocala),

94.

meridionalis

nodia), 340,

mescei (Catocala), 107.

meskei (Catocala), 107.

mesoleuca (Audea), 231.

mesoleuca (Ulothricho-

pus), 231.

mesonephele (Ophiusa),

603.

mesonephele (Parallelia),

603

(Enmo-

mesopotamica (Catocala),

mesopotamica (Mor-

monia), 48.

mesosema (Crypsotidia),

247.

messalina (Andreusia),

206.

messalina (Catocala), 206.

metaphza (Dermaleipa),

413.

Metatacha, 238.

metaxantha (Derma-

leipa), 410.

Metopta, 300.

meyricci (Phyllodes),

392

meyricki (Phyllodes),

392.

mezentia (Achea), 516.

mezentia (Noctua), 516.

micronympha (Catocalz),

186.

micronympha (Ephesia),

186.

microrhea (Dermaleipa),

microrhea (Noctua), 408.

miniacea

416.

minians (Dermaleipa),

411.

minians (Ophiodes), 411.

miniata (Lobophyllodes),

400.

numiatus

(Lagoptera),

(Hubnerius),

Miniodes, 402.

Miniophyllodes, 401.

Minucia, 428.

minuta (Catocala), 161.

minuta (Ephesia), 161.

mira (Catocala), 166.

mirabilis (Grammodes),

592.

miranda (Catocala), 147.

miranda (Ephesia), 147.

mirifica (Catocala), 176.

mirifica (Ephesia), 176.

mneste (Noctwa), 77.

moderna (Catocala), 23.

modesta (Spirama), 360.

merens (Catocala), 66.

mestosa (Catabapta), 23.

mollis (Hypopyra), 360.

monogona ( Ophiusa), 601.

monogona (Parallelia),

601.

montana (Catocala), 101.

mopsa (Catocala), 155.

morbillosa (Ophisma),

544,

mormoides (Achza), 502.

Mormonia, 42.

muliercula (Catabapta),

muliercula (Catocala),

29.

multicolor (Lagoptera),

406.

multilinea (Ercheia), 484.

multilineata (Nasxia),

608.

multilineata (Parallelia),

608.

mundissima (Ophisma),

527.

murina (Pseudophia),

musmi (Ephesia), 184.

mutilata (Catocala), 85.

mygdonia (Noctua), 275.

myops (Ophiusa), 571.

myrrha (Catocala), 143.

natalii (Egybolis), 265.

Naxia, 551.

nebraske (Catocala), 92.

nebulosa (Catabapta), 35.

nebulosa ( Catocala), 35.

neglecta (Catocala), 111.

neogama (Catabapta), 40.

neogama (Catocala), 37.

neogama (Phalena), 40.

neonympha (Mormonia),

55.

neonynipha (Noctua), 55.

neptunta (Dysgonia), 578.

nerissa (Catocala), 207.

nevadensis (Catocala),

101.

nigristria (Audea), 244.

nigristria (Hypotacha),

244,

Niguza, 372.

nivea (Catocala), 159.

nivea (Ephesia), 150.

nobilis (Ophisma), 546.

Noctuide, 1.

nocturnia (Anua), 458.

nocturnia (Ophiusa), 458.

nubifera (Achzxa), 497.

mubila (Catocala), 183,

nubila (Ephesia), 183.

nubilis (Euparthenos),

10.

nubilis (Parthenos), 10.

nubilosa (Catocala), 133.

nupta (Catocala), 84.

nupta (Noctua), 84.

nuptialis (Catocala), 85,

143

nuptula (Catocala), 170.

anurus (Catocala), 49.

nurus (Noctua), 94.

nutrix (Catocala), 159.

nyctaculis (Nyctipao),

281.

Nyctipao, 273.

nymphea (Ephesia), 188.

nymphea (Noctua), 188.

nymphzoides (Catocala),

127

nymphagoga (Catocala),

nymphagoga (Noctua),

133.

nynphula

127,

(Catocala),

oberthuri (Catocala), 95,

oberthurit (Catocala), 95.

obherens ( Ophiusa), 443.

oblita (Ophisma), 527,

obliterans (Nyetipao),

277.

obliterata (Catocala),

160. ;

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

obscena (Catocala), 126.

obscura (Catabapta), 18.

obscura (Catocala), 18.

obscura (Nyctipao), 298.

obscura (Ophiusa), 610.

obscura (Parallelia), 610.

obscurata (Catocala), 84.

obsoleta (Catocala), 77,

120.

obumbrata (Ophiusa),

565.

obvia (Achza), 512.

occidens (Lagoptera),

420.

occidentalis (Enmo-

nodia), 322.

ochracea (Catocala), 77.

ochreipennis (Audea),

ochreipennis

chopus), 226.

ochribasalis (Hypotacha),

246

(Ulothri-

ochribasalis (Pseudophia),

246.

ochrifera (Agonista), 268.

oculita (Niguza), 375.

cedipodina (Achza),

534.

olista (Anua), 441.

olista (Minucia), 441.

olivia (Catocala), 162.

olivia (Ephesia), 162.

olympia ( Ophiusa), 596.

omphale (Catocala), 128.

onelia (Naxia), 563.

onelia (Parallelia), 562.

ophelia ( Catocala), 153.

ophelia (Ephesia), 153.

Ophiodes, 423.

Ophisma, 539.

ophismoides (Achea),

0 phristigmar is(Nycttipao),

299

Oporophylla, 386.

optabivis (Noctua), 71.

optata (Catocala), 71,

optima (Catoeala), 83.

orba (Catabapta), 15.

orba (Catocala), 15.

orbifera (Dermaleipa),

409.

orbifera (Lagoptera),

409.

orbigera (Calliodes),

368

orbigera (Donuca), 368.

orcina (Argiva), 287.

orcina (Nyctipao), 287.

orea (Achea), 509.

621

orientalis (Catocala),

orion (Nyctipao), 279.

orodes (Parallelia), 551.

orodes (Phalena), 551.

orthea (Ophiusa), 568.

orthogona (uminucia),

422.

orthogramma (Achza),

orthogramma (Ophiodes),

osculata (Catocala), 121.

ossigera (Enmonodia),

335.

ossigera (Hypopyra), 335,

ouwah (Catocala), 186.

pacta (Catocala), 74.

pacta (Noctua), 74, 75.

paleogama (Catabapta),

paleogama (Catocala),

30.

pallens (Grammodes),

543.

pallens (Ophisma), 543.

pallescens (Lagoptera),

539.

pallescens (Ophisma),

539.

pallida ab. subplaga

(Ophiusa), 539.

pallida (Calliodes), 380.

pallida (Catocala), 115.

pallida (Ctenusa), 380.

pallida (Herminiocala),

235.

pallida (Hypopyra), 329.

pallida (Rhosologia), 235.

palpalis (Ophiusa), 566.

palpalis (Parallelia),

566.

palumba (Hulodes), 609.

palumba (Parallelia),

- 609.

palumbiodes (Ophiusa),

609

palumbiodes (Parallelia),

609

pamela (Acanthodica),

251.

pandia (Hypopyra), 329.

pannosa (Ercheia), 489,

panthera (EHntomo-

gramma), 315.

papuana (Phyllodes),

393.

Paragarista, 262.

Parallelia, 551.

622

parallelipipeda (Derma-

leipa), 412.

parallelipipeda (Ophio-

des), 412.

paranympha (Noctua),

202.

paranympha (Pralena),

32.

parcemacula (Anua),

parcemacula (Ophiodes),

426.

pardalis (Hntomo-

gramma), 315.

pardus (Entomo-

gramma), 31d.

parta (Catocala), 89,

104.

Parthenos, 9.

partita (Archea), 532.

parvula (Catocala), 161.

Pasipeda, 551.

pasythea (Noctua), 137.

patala (Catocala), 134.

Patula, 273.

paulina (Catocala), 20.

pectinicornis (Achzea),

496.

pectinicornis (Ophiusa),

496.

pellex (Noctua), 115.

pelor (Anua), 431.

pelor (Ophiodes), 431.

penicilla (Acanthodica),

251.

penicillin

251.

peramans (Catocala), 29.

perdita (Catocala), 90.

periploca (Ercheia), 495.

peropaca(Hemeroblemm«a),

559.

perplexa (Catocala), 89.

persimilis (Catocala), 185.

persimilis (Ephesia), 185.

persimilis (Hypopyra),

(Agrotis),

perspicillator (Phyllodes),

397.

petulans (Catocala), 89.

phzobasis (Achzea), 330.

phxoleuca (Ulothri-

chopus), 230.

pheopera (Ulothri-

chopus), 232.

phxosoma (Miniodes),

403.

phalanga (Catocala), 30.

phebe (Catocala), 27.

phrynia (Catocala), 65.

Phyllodes, 389.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

piatrix (Catabapta), 36.

piatrix (Catocala), 36.

pictimargo (Ptero-

cyclophora), 470.

pilosa (Nyctipao), 289.

Pindara, 551.

Plasmaticus, 548.

plateni (Agonista), 268.

plateni (Lygnicdes), 268.

plumbefusa(Hnmonodia),

325.

plutonia (Dysgonia), 566.

Peciloptera, 312.

peusaria (Angerona),

336.

poliopasta. (Achzea),

506.

polychroma (Achea), 489.

polygama (Catocala),

170.

ponderosa (Catocala), 35.

ponderosa ( Ophiodes),

427.

porphyrescens (Ophiusa),

601.

porphyrescens

lelia), GOL.

portia (Catocala), 106.

posthuma (Noctua), 139.

powelli (Catocala), 45.

preclara (Catocala), 168.

preclara (Ephesia), 168.

pregnax (Catocala), 165,

184.

(Paral-

.pregnax (Ephesia), 165.

preestans (Achzea), 505.

prestans (Ophisma), 505.

pratti (Pterocyclophora),

468

pretiosa (Catocala), 167.

pretiosa (Ephesia), 167.

pretiosissima (Calliodes),

345-

pretoriz (Acanthonyx),

383.

pretorie (Chalciope),

Oo.

pretorie (Ophisma), 529.

Prionoptera, 471.

primulina (Audea), 229.

primulina (Ulothri-

chopus), 229.

prisca (Ophisma), 558.

prisea (Parallelia), 558.

producta (Anua), 453.

producta (Minucia), 453.

prolificea (Catocala), 114.

promissa (Catocala), 77.

promissa (Noctua), 77.

properans (Ophiusa),

596.

pudens

~ properans (Parallelia),

properata (Ophiusa),

595.

properata (Parallelia),

95.

propyrrha (Naxia), 562.

propyrrha (Parallelia),

562.

prorasigna (Parallelia),

607.

protonympha (Catocala),

202.

proxeneta (Catocala),

125.

proxima (Ophiusa), 568.

proxima (Parallelia),

568.

prunicolor (Minucia),

prunosa (Nyctipao), 291.

Pterocyclophora, 466.

(Unmonodia),

330.

pudens (Hypopyra), 350.

pudica (Catocala), 115.

pudica (Ophisma), 568.

pudica (Parallelia),

568.

puella (Catocala), 173.

puella (Hphesia), 173.

puerpera (Catocala),

115.

puerpera (Chrysis), 115.

pulchrivena (Achea),

488.

pulchrivena (Ercheia),

488.

pulverulenta (Enmon-

odia), 325.

punetifascia (Phyllodes),

388

punctifascia(Xylophylla),

o 8.

pura (Catocala), 98.

purpurata (Argiva),

273.

purpurata (Dysgonia),

582 2

purpurata (Nyctipao),

273.

purpurata (Paralielia),

582.

purpureilinea (Achea),

489.

pygospila (Anua), 437.

pygospila (Pseudophia,

437.

Pyramarista, 319.

pyrosticha (Ophisma),

548.

pyrrhargyra (Ophiusa),

562.

pyrula (Cometaster),

62.

pyrula (Spirama), 362.

quadriplaga (Achea),

490.

quadriplaga (Ercheia),

490.

raboudou (Cyligramma),

Bll), =

radama (Achza), eT.

rama (Catocala), 222

rama (Ulothrichopus),

222.

recessa

353.

recessa (Spiramia), 353.

rectifasciata (Metopta),

301.

rectifasciata (Spiramia),

(Speiredonia),

rectilinea (Anua), 429.

rectilinea (Ophisma), 429.

recurvata (Anua), 446.

redditura (Ophiusa), 599.

reducens (Agonista),

271.

reducens (Lygniodes),

271.

reducens, var. H-antiqua

(Lygniodes), 271.

reducta (Anua), 452.

reducta (Stenopis), 452.

redunca (Ophiusa), 552.

redunca (Parallelia),

552.

regia (Lagoptera), 410.

regia (Thyas), 415.

rejecta (Catocala), 44.

relicta (Catocala), 65.

remissa (Catocala), 120.

remota (Speiredonia),

357.

remota (Spirama), 357.

renalis (Ophiusa), 567.

renalis (Parallelia), |

567.

repudiata (Catocala),

108.

residua (Catabapta), 16.

residwa (Catocala), 16.

restituta (Geria), 538.

retecta (Catabapta), 24.

retecta (Cutocala), 24.

retorta (Noctua), 351,

304,

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

retorta (Speiredonia),

retracta (Audea), 244.

retracta (Hypotacha),

244.

retrorsa (Achza), 514.

reversa (Achea), 516.

revolvens (Speiredonia),

353.

revolvens

353.

ridleyi (Pterocyclophora),

466.

(Spiramia),

rigidistria (Ophisma),

560.

rigidistria (Parallelia),

560.

rivularis (Erebus), 288.

rivularis (Ophisma), 465.

rivuligera (Calliodes),

345.

robinsoni (Catabapta),

26.

robinsont (Catocala), 26.

rogenhoferi (Grammodes),

92.

rogenhoferi (Parallelia),

592.

romana (Catocala), 115.

rosalinda ( Catocala), 107.

rosea (Catocala), 115.

roseigera) (Phyllodes),

399

rothschildi (Amphora-

ceras), 376.

roulera (Ophiust), 561.

roulera (Parallelia), 561.

rubida (Lagoptera), 417.

rubida (Ophisma), 417.

rubricata. (Dermaleipa),

410.

rubricata (Lagoptera),

410.

rubropicta (Calliodes),

370.

rubropicta (Donuea),

rudilinea (Cyligramma),

307.

rufa (Pseudophia), 424.

rufescens (Enmenodia),

327.

r ee (Pyranarista),

327.

rufirena (Ctenusa), 378.

rutha (Catocala), 180.

rutha (Ephesia), 180.

saalmillert

(Ophisma),

412,

sabulosa (Caradrina),

245.

salita (Anua), 447.

salita (Ophiusa), 447.

sancta (Catocala), 148,

196.

sancta (Ephesia), 148.

sappho (Catabapta), 13.

sappho (Catocala), 13.

sara (Catocala), 106.

sarcopasa (Achea), 519.

saturatior (Calliodes),

364.

schradert

562.

scintillans

27.

scortorum

51.

scortorum (Mormonia),

(Leucanitis),

(Catocala),

scortum (Catocala), 52.

selecta (Catocala), 49,

selenaris (Anua), 443.

selenaris (Ophiodes),

443,

semilinea (Phyllodes),

389.

semipallida (Achea),

489.

semirelicta (Catocala),

100.

senescens (Catocala),

115.

senex (Ophiusa), 587.

senex (Parallelia),

587.

senior (Ophisma), 527.

separans (Catocala),:

179.

separuans (Ephesia),

179.

separans (Ophiodes), 432,

430.

separata (Noctua), 191.

serena (Catabapta), 54.

serena (Catocala), 84.

serenides (Catocala),

57.

serra (Prionoptera),

472

serraoides (Prionoptera),

serratilinea

558.

serratilinea (Parallelia),

558.

serva

(Ophiusa),

(Achea), 521,

ade

serva (Noctua), 521.

624

seychellarum (Achzea),

523.

shiva (Hypopyra), 828.

siamica (Ophisma), 420.

sierre (Catocala), 106.

signata (Hypopyra),

328.

signivitta (Achea), 489.

sumelis (Catocala), 194.

similis (Ephesia), 194.

similis (Ophiusa), 600.

similis (Parallelia), 600

simillima (Ophiusa),

607.

simillima (Parallelia),

607.

simplex (Achzea), 520,

simplex (Cyligramma),

308.

simplicior (Spirama),

simulatilis (Catocala),

sinifera (Tolna), 480.

sinistra (Achea), 527.

sinwata (Noctua), 571.

sinuosa (Catocala), 152.

smithi (Parallelia), 602.

smithit (Ophiusa), 602.

snoviana (Catocala),

socorrensis(Prionoptera),

474.

solomonensis(Parallelia),

572.

somnus (Catocala), 92.

sordida (Achsea), 529.

sordida (Catocala), 130.

sordida (Ophisma), 529.

spectabilis (Donuca),

366.

spectatura (Achea), 532.

Speiredonia, 346.

spermatophora

nodia), 33d.

spiralis (Noctua), 351.

Spirama, 346.

spiramioides

374.

(Enmo-

(Niguza),

splendens (Acanthodica),

250 :

splendens ( Agrotis), 250.

sponsa (Mormonia), 44.

sponsa (Noctua), 44, 45,

77.

sponsalis (Catocala),

76.

sguamicornis (Hntomo -

gramma), 314.

staudingert ( Catocala),

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

staudingeri (Phyllodes),

390

stenophzxa (Audea), 214.

Stenopis, 425.

stertzi (Audea), 230.

stertzi (Ulothrichopus),

230.

stigmatifera (Ophisma),

544.

strecceri (Ephesia), 163.

streckeri (Catocala),

163.

stretchi (Catocala), 109.

stretchti (Catocala), 109.

strigipennis (Argiva),

276.

strigipennis (Krcheia),

494,

strigipennis (Nyctipao),

276.

stumpfi (Achzea), 517.

stumpffit (Achea), 517.

stuposa (Noctua), 588.

stuposa (Parallelia),

688.

styx (Catocala), 94.

styx (Ercheia), 493.

subacuta (Ophiusa), 569.

subacuta (Parallelia),

569.

subligata (Audea), 220.

sublutea (Anua), 437.

sublutea (Ophiusa), 437.

submira (Artena), 417.

submira (Lagoptera),

(Catabapta),

subnata

subnata (Catocala), 38.

suhsignata (Achea),

subsignata (Ercheia),

495.

subtristis (Catocala), 75.

subviridis (Catocala),

19.

swecica (Noctua), 74.

suffumosa (Speiredonia),

304,

suffumosa (Spiramia),

suffusa (Catocala),

207.

sultana (Catocala), 72.

sumatrensis (Nyctipao),

280.

sumbana (Speiredonia),

356.

sumbana (Spirama),

spent (Nyctipao), 300.

sylvia ( Catocala), 68.

sypnoides (Achea), 477.

sypnoides (Tolna), 477.

syriaca (Catocala), 115.

szechuena (Catocala),

Tachosa, 241.

tapestrina (Catoeala),

136.

Taramnina, 313.

tarbagata (Catocala),

tecta (Ophisma), 546.

tegulata (Audea), 215.

tenebrosa (Ercheia),

489.

tenuivittata (Catocala),

eterrima (Ophisma),

043

tettensis (Anua), 439.

tettensts (Ophiodes), 439.

texane@ (Catocala), 118.

thalamos (Catocala),

188.

thermopera (Achia),

530

Thyas, 413.

tigrina (Noctua), 536.

timandra - (Catocala),

~ 186.

timur (Catocala), 80.

tinctipennis (Audea),

232.

tinctipennis (Ulothri-

chopus), 232.

tirhaca (Anua), 431.

tirhaca (Noctua), 431.

tirrhaca (Ophiusa), 432.

tirrhea (Noctua), 431.

titania (Catocala), 172.

titania (Ephesia), 172.

tmolia (Catocala), 133.

’ Tolna, 475.

tongaensis (Anua), 434.

torrida (Ophiusa), 596.

torsa (Entomogramma),

314.

tortuosus ( Ulothrichopus),

231.

trapezium (Anua), 448.

trapezium (Ophiodes),

48.

trapezoides (Achza),

525.

trapezoides (Ophisma),

525.

traverstt (Catocala),

536.

trefoliata (Chelecala),

240.

trefoliata (Gnamptony),

240.

triangularis (Noctua),

596

triangulata (Ophiusa),

B92:

triloba

360.

triloba (Spirama), 360.

tripheenoides (Anua),

442.

triphenoides (Catocala),

(Speiredonia),

triphenoides (Ephesia),

197.

triphenoides (Ophiodes),

triplocyma (Parallelia),

604.

trisa (Catocala), 227.

trisa (Ulothrichopus),

227.

trisema (Lophotidia),

43.

tristis (Catocala), 64.

troglodyta (Noctua),

303.

trogosema (Parallelia),

507.

trophidota (Ophiusa),

552.

tropicalis (Ophisma),

544.

truncata (Nyctipao),

277.

tumidilinea (Anua),

456.

tumidilinea (Ophiusa),

446.

tumiditermina (Anua),

455.

tumiditermina (Ophiusa),

455.

ulalwme (Catocala), 20.

Ulothrichopus, 220.

ultronia (Hphesia), 155.

ultronia (Hunetis), 155.

ulula (Noctua), 275.

wmbrata (Catocala),

190.

umbrigera (Acheea),

524.

umbrilinea (Anua), 439,

umbrilinea (Ophiusa),

439.

wmbrosa (Catocala),

121.

VOL XII,

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

umbrosa (Hrcheia),

umbrosa (Ophiusa),

565,

umbrosa

565.

unicuba (Catocala), 84.

wniformis (Lrcheia),

489

unijuja (Catocala), 99.

unistrigata (Enmonodia),

(Parallelia),

wnistrigata (Hypopyra),

336.

ustulata (Oporophylla),

386.

ustulate (Phyllodes),

386.

ucor (Catocala), 120.

uaor (Noctua), 94, 133,

137.

vaillantiana {Egybolia),

265.

vaillantina (Bombyx),

265.

yaillantina (Wgybolis),

265.

valceri (Nyctipao), 283,

valeria (Catocala), 88.

vallantint (Catocala),

198.

vallantini (Hphesia),

198.

vanua (Entomogramma),

314.

varians (Agrotis), 382.

varians (Ophisma), 463.

yariata (Ophisma), 545.

vartegata (Audea), 233.

variegata (Homoptera),

479.

variegata (Nyctipao),

295, 296.

variegata (Tolna), 479.

yariegata (Ulothri-

chopus), 233.

venusta (henigia), 315.

vyerecunda (Anua),

443.

verecunda (Catocala),

verecunda (Minucia),

443,

verhuelli (Phyllodes),

395.

verilliana (Catocala),

157.

yerilliana (Hphesia),

157,

625

verneri (Ephesia), 158.

versicolor (Tolna), 475.

versicolora (Tolna), 475.

vespertilio (Hnmonodia),

328.

vespertilio (Noctua),

328.

vesta (Noctua), 431.

vestalis (Noctua), 188.

vhitneyi (Catocala),

142.

vidua (Catabapta), 22.

vidua ( Catocala), 23.

vidua (Phalena), 22.

viduata (Catabapta), 23.

viduata (Catocala), 23.

violaceofascia (Dysgonia),

violascens (Anua), 445.

violascens (Ophiusa),

violenta (Catocala), 154.

violenta (Ephesia), 154.

violetta (Lagoptera),

539.

virens (Catocala), 195.

virguia (Catocala), 88.

viscotti (Minucia), 423.

vitiensis (Ophiusa),

591.

vitiensis (Parallelia),

591.

volcanica (Catocala), 134.

volumnia (Catocala), 88.

voluta (Speiredonia),

357.

voluta (Spirama), 857.

vyoolastoni (Crypsotidia),

votiva (Catocala), 157.

vulgaris (Ophiusa), 598.

vulpina (Noctua), 522.

walkert (Patula), 283.

walshii (Catocala), 118.

welwitschi (Pseudophia),

443,

werner (Catocala), 158,

westcottit (Catocala),

140.

whitneyt (Catocala), 142.

wiskotti (Pseudophia),

423.

woolastont (Crypsotidia),

xanthodera (Achza),

vanthodera (Nac«ia),

531,

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xanthoptera (Ophiusa), «xylina (Ophiusa), 460. zanzibarica (Helio-

465. xylinoides (Acanthodica), phisma), 462.

avanthopyga (Calliodes), 257. zelica (Catocala), 20.

365. xylochroa (Anua), 454. zillah (Catocala), 91.

xanthopyga (Donuca), Xylophylla, 387. zoe (Catocala), 120.

365. zura (Ercheia), 485.

varippe (Catocala), 200. zabulon (Ophiusa), 532. zygia (Ercheia), 485.

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Rothschild.

Arachnida » Dr. E. L. Trouessart,

Crustacea », I. V. Hodgson.

Polycheta » Dr. A. Willey.

Gephyrea eas .. 5, A. E. Shipley.

Ceoe) ah Bess {| , Dr, von Linstow.

Polyzoa ac see | ; :

P ea eae a ; fo» R. Kirkpatrick.

Anthozoa ... » Dr. L. Roule and 8. J. Hickson,

E.R.S.

Actinize » J. A. Clubb.

Hydrozoa , HH. T. Browne.

Cryptogamia ,» A. Gepp, V. H. Blackman, and

Miss H. S. Barton.

Rock Specimens ... » Dr. G. T. Prior.

National Antarctic Mepeditie, 1901-1904. [Discovery

Report.| Natural History :—

Vol.I. Geology (Field-Geology: Petrography). Pp. xii.,

160: 10 plates, 72 text-figures, 2 maps. [With Index.]

1907, 4to. 10. 10s.

Field-Geology or .. By H. T. Ferrar, M.A., F.G.S.

Rock-Specimens ... ae) hey, Ge L. Prior, M.A, D.Se., F.G.S.

Vol. Il. Zoology (Vertebrata : Moliaeea: Crustacea).

Pp. xiv., 355 : 33 plates (17 coloured), 146 text-figures,

1 map. "1907, 4to. 31.

Mammalia (pp. 69: 5 pls. [3 co

36 figs.)

Aves (pp. 121: 13 pls. col., 46 figs.) Taal

cee of Penguins (pp. Zoey pl: og, We be kyeratt,

y E. A, Wilson, M.B.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 3

National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 —continued.

Vol. II—continued.

Fishes (pp. 5; 2_pls.) .. By G.A.Boulenger, F.R.S.

Cephalodiscus (pp. 67: 7 pls. in col.], ,, W.G. Ridewood, D.Se.

17 figs.)

Mollusca. Hist ore an opods (pp. 2: ,, W.E Hoyle, D.Sc.

1 fig.

II.—Gastropoda { (pp.12,1:) ap

oh ITI.—Amphineura | Bh Nes)» fv 1B, Bk ES TEU

a TV.—Nudibranchiata (pp. 28: ,, Sir Chas. Eliot,

1 pl., 30 figs.) K.C.M.G., LL.D.

5 V.—Lamellibranchiata (pp.7:

1 pl.) , H. A. Smith, 18.0.

Brachiopoda (pp. 2: 4 figs.) ... $0

Crustacea I.—Decapoda (pp. 7) 200

9 II.—Cumacea (pp. 6: 1 pl.,

4 figs.)

Vol. HII. Zoology and Botany (Invertebrata: Marine

Alge, Musci). Pp. vi. 273: 51 plates, 8 text-figures,

and 1 chart. 1907, 4to. 20. 10s.

On Collecting in Antarctic Seas (pp.10) By T. V. Hodgson, F.L.S.

», W. T. Calman, D.Sc.

Mollusea. VI.—Fteropoda (pp. 15: |,, Sir Charles Eliot,

2 pls.) K.C.M.G., LL.D.

Crustacea. II].—Amphipoda (pp. 39: ,, A.O. Walker, E.L.S.

13 pls.)

« IV. Tie tontratel (pp. 2: ,, Dr. J. Thiele.

2 figs.)

op V.—Ostracoda (pp.9:3pls.) ,, Sens a S. Brady,

* VI. —Cirripedia (pp. 4: 1 Pl) » Prof. A. Gruvel.

Pyenogonida (pp. 72: 10 Pie: ,, L. V. Hodgson, F.L.S.

Acari (pp.6: 1 pl.) ~ .. ,», Dr. H. L. Trouessart.

Chetognatha (pp. @e¢ il chart) . .. 5, Dr.G.H. Fowler, F.L.S.

Nematoda (pp. 4: 1 pl.) eas ... ,, Dr. O. von Linstow.

Cestoda (pp. 6 : 1 FO) 00 .. ,, A. H. Shipley, ¥.R.S.

Coelentera. I. —Aleyonaria (pp. 15: —,, Prot. S.°J. Hickson,

pls.) E.R.S.

4 IL—Hy trod Zoophytes ,, Prof. S. J. Hickson,

(pp. 34: 4 pls.) F.R.S., and F. a.

Gravely.

‘si III.—Tentacles ofaSiphono- ,, Dr. J. Rennie.

phore(pp. 3: 5 figs.) .

Porifera. I.—Hexactinellida (pp. 25: ,, R. Kirkpatrick,

7 pls.)

Marine Alge. I.—Phzophycez and ,, A. Geppand Mrs. E. S.

Floridez (pp. 15: Gepp.

4 pls.)

3 »,. 1I,—Corallinacee (pp.2: ,, M. Foslie.

1 fig.)

Musci (pp. 6: Zpls.) ... , ..» 5, J. Cardot.

Vol. IV. Zoology (various Invertebrata). Hee lavanie Olle

65 plates, 1 text-figure. 1908, 4to. 10. 15s.

Mollusca, VII.—Solenogastres (pp. 13: By Dr. H. F. Nierstrasz.

2 pls.

Insecta.--Aptera (pp. 5: 1 pl.) =ss ay, Gi H..Carpenter, B:Se:,

M.R.I.A.

Crustacea. VII.—Schizopoda (pp. 42: ,, W.M. Tattersall, M.Sc.

8 pls.)

09 VIII.—Copepoda (pp. 44: ,, R, Norms Wolfenden,

7 pls.)

4 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904—continued.

Vol. [V—continued.

Echinoderma (pp. 16: 5 pls.) ... .. By F. Jeffrey Bell, M.A.

Echinoderm Larve (pp. 9: 1 pl.) .. 4, H. W. McBride, M.A.,

FE.R.S., and J. C.

Simpson, B.Sc.

Myzostomide (pp.26: 1pl.andl1figure) ,, Dr. Rudolf Ritter von

Stummer-Traunfels.

Sipunculoidea (pp. 6)... » W. F. Lanchester, M.A.

Coelentera. [V.—Actiniz (pp. 12: 3 pls.) ,, J. A. Clubb, M.Sc.

Porifera. II.—Tetraxonida (pp. 56: ,, R. Kirkpatrick.

19 pls.)

“3 III.—Calcarea(pp.52:12pls.) ,, C. F. Jenkin, B.A.

Vol. V. Zoology and Botany. Pp.ix., 212: 28 plates, and

19 text-figures. [With a Summary of the Contents of

Vols. IJ.-V.] 1910, 4to. 17. 10s.

Vertebrata. [A.—Mammalia (Seal-Em- By Dr. H. W. Marett

bryos) (pp. 21 : 2 pls., 1 text-figure) Tims.

Tunicata (pp. 26: 7 pls., 2 text-figures) ,, Prof. W.A.Herdman,

D.Se., F.R.S.

» I.V. Hodgson, F.L.S.

» Prof. L. Joubin.

Crustacea. IX.—Isopoda (pp. 77 : 10 pls)

Nemertinea (pp. 15: 1 pl., 16 text-

figures)

Coelentera. V.—Meduse (pp. 62: 7 pe) », Hdward T. Browne.

Lichenes (pp. 11: 1 pl.)... » Dr. O. V. Darbishire.

A Monograph of Christmas island @udian Ocean) : Physical

Features and Geology by C. W. Andrews, B.A., B.Sc.,

¥'.G.S., with descriptions of the Fauna and Flora by

numerous contributors. Pp. xv.,337: 22 plates (7 coloured),

a map, and 27 illustrations in text. [With Index.] 1900,

8vo. li.

First Report on Economic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,

M.A., &c. [With an Introduction, containing a Classifica-

tion of Animals from the point of view of Economic

-Loology, by Prof. E. Ray Lankester, LL.D., F.R.S.]

Pp. xxxiv., 192. 18 Woodcuts. 1903, Roy. 8vo. 6s.

Second Reporton Economic Zoology. By Fred. V. Theobald,

M.A., &. Pp. x., 197. 29 Illustrations. 1904, Roy. 8vo.

6s.

MAMMALS.

Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Edward. Gerrard. Pp. iv., 296

1862, 8vo. 5s.

Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats in

the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E.

Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. viii., 137. 21 Woodcuts. 1870,

8vo. 4s.

Catalogue of Carnivorous Pachydermatous, and Hdentate

Mammalia in the British Museum. By John Edward

Gray, F.R.S., &¢. Pp. vii, 398. 47 Woodcuts. 1869,

Svo. 6s. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 4)

Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum. By

John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c. 2nd Edition. Pp. vii.,

402. 101 Woodcuts. 1866, 8vo. 8s.

Supplement. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c..

Pp. vi., 103. 11 Woodcuts. 1871, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia (Pecora, Linnzus) in the

British Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c.

Pp. viii., 102. 4 Plates. 1872, 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Monograph of the Okapi. By Sir H. Ray Lankester, K.C.B.,

M.A., D.Sc. F.R.S., &c. Atlas. Compiled with the

assistance of W. G. Ridewood, D.Sc. 48 Plates, with

Xxlil. pp. of Explanations, &c. 1910, 4to. 140. 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.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.}] 1888,

svo. Li. 8s.

BIRDS.

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum :—

Vol. VII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Cichlomorphe : Part IV., containing the concluding

portion of the family Timeliide (Babbling Thrushes).

By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xvi., 698. Woodcuts and

15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1883, 8vo. I/. és.

Vol. VIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Cichlomorphe: Part V., containing the families

Paridz and Laniide (Titmice and Shrikes); and

Certhiomorphe (Creepers and Nuthatches). By Hans

Gadow, M.A., Ph.D. Pp. xiii., 386. Woodcuts and

9 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1883, 8vo. 17s.

Vol. X. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Fringilliformes: Part I., containing the families

Dicexidz, Hirundinide, Ampelidse, Mniotiltide, and

Motacillide. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 682.

Woodeuts 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.

Fringtlliiformes: 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. 11. 8s.

Vol. XIII. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Rirds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Sturniformes, containing the families Artamide,

Scurnide, Ploceidse,and Alaudidez. 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. Il. 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, Cotingide, Phytotomide, Philepittide,

Pittide, Xenicide, and Eurylemide. By Philip

Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.R.S. Pp. xix.,494. Woodcuts

and 26 coloured Plates. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1888, 8vo. IJ. 4s.

Vol. XV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching

Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum.

Tracheopvhone, 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. IJ.

Vol. XVI. Catalogue of the Picariz in the Collection of

the British Museum. OUpupe and Tvrochili, by Osbert

Salvin. Coracie, of the families Cypselide, Capri-

mulgidew, Podargide, and Steatornithide, by Ernst

Hartert. Pp. xvi., 703. Woodcuts and 14 coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ]

1892, 8vo. 1. 16s.

Vol. XVII. Catalogue of the Picariz in the Collection

of the British Museum. Coracie (contin.) and

Halcyones, with the families Leptosomatide, Coraciide,

Meropide, Alcedinidee, 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). 7

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued.

Vol. XVIII. Catalogue of the Picariz in the Collection

of the British Museum. Scansores, containing the

family Picide. By Edward Hargitt. Pp. xv., 597.

Woodcuts and 15 coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1890, 8vo. 11. 6s.

Vol. XIX. Catalogue of the Picarize in the Collection of

the British Museum. Scansores and Coccyges : con-

taining the families Rhamphastide, Galbulide, and

Bucconidez, 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. As.

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,

Svo. 1. 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. IJ. 10s.

Vol. XXII. Catalogue of the Game Birds (Péerocleies,

Galline, Opisthocomi, Hemipodit) in the Collection of

the British Museum. By W. R. Ogilvie Grant.

Pp. xvi., 585. & coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 17. 6s.

Vol. XXIII. Catalogue of the Fulicariz (Rallide and

Heliornithidz) and Alectorides (Aramide, Eurypy-

gide, Mesitide, Rhinovhetide, Gruide, Psophiide,

and Otidide) in the Collection of the British Museum.

By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Pp. xiii., 353. 9 coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. |

1894, 8vo. 1.

Vol. XXIV. Catalogue of the Limicole in the Collection

of the British Museum. By R. Bowdler Sharpe.

Pp. xii., 794. Woodcutsand 7 coloured Plates. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1896, 8vo.

GOs.

Vol. XXV. Catalogue of the Gavie and Tubinares in

the Collection of the British Museum. Gaviee (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. 1/. 1s.

Pa LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued.

Vol. XXVI. Catalogue of the Platalee, Herodiones,

Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcze, and Impennes in the

Collection of the British Museum. Platalee (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), Alez (Auks), and Im-

pennes (Penguins), by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. Pp. xvii.,

687. Woodeuts and 14 coloured Plates. [With Sys-

tematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1898, 8vo. 1/. 5s,

Vol. XXVII. Catalogue of the Chenomorphe (Pala-

medez, Phoenicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi, and Ratitze

in the Collection of the British Museum. By T.

Salvadori. Pp. xv., 636. 19 coloured Plates. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1895, 8vo,

1. 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.1V. Pp. xii., 391. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1903, Svo. 10s.

Vol. V. Pp. xx., 678. [With Systematic and Alpha-

betical Indexes.] 1909, 8vo. 1.

List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the

British Museum. By George Robert Gray :—

Part III., Sections III.and 1V. Capitonide and Picide.

Pp. 1387. [With Index.] 1868, 12mo. Is. 6d.

Part IV. Columbe. Pp. 73. [With Index.] 1856,

12mo. ls. 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., &. 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. Ratitz. Carinate (Tinamiformes—Lariformes).

By Eugene W. Oates, Pp. xxiii., 252. 18 Coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. |

1901, 8vo. 17. 10s.

Vol. II. Carinate (Charadriiformes—Strigiformes). By

Kugene W. Oates. Pp. xx., 400. 15 Coloured Plates.

[ With Systematic and 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. 17. 5s.

Vol. 1V. Carinatz (Passeriformes continued). By

Kugene W. Oates, assisted by Capt. Savile G. Reid.

Pp. xviii., 352. 14 Coloured Plates. [With Syste-

matic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1905, 8vo. 17. 10s.

REPTILES.

Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbzenians

in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. E.

Gray, F.R.S., &. Pp. viii., 80. [With an Alphabetical

Index.] 1844, 12mo. Is.

Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British

Museum. By John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &¢.:—

Appendix. Pp. 28. 1872, 4to. 2s. 6d.

Part II. Hmydosaurians, 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.

Pp. iv., 124. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1873,

8vo. 4s.

Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and

Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History).

New Hdition. By George Albert Boulenger. Pp. x., dll.

73 Woodcuts and 6 Plates. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1889, 8vo. 15s.

23355 B

10 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural His-

tory). Second Hdition. By George Albert Boulenger :—

Vol. Il. Iguanide, Xenosauridz, Zonuride, Anguide,

Anniellide, Helodermatids, Varanidee, Xantusiide,

Teiidz, Amphisbenide. Pp. xiii, 497. 24 Plates.

[With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885,

Svo. li.

Vol. III. Lacertide, Gerrhosauride, Scincide, Anelytro-

pide, Dibamide, Chameleontide. Pp. xii., 575. 40

Plates. [Witha Systematic Index and an Alphabetical

Index to the three volumes.] 1887, 8vo. 11. 6s.

Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural

History). By George Albert Boulenger, F'.R.S., &c. :—

Vol. I., containing the families Typhlopide, Glauconiide,

Boide, Ilysiidee, Uropeltidse, Xenopeltide, and Colu-

bride aglyphee (part). Pp. xiii., 448: 26 Woodcuts

and 28 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1893, 8vo. 1/. 1s.

Vol. II., containing the conclusion of the Colubride

aglyphe. Pp. xi., 382: 25 Woodcuts 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 Woodeuts and 25 Plates. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index to the 3

volumes.| 1896, 8vo. 17. 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.

Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Second

Edition. Vol.I. Catalogue of the Perciform Fishes in the

British Museum. Vol. I. Containing the Centrarchide,

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). IL

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 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.

8vo. 20. 5s.

MOLLUSCA.

Guide to the Systematic Distribution of Mollusca in the

British Museum. PartlI. 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. Woodcuts. 1855, 12mo. 2s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Auriculide, Proserpinide, and Truncatellids

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.S., &c. :—

Part II. Olivide. Pp.41. 1865, 12mo. Is.

Catalogue of the Conchiferz, or Bivalve Shells, in the

Collection of the British Museum. By M. Deshayes :—

Part I. Venerids, Cyprinide, Glauconomide, and

Petricolade. Pp. iv., 216. 1853, 12mo. as.

Part Il. Petricoladze (concluded); Corbiculadz. 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 as “ 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.

CRUSTACEA.

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. 1. 5s.

ARACHNIDA.

Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon

the Collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in

the British Museum. By T. Thorell. Pp. xxxvi., 406.

[With Systematic List and Alphabetical Index.] 1895,

dvo. 10s. 6d.

INSECTS.

Coleopterous Insects.

Nomenclature of Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of

the British Museum :—

Part VII. Longicornia, I. By Adam White. Pp. iv.,

174, 4 Plates. 1853, 12mo. 2s. 6d.

Part VIII. Longicornia, II. By Adam White. Pp. 237.

6 Plates. 1855, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Coleoptera in the

Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Lycide. By

Charles Owen Waterhouse. Pp. x., 83. 18 Coloured

Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes. ]

1879, 8vo. 16s.

Catalogue of the Coleopterous Insects of Madeira in the

Collection of the British Museum. By T. Vernon

Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. Pp. xvi., 234: 1 Plate. [With

a Topographical Catalogue and an Alphabetical Index.]

1857, Svo. 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.8. Pp. xiii., 648. "Tr With Topo-

graphical and Alphabetical Indexes. | 1864, Svo. 10s. 6d.

Catalogue of Halticids in the Collection of the British

Museum. By the Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.L.S.

Physapodes and (édipodes. Part I. Pp. xii. 301.

Frontispiece and 9 Plates. 1860, 8vo. 7s.

Catalogue of Hispide in the Collection of the British

Museum. By Joseph S. Baly, M.E.S.,&c. Part I. Pp.x.,

172. 9 Plates. [With an ‘Alphabetical Index. ] 1858,

8vo. 6s.

Hymenopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the

British Museum. By Frederick Smith. 12mo. :—

Part II. Apide. Pp. 199-465. 6 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1854. 6s.

Part III. Mutillide and Pompilide. Pp.206. 6 Plates

1855. 6s.

PartIV. Sphegide, Larride,and Crabronide. Pp. 207-

497. 6 Plates. [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1856.

6s.

Part V. Vespide. Pp.147. 6 Plates. [Withan Alpha-

betical Index.] 1857. 6s.

Part VI. Formicide. Pp. 216. 14 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1858. 6s.

Part VII. Dorylide and Thynnide. Pp. 76. 3 Plates.

[With an Alphabetical Index.] 1859. 2s.

List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the

Typical Specimens in the British Museum. Vol. L.,

Tenthredinide and Siricide. By W. F. Kirby.

Pp. xxviii., 450. 16 Coloured Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1882, Svo. 1/. 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. 1/. 1s.

Vol. 1V. Pp. xix., 639: 16 plates and 297 text-figures.

[With Index.] 1907, 8vo. 1/. 12s. 6d.

Vol. V. Pp. xv., 646: 6 plates and 261 text-figures.

[With Index.] 1910, 8vo. 1d. 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.

I Tse 6d.

Lepidopterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalenz 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,

Svo. 15s.

——Atlas of 17 Coloured Plates, Svo. 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.

Atlas 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. lds.

Atlas of 19 Coloured Plates (xxxvi.—liv.), 8vo. 16s.

Vol. 1V. Catalogue of the Noctuids [Agrotine]. Pp.

xx., 689: 125 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1903, 8vo. 15s.

— Atlas of 23 Coloured Plates (lv.-lxxvii.), 8vo. 16s.

Vol. V. Catalogue of the Noctuids [Hadeninz]. Pp.

xvi., 634: 172 woodcuts. [With Systematic and.

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1905, 8vo. 15s.

——- Atlas of 18 Coloured Plates (Ixxviii.—xev.), 8vo. 15s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 15

Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phaleenze—continued.

Vol. VI. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Cuculliane]. Pp.

xiv., 532: 172 woodcuts. [With Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1906, 8vo. 15s.

— —Ailas 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.), 8vo. 13s.

Vol. VIII. Catalogue of the Noctuide [ Acronyctine, IT. ].

Pp. xiv., 583: 162 woodcuts. [With Table of the

Phylogeny of the Acronyctine, and Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1909, 8vo. 15s.

——Aitlas of 14 Coloured Plates (cxxiii—cxxxvi.), 8vo.

12s.

- Vol. IX. Catalogue of the Noctuide [Acronyctine, ITI. ]

Pp. xv., 992: 247 wceodeuts. [With Table of the

Phylogeny of the Acronyctine, and Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1910, 8vo. 15s.

——Ailas of 11 Coloured Plates (exxxvii.—exlvii.), 8vo.

12s.

Vol. X. Catalogue of the Noctuidae [ Hrastrianz].

Pp. xix., 829: 214 woodcuts. [With Table of the

Phylogeny of the Hrastriane, and Systematic and

Alphabetical Indexes.] 1910, 8vo. 1.

—Ailas of 26 Coloured Plates (cxlvili.-clxxiii.). 1911,

Svo. li.

Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera

in the Collection of the British Museum :—

Part V. By Arthur Gardiner Butler. Pp. xii., 74.

78-100 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic Index.]

1881, 4to. 27. 10s.

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.

121-138 Coloured Plates. [With a Systematic List. ]

1889, Ato. 2.

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. 2.

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,

Ato. 21, 2s.

16 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE

Catalogue of the Collection of Palsearctic Butterflies formed

by the late John Henry Leech, and presented to the

Trustees of the British Museum by his Mother, Mrs. Eliza

Leech. By Richard South, F.E.S. Pp. vi., 228. 2 Coloured

Plates. With a Portrait and Biographical Memoir of Mr.

Leech. 1902, 4to. 1d.

Catalogue 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 XXVIII. Tortricites and Tineites. Pp. 287-561.

1863. 4s.

Part XXXI. Supplement. Pp. 1-321. 1864. 5s.

Part XXXIT].————-— Part 3. Pp. 707-1120.

1865. 6s.

Neuropterous Insects.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the

Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. H. Hagen.

Part lea hermitinay uo o4- il Soom amon MOO nae

Orthopterous Insects.

Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of the

British Museum. Part I. Phasmide. By John Obadiah

Westwood, F.L.S., &. Pp. 195. 48 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1859, 4to. 31.

Catalogue of the Specimens of Blattariz in the Collection of

the British Museum. By Francis Walker, F.L.S., &e.

Be Eee [With an Alphabetical Index.] 1868, 8vo.

s. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 14

Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera 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. (Forficulidze, Hemimeride, Blattide, Mantide,

Phasmide.) Pp. x., 501. [With Index.] 1904,

8vo. 10s.

Vol. II. Orthoptera Saltatoria, Part I. (Achetide et

Phasgonuride.) Pp. viii., 562. [With Index.] 1906,

8vo. 15s.

Vol. III. Orthoptera Saltatoria, Part II. (Locustide

vel Acridiid.) 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,

¥.L.S., &e. 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., 182. 2 Plates. [With an Index of

the Animals in which the Entozoa mentioned in the

Catalogue are found, and an Index of Genera and

Species.] 1853, 12mo. 2s.

ANTHOZOA.

Catalogue of Sea-pens or Pennatulariide in the Collection of

the British Museum. By J. HE. Gray, F.R.S., &c. Pp. iv.,

40. 2 Woodcuts, 1870, 8vo. Is. 6d.

Catalogue of Lithophytes or Stony Corals in the Collection

of the British Museum. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c.

Pp. iv., 51. 14 Woodcuts. 1870, 8vo. 3s.

Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British

Museum (Natural History) :—

Vol. I. The Genus Madrepora. By George Brook.

Pp. xi., 212. 35 Collotype Plates. [With Systematic

and Alphabetical Indexes, and Explanation of the

Plates.] 1893, 4to. 1/. 4s.

Vol. Il. The Genus Turbinaria; the Genus Astraopora.

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.

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. 1/. 15s.

Vol. VI. The Family Poritide. I1.—The Genus Porites.

Part I1.—-Porites of the Atlantic and West Indies, with

the European 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. 17.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 19

BRITISH ANIMALS.

Catalogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British

Museum. By George Robert Gray, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &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

Vespidez in the Collection of the British Museum. By

Frederick Smith, V.P.H.S. Pp. 236. 6 Plates. [With an

Alphabetical Index.] 1858, 12mo. 6s.

Catalogue of British Hymenoptera of the Family Chalcidide.

By Claude Morley, F.Z.8., F/E.S. Pp. 74. [Index.]

1910, 8vo. 3s. 6d. wai

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. 10. 5s.

A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitical Worms in the

Collection of the British Museum. By George Johnston,

M.D., Edin., ¥.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.

Woodecuts and 16 Plates (2 Coloured). [With Table of

Contents, Tables of Distribution, Alphabetical Index,

- Description of the Plates, &c.] 1892, 8vo. 12s. od.

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 H.Shepherd. Pp. iv.,

224. 1856. Is. 9d.

Part VI. Hymenoptera. By F. Smith. Pp.134. 3851. 2s.

Part VII. Mollusca, Acephala and Brachiopoda. By

Dre HaGrayes bp. iv. bow. eols losyod.

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.

Bpeive, ol) Hs52euiis.

Part XII. Lepidoptera (contimaeny! By James F.

Stephens. Pp. iv., 54. 1852. 9d.

Part XIII. Nomonote of Hymenoptera. By

Frederick Smith. Pp.iv., 74. 1853. 1s. 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.

ISKOO, troll, TUE Bs,

Part II.—142 Plates (pls. 101-243), with 41 pages of

descriptive text (pp. 35-75). 1901, fol. 12. 15s.

Part II1.—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. 17. 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., &. :—

Part I. [Ranunculaceee to Rhizophoracez.|] Pp.

xxvi., 336. [With Portrait of Dr. Welwitsch.

Introduction, Bibliography, and Index of Genera. ]

1896, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part II. Combretaceze to Rubiacee. Pp. 337-510.

[With Index of Genera.] 1898, 8vo. 4s.

Part III. Dipsacez to Scrophulariacez. 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 Ceratophyllee. Pp. 785-

1035. - [With Index.] 1900, 8vo. 5s.

Vol. II. Monocotyledons, Gymnosperms, and Crypto-

zamMs :—

Part I. Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms. By

Alfred Barton Rendle, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., Assis-

tant, Department of "Botany. Pp. 260. [With

Index of Genera.|] 1899, 8vo. 6s.

Part II. Cryptogamia. Pp. 261-566. [With Table

of Errata, and General Index to the whole work. |

1901, 8vo. 6s.

Vaseuilar vee: ... By William Carruthers, F.R.S.

Mosses oes ... ,, Antony Gepp, M.A., F.L.S.

Hepatics . 5, FE. Stephani.

Marine Algze -- 5, Mthel S. Barton.

Freshwater Alge ... .. ,, W. West, F.L.S., and G. S,

West, B.A.

Diatomaceze Ape --- », Lhomas Comber, F.L.S.

Lichenes ... 850 - 5, . A. Wainio.

Fungi a S66 .. ;, Annie Lorrain Smith,

Mycetozoa ... Arthur Lister, F.R.S.

Flora of Jamaica, containing danemonione 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.1. 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. 1J.

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 Edition,

revised by Gulielma Lister, F.L.S. Pp. 302. 201 Plates

(120 coloured). 56 Woodcuts. [With Indexes, Hen lito-

graphy, Glossary, etc.] 1911, 8vo. 1/. 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.

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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 Woodeuts. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 5s.

Part II. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder

Artiodactyla. Pp. xxii., 324. 39 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic and Alphabetical Indexes.] 1885, 8vo. 6s.

Part III. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborders

Perissodactyla, Toxodontia, Condylarthra, and Ambly-

poda. Pp.xvi.,186. 30 Woodcuts. [With Systematic

Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species,

including Synonyms.| 1886, 8vo. 4s.

Part IV. Containing the Order Ungulata, Suborder

Proboscidea. Pp. xxiv., 235. 33 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1886, 8vo. 5s.

Part V. Containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders

Sirenia, Cetacea, Hdentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata,

and Supplement. Pp. xxxv., 345. 55 Woodcuts.

[With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of

Generaand Species, including Synonyms. | 1887, 8vo. 6s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum (Natural

History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A. Pp. xxvii., 368.

75 Woodeuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical

Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.]. 1891,

Svo. 10s. 6d.

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British

Museum (Natural History). By Richard Lydekker, B.A.,

F.G.S8. :—

Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia,

Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Pro-

terosauria. Pp. xxviii., 309. 69 Woodcuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part II. Containing the Orders Ichthyopterygia and

Sauropterygia. Pp. xxi. 307. 85 Woodeuts. [With

Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and Species, including Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part III. Containing the Order Chelonia. Pp. xviii.,

' 939. 53 Woodcuts. [With Systematic Index, and

* Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species including

Synonyms.] 1889, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Part IV. Containing the Orders Anomodontia, Keaudata,

Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia; and Supplement.

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Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British

Museum—continued.

Pp. xxiii, 295. 66 Woodcuts. [With Systematic

Index, Alphabetical Index of Genera and Species,

including Synonyms, and Alphabetical Index of Genera

and. Species to the entire work.] 1890, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

A descriptive Catalogue of the Marine Reptiles of the

Oxford Clay. Based on the Leeds Collection in the

British Museum (Natural History), London. Part I. By

COW Audie we oD: Se. (heRise | Pion xexciien) 20017 94s Rext=

' figures, 11 Plates. [With Systematic and Alphabetical

Indexes, List of Illustrations, Explanations of Plates, &c.]

1910, 4to. 1d. 5s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural

History). By Arthur Smith Woodward, LLD., F.R.S.,

F.G.S., &c. :—

Part I. Containing the Elasmobranchii. Pp. xlvii.,

474. 13 Woodcutsand 17 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. ]

1889, 8vo. 17. 1s.

Part II. Containing the EHlasmobranchii (Acanthodii),

Holocephali, Ichthyodorulites, Ostracodermi, Dipnoi,

and Teleostomi (Crossopterygii and Chondrastean

Actinopterygii). Pp. xliv., 567. 58 Woodcuts and

16 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, and Systematic

Index of Genera and Species.] 1891, 8vo. 1d. 1s.

Part III. Containing the Actinopterygian Teleostomi

of the Orders Chondrostei (concluded), Protospondyli,

Aetheospondyli, and Isospondyli (in part). Pp. xlii.,

044. 45 Woodcuts and 18 Plates. [With Alphabetical

Index, and Systematic Index of Genera and Species. |

1895, 8vo. 17. Ls.

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,

Ovo lias:

A descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the

Fayum, 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 Edwards 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.S., &c.

Pp. xxvi.,407. 8 Plates. [With Table of Families, Genera,

and Sub-Genera, and Index.] 1897, 8vo. 10s.

Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum

(Natural History) :—

Part I. Containing part of the Suborder Nautiloidea, con-

sisting of the families Orthoceratide, Hndoceratide,

Actinoceratide, Gomphoceratide, Ascoceratide,

Poterioceratidz, Cyrtoceratide, and Supplement. By

Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. Pp. xxxi., 344. 51 Woodcuts.

[With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical Index of

Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 1888,

8vo. 10s. 6d.

Part II. Containing the remainder of the Suborder

Nautiloidea, consisting of the families Lituitide,

Trochoceratide, Nautilide, and Supplement. By

Arthur H. Foord, F.G.S. Pp. xxviii., 407. 86 Wood-

cuts. [With Systematic Index, and Alphabetical

Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms. |

1891, 8vo. 15s.

Part III. Containing the Bactritids, 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 the Types 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.,

¥.Z.S. Pp. [viii.,] 239 : 22 Woodcuts and 11 Plates.

[ With List of Species and Distribution, Bibliography,

Index, and Explanation of Plates.] 1896, 8vo. 10s.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 25

Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the British Museum—cont.

The Cretaceous Bryozoa. By J. W. Gregory, D.Sc.,

F.R.S., &¢. :—

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). Pp. xv.,322. 20 Plates. [With

Preface by Dr. H. Woodward, 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 Palzozoic Plants in the Department of

Geology and Paleontology, British Museum (Natural

History). By Robert Kidston, F.G.S. Pp. viii., 288.

[With a list of works quoted, and an Index.] 1886,

8vo. JS.

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.8., University Lecturer

in Botany and Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge :—

Part I. The Wealden Flora. Part I. Thallophyta—

Pteridophyta. Pp. xxxviii., 179. 17 Woodcuts and

11 Plates. [With Alphabetical Index, Explanations

of the Plates, &c.] 1894, 8vo. 10s.

Part II. The Wealden Flora. PartII. Gymnosperme.

Pp. viii., 259. 9 Woodcuts and 20 Plates. [With

Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates, &c. |

1895, 8vo. 15s.

Part III. The Jurassic Flora. Part I. The Yorkshire

Coast. Pp. xii, 341. 53 Woodcuts and 21 Plates.

[ With Alphabetical Index, Explanations of the Plates,

&¢.| 1900, 8vo. 1.

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 H. 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, S.W. Twelfth Edition. With

59 woodcuts, 2 plans, 2 views of the building, and an

illustrated cover. Pp. x., 117. 1909, 8vo. 3d.

Guide to the Specimens illustrating the Races of Mankind

(Anthropology), exhibited in the Department of .Zoology,

British Museum (Natural History). [By R. Lydekker,

F.R.S.] Illustrated by 16 Figures. Pp.31. 1908, 8vo. 4d.

Guide to the Galleries of Mammals (other than Ungulates)

in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum

(Natural History). Eighth 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.] Illustrated by 31 text-figures. Pp. 46. 1908,

Svo. 6d.

Guide to the Specimens of the Horse Family (Equide)

exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum

(Natural History). [By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.] Pp. 42.

26 Figures. 1907, Svo. 1s.

Guide to the Domesticated Animals (other than Horses)

exhibited in the Central and North Halls of the British

Museum (Natural History). [By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.]

Illustrated by 24 Figures. Pp.55. [With table of Contents,

List of Illustrations, and Index.] 1908, 8vo. 6d.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 27

Guide to the Whales, Porpoises, and Dolphins (order Cetacea)

exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum

(Natural History). | By R. Lydekker, F.R.S.] Illustrated

by 33 Figures. Pp. 47. [With Index.] 1909, 8vo. 4d.

Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of

Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). [By W. R.

Ogilvie Grant.] Second Edition. Pp. iv., 228. 25 Plates,

a 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 E. 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. PB. Pyeratt.| Pp. iv., 122. 26 Text-Figures,

1 Plan. [With Index.] 1910, 8vo. ls.

Guide to the exhibited series of Insects in the Department

of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). By C. O.

Waterhonse. Second Edition. Pp. 65: 62 text- and full-

page Illustrations. [With Table of Contents and Index. |

ISB Ow@silice

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. ls.

Guide to the Sheli and Starfish Galleries (Mollusca, Polyzoa,

Brachiopoda, Tunicata, Echinoderma, and Worms).

Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History).

Fifth Edition. Pp. iv., 133. 125 Woodcuts, Plan and

Indexes. 1908, 8vo. 6d.

Guide to the Coral Gallery (Protozoa, Porifera or Sponges,

Hydrozoa, and Anthozoa) in the Department of Zoology,

British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition.

Pp. [iv., 8] 73. 90 Illustrations, Plan and Index.

1907, 8vo. ls.

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. 8S. Woodward,

LL.D., F.R.S.] Pp. xvi.,100. 6 Plates, 88 Text-Figures.

[ With List of Illustrations, Table of Stratified Rocks, and

Index.] 1909, 8vo. 6d.

A Guide to the Fossil Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes in

the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the

British Museum (Natural History). Ninth Edition. [By

A.S. Woodward, LU.D., F.R.S.] Pp. xviii., 110. 8 Plates

and 116 Text-Figures. [With Table of Contents, Lists of

Illustrations, Geological Time-Scale, and Index.] 1910,

8vo. Id.

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. F.R.S.]

Second Edition. 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.8.]

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 Woodecuts. 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., 1s.

Guide to the British Mycetozoa exhibited in the Department

of Botany, British Museum (Natural History). [By Arthur

Lister, F.R.S.] Third Hdition, revised. Pp. 49. 46

Woodeuts. Index. 1909, 8vo. 3d.

A Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum

(Natural History). Eleventh Edition. Pp. 32. Plan.

1911, 8vo. ld.

The Student’s Index to the Collection of Minerals, British

Museum (Natural History). Twenty-fourth LEdition.

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.

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 29

An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a Guide to

the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum (Natural

History). By L. Fletcher, M.A., F.R.S. Thirteenth Edition.

Pp. 123. 41 Woodcuts. With Plan of the Mineral

Gallery and Index. 1910, 8vo. 6d.

An Introduction to the Study of Rocks and Guide to the

Museum Collection. Fourth Edition. By L. Fletcher,

M.A., F.R.S. Pp. 155. [With Plan of the Mineral Gallery,

Table of Contents, and Index.] 1909, 8vo. 1s.

An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites, with a List of the

Meteorites represented in the Collection. By L. Fletcher,

M.A., F.R.S., &c. Tenth Edition. Pp. 120. [With a Plan

of the Mineral Gallery, and an Index to the Meteorites

represented in the Collection.] 1908, 8vo. 6d.

SPECIAL GUIDES.

No. 2.—Books and Portraits illustrating the History of Plant

Classification exhibited in the Department of Botany.

Second Edition. [By A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.]

Pp. 19. 4 Plates. 1909, 8vo. 4d.

No. 3.—Memorials of Linnzeus: 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.Sc.] Pp. vi. 50. 2 Plates. 1910, 8vo. 6d.

No. 5.—Guide to the Exhibition of Animals, Plants, and

Minerals mentioned in the Bible. Second LEdition.

Pp. vii., 78. 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. 1s. 6d.

Instructions for Collectors :—

No. 1.—Mammals. Fourth Edition. Pp. 8. Text illust.

1912, 8vo. 3d.

No. 2.—Birds. Fourth Edition. Pp. 10. 5 figures in text.

1908, 8vo. 3d.

No. 3.—Reptiles, Batrachinians, and Vishes. [Third

Kdition.] Pp. 12. 1903, &vo. 4d.

No. 4.—Insects. Fifth Edition. Pp. 11. Text illust.

1911, 8vo. 3d.